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Introduction

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INTEODUCTION.

Lord Middleton's MSS. are preserved, together with modern
legal papers, in a fireproof muniment room in the basement
of the south-western paviHon of WoUaton Hall, near
Nottingham, a famous specimen of Ehzabethan domestic
architecture, whose magnificence caused Camden to opine
that it had been built by Sir Francis Willoughby " in a fooUsh
display of his wealth." The papers are packed in large parcels
and boxes, the older MSS. being contained in some three
hundred of the former, in addition to a few boxes. The
collection is a very large one, and there is Uttle arrangement
of the older MSS. The parcels are numbered and placed on
shelves in accordance with an arrangement made in 1835.
The contents of the muniment room were roughly catalogued
in: 1784 and 1794. The cataloguers frequently describe the
older records as " bundles of old deeds, illegible " or " of no value."
The bundles were packed at random in the large parcels of the
1835 arrangement, but the older numeration of the bundles
was retained. These numbers are given where necessary in
this report within parentheses to distinguish them from the
numbers of the larger parcels. Occasionally only the old
bundle-number is thus given in cases where the bundles have
either never been included in the parcels or have become
detached. Thousands of undated early charters had no
obvious arrangement, and they have been now placed in
unnumbered parcels, and the dated ones have been similarly
brought together and placed in parcels, also unnumbered,
corresponding to the reigns from which they date. Many of
the more interesting papers have been taken out of their
bundles and placed, for convenience of reference, in a tin
box, numbered 24. The oldest charters and the household
books and inventories have been in like manner brought
together in separate tin boxes. Some of the books are not
kept in the mimiment room, and a few of them are at
Birdsall House, near Malton, his Lordship's Yorkshire seat. No
papers, we are informed, are now kept at Middleton Hall,
near Tamworth, from which the title of the peerage is derived.
The older arrangement in bundles was made by Francis
Willoughby, the famous natural philosopher, (1635-1672),
with some assistance from the celebrated John Ray, his
accompHshed friend and protegee, who hved with him, accom-
panied him on his extensive scientific travels in England
and abroad, and completed for Press his Ornithologia, published
at London in 1676, and his Historia Piscium, at Oxford in
1686. In the preface to the former he pays a noble tribute
to his dead patron, stating among other marks of the real
scholar that he was " ab ineunte aetate bonarum literarum

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stvdiis deditus, adeoque temporis parens, ut ne minimam ejus
particulam vacuam elabi sineret." His extraordinary powers
of work are evidenced by the immense labour that he must
have devoted to vsrriting abstracts upon every paper, however
small, and upon every brief or other document, however
lengthy, relating to the numerous lawsuits of the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries. These abstracts are the only
real clue to the contents of the older papers, but they are
(with the exception of the few dra-wn up by Ray) unfortunately
written in a ctiriously stragghng hand that is not very easily
to be read. During the progress of the work Francis
Willoughby drew up some notes upon diplomatics, which are,
as might be expected from his trained powers of observation,
creditable performances for the time (p. 269).

The principal part of the collection consists of an enormous
number of medieval and later deeds, charters, court roUs,
manorial accounts and the like relating to thirty counties.
A list of the places the deeds relate to is given at page 624,
and an inventory of the court rolls, manorial accounts,
terriers, etc., wiU be found at p. 285.

The history of the family, of which some accoimt is given
at p. 504 sqq., explains the wide area covered by these records.
The foimder of the family was Ralph Bugge, a Nottingham
merchant of the reign of John, whose descendants took up the
territorial names of Bingham and Willoughby from their
Nottinghamshire possessions. The manor of WoUaton was
acquired in the reign of Edward II. Marriages with the
De Greys, Freville of Tamworth, De Morteins and others
added to the power of the Willoughby family, and owing to
these alliances and other causes, the muniment room contains
portions of the records of the great feudal houses of the
De Greys of Codnor and elsewhere, De Montfort of Beldesert,
Zouch, Marmion, FiUiol, Leybum, Harley, Makeward,
Bracebridge, and others. The head of the family at the end
of the fifteenth century. Sir Henry Willoughby, was a very
influential man. Made a knight banneret on the field of Stoke
in 1487 (p. 508) and filling the post of knight of the Body to
Hemy VIII., he was in close contact with the court at an
interesting period of Enghsh history. He was engaged in
many military expeditions, being master of the ordnance
in the expedition to Spain in 1512 (p. 128), and shared in the
pageantry of Henry VIII., notably the Field of the Cloth of
Gold and at the meeting of Henry VIII. with Charles V. in
1520. We must regret the loss of the autograph letter written
to him by Henry VIII. (p. 512). A copy of a letter to him
from Queen Catherine of Arragon is preserved (p. 513). In
the reign of Edward IV. he was, according to Leland, severely
wounded in a fight between his retainers and those of Edward
Grey, Viscount Lisle, the brother of Queen EMzabeth Wood-
viUe's first husband. Some depositions connected with this
are printed (p. 115). Subsequently amity was established

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between the two families, and was cemented by the marriage
of Sir Henry's eldest son John, a knight of the Holy Sepulchre,
with a daughter of the viscount. This brought the Willoughbys
mto relationship with some of the leading famiHes of the time,
a sister of John's wife being the wife of Edmund Dudley,
the father of John Dudley, subsequently Duke of Norfolk
and father of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Queen
Elizabeth's favourite, who was the younger brother of the
husband of Lady Jane Grey, the great-granddaughter of
Elizabeth Woodville. Another sister of Sir John Willoughby's
wife married Arthur Plantagenet, natural son of Edward IV.
Further matrimonial relations thus instituted are set out
at p. 508. Sir Henry Willoughby's second son, Sir Edward,
by his marriage with the daughter of Sir WiUiam Filliol added
greatly to the family estates, and became connected with
the rising Seymour family, Sir Edward Seymour, subsequently
Duke of Somerset and Protector of England, having married
the other daughter of Sir WiUiam Filhol. This connexion
was probably the reason why Queen Jane Seymour, Sir Edward
Seymour's sister, wrote to Sir Edward Willoughby announcing
the birth of Edward the Sixth (p. 517). Sir Edward
Willoughby is mentioned with Seymour in the private
act in 22 Henry VIII., c. 19 {Statutes of the Realm, iii., p. 349)
that was necessitated to legalise the irregularities of the settle-
ments resulting from these marriages with the daughters of
a man of unsound mind. Sir Edward Willoughby's son,
Henry, who fell fighting against Ket's rebels at Norwich,
married Anne, daughter of Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset,
the grandson of Ehzabeth Woodville. This made him brother-
in-law to Henry Grey, subsequently Duke of Suffolk, the
father of Lady Jane Grey. This weak nobleman was guardian
of Francis Willoughby, Henry's son and heir, the builder of
Wollaton HaU. It is through this post that we obtain some
evidence of Grey's attempts to levy troops in Leicestershire
and Warwickshire by the aid of his ward's men (p. 414) in his
attempt to maintain his daughter upon the throne. The
sisterof Francis was attached to Princess Elizabeth during
^Sl^i^ri-imprisonment at Hatfield under Queen Mary, and
was a member of EMzabeth's court after her accession to the
throne. It is not to be wondered at that under these circum-
stances Ehzabeth was weU acquainted with the great wealth
of Sir Francis Willoughby, which she knew "to be nothing
inferiour to the best " (p. 538), and that she intended to knight
him at the famous festivities at Kenilworth in 1566 (pp. 527-8),
had he not sUpped away. She expressed her intention of
staying at his house (apparently meaning Middleton' ) for two

1 She stayed at Kenilworth as the guest of Leicester for nineteen days
prior to 27 July, 1575, when she went to Lichfield for eight days. She seems
to have made excursions in its neighbourhood (John Nichols, The Progresses
and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth, new edition, 1823, i, pp. 459, 467,
529). She announced her intention of staying with Sir Francis Willoughby on
the 21st and 22nd July (p. 538, below).

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nights in 1575, although he was still keeping out of her way
(p. 538). It may be mentioned that Sir Henry WUloughby
was the father of Sir Hugh Willoughby, the Arctic explorer,
and father-in-law to Anthony Fitzherbert, the well-known
legal writer. Besides the great queen, many famous historic
figures flit across the pages of the report.

The charters and deeds include three original charters of
Henry II. and numerous twelfth-century private deeds. There
are also three charters of Henry III. granting forfeited lands
of the supporters of Simon de Montfort to Roger de Leyburn
(pp. 71, 72), a stormy person who played a conspicuous part
in the Barons' War. Two of these have escaped enrolment
on the Charter Rolls. UnenroUed letters patent will be
found at pp. 93, 109. The muniments of the De Leyburn
family have supphed also the important agreement
between Prince Edward and the Earl of Gloucester on
14 March, 1259, in which the Earl, for himself and
his allies, agrees to support Edward and his friends,
among whom Roger de Leyburn is mentioned (p. 67).
This agreement is, no doubt, connected with the
first quarrel between Simon de Montfort and Gloucester in
the recess after the February parhament of 1259. Matthew of
Paris, who records this quarrel, does not fix the date beyond
this rough indication, and it is therefore impossible to
determine whether the agreement was a cause or a
consequence of the quarrel, in which Gloucester was
coerced by the barons. But the document is of
great importance as marking the gaining over by Edward's
diplomacy of Gloucester and his party, thus breaking
up the baronial phalanx that had ruled the country
since the Provisions of Oxford in the previous year.
Another interesting record of the Barons' Wars is
the order issued by Simon de Montfort and Hugh le
Despenser, the justiciary, to the Bishop of Coventry
and Roger de Leyburn to conduct personally Edmund
(Crouchback), the king's son, and the constable of
Dover Castle to that fortress in order to obtain its
dehvery to the Bishop of London in accordance with
the agreement between the king and the barons (p. 70).
The reference is not, as erroneously stated in the footnote at
p. 71 to the Mise of Lewes in 1264, but to the agreement that
the king was compelled to make with the Barons in the
previous summer for the settlement of the disputes that had
arisen regarding the provisions of Oxford. His assent was
published on 16th July.^ The document must be dated
between then and 18th July, when the kiag ordered his son
Edmund and the constable to deliver Dover Castle to the
Bishop of London, in which order he stated that the Barons

1 Calendar of Patent Rolls, lZSS-1266, p. 269.

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would send them a safe-conduct.^ This is evidently the
present document. De Leyburn was at this time an adherent
of De Montfort's, and accordingly represented the barons in
this affair. It is not clear from what source came the letter
of Queen PhiHppa in 1332 acknowledging receipt of some
of her jewellery from Ida Lestrange, her " damoisele" (p. 90).
The letter of Thomas de Berkeley and Anthony de Lucy
relating to the movements of King David in Galloway, which
we have assigned to October, 1342, is a curious survival in
an unexpected quarter of a military or poHtical despatch of
this period (p. 95). The retainer by Edward the Black Prince
of Sir Baldwin de FreviUe in 1358 (p. 98) is undoubtedly in
its right place in this collection, which includes so many of
the Freville muniments. A similar remark may be made in
reference to the retainer by John of Gaunt of Ralph Brace-
bridge in 1385 (p. 99). The Filliol muniments have supplied
the letter of Cardinal Beaufort in 1415, which bears his
autograph signature (p. 102). In 1512 we have details of the
artillery taken to Spain in the expedition of the Marquis of
Dorset, in which Sir Henry Willoughby was master of the
ordnance (p. 128), and in which his son Edward participated
(p. 146). The depositions against Sir GUes Strangeways, in
or about 1539, allege serious interference with legal proceedings
in Dorset and coUusion with and protection of criminals (p. 142).
A petition of Sir Edward WiUoughby about the same date
sets forth his long and honourable services in war and hints
at some court intrigue against him (p. 146). A letter,
unfortunately undated, but assignable to some date between
1570 and 1583, to Sir Francis Willoughby from a former
servant of his, named Marmion, affords us a ghmpse of Mary,
Queen of Scots, during her imprisonment at Sheffield House,
and gives a hvely account of the domestic jars between the
Earl of Shrewsbury, her gaoler, and his wife, the famous
" Bess of Hardwick " (p. 152). There is an autograph letter
from this resolute lady to Sir Francis Willoughby, in which
she goes out of her way to oblige him financially (p. 161).
The brutahty of the time is exhibited in the pubUc beating
of two gentlewomen by the order of two London aldermen,
which the queen avenged by drastic punishment (pp. 158, 568).
A strange case of imposture practised upon John Darrel, the
crazy exorcist, in 1597, is illustrated by the " note " at p. 165,
which incidentally throws some light upon the manners and
customs of the time. There is a contemporary MS. of the
witty but bitterly sarcastic description of Scotland and its
people in 1617 from the point of view of an Enghsh courtier

1 Calendar of Patent Rolls, 12SS-1266, p. 270, Fcedera, i., 427. Edmund and
the constable had refused to deliver the castle to the Bishop, in accordance with
the king's order of 10 July {Calendar, p. 269) because they had no safe-conduct
and for other reasons stated in their letter dated 16 July {Anoient Corres-
pondence, P.R.O., iii, no. 74, printed in Fasdera, i, 427, with the unfortunate
error of "xxvj" for "xvj" in the date). The castle was committed to
Kiohard de Grey on the 26 July (GcAendar, p. 271).

in the King's train, which led to the dismissal from office of
Sir Anthony Weldon (p. 184). There is also a contemporary-
copy of the strange political pamphlet purporting to be " Newes
from Spaine," which was printed and instantly suppressed
in 1620 (p. 187). At p. 193 is a contemporary account of the
first skirmish between the king's army and the Scots at the
outbreak of the Civil War in 1640 (p. 193). A letter of
Panhekoe, Sachem of the Mohican Indians, sets out the
grievances of his tribe for the information of Queen Anne's
council (p. 195).

Among documents of more special interest attention may
be drawn to the representative of an exceedingly rare class
of deed, so rare that this may possibly be unique — a written
agreement, drawn up in English, about the year 1425 by
villagers for the regulation of the cultivation of the common
fields of their village, to which the consent of the lords of the
manors is added in Latin (p. 106). Another tmcommon deed
is one from the year 1294, by which Richard de WiUoughby
and two other landowners in the village of Ruddington, Notts,
demise, in the name of the community of the village, to the
vicar upon his appointment all the houses built in the church-
yard, with the herbage of the churchyard, and with certain
fittings of the house (p. 82), which was evidently the vicarage
house. The parish church of Ruddington, it may be weU
to remark, was at some httle distance away in the lost village
of Flawford, the parish of which included parts of three other
villages besides Ruddington. About 1175 we have an instance
of a grant to a church being witnessed by the entire parish
(tota farrochia) (p. 12). A curious provision of a town house
in 1273 by Sir Philip Marmion wiU be found at p. 74. Several
later instances of the possession of residences in London by
great landowners occur in the report. The great traffic in
indulgences on the eve of the Reformation has left its mark
on this collection in the number of letters of fraternity with
religious houses, some of which confer sweeping indulgences.
So great was the demand that the resources of the printing
press had to be invoked, the Friars Carmehtes of England
issuing printed letters as early as 1512 (p. 127), while the
alderman and brethren of St. Mary's Guild in St. Botolph's
church, Boston, issued in 1519 a much more elaborate letter,
which was printed by Richard Pinson (p. 133). A French
instance of a printed letter of indulgence on parchment
bears the remarkablj' early date of 1454.^ The papal
indulgence granted in 1521 to Sir Henry WiUoughby and
others is drawn up, but apparently not expedited, in the forin
of a certified copy by a papal penitenciary (p. 137). Itis Avritten
in the curial minuscule of the time, and omits the pope's
initial before the clause " concessum ut petitur " (p. 139).
Otherwise it is drawn up in the usual form of a confessionale,

i Reeueil des Fac-aimilis d, I'usage de I'Ecole des Ghartea, plate 330, No. 7.

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the class of document to which it belongs, setting out the
petition (supplicatio) of the persons- seeking the indulgences. *
The original letters of the guardian of the Observant Friars
of Mount Sion creating Sir John Willoughby a knight of the
Holy Sepulchre in consequence of his travels in the Holy Land,
dated 1521, may also be mentioned in this connexion (p. 140).

The situation of the Wollaton district on the outcrop of
the great Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire coalfield caused
it to be the scene of early coalmining, upon which considerable
light is thrown by the numerous papers concerned with this
industry. It is somewhat surprising to find that in 1316
the workings were already so deep that provision had to be
made in a demise of a pit for non-payment of the rent or
royalty in case the seven miners to whom the pit was let
were prevented from working by the " ventus, qui vacatur
le dampe " (p. 88 ; cf. p. 100). This carries the history of
fire-damp three centuries beyond the earliest quotation in
the New English Dictionary. Another interesting feature is
the record of the use at the end of Bhzabeth's reign of rails
for the conveyance of coals to the riverside for shipment
(pp. 169, 177). There are papers relating to a project for carrjdng
coal by the Trent to Hull for shipment to London a few years
later (p. 171), but the cost of conveying the coal to Newark
or Gainsborough, transhipping it there, and the freight from HuU
rendered this attempt to compete with the Newcastle supply
unprofitable. There is an elaborate plan of the same period
for pumping water out of the pits (p. 173), which shows the
great depth of the workings. The difficulty of draining the
pits is recognised three centuries earher (p. 88; cf. p. 100).
Incidentally many early mining terms are illustrated. The
sister-industry of the working of ironstone in this district
was carried on at least as early as the middle of the thirteenth
century (p. 75). There are papers of interest from a later
period concerning the forging of ironstone in this and other
districts.

Under the heading of books in general attention may be
called to the most interesting contribution to palaeography
contained in the collection, ten leaves of an early eighth-century
uncial copy of the Latin vulgate (pp. 196, 611). Another
leaf from the same magnificent codex was discovered at
Durham by Canon Greenwell in use as a cover for an eighteenth-
century account book, a similar fate to that undergone by
the WoUaton leaves. Canon Greenwell has ^uggested that
this codex was one of the three written by order of Abbot
Ceolfrid shortly after the year 700. One of these is
the Codex Amiatinus, the most famous codex of the

1 The handwriting agrees in general character with facsimiles 1, 3, and 4
given by Dr. Ludwig Schmitz-Kallenberg, Practica Cancellariae ApoatoUcae
SaeouU XV exeuntia, ein Handbuch fur den Verkehr mit der p'dpatldchen
Kanzlei, Mvinster (Westphalia), 1904, where the cost and method of obtaining
such indulgences from the papal of&cers are described.

331

Vulgate, now in the Florence library. Thus these leaves
may represent one of the three oldest MS. books that
are known to have been written in England. Another
interesting MS. is recorded by the fragments of the Worcester
chartulary drawn up about the year 1000, which are printed
and described at p. 197 sqq. This is the oldest EngUsh
chartulary of which we have any trace. Four leaves from
this codex are preserved in the British Museum among the
Cottonian MSS., including the leaf that precedes and the one
that follows the complete leaf at WoUaton. This and the
Vulgate MS., the Greenwell leaf of which is now in the British
Museum, are curious instances of the vicissitudes of MSS.,
and make us reahse what precious MSS. were sold as waste
paper at the dissolution of the monasteries.

Of more strictly historical interest is the register of Thomas
Field, abbot of Burton on Trent from 1472 to 1493 (p. 247 sqq\, in
which, besides an interesting medieval English version of the will
of Wulf ric Spott, the founder of the abbey (p. 253) , one of the most
valuable relics of the opening years of the eleventh century,
and a detailed account of the intrigues of the bishop of the
diocese and a local knight in connexion with the election of an
abbot in 1430-32 (p. 248 sg'g'.),there'are entered copies of important
public documents of the time. These include a copy (or rather
a translation) of a letter from the king's representative in the
papal curia in 1492, who can be identified with John de Gigliis,
subsequently bishop of Worcester (pp. 259, 612). In this
letter the king was informed of the faU of Granada and of
the discovery of a fragment of the Cross in a church at Rome,
besides news connected with the diplomatic moves of the
leading European monarchs. This letter is a welcome addition
to the scanty diplomatic records of Henry VII., and it was
so highly esteemed that the two pieces of news mentioned
above were proclaimed by the Lord Chancellor at a special
service in St. Paul's (p. 612). The register also contains a
good specimen of the prognostications in which the nation
from the king downwards took so great an interest (pp. 263, 613).
There is also preserved in this register a copy of a memorandum
concerning the erection of a staple for metals in 1492
(pp. 266, 613), an economic act that seems to have escaped
the attention of historians.

Of volumes of exclusively hterary interest the most note-
worthy is an early thirteenth-century MS. of French romances
and fabliaux, several of which are inedited, written in the
Picard dialect (p. 221), which introduces a new figure, that
of Master Heldris de Cornvalle, into the crowded gaUery of
the poets of the Arthurian cycle (p. 224). The thirteenth
century collection of Latin verses on subjects of grammar,
which, despite the bizarre nature of the selections, formed
part of the curriculum throughout Western Europe, contains
traces of schoolboy owners of the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries, showing that even then the schoolboy sought relief

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from the monotony of the task of learning by spasmodic
scribbhngs (p. 212). And this iaevitable tedium must have
been needlessly increased for these students by the crabbed
and archaic handwriting and the violent abbreviations of the
words by contraction, by suspension, by special and by con-
ventional signs, and the other devices of the medieval book-
scribe. The other books call for no special notice here.

The household accounts, with the exception of one of Henry,
Lord Grey of Codnor, in 1304-5 (p. 324), relate only to the
sixteenth century. They illustrate, like the accounts in the
fourth volume of the Report on the MSS. of the Duke of
Rutland, with which they have many points in common,
the minute care with which the household expenditure was
recorded, and they consequently throw numerous side-hghts
upon the domestic life of the time. The accounts of travelling
expenses show the great trains which gentlemen were com-
pelled to take with them. A htter for a lady's use was not
in ordinary use, as we see from the payment for fetching a
borrowed one from a considerable distance (p. 425). There
are entries of the expenses of staying at court, of eating dinners
at the inns of court, and various other features of a gentleman's
life in the capital and at court. There are records of the
expenses incurred during hunting and other sports, losses at
cards and other games, and of the constant stream of gifts
and rewards to poor men, old soldiers, prisoners, and other
objects of compassion, to pardoners, hermits,' preachers, and
boy-bishops, to troops of players (who often came from great
distances), Cornish wrestlers, singers, harpers, waits, jugglers,
men travelling with strange beasts, such as apes, bears, and
camels, and to poor university scholars and travellers from
abroad. In 1573 there is an express record of the playing of
an interlude (p. 424). Mention is also made of the playing
of music before the master's door on New Year's Day, and
of the presents to him of " posies " by young maidens on
his setting forth from his house. His services as godfather
were in frequent request. A noteworthy feature in regard
to christenings is the use of Huntingdon as a Christian name,
which seems to be derived from the connexion of the family
with that of the Earl of Huntingdon. One bearer of this
Christian name, Huntingdon Shaw, is famous as the maker of
the beautiful • ironwork door-screens at Hampton Court.
Rewards are given to young maidens who act as the master's
valentine. Medical history is illustrated by payments for
medicines, the fetching of doctors from London, their fees,
costs of travelling, etc. There are numerous payments for
articles of clothing, male and female, some of which are still
preserved. Payments occur for school fees and school books
and for education at school and at Cambridge. The purchase
of books for the use of Sir Francis Willoughby, the builder of
WoUaton, as a boy show the wide range of the education
of a gentleman of high rank in the middle of the sixteenth

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century. His school curriculum included Latin, Greek,
Hebrew, music, and the gentlemanly accomplishments, such
as fencing. There are also details of the education of
Sir Hugh Willoughby, the Arctic explorer who perished in
Spitzbergen. The soldiers' costume of 1522 is recorded (p.345).
The ample hospitahty of the time is illustrated by the names
of persons, drawn from various social strata, who dined in
the Hall, which was a sort of open house for aU wayfarers.
The formal and stately ritual of the Hall is set out minutely
in Sir Francis Willoughby's regulations for his household
(p. 538). The practice of the numerous domestic industries
of the household and the great use made of fairs for the
purveyance of such things as were not produced on the estate
are recorded at ample length. The household fool duly
appears, and there is even a record of a female fool (p. 543).
The visit of Queen Anne, the wife of James I., to WoUaton
on her first arrival in England as queen is recorded in the
account at p. 463, and the names of the chambers at WoUaton
Hall occupied by her and her family preserved the memory
of her sojourn (pp. 463, 486).

The Household accounts and other papers have yielded a
rich crop of obsolete terms, some of which are unrecorded
in the New English Dictionary, and some still await explana-
tion. A list of these words will be found in the index under
the word " glossary."

The collection contains few specimens of a class of documents
that have, perhaps, the widest popular appeal — private letters.
They seem to have disappeared, with a few exceptions, in the
eighteenth century, when the Hall was stripped of its furniture
upon the death of the fourth Lord in 1781, or when the muni-
ment room was arranged. We have evidence that Sir Francis
Willoughby, the builder, a man of very methodical habits,
carefully preserved his correspondence (p. 538), and his son-
in-law and successor, Sir Percival Willoughby, seems to have
followed his example. Fortunately a descendant, Cassandra
Willoughby, Duchess of. Chandos, the daughter of Francis
Willoughby, the natural philosopher, has preserved the gist
and sometimes the text of many letters of the sixteenth century
in the history of the family which she drew up with considerable
abihty in 1702 (p. 504). The loss of the full text of some of these
letters is to be regretted, but still we obtain much information
from her work as to the life of the sixteenth century in its
many aspects. Some of these letters are interesting from
the point of view of style, being written when the English
language had reached its fullest perfection as a literary vehicle
and when every educated person seemed to be a natural
styhst. Lady Willoughby's letters show a directness and
forcibility of expression that is thoroughly EUzabethan
(pp. 568, 569). The love-letters of Percival Willoughby and
Griffin Markham are redolent of the literary atmosphere of
love in Shakespeare's time. The letters deal principally with

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the unhappy domestic life of Sir Francis Willoughby, caused
by the hysterical nature of his wife and fomented by the
intrigues of the numerous body of gentlemen servants in his
household, the leader being a foreign adventurer (pp. 533,
560, 561-2). The plotters even went to the dangerous length
of accTising Sir Francis of comphcity with the Spaniards in
the year of the Great Armada (p. 567). The story winds up
with the quarrel of Sir Francis with his son-in-law Sir Percival,
and of his passionate dispatch of his steward to London to
find him a second wife (p. 574). The lady whom he thus
espoused in a fit of pique seems to have led him anything but
a quiet life and to have left him to die alone and uncared for
in London, and was even suspected by the family of having
poisoned him (p. 582). Sir Francis impoverished himsefi
by his building and land-purchases and by his attempts to
grow woad, to make iron and glass, and, partly owing to this
and to the portion left to his second wife, a mere shadow of
his estates passed to Sir Percival Willoughby, his son-in-law,
the grandson of Sir Edward Willoughby, who united the
families of Willoughby of WoUaton and of Willoughby
D'Eresby, through whom Lord Middleton comes to represent
the male Une of the great baronial family of Willoughby
D'Eresby.

The inspector would wish to tender to Lord and Lady
Middleton his most sincere thanks for their kindness, interest
and hospitality during the lengthy preparation of this report,
which has failed to exhaust their patience.

W. H. STEVENSON.

THE MANUSCEIPTS

OP

LOED MIDDLETON,

PRESERVED AT

WOLLATON HALL, NOTTS.

I. CHARTERS, LETTERS, Etc.

[c. 1150.]— Grant by Aschetini [Ansketil] de Ridale [Rye-
dale, CO. York] and his wife Acilia to the nuns of Watton [co.
York] of land in Bridesale [Birdsall, co. York].

Cunctis Christi fidelibus Aschetinus de Ridale et sponsa
ejus Acilia, salutem.

Notum sit vobis, quod nos et filii nostri Willelmus^ et
Walterus^ et cgteri heredes nostri concessimus et dedimus
sanctimoniaHbus de Wattona dimidiam carucatam terrg in
Bridesale, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis in pratis et pascuis
et cgteris adjacentiis quibuscumque* [qug] ad cam pertinent,
sive intra viUam aut extra viliam, videlicet illam, quam
Godefridus et Walterus tenuerunt, qug est de feudo Rodberti
de Ros,° insimul cum Matilda filia nostra, qug ibi habitum
religionis suscepit, in perpetuam elemosinam tam libere quam
liberius aHqua elemosina potest donari religiosis, sine omni
exactions et sine omni seculari servitio preter solum statu-
tum Danegeldum. Eapropter warantizabimus istam nostram

1 Cf. Anschetinus son of William son of Acohelin, in Walter Espec's
foundation deed of Rievaulx Abbey (Rievaulx Chartulary, Surtees Soc, p.
21), and the Aschetinus of an early 12th cent, charter in the Whitby Char-
tulary, Surtees Soc. p. 457, and Aschetil, Aschetin, Asketin de Hauchesgard
[Hawksker] of the same period in the same chartulary, pp. 132, 176, 179, etc.

2 A William son of Anschetil is mentioned under Yorkshire in 1164-5
(Pipe Boll, U Henry II., p. 52). In 1166 he held part of a knight's fee of
the fee of Warter, co. York (Red Booh of the Exchequer, i., p. 435 ; Liber
Niger, p. 328), and in 1167-8 (Pipe Roll, 14 Henry II., p. 89).

3 Walter son of Asketin, Asketil, is returned in 1166 as holding knights'
fees in co. York (Red Book, i., p. 419, 433 ; Liber Niger, pp. 309, 325).

* qumcunque, MS.

B Nephew of Walter Espec (ob. 1153), whose foundation deed of Rie-
vaulx Abbey he conflrmed (Report on MSS. of the Duke of Rutland, iv., p.
25 ; Rievaulx Chartulary, p. 21). He is mentioned in the Pipe Rolls from
1157-8 to 1162-3, about which time he died, perhaps during the latter year,
as nothing is entered against his name, and Everard de Ros (his son) is charged
in this and the two following years with debts. In 1165-6 William de Percy
fined in 400 marks in order to have (i.e. to marry) Robert's wife (Pipe Roll,
12 Henry II., p. 81, and following years).

M 1

elemosinam per omnia et in omnibus et de omnibus rebus,
excepto Danegeldo jam dicto, istis sanctimonialibus. _Et
quia ista dimidia carucata terrg fuit mariagium jam dictg
Acilig sponsg meg, ego Aschetiixus dedi ei escambium tanti
redditus in Holm^ assensu et bona ejus voluntate. Et istg
sanctimoniales susceperunt me et banc sponsam meam Aciliam
et patrem ejus WiUelmum de Steinesgrife* et matrem ejus
Matildam in perpetuam fraternitatem et plenariam partici-
pationem orationum et beneficiorum totius ordinis sui.

His testibus : Capellano Sanetg Marig de Malt[ona] ; et
Magistro GUlb[erto] de Semppngeham]^ ; et Willelmo de
Vesci* ; Willelmo Latim[er] ; Seer de Quinci ; Galfrido de
Valoin[iis] ; Willelmo filio Walonis' ; Alardo de Crandala ;
Waltero Falconario ; et WiUelmo fratre ejus ; Rannulfo
clerico ; Willelmo clerico, nepote Aschetini ; Henrico decano ;
Magistro Stephano ; Alano filio Landrici ; Helia nepote
WiUelmi Latim[er] ; Waltero Engainn' ; Michaeli filio Alfred! ;
Warino de Vesci^ ; Alexandro'.
, Detached seal, hearing a lion coward, inscribed : Siqillvm

ASKETINI DE RiDALE.

[1155, January] — ^Charter of Henry II. confirming to Fvdk
de Luisuris [Lisores] his father's lands, with the forestries
of [North] Hants, Huntingdonshire, and Buckinghamshire.

H[enricus], Rex Angl[orum], et Dux Norm[annorum] et Aquit-
[anorum], et Comes And[egavorum], omnibus archiiepiscopis,
episcopis, comitibus, baronibus, justiciariis, vicecomitibus,
et omnibus fidelibus suis, Franc[is] et Angl[is], salutem.

1 ? Holme-on-the-Wolds, co. York.

2 Stonegrave, co. York. William de Steinesgrif witnessed Walter
Espec's foundation deed of Rievaulx Abbey, 1131-1136, (Rievaulx Char-
tulary, p. 21) and Robert de Ros's confirmation of it (see note 5, above), and
also charters c. 1150 in the Whitby Chartulary, pp. 205, 207. He is returned
in 1166 as holding part of a laiight's fee under Everard de Ros, Robert's son
{Red Book, i., p. 433 ; Liber Niger, p. 325).

3 The founder of the order of Sempringham, who died at a very
advanced age in 1189.

* William de Vesci was sheriH of Northumberland in 1156-7 and died
before 1184-5 (Botuli de Dominabus, pp. 5, 42).

5 William son of Galo witnesses a charter of William de Vesci between
1154 and 1181 in the Rievaulx Chartulary, p. 139.

8 Witnesses a charter of William de Vesci, 1154—1181, in the Rievaulx
Chartulary, p. 139. He is probably " Warin the Clerk, grandson of Eustace
son of John " of the charter at p. 4 below, as William de Vesci was the son
of this Eustace, who was killed in Wales in 1157 (Dugdale, Baronage, i.,
p. 91b),

' This deed is preserved, with the other early Birdsall deeds printed
below, in a small box in a large chest containing other Birdsall deeds, which
are of much later date.

* This charter is limited by the mention of Thomas [Beoket] as chan-
cellor to a date earlier than 3 June, 1162, when he was consecrated archbishop
of Canterbury. Henry was at Northampton in January, 1155 (Eyton, Court,
Household and Itinerary of Henry II,, p. 3), and in July, 1157 (ih. p. 25). As
Fulk accounts in 1155-6 under Northamptonshire for the census of the forests
in his custody (Pipe Roll, 2 Henry II., p. 42), it is clear that the present
charter must be referred to 1165,

Soiatis me reddidisae et confirmasse Fulc[oni] de Luisuris,
in feodo et hereditate, sibi et heredibus suis, omnes terras
et teneuras patris sui, cum ministerio suo de forestariia
Hantesire'^ et Hundedwnescire et Buchingehamsire, sicut pater
suus ea tenuit melius tempore H[enrici] Regis, avi mei.

Quare volo et firmiter precipio, quod ipse et heredes sui
omnia predicta teneant bone et in pace, libere, quiete et
honorifice, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis in bosco et piano,
in yiis et semitis, pratis et pascuis, in aquis et molendinis,
et in omnibus rebus, cum omnibus consuetudinibus ad ea
pertinentibua, et cum libertatibus suis, sicut pater suus vel
avus liberius et melius tenuit tempore Regis H[enrici], avi
mei.

Testibus : Toma Cancellario ; Regpnaldo], Comite Com-
[ubie] ; H. de Essex', const[abulario] ; Ricardo de Hum[ez],
Const[abulario] ; Jocel[ino] de Baill[iolo].

Apud North[antonam].

Seal missing.

[c. 1160] — Grant by AscUia or Aciria, late the wife of Asketin
[Ansketil] de Ridale, to the nunnery of Watton [co. York]
of land in Briddesale [BirdsaU, co. York].

^ Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego AsciMa,* que fui sponsa
Asketini de Ridale, concessi et de(S et hac mea carta con-
firmavi, in libera viduitate mea, coneessu et assensu Willelmi
et Walteri, filiorum meorum, et aliorum heredum meorum,
Deo et Beate Marie et sanctimonialibus de Watt[ona] et
fratnbus earum, clericis et laicis, unam carrucatam terre de
libero mariagio meo, que est de feudo Roberti de Ros in
territorio de Briddessale, cum omnibus pertinenciis suis infra
villam et extra,* in perpetuam possessionem tenendam de
me et heredibus meis ; reddendo mihi et heredibus meia
'annuatim viginti sohdos argenti, et ex iUa carrucata terre
faciendo mihi et heredibus meis et defendendo totum
forinsecum servicium ejusdem carrucate terre cum acciderit
et unius dimidie carrucate terre in eadem villa de Briddessale,
quam dimidiam carrucatam terre Asketinus, vir mens, prius
eis dederat et carta^ sua confirmaverat in perpetuam elemo-
sinam cum Matilda, filia sua et mea, que ibi habitum
religionis suscepit. Et quia dimidia carrucata terre erat de
libero mariagio meo, dedit mihi vir meua Aaketinus excambium

1 Northamptonshire. See preceding note and Pipe Bolls, 4 Henry
II., p. 143, and the succeeding rolls up to the 23rd year. In 1166 R. de Lisuriia
returns under Northants that he has the king's forestry of fee {Liber Niger
ScaccarU, ed. Heame, ed. 2, i., p. 215 ; Bed Book of the Exchequer, i. p. 333),
which has puzzled Dugdale (Baronage, i. p. 597), but it would seem, from the
evidence of the Pipe Rolls, that R. is a mistake for F.

2 There are two exemplars of this charteir, both in the same hand-
writing, but one of them written in larger letters. They are preserved in the
chest of Birdsall deeds (see page 2, note 7 above). The variant readings
are noted.

5 Aciria, B.

* viUam, add. B.

6 See page 1 above.

in Holm ad valenciam tanti redditns. Ego vero et heredes
mei post me warantizabimus omnia predicta prefatis^ sancti-
monialibus et earum fratribus contra omnes homines de
calumpniis et omnibus rebus in perpetuum.

His testibus : Greggorio, priore de Bredlint[ona]i .
Ernisio, priore de Mart[ona]2 ; Willelmo de Vesci ; Willelmo
Latim[er]3 ; Symone de Staingrive* ; Warino clerico, nepote
Eustachii filii Johannis^ ; Adam de Gart[ona]« ; Stephano
de Killum' ; Magistro Stephano legista ; Nicholao, persona
de Hugate^ ; Alexandro de Sant[ona]9 ; Alexandre Came-
rario" ; Petro filio Willelmi de Cava" ; Willelmo fratre ejus^^ ;
Petro filio Alexandri de Sant[ona].

Large elliptical seals, one (A) in red wax, the other (B) in
green, with central ornament ; inscription : + Sigillvm
AciKrE.

[c. 1170]— Grant by John de Arden to Amable, daughter
of WilUam Fund[wi] of land [in Kingsbury, co. Warwick].

Sciant tam presentes quam futuri, quod ego Johannes
de Arden' dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta con-
fu-mavi Amable fihe Willelmi Fund' et heredibus suis
aliut dimidium prati, quod fuit Herberti de Kinesb[eri],
scilicet inter semitam et Stanstret', ei et heredibus siiis :
tenendum de me et heredibus meis libere, solute et quiete ;
reddendo annuatim michi et heredibus meis quasdam
cirotecas de Coventr[eia] ad festum Sancti Michaelis pro omni
servicio.

His testibus : Rogero decano, Thoma persona, Willelmo
Marescallo, Ricardo, fratre ejus, Willelmo, fratre Johannis,
Roberto, fratre ejus, Nicolao de Esbroc',^* Waltero de Plumton',

1 Bredlmgtona, B. Gregory, prior of Bridlington, witnesses deeds be-
tween 1154 and 1181 (Rievatdx Chartulary, pp. 138, 165, 173 ; Whitby Char-
tulary, pp. 39, 48, 57), between 1154 and 1167 and after 1181 (Guisbrough
Chartulary, ii., pp. 47, 83), and in 1175 (Rievaulx Chartulary, p. 82 j cf.
also ibid. p. 107).

2 Martona, B. Marton-in-the-Fojest, eo. York. Prior Hemiseus (mis-
printed Herviseo) witnessed a charter between 1154 and 1170 in the Whitby
Chartulary, p. 185.

3 Witnesses a charter between 1154 and 1181 (Rievaulx Chartulary,

* Witnesses charters between 1154 and 1181 (Rievaulx Chartulary,
pp. 24, 113) and in 1175 {Ibid. pp. 82, 83 ; cf. also ibid. p. 79).

6 Eustace son of John was killed in 1167.

8 Garton-on-the-Wolds, co. York.

'■ Stephen de KiOum [Kilham, co. York] is one of the knights mentioned
with William de Steingriva in a charter of about the date assigned to the
l^resent one (Rievaulx Chartulary, p. 112; cf. also ibid. p. 132).

8 Huggate, CO. York.

9 Santona, B. Sancton, co. York.

1" The Alexander the Chamberlain of the Rievaulx Chartulary, p. 232
note, Guisbrough Chartulary, ii., p. 6 note, is probably another person.

11 Petro de Cava, B. Cave, co. York.

12 Perhaps the William de Cava of the Guisbrough Chartulary, ii., p.

18 Esbroc was in the parish of Kingsbury (Dugdale, Warmckuhire, p.
761a).

Hugone de Esbroc', Heminco filio Ricardi, Ricardo, qui
scripsit hanc cartam, et multis aliis.
Fragment of seal.

[c. 1170]— Grant by Robert de Cathorp [Caythorpe, parish
of Lowdham, co. Notts] to Godwin son of Alfwin de Eperstona
[Epperston, co. Notts] of land near the hedge between
Wdburc and Ludam [Woodborough and Lowdham, co.
Notts]. *

Sciant tarn presentes quam futuri, quod ego Robertas de
Cathorp dedi et concessi, et hac carta mea confirmavij
Godwino filio Alfwini de Eperstona terram meam, que est
inter vias ad divisam inter Wdburc et Ludam, sibi et
heredibus suis tenendum de me et heredibus meis ; reddendo
mihi annuatim vi. denarios ad festum Sancti Michaelis pro
omni servicio ad me pertinente. Pro hac vero donacione
dedit mihi predictus Godwinus iiij<" solidos.

Testibus istis : Roberto Cappellano ; Roberto de Habtot ;
Hasculfo, fratre suo ; Roberto de Birtonai ; Willelmo filio
suo ; Eha de Pasci ; Manfrido de Turgartona^ ; Radulfo
Prenloue ; Roberto fiHo Johannis ; Waltero de Colingham* ;
et multis aUis.

, Fragment of seal in white wax. .

[c. 1170]— Grant by William I, earl of Ferrers [1163-1173], to
Roger son of Reinfrid of the marsh of Hanworth [co.
Lincoln ?].

Willelmus, Comes de Ferr[ariis], tam presentibus quam
futuris, salutem.

Sciatis, quod ego concessi et hac carta mea confirmavi
Rogero filio Reinfrai* et heredibus suis, ad tenendum de
Rogero de Inges et heredibus suis, mariscum de Hanewerda,
quod pertinet ad feudum predicti Rogeri de Inges, et quod
mariscum idem Rogerus [de] Inges dedit predicto Rogero
filio Reinfrai et heredibus suis, tenendum de eo et heredibus
suis, pro vj. denariis annuatim pro omni servitio. Et pro
hac concessione et confirmacione, predictus Rogerus filius
Reinfrai dedit mihi dimidiam marcam argenti et Comitisse
Sibille, uxori mee, unum bisanoium.

1 Burton Joyce, cx). Notts. Robert de Burton witnessed a deed of
about this date quoted by Thoroton (Antiqq. of Nottinghamshire, 228a) from
the burnt register of Lenton Priory.

2 Thurgarton, co. Notts.

3 Collingham, co. Notts.

* Boger son of Reinfrid was a justice in Eyre in 1176 (Benedict Abbas,
i., p. 107 ; Roger of Hoveden, ii., p. 87). He was one of the five aasociafed
with the bishop of Durham and the earl of Albemarle for the government
of the realm by Richard I. in 1189 (Hoveden, in., p. 16). He was excommuni-
cated in 1191 by Longchamps {Id. iii., p. 163). See Foss, Biographia
Juridica.

Hiis testibus : Roberto de Aubini, et Roberto de Ferr[ariis],
fratre meo^ ; Henrico filio Walk[elini]2 ; Nicholao filio Pag-
[ani] ; Johanne de Croel ; Willelmo clerico ; Alano de
Thichehale^ ; Henrico de Stantona ; Rogero de Ardena ;
Willelmo de Arundell' ; Oseberto Noel ; Gileberto de
Chaent ; et multis aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1170] — Grant by prior B. and the chapter of Newburgh
[co. York] to William de Stuteville that they will find a
chaplain to sing for his soul daily in the chapel of Gillingemora
[Gilling, CO. York].

Universis sancte matris ecclesie filiis B.* prior et capitulum
ecclesie Sancte Marie de Novoburgo, salutem. Sciatis nos
concessisse et presenti carta confirmasse Willelmo de Stute-
villa^ et heredibus suis, pro devotione, quam habuit erga
ecclesiam nostram, quod nos inveniemus capellanum residentem
in capella de Gillingemora in perpetuum, qui ibi cotidie cantet
pro salute animg predicti Willelmi de Stutevilla et pro
animabus patris et matris ejus et omnium antecessorum
ejus.

Hiis testibus : WUlelmo clerico de Cothingeham,* Ricardp
clerico de Botshal,' Hugone capellano, Bartholomeo de
Stutevilla, ^ Roberto de Melsa,^ Benedicto de Sculecotes/"

1 Cf. Report on the Duke of Rutland' a MSS., iv., p. 31.

2 Cf. Id. p. 32.

3 Ticknall, co. Derby.

* Bernard, prior of Newbiirgh, was one of the three persons nominated
by the canons of York to the king for the vacant archbishopric in 1186
(Benedict Abbas, i., p. 352). He occurs in a deed of 1189-1199 (Rievaulx
Chartulary, p. 235), and in 1199 (Charters, etc., of Finchale Priory, Surtees
Soc, p. 13). But this is, perhaps, not the prior B. of the present charter,
for prior Richard occurs between 1180 and 1190 (Guisbrough Chartulary,
ii., p. 255 note 3).

6 William de Stuteville was made governor of Topcliff Castle, co. York,
in 1173-4 (Dugdale, Baronage, i., p. 456a) and died 1202 (Matt. Paris,
Chronica Majora ii., p. 480). He was alive on 7 July, 1202 (Rotuli lAtterarum
Patentium, p. 14a), but dead before 4 June, 1203 (Ibid, p. 30a).

6 Cottingham, co. York.

7 Bossall, CO. York.

8 Witnesses a charter of Robert de StuteviUe, father of William, who
died in or before 1186 (Eyton, Court, etc., of Henry II., p. 273) in the Rievaulx
Chartulary, Surtees Soc, p. 82. Bartholomew de Stuteville occurs in 1200
(Rotuli de Ohlatia, p. 111).

. 9 Robert son of John de Melsa [Meaux, parish of Wawne, co. York],
was a benefactor of Meaux Abbey between 1160 and 1182 (Chronica Monasterii
de Melsa, i., pp. 159, 168).

10 Sculcoats, in Kingston-upon-HuU. Benedict de Sculecote is returned
in 1166 as holding part of a knight's fee in Yorkshire (Red Book, ii., p. 414 ;
Liber Niger, p. 305, where it is wrongly printed Sculetont). He was a bene-
factor to Meaux Abbey between 1160 and 1182 (Chron. de Melsa, i., pp. 168-9).
See also Rievaulx Chartulary, pp. 84, 303. Benedict de Sculecote (a descen-
dant ?) is returned in 1210-12 as holding part of a knight's fee in co. York
(Red Book, ii., pp. 492, 495).

Radulfo filio Paulini Eborac[ensi8], Adam de Staveleia,^'
Roberto filio Givonis,^ Johanne Burgenun, Martino de
Rothomago, Ricardo GoUe, Laurentio de Donecast[ria].

Large seal in coloured wax, hearing a figure of the Virgin
and Child, and inscribed : " . . . Marie db Nevbve,"
the Ne being a ligature.

[c. 1170] — Grant by William de Heriz to Robert de Auvers
of his land in Treberchis [? Thrybergh, co. York].

Willelmus de Heriz* omnibus hominibus suis et amicis
suis, salutem. Sciatis me dedisse Roberto de Auvers*
totam terram meam de Treberchis, cum omnibus pertinenciis
suis, in feudo et in hereditate, ei et heredibus suis de me et
heredibus meis tenendam, pro omni servioio ad me pertinenti ;
reddendo singuMs annis quendam nisum sorum. Quare volo,
ut predictus Robertus teneat eandem terram bene et Ubere
sicut ego ipse, faciendo forense servicium.

Hiis testibus (sic) : Willelmus AveneP et Gervasius* frater
ejus, Simon filius Ricardi,' et Herebertus ejus frater, et

1 Staveley, co. York. Cf. BotuH de Finibus, pp. 207, 332.

- Givo witnesses a charter of Robert de Stuteville (probably the father
of the grantee of the present charter) in the Riveaulx Chartulary p. 62. A
Givo de Fademore witnesses at p. 131 of the same chartulary.

3 William de Heriz is returned in 1166 as holding knights' fees in cos.
Notts and Lincoln (Red Book of the Exchequer, i. pp. 342, 383 ; Liber Niger
Scaccarii, ed. Heame, ed. 2, pp. 224, 271). He is mentioned in the Pipe Rolls
under cos. Notts and Derby from 1168-9 to 1177-8 (15 to 24 Henry II.), and
in 1168-9 under Yorkshire. In 1178-9 his lands were in the Idng's hands by
reason of his death (Pipe RoU, 25 Henry II., ro. ^d.), and in 1179-80 Robert
de Heriz made a fine of lOOZ. to have the lands of his brother William (Pipe
RoU, 26 Henry II., ro. lOd).

* Robert de Alvers is returned in 1166 as a tenant in co. Warwick (Red
Book, i., p. 326 ; Liber Niger, p. 205). His name occurs in the long list of
gentry amerced in 1176 in cos. Notts and Derby (Pipe RoU, 22 Hen. II.,
p. 96 ; 23 Hen. II., p. 60) as a result of the king's oppressive decision regard-
ing the forests at Nottingham in 1176 (Benedict Abbas, i. p. 94; Roger of
Hoveden ii., p. 79). He is mentioned as a security in the Pipe RoUs for Notts
and Derby for 1198-9 (1 John, ro. 15). He witnesses a Derbyshire charter of
the time of Hem^ II. (Rutland MSS., iv. p. 54).

5 Mentioned under co. Northampton in 1161-2, 1162-3, 1164-5, 1168-9
(Pipe RoUs 8, 9, 11, and 15 Henry II.). In 1175-6 he was one of the sur-
veyors of the building of the tower of Peak Castle, co. Derby (Pipe RoU,
22 Henry II., p. 90). See RuUcmd MSS., iv., p. 24.

6 Gervase Avenel answers for the land of Bassetlaw [co. Notts] in 1 155-6,
1156-7, and 1157-8 (Pipe RoU, 2 Henry II., p. 39 ; 3 Hen. II., p. 90, 4 Hen.
II., p. 153). In 1172-3 he was a surveyor of the works at Bolsover Castle
(Pipe RoU, 19 Hen. II., p. 177) and of the building of the tower of Peak Castle
in 1175-6 and 1176-7 (Pipe RoU, 22 Hen. II., p. 90, 23 Hen. II., p. 57). In
1179-80 the sheriff of Notts and Derby answers for the corn sold from his
lands (Pipe RoU, 26 Hen. II., ro. lOd.).

7 He was pardoned two marks in 1158-9 under cos. Notts and Derby
(Pipe RoU, 5 Henry II., p. 52), and was fined for trespass of the forest under
these counties in 1175-6 and 1176-7 (Pipe RoU, 22 Hen. II., p. 94, 23 Hen.
II p. 60). He is also mentioned in 1180-1 (27 Hen. II., ro. Id), in 1182-3
(29 Hen. II., ro. 8), and in 1197-8 (10 Rich. I., ro. 8). He died during the
latter year, for his widow Juetta fined for a writ of dower (ibid,).

Willelmus f rater ipsius Roberti, et Hugo de Hedun/ Robertus
de Heriz,^ Petrus de Heriz, Philippus Uphtunie.
Seal missing.

[c. 1170]— Grant by Robert son of Walter and Amabilis, his
wife, to the nunnery of St. Edith, Polesworth [co. Warwick]
of the mill of Kinesberia [Kingsbury, co. Warwick].

^Domino et Patri suo Ricardo,* Dei Gracia, Coventrensi
Episcopo, et JUdmundo Archidiacono, et omnibus Sancte
Matris Ecclesie filiis, Robertus filius Walteri et Amabil[is],
uxor ipsius, salutem.

Sciant presentes omnes et posteri, quod ego Robertus _ et
Amabil[is], uxor mea, concessimus et dedimus ecclesie Dei et
Sancte Marie et Sancte Eadithe de Polesworda et sancti-
monialibus ibidem Deo servientibus, pro salute anime nos-
tre et pro salute omnium anteoessorum et successorum
nostrorum, molendinum de Kinesberia, cum tota secuta
ipsius molendini, et cum omnibus pertinenciis suis, et cum
omni libertate, in perpetuam elemosinam, absolutum, liberum
et quietum ab omni servicio et ab omni exaccione seculari,
cum corpore ipsius Amabil[is], excepta decima ejusdem
molendini, quam prius dedimus ecclesie de Kinesb[eria].

Testibus : Rogero, priore Malvern[ie] ; Toma, priore de
Avecota"; Toma de Westmonasterio, monacho ; Serlone,
Petro, presbyteris ; et Magistro Widone ; Willelmo Fulesbi ;
Petro de Bracebrug'^ ; Willelmo de Hardredeshull'' ; Here-
berto ; Gileberto ; Rogero del Holt ; Alexandre ; Waltero
Pinel ; Nicholao ; et multis aliis.

Seal missing.

1 Hugh de Hedduna [Headon, co. Notts] owed Wl. in 1167-8 for relief
for land held of the honovir of Tickhill, under cos. Notts and Derby (Pipe
Boll, 14 Henry II., p. 92 ; cf. 15 Hen. II., p. 44, 16 Hen. II., p. 54). In 1175-6
he was fined in these counties for forest offences (Pipe Roll, 22 Henry II.,
p. 92). In the following year he made fine to have the king's good will (Pipe
Roll, 23 Hen. II., p. 59, and 24 Hen. II., ro. 6d.). In 1194 he adhered to
John against Richard I., and made a fine of \0l. to have his lands again,
consisting of one knight's fee in Heddon (Pipe Roll, 6 Rich. I., ro. 6).
He answers for scutage in 1201-2, 1202-3, and 1203-4 (Pipe Rolls, 4 John,
ro. 14 ; 5 John, ro. 13 ; 6 John, ro. 13).

2 Robert de Heriz fined to have his brother's lands in 1179-80 (see note
3, page 7). In 1180-1 Ralph de CrumweU fined to hasten his right concerning
Widmerpool [co. Notts] against him (Pipe Roll, 27 Hen. II., ro. Id), and in
1188-9 (Pipe Roll, 1 Richard I., p. 155). Robert answered for scutage under
Notts and Derby in 1196-7 (Pipe RoU, 9 Richard I., ro. 10). In the following
year Ivo de Heriz, his son, made a fine for having Robert 's lands (Pipe Rolls,
10 Ric. I., ro. 8). See also Dugdale, Baronage, i., p. 684a, and Rotidi de Oblatis,
pp. 35, 188. The Robert de Heriz whose lands at Stapelford (Stapleford,
CO. Notts) seem to have been in the king's hands in 1176-7 (Pipe RoU, 23 Hen.
II., p. 63) belonged to another family, and is probably the Robert de Heriz
who was fined in cos. Notts and Derby for trespass of the forest in 1176—6
(Pipe Roll, 22 Henry II., p. 95 ; 23 Henry II., p. 60), since Stapleford was in
Sherwood Forest, and Widmerpool was far outside it.

8 This charter is cited by Dugdale, Warwickshire, p. 761a, from a
chartulary.

* Richard Pech6, consecrated in 1161, died 6 October, 1182.

6 Alvecote, parish of Shuttington, co. Warwick, a cell of Malvern Priory.
8 Bracebridge, co. Lincoln.

7 Hartshill, parish of Mancetter, oo. Warwick.

9

[o. 1170] — Confirmation by Simon de Harcuria [Harcourt]
and Alice, his wife, of the preceding grant.

Domino et patri suo Ricardo, Dei gracia, Coventrensi
episoopo, et ^Edmundo Archidiacono, et omnibus Sancte
Matris Ecclesie filiis, Simon de Arcuria et Aelicia, uxor mea,
salutem.

Sciant presentes omnes et posted, quod ego Simon de
Harcuria et Aelicia, uxor mea, concessimus, et carta nostra
confirmavimus, Ecclesie Dei et Sancte Marie et Sancte
Eadithe de Polesworda et sanctimonialibus ibidem Deo ser-
vientibus, pro salute anime nostre et pro salute omnium
antecessorum et successorum nostrorum, donationem Roberti
filii Walteri et uxoris ejus Amabil[is], scilicet molendinum de
Kinesburia, cum tota secta ipsius molendini, et cum omnibus
pertinenciis suis, et cum omni libertate, in perpetuam
elemosinam, absolutum, liberum, et quietum ab omni servicio
et ab omni exactione seculari, salva decima ejusdem molendini,
que pertinet ad ecclesiam Sancti Petri de Kinesburia.

His testibus : Simeone de Sepeia^ et Petro de Kinesb[uria]
et Willelmo de Basterleia^, sacerdotibus ; et WiUelmo de
Spondon^ et Willelmo Canonico et Galfrido de Sepeia^ et
Willelmo de Contorn'*, clericis ; et Willelmo de Warda et
Radulfo filio Radulfi et Richero, fratre suo, et Galfrido filio
Alegaldi et Serlono (sic) de Sutunia^ et Ada de Welberca et
Willelmo de Witacra® et Roberto de Persita et Watero (sic)
Pinel et Rogero filio Jacobi et Roberto Malnevu et Herberto
et Godfrido de Sautlega' et Toma de Aseperc et filiis suis,
et multis aliis.

Fragments of seal sewed up in cloth bag.

[c. 1170] — Confirmation of the preceding grant and con-
firmation by Richard, bishop of Coventry.

Ricardus, Dei gracia, Coventrensis Episcopus, omnibus
Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis, salutem in Domino.

Sciant omnes tam poster i quam presentes, quod nos,
presentis carte nostre auctoritate, donationem illam con-
firmamus, quam Robertus fihus Galteri et Amabil[is], uxor
ipsius, fecerunt ecclesie Dei et Sancte Marie et Sancte Edithe
de Pollisworda et sanctimonialibus ibidem Deo servientibus,
scilicet de molendino de Kinisbiria, quod ipsi, cum tota secta
ipsius molendini, et omnibus pertinentiis suis, et cum omni
libertate, in perpetuam elemosinam memoratis sanctimoni-
alibus, liberum et quietum ab omni seculari exactione et
servicio, dederunt. Preterea banc eandem donationem, quam

1 Sheepy, co. Leicester.

2 Baxterley, co. Warwick.
8 Spondon, co. Derby.

* Coundon, co. Warwick ?

^ Sutton Coldfield, co. Warwick.

6 Whitacre, co. Warwick.

1 Saltloy, parish of Aston, co. Warwick.

10

Simon de Harincuria et Aelicia, uxor ejus, ante-dicto
religioso loco concesserunt et carta sua confirmaverunt, juxta
illorum carte tenorem, similiter hujus scripti nostri testimonio
corroboramus. Siquis vero banc donationem in Deo factam
in irritum revocare et infirmare presumpserit, anathematis
vinculo ferimus eum.

His testibus : Eadmundo et Rogero et Radulfo, archi-
diaconis nostris ; Magistro Gaufrido de Lent[ona]^ ; Magistro
Roberto de Haia ; Nigello capellano ; Stephano, capeUano
de Cesterfeld ; Waltero de Tilisbiria ; Gaufrido Salvagio ;
Willelmo Burdet ; Waltero de Sumervilla et Rogero et
Roberto, fibis ejus ; et multis aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1175] — Confirmation by John [de Lacy], Constable of
Chester, of the grant by Fulk de Mareis to Nicholas the clerk
of Marnaham [Marnham, co. Notts] of land in Stiresthorp
[Staythorpe, parish of Averham, co. Notts].

Johannes, Constabularius Cestrie,^ omnibus hominibus suis,
Francis et Anglicis, clericis et laicis, presentibus et futuris,
salutem.

Sciatis Fulconem de Mareis coram me dedisse et concessisse
Nicholao clerico meo de Marnaham* et heredibus suis totam
terram suam de Stirestorp, que est de meo feodo, pro dimidia
marca argenti, quam predictus Nicholaus illi prenominato
Fulconi de Mareis dedit in principio pro terra prenominata,
Hbere et quiete et honorifice, tenendam de illo et de heredibus
suis, in tofto et crofto et in bosco, in pratis et in pasturis,
et in omnibus abis rebus, que ad predictam terram pertinent,
pro iij. solidis reddendo (sic) annuatim predicto Fulconi et
heredibus suis pro omnibus serviciis, que ad illos pertinent,
excepto servitio forinseco ; ad festum Sancti Michaelis xviijd.
debet reddere de ista firma, et in die Palmarum xviijd.
Hanc autem donationem et concessionem petitione predict!
Fulconis de Mareis Nicholao clerico predicto de Marnaham
et heredibus suis concessi et hac presenti carta mea con-
firmavi, ut terra predicta in feodo et hereditate Nicholao
clerico predicto et heredibus suis stabilis et rata permaneat.

1 The ' ' Magister Galfridus de Lenton ' ' who witnesses an undated
agreement between the monks of Bordsley and the church of St. Mary, War-
wick, printed by Madox, Formidare Anglicanum, 1702, p. 24, no. xlii.

2 John the Constable accounted in 1177—8 for 213Z. 6«. Sd. for a fine for
his mother 's lands, to be paid by 80 marks yearly, in co. Notts (Pipe Roll, 24
Henry II., ro. 6d.). He accompanied Richard to the Holy Land, and died
at Tyre in 1190 or 1191 (Benediotus Abbas, ii., p. 148 ; Roger de Hoveden, iii.,
p. 88). See Diet. Nat. Biography, xxxi., p. 338 ; Dugdale, Baronage, i., p. 100a.

3 Marnham, co. Notts. John, Constable of Chester, is recorded to
have given the church of Marnham to the Knight Templars {Monasiicon,
vi., p. 825a). His foundation deed of Stanlow (later known as Whalley) abbey,
CO. Chester, which is dated 1178, is witnessed by " Nicholas, persona de
Marnham " {Monasticon, vi., p. 641a; corrupted to " Marisham " in the
copy in the Ooucher Book of Whalley Abbey (Chetham Soc, 1847), p. 5).

11

His testibus : Roberto, saoerdote de Stoca^ ; Willelmo
Legato ; Silvestro de Suttona^ ; Galfrido, milite de Suttuna^^;
Galfrido Escrop ; Willelmo filio Gerardi ; Ricardo de Clifton ' ;
Ricardo de Awic ; Roberto clerico de Cliftona* ; Roberto de
Wadewr])a* ; Rogero de Normantona^ ; Richer de Scegebi* ;
Ricardo de Co {sic) de Cotintona' ; Nigello de Cliftona ;
Roberto fratre Nicholai ; Waltef de Marnaham ; Elia de
Pasci ; Adam de Duttun^ ; Rogero Burdun* ; Roberto filio
Rogeri* ; Adam Cytharista.

Fragment of large seal with equestrian figure.

[c. 1175] — Confirmation by Robert son of Philip [de
Baseford'] of his father's grant to Eustace de Brocolvestou
[Broxtow, CO. Notts] of land, etc., in Baseford [Basford,
CO. Notts] and at Essebia [Ashby Magna, co. Leicester ?].

Robertus filius Philippi omnibus amicis et hominibus suis,
tam futuris quam presentibus, salutem.

Certum sit vobis, quod pater meus Philippus dedit et con-
cessit Eustachio de Brocolvestou, i" meo concessu, quatuor
bovatas terre et tres culturas et duo prata et sedem unam
molendini in feudo suo de Ba[se]ford, in liberum conjugium
cum sua fiUa, et etiam apud Magnam Essebiam unam
virgatam terre, de se ad tenendam et de herede suo sibi et
heredi suo quiete et Ubere, propter hominium suum et
propter servicium suum, scilicet equitandi cum eo vel cum
uxore sua de uno mansu (sic) ad alium mansum, scilicet de
Baseford ad Essebiam. Hoc donum eciam supradictum in
hac presenti carta do et confirmo nunc et inperpetuum sibi
et heredibus sviis de me et heredibus^i meis.

Hujus rei testes sunt isti : Gilebertus capellanua^^ ; Wil-
lelmus Hauselin^^ ; Adam Marescalcus et Hugo, frater ejus ;

1 East Stoke, co. Notts.

2 Sutton-on-Trent, co. Notts. Silvester de Sutton made a fine under
COS. Notts and Derby in 1179-80 for the pledge of one of his men (Pipe KoU,
26 Henry II., ro. lOd). and in 1180-1 (Pipe Boll, 27 Hen. TI., ro. Id). A
fine was levied in 1203 between Roland son of Silvester, demandant, and
Bobert de Lisures concerning land in Sternethorp, the Stiresthorp of this
deed (Feet of Fines, co. Notts, file 2, no. 21).

3 North or South Clifton, co. Notts.

* Wadworth, co. York, is mentioned as Wadewurth with Marnham
in 1204 {Bot. Chart, p. 133a) and in the Testa de Nevill, p. 226.
6 Normanton, near Mamham, co. Notts.

6 Skegby, parish of Mamham.

7 Coddington, co. Notts.

8 Witnesses the foundation deed of Stanlow Abbey (see note 3, p. 10,
above).

9 See Thoroton, Notts, p. 233a.

10 Eustace de Brokelestoua is mentioned in the Pipe Rolls for Notts
and Derby in 1181-2, 28 Henry II., ro. 2. Broxtowe is recorded simply by
Broxtowe HaU, now a farmhouse in the parish of Bilborough.

11 herededibits, MS.

12 eapellcmus, MS.

13 Written clearly " Hauselin," ( = Halselin, p. 32, below). Similarly
Ralph Hauaelm is clearly so written in the Pipe RoUs for 1193-4, 1196-7
(6 Richard I., ro. 6 ; 8 Richard I., ro. 54).

12

Samson de Stretlei^ ; Robertus, frater ejus ; Adam do
Moreteun^ et Hugo, frater ejus ; Ricardus de Asple^ ; Ever-
ardus de Lentun* ; Raudulfus (sic) filius Gileberti ; Philippus
filius Philippi. Valete.
Seal missing.

[c. 1175] — Grant by Hugh son of Theodoric and Margaret,
his wife, to St. Peter's Church, Winterbum [Winterborne
Zelstone, co. Dorset] of land [in Winterborne] for the main-
tenance of a lamp in the church.

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Hugo filius Theodorici*
et uxor mea Margareta donavimus gcclesig Sancti Petri de
Winterburnia,* in perpetuam elemosinam, duas acras terre
ad mortarium,' una in oriente proxima juxta divisas, altera
in valle juxta divisas proxima, in altera erpmerche del est de
Serdebege^ ubi marlere^ exstat, et altera proxima de la charere
del norh.^°

His testibus : Domino Ricardo,!^ arch[idiacono] Dorsete,
et toto capitulo Dorecestrie, et tota parrochia de Winter-
burnia.

Seal missing.

1 Sampson de Stradlega [Strelley, co. Notts] was amerced under Notts
and Derby for trespass of the forest in 1176 (Pipe Roll, 22 Henry II., p. 94 ;
cf. 23 Hen. II., p. 59). He witnessed the charter of John, earl of Mortain,
to the burgesses of Nottingham in 1189 or slightly later {Recorda of the Borough
of Nottingham, i., p. 10). In 1194 his chattels were seised into the king's
hands amont; those of others ' ' of the king 's enemies ' ' (Pipe Roll, 6 Richard
I., ro. 6). In 1194-5 he paid four marks under cos. Notts and Derby because
he had supported John in his rebellion (Pipe RoU, 7 Richard I., ro. 2). In
1197-8 Sampson de Stradleg' [his son] paid thirty marks under the said
counties to have seisin of his father's lands, which were still in the king's
hands because he had supported John (Pipe Roll, 10 Richard I., ro. 8). This
Sampson died before 1206-7, for in that year Walter de Stradleg owed a
falcon under the same counties for having seisin of his father's lands (Pipe
Roll, 9 John, ro. 11 ; Rotuli de Finibus, p. 377).

2 Adam de Moretonio [Mortain, Normandy, dep. of La Manche] was
amerced for trespass of the forest in 1176 under cos. Notts and Derby (Pipe
Roll, 22 Henry II., p. 94 ; cf. 23 Henry II., p. 59). In 1185-6 the sheriff of
these counties accounts for the form of Adam's lands (Pipe Roll, 32 Henry II.,
ro. 8), which were in the king's hands, probably by reason of his death.

3 Aspley (Hall), parish of Radford (near Nottingham).
* Lenton, co. Notts.

6 Terricus (Old French Tierri = Theodoric ) de Bosco Herberti is re-
turned in 1166 as a tenant in Dorset {Red Book, i., p. 215 ; Liber Niger, p.
80). A Theodoricus de Bosco granted land in one of the Dorset Winter-
bournes before 1206 (Rotuli Chartarum, p. 163 ; Hutchins, Hist, of Dorset,
ed. 3. iv.,p. 7, note 6). Hugh son of Terricus paid half a mark in 1207 for a dis-
seisin in that county (Rotuli de Finibus, p. 404). Cf. also Thericus de Werdes-
ford, page 54, below.

8 The older dedication of the church of Winterborn Zelstone to St..
Peter is mentioned in 1384^5 (Hutchins, i., p. 337, note d).

■^ A lamp (Old French mortier), a meaning not recorded by Ducange.
Cf. Hutchins, iii., p. 7296, ' morterium vel lampaa. ' i

8 ' The earth-boundary [ridge of earth ?] to the east of Serdebege,' the
latter seemingly meaning the old parish of Charborough, now in the parish
of Morden.

9 ' marl-pit, ' Old French marliere, modern French marniire.
1" 'to the cartroad (Old French charriere) on the north.'

11 An addition to the list of archdeacons in Le Neve's Fasti Ecclesim
Anglicanw.

13

[c. 1175]— Grant by Nicholas son of William de Trowella
[Trowell, co. Notts] to the church of Sempringham [abbey,
CO. Lincoln] of a moiety of a mill in Trowell.

Omnibus Christi fideUbus Nicholausi filius Willelmi de
Trowella, salutem.

Sciatis me dedisse et hac carta mea confirmasse, assensu
heredum meorum, in puram elemosinam et perpetuam poss-
essionem Deo et ecclesie Sancte Marie et moniaUbus de
Sempingham et fratribus earum, clericis et laicis, ibidem Deo
servientibus medietatem molendini super Yrewis,^ que est de
feudo meo, cum mediet[ate] del Holm^ quod est circum-
fossatum in territorio de Trowella, solutam et quietam ab
omni servicio et exactione, et cum omni lib.ertate et con-
suetudine, quam ego habui super idem molendinum, videhcet,
ut ego et homines mei veniamus ad predictum molendinum
ad molendum omnia blada, que habemus molere. Hanc vero
elemosinam ego et heredes mei erga omnes homines de
universis calumpniis et serviciis in perpetuum illis warant-
izabimus.

His testibus : Thoma, capellano de Sempingham ; Samsone
de Stretleie ; Helya de Bramc[ote«] ; Gill[ebert]o, Hugone
Bugghe, Radulfo, clericis de Sempingham ; Roberto Musteile^ ;
Hugone Spien ; Jacobo ; Galfrido Puinnant ; Ulf ; Galfrido
de Co]jestoche* ; WiUelmo Pranceis ; Willelmo Brekedure'.

Endorsed in same hand : ' De Nicholac' ' De Beam-
ch[o]te.'

Large seal with equestrian figure, inscribed : + Sigillv . .
. . Ai DE Trowellb.

[c. 1175] — Confirmation by Godfrey de Stanford and
Maud, his wife, to the monks of Sempringham [co. Lincoln]
of a grant to them by Nicholas de Trowella of land in
Trowell.

Notum sit universis Christi fidehbus, quod ego Godefridus
de Stanford^ et uxor mea Matill[is] et heredes mei con-
cessimus, et hac carta mea confirmavimus, Deo et Sancte
Marie et monialibus de Sepingham et fratribus earum, clericis
et laicis, totam donationem, quam Nicolaus de Trowella
dedit eifi in eadem villa, scilicet de sex bovatis terre de demenio
suo, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, prout carta ipsius Nicolai
testatur. Hanc vero donacionem affidavimus inperpetuum

1 Nicholas de Trowella is mentioned in 1165-6 and 1166-7 (Pipe Roll
12 Hen. II., pp. 54, 58 ; 13 Hen. 11., p. 137).

2 The river Ere wash.

3 'Island.'

* Bramcote, oo. Notts.

6 Robert Mustel answers in 1176-7 for a default in Kent (Pipe Roll, 23
Hen. II., p. 205). He is clearly the Robert M[er]steile {read M[u8]steile 1)
of the Rutland MSS., iv., p. 54, of a charter of the reign of Henry IT.
A Roger Mustel or Musteile answers in 1175-6 in co. Lincoln for a forest
offence (Pipe Roll, 22 Henry II., p. 86).

6 Cotterstock, co. Northampton.

7 William Brechedore witnesses the charter cited in note 6.

8 Stanford-on-Soar, co. Notts. Cf. Thoroton, Notts, p. 36.

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tenendam in manu Roberti filii Brien, et uxor mea Matillps]
in manu Hawise, uxoris Roberti de Stanford, coram Regi-
naldo, sacerdote de Stanford, et coram Alicia, sorore mea.

His testibus : Radulfoi, capellano de Sempingham ; Adam
de Morton' ; Samsone de Stratlee ; Eustachio de Brokolestowe ;
Roberto filio Brien ; Willelmo, Waltero, Jordano, fratribus
ejus ; Roberto Malrewad (sic) ; Petro de Osebernebi,^ famulo
regis ; Roberto Mustela ; Willelmo Franceis ; Ulf Stabulario ;
Willelmo Brekedure ; Galfrido Puintrant (sic) ; Pagano Cemen-
tario de Pointona^ ; Hugone Cementario de Binnebroc* ;
Alano Cementario de Billesbi^ ; Magistro Gervasio de Burch ;
AchUle, Stephano, filiis suis ; Adam filio Mauricii Clerici de
Lochtona^ ; Hugone Tegulario.

Seed with armed figure on horseback, carrying a lance with
a long double-tailed pennon. Inscription: + Sigii-lvm

GODEPBIDI DE StANFOET.

[c. 1175] — Confirmation of preceding grants by Philip de
Kyme.

Omnibus Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis, Philippus de Kym','
salutem.

Notum sit vobis me concessisse et hac carta mea confir-
masse Sanctimonialibus de Sempingham et conventui quatuor
bovatas terre et unum toftum de quatuor acris terre in ter-
ritorio de Trowella et medietatem molendini de Irewis, cum
omnibus pertinenciis suis, scilicet, donacionem Nicholai de
Trowella, sicut carte sue confirmant et testantur, salvo forin-
seco servicio.

Testibus : Priore de Kym'^ ; Rogero filio meo, canonico ;
Sym[one], Willelmo, et Phihppo, filiis meis ; Ricardo de
Ormesb[i]* ; Ricardo de Sancto Petro ; Johanne clerico
meo ; Godefrido de Stanford.

Large seal with armed figure on horseback. Inscription :
[Sig]illvm ....

[c. 1180] — Grant by John de Bracebruge to Godfrey son
of Esegar of land [in Kingsbury, co. Warwick ?]. Written in
the same hand as the two charters of Godfrey son of Ingrid
de Hurnlee to John de Bracebrugge (p. 21 below) and the
charter of WilHam son of Godfrey de Hurnle to the said
John, p. 22 below).

1 Badusfo, MS.

2 Osbournby, co. Lincoln.

5 Pointon, with Sempringham, co. Lincoln.
< Binbrooke, co. Lincoln.

B Bilsby, CO. Lincoln.

6 Lutton, CO. Lincoln.

"! Philip de Kyme (co. Lincoln) was sheriff of Lincoln from 1167 to 1170.
Richard I. acquired in 1189 Philip's service in Lincolnshire from the bishop
of Durham in exchange (Roger of Hoveden, iii., p. 14). He died shortly
after this date (of. Dugdale, Baronage, i., p. 620).

8 The Augustinian priory of Kyme, co. Lincoln, founded by Philin de
Kyme.

9 Richard de Ormesbi made fine in co. Lincoln to have a recognition of
land ajgainst Simon son of Robert in 1176-7 (Pipe Roll, 23 Henry U.,p. 112).

15

Omnibus, ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, Johannes
de Bracebr[uge], salutem.

Noveritis me dedisse et concessisse et hao presenti mea
carta mea confirmasse Godefrido filio Esegar et heredibus sins,
pro omagio et servicio suo, vi. acras terre ; scilicet, unam
acram, que jacet contra crucem et terram ecclesie, quam
Decanus tenet ; et ii. acras, que se extendunt apud Aldithe-
holm ; et i. acram in Sidenhale ; et ii. acras juxta Rodhale,
que se extendunt ad Blakemor ; et ii. b[uta]s, que se extendunt
ad le Portwei ad implementum predictarum acrarum, cum
crofto et mesuagio, quod fuit Esegar, patris predicti Gode-
fr[idi], et cum crofto et mesuagio, quod fuit Walteri filii
Gregorii, et cum crofto Willelmi Spillemort, et cum prato
quod fuit Ade Thedris, et cum prato quod fuit Rogeri Gori :
tenendas de me et heredibus meis, Hbere et quiete, in boscho,
in piano, in pratis, in pascuis, et in omnibus libertatibus ;
reddendo annuatim ipse et heredes sui michi et heredibus
meis, pro omni servicio et exaccione, quatuor solidos argenti
et [vi. denajrios ad duos terminos, scilicet ad festum Sancte
Marie in Marcio ii. solidos et iii. obolos, et ad festum Sancti
Michaelis ii. solidos et iii. obolos. Pro hac autem donatione
et [concessionje et confirmatione, dedit mihi sepedictus Gode-
fr[idus] tres marcas argenti et i. dtibler^.

Hiis testibus^ : Radulfo capeUano ; Roberto fratre Domini
Johannis ; Laurencio de Merst'^ ; Nicholao de Esbroc ;
H . . . . ; Waltero Fundi ; Petro, fratre ejus ;
Radulfo de Wlputl' ; Johanne filio Ingrid ; Rogero Bagod ;
Rogero de Henle* ; Willelmo Nigro ; Ricardo filio ejus ;
Roberto deMakest[oke]^ ; Rogero de Blacgr[eve]* ; Simone
de Brockel[eye] ; .... de Blacgr[eve] ; Ada de
Makest[oke] ; et multis aliis.

Large seal in white wax with equestrian figure, much worn,
with faint traces of inscription.

[c. 1180] — Grant by John de Bracebrugge to the nunnery
of St. Edith, Polesworth [co. Warwick], of the miUs of Kines-
buri [Kingsbury, co. Warwick] and of Hurlea [Hurley, parish
of Kingsbury].

'Omnibus Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis presentibus et futuris,
Johannes de Bracebrugge, salutem.

Noverit universitas vestra, quod ego concessi et hac carta
confirmavi, pro salute anime mee et patris mei et matris mee

1 Old French diM(i)er meant a dish, a hquid meaaure, a napkin, sack,
etc. See New English Dictionary, s.v. ' Doubler, 1. '

2 The witnesses' names are added in a lighter coloured ink in the
same hand, the deed as far as Hiis testibus having obviously been prepared
before the names of the witnesses were known.

3 Marston, co. Warwick.

* Henley-in-Arden, co. Warwick.
5 Maxtoke, co. Warwick.

8 Blackgreaves Farm, parish of Lea Marston, co. Warwick.
7 This charter is cited from an Inspeximus of 21 Bichard II. by Dugdale.
Warvnekshire, p. 7616.

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et omnium antecessorum meorum, molendina de Kinesburi
Deo et Sancte Marie et Ecolesie Sanote EadiSe de PoleswrSe
et monialibus ibidem Deo servientibus, cum Mulnecroft et
Whetholm, et una acra prati ad Bradeford', et quodam prato,
et quadam mora, que est inter aquam molendini et calcetam,
que est juxta pratum Herberti, et inter duas foveas, et insula,
que est juxta stagnum molendini : tenenda ' in puram et
perpetuam elemosinam liberam et quietam ab omnibus
secularibus exactionibus. Preterea, concessi eis et con-
lirmavi piscarias in exclusis predictorum molendinorum et in
circuitu molendini, terram ad cespites capiendas (sic), quantum
opus fuerit, ad reficiendum ipsum molendinum et stagnuna
molendini ubique, nisi in prato et in blado. Heo eis concessi
et confirmavi, cum secta et cum omnibus suis pertinenciis
et libertatibus et liberis consuetudinibus, in bosco et piano,
in pratis et pascuis, in semitis et viis, et omnibus aliis
eisiamentis. Et cum eisdem libertatibus et eisiamentis
concessi eis et confirmavi molendinum de Hurlea cum secta
et pertinenciis suis, ut hec omnia supradicta perpetuo coquine
earundem monialium permaneant donata.

Hiis testibus : Simone, abbate Persorensi^ ; Magistro
Roberto de Salopesb[uri] ; Thoma, persona de Kinesb[uri] ;
Willelmo Mareschallo ; Roberto de Bromcote" ; Simone de
Echeles^ ; Rogero de Erdintona* ; Roberto de Langedona ;
Maneser de Witacre^ ; Mcholao de Essebroc ; Willelmo
Fundu ; Godefrido de Hurlee ; Radulfo de Wlfputtele6 ;
Jordano fratre suo ; Robin de Bracebrugge ; Waltero
Fundu ; Hugone de Essebroc ; Hamone filio Sefare ; Hen-
rico, clerico de Estona,' qui banc cartam scripsit in ecclesia
de Kinesbire, et aliis.

Seal in white wax with equestrian figure.

[c. 1180] — Grant by John son of Peter de Bracebruge to
William the Farrier (Marescallo) of land [in Kingsbury, co.
Warwick ?]

Sciant tam presentes quam futuri, quod ego Johannes
filius Petri de Bracebruge dedi et concessi et hac presenti
carta mea confirmavi, in feudo et hereditate, Willelmo
Marescallo et heredibus suis, tenendam de me et heredibus
meis, pro homagio suo et servitio, terram que fuit Hacun
de Hurlee', et terram que fuit Roberti Kinebald, et terram
que fuit Ricardi de Havekesford, et terram que fuit Alani
filii Hacun, et terram que fuit Godefridi de Sudlee, et terram

1 Simon became abbot in 1175 (Annales de Theokeaheria, in Annalea
Monaatiei, i., p. 51), and died in 1198 (lb., i., p. 56 ; Annalea Winton., ii., p.
67).

2 Bramcote [Hall], parish of Polesworth.

3 Nechells, parish of Aston, oo. Warwick.

4 Erdington, parish of Aston, co. Warwick.
6 Whitaore, co. Warwick.

s Aston, CO. Warwick.

' Hurley, parish of Kingsbiiry, co. Warwick.

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que fuit Rannulfi fabri ad Pontem de Sudlee, et terram que
fuit Willelmi de Gledenhurst, cum omnibus pertinentiis pre-
dictarum terrarum, libera et quiets et honorifice, in pasouis,
in yiis, in semitis, in aquis, in pratis, in stangnis, in sUvis,
et in omnibus aliis locis, et quietatione de pasnagio et de
tolneto, et husbote et heibote in bosco meo rationabiliter ;
reddendo annuatim michi et heredibua meis ipse et heredes
sui unum nisum sorum vel xijd. pro omni seculari servitio
et exactione apud Kinesberi, scilicet ad Vincula Sancti
Petri.

His testibus : Waltero de Plumtun, Nicbolao filio Liulfi,
Milone Barba April[i], Willelmo Fundu, Nicholao de Haisbroc,
Roberto de Suttona^, Viello de FolkeshuP, Radulfo de
Wlfputelee, Roberto clerico, Godefrido de Hurlee^, Roberto
de Plumtona, Waltero Fundu, Serlone, et multis aliis.

Equestrian seal, same as affixed to the two preceding deeds,
with most of the inscription worn away.

[c. 1180] — Grant by Alice de Kinesbire [Kingsbury,
Warwick] to the nunnery of St. Edith at Polesworde [Poles-
worth, CO. Warwick] of the mills at Kinesbire and at Hurlega
[Hurley, parish of Kingsbury].*

Omnibus Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis, ad quos littere pre-
sentes pervenerint, Aliz de Kinesbire, fiha Hosberti de
Arderne, salutem.

Noverit universitas vestra, me, pro salute anime mee et
matris mee et aliorum antecessorum et successorum meorum,
concessisse, et hac presenti carta mea confirmasse, Deo et
Sancte Marie et Sancte Eadijie de Polesworde et monialibus
ibidem Deo servientibus molendinum de Kinesbire et molen-
dinum de Hurlega, cum secta et omnibus aliis pertinenciis et
libertatibus suis libere, pacifice, quiete, in puram elemosinam
et liberam ab omnibus secularibus exactionibus, salva decima,
que pertinet ad ecclesiam de Kinesbire.

Hiis testibus : Simone Basset^ ; Willelmo de Fuletebi* ;
Roberto filio Radulfi ; Roberto de Grendona' ; Nicholao de
Hessebroc^ ; Willelmo Fundu ; Galfrido, Willelmo, Siwardo,
sacerdotibus ; Adam, Henrico, Nicholao, clericis ; Roberto
filio Pagani ; et aliis;

Seal missing.

[c. 1180] — Confijrmation by Roger Pite of grant to Ywan
le Breton of land in Willhebi [Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, co.
Notts].

1 Sutton Coldfield, co. Warwick.

2 Foleshill, co. Warwick.

3 Hurley, parish of Kingsbury.

* This charter is cited from a chartulary ( ' ex Cod, MS. ' ), not the
original, by Dugdale, Warwickshire, p. 761a.

5 See MSS. of the Duke of Rutland, vol. iv., p. 22.

6 Fulletby, co. Lincoln. See Rutland MSS., iv., p. 23.

7 Grendon, co. Warwick.

8 Esbroe, see page 4, note 13, above.

M 2

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Sciant tarn presentes quam futuri, quod ego Eogerus Pitei
dedi et hac mea carta cohfirmavi Ywano le Breton^ et heredibus
suis ii/^ bovatas terre in Willhebi, scilicet illas, quas Leviva
tenuit, cum toftoet crofto et omnibus pertinenciis infra villain
et extra villam : tenendas de me et de heredibus meis in
feudo et in hereditate ; reddendo mihi et heredibus meis
annuatim una calcaria (sic) deargentata vel iiii.""^ nummos
infra octabas Pasche pro omni servicio, quod ad me et ad
heredes meos pertinet, salvo forinseco servicio et salva firma
de Thikehil, pro qua scilicet firma reddet mihi annuatim
sex denarios tantum duobus terminis, tres scilicet ad festum
Beati Michaelis et tres ad Pascha Floridum. Et pro hac
donatione et concessione, predictus Ywanus dedit mihi v.
marcas argenti de gersum.

His testibus : WiUelmo de Leke ; Hugone de Till' ;
Reginaldo de Insula ; Rand[ulfo] de Wandesl[ee]2 . Reginaldo
de Aneslee^ ; Radulfo de Aneslee ; Roberto A[n]geuin ;
Roberto de Boves* ; Nicholao le Angeuin ; WiUelmo Pite ;
Waltero del Hulmo ; Galfrido de Insula ; Henrico cliente
de Plumtre^ ; et multis aliis.

Seal in green wax ivith bird {peacock ?). Inscription :

-{- SiGILLVM ROGERI.

[c. 1180] — Grant by Simon son of Simon [de Kyme] to
Richard de Gaitune of land in Billeburg [Bilborough, co. Notts].

Notum sit omnibus hominibus tam presentibus quam
futuris, me Symonem filium Symonis dedisse et concessisse
et hac mea carta confirmasse Ricardo de Gaitune^ et heredi-
bus suis duas bovetas {sic) terre in Billeburg, cum omnibus
pertinentiis et aisamentis ejusdem terre : tenendas de me et
heredibus meis in feudo et hereditate, libere et quiete et
honorifice, pro omni servicio mihi et heredibus meis pertinenti,
xii. denariis reddendis per anniim ad festum Sancti Martini.
Illas, scilicet, bovetas do predicto Rica[r]do et heredibus suis, que
fuerunt Randulfi de Prestwald, ita libere sicut predictum est.

His testibus : Roberto Beket ; Randulfo, fratre meo ;
Sanson' de Stratleie ; Eustacio de Brocholvestoue ; Roberto
de Mammetun ; Nicholao' armigero ; Ricardo Coco ; Alexandro

1 Ywain le BreUui witnesses Notts charters about the date assigned
to this charter, and in the early part of the thirteenth century (Thoroton,
Notts, pp. 249a, 255a, 265a ; see also p. 78a).

2 Randulph de Wandeslea [Wandesley, parish of Annesley, co. Notts]
paid a fine for a forest trespass in 1175-G (Pipe Roll, 22 Henry 11., p. 61).
Cf. Pipe Roll, 23 Henry II., p. 95.

3 Reginald de Annesley made a like fine in the same roll. In 1184-5
he was fined for a purpresture (Pipe Roll, 31 Henry II., ro. 8).

* Boves, Picardy, canton of Sains, arrondissement of Amiens, depart,
of the Somme.

5 Plumtree, co. Notts.

6 In 1202 William de Gaiton released by fine to Walter de Ribof (see
below, page 39) and Isabel, his wife (see Thoroton, Notts, p. 4486) three
bovates of land in Bileburg, and they by the same fine granted to him two
of these bovates, to wit those that Walter de Prestwalt held {Feet oj Fines,
CO. Notts, file 2, no. 14), probably the two conveyed by the present charter.

7 Nicholaco, MS.

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de Norfouo ; Acero de Billeburg ; Willelmo Hurtefrunt ;
Alberto Molendinario ; Roberto de Waldeshilf i.
Seal missing.

[o. 1180]— Grant by Richard son of Jotlein (Jollan) de
Ristunia to Idonia, wife of Sir Helto de Boisdele, of land in
Ristunia [Reston, co. Lincoln].

Notum sit tarn presentibus quam futuris, quod ego
Ricardus filius Jotlein de Ristunia dedi et concessi Idonie,
uxori Domini Heltonis de Boisdel'.^ et suis heredibus, terciam
pa,rtem quatuor bovetarum (sic), quas teneo de feudo Rogeri
filii Ranulfi, scilicet unam bovatam terre et terciam partem
uniusbovate in Ristunia, cum omnibus pertinentiis eidem
terre in nemore, in piano, in pratis, in pasturis, in aquis, in
viis, in exitu, in feudum et hereditatem ; et illam terram
a, me et heredibus meis ilia et heredes sui solute et quiete et
libere tenebunt, salvo servicio regis. Et pro eadem terra
reddet Idonea mihi vel heredes sui singulis annis xii. denarios.
Et de^ terra ista faciat Idonia vel heredes sui voluntatem
suam, salvo servicio meo.

Hujus rei testes sunt : Dominus Helto de Boisdel' ; Ricardus
de Hahc ; Radulfus, presbiter de Hacham* ; Petrus de
Becherinc^ ; Hogo (sic) filio Heltonis ; Ranulfus de Meirembout ;
Gilbertus de Wella ; Alanus de Boisdel' ; Andreas de Wella ;
Johannes de Boisdel'; Robertus clericus ; Radulfus, sacerdos
de Lincolne.

Seal in white wax bearing a bull (?) passant with head
turned backwards, inscribed : * [Sig]illv[m Ricab]di Filii

lOSSLANI.

[c. 1180] — Grant by William Pite to Bartholomew son of
Ulf de Notingeham of land in Wilghebi [WiUoughby-on-the-
Wolds, CO. Notts].

Sciant omnes presentes et futuri, quod ego Willelmus Pite,*

1 Waldershelf, near Bolterstone, parish of Bradfield co. York.

2 Written here and below ' Boisdl ' with a stroke through the upper
part of the /. Helte, Heltus, or Heude (see page 43 below) de Boisdele,
Boidele, Boidela is mentioned in connexion with lands in Lincolnshire
in 1169-70, 1170-1, 1174-7, 1175-6 and 1176-7 (Pipe RoUs of the 16,
17, 21, 22 and 23 Henry II.). His surname is derived from a wood
on the river Elle in Normandy, in the department of La Manche, recorded
in the two hamlets of Bois d'Elle, in the canton of St. Clair, arrondisse-
ment of St. L6, in the communes of Cerisy-la-Foret and Saint Georges d'Elle
respectively.

3 The words et de are written twice in the original.

* Haugham, co. Lincoln.

5 Beckering, parish of Holton, co. Lincoln.

* William Pietas (Old French Pit^) and Roger, his brother (the Roger
Pit6 of this deed), witnessed a deed of William de Heriz, brother of- Robert
de Heriz, executed during the shrievalty of Robert (son of Randulph), who
was sheriff of Notts and Derby from 1166 to 1170 (Thoroton, Notts, p. 40a)
In 1 194-5 William made fine for being in Nottingham Castle [when besieged by
King Richard in 1194J (Pipe Roll, 7 Richard I., ro. 2, Notts and Derby). He
levied a fine in 1198 concerning lands in Hucknall [Torkard] and Lamb-
cote, CO. Notts, to Geoffrey Torcaz and his wife {Pedes ft'niuTO, Pipe Roll Soc,
p. 140 ; Thoroton, p. 2366). A grant by him of land in Willoughby-on-the-
Wolds is noticed by Thoroton, p. 255o.

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consensu* et voluntate Robert! de Heriz/ domini fundi, con-
cessi et dedi et hac mea carta confirmavi Bartholomeo^ filio
Ulf de Notingeham, pro homagio suo, quatuor bovatas terre
in Wilghebi, duas scilicet bovatas, quas Picot tenuit in eadem
villa, cum tofto et crofto ad easdem bovatas pertinentibus,
et duas bovatas, quas Ricardus Palmarius tenuit ibidem,
cum toftb et crofto ad illas pertinentibus : tenendas sibi et
heredibus suis in feodo et hereditate de me et heredibus meis
libere, honorifice et quiete, plenarie et integre, cum omnibus
pertinenciis et libertatibus et aisiamentis suis infra viUam
et extra, pro una libra cimini annuatim mihi infra octavas
Sancti Martini reddenda pro omni servicio, quod ad me
pertinet. Ego vero et heredes mei adquietabimus predictas
bovatas terre de firma, que pertinet ad Castellum de Tikehul',^
et ego et heredes mei warantizabimus predictam terram
Bartholomeo et heredibus suis. Et pro hac donacione dedit
mihi prefatus Bartholomeus sex marcas argenti de gersum.

Hujus donationis sunt hii testes : PhUippus de Belmeis ;
Samson de Stretlega ; Rogerus Pite ; Ricardus de Wiverton* ;
Bernardus de Stokes ; Hugo de Sumervill' ^ ; Robertus
Andegav[ensis]^ ; Willelmus filius Baldewini' ; Hellas de
Sancta Maria' ; Reginaldus' et Germanus, fratres^" ejus ;
Adam filius [U]lf ; Orm^^ ; Willelmus Malnevu ; Simon
- Aurifaber^^ ; Radulfus filius Wlvive ; Ricardus filius Hersant ;
Willelmus Winter ^^ ; Magister Silvester i* ; Robertus Folet ;

^ See page 8, note 2, above.

2 No doubt the Bartholomew who was overseer with Orm the Reevo
of the gaol at Nottingham in 1176-7 (Pipe Boll, 23 Henry II., p. 57).

8 Tickhill Castle, oo. York.

* Wiverton (Hall), near Tithby, co. Notts. Richard [de Wiverton]
confirmed (in 1179) a grant of his father Richard son of Gervase de Barnes-
ton (Thoroton, p. 81a). He died before 1201-2, when Gervase de Wiverton,
his son (Pipe Roll, 11 John, ro. 10), answered for scutage of his fees (Pipe
Roll, 4 John, ro. 4).

6 See Thoroton, p. 43a.

6 See Thoroton, pp. 437, 255a.

' William son of Baldwin was a supervisor of works at Nottingham
castle in 1193-4 (Pipe Roll, 6 Richard I., ro. 0). In 1200-1 he fined to have
a writ (Pipe Roll, 3 John, ro. 8), and became a surety with other men of
CO. Notts. (Roluli de Oblatis, p. 51).

8 Helias de Sancta Maria was one of the surveyors of works upon the
King's Hall at Nottingham in 1180-1 and 1181-2 (Pipe Roll, 27 Henry II.,
ro. Id., 28 Hem'y II., ro. 2), and, under the name of Helias the Parson in
1183-4, 1184-5, 1185-6, 1186-7, (Pipe Roll, 30 Henry II., ro 7 ; 31 Henry 11
ro. 8 ; 32 Henry II., ro. 8 ; 33 Henry II., ro. 12), and 1193-4 (6 Richard I.!
ro. 6).

9 Reginald de Sancta Maria was one of the supervisors of works at
Nottingham and Clipstone in 1178-9 (Pipe Roll, 25 Henry II., ro. 7d.), and
at Nottingham Castle in 1185-6, when he is described as Reginald brother
of Hehas [the Parson] (Pipe RoU, 32 Henry II., ro. 8).

1" fratribus, MS.

11 Orm the Baker, probably the Orm the Reeve of note 2 above, was
one of the surveyors of works at Nottingham gaol in 1180-1 (Pipe Roll
27 Henry II., ro. Id.). '

12 He made fine with other Nottingham men in 1200 (RotuU de Oblatis
p. 75).

18 WiUiam de Winter was one of the supervisor of works at Notting-
ham gaol in 1180-1 and 1185-6 (Pipe Roll, 27 Henry II., ro. \d : 32 Henrv
II., ro. 8). ^

1* Probably the Master Silvester of Nottingham who witnesses a deed
of about this date in Thoroton, Notts, p. 265o, and another one at p. 41
below. '

21

Petrus le Beli ; Anketil filius Anketi (sic) ; Ricardus filius
Radulfi ; Gervasius filius Herberti ; Willelmus Ernwi ;
Willelmus filius Tedric' ; Thomas de Graham^ ; et multi
alii.

Seal in green ^vax, with a large bird, and inscription :

+ SiGILL . . . WiLLEMI PlTE.

[c. 1180]— Grant by Godfrey son of the Lady Ingrid de
Hurnlee [Hurley, parish of Kingsbury, co. Warwick] to John
de Bracebrugge of land in Hurnlee. Of this charter there
are two exemplars written in the same hand (as to which
see charter of John de Bracebruge to Godfrey son of Esegar
(p. 14, above), which are here distinguished as A and B.
Words, etc., from the latter are given in the text within
round brackets, and the variant readings are given at the
foot of the page.

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Godefridus filius
(domine) Ingrid de Hurnl(ee) dedi, concessi, et hac presenti
carta mea confirmavi^ Johanni de Bracebrugg(e) et heredibus
suis duas cultiu-as dominii mei in Hurnl(ee) ; scilicet, Gun-
nildecrouft, que jacet inter terram Thome de Basterlee* et
terram Galfridi Hulfketel in latitudine, et que extendit (in
longitudine) a terra Thome de Hodhurst= usque ad viam,
que descendit apud Basterlee a domo predicti G. Hu]fket(el) ;
et curtura,^ que jacet inter ortum Petri Fabri et pomerium,
quod fuit G. Hulfket[el]' in latitudine, et que extendit in
longitudine a domo G. Hulfket[el] usque ad regiam stratam^
ante domum predicti G. filii Ingrid : et quietas clamavi a
me et heredibus meis ipsi et heredibus (suis) imperpetuum.
Ego vero warantizabo has prefatas culturas contra omnes
gentes.' Pro hac autem donatione et quieta clamatione
dedit michi prefatus J. de Bracebr[ugg'] duas marcas argenti.
Et ut ista donatio et quieta clamatio futuris temporibus robur
firmitatis obtineat, earn sigilli mei appositione dignum duxi
c orr ob or andum .

Hiis testibus : Thoma de Estlee'" ; Waltero filio ejus^" ;
Johanne Basset; Hugone de Esbroc^^ ; Willelmo Basset ^ " ;
Willelmo de Bracebr[ugg'] ; Roberto de Bracebr[ugg'] ;
Simone Basset" ; Thoma fratre suo^" ; Hanr[ico] de Lilleburn^^ .
Seher de Stokes ; Adam de Brocg(reve) ; Waltero Fundu ;
Serlone de Witint[un] ; Roberto filio Simonis ; Roberto de
Cliuei" ; Roberto de Plumt(un) ; Simone de Brockel[ee]i3 ;
Roberto Brun'" ; Roberto Walensi^^ ; et multis aliis.

Seal of A missing ; that of B, which is in white wax, hears
a fleur-de-lys. The inscription is illegible.

1 Peter le Bel was amerced in 1199-1200 (Pipe Roll, 2 John, ro. 1,
Notts and Derby.)

2 Grantham, co. Lincoln.

3 confirmasse. * Baisterlee (Baxterley, co. Warwick). 6 Odhurst.
6 cultura. 7 Hulk'. • 8 viam.

9 The warranty clause is omitted in B.
10 Omitted, B. n Asbr', B.

12 LiUebr', A. 13 Simone de Blagueuero, B,

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[c. 1180]— Confirmation of the preceding grant of two
" culture dominii patris mei " by William son of Godfrey
de Hurnl[ee], in the same handwriting as the preceding and
with the same witnesses as A.

Seal missing.

[c. 1180]— Confirmation by Godfrey de Hurnlee to Walter
de Ardena of the grant by his mother of land in Hurnlee.
This charter is written in the same hand as the two preceding
ones.

Omnibus ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, Godefridus
de Hurnl[ee], salutem. Sciatis me concessisse et hac pre-
senti carta mea confirmasse Waltero de Ardena concessionem
et confirmationem matris mee Yngrid de Hurnlee de dimidia
karuata teiTe in Hurnl[ee], cum omnibus pertinenciis et
libertatibus, sicud continetur in carta predicte Yngrid.

Hiis testibus : Waltero Fundu, Serlone de Witintun', Alano
de Morkot', WiUelmo de Tikebr[oc], Roberto Walensi, Will-
elmo de Kullee, Radulfo capellano, et aliis.

Seal in white wax ; the device is worn off.

[c. 1180]— Grant by WiUiam son of Hugh de Bridessale
[Birdsall, co. York] to the convent of Watton [co. York]
of land in Birdsall.

^Omnibus Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis presentibus et futuris,
Willelmus filius Hugonis de Bridssale,^ salutem.

Sciatis me dedisse et hac carta mea confirmasse, consensu
et assensu JuUane, sponse mee, et WUlelmi, heredis mei,
et aliorum heredum meorum, Deo et Beate Marie et conventui
de Wattun, in hberam et quietam et perpetuam elemosinam,
duas bovatas terre in territorio de Bridessale sine tofto, cum
pastura et omnibus pertinentiis, illas videlicet bovatas, que
sunt de feudo Herberti filii Herberti, et jacent propinquiores
terre eorum, quam habent de feudo Patricii de Ridale^ ;
faciendo michi vel heredibus meis liberum f orinsecum servitium
tantummodo quantum pertinet ad terram illam, cum accident,
de feudo unde sex carrucate terre faciunt servitium unius
militis. Et ego et heredes mei warantizabimus banc pre-
dictam terram prefato conventui contra omnes homines pef
predictum servicium de omnibus rebus in perpetuum.

His testibus : Rogero de Bavent* ; Waltero de Bovintun^ ;

1 There are two exemplars, which we distinguish as A and B, written
in the same hand. They are preserved in the Birdsall chest (see page 2, note
8, above).

2 Bridessale, B.

3 See the charters at pp. 1, 3, above. Patrick de Ridale is mentioned
under co. York in 1175-6 and 1176-7 (Pipe Rolls, 22 Henry II., p. 108, 23
Hen. II., p. 73). Cf. Rievaulx Chartulary, p. 289.

4 Under-sheriff of York from 1193-1194 to 1197-8, guardian of the
archbishopric of York in 1199 (Hoveden, iv., p. 92). He witnesses a charter
of the time of Henry II. (Rievaulx Chartulary, p. 40 ; cf. ibid. pp. 87, 101).

6 Boynton, co. York. He occurs in the Guisbrough Chartulary in
1197, p. 234, etc., and as a surety in 1200 (Rot. de Oblatia, pp. 106, 107, 109).
See also Chronica de Melsa, Rolls Series, i., p. 222.

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Gileberto de Bridessalei ; Waltero de Grimest[un]2 ; Willelmo
de Berevilla* ; Ricardo de Helperthorp* ; Radulfo Wacelin ;
Roberto de Helperthorp ; Thoma filio Joleni ; Godefrido
Talun ; Willelmo de Thorgrlmthorps ; Paulino de Bozhale.*
Seal with armed figure on horseback. Inscription : + Sigillvm

WiLLBLMI DE BrIDESAL.

[1180-1183]—' Charter of King Henry II. confirming, at the
request of William de Tankarvilla, the Chamberlain, to
William de Mara and Lecia (Lettice), his wife, land in
Estedam [Ashtead, co. Surrey] and in Mucheham [Mitoham,
CO. Surrey], and in Herlavestona [Harlaxton, co. Lincoln]
and Londenetorp [Londonthorpe, co. Lincoln] in [the soke
of] Graham [Grantham, co. Lincoln].

H[enricus], Dei gratia, Rex Angl[orum] et Dux Norm-
[annorum] et Aquit[anorum] et Comes And[egavorum], archie-
piscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, comitibus, baronibus, justiciariis,
vicecomitibus, et omnibus baiUivis et fidelibus suis, Francis et
Angl[is], totius Anglie, salutem.

Sciatis me, ad petitionem WiUelmi Camerarii de Tankar-
villa, concessisse et presenti carta mea confirmasse Willelmo
de Mara et Lecie, uxori sue, Estedam, ^ quam ipse reddidit
eis et concessit, silai et heredibus suis hereditarie, tenendam
in feod[i] firma, de ipso et de heredibus suis, ita libere et
honorifice et in pace sicut Laurentius de Sancto Sepulcro
eam tenuit de Willelmo Camerario, avo prefati WiUelmi
Camerarii, et sicut Radulfus filius Roberti et Maria, uxor
sua, fiha predicti Laurentii, eam melius tenuerunt de patre
supradioti Willelmi Camerarii, per servitium vj. librarum
singulis annis inde reddendarum, pro omnibus servitiis, sicut
supradicti eam tenuerunt, et secundum quod carta prefati
Willelmi Camerarii testatur.

Preterea, ad petitionem ejusdem Camerarii, concedo et
confirmo eidem Willelmo de Mara et Lecie, uxori sue, et
heredibus suis Mucheham,^ quam pater ejusdem Camerarii

1 Mentioned under Yorkshire in 1175-6, 1176-7 (Pipe Rolls, 22 Henry
II., p. 116, 23 Henry II., 76). He witnesses a deed between 1154 and 1181
(Rievaulx Chartulary, p. 139 ; cf. also ibid pp. 50, 110).

2 Grimston [North ?], co. York. See Rievaulx Chartulary, pp. 34, 74 ;
Chron. de Melea, i., p. 167.

3 William de Berville is returned in 1166 as holding part of a knight's
fee {Red Book, i., p. 421 ; Liber Niger, p. 312). He (or a descendant of the
same name) is similarly returned in 1201-2 {Red Book, p. 170). Cf. Rotuli
de Oblatis, p. 145.

* Helperthorpe, co. York.

5 Torgrimthorp. B. Thornthorp, parish of Burythorp, co. York.

6 Bossall, CO. York.

7 This charter is later than Midsummer, 1180, after which date the king
granted to William de Hvmtiet his father's office of constable (Byton, Court,
Household and Itinerary of Henry II., p. 233), in which capacity William
witnesses this charter. It is earlier than 15 December, 1184, the date of
the death of Bartholomew, bishop of Exeter, one of the witnesses. The king
was at Caen in June, 1180, probably in the summer of 1181, and at Christ-
mas, 1183 (Eyton, pp. 233, 240, 249).

8 Ashtead, co. Surrey.

9 Mitcham, co. Surrey.

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dedit Radulfo filio Roberti et Marie, uxori sue, pro servitio
suo, quam idem Camerarius reddidit eis et concessit, tenendam
de eo et de heredibus suis, bene et in pace et libere et honori-
fice, per illud idem servitium, quod predictus Radulfus inde
fecit patri ipsius Camerarii, sicut carta ejus testatur.

Concedo etiam eis et confirmo, ad petitionem ipsius
Camerarii, terram suam de Graham, videlicet Herlauestonam
et Londenetorp,! quam idem Camerarius eis reddidit sicut
rectam hereditatem eorum et concessit eis et heredibus suis,
hbere et quiete tenendam de ipso et de heredibus suis, sicut
Laurentius de Sancto Sej^ulcro et Radulfus filius Roberti
et Maria, uxor sua, filia predicti Laurentii, earn tenuerunt,
per illud idem servitium faciendum, quod fecerunt predicti
antecessoribus Camerarii, sicut idem Camerarius carta sua
eis confirmavit.

Quare volo et firmiter precipio, quod WiUelmus de Mara
et Lecia, uxor sua, et heredes sui omnia predicta habeant
et teneant de supradicto Willelmo Camerario et de heredibus
suis, bene et in pace, libere et quiete, integre et plenarie et
honorifice, cum omnibus pertinentiis et libertatibus et liberis
consuetudinibus suis, sicut sepedictus Camerarius eis con-
cessit et carta sua confirmavit.

Testibus : G. Ehensi, B. Exoniensi, Henrico Baioc[ensi]
Episcopis ; Willelmo de Hum[ez], Constabulario ; Seher[o]
de Quenci ; WiUelmo filio Radulfi ; Ricardo Giff[ard] ;
Gilleberto Pipard. Apud Cadomum.

Fine impression of great seal.

[1184-1204]— Grant by Waleran, Earl of Warwick, to Alfred
the Carpenter and Gamel Blund of Witsahe [Wishaw, co.
Warwick], of land [in Wishaw ?].

Waleranus,^ Comes War[rewick'], omnibus hominibus suis
et amicis, tam futuris quam presentibus, salutem.

Notum sit vobis omnibus me concessisse et dedisse et hac
mea presenti cartha {sic) confirmasse Alvredo carpentario de
Witsahe et Gamel Blundo de Witsahe, et heredibus eorum,
tres acras terre et dimidiam juxta terram Osberti de Moxhul'^
et terram Galfridi filii Radulfi : habendas et tenendas de me
et de heredibus meis ipsi et heredes eorum bene, in pace,
libere, quiete ab omni servicio mihi et heredibus meis per-
tinente ; reddendo inde annuatim mihi et heredibus meis
septem denarios ad duos terminos per annum, scilicet ad
festum Sancti Micahelis iij. denarios et obolum et ad festum
Sancte Marie iij. denarios et obolum. Et pro hac conces-
sione et donacione dederunt mihi predicti homines Alvredus

1 Harlaxton and Londonthorpe, in the soke of Gpantham, here called
Cfraham (a common Anglo-Norman form of the name), co. Lincoln.

2 His brother and predecessor, William, died in the Holy Land in 1184
(Benedict Abbas, i., p. 320 ; Roger of Hoveden, ii., p. 289) on 15 November,
according to John Rous (Dugdale, Baronage, i., p. 71a). Waleran died
before 12 January, 1205 {Rot. Litt. Patent., p. 48a).

3 Moxhall, parish of Wishaw, co. Warwick.

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et Gamel quatuor marcas argenti in recognicione et Alicie
Comitisse dimidiami marcam.

Hiis testibus : Willelmo de Arden', tunc Sen[escal]o] ;
Rogero de Castell[o] ; Henrico Reuel ; Roberto filio Yvonis ;
Ham[one] de Wicsah ; Raenaldo de Witsah ; Radulfo filiiis
ejus ; Willelmo de Mum'; Henrico de Munnewrth^ ; et aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1190] — Grant by Roger Pite to Eudo son of William Brito
of land in Wilghebi [Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, co. Notts].

Sciant omnes presentes et futuri, quod ego Rogerus Pite
concessi et hac mea carta confirmavi Eudoni filio Willelmi
Britonis sex bovatas et octo acras terre in Wilghebi, quas
Willelmus de Martingni^ dedit prefato Eudoni in liberum
maritagium cum Rosa filia ejus : tenendum {sic) sibi et
heredibus suis in feodo et hereditate de me et heredibus meis
libere, honorifice et quiete, plenarie et integre, cum omnibus
pertinenciis suis infra viUam et extra et in omnibus locis et
in omnibus rebus ; reddendo inde annuatim infra octabas
Sancti Martini unam libram cimini et dimidiam pro omni
servicib, quod ad me vel heredes meos pertinet, salvo forinseco
servicio et salvo servicio de Tikehil xviij. den[ariorum] per
annum, scilicet ad festum Sancti Michaelis ixd. et ad mediam
Quadragesimam ixd.

Hiis testibus : Magistro Lisiardo* ; Ivo[ne] Sacerdote ;
Roberto Angeuin ; Mcholao filio ejus^ ; Simone de Aselacton'* ;
Willelmo de Folevfil' ; Ricardo de ColeviU' ; Willelmo de
la Valeie ; Galfrido de Heriz ; Adam de Uffeton' ; Willelmo
filio Baudewini ; Gervasio filio Herberti ; Reginaldo
Britone ; et multis aUis.

Seal in green wax, bearing a peacock (?), Inscription : +

SiGILLVM ROGERI.

[c. 1190] — Sale by Bartholomew son of Bartholomew de

1 dimim., MS.

2 Minworth, parish of Curdworth, co. Warwick.
^ See the conJBrmation to him at page 33 below.

* This is, no doubt, the Lisiardus the Canon mentioned in the Notts
and Derby Pipe Roll, 3 John (Rotulua Cancellarii, 3 John, p. 321). " Magister
Lisiardus," a canon of York, witnesses a charter of the prior and convent
of Hexham between 1189 and 1194 {Memorials of Hexham, ii., p. 88, vSurtees
Soc), and a deed of the prior and convent of Guisborough between 1191
and 1207 and another one in company with Simon [de ApuUa], dean of York
from 1194 (Raine, Historians of York, iii., p. 92, RoUs Series) to 1214, when
Simon was consecrated bishop of Exeter {Guisbrough Chartulary, ii., pp. 56,
126, Surtees Soc).

5 Nicholas Langewin {i.e., I'Angevin) was fined with other Notts men
in 1200 {Rot. de Ohlatis, p. 75).

* Aslocton, CO. Notts.

' Adam de Uffet[on] witnesses a charter of William I., earl of Ferrers,
1163-1173 (Rutland MSS., iv., p. 32; cf. charter 2 [A] on that page for
date). From the charters there given at pp. 35-8, 54, it is obvious that
this Uffeton is the Ufientune, co. Derby, of the Domesday Survey, i., p. 277,
col. 2, a berewick of Crich, recorded in Ufton Fields, in the jjarish of South
Wingfield. Adam de Offeton is mentioned as a security in 1198-9 imder
Notts and Derby (Pipe Roll, 1 John, ro. 15).

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Notingeham to Godfrey Mauduit of land in Wilghebi
[Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, co. Notts.]

Sciant omnes presentes et futuri, quod ego Bartholomeus
filius Bartholomeii de Notingeham vendidi et quietum clamayi
Godefrido Mauduit et heredibus suis de me et heredibus meis
in perpetuum quatuor bovatas terre in Wilghebi, cum
omnibus pertinenciis suis, quas pater meus tenuit ibidera
de Willelmo Pite, et ego post ilium, pro sex marcis argenti
et dimidiam, quas Godefridus mihi dedit.

His testibus : Roberto de Heriz ; Ivone, filio ejus ;
Willelmo Pite ; Rogero, fratre ejus ; Willelmo Britone ;
Galfrido fiho Odonis ; Roberto Andegav[ensi] ; Willelmo de
Leca^ ; Willelmo fiho Baldewini ; Adam fiho UK ; Heha de
Sancta Maria ; Reginaldo et Germano, fratribus ejus ;
Magistro Silvestro ; Johanne fiho Walkel[ini] ; Ambrosio ;
Aki de Notingeham ; Osberto de Wileford'^ ; Ricardo Luterel ;
Galf[rido] fratre ejus* ; et multis aliis.

Small oval seal in green wax, inscribed : Stgillvm

[c. 1190] — Confirmation by WilUam Pite of the preceding
sale.

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego WiUelmus Pite con-
cessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Godefrido Maldut
quatuor bovatas terre in territorio de Wileby, cum duobus
toftis et croftis et cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, pro hum-
magio et servicio suo, scilicet illas quatuor bovatas, quas
Bartholomeus filius Bartholomei de Notingeham de me
tenuit, et quas predictus Godefridus emit de predicto
Bartholomeo. Quare volo, quod predictus Godefridus et
heredes sui post ipsum habeant et teneant predictas quatuor
bovatas, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, de me et heredibus
meis jure hereditario, libere et quiete, honorifice et pacifice,
infra villam et extra, et in omnibus locis ; reddendo inde
mihi annuatim unam libram cumini infra octabas Sancti
Martini pro omni servicio ad me vel ad heredes meos per-
tinente, salvo forinseco servicio. Et ego WiUelmus Pite et

1 See above, p. 19, for grant of this land to Bartholomew's father.

2 Leake, co. Notts. William de Leche is mentioned as a surety in
the Notts and Derby Pipe RoUs for 1184-5 (31 Henry II., ro. 8). He was
deputy-sheriff for these counties in 1200-1201, 1201-2, and 1203-4. In
1218—19 John son of William de Lech answered in cos. Notts and Derby for
a fine for the trespass charged against his father for his autumn justiciary
when the king was in Ireland, and for his father 's debts, and for concealment
of the king's money (Pipe Roll, 3 Henry III., ro. 8 ; Madox, Hist, of the
Exchequer, i., p. 500, note C).

8 Wilford, CO. Notts.

* Geoffrey Luterel witnessed the charter of John, earl of Mortain, to the
burgesses of Nottingham in or shortly after 1189 {Records of the Borough of
Nottingham, i., p. 10) and he Is mentioned under cos. Notts and Derby in
1188-9 (Pipe Roll, 1 Richards I., p. 158). His lands were taken into the
king 's hands in 1 194 for adhering to John in his rebellion (Pipe Roll, 6 Richard
I., ro. 6 ; 7 Ric. L, ro. 2 ; cf. 1 John, ro. 15). He died before 5 March, 1218,
when John granted to Philip Marc that he might have Geoffrey's son and
heir to marry to his daughter {Rot. Litterarum Olausarum, i., p. 353a ; cf.
Excerpta e Rotulia Finium, i., p. 9). See further Dugdale, Baronage, i., p.
7246 ; Thoroton, Nottt, p. 626.

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heredes mei post me adquietabimus predictum Codefridum
et heredes suos de omni servicio unde predicts quatuor bovate
debent respondere ad Honorem de Tikehill', et ego et
heredes mei debemus warantizare sepedicto Codefrido et
heredibus suis predictas quatuor bovatas, cum omnibus
pertinentiis suis, contra omnes homines. Et ut hec concessio
rata et inconcussa permaneat, illam sigillo meo corroboravi.

His testibus : Roberto de Heriz ; Caufrido de Jorz^ ;
Radulfo fiho Ricardi ; Henrico de Sicoavilla ; Willelmo de
Rotomago ; Willelmo de Leke ; Caufrido Luterel ; Willelmo
le Bruton ; Roberto le Angevin ; Rogerio Pite ; Humfrido
le Porter ; Roberto filio Hu[gonis] de Titheby^ ; Caufrido
filio Hodonis ; Ricardo et Eustachio, clericis ; et [multis
alijis.

Torn at end. Seal missing.

[c. 1190] — Grant by Godfrey Mauduit to Maud, daughter of
G«rvase, the parson of Clifton, of the land confirmed to him
by the preceding.

Sciant omnes tam presentes quam futuri, quod ego
Godefridus Mauduit dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta
mea confirmavi Matildi de CHftun,^ filie Gervasii, persone de
Cliftun, pro servitio suo, dimidiam carucatam terre, quam
teneo de Willelmo Pite in Wilgebi, quam emi de Bartholomeo
filio Bartholomei de Notingham, per tale servicium quale teneo
terram predictam de domino meo, scilicet, pro j. libra cimini
pro omnibus serviciis. Et cum ilia terra ego Godefridus
dedi prefate Matildi dimidiam marcam redditus, quam emi
a Ricardo Magistro de Langare,* quam Willelmus filius Hugonis
de me tenet, pro j. libra cimini pro omnibus servitiis, salvo
forinseco servitio. Et preter hec, ego Godefridus dedi
Matildi predicte ij. solidos redditus in Hustorp,^ quos Robertus
de Chniwetun* mihi debet ; et in villa de Notingham j. toftum,
quod fuit Ricardi de Stantun, et j. toftum, quod fuit Ivonis
Sarezini. Has vero terras ilU dedi liberas et quietas, tenendas
de me et de heredibus meis Uli et heredibus suis, per idem
servicium quale facio dominis meis, prout carte mee testi-
ficantur.

1 Geoffrey de Jorz, Georz, whose surname (derived from Jort, in Nor-
mandy, in the canton of Morteaux-Couliboeuf, arrondissement of Falaise,
department of La Manche) is recorded in Burton Joyce, formerly Jorz, co.
Notts, witnessed a deed executed at Nottingham in 1175 (Rievaulx Chartu-
lary, p. 82). He was amerced in Notts in 1187-8 and 1188-89 (Pipe Rolls,
34 Henry II., ro. lid; 1 Richard I., p. 158), and he witnessed the charter
of John, earl of Mortain, to the burgesses of Nottingham (Records of the
Borough of Nottingham, i., p. 10), which was probably made in 1189. He
made fine in 1207 for offences in regard to the forest in Notts, which was
in his custody (Rot. de Finibus. p. 396 ; Pipe Roll, 9 John, ro. 11). In 1208-9
Agnes, his widow, made fine to have the wardship of his lands and heir (Pipe
BoU, 11 John, ro. 10).

2 Tithby, co. Notts.

3 Clifton, (on Trent), co. Notts. Gervase the cleric of Clifton made fine in
1 185-6 to have Cudale at ferm (Pipe Roll, 32 Henry II., ro. 8, Notts and Derby).

* Langar, co. Notts.

6 Owthorpe, co. Notts ?

* Kniveton, oo. Notts.

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Hiis testibus : Rogero de Cressi^ ; Ada de Bertilimunt ;
Rogero de Hayr ; Willelmo de Cressi^ ; Rogero et Hugone,
fratribus suis ; Reginaldo de Colewic^ ; Willelmo de Ruding-
tun* ; Ricardo Barjonas^ ; Galfrido de Cliftun ; Ada de
Nortfolc ; Gervasio de Cliftun^ ; Nicholao fratre suo ; Ricardo
de Colewic ; Gerbodo et Willelmo fratribus suis ; Henrico
Cleric o ; et multis aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1190] — Grant by Simon son of Simon [de Kyme] to
Bernard of land in Bileburg (Bilborough, co. Notts).

Symon iilius Symonis' omnibus amicis suis et hominibus,
salutem. Notum sit vobis me dedisse et present! carta con-
firmasse Bernardo et heredibus suis, hereditario tenendum
de me et de heredibus meis, duas bovatas terra in Bileburg',
que fuerunt Radulfi Veiron, cum omnibus pertinenciis suis,
in bosco et piano, et in omnibus rebus ; annuatim reddendo
pro omni servicio, quod ad me pertinet, duos solidos, ad
festum Sancti Martini xijd., ad Pentecosten xijd. Unde
volo, quod pro servicio, quod fecit patri meo et pro humagio
suo, istam terram teneat, bene et in pace, libere et quiete,

1 In 1200 Cecily, late the wife of Roger de Cresai, made fine to have
dower of his lands in co. Notts (Pipe Boll, 3 John, ro. 8 ; Rotuli de Oblatis,
p. 82). Cf. Feet of Fines, co. Notts, file 2, no. 36, A.D. 1204.

2 Son of the said Roger. See Thoroton, Notts, p. 4676. He answers
for scutage under Notts and Derbyshire in 1201-2 and 1202-3 (Pipe Rolls,
4 John, ro. 14; 5 John, ro. 13) and 1213-14 (16 John, ro. 15). Sej also
note 1, below. He was one of the commissioners to take perambulation
of the forests in Notts in 1227 (Rotuli lAtterarum Clausarum, ii., p. 208o).

3 Colwick, CO. Notts. Reginald de Colewik, who died in 1252 (Excerpta
e Rotulis Finium, ii., p. 133), leaving as heir Philip, his son, then aged forty
and more (Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem (1904), i,, p. 60, no. 42), was
alleged by a jury in 1277-8 to have lived a hundred years (Thoroton, p. 278a).
In 1195-6 he made fine for having his land of Colewic and his serjeantry
(Pipe Roll, 8 Richard I., ro. 24, and following rolls). In 1201-2 he was fined
for narrowing the Trent (Pipe Roll, 4 John, ro. 14). He was one of the
knights who perambulated the forests in Notts in 1227 (Rot. Litt. Glaus.,
ii., p. 208o).

* Ruddington, co. Notts.

5 This surname seems to represent Barjona (St. Matt, xvi., 17).
Richard Barjonas was dead before 1203-4, 5 John (Thoroton, Notts, p. 54o).

6 In 1200 Cecily, daughter of Gervase de CUfton, was claiming against
William Creissi land and dower that he held by courtesy of England (Pipe
Roll, 3 John, ro. 8 ; Madox, Hist, of Exchequer, i., p. 428, note 2 ; Rotuli de
Oblatis, p. 101). In the same Pipe Roll she also made fine to have dower in
the lands of Roger de Cressi, her husband. Gervase de Clifton 's name occurs
in the Pipe Rolls throughout John's reign. In 1220 the king notified to
the sheriff of Nottingham that he had granted to Gervase de Cliftun that
Gervase, his son, whom PhiUp de Ulecotes had caused to be arrested for an
alleged robbery at London, should be released vipon finding sureties (Rotuli
Litterarum Patentium, p. 4406).

'' Simon son of Simon [de Kyme], died before Michaelmas term 1199,
when Petronilla, his daughter (Rot. Gurim Regis, p. 437), late the wife of
Stej)hen de Faukenberg, released to Walter de Riebof (see below, p. 39)
and his wife (her sister) all the land that belonged to Simon son of Simon
in cos. Notts and Derby (Id. ii. pp. 68-9) ; Thoroton, pp. 2316, 4486). The
lands mcluded a sixth of a knight's fee in Bilborough (Rot. de Oblatis, p. 7).
•In the reign of John, Simon de Kime produced a charter of Henry II. con-
firming to his grandfather Simon son of Wilham all the lands that he held
in chief in Bileburoh (Thoroton, Notts, p. 2326).

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et ita plenarie, ut predictus Radulfus illam tenuit pro
predicto servitio.

His testibus : Philippo de Kym' ; Rogero de Benigwrd'^ ;
Thoma filio Willelmi ; Stephano Camerario^ ; Samsone de
Streleia ; Eustachio de Brogcholvestowe^ ; Rogero de Stret-
leia ; Gocelino de Punz ; Ricardo de Gaitona^ ; Alberto
molinario ; Roberto de Marisco ; Vin[centio] de Suabi.^

Seal in green wax, hearing triangidar shield (1). Inscribed:
+ S. Walteri [de RJtbyph.

[c. 1190]— Grant by Richard Pite to Ralph de Ketlebi of
land in Whilebi [Willoughby on-the-Wolds, co. Notts], to be
held of the church of that village.

Omnibus Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis Ricardus Piete,
salutem.

Sciatis me dedisse et hac mea carta confirmasse Radulfo
de Ketleb[i]^ et heredibus suis duas acras terre in campo
orientali de Whileb[i], apud Grenehou iij. selliones, ad capud
Stodfolddale ij. selliones, de subtus' Stodfolddale iiij.'"'
sel[liones], Uli scilicet et heredibus suis tenendas hereditarie,
libera, et quiete de Deo et Sancta Maria et de ecclesia
Omnium Sanctorum de Whileb[i] ; reddendo annuatim pro
omnibus secularibus serviciis et exaccionibus unum denarium
ad lumen prenominate ecclesie, et alterum denarium ad
Fra[t]riam Sancte Domus Hospitalis Jerusalem,* pro salute
mea et heredum meorum. Et ego et heredes mei waran-
tizabimus predictas duas acras terre predicto Radulfo et
heredibus suis contra omnes homines.

Hiis testibus : Magistro Alano de Bollishovre^ ; Rogero,
capellano de Whileb[i] ; WUlelmo Piete ; Galfrido filio Hode ;
Iwehein le Bret(un)' ; Helya de Marteni ; Rogero clerico ; et
multis aliis.

Seal missing.

1 Benniworth, co. Lincoln.

2 Stephen the Chamberlain is mentioned in connexion with lands in
Lincolnshire from 1165-6 to 1176-7 (Pipe Rolls 12th to 23rd Henry IL).
In 1166 he is returned as holding knights' fees in cos. Lincoln and York
(Red Book, i., pp. 385, 425 ; Liher Niger, pp. 273, 31i)). He renders scutage
in Lincolnshire in 1189-90 (Red Book, i., p. 76).

3 Broxtow. See page 11, note 10, above.
^ Gayton, co. Lincoln.

5 Swaby, co. Lincoln.

6 Abkettleby, co. Leicester.
"^ suphis MS.

8 Thoroton, p. 346, cites a confirmation ' ex chart. Fran. WiUughby,
Ar. ' (i.e., Francis, the naturalist) by Robert de Heritz of a grant by
Richard son of Gervase of lands in Willoughby to the Knight Hospitallers.
This charter has not been met with during the inspection of the existing
coDection of MSS.

9 In 1199-1200 Master Alan do Bolesovres [Bolsover, co. Derby] paid
30 marks for confirmation of charters (Pipe Roll, 2 John, r.i. 1). In the
following year he received, as Master Alan de Bulesovres, grant of land (terre
date) of the yearly value of 75s. 3d. in the soke of Oswardesbech [Osward-
beok, CO. Notts], an entry continued yearly until 1218-19 (Pipe Roll, 3 Henry
III., ro. 8). His name "occurs several times in the Pipe Rolls for 1203-4,
1206-7, 1208-9, and 1209-10 in connexion with scutages, etc., under cos.
Notts and Derby. He was the brother and heir of Henry Norreis (Thoroton,
Notts, p. 4066).'

S6

[c. 1190]— Grant by Geoffrey Malreward to William de Petra
of land in Winterborne [Winterborne Maureward, now
Winterborne Zelston, alias Marwood, co. Dorset^].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Galfridus Malreward^
dedi et concessi Willelmo de Petra totam illam terram, quam
Duning tenuit de me, in manerio meo de Winterborn, pro
servicio et homagio suo. Preterea concessi ei Ix. oves cum
meis ovibus, et iiii. boves cum meis bobus, et iii. vaccas et v.
porcos cum meis vaccis et porcis, et i. equum in pastura, illi
et heredibus suis tenendam de me et heredibus meis, libere
et quiete ab omni servicio preter a regali ; reddendo singulis
annis ii. solidos, ad Natale xiid. et ad Nativitatem Sancti
Johannis Baptiste xiid. Ut hec donacio stabilis et iirma
permaneat, eam sigillo meo confirmavi.

Hiis testibus : Willelmo archidiacono,* Waltero capellano
archid[iaconi], Simone de Mariscis, Waltero de Sancto Quintino,
Andrea de Winterborn', Willelmo de Kersington', Willelmo filio
Acelini, Roberto de Cirecestria, Waltero Drakegild, et multis
aliis.

SpjiI missing.

[c. 1190] — Grant by William de Reigate, chaplain, to the
house of St. Leonard, Wilchuswede [Wilkswood, parish of
Langton Matravers, co. Dorset] of land in Werthe [Worth
Matravers, Isle of Purbeck, co. Dorset], part of which adjoins
the marble quarry.

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Willelmus de Reigate,
capellanus, dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea con-
firmavi, pro salute anime mee et animabus omnium benefac-
torum meorum, Domui Beati Leonardi de Wilchuswede* et
fratribus, qui ibidem in perpetuum Deo deservire debent, in
puram et perpetuam elemosinam, totam illam terram, quam
emi de Waltero filio Ricardi de BayviUe, quam habeo in
campis de Werjie, et unam acram terre juxta terram Ricardi
Canceville versus orientem, que se extendit super quareriam
marmoris, et pasturam sexaginta bidentum cum una affra
ubique in pastura mea dominica et etiam in communi, cum
libero ingressu et egressu : habendam et tenendam in per-
petuum libere et quiete et pacifice, secundum quod carta inter
Walterum de Baywille et me facta testatur ; red[d]endo
inde annuatim dicto Waltero et heredibus suis unam hbram
piperis ad festum Sancti Michahelis pro omni servicio
seculari, exactione et demanda, salvo^ servicio Domini Regis
quantum pertinet tante terre in eodem feudo. Ut autem

1 See Hutchins, Dorset, i., p. 336.

2 Mentioned in 1175-6 and 1176-7 (Pipe Rolls, 22 and 23 Henry II.)
under Dorset.

3 Occurs in 1190 (Le Neve, Fasti, ii., p. 637).

* The free-chapel, chantry, or priory of Wilkswood, in Langton Wallis,
parish of Langton Matravers, co. Dorset. The present deed was, no doubt,
one of the muniments of the chapel delivered by the warden in 3 Henry V.
to William Filiol. See Hutchins Dorset, ed. 3.. i., p. 641 ; iii., p. 729.

6 Salmo MS.

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hec mea donacio et concessio rata sit et stabilis, presentem
cartam sigilli mei apposicione roboravi.

Hiis testibus : Domino Ricardo de Seles, [Domino]
Willelmo de Wodegete.i militibus ; Willelmo de Linchln' ;
Ricardo, fratre suo ; Henrico, rectore ecclesie de Acford
Alfredis ; et multis aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1190]— Grant by Avicia de Blokeswrthe to Hugh de
Blokeswrthe of land in Blokeswrthe [Bloxworth, co. Dorset]
(left margin partly gnawed away).

[Sciant] omnes tarn presentes quam futuri, quod ego Avicia*
de Blokeswrjje, filia Henrici filii Lud, assensu et [consensu
her]edum meorum, dedi et concessi Hugoni de Blokeswrjje
et heredibus suis, pro servitio et humagio suo et humagio
[heredum suorum], unam dimidiam virgatam terre in
Blokeswrjje, cum quodam mesuagio quod Wlvricus Mark-

ere tenuit, et cum et prati,- quod jacet

juxta pratum ejusdem Hugonis in prato de Frome, videlicet
octo acras in campo occidentah [et octo in c]ampo orientali :
in campo occidentali has, sub curtillo Hamelini unam acram,
super CanceliereshuUe unam [acram, super Scojrtelande
duas acras cum pertinentiis, in Voxleagete unam dimidiam
acram, Bieste pere dune*^ unam dimidiam acram, ....
lange hielue, Binor]>e Waterlea unam acram, que terminatur
super Dreuam, Binor]ie Weterlea unam acram, que ....
super montes, in Blakefurlang' unam acram : in campo
orientali has : in loco, qui appeUatur ' WrJ)e,' unam acram
• . . e Eldmannabotme unam acram, versus sut^ de
Waterlea ex transverse vall[is] duas acras. Item versus sut
sub Wa[terlea?] tres acras super RiedhuH'. Item super
Weodhulle unam acram. Hanc predictam terrara et hoc
tenementum cum omnibus perti[nentiis suis] tenebit prefatus
Hugo et heredes sui de me et heredibus meis jure hereditario,
libere et quiete ab omnibus servitiis, . . . . is et con-
suetudinibus, salvo regali servitio ; reddendo inde annuatim
duos solidos ad iiij" terminos anni, scilicet ad [Nativita]terh
Domini sex denarios, ad Pascha vjd. ad festum Sancti
Johannis Baptiste vjd. ad festum Sancti Michaelis vjd.
[Pro hac don]atione habenda et tenenda, dedit predictus
Hugo mihi tres marcas argenti et dimidiam et filio meo duos
. . . donationem firmiter et sine fraude tenendam
affidavi ; et si predictam terram prefato Hugoni vel here-
dibus [suis] warantizare non possem, aliam dimidiam vir-
gatam terre eque bonam in eadem villa et eodem feudo
secundum . . . vicinorum eis dabo in escambiam.

1 See below, page 54, note 2.

2 Okeford Fitzpain, co. Dorset (Hutchins, iv., p. 327).

3 An Avicia de Dun was the demandant in a fine levied in 1201 con-
cerning common of pasture in Bloxworth (Fines, sive Pedes Finium, ii., 79).

* That is ' to the east of the down. '
6 ' South. '

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Et ut hec mea donatio in posterum rata et inconcussa per-
raaneat, hano [cartam testimjonii sigilli mei appositione
clignum duxi roborandam.

His testibus : Henrico de Stokes ^ ; Radulfo Huese
.... [Winjterburn' et Waltero et Roberto filiis ejus ;
Roberto filio Thome, et Thoma et Ricardo filiis ejus ;
Thoma filio Thome .... Philippo filio ejus ; Waltero
Camerario^ ; Willelmo de Jergente^ ; Roberto Bukerel ; Adam
Freinel ; et multis aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1190]— Grant by William Francais to John de Alnetho
of land in Staintun [Stainton-le-Vale, co. Lincoln].

Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Willelmus Francais*
dedi et concessi et presenti carta mea confirmavi Johanni de
Alnetho unam mansuram et unam bovatam terre in
Staintun, cum omnibus pertinenciis suig, sibi et heredibus
suis : tenendum de me et de heredibus meis in feodo et
hereditate ; reddendo mihi et heredibus meis annuatim unam
libram piperis infra octabas Sancti Botulphi pro omnibus
serviciis mihi pertinentibus et faciendo foraneum servitium.
Ego vero et heredes mei warantizabimus predicto Johanni
et heredibus suis predictam ter[ra]m contra omnes homines
pro xlv. solidos, quos predictus Johannes mihi inde dedit.

His testibus : Osb[erto] Luvel ; Willelmo Halselin^ ; Henrico
filio Nigelli ; Petro de Castillun ; Gilleberto de Turonia ;
Roberto de Baioc[is] ; Roberto Wacehn ; Roberto de
Otebi^ ; Hugone de Grainesbi' ; Radulfo de Crochesbi" ;
R[oberto ?] Becket ; Willelmo Berner ; Jurdano de Otebi ;
Matheo de Turgrimbi ^; Thoma fratre suo ; Adam Perce-
haie ; Radulfo . . . selini" ; Radulfo de Urticis ; Will-
elmo filio Galfridi ; et multis aliis.

Seal in white wax inscribed : Sigillvm Wilelmi le Fran(?)cs.

[c. 1190] — Confirmation by Robert de Heriz to William de
Martigni of Roger Pite's grant, and grant of service in
Wilghebi [Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, co. Notts.].

J Henry de Stokes received confirmation by the king of certain grants
to him from other men of lands in Dorset in 1207 {Rot. Chart., p. 163a). He
was acting-sheriff of Dorset in 1198-9 and 1199-1200. See Hutchins, Dorset,
i., p. 411.

2 Probably the Walter the Chamberlain who is mentioned in a Dorset
Fine of 1204 {Fines, sive Pedes Finium, ii., p. 94).

3 Girgenti ?

* William li Francies was one of the force of Hugh, earl of Chester,
that surrendered to Henry II. at Dol in 1173 (Roger of Hoveden, ii., p. 53).
William Franceis, a royal officer, occurs in the Pipe Roll for 1179 {Eyton,
Court, etc. of Henry II., p. 226), and is probably the person mentioned
in a fine of 1180-3 {Pedes Finium, Pipe Roll Soc. p. 2). In the Pipe Roll
1 Richard I., p. 104, the sheriff of Northamptonshire answers for lands that
had belonged to William le Franceis (cf. RotuH de Oblatis, p. 130).

5 See Rutland MSS., iv., p. 65.

•5 Otby, parish of Walesby, co. Lincoln.

' Grainsby, co. Lincoln.

* Croxby, co. Lincoln.

9 Thorganby, co. Lincoln.
10 Halselin ? Cf. Rutland MSS., iv., p. 65.

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Robertus de Heriz omnibus hominibus et amicis suis,
presentibus et futuris, salutem.

Sciatis, me concessisse et hac carta mea confirmasse
Willelmo de Martigni concessionem et donationem,'^ quam
Rogerus Pite ei fecit et sigillo suo confirmavit, liberam,
solutam et quietam, sicut carta Rogeri de donatione terre in
Wilghebi, quam iade habet, testatur. Et preterea concessi
et dedi eidem, pro homagio et servicio suo, servicium Ambrosii
hominis mei de terra, quam de me tenuit in Wilghebi, salvo
servicio de Tikehul', quod Ambrosius inde faciet.

His testibus: Hugone de Lecchelade, Vic' 2; Simone filio
Ricardi ; Sansone de Stretlega ; Gaufrido de Jorz ; Radulfo
de Weldeboefs ; Reginaldo de Insula ; Randulfo de Wandeslega ;
Rogero de Aincurt ; et multis aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1190] — Grant by Gilbert de Houbi [Hoby, co. Leicester]
to William Brito of land in Wdehus [? Annesley Woodhouse,
CO. Notts].

Gillebertus de Houbi omnibus hominibus presentibus et
futuris, salutem.

Sciatis me concessisse et dedisse et hac mea carta con-
firmasse Willelmo* Britoni illas tres bovatas terre in Wdehus,
quas disracionavi versus Reginaldum de Anisleia et versus
ipsum Willelmum : tenendum sibi et heredibus suis in feodo
et hereditate de me et heredibus meis libere, honorifice et
quiets, plenarie et integre, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis,
eisdem divisis et metis sicut peralate^ fuerunt per juramentum
proborum et legalium hominum, pro xij."™d. an[n]uatim mihi
infra octabas Sancti Martini reddendis pro omni servicio,
quod ad me pertinet, salvo forinseco servicio. Et pro hac
concessione et donacione, dedit mihi prefatus Willelmus
yjj tem marcas argenti et unum equum, precii x'*™ marcarum,
in gersum.

1 Probably the land in Willoughby granted by William de Martigny
to Eudo eon of William Brito, page 25, above.

2 Possibly for ' Vicecomite. ' His name does not occur among the
sheriffs. At p. 56, below, a deputy-sheriff or sheriff's clerk is described as
' ' Vicecomes. ' '

3 Ralph de WeUebuef is mentioned in 1171-2 (Pipe Roll, 18 Henry II.,
p. 7) as supervising works at Clipstone, co. Notts, a position filled by Henry de
Welle Buef in the roU for the 23rd year, p. 57. Ralph de WeUebuef 's name
occurs in 1200 among other Notts men making fines with the king {Rot.
de Oblaiis, p. 75). His goods were taken into the hands of Richard among
those of other his enemies in co. Notts upon the king's return in 1194 (Pipe
Roll, 6 Rich. I., ro. 6 ; 7 Rich. I., ro. 2 ; 9 Rich. I., ro. 10 ; 10 Rich. I., ro.
8). He was a surveyor of works at Horeston Caatle (Horsley, co. Derby)
in 1199-1200 (Pipe Roll, 2 John, ro. 1). In 1202 he levied a fine to William
de Paries concerning land in Erdburg' (Feet of Fines, co. Notts, file 2, no.
17), which seems to be Erdeburg, now Burrough-on-the-Hill, co. Leicester
(Nichols, Leicestershire, ii., p. 524), some twelve miles from Willoughby-
on-the-Wolds. In 1199-1200 and 1202-3 he was supervisor of works at
Harestan castle [in Horsley, co. Derby] (Pipe Rolls, 2 John, ro. 1; 5 John,
ro. 13). OHver de WeUebuef is mentioned in the Pipe Roll 3 John in con-
nexion with lands in Notts {Rot. Oancellarii, pp. 306, 317).

* Wvllo, MS.

5 ' Perambulated, ' from Old French paraller.

M3

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His testibus : Reginaldo de Anisleia, domino fundi ; Sam-
sone de Stretlia ; Waltero filio ejus ; Galfrido Barrel ;
Radulfo de Weldeboef ; Rannulf o de Wandesleia ; Roberto
de Stapelford ; Henrico Britone de Hukenhal'* ; Ernaldo
Schirmissur ; et pluribus.

Seal inscribed : + Sigill' Gilbbeeti de Hobi.

[c. 1190]— Confirmation by Godfrey de Wellebef to John de
Hemenal' of the grant of his father, Henry de Wellebef, of
land in Holou [in Bilborough, co. Notts].

Notum sit omnibus tarn presentibus quam futuris, quod ego
Godefridus de Wellebef concessi et hac carta mea presenti
confirmavi Johanni de Hemenal' donacionem et concessionem
et confirmacionem Henrici de Wellebef,* patris mei, scilicet,
de dimidia bovata terre in Holou, et de uno crofto cum tofto,
et de una acra prati cum omnibus pertinenciis, sicut carta
patris mei testatur. Et ut donacio Hem-ici de Wellebef,
patris mei, rata et inconcussa perseveret in posterum pre-
dicto Johanni de Hemenal' et heredibus suis, sigUli mei
munimine eam corroboravi.

Hiis testibus : Ricardo de Laxton'* ; Roberto fratre ejus ;
Willelmo de Anseleia^ ; Galfrido filio Galfridi de Karleton'* ;
WiUelmo fratre ejus ; Waltero Dispens[atore] ; WiUelmo
nepote Domini ; Serlone clerico hujus carte compositore ;
et multis ahis.

Seal illegible.

[c. 1190] — Grant by Isabel, lady of Gressighehalia [Gressen-
hall, CO. Norfolk] to Roger de Frivilla, her brother, of her
holding in UueHngheham [WeUingham, co. Norfolk].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Ysabel, Domina de
Gressighehalia, dedi et concessi et hac mea carta presenti
confirmavi Rogero de Frivilla, fratri meo, et heredibus suis,
si eos de uxore sua desponsata habiierit, et non aliis, omne

1 Geoffrey Barr6 is returned in 1166 as holding two knights' fees in co.
Notts {Red Booh of the Exchequer, i., p. 344; Liber Niger, i., p. 226). He
was fined for Forest offences in Notts and Derby in 1176-7 (Pipe Roll,
23 Henry II., p. 59).

2 in 1202-3 Henry Brito of Hukenhal' fined to have the custody of
the land that had belonged to William son of Costus and the marriage of his
heirs (Pipe Koll, 5 John, ro. 13).

3 Occurs as Henry Oil de Buef in 1177-8, when he was surveyor of
works at CKpstone, co. Notts (Pipe Roll, 24 Henry II., ro. 6d., Notts and
Derby), and as Heru-y de WeUebuef in 1176, when he filled the same office
(Pipe RoU, 23 Henry II., ro. 4).

* Laxton, alias Lexington, co. Notts. Richard de Leissinton'
[= Lexington] had the custody of Leissinton' in 1203-4 (Pipe Roll, 6 John,
ro. 13), and is mentioned in 1207-8 in the Hot. de Finibus, pp. 392, 437. He
was one of the keepers of the Forest in co. Notts, and answered in 1204-5
for the land of Maud de Calz in Lessington (Pipe Roll, 7 John, ro. 19 ;
Thoroton, Notts, p. 375a). Robert, his son (afterwards a distinguished
judge. Diet, of National Biography, xxxiii., p. 203) answered for him in 1205-6
(Pipe Roll, 8 John, to. 13) and in 1206-7 (Thoroton, p. 374a). On 16
January, 1216, Richard made fine with John in a hundred marks and two
palfreys to have his peace {Eotuli de Finibvs, p. 570).

6 Annesley, co. Notts.

* Carlton, co. Notts.

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tenementum quod teneo in Uuelingheham de feudo Micaelis
Capre,! cum omnibus pertinentiis : tenendum de me et de
heredibus meis hereditarie, bene et in pace, honorifice, quiete,
et libere ab omnibus consuetudinibus et ex {sic) omni seoulari
exactione ; reddendo inde annuatim mihi et heredibus meis
V. solidos ad duos terminos, scilicet ad festum Sancti Johannis
Baptiste ij. sol. et vjd., et ad festum Sancti Micaelis ij. sol.
et vjd. Propter banc donacionem et concessionem fecit mihi
prefatus Rogerus de FriviUa, frater meus, homagium suum.

Hiis testibus : Willelmo filio Comitis Varennie* ; Nicolao
de Sana ; Reginaldo de Bosoo ; Willelmo, senescallo de
Gressighehalia ; Willelmo capellano filio Walteri ; WiUelmo
de Taverham^ ; Augustino de Cogham* ; Rogero de Frivilla ;
Waltero de Kevervilla ; Rodberto de Verli ; Waltero de
Hoe6; Godfrido de Hirmighelond ; Radulfo filio suo ; Huberto
venatore ; Henrico filio W. ; Huberto fratre suo ; David de
Ueligheham ; Reginaldo de Alto Bosco« ; Johanne de
Wltertune' ; Rogero filio Alani de Ueseham^ ; Johanne fiUo
senescaUi.

Elliptical seal in red wax, with figure of a woman in centre
holding in her left hand a fleur de lys Ci). Inscription : + Sigill'
Isa[bel] de Gkesnala.

[c. 1190] — Grant by Henry de Monte Forti to Hugh, his
brother, of his lands of Pychavilla, Goutevilla, and Clevilla
[? PickweU, CO. Leicester].

Henricus de Monte Forti^ omnibus hoSninibus suis et amicis,
Francis et Anglicis, clericis et laicis, tam futuris quam
presentibus, salutem.

Ad universorum notitiam referatur, me dedisse et con-
cessisse et hac mea present! carta confirmasse Hugoni de
Monte Forti, fratri meo, et heredibus suis totas terras meas
de Pychavilla et de Goutevilla et de Clevilla, cum omnibus
eisdem terris pertinenciis et hbertatibus : ad tenendum here-
ditarie de me et de heredibus meis ; reddendo annuatim mihi
et heredibus meis duo calcaria deaurata pro omnibus serviciis
mihi et heredibus meis pertinentibus.

Quare volo et firmiter precipio, quatinus predictus Hugo
et heredes ejus post ilium habeant et teneant totas pre-
nominatas terras de me et de heredibus meis hbere et quiete

1 Michael Capra is returned in 1166 as holding knights' fees in co.
Essex {Red Book, i., p. 347 ; Liier Niger, p. 230).

2 On 12 May, 1202, John issued orders for delivery to William, son of
Hamelin, earl Warenne, of his father 's lands, having taking his homage upon
hearing of his father's death {Rotuli Liiierarum Patentium, p. 106).

3 Taverham, co. Norfolk.

* Congham, co. Norfolk ?
6 Hoo, CO. Norfolk.

* Hautbois, co. Norfolk.
"! Wolterton, co. Norfolk.

8 Weasenham, co. Norfolk.

9 Henry de Honte Forti succeeded before the death of Henry II. in
1189 (Dugdale, Baronage, i, p. 407b, quoting Pipe Boll 2 Richard I.). He
was a surety to the king in 1207-8 (Rot. de Finwua, p. 460). He was dead
by 1207-8 (Dugdale. Baronage, i, p. 408a).

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et honorifice, cum omnibus libertatibus et liberis consue-
tudinibus, in bosco, in piano, in foro et extra, in pra,tis, in
pascuis, in piscariis, in stangnis, in molendinis, in aquis, in viis,
in semitis, in exitibus, et in omnibus aliis loois prefatis terris
pertinentibus per prefatum servicium.

His testibus : Aytrop Hasteng^ ; Willelmo et Waltero de
Monte Forti ; Ricardo capellano ; Willelmo de Hulehale^ ;
Roberto filio Nicholai ; Clare de Beldesert^ ; WiUelmo de
Rameham* ; Johanne Brusle ; Rand[ulfo] et Reimbaldo,
fratre suo ; Gileberto de Brahal ; Adam filio Lamberti ;
Roberto filio Henrici ; Aytrop de Boilest[un]5 ; Petro clerico,
qui banc cartam scripsit; et aliis multis.

Valete !

Seal missing.

[1192-8] — Grant by Robert de Sutton to Robert de Leiburn*
[Leybourne, co. Kent] of his lands, etc., in I.eitun, Camarwelle
[? Camberwell, co. Surrey] and his marsh of Scapaie [Sheppy,
CO. Kent] in exchange for the land of Bures [Bowers Giffard,
CO. Essex ?].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Robertus de Suttun'
concessi et hac carta mea confirmavi Roberto de Leib[urn]
et heredibus suis totam terram meam de Leitun',' cum per-
tinenciis, et xx. solidos in terra et redditu meo de Redhe,^ et
totam partem meam de Camarwelle pro v. solidis, et Her-
woldilande pro v. solidis, et partem meam maresci mei de
Scapaie, quod vocatuij ' Nesse ' ; in excambium terre sue de
Bures, cum pertinenciis, quam idem Robertus de Leib[urn]
concessit mihi et heredibus meis, tenendam de eo et heredibus
suis pro quarta parte feodi unius militis, salvo servicio militum
ad tenementumilludpertinencium, quod idem Robertus de Lei-
b[urn] in manu sua retinet. Ego vero Robertus de Suttun' et
heredes mei warantizabimus predicto Roberto de Leib[urn] et
heredibus suis predictas terras cum predictis redditibus contra
omnes homines et feminas. Et ut hec concessio perpetuam
obtineat firmitatem, eam sigilli mei munimine et subscrip-
torum virorum testimonio roboravi.

His testibus : Rseginaldo de Cornhull', tunc Vicecomite^ ;
Werresio de Valunn[iis] ; Willelmo de Chirintun' ; Roberto
de Champann[ia] ; Guarino filio Fulcher[ii] ; Willelmo de
Sancto Lupo ; Nicholao Walensi ; Jacobo Salvage ; Hendrico
de Chobeh[am] ; Henrico de Somes ; Johanne de Silingeholde ;

1 The wife of Aitropua Hasteng made fine witii tlie king in 1205 for
having seisin of land in co. Warwick (Rot. de Finibus, p. 258).

2 UUenhall, parish of Wooton Wawen, co. Warwick.

3 Beaudesert, co. Warwick, the seat of the Montforts.
* Remenham, co. Berlcs.

5 Boylestone, co. Derby.

6 Robert de Leyburn was alive on 28 April, 1197, and dead before
Michaelmas, 1198 (Pipe Roll 10 Ric. I., in Diigdale, Baronage, ii, p. 13a,
Archaeologia Cantiana, v., pp. 158, 191, note 42).

7 Leyton, co. Essex, or Loyton, now Leacon, parish of Westwell,
CO. Kent ?

S Reed, parish of Mardon, or Rede, parish of Bridge, co. Kent ?
9 Reginald de Cornhill was sheriff of Kent from 1192 to 1214.

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Godfrido de la Dene ; Ricardo de la Bere ; Waltero fratre ejus ;
et multis aliis.
Seal missing.

1199, August 24.— Charter of King John, granting to William
de Stutevill a weekly market in Cotingham [Cottingham, co.
York].

Johannes, Dei graoia, rex Anglie, dominus Hibernie, dux
Normannie, Aquitanie, comes Andegavie, archiepiscopis,
episcopis, abbatibus, comitibus, baronibus, vicecomitibus, et
omnibus baUivis et fideUbus suis, salutem.

Sciatis, nos dedisse et concessisse et hac presenti carta nostra
confirmasse dilecto nostro Willelmo de Stutevill' et heredibua
suis unum mereatum in villa de Cotingham per unum diem
in quahbet septimana, scilicet diem Jovis. Et ideo volumus
et firmiter precipimus, quod idem Willelmus et heredes sui
post eum habeant et teneant bene et in pace mereatum illud,
cum omnibus libertatibus et liberis consuetudinibus ad
hujusmodi mereatum pertinentibus.

Hiis testibus : E. EUensi episcopo, W. comite Arundell',
W. Marescall', comite de Penbroc.

Dat[a] per manum H. Cantuariensis archiepiscopi, cancellarii
nostri, apud Rothomagum, xxiiij. die Augusti, regni nostri
anno primo.

Portion of great seal in green wax.

Enrolled on Charter Roll, p. 12b.

A transcript in handwriting of John Ray is attached.

[c. 1200] — Grant by Robert de Diva, prior of the Knight
Hospitallers in England, to Robert son of Hugh de Blokes-
worth [Bloxworth, CO. Dorset] of a mill in Mordon [Morden,
CO. Dorset].

Universis Christi fidelibus, ad quos presens scriptum per-
venerit, Frater Robertus de Diva,^ Fratrum Hospitalis
Jerusalem humilis prior in Anglia, salutem in Domino.

Noverit universitas vestra, nos, de communi consilio et
assensu fratrum capituli nostri, concessisse et hac presenti

1 According to the Latin list of priors of the Hospital of St. John of
Jerusalem in England in Xewcourt's Repertorium, i., p. 669, from vphich the
list in the Monasticon, vi.,p. 799, is derived, a Ralph de Dyna (sic) succeeded
Richard de Turk as prior. The latter 's predecessor, Garnier de Neapoli,
(Nabliis in Syria), was, according to this list, prior before 1162, but he first
first appears in April, 1185, and became Grand Master of the Order in
1190 (see Round, " Garnier de Nablous," in Archceologia, Iviii., pp. 364-7),
when he was succeeded as prior in England by Alan de Sancta C'ruce (lb., p.
388), who was consecrated bishop of Bangor on 16 April, 1195. In the
Latin list Ralph de Dyna is made to precede Richard Turk and to succeed
Alan, but he seems really to have been prior before Garnier de Nablus (see
J. Delaville Le Roulx, Cartulaire general de VOrdre des Hospitallers de S.
Jean de Jerusalem, Paris, 1894 sqq., i., p. 210, no. 28, where Harley Charter
44 H. 53 is assigned to 1160-1180). M. Delaville Le Roulx, i., p. 685,
assigns 1200-1204 for the office of Richard Turk {Tyrcus), but the earlier
date may be taken back to 1195, since the original charter of Prior Alan
dated September 1199 (i., p. 681), upon whicli it is based, contains an error
in date, probably for 1190 (Round, p. 388). In September, 1207, Roger
de Vere was prior (Cartulaire general, ii., p. 74, no. 1269). The Robert de Diva

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carta nostra con&masse Roberto filio Hugonis de Blokeswurth
molendinum nostrum de Mordon', quod habemus de 'dono
Willelmi de ClauillV cum pertinenciis suis : tenendum et
habendum sibi et heredibus suis; reddendo inde annuatim
domui nostre viginti solidos ad quatuor anni terminos, vide-
licet ad festum Sancti Michaelis qu[i]ncque (sic) solidos, et
ad Natale Domini quincque solidos, et ad Pascba quincque
solidos, et ad festum Sancti Johannis Baptiste quincque solidos,
pro omni servicio ad nos inde spectante ; ita tamen, quod in
obitu suo, similiter et heredum suorum, quadraginta solidi pro
tercia parte catallorum suorum domui nostre quieti remanebunt.

Hiis testibus : Fratre Ricardo de Runfug[erei], Fratre WiUelmo
de Haliwell', Fratre Johanne de Hildesdon', capellanis ;
Fratre Radulfo de Crindham, Fratre Ada de Sancto Laurencio,
militibus ; Fratre Rogero de Upton' ; Fratre Willelmo de
Camera ; Fratre Gilberto ; et aUis.

Seal missing,

[c. 1200]— Grant by William Spicfat of Cattorp [Caythorpe,
parish of Lowdham, co. Notts] to John, the Chaplain of
Ludham [Lowdham].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Willelmus Spicfat," de
Cattorp, concessi et dedi et hac presenti carta mea confirm-
avi Johanni Capellano de Ludham, pro servicio suo et honore
sepius mihi coUato, et pro quinque soKdis argenti, quos mihi
dedit in necessitate mea, unam dimidiam acram prati, que
jacet in curto prato inter pratum Henrici de Marcham et
pratum Regenaldi, fratris mei, quod de me tenet : habendam
et tenendam de me et de heredibus meis sibi et quibuscunque
illam assignare voluerit, et assignatis eorum, libere et quiete,
solute et hereditarie ; reddendo inde annuatim mihi vel
heredibus meis unum obolum ad Natale Domini pro omni
servicio, exaccione et demanda. Ego vero predictus WiUelmus
et heredes mei predictam dimidiam acram prati predicto
Johanni et assignatis suis in perpetuum contra omnes
homines warentizabimus.

of the present charter does not occur in the Cartulaire. He is pos-
sibly the prior E. of a charter of 18 May, 1204 (Delaville Le Roiilx in
M&cmges de archiologie et d'hiatoire of the French School at Rome, 1881, p.
375), and is to be identified with Robert the Treasurer, who occurs as prior
about 1206 {Cartulaire, ii., p. 55, no. 1229 ; Macray, Charters of Salisbury,
Rolls Series, p. 71), and executed a charter at Ossington [co. Notts] dated
13 January, 1205 (Cartulaire gSniral, ii., p. 57, no. 1233 ; facsimile in
Palaeographical Society's publications. Series II., pi. 117). The latter is
witnessed by a " Frater Ric[ardus] de Rotund[o] Fulger[eto], " who is ob-
viously the " Frater Ricardus de Runfug' " of the present charter, whose
surname is therefore derived from Ronfeugeray in the department of the
Orne (canton of Athis, arrondissement of Domfront).

1 His widow appears in 1196 as tenant in Morden {Fines, sive Pedes
Finium, ii., p. 72 = Feet of Fines, Pipe RoU Soc, p. 120).

2 William Spichfat occurs in the Pipe Rolls for cos. Notts and Derby
for 1199-1200 (2 John, ro. 1) and 1200-1 as owing amercements {Rot. Can-
cellarii, 3 John, p. 314). He is also mentioned in 1218-19, 1219-20, and
1220-1 (Pipe Rolls, 3 Henry III,, ro. 8 ; 4 Henry III., ro. 11 ; 5 Henry III.,
ro. 6). The surname is a compound, unrecorded in Old English, of spic
' bacon ' and fcett ' fat ' (adj.), corresponding exactly to German speckfett
' very fat.'

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Hiis testibus : Eust[achio] de Ludham,, cleriooi ; Waltero
fiho suo; Ricardo filio Willelmi de Birtun'^; Gilberto de
Ludham, clerico^ ; Willelmo de Sibetorp* ; Roberto filio
sacerdotis ; Roberto de Ravenigham ; Thoma filio Robert! ;
Andrea filio Rogeri ; Henrico de Marcham.^ ; Roberto fratre
ejus ; WiUelmo de Ulvestorps ; et multis aliis.

A duplicate of this charter exists, written in the same hand,
and with the same witnesses, except Richard son of WilHam
de Birtun, Gilbert de Ludham, Robertus filius sacerdotis,
Robert, brother of Henry de Marcham, but adding Robert son
of Robert (= Robert filius sacerdotis ?), Roger de Beufou, Roger
son of Robert de Uulvestorp, and Reginald de Cattorp.

Fragment of seal.

[c. 1200]— Grant by Walter de Ribof to Simon son of Bernard
de Bileburc of the tenement in Bileburc [Bilborough, co.
Notts] that his father held of Simon son of Simon and after-
wards of Walter.

Walterus de Ribof omnibus hominibus presentibus et
futuris, salutem.

Noverit universitas vestra, me concessisse et hac present!
carta mea confirmasse Symoni filio Bernardi de BUeburc
totum tenementum quod Bemardus,^ pater ejus, tenuit
primo de Symone fiho Symonis et post de me in Bileburc, cum
omnibus pertinenciis suis : tenendum sibi et heredibus suis
in feodo et hereditate de me et heredibus meis Ubere, honorifice
et quiete, plenarie, perfecte et integre, cum omnibus per-
tinenciis suis et aisiamentis suis infra villam et extra, in bosco
et piano, in omnibus locis et in omnibus rebus ; reddendo inde
armuatim duos sohdos, scihcet ad Pentecosten xij. denarios
et ad festum Sancti Martini xij. denarios pro omni servicio,
quod ad me pertinet. Pro hac vero concessione et confir-
macione, dedit mihi predictus Symon xxx. sohdos argenti
de gersum.

l A fine conceming land in Lamoote (parish of Holme Pierrepont,
CO. Notts) was levied on 20 November, 1208, between Thomas son of GeofErey,
demandant, and Eustace the clerk of Ludham (Feet of Fines, co. Notts,
file 2, no. 43). Eustace de Ludham (Lowdham, co. Notts) was deputy-
sheriS for cos. Notts and Derby in 1213-14 (of. Testa de Nevill, p. 19o), and
acted as custoa of Yorkshire in 9 Henry III. (Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1216-
1225, p. 524) and in 10 Henry III. as a justice of the Forest, etc. In 1206-7
Eustace, parson of Ludenham, made fine for making a ditch like a deerleap
at Ludenham (Pipe Roll, 7 John, ro. 7 ; in Madox, Hist, of the Exchequer,
i., p. 499, note «.).

2 Bm-ton Joyce, co. Notts. The holding of Richard son of William
there is recorded in the Testa de Nevill, p. 20o.

» See Thoroton, Notts, p. 290a.

* Sibthorpe, co. Notts. WiUiam de Sibetorp answered for scutage in
1204-5 (Pipe Roll, 7 John, ro. 19, Notts and Derbyshire). Cf. Testa de
Nevill, p. 14a.

6 Markham, co. Notts.

« Woolsthorpe, parish of Lowdham (Thoroton, Antiqq. of Notts, p. 288),
now disappeared.

1 Walter de Ribof [R^boeuf, near Dieppe, Seine-Inf^rieure] acquired
lands in Bilborough in 1202 (see above, page 18, note 6).

8 See the grant to him, p. 28 above.

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Hiis testibus : Samsone de Stretle ; Willelmo de Leke ;
Roberto de Boves ; Rannulfo de Wandeleia (sic) ; Gilberto
de Brocolvestoue ; Roberto de Passeis^ ; Ricardo, clerico
Vicecomitis ; Roberto Andegavensi ; Henrico, clerico de
Hukenale ; Willelmo filio Coste^ ; Galfrido Luterel ; WiUelmo
le Corner 3 ; Elya filio Elye ; Swano de Derbi et Astino filio
ejus ; Hugone, persona de Bileburc ; Rogero de Sancta
Maria ; Germano filio Willelmi ; Willelmo Baldewini filio ;
Waltero serviente Walteri de Ribof ; et pluribus aliis.

Circular seal inscribed : -|- Sigill . . . . br . . _ .
IBEVF, bearing a shield with a chevron between two roundels in
chief, and, possibly, another charge in the base.

[c. 1200] — Grant by Hugh de Insula to Geoffrey son of
Gilbert de Broculvestowe [Broxtowe, co. Notts] of the lands
that Geoffrey's father held in Thorp [Algarthorpe, parish
of Basford, co. Notts] and in Basford.

Omnibus Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis, Hugo de Insula,*
salutem.

Noverit universitas vestra, me concessisse et presenti carta
confirmasse Gaufrido filio Gilbert! de Broculvestowe ^ et
heredibus suis omnes terras et omnia tenementa, que pater
suus Gilbert tenuit de antecessoribus meis die et anno, quo
mortuus fuit, unde habet cartas antecessorum meorum,
scilicet, quatuor bovatas terre in territorio de Thorp, inter
aquam, que dicitur Liene,* et Beescwde,' cum omnibus per-

1 Robert de Passeis (Passais, arrond. of Domfront, in the department
of the Orne) answers for scutage in cos. Notts and Derby in 1202-3 and
1203-4 (Pipe Rolls, 5 John, ro. 13 ; 6 John, ro. 13).

2 The Costus the Falconer who had a grant of lands worth 100s. yearly
in Hucknall (Hochenhala), for which allowance for half a, year was made
to the sheriff in 1159-60 (Pipe RoU, 6 Henry II., p. 43) and for the whole
year in the following roll (p. 31). In the next roll (p. 32) the grant is raised
to 61. lOs. Od. by the addition of lands in Kirkby, an entry that is repeated
many years subsequently. He was excused 5s. in 1180—1 under cos. Notts
and Derby (Pipe Roll, 27 Henry II., ro. Id.). In 1202-3 Hugh Brito of
Hukenhal' made fine to have the wardship of the land of William son of
Cost', and the marriage of his heir (Pipe Roll, 5 John, ro. 13). William's
serjeantry is entered in the Testa de Nevill, p. 226 ; cf. 18a. Cf. Rot.
Litterarum Claiiearwm, i., pp. 1186, 123a.

3 William le Comer, senior and junior, were amerced in 1206-7 (Pipe
Rolls, 9 John, ro. 11, Notts and Derby). William Cornarpus] was super-
visor of carpenters in Nottingham castle in 1213-14 (Pipe Roll, 16 John,
ro. 15), and of building operations there in 1218-19 (Pipe RoU, 3 Henry III.,
ro. 8). See Nottingham Borough Records, i., pp. 18, 50.

* Hugh de Insula pays scutage under cos. Notts and Derby in 1197-8
(Pipe RoU, 10 Richard I., ro. 8), and in 1198-9 (Pipe RoU, 1 John, ro. 15 ;
Red Book, i., p. 122), and in 1209-10 (Pipe RoU, 12 John, ro. 12 ; Red Booh
p. 180). He died before 1210-11, in which year Thomas Despenser with
Hugh's daughter and heiress held his lands (Red Booh, ii., p. 584 ; cf. Rot.
Litterarum Glausarum, i., pp. 1186, 174).

6 GUbert de Broculvestowe was amerced for a forest offence under
COS. Notts and Derby in 1186-7 and 1187-8 (Pipe RoU, 33 iLen^y II., ro. 12 ;
34 Henry II., ro. 14d.). He was the son of Eustace (Thoroton, Notts, p.
232a). Geoffrey de Broculvestowe 's holding in Broo[ulvestowe] is recorded
in an inquisition taken in 1213-14 (the year of office of Eustace [de Lude-
ham], who is mentioned at p. 19a) in the Testa de Nevill, p. 18a.

6 The river Leen.

1 Bestwood [Park], co. Notts.

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tinenciis suis ; in Baseford' unum molendinum cum seota
et omnibus aliis pertinenciis suis, tres acras terre ad capud
unius culture sue versus Brooulvestowe : tenenda et habenda
sibi et heredibus suis de me et heredibus meis libere et quiete,
plenarie, integre et honorifice in omnibus locis, cum omnibus
libertatibus et liberis consuetudinibus, per servicium unius
marce ex una parte et duorum solidorum ex alia parte, mihi
et heredibus meis an[n]uatim solvendorum ad duos terminos,
ad festum Candelarum vij. sol. et viijd. et ad Sanctum
Michaelem tantundem, pro omni servicio ad me pertinente.
Hanc autem concessionem et confirmacionem feci predicto Gau-
frido pro homagio suo et rationabili relavio, quoddeillorecepi.

Hiis testibus : Priore et Conventu de Novo Loco ; Philippo
Priore de Baseford' ; Samsone de Stratl[eia] ; Waltero de
Ribeof ; Simone de Baseford ; Patricio de Rosel^ ; Thomas
de Rosel ; Costo sacerdote ; Gervasio de Ernhal'^ ; Radulfo
de Broculvest[owe] ; et multis aliis.

Seal in green wax with quatrefoil, inscribed . . gonis d . .

[c. 1200] — Grant by Robert son of Herbert de Bramcote
[Bramcote, co. Notts] to Silvester son of Robert the chaplain
of Bestona [Beeston, co. Notts], of land [in Bramcote].

Sciant omnes presentes et futuri, quod ego Robertus filius
Hereberti de Brancote^ dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta
mea confirmavi Silvestro fiHo Roberti Capellani de Bestona
unam acram terre in Viuicrof t : tenendam de me et heredibus
meis sibi et heredibus suis libere et quiete et honorifice ;
reddendo inde annuatim mihi et heredibus meis ille et heredes
sui unam libram cimini ad festum Sancti Martini pro omni
servitio ad me vel heredibus meis pertinente. Preterea,
concessi ei communionem cum heredibus meis in pratis, in
pascuis, in viis et in semitis, et ubicunque fuerit communio
omnium meorum. Pro hac itaque concessione habenda, dedit
mihi prefatus Silvester dua talenta in gersumam.

His testibus : Magistro Silvestro de Notinch[eham]* ; Silvestro
filio ejus, persona de Radefort^ ; Roberto, persona de
Adigburc® ; Ricardo, capeUano de Brancote ; Pascasio
de Estweit ; Waltero de Estweit' ; Henrico clerico de

1 Rosel, Normandy, canton of Creully, arrond. of Caen, depart, of the
Calvados.

2 Arnold, co. Notts. Gervase de Arnehale witnesses a deed c. 1221
relating to Nottingham (Records of the Borough of Nottingham, i., p. 14).

3 Herbert de Brampcote [Bramcot, co. Notts] was a benefactor of
Lenton Priory (Thoroton, Notts, p. 2096). Robert de Brancote was one of
the supervisojs of works at Harestan and Bolsover castles in 1208-9 (Pipe
Roll, 11 John, ro. 10).

* See page 20, note 14, above.

6 Radford [now included in the city of Nottingham].

6 Attenborough, co. Notts.

'^ Walter de Estwait is mentioned under cos. Notts and Derby in
1165-6 and 1166-7 (Pipe Rolls, 12 Henry 11., p. 52; 13 Henry II., p. 139).
Walter de Estweit made » fine, with other Notts men, in 1200 {Rotuli de
Ohlatia, p. 75) and was fined for a forest offence in 1209-10 (Pipe Roll, 12
John, ro. 12, Notts and Derby). He is described as sheriff of Nottingham-
shire in 1225 (Records of the Borough of Nottingham, i., p. 20), meaning, no
doubt, deputy to Ralph son of Nicholas, the sherifi.

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Huchenal'i ; Reginaldo de Brancote" ; Galfredo de Brancote ;
Johanne et Rogero, filiis Robert! de Boston, et Bartholomeo
fratre suo ; et multis aliis.

Seal in green wax, with floriated ornament in centre. Inscrip-
tion : -\-8igiul' RoBERTi Fnj' Hebberti.

[c. 1200] — Grant by Hugh son of Thomas de Cozale to
Alexander son of Huctred [Ughtred] de Hemdeshill [Hemps-
hall (HaU), parish of Nuthall, co. Notts], of land in Cozale
[Cossal, CO. Notts].

Sciant omnes presentes et futuri, quod ego Hugo fihus
Thome de Cozale dedi et concessi et hac present! carta mea
confirmavi Alexandro fiho Huctredi de Hemdeshil,* pro humagio
et servicio suo, meam acram prat! in prato de Cozale, que
vocatur " magna acra " : tenendam et habendam sib! et
heredibus suis de me et heredibus meis libere, honorifice, et
quiete ; reddendo inde annuatim michi et heredibus meis
sex denarios ad festum Sancti Martini pro omni servicio michi
et heredibus meis pertinent!. Ego vero Hugo et heredes me!
garantizabimus predicto Alexandro et heredibus suis acram
predictam contra omnes homines.

Hiis testibus : Symone de Wattenhou,* Symone de
BiLeburc,8 Hugone de Nutehale,^ Hugone de Temes,
Symone fiHo Juete, Symone de Basefort,' Johanne clerico de
Kinemarle," et multis aliis.

Seal with fleur-de-lys and the inscription : Sigill' Htjgonis
FiLi Tomb.

[c. 1200]— Release by Christiana, prioress of Wilberfoss [co.
York] of right in land [in Wilberfoss 1], subject to a yearly
payment, which is to be given to three nuns, sisters of Muriel,
wife of Simon Sakespee, during their Uves.

Omnibus Christ! fidehbus has litteras visuris vel audituris,
Christiana, priorissa de Wilberfosse, et totus ejusdem loci
Conventus, salutem in Domino.

Noverit universitas vestra, nos nichil juris clamare in terra
Ula, que fuit Simonis Sakespee et Murielis, sponse sue, juxta
ecclesiam Sancti Dionisii, vel ejus pertinenciis, preter dimidiam
marcam argent! annuam, quam prefata Muriel dedit nobis
pro salute anime sue et Simonis, sponsi sui, annuatim percip-
iendam de prefata terra de Ysaac et Roberto, fratribus ipsius
Muriehs, scilicet, medietatem de uno et medietatem de altero, in
tota vita ipsius Roberti. Post mortem vero Roberti, Ysaac et

1 Hucknall, co. Notts.

2 Mentioned in the Pipe Roll for 1210-11 (13 John, ro. 2, Notts and
Derby).

3 The " Hameasel " of Domesday Book, i., p. 288, col. 1. It appears in
1209-10 as Hindeshull, where it answers with Bulwell for wast« (Pipe Roll
12 John, ro. 12).

* Watnall, parish of Greasley, co. Notts,

5 Bilborough, co. Notts.

6 NuthaU, CO. Notts.

7 Basford, oo. Notts.

8 Kimberiey, oo. Notts.

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heredes sui de corpore suo exituri, quibus prefata Muriel dedit
totam terrain iUam hereditarie, reddent nobis annuatim de tota
terra ilia predictam dimidiam marcam annuam, medietatem
ad festum Sancti Martini et medietatem ad Pentecosten. Si
vero Ysaac moriatur sine herede de corpore suo, Thomas
filius Turgisii et heredes sui tenebunt in perpetuum totam
predictam terram ; reddendo inde nobis annuatim predictam
dimidiam marcam annuam ad prefatos terminos. Alicia vero
et Emma et Juliana, sorores Muriehs, moniales nostre, habe-
bunt in tota vita earum predictam dimidiam marcam ad
adjutorium vestitus sui. Et ne plus juris supra dimidiam
marcam annuam in terra ilia in perpetuum vendicare possimus,
illud presenti carta nostra et sigiUi nostri appositione robor-
avimus.

Hiis testibus : GiU[eberto] et Radulfo capellanis ; Johanne
Distefald' ; Laurencio, fratre domus nostre ; Thoma Palmer ;
Nicholao fratre ejus ; Thoma filio Turgisii ; Nicholao de
Bretegate ; Thoma filio Roberti ; Adam Verdenel, et multis
aliis.

Oval shaped seal ivith dove displayed bearing in its mouth
a twig, surrounded loith the inscription : Sigill' [PJeioeesa

(sic) DE WiLBVRF . . .

[c. 1200] — Ratification by the prior and convent of Bulintun
[Bullington, parish of Goltho, co. Lincoln] of the final concord
made between them and Alan de Bosdeele, son of Helto de
Bosdeele, concerning the latter's grant to the prior and con-
vent and an exchange between Alan and them.

Cunctis Christi fidelibus, ad quorum notitiam presens carta
pervenerit. Prior et Conventus de Bulint[un], salutem.

Sciatis, quod finalis concordia inter nos et Alanum de
Bosdeele hoc modo facta est, et omnis hs et controversia hoc
fine sopita : Ipse Alanus concessit et carta sua nobis con-
firmavit totam donacionem patris sui et matris sue, secundum
tenorem carte eorum, ad quam appensum est sigillum
CapituU Lincolnpensis] ecclesie et sigillum Heute,i patris sui,
in puram et perpetuam elemosinam, istis tribus rebus exceptis,
videUcet, Gippetoft et pastura de Gosholm et de Bistede ;
pro quibus tribus rebus prenominatus Alanus dedit nobis
in excambiis duas acras prati in MUdehale propinquiores
prato Simonis de Kim'. Nos vero, sciKcet Prior et Conventus
de Bidint[\m], omne jus, quod in tribus rebus prefatis
habuimus, illi in Oapitulo Lincol[niensis] ecclesie quietum
clamavimus, nee per aliquam cartam vel scriptum de hiis
tribus rebus prenominatis aliquid clamabimus adversus eum
vel heredes ejus in perpetuum. Ut autem hec omnia, que
inter nos scripta sunt, firma et iUibata permaneant, tarn
sigiUi nostri appensione quam sigilli Capituh Lincoln[iensis]
ecclesie testimonio, in quo hec acta sunt, corroborantur.

Hiis testibus : Rogero,* Decano Lincoln[ien8is] ecclesie ;

1 Helto(of which Hettte is the Old French form) deBoisdl' of p. 19,above.

2 Boger ds Bolveston. 1195-1223 (Le Neve, ii., 30).

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Magistro Willelmoi Precentore ; Ricardo de Kim',^ Waltero
Blundo, Rogero Scoto, Andrea, Canonicis Lincolii[iensis]
ecclesie ; Simone de Kim'^ ; Magistro Henrico; Philippo de
Beaumis ; Rogero Arsic ; Petro de Bekering* ; . . . a
filio ejus ; Ranulfo de Midlei ; Simone de Sidetun".
Seals missing.

[c. 1200] — Grant by Peter de Mellento to the House of St.
Leonard, Ristun [Tarrant Rushton, co. Dorset] of an acre
of land to be tilled yearly (changing with the cultivation
and fallowing in a two-course system of cultivation), for the
maintenance of a light in that house.

Universis Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis, Petrus de Melle[n]to,
salutem in vero Salutari.

Noverit universitas vestra, me, caritatis intuitu, dedisse
et concessis^e Deo et Sancte Marie et Ecclesie Sancti
Leonardi de Ristune,* et fratribus ibideln Deo servientibus,
pro anima mea et pro anima uxoris mee M., et patrum
matrumque nostrorum, et puerorum et antecessorum, et pro
fraternitate habenda ejusdem loci, unam acram terre quolibet
anno colendam, scilicet acram propinquiorem terre, que data
est in elemosinam ecclesie de Cnoltune' ad lumen ejusdem
ecclesie, et anno sequenti ex altera parte jam dicte terra
ejusdem ecclesie de Cnoltune unam acram. ^ Hano vero
donationem et concessionem feci pro anima filii mei Willelmi,
ut perpetue annuatim obsequium anniversarii illius in
ecclesia ilia celebretur ut pro fratre ejusdem loci. Et ut
hec donatio firma sit in perpetuum, sigilli mei impressione
confirmavi.

His testibus : Helya capeUano ; Galfrido clerico ; Radulf o
filio Domini ; Hugone, cognato ejus ; Rogero filio Hugonis ;
cum omnibus fratribus Sancti Leonardi de Ristune.

Seul missing.

1 William, appointed precentor in 1196, was consecrated bishop in 1203
(Id., pp. 37, 82).

2 Wrongly called ' de Kim ' in Le Neve, p. 121. The other Canons are
not mentioned by Le Neve.

3 Simon de Kime died shortly before 27 January, 1220 (Excerpia
e Rotulis JPinium, i., pp. 42, 44).

* Beckering (Holton cum), co. Lincoln.

5 Syston, 00. Lincoln.

6 The religious house or hospital of St. Leonard in the parish of Tarrant
Rushton, CO. Dorset. See Hutehins, History of Dorset, ed. 3, iii., p. 463. It
is called the house of St. Leonard, Risshton by Palmeresbrigge in the Cal.
Patent Rolls, 7 Ed. III., pp. 417, 420, and the chapel of Russhton in the same
Calendar 5 Ed. III., pp. 84, 86, 159 where is not identified. This Rush-
ton appears to be the Riston of Domesday Book, i., 83 col. 2, 836 col. 2
(=Exon. D.B., 53), 84 col. 2, which Eyton has confused with Rushton in
East Stoke (D.B., 83 col. 2 ; 846 col. 1).

7 Knowlton, a deserted village now in the parish of Horton, co. Dorset.
See Hutehins, iii., p. 150, where a grant of land by Peter de Meulent {i.e.,
Meulan, arrondissement of Versailles, department of the Seine-et-Oise], the
donor of this deed, is recorded.

8 That is, they shall have an acre on one side of the land given to
Cnoltune one year, and an acre on the other side of the said land the follow-
ing year, and so alternately.

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[c. 1200]— Sale by Robert le Westreys to Maud, daughter
of Geoffrey de Trowall [Trowell, co. Notts], of land in Stanton'
[Stanton-by-Dale, co. Derby].

Sciant omnes tarn presentes quam futuri, quod ego
Robertus le Westreys, assensu et voluntate WillelmiS filii
et heredis mei, vendidi et quietas clamavi de me et de
heredibus meis Matild[i], filie Gaufridi de Trowall', ^ et cui
vel quibus assingnare voluerit, et eorum heredibus, duas
bovatas terre in territorio de Stanton', cum tofto et crofto
et edificiis, et cum omnibus Ubertatibus et pertinenciis suis,
tam Mberas sicut eas unquam hberius tenui, excepto tofto
juxta toftum Walteri filii Achardi de latitudine viginti pedum
et longitudine quadraginta pedum versus viam, et exceptis
tribus rodis juxta Grenehul : faciendo inde servicium Domine
Ydonee et heredibus suis, scilicet quatuor soHdos annuatim,
pro omni servicio ad earn et ad heredes suos pertinente, salvo
forinseco servicio, duos solidos ad Nativitatem Beati Johannis
Baptiste et duos solidos ad festum Beati Thome Apostoli
ante Natale. Pro hac autem vendicione et quieta clamacione,
dedit mihi predicta Matild[is] sex marcas argenti. Ego vero
Robertus le Westreys et heredes mei has duas bovatas terre
cum pertinenciis prenominatis predicte Matild[i], et cui vel
quibus assingnare voluerit, contra omnes homines warentiz-
abimus. Ut igitur presens scriptum robur optineat in pos-
terum, Ulud sigilM mei apposicione' confirmavi.

His testibus : WUlelmo de Musch[amp],3 Arch[idiacono]
Derb[ie] ; Petro filio Willelmi de I)erb[ia] ; Matheo
Thuscheyt ; Petro de Sandiacria* ; Roberto de Salto (sic)
CaprioM ; Waltero de Hestweyt^ ; Rogero de Brunesleya* ;
Roberto de Musch[amp]' et Hugone et Willelmo, fratribus

1 William Westrensis (' the westerner ') was amerced under cos. Notts
and Derby in 1199-1200 (Pipe Roll, 2 John, ro. 1).

2 Trowell, co. Notts, adjoins Stanton-by-Dale, co. Derby. Geoffrey
de TroweU' answers for scutage in 1203-4 (Pipe Roll, 6 John, ro. 13). In
1212-13 and 1214 Roger son of Geoffrey de Trouuel made fine for having
the lands that had belonged to his father in TroweU and Brinsley (Pipe RoU,
15 John, ro. 18 ; Hot. de Finibus, p. 544).

8 Died 1231 (Annalea de Dunstaplia, in Annales Monastici, iii., p. 127).

* Sandiaere, co. Derby. Peter de Sandiacre (who appears frequently
by a strange Frenchification as Peter de Seint Diacre) succeeded about 1194^5,
when Beatrice de Halun fined to have her dower of the land of Peter de
Sandiacra, her first husband (Pipe Roll, 7 Richard I., ro. 2). Peter de Seint
Diacre paid lOOl. in 1197-8 to have seisin of Horsleg' [Horsley, co. DerbyJ
of his inheritance, as he alleged (Pipe Roll, 10 Richard I., ro. 8). Peter de
Sandiacra made fine in 1201 to avoid crossing the sea on military service
(Rot. de Ohlatis, p. 127). He is mentioned as a surety in 1207 {Rot. de Finibus,
p. 333). His name frequently occurs in the Notts and Derby Pipe Rolls
of John's time in connexion with scutages (of. Madox, Hist, of Exchequer.
i., p. 638, note k), etc. He died in or before 1218-19 when his heirs are
charged with a debt of his, and his Christian name is underlined for de-
letion, with Richard written over it (Pipe Roll, 3 Henry III., ro. 8).

s Eastwood, co. Notts. See page 41, note 7, above.

6 Brinsley, co. Notts.

7 Robert de Muscamp' [Muskham, co. Notts] makes fine in 1201 in order
that he may not cross the sea (Rot. de Oblatis, p. 127). In 1203-4 he fined to
be released from keeping Harestan castle (Pipe Roll, 6 John, ro. 13). In
1213, his son-in-law, Ralph de Gresel[eye] makes fine for having the lands
that had belonged to Robert (Bot. de Finibus, p. 507 ; Pipe Roll, 16 John, ro.
5 ; cf. Excerpta e Rotidis Finium, i., p. 34).

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suis ; Thoma de Henoveri . Waltero le Soot ; Hugo de Aim ;
Roberto de Brunesl[eya] ; Henrico de Greseleya* ; et multis
aliis.

Seal with a fleur-de-lys and the inscription : + Sigill Roberti
LB Westein.

[c, 1200]— Confirmation of the preceding grant by William
le Westreys, son and heir of Robert le Westreys, witnessed
by the same persons.

Seal with a fleur-de-lys and the inscription : + Sigill'

WiLLELMI LE WeSTERES.

[c. 1200]— Grant by Eustace son of Hugh to Walter de
Estweit of the homage and service of Hugh son of Robert
de Wilgheby for land in Wilgheby [WiUoughby-on-the-
Wolds, CO. Notts].

Omnibus, qui hoc scriptum viderint vel audierint, Eusta-
chius fiUus Hugonis, salutem.

Sciatis me dedisse et concessisse et hao presenti carta mea
confirmasse Waltero de Estweit, pro homagio et servitio suo,
homagium et servitium Hugonis filii Roberti de Wilgheby, et
heredum suorum, de quatuor bovatis terre, quas idem Hugo
tenuit de me in eadem viUa : tenenda et haljenda ipsi Waltero
et heredibus suis de me et heredibus meis, cum omnibus eorum
pertinentiis, inperpetuum Ubere et quiete et pacifice ; reddendo
inde mihi et heredibus meis singulis annis duos denarios ad
festum Sancti Martini pro omni servitio mihi et heredibus
meis inde percipiendo. ^

Hiis testibus : Ricardo, abbate de WeUebec* ; Henrico de
Gray ; Sansone de Stretl[eia] ; Willelmo de Leke ; Galfrido
de Jorz ; Stephano filio Hugonis ; Paschasio de Estweit ;
Willelmo de Munjai^ ; James de Bachepuz ; et multis aliis.

Seal with a floriated ornament and the inscription : ■-{- Sigill'
EvsTAci riLn Hvgonis.

[c. 1200] — Grant by Alan son of Humphrey de Eddriceston
to Robert de Nemore of land in Eddricheston [Atherstone-on-
Stour, CO. Warwick].

1 Heanor, co. Derby.

2 Greasley, co. Notts.

3 percipiente, MS.

* Richard, abbot of Welbeck, was demandant in a fine levied in the
quinzaine of Michaelmas, 1203, against Alexander, prior of Shelford, con-
cerning the advowson of Kelum (KeUiam) church (Feet of Fines, co. Notts,
file 2, no. 29). He was also demandant in a fine levied at the octave of Holy
Trinity, 6 John {lb., no. 37), and in another levied in three weeks of St.
Hilary, 12 John {lb., no. 60). On 7 July, 1215, he delivered to the king
certain royal jewels that had been deposited in the abbey (Bot. Litt. Pat.
p. 1486).

6 WiUiam de Mungay made fine, with other Notts men, in 1200 {Rotuli
de Ohlatia, p. 75). His name occurs as tenant in a fine levied in 1203 between
him and Alexander, prior of Shelford, concerning lands in Lambecote (Feet
of Fines, co. Notts, file 2, no. 26). He was one of the knights and free tenants
who made perambulation of the forest of Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Forest)
in 1218 (Bundle " De Antiquis Forestis," no. 3, Pub. Rec. Office ; Robert
White, Dukery Records, 1904, p. 396).

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Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Alanus films Hunfredi
de Eddriceston' dedi et concessi et hac mea present! carta
confirmavi Roberto de Nemore et heredibus suis, pro homagio
et servicio suo, unam acram terre in Eddricheston' cum
pertinentiis, scilicet illam quam Ketelbern tenuit ei et heredibus
suis : habendam et tenendam de me et heredibus meis libere
et quiete et honorifice, cum omnibus libertatibus in bosco,
in piano, in pratis, in pascuis, in viis, in semitis et exitibus ;
reddendo inde michi et heredibus meis ille et heredes sui iij.
denarios annuatim pro omni servicio mihi pertinente, scUicet
iij. obolos ad festum Sancti Michaelis et iij. obolos ad festum
Sancte Marie in Marcio. Et ego Alanus et heredes mei
prenominatam acram terre Roberto de Nemore et heredibus
suis contra omnes gentes warantizabimus.

His testibus : WiUelmo de Eddriceston' ; Alano de
Bladis ; Bemerio de Nemore ; Elia de Logeleia ; Mcholao
de Burleia ; et aliis.

Seal in white wax, with fleur-de-lys (?). Inscription: + SiG

.... AliAJJI ITLl' HUNF.

[c. 1200] — Grant by Hugh de Essebroc to EUas the lead-
smith of Essebroc [in the lordship of Kingsbury, co. Warwick],
of land near Hugh's park of Kinesberi [Kingsbury].

Sciant omnes presentes et futuri, quod ego Hugo de
Essebroc dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi
Helye Plumbifabro de Essebroc, et heredibus suis, pro
homagio et servitio suo, septem acras et unam rodam terre
in meo novo sarto, que jacent juxta parcum de Kinesberi,
cum omnibus pertinentiis suis : habendas et tenendas de
me et heredibus meis sibi et heredibus suis jure hereditario,
libere et qui[e]te et honorifice, cum omnibus libertatibus,
communis, et aisiamentis ; reddendo inde annuatim michi
et heredibus meis Ule et heredes sui octodecim denarios ad
duos terminos anni, scilicet ad festum Sancti Johannis
Baptiste novem denarios et ad festum Sancti Michaelis novem
denarios pro omni servitio, exactione, rebus et demandis
michi et heredibus meis pertinentibus inperpetuum. Et
totam predictam terram poterit predictus Helyas claudere et
fossare, prout melius sibi viderit expedire. Ego vero et
heredes mei totam prefatam terram cum omnibus pertinentiis
suis warantizabimus prefato Helye et heredibus suis contra
omnes homines et omnes feminas et calumpnias inperpetuum.
Pro hac autem donatione et concessione et warantizatione
dedit michi predictus Helyas Plumbifaber pre manibus duas
marcas argenti. Et ut hec mea donatio et concessio prescripta
rata, stabiMs et inconvulsa permaneat, sigilli mei appositione
corroboravi.

His testibus : Waltero Funwi, Roberto de Plum tun', Ada
de Broggrave, Simone pincerna, Johanne de Kingesford',
Roberto de Benethley,^ WiUelmo filio Godefridi de Hurley, ^

1 Bentley, co. Warwick.

2 Hurley, parish of Kingsbury, co. Warwick.

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Toma Alio Ade de Essebi, Willelmo le Waleys, et multis aliis.
Seal missing.

[o. 1200]— Grant by John de Bracebruge to Simon de
Blackgrave [Blackgreave, parish of Lea Marston, co. Warwick]
of the lands granted by his ancestors to Simon's in le
Bromicroft [Broomy Croft, parish of Kingsbury, co. Warwick].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Johannes de Brace-
bruge concessi et hac present! karta confirmavi Simoni de
Blacgrave, pro homagio et servicio suo, totam terram quam
antecessores mei suis antecessoribus dederunt, scilicet totum
le Bromicroft, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, et duodecim
acras prati sub dive ad predictum croftum pertinentes, et
unam holmam infra aquas contentam ad idem croftum per-
tinentem ; illi et heredibus suis tenendum et habendum de
me et heredibus meis inperpetuum, libere et quiete, pacifice
et honorifiee, cum omnibus aisiamentis ad prenominatam
terram pertinentibus ; reddendo inde annuatim ille et heredes
sui michi et heredibus meis pro omni servicio et seculari
exactione ad me et ad heredes meos pertinente tres solidos
ad duos terminos, scilicet ad festum Sancte Marie in Marcio
octodecim denarios, ad festum Sancti MichaeUs octodecim
denarios. Et ut hec mea concessio et confirmacio rata et
inconcussa permaneat, eam presentis scripti testimonio et
sigilli mei impressione munivi.

Hiis testibus : Hugone de Essebroc, Roberto de Pluntun,
Walter o Fundu, Willelmo de Hurnlee, Roberto de Brace-
bruge, Willelmo de Insula, Johanne de Blacgrave, Johanne
filio Ingrit, Godefrei de Kinisbiris, et multis aliis.

Equestrian seal in ivhite wax ; inscription worn away.

[c. 1200] — Grant by Hugh de Essebroc to Simon de Blaggreve
in marriage with the donor's sister of land in Blochkeley
[? in Kingsbury or Lea Marston, co. Warwick].

Sciant omnes presentes et futuri, quod ego Hugo de
Essebroch dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi
Symoni de Blaggreve cum Felicia, sorore mea, in maritagium
triginta acras terre in Blochkeley, cum omnilsus pertinentiis
suis, scilicet illas quas Willelmus, pater predicti Symonis,
tenuit de me. Preterea dedi eidem Symoni illam croftam cum
mora, quam WiUelmus filius Swein tenuit de me. Habendas et
tenendas libere et quiete, bene et pacifice de me et heredibus
meis sibi et herecfibus suis, quos de predicta sorore mea
Felicia habiturus est ; reddendo inde annuatim michi et
heredibus meis Ule et heredes sui octo solidos ad tres terminos,
scilicet ad festum Sancti Michaelis triginta duos denarios, et
ad festum Beate Marie in Marcio triginta duos denarios, et
ad festum Sancti Johannis Baptiste triginta duos denarios,
pro omnibus servitiis ad me vel ad heredes meos pertinentibus,
salvo forinseco servitio. Hanc autem donationem et con-
firmacionem ego et heredes mei warantizabimus predicto
Simoni et heredibus suis contra omnes homines et omnea

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calumpnias inperpetuum. Et ut hec omnia predicta rata et
inconcussa permaneant, ea sigilli mei inpressione signavi.

Hiis testibus : Radvdfo filio Radulfi, Johanne de Langedon,
Adam de CruddewT:thie,i Roberto fratre ejusdem, Rogero de
Kotes, Roberto de Clive, et multis aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1200] — Grant by John de Bracebruge to Peter son of
William the Reeve, in free marriage with Agnes, daughter
of Ralph the Chaplain of Sutton [Coldfield, co. Warwick],
of land in Holtto [Holt, in Whateley, parish of Kingsbury,
CO. Warwick].

Sciant omnes tarn presentes quam futuri, quod ego
Johannes de Bracebruge dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta
mea confirmavi Petro filio Willelmi propositi, in liberum
maritagium cum Agnete fiha Radulfi capellani de Suttone,
pro homagio et servicio suo, unam virgatam terre in Holtto,
cum omnibus pertinentiis suis, iUam scilicet quam Levewinus
de Holtto ibidem tenuit, et unam acram prati, cum omnibus
pertinentiis suis, in prato de Bradeford, illam videlicet quam
Rogerus de eodem Holtto tenuit : habendas et tenendas
cum omnibus pertinentiis suis et cum omnibus libertatibus
in bosco et piano, in viis et semitis, in aquis, et in omnibus
locis et ad capiendum in bosco meo necessaria ad hushote
et ad haihote sibi et heredibus suis de me et heredibus meis
jure hereditario, bene, pacifice, honorifice, et integre, hbere
et quiete in perpetuum ; reddendo inde annuatim duos
sohdos esterhngorum ipsi et heredes eorum in perpetuum
abbatie et monachis de Miravalle^ ad lumen ecclesie ad duos
terminos, scilicet ad festum Sancti MichaeHs duodecim
denarios et ad Annunciationem Beate Marie duodecim
denarios, pro omnibus rebus et demandis, salvo forinseco
servicio. Et ego et heredes mei warantizabimus omnia
prenominata predictis Petro et Agneti et heredibus eorum in
perpetuum contra omnes homines et omnes calumpnias.

Hiis testibus : Willelmo de Hardrideshul,^ Roberto filio
ejus, Radulfo fiHo Radulfi, Waltero Fuwdwi, Hugone de
Essebroc, Roberto de Plumtone, Radulfo capellano, Magistro
Symone* de Blacgreve, et multis aliis.

Equestrian seal in white wax, much worn.

[c. 1200] — Grant by Adam son of Alan de Wesehamtorpe
to Roger de Frevile, of Wehngham [Wellingham, co. Norfolk],
of land in Weseham [Weaseriham, co. Norfolk].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Adam filius Alani de
Weseham torpe dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea
confirmavi Rogero de Frevile^, de Welingham, quatuor acras

1 Curdworth, near Kingsbury, co. Warwick.

2 Merevale abbey, co. Warwick.

2 Hartshill, parish of Mancetter, co. Warwick.

* Symone, repeated in original.

5 Roger de Frievill brought an assize of novel disseisin in 1225 against
Earl Waremie concerning a tenement in Wynebodesham [Wimbotsham], co.
Norfolk (Rot. Liu. Pat., p. 79a).

M 4

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terre in campia de Weseham : scilicet, ij. acras que jacent
in Cranedele, inter terram Rogeri filii Mathei at terram
Ascilie vidua ; at j. acram at dimidiam parcatam ad Assies
Crundel, qua jaeant inter terram predicta Ascilie et terram
Elfnoth ; et iij. percatas et dimidiam percatam_ super
Qvarnaulond, qua jaeant inter feudum Hamonis Biuirt et
feudum Rogeri filii Ernive ; illi et heredibus suis, vel
cuicunque dare vel assingnare voluerit, ad tenendum de me
et heredibus meis in feudo et hareditate libere et quiete et
per liberum servicium ; inde reddendo annuatim mihi et
heredibus mais unum denarium, scilicet ad Pentecosten, et
ad scutagium Domini Regis quando vanarit ad xx. solidos
unum obolum, et ad plus plus, et ad minus minus, pro
omnibus sarviciis et consuetudinibus et exactionibus. Et
pro hac autem donatione at concessione et carte mee
confirmationa, pradictus Rogarus devenit affidatus mens et
dedit mihi xx. sohdos in gersum[a]. Et ego predictus Adam
et heredes mai warantizabimus pradictam terram predicto
Rogaro et heredibus suis per predictum servicium contra
omnes homines.

Hiis testibus : Radulf o Extraneo ; Mathao de Greinestun ;
Roberto de Sallei ; Roger da (sic) filio Ascilie de Weseham ;
Rogero filio Ernive ; Alan fiUo Sagrim ; Johanna filio
Lamberti ; Rogero fiUo Mathei ; Osberto fiho Ade ; Alano
filio Fulcher ; Hugona filio Maira ; et multis aliis.
Seal missing.

[c. 1200]— Grant by Malcolm da Harleia [Harley, co. Salop]
to Robert Malherbe of a messuage in Wonlochia [Much
Wanlock, co. Salop].

Sciant qui sunt at qui futuri sunt, quod ago Malcolmus de
Harleia, 2 consensu et assansu uxoris mea et omnium heredum
meorum, dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea cum
sigillo meo confirmavi Roberto Malherbe, ^ pro homagio et
servicio suo, masuagium meum in Wonlochia, quod est inter
domum Edijja pualla et murum ab[b]acie, cum pertinentiis et
hbertatibus suis, sibi et heredibus suis, tenendum de ma et
de heredibus meis in faudo et hareditate, libere et quiete
de omni exactione, in pace et honorifice, pro omni servitio
annuatim inde reddendo michi et heredibus meis ad festum
Sancti Michaehs xij. danarios. Ut autem ad hanc here-
ditariam pervenirat donationam, jam dictus Robertus dedit
michi duas marcas argenti. Ego etiam Malcolmus et
haradas mei warantizabimus predicto Roberto et heredibus
suis predictum masuagium contra omnes homines et feminas.
Preterea ego et heredes mei concessimus sepedicto Roberto

1 SaU, CO. Norfolk.

'^ Malcolm de Harley occurs between 1180 and 1209 (Eyton, Shrop-
shire, iii., p. 294). He was succeeded as lord of Harley by William de Harley,
f on and heir of Robert Malherve (the Bobert Malherbe of this charter) before

1221, in which year William was vouched to warrant to John eon of

a messuage in Wenlock (probably the one conveyed by this charter) that
had been granted to John by the said Robert (Eyton, vi., p. 233).

3 See preceding note.

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omnes assias suas in boseo meo de Harleia et heredibus
suis, scilicet pascuam omnium generum animalium suorum,
et vj. porcos quietos de pannagio. Si autem major fuerit
Humerus, dabit michi pro porcis supra vj. predictis sicut
ceteri liberi homines mei. Concessimus insuper ligna ei de
bosco meo quantum indiget ad focum suum. Ut autem hec
donatio mea rata sit et inconcussa, banc presentis scripti
et sigilli mei munimine roboravi.

His testibus : Warino de Burwardesl[eia], i Willelmo filio
ejus, Warnerio de Wilileia,^ Rogero de Becgeshowre,'
Stephano filio ejus, Hugonis de Lega, Menone de Dudit[ona],*
Rogero Baret, Waltero de Prestedene, Idnardo Janitore,
Brutone, et multis aliis.

Good impression of the equestrian seal of the donor, with the
inscription : Sigillvm Malcolm[i de HarlJbe.

[1201, March 2J— = Charter of King John granting to WiUiam
de Stutevill licence to enclose and fortify his houses at
Cotyngeham and Buttercram [Cottingham and Butter
Crambe, co. York].

Johannes, Dei gracia, rex Angl[ie], dominus Hibernie, dux
Norm[annie], Aquit[anie], comes Andeg[avie], archiepiscopis,
episcopis, abbatibus, comitibus, baronibus, justiciis, vice-
comitibus, prepositis, ministris, et omnibus ballivis et
fidelibus suis, salutem.

Sciatis, quod nos dedimus et concessimus Willelmo de
Estuteviir licenciam claudendi et firmandi domoa suas de
Cotjmg'ham et de Buttercram, prohibentes ne quia eum super
hoc disturbet.

Testibua : Willelmo, comite Sarisbyr', G. filio Petri,
comite Essex[ie], Hugone Bardulf, Petro de Pratell[is],
Symone de Pat«shull'.

Dat[a] per manum Symonis archidiaconi Wellensis. Apud
Eboracum, ij. die Martii, anno regni nostri secundo.

Fragment of great seal in green wax.

[Enrolled on Charter Roll, p. 89a, where the former name
appears as Totyngham.]

[c. 1220] — Grant by Brian de Inaula* to William Basset of
100s. yearly from the miU of Duffeld [Duffield, co. Derby],
doing therefor the sixtieth part of a knight'a fee.

Witnesses: Geoffrey de Nevill, the king's chamberlain,' John de

1 Broseley, co. Salop.

2 Willey, CO. Salop.

3 Badger, co. Salop.

* Dodington {? parish of Cleobury Mortimer, co. Salop).

5 This grant is referred to by Roger of Hoveden, iv., p. 117, under the
year 1200.

6 Brian de Insula, an important official of King John, survived until
1234 {Close Bolls, p. 512). He was Keeper of Sherwood forest.

7 Geoffrey de Neville was chamberlain as early as 1207 (Rot. Litterarum
Clausarum, i. p. 90a). He is referred to as living on 8 December, 1225 (lb.
ii. 87b), but as dead on 27 of that month (lb. ii. 90b). See Diet, of Nat.
Biography, xli. p. 251.

6t

Nevill,^ his son, Master Alexander de Dorset', " Robert Lupus,',
Henry de Monte Alto, John de Ken, Raimbald de Moritibus,
Walter {Gu[a\ltero) de Castellis, Master Roger de Essex',
John de Essex', William de Gilling', John de Walkingham,
Richard de Monte Alto, Thomas de Scoteny, Walter de
Termes, Robert de Bailloil, Geoffrey Pincerna.

Seal in green wax, with inscription and shield bearing a
canton, a crescent in the sinister chief and another one in base.

[c. 1210] — Grant by Dionisius, abbot, and the convent of
Cerne [co. Dorset] to Robert son of Hugh de Blockesworth
of land, etc., in Blockesworth [Blocksworth, co. Dorset].

Omnibus Christi iidelibus, ad quos presens scriptum per-
venerit, Dionisius, Dei gracia, abbas Cernel[ensis],* et ejus-
dem loci conventus, salutem in Domino.

Noverit universitas vestra, nos unanimi consilio con-
cessisse et dedisse Roberto filio Hugonis de Blockesworth'
et heredibus suis, pro homagio et servicio suo, mesuagium
et curtillagium cum dimidia virgata terre, quam (sic) Sampson
capellanus tenuit, in villa de Blockesworth', scilicet in uno
campo octo acras et dimidiam, et in alio campo octo acras :
habenda et tenenda sibi et heredibus suis jure hereditario,
cum omnibus pertinenciis suis et libertatibus et liberis
consuetudinibus, libere et quiete, de nobis et successoribus
nostris ; reddendo inde annuatim nobis et successoribus
nostris duos solidos sterUnggorum pro omni servicio et
exaccione, salvo servicio domini regis, ad quatuor anni
terminos, scilicet ad Natale Domini sex denarios, ad ter-
minum Pasche sex denarios, ad festum Sancti Petri ad
Vincula sex denarios, ad festum Sancti Michaelis sex denarios,
et conventui ad festum Sancti Nicholai duodecim denarios.
Et ut hec donacio et concessio rata et inconcussa permaneat,
sigillorum nostrorum duximus munimine confirmanda.

Hiis testibus : Andrea de Winterborn', Roberto filio
Thome, Henrico de Litleton', Waltero de Stok', Thoma filio
Thome, Roberto filio Willelmi, Radulfo de Hungerford', Ada

1 John de Nevill made fine with the king in 1216 arid also had a charter
of faithful service [Rot. de Finibus, p. 571).

2 Alexander de Dorset was joint-keeper with Brian de Insula in 1205
of land taken into the king's hands for waste of the forest {Rot. de Finibus,
p. 317), and was with the king in 1216 {Id., p. 371). He appears as an ex-
chequer ofl&cial early in the reign of Henry III. (Madox, Hist, of Exchequer,
i, pp. 389, note g, 707, note h, ii, p. 134, note r). He died in or before March,
1233 {Excerpta e Rotulis Finium, i, p. 239).

3 Robert Lupus made fine in 1201 for having scutage in co. Notts
(Rot. de Oblatis, p. 153), and was a surety in 1205 and 1207 (Id., pp. 241,
401). In 1213 Ralph de Greseley makes fine that he may marry his sister-
in-law to Robert Lupus (Id., p. 507 ; Pipe RoU, 16 John, ro. 15).

* An undated release by Abbot Dionisius and the Convent of Ceme is
enrolled in 1206 (Rot. Lift. Pat., 646), and the abbot is mentioned in 1207
(Rot. Chart., p. 1706). He also occurs in two fines of 6 John {Fines sive
Pedes Finium, ii., 94). In 1208-9 he answered for the ferm of the two
hundreds of Modbere and Totecumbe under Somerset and Dorset (Pipe Roll,
11 John, ro. 9). He resigned before 12 February, 1220 (Monaaticon, ii,.
"p. 623).

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le Frere, Hugone Dagun, Roberto Pinc[erna], Henrico clerico,
Roberto clerico, et multis aliis.
Seal missing,

[c. 1210]— Grant by the same to Robert de Blockesworth of
two acres in Blockesworth in exchange.

Notum sit omnibus, ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit,
quod ego Dionisius, divina miseracione, abbas de Cern', et
ejusdem loci conventus dedimus et concessimus, et hac carta
nostra confirmavimus Roberto de Blockesworth' et heredibus
suis duas acras de dominico nostro in Blockesworth' simul
jacentes in cultura, que vocatur ' La Wortha,' in eschambium
pro una acra jacente juxta Bernardesleg' in parte boriali.
Et ut hoc perpetue firmitatis robur optineat, huic scripto
sigUla nostra apposuimus.

Hiis testibus : Magistro Waltero de Well' ; Roberto filio
Thome ; Thoma filio Thome ; Radulfo de Hungerford' ;
Ricardo Pincerna ; Adam Freynell' ; Henrico clerico ; et
multis aUis.

Seed missing.

[c. 1210] — Grant by the same to the same of land in Riston
[Tarrant Rushton, co. Dorset].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Dion[y8ius], abbas
Cern', et ejusdem loci conventus dedimus et concessimus
Roberto de Blok[eswurd], pro homagio et servicio suo, duas
acras prati et unum ham^ in Riston de feodo Agnetis le
Sauvage : habendas et tenendas sibi et heredibus suis
imperpetuum libere et quiete ab omni servicio et exactione,
salvo regali et forinseco ; reddendo inde annuatim Conventui
Cern' unam Hbram cumini in festo Sancti Michaehs. Et ut
hec nostra donacio et concessio firma sit et stabiUs, eam
presenti carta et sigillis nostris confirmavimus.

Hiis testibus : Henrico de Heddon' ; Magistro Alvredo de
Symon' ; Radulfo de Hunger[ford] ; Ricardo pincerna ;
Hugone Dagun ; Malgero de Balun ; et aliis multis.

[c. 1210] — Deed of exchange by Robert Belet, son of WiUiam
Belet, with Ralph Belet, his uncle, of land in Winterbome
[Winterbome Steepleton, formerly Winterbome Belet, co.
Dorset"].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Rodbertus Belet,
fihus Willelmi Belet, quoddam feci esscambium Raddulfo
Belet, advunculo^ meo, de duabus acris prati, que appellantur
' Leureiacres,' et jacent in orientah parte de Cheterhulbrigge,
inter pratum regis et La dreve, propter duas acras terre
excolende, quas Raddulfus Belet, advunculus mens, dedit
mihi in esscambium predictarum acrarum prati de terra sua
in Winterbome, illas scihcet super montem viciniores terre
prioris de Fromton'* in eadem Winterborn' versus orientem,

1 A meadow. See New English Dictionary, s.v. ' Ham, 2. '

2 See Hutchins, Dorset, iii., p. 337.

3 Adwmyulo, MS.

* The alien priory of Frampton, oo. Dorget,

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et tendentes ex uno capite super terram Willelmi Lude. Ego
vero dictus Rodbertus Belet et heredes mei predicto Rad-
dulfo Belet et heredibus suis predictas acras prati contra
omnes homines et contra omnes feminas warantizare debemus.
Propter hoc esscambium dedit mihi sepe dictus R[addulfus],
advunculus meus, x. solidos sterhngorum. Et in hujus
esscambii testimonium, sigilli mei corroboracionem presenti
scripto apposui.

Hiis testibus : Alwredo de Nichol'^ ; Rogero MarteP ;
Willelmo de Wodeghete^ ; Therico de Werdesford'* ; Phihppo
German' ; Willelmo Lude ; Nicholao de Ponsot^ ; et multis
aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1210] — Grant by Godfrey Angevin to Fulk de Ludham of
land [? in Lowdham, co. Notts].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Godefridus Angevin^
dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Fulconi
de Ludham,' pro homagio suo et servitio, totum illud pratum
quod jacet in kerra* juxta pratum canonicorum de Seleford,*
quod Simon de Horsepol de me aliquando tenuit : tenendum
de me et de heredibus meis sibi et heredibus suis libere et
quiete et hereditarie ; reddendo inde annuatim michi et
heredibus meis pro omni servitio et exactione et demanda
duos soUdos, scilicet ad Inventionem Sancte Crucis duo-
decim denarios et ad festum Sancti Martini duodecim
denarios. Et ego et heredes mei predictum pratum predicto
Fulconi et heredibus suis contra omnes homines waran-
tizabimus. Pro hac donatione mea et concessione dedit

1 Lincoln.

2 Geoffrey Martel returned in 1166 that he had given to Roger, his
brother, a quarter of a knight's fee in Dorset (Red Book, i., p. 217 ; Liber
Niger, p. 82).

3 Woodyates, co. Dorset. William de Wudiet, Wodeiate, Wudiahate,
rendered scutage for one knight's fee under Somerset and Dorset in 1201-2
(Pipe RoUs, 3 John, ro. 5 ; Red Book, i., p. 154), and made fine in that year to
have scutage in that county (RotuU de Ohlatis, p. 160). In 1166 Walter de
Wodiectune, Wodiettune (an erroneous extension of Wodief in the original
returns ?) held a knight's fee of Alvred de Lincoln in the said county (Red
Book, i., p. 215 ; Liber Niger, p. 80).

* Woodsford, co. Dorset, in which Robert Belet held in 1209-10, 1210-
11 one knight's fee (Red Book, ii., p. 545).

6 Robert de Punsholte is returned in 1166 as holding knights' fees in
Somerset (Red Book, i., p. 234 ; Liber Niger, p. 101). Nicholas de Ponsoud
(printed Ponsont) and his wife Sibyl confirmed a grant of and to the church
of Mappowder, co. Dorset (Hutchins, Dorset, iii., p. 729), and Nicholas de
Ponsout was concerned in a suit relating to land at Mappeldr' [Mappowder]
in 1220-1 (Pipe RoUs, 5 Hen. III., ro. 5, Somerset and Dorset). Nicholas de
Punsot (printed Punsoc) held lands in Wilts in 1229 (Patent Rolls, 1225-
1232, p. 303).

8 Renders account for pannage and for scutage in Pipe RoU for Notts
and Derby in 1213-14, and 1218-19 and 1220-1, 16 John, ro. 15, 3 Henry IIL,
ro. 8, and 5 Henry III., ro. 5.

^ Lowdham, co. Notts.

* ' Car,' a term applied to the low-lying meadows by the Trent. Cf.
Wright's Dialect Dictionary, ' Car ' sb. 1. The ' Ker ' at Gunthorpe is men-
tioned in a deed temp. Henry II. in Thoroton, p. 288o, which is possibly
the same Car as the one mentioned in this deed.

9 ^heUord, co. Notts.

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michi Fulco predictus sex capones in gersumam. Et ut hec
donatio mea firma permaneat, illam sigilli mei munimine
roboravi.

Hiis testibus : Eustachio de Ludham,i Waltero filio ejus,
Roberto de Raveningham, Roberto filio sacerdotis, Willelmo
de Sibethorp,^ Thoma filio Roberti, Hugone de Hulvestorp,^
WiUelmo fratre ejus, Andrea filio MatSUde, GUeberto filio
Winemer de Gunolvestune,* et multis aliis.

Seal with fleur-de-lys ; inscription illegible.

[c. 1210] — Confirmation by Nicholas de Derleton to John
the Chaplain of Ludham of the sale to John made by Alice,
daughter of Thurstan, of her inheritance [? in Darlton or
Lowdham, co. Notts] in order to marry Nicholas.

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod Nicolaus de Derleton, ^
juramento prestito et carte mee compositione cum sigilli mei
appositions, ratificavi et confirmavi Johanni Capellano de
Ludham et heredibus suis et suis [assignatis] totam ven-
dicionem, quam Alicia filia Turstani, ad se mihi marita[n]dam,
de hereditate sua dioto Johanni fecit, et sub eadem obligacione
juramenti et carte mee confirmacione ego dictus Nicolaus
et heredes mei totam venditionem suam de terra, que fuit
Turstani, patris sui, et Alicie, matris [sue], dicto Johanni et
heredibus suis et suis assignatis contra omnes homines imper-
petuum warantizabimus. Et ut hec warantizacio et con-
firmatio stabilis permaneat, presentem cartam sigilli mei
appoticione roboravi.

Hiis testibus : Domino Waltero de Ludham, milite ;
Johanne fiho ejus ; Willelmo de Sybetorp ; Ricardo de
Kuitona* ; Willelmo filio Roberti de Ravenigham ; Andrea
fratre suo ; H[enr]ico de Marcam' ; Roberto filio Martini ;
Rogero filio Duranni^ ; Roberto Pinzard ; Alano Pisscatore ;
et aliis.

Small round seal.

[1213-14] — Grant by prior R. and the convent of Lenton
to Alan son of Robert del Wal of land in Sutton [Sutton
Passeys,* co. Notts].

Universis, ad quos presens scriptum pervenerit, Frater R.,
prior de Lenton, et ejusdem loci conventus, salutem in
Domino.

Noverit universitas vestra, nos unanimi assensu et com-
muni voluntate concessisse et presenti carta nostra con-
firmasse Alano fiUo Roberti del Wal' quatuor acras terre

■1 Under-sheriff of Notts and Derby in 1213-14. See above
39, note 1.

2 Sibthorpe, co. Notts.

3 Woolsthorpe, parish of Lowdham. See page :3i), note 0, above.
* Gonalstone, co. Notts.
6 Darlton, co. Notts.

6 For Kniuetona (Kjiiveton) ?

7 Markham, oo. Notts.

8 For Durcmdi.

9 A vanished village, mainly within the present VVoUaton Park.

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Cum pertinenciis in Sutton', illas scilicet quas Magister
Radulfus, persona de Lindeby, ei dedit de feodo nostro :
habendum et tenendum dicto Alano et heredibus suis vel
suis assignatis et eorum heredibus secundum tenorem carte,
quam habet de dicto Radtilfo. Ut hec autein concessio
et confirmacio perpetuitatis robur obtineat, presens scriptum
sigillo nostro et sigillo capituli nostri confirmavimus.

Hiis testibus : Eustachio de Ludeham, tunc Vicecomite
Notingham'i ; Rogero Britone, tunc Constabulario^ ; Philippo
de Stretleg'^ ; Hugone de Stretleg' ; Roberto le Vavasur ;
Hugone de Stapilford ; et multis aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1215] — Grant by Roger de Plesele [Pleasley, co. Derby]
to Elias de Martini* of all his land in Wilhebi [Willoughby-on-
the-Wolds, CO. Notts].

Sciant omnes presentes et futuri, quod ego Rogerus de
Plesele dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi
Helye de Martini, pro humagio suo et servicio, totam
terram meam de Wilhebi, cum omnibus pertinenciis et liber-
tatibus eidem terra pertinentibus in eadem villa, sciHcet
duodecim bovatas terre : habendas et tenendas illi et
heredibus suis in feodo et hereditate de me et heredibus meis
libere, honorifice et quiete ; reddendo inde annuatim michi
et heredibus meis unam marcam argenti ad festum Sancti
Martini pro omni servicio ad me vel ad heredes meos per-
tinente, salvo forisseco {sic) servicio. Et pro donacione hac
et confirmacione, dedit michi memoratus Helyas octo marcas
argenti de gersum.

Hiis testibus : Philippo Marco, vicecomite, ^ Johanne
Deincurt, Henrico de Strettona, Roberto Britone, Willelmo
de Menil, Willelmo Pite, Waltero de Estueit, Eustachio de
Mortein, Willelmo de Habetot, Willelmo de Strettona, et
multis aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1215] — Grant by Adam de Molesworth to Sir Richard
de Bello Campo of a messuage in Stapelho [Stapelhoe, parish
of Eaton Socon, co. Bedford].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod Ada de Molesworth con-
cessi et quietum clamavi Domino Ricardo de Bello Campo
mesagium iUud cum crofto, quod Domina Cecilia tenuit in
Stapelho : tenendum et habendum sibi, vel cui assignare

1 Eustace de Ludeham (see page 39, note 1, above) was acting Sheriff
under PhiUp Marc in 1213-14 (10 John).

2 Evidently deputy-Constable of Nottingham castle. Philip Mgro,
the sheriff, was then constable.

3 Philip de Stradleg' was granted 49«. from the mills of Burg', under
cos. Notts and Derby in 1196-7 (Pipe Roll, 9 Richard I., ro. 10).

■* EUas de Marteny made fine in 1204 to have seisin of his lands in
Wilts and Notts of which he had been disseised by reason of [the war in]
Normandy {Rotuli de Finibits, p. 204). He was amerced in 1219-20 (Pipe
Roll, 4 Henry III., ro. 11, Notts and Derby).

6 Philip Marc was Sheriff of Nottingham and Derby from 1209-10 to
1223-4.

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voluerit, libere et quiete inperpetuum. Pro hac autem
quieta clamancia dedit mihi predictus Ricardus xv. solidos
sterlingorum. Et ut hec quieta clamancia rata sit et stabilis,
presens scriptum sigilli mei apposicione co[r]oboravi.

Hiis testibus : Willelmo de Chauton' ; Galfrido de
Newenton ; Roberto Hardi ; Henrico Pigun ; Ricardo filio
Persone ; et multis aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1215] — Grant by Geo£frey son of John de Levedale to
William son of Stephen de Levedale of land in Levedale
[Levedale, parish of Penkridge, co, Stafford],

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Galfridus filius
Johannis de Levedale dedi et concessi et hac presenti carta
mea confirmavi Willelmo fiUo Stephani de Levedale et
heredibus suis, vel cui assignare voluerit, pro homagio et
servicio suo, sex acras terre et unum pratum in Levedale ;
videUcet, unam acram terre ad Brademor, et unam dimidiam
acram terre super Walisingfordesforlang, et unam dimidiam
[acram] terre super Cleyhul apud Mutton*, et unam dimidiam
acram terre super Cleyhul apud Preston^, et unam dimidiam
acram terre, que extendit en Westem(er), et unam dimidiam
acram ter[r]e super le Sutthedis, et unam dimidiam acram
terre super Adelaweforlange, et unam dimidiam acram terre
super Ruecrofte, et unum phither" juxta Adelawehet, et unum
phither super Croeneste, et unam dimidiam acram terre
super Holmum, et unam dimidiam acram terre super le
Burie, et unam acram terre dimidiam super le Wideforlang,
et unam dimidiam waram prati juxta le He* : tenendas et
habendas libere, integre, quiete et honorifice in omnibus
libertatibus et communi[bu]s aisiamentis predicte terre per-
tinentibus ; reddendo inde annuatim predicto Galfrido et
heredibus suis tres denarios ad duos terminos ad festum
Sancti MichaeUs iii. ob., ad festum Beate Marie in Marcio
iii. ob., pro omni servicio et demanda, salvo forinseco
servicio. Pro hac autem donatione habenda dedit predictus
WUlelmus predicto Galfrido xi. solidos argenti ad ingressum.
Et predictus Galfridus et heredes sui warentizabunt pre-
dictam donationem predicto Willelmo et cui assignare voluerit
contra omnes homines et feminas.

Hiis testibus : Hugone in Cimiterio ; Roberto filio
Hugonis ; Roberto filio Matild[e] ; Ricardo filio Rioardi ;
Henrico persona ; et multis aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1220] — Grant from Laurence,* prior of Selford [Shelford,
CO. Notts], and the convent of the same to Geoffrey, the

1 Mitton, parish of Penkridge.

2 Preston, parish of Penkridge.

3 A green-balk between the ridges of a ploughed field, marking a
division in the open field, or a small ' land ' (sehon) in the field. Cf. English
Dialect Dictionary, o. vv. 'Feather, 10', Fither.'

* Probably for e, ' stream ' (AS. ea).

6 An addition to the list of priors in the Monatticon,

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stepson of Helias the Clerk, of the toft that Wlvric Horn
held in Selford, and of two acres of arable land in the
territorium of the same, to wit half an acre between the
street {strata) and the path near the land of Roger the miller ;
a ' land ' {sdlionem'] upon Eadmundewong, the one, to wit, that
the priory had of the gift of Geoffrey ad Stanbrigg' ; two
roods in Pesecroft, one between the land of William the
prior's brother and the land of Gilbert Fax, and the other
near the land of Ralph the cook ; a rood at Stancrossegate
on the upper side ; a rood on Prestinghill' near the land of
the said William the prior's brother ; a rood upon Foxinghill'
near the land of Robert son of the Lady (Domine) ; ren-
dering therefor 3s. yearly.

Witnesses : Roger de Salicosa Mara^ ; Ralph de Cressi ;
Robert Vavassor ; Robert, son of the Lady ; William the
prior's brother ; Robert son of Geoffrey.

Seal missing,

[c. 1225]— Grant by WiUiam de Claville to Henry, son and
heir of Robert de Blockeswurth, in marriage with Amice,
his daughter, of bondmen and their holdings [? in Blox-
worth, CO. Dorset].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Willelmus de
Claviir, assensu et voluntate Cecilie, uxoris mee, dedi et
concessi Henrico, filio et heredi Roberti de Blockeswurth',
in liberum maritagium cum Amicia, filia mea, subscripta
tenementa, cum hominibus et eorum serviciis ; scilicet
terram, quam Eustachius de la Welle tenuit, cum pertinenciis,
et eundem Eustachium cum sequela sua ; et terram cum
pertinenciis, quam Adam Pruillard tenuit, et eundem Adam
cum sequela sua ; et terram cum pertinenciis, quam Ricardus
Beorn tenuit, et eundem Ricardum cum sequela sua ; et
terram cum pertinenciis, quam Ricardus Spure tenuit ; et
terram cum pertinenciis, quam Henricus de Syreford tenuit,
et eundem Henricum cum sequela sua ; et terram cum
pertinenciis, quam Robertus de Syreford tenuit, et eundem
Robertum cum sequela sua ; et terram, quam Walterus Berte
tenuit cum pertinenciis, et eundem Walterum, salvis michi
et heredibus meis quinque filiis ejusdem Walteri, scilicet
Hugone, Alexandre, Willelmo White, Petro, Ricardo ; et
servicia Rogeri L'Enveysie et Ade Northovere, et quicquid
juris in eis et eorum tenementis habui, vel habere potui ;
et duodecim acras terre cum pertinenciis in Gheldelegh', quas
Henricus Preke tenuit ; et terram, que fuit Willelmi Tut-
sainz cum pertinenciis ; et Willelmum Bacheler cum sequela
sua ; habenda et tenenda eidem Henrico et heredibus suis,
qui ex predicta Amicia fuerint procreati, libere, quiete et
hereditarie, salvo servicio regali quantum ad predictam
terram pertinet. Et si forte contigerit, quod dicta

1 Roger de Saucusemar (Sausseuzemare-en-Caux, Normandy, canton
of GoderviUe, arrond. of Havre, dep. of the Sein6-Inf6rieure) witnesses an
undated deed of about this date cited in Thoroton, Notts, p. 94'6,

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Amioia sine herede decesserit — quod Deus avertat ! — omnia
predicta tenementa cum hominibus et pertinenciis ad me vel
ad heredes meos revertentur. Et ut hec mea donacio rata
et stabilis permaneat, earn present! scripto et sigilli mei
apposicione confirmavi.

Hiis testibus : Domino Ricardo, abbate de Cern' ; Henrico
de Stokes ; Waltero de Winterborn' ; Roberto de Clavill' ;
Waltero de la Fordlane ; Rogero de la Mora ; Roberto de
Mordon et Mathia de Winterborn', capellanis ; Willelmo,
persona de Cereberge^ ; Philippo de Clavill' ; Petro de Win-
born' ; et multis aMis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1225 ?] — Grant by Aucherius, son of William son of
Frone de Boneye,'' to God and the hospital of St. Anthony
at Lenton', in frankalmoin, of three roods of meadow in
the territory of Boneye, lying in a meadow called " Longe-
dicdole " between a meadow that belonged to William ChoUe
and a meadow that belonged to Hugh son of William, with a
turbary adjoining, " tenendas et habendas adeo libere, quiete,
et solute sicut aliqua elemosina liberius, quiecius et solucius
potest dari."

Witnesses : Sir Peter de Stanford, Sampson de Leyc, John
de Leyc, Robert de Rempeston,^ Martin de Boneye, Thomas
son of Fabian, Nicholas le Hayward, William son of Lijiolf.

Seal in white wax, with a fleur-de-lys. Inscription much
worn.

[c. 1225 ?]—* Grant by William ' filius Dreu de Harum'»
to the convent of Wattona of 14 bovates of land that they
have of his fee in Briddesal' [Birdsall, co. York].

Witnesses : John son of Sir Gilebert de Briddesal' ; Walter
Wacelyn ; Richard de Bernevile ; Thomas Wacelyn ;
Thomas the chaplain of Hahwrd ; William Wacelyn ;
William de Bergtorpe* ; Richard son of Alice de Briddesal' ;
William de Boketona' ; John de Maltona ; Ralph the Clerk.

Seal in red wax with a running hare with floriated back
ground. Inscription : + S' Will'i de Harvm.

[c. 1225 ?]— Grant by Basilia, daughter of Simon Albus of
Len' [Ljom co. of Norfolk] to Eudo son of Adam de Len' of her
rent from the land and buildings in Len' in Wyngate, lying
between the land that belonged to Peter son of Swethman and

1 Charborough, now merged in the parish of Morden, co. Dorset.

2 Bunney, co. Notts.

3 Rempston. co. Notts.

* This deed is in the chest of Birdsall evidences (see above, page 2,
note 8).

* Harome, co. York. There are several men bearing the name of
Drogo (Drew) de Hairum in the Bievaulx Chartulary in the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries. One of them held a knight's fee in Yorkshire in 1166
imder Everard de Ros {Bed Book, i., p. 432 ; Liber Niger, p. 324). William
de Harum is mentioned in the Testa de Nevill, p. 364,

* Barthorpe, parish of East Acklam. co. York.
7 Bocton, CO. York.

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the land that belonged to Herbert de Bynetre, in breadth and
length from the said street to " magna ripa."

Witnesses : Bartholomew de Belvaco, then mayor of Len',
Hugh Lambert, Deodatus de Wyngate, Thomas the Young
(Juvene), Geoffrey, his son, John Lemerlay, John de Bedeford,
Gilbert Vernun, Richard Lambert, Reginald Lupus.

There are two other deeds relating to this land.

[c. 1225]— Grant by Robert de Mainil to Walter de Turgilisbi
[Thirkleby, East Riding of co. York] of land in Swavetorp
[Swajrthorpe, parish of Kilham, co. York].

Omnibus visuris vel audituris cartam istam, Robertus de
Mainil,^ salutem.

Noveritis me concessisse, dediase et hac presenti carta mea
confirmasse Waltero de TurgUisbi," filio Thome«de Turgelisbi,
et heredibus suis, vel cui assignare voluerit, pro homagio et
servicio suo, duas carucatas terre in Swavetorp, cum toftis
et croftis, et cum omnibus pertinentiis et libertatibus ev
aisiamentis suis, infra viUam et extra, sine uUo retenemento,
illas, videlicet, quas Walterus filius Walteri de Torp mihi
dedit et carta sua confirmavit pro homagio et servicio meo :
tenendas et habendas de me et [heredibus] meis ilh et suis,
ita libere et quiete ab omni servicio seculari et exactione sicut
ego predictam terram tenui, videlicet, faciendo tantummodo
forinsecum servicium quantum pertinet ad duas carucatas
terre, unde quindecim carucate terre faciunt feudum unius
militis. Et ego et heredes mei warantizabimus predicto
Waltero et heredibus suis, vel assignatis ejus, predictam
terram cum pertinentiis contra omnes homines in per-
petuum.

Hiis testibus : R. prior[e] de Kyrkeham^ ; RaduUo de

1 This can hardly be the Robert de Mesnill (Maisnill, Mednill, etc.)
who occurs in 1201 (see the note in the Guisbrough Chartulary, Surtees
Soc, ii., p. 79), a tenant of the archbishop of Canterbury, to whom the ward-
ship of his lands and heirs was granted in 1217 (Rotuli Ghartarum, p. 1736 ;
Rot. Liu. Glaus., i., pp. 77. 936). His son was stm a minor in 1219 (Memo-
randa Roll, 3 Henry II., cited in Guisbrough Chartulary, Surtees Soc, ii.,
p. 80 note ; cf. Bot. Lift. Glaus., i., p. 389a). Another Robert de Mesnill
returned to the king's allegiance in 1217, and had restitution of his lands
{Rot. Litt. Glaus., i., p. 301o, 6) by order to the sheriff of York (Ibid., p. 3756).
He was probably the Robert de Mesnill who owned the castle of Huervelton
[Whorlton-in-Craven, co. York], which was ordered to be delivered to Hugh
de Balliol in 1216 (Rot. Litt. Pat., p. 1646). Robert de MaynUl witnessed
a deed in 1227 (Register of Ahp. Qray, Surtees Soc, p. 225, note t)- In 1228
an assize of novel disseisin was brought against Robert de Mesnyl concern-
ing a tenement in Heninton [co. York ?] (Patent Rolls 1225-1232, p. 280).
He was outlawed in 1229 in co. York with other men for killing a man (Glose
Rolls 1227-1231, p. 207). His lands in co. Derby were handed over to
Matthew de Havereseche LHathersage], the chief lord, in 1230 (Ibid., p. 416),
who was a kinsman of an Isabel de Mednill (Excerpta e Rot. Finium, i., p-
176). In 1230 Robert de Mednill had letters of protection because he was
going in the king's service to parts beyond the sea (Patent Rolls 1225-1232,
p. 361). Robert de Menil, son of John de Menil of East Rounton, co. York,
was a party to a fine levied in 1257 (Guisborough Chartulary, ii., p. 68).

2 Cf. Whitby Chartulary, Surtees Soc, pp. 205, 228.

3 Not mentioned in the list of priors in the Monasticon, vi., p. 207.
A prior Richard is mentioned, without any indication of date, in the Bievaul^
Chartulary, pp. 238, 299, 404.

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Fribii; Thoma de Lutton'*; Thoma de Heselertun^ ;
Alano Bonifaz ; Galefrido clerico Gartone* ; Gerardo de
Turgelesbi ; Roberto Burser ; Waltero de Wartria^ ; Johanne
de Risses* ; et aliis.

1231. — Agreement between abbot Richard, and the convent
of Cerne and Robert de Blockeswrd' concerning rights of
common, etc., in Blockeswrd [Bloxworth, co. Dorset].

Anno ab Incarnacione Domini M^CC^-XXXI" facta fuit
hee conventio inter Ricardum, abbatem de Cern', et ejusdeni
loci conventum, ex una parte, et Robertum de Blockeswrd',
ex altera parte, super variis querelis inter eos metis, videlicet,
quod predicti abbas et conventus concesserunt dicto Roberto
et heredibus suis imperpetuum racionabile estuverium suum
sine wasto in Goare' et Beorhtlea, per visum servientis vel
prepositi de Block[eswrd'] abbatis, ita quod si neuter eorum
vocatus adesse voluerit, predictus Robertus capiet racionabile
estuverium suum sine wasto, et habebit communam pasture
et drovam* in bosco ' de Waterlea cum abbate per totum
annum, et nichil aliud ibi habebit. Et postquam fenum
abbatis remotum fuerit a pratis de Blockeswrd', habebit
communam in Ulis, et ante si abbas sua averia ibi posuerit.
Similiter in stipula postquam bladum asportatum fuerit. Et
habebit chiminum versus MarecnoUe ad sarclandum et
metendum et videndum bladum suum. Et predicti abbas
et conventus remiserunt et quietum clamaverunt omne
cariagium et scutagium dicto Roberto et heredibus suis
Remiserunt etiam omnem calumpniam factam de assarto
juxta Waterlea versus austrum, et de particulis acrarum in
campo, et de muro et porta et domibus suis, et placea clausa
ad austrum domtis sue, salvo abbati et suis chimino soli to.
Et tenentes Robert! in villa de Blockeswrd' habebunt com-
munam pasture cum hominibus abbatis. Et quando abbas
accipit pannagium et herbagium de hominibus suis^
Robertus et heredes sui accipient de suis. Et dictus
Robertus remisit et quietam clamavit, pro se et heredibus
suis, dictis abbati et conventui totam terram Bruere, quam
dicti abbas et conventus recuperaverunt super Robertum de
Portun', salva Roberto et heredibus suis communa in eadem
Bruera in turbis et bruera et pastura. Et pro hac remissione
et quieta clamancia dicti abbas et conventus dederunt
dicto Roberto viginti et quinque solidos. Et dictus Robertus
reddidit dictis abbati et conventui cartam, quam habuit de
illis de eadem bruera. Remisit etiam predictus Robertus,

1 Firby, oo. York (East Riding).

2 Lutton, parish of Weaverthorpe, co. York (East Biding).
8 Heslerton, co. York (East Riding).

* Garton-on-the-Wolds, co. York (East Riding).

6 Warter, co.> York (East Riding). Walter do Wartre witnesses u,
charter in 1232 (Whitby Chartulary, Surtees Soc, p. 141, note 7).

« Rise, CO. York (East Riding).

7 Gore Fields and Heath, parish of Morden,

8 The right of (Iriving cattle,

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pro se et heredibus suis, dictis abbati et conventui totum
jus quod habuit, vel habere potuit, in placea ubi Lhoge' site
erant tempore gwerre, quas antecessores dicti Roberti
levaverunt, et assartum de Bernardeslea. Et ut hec pre-
dicta rata sint et firma, abbas et conventus apposuerunt sigilla
sua parti cyrographi remanenti dictis Roberto et heredibus
suis ; et dictus Robertus apposuit sigillum suum parti cyro-
graphi remanenti dictis abbati et conventui.

Hiis testibus : Alyredo de Nichol' ; Henrico filio Nicholai,
tunc Constabulario de Corf ; Jordano Oliver' ; Willelmo de
Wudiete ; Thoma le Brutun' ; Galfrido de Nich[or] ;
Roberto de la Stana ; Waltero de Winterburn' ; et multis
aliis.

Seal missing.

[c. 1240] — Grant from William son of Osbert the Red
(Ruffus), of Notingham to Ralph son of Sewall'^ of Not-
tingham, of a piece of land in the French Borough (in Burgo
Gallico) of Notingham, Ijang between le Bereworde Gate and
the messuage that the donor sold to Walter de Radeclive,
his brother in law (sororius), which land measures in
breadth in front towards the great street (strata) 20 feet,
and the end measures 16 feet in breadth, and containing in
length from the great street on (versus) the market as far as
to the house that the donor sold to Amiot the Jew^ ; ren-
dering therefore 3d. yearly to the king at the terms of the
king's ferm.

Witnesses : Robert Bugge and A[u]gustin son of Goffe,
then Reeves (Prepositi) of the French Borough of Not-
tingham ; Ralph Bugge ; Ralph* and Richard,* his sons ;
A[u]gustin Godard ; Walter Bonde ; Henry le Arch[er] ;
Henry le Waite ; William Botild ; Thomas de Willeford.

Small red seal.

[o. 1240] — Confirmation by Ivo son of Ivo le Bretun to
Ralph Bugge, of Nottingham, and Margery, his wife, of six
bovates of land in Wilweby, together with the grantee's chief
messuage, and a rent of 6d. from two bovates of land ;
rendering therefor 4s. Qd. yearly for all service, etc.

Witnesses : Sir Amaury (Amarico) de Nuers, Sir Richard
de Wiverton, Hugh de Rempiston, Robert de Rutinton,

1 ' Lodges,' encampment.

2 See Records of the Borough of Nottingham, i, p. 364.

8 Amiot ben David, a Jew of Nottingham, made a general release to
a de Normanville of all claims up to 15 Henry III. (1230-1), and, as Amiot
ben David Lumbard of Nottingham, released Thomas Brien of Badcliffe-
on-Soar fco. Notts] from all claims up to Midsummer, 1255 {Shetaroth, Hebrew
Deeds of English Jews, ed. M. D. Davis, London, 1888, Publications of the
Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition, no. 96, p. 221, no. Ill, p. 239). In
1242-3 as Amiot son of David the Jew of Nottingham he made fine in 200
marks to have quittance of his father's debts to the king and to have his
father's lands, pledges and chattels (Excerpta e Rotulis Finium, i, p. 380 ;
Pipe Roll, 27 Henry III , Notts and Derby).

i See Calendar of Patent Bolls J247-J2S8, pp. 23, 186, 411.

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William Poyne, Richard Pite, Gerbod de Crouill, Stephen de
Brocton', Geoffrey Jurdon, Geoffrey Bugge. '^

Green seal with eagle displayed, and the inscription :
+ Sigill' Iwonis LE B[RET]V]Sr.

[c. 1240?]— Grant by Sibyl de Belle Campo, late the wife of
Henry Puterel, of Thurmunston [Thrumpton, co. Notts], to
Henry de Matloc, of a bondman in Beston [Beeston, co. Notts].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Sibilla de Bello
Campo, quondam uxor Henrici Puterel de Thurmunstun, ex
consensu et bona voluntate filii mei Henrici Puterel de
Bestun, vendidi et quietum clamavi et hac present! carta
mea confirmavi Henrico de Matloc Johannem filium Roberti
in Angulo de Bestun, quondam nativum meum, et catalla
sua, cum tota sequela sua, et jus et clamium, quod in eo et in
catallis suis cum tota sequela sua habui vel habere potui :
tenendum et habendum dictum Johannem et tota catalla
sua cum tota sequela sua, absque ulla calumnia, dicto
Henrico et heredibus suis de me et heredibus meis quiete
in perpetuum, ita quod predictus Johannes cum omnibus
catallis suis et cum tota sequela liber sit apud me et apud
omnes alios homines amodo in perpetuum. Ego vero Sibilla
predicta de Bello Campo et filius mens Henricus et heredes
nostri quietam clamanciam corporis predict! Johannis et
sequele sue dicto Henrico et heredibus suis contra omnes
homines et feminas warantizabimus in perpetuum. Pro hac
autem vendicione et quieta clamacione et presentis carte mee
confirmacione, dedit michi predictus Henricus unam dimidiam
marcam. Ut hec autem vendicio et quieta clamacio et
presentis carte confirmacio rate et stabiles permaneant, huic
scripto inpressionem sigilli mei una cum inpressione sigilli
filii mei Henrici feci ap[p]onere (sic) in testimonium.

Hiis testibus : Galfrido le (sic) Vildebef i de Chilvellia^, Roberto
Aucupe de Hadinbur^, Willelmo de Mamecestre, Radulfo filio
Silvestri de Bestun, Gervasio fratre ejus, Rogero clerico de
Bestun, Roberto de Stretleyhe*, Hugone Chinee de Bestun,
et multis aliis.

Green seal, with figure of a woman in a long cloak bearing
a hawk on her right wrist, inscribed : Sigill' Sibille de
Bello Campo. The other seal is smaller, and has the device
of a fleur-de-lys and the inscription : S' Henrici Pvterel.

[c. 1250 ?] — Confirmation by Robert de Ros, son and heir
of Sir William de Ros, to the convent of Watton' of 12
bovates of land [i.e., a carucate and a half]^ in Bridesale
[Birdsall, co. York].

Witnesses : Sir Alexander de Kirketon, knt. ; Sir Thomas
de Heselerton, knt. ; Sir Geoffrey AgUun, knt. ; Geoffrey

1 Cf. Testa de Nevill, p. 13b ; Thoroton. Notts, p. 95a.

2 Chilwell, 00. Notts.

3 Attenborough, co. Notts.
* Strelley, co. Notts.

6 See the charters at pp. 1, 3 above.

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de Holbech ; Peter de Santon ; Richard de Bemevile ; John
de London' ; Adam Daniel ; William Amald, of Hoton.i

[c. 1250] — Release by Henry son of Henry Puterel of
Thurmunton [Thrumpton, co. Notts] to Roger son of Ralph
de Beston, of " Johannem iilium Roberti de Beston cum tota
sequela sua et cum omnibus catallis suis Uberum hominem
solutum et quietum ab omni naivagio servitutis in perpetuum,
ita quod nee ego nee heredes mei nee ullus per nos nee pro
nobis in predicto Johanne nee in sequela sua nee in cattaUis
suis de cetero vendicare nee exigere poterimus, non obstante
legis vel regis remedio." For this demission and release Roger
has paid him 28s. beforehand, Henry and his heirs shall
warrant John with all his offspring and chattels to Roger [as]
a free man and quit of all bondage service.

Witnesses : Geoffrey de Wildebef , Robert le Osilyur, William
de Mamecestre, Ranulph son of Achard, Gervase son of
Selvester, Robert his brother, and others.

Seal missing.

[c. 1250 ?] — Grant by brother Hugh, prior of Lenton, and the
convent of the same, to Serlo their cook, son of Richard the
Cook, of the toft that belonged to Alice de Bilburg in their
town of Lenton, for 2s. of yearly ferm ; and two acres of
land between Laverkedale^ and Athelwelle,^ which his father
held, with IJ acres of meadow amongst the meadows of their
men of Lenton, for 2&d. of yearly ferm ; and three acres
that Laurence de Athelwelle held for 2s. of yearly ferm ; to
be rendered with the aforesaid ferms at Martinmas.

Witnesses : Robert de Kirketon, Alan the gatekeeper,
Geoffrey son of William, Robert son of Herbert, Ralph
Fuket.

[c. 1250] — Grant by Alan'* son of Robert Passeys of
Suttone, with the assent of Ahce, his wife, to Master Philip
de Norhamptone, vicar of St. Mary's, Notingham, of 5 acres
and a rood of land in the field of Sutton Passeys (including
land on Nethergosdic abutting upon " le havedlond Moke
vidue " and land between Hugh de Stapilford " et Moke
viduam "). Four out the five separate acres adjoin lands of
Richard Becok.

Witnesses : Sir Roger, vicar of Baseford ; Sir Hugh, vicar
of Lenton ; Sir Hugh de Stapilford ; Master Henry de
Karleton ; William Maynard of Notingham ; Ralph le Bere,
Adam le Paumer, Richard Bekoc, and John le Paumer, of
the same.

Seal in white wax, hearing a fleur-de-lys.

1 Hutton [High or Low ?], oo. York.

2 Larkdale, in Nottingham. See Records of the Borough of Notting-
ham, iii, p. 473.

8 The name of a spring in Nottingham. See Records of the Borough
of Nottingham, i, p. 427.

* Cf. Teata de Nevill, p. 16o.

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[c. 1250]— Grant by Walter, prior of Worksop, and the
convent, to Richard Bugge of the right to have a free
chantry in his chapel within his court at Wylgeby [Wil-
loughby-on-the-Wolds, co. Notts].

Omnibus Christi fidelibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris
frater Walterus, prior de Wyxkesop', et ejusdem loci con-
ventus, salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noverit univer-
sitas vestra nos concessisse Ricardo Bugge de Notingham' et
heredibus suis, quod possint habere Ubere cantariam in
capella sua sita in curia sua de Wylgeby imperpetuum, ita
quod capellani ibidem residentes, priusquam in capella
celebrent divina, ad matricem ecclesiam personaHter accedant,
et ibi corporale prestent^ sacramentum, quod libertates
matricis ecclesie pro viribus suis observabunt, eamque in
omnibus conservabunt indempnem. Si contingat processu
temporis ecclesiam de Wylgeby in proprios nostros usus
converti, nolumus per istam concessionem nobis parari pre-
judicium quo minus^ dictam capellam possimus suspendere,
si nobis viderimus expedire. Incujus rei testimonium presenti
scripto sigUlum capituli nostri apposuimus.

Seal missing.

[c. 1250] — Grant from Baldwin de Frevile, with the con-
sent of Maud, his wife, and of Alexander, his son and heir,
to Robert son of Walter le Bufle of Worcester of all the
lands that the said Baldwin had of him on the eastern side of
the Severn in the city of Worcester or without ; to wit, all the
field called ' Bernesleye,' and all the land called ' Sparu-
croft,' and all the field called ' Berefeld,' and an acre called
' Gollingesacre,' and all the meadow called ' The French
Meadow ' (Pratum Franciscum) ; and all rents, etc., within
or without the city ; rendering therefore yearly a garland
of fennel (unam garlondam feniculi.)

Witnesses : WiUiam Roculf and Adam son of Peter, then
Reeves of Worcester ; Dom. Peter Colle ; Richard Cumin ;
Richard son of Adam the Steward ; WiUiam the French-
man ; William Pet.

1256, June 14.— Grant by Matthew, vicar of St. John's
[in Bedwardine County, in the city of] Worcester, to Maud de
Frivilla, late the wife of Sir B[aldwin] de Frivilla, of per-
mission to have a chantry in her chapel of Crowenest [Crown-
east, parish of St. John in Bedwardine County].

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod, anno Domini millesimo
ducentesimo 1» sexto, die Mercurii^ proxima post festum
Sancti Barnabe Apostoh, ego perpetuus vicarius ecclesie
Sancti Johannis Wygorniensis Matheus concessi et permisi
Domine Matildi de Frivilla, quondam uxor[i] Domini B. de
Frivilla, quod possit habere cantariam in capella sua de

1 prestant, MS.

2 comimis, MS.
8 Mercurri, MS.

MS

Crowenest per ydoneum capellanum quando ipsa Matildps]
ibidem fuerit, salvis in omnibus jure et dignitate Domini
episcopi et prioris et conventus Wygorniensis et jure paro-
chiali in omnibus et per omnia ecclesie Sancti Johannis, sine
omni subtractione^ et diminucione predialium vel personalium
decimarum quocunque jure vel consuetudine ecclesiam
parochialem contingencium^ ; ita quod, antequam capellanus
ibidem ministret, presentabitur officiali Domini episcopi, et
cum ab ipso admissus fuerit, faciet fidelitatem mihi de omni-
moda indempnitate Vicar[ii] Sancti Johannis, jurando quod
sibi nichil retinebit, nee sciet ab aliquo retineri, de aliquo
jure parochiali nee de oblacionibus aut proventibus ibidem
factis, aut faciendis, quin illud mihi revelet, et totum pro
posse restituet vel restitui faciat. Et cum ibi fuerit dicta
M[atildis] et ejus familia confessiones et omnia sacramenta
ecclesiastica per me vel per meos capellanos recipiant,^ nisi
per me fuerint licenciati quod ab alio predicta possit per-
cipere sacramenta. NuUus autem parochianus Sancti Johannis
audiet ibi divina in festis diebus preter Dominam M[atildem]
et liberam familiam suam et hospites ejus. Ceteri autem
accedant* ad suam matricem ecclesiam Sancti Johannis ad
omnia sacramenta voluntaria et necessaria recipienda et
oblationes debitas et consuetas faciendas. Tenetur autem
dicta M[atildis] invenire suis sumptibus omnia necessaria ad
ministrandum in predicta capella. Post decessum vero
dicte M[atildis] dicta cantaria in predicta capella penitus sus-
pendatur ; ita quod heredes ejusdem M[atildis] vel successores
sui ex hac concessione ad possessorium vel petitorium non
habent jus vel accionem, nisi de voluntate mea vel mei
successoris et etiam diocesani plenius reformetur. Tenetur
autem dicta M[atildis] ac ejus familia ad generales predicationes
in ecclesia Sancti Johannis faciendas venire, nisi fuerint aUqua
racionabili causa prepediti. Providebit autem dicta M[atildis],
quod nichil indecens vel inhonestum in dicta capeUa aliquo
tempore reponatur ; ita quod clavis ejusdem capelle in cus-
todia mei vel successoris mei, qui pro tempore fuerit, dum-
modo ipsa absens fuerit, remaneat. Quod si predicta M[atildis]
vel capeUanus suus vel aliquis nomine suo temere venerit
contra prescriptam formam et hoc coram episcopo vel ejus
officiali eciam sine stepitu fuerit ostensum, vult et concedit
dicta Matildps], quod cantaria in dicta capella necnon et capel-
lanus suus, qui pro tempore fuerit, suspendatur, donee mihi
vel successori meo satisfactum fuerit competenter. Super
his autem omnibus et singulis fideliter observandis, predicta
Matild[is], pro se et pro capellanis suis in predicta capeUa minis-
traturis et pro aliis de familia sua, jurisdictioni mee et suc-
cessoris mei et vicarii Sancti Helene se sponte supposuit, omni
appellacione et contradicione remotis. Et ad majorem hujus
rei securitatem, prefatus ego Matheus, perpetuus vicarius
Sancti Johannis, huic instrumento de sciencia venerabilis

1 suhtraxione, MS. 3 recipient, MS.

8 contingensium, MS. * acoedent, MS.

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patris W. de Cantelup', Wigorniensis episoopi, signum meum
apposui. Actum anno Domini M''CO''L''VI'°, apud Wigorniam.

1257, April 17. — ^Deed of A. the prior and the convent of
Stodleg [Studley, co. Warwick] binding themselves to admit
at the presentation of Sir Peter de Monte Forti and his heirs
a person as canon of their house to celebrate for the souls
of Sir Peter and his heirs for ever.

Universis Christi fidehbus Frater A., prior de Stodleg',
et ejusdem loci conventus salutem in Domino.

Noveritis nos, de voluntate et assensu venerabilis patris
W. de Cantilup', Wygorniensis episcopi, promisisse fideliter
et teneri nobiU viro Domino Petro de Monte Forti, et
heredibus suis, quod ad presentacionem ipsius Domini
Petri et heredum suorum successive admittemus idoneam
personam in domo nostra in canonicum et in fratrem, qui
pro animabus eorum et antecessorum illorum divina celebret.
Ipso vero canonico mortuo, tenemur admittere loco ipsius, ad
presentacionem predicti Domini Petri et heredum suorum,
personam aliam idoneam in canonicum et in fratrem, et sic
de canonico in canonicum post mortem cujuslibet eorundem
in perpetuum successive. Tempore vero medio, scilicet donee
post mortem cujusHbet ahus admittatur et in presbiterum
ordinetur et ad celebrandum sit habilis, tenemur aliquem
canonicum de nostris celebraturum cotidie loco ejusdem
specialiter deputare. Et si super idoneitate persone presen-
tande, vel de aliis hoc contingentibus, oriatur contencio,
episcopus Wigorniensis, qui pro tempore fuerit, vel ejus
officialis, vel archidiaconus Wigornensis, sede vacante, vel,
ipsis ordinariis forsitan negligentibus in hac parte, judex
ahus ecclesiasticus quicunque, quem prefatus Petrus et
heredes sui voluerint eligere, cujus jurisdiccioni nos et succes-
sores nostros jam sponte et absolute subicimus, in premissis
decemendi et diffiniendi omnes contenciones hujusmodi per
cohercionem quamlibet ecclesiasticam habent potestatem.
Ad hec autem firmiter observanda, nos dictus prior et sub-
prior de Stodleg' corporaliter in verbo Dei, pro nobis et con-
ventu nostro, prestitimus sacramentum. Et priores et sub-
priores singuli loci ejusdem in creacione eorum eodem modo
prestabunt, se, pro ipsis et conventu, predicta fideliter
servaturos.

In cujus rei testimonium presens scriptum sigillo communi
capituli nostri fecimus communiri. Datum die Martis
proximapost Clausum Pascha, anno Domini M^CC^L" septimo.^

1259, March 14. — Letter of Richard, earl of Gloucester,
agreeing to counsel and support Edward, the king's son, and
his alhes.

A tuz les feus Deu a ki ceste lettre vendra, Richard de
Clare, Cunte de Gloucestre et de Hertteford', saluz.

1 There are two exemplars of this deed.

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Sachez nus estre tenuz par nostre serement, ke fet avuns
sur Seynz Ewangiles, a nostre cher Seignur Sire Edward',
fiz eynez le Rei d'Engletere, ke nus leaument aideruns, a
tut nostre poer, a I'avant dit Sire Edward' en bone fei cuntre
tuz a dreit, e le conseilleruns en tutes ses bosoignes ke li
tuchent e tucherunt, e nomeement en ces articles ; c'eat a
saver, ke nus mettrun[s] leaument nostre poer en bone fei ke
I'avant dit Sire Edward' eit hastifment ses chastens e ses
terres en sa main e en sun poer, e ke ses chartres ke le rey
li ad fetes, ausi ben celes ke tuchent ses bosoignes dela la
mer cum de cea, soent tenues e parfurnies, solun la tenur
de meime celes chartres.

Derichef, nus sumes tenuz par nostre serement, e leaument
promettuns, ke nus les amis e les aliez I'avant dit Sire
Edward — c'est a saver. Sire Henri le fiz le Rei d'Alemaine,
Sire Johan', Cunte de Warenn', Baudewyn de L'Isle, Phelipp'
Basset, Esteven' Lungespee, Robert Walerand, Roger de
Clifford, Roger de Leiburn, Johan' de Vans, Warin de
Bassingburn', Hamon le Estraunge, e William' la Zuch —
aiderun[s] e meyntendrun[s] leaument en bone fei en lur
bosoignes, dreit fesant e dreit pernant.

E I'avant dit Sire Edward, par sun serement e par ses
lettres, ke nus avun[s] devers nus, est tenu a meime ceo fere
a nos amis e a nos aliez — c'est a saver. Sire Roger le Bigod,
Cunte de Norfolk' e de Suffolk' e MarescaU' d'Engletere, Sire
William' de Porz, Cunte de Abemarl', Hue le Bigod, dune
Justise d'EngleteiTe, Henri de Perci, Roger de Sumery, Robert
de Brus, Richard de Munfichet, William' de Say, William' de
Breus', et Johan' D'Eyvill'.

E si par [aventure] aveneit,— ke ja Deu ne voille !— k'en
nul de ces articles avant nomez descorde sursit entre nus
e I'avant dit Sire Edward, e cunue chose ne fut de quel part
le tort seri'eit, nus sumes obliges par eest nostre escrit, e
voluns e grauntuns, ke nus de cele chose esterrun a I'agard
de dous prodeshomes, c'est a saver. Sire Henri le fiz le Rei
d'Alemaigne, de par Sire Edward', e Sire Hue le Bigod, de
par nus, e lur agard en ceo tendruns e parfurniruns. E s'il
aveneit, ke ces dous ne pussent u ne se vosissent de ceo entre-
mettre, nus e I'avant dit Sire Edward' sumes tenuz par nos
seremenz a eslire autre dous des avant-nomez amis, dunt
I'un seit de par nus e I'autre de par lui, e lur agard en ceo
tendruns e [par]fumiruns. E si [par] aventure aveneit, ke ces
dous ne se pussent asentir en eel agard', nus voluns e grauntuns,
ke ces dous de lur poer ehsent le terz ke seit des avant-nomez,
tel cum il verrunt, ke meuz e plus leaument se vodra entre-
mettre pur I'un e I'autre partie, e ceo ke ces treis, u la grey-
nure partie de eus, agardera en cele destance leaument ten-
druns e parfurniruns ; e meime ceste chose ad I'avant dit Sire
Edward' graunte en dreit[e] fei,^ e s'est oblige par sun escrit, ke
nus avuns de vers nus.

I sei, MS,

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E si [par] aventure aveneit, — ke ja Deu ne pleise!— ke nus
flechissuns u cuntrealissuns a nul de ces articles, u des pre-
messes cuntenuz en cest nostra esciit, nus voluns e grauntuns,
e priuns trestnz nos amis e nos aliez nomez en cest nostre
escrit, ke a I'avant dit Sire Edward' e a ses amis e a ses aliez
seent conseillant e aidant, a tut lur poer e tut lur efforz, a
justiser nus e destreindre a tenir les articles e les premesses
avant nomez e a garder en tutes choses. E s'il aveneit, —
ke ja Deu ne pleise ! — ke I'avant dit Sire Edward' se flechesit
u cuntrealast a nul des articles u des premesses k'il nus deit
[parjfurnir, il graunte e vot e prie ensement trestuz ses amiz e
ses aliez nomez en cest escrit, k'il a nus e a nos amis e a nos
aliez seent conseillant e aidant, a tut lur poer e tut lur
efforz, a justiser lui e destreindre a tenir les articles e les
premesses avant nomez, e a garder en totes choses, si cum il
est cuntenu en ses lettres ke nus avu[n]s [de]vers nus. E a
ceo sunt tenuz les aHez en cest escrit nomez d'un part e d' autre
par lur serement ke fet unt.

E a greinure seurte de tutes cestes choses avant dites
fermement tenir e gardir sanz tricherie, malice, u nule manere
de fraude, enaenblement od nostre serement, a cest escrit
avuns mis nostre seel, sauve tuz jurz la fei le Rei d'Engletere
e le cumun serement ke fet avuns as Baruns ke tel est :
'A I'honur de Deu, e a la fei le Rey, e al pru del regne.^'

E solement a greinur tesmonage de ceste chose Sire Henri
le Fiz le Rei d'Alemaine, e Sire Johan', Cunte de Warenn',
a cest escrit unt mis lur seaus, ensenblement od le nostre.

Ceste lettre fu fete a Lundres, le quatorzime jur de Marz,
Fan del regne le Rei Henri, le fiz le Rei Johan', quarante
terz. 24.

Seals in white wax of Richard de Clare, Henry of Almain,
and the Earl of Warenne.

1259, August 1. — Deed of sale by Coste son of Hugh de
Rutintona [Ruddington, co. Notts] to Richard son of Ralph
Bugge of a sack of wool from Rutintona, or in default of
delivery, a bovate of land in that town.

Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris Coste, filius
Hugonis de Rutintona, salutem in Domino.

Noveritis me, anno regni Regis Henrici, filii Regis
Johannis, quadragesimo tercio, in festo Beati Petri ad
Vincula, vendidisse Ricardo filio Radulfi Bugg' unum saccum
lane pacabiUs mercator[ie] de territorio de Rutintona, vel
de lana equivalenti, sine cod et gard nigra et grisa, et sine
vili vellere, pro quadam summa pecunie, quam dictus
Ricardus mihi plenarie pre manibus pacavit ; quem quidem
saccum lane persolvere debeo dicto Ricardo vel suis certis
asignatis infra octabas Sancte Trinitatis in anno proximo
sequenti predictum festum Sancti Petri per pondus de

1 The oath taken by the earl, in accordance with the Provisions of
Oxford, as one of the twelve coiinciUors elected by the barons to govern the
realm jointly with twelve elected by the king {Annalea de Burton, in Annalea
Monaetici, i, p. 448 ; Stubbs, Select Ohartere, ed. 8, p. 388).

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Notingham sine ulteriori dilacione ; ita scilicet, quod si con-
tingat, quod dictam lanam ad predictum terminum predicto
Eicardo, sicut predictum est, non solvero, concedo, pro me
et heredibus meis, quod una bovata terre cum pertinenciis
in Rutintona de duabus bovatis terre, quas Hugo, pater
mens, tenuit de Galfrido Maukunti in Rutintona, videlicet
bovata propinquior versus solem, remaneat quieta de me et
heredibus meis dicto Ricardo et heredibus suis, vel assig-
natis suis, inperpetuum, sicut carta feffamenti testatur,
quam dicto Ricardo inde feci, et de qua bovata tradidi dicto
Ricardo saysinam usque ad terminum solucionis dicta lane,
cum omnibus fructibus, quos inde receperit. Et si dicta lana
eidem persolvero, predicta bovata revertatur mihi et here-
dibus meis, cum fructibus, quos inde receperit, vel valentia
fructuum. Ad istam autem convencionem fideliter tenendam
affidavi et juravi, et ad majorem securitatem huic scripto
sigillum meum apposui.

Hiis testibus : Willelmo Poyne ; Roberto de Thorp ;
Willelmo Fabro ; Roberto de Rebe[r]cy' ; et aliis.

[c. 1260] — Grant from William son of William the Parson
of Lenton [co. Notts] to William Gargat^, janitor of the
priory of Lenton, of four feet of land near his gate (jjorta)
of the land upon which the donor's solarium is bmlt, so that
he may have ingress with his cart.

Witnesses : Richard de Redinges^ ; Robert son of Geoffrey ;
WiUiam son of Serlo^ ; William de Rodes^ ; William son of
Geoffrey^ ; Laurence Hamund^.

1260, September 20. — Charter of King Henry III. granting
to WiUiam de Bray, of Wollaveston, a market on Tuesday
in every week at his manor of Wollaveston' [WoUaston], co.
Northampton, and of a fair there of three days annually,
to wit, on the eve, the day, and the morrow of Saint
[Michajel.

Witnesses : Humphrey de Boum, earl of Hereford and
Essex ; John de Plessetis, earl of Warrewyk ; Henry, son of
the King of Almain, the king's nephew ; John Maunsel,
treasurer of York ; Eudo la Zhuche ; Humphrey de Boum,
the younger ; Robert de Twenge ; Imbert Pugeys ; Hugh
de Dyve ; William de Trubelvill' ; and others. At Marle-
berg'.

Fragment of great seal in green wax.

[Enrolled on Charter Roll (Calendar, p. 28).]

[1264]. — Order by Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, and
Hugh le Despenser, justiciary of England, to the bishop of
Coventry and Roger de Leiburn, to conduct in person Sir
Edmund, the king's son, and the constable of Dover castle

1 Cf. Thoroton, Notts, p. 54a ; Testa de Nevill, p. 19b. The name is
to be read Rebercy not Reberti, as in Rotuli de Oblatis, p. 75, as it derived
from Ruberoy in Normandy, canton of Tr^viferes, arrond. of Bayeux, depart,
of the Calvados.

? See Records of the Borough of Nottingham, i, p. 365, No. IX.

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for the purpose of delivering that castle to the bishop of
London, in accordance with the articles agreed upon between
the king and his barons. ^

Venerabili in Christo patri R., Dei gracia, Conventr[ensi]
et Lich[efeldensi] episcopo et dilecto sibi Rogero de Leiburn,
S. de Monte Forti, comes Leycestr[ie], et Hugo le Dispenser,
justiciarius Anglie, salutem.

Ex parte domini regis et baronum suorum vobis mandamus,
quod in personis vestris propriis salvum et securum conductum
faoiatis dilecto nobis domino Edmundo, filio ejusdem domini
regis, et Roberto de Glaston', constabulario castri Dovor[ie],
quibus idem dominus rex dedit in mandatis quod castrum
predictum liberent venerabili patri H. Londoniensi episcopo,
custodiendum in forma inter dominum regem et barones
suos provisa, ita etiam, quod hii, qui cum predictis domino
Edmundo et Roberto sunt in castro predioto salvum habeant
exitum et conductum cum equis, armis et aliis rebus suis.
Proviso, quod alienigeni, qui ibi sunt, exinde ad propria sine
dampno sibi inferendo in pace revertantur et securitatem
habeant auram prosperam expectandi, qua ad partes suas
transfretare possint ; et quod predictis domino Edmundo
et Roberto una cum hiis, quos secum ducent, nulla in per-
sona vel rebus injuria inferatur, dampnum aut gravamen.

Small round seal in green wax, hearing a shield with a lion
rampant queue fourchee. Inscription : -{- S' . . . . de
MoNTEFDRTi. The other seal is missing. Both were attached
to strips of the parchment, formed by horizontal cuts at the bottom
of the document. 24.

1265, October 26. — Charter of King Henry III. granting to
Roger de Leyburn', son of Roger de Leyburn', the manor of
Losham,^ and all the lands that belonged to Henry son of
Thomas Aucher, and all the lands in England that belonged
to Ralph de Sandwyco and Stephen Soadan, whose lands
were forfeited on account of their participation in the
rebeUion of Simon de Montfort. If the lands exceed the
value of 100?. yearly, the excess is to revert to the king.

Witnesses : W., Bishop of Bath and Wells ; PhiUp
Basset ; Hugh le Bigod ; Roger de Mortuo Mari ; Roger
de CUfford ; John de Gray ; Robert Walleraund ; Robert
Aguillun ; William Relet ; Walter de Burges ; Geoffrey de
Percy ; Bartholomew le Bigod. At Canterbury.

Good impression of great seal in green wax.

[Enrolled on Charter Roll, Calendar, p. 57.]

1265, November 29. — Charter of King Henry III. granting
to Philip Marmiun all the lands in the counties of Lincoln

1 This is evidently one of the orders issued by Earl Simon after the
battle of Lewes on 14 May, 1264, when the king was compelled to
surrender his castles to the victorious barons. See Stubbs, OonaHtutional
History, ii, p. 98, Select Charters, eighth ed., p. 409.

2 liOBsenham, parish of Newenden, co. Kent (Hasted, iii, p, 83}

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and Northampton that belonged to William Aungevyn;
all the lands in Warwickshire that belonged to Giles son
of Nicholas ; all the lands in Leicestershire that belonged
to WiUiam le Waleys ; all the lands in the counties of
Lincoln, Nottingham, and Derby that belonged to Hugh
Duket ; all the lands in Warwickshire that belonged to
Thomas de Endesovr' ; all the lands in Lincolnshire that
belonged to William de Honyenby ; all the lands in the same
county that belonged to Robert Hotes ; all the lands in Cotes
in the same county that belonged to John de Nevill ; all the
lands in Leicestershire that belonged to Robert de Overton ;
all the lands and tenements in Lincolnshire that belonged to
John de la Lade : whose lands were forfeited on account
of their adherence to Simon de Montf ort. If the lands exceed
the value of 200Z. yearly, the excess shall revert to the king.

Witnesses : W., bishop of Bath and Wells ; John de
Warenn', earl of Surrey ; Hugh le Bygod ; Roger de
Mortuo Mari ; Roger de Leyburn ; Robert WaUeraund ;
Roger de Clifford ; Robert AguiUun ; WiUiam de Aete ;
William Belet ; Walter de Burges ; Bartholomew le Bygod.
At Westminster.

Good impression of great seal.

[Not enrolled on Charter Boll.]

1265, November 29. — Charter from Henry III, granting to
Philip Marmyun all the lands of Stephen de Lund' in cos.
Lincoln, York, and Nottingham ; and all the lands of
William Aungevyn in cos. Lincoln and Northampton ; and
all the lands of Theobald de Trikyngham in co. Lincoln ;
all the lands of Hugh Duket in the same county ; all the
lands of WiUiam le Waleis in co. Leicester ; all the lands
of Ralph le Chamberleng in the same county ; all the lands
of Thomas de Endesor' in co. Warwick ; all the lands of
Giles son of Nicholas in the same county, enemies and rebels,
who adhered to Simon de Monte Forti, sometime earl of
Leicester ; provided that the lands are not of the demesnes
of the crown. It is provided that if the value of the lands
exceed 2001. of land yearly, the excess shall revert to the
king.

Witnesses : W. bishop of Bath and WeUs ; John de
Warenna, earl of Surrey ; Hugh le Bygod ; Roger de Mortuo
Mari ; Roger de Leyburn ; Robert Walrand ; Roger de
Clifford ; Robert Aguylun ; WilUam de Aete ; WiUiam
Belet ; Walter de Burges ; Bartholomew le Bygod. At
Westminster.

Good impression of great seal.

[Not enrolled on Charter Roll.]

1268, August 16. — Letters patent of King Henry III.
granting to Roger de Leyburn the manor of Bradeleye.

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H[enricus], Dei gracia, rex Anglie, dominus Hibernle, et
dux Aquitanie, omnibus, ad quos presentes littere per-
venerint, salutem.

Sciatis, quod in partem recompensacionis debitorum, in
quibus tenemur dilecto et fideli nostro Rogero de Leyburn',
dedimus et concessimus eidem Rogero, quantum in nobis
est, manerium de Bradeleye, cum pertinentiis, quod fuit
Roberti Russel, capti et in prisona nostra detenti pro morte
cujusdam hominis, quern interfecit, ut dicitur, si ipsum
Robertum super felonia ilia sibi imposita convinci contingat
et manerium illud nobis accidere occasione felonie prediote :
habendum et tenendum eidem Rogero et heredibus suis
imperpetuum, faciendo servicia inde debita et consueta ; ita
tamen, quod tantum decidat eidem Rogero in debitis pre-
dictis quantum predictum manerium valet per extentam
inde faciendam per tales, quos ad hoc duxerimus depu-
tandos.

In cujus rei testimonium has litteras nostras fieri fecimus
patentes. Teste meipso apud Lincolniam, xvj. die Augusti,
anno regni nostri 1. secundo.

Fragment of great seal in white wax attached to tongue of
the 'parchment.

[1269-70] — Deed of sale by Ralph de Donjon, canon of
London, to Sir Phihp Marmion of his land in St. Swithun's
Street, London.

Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego Radulphus de Donion,
canonicus London', ^ vendidi et quietam clamavi et foris-
affidavi extra me et heredes meos, et presenti carta mea con-
firmavi nobih viro domino Philippo Marmion totam terram
meam, cum domibus, redditibus, gardinis, et omnibus suis
pertinentiis suis integre, quam habui in civitate London'
in vico Sancti Swithuni ex parte aquUonari et Candelwicr-
strate et in eadem parochia, de feodo domini Roberti
Aguyllon, scilicet quicquid ibidem habui et habere debui in
terris, edificiis, redditibus, et gardinis, lignis et lapidibus, in
longitudine et latitudine, et in rebus cunctis, sine ahquo
retenemento, sicut melius distinguitur et plenius in cartis,
quas inde [de] dicto domino Roberto Walterus de Standon
habuit et ego predictus Radulphus de predicto Waltero ;
qu[as] q[uidem ca]rtas cum presenti carta et cum plenaria
seisina dicto domino Phihppo liberavi : habendam et tenen-
dam eidem domino Philippo et cuicumque vel quibuscumque
et quando dare, dimittere, vendere, legare, vel quocumque
alio modo assignare voluerit, et heredibus eorum, libere,
quiete, bene^ et in pace, extra me et heredes meos in hberam
et perpetuam et finalem vendicionem et quietam clamacionem
inperpetuum ; reddendo inde annuatim predicto domino
Roberto et heredibus suis debita servicia, que continentur in

1 Prebendary of Jslington (Neweourt, Beperiorium, p. 166 ; Hennessy,
Novum Bepertorium, p. 32).

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predictis cartis, quas dicto domino Philippo liberavi. Et
sciendum est, quod ego predictus Radulphus et heredes mei,
sive aJiquis per nos vel pro nobis, nullo modo poterimus nee
debemus decetero habere jus vel clamium in predicta terra cum
domibus, redditibus, gardinis, et pertinenciis, nee aliquid
inde exigere nee reclamare inperpetuum. [Pro h]ac autem
mea finali vendicione, quieta clamacione et forisaffidacione,
dedit michi predictus dominus PhUippus centum et sexaginta
marchas argenti. Et ut hec mea finalis vendicio, quieta
clamacio et forisaffidacio rata et stabUis inperpetuum per-
maneat, presentem cartam sigUli mei impressione roboravi.

Hiis testibus : Domino Hugone filio Otonis, tunc con-
stabulario Turris ; Roberto de Cornhulle, Thoma de Basinges,
tunc vicecomitibus London' ; Matheo Boquerel, tunc alder-
manno illius warde ; Waltero Hereui ; Willelmo de Dureaume ;
Edwardo le Blont ; Johanne Gouarre, et multis aliis.

Seal missing.

1269, June 23. — ^Acknowledgment by Brother Stephen de
Fuleburn, treasurer of the Hospital of Jerusalem in England,
of receipt in the conventual church of St. Bartholomew,
London, from Sir John de Grey, son of Richard de Grey, of
500 marks for the use of Sir Roger de Leybum for part of John's
ransom for his lands, setting out Roger's letters patent, dated
at London, on Tuesday after SS. Peter and Paul, 52 Henry
III, appointing the said Stephen, preceptor of St. John's
Hospital, London, his attorney to receive and keep in deposit
aU the money due to Roger from certain debtors, to be paid
to Stephen at that house. Sealed by Brother Roger de Veer,
prior of the Hospital in England, and by Stephen.

Small round seal in black wax with a shield bearing three six-
foils, two and one ; inscription : -\- [Si]gillvm : fe[a]tris :
eog[e]ki : DE : Ver.

1273, May 3. — Demise by Sir Philip Marmion to Master
Roland de Sene [Siena], advocate, of his house in the parish
of St. Swithun, London, reserving to Sir Philip the right
of residing therein when he comes to London.

Notum sit omnibus presens scriptum visuris vel audituris,
quod inter Dominum Philippum Marmiun, miUtem, ex parte
una, et Magistrum Rolandum de Sene, advocatum, ex
altera, ita convenit : videlicet, quod dictus Dominus Philippus
dimisit prefato Rolando domos suas positas Lond[oniis] in
parochia Sancti Swithuni, in quibus dictus Dominus Philippus
consuevit habitare, usque ad festum Sancti MichaeUs proximo
venturum ; ita quod liceat Domino Rolando inhabitare
dictas domos in absencia Domini Philippi prefati. Cum
vero idem Dominus Philippus venerit Lond[onias], sibi liceat
habitare et habere liberam aulam prefate domus et majorem
cameram inferiorem, et aleam^ parvam inferiorem, necnon et
celarium et stabulum totum, et coquinam, et solarium ultra

1 An alley or passage.

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portam liceat sibi totaliter habere : prefatus vero Rolandus
retinebit duas cameras superiores liberas et expeditas, necnon
et locum lardarii positum ante aulam. Et propterea dictu3
Rolandus dabit dicto Domino Philippo iiij. marcas sterl[in-
goruni], et restituet domos elapso termino supradicto in eo
statu, in quo recepit eas, et id quod idem Rolandus proba-
biliter expendit (sic) pro reparacione domorum predictarum,
allocabitur sibi in supradictis iiij. marcis.

In oujus rei testimonium duo scripta unius tenoris ex inde
sunt confecta : quorum unum residet penes pref atum Dominum
Philippum sigillatum sigillo dicti Rolandi, et aliud penes
eundem Rolandum sigillatum sigillo Domini Philippi pre-
dict!.

Actum Lond[oniis], die Mercurii proxima post festum
Sancti Johannis ante Portam Latinam, anno Domini
M.CC.LXXIII.

1274, May 20. — Grant by Cristiana, prioress of St. Bartho-
lomew, Newcastle-on-Tjme, with the consent of the chapter,
to Sir Gwyschard de Charun and Isabel, his wife, of four
' lands ' {seliones) of arable land next his land on the north
side of Nunneburn' ; and of all the toft and garden formerly
held by Robert the Skinner (Pdliparius), lying between land
of the late William de Boldum and land of the late Walter
the Mason (cementarius) ; rendering therefor 10s. annually.
They also grant him licence to take stone for the repair of
his wall.

Witnesses : Nicholas le Scot, Mayor ; Adam de Blakeden' ;
Henry de Burnet' ; Adam de Pinipedun ; Hugh de Merthing-
leya, then Bailiffs ; Thomas de Carl[iolo] ; John son of Roger ;
Henry le Scot ; Richard de la Haye ; Robert de Mitf ord ;
John le Flemeng ; Thomas son of Henry de Carl[iolo] ; Robert
de Stokesley ; John de Heton' ; Henry the Clerk.

Attached are a fragment of the Prioresses [?] seal and the seal
of the community of Newcastle, with inscription : " -(-
CoM[M]viirE Sigill' Novi [CJastri . . . ," and the device
of a gateway and tower.

[c. 1275] — Grant by Adam son of Robert de Coshale [Cossall,
CO. Notts] to Henry son of Perot of Coshale of five ' lands '
[seliones) of land in Stenen Rydyng, between Adam's land and
the land of Roger Everard, abutting upon the Crokede Dyk
and upon Brockeshale Yerd, and of a plot of land in which
ironstone was formerly dug {unam placiam terre in qua
lapides ferri quondam fod\i]ebantur), lying between Adam's
land .and that of the aforesaid Henry and abutting upon
the Erode Fildynggate and upon Brokeshale Yerd, in ex-
change for the heads of four ' lands ' lying near the Eildy[n]g-
gate and abutting upon Brokeshale Milne Brok, which heads
Adam has caused to inclosed in his court of Brokeshale

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Witnesses : William the Clerk of Ryngesdon^, William the
Chamberlain of Cossale, Robert son of Hugh of the same,
Eustace the Reeve, Adam son of Nicholas Everard of the
Marsh.

1276, June 10 — ^^i^greement between Dame Juliana Bauzeyn,
abbess of St. Edward's, Shaftesbury, and the convent of
the same, of the one part, and Richard de Gouyz, Hawysia,
his wife, and Eudo Martel, of the other part, tenants of
the tenement that was held by Eudo Martel and Margery,
his wife, in Mapelderton [Mapperton, parish of West
Aimer, co. Dorset], which they have of the gift of the said
Margery, for the settlement of arrears claimed by the abbess
and convent, viz., i.Ol. arrears of a certain fine and 75 quarters
of wheat of the arrears of the ferm of the said vill of Mapel-
derton for 52 years, at the rate of 12 bushels yearly, which
the parties of the second part claim to have rendered by the
measures (modios) contained in the old charter of feoffment.
The abbess and convent release aU claims for arrears in con-
sideration of the payment to them of 40 marks, and the
tenants agree to render them in future the rents and services
contained in a fine made at Westminster in a month from
Easter, 8 Henry III., between Amicia, abbess of St. Edward's,
demandant, and Eudo Martel and Margery, his wife, defor-
ciants, which is set out in full.

Witnesses : Sir Ralph de Albaniaco, knt. ; Sir William
de St. Martin, knt. ; Sir Richard de Maneston,^ knt. ;
Sir Ralph de Gorges, knt. ; Bartholomew de Brug' ; Hamo
de Hacche ; Roger de Purbik* ; Roger Anketil ; Henry de
St. Barba.

[c. 1280] — Grant from Maud de Brydone, abbess of Tar-
rant (de Loco Begine super Tarente) and the convent of the
same to Walter de Mustirs of a virgate of land in Wynter-
burne Mustirs,^ which Richard le Man held, together with
the house and curtilage pertaining to the same, and with
the said Richard, his chattels and sequela and messuage ;
rendering therefor 3s. annually and the service due from
the said land.

Witnesses : Sir Eudo de Rochford, knt. ; Peter . . ;
. . . . de Chaumppayne, knt. ; Ralph Bardolf ; Robert
de Crofte ; John PydeUvere ; William Quintin ; Walter de

Wilton ; ; Thomas Mautravers ; Henry de

Blockesworth ; Henry de Rochford.

Seal with figure of abbess and inscription : Sigill ' Abbatisse
[L]oci Bbnedci.

1 Kingstone, parish of Bippingale, co. Lincoln ?

2 This deed is cited from the Shaftesbury Chartulary in Hutchins,
Dorset, ed. 3, iii., 495.

3 Mansion, co. Dorset.

* Isle of Purbeck, co. Dorset.

5 l^ow Winterbome Turberville, parish of Bere Regis, co, Dorset,

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[c. 1280] — Demise at fee-ferm by Master Richard Turkety
to Roger the Wheelwright (rotario), called 'of BotHsford,'
and to Gonnilda, liis wife, of a toft with appurtenances, houses
and btiildings thereon constructed, in the Bakers' Street^
{in vico pistorum), Notingham, in which William Witheved
sometime dwelt, lying between the toft of Jouce the Carter
{le Caretter) on the west and the toft of Simon the Cook
(coxi) on the east.

Witnesses : William le Hunte, Roger the Miller (le mouner),
then bailiffs of the French borough of Notingham ; Richard
Becok the elder, Stephen de Watton, Jouce the Carter {le
caretter), Hugh de SueU' [Southwell], Richard Caudebeck,
Robert Hamund, William Clappinsale, William Jaumbes,
Laurence Hamund, clerk.

1283, May 2.— Grant by Philip Marmyun to William de
Crouebyrihal, chaplain, of the Hospital of St. James, Tam-
worth, to be held until he shall found his proposed Premon-
stratensian house by Tamworth.^

Universis Christi fidelibus, ad quos presens scriptum per-
venerit, Philippus Marmyun, dominus Castri de Thame-
worth, salutem in Domino sempiternam.

Noverit universitas vestra, quod cum, in honore Dei et
Genetricis ejusdem, omniumque Sanctorum, in primis invocata
humiliter Spiritus Sancti gracia, unam domum religionis
secus villam de Thameworth de ordine Premonstratensi con-
st[r]uere ordino et affecto, ad cujus sustentacionem inter
cetera Hospitale Sancti Jacobi dicte ville assingnaverim,
tam de voto proprio quam ceterorum prudentum consiUo,
dilecto mihi in Christo Willelmo de Crouebjrrihal', capellano,
premissum Hospitale cum suis pertinenciis, una cum pastura
in Asscheland ad quatuor boves et duos equos, qui pro
salute anime mee et predecessorum meorum et successorum,
omniumque fidelium defunctorum, ibidem personaliter resi-
dendo divina celebrabit, libere duxi concedendum ad tempus,
videhcet donee viros religiosos dicti ordinis seu capellanos
seculares ibidem duxerim ponendos. Hec siquidem sit obser-
vata condicio, quod dictus WiUelmus ipsum Hospitale, cum
omnibus suis pertinenciis et pastura predicta, dictis religiosis
seu michi seu aliis secularibus capellanis, quos ibidem morari
ordinavero, singnum clipei' super se bajulaturis, sine contra-
diccione qualibet, retenimento seu clamio integre reddere
teneatur, cum eosdem religiosos seu alios seculares presbiteros
ex ordinacione mea vel heredum meorum illic mansuros
advenire contigerit et singnum clipei super se portaverint ;
ita siquidem quod ipsi religiosi seu capellani seculares ipsum
WUlelmum predictum tunc recipient in canonicum seu
fratrem, v[e]l [s]altem in victu et vestitu tamquam uni canonico

1 Baxtergate, now known as Wheelergate.

2 The effect of this deed is given by Tanner, Notitia Monaatica, p.
502, from ' CoUect. MS, D. Thornton. '

3 Marmion 's arms, as appears by his seal affixed to other deeds.

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eidem providebunt. Et si contigerit dictos religiosos seu
presbiteros seculares ibidem moraturos singnum clipei non
posse super se deferre, volo quod habeam potestatem alios
vel eosdem sine clipei, singno ponendi in prefato Hospitali
sine eontradiccione aliqua predicti Willelmi, hoc adjecto
expresse et intellecto, quod si contingat dictum Willelmum
super incontinencia notari seu divina ibidem celebrare negli-
genter omittere, quod (sic) li[cebit] mihi eundem Willelmum a
dicto Hospitali amovere et omnia bona sua ad usus dicti
HospitaHs reservare. Et si dictus Willelmus in dicto Hos-
pitali decesserit, omnia bona sua dicto Hospitali integre
remanebunt. Ego vero dictus Philippus et beredes mei
predictum Hospitale cum omnibus suis pertinenciis et pastura
predicta memorato Willelmo usque ad terminum predictum
in scema prenotata contra omnes gentes warantizabimus,
adquietabimus et defendemus.

In cujus rei testimonium sigillum meum huic scripto cyro-
graphato duxi apponendum. Datum apud Midd[elton], in
crastino Apostolorum Philippi et Jacobi, anno Domini
MoCC" octagesimo tertio.

Hiis testibus : Dominis Johanne de Clinton, Henrico de
Sheldon, militibus ; Magistro Michaele de Ermesby ; Waltero
de Hertrugge ; Eicardo de Sheldon ; Galfrido Coket ; Galfrido
ad Crucem de Tham[eworth] ; Willelmo Warmon, de eadem ;
et aliis.

Seal missing.

1287, August 10. — ^Deed of emancipation by John Venator
[Le Hunte] of William son of Walter de la More from all
bondage.

Omnibus Christi fidehbus, ad quos presens scrip turn per-
venerit, Johannes Venator eternam in Domino salutem.

Noveritis me relaxasse et penitus, pro me et heredibus
meis vel assingnatis, quietum clamasse omnem exaccionem
servitutis et nayvitatis et demandam, quas, vel que, habui
vel habere potui aliquo modo in Willelmo filio Walteri de
la More, vel in catallis suis, seu in sequelis, racione concessionis
vel vendicionis, que Dominus Philippus Marmyun michi et ■
assingnatis meis per scriptum suum de predicto Willelmo,
quondam nativo suo, de cataUis et sequelis suis, condidit, pro
quadam pecunie summa per me predicto Domino Philippo
data^ ; ita siquidem, quod nee ego Johannes nee heredes
mei, nee aliquis per me seu nomine meo, in predicto Willelmo
vel in catallis sive in sequehs aliquam exaccionem vel
demandam racione nayvitatis vel alicujus servitutis con-
cessionis vel vendicionis possimus vendicare [vel] exigere
in perpetuum. Et pro omnibus premissis predictus Willelmus
in tota vita sua michi et heredibus meis dabit unum par ciro-
tecarum die Sancte Edithe Virginis quolibet anno in tota
vita sua, pro omnibus rebus in perpetuum.

1 Thi3 grant, of the same date, is also preserved. The consideration
was 18«.

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In cujus rei testimonium huic present! scripto sigillum
meum apposui. Hiis testibus : Anketino de Insula ; Ricardo
Cissore ; Normonno de Midelton^ ; Rogero de Coningesby ;
Roberto filio Hugonis ; Hanr[ico] de la Mere ; Domino
WiUelmo, capellano de Midelton ; et aliis.

Datum apud Midelton, die Dominica in festo Sancti
Laurencii, anno regni^ Regis Edwardi filii Regis Hanrici
quintodecimo.

[c. 1290] — Grant from Agnes, daughter of the late Richard
Bugge, of Notingham, to William de le Ker of a plot of land
and the buildings thereon, together with two underground
cellars at the end of the said land on the north, lying in the
Great Marsh of Notingham opposite the Friars Minor,
between the tenements of Hugh de Vilers and of Isolda Dun-
nyng, extending in length to the tenement formerly owned
by her father ; reserving to her the garden (herbarium) beyond
the two cellars ; rendering therefor 6d. yearly to the king,
and 12d. yearly to the House of the Holy Trinity of Lenton,
and to her and her heirs a clove gillyflower (clavum gariophili).

Witnesses : Richard Becok, mayor of Notingham ; Richard
le Cupper 3 and Michael le Orfevre*, bailiffs of the same ;
Benedict Hunte ; Ralph le Taverner ; Hugh de Vilers ;
Robert le Teynturer ; Robert de Spondon ; Thomas Dun-
nyng ; Hugh the Clerk.

[1292.'| — Copy of partition of lands [in Middleton, co.
Warwick] between Joan de Ludelowe [daughter and co-
heiress of Sir Philip Marmion],^ and Sir Alexander de
Fryvill [husband of Joan, grand-daughter of Philip].

Ltidelowe. — To the purparty of dame Joan de Ludelowe
are assigned 2J acres in le Oversoken on the north ; 3|
acres of the portion by right measure in the same field near
the spring ; in the field called " Fyveacre " an acre in the

1 Middleton, co. Warwick.

2 rengni, MS.

8 Mayor of Nottingham, 1301-2 {Records of the Borough of Notting-
ham, i, p. 422).

* Mayor of Nottingham, 1297-8.

6 The date of this partition is probably shortly after the death of Sir
Philip Marmion in 1291 or 1292 {Calendarium Inquisitionum post Mortem,
20 Edw. I., no. 36, i., p. 109), for his lands in Middleton were divided between
his daughter Joan, wife of Thomas de Lodelowe, and Sir Alexander de Freville,
the persons who receive purparties by this document. Dower was assigned
to Philip's widow in 1292 {Calendar of Close Rolls 1288-1296, p. 269), and in
the same year Alexander demanded his purparty of Philip's lands (Ibid. p.
262). Joan's purparty was retained in the king's hands until 1299 by reason
of her minority {Calendar of Close Rolls 1296-1X02, pp. 272, 273). That the
lands mentioned in this partition were in Middleton appears by comparison
with the partition between the same parties in 1315 of the land that Mary,
widow of Philip Marmion, held in dower until her death {Calendar of Patent
Rolls 1313-18, pp. 176, 177), for many of the names of tenants and of the
local features there recur. The present document is a copy drawn up, in all
probability, some little time after 1315, for most of the tenants holding in
1315 are described as late tenants, the tenet of the original having been
apparently altered to tenuit.

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middle of the field, and half an acre in the corner towards
the " mor "' of W. de Berf[ord] on the south ; m the
Brokyate-ruyding an acre and a rood near the Wodelone ;
in the Holwokruyding an acre and a rood near the Holwok-
ridingyate ; in Bradeleye 1^- acres l3dng in the Neepruyding ;
in Mangre an acre lying near the land of Ralph le BotiUer
on the west ; in the Parkfeld 2J acres and a third of a rood
near the park of the dower ; in the Hethfeld 1-| acres
nearest the park ; in the Barremor an acre and a third of
a rood in the middle of the field ; in Colfeld an acre nearest
the land of Roger de Coningesby ; in the field of Turteley
IJ acres in the Oversponne near Dryebrokesheved, which
IJ acres Richard Molden lately held ; in the Hevedwod an
acre and a rood of land, which John Rowe lately held ; in
the Marefold 1 J acres, which Thomas Neel lately held ; a
rood of land that John Hemery lately held in the same field ;
half an acre of land that Adam de Yrelond lately held in
the Marefold ; an acre of land in Turteley that John le fiz
Adam de Yrelond lately held ; an acre and a rood on
Turteley that Ahce Bate lately held near the Pryursty ; an
acre that Gilbert del Onheld lately held in the same field ;
1^ acres that Henry le fiz Gilbert lately held in the same
field ; half an acre that Gilbert le fiz Gilbert lately held in
the Bircheles ; in the Revefeld 3J roods, 18f perches of
arable land in the cultura (coture) near the Morhous near the
moor of Gilbert Bate ; 1 acre and a third of a furlong and
of a rood in the field near Smal Medowe near the land of John
Sibily ; in the Milnemedowe an acre of meadow towards the
meadow of Robert de la Sale ; in the Brodemedowe an acre
of meadow near the inheritance of Sir Ralph le Botiller ;
in the meadow that Jaket de la Hyde lately held near the
Birchenholt half an acre and a third of a rood lying near
the meadow of John Sybily ; in the " hale " near the More
of Wilham de Blakgreve IJ roods of meadow near the
meadow of Henry le fiz Gilbert ; in Smalemedowe a third
of a rood of meadow near the meadow of Roger de Coningesby ;
in the Brokriding two thirds of an acre of several pasture
next the Polesheved ; in the Poel below Aschecroft a third
of an acre lying next the meadow of Robert le Templer ; in
Leefeld 5 acres and a third of a rood next the highway
between Colleshull and Tamworth ; in the Monkesmire 6
acres next the inheritance of Sir Ralph le Botiller on the
south ; in Driebrokesheved 4 acres and a rood of covert and
of waste next the land that Richard Molden held near Drie-
brokesheved ; on the heath of Turteley 2J acres of waste
next the inheritance of Sir Ralph le Botiller ; in the Lindes
1| acres of covert next the Poleshevedway ; 3 roods of
covert in the Lyndes next the assart of William le Cunger
near the Poleshevedway ; in the Lyndesclos 2| acres next
the Holwokruyding.

Fryvill. There are assigned to the part of Sir Alexander
de Fryvill 2i acres in the Oversoken in the middle of the

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field where the marlpit {marler) is ; 3| in the same field near
the Lydeyateway ; in the field called " Fyve Acre " IJ acres
near the land of Robert le Templer ; in the Brokyateruyding
an acre and a rood in the middle of the field ; an acre and
a rood in the Holwokruyding near the Lyndesclos ; in
Bradeley 1| acres near the inheritance of Ralph le BotiUer ;
in Mangre an acre in the middle of the cultura {coture)
towards the Park ; 2^ acres and a third of a rood in the
middle of the Parkfeld ; IJ acres in the Hethfeld near the
land of Greoffrey Attehyde ; in Barremor half an acre and
a third of a rood near the close of William de Berford ; half
an acre that William le Venour lately held in Leefeld ; an
acre of land in Colfeld in the middle of that field ; an acre
and a rood on Turteley in the Oversponne near the assart
of AMce Bate, which acre and rood Richard Molden lately
held ; a rood that Nicholas le Hare lately held ia the Over-
feld of Turteley ; in the Hevedwode an acre that William
le Cunger lately held near the land of John Rowe ; in the
Marefold IJ acres that Robert le Hare lately held near the
land of Adam the Smith {le Fevre) ; half an acre in the
Marefold that John Hemery lately held ; 1 J acres on Turteley
that Adam de Yrelond lately held near the land of Alice
Bate ; an acre and a rood on Turteley that Richard Osbern
lately held in the same field ; an acre that Henry Osbern
lately held in the same field near the land of Swein atte
Asches ; 3 roods that Richard Molden lately held in the
same field ; 3 roods on Turteley that Alice Bate lately held
near the land that Richard Molden lately held ; half an acre
that Richard Osbern lately held in the same field near the
land of Swein atte Asches ; 3 J roods and 18f perches Ijdng
in the Revefeld in the middle of the cultura (coture) towards
the Morhous ; an acre and a third of a quarter of a rood in
the field near Smalmedow next the meadow of Smalmedowe ;
in the Milnemedowe an acre of meadow in the middle of the
meadow ; in the middle of the Brodemedowe an acre of
meadow near the Birchenholt ; haK an acre and a third of
a rood next the meadow of Robert le Gjrnur ; in the " hale "
near the " more " of William de Blakgreve IJ roods lying
in the middle of this " hale " ; in Smalmedow the third of
a rood near the meadow that formerly belonged to Richard
de Scheldon ; in the Brokruyding two thirds of an acre of
several pastiu-e near the Oxheye of the inheritance of Joan
de Ludelowe ; in the Poel below Aschecroft a third of an
acre Ijring near the Brok ; in Leefeld 5 acres and a third of
a rood in the middle of Leefeld of the purparty of the dower ;
in the Monkesmire 5 acres in the middle of the three portions
there measured ; in Driebrokesheved 4 acres and a rood
of covert and of waste lying next the Rondy-tre ; on the
heath of Turteleye 2J acres of waste next the Barrewayes-
ende ; in the Lindes 1^ acres of covert lying next the
Barreway ; three roods of covert in the Lyndes between

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the inheritance of Sir Ralph le Botiller and the Lyndes-clos ;
in the Lyndes-clos 2J acres in the middle of the Lyndes-
clos.

[1294] — Demise by the community of the township of
Ruddington [co. Notts] to the -vicar of Ruddington of the
vicarage houses in the churchyard, herbage of churchyard,
household furniture, etc.

Pateat universis hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris, nos
Ricardum de Pavelly, militem, Ricardum de Wyleby, Ricar-
dum Martel, Robertum Payne, nomine communitatis viUate
de Rotington', dimisisse, concessisse, et hoc presenti scripto
nostro cyrograffato confirmasse Domino Willelmo de Rade-
clive, perpetuo vicario de Rotington',^ omnes domos edificatas
in cymiterio Capelle Beate Marie Virginis ejusdem villa, quas
Willelmus de Hemmingford, quondam vicarius et predecessor
predicti Willelmi de Radeclive, de nobis et communitate
predicta tenuit in eadem villa, cum toto herbagio crescente
in cymiterio predicto, et cum duobus plumbis in fornesio^, et
cum una mensa et duobus trestellis eisdem domibus spect-
antibus, et omnibus aliis aysiamentis suis infra villam et
extra : tenendas et habendas de nobis et heredibus nostris
et de communitate predicta predicto Willelmo in tota vita
sua plene, in pace, et honorifice ; reddendo inde annuatim
communitati predicte sex solidos argenti ad quatuor anni
terminos, videlicet ad Pascha octodecim denarios, et ad
festum Apostolorum Petri et PauH octodecim denarios, et
ad festum Omnium Sanctorum octodecim denarios, et ad
Natale Domini octodecim denarios, pro omnibus serviciis
secularibus, exaccionibus, et demandis : ita scilicet, quod
predictus Willelmus omnes predictas domos cum muris et
portis inclusas^ adeo bono statu, vel mehori, quo eas recepit,
bene per totum sumptibus suis propriis cooperabit et
sustentabit, et predictas domos in predicto statu, nisi igne
alieno comburantur*, seu casu guwerre vel-fractionis meremii
corruantur, predicte communitati restituat^ Et si ita forte
contingat, quod predictus Willelmus in solucione annul red-
ditus predicti in parte vel in toto ad terminos predictos defe-
cerit, Ucebit extunc predicte communitati conjunctim vel
divisim predictas domos cum cymiterio intrare, saysire, et
retinere, sicut jus suum, sine dissaysina vel injuria seu
calumpnia predicto Willelmo facienda, quousque de pre-
dicta firma predicte communitati plenarie satisfecerit. •

In cujus rei testimonium presenti scripto in modum cyro-
graffi confecto, utraque pars scriptum alterius suo signavit
sigillo. Hiis testibus : Domino Ricardo de Bingham, milite ;

1 William de Radcliffe was instituted vicar of Buddington on 5 July,
1294 (Godfrey, Churches of Nottinghamshire, 1887, p. 79).

2 Leaden vats ('leads') fixed over 'furnaces' or firegrates. See
Records of the Borough of Nottingham, iii, p. 493.

^ includes, MS.
* comburentur, MS.
5 restittiet, MS,

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Galfrido fratre suo ; Willelmo Marischallo, de Radeclive
super Trente^ ; Thomas Basilie, de eadem ; Ricardo Barri,
de Thorlaxton^ ; Gervasio filio Ysabelle de Keword^ ;
Johanne filio Elie de Brademare* ; Willelmo Clerioo ; et
aliis.

1295, February 2. — Release by Richard son of Richard
Bugge of Wyluby of Robert son of Robert de Strelley
and Elizabeth, his wife, from rendering an account of the
lands held by the said Richard in sokage in Wyluby on the
Wolds (super Waldos), of which they had the custody during
his minority, and concerning which account he had impleaded
them in the king's Court, in consideration of the payment by
them to him of seven marks.

Witnesses : Sir Roger de Morteyn ; Sir Ranulph de
Wandesleys ; Robert de Kynmarley* ; Adam de Coscale'' ;
WiUiam de Bella Aqua ; Robert de Aldesword'" ; Robert
de Ryseley.*

[1304.] — Probate of will of Robert de Bingham, of co.
Dorset.

In Dei nomine, amen. Ego Robertus [de B]ingham facio
testamentum meum in hunc modum : In primis do, lego
animam meam Deo, Qui me creavit, redemit et glorificabit,
et corpus meum sepeHendum in cymeterio Beati Andree
de Tolr'^" ex parte australi cancelli ejusdem ecclesie, juxta
tumbam Nichole de Tomay, uxoris mee ; et ante corpus
meum unum bovem. Item in expensis funeris in die
sepulture mee, sex marcas. Item do, lego quinque marcas
ad unum annuale celebrandum pro anima mea et pro
animabus duarum uxorum mearum defunctarum. Item ad
fabricam ecclesie de Tolr', ijs. Item ad fabricam ecclesie
Sar[esburiensis], ijs. Item do, lego Fratribus Minoribus de
Dorsetre,^^ dimidiammarcam. Item capeUe mee de Staford,^^
iiij.soKdos. Item do, lego ecclesie de West Cumton,^^ xijd.
Item do, lego Ricardo de Bingham, nepoti et her[e]di meo,
unam mazeram, que vocatur ' Gladewyne.' Item do, lego
Johanne, uxori mee, unum ciphum argenti cum pede. Item
do, lego Radulpho de Bingham, filio meo, unam peciam
argenti. Item Domino Johanni de Bingham, filio meo, xs.
Item Johanni filio meo, dimidiam marcam. Item do, lego
Johanne Terry unam dimidiam marcam. Item Johanni Juel,

1 KatclifEe-on-Trent, co. Notts.

2 ToUerton, co. Notts.

3 Keyworth, co. Notts.
* Bradmore, co. Notts.

5 Wandesley, parish of Annesley, co. Notts.

6 Kimberley, co. Notts.

7 Cossall, CO. Notts.

8 Awsworth, CO. Notts.

9 Risley (Breaston St. Michael with), co. Derby.

10 Toller, co. Dorset.

1 1 Dorchester.

12 West Stafford, co. Dorset.

13 Compton Abbas (oKos West Compton), near Dorchester, co. Dorset.

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iijs. Item Thome Coco, ijs. Item do, lego cuilibet de
familia, qui mecum stabit tempore mortis mee, vjd. Item
Johanne, uxori mee, majorem ollam meam heream^- Et
Ricardo de Bingham unam ollam minorem. Item do, lego
Radulpho, fiHo meo, unam ollam eream, que est apud Staford.
Item do, lego in subsidium Terre Sancte ijs., ita quod niehil
ampHus quacunque occasione in subsidium ejusdem Terre
Sancte vendicari possit de bonis meis. Item Hobekino^, filio
Ricardi* de Bingham, unam vaccam. Item Hobekino, filio
Radulphi de Bingham, unam vaccam. Item do, lego Henrico,
rectori ecclesie de Tolr', iiij. coclearia argenti. Item Domino
Johanni de Bingham, filio meo, ij. coclearia argenti. Et
Radulfo, filio meo, iiij. coclearia argenti. Et Willelmo de
Ringwode, de Staford, iiijs. Item do, lego Johanne*, uxori
mee, unum annulum (sic) aureum cum lapide zaphiri. Item
Johanne Terry, unum anulum auri. Item Margarete, uxori
Radulphi de Bingham, unum anulum aureum. Item do,
lego Henrico, rectori ecclesie de Tolr', unam marcam argenti.
Et Radulpho de Bingham unam marcam argenti. Et prop-
terea cetera bona partem meam contingencia, que non sunt
speciahter legata, volo quod vendantur, et quod distribuantur
pro anima mea juxta disposicionem executorum meorum.
Item do, lego Radulpho de Bingham unam mazeram cum
pede. Et sunt executores mei Henricus, rector ecclesie de
Tolr', Radulphus de Bingham, fihus meus, et Johanna de
Raleghe, uxor mea.

[Endorsed :] Istud testamentum probatum fuit coram
nobis, ofiiciah Domini archdiaconi Dors[et'], in ecclesia Beate
Marie de Brideport, quinto kalendas Mali, anno gracie
M°CCC'^ tercio ; et pro eo pronunciamus et commisimus
administracionem bonorum Henrico, rectori ecclesie de Tolr',
et Radulpho de Byngham, executoribus infra-scriptis, in
forma juris, Johannam de Raleghe, propter sui debihtatem,
ab honere administracionis presentis testamenti absolventes.

1308, September 9. — Probate of wiU of Henry, Lord Grey
of Codnor [co. Derby].

En le noun du Pere e du Fiz e du Seint Esperit, amen.
Jeo Henri de Grey, Seygnour de Codenore, faz mon testament
en mon maner de Codenore, le Lundy en lendemeyn de la
Nativite nostre Dame, le an del Incarnacion nostre Seygnour
mil e treis centz e utyme. A deprimes, jeo devis ma alme
a Dieu e a nostre Dame e a touz ses seintz, e mon corps a
gesir as Freres du Carme de Eylesford. ^ E jeo devis a
meimes ceus Freres quaraunte livres en amendement de

1 heream=seream.

'^ Hobekin, a pet-form of Robert, " Hobekinus filius Radulphi de
Bingham ' ' is the Robert de Bingeham, son and heir of Ralph de Bineeham,
of 1334 (p. 93, below).

3 Ricardo, MS.

* Johanni, .MS.

6 Aylesford, co. Kent, a friary founded by Heiuy 's grandfather, Richard,
Lord Grey of Codnor, about 1240.

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lur moster e de lur mesons, e le graunt piole destrer pur aler
davaunt mon corps, e ke mon corps seit enterre honorable-
ment sicom apent a mon estat, solum le ordeinement de mes
exsecutours. E jeo devis a Richard de Grey, mon fiz, ma
bone croiz, ove ma beneizoim ; e a Nichole de Grey, mon
fiz, le dyamaunt ke Sire Richard de Saundiacre me devisa, e
touz mes biens e mes chatels ke sunt en mon maner de
Barton' 1 le jour desus nome. E a Luce de Somery, ma fiUe,
une emeraude ke Monsieur Paen Tibetot me dona, e ma
beneizoun. E a Dame Johanne, ma fiUe, nonein de Acorne-
bury,2 cent souz. E a Johanne, ma femme, le graunt picher
de argent e le hanap a pe, ove les glans sus le covercle, e
I'autre hanap a pe blaunc o un emal en my lu, e un picher
a ewe, e sis esqueles, e sis sausers de argent des mees, saunz
les sowes demeyne, e ma blaunche perle. E les aneaus ke
jeo penk entour mon col seent a Richard, mon fiz. E a
Johanne, ma fille, la compaygne Richard de Grey, mon petit
ruby. E jeo devis a Monsieur Roberd de Schirlaunde mon
neir destrer pur son bon servise pur deners ke jeo ly dey.
E a [Monjsieur Willeam le fiz Willeam un bon rouncyn de
vint mars ou de dis livres. E a Monsieur Thomas de Wokin-
den' le sor rounc5m de Estaumford.^ E a Monsieur Roberd
Saufcheverel dous hanaps de argent platz. E a Margaret de
Cromwell' le petit picher de argent au vin, e un hanap. plat ;
e a Johanne, sa soer, un hanap de argent plat. E a Alienor
de Chaumflor quaraunte hvres. E jeo devis as Freres Menours
de Notingham quarante souz. E as Freres du Carme de
Notingham deus marcs. E a autres Freres par eyllours soli*m
le ordeinement de mes exsecutors. E al ovraygne del egHse
de Lichfeld vint souz. E al ovraygne de la mere eglise de
Everwik demy marc. E al ovraygne de la mere eglise de
Nichole* demy marc. E a Roberd de Sallowe^ le polein
ferraunt e le petit polein bay. E a Roberd des Vans le fer-
raunt destrer de Fraunce. E a Ernaud de Monteny cent
souz. E a Arondel ke ses dettes seent p[a]eez pur sa femme.
E a Johan de Schirfeld cent souz. E jeo veoil ke touz mes
gentz de oifice e touz autres ke me unt servy cent lur servise
e seent regardez solum lur estat e solum ceo ke mes biens
soffisent. E jeo devis a Thomas e a Henri, mes fiz, mes
mesons de Loundres pur eyder a lur avauncement. E jeo
veoil ke Margaret' de Cromwell' e Johanne, sa soer, eent
touz les moebles de Cromwell' pur totes maneres de dettes.
E jeo veoil ke la dame eit sa chaumbre e ceo ke y apent.
E jeo devis a Hugh de Rislep le ferraunt rouncjm ky est apele
' Dycoun ' e le bay rouncyn de Estaumford. E jeo veoil ke
totes mes dettes seent paeez plenerement avaunt ceo ke riens
seit fet de mon devis avauntdit, sauve mon enterrement.

' Barton-le-Street, oo. York (Dugdale, Baronage, i, p. 710a).

^ Aconbury, co. Hereford.

^ Stamford, co. Lincoln.

* Lincoln.

^ Sawley, co. Derby.

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E a cest testament leaument pursure e porfere, jeo ordeyne
e faz mes exsecutors Richard de Grey, mon fiz, e Roberd de
Sallowe, Roberd des Vaus, Alienor de Chaumflour, e Hughe
de Rislep.

En tesmoygnaunce de q[uele ch]ose a cest testament jeo
ay mys mon seel.

[Endorsed Avith probates before R. de Reddeswell, arch-
deacon of Chester, vicar of W., bishop of Coventry and Lich-
field, extra dyocesim suam agente, on 16 September, 1308;
acceptance of preceding probate by Thomas de Renes, seques-
trator of W., archbishop of York, at Nottingham, September
19 ; acceptance of same by the official of Rochester, October
15 ; probate before Ralph, bishop of London, October 15 ;
and probate before the bishop of Lincoln, October 22.]

1310, March 8. — Grant by Philip le Hunte, of Middilton,
to Wiiham de Blakegreve of all his lands in Middilton
[Middleton, co. Warwick], together -with the reversion of all
the lands, etc., that Maud, mother of the said Philip, and
Margery Norman hold in dower.

Witnesses : Roger de Conyngesby ; AnketiU de Lyle ;
Anketm de Bracebrigg' ; Ralph Osberne ; Geoffrey atte Hide ;
Roger de la Bache ; John de Oxton, clerk.

" Et quia dictus PMlippus non habuit sigiUum, sigillum
Henrici, filii GaMridi Gamyl, mutuatum fuit."

1310, June 10. — Grant from Brother William de Tothale,
" Sancte Domus HospitaUs Sancti Johannis Jerusalem Prior
humihs in Anglia," with the assent of the brethren of the
chapter, to William de Staundon, clerk, and Joan, his wife,
of three acres of land in a field called " Stanberewe," between
the land of John de Renesleye on both sides, in the town of
Staundon', 1 extending eastward to the way from Staundone
to the manor of Plessy,^ and westward to the land of Thomas
de Gardino, held at will of the said chapter by Nicholas de
la Leye.

Witnesses : Brother Robert de Somerdeby ; Brother
Nicholas de Accumbe ; Brother Humphrey de Wykham ;
Brother Henry de Basynges ; Brother John de Messyngham ;
Brother John de London ; Brother William Cosyn, then
Preceptor of Staundon. Dated at Melcheboum,' " in cele-
bracione Capituh nostri ibidem."

Seal of the Chapter, with counterseal of William de Tothale.

1311, May 23. — Grant from Simon de Lega, " nuncius
quondam Celebris memorie Domine Alianore, Regine Anghe,"
to Gilbert de Wygeton clerk, of all his lands, etc., in the
parish of [All Hallows], Berkingchurche, London, in Sjrvethen-

1 Standon, oo. Hertford.
^ Flashes, in Standon.
.8 Melchboume, co. Bedford.

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strate/ between the tenement of Richard de Gray on the
south and " ci[miterium Sancti Olavi] versus Turrim
London' " on the north.

Witnesses : Richer de Refham, mayor ; Simon Corp and
Peter de Blakeneye, sheriffs ; William de Combe-Martin,
alderman of that ward ; Roger de Frowyk ; Gilbert le Hurer ;
John de Stratford ; William de Finchingfeld ; Robert le
Maderman ; John de Rameseye ; John Priour ; Benedict de
la More ; Thomas le Coupere ; Simon Tourgys ; Ralph the
Clerk.

1311, September 5. — Grant from Monsieur Robert de
Mohaut, steward of Chester, to Sir John de Bracebrugge,
knight, of lOl. of yearly rent in Walton, co. Derby. In con-
sideration of this grant, Sir John " a done et graunte affaire
son leal servise de chivalerie a I'avantdit Sire Robert a toute
sa vie pour la rente avantdit, aussi bien en temps de pees
come de guerre, et en touz lieus ou il besoignera de son
serviz, par la ou la presence I'avauntdit Sire Robert serra,
et en toutes terres et en touz regions, hors pris la Terre
Seynte, quant des foiz et quel hoiire que il serra de lui coven-
ablement garni et maunde, a la mounture et a les robes et a
les propres custages I'avantdit Sire Robert resonablement
sicome il affiert a chivalier estre trove de son seigneur, et
restor des chivaus, de palefroi, de somer, et de rouncyn, son
vadlet, son hakeney, et son somer en temps de guerre, solum
resonable pris par I'avantdit Sire Robert prisie."

Small seal with shield hearing a lion rampant.

1312, March 12. — Demise from Roger de Morteyn, knt.,
for the term of his life, to Richard de Wyluby, the younger,
of his manor of Cossale,^ with " housbote " and " haybote "
by the view of his " wodeward " in his wood of Cossale Lount,
and appurtenances, excepting his coalmine {minero carbonum),
wood, and court of free men and the heriots and ransoms
for the lands of the freemen and bondmen (nativi), at an
annual rent of 4Z.

Witnesses : Adam de Cossale ; Robert his son ; Roger de
Bruimesleye' ; Richard Martel, of Chilwell* ; John de Aldes-
worthe.^

1314, November 4. — Letters patent of Edward II. granting
licence for Roger de Mortejm to assign to Richard de
Wylgheby, senior, 80 acres of wood in Wolaton and the
advowson of the churches of Wolaton and Cosshale, held by
him of the king in capite of the Honour of Peverel.

[Calendar of Patent Bolls 1313-17, p. 197.]

1 Seething Lane.

2 Cossall, 00. Notts.

3 Brinsley, co. Notts.
* CJhilwell, CO. Notts.

^ Awsworth, CO. Notts,

1316, May 1.— Demise by Richard de Willoughby to
Adam son of Nicholas and to eight other men of Cossale
[Cossall, CO. Notts] of his mine of sea coal [in CossaU ?], with
exemption from payment of rent when hindered from
working by firedamp.

Hec est convencio facta inter Ricardum de Wilwebi,
Dominumi ^q Cossal', ex nna parte, et Adam filium
NicoUai, Adam le Moner, Johamiem Everard, Henricum
filium Bate, Galfridum filium Heiu-ici Everard, Evera[r]dum
filium NicoUai, Henricum de Kidisley, de Cossale, ex a,ltera,
videlicet quod dictus Ricardus concessit et ad firmam dimisit
predictis Ade et sociis suis minam suam de carbone marino
in una placea terre arrabilis, que vocatur ' le Vytestobbe ' ;
reddendo pro quolibet picoss[io]2 per septimanam duodecim
denarios quotienscumque operaverint, in parte vel in toto,
vel operare poterint, nisi impediti fuerint propter inundacionem
aque vel ventum,' qui vocatur ' le dampe,' tunc ilhs de
societate, qui impediti fuerint, allocentur quamdiu aqua vel
le damp' durent.* Et si contingat, quod operent^ per tres
dies, dabunt per diem duos .denarios et obolum pro quolibet*
piccos[io] ; si per quatuor dies in septimana, dabunt duodecim
denarios. Preterea predicti Adam et socii sui gutturam,
que dicitur " Ze sowe,"'' propriis suis sumtibus reparabunt.
Vult etiam et concedit dictus Ricardus, quod Adam filius
NicoUai et quiUbet sociorum suorum predictorum, tarn in
egritudine* quam in sanitate, pro voluntate sua partem suam
operis predicti vendere vel ad firmam dimittere vel aUcui
partem suam concedere possit, excepto Ricardo filio Loce :
ita tamen, quod dicto Ricardo de firma sua modo debito
respondeatur. Preterea concedit dictus Ricardus, quod nuUus
operarius ad operacionem' dicte mine sine voluntate et elec-
cione dictorum Ade [et] sociorum suorum uUo sensii admit-
tatur. Et ad omnia premissa observanda, quilibet dictorum,
pro se et heredibus suis et executoribus suis, obligat se et per
se in solucionem et principalem debitorem ad' omnia premissa
observanda et tenenda. Predictus Ricardus et heredes sui
predictam minam in forma prenotata dictis Ade et sociis suis
warantizabunt et presens pactum in omnibus suis articulis
observabunt sine fraude.

In cujus rei testimonium sigilla partium huic scripto inden-
tato alternatim sunt appensa. Datum apud Cossale, Calend[is]
Maii, anno regni Regis Edwardi, filii Regis Edwardi, nono.

Idem Adam et socii sui^° implebunt puteos propriis suis
sumtibus et reparabunt. [Cancelled.]

1 Dominus, MS.

2 Pickaxe (Old French picois).

* ventus, MS.

* durant, MS.
5 operant, MS.

* quilibet, MS.

^ See Prof. Wright, English Dialect Dictionary, s.v. ' sough, 2. '

8 egritale, MS.

* Repeated in MS.
l" sociis suis, MS.

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1319, October 8.— Letters patent of Edward II. granting
licence for William de Morteyn to enfeoff Richard de
Wylughby of the manor of Wollaton, excepting 26 mes-
suages, 20 acres, 17^ bovates of land, 4 acres of meadow,
and 80 acres of wood and the advowson of the church ;
which manor is held of the king in chief as of the Honour
of Peverel.

[Calendar of Patent Rolls 1317-1321, p. 393.]

1327, May 6.— Letters patent of Edward III. granting
licence for John of Watenowe to enfeoff John le Colier, of
Notingham, of 14 acres of land in Sutton Passeys, held in
chief. ^

[Calendar of Patent Rolls 1327-1330, p. 100.]

1328, September 4.— Letters patent of Edward III. grant-
ing licence for Simon le Jorce, of Wymundeswold,^ to enfeoff
Richard de Wylughby and Isabel, his wife, of a messuage
and a carucate of land in Wymundeswold and Houton,* held
of the king in chief. * 188

[Calendar of Patent Rolls 1327-1330, p. 318.J

1331, November 11. — ^Agreement made at London, whereby
Estout de EstouteviUe, son and heir of Monsieur Nicholas de
Estoteville, agrees to enfeoff Monsieur Richard de Grey, lord
of Codenovre, of his manors of Barton-on-Trente* and
Brademere,^ co. Nottingham, and to recognize his right
thereto by a fine to be levied in the king's court at Westminster
in the quinzaine of Easter, 1332, and to make aU surety pos-
sible in the courts of France and of England. The said
Richard agrees to pay him therefor 800Z.

Witnesses : " Mons. Rauf, Counte D'Eu, Conestable de
Fraunce " ; Mons. Robert de Estoteville ; Mons. Henri de
Beaumont ; Mons. Raufe de Estoteville ; Mons. William de
Beseville ; Johan de Polteneye, Mayor of London ; Mons.
Richard de Lacy, John de Graham, and John Priour, " le
puysne cyteyns de Loundres."

French.

1332, March 26. — Agreement for the cancelling of a bond
in 100?., in which Mons. Baudewyne de Fryvill' is bound to
Philip de Hardeshull', upon condition that the said Baude-
wyne do, between the date of these presents and the feast
of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist next, enfeoff John,
his son, and Ehzabeth, daughter of Mons. John de Hardes-
huU, and John and Elizabeth's heirs of lands of the yearly
value of 30Z. ; and secure them lands of the yearly value of
51. of the land held by Dame Johane, mother of the said
Baudewyne, after her death ; and secme to them the castle

1 This occurs in the bundle of deeds of 1 Edward I.

2 Wimeswold, co. Leicester.

* Hoton, CO. Leicester.

* Barton-in-Fabis, oo. Notts.
B Bradmore, co. Notts.

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of Tamworth and appurtenances, together with the tene-
ments held by the said Johane in Middelton, after her death
and the death of Baudewyne and EHzabeth, his wife ; and
make aquittance to Phihp of 40 marks, in part payment of
250/., in which John de HardeshuU is bound to Baudewyne
for the marriage of the said John, son of Baudewyne, and
of Elizabeth, daughter of John de HardeshuU.

1332, April 15. — Letter of Queen PhUippa acknowledging
receipt from Ida Lestrange, her damsel, of certain crowns and
other jewels.^

Ph[ilipp]e, par la grace de Dieu, Reyne d'Engleterre, Dame
d'Irlaunde, et Duchesse d'Aquitaine, a touz ceux qi cestes
lettres verrount, saluz. Sachez nous avoir receu devers
nous meismes en nostre chaumbre de nostre ch[ier]e
damoisele Ide Lestraunge les choses souzescrites queles ele
avoit de no[us] ... a garde[r], c'est assavoir, une
corone d'or od x. fleurs de ameraudes, une ruble en cheoun
fleur. Item une corone d'or od x. fleurs od emeraudes et
rubies od viij. perles, en chescune trosche une ruble en la
trosche, et d'autrepart une emeraude. Item une graunde
corone d'or od x. fleurs od emeraudes et rubies, od trosches
de perles, et en chescune trosche viij. perles et une grosse
perle en milieu. Item vme graunde corone d'or od viij. fleurs
de grosses emeraudes et grosses rubies, et une trosche de
xij. perles et une ruble dedeinz, et une autre trosche d'une
emeraude dedeinz, et chescune trosche od un saphir survo-
launt. Item une graunde corone d'or od grosses rubies,
emeraudes, diamauntz, et grosses perles, la quele ma dame
la Reyne Isabell nous d[ona] le jour de la . . . ienoef
I'an quart. Item une croiz d'or od grosses emeraudes, rubies,
et grosses perles. Item une ceynture d'orfaverie (sic) od emer-
audes, rubies et grosses perles. Des queux choses nous voloms
qe I'avantdit nostre damoisele seit deschargee et quites par
cestes noz lettres.

En tesmoignance de queu chose, nous avoms [fetes faire
cestes] lettres patentes. Don[eez] a Estaunford, le xv. jour
d'Averill, I'an du regne nostre treschere Seigneur le Roi
sisme.

1332, May 12. — Agreement by Estout de Estoutevill', son
and heir of Sir Nicholas de Estoutevill', to come over to
England at the charge of Richard de Grey, lord of Codenovre,
between the octaves of Michaelmas next to come and the
feast of All Saints to make such surety to Richard of the
manors of Barton and Brademere, of which he had enfeoffed
Richard by his charter enrolled in chancery, ^ as is ordained
in the indentures between him and Richard, as the counsel

1 These jewels do not occur iu the inventory of her plate, etc., taken
after 1369 {Archaeologia, xxxi., p. 377).

2 See Calendar of Close Bolls 13^0-1333, p. 563, and the deed of H
November, 1331, above.

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of the said Richard shall ordain. He also agrees to surrender
to him all the muniments of the said manors.
French.

1332, May 28.— Agreement between Henry, bishop of St.
Davids, and Richard le Wulf, of Putton in Gower (Gouheria),
whereby the bishop agrees to deliver Agnes Harald, of
Sweynese, to be married to John le Wolf, son and heir of
Richard; and Richard agrees to enfeoff Sir Philip de
Sweynese, rector of Penmayn,i and William de Clynton, as
feoffees of the said John and Agnes, of all his lands in
England and Wales, excepting a tenement that Macy, his
daughter, has of his gift in Kyngestrete, co. Dorset, reserving
to himself for his Ufe the manor of Putton and a caruoate of
land in Nydenench. Many provisions follow.

Witnesses : Sir John, abbot of Certeseye, and Sir John,
prior of the same ; Sir Philip Harald, of Sweynese ; Hugh
de Paunton ; Walter de Coumb ; Nicholas Drew. Dated at
Certeseye.

1332, July 25. — Grant from Mons. Richard de Grey, lord
of Codenovre, to his daughter Maud, who was the wife of
John de Gravesende, of iOl: of rent in his manor of Shiryngham,*
in exchange for the manor of Gravesende,^ which she grants
to him for the term of her life. A long hst of the free tenants
and " bondes " from whom the said rent is to be received
is given.

Witnesses : Mons. William de Herle, Mons. Richard de
Wilughby, Mons. Rich, de Lacy, knights ; Adam le Duyn ;
Walter de Enemere ; Robert de Brondissh, clerk ; Peter
de Belegrave. Dated at Westminster.

1332, September 20. — Grant from John de Brom and
Idonya, his wife, to Sir Richard de Wylughbye, knight, and
Nicholas, his son, of two plots (placeas) of meadow in
Carleton near Gedelyng,* which the said Idonya had of the
feoffment of William de Bazage, one of which is called
" Stondole " and the other " Segdale."

Witnesses : Richard Ingram, of Gedelyng ; Roger Duket,
of Carleton ; and Richard de la Bazage, of the same ; John
Broim, of Gedelyng ; John Moyngne, of Carleton.

1332, November 17. — Grant from Ralph de Camoys,
senior, knight, to Sir John Latymer, knight, son of Sir
William Latymer, of all the manor of Lasham, co. Southampton,
with the advowson of the church, and all his lands in
Berkham,^ in the parish of Bjmteworth.

1 Penmaen, co. Glamorgan.

2 Sheringham, co. Norfolk.
8 Gravesend, co. Kent.

* Carlton, near Gedling, co. Notts.

* Burkham, parish of Bentworth, co. Hants.

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• Witnesses : Sir Edward de Sancto Johanne, knt. ; Sir
Thomas Coudray, knt. ; Sir John de Roches, knt. ; John
de Gisorcio, Anketin de Gisorcio, Henry Wymund, Andrew
Aubry, Robert Swote, citizens* of London. Dated at
London.

1333, October 6. — Indenture between Richard de Wylughby,
justice of the King's Bench, and Adam de Stayngreve, clerk
of Geoffrey le Scrop, chief justice of the King's Bench, con-
cerning the deHvery to Richard of rolls and other memo-
randa of that court.

Memorandum, quod Dominus Rex mandavit dileeto et
fideU suo Galfrido le Scrop' breve suum clausum in hec
verba :

" Edwardus, Dei gratia. Rex Anglie, Dominus Hibernie,
et Dux Aquitanie, dileeto et fideU nostro Galfrido le Scrop',
Capitali Justitiario suo ad Placita coram nobis tenenda assig-
nato, salutem. Cum vos, de mandato nostro, ad partes
transmarinas in obsequium nostrum sitis proximo profecturus,
per quod volumus quod dilectus et fidelis noster Eicardus de
Wylughby, una cum aliis fidelibus nostris, placita ilia
teneat, dum vos in obsequio nostro sic esse contigerit ; vobis
mandamus, quod rotulos, recorda, processus, indictamenta,
et omnia alia memoranda dictum ofificium contingencia,
que in custodia vestra existunt, prefato Ricardo, per inden-
turam inde inter vos et ipsum modo debito coiSiciendam,
sine dilacione liberetis. Mandavimus enim prefato Ricardo,
quod rotulos, recorda, processus, indictamenta, et alia memo-
randa predicta a vobis recipiat et placita ilia teneat, sicut
predictum est. Teste me ipso, apud Shene, x. die Septembris,
anno regni nostri septimo." [Calendar of Close Bolls 1333-
1337, p. 77.]

Pretextu cujus brevis predictus Galfridus Uberavit prefato
Ricardo apud Eboracum per manus Ade de Stayngreve, clerici
ejusdem Galfridi, die Mercurii in Octabis Sancti Michaelis,
anno regni Regis Edwardi Tercii a Conquestu septimo,
rotulos, recorda, processus, indictamenta, et omnia aha
memoranda subscripta Bancum Domini Regis contingencia :
videlicet, rotulos placitorum, brevia, et recorda de toto anno
regni Regis Edwardi supra-dicti tercio ; et rotulos placitorum,
brevia, et recorda de toto anno ejusdem regis quarto ; et
rotulos placitorum, brevia et recorda de toto anno ejusdem
regis qiiinto ; et rotulos placitorum, brevia, recorda, essonia
et panella de toto anno ejusdem regis sexto ; et rotulos
placitorum, brevia, recorda, essonia, et panella de terminis
HiQarii, Pasche, et Trinitatis de anno ejusdem regis septimo ;
et rotulum placitorum de termino Hillaidi de aimo ejusdem
regis primo, et recorda ejusdem anni primi, et recorda de anno
ejusdem regis secundo ; et rotulum placitorum de termino
Pasche de anno regni Regis Edwardi, patris Domini Regis
nunc, nono ; et rotulos de Qvo Warranto de Itineribus
Comitatuum Norh[amptonie] et Bed[efordie] ; et unum par-

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vulum saculum cum diversis indiotamentis de Oomitatibus
Lincoln[ie] et Midd[elsexie], et cum appello Willelmi de
Wantyng et falsa moneta ; et bagam de Sancto Edmund o ;
et bagam Willelmi de Ros ; et unum parvulum saculum
cum sigillis contra-factisi de sulfure ; et unam bagam cum
quibusdam scriptis coram rege propositis et deductis.

In cujus rei testimonium huic indenture tam predictus
Ricardus quam predictus Adam de Stayngreve sigiUa sua
alternatim apposuerunt. Datum apud Eboracum, die et
anno supradictis.

1334, February 3. — Grant from Mary de Childecoumbe^ to
John de Childecoumbe, her son, and Anastasia, who was the
wife of Ralph de B3mgeham, of all her lands in Westaforde
Kny3tetone,^ which she had of the grant of Robert de
Byngeham, son and heir of Ralph de Byngeham.

Witnesses : Sir WilHam de Whitefeld, knight ; Sir Robert
de Novo Burgo, knight ; Sir Walter Harang, knight ; Walter
Baril ; Henry Schirard ; John de Warmwelle* ; Thomas
atte See.

1336, September 26. — Letters patent of Edward III. witness-
ing that whereas he lately granted to his yeoman WilUam de
Eland, for the term of kts hfe, the custody of the Castle of
Notyngham and the baihwick of the Honour of Peverel in
COS. Nottingham and Derby, together with the mills,
meadows, pastures, fisheries, rents, profits, etc., pertaining
to the same castle and baihwick, without rendering to him
anything therefor ; he now grants that William shall have
the bailiwick for ever to him and his heirs, on condition that
his heirs render to the king yearly 14 marks, which was
rendered to the king yearly for the said bailwick, as the king
finds by a certificate of the treasurer and barons of the
exchequer. [Not enrolled on Patent Rolls.] 24 (390.)

1336, July 8. — Renewal, at the request of the archbishop
of York, by the chapter of St. Mary's, Southwell, of their
inspeximus and confirmation, which had been destroyed
mahciously, of a charter of Master Simon de Curtemajori,
prebendary of Wodeburgh [Woodborough, co. Notts] in that
church, emancipating Henry son of William de Wodeburgh,
and granting to him the tenement that he held in bondage
of the prebend.

Universis Sancte Matris Ecclesie filiis, ad quorum noticiam
presentes httere pervenerint, Capitulum Ecclesie Beate Marie
Suthweir, salutem in Domino.

Noveritis nos discreti viri Magistri Simonis de Curtemajori,
dudum prebendarii prebende de Wodeburgh' in ecclesia nostra

1 contro-, MS.

2 Chileombe, co. Dorset.

3 West linighton, co. Dorset.
* Warmwell, co. Dorset

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Suthweir, cartam inspexisse Henrico filio Willelmi de Wode-
burgli' factam eo, qui sequitur, sub tenore :

" Omnibus Christi fidelibus, ad quos presens scriptum
pervenerit, Simon de Curtemajori, canonicus Suthwellensis
Ecclesie, salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noverit univer-
sitas vestra me, de consensu et voluntate . . capituli
ejusdem, manumisisse Henricum filium Willelmi de Wode-
burgh', et plenam libertatem eidem dedisse, concessisse et
hoc presenti scripto meo confirmasse, cum tota sequela sua
et cum omnibus catallis suis ; ita scilicet, quod nee ego nee
successores mei, nee aliquis nostro nomine, aliquid juris vel
clamei in corpore dicti Henrici vel in sequela sua seu in
catallis suis racione alicujus naivitatis vel servitutis de cetero
exigere vel vendicare poterimus. Concessi etiam et hoc
presenti scripto confirmavi eidem Henrico et heredibus suis
unum mesuagium et bovatam terre arabilis in villa et terri-
torio de Wodeburgh', que in naivitate sua de me tenuit :
habendum et tenendum predictum mesuagium et unam bova-
tam terre cum pertinenciis eidem Henrico et heredibus suis
de me et successoribus meis, canonicis de Wodeburgh', Ubere,
hereditarie in perpetuum ; reddendo inde annuatim michi
et heredibus meis tres solidos et sex denarios argenti, ad
festum videlicet Sancti Martini viginti unum denarios^ et ad
festum Invencionis Sancte Crucis viginti unum denarios,^ et
faciendo inde sectam ad curiam meam de Wodeburgh' ter
per annum dumtaxat. Et in testimonium premissorum
sigiUum meum presenti carte est appensum. Hiis testibus :
Magistris Johanne de Peniggeston',^ Benedicto de Halum^ ;
Domino Johanne de Grauncurt, Domino Ricardo de Upton,
Domino Ricardo de Halughton,* Domino Thoma de Nor-
manton',^ Petro in Venella de Muscham^ ; Ricardo de Nor-
manton, Roberto Brun de Halutton ; et aliis."

Cum nos igitur . . Capitulum Suthwellensis ecclesie
supradictum prefatam cartam et contenta in ea per htteras
nostras patentes nostro sigUlo signatas olim confirmassemus,
sicut fidedignorum testimonio legitime probatum extitit
coram nobis, hujusmodique littere con&macionis nostre
subdole sint subtracte, et per maliciam, quod pejus est, ut
dicitur, combuste et penitus annuUate, ipsas litteras con-
firmacionis nostre, ad rogatum venerabilis in Christo patris
et Domini, Domini Willelmi, Dei gratia, Eboracensis archie-
piscopi, Anglie Primatis, innovamus, ac ipsam cartam et con-
tenta in ea ratificamus in perpetuum per presentes, jure,
jurisdiccione, statu, dignitate et honore nostris et ecclesiarum
Eboracensis et nostre semper salvis.

In quorum omnium testimonium sigillum nostrum pre-
sentibus est appensum, presentibus Domino WiUelmo de

^ denarium, MS.

2 Penistone, co. York.

* Halam, co. Notts.

* Halloughton, co. York.

6 Normanton, parish of Southwell, oo. Notts.

* Muskham, co. Notts.

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Berecotea, Magistris Johanne de Monte Claro, et Willelmo
de Bameby, Canonicis ; Dominis Henrico KetelP, Ada de
Neuton, presbiteris, et aliis. Datum in capitulo nostro Suth-
weir, die Lune proxima post festum Translationis Beati
Thome Martins, anno gracie millesimo 000'"° tricesimo
sexto.

1338, November 8.— Release by Nicholas, abbot of Hagh-
mon, and the convent of the same, to Sir John de Cherleton,
lord of Powys, and to his wife, Hawis, of a yearly rent
8s. from the tenement in Salopesburs (Shrewsbury) that
dame Isabella Borrey formerly held and inhabited.

Seal of abbey.

[1342], October 9. — ^Letter from Thomas de Berkelee and
Anthony de Lucy to [the Wardens of the East Marches ?]
giving an account of the movements of David de Bruce in
Galloway.'

Treschers Sires ! Nous avoms bien entendue voz lettres,
qe nous vindrent yceo Meskerdy a hour' de tircz. Et de
ceo, Sires, que vous nous maundetz qe nous duss[o]ms trer par
devers vous pur la venue de nos enemys d'Escoce vers voz
marches, voilletz savoir. Sires, que a la fesauntz de cestes
nous entendismes par certeynes gentz qe David de Bruys
od son host est vers les parties de Galwayth et Loghrynton,
et ceo q'Us bient a faire, nous ne savioms a la fesauntz de
cestes. Mes, Sires, ascunes gentz nous ount certifie q'ils
voiUont entrer nostre marche, et si ils tenennt lour purpos
a ceo faire, nous vous ferroms savoir hastivement. Et, Sires,
si ceo aveyng q'ils entrent vostre marche, voilletz savoir que
nous serroms prest de perfourmir voz maundementz, mes.
Sires, toutvoys, s'il vous plest, que nous seioms garnitz par
tenps.

1- The date of this letter falls between the return of liing David from
France on 2 June, 1341 (Exchequer Rolls of Scotland, i. p. clx) and his capture
at Neville's Cross on 17 October, 1346. Although he attacked the West
Marches shortly before the battle of Neville's Cross, this letter does not refer
to his movements in that year, for on 10 October of that year he captured
Caatleton in Liddesdale after five days' siege, whereas this letter shows that
on 9 October in the year when the letter was written the latest news at
CarUsle was that he was then in Galloway. Moreover, Anthony de Lucy
died in 1343 or 1344 (Calendar of Close Rolls 1343-1346, p. 257). Anthony,
who was constable of Carhsle Castle, was busily engaged in 1340 in protect-
ing the West Marches against the threatened inroads of the Soots (Roluli
Scocie, i. .'iSQa.b, 590a, 591, 594a, 596b, etc.) In 1 August, 1341, he was
appointed warden of the Marches of Cumberland and Westmoreland (Ibid.
i. p. 611a). He was engaged in the defence of this district in the following year
(Ibid, i., pp. 625b, 627b, 633a). DugdalejBaTOwajte.i., p. 357b, states that Thomas
de Bejrkeley was appointed Warden of the Marches of Scotland in 16 Edward
III. (1342-3), but the entry in the Rotuli Scocie (i. p. 627b) cited by him does
not justify the statement, but merely orders payment, on 2 July, 1342, to
Berkeley of wages for the troops that he had agreed to find for three months
to defend the Marches of Scotland, payment whereof is charged upon money
from wool in cos. Cumberland and Westmoreland. A like order was issued
on 20 August (Ibid, i., p. 631b.) and a peremptory order dated 26 September
for the payment to him of the wages states that he was staying in the
parts of Carlisle (Ibid, i., p. 633a). King Edward embarked for France on 4
or 5 October, 1342 (Fcedera, ii., p. 1212; Cat. of Close Rolls 1341-1343, p. 660).

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Treschers Sires, nostre Seigneur soit garde de vous !
Escr[itez] a Kardoill', le ix™* jour d'Octobre.

Par Thomas de Berkelee et Antoyn de Lucy. 24.

1344, October 19. — Grant by Reginald de Cobham, admiral,
of permission for the ship called " Le Beggare" of Eylisford
[Aylesford, co. Kent], to make a voyage at the master's
pleasure, on condition that she return to her own port
by Whitsuntide.

A touz ceux qui cestes lettres verront ou orrent, Renaud
de Cobham, admyraill nostre seygnur le Roy, salutz en Dyeu.

Sachez nous avoir done conge al nef apelle " Le Beggare "
de EyUsford, dont Johan Martyn est mestre, d'aler verz
qeles parties que verra pur faire son proffit, issint qe soyt arere
a son port demesne al Pentecoste prochayn avenyr sanz
delay, [a] qele chose lyeument faire il nouz ad trove sufifisante
surte.

En tesmoynance de qele chose a cestez nos lettres avomz
mys nostre seal. Don[nes] a Londres, le dys et nofime jour
d'Octobre, I'an du regne nostre seygnur susdit d'Engleterre
dys et oytisme et de France quinte.

1344, October 20. — ^Grant from John le Colyer, of Noting-
ham, to Michael de Lyndeby, chaplain, to celebrate in the
chapel of St. Mary of Sutton' Passeys,^ for the souls of John
and of his late wife Agnes, etc., of a messuage, toft, and
5 bovates of land in Sutton' Passeys, which John had acquired
from divers men in the same town : to have and to hold
to the said Michael and his successors, chaplains there cele-
brating for the said souls ; provided that if he, or any of
his successors, cease to celebrate for eight days without
appointing a deputy, he so neglecting to celebrate shall be
amoved from the said chantry. The donor retains the right
of presentation during his life. After his death, the prior
of Lenton shall present upon each vacancy. If he fail to
present within twelve days, the presentation shall lapse to
the prior of Felleye. If he fail to present, the archbishop
of York shall present.

Witnesses : Robert de Strelleye, knight ; John de
Annes[leye], knight ; John de Cokfeld, knight ; John del
Ker ; William de Selston ; Geoffrey de Brunnesleye ; John,
son of Robert de Sutton ; Seyr de Brokestowe.

1344, November 23. — Deed of Brother Astorgius de Gorciis,
prior of Lenton, and the convent of the same, consenting to
the foundation of a chantry in the chapel of Sutton Passeys by
John le Colier. Dated at Lenton.

Seals of prior and priory.

1345, September 12.— Grant from Hugh le Tighler, of
Lincoln, and Cecily, his wife, to Ralph de Cockwell, of

1 Sutton Paaaeys, a vanished village in Wollaton Park.

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Notingham, and Emma, his wife, of a plot of land in the
Saturday Market, Notingham, between the tenement of
John de Widmerpoll on the east and the gate called "le
Chapelbarre " on the west, in breadth by the king's highway
81 feet, lying in length by the wall of Notingham from the
said gate to the end of the tenement of the said John de
Widmerpoll except room for a cart {preter iter unius carecte)
between the wall and the said plot on the west.

Witnesses : John de Tumby, Mayor of Notingham ;
Stephen le Taverner and Ralph Colier, Baihffs ; Ralph de
Wollaton; Richard de Toueton, Richard de Hilton, John
Davy, Robert de Brunneby, Hugh de Carlell, all of Notingham.
Dated at Notingham.

1351, April 25. — Grant by Robert son of Robert de Brunneby,
of Notyngham, to Sir Richard de Wylughby, senior, of a
messuage with shops in Notyngham near the lane called
"le Cowlane," formerly held by John de Perwych.

Witnesses : Hugh le Spicere of Notyngham, Mayor ; John
de Sutton and Thos. de Stafford, baihffs (and others).

1351, May 2. — ^Membrane giving contemporary copy of
agreement made at Bradford Peverell between Roger le
Walssh and Richard Peverell that Roger shall marry Joan,
daughter of Richard, receiving for her marriage 201., and
when he takes her home three robes or *" gwyd' and cot' "
and a palfrey and saddle, and three beds, two cloths {naps)
and a third of canvas, with towel and napkin (savernap), and
bacins and lavers for her chamber, and Roger shall enfeoff
feoffees of aU his lands in Chikerell and Stoke Coyllard to
re-enfeoff Roger and his wife.

French.

Copies of the feoffments and releases in connexion herewith
are given.

1352, March 23. — Grant by the abbot and convent of
Bordesleye^ to Sir Peter de Monteforti, lord of Beudesert,^
of a yearly rent of lOOs. from their manor of Soungre,* co.
Warwick.

Witnesses : Sir Roger de Aylesbury, William atte Spyne,
John de Conyngesby, Hugh de Braundeston, WUliam
d'Oddyngseles, John Sparry, Philip de Budeford, Walter de
Hereford. Dated at Soungre.

1352, March 29. — Grant by the said Peter that the abbot
and convent shall be quit of the aforesaid rent on condition
that they assign a monk chaplain of ,their convent to chant
daily for ever divine service at All Saints' altar in their convent
church according to the manner of their order, principally

1 A garment, gown. See New Englieh Dictionary, s.v. ' Gite, 1. '

2 Bordeley, parish of Tardebigge, co. Worcester.

3 Beaudesert, co. Warwick.

* Songar G-range, in Langley, parish of Claverdon, co. Warwick.

M7

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for the good estate of Peter during his life and for the souls
of Margaret, his wife, John de Mountfort, his father, Alice
de Mountfort, his mother, and John de Mountfort, his
brother, etc. Witnesses as above, with addition of Richard
de Budeford. Dated at Mounkespathe.^
Good impressions of the abbey seal.

1358. — Contemporary copy of enrolment amongst the
Memoranda of the Exchequer, Hilary Term, 32 Edward
III., concerning the reHef due from Ralph son of Ralph le
BoutUler for his mother Maud's purparty of the lands of
Philip Marmioun, her father, giving details of the division
of his lands, which Philip held the town of Tamwrth, on the
confine of the counties of Stafford and Warwick, and the
manor of Scrivelby, co. Lincoln, as an entire barony (per
integram baroniam).

1358, August 8. — Retainer by Edward, prince of Wales,
of Sir Baldwin de Ereville.

Ceste endenture faite parentre lui nobles homme monsieur
Edward eisnez filz au noble roi d'Engleterre et de Fraunce,
prince de Gales, dues de Comewaille, et counte de Cestre,
d'une part, et Monsieur Baudewyn de Frevill, d'autre part,
tesmoigne que le dit Monsieur Baudewyn est pur terme de
sa vie demoree ove le dit prince, pemant pur son service
q'il ferra au dit prince annuelement quarrante Uvres a terme
de la vie le dit Monsieur Baudewyn des issues et profitz
surdantz du manoir de CheDlesmore, de la viUe de Coventree,
et de la feeferme de la priorie de Coventree, par les meyns
du receivour ou autre gardein le dit prince iUeoques, qi pur
le temps serra, a les termes de Seint Michiel et de Pasque
par oweles porcions. Et que a quele heure que le dit prince
irra pur la guerre, le dit monsieur Baudewyn prendra pur
tauntz des gentz come il amenera ove dit le prince ataunt
come autres de son estat prendront pur I'afferant des gentz
q'il amenera.

En tesmoignance de quele chose auxibien le dit prince come
le dit monsieur Baudewjm ount a ceste endenture entre-
chaungeablement mis lour seals. Donne a Londres, le viij.
jour d'Augst, I'an du regne le roi Edward Tierz apres le
Conquest d'Engleterre trentism secound et de Fraunce
disneofism.

1360, August 3. — Grant by Richard de WUughby, knight,
the elder, to Sir Richard de Stanford and Sir Thomas de
Eperston, chaplains celebrating in the chapel of St. Mary,
Sutton Passeys, for the souls of John Colier, Agnes, his wife,
and of their children, and for the souls of Sir Richard de
Wilughby, father of the grantor, and of Adam de Wellom,
formerly rector of Wolaton, and for the good estate of the

1 Monkspath (Hall). ,

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grantor and Elizabeth, his wife, Richard Colier, and their
children, of 100s. of yearly rent from certain specified
tenements in Notingham. The presentation to both chantries
is reserved to the grantor and his heirs, and in default to
the archdeacon of Notingham, and in his default to the
archbishop of York.

Witnesses : Hugh le Spicer, mayor of Notingham ; John
Davy and John de Chastre, bailiffs ; Richard Samon, John
Salmon, Richard le Colier, John de Briggeford, John Loterell,
William Coher, William de Lancastre, Richard de PoUes-
worth, Roger de Gamelston, John Ingram. Dated at
Notingham.

1362. — Copies of inquisitions post mortem of Richard de
Wylughby, the elder, in the counties of Leicester, Lincoln,
and Derby. He died 14 March, 36 Edward III. Richard,
his son, is his next heir, and is aged 40 and more.

[Cf. Galendarium Inquisitionum post Mortem, ii., p. 256,
no. 81.]

1363, July 5. — Release by Joan, abbess of Shaston,i to
Edmund Fitz Herberd and Elizabeth Pitz Roger, tenants
of the manor of Mapelerton,^ of all arrears of the ferm up to
Michaelmas next. Dated at Henton.

Fine impression of seal.

1367, February 24. — Admission by John, bishop of Lincoln,
of John de Baggeworth, priest, to the chantry of St. Mary
of Sapecote,^ void by the resignation of Richard Basset, the
last chaplain thereof, on the presentation of Sir Richard
Basset, knight. Dated 1366, in the fourth year of the
bishop's consecration.

1385, April 4. — Retainer by John, duke of Lancaster, King
of Castile and Leon, of Ralph Bracebridge.

Ceste endenture fait parentre le puissant prince Johan,
roy de Castell et de Leon, due de Lancastre, d'une part, et
Mons[ieur] Rauf Braissebrugge, d'autre part, tesmoigne que
le dit Mons[ieur] Rauf est retenuz et demorez devers le dit
roy et due pur lui servir a terme de sa vie, tant en temps
de pees come de guerre, en manere que s'ensuyt, c'est assaveir
que le dit Mons[ieur] Rauf serra tenuz deservir meisme celuy
roy et due pur pees et pur guerre a terme de sa vie, et de
travailler ovesque lui as queles parties q'il plerra au dit roy
et due, bien et covenablement arraiez pur la guerre ; et serra
le dit Mons[ieur] Rauf en temps de pees as bouche et gages
de court pur lui meismes a ses diverses venues illoeques, quant
il serra envoiez par les letres du dit roy et due de son

1 Shaftesbury, co. Dorset.

2 Mapperton, co. Dorset.

3 Sapoote, CO. Leicester.

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mandement, ovesque un son esquier, qi serra tout soulement
a bouche de court. Et prendra le dit Mons[ieur] Rauf en
temps de guerre du dit roy et due au tieulx fees et gages pur
la guerre par an pur lui et pur son dit esquier come autres
bachelers de samblable estat et condicion prendront, par
les meines du tresorer du dit roy et due pur la guerre, qi pur
le temps serra. Et endroit des chivalx de guerre preises et
perduz en la service du dit roy et due, et del comencement
de son an de guerre, et des prisoneres et autres profitz de guerre
par lui ou nuU de ses gentz prisez ou gaignez ensemblement,
et de I'eskippeson pur lui, ses gentz, chivalx, et autres leur
hernoises, le dit roy et due ferra a lui come as autres
bachelers de son estat et condicion.

En tesmoignance de quele chose a ycestes endentures les
parties avantdites entrechangeablement ont mys leur sealx.
Don' a Leycestre, le quart jour d'Aprill, I'an du regne nostre
tresredoute seigneur le Roy Richard Seconde puis la Con-
queste 05rtisme.

Seals missing.

1390, March 12. — Demise for twenty-nine years from John
Dabrigecort, knight, to Robert Bay, of Cossall, "William
Gamam, and Nicholas Batell, of Trowell, of " tres partes
cujusHbet putei cujusdam minure (sic) carbonum " in the
places called " Morebrech " and " Wodebrech " in the fields
of Trowell, rendering therefor every week for a " pyk "
of hard coal 2s. Qd., and for a " pyk " weekly of " culm "
I2d. The lessees shall pay the whole ferm if they work three
days, and if they work only two days and a half, they shall
pay half the ferm. " Et predicti Robertus, Willelmus, et
Nicholaus operentur in predicta minura nichil eos impediente,
salvis semper eisdem Roberto, Willelmo, et Nicholao et
heredibus suis damp' et aqua. Et quod idem Johannes et
heredes sui allocabunt predictis Roberto, Willelmo, et
Nicholao, heredibus et assignatis suis, wateregates et heddryftes
durante termino predicto." Dated at WoUaton.

Witnesses : Thomas Tochet, Peter de Strellay, John
Hancok, chaplain.

1402, December 22. — Grant by Agnes Denteth, of Not-
yngham, relict of Henry Shypwryght, of Notyngham, to Sir
William Ode, chaplain, of Notyngham, of a rent of 2s. and
two hens yearly from a messuage with appurtenances and
buildings in Notyngham on the rock {super rupem), lying
between her tenement in which she now dwells and the
tenement formerly belonging to John Luterell, which John
de Hertyll now holds.

Witnesses : Thomas de Mapurley, mayor of Notyngham,
Thomas de Roley and John de Alastre, bailiffs ; John Samon ;
John de Plumptre ; John de Tannesley ; Henry de Plumptre.

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1402, December 25. — ^Manumission of a serf by Edmund
de Willoughby, with exemption from serving as bailiff of
the manor and from other servile obligations.

Pateat universis per presentes, quod ego Edmundus de
Weloghby, dominus de Dunnesby, manumisi et ab omni jugo
servitutis Uberavi Willelmum Large de Dunnesby, nativum
meum, cum omnibus bonis et catalUs suis et cum tota sequela
sua, procreata et procreanda. Insuper ego pref atus Edmundus
concessi predicto WUlelmo et heredibus suis, quod nunquam
fient baUivus meus ville nee curie, set ab omni jugo servitutis
ipsos deUberavi, ita vero quod nee ego predictus Edmundus
nee heredes nee assignati mei aUquid juris vel clamii racione
alicujus viU[e]inagii erga predictum Willelmum Large, seu
aliquo de sequela sua procreata vel procreanda, seu de bonis
vel cataUis ejusdem Willelmi de cetero exigere vel vendicare
poterimus in futurum, set ab omni accione premissa simus
exclusi imperpetuum per presentes. In cujus rei testimonium
huic presenti scripto meo sigUlum meum apposui. Data
apud Dunnesby, die Mercurii proxima ante festum Apos-
tolorum Simonis et Jude, anno regni regis Henrici Quarti a
Conquesto Anglie quarto.

1403, August 10. — Letters Patent of Henry IV. ordering
Hugh BurneU to defend the town of Shrewsbury against
Owen Glendower (Owinus de Gleyndouredy).

[Calendar of Patent Bolls, 1401-1405, p. 285.]

1404, November 18. — ^Probate of will of John Frome.
Body to be buried in the nave of St. Andrew's church,
Sonnyng [Sonning, co. Berks] before the cross. To the fabric
of Salisbury church, 20s. To the fabric of the church of
Wyntrebom Caam [Winterborne Came, co. Dorset], 40s.
To the fabric of the church of Horton [co. Dorset], 20s.
To the fabric of the church of Knolton [? Knowlton, co.
Dorset], lOs. To the fabric of the church of Bokyngham
[Buckingham], 20s. To the fabric of Castilmylbrigge, Bokyng-
ham, 20s. To the fabric of WeUendebrigge, Bokyngham, 20s.
To the two hermits of Bokyngham, 3s. id. each. To be
distributed amongst his villeins (natives) and those holding
in villeinage {native tenentes) in Borton, 100s. according to
the discretion of his executors. To the friars minor of Dor-
chestre 10^. to celebrate for his soul. To the abbot of Shirborn
[Sherborne, co. Dorset], a silver gilt chaUce. To the testator's
two daughters, two silver cups of one suite made in the manner
of a chalice. " Item IsabeUe, filie mee, aulam^ meam paiyd
de albo rubeo et viridi, cum toto apparatu. Item predicte
IsabeUe lectum meum de rubio et viridi, cum costeris^ et toto
apparatu, videHcet cum mairas et canavas et j. par linthia-
tninum, j. par de blanket'. Item Johanne, fihe mee, lectum

1 For aulceum ' hangings. '

2 Curtains, bed-hangiags.

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meum de albo et rubeo cum costeris et toto apparatu. Item pre-
dicte Johamielectum meum magnum rubeum cum duobuslongis
costeris rubeis et toto apparatu, videlicet cum matras, canavas,
j. pari hlanlceV et j. pari linthiaminum, cum quysshons^ et
bankers'^. Item predicte IsabeUe, lectum meum apud London'
cum toto apparatu, et omnia alia utencilia domus existencia
ibidem. Item lego Willelmo, fratri meo, unum lectum rubeum
secundum meliorem, videlicet cum uno tester et dimidio celer',^
cum iij. curteinis, j. canevas, j. matras, j. pari blanket', et
j. pari lintheaminum, et coopertorium cum tester operis de
Wynchestre, ultra omnia alia que modo habet, que etiam sibi
lego. Item Johanni Saydon unum lectum, videlicet coo-
pertorium cum uno tester operis de Wynchestre, j. canevas,
matras, j. pari de blanket', una pari de (sic) linthiaminum,
et ahum coopertorium sufficiens." To Thomasina Carpynter,
20s. To Sir Thomas, the testator's brother, a round bowl
(bollam) with a cover of silver. To Richard, his brother, a
silver piece (peciam) with a cover of silver. To Richard
Masun, 13s. 4d., in addition to the salary due to him. To
Janyn, 3s. 4d., beyond his salary. To Thomas Coke, 20s.
To Hugh, 6s. 8d. To WiUiam Kene, 20s. To Roger atte
Wode, 2s. To William Hoggys, 2s. To Richard atte Wode,
25. To Richard Ryver, 2s. To John Thurborn, 2s. To
Richard Willam, 2s. To Payn Pulter and his wife, 2s. If
his other goods not bequeathed are insufficient for the
payment of his debts, he wills that deduction {defalcazio) of
this testament shall be made at the discretion of his executors.
On the third day of his burial lOl. to be distributed for his
soul. Executors, WiUiam Fyloll and Richard Frome, the
testator's brother.

Armexed is the certificate of probate on 24 November,
1404, before John Perche, clerk, commissary of the arch-
bishop of Canterbury.

[1415,] July 6. — *Letter from H[enry Beaufort], bishop of
Winchester, to WUUam Filliol, requesting him to confer upon
the bishop's secretary the chapel of Wilkswood [parish of
Langton Matravers, co. Dorset].

Treschier et tresentierement bien ame, nous vous salvoums
souvent et de tresentier coeur. Et vous esmercions tres-
acerces de vostre bon promis et de ce qu'U vous ad pleu,
par consideracion de nous, nous envoier responce sur noz
autres lettres, que vous vouldriez garder la chapelle de Wylch-
eswod pour nostre treschier et tresame clerc et secretaire
Richart Petteworth jusques au temps que vous et luy en

1 Cushions.

2 Bench coverings.
2 Canopy.

* The date is fixed by the fact that Richard Petworth, the person
in whose favour the letter is written, succeeded as prior or master of the
priory, chantry or chapel of Wilkswood in 3 Henry V (Hutchins, Dorset,
ed. 3, i., p. 641b), and that in the same year William Talbot, warden of the
chantry, delivered to William Filliol the muniments of the priory (Ibid.).

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eussiez parl6 ensemble plus au plain, a quelle temps mesme
nostre clerc averoit la dicte chapelle, comme nostre Men
ame serviteur John' Shirbourne nous reportast plainemenfc
de par vous a nostre singuler plaisur la vostre treschier
mercy. Si vous prioums tresentierement de vostre bonne
continuance envers nostre dit clerc touchant son encres a
la dite chapelle sanz lai en failler, que ne vouldrions en null
manier, consideree que nous avons fait mesme nostre clerc
lesser autre sien benefice pour la cause suisdite, aiants en vous
ferme espoir et affiance que nous vous trouveroums le plus
favorable a nostre dit clerc par consideracion de nous, par
ainsi que a son venu devers vous pour la final conclusion de
vostre dit promis, vous ne vueiUez rien convoiter de nostre
dit clerc aultrement que raison et conscience ne demandent.
Sur quoy vous prioums outre ce que vous vous vueillez tiel-
lement acquiter en la dicte matier que nous soions tenuz de
faire pour vous de toute nostre poair comme pour chose faite
a mesme nostre personne. Et nostre Seigneur vous ait en
garde ! Escript a nostre palix a Wincestre, le vj. jour de
Juillett.

H.^ Evesque de Wincestre,
Chanceller d'Angleterre.

[Addressed ;] A nostre treschier et tresentierement bien ame
William Fillyoll, esquier. 24.

This letter is written on paper, and has been folded up in
a square shape. At the back cross lines have been roughly
drawn with red chalk or paint, and a very small seal, sur-
rounded with a twisted straw, has been affixed at the inter-
section of the four Hnes of the cross. The letter seems to
have been closed by a narrow strip of paper, parchment, or
thread beneath the seal, for there are two small cuts in the
paper under the seal and corresponding cuts in the other side
of the paper.

1416, January 12. — Contemporary copy of the will of
WiUiam FiloU. His body to be buried in his parish church
of St. Wulfilda, Horton [co. Dorset]. To the fabric of the
cathedral church of Salisbury, 20s. To the fabric of the
church of Horton, 135. id. To Joan, his sister, 405. To
Roger WilHam, 205. To John Hendy of Wynterborn Belet,
carter, 20s. To John Cartere of Wynterbome Heryng [Win-
terborne Herringston, co. Dorset], 205. To Simon Talbot,
his black gown (jupa) of liyre. To Thomas Boteler, his
pantlerer, his gown (jupa) of green and mustervilers. To
John Burton his gown (jupc^ of " mottele." To John
Batell his gown (jupa) of green of Fryse. To John Reson
his gown (jupa) of green and " forstnithemede "^ and his huke
(hucum) of green double. To Stephen Wychynore, 61. To
Richard Edward, 13s. Id. To Richard William, 13s. 4d. To
John Hendy of Wodeland [Woodlands, co. Dorset], 13s. 4d.

1 The initial H is a bold and elaborate letter,

2 Not in New English Dictionary,

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To John Bussell, his fermor of Langeton Heryng [Langton
Herring, co. Dorset], his striped single gown {jupam meam
stragyl' sengle). To Roger atte Wode, his green gown (jupa).
To John TrenchefoiU, his furred striped gown {jupa). To
Nicholas Arney, 53s. 4d., which he owes to the testator, and
two doublets of black worsted. To Ralph Walssh, his long
sword called " Percy." To Robert Derby, his baselard with
knife. To Nicholas Arney, his short sword sheathed. To
Ralph Walssh, his short sword, which he had of the said
Ralph's gift. To John Reson, his short sword not sheathed.
To Robert Derby, his black horse. To Ralph Walssh, his
bay horse. To Simon Talbot, a pair of white " plates," with
the " pauns, vauntbrases, et rirebraces, greves, et quysshews ad
eosdem plates competentibus." To Nicholas Arney, a pair of
black plates and his bascinet. To Alice Drayton, 6s. 8(i.
To Ahce Cowhurd, 3s. 4ci. To Richard Peaworth, his hood
of scarlet. To John Parker, of Blakedon, 13s. 4d. and his
hood of black of Lyre. To John Wodeham, 106s. M., which
he owes to the testator. To John Drapere, 13s. 4d. The
rest of his treasure found in his chests and in the hands of
his debtors shall be disposed for his burial, and shall be
distributed among the priests and the poor for the health
of his soul, by the hands of John Wodeham and Simon Talbot,
his executors. To Joan, his wife, and to his children, to be
found and governed by her, aU the residue of his goods and
chattels. Executors, his wife and the said John and Simon.
Supervisor, Robert Darby.

1420, March 31.— Will of Jane, late the wife of Sir Richard
Arches, and of Sir WilUam Cheyne, Chief Justice of the King's
Bench, formerly the wife of William Fillol.

Copia ultime voluntatis domine Johanne, que fuit uxor
Willelmi Cheyne, mUitis, CapitaUs Justiciarii de Banco Domini
Regis, et quondam uxoris WUlelmi Kloll, de comitatu
Dors[etie], armigeri, facte in pura viduetate sua post mortem
Richardi Arches, nuhtis, similiter viri ejusdem Johanne, prout
scribitur in Anglicis manu Simonis Talbot in quodam scripto
indentato et sigillato per eandem Johannam super statum
factum Nicholao Arney, Simoni Talbot, et ahis per eandem
Johannam de manerio suo de Wynterboume Belet et aliis
terris et tenementis cum suis pertinenciis de hereditate ejus-
dem Johanne in comitatu predicto, prout monstratum et
recordatum fuit per predictos Nicholaum et Simonem in
canceUaria Domini regis virtute brevis ejusdem Domini regis
eisdem Nicholao et Simoni directi, et primo die Junii, anno
regni regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum xxj™° returnati
coram Magistro Johanne Stafford, episcopo Bathoniensi et
WeUensi, adtunc cancellario predicti Domini regis, sequitur
in hec verba :

Be hyt y-knowe to all maner men that shale hure or see
thys Bcrite endentid that the wiUe and the entente of me

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Johane, late wyfe of Sir Richard Arches, knyght, ys pleinely
and fully as hyt ys y-write here after sewyng, that ys for
to wyte that there as Robert Derby, esquier, Nicholl' Arney,
and Simon Talbot beth y-feffid and y-seisid yn all my maner
of Wynterboume Relet and yn all my londys and tenementz,
rentys, servises, reversions and comunes of pasture wyth the
appurtinaunces yn Wynterbourne Relet, Wynterboume Houn-
dyngton, Staford, Kyugston Mawreward, and Wynterboume
Kyngeston yn the shire of Dors[et] ; and also there as the
forseide Robert Derby, Robert Rempston, Nicholl' Arney, and
Simon Talbot buth y-feffid and y-seisid yn all my maner of
Wodelond and Knolton wyth the appurtinaunces yn the
foreside shire, as by diverse dedys endentid to hem thereof
y-made openly hyt ys declarid, that the forseide Robert
Derby, Robert Rempston, Nicholl' and Simon shale fynde
and susteyne and do marie Avice, Isabele, and Alianore, my
doghtres, wyth the profites and the issues that shale come
of the forseide maners, londes, and tenementz wyth the appur-
tinaunces, and yn cas that y dye, Johan Filoll, my sone,
beyng of full age of xxj. wynter and more, that thenne the
forseide Robert Derby, Robert Rempston, Nicholl' and Simon
shale yeve and graunte all the forseide maneres, londes and
tenementz wyth the appurtinaunces fuUy as hyt ys compre-
hendid jm the dedys to hem thereof y-made of my yefte and
my graunte to the forseide Johan Filoll and hys heires for
evermore. And yn cas the forseide Johann FiloU die aftyr
the decese of me or [=before] he be of full age, thenne I wole
that the foreseide Robert Derby, Robert Rempston, Nicholl'
and Simon shall 3eve and graunte all the forseide maners,
londys and tenementz wyth the appurtenaunces to Avice,
Isabele, and Ahanore, my doghtrys forseide, whenne hy cometh
to here full age, and to here heyres for evermore. And yn
caas that the forseide Avice, Isabele, and Alianore dye after
my decesse, or the forseide johan, my sone, come to hys full
age, thenne y wole that all the profytes and issues that shale
come of the forseide maneres, londys, and tenementz wyth
the appurtinaunces yn the mene tyme shale be ordeined and
disposed for the hele and the profite of my soule and the
soule of Williem FiloU, that some tyme was myne housebonde,
aftyr the discrescion of the forseide Robert Derby, Robert
Rempston, Nicholl and Simon. And yn caas that Johan
FiloU forseide dye or he come to hys fuU age, Avice, Isabele,
and Alianore, my doghtres forseide beyng wythynne here fuU
age, thenne y wole that aU the profites and issues as hit ys
forseide that shale come of the forseide maneres, londys, and
tenementz wyth appurtinaunces yn the mene tyme or
[^ before] hy [= they] come to here fuU age shale be do for
my soule and for the sowle of WiUiam FUolI as hyt ys byfore
declarid. In wytnesse of wheche wrytyng above y-wryte, to
that other part of this scrite endentid remeynyng wyth the
forseide Robert Derby, Robert Rempston, Nicholl' and Simon
y the forseide Johane have sette my seale, and to that other

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parte of the same scrite endentid remeyning wyth me, the
forseide Johane, Robert Derby, Robert Rempston, Nicholl'
and Simon forseide haveth sette here seales. Thys scryte
was y-wryte ate Wodelond, on the Soneday next comyng
aftyr the feste of the Annunciacion of Owre Lady Seinte
Marie, the viij. yere of the regnjmg of Kyng Harry the
Fifthe."

In cujus rei testimonium predicti Nicholaus Arney et Simon
Talbot presentibus sigUla sua apposuerunt. Datum apud
Wodelond, in comitatu predicto, quarto die mensis JuUi,
anno regni regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum vicesimo
primo.

[c. 1425.] — ^Agreement made by the township of Wymund-
wold [Wimeswould, co. Leicester], with the assent of the
lords of the manors in the township, for the regulation of
the common fields thereof ; with interlineations and cancelled
clauses in a different hand and ink, probably as a revision
at a somewhat later time. Partly decayed by damp.

Statut[um] de Wymundwold.

For nejth^ pastur we orden Orrow and Breches, Woldsyke,
and Wylougby-broke,^ for to be broken on Crowchemesseday,*
and qwoso breke thise, everiche man schall pay for ich a beste
that may [be] taken in any other severeU pastur a peny to
the kjTke, therfor to go a seveny^tday.^

Also, for the ne5t pastur, after that be eten, all the qwete"
feld, scilicet Hardacre-feld namly, save Strete Havedes'
ther OS thei may not go for stroynge of korn; thise for to
endure another seveny3t[da]y, under the peyn befor
seyde.

Also, on Holy Thursday even we orden the comyns of the
Pesefeld for horsses to be broken, an[d] non [o]ther bestes
to com therinne. For if ther be any man that have any horsse
that is febull and may not do his werke for faute of mete
[and this m]ay resonably be knowen, lete hym releve of his
owen, so that he save his ney5tbur8 for harme, for and any

1 Although the day upon which these regulations were framed is given
there is unfortunately no record of the year. The document is written
upon parchment in a hand of the early part of the fifteenth century. The
only indications of the date afforded are the names of Sir John Nevill, Hugh
de Willoughby, and the proctor of the abbot and convent of Beauchief (oo.
Derby), before whom the regulations were made. The three manors in
Wimeswould were held by Nevill, Willoughby, and the abbey and convent
(Nichols, Leicestershire, iii., pt. 1, p. 502a). Sir John NeviU of Wimeswould
occurs as a witness to a deed in 1388-9, 12 Richard II. (Ibid. p.504a.) In
1432 his lands in this village were in the hands of his heir {Galendarium
Inquisitionum post Mortem, iv., p. 146a). Sir Hugh Willoughby, whoso
father died before 1415 (Testamenta Eboracensia, i., 381), survived until
1448 (Ibid, ii., p. 134).

2 ' neat ' (cattle).

3 The brook flowing through Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, co. Notts.
* The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14.

s ' to last for a week ' (se 'night).

6 • wheat. '

7 ' headlands. *

8 ' neighbour. '

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man may [q]wilke bestes lose in korn or in

gresse, he schall for ich a best pay a peny to the kyrke, and
make amendes to his [ney^tbur].

Also, on Qwysson even^ everUke man breke his severyll
gresse os hym lykes, and no man tye his horsse on other

[h]isse owen ^for to be severyll to

Lammes, ich man to ete his owen, under^ the peyn beforseyd.

Forthermor, if any [man] [plo]gh oxen for

to be releved on his severyll gresse, let hym tye hem on hisse
best maner ^or hold hem inne,^ os other men don ther
hors[ses] .... [o]n non other mannes gresse goyng to
ne fro on brode,* os thei will pay for iche a best a peny to' the
kyrke, and make [amendes] .... to hym that have
the harm.

Also, if any man tye hyse horss ^ or reche ^ on any
havedes or be syk' sydes in to any mannes korn, [he schall]
make amendes to hym that hasse the harme, and for ich a
fote that iss withinne the korn pay a peny to the kyrke.

Also, if any man [shall be] taken on nyjtturtale ' to stroye other
korn or gresse, he schall be punysched os the lawe wyll, and
pay fowr penyse to the kyrke.

[Also,] all maner of men that have any pese in the feld
qwen coddyng* tyme comes, lett [them] codde in their owen
landes* and in none other mannes [landes]. And other men or
wymmen that have non peyse of their owen growyng, lett
hem gedur hem twyse in the weke on Wennessday and on
Friday, resonably goyng in the land forowes^" and gederynge
with their handes and with no sykulse, ones befor none and
no more, for if any man or womman other that haves any peyse
of his owen and go in to any other, for ilke a tyme pay a peny
to the kyrke and lese his coddes, and the that han none and
gone ofter then it is forseyd, with sykull or withoute, schall
lese the vessell thei gedur hem in and the coddes, and a peny
to the kyrke.

Also, no man with comyn herd ne with sched^^ herd com
on the wold after gresse be mowen to it [be] maked a^nd led
away, '%ot on his owe[n],^^ and then lat hem go all togedur
on Goddes name, and if thei done, ilke a man pay for hisse
quantite of hise bestes a serten^^to the kyrke, that is for to
sey a peny for ilke a best.

I ' Whitsun Eve. '

2-2 These words have been subsequently run through with a pen.

3-3 Interlined.

* on brode = abroad.

6-6 Interlined.

« ' brook, ditch ' (AS. Uc).

7 ' in the night-time ' (adaptation of Old Norse d ndttar-]>eli, ' in the
middle of the night ').

8 ' time for taking the peas out of the cod or husk.*

9 ' lands ' or ridges of the ploughed field.

10 'furrows between the "lands " or ridges.'

II Apparently meaning a separate (i.e. private) herd (from Old English
Bceddan, Middle English schede ' to divide, separate ').

12-12 Interlined.

13 'a certain, i.e. fixed sum.' from the law Latin certttm.

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Also, if ther be any man that throwesi in any scheves on
any land for to tye on hisse horsses, he sohall make a large
amendes to hem that hane the harm, and for ich a fote pay
a peny to the k3n'ke, ^bot on his owen.^ Forthermor, if any
man tye his horse in any stubbuU and it be mowen in resonable
time, schull pay the forseyd peyn.

Also, if any man may be taken on nyjtturtale in the feld
with kart or with berynge of any other karyage in unresonable
tyme %etwene bell and beU^, pay fow[r]ty pens to the kyrke,
*save OS thus, if any man in peyse harvest, he and his
meyne,^ in fortherynge of his werke and savyng of his korn,
bynd a momynge or to® f it ] be mone schyne, all other werkes
on nyjtturtale except, save this.*

Also, aU maner laborers that wonnen' in the town and
have comyns amonges hus schull wyrke hervest werke and
other werkes for ther h3rre resonable os custum is, and not
to go to other townes, bot if thei hane* no werke or elles no
man speke to hem so that they may be excused, for if the
don, thei schall be chastesed os the law will.

Also, no man ne wommen that wyrkes hervest werke here
hom' no scheves of no mannes ^"bot if thei be gyven hem
well and truly, i" for and it may be wyst, for iche a scheffe that
thei here homm ^"withoute leffe^" schuU pay a peny to the
kyrke.

Also, no man ne wymmen glene no maner of korn that
ys abull to wyrke for is mete and to penys on the day at the
lest to help to save his ney^tbur' kom ; ne none other gleyners
that may not wyrke gleyn on no kjmnesse wysse^^ amonge no
scheves, for and^^ thei do, thei schull lese the kom [an]d a
peny to the kyrke for ilke a bur don.

Also nother comyn herd ne sched herd com' in the qwyte
corn feld to^^ the korn [be l]ad awey, ne in the pesse com
feld on the same wyse to the pese be lad away, and the comyn
herd and sched herd may go togedur os thei schuld do, in
peyn of ich a best a peny to the kyrke.

Also, that no man take away his bestes fro the comyn
herd fro Mischels tydeto jole^^togo in the qwete feld to lese
the qwete, for and any man may take any best therin, thei

I The meaning of this sentence is obscure, but it probably means
that no man shall throw down (place temporarily) upon any ' land " (that
is any ridge in the ploughed lands) in the occupation of another man sheaves
from his own ' land ' or ' lands ' in order to pack them on the backs of his
horses for transport from the open field.

2-2 Interlined.

8-3 Interlined.

*-* These words have been struck out.

6 ' servants. '

6 ' until.'

7 -dwell.'

8 'have' (contraction of 'haven').
» 'home.'

10-10 These words have been struck out.

II ' in no sort of way. '

12 -an, if.'

13 •imta.'

1* ' Yule, Christmas.'

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schall pay for iche a best a peny to the kyrke als often aa thei
may [be] taken stroyng the kom, ^and the hyrd his hire.^

*Also, if our heyward pyn a flokke of ne3t of the contre, he
schall [take] syx penys, for a floke of schep four penys, and
for ich a horsse a peny.^

And that our wold be leyd in severyll at Kandelmesse, for
if any hjnde let his bestes com ther on after, pay for ilk a
tyme four penyse to the kyrke.

Also, qwo simiever base any leyse' within the cornes, mi
lord or any man elles, let gar hom* to dele hem oute and
take a profit of them on Goddus half, and qwo so trespas,
let make amendes.

Memorandum, quod statutum erat apud Wymundwold die
Martis proxima ante festum Sancti Dunstani episcopi coram
Johanne Nevyll, milite, Hugone de Wyloughby, Willdmo de
Ratteclyff, procuratore abhatis et conventus de Bello Capite,
et communi assensu tocius villate, quod omnia infra scripta
statuta teneantur et svb pena predicta cvstodiantur. 24.

1428, 15 June. — Agreement between Thomas Beaumounte,
lord of Bakevyle, and WiUiam Rychmount of Leycestre,
' sclater,' whereby the latter undertakes to roof and cover all
the houses and buildings covered with slates {sdaV) within the
manors of Overton and Gowteby for the term of twenty
years, receiving therefore 20s. yearly for his stipend. Thomas
shall give him a gown {toga) of the suit [secta) of his yeomen
when he shall give gowns to his yeomen, and shaU find
WiUiam and his servants victuals and beds when they are
working on the said buildings. William agrees to remedy
all defects in the roofs within a week after notice have been
given to him, laying aside for this purpose all his other occu-
pations. In ca^e Thomas remove any houses or buildings
within the manors to any other places or erect new buildings,
he shall give WUUam a salary [solarium) for the same to be
agreed upon between them.

Witnesses : John Danet ; Thomas Hardewyn ; Wilham
Saunson.

1428, June 25. — Letters patent of Henry VI. granting to
WiUiam FiloU, by the mainprise of John Jurdon and Robert
Rempston, of co. Dorset, the custody for twelve years of a
messuage with curtilage in Baggeruggestrete, in the said
county, which are in the king's hands by the felony of John
Cambat, and of a messuage and eight acres of land in the
same town that belonged to Henry Trybald, lately in the
king's hands by reason of the minority of Henry's heir, and
of 1 4 acres of land in the same town, which are in the king's
hands by reason of Richard Wolf's trespass in acquiring them

1-1 Interlined.

2-2 Struck out.

» ■ meadow, leasow. '

* ' make, cause them. '

110

without the king's licence from William White and William
Trybald, and of that part of a sarjeantry in the same town in
the hundred of Knolton for which the sheriff of the county
was wont to render 5s. yearly : rendering therefor 20s.
yearly. Waker[ing].

By bill of the treasurer.
Duplicated by the roll.

[Not enrolled on Patent Roll.]

Endorsed : Fiant consimiles litere patentes Johanne, que
fuit uxor WiUelmi FUoU infrascripti, de custodia infraiscripta
habenda a festo Sancti Michaehs ultimo preterito usque ad
finem viginti annorum proximo sequencium plenarie com-
pletorum, reddendo inde viginti soKdos, prout predictus
WiUelmus reddidit, et tres sohdos et quatuor denarios ultra
de incremento per annum ad scaccarium regis ad terminos
infrascriptos, et sustentando domos, etc., per manucapcionem
Roberti Veell et Johannis Wodeham, amborum de oomitatu
Dorset. Per Thesaurarium Anglie.

Domino CanceUario.

1430, April 16. — Demise by WiUiam Alayn, Robert
Alayn, and WUHam Retheley, of Derteford, co. Kent, to
Robert Cheseman, of Eltham, and John Lalleford, of Est-
grenewych, in the same county, of aU profits, etc., of the
ferry (la veriage) over Thames from Pountfreyt,^ co. Mid-
lesex, to Estgrenewych for seven years, at a yearly rent of
26s. 8d. The said Robert and John shall maintain all bridges,
wharves (wharf) and other necessaries pertaining to the
ferry. William Alayn and Robert Alayn and their men shall
be quit and free in going and returning of ferry-charges (pro
hatellagio) pertaining to the said ferry.

1430, June 6. — Letters patent of Katherine, queen of
England, daughter of Charles, king of France, mother of
the king of England and of France, and lady of Ireland,
appointing WUliam Trowtbek, her esquire, constable of
Rothelan (Rhuddlan, co. Flint) castle during her hfe, in
place of Nicholas Saxton, esquire, appointed by the late king,
as she understands that Nicholas wishes to resign that office.
Written at her manor of Maideston. French.

Seal missing.

1430, July 22. — Indenture recording a gift by Sir Hugh
WUloughby of a service-book to the church of Tiddeswall
[TidesweU, co. Derby].

" This endentur beres wittnes that Hug' of Wiloby, knyght,
has dehverd a booke caled " portewos " to the vicar of Tid-
deswall, Richard of Lytton, WiUiam Bradshagh, John of
More, Robert Wodroff, John of Nedham, forsters, Robert of
Bagshagh, Robert of Peek, Nicholas Martyn, John Hoylele,

1 Pontefraot, a manor in the parish of Stepney, co. Middlesex.

Ill

Richard Aleyn, and William of Bagshagh, in this form, that
the forseyd book may be abyding in the qwer of the kyrc of
Tiddeswall for evermore so that Roger Foljam and his wyff
and hor' [=^ their] children and Hug' of Wyloby, knyght,
and his wyfE and hor' children mey be preyd for specials
everi Sonnenday in the forseyd kyrc at the pulpitt and in
all other gude preyers in that kyrc don for evermore. In
wittnes of this thing Hug' of Wyloby, knyght, for his parte,
OS the twelfe befornamed men for their partes, Ukon for hym
selfe, has put to his seal. Mad' at Tiddeswall, in the fest
of Mare Mowdleyn, the jere of owr Lorde a thowsand iiij.
hunderd and xxx." 24.

1439, August 7. — WiU of WiUiam Loudham, esquire, made
within the monastery of St. John's, Colchester. Body to be
buried in church of St. Giles, Colchester. The will contains
several bequests of wearing apparel, etc. An inventory of
the testator's goods and chattels, made by him on the
aforesaid day, is attached by the seal fillet. 179.

1442, January 29. — Probate of will of John Hede, of
Mapurley [co. Derby]. His body to be buried in the church-
yard of All Saints, K5n-khalam [Kirk Hallam, co. Derby].
His best beast for his " principal." One pound of wax to
burn about his body on the day of his biu'ial. He leaves
40d. to the assembly of his friends on that day. Residue
to Alice, his wife and executrix, who shall ordain for his soul
and children as she shall deem fit. Supervisor, Sir Richard,
rector of the church of Westhalam [West Hallam, co. Derby].

Witnesses : Sir Richard, rector of All Saints, Westhalam ;
Sir Thomas Wodehall, chaplain ; John Wynster, " parkere "
of the same.

1443, September 15. — Testament of Sir Hugh WiUughby,
noticeable for amount of plate bequeathed. It is printed
from the York registers, in Testamenta Ehoracensia, ii., p. 130.
The following schedule is pinned to it :

" Thyse ben the parcellys that John Brewod had of Maister
Byngham.

In primis the scheriffez of Coventre hath a stondyng cupp
of sylver and gylt. Item a salt seller, the wrethis gilt. Item
xj. sponys of sylver. Item left at Notyngham at the Grey
Freris a basyn of sylver, a charger of sylver, ii. pottygerz
[=: porringers] of sylver. Item a cuppe of sylver and gylt.
Item j. peyr scheitz of fyne holandez. Item v. napkynz of
diaper werk. Item Robert Broun, of Leycetir, mercer, had
of the same John vj. platerz of sylver, vj. dyschys of sylver,
iiij. sawserz of sylver, iiij. flat pesys of sylver. The somme
of iiij^=' ouncez weight, which were sold for ijs. \d. the
ouncez {sic). The which I schuld have the some of x. Ii.,
there of the said John resceved x. marc ; of the which x. marc
the said scheriffez have xxxiijs. iiijd. in golde.

112

Item a sadill and bridill with the hames, price xs.

Item a swerde, price iijs. injd. Item a dowblet of fens cost
cost (sic) xxxs. ]5at was boght of Roberi; Broun his broyer.^
of LeycetjT. Item a Frenche hat, price iijs. iiijd. Item a
peir tabyls with the case, price ijs. Item a ryng of golde
with a crapot,^ price xliijs. iii]d. Item Prestwod of Leyceter
brake away fro my gyrdiU a dager, price iijs. m]d. Item he
brake a purse with a spone of sylver and xxs. of money, iij.
ryngez of golde, price xiiijs. Item a clokfe price vs. iiijd.
Johri Blakwyn, of Leyceter, goldesmyth, had a pott of
sylver, the price vj. marc and a pece of silver, price of ij. mark
or ids. : of the which I receved xxxiijs. mjd. in mony and the
ring of golde with the grapot^ for xliijs. m]d.

Item the goldsmyth be the Cokk in Leycetyr had ij.
sawsers of sylver and ij. flatt pece of sylver. the price xls., of
the which xls. I boght a doubelet, the price iijs. . . .
peyr schetz Ipe price vjs. viijrf., a Sprewse cofer, price iiijs.,
the which is left with Robert Broun [his] brodir of Leyceter.
Item left a pair of schetz in my chamber at Notyngham, Ipe
price iijs. Item I boght a gown the which I have apon,
])e price . . . Item left at the Gray Frerys a syde gown
furryd with blak lambe, a gren gown, a wodknyf, a schert
and kerchyf." 24.

1445, September 9. — WiU of John la Zouche, knight with
bequests of annuities to his servants. All issues of his lands
to his wife Margaret for her'life. " Item volo, quod sepulcrum
meum fiat cum lapide marmorio altitudinis competenter, in-
serto cum duabus ymagiuibus de laton', ima videhcet de uno
milite armato et alia de una domina, et arcus fiat super idem
sepulcrum de maeremio, secundum ordinacionem et disposi-
cionem mei predicti Johannis. Item ordino et dispono unum
hbrum missale, unum portoforium Usus Sarisburiensis, unum
vestimentum dominicale et ahud vestimentum feriale cum
cahce pro celebracione divinorum in capeUa Sancti Petri
infra ecclesiam collegiatam Beate Marie de Southwell. Item
volo, quod die sepulture mee coUacio fiat de cibis et potubus
servientibus et tenentibus meis tantum, secundum ordina-
cionem et disposicionem executorum predictorum." Execu-
tors referred to as being named in his testament. ^ Several
requests to his feoffees regarding bequests, disposition of his
lands, etc. On a schedule attached to the will by the seal-
fillet occur the following :

" Item I bequethe to WiUiam Chaworth a hole armure,
the whiche is att Notyngham, and an armynge swyrde.

Item I bequethe to John Dedyk a pavuse* of meyll, a brace°

1 That is, ' brother. '

- A precious stone. See New English Dictionary, s.v. ' crapaud.'

" See pp. 113, 114.

' pavis,' O. French pavoia, a kind of shield.

«

5 Armour for the arm.

113

of meyll, ij. cussuesi of meyll, a pyson" of meyll in the suyte
oi the pavuse, and a swerde.

Item I bequethe to Sir Richard Hill an haburgen of Melen
[—Milan] calde a gesorant,* and a palett, a pyson of
meyll, an axe, and a swerde.

Item I bequethe to my wiffe a bevere furre, the whiche
IS m my syde goune, with all the remelantz* of furres in all
my cotes.

Item I bequethe to John Dedyk my grene goune with the
furre.

Item I bequethe to Sir Richard Hille my sangwyn goune
withe the furre and the seide syde goune.

Item I bequethe to Elizabeth Chaworth my scarlett goune
with the furre and a gilte pece callyd ' the rose,' the whiche
was gyffen unto her moder atte her maryage.

Item I bequethe unto my wyffe the pece whiche I drynke
off.

Item I bequethe unto Richard Byngham a rose pece, the
which Sir Thomas Chaworth gaffe to me.

Item I bequethe to myn auter [= altar] in the collegeall
kyrke of Suthwell ij. fyallz of sylver with a paxbreyde of
syJver, a messall and a portowos, the whiche the Lorde Zouche
gaffe me.

Item I bequethe a portowos » to the chapell of Seynt
Antony withinne the manor of Kyrkelyngton.^

Item I wille that my ij. greyles' be solde and that with the
money commynge thereof be boght a missall and that giffen
to the seyde chapeU of Seynt Antony, there to abyde for
evermore.

Item I bequethe to John Melljmge a goune of russett.
Item I bequethe to Rafe Judde a frysed goune.
Item I bequethe to the kyrke of Haryngworthe^ xiijs. m]d.
Item I bequethe to Rafe Barre a goune of russett."
[Here follows a request to his wife to permit his feoffees
to carry out his directions concerning the issues of the lands
in COS. Hertford, Suffolk, Kent, Hants and Wilts that they
have of his feoffment, as she had joint estate with him in
the said lands].

" Writen in the feste of Sejmt Laurence, the xxiiij. yere of
Kynge Henry the Sexte, kjmge of Englond."

There isialso preserved the draught of Zouche 's testament,
dated on Tuesday after Michaelmas, 1433 [altered to 9
September, 1445] leaving his body to be buried in the colle-
giate church of Sothwell in the place agreed upon between
him and the canons. His best horse and armour for his

1 Armour for the thighs.

2 A gorget. See New English Diet. s.v. ' pisane. '

2 A coat of mail. See New English Dictionary, s.v. ' jazerant. '

* Kemnatits.

^ A portiforium or breviary.

8 Kirklington, co. Notts.

"^ Qrails, gradalia, the service book so called,

" Harringworth, Northants.

Ms

114

" principal." Twelve torches to be burned about his body
on the day of his burial, which are to be held by twelve of
his servants on the outside (exteriiis) [altered to twelve
servants called " hynes]," each of whom shall receive I2d.
To each priest of the college and chantry present at his
exequies [altered to " who shall happen to be present at his
exequies "] 12d., and the hke sum to each Friar Minor and
Carmehte similarly present, and 6s. 8d. to the friar preaching
there. Executors : Sir Richard Hill, rector of Bylsthorp
[crossed out], Richard Byngham, [Richard Hill, clerk, added],
John Leeke of Halome [and John Martyn of Newerk, added].
His wife Margaret supervisor of wUl [originally also brother
Roger Gomfrey].

1446, Nov. 23. — Letters patent of Henry VI. committing
to John FiUol, by the mainprise, before the barons of the
exchequer, of William Frampton, of Bukland, co. Dorset,
gent., and of Thomas Bate of Foley, co. Warwick, gent., the
custody for ten years of a messuage in Baggeruggestrete,^ co.
Dorset, in the king's hands by the felony of John Cambat,
and of a messuage and eight acres in the same town that
belonged to Henry Tribald, in the king's hands by reason of
the minority of Henry's heir, and of 14 acres of land in the
same town in the king's hands because Richard Wolf
acquired them without royal Ucence from Wilham White and
Wilham Tribald, and also of that part of a serjeanty in the
same town in the hundred of Knolton, for which the sheriff
of the county was wont to render 55. yearly : rendering there-
for 235. 4d. yearly. Brigge.
By bill of the treasurer and of the date aforesaid.
By the authority of parliament.

1450, July 13.— Will of John Willoughby, esquire.

" In Dei nomine, amen. The xiij. day of July, the date of
oure Lorde M-'-CCCCL. I, John Willughby, sqwier, in gude mynde
hejng, seyng and felyng the fraylnes of mankynde, make and
ordeyn my testament in this maner of wyse. First, I beqweth
my saule to God Almyghti and to his moder oure Lady Saynt
Mary and to all the holy cumpany of Heven, and my body
where that it be plesyng to God. Also I beqweth all my guddes
wiche my fader beqweth to me be his lyve and all other,
meveabull and unmeabull, unto my lady my moder aftur
hir singuler disposession, except that I wUl that ix. of my
brether and systers iche on of hem have x. marc and my
brother Robert xx. marke of plate. Also I will that my
cosyn John Inggelby, son and ayer to Sir Wilham Inggelby,
kynght {sic), have my white horse and my jacke. Also my
felowe John Shipton for to have my dubbelet of mayell, my
stomager of mayell, and a salet.^ Also I make my worshipfuU
fader in lawe Richard Byngham, justys, and my brother Robert

1 Baggridge, parish of Horton.
* A ' salade,' an iron headpiece.

115

of Willughby, sqwier, myn exeoutoures of this present
testament that thei dispose, execute, and perfourme all maner
of thynges therein contend to the pleasure of God Almyghti
and my saule hele."

1473, May 27.— WiU of Ralph Wenyngton [? of Basford,
CO. Nottingham]. His body to be buried where he shall die.
Executors : Robert Wyllughby, esquire, of co. Nottingham,
Henry Wyllughby, his son and heir, and Joan, the testator's
wife, who are requested to cause his debts to be paid, among
which are specified 10s. to Thomas Tu, rector of the church
of WoUoton, for the board (mensa) of his wife, 20s. to his
brother Christopher Wenyngton, il. to Sir John Mason,
rector of Normanton. For the payment of his debts and
expenses the tenement lately acquired by him in Baseford
shall be sold, if need be. The executors are to permit
Isabel, his wife's mother, to receive 13s. 8d. from Baseford
mill for hfe. He desires Robert and Henry Willughby to
be good masters to him and especially to his mother and
wife in aU things. He declares that 13s. are due to him
at this time from the said miU, and that Ralph Greene
owes him 4s. and Henry Mason owes him 8s. " Hiis testibus :
Domino Georgio, vicario ecclesie parochialis Sancti Dunstani in
Occidentali parte civitatis London', videlicet juxta Novum
Templum London', Johanne Ljmgard, in cujus hospicio in
infirmitate mea pro tempore nunc laboro, Henrico Wyllughby
predicto semper cum me tempore visitacionis mee predicte
existenti, et similiter Galfrido Staunton, capellano, tempore
scripti hujus presente." 24.

1473, November 24. — Indenture between John, lord Aude-
ley, knight, and William Fyllol, son and heir of John Fyllol,
and Margaret, late his wife, of covenants concerning a
marriage between the said WiUiam and EHzabeth, second
daughter of the said lord. Signed " J. Audeley."

[1477.]! — Answer of Dame Margaret Byngham, widow,
Herry Willugh[by], esq., Thomas Barre and others com-
prised in the bill of complaint of Edward Gray, knt.. Lord
Lisle, concerning an alleged breach of the park of Drayton
[Drayton Bassett, co. Stafford] by Thomas Barre and other
servants of the said Dame Margaret and Sir Herry Willughby,
which they deny. As to the hunting and chasing in the
ground that the said Lord calls " Banglay Chace " [Bangley,
parish of Tamworth, co. Stafford], Sir Henry says it is a great
waste ground called in the country " Drayton Owtewodes,"
and he claims that it is adjoining to the manor of Middelton

1 Undated. A draught of it is also preserved, which refers the assault
to Wednesday before Michaelmas in the seventeenth year [of Edward IV.].
According to the seventeenth century endorsement the date is 1 Henry
VII. Edward Gray was created Lord Lisle in 1475, Viscount Lisle in 1483 ,
and' died in 1492. The fight is placed at Weoford Bridge [co. Stafford],
by Leland, Itinerary, iv, p. 115.

116

[Middleton, co. Warwick], of which the said Dame Margaret
is seised. He alleges that his servants chased game in the
manor of Middelton by licence of Dame Margaret and that
they followed a deer out of the said lordship into the waste
ground called " Drayton Owtewodes " : this is the alleged
breaking of Lord Lisle's chace. He denies that Lord Lisle
has a chace in the said waste ground or any other chace in
the County of Warwick called " Bangley Chace."

" And more over, to 1?e iii'^® and iiii'*- article, they seyn
J^at [y>e] said Herry WUlughby and oj'er his servauntz in
jf>e noumbre of Ix. persones beyng singly arrayed, y>e Wednes-
day in ]?e said bill surmysed^ hunted in Sutton^ Chace in
any office oj'er called >e Hilwod by ]>e lycens of William
Barklay, esquiere, fan Master of >e game in ]>e said Chace,
havyng with theym Tpe keper of fe seid office, not purposyng
or thirikyng to ony person maUce or eviil will, but be lycens
of Tpe said Master and Keper takyng hede of fe sporte and
game ; the seid Lorde Lisle, sette in malicius purpos ayenst
Tf>e seid Herry Willughby, ]?e same day at Drayton Basset
aforseid assembled, raysed, and gedered to hym dyvers and
mony rioturs and eviU disposid persons to ye noumbre of an
hundreth and moo, and at Tomworth^ caused Tpe belles of
y>e cherche to be rungen owkeward,* to y>e entent to arays
moo people, ayenst ]>e kynges lawes and peace, to distroye
ye said Herry and his servauntz, the which mysdowers and
ofer people soo arrayed as ryotures and brekers of fe
kynges pease arrayed in maner of warre, ysd, es to say with
Jakes, dobelettes of defence, brigonderes, salettes, bowes,
arrowes, swerdes, billes and oj'er wappans and abilimentz
of warre, by )>e comaundement, supporte, excite and com-
fort of Tpe seid Lorde Lysle, purposyng to slee, murdre, and
utterly to distroy Tpe said Herry Willughby and his said
servauntz in maner and forme aboveseid, the seide Wednes-
day come of fote frome Drayton aforsaid ayenst Tpe evyn tyde
to a place nygh to Hilwodde aboveseid and in a long lane
fast by Canwell^ layd theim in dyvers busshementez* to Tpe
intent ]?at on Tpe nyghtertale' in ]?e sa^me lane in goyng home
of Tpe said Herry, for so muche as it was his hyeway home,
they myght than and Tper have sette uppon hym to execute
and complusshe^ J'er seid malicious and cruell purpos. And
ayen, ye evyn of Tpe same day, when Tpe said Herry and his
servauntz had drenked and refresshed theym at Canwall,
not knoyng nor thynkyng of any such ymagynacion or purpos
of hes distruccion, and ij. of his said servauntz, weryed for

1 Wednesday before Michaelmas, in the 17th year [of Edward IV.],
that is 24 September, 1477, according to the draught.

2 Sutton Coldfield, co. Warwick.

3 Tamworth, co. Stafford.

* ' awkwardly,' in an irregular manner.

6 Canwell, co. Stafford.

* ' ambushes. '

7 ' at night.'

8 ' accomplish. '

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labor, toke ther jornay to goo afor tham Tpe said mysdoers
assued oute uppon theym and shotte arrees [read arroes]
fast at thame and drofe thaym bake with arrowes unto j'ei
come to >e said Herry, >er Master, the said mysdoers than
cryeng and shoutyng with a grete voce uppon them ' thei
flee,' and >e said Henry, understondyng hym selfe bisette
on every sied, stode with his servauntz and deffended hym
selfe ; never lf>e leesse the seid mysdoers than and )?ere soore
horted and wondyd dyvers of his servauntz, and on Thomas
Pymne, on' of J>e same his said servauntz, than and )?er
felonsly slewe, and had not bene Tpe grace of God, thei had
bene slane and distroyed everyche one. And if any harme
than fell unto any of pe servauntz of fe saide Lorde Lysle,
it was of yev awn grete and greves assent and in fe deffence
of ye seid Herry and o^er as farforth as thai cowde savyug
theire lyves, wyth out )?ai warre^ gylty of any felony " 236.

1479, April 4. — Letter of fraternity of the Friars Minor,
Nottingham.

In Christo sibi karissimis^ Thome of the Hede et Margerie,
consorti sue, frater Johannes, Fratrum Minorum Notinghamie
gardianus et servus, salutem et per presentis vite merita
regna celestia provideri.

Cum sanctissimus in Christo pater et dominus, dominus
Sixtus, divina providencia, papa Quartus, non [solum] fratri-
bus et sororibus nostri ordinis, sed et confratribus et con-
sororibus ejusdem, litteras suffragiales habentibus, de benig-
nitate apostolica graciose concesserit, quod quilibet eorum
possit sibi elegere (sic) idoneum confessorem, qui ipsos et
ipsorum quemlibet ab omnibus et singulis criminibus, exces-
sibus et peccatis in singulis sedi apostohce reservatis casibus
semel dumtaxat hoc anno, a pubhoacione litterarum papaHum
computando, videlicet a quarto die mensis ApriHs, et semel
in mortis articulo, ab aliis vero tociens quociens opus fuerit
absolvere et penitenciam salutarem injungere possit, idemque
vel alius confessor plenariam omnium peccatorum eorundem
remissionem in vero mortis articulo valeret elargiri, per lit-
teras su£is apostolicas benigne indu]c[erit]. Idcirco, vestre devo-
cionis,quam ob Christi reverenciam ad nostrum habetis ordinem,
sincere considerans affectum et acceptans, vos in confratrem
et consororem, et ad universa et singula fratrum adminis-
tracionis Anglicane suffragia recipio tenore presencium, in
vita pariter et in morte, ut dictis apostolicis privilegiis
omniumque bonorum spirituahum beneficiis, secundum
formam et effectum eorundem, perfruamini, animarum ves-
trarum ad salutem ; adiciens nichilominus, ut cum post obitus
vestros presencium facta fuerit exhibicio litterarum in nostro
provinciali capitulo, eadem pro vobis fiet recommendacio,

1 ' without their being. '

2 The names are written in difierent ink from the rest of the docu-
ment, which was evidently drawn up with blank spaces for the names.

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quam pro fratribus nostris defunctis ibidem fieri consuevit.
Valete in Christo Jesu !

Datum Notinghamie, iiij.*° die AprUis, anno Domini mil-
lesimo CCCC"'° Ixxix". 24.

Another letter of same date to the Hke effect in favour
of Richard Hede. 24.

[c. 1480.] — ^Depositions regarding riotous conduct of Edward
Gray, Lord Lisle.

" Testes producti per Dominum Henricum Willughby.

Richard Gascon', of WoUaton, 1. yere, sworne and
examened, seith that about August last past, what dey he
knoweth not, he was at Not[ingham], when and wher he se
the Lourd Gray entre in to Not[ingham] with the nowmbur
of a C. personnes arraied in defensible wise, s{ciKcet] jakkes,
briganders, trussyng cotes, about 1. of them, to what entent
this deponent knoweth not ; nevertheles the dey befor this
deponent se and herd a servaunt of the Lourd Gray, callid
W. Ci'oker, come to WoUaton and seid, in the name of the
Lourd Gray, to Sir Herre Willoby that the Lourd Gray send
hym to Sir [Herre] Willouby to warne hym not to come to
Not[ingham] to the Sessions, for if he did, he shuld com' on
his own ieper[die]. Also oon Richard Wodborn, servaunt
to the Lourd Gray, come, about Estre or Lent last passed,
come [sic) to WoUaton on horsbak, with a longe speyr' in
his hand and oon man with hym, and inquired for Sir Herre
WiUoby to have spoken with hym, seyinge thies wordes to
Richard Cursun : ' If he be with in, bid hym come out and
speyk with me.' And when he understond that he was not
with in, he departed, and rode to Bramcot Hilles,! wher ley
a bushment^ of his company to the nowmber of xl. or 1. ;
and all this he sei, and for fere of this My Lady Moder toke
such sekenes that she is not lik to recover. More of this bille
this deponent knoweth. And also he seith that John
StriUey, Thomas Thurlond, and Richard Cursone wer not at
Tauton^ the xxv. day of February last past, for StriUey and
Cursone were with My Lady WUloby that dey, and Thurlond
was at his own place, as he herd sey. More he knoweth.

John HUterston, of Not[ingham], marchant, sworne and
examened, seith that about February last past he was at
WoUaton, when he se a servaunt of the Lourd Gray come to
Sir Herre WiUoby, and, as the comen rumor in that hous
was, that then the Lord Gray send hym word that he shuld
not come at Not[ingham] apon his own perell. And also he
se when Wodborne come to WoUaton sith* Cristemas and
enquired for Sir Herre WiUoby to have spoken with hym,
and when he understod his absence, he departed and rode

1 Bramcote Hill, adjoining WoUaton, oo. Notts.

2 ' ambush.'

3 Toton, parish of Attenborough, co. Notts.
* ' since, after. '

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towerd Bramcote Hilles, wher, that the comen rumor was
in all that toun, ley a grete bushment of his company about
a C. persons in hemes. Also he seith that about Lent last
past he se when the Sheref of Not[ingham] yef possession
in possible wise to Wodborn and Sharpels, servauntes to
the Lourd Gray, in his name, of the howsis that longeth to
a chaunterie of the fundacion of Richard Willoby. Mor he
knoweth not.

Herre Sye, of WoUaton, husbondmon, tenaunt of Sir Herre
Willoby, sworn and examend, seith that he was at WoUaton
when, as the comen rumor was in the hous of Sir Harre, that
a servaunt of the Lourd Gray come to Sir Herre, and warned
hym not to come at Not[ingham] at the Sessions appon his
own perell. Also he seith and agreith with Richard Gascon
apon the comynge of Wodborne to WoUaton, and his seyinge
ther, and his departynge in every thynge. Moreover, he
seith that now in late sith the enemete^ betwen the Lourd
Gray and Sir Herre Willoby, the same Lord Gray hath
comen to Not[ingham] at divers Sessions with grete[r] com-
pany then he was wonte oyer whUe, with a C. persons and
above, some hernesd and some without. Also he seith that,
as he herd say, Wodborn and o>er servauntes to fe Lord
Gray in his name enterd possession by force at Not[ingham]
of serten tenementes longynge to a chaunterie of the fun-
dacion of Sir Herre WiUoby. And also he seith that John
StreUey was with the Lade Lye on that tyme when the Lourd
Gray surmisid hym to have be at Towton, for this deponent
se hym ther then. And Thomas Thurlond, as he herd sey,
was at his owne place that dey, and also no)>er of them wer
at Maunsfeld as is surmisid in the bill of the Lourd Grey, for
they both that dey wer with the Lade Lye. More he
knoweth in that mater.

Syr Herre Belshaw, chaunterie preste of Sent Anton' at
WoUaton, sworn and examened, seith that bitwen Cristmes
and Candelmas at the last was twelmoneth, Robert Torlaton
and Roger, his son, servaunt to the Lord Gray, accompanyed
with ij . other persons with bUl, axe, staves breke open the
dore of ij. stabels and tenturs^ of xvjs. rent lyinge in
Not[ingham] and entered, and so continued by the mayn-
tenance of the Lourd Gray, the which stabels and tenters
longeth to the chaunterie of SenrAntonie. And after that
the seid Robert and Roger, sitheii Cristmas last, entered iij.
shoppes at Not[ingham] in the name of the Lourd Gray,
belongynge to the chaunterie of Sutton Passes, and, as he
herd sey, they entred with force, and so continue in posses-
sion. And also sithen the enemetei bitwen the Lourd Gray
and Sir Herre, the seid Lord Gray hath comen to the sessions
to Not[ingham] with grett[er] company then he was wont to
do, and arraied in jakkes, brigandirs, gestrons,^ as (sic) bowes,

1 emenete, MS.

2 ' tenements.'

8 Coats of mail. See New English Dictionary, s.v. jazerant.

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arowes as he herd say, to what entent he can not tell, never-
theles he herd his company report that if Sir Herre come
theder, he shuld come apon his own perell. Also he seith
that he was at Wolaton when, as hit was reported, ther
come a man fro the Lourd Gray, and seid to Sir Herry
Willoby that if he come to Not[ingham], he shuld come apon
his owen perell. And as for the comynge of Wodborne to
WoUaton, his wordes ther and maner of departyng, he agreith
with John Gaston by herynge sey. Also wher it is surmisid
by the Lourd Gray that Richard Cursone, John StriUey,
Thomas Thurland shuld have be at Tawton and Mauncefeld
with Sir Herre Willoby, he seith that the dey Cursone and
Strilley wer at WoUaton and Thomas Thurlond was at his
owen place as he herd sey.

John Sye, of Notpngham], yoman and burges, sworn and
examened, seith that a delyverance at Not[ingham] holden
about Lent last Lord Gray come to Not[ingham] with gretter
company then he was wont ; how they wer araid he can not
depose, nether to what entent, but as he thenketh for malace
of Sir Herre Willoby, and Herre Willoby breke ano]?er hedge
at Towton no)>er or (sic). Also he seith that Ashton ne]?er
Cursone nor StriUey wer nej'er at Towton nej'er at Mauncefeld
with Sir Herre Willoby, as is surmised by the Lourd Gray.
Also he seith that ther is no howse brenned^ in Horsley 2, ne J>er
broken in Mauncefeld, neyev hedges broken in Towton, for
this deponent sithen that hath be in all thies placez. More
this deponent knoweth not in this mater." 236.

1486, May 4. — Agreement between Dame Margaret Legh,
Henry WiUoughby and Richard Willoughby, esquires, her
sons, on the one part, and Sir John Babyngton, knt., William
Zowche and Rauf Saucheverell, esquires, on the other, wit-
nessing that whereas the said Richard Willoughby wrong-
fully took away and married Jane, late the wife of John
Saucheverell, against her will, as she says, she having made
a pre-contract with the said WilHam Zouche, as he and she
allege, it is agreed that if the said William or Jane will sue
in Court Spiritual before a competent judge against -the said
Richard to have a divorce according to the law of Holy Church
between him and the said Jane, Richard shall appear to shew
his interest in the premises and to obey the judgment without
appeal. Dame Margaret is thereupon to pay to WilUam
Zouche and Jane 201., and a further 23 marks at the feast
of the Ascension and 24 marks, to be paid in the chapel
of Our Lady within the monastery of the Holy Trinity,
Lenton. 236.

1486, October 2. — ^Agreement between Edward Grey,
knight, Viscount Lisle, and Elizabeth, his wife, on the one
part, and Henry Willoughby, esquire, of the other, for the

1 ' burnt.'

2 Horsley, co. Derby.

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marriage of John, son and heir of Henry, to Anne, daughter
of the viscount and Dame Elizabeth, with very lengthy and
numerous conditions.

1488, August 4. — Draught agreement between Dame Mar-
garet, late the wife of Sir Peter Legh, knight, and John
Marmeon, gent., and Thomas Wyldycotes, gent., concerning
the performance of several conditions about a marriage
between Dame Anne, Lady Clynton and Say, and Richard
Willughby, son of the said Dame Margaret. 236.

1489. — Grant of fraternity to Anne, Lady Clinton and Say,
and Richard Willoughby, her husband, with the Friars
Preachers of Derby. The capital letters of the deed are
picked out in red, and there is a somewhat elaborate initial.

Devotis et in Christo Jesu sibi dilectis domine Aime
Cljmton et Say et Ricardo Wyloghby, armigero, viro ejus.
Prater Robertus Jacsone, prior conventus Ordinis Fratrum
Predicatorum Derbei, salutem et augmentum continuum
celestium graciarum.

Exigenti vestre devocionis effectu, quem ad nostrum
habetis ordinem et conventum, vobis omnium missarum,
oracionum, predicacionum, jejuniorum, abstinenciarum, vigili-
arum labore, ceterorumque bonorum, que pre[dicti] fratres
nostri conventus dominiis (sic), fieri dederit (sic), universos (sic)
participacionem concede tenore presencium specialem, in vita
pariter et in morte. Volo insuper et ordino, ut, post decessus
vestros, anime vestre fratrum tocius conventus oracionibus re-
com[m]endentur in nostro conventuaU capitulo, si vestri ibidem
obitus fuerint nunciati, et injungantur pro ipsis misse et
oraciones, sicut pro fratribus nostris defunctis fieri con-
suevit.

In cujus rei testimonium sigiUum officii mei presentibus
est appensum. Data Derbei, anno Domini millesimo CCCC ""•
octuagesimo nono. 24.

Seal missing.

1489, January 2. — Copy of will of John Alfegh, concerning
his lands in Kent. 179.

1489, April 2.— Will of Sir Henry Wyllowghby, knt. His
lordships of Gownthorpe, Lowdam, and the profits of the
" colpyttis " of the lordship of Wolaton, in the county of
Nottingham, to be charged with the sum of 1,000 marks for
the marriages of his three daughters, " Marg[ar]et, Jane, and
Dorathe." To his son Edward his lands, etc., in Nottingham,
Lenton, and Radford, and also all the land purchased by
the testator in Myddelton and Dunesby, after the decease of
the testator's wife " Marget," for the term of the said
Edward's life ; the surplus over the cost of the " fy[n]dyng "

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of the said Edward to remain in the " Abbe " of Lenton
in a coffer under four locks until he come of age. All lands
that the testator had of the feoffment of " my lady my graunt
dame Marget Byngham " to remain in the hands of the
feoffees of his will, except the lordship abovenamed, to the
use and " fy[n]d3nig " of his said " grauntdame," for the term
of her life so long " as sche kepeth her soir,"i and [of] John
Marmeon until the testator's son John come to the age of
20 years. The lands held by his mother " Dame Marget
Lethg', " for term of her life are to be charged, after her death,
for the performing of this will. The rents of bis lands to
be equally divided between his sons John and Edward when
they attain the age of 20. An annuity of 51. out of the lord-
ship of Wyken to his brother Richard Willughby and " my
lady is wyffe," for their lives. An annuity of 40s. out of
the lands of Whitnasshe to his " cossyn " John Marmeon, for
his hfe, " with that, as my truste is lf>a,t my seyd cossyn be
loffyng and kynde unto my wyffe and scheldyr' and indever
hym to see my will performyd and execute." Money accru-
ing to testator from Lord Lysle by reason of the marriage of
testator's son John to go to the performing of this will. The
sum of 901. owing by " my aunte Sherley " by reason of the
ward of Thomas- Walley to go to the performing of this will.
Also the 25 marks owing to him by " my lorde of Duddele[y]."
Executors ; " Marget Wylloghby " his wife, John Styrley
[=: Strelley], his brother. Sir John Paxson, " Sexten of the
Clows of Lychefeld," John Marmeon, and Thomas Slade.
Supervisors : George, earl of Shrewsbury ; Edward, viscount
Lisle ; and his father in law, Robert Marlam [sic]. 236.

1491, September 19. — Agreement between Sir Thomas
Burgh, knt.. Sir Edward Burgh, knt., his son, and Thomas
Burgh, esq., his brother, on the one part, and Sir Harre Wil-
lughby, knt., on the other, whereby Sir Harre agrees to
marry Elizabeth, Lady Fitzhugh, daughter of the said Sir
Thomas Burgh, before the feast of the Nativity of Our
Lord ; in consideration of which Sir Harre agrees to settle
upon her as jointure lands in the counties of Lincoln or
Nottingham to the yearly value of 100 marks. He also agrees
to settle lands now purchased or to be purchased in the coun-
ties of Lincoln, Nottingham, Leicester, Northumberland,
Warwick, Derby, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Hertford, Essex, Stafford, Buckingham, or Rutland to the
annual value of lOOL in the hands of trustees for her to
receive a moiety thereof after his death for the term of her
life, the other moiety to go to the performance of his will
until such times as their heirs attain the age of 21. 236.

1491, November 26. — Copy of inquisition post mortem of
Gervase Clifton, knt., who died 12 May, 1491. Robert

I' ' sole,' uumairied.

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Clifton, clerk, son and heir, aged 30 years and more. Manor
of Clifton, Notts., value 201. yearly. Manor of Wilford,
Notts, value 201. yearly. Manor and soke of Hoddesake,
Notts, value 40?. yearly. 236.

[Calertdar of Inquisitions post Mortem, Henry VII., i. p.
299, no. 714.]

1492, September 10. — Agreement (part and counterpart)
between Jane, " Viscountas Lisle, late the wife of Edward
Grey, Viscount Lisle," and executrix of his will, and Sir
Henry Willoughby, knight, concerning the jointure of Anne,
the viscount's daughter, lately married to John Willoughby,
son and heir of Sir Henry. 236.

[1493]. — " In the name of the most blessed Fader, Son and
Holy Gost, I Henry Willughby, knyght, purposyng," by the
grace of Almyghty God, to goo with the Kyng my Soveraign
Lord on his roiall viage in to the parties of Scotland, and
for almoch (sic) that hit hath been oftetymes seen that gret
inconveniencise and troble hath been betwixe frendes aftur
the decesse of thair ancestres and frendes for defaute and
not makyng of thaire last wiUes, I therfore the seid Henry
do ordeigne and make this my last wUle in maner and
fourme folowyng. First I besette my sowle to Almyghty
God and to his Blessed Moder Saynt Mary and to all Sayntes
of Heven, and my body to be buried in Cristen manys buriall
wher hit shall please God. Forthermore I will J'at after my
decesse there shal be goyng yerely v. colepittes beside the
levell pitte in the lordship of WoUaton duryng the nonage
of my son and heir, wherof I will that my executouris shall
perseyve and take the profettes duryng the seid nonage of
my seid son and heire to the performance of this my will."
His executors to receive the revenues of all the lands of which
he has enfeoffed them until his heir come of age, when they
are to make an estate of the same to him, excepting the lands
and tenements purchased by him in Lichefeld, Middelton,
Donnesby, Torlaton, Lowdam, and Haconby, of which they
are to stand enfeoffed for the use of his son Edward. His
daughter Margaret to have for her marriage 500 marks clearly,
besides her " fyndyng." His daughter Dorothe to have for
her marriage 400 marks clearly besides her " fyndyng." To
Margaret Nuthall, " servaunt to my lady my Graunt Dame,"
an annuity of 10s. from his lands in Coventry. His executors
to pay yearly 371. to " Johan', Vicountes Lisle," according to
indentures made between her and the testator dated Sep-
tember 10 " in the yere aforesaid " [8 Henry VII.], out of
the revenues of the manors of Wymondeswold, Cosyngton,
Broughton, and Cropwell, co. Leicester, and Wyllughby and
Bradmere, co. Nottingham. His executors shall " sufficiently
fynd " his son and heir John and Anne, his wife, out of the
said manors until he come to the age of eighteen. [Imper-
fect.] 236.

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1494, January 2. — Copy of will of John Trenchard, esquire,
made " eo quod propono peregrinari, gracia Dei juvante, ad
lerusalem et alia loca peregrinacionis." Manors of Wolveton,
ColwaUys, Dorchester, Pordyngton, Bere, Bestwalle, Stoburgh,
Holcombe, Deverellescombe, Fyfehede Quyntyn, Childokef orde
and Wymborne Myiaster, co. Dorset, Suthtauton, co. Devon,
manors and lands in Normanton, Ambesbury, Lake, Cotes,
and Swalclyf, co. Wilts, Hordhull, Walop', Pifhede, Gorleton,
Wolhampton, Milton, Sople, Avene, and Milforde, co.
Southants, Walrend Trencharde, Sharnhill, Chesthill, Caris-
broke, Nuport, Sutton, Horyngforde, and Atherfylde, Isle
of Wight. Feoffees and supervisors of wUl : Henry Strang-
ways, William Fyloll, William Martyn, John Wyke, and
Thos. Moleyns. 236.

1494, April 8. — Letters Patent appointing Robert Rede,
Serjeant at Law, to be one of the King's Serjeants at Law.

236.

1497, April 26.— Will of Thomas Thurland, esquire, of
Gamston. In English. [Abstract in Testamenta Eboracensia,
iii, p. 185. note]. 24.

1498, November 17. — Grant from John Hylston, Prior of
the Monastery of the Holy Trinity of Lenton, and the con-
vent of the same to Henry WUloughby, knight, and John
Willoughby, his son and heir apparent, of the office of
steward of their manor and fairs of Lenton ; to hold the
same for the term of their hves after the death of Thomas
Lovell, knt., and John Babyngton, knight, who have a grant
of the same for the term of their lives. The prior and con-
vent agree to pay to the grantees 40s. yearly for the
execution of the said office.

Fine impression of seal of Lenton Priory.

1500, September 18. — Grant by Brother John, abbot of
Qteaux, in the diocese of Chalons, to Sir Henry Willouby,
knight, and the Lady EUzabeth, his wife, of participation in
the prayers, etc., of the order, in consideration of their
affection for the order and especially of their love for and
services to the abbot and monastery of Fountains, in the
diocese of York. 24.

1501, April 18. — Probate of the will of Roger Bagshawe,
of Pentrych [co. Derby], containing bequests of tenements.

In Dei nomine, amen. Anno domini M'™° quingentesimo
primo, videlicet xviij°. die mensis Aprilis, ego Rogerus Bag-
shawe de Pentrych, compos mentis et sane memorie, eger
tamen in corpore, condo testamentum meum in hunc
modum. In primis lego animam meam Deo Patri omni-
potenti, Beate Marie et omnibus Sanctis, corpusque vero
meum ad sepeliendum ubi Deus disponit. Item lego nomine

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principalis mei meum optimum animal. Item do et lego
tenementum meum in Pentryoh, cum omnibus pertinenciis^
suis, abbathie de Derlegh post mortem Helene, uxoris
mee, imperpetuum. Item do et lego tenementum meum in
Mappurley, cum omnibus pertinenciis^ suis Helene, uxori
mee, et quatuor pueris meis, ut vendatur, et precium inde
receptum inter omnes eos racionabiliter dividendum. Resi-
duum vero bonorum meorum superius non legatorum do et
lego uxori mee et pueris meis. Item ordino et constituo Radul-
phum Calton et Helenam, uxorem meam, meos veros executores,
et Nicholaum Shyrley meum supervisorem, ut ipsi ordinent
et disponant pro salute anime mee prout ipsis melius vide-
bitur expedire. Hiis testibus, vicario de Pentryche, Hum-
frido Halle, vicario de Bolsover, Henrico Hall, et multis aliis.
[Proved before Philip Agard, doctor of canon law {decretorum
doctor), commissary-general and principal sequestrator of John,
bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, in St. Werburgh's church,
Derby, 10 May, 1502.]

1505. — Letter of fraternity of Thomas Honyter, master or
warden of the chapel and hospital of Holy Trinity, Walsokyn,
in the diocese of Norwich and the brethren and sisters of the
same, in favour of Mr. John Wyllughby and Anne, his wife.
The letter is printed on parchment in black letter, with
occasional paragraphs in red, and with a woodcut in red
representing Christ crucified between the two thieves. 24.

1506. — Letter of fraternity of Thomas Norton, knight,
master of Burton St. Lazars of Jerusalem in England, and
the brethren of the same in favour of Edward Whyte. 24.

1506, May 12. — Acknowledgment by Thomas Hobbys, clerk,
of the receipt from John Wylloughby, of co. Nottingham,
esquire, of the sum of 51., " in parte payment of his fine made
and yeven to the kinges grace for his pardon to be releasid
from th'ordre of knighthod of the Bath at the creation of
my Lord Prince Henry." 236.

1506, November 3. — Similar receipt for a further sum of 5l.

236,

1507, May 1. — Similar receipt for 51. in full payment of fine.

236.
1507, August 25. — Agreement between Sir Henry Wyllough-
by, knt., and Anthony Fitzherbert, gent., whereby Sir Henry
agrees that his daughter Dorothe shall marry the said Anthony
before Michaelmas, and he agrees to make a sufficient estate
in law to Henry Fytzherbert, Anthony Babyngton and William
Wymondesold, as feoffees for the use of the said Anthony
Fitzherbert and Dorothy, of the manors of Carleton upon Trent.
Carleton neigh Gedling, and Carcolston, co. Nottingham,

1 perten-, MS.

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and of his lands in Sutton-upon-Trent, South Marneham,
North Marneham, Normanton upon Trent, and Estwayte
[Eastwood], together with the ferry-boat, water, and fishing
at Carlton upon Trent and Gedling, Notts. [Two copies.]

236,
1508, June 23.— Will of Sir Henry Willoughby, knt., in
English on paper with alterations, and signature of testator.
Executors : His son, John WUloughby ; his son in law,
Anthony Fitzherbert ; and John Marmyon and Sir Thomas
Southron, priest. Overseer of will : Edmund Dudley, esquire,
councillor to the King. 236.

[1511], September 8. — Letters of the signet of Henry
VIII. to Sir Henry Willoughby, ordering him to prepare for
war as many men as possible on his lands, and to certify
the king's secretary of their number.

" Henry R. By the king.

Trusty and welbUoved, we grete you welle. And allbeit
that we nowe of late, by th'advice of oure counceU, directed
oure speciall commissions for mustres to be made in all and
every the shyres and contreys of this oure realme, entending
therby to putt oure subgiettes in good arredynes of warre
for the defence of oure said royalme when the caas should
require, yet nowe we perceyve by credyble reapporte that
by those meanys of mustres we cannot be so speedely and
sufficiently provyded of so many hable men well harnessed,
ne so assuerdly certyfied of the nombre of theym as by
special certificate to be made unto us by you and others of
this oure realme, to whom we have directed oure semblable
lettres, of suche and as many as by you and they me severally
shalbe put in arredinesse within oure awne landys, auctorities,
rowmes and offices. In consideracion wherof, we wol and
desyre you that, with as convenient diligence as goodly maye
be done, ye not only prepayre and put in suche arredines
for the warre as many able men as maye be had, wel harnessed,
within youre said landes, auctorities, rowmes and offices, but
also make certificate to the right reverend fader in God oure
right (sic) counsayllour the bishop of Duresme, our secretary in
the specialtie, of suche nombre as by you shalbe prepayred
and provyded by the furst daye of Novembre next commyng ;
f orseing alweyes that ye nether prepayre ne take any personnes
for the warre but oonly suche as bee your awne tenauntes or
inhabitauntes within any office that ye have of oure graunt
or of the graunt of any other person or personnes or com-
mynaltie, not being tenauntes or officers, to any other person
or personnes havyng semblable commaundment, havyng
auctoritie by oure like lettres according to the pourport and
tenour of the same. Ascertaynyng you that by thes oure
lettres we entendjmg not to revoke the auctoritie yeven unto
oure commissioners for the takyng of musters, but that the
commissions hertofore passed and herafter to passe for that

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pourpose shalbe put in effectuell execusion accordingly, thes
oure lettres notwithstanding.

Yeven undre our signet at our castell of Warwik, the
viij"> day of Septembre.

[Addressed .■] To oure trusty and welbiloved knyght for
oure body Sir Henry Willughby"." 24.

1512. — Letter of fraternity in favour of Sir Henry Wil-
loughby and his wife, granted by the prior provincial of the
Carmelites in England, printed in black letter on paper, with
an engraved border and initial representing the Virgin Mary
with the infant Saviour in her arms. The words here printed
in Italics are written in ink.

Frater Robertus, fratrum ordinis Beate Marie genetricis
Dei de Monte Carmeli in provincia Anglie commorantium
Prior provincialis et servus, dilectis nobis in Christo Domino
Henrico Wyllow^iy et Domina (sic) Helena (sic), uxori sue,
salutem et per orationum suffragia regna celestia promereri.

Devotionem sinceram, quam ad nostrum habetis ordinem, ob
Christi reverentiam et gloriose Virginis Marie matris Ejus,
cujus titulo idem ordo noster specialiter insignitur, diligentius
attendentes et in Domino commendantes, quo ad ea precipue,
que salutem continent animarum, quantum cum Deo possumus,
vobis vicem cupimus refundere salutarem. Sciant cuncti
Christi fideles, quod sanctissimi in Christo patres et domini
Adrianus Secundus, Stephanus Quintus, Sergius Tertius,
Johannes Decimus, Johannes tJndecimus, Sergius Quintus, et
Innocentius Quartus divina providentia, ob reverentiam Beate
et gloriose Virginis Marie, Carmelitarum ordinis specialis
protectricis et patrone, omnibus Christi fidelibus vere penit-
entibus, confessi et contritis, litteras confraternitatum predicti
ordinis recipientibus, tertiam partem omnium peccatorum in
Domino misericorditer relaxarunt. Insuper, et Julius Secundus
singulas indulgentias a suis predecessoribus Romanis ponti-
ficibus dicto ordini nostro concessas confirmavit, approbavit
et innovavit, ac de novo omnibus Christi fidelibus vere
penitentibus, contritis et confessis, litteras ejusdem ordinis
nostri recipientibus triginta annos et totidem quadragenas de
injunctis eis penitentiis misericorditer in Domino relaxavit.
Nos itaque, vestram singularem devotionem pensantes, omnium
missarum, orationum, jejuniorum, vigiliarum, predicationum,
abstinentiarum, indulgentiarum, laborum, ceterorumque bono-
rum omnium, que per fratres nostros in dicta provincia con-
stitutos misericorditer operari dignabitur dementia Salvatoris,
tarn in vita quam post mortem, participationem perpetuam
vobis concedimus per presentes. Adjicientes nichilominus et
de special! gratia concedentes, ut cum obituum vestrorum
memoria in nostro provincial! capitulo fuerit recitata, idem
pro vobis fiet quo ad universa et singula quod pro fratribus
nostri ordinis defunctis communiter ibidem fieri consuevit.

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In cujus rei testimonium sigillum nostri provincialatus officii
presentibus est impressum. Datum in conventu Goventrie,
anno Domini millesimo quingentesimo xij.

Per me Fratrem Th. Vicars.
Summa indulgentiarum a diversis Romane
pontificibus confratribus et sororibus pariter et
benefactoribus Sancti ordinis de Carmelo litteras
recipientibus concessarum ascendit ad numerum
quinque millium et viginti trium annorum et
octuaginta dierum. 24.

Traces of seal at foot.

1512, March 27.— Copy of will of Sir Henry Willoughby,
knt., (repeating to a large extent his will of 23 June, 1508).

236.

1512, April 30. — Indenture made between Eong Henry
VIII. and Sir Henry Willoughby, "Knight for hys Body,"
whereby the said Sir Henry is retained to do the king service
of war in the company and under the rule and conduct of
Thomas, Marquis of Dorset, the Lieutenant-General of the
army to be sent to the Duchies of Gascoyne and Guyen, the
said Sir Henry to be Master of the Ordnance and Artillery.
Sir Henry covenants to have in his retinue for the said service
836 able men, including himself, defensibly arrayed, for whom
he is to receive pay as appointed in the indentures, dated
May 1, 1512, between the king and the marquis of Dorset.
Sir Henry is to have for his retinue lieutenants and " peti-
capitanes " under him, wages, money for coats, conduct money
from their houses to the seaside, shipping and re-shipping.
He is to make his " moustres, vyeues, and revyeues." 236.

1512, July 6. — Indenture made at Fountraby, witnessing
that Thomas Marvyn, " Porser of a shippe called ' the John
Avangellist,' prested for the portage of Ixxiiij. tonns and
charged frome London with the kynges ordenaunce for the
behoffe of his armee hether prepared and sent " under the
command of Thomas, Marquis of Dorset, has delivered to
Sir Henry Willoughby, knt., Master of the Ordnance, aU the
ordnance according to the said purser's indentures. For the
ordnance so delivered, he has received from Sir William
Sandes, knt., treasurer of the wars for the said Army, one
whole month's wages, victuals and " tundage," accounted from
June 10th to July 7th, the sum of 12?. 7s. 2d., " lyke as was
prested and payd for other twoo monthes byfore." Signed
by " Thomas Brod, Master," and " Thomas Marvyn, Porser."

Another indenture of same date witnessing that Richard
Nycols, " Purser of a ship of Plymmouth callyd ' the James
Ilcombe' prested for the portage of 1111^== tonnes " for the
same purpose as the preceding, has similarly delivered the
ordnance in his charge and has received a month's wages,
victuals and " tundage " for the same period amounting to
121. Us. 2d.

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M' ix" Ixxxxiiij.
xxxiij.
'.'. xl.
cc.

Ordenaunce and Artyllary reoeyved out of the James
Ilcombe, of Plymmouth, at Pountraby
In primis in bylles
Item chestes of bowes
Item chestes of arowes
Item oon baryll of owyll [=oil]
Item in stones for curtalles^
Item xviij. bareU' of gonpowdir .
Item marespykes [= marlingsptkes]
Item oon short coflfer with boltes and pynes of iron
Item oon hoggyshed of talough
Item oon hoggyshed of cresset lyghtes . .

Item iij. sowes of lead . . '

Item hakbusshes [= arquebuses] x.

Item oon hundreth pellotes [= bullets] for )?e same

Item ij. barelles of candelles

Item iij. payr of lymmars^ . .

Item iij. curtowes^ with their cartes

Item iij. serpentynes with their cartes . .

Item cartwhelles . . . . . . . . . , xxviij.

Item axelltrees . . . . . . . . . . . xv.

[Added in another hand :]
Here affter foleweth suche arttelary as was delyveryd onto
Master Marlon [= Morland] att Hamton.
Item yn chestys of bowes . . . . . . . . v.

Item yn chestys of arroys . .
Item yn barryUys of gonpoder
Item iij. fawconys
Item in hacbossys
Item a barryll of bowstrynges
Item delyveryd unto Master Dycby a sow of lede
and a mole [= mould] for gonys."
" Ordenaunce and Artillary receyved at Fountraby out of
the James of Suffold [= Southwoldj.
In primis hakbusshes . .
Item chestes of arowes
Item chestes ,of bowes
Item marespykes [= marhngspikes]
Spades and shovylles
Item pykeaxes. .
Item in scowpes
Item crowes of iron
Item heggeyixgbylles
Item hewyng axes
Item long bylles
Item iij" pellotes of lead
Item oon barell' of bowstrenges

1 Short-barrelled cannons. See New English Dictionary, a.v. ' Cur-
tal,' 11.

2 ' limbers, ' detachable fore-parts of the carriage of a field gun. See
New English Dictionary, a.v. ' Limber, sb. 1. '

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XVI].

vj-

V]-

cxhj.

vj-

cxxv.

cc.

xlvij.

xxvij.

XX.

c.
xxix.

vij" xxij.
iij"

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Item viij. payre of cartewhelles
Item half a bareU' of gonpowdir . .

ArtyUary receyved out of the same ship at passage :
Item spades and shovylles . . . . . . . . c.

Item pykaxes . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. "

Similar indenture of same date witnessing that Adlard
Donaby, " purser of a ship called ' the George ' of Lyne,
prested for the portage of Ix. tonnes," has delivered the
ordnance committed to his charge, and has received for a
month's wages, victuals, and " tundage," as above, the sum
of 8i!. 19s. 2rf. Signed by Donaby.

" Deljrvered by me Adlard Donaby, Porss[er] of J>e George
of Lyne, unto ye handes of Edmond Westcot fro Tpe xxij. day
of Juyne unto the xxx. day of J>e same month as apery th
herafter :
In primis in horsse hamnys . . . . . . clxxxvj.

Item in gonpowder . . . . v last and ix. barelles.

Item in cart whelles . . . . . . . . . . xx*'

Item a cheste with boltes and lynchpyns for cartes
Item bodyes of cartes . . . . . . . . iij.

Item in horsshawmes [= horse-hames, collars] . . xviij.

Item y>e crow with all th'apparyll

Item ]?e gret crane, wyantinge iij. peces that is in

the Jamys of SothwoUd
Item a chest with yerne wyark for lf>e same
Item XX. bylles fat wyas delyverd out of Tf>e Mary

Wy alley ngJiam at Southamton . .
Item lanterns . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiiij.

Item a sake [^sack] with nay lies and iiij. cressettes.
Item a chest with bowes and a noder of arowes
whyche wyas delyverd out of l^e John
Evangelyst at Southamton
Item lewars [^ levers] . . . . . . . . xx*'

Item V. sowes [= pigs] of lead

Delyverd to Sir Morys Barkley ij. barylles gonpowder at
Sowthamton at Tpe commandment of Master Morland, J'e xxj.
day of May. Item more to Master Morland ij. b[areU]es gon-
powder. Item delyverd to My Lord Marcos, ye xxiiij. day
of May, ij. cressets. Item, ye same day, to Master Decby v.
pesses tembar [= timber] for a pavyUon.

Per me Adlard Downaby, Porss[er] of the George of Lyne. ' '

236.

1513, June 2.— WiU of Sir Henry WUloughby, knt. 236.

1513, November 10. — Agreement between William Grey,
of Woode Bevyngton, co. Warwick, gent., and Thomas Corfe,
of Erdyngton Halle, in the same county, yoman, Robert
Corfe, his son, and Alianore, wife of the said Robert, for the
marriage of Laurence, son of the said William Grey, by the
advise and oversight of Edward Capull, esquire, and William
Wallys, of Ledbury, gent., with Anne, the daughter and
heiress of the said William Wallys. (Much faded.) 236,

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1516, February 11.— Will of John Bragebridge, of Kyn-
nesbury, esquire; Executors : Mr. Thomas Wenloke, Vicar
of Kynnesbury ; and Henry Karyngton ; " Seear " John
Wyllughby, esq. Separate will attached regarding the dis-
position of his lands. [Prob. at Lambeth [blank] day of
September, 1516.] 236.

1517, August 22.— Will of Simon Dygby, of the county of
Warrewyk. Body to be buried in the chancel of the church
of ColshuU "under neth the Sepulcre." Executors: Row-
lande Dygby and Alice, wife of testator. [Proved at
Lambeth, April 19, 1520.] 236,

[1518], August 25. — Letters of the signet of Henry
VIII. to Sir Henry Willoughby appointing him a captain to
raise and equip soldiers, notwithstanding the Statute of
Retainers.

" H.R. By the king.

Trusty and welbiloved, we grete you well. And albeit that
by our grete studie, labour and policie, we have peax and
amitie with all outwarde princes, by reason wherof this our
reame and subgiettes of the. same bee establisshed not oonly
in quiete and welthy condicion, but also in good ordre, yet
forasmoche as to good policie it apperteigneth in tyme of
peax to provide and forsee remedies against warre whan the
same shall fortune ; we therfor, entending the conservacion
and contynuance of our said reame in semblable restfulnes
and good peax, for our honour and the suertie of us and of
all our subgiettes of the same, have, by th'advis of our
counsaill, thought right, expedient and necessarie to depute
and assigne a good nombre of hable captans, our subgiettes,
and to licence the same, by our lettres of placard auctorised
by act of parliament last holden at our paloys of Westminster,
to retaigne a good and competent nombre of our subgiettes
and the same to put in aredynesse, conveniently horsed and
harneissed, to doo unto us service as wel within this our reame
as eUiswhere at our wages, whansoever and as often as we
shall require and commaunde thaym soo to doo, without
daungier or penaltie of any statutes or ordenaunces heretofore
made against retaynours in that behalf. In consideracion
wherof we, having assured trust and confidence in your
fidelitie and true mjmd towardes us, have elected and chosen
you to bee oon of thoes whom we entende to licence to
retayne in fourme above specifiede : wherfor we wol and
desir yow t'ascertaigne our secretary by your writing, by
Alhalowtyde next commyng, what nombre of hable men, horsed
and harneissed, to doo unto us service whan the caas shal re-
quire as above, ye maye and wol provide and put in aredjmesse
and also endent with us for. Upon knowleage wherof we
shall not oonly graunte unto you our sufficient licence by
our lettres of placarde to retaigne the said nombre without
daungier or periU to ensue, either to you or to the personnes

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soo by you to be retaigned, but also endent with you for
the same accordingly. Willing and desiring you in suche
wise t'ordre yourself in the premisses as we maye therby
perceyve the towardly mynde ye have to doo unto us
acceptable service.

Yeven undre our signet, at our manour of Grenewiche, the
XXV. day of August.

[Addressed :] To oure trusty and welbiloved knight for our
body Sir Henry Willoughby." 24.

1518, February 22. — Letters of signet of Henry VIII.
for safe-conduct for John Willoughby during pilgrimage to
Compostella, etc.

" Henry, by the grace of God, King of England and of
Fraunce and Lord of Irland, to almaner our officers, ministres,
and subgiettes, as well within this our reame and at our
towne and merehes of Calays as eUeswher under our
domynyon and obeissaunce, thies our lettres hering or seing,
greting.

We late you wite that by thies presentes we have licenced
our trusty and welbeloved John' Willoughby, squier, to departe
at this tyme oute of this our said reame unto Saint James
and other holye places in the parties of beyonde the see, for
the performaunce of certain his advowes and pylgremages
ther : wherfor we wol and commaunde you and every of you
to whome in this caace it shall apperteigne to permytte and
suffre the said John' Willoughby, with fyve servauntes and
six horses ambeling or trotting in his companye, to passe
by you with almaner his and their bagages and necessaries
liefuir, without any your unlawfulj' serche, lett or inter-
rupcion to the contrarye, as ye and every of you tender our
pleasere.

Yeven under our signet at our Castell' of Wyndesore, the
xxij. daye of February, the ix"* yere of oure reigne." 236.

1518, October 11. — Copy of inquisition post Mortem of
Guicherd Harbotell, late of Proudowe, [Prudhoe, parish of
Ovingham, co. Northumberland], esquire, who died 9 Sept.,
1513. His son George, of the age of 10 years and over, is
his heir. 236.

[1518 ?]— Petition from Sk Henry WiUoughby, knt., to
the king praying for, a grant of the wardship of the lands,
etc., of the late Guychard Harbotell, of Beamysshe, co.
Northumberland, esq., and of his heir, George Harbotell.

236.

[1518 ?J — Agreement between Margaret, Lady Ogle, and
Sir Henry Wylloughby, knt., concerning the wardship of
George Harbottell, with signatures of the two parties. 236.

1518- 19. — Estreats . of the Sessions of the Peace at
Warwick. 271.

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1519-20.— The like. 271.

1519-20.— Estreats of the Court held before the Justices
of the Peace at Leicester. 2?].

1519, January 27.— A letter of fraternity of the Guild of
St. Mary in the Church of St. Botulph, Boston/ printed by
Richard Pinson in black letter oh parchment. The initial
letter encloses an engraving of the Virgin Mary with the infant
Christ in her arms. The parts -written in ink in this letter
are here printed in Italics. The orthography of the
original is preserved.

Universis et singulis Cristi fidelibus presentes litteras
inspecturis, nos Aldermannus et Camerarii Glide seu Con-
fraternitatis in honore Dive Marie Virginis in Ecclesia
Sancti Botulphi de Boston, Lincoln, diocesis, institute, salutem
in Omnium Salvatore.

Universitati vestre innotescat, quod felicis record ationis
Nicolaus Quintus, Pius Secundus, Sixtus Quartus, Innocentius
VIII., Julius Secmidus, necnon sanctissimus in Cristo pater
et dominus noster, Dominus Leo hujus nominis Decimus,
divina providentia, Papa modernus, plures veras et notabiles
indulgentias utriusque sexus dicte Confratemitatis sive Gilde
confratribus, presentibus et futuris, ad quos onus susten-
tationis septem sacerdotum et xij. puerorum divina officia
in dicta ecclesia quotidie celebrantium et administrantium,
necnon xiij. pauperum, ahorumque nonnullorum onerum
quotidie accidentium spectat, misericorditer et gratiose con-
cesserunt, prout in Apostolicis ipsorum Uteris, ad quas nos
referimus, plene cpntinetur.

In primis, quod omnes utriusque sexus confratres dicte
Glide, presentes et futuri, sibi presbiterum idoneum, — id est,
per interpretationem Leonis X. Pape modemi, rite promotum,
nnUis censuris ecclesiasticis publice irretitum^ — secularem vel
regidarem in eorum possint, et quilibet eorum possit, ehgere
confessorem, qui, vita eis comite, in casibus Sedi Apostolice
reservatis semel in vita et in mortis articulo, in aliis vero
quotiens oportunum fuerit, confessionibus eorum diligenter
auditis, pro commissis eis debitam absolutionem impendere et
injungere penitentiam salutarem ; quodque idem, vel alius
confessor ydoneus, quem ducerent eligendum, omnium pecca-
torum suorum, de quibus corde contriti et ore confessi fuerint,
etiam semel in vita et tarn in vero mortis articulo, quam
etiam quando de eorum morte hesitari contigerit, etiam si
tunc mors non subsequatur, plenariam remissionem concedere ;
ecclesiasticos etiam, qui per impotentiam, negligentiam,

1 It may be noted that an imperfect printed broadside of dispensation
and privileges in English of the Guild of Our Lady of Scala CaeU in the same
church, about 1505-10, is preserved in the Sandars Collection at Cambridge
(C. E. Sayle, Early English Printed Books in the University Library, Cam-
bridge, i., p. 62).

' pubUe cirretitum, original.

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oblivionem, et corporis debilitatem, vel librorum defectum
aut alias, de injunctis eis penitentiis ac diyinis offitiis, vel
horis canonicis quicquam omiserint, ab hujusmodi excessibus
et delictis, quotiens oportunum foret, absolvere ; ac juramenta
quecunque, sine alicui juris prejuditio relaxare ; et vota
quecunque ultra marina ^ liminum Beatorum Apostolorum
Petri et Pauli, ac Sancti Jacobi in Compostella necnon, castitatis
et religionis votis dumtaxat exceptis, in alia pietatis opera
leviora commutare ; necnon super quacunque irregularitate a
sententia canonis vel hominis eontracta, preterquam ratione
bigamie vel homicidii voluntarii, in foro conscientie dum-
taxat, dispensare possit et valeat.

Item quod quilibet confrater super altare portatUi, in locis
etiam non sacris ac etiam ordinaria auctoritate interdictis,
per se ipsos qui presbiteri sint, et tarn ipsi quam ceteri non
presbiteri per alium presbiterum ydoneum secularem vel
regularem in eorum et cujuslibet ipsorum ac familiarum
suorum domesticorum presentia, etiam antequam illucescat
dies, circa tamen diurnam lucem — id est, per interpretationem
Leonis Decimi, statim post horam tertiam medie noctis —
[divina] celebrare seu celebrari facere, illaque audire, et eis
interesse, necnon tempore interdicti hujusmodi Eucbaristiam
ac omnia et singula alia sacramenta ecclesiastica, etiam in
locis interdictis hujusmodi, sine alicujus prejuditio, recipere
et administrare ; et si eos, aut eorum aliquem, tempore hujus-
modi interdicti ab hac luce migrare contigerit, dummodo hujus-
modi interdicto causam non dederint, corpora eorum eccles-
iastice sepulture sine funerali pompa tradi hbere et hcite
possint ; nee cuiquam confratrum, quacunque morte moriatur,
ecclesiastica sepultura hujusmodi denegari valeat.

Item idem sanctissimus pater Leo X. decernit (sic) et
declaravit, omnes et singulos utriusque sexus Cristi fideles,
qui in singulis quartis et sextis feriis et diebus Sabbati totius
anni, vel in earundem feriarum aut dierum aliqua, non solum
predictam Sancte Marie, sed etiam aliquam aliam capellam
seu ecclesiam, ubi eos moram trahere contigerit, quam eorum
qtiihbet pro tempore duxerit eligendam, devote visitaverint,
et semel Orationem Dominicam cum salutatione angelica ac
Simbolo Apostolorum orando recitaverint, vel missas i [sic)
Beate Marie, etiam si illam pro tempore ampliorem seu
latiorem fieri contigerit, aut alia capella seu ecclesia eHgenda,
hujusmodi superaltari vel altaribus ad hoc tunc ordinatis,
seu ordinandis, per seipsos, si presbiteri fuerint, vel alios
presbiteros pro eis et aliis vivis, aut etiam per modum
suffragii pro animabus defunctorum in purgatorio existentium,
qui per caritatem Cristi unite ab hac luce decesserint, cele-
brari fecerint, et pro manutentione et sustentatione dictorum
et aliorum eidem Confraternitati incumbentium onerum
manus adjutrices porrexerint, quotiens id fecerint, non solum
ipsas indulgentias et peccatorum remissiones prefatam CapeUam

1 marino, original.

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*' Scalam Cell " nuncupatam, sed etiam Ecclesiam Sancti
Johannis Latranensis de dicta urbe, quando ibi stationes
prefate celebrantur, visitantibus et in illis celebrantibus et
celebrari facientibus pro vivis aut mortuis concessas con-
sequi, necnon eisdem defunctis in purgatorio existentibus
ipsa plenissima indulgentia concessa celebrantibus seu cele-
brari facientibus, ut prefertur, per modum suffragii pro
plenaria pecoatorum expiatione et penarum relaxatione
suffragari, ac plenariam peccatorum remissionem, quam
capellam predictam Beate Marie Virginis in Assumptionis
et Nativitatis Beate Marie devote visitantibus, et ad
supportationem onerum predictorum, juxta eorum devot-
ionem, manus adjutricea porrigentibus, ut prefertur, concessit
ab omni prorsus pena et culpa fuisse et intelligi debere esse
concessam.

Item quod omnes et singuli confratres predicti utriusque
sexus, presentes et futuri, qui quamcunque ecclesiam sive
capellam, in locis ubi eos residere contigerit, in Resurrectionis
sacramenti corporis Christi, Pentecostes, et Sancti Michaelis
Archangeli ia mense Septembris festivitatibus, in prima
Dominica Quadragesime, ac ipsarum festivitatum, et prime
Dominice octavis, devote visitaverint, et ibi Orationem
Dominicam cum salutatione angelica hujusmodi recitaverint,
vel si absentes a civitate vel diocesi Lincolniensi fuerint, et
elemosinas erogaverint, vel Orationem Dominicam cum salu-
tatione hujusmodi recitaverint, quotiens id fecerint, ut pre-
mittitur, omnium et singulorum peccatorum suorum remis-
sionem consequentur {sic).

Item quod omnes et singuli confratres et consorores, et
eorum parentes defuncti, qui cum caritate decesserunt, in
omnibus precibus, sufEragiis, elemosinis, jejuniis, orationibus,
missis, horis canonicis, disciplinis, peregrinationibus, et ceteris
omnibus bonis qui fiunt, et fieri poterunt, in tota universaU
ecclesia nulitanti et omnibus membris ejusdem, participes
sint et efficiantur.

Item quod predicti confratres et consorores Quadragesi-
malibus et aliis jbjuniorum temporibus seu diebus, quibus
esus lacticiniorum de jure vel consuetudine est prohibitus,
ovis, caseo, butiro, lacte, et aliis lacticiniis libere et absque
conscientie scrupulo, carnibus vero de consilio utriusque
medici, uti et vesci possint.

Item quod omnes et singuli Cristi fideles, cujuscunque dig-
nitatis, status, aut ordinis fuerint, qui Camerarios prefatos,
aut eorum substitutos, ad premissa adjuvarent, Cristique
fideles ad porrigendas manus adjutrices diote Confraternitati
et ut se in ilia conscribi faciant induxerint, quotiens id
fecerint, quingentos annos indulgencie consequantur.

Item quod indulgentie, peccatorum remissiones, facultates,
et indulta predicta sub quibusvis suspentionibus vel revoca-
tionibus quarumcunque indulgentiarum facultatum, privi-
legiorum indultorum per Sedem predictam, etiam in favore

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Basilice principis Apostolorum de Urbe aut Cruciate contra
infideles, aut ecclesiarum domorum fratrum ordinis here-
mitarum Sancti Augustini in dicto regno Anglie existentium,
et pro reparatione earum hactenus quomodolibet factis, vel
faciendis, nullatenus comprehendantur, sed ab Ulis semper
excepte ; et quotiens illas et ilia revocari, suspend!, modificari,
restringi, seu reduci contigerit, totiens in pristinum et eum
statim sicuti nunc sint reposita, restituta, et reintegrata
censeantur et existant.

Item mandatum est, auctoritate Apostolica, universis et
singulis reverendissimis ac reverendis patribus archiepiscopis,
episcopis, ac eorum officialibus quibuscunque, necnonrectoribus,
vicariis, capeUanis, et aKis quarumcunque ecclesiarum
ministris quibuscunque, ut Aldermanis [et] Camerariis dicte
Confraternitatis pro tempore existentibus, seu eorum depu-
tatis, circa collectionem annuam debiti supradicti a con-
fratribus dicte Confraternitatis, ac receptionem novorum
confratrum opem et auxilium prebeant.

Item quod quilibet confrater omnium et singulorum
indultorum, privilegiorum, indulgentiarum, et concessionum
dicte Confraternitati sive Gilde concessorum particeps
imperpetuum efficiatur.

Nos igitur Aldermannus et Camerarii antedicti, quibus hec
faciendi tributa et commissa est potestas, dilectum nobis in
Christo Thornam Willughby, armigerum, et, Brigittam uxorem
ejus intra nostrorum confratrum numerum elegimus, aggre-
gamus, et admittimus, indultorumque ac concessionum, necnon
omnium suffragiorum et bonorum operum spiritualium nos-
trorum participes semper fore et esse volumus ac innotescimus
per presentes.

In quorum omnium et singulorum testimonium, sigillum
commune dicte Gilde presentibus appendi fecimus.

Data Boston', xxvij.° die mensis Janiutrii, anno Domini
M. CCCCC. xviij.

Per me Johannem Sixtinum, u[triusque] j[uris] doctorem.

Per me Petrum Potkyn, legum doctorem.

Impressum per me Ricardum Pynson, Regis Impressorem.

Written at Foot : Admissus per Willelmum Temper, Camer-
arium, et solvit v]s. viijtZ. ; et sic debet solvere annuatim
quousque xxvjs. viijd. sint plenarie persoluti, et sic • esse
quietum sine ulterori solutione.

Fragment of seal, with figure of the Virgin Mary crowned and
Child. 24.

1520, October 6. — Will of John WyUoughby, esquire, in
his own writing, " purpasyng, with the grace of God, to goo
to Rome of pylgramag', dredyng soden chansus, perels and
jeoperdes in my journey." Anthony Fitzherbert, his brother
[in law], sole executor. " To my cosyn his wyffe my corall'
beydes with gawdes of gold." My brother Zowch. My sister
Ales. My brother Hew. My cousin Cumberforth. My

13?

I neyvy" Henry Wyllughby. My brother Edward's wife.
" To the new beydhowse at WoUaton a soheylett [= skillet],
a posnett, a chafur, a peyr tonges and a fyr' ern." " Item to
Mastres Wyluowr' the boke that schew hath of myn. Item
to Sir Robert Scheypert the boke that he hath of myn.
Item to WoUaton Chyrch' a corporas with a case. Item to
Wyllughby Chyrch a corporas case. Item to my cosyn Cecily
Curson ij. of my best Ynglysch' bokes. Item to my cosyn
Mar' hyr syster an other Ynglysch boke." My sister Dudley.
Richard Smyth, parson. 236.

1521. — Papal indulgence granted to Henry Willoughby and
others.

Ut animarum saluti devotorum oratorum vestrorum
Henrici Wyllooghby, Eduardi Bellnappe {sic), Johannis Oche,
Johannis Markan, Eduardi Feres, Johannis Birron, Johannis
Dygby, Johannis Ulloghby,i Eduardi UUoghby, Anthonii
Phytheherberd,2 Guiliermi Alston, Johannis Melford, Thome
Cheleram, GuiUermi More, Guiliermi Bue, Rogeri Necham,
Thome Lymdem, Johannis Dauton, Francisci Cyroneau, et HeUe
Breul, conjugatorumque vestrorum (sic), ac eorum utriusque
sexus liberorum, pravintie (sic) Cantu[a]riensis et Pictavensis,
vel alterius dioceseos, salubrius consulatur, supplicant
humiliter sanctitati vestre dicti oratores, q[uatenus ei]s et
eorum cuihbet specialem gratiam facientes, ut confessor idoneus
secularis vel cujusvis ordinis regularis presbyter, quem qui-
hbet ipsorum duxerit eligendum, ipsos et eorum quemlibet
a quibusvis excommunicationis, suspensionis, et interdicti,
ahisque ecclesiasticis sentenciis, censuris et penis a jure vel
ab homine quavis occasione vel causa latis, ac votorum
quorumcunque et ecclesie mandatorum transgressionibus, per-
juriorum et homicidii casualis vel mentaMs reatibus, manuum
violentarum in quasvis personas ecclesiasticas, non tamen
prelatos, de preterite injectionibus, jejuniorum, horarumque^
canonicarum ac divinorum officiorum et penitentiarum injunc-
tarum in toto vel in parte omissionibus ; Necnon ab omnibus
et singulis eorum peccatis, criminibus, et delictis quantun-
cunque gravibus et enormibus, de quibus corde contriti et
ore confessi fuerint, etiam si talia forent propter que sedes
apostolica merito foret consulenda, de reservatis, exceptis
contentis in buUa "Cena Domini," semel in anno et in mortis
articulo, et quotiens de illo dubitabitur, etiam si tunc mors
non subsequatur, de aliis vero eidem sedi non reservatis casibus
tociens quotiens opus fuerit absolvere, et pro commissis peni-
tentiam salutarem injungere, vota vero quecunque ultramarine
visitationis liminum apostolorum Petri et Pauli de Urbe ac
Jacobi in ComposteUa, religionis et castitatis votis duntaxat

1 Willoughby.

2 Fitzherbert.

* haranim,, MS.

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exceptis, in alia pietatis opera commutare et juramenta que-
cunque sine juris alieni prejuditio relaxare ; ac semel in anno
et in mortis articulo et quotiens de morte dubitabitur, licet
tunc mors non subsequatur, plenariam omnium peccatorum
suorum remissionem et absolutionem auctoritate apostolica
impendere _valeat ; liceatque eis et eorum cuilibet habere
altare portatUe cum debitis reverentia et honore, super quo
in locis ad hoc congruentibus et honestis, etiam non sacris
et ecclesiastico interdicto ordinaria auctoritate seu apostolica
suppositis, dummodo causam non dederint hujusmodi inter-
dicto et fecerint quantum in eis fuerit quod ea, propter que
appositum fuit apostolicum interdictum, executioni debite
demandentur, etiam antequam elucescat dies, circa tamen
diumam lucem, in sua et famiharum suorum domesticorum
presentia missas et alia divina officia celebrare seu celebrari
facere, ac tempore interdicti hujusmodi divinis interesse, ac
eucharistiam et alia ecclesiastica sacramenta a quocunque
presbytero quando, ubi et quotiens videbitur, etiam in Pascate,
et sine licentia rectoris parrochialis ecclesie, absque tamen
ejus prejuditio, recipere, et decedentium eorundem oratorum
corpora cum funerali pompa ecclesiastice tradi __ possint
sepulture ; et insuper unam vel duas ecclesias aut duo vel
tria altaria in partibus ubi singulos oratores pro tempore resi-
dere contigerit, Quadragesimalibus et aliis diebus stationum
urbis Rome visitando, tot et similes indulgentias ac pecca-
torum remissiones consequantur, quas consequerentiu" si singulis
diebus eisdem singulas dicte urbis et extra cam ecclesias propter
stationes hujusmodi deputatas ac citra plenarias Beate Marie
de Populo, de Pace, et de Loreto, ac basilicarum Sancti
Joharmis Later anensis et Beate Marie Ma j oris de Urbe ac si
personaliter visitaret ; preterea eisdem Quadragesimalibus
et aliis temporibus prohibitis, unacum eorum familiaribus con-
tinuis commensalibus et ad eorum mensam pro tempore
discumbentibus, ovis, butiro, caseo, et aHis lacticiniis, camibus
vero de utriusque medici consilio, uti et frui ; ceterum,
ut singule oratrices vmacum quatuor aUis honestis mulieribus
quater in anno quecunque monasteria monialium cujusvis,
etiam Sancte Clare ordinis, de licentia inibi presidentium
ingredi ac cum eisdem monialibus conversari, dummodo
ibidem non pernoctent ; Necnon quod Terram Dominicam
et totiens AngeHcam orationes singulis diebus in sonitu cam-
pane post Completorium dictum Ave Maria devote recitando
quinquaginta dies indulgentiarum consequi possint et valeant,
concedere et indulgere dignemini de gratia speciali, non
obstantibus constitutionibus et ordinationibus apostolicis ac
cancellarie apostohce regulis necnon quibusvis revocationibus
et suspensionibus quarumvis simiUum vel dissimilium, s[e]u
etiam in favorem fabrice basihce principis apostolorum Sancti
Petri de Urbe ac Sancte Cruciate concessis forsan hactenus
seu imposterum concedendis, ceterisque contrariis quibuscun-
que, cum clausis oportunis et consuetis.

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Et de reservatis semel in anno et in mortis articulo,
etc., premissis exceptis ut supra

Et de non reservatis sedi predicte casibus, tociens
quotiens opus fuerit, ut premittitur

Et de commutatione votorum et relaxatione jura-
mentorum ut supra, et de plenaria remissione et absolutione
semel in anno et in mortis articulo a pena et culpa ac
aliis, modo et forma premissis

Et de altari portatili cum clausa " ante diem " et
" in locis interdictis," ut premittitur

Et quod tempore interdict! corpora oratorum eccles-
iastice tradi possint sepulture, ut prefertur

Et de indulgentiis stationum Urbis, visitando ecclesias
vel altaria, ut supra

Et de esu ovorum, butiri, casei, et aliorum lacti-
ciniorum ac carnium, ut supra

Et de ingrediendo monasteria monialium pro
mulieribus, ut supra

Et de indulgentia quinquaginta dierum in sonitum
campane post completorium

Et quod presens indultum duret ad vitam singu-
lorum oratorum, nee comprebendatur sub quibusvis
revocationibus necnon derogationibus et suspensionibus,
etc., modo et forma premissis ; et quod presentium tran-
sumptis manu notarii publici subscriptis et sigillo alicujus
persone in dignitate eccesiastica constitute munitis, fides
detur : Que simul vel ad partem pro quolibet oratore
aliis omissis, etiam exprimendo nomina et cognomina,
qualitates eorum ac uxorum et liberorum, fieri possint ;
Et quod presentis supplicationis sola signatura sufiiciat
absque aliarum expedltione litterarum

Concessum ut petitur, in presentia Domini
nostri pape : F. Cardinalis Ursinus.

Jidianus de Datis, Dei et apostolice sedis gratia, episcopus
Sancti Leonis, sanctissimi in Christo Patris et Domini nostri
domini Leonis, divina providentia, pape Decimi, in basilica
principis apostolorum de Urbe minor penitenciarius, universis
et singuHs presentes litteras inspecturis salutem in Domino
sempitemam. Notum facimus et attestamur, quod litteras
originales confessionalis, quarum copia preinseritur, vidimus,
tenuimus et diligenter inspeximus, easque manu reverend-
issimi in Christo patris et domini domini Franciotti, misera-
tione divina, Sancti Georgii sacrosancte Romane ecclesie
diaconi cardinalis de Ursinis, in domini nostri pape prefati
presentia signatas fuisse et esse reperimus : idcirco, pro parte
venerabilis viri domini Guillermi Alston, monachi ordinis
Sancti Benedicti, Coventrensis dioceseos, principalis in pre-
insertis litteris inter ceteros oratores principaliter nominati,
debita cum instantia requisiti, ipsas transumi, exemplari,
transcribi, et in hanc publicam transumpti formam redigi, ac
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mandavimus ; decementes huic present! transumpto in
judicio et extra tantam fidem debere adhiberi qualis et quanta
dictis originalibus litteris data est et adbibita, dareturque et
adhiberetur si in medium producerentur, quibus omnibus
premissis sic per nos re factis auctoritatem nostram inter-
posuimus et interponimus presentium per tenorem pariter et
decretum.

In quorum fidem sigillum nostrum presentibus duximus

apponendum. Datum et actum Rome in do[mo ?] m

residentie, sub anno a Nativitate Domini millesimo quin-
gentesimo vigesimo primo, Indictione nona, die vero [blanh]
mensis [blank], pontificatus prelibati domini nostri domini
Leonis pape Decimi anno nono, presentibus ibidem vener-
abilibus viris dominis Johanne Andrea de Zoellis, archidiacono
Britonoriensi et [incomplete]. 24.

1521, August 1. — Letter of the Guardian of the Observant
Friars of Mount Sion creating Sir John Willoughby a Knight
of the Holy Sepulchre.

In Dei Omnipotentis nomine, Amen. Notum sit omnibus
presentes nostras litteras inspecturis, qualiter, hoc anno
Salutis nostre M. D. XXI., generosus ac nobUis vir Dominus
Johannes Villughby, de Angha, nuper ad sacratissima terre
sancte mysteria visitanda, magno devotionis affectu, se con-
tulerit, Deoque opitulante, multis transactis periculis, loca
sanctissima petierit et in primis ardentissimo sanctum
Dominicum Sepulchrum visitavit, sanctissimosque Calvarie,
Syon et Oliveti montes, Virginisque intemerate sepulchrum
in medio vallis Josaphat, nativitatis quoque et presepii
Salvatoris nostri in Bethleem Juda, fluentaque Jordanis et
Quarantani montes, et omnia aha a modernis Christi fidelibus
perigrinis visitari solita, non modico labore, et, ob locorum
anfractus, maximo discrimine et^ expensis plurimis circuivit,
atque iteratis precibus devote personaUter adoravit, et,
ostendens veram Christiani nominis professionem, omnia
adversa magnanimiter pertulit.

Idcirco, ego Frater Zenobius Masius, de Florentia, Ordinis
Minorum regularis obs[ervancie] sacri Conventus Montis
Syon guar[dianus] ceterorumque locorum Terre Sancte com-
miss[arius] (hcet immeritus), animadvertens ejusdem Domini
stemmata, ceterasque ejus virtutes, quibus SanctissimiSepulchri
MUites dotati esse tenentur, motu proprio impulsus, ob immen-
sam ejusdem Domini Johannis devotionem in hec sacrosancta
mysteria, et singulares zelus in totius religionis augmentum,
et erga seraphici Patris nostri Franci[sci] ordinem, prefatum
Dominum Johannem, auctoritate apostolica mihi in hac parte
cum plenitudine potestatis commissa singulari privilegio et
gratia, Sanctissimi Sepulchri jam dicti MUitem institui, ordinavj,
et benedixi, ac per presentes institutum, ordinatum, et bene-
dictum super Gloriosissimo Domini Sepulchro denuncio ;
decemens insuper, eundem posse deferre Sancte Crucis,

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Sanctissimi Sepulchri seu Sancti Georgii insignia publice vel
secrete, prout sibi placuerit ; dotans ipsum omnibus gratiis,
priyUegiis ac muneribus hujus Sancte Militie, quibus uti omnibus
locis gaudereque sine aliqua interpellatione possit et debeat,
quibus ceteri MUites Sanctissimi Sepulchri uti et frui con-
suevere.

In quorum omnium fidem ac robur tutissimum presentes
fieri jussi ac sigUlo Sanctissimi Selpulchri consueto muniri
ac roborari feci, manuque propria me subscripsi.

Datum Hierosolimis, in arce Syon cenaculo Christi sanc-
tissimo, anno, quo supra. Die Mercurii, prima Augusti.

Frater Zenobius subscripsi manu propria me, F.Z.

[1525,] August 6. — Commission under the signet to Sir
Henry WUloughby to repress riot in Coventry, i

" Henry R. By the king.

Trusty and welbeloved, we grete you wel. And forasmuche
as we understahde that on Lammas day last passed a grete
ryot and unlafull assemble with other enormytes wer com-
mytted in and nere unto our cite of Coventry by diverse light
and evil disposed personnes of the same, and that it is to
us yet unknowen whether the said enormytes be repressed
or not : we, not willing the same to contynue or passe
unpunyshed, for the daunger and evil exemple that may
ensue therof, have by our other lettres instructed our right
entierly beloved cousin the Marques Dorset the maner and
fourme howe we wol that he, with your assistence, power
and strength, or otherwise as he shal thynke good, shal
procede to the repressing and due correccion of the said
offendours. Wherfore we, trusting in your perfitt fidelities,
wol and desire you that, according to suche ordre as our said
cousin shal geve unto you in that behalf, ye, with suche
persons as ye may make, if he require the same, do geve your
attendance and assistence unto our said cousin in execucion
of the premisses, as weU for repressing of the said offendours,
if the same be not alredy don, as for inquire to be made upon
the offence, by vertue of suche commission as we have sent
to our said cousin and other for that porpose, and that with
al effect, spede and good endevour as we trust yow and as
ye tender our pleasur, willing yow furthermorre that in al
suche thinges as our said cousin shal shewe unto you in the
premisses, ye wol geve unto hym ferme credence as shal
appartain.

Yeven under our signet, at our maner of [Grenejweche
(?), the vj"* day of Auguste.

[Addressed :] To our trusty and welbiloved servaunt Sir
Henry WiUoughbe, knight."

1 The letter of the Marquis of Dorset and Sir Henry Willoughby, dated
12 August, 1525, giving an account of their proceedings by virtue of this
commission is noticed in the Calendar of State Papers 1S25, no. 1568. Se^
also no. 1743,

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Signet seal {shield of royal arms and crown surrounded by
collar of SS) impressed upon paper-covered wax. 24.

[1539 ?] — " Informacions agaynst Sir Gylles Strangways,
knyght, of certajoie his mysdemeanors done in Dorsetshire
as hereafter folowyth.

Furst it is too be sertefyed that certayne of the housold
servauntes of Sir Gylles Strangways, too the nomber of thre
or iiij"^, that were nere aboute hym, parte of theym watyng
apon hym in his chamber, of late yeres were accused too
robe poore men in the cuntre, as well in theyc housis as by
the heyghway, and when the parties that were robed dyd sett
forth ther accusement agajoist his said servauntes afore ther
faces and in the presens of ther master afore the justices
syttyng apon the benche, the poore men then avouyng that
they the servauntes of the said Sir Gylles had robbed theym at
certayne tyme and place by theym then named, yet the said
Master Sir Gylles dyd soo here theym his said servauntes in
ther evyll doyng, havyng suche persons impanelled too inquere
of the same felonyes as were assured frendes too the same
Sir Gylles, and suche as dyd long to him, that notwyth-
standyng good evydence was gyffen by the parties that were
robed afore the justices, sayng ' thes ar the persons in presens
that dyd robe us,' yet noo indyctament culd be found in
the same shire at no assisses nor sessions agaynst his said
servauntes, wiche said felonyes was aleged and set forth for
the moste parte at every sessions by the space of one holle
yere too gather. And when certajme nobyllmen and other
gentylmen and pore men dyd perceve suche berjmg and per-
jurye used in that shire by the supporting of the same Sir
Gylles, then the same men dyd complayne at London too the
kynges councell, allegyng the unlawfuU beryng of the said
Sir Gylles and the fellonyes commytted by his said servauntes.
At wiche tyme the said councell, havyng afore theym emonges
other one of the said Sir Gylles servauntes named Jamys
Ferror in examinacion, the same Jamys Ferror confessed
parte of the same felonyes agaynst hym by the pore men
alleged too be trew, the same Jamys then watyng upon the
same Sir Gylles in ... . shier, whiche confession the
same Jamys Ferror beyng assigned by the said councell too
suffer deth for his demeryttes. Sir Gylles Strangways dyd
optayne of the kynges Grace his pardon, and the other ij. or
iij. servauntes too the said Sir Gylles, because the wold not
confesse ther faultes as the said Jamys Ferror dyd, they
contynewed styll in the service of ther sayd master wythout
any punyshement.

Item, at another tyme two other of the howshold servauntes
of the same Sir Gylles commytted other felonyes, and one
of theym named Brynabell dyd robe his said master Sir Gylles,
apon the wiche robere Sir Gylles caused hym to be indycted,
and after, when the felonie was araned, Sir Gylles, havyng big

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good restored, absentyd hymsellfe owte of the hall, and wold
gyfe no evydence, and soo the felony was acquite.

Also one Wylliam Sampson, not a yere passyd, was indyted
v"^ tymes of sundry felonies, and flede apon the same fel-
lonyes, and the good stoUen restored to the partyes that
ought it, and after the same Wylliam Sampson was by the
meanes of the same Sir Gylles accquite, and after that acquitt-
all the same Wylliam Sampson named hymsellfe to be the
sarvaunte of the same Syr Gyles Strangways, besydes dyvers
other mo fellonies by his sarvauntes and other persons com-
myttyd, wyche be cloked and advoyded wythout any re-
fEormacion, in wyche so doyng the same Sir Gylles doyth
not only appere to be a gret berer agaynst the kjmges lawys,
but also doyth cause miche perjurie to be commyttyd and
used in that shire.

Also to prove the same Sir GyUes to be a gret berer in the
courte, the same Sir Gylles within thys ij. yeres last passyd,
after that a pore man had taken the peace of hys neyghbor
named John Roke, he causyd the pore man to contynew the
askyng of the peace agaynst the sayd John Roke, where the
pore man wolde have releasyd the same peace, but that Sir
Gylles dyd advyse the pore man to the contrari, wherby he
causyd dyscencion to contynew betwxyt ij. neyghbers for the
mahce that the same Sir Gylles hade to one of them, for by
the procurement of the same Sir Gylls the same John Roke,
agajmst whome the peace was askyd, afterward was indyted
of f orceable entre and ryott wrongfully for kepyng of hys owne
house and grounde, wherin the sayd John Roke hade bene
in peasabyll possession by the space of xij. yeres and more.
And for farther prove thereof, when the ij. pore men were
agreed in the same matter, then the same Sir GyUes dyd
take dysplesure therwith, and rebuked theym that they dyd
. make the awarde and agrement betwyxt the sayd ij. pore
man (sic), wherby appered that Sir Gylles was not contentyd
that unite and peace shuUe be betwyx the sayd ij. pore men
being neyghbors, for malyce that he dyd bere to the sayd
John Roke, bejmg tenant to Sir Edward Wyllughby.

Other articles to prove that Syr Gylls Strangways ys a
procurer to breke the kynges peace and a dysturber of the
kynges people, as well at the tyme of the asSisses when the
juges were ther as at the tyme of Quarter Sessions at sunderey
tymes as hereafter folowyth.

Item where ther was certayn riotiuse persons at Wynburne
during the tyme of a fayre ther holden, wyth swordes, byUes,
and other wapens, sekyng the sarvauntes of Syr Edward
Wyllughby to feyght wyth them, and at the laste fyndyng
one of the husbande men of the seid Syr Edward and a prest
togathers in a company, then and ther dyd stryke downe
unto the grounde the sarvaunt of the said Sir Edwarde,
suposyng that they had kylled hym, and then assautyd the
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his gowne, th3nik3mg also to have kylled hym, whereapon he
slypped owt of his gowne and flede into the churche yarde,
wyche ryotuose persons after that they hade serched and
inquered thorrow all the towne of Wynburne to feyght wyth
Sir Edward WyUughby servauntes, then they the said ryotuose
persons dyd stryke and hurte dyvers other of the kynges sub-
jectes in ther rage, to the nomber of xxuij" persons, and so
walkyd wyth ther wapons draune thorrowowt the towne,
strykyng alway abowt them that they causyd all the kynges
people ther bejmg in the fayre and market to trusse upp
ther marohandyes and to forsake the s'ayd market for fere
of the sayd ryotuose persons, whereapon the justyces next
adjonyng causyd a sessions to sytt and inquere apon the sayd
ryott, and when Syr Gylls Strangways and his frendes per-
cevyng a sessions to be appoyntyd to inquere of the sayd ryott
commyttyd by the servauntes of Sir Thomas Lyne and hys
frendes, then the same Sir GyUs comyng thether to Wynburne,
bryngjmg wyth hym certa5ni gentyUmen, beyng under his
riulle and commanddement, to be impanuUyd of the grete
inquest to the intent that the sayd ryot shud not be founde
agaynst his frendes ; by reason of wyche beryng of the sayd
Sir Gylls agajmst the kyng this riott coulde not be by no
jure then and ther founde, whereapon the sayd ryott was
afterwarde complajmed of in the Ster Chamber affore the
kynges councell, and ther by good wytnessys provyd, as ap-
peryth of recorde there, and afterwarde the sayd ryotuosse
persons appon prosses agaynst theym made was proclaymed
trators and rebelleus, and parte of them flede the contre for
fere of punysshement. Whereby apperyth the power and
auctoryte and the unlaufull beryng of the sayd Sir Gylls in
that shjTe, wher no matters wylbe founde nor passe by
vardyt contrari to his pleasure.

Item, at another tyme Syr Gylls Strangways wyth the
nombre of iij. score or iiij. score persons, wyth all maner of
wapons in forceable maner vyolentlie dyd come to Blanforde,
and they dyd fysshe the water in dyspyte of Syr John Rogers
and all hys power, wyche Sjrr John raysed an C. persons to
wythstande the sayd Syr Gylls, but that assemble notwyth-
standjrng, S3T Gylls being appoyntyd to come wythe his nettes
in cartes, bryngyng wyth hym suche an unlaufuU and
ryottous company and assemble, wyth force dyd fysshe ther,
and Syr John Rogers wyth force was compeUyd to suiBfer
hym to fysshe in hys water and durste not deffend him for
fere of morder and manslawter, wyche ryot and unlaufull
assemble was never founde nor presentyd in that schere,
whare nothyng canne be founde contrary to the mynde of the
sayd Syr GyUs.

Also certa3Tie other articles ther be too prove the same
Sir Gylles a supportor and mayntener of frays and breker of
the kynges peace as folowyth.

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Furst, where that Sir Edward Wyllughby was at a sessions
at Dorchester, servyng the kyng as his dewty was and is,
Master Henry Strangways, the son of the same Sir Gylles, in
the sessions tyme, when the justices was syttyng, the sayd
Sir Edward and Sir John Rogers was walkyng toogathers
frome the benche of the sessions arme in arme, the said Master
Henry Strangways not only appoyntyng certayne persons
too the nomber of xl" too be redy in the strett with bylls
and swordes redy too mete and feight with the sayd Sir
Edward at his commyng owt of the hall by the appoyntement
of the sayd Master Strangways, but also he the same Master
Henry Strangways dyd sodenly stryke at the said Sir
Edward, havyng Sir John Rogers by the arme, and with a
naked sworde cute his cheyne frome aboute his neke, wiche
ryott was nor never culde be founde in that schyr by reason
of the berjmg of the same Sir Gylles, notwithstondyng the
said ryot was commytted duryng the tyme that the justices
was syttyng at the sessions hall' at Dorchestre in the syght
of the same justices, wyche ryot and fray was afterward
by the said Sir Edward complayned of in the Ster Chamber,
and ther proved by good wytnes as apereth therof of record
at this day.

At another tyme also, when the justices of the assise dyd
syt at Dorchester, on Foway, servant to the same Sir Gyles,
in an evenjmg, without any discension or cause of gruge,
sodenly without warnyng dyd stryke on Richard Dooll, ser-
vant to Sir Edward WyUughby, with a naked swerd apon the
face and heed that he the same Foway at the same stroke
had ner kylled the same Doll, strykyng hym to the grownd,
and then the same Foway therapon advoyded and wold not
be knowen of the fray or hurt that it schuld be hys dede, nor
the justices of assise apon inquere cold not kno who duryng
the assises tyme had done that ded, and yet that notwith-
stondyng the same Sir Gyles dyd and doth continually kepe
the same Foway styll in his service without commonicacion
or punyshement or answer made to the same Doll, who dyd
lye at surgery by the space of viij. wekes, wherby apereth
the unlawfull mentenance of the same Sir Gyles.

Also the same Sir Gylles, at the last sessyons holden at
Sherborne, the xxx" yere of oure soverayne Lorde the
kyng that now is, havyng gruge and malyce in hes mynde to
the seide Sir Edwarde, then and ther at the seid sessyons
syttjmge apon the benche, havyng no respecte to the service
that he and aU the other was bownden to do to the kyng at
that tyme duryng the sessyons, butt rather procuryng
dycencyon and morder ther too be comytted and don, sayd
to the seid Sir Edward thes worddes : " I do deflye the, and
nott only I deffy the betwene the and me, butt also I doo
deffye the in all this awdyence," and therapon the same Sir
Gylles spekyng to hes sone prively, hes seid sone did arisse
from the benche, beyng onne of the justyces of the p[e]ace,

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and dyd feche hes fatheres servauntes and hes owne, and
furthwith brought them into the place wheras the
sessyons was, purposly to avenge hes malycyus intent, butt
that the same Sir Edward wolde make hym no answere nor
further precede in worddes with the seid Sir Gylles, the tyme
and the place of the sessyons to the same Sir Edward con-
sidered." 24.

[c. 1540]. — Draught petition of Sir Edward WiUoughby to
King Henry VIII. setting forth his services in war, and
praying that credence may not be given to certain slanderous
statements.

" Too the kyng our soverayng Lorde. In moste humble
wise shewyth and complayneth unto your Highnes your trew
and faithfuU servaunt Edward WyUughby, knyght, that
where your said servant at aU tymes passed sythens that
he was of th' age of xxj*' yeres untoo this day, by the space
of xxix" yeres, frome tyme to tyme hath done unto your
Grace sutche service as haith bene in his power, as weU in
your Grace's warres byyonde the see as other ways within this
realme, furst in Hey Spayne, the thryd yer of your Grace's
reigne, your said servaunt hymselfe dyd fornishe with a hun-
dreth men too doo your Grace service in your warres, under
the Lorde Darsye, then arryvyug at Scalys MaUys, and then
the next yere folowyng, the fourth yer of your Grace's raigne,
hymself also dyd fornishe with another hundreth men, over
and besydes CCCC. men fornished by his father Sir Henry
Wyllughby, appoynted to doo your Grace service in the warres
then arrjrvyng in another parte of Spayne nere Founterabye,^
under the ledyng of the Right HonorabyU Lorde Marques
Dorsett, your said servant havyng then under his father the
gydyng and charge of your Grace's ordinance ; also the same
tyme gyffyng attendance too the honorabyU Lorde now Duke
of Norfolke in too Naverre. And the thryde yere then next
also folowjmg, the v. yer of your Grace's raigne, your said
servaunt, a convefnyent nomber too hym appoynted, served
your Grace lykewise in your warres in the northe cuntre under
the ledyng of the honorabyU the olde Lorde Duke of Norfoike,
at wiche battelP the kyng of Scotland was then ther kylled, ■
and at the same felde your sayd servaunt doyng his bounden
and dew service too your Grace, beyng hurte and wounded,
was taken prysoner by the Scottes, and after ransomed hym-
selfe too his great charge owte of the Scottes handes withowte
ayde or redrese of your Grace or of any other. Also another
yere sythens that tyme your sayd servaunt dyd your Grace
lyke service in your warres in France with another hundreth
men under the ledyng of the honorebyU Lorde the Duke of
Norfoike that now is, at wiche tyme your said servaunt
unworthy therto was made knight by the said Duke in con-

1 Fuenterrabia (Guipiizooa).

2 The Battle of Plodden, A.D. 151-3,

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sideraoion of his said service done too your Grace. Alsoo at
this laste insurreccion in the Northe parties* your said ser-
vaunt Edward Wyllughby lykewysse dyd your Grace service
with another hundreth men furnyshed redy for the warrea
commyng and conve[in]g them owt of Dorsettshire too
Dankester, wiche is viij'^^ myles, ledyng and conveyng theym
to his great charge, wiche service and charges considered
that notwithstondjmg your said servaunt haith nother office
nor fee of your Grace, dojmg your Grace yerly and contenually
service in the cuntre where he dothe dwell in all your com-
missions and commandementes, as he is bounden of dewty
too doo. For wiche consideracions your said servaunt humble
requireth your Grace too lycence and pardon hym in the
rehersyng of his said service bownden and dew, wiche he is
compelled too doo for causys folowyng by reason that he
cannot cumme to your Grace's speche too make trew defence
and answere too the sclanderous and evyll reporte of one
WyUiam Auberey, one of your Grace's servauntes, wiche said
WyUiam Auberey in sondry places makyth his avaunte that
he haith done the errant unto your Grace agaynst your said
servaunt Edward Wyllughby, that your Grace by reason of
his said erraunt and complaynt schold say unto the said
Wylham Au[b]erey that apon suche suytes as your said ser-
vaunt Edward Wyllughby haith or su3^h for by the order
of your lawes that your Grace's pleasor is that your said
servaunt shal not obtejmge nor injoye the same his suyte
although the right of your Grace's lawes be with hym therin,
wiche lawes jonr Grace hetherto never refused at any tyme
too any of your servauntes or subyettes : Wherefor your
sayd besecher and servaunt Edward Wyllughby humble
besychyth your Grace too remember the trew and dew service
not onely done too your Grace hytherto by hymself, but also
by his father Sir Henry Wyllughby and other the brethren of
your said servaunt, wiche said service they and every of theym
intend too doo and to contynew duryng thejT naturall lyfif
as theyr dewtys is ; trustyng also that your Grace dothe
accepte the doj^iges and service of every of your Grace's ser-
vauntes accordyng too ther deserttes, without gyffyng credence
unto the untrew reporte of the said WyUiam Auberey or of
any such scklanderous persons. And your said orater and
servaunt shall dayly pray too God for the long and prosperous
contenuance of your riaU and nobyU estate long too endure.

Also plaise it your noble Grace to be further asertened that
wer certayn of your Grace's subgettes named Thomas Frost,
WyUiam Towneshend, and other wer bownden by obUgacion
in certayn summes to WyUiam Au[b]erey to your Grace's
use, the same WyUiam Au[b]erey hath not only extorciously
taken money of your said pore subgettes to his owne use in
parte of payment of the said obUgacion, but also fraudelently
and decevably the same WyUiam Au[b]erey hath com-

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pownded with your said Grace's pore subgettes Thomas Frost
and other above-named for a further summa betwyxt hym and
them agreed to be payd in severall dayes, and hath promised
your said subgettes the redelyvere of ther said obhgacion,
wyche was on of your Grace's specialtyes taken and made to
your Grace's use : wherby apereth the decet and untrouth
of the said WylUam Au[b]erey done and commytted to your
Grace, wych mater your said servaunt is redy to prove.""

[c. 1540.] — EUzabeth Smethwick to Sir John Willotjghby.

" Ryght worschjrpfull cosyn. I hertely commende me unto
yow, beyng glayd to here of yower welfare, thankjoig yow
ever of yowre grett kyndness. Hyt ys not unknowen unto
yow how that I have beyn handellet now of layte, and
therfore I muste make my frendys to do sumwhat for me.
I have caused my nej^ew Wilham Pulteney for to take panys
on hym to go to London for me and my syster Dame
Elyzabeth Smythwyke for to gett us a lycens to goo owte of
the place of Henwod, for we are gretly afraed that yf we
tary ther we schalbe poyssynnet or ellys summe other
thynge to make us away. Therfore we bo3ythe Dame Elysa-
beth and I desyer yow that yow will doo soo muche for us
as to delyver to my foreseyde neyfew William Pulteney
vli. xs. wher yow wer wonte to sende hyt me by Huge Large,
and my ne3^ew schall brjmg yow acquytans from us bogyth
from the begynyng of the worlde unto the day of the makjmg
of the acquytans. Yf yow do not now helpe us, we ar bo'^yth
undoyn, for we have nothynge to helpe us withall, as "yow
know well, for hyt ys not unknowen how we . . . layf
. moer to yow, but Jhesu have yow in hys keepyng.
[Yowre . . . ] cosyn and beydwoman,

Dam Elesabet Smethewyke [written
badly in a very shaky hand].
[Addressed :] To my ryght worschypfuU cosyn Sir John
Willybe, knyght, be thys delyvered. " 24.

1545, May 10. — Agreement between Sir John Willoughby,
of Wollourton, knight, and Henry Willoughby, esquire, cousin
and heir apparent of the said Sir John, and Sir Nicholas Strelley,
of Bilbrughe, knight, " concerninge the digginge and gettinge
of see coolies within the lordshipp of Bilbrughe." Sir
Nicholas is unable to get the coals in the said lordship
conveniently " by reason of the superfluous abundance of
water " without the help of Sir John, and it is therefore agreed
that " of all thoos cooUez lyinge withyn certen closurez within
the said lordship of Bylbrughe called ' the HoUuez,' now in the
tenure and occupacion of Henry Marmyon, gent., from the
pale of Wollourton Parke of the southe unto the hedge of
the said closures adjonynge to Bylburghe feld by northe,"
Sir John shah have three parts in four and Sir Nicholas
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borne by the parties in the same proportions. In case Sir
John die before the work in Wollaton Park " be thjnrled^
thoroo into the grounds " of Sir Nicholas, it is agreed that
if the said Henry disagre and will not suffer the " thyrlynge "
of the said work, these articles shall be void. The parties
shall cause all such coalpits as shall hereafter be " clene
wrought out and gottyn " to be " caste in and stopped." 24.

1548, December 20.— Will of Sir John Willoughby, of
Wollaton, knight. Proved at London, before the Com-
missary of the Canterbury Prerogative Court, January 22,
1548-9. [North Country Wills, p, 200, Surtees Society.]

179(193).

[1549.] — Account of lands, etc., of which Sir John
Wylloghby, knt., late of Myddelton, died seized, which
descended to Henry Wylloghby, " squyer, his cosyn and heire,
thatt ys to say, son of Sir Edward Wylloghby, knyght, brother
unto the said Sir John WyUoghby." 179.

1549, April 13. — Copy of inquisitio post mortem of Sir John
Wylloughbye, knight, concerning his lands in Warwickshire.
The jurors say that he died 10 January, 1549, and that Henry
Willoughby, son of his brother Edward Willoughby, is his
nearest heir ; which Henry was aged 31 years and more at

•the time of the death of Sir John. . 179 (193).

1549, July 15. — WiU of Henry Willoughby, esquire, in
EngHsh. The will is very lengthy. He ordains that his
executors (his brother-in-law, George Medley, esquire, and
Gabriel Barwyck, gent., Henry Marmyon, gent., and John
Hall, his three trusty servants) shall, within eight years of
his decease, " make or cause to be made at Wolaton aforesayd
a newe soughe^ for gettyng of cole within the same lordshypp,
and to bestow theruppon the some of on thowsande poundes,
or more or lesse, as nede shall requere." Supervisors :
Henry, Marquis of Dorset, and Sir John Markham, knight,
the testator's cousin. 24.

1549, July 15. — Draught on paper of preceding (in hand-
writing of Sir Francis Willoughby). Endorsed : " Coppy of
my father's wyll, with the articles of his owne hand writing."
There is also another copy. 179 (193).

1549, November 13. — Copy of inquisitio post mortem oi Henry
Willoughby, esquire, taken at Nottingham concerning his
lands in the County of Nottingham. The jurors say that
he died on 27 August, 1549, and that Thomas Willoughby is
his son and heir, who was of the age of eight years at the
time of Henry's death. 179 (193).

1 ' bored ' (O.E. ^lyrlian pierce).

2 • drain. '

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1550, March 24. — Copy of Inquisitio post mortem of Henry
Willoughby, esquire, taken at Nottingham, concerning his
lands in the county of Nottingham. 179 (193).

Circa 1550. — Plan of the Lordship of Cosington, co.
Leicester. 163.

[c. 1550]. — Draught of will of Bridgett WUlughby, widow.
Her body to be buried in her chapel of Chedingston in the same
tomb wherein her first husband Sir Thomas Knyght is buried,
or near it, " without any maner of pompe or otther eery-
monies of old tyme used." Executors : Her son, Robert Wil-
lughby, and her son-in-law, Humphrey Walrond, esquire.
She bequeaths the lands in Chedingston, Penshurst, Lye, Hever,
Cowden, Sundrysshe, Chevining, and Sevnocke that she
inherited from her father Sir Robert Rede to her eldest son
Robert WiUughby, charging them with an annuity of 20
marks for her son, Christopher WUlughby, and with \Ql.
yearly for Thomas WiUughby, eldest son of the said Robert.
These lands are settled upon the said Robert and his son
Thomas in tail male, with remainder over to Henry WUloughby,
younger brother of the said Thomas. Endorsed : " My Ladis
mynd is that Mr. CarriU or sum otther lemed man do correct
this wUl." 179 (193).

1553, February 13. — Decree of WUliam Cook, LL.D., Dean
of Shoreham, -pronouncing a divorce between Robert WU-
loughby, esquire, of Sondriche, in the Deanery of Shoreham,
and Dorothy WiUoughby, his wife, on account of her
adultery with James Rogers, esquire, which she confessed in
Court. 179 (193).

1555, November 1. — Probate of wiU of Robert WyUoughbye.
His body to be buried in the chapel of Chidingstone [co.
Kent] " without onye maner of charges as morning blakes
or any other maner of pomps." Proved 16 May, 1556. Two
copies. 163 (207).

1558, August 11. — Probate of wUl of Bridget WUlughby, of
the parish of Chedyngstone, co. Kent, widow (of Sir Thomas
WUlughby). Proved August 18, 1558. Two copies. 163 (207).

0. 1560. — Liformation against the rector of WoUaton for
gambling, etc.

" To Mr. Walter Jonez, Commysarye of the Checker at Yorke.

Pleaseth your Mastershippe to understande that one
WUliam Underne, late parson of WoUaton, in the Countye of
Nottingham, and from the same deposed, is an eviU man in
his conversacion and lyving, as many of his neyghbours will
testifye, for within the towne of Nottyngham, wythin the xij.
dayes of Christmas w[a]s three yeres laste paste, did the
said Under[n]e leese at the dyce and cardes aU the money in
his purse, and gaiged his horse for five marks, and loste aUe

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the said money the same tyme, and also a gold rynge of his
he loste the same tyme. Also in Lent laste paste, wythe in
the said towne of Nottingham, the said Underne cam thether
to make provysion for his wyfes chircheinge, but or he wente
out of the said towne he loste agayne all his money in his
purse and two horses that he and his boye rode uppon, and
borowed xvjs. more wythin the said towne, and loste all the
same at dyce and cardes ; and then comynge home to his
parsonage in Wollaton, on Sonday then next foloweinge,
before his parishoners wythin the chu[r]che at the servyce
there, he dyd petyously lament his wicked lyfe, and said
he wolde never do so agayne. But nottwythstandynge, the
same day that he was deposed from his said parsonage, he
wente streyght waies to Lowdam, and there, contrary to his
faythfull promyse wyth his said parishoners, fell to the dyce
agayne with one Sanderson of the same towne, who he dayly
still occupiethe gamynge with all. And also, aboute Myd-
somer laste paste, the said Underne came to one William
Weste, of Wollaton aforsaid, aboute the hower of eleven of
the clocke at nyght, and desired hym to lende hym his mare
and his sadle and bridle, whiche the said Weste dyd lende
him, but he never as yet did delyver the same againe, nor
make any recompence to hym therefore : wythe many more
evill practyses that he hathe donne, and still practyseth the
same, to the great anoyaunce of many honeste men there-
aboute, who wyshethe a redres and spedye remedye
therein." 24.

1560, April 30. — Presentments against the vicar of Wol-
laton.

" Ultimo Aprilis anno 1560. Wollaton, Dominus Willdmus
Underne, Rector ibidem. Hugo Hvdson, Thomas Calton,
Gardiani.

Prcesentant, that WiUiam Underne, pa[rson

servid and said in the church his devyn he

oughte to have donne as in the .... Sonday and
dyverse other dayes, but hathe gone away at his pleysour,
and his parysshe hathe bene unserved. And for the lacke
of a preste, WiUiam Chamberlayne had two children that
died unchristned ; and, forther, there hathe bene diverse
dead, and theire frendes hathe bene constreyned to get other
prestes in the cuntrye to burye them, or els they muste have
bene unburyed to longe, and for christeninge of children in
lykewyse.

Item they do present the said William Underne to be a
commen gamster at the alehowse, nyght and daye, many
tymes this laste wynter ; and satt upp all the nyght at the
same.

Also he hathe used other evill pastymes at the alehowse,
as in canvasinge a yonge mayde of xiiij. or xv. yeares olde

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in a blankett and wyndowe clothe^ at mydnyght, which is
unprestly, wyth other lyke usages.

Item they do present that on St. Andrewes day laste the
said William Underne dyd breake his faste wyth a puddinge
or two or ever he did say his servyce.

Item they do present, that the said William Underne,
theire parson, had a woman in theire churche which he had
brought from London ; which woman he had at Bingham,
and said she was his wyf.

[Item the]y do present, that the said WilUam Underne
browght to Mr. Elton's, of Cossall, a payre of tables, and
shewed him that he had browght a pastye of venyson, and
kept game there ij. or uj. dayes together at them. More-
over the neyghboures there were longe in comminge to the
Communion, and he willed them to make more haste, or ells
he wolde gett hym to the tables."

(Other charges of obtaining horses from parishioners and
not paying for them as promised follow. Some verses on
this subject are included in the bundle). 24.

1572, March 21. — Bundle of bonds to observe the fast of
Lent, etc., taken before Thomas Willoughby, J.P., in the
county of Kent. 271.

1572. — Papers concerning musters in co. Kent. 177.

1573. — Papers concerning musters in co. Notts. 177.

1573-4. — Acquittance of the Pipe of Thomas Willoughby,
esquire, as sheriff of Kent. 271.

1574, June 19, Newark Castle. — E[dward], earl of Rutland,
Sir G. Clyfton, and T. Stanhope to the bailiff of the
Hundred of Broxtowe Weapentake.

Order to repair to the houses of the persons named at foot,
and warn them to bring before the aforesaid persons at
Newark on July 12 next, by 10 o'clock in the forenoon, so
many demilances, horses, and geldings for light horsemen
with men on their backs and fuU furniture for man and horse
as they are bound to find. Broxtowe Hundreth : Sir Anthony
Strelley ij ; Mr. Fraunces Willughby ij ; Mr. John Byron ij ;
Mr. Fraunces Moleneux j ; Mr. Frances Brensley j ; Mr.
Anthony Sawmon j. 177.

[1570-83.] — ^Makmyon, servant of EUzabeth, countess of
Shrewsbury (" Bess of Hardwick "), to Sir Francis Willoughby
concerning quarrels between the countess and her husband,
and referring to imprisonment of Mary, Queen of Scots.

■' Right worshipful!, my spechall emest desyre hathe bene a
longe tyme that once I might be dissolved and bestow myself

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altogether at WoUaton, which soyle and the soyles master I
have alwaies unfaynedly loved. At last, I prayse God, I have
my desjnre fully satisfyed, for cyvill warres will entertaigne
Sheffield House and Skottyshe regiment unlesse Marmyon
be removed. I am sorie with all my harte to see my Lady
in suche daunger and that she takethe my departure in so
ill sorte. That howse is a hell, and her Ladyship beinge
furnished with few, or rather not one, about her which fayth-
fuUy love and honor her in deede, the sequeale is in doubt
to breede afterclappes, and she suspectes no lesse.

I tould your worship at your being last at Haddon of a
broyle or kynd of tragedy betwixt my Lord and Lady of
late, wherin, as alwayes in maner hertofore, my Lord hathe
made me playe a parte, so I thinke the tragedy would not
hould if I be lefte out. I now perceave by her Lady the
fallinge out was excedinge and Uckly to be perillous, if she
take not her seconde counsells and square the accyon by
wisdome. His Lordship chargethe her and me to be devysors
for the disablyng of his sarvice to Her Majestie ; that we are
advertysers against him ; and weere the only cawse that
abatement was made of his allowance for the Lady of
Skottlandes dyat ; that she makes me her right hand as it
weere, whome he cannot abide, and knowing that I hate him.
Wherupon he made surely a very .honorable conclusion that
if she would not remove me, he could never be brought to
thinke that she loved him, nejrther would he ever take her
for his wyfe, but he would remove me and shutt her Lady-
ship up without suffring any sarvauntes about her than of
his owne placing, with dyvers other ydle wordes tending
muche to noughty purposes. My Lady desyred him to send
for me, and charge me himself, but that was as bittar as gall,
and no waye but she must dispatche me.

Yet or ever I departe, his Lordship shall well perseyve that
I dare bouldly take my leave, and answer the unjust and
most vyle accusacion, which, I warrant yow, will kindle
coales. Notwithstanding, I am sure his Lordship will ende
most quyetly with me, and not suffer my departure, but by
his leave I will strayne curtesie.

The lease my Lady gave me must goe thoroughe my Lordes
handes if I will have a parfecte state, and I may as well seeke
to remove the Towar of London as compas eny suche goodnes ;
so as it hathe pleased her Ladyship to bestowe of a yearely
anuety of xlK. a yeare, to be had out of Mr. William
Cavendyshe^' landes, and he to be my paymaster, whereof I
lyke well.

Yf I would goe to the Innes of Courte or sarve eyther my
Lord Treasurer or my Lord of Leycester, she will otherwayes
be benefycyall to me. I answered that I am warned to clyme
no more upon the hills, wher the wyndes blowe often roughe,
but will bestow myself in some quyet dale. Very emest she
was to know my intencion, which would not be gotten forthe,

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but referred all as it would best lyke my father to bestow
me. She offers to take what counsell I will chewse for the
makinge of my anuety, onely a proviso must be that I must
not sell it, and she is well pleased that I bestow myself
whersoever I best lyke, and that she is in good fajrthe with
no man in England but onely with Sir Francis Willoughby,
and soe shall she knowe before I departe. Yt is good that
your worship take heede how yow suffer me to sett one futt
within your howshould, for before God yow shall have muche
adoe to remove me from yow. I fynd me able to do yow
good sarvice : and this I trust you will hould yourself assured
that I wilbe to the last day of my lyfe a most faythefull man
towardes yow and all your cawses. And thoughe I speake
it, methinkes Wollaton Howse should not be without a
Marmyon.

And now, Sir, my humble sute is not onely for enter-
taignement, but having fully assured myself of your goodnes
towardes me by somme good turne towardes the better
inabling me to live, I am to beseche your worship to bestow
of me a lease in revercion of Harry Averye's farme and Smawle's
tenement in Carleton, which tenement I sould yow upon my
arrerages in account unto your worship. Boothe being layde
together will make a prety livinge. Ther be vj. vij. or
viij. yeares to expyre, and than if it might stand with your
pleasure to thinke me worthy thereof, I and all my pore
frendes must think ourselves specyaUy bound to rest with all
dutyfull sarvice most faythfully at your worship's dsvocion.

Yt wilbe iij. weekes before I shall dispatche from hence,
which tyme yow shall receyve from my Lady a letter of the
manner of my departure, and see moreover the assurance
of her honorable dealing with me. And if I might be setled
with your worship, and have this lease made me before my
goinge to my f ather-in-lawe, it would be suche a comfort to
theim, as he will stand the rather my good father whan he
seethe I am setled to Uve. He is a man not lickly to lyve
longe, and my possibility of great part of his living and welthe
is very great. I hope before vij. or eight yeares be ended,
yow will think my request well bestowed. I beseche your
worship lett me heare by this bearer somewhat of your deter-
mynacion, whome I send over to father wherby to acqu[a]ynt
him how this matter fallethe out, and to make my request
unto him for somme money to discharge dettes before my
departure.

My Lady promisethe to countenance his cawse against
Browne by aU the meanes she may. I will know whether she
be mynded to procede for PevereU fee.

My Lady goethe not to SheflEleld before Saterday next,
which I think a long tyme untill I feele my Lordes pulses.
I will seeke and doubt not to obtayne his favor and good
opinyon. Before God ther is great murmuring bothe here
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becawse they have knowne as great disquyetnes heretofore
sundry tymes betwixt us, that this wilbe in lyke maner over-
blowne. But they wilbe deceaved, for I take my Ladyes
offer and her setting me at Uberty to sarve wher I please to
be a doble benefitt. And in deeds, aU thinges considered, it
may weU be thought inconvenyent that she kepe me longer,
my Lordes frantick speches fully considred. Yt is the best
happ that ever yette hathe bene offred me since I came to the
state of a man.

I beseche your worship's good consideracion of my humble
sute, and not to refuse Marmyon, who never wilhngly
departed from yow, but is most joyfull if he may in this sort
retume unto yow. I am in hast and therfore trust yow will
pardon this rude and tedious letter.

I pray God kepe yow in helthe.

Chattsworthe, the xxiiij"' of October.

God send me good luck ! My Lord makes men beleve
that he will feight with me in his owne parson, but use makes
his feight terrible parfecte. I dare gage my lyie whan it
commethe to serching, he will not suffer my departure. But
I wUbe found resolute.

My man should have bene with your worship iiii' dayes agoe,
but I altred my mynd untill we came to Sheffield. Sir, I
reckon me one of yours.

Sheffield, the xxviij''' of October.

[Addressed : ] To the right worshipfull Sir Francis Wil-
loughby, knight." 24.

[c. 1575.] — A foolscap sheet of paper, endorsed (in hand-
writing of Sir Francis Willoughby) : " Janians Epitafe in
obitum patris " [i.e., Henry Willoughby, slain by the Norfolk
rebels in 1549]. It commences with a Hebrew epitaph,
followed by these :

On Mossair Heathe^ did bitted deathe

In Kinges warres take awaye
This worthie wight. Esquire by righte,

Whose fame will not decay.

Bothe good and base are in this case

They must retourne to duste,
The worlde is vayne, welthe is but payne,

And aU that is man's luste.

E/3/5t/co9^ fi-ev 6 ^OvpcKievs^ '0\t/3e£oy* avuKTOi

'Ev TToXe/uLOii idavev, Kr/Sea Xvypa irdQiDV,
Ety TO yap einrpaTTeiv, /Sao-tX^i' Te Koi TrarpiS avrov,

' AvOpunro^ ipiieTai, xp^l'^tfia (pS>s (j)epwv.
^Sjfiari (Toj/x' avTou KeiTai, S' ava yijv fiaXa OaWet,

AfA \ ) V fie/ i rf n » ^

o^a, Tifirj T aperri, tout eirer avopc ew.

1 Monsehold Heath, Norwich, the site of the rebels' camp.

2 ' ' Henry. ' ' Tho gross errors in these Greek lines are reproduced.
» " Of Warwiok(shire). "

4 "Willoughby."

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^The worthie Henrie Willoughbie in Kinges warres saw his

death,
Esquire he was of Warwickeshire, and died on Mossall Heath.
Man is not borne all to him sehe, to Prince he must do good
And to his cuntree, tho' it be with sheddinge of his bloode.
Tho' that in grave his corpes doth lie, his fame doth florishe

still ;
His vertue, prayse and fortitude shall never come to ill.

^Armiger hie diris stratiotes regius armis

Lsesus obit mortem : cui monumenta vides.

Pro patria est perdulce mori, pro rege intimidum.
Lsethum igitur laetum, et sors sua Iseta fuit.

Ossa tegit tumulus, virtus sua sydera scandit.

Laus sua non moritur, sed vivet atque viget. 24.

1577. — Papers concerning musters in co. Warwick. 177.

1577-1594. — Commissions, orders, etc., relating to musters
in cos. Kent, Warwick and Nottingham, 1577, 1589, 1591,
1594, including muster-roUs for co. Kent, lengthy instructions
for the guidance of officers in warfare, etc., and a book, circ.
1600, of the names of men fit for war and of those unfit, with
valuation of their goods, in various villages in co. Warwick.

177.

1577, August 20. — Grant from Thomas Gebbons, esquire,
" Gardianus viUse regise de Sutton in Colfilde, in Com. Warr.,
et Societas ejusdem " to Richard Barlowe, of Sutton in
Colfilde, in consideration of " two stonyd horses " and one
mare deUvered to them before the execution of this deed
" ac modo pro commoditate et utihtate omnium inhabitantium
hbertatis de Sutton in Colfilde praedictae in parco nostro
existentium," of a parcel of land called " Bracebrydge Poole "
within " pasturam nostram vocatam ' le Parke,' " to dig up
and dam and to make a pond (stagnum) there and to erect
" moUendinum scytheaticum^ vel fullaticum vulgariter voca-
tum ' a blademylle or a fullynge mylle.' " James NichoUes
and Richard Houghe, Sergeants at Mace and officers of the
Court, are appointed attorneys to put the said Barlowe in
seisin of the premises. Dated in " le Mote Hawle " at Sutton in
Colfilde. Twenty persons, including the " Gardianus," witness
the delivery of this indenture on November 2. 236.

1580, March 16. — Copy of commissions and instructions
for the musters in co. Kent. 177.

1580. — ^Papers concerning musters in co. Warwick. 177.

1 This is a free translation of the preceding.

2 This epitaph, containing a reference to his monument, proves that
these epitaphs were written for Sir Francis Willoughby, the builder of
Wollaton Hall, and intended to be engraved upon the monument erected
by him to his fatlier in Wollaton Church. The epitaph actually engraved
on this monument is given in Thoroton, Antiquities of Notts, p. 226.

3 An adjective formed from the English Scythe.

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1584, July 24. — Sir Francis Willotjghby to Thomas
WiLLOUGHBY, Ms brotKer-in-law.

" I have at this present, being the last tyme of asking, sett
downe to Mr. Vicechamberlaine my price and daies for
Langton Walles in this sort, videlicet presently 500li., Alholl-
outyde lOOOfo'., Candelmas 500K., at Midsomer terme lOOOK.
Gyving thes daies and lyngering the tyme hath hindered
me borrowing the mony uppon interest CCCK. Yett am I thus
contented if he will in this sort proceede, or els to give his
absolute answer (as he hath already) of refusaU before my
cosin Markham and Mr. Fyssher. If it please hym to pro-
ceede, yow are to receave 500li. to my use, wherof yow must
pay CCxli. to the goldsmith abowt the xiij'° of August, and
the residu for yom: seKe, due by me to yow ; the old mony
shalbe paid yow ere it be longe. Yow must make hym a quit-
tance for the receite therof, if it be required. If this mony
wUl not be hadd of hym refusing the bargen, then have I
written my letter and sent my band to Mr. Huitt, draper,
dwelling in Candelwick Strete, desiring hym to lend me CCli,
to answer this turne.

Mr. Huitt hath offered me 5500li. for my land in Kent, so
that he might have generall warantie ; my answer is that I
wUl not abate one penny of QOOOli., and the warrantie to
extend no farther then against me and my heires. I thinke
he wyU come to my price, and I may enlarge the warrantie
against the heires of my father and my grandfather, which,
I suppose, wyll content hym. Uppon Mr. Vizchamberlain's
refusaU, try this sale with expedicion. Ther is one Mr. Wilford
abowt Rie (as I take itt) that hath byn heretofore very ernest
for my land in Kent. Geve hym knoledge hereof, and take
the best chapman, ether for this or Essex.

I have byn in some talke for the mariage of my daughters,
and like enough to conclude for the one, if lyking shall grow
betwixt the parties, withowt the which I wyll never presse
them.

For thes other reportes of gyving over my howse, etc., and
for receiving my wife being now reconsiled, for this last part
ther is no such determinacion that I am pryve of as yett.
What other know of my determinacion more then my selfe,
I leave to yow to judge, nether hath ther byn any motion
more then by the same gentleman I told yow of at your last
being with me ; and for the other in truth my charge groweth
so greate by this meanes that I must be dryven to do itt, and
to discharg some of my unnessary {sic) servandes, yett meane
that Persyvall at the Chawntry (a howse bigg enough for
hym his purpose) shall make tryall of such proporcion as I
can be content to allow hym and the children, while I go abroade
to make sale of some lande if thes bargens do not take place.

Thus in hast I do committ yow to the Almightie.

Wullaton. xxiiij"^" of July, 1584.

Yowr brother-in-law to use,

Fra. Wyllughby.

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[Addressed :] To his loving brother-in-law, Thomas Wyl-
lughby, esquier, geve thes." 24.

1585. — ^Letters concerning musters in oo. Kent. 177.

1587. — Papers concerning musters in co- Nottingham. 177.

1587-8. — Letters concerning musters in co. Kent. 177.

1588, Aug. 2. — Names of two hundred men of the Hundred
of Sutton at Hone, co. Kent. 177.

1588, August 31. — John Adams to Percival Willotjghby,
esquire, his brother-in-law.

" Brother Percivall. My wyfe and I geive yow great thankes
that vow vouchsauve us that favor, as to be a meanes and
wittnesse of that outward regeneration, whereby inward
grace is signifyed to that wiche God will blesse us withall,
male or female. Wherefore we wilbe glad to make requitt-
all of this curtesy as of manny other in what we shalbe in
any wyse able. But we ar sory that herein yow tume our
request not only to your truble, but also to your charge.

My wyfe goes about Cricle Cricle, very great. She is
underlayd not with a Frenche fardingale, wiche strottethe
out by the sydes, but withe an English bumbaste, wiche
beareth out before, and she lookethe every day for a hue and
cry, and there is a poste and an asse ready to make pursuite.

I am sory Sir Frauncis is made shiryf this yeare. Let his
under-shiryfe take heed for his yeare to come. All the judges
of the Comon Plees have taken order to oversee all the
offences of undershirifes to be duely and severely pimished
and also hathe appointed on to followe the informations
againste them. Lett him therefore beware.

But I am more sory that Mr. Catcher the Friday next after
this terme was fined for the whipping of Mrs. Newnam and
Mrs. Nevill in BrideweU to the queene GCCCC.li. and CC.li.
to the ij. gentelweomen, on hundred li. apeece, and his fellow
Skinner to on thowsand markes to the queene and CCCC.li,
to the two gentelweoman, so that of a sodaine the too gen-
t[elweomen] ar becom good manages. They have besydes as
parte of theyre judgment iij. monthes imprisonment, and to
aske the gent[elweomen's] forgivenesse at theyre house, at
the Counter and at Bridewell. Theyre offence was for
whipping of gent[elweomen], wiche by theyre commission they
cannot doe, for theyre letters pattentes weare examined and
they had not power to doe it. It was malliciously prose-
quuted by Skinner, and Mr. Catcher simply thruste into it,
wiche made Skinner's fyne the greater. But the cyrcum-
stances did aggravat the offence, first the punishment without
any fault, in specially (sic) the hasty proceeding, the whipping

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of weomen, maryed gent[elweomen] withe child, crying on
there knees for mercy, wipte by a man in the sight of men,
and rejoyseing, whereby proceeded untymely chyld birthe
(and the chyld, as they sayd, borne alive died), and this chanced
within X. weekes after. But we hoape that Mr. Catcher's
fine shalbe moderated and mittigated. The man is sory, and his
wife sadd, and had bene very sicke, but now a litteH amendyd.
We have used the best comforte to them bothe we could,
and I hope he shall come out erst it be long.

Yowr sister Rosse was at London to have gone to the
countesse of Warwicke, and she must stay till after
Christmas, and so she is now at home at Boare Place.

We ar all here very well, and yowr father's wyfe usethe
us aU very kindely and farr better then ever. I would I
weare with yow this Crismas, but I am tyed by the legg, as
once I remember yow wrote you weare tyed to a broken maste.

My Lady WUlughby was dead and in a mortale sound^ by
the space of j. hower fuU, and could not be revived. There
weare none in here chamber but here mayde, and a jentelman's
man wiche lay over here, hereing the mayde to cry out, came
downe and helped to rubb and recover the good lady, and
soe in the end thereof recovered here. But now I heare she
is well. But aske Nedd, I pray yow, of a circumstance that
hapned then.

And thus with our harty commendations to yow and to
my sister yowr wyfe, and to my good partener and cosen
Win, God send here and that quickly ! And thus I leave
yow to God, who blesse yow and my sister, I beseche him,
with a pretty boy and that quickley.

Boare Place, 31 Au. (?), 1588.

Yowr loveing brother-in-law,

John Adams.

[Addressed :] To the right worshipfuU and my very loveing
brother-in-law Percivall Willughby, esquier, at New hawle
give theis." 24.

1588-9. — Acquittance of the Pipe of Francis Willoughby,
knt., as sheriff of Nottingham. 271.

1589. — Letters concerning musters in co. Kent. 24; 177.

1590. — Letters concerning musters in co. Kent. 177.

1590.— The like in co. Notts. 177.

1590-1. — ^Acquittance of the Pipe of Thomas WiUoughby,
esquire, as sheriff of Kent. 271.

1591, April. — Account of Sir John Leveson for money
received in the Lathe of Sutton-at-Hone towards the
furnishing of 36 men. — A note of money laid out by the
constable and Portreeve of Gravesend for certain soldiers.

177.

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1591, Jnly 29. — List of " Armour lent to be delyvered
agayne." — List of " mony receved of soldiers and sutche as
do fynd armor for the muster Mr., his intertaynment and
wagis." 177.

1591, November 12, London. — Lord Cobham to Sir John
LBVESOSr, knight, one of his Deputy-Lieutenants.

He has received a letter from the queen requiring him to
cause 100 men for pioneers to be speedily levied in Kent,
and to cause them to be impressed with such sums of money
as are usually due for such a service, and to cause them to
have frieze coats, the charges whereof shall be answered by
order from the Lord Treasurer, according to the rate of 4s.
for every coat, and that the pioneers should be ready to be
brought to Dover within an hour's warning, and there
delivered on shipboard. These are to pray Sir John to cause
40 of this number to be levied out of the two Lathes in his
charge, and that they be brought to Dover by the constables
of the hundreds and places where they shall be taken by the
19th inst. For more expedition, he has thought meet to have
their coats bought and provided in London and sent down
to Dover. As the charges of every coat will come to 2s. more
than is allowed by the queen, besides their carriage to
Dover, Sir John is to cause the overplus to be taxed and levied
in the county in some reasonable rate, and to take order that
the same may be paid to such as he shall appoint to receive
it at the time of the delivery of the coats. 177.

1591, November 12, London, — Sir John Leveson to the
High Sheriff and Justices of Kent.

Enclosing copy of Lord Lieutenant's letter signifying the
queen's pleasure for the levying of 100 pioneers iij Kent, and
praying that twenty of them be levied within the Lathe of
Sutton-at-Hone, to be sent to Dover according to his
Lordship's directions. He has taken order that there shall
be one at Dover to deliver their coats to such persons as they
shall send with the pioneers. 177.

1592, October 20. — Commission to the Earl of Shrewsbury,
the High Sheriff of Nottingham, Sir Thomas Stanhope, Sir
Francis Willughby, Sir John Bjn'on, knights, Thomas Markham
and Peter Roose, esquires, to administer the oath of
supremacy within the County of Nottingham. 271.

1592. — Papers relating to musters in co. Kent. 24; 177.

1593. — Papers relating to musters in bo. Kent. 24; 177.

1593-4. — Acquittance of the Pipe of Francis Willowghbye,
knight, as sheriff of Nottingham. 271.

1594. — Papers relating to musters in co. Kent. 177.

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1594, May 8.— Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury
(" Bess of Hardwick ") to Sir Francis Willoughby.

" Good cosin, in respect of the good will I beare you, I made
offer to my cosin Henry Willughby for the disbursment of
three or foure thousand poundes, in such sort as he hath
signifyed to you. And thoughe of late I have had very good
offers made me of land to be sold, yet, in respect of my
former promis, I have not gyven eare therto. The land you
offer in morgage, uppon further lookinge into the matter, I
fynd to be threescore pound rackt rent and threescore
poundes of old rent, and of the old rent some in lease for
lyves, and your manor of Willoughby, the principall thinge,
besydes that some part of it is in lease for lyfe, the whole is
in joynture to My Lady Willoughby. So that for so great
a somme I think it not a convenient porcion. I know where
for less then half this money you assured far more land, yet
have I told my cosin this bearer that there shalbe three
thousand pound presently disbursed uppon this land, and
yf you be to use any more, uppon further assurance there
shalbe more redy for you. I hope you doe assure yourself
that I look not for any thinge but for the security of them
that are to disburse this money. Your land I do not desyre.
Yf I could be assured of your lyff, there should not nede
any mortgage at all to be made, but the yongest and health-
fullest are subject to chaunge. My cosin Henry Willoughby
will shoe you my mynd at more length.

And so praying God to send you longe lyffe and happy
health, I ceass.

From Chatsworth, this viij''' of Male, 1594.

Your lovinge cosin and assured frend,

E. Shrouesbury.

[Addressed :] To the right worshipfull my very good cosin
and frend Sir Frances Willoughby, knight, at WoUaton." 24.

1595. — Papers relating to musters in co. Kent. 177.

[c. 1595.] November 15. — Richard Hill to Sir Francis
Willoughby.

" My duty humbly remenbred (sic) to your Worshipe. This
is to certefie your Worship that I have caused the uper pittes
in the parke to be filled, acordinge to your Worshipes
comandment. AUso this is to certefie your Worship that we
may sett up a water-pitt at the Chrowood end, which will
draw the water wich liethe aboute the coUe, the which water
is twyse as bigge as that wich liethe in the cole, and that
water must be drawne to the soughe^ in Dofcote Close.
And the water that must drive the weell must run above the
ground, because if the water whiche toms the weell should
faUe into the sough, the sough weare not able to receve it

1 A drain. See page 88, note 7, above.

M 11

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becaus of the narownes therof. This wilbe doone with reson-
able charges, and the other will be unresonable, for that it
is in lengthe viij. acrey [sic] and x. skore yardes at xj. skore
yardes the ackre' ; werof your Worship myght withe les
charge make a new soughe then inlarge the ould.

Thus I commit your Woorship to Alhnightie God.

From Woollaton, the xv"" day of Novembre.

Your poore servant to command,

Richard HUl.

[Addressed ;] To the right worshiple (sic) and my good master,
Syr Frauncis Willoughbe, knyght, dehver this." 24.

1596. — Papers relating to musters in co. Kent. 177.

1596, April 10, Dartford, " in haist at one of the clocke."
Sir Thomas Walshstgham to Samson Lennard, Thomas
Wflloughby, and Thomas Potter, esquires.

Having this day at 12 o'clock at noon received letters from
the Lord-Lieutenant of this county for the present discharging
of such men as now are in readiness for Her Majesty's service,
these are to require them to discharge all such men within
their division to depart home with their arms and furnitures
until such time as further order be given for a new supply.

Endorsed " For Her Majestie's afiaiers " ; " Haist, haist,
haist for lyffe, for lyfe haist ! " 177.

1596, May 22.— Richard Hill to Sir Francis Willotjghby.

" Ryght worshiple, my dewtj- ryght humbhe remembered. I
have greate cause to repent me of the late bonds, wherinto I
entred for my abideing out of servis with any mann ; for
surehe yf the same weare to doo, I would nott abide and
remene heare untyll Michellmas for halfe the valure of the
bonde, seeing and heareing styll dayHe the workeing and evell
pretents of myne adversaries, purposeing my utter over-
throwe, which is a discomfort to my wife and chilldren and
discoriageing of my friends. Yf your worship and the good
ladies geve styll creditt to theire made tales, I shalbe full
bought and sould amongst them before the day of heareing
come. They nowe, feareing that T shall have my matters
hard^ with indiflerenci, knowing that theire discreditt will
ryse therby and all theire laboure then in wast, have devised
suche villenie to laye against me as, yf ytt should be true, I
weare nott worthie to leve upon th'earthe. Wherefore I
humbly beseeche your worshipp geve no credit fc to theire say-
ings or wrytings at the fyrst seight ; butt after good and
just prosses thereof made, yf I be fownd guiUtie, for mercie
I will never crave nor hope, butt wilbe eonntented to abyde

1 The acre as a measure of length. See New English Dictionary.

2 ' heard.'

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any torment, be ytt never so tyrrible, knoweing that cause-
lesse cruelltie will never scape without revenge, which by
them is to be feared ; for yf, please God, I may come to my
purgacion, these theire cruellties I doubt nott will bewraye
theire one dealeing. Untyll then I will rest with patience
to beare these heavie injuries.

The baylyffe att my coming home demaunded my connesence
and my sonn's by a warant which he saithe he hathe from
your worship, and hath allso dryven and impounded my
catle forthe of DobsnoUe and Redfeeld, which I hope as yett
be no parte of your mynde ; and allso saithe the warrant
which I have from your worship is a countterfait and is nott
your hand. Wherfore I humbly beseeche your worshipp that
you wiU eertefie him, and that I maye have those two closes
untyU my cawses be hard.i at which tyme I hope you shall
nott repent you of any kyndeness you showe me.

The new hmpe^ at Oossall is geven over for what cause I
knowe nott. The cole is good and reasonable thicke, and
the water nott unreasonable. I am unwilling to medle in
anything untyU I have cleared myself e, butt yf ytt please
you to comaund my sonn in your letre to sett ytt forward,
God wiUing, ytt shalbe plyed to your lykeing.

Thus verry humbly I take my leave, comitting you to the
tuition of th' Allmyghty.

Woollarton, this xxij"" of May, 1596.

Youre servant whUest lyfe,

Ric. Hyll.

Postscript. The beiliffe and CaUver have charged the
workmen for coming to my house for any drincke, as they saye
by your worship's comandment, which yf [ytt] be so, I am
much sorie that you should take suche maner of greeffe against
me.

[Addressed .■] To the right worshiple and his verey good
master Sir Francis Willughbey, knyght, att the queenes
coutchmaker's in Sm3d;hfeeld, geve these." 24.

[c. 1596.] — " A note of the unjuste dealinges of Richard Hill
with Sir Frauncis WUlughbie, his maister, and his workemen,
knoT^en to and to be justified by Allexandre Shawe, George
Wagge, Robert Shawe, Thomas Bunney, John Cottam,
Richard Fowler, or some one of them, with others.

Inprimis, George Wagge and Allexandre Shawe are to
depose that the said Richard Hill did threten to banishe the
said Allexandre the towne and feUde for declaringe the truthe
to Sir Frauncis in saying that Richard Hill had deceyved
his maister of xviij. lodes of coles in the Hollows, which
the Ladie Stannoppe had to Nottingham by the space of

1 ' heard.'

2 Not in the New English Dictionary.

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X. yeres since, and unjustlie by dales men^ caste him in the
damage of xx"^ nobles.

^ ******

Item the said Allexandre and Thomas Bunneye are tp
depose that the said Richard HUl deceyved the lord of xviij.
rookes of coles at Shawe pitt in Bretland, which he caried
moste of them to Nottingham, and parte to his owne howse.

******

Item the said Robert Shawe delivered xxxj. roo[b;es] dim.
of coles to John Foxe of Nottingham, the saltpeter-man,
which money he falsehe deceyved Sir Frauncis of, and had
it to his owne use, which he paid in parte of his fine of his
howse at Bilborowe at Nottingham, which Thomas Buney is

to manifeste.

* * * • * * .

Item Robert Shawe is to depose that Richard Hill com-
maunded him to keepe the gifter-money^ of their cariages
whatsoever it was, more or lesse, and bringe it to him, and
then hee did geve them againe what he thoughte good of
it, wherby hee had the moste parte of that the pore men

wrought for.

♦ + ***•

Item Robert Shawe and Thomas StUhngton, with others,
are to depose that Richard Hill suffred the workemen to goe
so nighe the Hollowes in- Bretland that they stroke throughe
and lett in the water and overthrewe the worke to great
hindrance of the lorde and his workemen.

Item John Cottom is to sale that he caste a gobbinge' betwixte
worke and worke, soe that noe moe but that pitt meane
should be acquainted with the overthrowinge of the worke.

Item the said Richard HiU caused a paine to be sett in the
courte that one man should not come into another's workes,
which was to conceale his ignorance.

Item the pore workemen, havinge wroughte aU the winter
and gotten a great stacke of coles, then Hill would sett up
the pitt to the lord's great hindrance, and had the sale at

his appoyntment to himself or some one for him.

******

Item at the HolUe pitt in the Highe FeUd HUl, havinge the
rule of it, caused a thurle* to be driven to a pitt in the
Hollows of xl. elne, where hee led them up and downe till
there were above j. hundreth elne driven, and in the nfeane
whyle gott coles at the benke to the value of xl. or xxx. rookes
a weeke, and not passing viij. or x. rookes were entered in
the name of hed coles, at which thurle beinge so long in
dryvinge Mr. Blythe, keepinge the booke, found faulte, and
demaunded when the pitt should be put in the Chantre, and
then when the pitt were more than half donne, then he put

1 Arbitrators. See New English Dictionary, s.v. ' Daysman. '

* A compound of ' giftur, ' gift, and ' money. ' Not in New English
Dictionary.

'■^ See New English Dictionary, s.v. ' gob, sb. 4. '

* Shaft or tunnel.

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it in, which action to make answere for those that knewe it
once justified it to Sir Frauncis before Hill in the presence
of Mr. Kindersley and others." 24.

1597, November 5.—" ^A note of the sighte in Nottingham
by one possessed, the v*'' of November, 1597, according to
our rememberaunces.

1. Firste he shewed to our sighte the sinne of mockinge
and mowinge and flowtinge, with coimtenaunces thereto
belonginge.

2. Was shewed the deceipte of taylers in theire manners.

3. Was shewed the manners of the anticke dauncers,
with clappinge of handes and other antickes accordinge to
their fassions.

4. Was shewed upon his foreheade with his handes the
forme of a payre of homes.

5. Was shewed the vice of quarreling and brawlinge with
fighttinge and swearinge, manner of their fighte with sworde
and dagger and rapier and dagger.

6. Was shewed the vayne pastimes of unlawfuU games
of dicing and cardinge.

7. Was shewed dawncinge with aU the toyes therto
belonginge.

8. Was shewed the sinnfuU and horrible acte of theeving
and robbinge by the highe wayes, with crueU murthers
enswinge sutche deedes, and the cuninge convayinge awaye
of himselfe for beinge espyed, with puUinge one his boottes
and spurres, and makinge as thoughe hee gotte upon his •
horse to escape or ryde awaye.

9. Was shewed the crafte of shewmakers, with the manner
of sowinge and beatinge'^ of their shwes.

10. Was shewed the abuse of violes and other instrumentes.

11. Was shewed the filthye and horrible sinnes of whordome,
both of the woman and the man.

12. Was shewd the deadlye sinnes of pride, shewinge their
sterched ruflfes and rebaters, with the manner of clappinge
them and settinge them, with the settinge stycke of there
farthingales and hewgnes of their friselled heare, the lengthe
of their buskes, shewinge with their handes the lengthe of
theim from the breste to the loweste parte, the openinge of
theire breste, and beholding them seKes in the glasse, and yf
anythinge weare amisse, then as yt weare to amende yt ;
their neclasses, chaynes, ringes, shewinge the manner of
them by actions befyttinge sutche shewes, with the bringinge
up of ruffes and cuffes.

1 These memoranda are connected with the imposture played by
William Sormners upon John Darrel, the exorcist, which excited great interest
at the time and led to legal proceedings and a war of pamphlets. See Diet,
of Nat. Biography, xiv, p. 67, and John Blackner, History of Nottingham,
1815, p. 364 (abridging Dr Hutchinson's Historical Essay concerning Witch-
craft, Bury St. Edmunds, 1718).

8 That is ' mending, ' from O.E. betcm.

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13. Was shewed the abuse of longe heare lyinge upon
their shoulders, and the pryde and glorie they tooke in
wearinge of yt, the abuse of barbars, with their trickes in
clappinge and showinge and tryminge up of the heare of the
upper lippe, and twyrlinge the lyttle pycke under the lippe,
and strokinge the longe and broade bearde, with castinge
of sweete water, and the delighte he tooke in smeUinge at
yt with drawing up his brethe at his nose, and the annointinge
of the eyebrees with the sweete balle, and the lookeinge in
the glasse to amende the loose and stragUnge hears with
pickinge of the hears oute of the nose, and dressinge the
eares, with other.

14. Was shewed the sluggeshnes when we come to the
churche, howe faynedly we take the booke to looke upon yt,
and straightewaye faule asleep, with snoringe and snurtinge,
and then agen makinge as though we wolde geve attentyve
heede, yeet straightewaye faules asleepe agen, with shewes
of snortinge and snoringe so lowde as yt was harde of the
beholders.

15. Seeminge to awake oute of sleepe, he said " God be
thanked ! " in a scoffinge sorte, " Lorde, increase my faithe ! "
Then sayd the minister, Mr. DarreU, " Looke upon me chere-
fullye, William." And when he begane to looke upon the
minister, replyed : "I feare yt be not WilHam that
speaketh." Then the possessed fell owte into a greate lawghter
that hee hade thoughte he had deceaved the minister.

16. Was shewed the deadlye sinne of drunckennes, with
their quaffinge and caroosinge, the fruites that came thereof,
as brawlinge, fightinge, and kyllinge, and their contynuinge
in their drunckennes tyUe they vomyted and staggerd and
spued, and in the ende fallinge downe to shewe that they
muste needes sleepe after that beastlie acte.

17. Was shewed the sinne of gluttonye, sett downe by
his eatinge so mutche that he fell of spuinge and vomyting
after yt.

18. Was shewed also, as the comon sorte judge by his
writinge, the horrible and spitefull lybeles that have byn cast
abroad in this towne of Nottingham.

19. Was shewed the pride in corckeshewes, showinge first
his foote the fynesse of yt, and measuringe by his handes
howe hye the corcke of the heele eomonly ys used, and lyke
wise the use of wearing of the hose ungarthered and the
bottes in wrinckles.

20. Was shewed the slighty in pickinge of pursses, with
puttinge the one hand into the other so sleely as though he
woulde not be espyed, and when he had picked the money
oute of the pursse, then dyd he put yt secretlye into his
mouth, and when he should be pursued, then wolde he shewe
his pocket as yf he should saye " Serche mee my dublet and
all partes aboute mee," and shewe yt more lyvely then any
cutpursse or pyke-purse in the wourlde coulde shewe yt,

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with fayned lookes as thoughe he would crye and lament for
greefe that he shoulde be chardged wrongfuUye, heavinge
up his handes to heaven in wyttnes that he had no money
aboute him, but when they were gone rejoyced as yf he were
glade that he had so escaped.

21. Was shewed the arte of the pursse-cutters, howe
nimblye he coulde dooe the deede and with what agihtie, but
in the ende he shewed he broughte them all to the gaUowes.

22. Was shewed burglarye as breakeing of howses, wyn-
dowes, wals, and other places to gett in to steale and then
to hide what he hade stolne, and in the ende to hyde himselfe
as beinge afreayde to be cawghte.

23. Was shewed the sinne of covetousnes by scraping
togeather with his handes and hydeinge the same in the
earthe, but afterwardes beinge provoked, he made as thoughe
he fetchte jt from the earthe, and put yt into his pocket,
and afterwardes wente roundlye to the dyce, and in the ende
lost all that he tooke, and afterwardes returninge to his whorde
[=hoard] agen, tooke as before for the maintenaunce of his
playe, but throughe harde fortune loste all, and then fell
into greate sorrowe, as yt weare cursinge and baninge himselfe
for the losse of his money.

24. He shewed the drawinge of the bowe; and righte
stroke of the drum.

The possessed beinge deafe, dum, and blinde all the whill
hee played theis tryckes." 24,

1598, March 31.—" Sutton Coldefild.— A HaU holdon the
laste daye of Marche, anno regni regince Elisabethce xl'^".

* Symon Veysey, gent., Warden.

* George Pudsey, arm.

* Thomas Gybons, arm.

* RaphaeU Massey, gent.

* RaphaeU Symondes, gent.

* RaphaeU Sedgwycke, gent.

* WyUiam Gybbons, gent.
WyUiam Hauxford, gent.

* George Heathe, gent.

* Jhon Blackeham, gent.

* Richard Barlowe.

* Jhon Tumor.
Jhon HaU, absent.
WyUiam Sheppard.

* Henry Sherratt.

* Thomas Yardley.

* Kenelme Yardley.
Thomas Brookes, absent.
Henry Turnor, absent.

* Jhon Heathe, gent.

* Rychard Sharpe.

* Thomas Taylor.
Robarte Fylde.

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* Henry Sedgwycke.
E.a£Ee Cowper.
All these that^ are pricked, beynge xviij. in noumbre, have
consentid that yf Mr. Per[cival] WyUughbye, esquyer. can
procure the good wyU of the most parte of the free holders,
that then hit shalbe leafull for hym to make too, three, fore,
or fyve pole heades (so that he make not the water to reatche
to Tomworthe waye) in Swarsdale, paynge for every heade
vjs. viijd." 236.

1598, August 7. — List of members of the household [at
Wollaton].

" A Checkrolle of the number of persones in houshold the
7 of Auguste, 1598.
My M[aste]r.
My M[est]res.
Mres. Theadoce.
Mr. Thomas.

Mr. Edward WiUughby.
Mres. WiUughby.
Mres. Elezebeth WiUughby
Mr. Harry WiUughby.

Mres. Margry Shelton.
Mres. WiUughbe's mayde.

Mr. Doctar.

Mr. Rugley.

Mr. Bettnam.

Mr. Farren.

Mr. Broune.

Artor.

Gorge Tewoke.

Edward Beaman.

Wattares :

Edward MeadcaUe.
John Jackson,
WiUiam Tumor.
John Robarts.
John Smaly.
Richard Goldsmyth.
Antony.
Old Bassett.

In the Buttre :

Lancaster Gebones.

thar, MS.

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In the Ketchen :
Robert Redhyll.
Richard Vohone.

Symon Setter, the Slaughter man.
The Ketchen boye.

In the Brewhouse :
BeUper.
Frances Becke.

In the Stable :

Olever Perckenes.
Edward Edney.

Edward Hancockes, the gardener
Nichlas Boldon, the myUer.
Richard the Fawckner.
Deffe Thorn.
Homfrey Right.
Thomas HyU [cancelled].

In the Dayre House, iij. maydes.

Mr. Ed. Willughby his man.
Mr. Doctare his boye.
Total number is 46 persones." * 236

1598 [wrongly written 1698]. — Statement of the charge
receipt, and delivery of coals at Wollaton week by week from
October [1597] to October [1598]. "The wholl gettes this
yere 13264 rookes^, 1 quarter. The wholl sale and deliverie
to aU persons, railes, and bridges : 13271 rookes, 2 quarters.
Particular receiptes of money from Gainsborow, Newarke, and
the Bridges tMs yere : from Gainsborow ll. 3s. ; from
Newark, 135Z. 19«. ; from the Bridges, 381. 13s. 3d. The
totaU charge is 2,977?. 6s. Id. The totaU receipt is
2,696Z. Is. 6d. . . ." 24.

Circa 1600. — A map of Gibsmere, Bleasby, and Gorton, co.
Nottingham, on paper. 169.

[c. 1600.] — Rules to be observed by miners in the coalpits.
" The stevers' (sic) charges.

This is our master's comandment that all you stovers of
the feild shaUe make your just acount unto your undermen
everye nowne and every nyght what you have gett and sould.
For every tyme that you do mys, you must losse iijs. iiijd.

And for every bourdenne of coUes that you do sowfer to
be borne from the feild, you must losse xij^.

I A definition of a ' rooke ' is given at p. 175, below. Cf. also the
report on the MSS. of the Duke of RvMand, iv., p. 484.

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And for everye bordenne of wood the like xijti.

And that you shale make just messeures betwene the
lord and the countre, to make to every halfe rooke^ ix. cor-
fulle/ and to every three quarters xiij. cor-fuUe, and to every
whole rooke xviij. cor-fuU of just and good messeure without
fraud, deseate or guile, as you will answere at your perUle.

And if aney one be takene with aney of the pit candels
bearjnge whome to his house, iijs. m]d.

And if ane one be takene withe ane of the pit towles
[=:tools] in his howse, to losse iijs. vi]d.

And if aney one be taken cuttinge of aney of the pit rowpes
or withe aney in his howse. to lowse vjs. Yn]d.

And if aney one be taken knotinge^ in of ane worke, it is
fellonie ; the must b[e] used at the lordes plesure.

And for every of these defaultes whosoever he is, it must
be taken up of his wages the next Seterday after.

More, if aney mann do take ane of the lordes money
without the comand of him or his offe[ce]res, to losse xs..
and so to departte the towne and the feyld." 24.

1600, May 14, Mansfield. — Moktagu Wood "to the wor-
shipful! my approved good sister-in-lawe, Mrs. Abigall
WiLLUGHBY at Sutton Cofilde," complaining of the evil
behaviour of her sister Frances, "who hathe acquainted
herselfe with a coople of gentlemen, both strangers to her
before now and to me, bothe unmarried men and of notorious
fame, and hathe yelded soe mutche to her pleasures as she
hathe not refused to goo to taverns to sitt with them."

1600, July 11, Mansfield. — Same to same, on the same
subject.

1604, February 22. — Contemporary copy of petition to the
king from Capt. William Wasshebourne, " late one of your
Majesties pentioners of Barwicke," being the farmer of a
fair to the held yearly on November 11 at Lenton, co.
Nottingham, at a yearly rent of 26K. 13s. id. due to the
exchequer, praying that, whereas the king by letters from
the Council ordered that the said fair should not be held
" for the avoydinge suche daunger of infection as might ensue
by the concourse of Londoners and other subjectes to the
said faier," which order was executed by the petitioner.
" readie to prostrate at yoiu' Majesties feete bothe lyfe and
Jivinge," nevertheless he, long before he had received such
order, had repaired thither, being 220 miles from his habi-
tation, and had made ready his booths and other necessaries,
at the cost of [blank], besides the loss of the profit of the fair,
which was his principal means and stay of living, and has
paid into the exchequer the said rent, for which he has

1 Soo page 109, note 1, above.

2 The contents of a ' corf ' or mining basliet. See New English
Dictionary, s.v. ' Corf,' 2.

3 ' Knocking,' beating down ?

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received no benefit ; he therefore prays that the king will,
in recompense for his loss, grant him another fair to be held
there yearly upon the Monday in Whitsun Week, at a yearly
rent of [blank].

The king directs the Attorney- General to cause a writ of
ad quod damnum to be granted, and if it be found that the
proposed fair is beneficial to the country, he is to draw up a
book accordingly for the king's signature. 38.

[c. 1605.] — " Proposals for carrying coal [from Nottingham]
to London by sea via Hull and for supplying the king
therewith.

" In prymes, to deUiver all the coalles beneath the bridge
out of the shipp into the lighteares, and theare to be dis-
charged of them.

Item, I desyear to be freed of coUemettinge^ or any othear
charge to be imposed uppon the feweUe, or the shipp that
bringes the same.

Item, that the customars at HoUe nor hear [at] London
shall not have anything to doe for any cocate^ for the coalles.

Item, that I may be sartaine whear I may fynd a mane to
receive the coalles when they doe come, that the shipp be
not forced to stay at thear charge, and to take the wayghte
of the said colles.

Item, that thear might be ordear takene that we may have
presente paymente out of the custome house for all the
coaUes that we shall dellivear unto His Majesties ofEecer
appointed for the receapte of them soe sowne as they be
dellivered.

Item, that it may please His Majestic to geave ordear that
noe mane whatsoever shall make any warre^, bredges or any
othear ingeine uppone the river of Trente betwene Notingame
Bredges and Mamame* ferry that may distorbe mee in
bringinge downe of the said coaUes.

Alsoe, yf any sand-bead or gravell shall happen to grow
in the sayd river of Trente in any parte betwene Notingame
Bredges and Marname ferry, that uppone complainte maid
unto the lord of that ground whear any such sand-bead or
gravell shall heppen {sic) to growe that it myght be
presently amended that the boates may have four foote watter
to passe, to the end that the cominge downe of the coalles
bee not theareby hindered, ortherwayes (sic) the river may
be stoped that we shall have noe meanes for wante of watter
be (sic) able to bringe downe the coalles to searve His
Majestic.

Alsoe, yf it shall happene, and the kinges Majestic sear-
vysse shall soe requier, that yt may be lawful! for Hugh
Lentone to take any othear boates to bring the coalles,

1 A charge for measuring coal

2 Cocket, or warrant.

3

weir.

* Marnham, co. Notts.

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payinge them as formarly hath bine accustomed from

Notmgame Bridge unto Gajmsseborowe.

The prysses of all the coaUes from Notingame to Londone,

with all charges as foUoweth :

The first price at Notingame Bredge is vjs.,
besydes I keepe two sarvantes, which hath SOU.
a yeare, to receive the coalles and dellivear
them, besydes the rente of my wharfle and
warrehouse 20li. a yeare theare . . . . vjs. m]d.

For the carredge of everie tonne from Notingame

Bredge to Gaynseborow . . . . . . n]s.

The charges uppone everie tone at Gaynseborowe
is Gd., which is for . . . roome and ware-
house and sarvantes wages theare . . . . vjd.

Prom Gaynseborowe they are carried in keeleg^
to Hull, which cost 2s. uppone everie tone for
shippinge of them, 4d. which they wast in
everie place . . . . . . . . . . ijs. iiijc?.

From Hull to Londone the ordinary rate uppone

everie tonne is viijs., and soe hath usually bine viijs.

. . Some aU : xxs. ijd." 24.

1609, June 15. — ^Articles of agreement between Sir Percival
WiUoughby, knight, and Robert Fosbrooke, of Trent
Bridges, within the county of the town of Nottingham,
yeoman, "his poore servant." Sir Percival covenants to set,
stack, or " rooke " yearly, during the ensuing seven years,
" at Wollerton lane end at the new rayles end " 3,000
" rookes " of new drawn and for the most part hard coals,
well and sufficiently stacked or " rooked," by the measure
now used at the Strelley pits, and of StreUey or Wollerton
coals, to be stacked to the number of seventy " rookes "
weekly, so that the carriage of Fosbrooke shall have weekly
such number there in readiness to fetch and carry away thence
to the Trent Bridges.^ Sir Percival is to erect by Christmas
next two " bayes of building " for one to dwell in, and to
appoint one to see to the safe-keeping of the coals at the
rail end. Sir Percival is to assign sufficient house-room,
barns, and stable room to Fosbrooke for laying in of his hay
and dry keeping of his cattle kept for the carriage of the coals,
in a suitable place within the lordship of WoUerton. Sir
Percival agrees to let to Fosbrooke the land in WoUerton now
in the occupation of Samuel Bishop for the term aforesaid
Sir Percival also agrees to let to Fosbrooke for the said
term " all those the barges, boates, or keeles " now or late
in the possession or use of Sir Percival and Himtingdon
Beaumont, esquire, which they lately bought of John Bate,
of London, merchant. Sir Percival also agrees to grant to
Fosbrooke the dwelling-house of the said Fosbrooke and aU
the grounds, etc., about the Bridges, which Sir Percival lately

1 barges.

2 At Nottingham.

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took to ferm of John Bate, and also another houae at Newark
where the coals are now laid.

Fosbrooke agrees to fetch the coal from the lane end at
the rate of 3,000 rookes yearly during the said term, and to
convey them thence to the Trent Bridge to the coalyard,
and to sell them there or by water, and to pay for the same
to Sir Percival five shillings and sixpence for every rooke, and
to pay lOOli. beforehand. Fosbrooke is to maintain the
boats in good repair, except the keele that John Jervys works
and " the Bartholemew."

" The names of the boates belonging to Sir Percivall :
The John ; The Wilham ; The Constance ; The Anne ;
The Trinitie ; The Grace of God ; The Speedwell ; The
Bartholmew ; the keele in John Jervis' hands ; The Henry
Maria." 24.

1609, Sept. 20. — Lease for 21 years from Henry Handley,
of Brampcote, co. Nottingham, gent., to Sir Percival
Willoughbie, of WoUaton, co. Nottingham, knt., of " all the
cooles, colemynes, and vejmes and delfes of cooles lyinge
and beinge in the wastes, moores, and common groundes "
of the said Henry in Brampcote, with ingress and egress to
and from the said wastes, etc., " there to search for and get
cooles and to digg, delve and make pitt and pittes, soughe
and soughes for the gettinge of cooles there, and wood and
timber to be used in or about any pitt or pittes, or other-
wise for or aboute the gettinge of cooles to lay in or upon any
parte of the premisses, and the cooles there gotten to worke,
stacke, and laye in places conveynient within the said wastes,
moores, and common groundes," at an annual rent of 205.,
and upon delivery of four " rookes " of coal annually to the
said Henry at WoUaton Pittes or Trowell Pittes, and subject
to delivery of 40 " rookes " of coal for every year that he
shall get coal from the premises. The lessee is to deliver
up at the expiration of the term " such and soe many pitt
and pittes open and chandrable^ and fitt for gettinge of cooles
therein as shall be wrought and cooles gotten in at any time
within three yeares next before th'end and expiracion of the
said terme." 24.

[c. 1610.] — ^An inventor's proposal for improved pumping
machine for use in coal-pits.

" An ingin to be made that shall drawe fifteene tunne of
water in one bower's space at one hundred fadam depth, with
this heUpe onlye of two able menne ; if the depth be but
fiftie fadam, one manne shall draw the haulfe of fifteen tunne
of an hower. And for a cleare proofe that this may and
win be fully effected, the partie desiring of such an ingin
shall have a modell of it made, by which it shall be clearly
manifested unto him that it will carrie or dryve the water

1 In working order ? Not in New English Dictionary

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to any height whatsoever wheare a pipe may be fixed, below,
right up or sloape.

The works or ingin to be lett downe into the myne or pitt
shall not be above three footte square and six footte high, to be
taken in peeces and sett together agayne in two bower's tyme.

Theare is a modell aUredie made of wood, by which it will
be made manifeste that the greate frame, no bigger yet then
as aforesayed, shall worke the effect above mentioned.

Theare is demaunded for the greate worke for his device
and paynes only one hundred pounds after the ingin is founde
to worke the promised effect, conditionally that the inginere
may keepe the key of the worke himselfe, only that no other
may know the secretes of it ; which after it is fully fynisht,
hee will mayntayne at his owne charge, beinge yearly payed
fiftye pound at Michellmas and Our Lady Day by equall
porcions.

The charge of the greate worke at first to the partie that
will sett the inginer on worke will be fortie pound, the pypes
excepted, which are presumed to be in any goinge worke
aUredie.

It is mutche wished and desired that suche an ingein may
be scene in worcke, as weU for the good of a (sic) comon
wealthe as his benefitt that shaU or can continuwe it.

But smale modles often fayle and soune prove defective when
they cume to worcke upon heavye and continuaU weightes
in greater proportions, and a smale weight to be drawne a
hundered fadam will growe heavye before it be wrought up
and worke many wheeles, which can nott be as it is supposed
of any solide contineuaunce, beside many unexpected acci-
dentes both for men and frames, which in such a depthe
usuaUye and daylye happen.

Theare are at WoDaton neare Nottingham colle-pitts all-
redye suncke, and mutch tyme, charge and traveU imployed
in tryinge manye conclusions for raysinge and avoydinge of
watter, yett in fiftye yeardes [read yeares] past there is now
founde to reste and relye upon the oulde and usuall cheaine
pumpe, sutche as ar now used in London to force the Teames
water to serve there houses.

There ar nowe at WoUaton three pitts with cheaine pumpes
onlye imployed for drawinge of water, the bore or hoUowe of
these piimps ar fower inches over, and all or two in continuaU
worke, and the height that the drawe the water is under
fifteene fadam, a fair lesse proportion for the depthe in which
men may with better ease both accomadate themselves and
there frames, wiche will every hower requyre both repayre
and attendance.

Hee that ows these pitts at WoUaton, after the water is
gott out and his coUyers have wrought sixe dayes in the
workes, wUl weekly pay every Satardaye fortye shiUinges,
soe long as the water may be drawne or kept with any ingin
whatsoever, that his men may worcke an^ gett coUes. Other
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his profett that can performe such an ingin, and at WoUaton,
to further any reasonable project, ther are models to be seene
of all the water-workes that are of any worth or valewe in
Italye, Garmanye or the Low Contryes.

[Note at the foot of the page .•] To inquier in Drewry Lane for
Mr. Rookes house." 24.

[c. 1610.] — Propositions from Robert Fosbrooke for the
sale of coals, either by himself or in conjunction with Mr.
Beamont. " Articles to be performed by Mr. Beamont.
For this monye there is expected to be had att the pittes
2,608 rookes, 2 quarters of coles, which is after iijs. yid. the
rooke, new drawen coales, wherof everie week 60 rookes or
more to be delivered. Everie rooke to conteyne in measure
2 yeardes one quarter hye, and one yeard square, close
stacked. . . Coales to be sold att Newarke for ixs. i\d. the
rooke and not above, withowt Mr. Beamont's licence. . ." 24.

1610, January 20. — Robert Fosbrooke to Sir Percival

WrLLOTJGHBY.

" Right worshipful. I have for the most part, with
Tsocrates, held ytt better tacere quam loqui. Butt where I
am accused, I am forced to mainteyne the contrary, for ytt
is an Englishe maxime that silence maketh guiltie. To avoyd
the same I must needes speake, and will therfore sale the
truthe, for Veritas non querit angulos ; and the rather
bycause I perceave your worship nott rashlie credulous, butt
as befitteth justice inclined audire alteram partem, for which
I praise God, and humbly thanke your worship. In your
last lettre to me save one your worship exhibited a compleynt
made by Mr. Beaumontes agent agenst Burton Goodwyn
and myseKe : of hym for his often absence in his place, of
me for making no use of your boates. For Burton Goodwyn's
parte I dare avouche, partly by myne owne knowledg, partly
by other indifferent men's reportes, that he hath bene and is
very carefull to supply his place to his owne creditt, your
contentment and according to your reposed trust, and seldom
absent butt when any emest occasion either of your's or his
owne might provoke hym. To clere myself, I beseeche you
lett myne owne report prevaile till further tryall, which I
wishe, for I speak nothing butt truthe. After you graunted
me your boates, I presentlie traveled one of them to Gains-
borough loaden with coales three weekes together, and
refraighted with London goodes for Lenton faire, and ever
since weeklie to Newark with coales. Th'other boat, being
leakye and altogether untackled, save her mast-poll, I was
forced to lett stand till theis defectes were supplyed, and
in the meane tyme either Hentworth or some of his people
did use her to fetche gorse without my consent or knowledg,
and soone after she was caste on Newark weare, from whence
no help cold gett her of withowt daunger of her hTirt, tiU an
hye water came, by which meanes I was both hyndred of

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her travell to my losse and payd money for help to gett her
of agen, and besydes beholden to many, and all this by their
meanes, and yett I am compleyned on without cause. And
further, Hentworth tooke her mast-poll from her, and used
ytt to his owne boates a great while withowt leave, tiU I urged
hym to restore ytt. In jSne, Sir, they speake me faire, butt
as the proverbe is habent mel in ore el fel in corde. Butt
theis wronges male shortly be requited with your worship's
leave and pleasure.

Towching our sale of coles, we have solde more by many
then Hentworth hathe. Butt Hentworth male well overgoe
us in cariadg of more coles to Newark, bycause he nether
payeth for coles nor cariadg till he have sold them, and we
paie beforehand, so that we are nott able to have great
stackes standing by us for wante of stock^, as he maie. Butt
yf ytt pleased your worship to afford us a competent somme
of money upon sufficient securitie and for interest, or coles
upon securitie to paie for them when we have sold them, then
we wold cary more then he can, and can sooner sell them.
To which end I beseeche you lett us have your furtheraunce.

Sir, there is now great hope of infinit store of coles to be
gotten att Strelley, as I heare by Burton Goodwyn, and four
pittes now going, the getts greatlie exceeding the charges
alredy, and Ukly daihe more to increase. The truthe of all
which I leave to Bmton Goodwyn to certefie, who better
knoweth, for unus oculatus testis valet mille auritos.^

Mr. Huntington is to have StreUey agen, paying 3,300K.
within one yeare and six moneths next ; his entrance is now.
He hopeth of 1,500K. gayne from Bedlington pittes this yeare
for his parte, and 500K. from Strelley for his part towardes
the payment aforesaid, butt I pray God this adage be nott
trew in this case parturiunt monies, nascetur ridiculus

mus^

Your worship's ever at comandement,

Rob. Fosbr[ooke].

[Addressed .•] To the right worshipfull Sir PercivaU
Willoughbye, knight, att Carlile Howse in Lambeth Mershe,
over agenst Westminster." 24.

1610, May 1. — Robert Fosbbookb to Sir Percival Wil-

LOTJGHBY.

" Right worshipfull. In the beginning of my preparacion
for cariadg and purposed imployment of your boates for the
furtheraunce of your sale of coles by water, which Mr. Hynd
knowes I have indevored to effect in the best manner I yett
can, and he with me, I have bene crossed, partly, I feare, of
envye and partly of otherwyse. For I was cast in prizon by

1 Capital.

2 Plautus, Truoulentua, ii. 6, 8, ' pluris est oculatus testis unus quam
auriti decern,' which is quoted by Erasmus, Adagia, Chil. Sec. Centuria
Sexta 54.

3 Horace, Ars Poetica, 139.

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Mr. Gyles, one of Mr. Huntingdon Beaumonte's freindes,
and within four dayes after John Henworth (I being in
prizon) went downe to Newark, and tooke from our men
the boat which Mr. Hynd and I had ordered to be wrought
in your name. I caused one of them to be brought up to
the bridges, meaning presently to imploy her, and John
Henworth saith (as I am informed) he will fetche that back
agen to Newark and tye her to Mr. Huntingdon Beamonte's
yard, — butt that he shall nott, — ^which falleth owt to my
great discreditt, hjoidraunce, and the crosse of your wor-
ship's appojmtment. ... Sir Thomas Beamont was with
me, and in myld manner att the first told me his brother
Mr. Huntingdon did greatly compleyne of me, and many
for my eviU behaviour in my place, and therfore he was sory
to do ytt, butt yett he did wishe me to make provision for
some other stay. ... I beseeche you take order with
Sir Thomas that we male have libertie to bring coales downe
the rayles by wagen, for our caridages onely, and we will
bring them downe by raile ourselves, for Strelley cartway

is so fowle as few cariadges can passe

Your worship's in all dewtifuU service, ever att comandement

Rob. Fosbr[ooke]."

[Addressed to Sir Percival Willoughby at Carhle House
in Lambeth Mershe.] 24.

1614. — ^Papers concerning musters in co. Nottingham. 177.

1613-14. — " An abstract of this last yeres reckoning for the
receipt, deUverie, sale, losse and remainders of coles att the
Bridges from the 4th of October last, 1613, till the 3rd of
October succeeding, 1614.

October 4, 1613, the remainder was 122 roo[kes] 2 quarters.

Receved since 3,145 roo[kes].

Delivered to Newark 2,111 roo[kes] 1 quarter.

Sold 508 roo[kes] 2 quarters.

Lost 20 roo[kes] 1 quarter.

October 3, 1614, the remainder was 626 roo[kes] 2 quarters.

Hereby appereth the former remainder and receipt since
to amount to the some of 3,267 roo[kes] 2 quarters. And the
deliverie, sale, losse and remainder that now is to be 3,266
roo[kes] 2 quarters. Wherby maie be perceived the dif-
ference onelie of one rooke in the totall during the wholl
yere.

The sale att the railes for the yeare precedent is 1,600
roo[kes] and better.

The sale att Newark, as I lerne, 2,500 rookes and odd.

So that the totall sale att the Bridges, railes, and Newark
for this yeare past amountes to the some of 4,608 rookes
et supra.

The sale att Strelley I do nott yett know.

M13

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I beseeche your worship — remember to intreat for me for
some good part of the upfr[eigh]tes and all the wharfage, till
better fortunes fall." 24.

1614, Sept. 24. — ^Disclaimer by Richard St. George,
Norroy King at Arms.

" A Disclamacion. Endorsed : To the Chief-Constables to
see effectually disclaymed in open markett, and to be sett
upon the poast to be read by all men, as you will aunswer
the contrary at your perill.

The kinges most excellent Majestie, being desirous that
the nobUUty and gentry of this his realme should be pre-
served in every degree as aperteyneth as well in honour as in
worship, and that every person and persons, bodies poUtique
corporeat and others be knowen in their estates and mis-
teries without confusion and disorder, hath therefore
authorized me Richard St. George, Norroy King of Armes
of the north partes of this realme of England, not onely to
visitt all the said province to peruse and take knowledge,
survay and view all manner of armes, cognisances, creastes,
and other like devices, with the notes of the discentes,
pedegrees, and mariages of all the nobillity and gentry therein
throughout contayned, but allso to reprove, comptroU and
make infamous by proclamacion all such as unlawfully and
without just authority, vocacion or due calling doe or have
done or shall usurp or take upon him or them any name or
t3rtle of honour or dignity as Esquyre or Gentleman or other,
as by his Highnesses letters patent and commissions under
the great scale of England more plainely doth apeare.

Know ye that I the said R. St. George, Norroy King of
Armes, for the accomplishment of his Majesties desjrre, and
fiuiiherance of -his service that way, at this present making
my survay within the Wapent[akes,] etc., within the County
of Nottingham, have found these persons whose names are
underwritten presumptuously without good ground or
authority to have usurped the name and tj^tle of Gentlemen,
contrary to all right and to the most antient custome of this
land and the usage of the law of armes, which name and
tytle they are by me admonished no more from henceforth
to use or take upon them, upon such further payne and perill
as by the Earle Marshall of England is to be inflicted. And
for that purpose the Shiriffes and Clerkes of the Assises and
of the Peace of this County are by me to be admonished to
forbeare hereafter to wryte or call them by that name and
tytle. Whereof also, as my commission bindeth me, I thought
good hereby to advertise all other his Majesties good and
loving subjecttes of this County that, as they tender his
Highnes pleasure and desyre in this behalf, they from hence-
forth shuix and avoyd the lyke and forbeare to use in any
wryting or otherwise the addicion of Esquyer or Gentleman,

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unlesse they be able to stand unto and justefye the same
by the law of armes and the law of the realme.

Given at Nottingham, the xxiiij*^ of September, 1614,
under the seale of mine office.

Rio. St. Gbobgb,

Norroy King of Armes.
^At Nottngham.
Robert Porter, of Byngham. i
Thomas Shipman, of Soarington.
Hugh Kirchiver, of Orston.
Joell Barnard, of East Bridgford.
Francis Kilboume, of Stanford.
WiUiam Rice, of Coshall.
Nicholas Strey, of Beeston.
Henry Brock, of Broxtow.
Geoffi-ay Brock, of Basford.
George Harstaflfe, of Eastwood.
Henry Pinnere, of CMUwell.
Ralph Somershall, of Mansfield.

At Newark.
George Foxe, [of] Carleton.
Henry Mather, of Earleshall.
Luke Williamson, of Rolston.
George Wise, of the same.
WiUiam GiU, of the same.
William Sturtevaunt, of Carlton.
WiUiam Kjlhmen, of Normanton.
John Bristoll, of Maplebeck.
WiUiam Sturtevant, of Norwell.
Michael Grundy, of Thurgarton.
WiUiam Reason, of Skegby.
John Truman, of Stoke.
WUHam Pocklington, of South Scarle.

At Retford.
Henry BromweU, of North Wheat[ley].
John Boothe, of the same.
Phihp CoUy, of West Retford.
John Brock, of Bole.
Alexander Jessop, of Haydon.
Richard Brigges.
Charles White, of Sturton.
James Bacon, of Wellhaw.
George Dunston, of Edwinstow.
Roger Nettleship, of Beckingham.
Henry Wright, of Egmanton.
GUbert Apleby, of Rampton.
Thomas Langley, of Wirksop.
WiUiam Wood, of Blithe." 24.

1 The list of those disclaimed at Nottingham is printed, from Harl,
MS., at the end of the Visitations of NottinghamsMre, 1569 and 1614, Harleian
Society, 1871, p. 190.

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[c. 1615], February 8. — Bridget Willotjghby to Sir
Percival WiLLorrGHBY, her husband, concerning the behaviour
of their daughters.

" I thought it good to let you understand your dater Storlie
cam to me yesterday, and toulde me she did not Uke to put
awaye her maids, being as well able to give them wages as
she had beene and that she should never have sutche againe,
and that she would not put them away for your plesur, and
you had given her very hard speeches upon noe occasion, and
she meant not to goe to London nor she knowes not how
you will loke upon her when she is there, and she is soe gret
with Mr. Candishes^ son that she is fullie minded to have
him. Your goodwill must be asked in this bisines ; but
whether you like it ore noe, it must goe forwards and be a
matche. Mr. Masons (sic) djmed here yesterday, and desiered
to specke with me, and then desiered my liking in it, for if
you woulde loke to the making the assurances it woulde do
well, bothe for a present estate and a greter after Mr.
Candishes tim. I toulde him it woulde a done he had com
to you afore your goinge, and mad you acquainted with his
speeches. He assured me my Lord Candishe woulde talke
with you in London about it, and assure you what he should
have, and he did not thincke but it would be to your likinge,
which if it be not, you must presenthe determine what you
will doe, for her (sic) is everie day sending to her, and she
going thether, and to dayes agoe he cam hether for her with
my Ladies carrouche^ and four fotemen to attend her, besides
horsemen. But my Ladies horses toke a flinging while the
stayd for your dater's triming, and brocke my Ladies caroche,^
overthrew the man, and to of the horses rane to Nottinggam,
and to the [were] catched in the connyber^ with mutche adoe.
Yet this visious gentlewoman with like maide went forwarde
afote, and ther staid teU darke night, and then cam hether
againe in another carroche with my Ladies gentlewemen and
grete atendance. And it were not amise if you coulde spare
som to dayes to com downe and safe all om- credites, which
she hath lost, and it may be you may in presence mend that,
or save that, which otherwise never wiH be. And now you
may beleeve her maide will not away tell she have mad her
profit by her, and your daugheter Mynors went from hence
with a good doble fomytur, which I thought should a carryed
her whom, but I here sence she was bravelie furnytured and
set upone a stone horse single, and one was faine to lead him
by the hed and finely clokeed (sic) and savegarded, yet she saide
she had not halfe those thinges she sent for, and exspectes
mutche to be sent her. And now Nottinggam begines to
talke one him, and it were not a mise they that have taken

1 Cavendish.

2 Coach.

3 Rabbit-warren.

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all this care for her, would now doe so mutch as to com paye
the mony he hase borrowed in divers places.

Grase Yerlies husband Bodd is dead.

And thus hoping onse to be freede of this fransie company
and to be at some beter quyet, I rest, Februarie this 8,

Yours, B. W.

Let me here you have receved this letter.

[Addressed .] To the Right Worshipfull Sir Percivall
Wyllughby, knight, neere Lambith at Carlile House give
these. Speede." 24.

[c. 1615], February 11. — Bridget Willotjghby to her hus-
band, Sir Percival Willoitghby, concerning the marriage of
their daughter with Mr. Cavendish.

" I have sent you a troncke yesterday by the carriar of
Nottinggam, and a rounde basket without a hd with ij.
rownds of brawne and iij. toungs in it. Dowting you would
be com away afore the carrier had delyvered it makes me
remember you that som body may be bed* put them in sowse
drincke. For here is grete forwardnes, and you had neede
make som hast downe, to know what shall be assured, other-
wise they will be maried, and after assurances will com but
slow. And now Mr. Mason seemes to perswade your daughter
to goe up with me, but her maid, who knows all, saith she
dar lay anything she will not, and if it fall out that she will,
I am siu:e he wiU com up to with her, and the riding, flawning,
roysting, and flortting by the way will be sutche as every
ostelor will talke of it. He is every day here and in her
chamber, and Mr. Resell and Mr. Mason, and banketes in
her chamber. If you can com, make a end of it ; which
being done one the soden, you may satife cost, which other-
wise she meanes to put one you, for she talkes of many nue
gownes which she intends to have of riche stufe. And sence
it must be a matche whether we will or noe, methinkes all
things considered, it were best ended at Mr. Candyshes house,
and it is a good riddance a sutche a gentlewoman, who saithe
your harde speeches to her hathe mad her make mor hast
then otherwise she woulde have done. If I did know whether
you would com or noe, I wold brue som iij. hougheds of here,
for her is but v. hougheds left. Februarie the xj.

Yours, B. W.

Your daughter Jell is with her mother-in-law. She went
a Wensday last.

[Addressed :] To my lovinge husbande. Sir Percyvall
Wyllughby, knight, give thise." 24.

1615, Jxme 15. — ^Robert Fosbeooke to Sir Pbboival

WlLLOUGHBY.

" Sir, as I do nott cease daihe to praie to God for the helthe
and happines of your worship and all yours (according to

i Bidden.

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my bounden dewtie), so longeth my heart to imbrace those
meahes wherby my loyall service might bring wished profittes
to your contentment, and give powerfull comfortes to my
present weaknes. The hopefull helpes and Ukehe meanes to
produce theis effectes (Deo non obstante) are your colemynes
and misterie of glassemakinge. God hasten the convoye of
them bothe within your lordship of Wollerton, for then I
feare nott to you [Deo favente) a pecuniall contentacion, and
to your poore servant (dignitate tua jvbente) a competent
satisfaccion. Of theis I humbly praie for speedie and good
tydinges, and wished progresse. And for th'one, to my
comfort, I understand your purposed proceedinges by your
clearing of your soughes, which I weeklie frequent, wher by
ToU et socios I am informed of the desired succes and eminencie
therof . And for th'other att this present there is come downe
a proclamacion prohibiting the making of any more glasse
with wood ; by the which I conjecture a likelihood of the
re-estabhshing of the former comission, and so by consequence
a hopefull meane to settle some workes therof within your
lordship here, wherof I beseeche you be myndfull, for ytt
wilbe for your great good. . . .

And humbly desiring to heare of your worship whether
there be hopefull newes of the glasse-making here, bycause
ytt wold comfort me and make me looke to be better pre-
pared for the ma[kiag] therof. These fornesses will cost more
for building then . . . estimate by muche. Et sic Deus
Opt. Max. tuam dignitatem [con]servet incolumem et super-
stitem reddat !

Your worship's ever att comandement,

Rob. Fosb[rooke.J

Post scriptum. — Old Lady Manners is dead."

Addressed to Sir Percival WiUoughby at CarUle House in
Lambeth Marshe.

This letter refers to the valuation (" extending ") of the
coalmiues at the suit of certain merchants, creditors of the
Beaumonts, by a jury at Mansfield, and states that " upon
the 6 of June was likewise intended an inquisition att the
iron-mfiles, butt there beiag no iron in the warehowse, saving
a stock thought worth 500K., which lay all upon my Lord
of Huntington's grownd, they made there no further adoe,
as I thinke bycause first they wiU talke with the erle of
Huntington." 24.

[c. 1615.] — Huntingdon Beaumont [to Sir Pbeoivaij
Willoughby].

" Good Sir, whereas you write unto me to pay unto Sir Philip
40 or 50li., some parte thereof he hath had, and sholde have
had all yf I had it, but he seeth plainhe that my receites, as
this yeare faUeth out, wiU but pay the weekelie charge, and
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not answere their owne charges. Yet you knowe that I must
pay one thousande markes to Sir John and him, besides
usurie, which biteth to the verie boone, and the continuall
charge of removinge cooles to the bridges, everie loade whereof
I doe hier to be done, and pay weekelie the same. Yf you
please but to consider theise thinges, you may well thinke
that I have much adoe for monie, and so I have as ever I
had in my hfe ; neither knowe indeede which way to turne
me, our sale beinge so bad as it is. This yeare will prove
worse unto us bie one thousande poundes then ever any mortall
man cold have imagined, in respect of the unseasonable
weather, which hath greatelie diminished our sale, and much
encreased our charge, so that as you write unto me that it
rayneth continuaUie upon you (which is no small griefe for
me to heare), so may I most tndie say that it poureth downe
upon me, I feare to the verie drowninge of me. . . .

I pray you sende for Mr. Bate to come [to] you, and sounde
him thoroughlie what they intende, for though Trente be
almost continuaUie banke fuU and bootes might goe downe
at pleasure, and they mighte have sente downe three or foure
hundred poundes worthe of cooles and made us some retome
that way, they will doe nothinge at all, not one booote
styrrethe or one boote moveth, but lay a heavie loade upon
my back, and will not put to their little finger to it to ease
the same

You have fiu-ther written unto me to enter into two thou-
sande pounde bounde to Sir John HoUis and to Mr. Zacheverell.
. . . You knowe. Sir, that I am alreadie bounde for above
three thousande poundes for you, and that yet I could never
bie any possible meanes get out of any one bounde that ever
I entred into. Thinges have gone so crosse with us both,
and yf Mr. Bate doe but faile us in renewinge our boundes
in November next (which I much feare), then am I sure to
be clapped up too, and then what will become of theise
businesses ? I pray you therefore, good Sir, first let us
endevour to get out of the old boundes, and then I shalbe
readie to enter into new as far as you please, for I doe assure
you that I am alreadie so far in boundes aboute theise
businesses as were they to begin againe, all the coole-mines
in Englande sholde [stand] alone for me before I wold
adventure so far for them all. . . .

Touchinge the wharfe, I can not advise you to deale in it,
for here is neither monie, neither knowe we whether ever
the busines will come into our handes, but I have acquainted
Lenton with all, and yet have no answere.

And this with my Mndest salutations to yourselfe, to my
good ladie, and aU yours, I take my leave.

Wollaton, the vj. of August.

Your verie assured lovinge frende,

Huntingdon Beaumont." 24.

184

[1617]. — Description of the people and country of Scot-
land, and of the reception of James I. in that country.^

" First for the country, T must confesse it is too good for
those that inhabit it, and too bad for others to be at the
charge of conqueringe it. The ayre might be wholesome
but for the stinkeinge people that lyve in it, and the ground
might be made fruitfull had they witt to manure it. Theire
beastes generallye are smale (women only excepted), of which
sorte there are noe greater in the world. There is greate
stoare of foweU, as foule houses, fowle lynnen, fowle dishes
and pottes, fowle trenchers and napkjms, fowle sheetes and
shirtes, with which sorte of fowle wee had liked to fare as
the children of Israeli did with theire fowle in the wHdemes.
They have greate store of fish too and good for those that
can eat it rawe, but if it come once into theire hands, it is
presently three days oulde. For theire butter and cheese^
I'le not meddle with it att this tyme, nor noe man at anye
tyme that loves his lyfe. They have Ukewise greate store
of deere, but they are so farre from the places where I have
yett beene as I had rather beleeve it then goe to. disprove it :
I confesse all the deere I mett with was deere lodgeinge,
deare horsemeate, deare tobacco and EngUsh beere. As for
fruite, for theire grandam Eve's sake they never planted
anye. And for ther trees, had Christ beene betrayed in this
countrey, as doubtles he should have beene had he come as
a straunger amongest them, Judas had sooner founde the
grace of repentaunce then a tree to hang him selfe on. They
have many hills wherein they teU men there is much treasure,
but they shew none of it. Natvire hath only discovered
unto them some mynes of coales to shew to what end shee
created them. I see little grasse but in theire pottage, and
noe flowers but such as modestye forbidds me name. The
thistle was not given them for noughte, for it is the fairest
flower in theire garland. The word ' hay ' is heathen
Greeke to them, neither man nor beast knows what it
meanes. Come is reasonable plentiful! at this tyme, for
since they harde of the king's comeinge, it hath beene as
unlawfuH for the comon people to eate wheate as it was of
old for anye but the priestes to eate of the shoebreade. They

1 This scathing description of the Scotch was printed under the title of
' ' A perfect Description of the People and Country of Scotland. London,
printed for J. S. 1659," 12 mo., 21 pp. It is reprinted in the ' Secret History
of the Court of James the First,' Edinburgh, 1811, ii. 75, and in Nicholls
' Progresses of King James I.' iii. 338. (From information supplied by
Professor Firth.) See also ' Calendar of State Papers, Domestic,' 1623-5,
p. 550. The present text is in many cases superior to that already printed,
and has the merit of being derived from a contemporary MS., which seems
to have been addressed to some Nottinghamshire gentleman, judging from
the reference to WallingweUs (page 186, note 1), which puzzled the printers of
the 1659 text. The letter is ascribed to Sir Anthony WeUdon, author of the
' ' Court and Character of King James, ' ' and is said to have been written
during the king's visit to Scotland in 1617. " The piece having been found
wrapped up in one of the records of the Board of Green Cloth, was traced
to Sir Anthony Welldon, and led to his dismissal from Court ' ' {Secret History,
ii. 75). The passages in brackets are supplied from the printied text.

186

prayed much for his comeinge, and long fasted for his welfare. *
All his followers weere welcome but the guarde ; those they
say looke lyke Pharaoh's leane kyne and threatten a dearth
where ere they come. They would perswade the footemen
that oaten cakes will make them long-winded, and the chil-
dren of the Chappell they have brought to eate of them for
the maintenaunce of theire voices. They say our cookes are
too sawcye, and for groomes and coachmen, they wish them
to give theire horses noe worse then they should be contented
to eate themselves. They comende the brave mindes of the
pentioners and gentlemen of the chamber, who choose rather
to goe to tavernes then to be always eateinge of the kinges
provision. They likewise comende the yeomen and pages
of the buttrye and seller for theire retirednes and silence, in
that they will heare twentye knock before they answere one.
They perswade the trumpeters that fasteinge is good for men
of theire quaUitye, for emptines, say they, causeth winde,
and winde makes a trumpet sounde sweetelye. The bringinge
of heralds they say was a needeles charge, for they all know
his pedegree well enogh, and the herbingers might have beene
spared, since the[y] brought so many bedes alonge with them
and of twoe evQls, since the lesser is to be chosen, they wishe
the bedes may remaine with them and the poore herbingers
keepe their places and doe their office as they returne. His
hangeinges they Hkewise desire should remaine theire as
rehques allwaies to putt them in minde of His Majestie, and
they promis to dispence with the woven ymages therein, but
for the graven images in his new beautified chappell, they
threaten to puU them downe soone after his departure and
make of them a burnt offeringe to appease the indignation
they imagin is conceived againste them in the brest of the
Allmighty for sufferinge such idolatrie to enter their king-
dome. The organs, I thinke, will find mercye, because, as
they sale, there is some affinity betwixte them and the bagge-
pipes. The skipper that brought the singinge men with their
papisticall vestmentes complaines that hee hath beene much
troubled with a strange singinge in his head ever since they
came aboarde his shippe, for remedie whereof the pastor of
the parishe hath perswaded him to sell the profaned vessell
and distribute the money amongst the faithfull brethren.

For His Majesties entertainement I must confesse ingen-
iously hee was received into the parishe of Edenborrowe,
for a cittie I cannot call it, with greate shoutes of joye but
noe shewes of charge, for pageantes they hould them idolatrous
thinges and not fitt to be used in so reformed a place. From
the Castle they gave him some peeces of ordinance, which
surely hee gave the Castle since hee was kinge of Englande,
and att the entrance of the towne the[y] presented him with
a goulden bason, which was carried before him on men's

1 The printed text here adds " but in the more plainer sense that he
might fare the better. ' '

186

shoulders to his place, the place, I thinke, indeede from
whence it came. They protested that ji Christ had come
from heaven, Hee could [not] have beene more wellcome : I
beleeve it, for His Majestie came but to sommon them to
a Parliament, and Christ would hove sommoned them to
judgment, which they love not to heare of. He was conveyed
by the yonkers of the towne (which were some C. holbdeeres,
deerely shall they rue it, in respect of the charges) to the
Crosse, and soe to the High Church, where the onely bell
they had stood on tiptoe to behoulde his faire face ; where
I must intreate you to spare him for an houre, since I confesse
there I left him.

In the meane time to report the speeches of the people con-
cerninge his never sampled intertainement, were to make
this discourse too tedious unto you, as the sermon seemed to
those that [were] constrained to indure it. After the preach-
ment, hee was conducted by the same holbdeeres unto his
palace, of the which I forbeare to speake, because it is a place
sanctified by his divine Majestie, onely I wishe it had been
Wallinge WeUs* for my frendes sakes that waited on him.

^To bringe the Major backe to his lodginge, who all this
while accompanied His Majestie, were to much to amplifye
my storye, because the gentleman lodges three stories high.

I will onelye breifly and faithfully speake of the people,
according to their degrees and quahtyes.

For the Lordes Spirituall they may well be called soe, for
indeede they are neither fishe nor fleshe, but what it shall
please their earthly God the Kinge to make them. Obedience
they houlde better thenn sacrifice, and therefore they make
a mockerye at martyrdome, sayinge that Christ was to dye
for them and not they for Him. They wiU rather subscribe
then surrender, and rather dispence with smalle thinges then
trouble themselves with greate disputacions. They will
rather acknowledge the kinge to be there head then want
wherewith to pamper their bodies. They have taken greate
paines and travaUe to compasse their bishoprickes and they
win not lose [them] for a trifle.

For the poore deacons whose desertes will not lift them up
to dignities, aU their study is to disgrace them that have
gott the least degree before them, and because they cannot
wr3rte bishop, the[y] proclaime they never read of any. The
scripture, say they, speakes of deacons and ellders, but not
a worde of deanes or bishops ; their discourse is full of
detraction, their sermons nothinge but realinge, and theire
conclusions either heresie or treason ; for that rehgion they
have I confesse it is above my reache, and, God wUlinge,

1 The printed text reads " better walls," but the reference is to
Wallingwells, in the manor of Carlton-in-Lindrick, co. Notts. In 1612 the
possessions of Wallingwells priory were held by Humphrey Pype, but Sir
Gervase Clifton, who held the manor of Carlton, had also possessions in
Wallingwells. See Thoroton, Notts, 466b, 467.

2 The whole of this paragraph is omitted in the printed text.

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I will never stretche for it. They christen without the crosse,
marrye without a ringe, receive the sacrament without
reverence, dye without repentance, and bury without divine
service. They keepe no holydaies nor acknowledge any
Sainct but Sainct Andrew, who they said gott that honor
by presentinge Christ with an oaten cake after His 40tie
daies fast. Tliey saie Ukewise he that translated our English
bible was the sonne of some maulster, because hee speakes
of a miracle done with barley loaves, whereas they sweare
they were oaten cakes, and no other bread of that quantity
coiJd have satisfyed so many thowsand people. They use
no praier att all, for they saie it is needeles, God knowes their
wantes without their pratlinge, and what hee does, hee loves
to doe freelye. Their Sabboth daies exercise is preachinge
in the mominge, and persecutinge their backbiters after
dynner. They goe to church in the forenoone to heare the
lawe and to the cragges and mountaines [in the] afternoon
to louse them.i "Phey hould their nose yf you talke of
b[earbaiting], and they stoppe their eares yf you speake of
a plea[y]. Fomicacion they hould but a pastime, wherein
man's abihtye is aproved and the act[iv]itye or fertilitye of
women discovered. Adultery they [shake their heads at]. Theft
they reale att, murder they wincke at and blassphemy they
laugh att. [They think it impossible to lose the way to
Heaven if they can but leave Rome behind them.]" 24.

1618. — Papers concerning musters in co. Nottingham. 177.

1618. — Portion of a news-letter, giving an account of
the proceedings in Spain on the return of Gondomar from
his embassy to England. The letter is rather carelessly
copied, and has clearly not been compared with original
before being despatched.

" Newes from Spaine.

His CathoUque Magestie had given commandement presently
upone the retoume of Seignior Gondomar, his Leiger
Embassador from England^ (1618) [to holde] a speciall
metting of all the princip[all] states of Spaine whoe where
of his counsell, together with the presidents of the counsell
of CastUie, of Arragon, of Italy, of Portugal!, of the
Indies, of the Treasure of warre, and especially of the
Holy Inquisition should be held att Mawson" in Arragon, the
Duke of Lerma'* being apoynted President, who should make
declaration of His Magistie's pleasure, take accompt of the

1 ' ' themselves, ' ' printed text.

2 Sarmiento, created Count of Gondomar in April, 1617, left London
for Spain on 16 July, 1618, and set out on his return journey on 21 Novem-
ber, 1619 (Gardiner, Prince Charles and the Spanish Match, i., pp. 135, 301).

^ An error for Manson, i.e., Manchones ?

* The power of the Duke of Lerma, the favourite and Prime Minister
of Philip III., came to an end in October, 1618 (Mariana, Historia de Eapaha,
lib. xvi., p. 621).

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Embassador's service, and consult longeing the estate and
religion respectively, to give satisfaction to His Holines Nuntio,
who was desired to make one in this assembly concerning
certayne overtures of peace and amyty with the English and
other CathoHque projects which . might ingender susspicion
and jelousie betwixt the pope and His Magestie if the mistery
were not unfolded and the ground of those counseUs dis-
covered afore hand.

This made aU men expect the embassador's return with a
kind of longing that they might behold the issue of this meeting
and see what good for the cathoUque cause the embassador's
imployment had effected in England answerable to the
general! opinion conceeved of his wisdome, and what further
project would be sett on foote to become matter for pubUque
discourse.

At lenght he arived and had present notice given him from
his Magistie that before he came to court he should give up
his accompt to this assembly, which command he gladly
receeved as an ernest of his acceaptable service, and gave
thanks that for his honour he might pubHsh himselfe in soe
juditious a presence.

He came first upone the daye apointed to the counseU
chamber (except the secratarye) not long after all the counsell
of state and the presidents meet ; ther wanted only the Duke
of Lerma and the pope's Nuntio, who were the head and
feete of all the assembly. These two stayed long away
for divers respects, the [Nuntio] that he might expresse the
greatnes of his Master and loose the sea of Rome noe respect
by his oversight, but that the benches might be full to
observe him at his aproache, the Duke of Lerma, to
expresse the authority and dignity of his owne persone, and
to shewe how a servant put in place of his master exacts
more service of his fellow-servants then the master himseKe.
These two stayed tell aU the rest were wery of wayting, but
at lenght the Nuntio, supposing all the counseU sett, lanched
forth and came to road in the councell chamber, where (after
mutuaU dischard[ge] of duty from the company and blessing
upon itt from him) he sate downe in solempne silence, greiving
att his oversight when he saw the Duke of Lerma absente,
with whome he strove as a competitor for pompe and glory.

The Duke had sente before and understood of the Nuntio's
being there, and stayed something the longer that his boldnes
might be observed, wherin he had his desire, for the Nuntio
having a while patiently driven away the time with several!
complements to several! persormes, had now allmost runne
his cour[t]ship out of breath, but the Duke of Villa Hermosa,
president of the counsell of Arragon, fead his humor by
the discharg of his owne disconten[t]ments upon occasion
of the Duke of Lerma his absence, and beckoned Seignior
Gondomar to him, using this speach in the hearing of the

1 or, MS.

189

Nuntio after a sporting manner : ' How unhappy are the
people were you have bene, first for ther soules, being
heriticka, then for their estats, where the name of a favorite
is soe famiUor. How happy is our estate, where the kies of
Ufe and death are soe easily come by (pojmting at the
Nuntio), hanging att every rehgious girdle, and where the
doore of justice and mercy stand equally open to all men,
without any respect of personnes.' The embassador knew
this ironicall stroke to be intended as a by blowe at the
Nuntio, but fully att the Duke of Lerma (whose greatnes
beganne now to waxe heavy towards declension), and ther-
fore he retourned this answere : ' Your excellency knoweth
the estate is happie where wisse (sic) favorits governe kings,
if the kings themselves be foolish, or where wise kings are
who, having favorits, whether foolish or of the wisser
sorte, will not be governed by them. The state of England,
howsoever you heare of it in Spajme or Rome, is two happy
in the last kinde. They nead not much care what the
favorits be (though ^ for the most part he be such as prevents
all susspicion in that kinde, being rather chossen as a schoUer
to be taught and trayned up then as a tutor to teach). Of
this they are sure, noe prince exceads theirs in personall
abihtys, soe that nothing could be added to him in any wish^
but this one that he were our vassaile and a cathohque.'

With that the noyse without gave notice of the Duke of
Lermaes enterance, at whose first approch the whole house
arose, though some latter then other as [if] envy had hung
plummitts one them to keepe them downe. The Nuntio
onely sat unmoved. The Duke cherished the observance of
the rest with a famiher kind of cariag to hie for curtesie, as
one not neglecting ther demeners but expecting it, and after
a fiUicoU [for filial] obeysance to the pope his Nuntio, sat
downe as president under the cloth of state but somewhat
lower. Then, after a space given for admiration, preparation,
and attention, he beganne to speake in this maner : ' The
king my master, holding it more honorable to doe then to
discourse, to take from you the expectation of oratory, used
rather in schoUs and puUpitts then in counsells, hath apointed
me president in this holy, wise, learned and noble assembly ;
a man naturally of a slow speach and not desirous to quicken
it by art or industry, as holding action only proper to a
Spaynard, as I am by birth, to a souldier, as I am by pro-
fession, to a kinge, as I am by representation. Take this,
therefore, breefly for declaration, both of the cause of this
meeting and my master his further pleasure. There hath
benne in all tymes from the world's foundation one cheefe
commander or monarch upon the earth ; this neads no further
proofe then a back-looking into our owne memorys and
historys of the world, nether now is ther any question (except

1 thought, MS. So throughout.

2 'wise.'

190

with infidells and hereticks) of that one cheefe commander
in speritualls, in the unity of whose person the members of
the visible church are included. But ther is some doubt
of the cheefe comander in temperalls, who (as the moone to
the sunne) might goveme by night as this by day, and by
the sword of justice compelle to come in, or cutt of such as
infring the authorytie of the keyes. This hath bene soe well
understood long sence by the infalible chaire as that therby
upon the declension of the Roman emperors and [the] increase
of Rome's sperituall splendor (who (sic) though it [is] unnaturall
that the sunne should be sublunorye) our nation was by the
bishop of Rome selected before other peoples to conquer and
rule the nationes with a rodd of iron. And our king to that
end adorned with the title of catholique kinge, as a name
above all names under the suime, which is under God's vicar-
generall himselfe, the catholique bishopp of soules. To instant
this poynt by comparasone, looke first upon the Grand Seignior,
the great Turke, who hath a larg title but not universall,
for besids that he is an infidle, his command is confined within
his owne territoryes, and he [is] stUed not emperour of the
world but of the Turks and ther vassails only. Among Cris-
tians the Defender of the Faith was a glorious stile whilest
the king to whom it was given by His Holines continued
worthy of it, but he stood not in the truth, nether yet those
that succeeded him, and besids it was no great thing to be
called what every Cristian ought to be ' defender of the faith ' ;
no more then to be stiled with France ' the Most Christian
King,' wherin he hath the greatest part of his title common
with most Cristians. The emperour of Russia, Rome, and
Jermany extend not their Umitts further then their title,
which are locall. Onely my master, the Most Cathohque King,
is for dominion of bodys as the universall bishop for dominion
of soules over all that part of the world we call America
(except where the Enghsh intruders usurp) and the greatest
part of Europe, with some part of Asia and Africa by actuall
possession, and over all the rest by reaU and indubitable
right, yet acknowledgeth this right to be derived from the
free and fatherly donation of His Holines, who, as the sunn
to the moone, lends luster by the refiection to this kingdome,
to this king, to this king of kmgs my master. What, therefore,
he hath, howsoever gotten, he may keep and hold ; what
he can gett from any other king or comander by any strata-
geme of warr or pretence of peace [he may take], for it is
theirs only by usurpation, except they hold it of him
from whome aU civill power is derived as ecclesiasticaU from
His Holines. What the ignorant call treason, if it be one
his behalfe is truth, and what they call truth, if it be against
him is treason. And thus all our peace, our warre, our trea-
tises, our mariages, and whatsoever intendment else of ours
ames at this principal! end, to gett the whole possession of
the world and to reduce all to unity under one^temperaU head

1 our, MS.

191

that our king may be what he is stiled, the catholique and

universall king. As faith ia therefore universall and the

church universall, yet soe as it is under one head, the Pope,

whose seat is and [must] necessarily be at Rome, where St.

Peter sate, soe must all men be subject to our and the

catholique king, whose particular seat is heare in Spayne, his

universall everywhere. This poynt of state, or^ rather

of fayth, wee see the Roman catholique rehgion hath taught

everywhere and all most maid naturall, soe that by a keye

of gold, by intelligence, or by way of confession my master

is able to unlocke the secretes of every prince, and to

withdrawe the[ir] subjects aUegance, as if they Imew themselves

rather my master his subjects in truth then theirs whom

ther birth hath taught to miscall soveraine. Wee see this

in France and in England especially, where at once they

leame to obey the church of Rome as their mother, to

acknowledge the^ cathohque king as their father and to hate

their owne king as an heritique and an usurper. Soe we

see religion and the state coupled together, laugh and weepe,

florish and fade, and participate of ether's fortune as growing

upone one stocke of policy. I speake this the more boldly

in this presence because I speake before none but native

personnes, who are partakers both in themselves and issues

of these triumphs above all those of ancient Rome, and

therfore such (as besids their oathes) it concernes to be

secreet ; nether nead we restraine this freedome of speach

from the Nuntio his presence because that (sic) besids that he

is a Spaniard by birth, he is allsoe a Jesuitt by profession, an

order raysed by the providence of God's vicar to accomplish

this monarchy the better, all of them being appropriate

therunto and as publique agents and privy councellors to

this end, wherin the wisdome of this state is to be beheld

with admiration that as in temperall [warre] it implies^ or at

least trust[s] none but natives in Castile, Portugall, or Arragon,

soe in speritualls it implys^ none but the Jesuitts, and soe

implies' them that they are generally reputed how remote

soever they be from us, how much soever obliged to others,

stiU to be ours and still to be of the Spanish faction, though

they be Polonians, English, French, and residing in those

contrys and courtes. The penitents, therfore, and all with

whom they deale and converse in theire sperituall traffique

must neads be soe too. And soe owe catholique king must

neads have an invisible kingdome, and an unknowen number

of subjects in all dominiones who will shew themselves and

ther faithes* by ther works of disobediene whensoever we

shall : have occasion to use that Jesuiticall [virtue] of

theirs.

1 of, MS.

2 ther, MS.

3 ' employs. '
^ « fathers, MS.

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' This, therf ore, being the principall end of all our councells
according to those to those (sic) holy directions of our late
pious king Philip the 2 to his sonne, now reining,^ to advance
the catholike Roman religion and the cathohque Spanish
dominion together, we are now mett together by his Magisties
command to take account of you, Seignior Gondomar, whoe
have bene embassador for England, to see what good you
have effected their towards the advancement of this worke,
and what further project shall be thought fitt to be sett one
foote to this end. And this is breefly the occasion of our
metting.'

Then the embassador, who attended bareheaded all the
time, with a low abeysance, began thus : ' This most
laudable custume of [our] kings in bringing all ofifice[r]8 to such
an accompt, where a review and a notice is taken of of (sic)
go[o]d or bad service upone the determinatione of ther imploy-
ment, resembles those Romish triumphes appointed for the
souldiers, and as in them it provoked to coiu-age, soe in us
it stirs up to diligence. Our master co[nverse]th by his
agents with all the world, yet with none of more regard then
the English, where matter of such diversity is often pre-
sented through the severall humors of the state and those
of our religion and faction that no instructions can be suffi-
cient for such negotiationes, but much must be leaft in trust
to the discretion, judgment and diligence of the incombent. I
speake not this for my owne glory, I having bene restrayned,
and therfore deserved meanly ; but to forwame one the behalfe
of others that there may be more scope allowed them to deale
in as occasion shall require. Breefly, this rule delivered by
his Excellency was the card and compasse by which I sailed
to make profitt of all humors and by all meanes to advance
the state of the Romish faith and the Spanish faction together
upon all advantages, either of oaths or the breach of them,
for this is an old observation, but true, that for our piety
to Rome His Holines did not onely give but blesse us in the
conquest of the Newe World, and thus in our pyous per-
severance we hope still to be conquerours of the Old, and to
this end, wheras His Excellency in his excellent discourse,
seemes to extend our outward [forces and private armes
onely against the heretiques]." 24.

This is part (6J pages) of a newsletter of 24 J pages printed
under the title : " Vox Populi. Or Nevves from Spayne,
translated according to the Spanish coppie. Which may serve
to forewarn both England and the Vnited Provinces how farre
to trust to Spanish pretences. Imprinted in the year 1620,"
without mention of the place of publication. It was written
by Thomas Scott, B.D., and was suppressed. See Diet, of
Nat. Biography, h, p. 68.

[c. 1620] — Recipe for prevention of danger from coal damp.

1 reinining, MS.

193

" For the dampe.
Take a bushell of unslaict lyme, and lett hyme send yt
downe and sett yt in the places as neare as the workmen
wyll, and let yt contenewally remayne tell suohe tyme as
the moystnes of the dampe beg3rne to sleake the lyme, and
then let hyme renewe yt contenewaUy. Yt wyll all somer
last. Let them take hyd that the do not let any watter come
to yt. Yf the dampe be very stronge, let hyme put to the
lyme i]d. of camphyre ; yt wyU drawe yt awaye the soner.

Wyllyam Poole." 24.

1627-8. — Papers concerning musters in co. Nottingham. 177.

1640. — " Newes and relation after the Scottyshe and
Englysh skirmyshe neare Newcastle uppon Tyne.

On Fryday, the 28th of Awgust, 1640, the Scottes army
encamped at a litell vyllage called Newborne uppon the ryver
of Tyne sixe myles from Newcastle. My Lord Conwaye
marched out of Newcastle with 3,000 foote and 2,000 horse
that day in the afternoone ; he caused 2 workes to be made
which weare to keepe the Scottes from foordynge over the
ryver. Aboute 4 a'clocke in the afternoone, after some fewe
muskettes shott, the Scottes ^ mownted some ordinance on
the steeple of the church of that vyllage, which commaunded
our workes and battered them soe muche that they that
weare in one of them fied and f orsooke the worke ; the other
stayed makynge a lyttle resistance, but not long after
lykwyse fled.

Theare army consists of 2,300 foote and 4,000 horse.
After this there horse would have foorded over, but one
Captayne George Vane chardged them with his troope, which
behaved themselfes soe bravely that he caused them to
retjrre, his owne horse beynge kylled under hym, and came
of with much honor. But the Scottes attempted the passage
the second tyrae and kylled 300 of our foote ymmediately.
Our commaunder of horse chardged them bravely, but there
troopes for the most parte ran awaye. Those persons of
quallytye of our syde that are myssinge are these : Collonell
Willmott, the Lord Wylmottes only sonne, whoe was scene
to kyll 3 men with his owne handes after he had receved a
pistoU shott in his face ; he chardged them alone where his
troope was left ingaged that it is conceaved that he is rather
slayne then taken ; Sir John Dygby and Serj ant-Major
Danyell Oneale weare scene to chardge the enemy and weare
lykewyse lost, it is uncerteyne whether these are taken or
sleyne ; Mr. Charles Porter was scene [to] fall dead from his
horse, he was Comett to my Lord Newport ; Mr. Rychard
Nevell chardged the troope which was led by Wyllyam
Dougles, Shreife of Tividale, and in the heade of h[is] troope
valiantly fyghtyng with hym hand to hand slewe hym. Of

I ' ' The Scottes ' ' written twice.

M13

194

0 . . . wee doe not heare of any other persons of noate
that are want3mge.

But it is soe that there are more persons of qualljrty lost
on thea[re syde] then of ours. Had our men followed there
leaders and not fled, the[y h]ad gotten the honour of the
victorye. My Lord Conwey retyred t[hat] nyght with twoe
thowsand to Newcastle.

Theare came a post this momynge that brynges word that
they have taken Newcastle, which, if we could have hjmdred
there passage over the r3rver, they could never have don, it
being so well fortyfied on that syde, and so easy to be taken
on this side." 24.

1649-50. — Acquittance of the Pipe of Francis Willoughby,
knt., as Sheriff of Warwick, and papers relating to his
shrievalty. 271.

1664, January 12. — Diploma of the matriculation of Francis
Willoughby in the University of Padua. Endorsed : " My
admission into the University of Padoa." 24.

1664^5, February 7. — Articles of agreement between Sir
Francis Wiloughbie, knt., and Francis WUoughbie, esquire,
on the one part, and WilHam Le Hunt, esquire, on the other,
for the sale by the said WiUiam to them of Middleton
New Park, co. Warwick, in consideration of the sum of
4,000Z. 236.

1666 [-7], March 3.— "A poule bill for the towne of WoUaton,
etc." The total is 11. lis. Od. at Is. a head, except
" Mr. John Reanor, gent.," who is assessed at ll., Henry
Raworth at 5s., Joseph Walker at 3s., and Edward Dovy
at 4s., in addition to the assessments for their wives
and children. " Assessores : Henry Raworth his marke ;
Huntingdon Shawe,^ (H) his marke, Henry (A) Archer."
The latter evidently signed with the mark A. Endorsed with
receipt, dated 13 April, 1667, by John Boawre, head
collector. 24.

1670-1. — ^Acquittance of the Pipe of Francis Willoughby,
esquire, as sheriff of Warwick. 271.

1703, July 14. — Copy of letter of Paithekoe, Sachem of
the Mohegan Indians, to Nicholas Hallam.

" Letter of instruction from Panhekoe, Lachem {sic) of the
Mohegan Indians, in New England, dated the 14th July,
1703.

1 Well-known aa the maker of the beautiful wrought iron gate-screens
at Hampton Court Palace.

193

To Mr. Nicholas Hallam, of Connectitut {sic), in the Indian
language.

Tbe interpretation is as follows :

' My loving neighbour, Mr. Nicholas HaUam.

' I am inform'd you are bound for Old England. Lett
me request you to make me and my condition known to the
Great Q. Anne and to her noble Council : first of our here-
ditary right to the soyU and royaUtys of our dominion and
territorys before the English came into the country, inso-
much that all due loyallty and obedience by our people is
not conferr'd on us by the English, but by the Gods, who gave
us a token as an earnest and pledge of our happy reign here,
and also (as our old seers construed) a more ample reign in
the ofche[r] region : wherefore the Gods had sent to that
royall family one of their own tobacco pipes, which strange
wonderment was taken upon the beach at Seabrook or there-
abouts, it being like ivory with two stemms and the boll in
the middle. This strange pipe, not made by man, is kept
choicer than gold from generation to generation. It animates
all the royall society with a full perswasion that the said token
is sufficient evidence that they shall sitt amongst the Gods
in the Long Huntinghouse and there smoak tobacco, as the
highest point of honor and dignity, and where there will be
great feasting of fatt bear, deer, and moose, all joy and myrth
to wellcom their entertainment, etc. Allso in the reign of
King Charles the Second of Blessed memory, his Majesty
sent us a token, vizt., a bible and a sword, which present
we thankfully accepted and keep them in the Treasury as
choice as we do the aforesaid God's Pipe, hoping it may be
a safeguard and a shield to defend us, and we in process of
time may reap great benefitt thereby, and attain to the know-
ledg of the true and living God. But of late I meet with
great descouragements and know not what will become of
our people by reason of oppression. The Court of Hertford,
I understand, have given aU my planting and hunting land
away to Colchester and to New London ; so that if I obtained
not relief from the Great Queen's Majesty, my people will
be in temptation to scatter from me and flee to the eastward
Indians, the French's friends, and the Enghsh's enimys.
Pray, Sir, remember my love and service to ye Great Queen-
Anne and he[r] noble Council.

July 14, 1703.

Panhekoe [dramng of crested bird] his marck.'

The true interpretation of Panhekoe's grievance and
narration, by me John Stanton, Interpreter Generall."

196

MANUSCRIPT BOOKS.

The oldest MSS. in the collection are some fragments of
what must have been a magnificent MS. of the Latin bible
(? in Jerome's version). The existing leaves are written
in bold uncials of the latter part of the seventh or early part
of the eighth century, in double columns, each column
measuring 4 J inches by 14J inches, with very wide margins,
written forty-four hues to a column. They are rubricated
in red, and certain verses are also written in that colour. The
text is written stichometrically. The leaves bear in size,
handwriting and arrangement a strong resemblance to the
famous Codex Amiatinus of the Latin bible (Palaeogra-
phical Society, Series II, plate 65), which was intended for
presentation to the pope by Ceolfred, abbot of Jarrow,
690-716. (See, however, the appendix to this report.)

The leaves have been used to form covers to chartularies
of the various WiUoughby estates, which were drawn up in
the early part of the sixteenth century, but which were bound
at a later time, as the same binding occurs in the Cossal volume,
which includes deeds of the reign of Edward VI. in the same
hand as the rest of the volume.

As the other fragments of an early MS. that were also
used for binding purposes undoubtedly came from Worcester
cathedral, as shown in the next notice, it is probable that
these fragments also came from there. It is worthy of note
that the monastery of Worcester possessed a Latin bible
(hibliotheca) that had been given to it by King Offa, of which
we possess a description in a forged or interpolated Worcester
charter assigned to him.* A more trustworthy description
of this bible of Offa is preserved in a letter of Senatus, prior
of Worcester, 1 189-1 196^, of which an autograph copy is
preserved at Cambridge.* The prior collated this bible,
which, he states, was written at Rome, but such quotations
as he gives are derived from the New Testament, whereas
the WoUaton fragments are portions of the Old Testament.
The Countess Godiva also gave a hibliotheca, divided into
two parts, to the monks of Worcester.*

The following are the volumes in which these leaves are
preserved :

Chartulary of WiUoughby lands in Middleton, Cossington,
and Wigtoft, bound in leaves containing (pp. 1, 2) the Book
of Kings, IV, i, 6 to end, ii, 1 to 16; and (pp. 3, 4) III,
xxii, 24 to end, and IV, i to 6. 204(279).

Chartulary of WiUoughby lands in Lenton, Radford, Gun-
thorp, Lowdham, and Sutton (Passeys), containing Kings

1 Birch, Cartularium Saxonicum, i, p. 328 ; Heming, Chartularium
Ecclesiae Wigorniensis, ed. Heame, p. 95.

2 Printed in Martfene and Durand, Thesaurus Novorum Anecdotorum,
i, p. 486, from a MS. of Conches, in Normandy.

3 MS. C.C.C. 48, noticed in Catalogue of MSS. preserved in the Chapter
Library of Worcester Cathedral, by J. K. Floyer and Sidney G. Hamilton, p.
165 (Worcestershire Historical Society, 1906).

* Homing, p. 263.

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IV, ii, 16 to iii, 25. Pages 3, 4 contain Kings, III, xxi,
17 to xxii, 24. 204 (283).

Chartulary of Willoughby lands in Sutton Passeys and
WoUaton, bound in stamped leather. The inside covers
consist of leaves of the bible, one side of each being pasted to
the cover. There is also an unpasted leaf of the bible at each
end. The first cover contains Kings, IV, xvi, 20 to xvii,
15. The inside unpasted leaf contains Kings IV, xv, 12 to xvi, 6.
The unpasted inside at the end contains Kings IV, xxi, 6 to xxii,
13. The end-cover is IV., xviii., 36 to xix., 31. Enclosed
in this volume is a letter, dated Matlock, 1 September, 1803,
from Adam Wolley, the Derbyshire antiquary, addressed to
" Thomas Webb Edge, esq., Strelley, Notts, per favor of
M. Sanders," requesting him to use his influence with Lord
Middleton to obtain for the writer the loan for a few weeks of
" the register book of Lenton Priory, which I understand is
in the possession of Lord Middleton." There is no register
of lands of Lenton priory among Lord Middleton's papers, and
it would seem that the register of Willoughby estates in Len-
ton had been mistaken for a priory register, which was then
identified with the present volume, as proved by the insertion
into it of Wooley's letter. 204.

Chartulary of Willoughby lands in Cossal and TroweU. The
covers contain (pp. 1, 2) Kings IV, ix, 26 to x, 19, and
(pp. 3, 4) Kings, IV, viii, 27 to ix, 25. 204 (280).

The next most ancient MS. in the collection undoubtedly
came from the monastery of Worcester, and was intended
for similar purposes to which the preceding leaves of parch-
ment were applied. The " Colpyt Booke from the Natyvytie
of Our Lorde in anno regni Regis Edwardi Sexti secundo," com-
prising a few sheets of foolscap, was found to have as guards to
prevent the threads cutting through the paper two narrow strips
of parchment, measuring 15 inches by f of an inch, bearing
Anglo-Saxon writing of about the year 1000. Eventually
a single leaf, cut in two across the middle and bearing
traces of its being used as a cover, of the same MS. was found
in bundle 168. It was probably rescued by Francis WiUoughby,
the naturaHst, for in his notebook he refers to grants of
Kings Offa and Canulfus to monasteries,^ a description
evidently based upon this leaf. He has written upon one
half of the leaf " Grants from Saxon Kings," and upon the
other " Grants from Offa, etc." The leaf, which measures
17^ inches in length by 12 inches in breadth, the latter having
been cut down, was evidently cut in two and used as book
covers, before it came to the hands of this great scholar.
The leaf and strips are written in a bold Worcester hand

1 See p. 269, below. The reference is at p. 5: " vlide] among the
settlements old grants from Saxon kings. Offa, Canulfus, Kings of Mercia,
etc., to monasteries."

198

of the latter part of the tenth or early part of the eleventh
century. The leaf gives copies of seven charters relating
to the bishop and monastery of Worcester, and the strips
form portions of three demises by Oswald, bishop of
Worcester from 961 until his death in 992, who held also the
archbishopric of York from 972. The leaf and strips formed
part of a Worcester chartulary, which was probably com-
menced by his orders, for he seems to have introduced con-
tinental usages either in tenure or in legal documents.-'
This Worcester chartulary, whether due to Oswald or not, is
by far the earhest English chartulary of which we have any
trace, and is therefore of considerable interest.

From the date of the paper book to which the strips were
attached, it would seem that part of this ancient chartu-
lary had come into the hands of the Willoughby family,
to be used for the purposes of brown paper, soon after
the dissolution of Worcester priory, on 18 January, 1540,
when the monks were ejected {Monasticon, i, p. 581a).
Four leaves of this chartulary fortunately came at a later
time into he hands of Sir Robert Cotton, and were bound
up by him in Nero E. 1, part 2, folios 181 to 184, which are
now preserved among his MSS. at the British Museum.
Cotton's leaves have been cut down 1^ inches in length and
1 inch in breadth. The WoUaton leaf came originally in
the chartulary between folios 182 and 183 of the Nero MS.,
and accordingly the beginning of No. VI. and the end of
No. VII. in the following texts have been suppUed from the
latter MS. The texts are here printed in chronological
order, but in the WoUaton leaf they follow in this order :
VI, I, II, V, IV, III, VII. It is noticeable that the order
of documents in this chartulary agrees with that followed
in the later and better known Worcester collection, which
was compiled by the monk Heming by order of Bishop
Wulfstan, who died in 1095. The texts of the charters given
below have been collated with the MS. of Heming (Cotton.
Tiberius A. 13). The latest text in Nero E. 1 in the original
hand is a demise for three lives by King Mthehed of land
" set Ofre " to the episcopal see at Dewies Stow (St. Davids),
dated 1005, which does not appear in Heming and has been
overlooked by Kemble. It is, however, printed by Hearne
at the end of his edition of. Heming, p. 479, followed by the
list of benefactors to Worcester drawn up in Anglo-Saxon
that follows ^theh-ed's demise in the Nero MS. (fo. 183). If
this demise was the latest entry in the original hand, as seems
probable from the great space left blank and then fiUed up
by the Anglo-Saxon Ust, it would seem that the chartulary
was completed in the year 1005. The collations with Heming
shew that his texts are frequently longer than those in the
earlier chartulary, and that he gives immunity clauses that

1 See Maitland, Domesday and Beyond, p. 312. Cf. p. 305 for Oswald's
care to record his demises.

199

do not occur in it. As the text of the original of No. 1 has
come down to us, and as it agrees with Heming against
the older chartulary, it is clear that the differences between
the texts of the latter and of Heming are due to abbreviation
in the earlier chartulary and not to expansions by Heming.
It was probably the omission of the immunity clauses that
decided Bishop Wulfstan to order the compilation of a new
chartulary within a century or less of the completion of this
earlier one. The collations also show that Heming adhered
much more closely to the orthography of the Anglo-Saxon
words in the original texts than did the compilers of the earlier
chartulary, and that he has preserved many archaic and
dialectal forms that were modernised in the work of his pre-
decessor. The latter omitted the crosses and Christian
monogram (the chrismon) at the commencement of the texts,
but they are reproduced by Heming. In the case of the
strips the missing part of the texts as printed below have
been supplied from Heming's texts.

[691-2.]— Grant by ^fieh-ed, King of Mercia, to Oftfor,i
bishop [of Worcester], of the estate called Flsedanburh (Flad-
bury, CO. Worcester), consisting of forty-four hides.

This charter has been printed by Smith in the appendix
to his edition of Beda's Historia Ecclesiastica, Cambridge, 1722,
p. 764, from the original, which, he states, was lately in the
possession of Lord Somers, in whose collection it was seen
' hy Wanley, Gatalogus, printed in Hickes, Thesaurus Linguarum
Septentrionalium, iii, p. 301, no. 1 (published in 1705). It
was at Worcester when Dugdale catalogued the early charters
in 1643 (Ibid, p. 299, no. 3). It has been printed from Smith's
text and the entry in Heming's Worcester chartulary by
Heame in his edition of this chartulary, Oxford, 1723, p. 21,
by Kemble, Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici, i, p. 36, no. 33
(cf. Haddan and Stubbs, Councils, iii, p. 280), and Birch,
Cartularium Saxonicum, i., p. 110, no. 76.

FL^DAN BYRIG.

Apostolus Paulus de extremo judicio Domini manifestissime
loquens ita refert : ' Omnes enim stabimus ante tribunal
Christi, ut recipiat unus quisque prout gessit, sive bonum,
sive malum, '^

1 Oftfor was consecrated bishop of Worcester in 691 or 692 (Beda,
Hist. Eccl. iv., c. 23). According to Florence of Worcester he was conse-
crated in 691 (following Beda) and died in 692.

2 Smith and Heming here add : — ' ' Quid autem sit, quod apostolus
pro meritis suis quosque peroepturos adfirmat, Ipse Dominus in euuangelio
(sic) suo manifestat, dicens : ' Ibant impii in supplicium setemum, justi
autem in vitam setemam. ' Hoc sane tremendtim ac terribile omnipotentis
Domini judicium ego Aethiked, Christo largiente, Rex, tota cordis formidine,"
etc., as above.

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Qua propter ego iEjjelred, Christo largiente, Rex totius
cordis formidine sine cessatione perhorresco/ ut ibidem
veniam merear per Dominum adipisci, pro absolutione
criminum^ meorum vel conjugis-^ meg Os))ry]5g/ terrain,
qug dicitur ' Flsedanburh '^ .XL. ini°'^ cas[satas]« Oftforb
episcopo in possessionem tradidi' sempiternam.

Si quis autem pertinacium contra banc donationem frac-
toris animo inire^ temptaverit, eamque infringerit,^ sciat se
sub tremendo examine penas debitas luiturum.

^ Ego iEJjelraed/" propriam donationem corroborans,
titulo sanctg crucis subsoripsi.
»j(iiEgo Torhtwald comes. * Ego Cille.
^ Ego EcgfriS.i2 ,5, Ego Guthlac.i»

i5< Ego Folchere. (J* Ego Hasdda^* episcopus.

^ Ego Eadwald. i^ Ego OsfriS.

^ Ego Tuddul. ^ Ego Sigewald.

^ Ego Berbtred.i^ ti< Ego Oftfor episcopus don-

ationem, quam a rege accepi, propria manu subnoto.^^

II.

[c. 693-717]. — Copy of endorsement on tbe preceding
charter by Ecgwine, bishop [of Worcester], whereby he grants
the monastery of Flsedanburh (Fladbury) to Adelhard," his
prince, in exchange for twenty hides at Strsetford (Stratford-
on-Avon, co. Warwick).

This is printed as above by Smith, p. 765, and from Hem-
ing by Dugdale, Monasticon, ed. 1, i, p. 121a, second ed. i,*
p. 585b, Hearne, p. 23 (in part only), Kemble, p. 37, no. 33,
Birch, i, p. Ill, no. 76.

1 Smith and Heming here add : ' ' quapropter ut ibidem sub prae-
sentia [ahni judicis omitted in Heming] veniam merear adipisci pro abso-
lutione," etc., as above.

2 Smith and Heming add vel.

^ Smith and Heming add quondam.

* OsWrySe, Heming.

6 Fledan-, Smith and Heming.

^ casaatorum capacem, Smith and Heming.

' Smith and Heming have here in addition : " ut quemadmodum
primitus tradita fuerat, rursus per iUius dUigentiam monachorum in ea sub
abbate degentium honestissima conversatio recuperetur " [converaafior
cxuperetur. Homing.]

* venire. Smith and Heming.

8 infringere conatua sit. Smith and Heming.

10 JElSilred, Smith; ASSelred, Heming.

11 The witnesses' names are arranged differently in Smith and Heming.
Smith adds consenai et auhscripsi after each witness's name; Heming gives
conaensi only.

12 EcfriiS, Smith and Heming.

13 OuVlac, Smith and Heming.

1* Haeadda, Smith; Headda, Heming.
1 S Berhttred, Smith ; Berehtred, Heming.
18 confirmana svhnotavi. Smith, Heming.

1' jEthelheard, son of Oshere, liing of the Hwiocas {Gart. Sax. i, p. 120 ,
no. 85 ; cf. 193, a spurious Evesham charter).

201

FL^DAN BYRIG.

Reverentissime^ memorie pontificis Oftfori ego Ecgwine,^
Deo dispensante, successor^ existo. Monasterium autem, cui
nomen est ' Flsedanburh,'* quod in hac eadem kartula^ ex
altera ejus parte eidem predicto predecessori meo sub-
scriptione regali traditum asseratur, huic venerabili nostro
secundum seculum principi Adelhardo/ quantum id a me
fieri potest, in possessionem' concedo, ea tamen condicione,
ut semper ibi* cenobialis vite statuta serventur. Pro
recomparatione vero hujus nostrg donationis in loco qui
dicitur'' cet Strcetjorde^^ .xx. cas[satarum]^i terram^^ in jus
ycclesiasticum ab eo^^ accepi. Sciendum tamen, me ration-
abili qiiadam causa compulsum id voluisse facere, ut ei
.XLiiii. man[entium]^* terram pro .xx. man[entium]i^ darem,
id est ea condicione, ut, post diem ejus, terra ista sine contra-
dictione alicujus ad Wigornensem'^* ecclesiam in jus epis-
copaU sedi sit donata mihi et^' antecessor! meo Oftforo"
in elemosinam sempiternam.

Pax servantibus et confirmantibus ;^® minuentibus vero
vel contradicentibus dispersio veniat^' sempiterna !

^ ^Jjelric. iEJ)elward.2o ^Jjelbriht.^i Omuling^a abbas.
Hi sunt confirmatores et testes hujusce donationis. ^^

III.

780. — Grant by Offa, King of Mercia, to the monastery at
Breodun (Bredon, co. Worcester) of thirty-five hides in
Teotingtun (Teddington, co. Worcester) near the River Cserent
(Carant Brook, co. Gloucester), Wasseburne (Washbourne,
CO. Gloucester), at CoddeswseUan in Mons Hwicciorum,
and at Nor Stun by the River Tjn-l (the Tirle Brook, co.
Gloucester).

1 Smith and Heming add eemper.

2 Ecguine, Smith ; Ecuuine, Heming.

8 in episcopatum, add. Smith ; in episcopatu, Heming.

* Fledan-, Smith, Heming.

5 cartula. Smith, Heming.

6 /^]>hilhaeardae, Smith ; MSelhearde, Heming.
' possione (sic), Heming.

8 inibi, Smith ; inhibi, Heming.

8 qui diciiurl cujus nomen est. Smith, ; cui nomen eat, Heming.

1 0 Stretfordae, Smith ; Siretforda, Heming.

11 cassatorum, Smith, Heming.

12 Smith, Heming add ab eo,

13 a6 eo] omitted Smith, Heming (see preceding note).
1* manentium, in fiiU, Smith, Heming.

15 manentis (sic), Heming.

1 ' Uuegernensem, Smith ; Uueogernensem, Heming.

17.17 {Hi Oftforo {que Smith) meo antecessori, Smith, 'Heming.

1 8 confirmantibus atque servantibus. Smith, Heming.

19 perveniat. Smith, Heming.

2 0 ^e eluueard. Smith ; ^\>elweard, Heming.

21 ^e elberht. Smith; M\ielberht, Heming.

22 Omulingc, Smith, Heming.

23 hujusce donationis] omitted, Smith, Heming.

202

This charter has been printed from Heming's chartulary by
Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, first ed. i, p. 122b, second
edition, i, p. 586, Heame, pp. 26 (in part), 456, Kemble, i,
p. 169, no. 140, Birch, i, p. 329.

BREODUN.

In nomine omriipotentis Dei et Domini nostri Jesu
Christi, Qui vivit et regnat in secula^ !

Ego 0£Ea,2 Rex Merc[ensium] simulque in circuitu nationum,
^pro meg sahite perpetua animg do terram^ septies quinos
tributariorum* continentem ad monasterium, quod nominatur
' Breodun ' in provincia Hwicciorum ad gcclesiam Beati
Petri principis^ Apostolorum, qug ibidem* sita est, quam
Eanulfus,' avus mens, erexit ad laudem* Dei omnipotentis'
in secula. Est autem rus predictumi" in iin°' villulas^^
separatum, hoc est Teotingtun,'^^ qui situs est juxta
fiuvium,!^ quod [sic) vocatur^* 'Caerent,' v. manent[ium];
huic adjacet viculus, qui nominatur ' set Wassebume,'i^
qui habet ab oriente vadum, quod^* dicitur ' set^' Geolwan-
forde,''^* et ab occidente fontanum, qui^® nominatur ' Gyting-
broc,' X. cass[atorum] ; tertius viculus est in monte qui dicitur^"
' Mons Huuicciorum ' cet Codes wcellan^'^ eque^^ man-
s[iones]^^ ; 2*quartus viculus^^ est NorStun x. manentium
juxta rivulum, qui^* muncupatur 'Tyrl.' Ista ergo consue-
tudine^' firmiter atque stabiliter composita,''^ quatinus ad

' Amen add. Hem.

- Dei gratia concedente add. Hem.

•'"•' For this Hem. reads: " sciens certe, quod oimt'ta que humanis
cousijicimitur oculis transitoria esse, et que conspici non possunt aeteriia
fieri, et quod cum his transitoriis aeterna mercari posse, idooque pro mea
meorumque ijropinquorum perpetua animae salute dabo terram. ' '

* jugera, add. Hem.

5 pfincipe (sic), Hem.

" in ioco, add. Hem.

^ Eanuul/us, Hem.

8 et gloriam. Hem.

9 viventis. Hem.
1" praedictus. Hem.

11 villulia. Hem.

12 Altered from ' Tidingtun.' TeoUingtun, Hem.
I'' rivulum, Hem.

1* nuncupatur. Hem.

16 Wassanburnan, Hem.
1® qui. Hem.

17 Om. Hem.

18 Oeolwaford, Hem.

19 quod, Hem.

2 0 gticTO nominant'incola {sic). Hem.

21 uuellan. Hem. Codeswelle is also mentioned in 855 (Cart. Sax.
ii, p. 92, where it is impossibly identified with CodsaU, co. Stafford)
•^•^ X. add. Hem. "

23 mansionum. Hem.

24 e« add. Hem.

26 hoc add. Hem.
2 6 quAjd, Hem.

27 conditione. Hem.

28 conpoaita, Hem.

203

monasterium prenominatutni terra ilia et ad prefatam
goolesiam Sancti Petri in jus gcclesiasticg libertatis per-
dono.2 Libera^ sit ab omni exaotione regum et principum,*
tarn in agrorum donationibus vel terrarum positionibus,
in Omnipotentis Dei nomine preoipimus, quamdiu^ fides
Christiana in Brittannia perdurat sub dominio ao potestate
parentelg* meg atque cognationi rite per successiones
heredum juste succedentium permaneat in eternum.

Conscripta est' haec donatfio] telluris a me et a^principibus
meis, quorum infra signa et nomina notantur" cet Brsegent-
forda/" anno Dominicg Incarnationis^i .DOC." LXXX.",
indictione .III., die^^ passionis Thebe.^^

f^ Ego Ofifa^* Rex hoc meum^* donum^^ signo*' crucis
Christii' munio.

^ Ego KyneSryS,!^ Dei gratia, Regina Mercensium^'

consensi.
^ Ego lohanbertus archi- (^ Ego Eadberhtus episcopus^"

episcopus^"
ij« Ego Ceolwulfus epis- >^ Ego Tilhere*^ episcopus^^

copus.21
* Signum manus Brordan >^ Signum^* Berhtwudi"^ ducis.

principis.
ii< Signum^* Eadboldi^s ij, Signum"* Eadboldi^a ducia.

principis.

IV.

[798-821].— Grant by Cenulf, King of Mercia, to Bishop
Deneberht and the monastery at Worcester of thirty hides
in Plsedanburh (Fladbury, co. Worcester).

This charter has been printed from Heming by Hearne,
p. 25, Kemble, i, p. 271, no. 215, and Birch, i, p. 507, no. 368.

1 antenominatum, Hem.

2 perdonabo. Hem.

3 liberata. Hem.

* ac subditorum, ipnorum, add. Hem.
5 tamdiu. Hem.

8 parentillcB, Hem.

' autem add. Hem.

* ab epiacopo ac principibus. Hem.
' adnotaho, Hem..-

10 Brentford, co. Middlesex.

11 Ohristi, add. Hem.

12-12 dig^ qjio pasaio Sancti Mauricii a fidelibus celebrat\_ur , first minim
of u being still legible], Hem.
13 Dei dono, add. Hem.
1* meam. Hem.
1^ donationem. Hem.
18 sancte, add. Hem.
1' Hem. omits.
18 Cyne-, Hem.
1" huic donationi regis, add. Hem.

20 cs' {= consensi) add. H.

21 consensi, Hem.

22 Tilherus, Hem.

2 3 cons ( = consensi), add. Hem.
2* maniis, add. Hem.
2 5 Berhtuudi, Hem.
28 Eadbaldi, Hem.

204

PLEDEBYRIG.

Ego etiam Cenulf^ rex Merc[iorum] eodem honorabili epis-
copo Deneberhto et ejus familig Weogornensis^ gcclesig post
vitae^ meg [spatium] do* terrain .xxx. tributariorum in loco,
qui vocatur ' Flaedan burh,'^ propter traditionem istius
prenominatg terrg, ut perpetualiter perfruantur* et dimidiam
partem hujus agri possessionis precipio ut cum illo ad pre-
dictam gcclesiam reddatur, que illis diebus illic set Flsedan-
burh' (sic) habeatur. Libero^ quoque terram istam sub testi-
monio illorum, quorum nomina prescripta liquescunt, ab
omnibus secularibus rebus,' duris ac levibus,^" exceptis'^^
arcis et pontis constructione et expeditions et singulars pretium
foras adversum aliud, ad penam vero neque quadrantem^^
foras resolvat.

Si quis autem hoc servare vel annuere^^ voluerit, sit bene-
dictus a Deo cgli omnium possessori. Si vero — quod non
optamus — aliquis^* hoc in aliquo frangere vel minuere temp-
taverit, sciat se alienatum^^ a Deo in die magno, nisi ante hie
correctus cum satisfactions emendaverit^® et ad dignam
penitentiam venerit.

V.

814, December 26. — Grant by Coenwulf, King of Mercia,
to (Bishop) Deneberht and the monastery at Worcester of
the pastus of twelve men pertaining to that city, in con-
sideration of their grant to him of the monastery known as
Bitueonseum and of ten hides on the west of the River
Severn.

Printed from Heming's chartulary by Hearne, p. 23, Kemble,
i., p. 256, no. 203, Birch, i, p. 488, no. 350.

CENULFES FREOLS.

In nomine Dei excelsi, Qui est spes omnium finium terre
et in mari longe !

Ego Coenulfi' ejus meUiflua gratia largiente rex Merc[iorurii],
cum consilio et consensu optimatum meorum, quorum infra
carraxata sunt vocabula, meo fideU^^ Denebertoi' atque ejus

1 Altered from Conulf (see page 205, note 23) ; Coenuulf, Hem.

2 Uueogernensis, Hem.
8 Hem. omits.

* post spatium, dierum meorum dabo, Hem.
6 Fledanhurh, Hem.

8 Hem. adds : ' in evum. '
' cet Fledanhyrig, Hem.

* liberdbo. Hem.

8 seculariarum, rerum honeribus. Hem.

10 leviis, Hem.

1 1 Hem. adds : ' his. '

12 Hem. adds: ' minutam. '

13 adnuere, Hem.

1"^ In Hem. aliquis follows vei'o.
15 anathematum, Hem.
ifi Hem. ends here.
1^ Goenuidf, Hem.

1 8 Hem. adds : ' atque venerabili episoopo. '

19 Deneberhto, Hem.

206

familig, que sita est in Wigornensi^ oivitate, illorum xii.
hominum pastuni, qui rite ad illam pertinent civitatem^ et
ad alia qug sub ejus sunt potestate monasteria constituta
liberaliter^ concedo, quia ille episcopus et ejus familia* mihi in
perpetuam hereditatem .xiii. man[entes] tradiderunt,^ mon-
asterium quod vocatur^ ' Bitueonseum '' .iii, man[entes] et
in occidentali plaga fluminis Ssebrine^ .x., etsic firmam pacem
atque placationem inter nos omnium undique discussis con-
vitiorum obstaculis constituti sumus.

Acta est' hgc donatio anno dominic^^^" Incarnationis^"
DCCC." .XIIII., indictione .vii., in vico^^ qui dicitur ' Tom-
weorSin,'^'^ die .vii. Kal. Jan[uarii], regni autem nostri a
Deo concessi .x°viii°."

Si quis^* banc nostram^^ donationem^^ et^^ libertatem^^
servare et^' augere voluerit, augeat Dominus^^ omnipotens
dies suos^' hie et in eternum.^" Si quis autem hoc in aliquo
frangere vel minuere temptaverit, sciat se separatum ^^ a Deo
et ab^* omnibus Sanctis in die tremendi examinis, nisi ante
hie cum satisfactione emendaverit.

^ Hanc libertatem^^ ego Cenulf^' rex Mercporum] cruce
Christi signo.
^ Ego Wlfred^* archiepis- ^ Ego Mlipry^ regina.^*

copus.^^
^ Ego^' AlduK episcopus. ^ Ego Werenberht episcopus ^^
^ Ego Deneberht epis- ^ Ego Wulf heard episcopus^'

copus.^'

1 Weogernensi, Hem.

2 civitatem pertinent. Hem.

3 Hem. adds : ' perenne. "
* Hem. adds :

5 Hem. adds :

6 nominatur, Hem.
' Bituinceum, Hem.
8 Sabrine, Hem.

8 Hem. adds : ' autem. '

10 Hem. omits.

11 Hem. adds: ' celeberrimo. '

12 TomoworSig, Hem.

1 ^ Hem. adds : ' anno. '
1* Hem. adds: ' autom.'

15 Hem. omits.

1 6 Hem. adds : ' nostram. '
1' vel. Hem.

1** Hem. omits.
18 suas. Hem.

2 0 sempiternum. Hem.

2 1 Hem. adds : ' alienatum atque anathematum atque. '

22 libertatis donationem dominicae Incarnationis anno [blank] ^ Ego
Coenuulf rex Merciorum cum virtuie sanctae crucia scribendo conrohoravi.
Hem.

23 In the MS. the e of this name has been altered from o. The scribe
had, no doubt, the form Goen- before him, as at the beginning of the charter,
which he started to copy and then changed the spelling into that current in
his time, i.e.. Gen. Heming copies the older form correctly as Coenuulf.

2* Uulfred, Hem.

2 5 consenei, add. Hem.

2 6 regine fsic] conroboravi {cr'), Hem.

2 7 Ealdulf episcopus conroboravi ct aubscripai (cr' est si), Ham,

2 8 conroboravi (cr'), add. Hem.

29 conr', altered from cons', add. Hem.

' civitati[s] Uueogernensis.
' hoc est. '

206

>^ Ego^ Heaberht dux. ^ Ego BeomoS dux.

^ Ego Dynna dux. iji Ego Ceolberht dux.

)5E< Ego Mucel dux. •$< Ego Ceolfwulf^ (sic) con-

sensi.^

VI.

[821-823]. — Account of the confirmation by Ceolulf, King
of Mercia, of land at Intebeorgan (Inkberrow, co. Worcester)
to the monastery [of Worcester], although desired by Wulf-
heard, in exchange for Bremesgraf (Bromsgrove, co. Worcester),
endorsed on a charter of Bishop .Deneberht witnessing that
Inkberrow had been confirmed to Worcester in 803 by
Wulfheard {Cart. Sax. i, p. 427, no. 308).

Printed by Hickes, i, p. 172, from original (his transcript
is in Harl. MS. 4660, f. 7) ; the original was seen at Worcester
in 1643 by Dugdale (Hickes, iii, p. 300, note 8). It was printed
from Hickes in the Monasticon, second ed., i, p. 588a, and
from Heming by Hearne, p. 21, and from Heame, Hickes'
transcript and Cott. Nero E 1, fo. 388b, (now 182d.), which
preserves the first seventeen words (see p. 198, above), by
Kemble, i, p. 222, no. 183, Birch, i, p. 428, no. 308, Earle,
p. 69, and, with a translation, by Thorpe, Diflomatarium
Anglicum, p. 47.

[BREMESGRAF.

Ceolulf rex wilnade jjses landes set Beemergeafan {sic) to
Heaberhte hiscope ond to his hirede,* ond pa. sende] he his
Eerendgewrit^ to Wulfhearde" to Intebeorgan,' ond het^ pirt
he come' to him ond to Jjsem hirede.^" J)a dyde^^^ he swa. pn,
higi^ him to sprsecon se hiscop^^ ond his witan^* ymb pcet land,
pcet he his him geu)3e pcet he mihte^* jjone freodom bigiten ;"*
ond pa wses he eadmodlice'' ondetta'^ J)3et he swa^" wolde,^"
ond to him wihuende^^ wses Jiset hi^^ him funden swylce-^
londare swylce^* he mid arum on beon mihte,^* ond his wic

1

Heardberht conroboravi {cr'). Hem.

2

Ceolumlf, Hem.

3

Hem. omits.

i

higiin, Heming ; blank in Hickes.

6

erendwreocan, Hickes ; cerendwreoc.

Heming.

6

Wulfheard, Hickes.

7

Intanheorgum, Hickes, Heming.

8

heht, Hickes, Heming.

9

cuome, Hickes, Heming.

10

higum, Hickes, Heming.

1 1

dede, Hickes.

12

hio, Hickes ; hco, Heming.

13

bisceop, Heming.

14

weotan, Hickes, Heming.

15

hio meahten, Hicl^es ; heo mehian,

Homing.

16

hegeotan, Hickes, Heming.

17

eapmodlic, Hickes.

18

ondeta, Hickes, Heming.

19

suce, Hickes.

20

wulde, Hickes ; walde, Heming.

21

wilnende, Hickes.

22

>£B«e Mo, Hickes ; ])CB«e heo, Heming.

23

swelce, Hickes.

84

maehte, Hickes ; mehte, Heming.

207

Jjser^ on byri^ beon mihte* on his life, pa, sende he monn
to ])am* axcehiscope^ ond to Eadberhte ond to Dynne, ond
him heht ssecgan* Ipcet he wihiade Jjses landes' aet Inte-
beorgan.^ ])a se arcebisc[o]p' om? Eadberht hit wseron*"
semdiende'^^ to kininge^^. ]>& com^' Dynne to gelserde ])one
king,^* ])cet he his no gejjsef wses. J)a wses higen ond hlaforde
lond unbefliten' eghwses/^ ond sy])|)ani' a oj) his daga ende,
Gode gefultmiendum.i'

VII.

840, March 28.— Record of grant by Berhtwulf, King of
Mercia, to the monastery of Worcester of land in Stoltun
(Stoulton, CO. Worcester), Wassaburnan (Washbourne, co.
Gloucester), Kineburhgingtun, Tateringtun, and Codeswsella,
which he had previously taken away from them unjustly.

This is printed from Heming by Heame, p. 26, Kemble,
ii, p. 7, no. 245, Thorpe, Diplomatarium, p. 90, and Birch, ii,
p. 4, no. 30, who notices that the last eight witnesses occur
in Cott. MS. Nero E 1, fo. 183, which was in the original
chartulary the leaf immediately following the Wollaton one
here printed (see p. 198, above).

STOLTUN ond WASSABURNA ond

KINEBURH[GING]TUN ond

TATERINGTUN ond

CODESW^L.

Alto et agio^^ Deo nostro ac sanctg ac" gloriose Trinitati
virtus, honor et potestas sit in evum^" !

Anno^i ab Incamatione^^ Domini nostri DCCG". XL"., indic-
tione .m., contigit,^^ quod Berhtulfus^* Rex^s tuht^" a nobis'"

1 ]>CEre, Hickes.

2 hyrig, Hickes, Heming.
^ heon mihte, om. Hickes.
* ]!CBm, Hickes, Heming.

s cercdnscope, Hickes ; arcebisceope, Heming.

6 secgcgan, Hickes.

' londe, followed by blank, Hickes.

8 Intanbeorgan, Hickes, Heming.

® (Brcebisceopf Hickes, Heming.

1" woeran, Heming.

11 emdiende, Hickes.

12 cyninge, Hickes, Heming.
18 cuom, Hickes, Heming.
1* cyning, Hickes, Heming.
1^ oeghucBS, Hickes.

16 sioSSan, Hickes; seoSSan, Heming.

17 The two last words are omitted by Hickes and Heming.

18 e< Omnipoteniiseimo, add. Hem.

19 et, Hem.

20 ^ perpetuum. Amen, Hem.

21 autem, add. Hem. _

2 2 ejiisdem Dei et Domini noatri Ihesu Ohristi, add. Hem.

28 autem, add. Hem.

24 BerhtwiUf, Hem.

26 Merc[ensium], add. Hem.

2 8 tollerat. Hem.

2 7 «t tradidit, add. Heca.

208

terrain nostram,! qug jure firma donatione concessa est^ ad
episcopalem sedem,^ id est ad Weogornensem^ ecclesiam*, ^et
suis hominibus donavit instigatione Dei inimicorum^ ; hoc
est Stoltun, Uuassaburna,'' Kineburhgingtun, ' Tateringtun/
Codes weella".

i"Heaberhtus tunc episcopus cum suis amicis in Pascha
ad TomweorSin perrexit/" libertates et kartulas^^ prenomi-
natarum^^ terrarum secum habens,^^ et ibi coram Regei*
ejusque proceribus^^ fuerunt allecta. Et ibi Merciorum
optimates judicaverunt,'^ ^'quod injustg despoliati^' suo
prbprio essent,i* I'et terrg illis redditg sunt. Iterum EpSX
cum venit ad Welesburnan, venit ad eum episcopus, et donavit
ei .nn°^ caballos bene electos,^' et unum anulum in
.xxx.^" mancusis, et discum argenteum^" in .m. libris^i
et .II. alba cornua^^ jn .nn.""^ libris ; ^ajj^ging quoque^*
dedit .11.^^ equos^* ^^ond iwegen steapas on .11. pundum,
ond .1. cuppan ofergylde on .rt. pundum. ^^ ^^ Et Rex
cum testimonio coram principibus, quorum nomina infra
notantur, terras predictas episcopo in perpetuam libertatem
concessit.^*

. Si quis vero^' banc nostram elemosinam et libertatem
^^diabolica deceptus avaritia^' frangere vel minuere temp-

I'l qtwd recte ac jure sub propria (sic) potestate ac libera possessione cum
firma donatione tradita est et concessa et firmata. Hem.

2 sedem episcopalem. Hem.

^ Vueogernensem, Hem.

* aecclesiam. Hem.

5-5 rex praefatus suobiis (sic) propriis hominihiis condonavit, sicut se
inimici homines docuerunt, Hem.

" Uuassan-, Hem.

' Gyneburgingctun, Hem.

8 Tateringctun, Hem.

9 Codeswelle, Hem.

10.10 Tunc perrexit ille episcopus Heaberht, cum aids secum senioribus,
in Pascha, ad TomeworSie et suas, Hera.

11 cartulas. Hem.

12 ante nominatorum (sic), Hem.

13 habentes. Hem.
1* ante regem. Hem.
1^ proceres. Hem.

18 dejudicaverunt illi. Hem.

17-17 fit male ac injuste dispoliati esaent in, Hem.

18 Om. Hem.

19-19 Tunc illis terra sua reddita eat cum pace, et simul etiam ille episcopus
hanc donativum regem predonavit iterum in Welesburnan, hoc est Illlor
caballos bene electos, Hem.

2 0 fabrcfactum. Hem.

21 tribtis pundis, Hem.

22 alhaa cornaa, Hem.

23-23 ;Et ille regina (sic), Hem.

2^ bonoa, add. Hem.

26-25 gi duas steapas in twtem pundum, et unam cuppam deauratam in
duobus pundis. Hem.

2 6-2 6 Et tunc Bex cum testimonio has terras firmiier liberavit sibi in aevum
coram suis archontis uniuscujuaque necesaitatis et auatulionis et illud etiam cum
aignaculo aanctae crucia Ohristi sua manu flrmiter roborando acripait et munivit.
Hem.

2 7 rex aut princeps, vel alicujus gradus homo. Hem.

28-28 ,pp,- diabolicam ctvaritiam deceptus ait, ut, Hem.

209

taverit, sciat se segregatum^ a consortio ^oninium Chris-
tianorum et^ sanctorum ^ in die magni* examinis'* ante
tribunal Christi, nisi hie Deo et hominibus cum bona satis-
factione emendaverit.*

5< Ego Berhtulf banc meam Monationem signo munio
Christi. 8

^ Ego SaeJjryS^ regina.i" ^ Ego KineferSii episcopus. i"
tji Ego Heaberht episcopus^" i5< Ego Berhtred^^ episcopus."
ii< Ego CuSwulf episcopus." ^ Ego Eanmund^^ abbod.^*
^ Ego Hunberht dux. ^ Ego ASelhard^^ dux.

* Ego Mucel dux. ^ Ego Dudda dux.

^ Ego Kineberht^^ dux. ^ Ego Sigered dux.

[MS. Nero E. 1, fo. 183, continues the list of witnesses
as f oUows :

•it Ego AeJ»elhuni' d„x. ^ Ego Mucel dux,

iji Ego Eadulf. ij( Ego Alfred minister, i^

^ Ego Wiega minister. ^^ ^ Ego Hwithyse minister, i*

^ Ego Eadulf minister. 18 ^ Ego Aldberht minister, i^]

VIII.

963. — Demise by Oswald, bishop of Worcester, to his thane
^thelnoth for life of a hide in Heortford.

This has been printed from Heming by Hearne, p. 130,
Kemble, ii, p. 399, no. 509 (boundaries at iii, p. 462), and
Birch, iii, p. 338, no. 1105.

[^DELJNADE.

[Ego Oswold ergo, Christi crismate prae]sul,i° dominic§
In[camationis anno DCCCCLXIII., annuenjte Rege Anglorum
[Eadgaro, ^Elfereque Merciorum comjite^" quandam ru[ris
particulam, unam videlicet mansam in loco, qui celebri a
soliculis nuncupatur] set Heortford [vocabulo, cuidam ministro
meo nomine iE])]elno5 perpetua [largitus hereditate et post

I BRparatwm, Hem.
2-2 Om. Hem.

3 Dei, add. Hem.
* magna. Hem.

5 jtcdicii. Hem.

6 Et hii testes adjuerant, qui hoc consenserunt et scripserunt, quorum
hie nomina in altera plaga eartulae flavescunt, add. Hem.

^ Berhtumlf, Rex Merclensiuni], Hem.

"•8 libertatem, et donationem cum vexillo sanctae crucis munio, ut fixa
permaneat in evum. Hem.
9 SceSryS, Hem.
1" consensi, add. Hem

II Oynefer^, Hem.

12 Berehtred, Hem.

13 Eammmnd, Hem.
1* abbud. Hem.

15 j^elheard. Hem
18 Cyneberht, Hem.

17 ^JSelwulf, Hem.

18 Om., Hem.

19 judicatus. Hem.

'0 Heming adds : ' necnon et familiae Wiogornensis aecclesiae.'

M 14

210

vitae suae] terminum II. tan[tum heredibus immunem dere-
linquat, qu]ibus defunctis, g[cclesiae Dei in Weogorna
ceastre restitua]tur.

]jis sjTid ])a ifandgemaero Joere are hidse into Heo]rtfordaB :
of St[anforda up on Mseres slsed ; of Mseres slaede upon Sa
csesteilo easteweardre ; of t5an csestello on Colomores sic
neoSeweardre ; of Colomores sice up on burghsema weg ;
ondlang Ipses weges] on ))on[ei litlan beorh ; fonne swa and-
lang furu J)set on J)a healdan stige ; ondlang stige Jjset forS
on jElfrices gemsero ; ))onne andlang hricweges on ]>& ea eet
])3ere ealdan mylne ; andlang ea eft on Stanford (&c.)].

IX.

984. — Demise by Oswald, [bishop of Worcester, and]
archbishop [of York], with the consent of the monastery of
Worcester, to his knight ^thelward for three lives of land at
Biscopes Stoc (Stoke Bishop, in Westbury-on-Trym, co. Glouc).

This has been printed from Heming by Hearne, p. 121, and
Kemble, iii, p. 207, no. 646. The original was seen at
Worcester by Dugdale in 1643 (Wanley, in Hickes, iii, p.
299, no. 50).

.... NDANGE . . .

. . . STOCE JBDEL[WARD].

[Alma] et individ[ua ubique inlocahter regnante Trinitate]
necne ^fielre[do allubescente ac favente per omniparentis
nutum^ totius Albionis basileo, JSlfrico M]erciorum comite
c[onsentiente, ego Oswaldus, largiflua] Dei dementia, ar[chi-
praesul, quandam ruruscuh partem, tres s]cilicet mansas, in
[loco qui vocatur " set Bisceopes Stoce" libe]nti concedo an[imo,
cum omnibus ad eam utUitatibus rite pertinentibus, cum con-
sultu atque] consensu^ ven[erabilis Weogernensium famihae]
^Jjelwardo* meo [videlicet militi", pro ejus humiU subjectione
atque famulat]u, ut vita com[ite illo feUciter perfruatur absque
uUius] refragatione, [duobusque quibuscumque decreverit post
met]am proprii evi' cler[onomis' relinquat, finitoque Ulorum
vit]g curriculo a[d usum primatis in Weogornaceastre r]edeat
inmuni[s aecclesiae].

[Anno dominicae Incarnati]oms DCCCC. LXX[XIIII.o
scripta est cartula ista, his testibus] adstipulant[ibus, quorum
nomina infra caraxata cernuntur].

Dis sjoidon* ])[a landgemsero J)sera Jjreora hida set] Bisc-
[o]pes Stoke* : [serest on Ipses heges hyrnan be Westan]
stoce ; of Jjsem^" [on Jia ealdan die on haran msere nor]S-

1 This is the last line of the strip.

2 Notum, Hem.

® permissione. Hem.

* jM]>elwerdo, Hem.

5 milito, Hem.

8 aevi. Hem.

^ clero nommia. Hem.

8 synd. Hem.

» Stoce, Hem.

10 ]>am. Hem.

211

warde^ ; Jjonon [innan Filidleage norSwarde ; of Filidleage
norSw]ard on^ fone h[o]an broc ; of J)3em holan broce innan
Sweoperlan st]ream ; ^jjonon [on Dinningcgrafes wyrt
truman ; *)jon]on all swa seo^ d[ic sceot on Esnig msedwge
wearde ; of Esnig msedwan eal" Jionon al]lswa Ipset ealda'
r[i8ig sceot up on Jjone ealdan h]earpa8 ; ^ swa» u[p on Ipa,
healdan die wi5 Stoces weard ; of Jjaere ealdan die i°to Jjsem
hege ; J)on]on all swa hiti" [seeot be Stoce westan eft on ])eea
hjeges hyrnan.

[* Ego Oswa]ld, Christi largition[e, archipontifex, cum
caraotere sanctae crucis corroboravi. ^ Ego Wynsfge] pres-
byter. ^ Ego r^jjelstan presbyter. * Ego iElfsige presbyter,

* Ego .^Jjelsige presbyter. * Ego Eadgar presbyter.
^ Ego Wist]an presbyter. ^ Ego [^Jjelstan presbyter.

* Ego Eadward] presbyter. ^ Ego [Godingc diaconus.

* Ego Leofstan diaconus. >^ Ego Wulfwejard diaconus.

* Eg[o MpeMc diaconus. ^ Ego Cyne]])eiga.^'^ clericus.
^ Eg[o Wulfgar clericus. •$< Ego Leofw]ine monachus.

* Ego [Wulfric clericus. ^ Ego J]]J)elwold clericus.

* Ego WulnoS clericus. ^ Ego Wulfwine clericus].

X.

990.— Demise by Archbishop Oswald, with the consent of
the monastery at Worcester, to his man iEthelmser for three
lives of land at Cumtune (Compton, co. Worcester) at Mersc.
. This has been printed from Heming by Hearne, p. 129, and
Kemble, iii, p. 255, no. 675.

[.EDE]LM[^R].

[In usses Drihtnes no]man! ^^Ic [Oswald arcebisceop, mid ge])af-
unge and leafe] Jjaes a[rwor5an hyredes on Wiogernaceastre,
ge iunges ge ealdes, gebocjige sum[ne deel landes minan
holdan and getriowan men jje^^ is ^|je]lmgerhattei*o[n twam
stowum twega hida landes on] III. manna da[eg, ane hide
on Cumtune on his ha]mstalle,i5 and halfi*[]Jonewudu Jjserto,
and opxe on Mer]sce, for his ead[modre hyrsumnysse and for
his licwe]or5umi'feo, jjset i[8 twa pund mere hwites seolfres

1 norSwardre ; of haran mcere. Hem.

2 in. Hem.

8 of Sweoperlan streame, add. Hem.

* of Dynningcgrafea wyrt truman call, add. Hem.
^ se, Hem.

* of Esnig mcedwan eal seemB to have been omitted from the Wollaton
MS., to judge by the space occupied by the other missing half lines.

' ealde. Hem.

* of poem, ealdan hearpaSe up, add. Hem.

9 Om. Hem.

10-10 eal swa se hege. Hem.

11 Cyne]>egn, Hem.

12 hcelendes Oristes, add. Hem.

13 ])CBm, Hem.
1* nama. Hem.

15 hamatealle, Hem.

18 healf. Hem.

IV licweor^cm, Hem.

212

and XX ]x eowna,i mid h[iora lambum, and iiii. oxan, and twa
cy and an h]ors ; Jjset is Ipset he^ ha[ebbe and wel bruce his
dseg, and sefter hi]s dsege II. erfn[uman^ J)am Ipe him
leofost sy, and him to geeamian wylle, and hio hit hjebben
to frion selces ])inges butan] wall geweorce* [and brygo gewe-
orce and ferdsoone].

[Bis sjmd Ipaere anre hid]e land gemser[u on Mersce : serest
of ^Jjelstanes gem]sere to Jjam wyll[e on Biles hamme ;
Ipoime ut to J)a]m middel gema[ere].^

[])is wses gedon Ipy geare pe wjses agan fram [Cristes
gebyrdtide nigon hund wintra and hund nigontig wintjra,
on Jiara* ge[witnysse Ipe hiora naman her beneoS]an''
standaS.

[^ Ic^ Oswald arcebisceop mid Cristes rode tacne J)as sylene
gefsestnode. ^] Ic Aejjelstan [primus, ^ Ic J51fsige pres-
byter. ^] Ic Eadgar [presbyter. ^ Wistan presbyter.
^ jUJjelsige presbyter, iji] Ic ^Ifsi. [ ^ JiJSelstan presbyter.
i5( ] Ic Goding' [diaconus. t^ Leofstan diaconus. ^] Ic
Wulfward [diaconus. ii< ^Selric diaconus. ^] Ic CynetSen*"
[clericus. )J( Wulfgar clericus. ^] Ic Leofwine [monachus.
•^ Wulfric clericus. ^ WuIfnoS clericus. ^] Ic Wulfwine
[clericus].

[^ And ic gean him Jjses wJorSiges aet Bry[nes hamme
8e ^])elm ahte, and J>]ses croftes J)ser[to be eastan J)sere
strsete] on Ipsst ilce gera[d ]je J)is ojier is. ^ ^^pses gen bee
hyraS into Wincescumbe.] 24.

An imperfect 12th century MS., containing 38 folios,
measuring 8| inches by 12| inches, written in double columns,
commencing : " et kartas comparavi ab eis, qui in illo tem-
pore scriptores erant, et scripsi omnia que passa est beatissima
Margareta. Lectio Secunda. Fratres, omnes aures habentes
corde inteUigite, viri, mulieres, virgines, tenere puelle, ut
requiem sempitemam viri et mulieres cum justis a Domino
coronati percipiatis. Beatissima autem Margareta erat Theo-
d[o]sii filia," etc. Short lections on other Saints foUow,
interspersed with musical notation.

A small volume, measuring 8 J inches by 6 inches, written
in early 13th century hands, bound in oak boards covered
with white leather. This book has evidently been used in
the 14th and 15th centuries by schoolboys, as there are rough
sketches and words scribbled in it in various places. The

I euvma. Hem.
~ Om. Hem.

^ erfeweardan, Hem.
* weal gewerce, Hem.
6 geare, Hem.
6 brOSra, add. Hem.
' awritene, add. Hem.

8 The word Ic is omitted in all the following instances in Hem.

9 Oodingc, Hem.

10 Cyne]ien, Hem.

II This paragraph does not appear to have been copied into the Wol-
aton MS.

213

following names occur : /' Raf Savag'," foil. 91, 92, etc. ;
" R . . . . Warner," fo. 104v ; " Iste liber constat
Johanni Wapplode," fo. 138?; ; " WUlelmus Cayso est pravus
puer " ; " Johannes Kerne, Willelmus Kerne," fo. 152 ;
" Bythan," fo. 156?; ; " WiU. Hasilwode," fo. 159 ; and, at
the end, " Iste liber constat Johanni Cole, de Wodyl' " ;
" Iste liber constat Radulfe (sic) Sava[ge]," " Iste Uber constat
Savage, bonus puer " ; " Winnington." There is also a note
at the end, in a 15th cent, hand : " Precium hujus voluminis,
xijd." At fo. 137 the following is written and partly erased :
" Half .... I am sent ; I herd tel awndjn: [= a

wonder] tale rwas went. Me ys set a corn(?)

sale." At fo. U3v in a 15th cent, hand : " Hop we all
that God is bothe God and man, and tat he is hower' hall',
ij. come er' a messinger' forto tel wen now ye Kync is
ad . . . don a grete mischef, and her' ade{?) slauu(?),
the Lord is here al this rein." Above is written "Hop sa,
down la," which occurs several times in the volume. At
fo. 146?; in a 14th century hand : — " Honour we alle ];at ywe
scyld that W." At fo. 149, in an early 14th cent, hand :
" Wan ye reyn reynit, sliperit [= becomes slippery] ye

weye .... thriste [= thrust] quando

pluvia pluit viam labilitat pessimus tepor, et tu inimicem pun-
gnet.'" These Enghsh sentences are in a northern dialect
(Yorkshire ?). The volume seems to have been drawn up for
school use, as it contains some of the poetical and grammatical
works used in the medieval school curriculum. The volume
has, apparently, lost some pages at the commencement. The
present first page lacks the lower part.

I- — Polios 1 to 28u. Extracts with interhnear and marginal
glosses from the Graecismus of Everard of Bethune, one of
the most celebrated grammatical works of the Middle Ages.
The extracts commence as follows (= c. XIV, 95, Eberhardi
Bethuniensis Graecismus, ed. J. Wrobel, Wratislaw, 1887) :
" Hie est articulus et pro quidam reperitur,
Ut si quis dicat : ' hominum stant hii, resident hii.'
Hie quoque multotiens pro talis ponitur, ut si
Tu dicas : ' hec [h]erba meo revirescit in [h]orto.'
Hie quoque demonstrat, quod sepe potest reperiri.
Derivativis est significatio duplex.
Nam possessoris intrin[secus]i persona vocatur,
Ast extrinsecus hinc possessio significatur. "
It finishes, fo. 28?;, as under (=c. XXVII. end) :

" Verbaque cum motu sibi jungunt diptota -turn, -tu.
Explicit Ebrardi Grecismus nomine Christi,
Qui dedit Alpha vel o [^= f^ ]. Sit laus et gloria Christo.
Explicit hie scriptus, qui scripsit sit benedictus."

II. — Folios 29 to 31, in a somewhat later and larger hand.
The first has the contemporary numeration: "Ixij"'-"

The letters secits are wntten over the line as a gloss.

214

They contain a poem in 115 lines De Penitentia, with full
marginal commentary in a different hand. The author's name
is not mentioned. The poem is assigned in several MSS. to
John de Garlandia, a famous English scholar settled in
France, but it is also ascribed to other writers, and the author-
ship is doubtful. 1 It commences :

" [PJeniteas cito peccator, cum sit miserator
Judex ; et sunt hec^ quinque tenenda tibi :
Spes venie, cor contritum, confessio culpe,
_ Pena satisfaciens, et fuga nequitie."
The end is as foUows :

" Ad dominum sunt hec festinanti tibi causa :
Ignis purificans, mors, egritudo, ruborque,
Et cure gratuitas et consuetudo ruine.
Sit scriptor sanus, sit benedicta manus.
Explicit Hber de modo penitentie. Amen."
III. — Fol. 32-75. An anonymous grammatical treatise
commencing with the following Unes, which are written as
prose :

" Scribere clericulis paro doctrinale novellis,
Pluraque doctorum sociabo scrip ta meorum,
Jamque legent pueri pro nugis Maxim[i]ani."
This is the famous Doctrinale of Alexander de Ville
Dieu,* one of the most widely used works on grammar
from the thirteenth century until the Reformation. The
MS. is provided with interlinear and marginal Latin glosses.
" Qui veteres socu[s] nolebant pandere caris
5. Presens huic operi sit gracia neupmatis [=pneumatis]
almi.
Me juvet et faciat implere quod utile fiat.
Si pueri primo nequeant attendere plene,
Hie tamen attendet, qui doctoris vice fungens
Atque legens pueris layca Hngua reserabit,
10. Et pueris etiam pars maxima plana patebit.

24. Quamvis hec non est doctrina satis generahs,

Proderit ipsa tamen plus nugis Maxim[i]ani.

Post Alphabetum [glossed Donatum] minus hec doc-
trina legetur ;

Inde leget majus [glossed alphabetum, id est Priscianus],
mea qui documenta sequetur ;

Iste fere totus Hber est extractus ab Ulo " [glossed
Prisciano].

1 See M. [B.] Haur^au, ' Notice sur les CEuvres authentiques ou sup-
poshes de Jean de Garlaade,' in Notices et Extraits des Manuscrits de la
BibliotMque Nationale, vol. xxvii., part 2, p. 10 sqq., Paris, 1879. See also
Bale, Index Britanniae Scriptorum, ed. Poole and Bateson, p. 207.

2 ' haec et sunt,' Haur^au.

8 Ed. by Prof. Dietrich Reichling, Das Doctrinale des Alexanders de
Villa Dei, Berlin, 1893, in Monumenta Oermaniae Paedagogica, vol. xii. Cf.
Haur^au, ' Notices et Extraits de divers Manuscripts latins, pour servir
a I'Histoire des Doctrines grammaticales au Moyen Age,' in Notices et
Extraits des MSS., xzii. part 2, pp. 28, 98 (Paris 1868).

215

Conclusion (= Reichling, 2640-45) :

" Doctrinale, Dei virtute juvante, peregi,
Nil reor assertum quod non licet esse tenendum,
Pluraque signavi, que non debent imitari.
Grates reddo tibi, genitor Deus, et tibi, Christe,
Nate Dei Deus, atque tibi, Deus [hjalitus alme ;
Quas tres personas in idem credo Deitatis.
Explicit hie scriptus, qui scripsit sit benedictus.
Explicit expliceat, ludere scriptor eat."
IV.— Polios 75v to 18v. A Latin poem by Serlo treating
of Latin synonyms. It is printed in full by Haureau,
Notices sur les Melanges poetiques d'Hildebert de Lavar-
din," in Notices et Extraits des Manuscrits, xxviii, part 2,
p. 429. The author of this poem, which is sometimes entitled
" Differentie " and sometimes " De Partibus Orationis," is
identified with Serlo de Wilton, an EngKsh monk settled in
France and a friend of Walter Map and Giraldus Cambrensis,
by Haureau, " Notice sur un Manuscrit de la Reine Christine,"
in Notices et Extraits, xxix., 2, p. 233, sqq. Cf. xxvii, 2, p. 44.
" DactUe, quid latitas ? exi ; quid pubhca vitas ?
Quis vetat audiri que fas nee inutile sciri ?
Non [ahos^] cura nisi, qui norunt tua jura.
Ergo versifico ; die cuivis que tibi dico.
Accipe quas dic[h]ronas partes in carmine ponas,
Que confusa sono distincta vocabula pono.
In me Serlonem non respice, set racionem.
Si bene stat, sic sit ; si non, qms non male dixit ?
Si placeo nulli, quid nuUo carius uUi ?

[De A.l
Unam semper amo, cujus non solvar ab hamo?
Dicitur arbor acer, vir fortis et improbus acer.
Forma senilis anus, pars quedam corporis anus.
Mel defertur afi cum ros descendit ab a-pi.''^
It ends as follows (differing from Haureau's text in arrange-
ment of Knes and in omission of ten Unes at the end) :

" Me terret quod humor, non terret quod sonat humor.
Serlo docetur uti, non doctus, amoris uti.
Si transire velis maris undas, utere velis.
Ante fruere vadis, per aquas si dux mihi vadis.
0 ver quando venis, trahis eterna thima venis."
In the margin are written in the same (?) hand glosses in
Anglo-French, commencing : " Amo, -as, verbum ; hie
hamus, hami, i. crok, croker. Hec acer, acri, arable ; hie acer,
hec acer, hoc acre, egre. Hec anus, -ui, vel vetule ; hie anus,
ani, extrema pars corporis. Hec apes, apis, ees ; hie apis,
-pis, -pi, muntayne. Hec ara [^hara], are, porcherie; hec ara,
are, auter. Alo, alis, nurir ; hec ala, ale, ele. Aro, aras, arat,
arrer; areo, ares, i[d est] siccare, sechir."

1 This word, supplied from Notices et Extraits, is erased.

2 Cf. Wilhelm Meyer, Gesammelie Abhandlungen zur mittellateiniechen
Bythmik, Berlin, 1905, i, p. 83.

216

V. — Fo. 78?;. to 80i>. A similar poem, beginning :
" Ut medias dic[h]ronas edoctus merce reponas,
Hec, lector, cura Radulfi tradita cura.
Nomen habens arator, fuerat dominus Arator.
Presbiter est agamus, pariter nos sic et agamus."
It ends at foot of page as under :

" Dicito ' care, vale, quia procumbit latro valle.
Te nolebat ana nexisse nuncius anna.' "
Ralph de Longo Campo, an Englishman or Frenchman,
wrote, in the early part of the thirteenth century, a work
called " Distinctiones," besides other educational books. M.
B. Haureau (Notices et Extraits, xxxiii, pt. 1, p. 280) states
that he had never met with a MS. of this work under Ralph's
name. This may possibly be a copy of the Distinctiones.

VT. — Folios 81 (numbered in an early hand "Iviij"'")
to 90, written in a somewhat later hand, without glosses,
contain an anonymous poem on Latin synonyms. This was
ascribed to John de Garlandia by John Boston of Bury in the
fifteenth century, and by Bale, Index Britanniae Scriptorum,
p. 207, but this ascription is rejected on the grounds of style
by M. Haureau, " Notice sur les QEuvres authentiques ou sup-
posees de Jean de Garlande," in Notices et Exiraits des MSS.,
xxYii, part 2, p. 56 sqq. ; cf. also vol. xxxii, part 2, p. 84 sq.
He assigns the authorship to Matthew de Vendome or to
Geoffrey de Vinesauf, his disciple. An edition of it has been
pubUshed under the title of Die Synonyma des Johannes von
Garlandia, by Prof. M. Kurz, Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen,
no. 47, Vienna, 1885. It was printed from a poor MS. by
Polycarp Leyser, Historia Poetarum et Poematum Medii Aevi,
Halae, 1721, p. 312.

" Ad mare ne videar latices deferre, camino
Ingniculum, densis vel frondes addere sUvis,
Hospitibusque pira Calabris dare,i vina Lieo^
Aut Gereri fruges, apibus mel, vel thima pratis,
Poma vel Alcineo^, vel moUi[a] tura Sabeo :
Nil veterum tritis euro superaddere dictis,
Sed dare lac pueris, proponens parva pusUlis,
Quos solum dicant materne munera Hngue.
Sermonis tribuo pueris elementa Latini,
Quorum multiphcem, lector, preconcipe fructum.
Quisquis abundare cupit in sermone Latino
Atque reservare, que mens scito lubrica fundit,
EHgit e multis hinc mutatoria vocum,
Ut diversimode rem sign[ific]abit eandem.
Edocet equivocis opus hoc, sinonima jungens
Versibus et rithimis, ut vocum copia detur.
ExempUs variis brevis et producta docetur.

1 Hor. Ep. i, 7, 14 : ' Non, quo more piris vesci Calaber jubet hospes.'

2 " Lyaeo. "

* ' ' Aloinoo. ' ' Ovid, Pont., iv, 2, 10.

217

Sub multis plures unam rem voce sub una,
Que fieri semper, quod fit plerumque, putamus.
Fallimus hinc alios, et ab ipsis fallimur ipsi.
Est opus idcirco congnoscere, qualiter et quo
Equivocis et ab u[n]ivocis sinonima distant."

Conclusion (= 704, Leyser, 494 Kurz) :

Alvus, et alviolus, est venter, i ventriculusque, ^
Additur bus uterus prengnantibus appropriatus,

Followed by these lines (=Kurz, 850) :

Virginis est alvus, et sic ab alendo vocata.
Ex utero dicti ge[r]mani sunt uterini.

Laus^ tibi sit, Christe, quia codix (sic) scribitur iste.
Explicit expHciat, ludere scriptor eat."

VII. — ^Folios 91i; to 103u. A poem (without glosses) treat-
ing of Latin " sequivoca " or homonyms. It is printed by
Leyser, p. 338. It is found in MSS. following the preceding
poem, and has been ascribed to the author thereof by M.
Haureau, Notices et Extraits, xxvii, part 2, p. 58. But the
present MS. shows that the author's name was Henry, who
must, if M. Haureau is correct in connecting this poem with
the preceding one on the grounds of subject and style, be
also the author of the preceding poem.

Equivoca hoc ordiae triplici disponere destinavimus :
primo quidem, ut ponantur per se quotquot incipiunt ab a ;
secundo, que a 6 ; tertio, que a c ; et sic deinceps secundum
ordinem alphabeti. Secundo, ut in hiis, que incipiunt a dyp-

tongo. Demum, que a simphci vocali De

preposicionibus hie nihil interserimus, quia pro majori parte
preposiciones tarn Grece quam Latine equivoce, et ideo de
iUis separatum tractatum tradendum decrevimus. Eursus
dic[h]ronas partes fere omnes omittimus, et maxime dissiUybas
propter Serlonicos versus. TrisUlyba et in mediis dic[h]rona
nota. Que deinceps diversos accentus tarn in recto quam in
obhquis habentia hinc segregamus. De hiis enim aUas
dicemus.

Augustus, -ti, -to, Cesar vel mensis habeto.
Augustus, -tus, -tui, vult divinacio dici.
Mobile cum fiat Augustus, nobile signat :
Augeo dat primum, dat gustus aw'sque secundum.
Aura favor, splendor, flatus dicatur et aer.
Est abacus mensa, metrum(?) capitale columpne."
It ends as follows :

' ' Equivoca hec legi, que metri lege coegi,
Et licebit ista legi pueris, quibus ipsa peregi,
Atque libet dici lector, quicunque fuisti.
In capud Henrici veniat benediccio Christi.
Explicet (sic) expliceat."

1 neuter, MS.

2 neutrir-, MS.
' laiux, MS.

218

VIII. — ^Folios 105 to llOv. A collection of apopthegms in
verse without the name of the author, but which can be iden-
tified as the Disticha bearing the name of Cato, a favourite
medieval schoolbook, with the later prose introduction, which
is ascribed to the time of Charles the Great by Emil Baehrens,
Poetae Latini Minores, iii., p. 205, Leipsig (Teubner), 1881,
and which is partly repeated by Everard of Bethune in his
Oraecismus. The text has interlinear and marginal glosses.

' ' Cum animadverterem, quam plurimos homines graviter
errare in via morum, succurrendum opinion! eorum et con-
sulendum fore existimavi, maxime ut gloriose viverent et
honorem contingerent. Nunc te, fih karissime, docebo, quo
pacto tui animi mores componas. Igitur mea precepta ita
legito, ut [an erasure] intelhgas : legere enim et non intelligere,
idem est neghgere^. Itaque Deo suppUca, parentes ama,
cognatos cole," etc.

[Liber Primus.]

1. " Si Deus est animus, nobis ut carmina dicunt,
Hie tibi precipue sit pura mente colendus.

2. Plus vigila semper, ne[u] sompno deditus esto ;
Nam diuturna quies viciis ahmenta ministrat."

IX. — Pohos llOu to lllv. An anonymous eclogue of 36
lines, with glosses, commencing :

" Ethiopum terras jam fervida torruit estas.
In cancro sohs dum volvitur aureus axis ;
Compuleratque suas tilie sub amena capellas
Natus ab Athenis pastor, cognomine Pseustis :
Pellis pant[h]ere cui corpus^ texit utrimque
Discolor," [etc.].

This is from the work of Theodulus, of whom nothing is
known beyond his name. See G. L. Hamilton, in Modern
Philology, vii, p. 169, Chicago, 1909, His eclogue, which
contains 352 hnes, was last pubhshed in 1902 (Theoduli Ecloga,
ed. by J. Osternacher, Linz, 1902). Cf. Thurot, Notices et
Extraits des MSS., xxii., part 2, p. 452, for the metre
(' consonantia ').

X. — FoMos lllv to 116v. Seventy-seven more lines of

Theodulus, with glosses.

[Pseustis.] "Primus Creteis Saturnus venit ab oris,^
Aurea per cunctas disponens secwla terras.
NuUus ei genitor, nee quisquam tempore major
Ipso gaudet avo superum generosa propago."

[Alithia.] " Incola primus homo fuit in viridi pardiso
Conjuge [v]iperium donee suadente venenum
Hausit, eo cunctis miscendo pocula mortis
Sentit adhuc proles quod commisere* parentes."

1 neggligere, MS.

2 corpus cui, Baelirens.

3 Altered from horia.

* Altered by erasure from commiBoere.

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Concludes (= 341, Osternaoher) :

" Treicius vates commovit pectine manes,
Te moveant lacrime, jam toUit cornua Phebe.
Sol petit occasum, frigus snecedit opacum,^
Desine quod restat, ne disperatio ledat. Explicit."
XI. — Polios 116 verso to 128. Here follow, without any
title, the fables of Avienus, with a few glosses, beginning [ed.
Baehrens, Poetae Latini Minores, v., p. 35] :
" Rustioa deflenti parvo juraverat ohm
' Ni taceas, rabido^ quod foret esca lupo.'
Credulus hano vocem lupus audit et manet ipsas
Pervigil ante fores, irrita vota gerens," etc.

It ends with the fable of the wolf and the goat, beginning
[= Baehrens, p. 69] :

" Forte lupum meUor cursu deluserat [h]edus
Proxima vicinis dum petit arva casis."

" Sic quotiens duphci subdicuntur tristia casu,
Expedit insignem promeruisse necem.
Explicit."

XII.— Fohos 128 to 139 v. The elegies of Maximian, partly
glossed in Latin and French, commencing :

" Emula quid cessas finem properare senectus
Cura et in hoc fesso corpore tarda vends ?
Solve, precor, miseram de tali carcere vitam."
Conclusion :

" Ergo exactum quodque est vitabile nuUi,
Festino gressu vincere prestat iter
Infelix ; ceu jam defuncto corpore surgit
Hac me defunctum vivere parte puto.
Exphcit liber Maximiani."
[Edited by Baehrens, Poetae Latini Minores, v., p. 317 ;
Maximiani Elegiae ad fidem Oodicis Etonensis recensuit et
emendavit M. Petschenig (Berliner Stvdien fur Klassische
Philohgie und Archaeologie, xi., Heft. 2 (1890).]

XIII.— Folios 140 to 159. The AchilUis of Statius,
beginning (= i. 1) :

" Magnanimum Eaciden formidatamque Tonanti
Progeniem [et] patrio vetitam sucoedere celo,
Diva, refer," etc.
Conclusion (=ii. 166) :

" Hactenus annorum, comites, elementa meorum
Et memini meminisse juvatque : scit cetera mater.
Exphcit Stacius Achilleidos."

XIV. — FoUos 159 to the end of volume. A portion of
Claudian, De Baptu Proserpinae, without any title. It
commences (= praefatio) :

1 oppagv/m, MS.

2 rapido, MS.

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" Inventa secuit qui primus nave profundum
Et rudibus remis sollicitavit aquas.
Qui dubiis ausus committere flafcibus alnum,
Quas natura negat, prebuit arte vias."

Conclusion (^ii. 51) :

" Crisfcatum radiis: primo dementi or evo
Fingitur et tenerum vagitu, despuit ignem."

An imperfect volume, without covers, consisting of 102
folios, measuring 7^ by lOJ inches, written in an early
thirteenth century hand in double columns. It is a portion
of the work of Robert de Gretham entitled Miroir or Evangiles
des Dome.es, and has not yet been printed. See Grober,
Gnmdriss der romanischen Philologie, ii., part 1, p. 747. It
commences :

Grant joie funt trestut de gre

Tut cil ke Jesus ad salve,

E nus seignurs pur Deu amur

Hastum de fere bon retur

Ke pussum faire as seinz leesce

Ke dolent sunt de nostre paresce

Ke pussum dire en lur regn6

Ben ait ki vent el nun de De.

Ce est la secunde dompne de V Advent.
In illo tempore dixit Jesus discipulis suis ' erunt signa in
sole et luna et stellis,' etc."

The last rubric is that of the eleventh Sunday after Trinity,
Conclusion :

Mes ore avum brefment tuche

Del orguil de cest farise,

Ore oiim de cest publicant

Qui esteit verrai repentant.

Pubhcan est qui hunte pert
E par itant peche en uvert.
Qui pecche tut uvertement
En out nuli chastiement.

A small volume, measuring 7 inches by lOJ inches, without
covers and lacking the commencement, written in double
columns, containing forty-two lines each, in a thirteenth
century hand. It is a copy of the Manuel des Pechies of
Wilham de Wadington, whose name here appears as
Wuldingdune. It has been edited from other MSS. by Dr.
Furnivall in Robert of Brunne's Handlyng Synne, Roxburghe
Club, 1862, and for the Early English Text Society, 1901.
Commences :

U par alcune affinite (2182)

A femme ke dust espuser
E en matrimoygne celebrer.

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Conclusion (fo. 56. col. 2) :

Del Franceis ne del rimeyer (12,736)

Ne nae deit nul home blamer

Kar en Engleterre esteie n6

E nurri illoc e orden6.

D'une vilette suy num6

Ke n'est burc ne cite.

De Deu seit beneit chescun home

■Ri prie pur Willam Wuldingdune ;

Ki pur altre prie e hure

Pur sei meismes bien labure.

En Deu finisse cest escrit

En Pere, en Filz, en Seint Esperit.
Explicit.
Followed (fo. 57) by a copy in the same hand of Robert
of Gretham's Miroir or Evangiles des Domees (see above).
Commences :

A sa trechere dame Aline

Saluz en la vertu divine.

Ma dame, bien I'ai oi dire

Ke mult amez oir e lire

Chancon de geste e d'estoire

E mult i metez la memoire,

Mais bien voil que vus sach^z

Que CO est plus de vanitez.
Conclusion (fo. 171) :

Ici finisent les domees

Brefment espuns e enditees.

Ore pri tuz ki I'oent e dient

K'il'pur Robert de Gretham prient,

Ki Deus meintenge si sa vie

Ke par lui seit en sa bailb'e. Amen.

Ici termine le mireur

Des omelies la dulcur.

A 13th century copy of the Vulgate, written in two
columns in a very beautiful and minute hand on thin parch-
ment leaves, measuring 6 inches by 9i inches, with finely
executed illuminated initials. On the first page is written,
in an early 15th century hand, " Liber Sancti Cuthberti de
Dunelmia."

A stout volume, measuring about eight inches by twelve,
written in an early thirteenth century French hand, with
illuminated initials containing figures of knights, etc., in the
costume of the time. The first cover is missing, the other
one is of oak, covered with scarlet leather. It contains a
considerable number of romances and fabKaux written in
the Picard dialect. The texts of those that have appeared
in print are in most cases superior to the MSS. used for the

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printed texts. This is especially true of the fabliaux, etc.,
that were obviously written originally in the Picard dialect.
They add much to the knowledge of the works of the author
of " Conebert," a well-known fabliau, prove that he was
Gau tiers le Leus, and afford strong evidence that he was a
Picard. The only record of the history of the volume is the
name " John' Bertrem, de Thorp Kilton " (Thorpe, in Kilton,
parish of Brotton, near Guisborough, co. York) in a fifteenth
century hand, at fo. 347 verso. In the MS. two or three
words are frequently written as one ; in the following quotations
they are separated.

I. (Fo. 1.) — A poem with no title ; it is the Romance
of Troy of Benoit de Sainte Maure (ed. by A. Joly, Benoit
de Sainte More et le Roman de Troie, Paris, 1870, and by
Leopold Constans, Le Roman de Troie, par Benoit de Sainte
Maure, Paris, 1904-8, Societe des AnCiens Textes Fran9ais).
The first nine pages and nineteen lines have been supplied
in a later (fourteenth century) hand. They commence :

[S]alemons nos ensoigne et dit

Et si trovommes en escrit

Que nus ne doit lo san celer,

Aincois le doit si demostrer.
This later hand ends (Une 953 of Constans' text) :

[Q]ant vint contre le tans novel

Que ducement chantent oisel.

Que la flors est frasche et leale

Et I'arbe est varz et renovale.
After an interval of a blank column and a half the early
hand begins a quire with folio 2 :

Quant U vergie[r] sont gent flori (956)

Et de lor fuelles ravesti.
Conclusion (fo. 157, col. 1) :

Ichi fenist la mioldre estorie

Qui onques fust mise en memorie.
The authorship is recorded in the later hand as follows :
124 Ceste estoire n'est pes {sic) husee

Ne gaires soinz ne est trovee, (130)

Jai retraite ne fust encore,

Mais Benoiz de Sainte More

L'ai reteniie et faite a {sic) dite

Et a ses maines tretoste esorite.

II. (Fo. 158 recto.) — A poem of about 6000 lines, without
title. It is the poem of Gautier d' Arras known as " lUe et
Galeron," printed from the " unique " Paris MS. by E. Loseth,
(Euvres de Gautier d' Arras, vol. ii (Paris, E. Bouillon, 1890, in
the " Bibliotheque Fran9aise du Moyen Age "), and by
Wendelin Forster as No. 7 of his Romanische Bibliothek, Halle,
Niemeyer, 1891. The present text, which is superior in
language and apparently in age, has an additional thirty
lines at the end, which prove that the poem was written after

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Gautier's " Eracles," a conclusion arrived at by Forster on
internal evidence. He assigns the date of its composition
to 1167. It is to be distinguished from the later Galerant
(ire Roman de Galerent, comte de Bretagne, par le Trovire
Benault, publie pour la premiere fois d'apres le M8. unique
de la Bibliotheque Nationale par Anatole Boucherie, Mont-
pelHer-Paris, 1888, Societe pour I'Etude des Langues Eomanes),
which is partly founded upon it. The four lines at the com-
mencement are written as prose.

Commencement :

1 [A]ie Dex, Sains Esperis ! (1)

Qu'a la mellor emperre[r]is
Qui onques fust, si con jo pins,
Otroi mon service et mon sens. (4)

5 Les plusors fausent en la fin, (17)

Mais la u Dex mist tant de fin
Come en remperre[r]is de Rome.

72 Car a s'onor voel faire j. lai,

De Galeron, seror le due (133)

Et d'nie, le fil Eliduc.

Madame,^ ij. Bretegnes sunt,

Et gens diverses y estunt.

Li Englois sont en la gregnor,^

Mais li Norman en sont segnor.

En la menor sont li Breton.
80 Uns dus I'ot ja, Conains ot non, (140)

Et Galerons sa suer estoit.
Conclusion :

De Rome est Y[lles] emperere (6553)

Et rois et sire et commandere.

iij. fix ot puis de sa molHer (6570)

Et une fiUe mult tres bele.

Acarras entent la novele,

Et Garsions, li ainsnes frere ;

A Rome vienent a lor pere

Et a lor freres qui i sont, (6575)

Qui mervellose joie en font.

Li uns des trois freres Romains

A non Morins, I'autres Gormains,

Li tiers a non Oriades.

Cist firent puis proece ad^s. (6580)

Et lor suer Ydone a a non

Et I'altre Ydonie ont li Breton.

Des ij. enfans son bon segnor (6582)

Fait Ganors joie mult gregnor

Qu'ele ne fait des siens demainne,

Li pere mult grant joie mainne.

1 Aadame, MS. (through error of rubricator).
3 m^nor, MS,

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Mult furent puis de halte afaire, (6585)

Mais n'en vuel plus lone conte faire
Ne CO n'ataint pas ci a dire.
0 Ganor vesqui puis li sire
A joie tans dis con Dex volt.
Ne en I'estorie plus n'en ot, (6590)

Ne plus n'en a, ne plus n'i mist
Galtres d'Arras, qui s'entremist (6592)

D'Eracle ains qu'il fesist ceste uevre.
Gil Dex, vers cui nus ne se cuevre,
Doinst bien la bone Beatris,
Qui est de Rome empereris,
Cele est la meldre qui soit nee,
En vie se rest mult penee,
Et gart le bon Conte Tiebaut ;
Cist dui me sont et Uet et baut.
Cestui de menconge a prover
Que le ne puet son per trover
Pur parler mels qui nus ne fait,
Pur faire mels qu'U parle n'ait.
Et tot ce vigne en cell
Pur ce m'eslonge plus de li,
Qui por rien c'onques me feist.
Cuidies se il ne me feist
Et ele ausi que jel deisse,
Ne en tel painne me meisse,
Mais I'uevre est mult bien emploie
Au quel d'ax qu'el soit envoie.
Plus d'onor a I'uns de ces deus
Qui de ceste uevre n'a nus deus,
Por qant por li le commencai
Et por le conte le final.
L'uevre n'iert ja en lui contee
Que d'eax ne soit plus amontee
Que il ne doivent par li estre.
Ne mais ce dient li ancestre
Que bon ami mostrer estuet
Tant d'amor veals con faire puet.
Explicit.

III. (Fo. 189.) — A poem of about six thousand five
hundi'ed octosyllabic lines of the Arthurian cycle, evidently
based upon Geoffrey of Monmouth. As appears from the first
line the author was a Master Heldris (=Hildric, Heudri) de
ComvaUe, a name hitherto unknown.

[MJaistres Heldris de Cornvalle

Escrist ces viers trestolt a talle,

A eals qui sunt conmande et rueve.

El commencier de suns qu'il trouve.

Que cis qi savra, ains les arge,

Que il a tels gens les esparge,

Que qant il oent un bon conte

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Ne sevent preu a qoi il monte;
Ne violt qu'espars soient per gent
Qui proisent mains honor d'argenfc,
N'a gent qi tolt voellent oir
Et si n'ont soing con puist i oir
De gueredon qu'il voellent rendre.
Uns clers poroit lone tans aprendre
Per rime trover et por viers,
Tant par est cis sieoles diviers
Q'ancois poroit rime trover
Qui peust en cest mont trover. *

After a lengthy prologue on morals, etc., it proceeds :
Ebans fu ja rois d'Engletiere,
Si maintint bien en pais la terre ;
Fors solement le rei Artu
N'i ot ainc rien de sa vertu
Ens le roiame des Englois.
Li siens conmans n'ert pas i Englois,
Car n'avoit home ens el roiame
De Wincestre trosque Durame,
S'il osast son conmant enfraindre,
Ne'l fesist en sa carcre enpaindre :
Par tel covant n'a droit n'a tort
N'en issist point trosque la mort.

Among the characters are Gui de Calmont, " Rogiers nes
de Bialmont," and Hyebles de Castel Landon.
Conclusion (Fo. 224, col. 1) :

Grant joie en out cho est a droit.

Maistre Heldris dist chi endroit

Con doit plus bone feme amer

Que hair malvaise u blasmer.

Mais efforcier plus de bien faire
Chi voel a fin mon conte traire.
Beneois soit qui je vos conte
Beneois soit qui fist le conte ;
A cials, a celes qui I'oirent
Otroit Jhesus cho qu'il desirent.
Ex'plicit.

IV. (Fo. 224.) — About four thousand lines (Alexandrines),
entitled in a rough, contemporary hand, " Gest Aahxandre."
This is part of the great Alexander Romance of Lambert li
Tors, a Picard poet, and Alexander de Bernay, which was
edited in the Bibliothek des literarischen Vereins in Stuttgart,
vol. xiii, by Heinrich Michelant, in 1846. It commences
abruptly with the account of the siege of Tyre (z= Michelant,
p. 93, from whose text it differs considerably) as follows :
Devant les murs de Tyr la dedens en la mer,
Li rois de Macedonie fist j. castiel fremer.
Mult fut riche la tors; s'ot en tor maint piler.

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La facon del castiel ne vus sai deviser.
De la porte vers tiere lor volt le port veer
Qu' a la cite ne puisscent venir ne retomer
Barges, nes ne galies, ne isseir ne entrer.
Li rois i comanda de sa gent a aler,
Armes e garisons i fait ass6s porter.
Conclusion, fo. 245 verso (cf. Michelant, p. 211, lines 14, 15) :
Mairiens en voient querre ens es selves plenieres
Por faire des grans lus les perieres manieres.
V. (Fo. 246 verso.) — A poem entitled " Gest d'laumont
et d'Agoulant," in rhymed decasyllabics. This is the
Charlemagne Chanson de Geste known as Aspremont (edited
by Immanuel Bekker, in the introduction to Der Soman von
Fierabras, Berlin, 1829, p. 53, and by Guessard and Gautier,
Paris, 1855. Cf. Grober's Grundriss der romanischen Philologie.
ii, part 1, p. 540). ,

Commencement :

Plaist vos oir bone cancon valiant
De Carlemainne le rice roi poiscant,
Del duo Namlon, qui li rois ama tant,
Tel conseUier n'orent onques li Franc.

11 Or vos dirai d'Aumont e d'Agolant,
Et d' Aspremont, u U camp furent grant.
Si con lI rois i adoba Rollant
E il h cainst al coste I'orie brant,
Cho dist la gieste Durendal le trencant.
C'est la premiere dont il onques fist sane,
Aumont ocist, qui fu fix Agolant.
Or escotes des ici en avant,
Se le vos plaist, bone cancon vus cant.
Conclusion (fo. 305 verso) :

Cante vos ai d'Agol[ant] e de Alm[ont]
De Karlemainne a la fiere facon,
Et de Gir[art] le fil au due Beuson,
De la batalle qui fut en Aspremon.

Cil Damerdex, qui sofri passion
Et suscita de mort S. Lasaron,
D'aus e de nos aies merci par non.
D'or en avant en remaint la cancon.
Ici fenist que ja plus ne diron.
Explicit.

■ VI. (Fo. 306.) — ^A poem in rhymed octosyllables entitled
" Del Koi Artut." This is the poem known as Messire
Gauvain, ou la Vengeance de Baguidel, par le trov^re Raoul,
. . . publie par G. Hippeau, Paris, 1862, octavo (in the
" Collection des Poetes frangais du Moyen Age "), from a
" unique " MS. in London {Le Bel Inconnu, ed. Hippeau.

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Paris, 1860, p. xxv), and by Mathias Fried wagner, La Vengeance
Baguidel, as vol. ii of "Raoul von Houdenc Samtliche
Werke," Halle, 1909. The present MS. is superior in age and
in language.
Commencement : •

[C]e fut el novel tans d'este

Que li rois Artus ot est6

Tot le quareme a Rouelent,

Et vint a grant plenty de gent

A Pasques por sa cort tenir,

A Carlion, car maintenir

Volt li rois la costume lors.

O lui fu li rois Engenors.

Si i fu li rois Aguisait.

Mais ja de prince qu'il i ait

Ne vos tenrai en cest point conte.

Issi, con la matere conte,

Li rois tint cort a Carlion,

Tuit li prince et tuit li baron

Furent a la cort asambl6.

It concludes abruptly at fo. 337 verso (omitting the ninety
following Unes of Friedwagner's text) :

Se vos volrons tant d'anor faire
Que tot ensanle o vos iron
A la cort et garant seron (6090)

Que Ragidau est bien vengies."
"Jo ne vuel pas que i vegni6s."
VII. (Fo. 338). — A foHo or more are missing, fo. 338 com-
mencing abruptly with 191 lines of an inedited fabliau, the
beginning of which is lacking, on the famiUar theme of the
wish granted to the good man (here by angels in the form of
birds) and the three wishes (here with the alternative of male-
dictions) that bring ruin upon the covetous man, to whom
they are in this story given by fallen angels in the form of
black birds larger than ravens. Their appearance is described
in two lines (94, 95) " Quant il vit venir une torbe. Qui mult
estoit hisdeuse et torbe " that recur with a slight change in
XII. 167, 168 " Apres lui venoit une torbe. Qui mult estoit
hisdeuse et torbe," which suggests that the author of this
fabhau is also Gauters li Leus.
Commencement :

Deseur le roit s'est estendus.
Cil laiens parolent a lui :
" Amis, ne nos faites anui.
Ne somes pas oisel terestre,
5 Ancois somes angle celestre.
Oste te roit, lai nos aler,
Ni poomes plus demorer.
Tu en aras tel gerredon
Que Dex te fera vrai pardon.

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10 Et si aras si grant avoir

Que tu onques volras avoir '

Por sohaidier a une fie."
Li prodom, qui en Deu se fie,
Qui n'estoit mie covoiteus
15 Et del rover estoit honteus.

Dist : " Je ne vuel ne plus ne mains
Q'autant qe mes frere Germains,
Mais que je I'aie sans pecciet."
The covetous man is the brother, Tiebaus, of " li pro-
dom ", and is envious of the latter's sudden prosperity :
60 Car vilains, qui plains est d'envie,
Ne volroit ja tote sa vie,
Que nus horn qui montast a lui
Devenist plus riques de lui."
After a ■wrangle with his wife, he is obUged to surrender
to her two of the three wishes. The first, which is uttered
by her, resembles that of the mother in the Appendix to
Phaedrus, no. 3, is the motiveless one that her infant son may
have a beard :

170 " Je vos sohaide, sire fils,
Por ce que estes si pius.
Que vos aies plus longue barbe
Que soit H loiens d'une garbe."
Et il I'eut maintenant en oire,
175 Mais ele fu et blance et noire.
Dist U vilains : " Sohaide miels,
Male goute te criet les iels ! "
Cele respont : "voire lea vos."
The three wishes thus lead to their loss of sight.
Conclusion :

184 Fortune, qui les ot haucies,
Les a, laidement abascies.
Poruec est drois que que nus die
Que Damerdex celui maudie
Qui ases a et trop golose,
Si con fist li rois de Tolose,
190 Qui trai sa seror Germainne
Por avoir le roi Karlem[ainne].
VIII. (Fo. 339).— An inedited fabhau, with the title " Del
fol Vilain." It is of a gross nature, as befits its author Gauters
li Leus, whom we are able to identify by the aid of No.
XI with the hitherto unidentified Gautier who wrote the
obscene " Conebert " (No. XIII). The text of the present
fabliau extends to 375 lines. It relates a ridiculous trick
played upon the villein by the lover of his bride on the bridal
night. It mentions Robuedin li Laron (28), Hellines and
Godfrois, sons of Mehaut (31), Englebert le Cort of Walecort
(50), " Le Segnor Baud[ouins] de Soire " (56), Guinant,
"provos de Dinant " (87), Robins de Fellui (140), Gautelos
and Roimondins (141), the son of Godefroit Bondins (142),

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Mainsens, the bride (188), Robers, her lover (189), Ermenfrois
barbe lee (214), Gonduins, Godeberg, Warenbaus and
Warenbers (215, 216), the ford of Martin son of Herbert, and,
as a distant point contrasted with the site of an incident in
the story, Meulens (Meulan, in the Department of the
Seine-et-Oise). The mentions of Walecort (Walcourt, in
Flemish Hainault) is due to the local knowledge of the
author (cf. No. XI.).
Commencement :

" [P]uis qu'il vient a vos tos a bel
Dire me covient i. fablel,
Qtii n'est de contes ne de rois,
De garnemens ne de conrois,
5 Mais d'un grant vilain malostrut,
Non eut Evrars U fils Tietrut.
Cille Tietrus fu tote lorde,
Et si refu et borgne et sorde.
Ses barons ot non Gonderres ;
10 Onques ne fu tondus ne res,
Gros eut le cief, les ceviax ros,
Et nes de cat et hure dors.
Evrars ses fius fu ausi fais.
De se matere et de ses fais
15 Vos volrai ja un poi retraire."
Conclusion :

370 " Si ferai co que faire doi."
A tant s'en vont dormir andoi.
Gauters li Leus a tant le lait
Le conte del fol vilain lait.
De quanque il fisent puis ce di
375 Je n'en sai plus ne plus n'en di."

IX. (Fo. 340 verso, col. 2). — A fabliau entitled " Li Provance
de Femme." This is the fabliau printed under the name of " La
Veuve," by Gautier le Long (^i Leus ?), in A. de Montaiglon
and G. Raynaud, Recueil general et complet des Fabliaux, Paris,
1872-1890, ii, 197, from two MSS. in Turin and Paris.
Commencement :

[SJegnor, je vos vuel castoier.

Tuit devons aler ostoier

En I'ost dont nus om ne retorne.

Saves comment on les atorne,

Caus qui en cele ost sont semons ?

On les Meve sor ij. limons.

Puis Ten porte on barbe sovine

Vers le mostier de grant ravine,

Et sa moUiers le siut apres.
Conclusion (Fo. 343 verso) :

Je n'i vuel parler plus parfont.

Feme fait bien que faire doit,

Li romans faut, drecies le doit.
The two last Unes are not in Montaiglon and Raynaud.

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X. (Fo. 343 verso, col. 1). — A fabliau entitled " De
I'aventure d'Arderene " (the forest of the Ardennes). This
is printed under the title of " Du sot chevalier " by
Montaiglon and Raynaud i, p. 220. From No. XI. it appears
that this fabliau was also written by Gauters le Leus.

Commencement :

[P]uis que je me vuel apoier

A conter ne a fabloier,

Je vous doi bien faire savoir,

Se li leus^ a tant de savoir

Con doive autorissier ses dis,

D'une aventure qui jadis

Avint en la terre d'Ardane,

A quatre hues pres d'Andane.
Conclusion (Fo. 345) :

Li cus Walon en fu vermaus,

Et Pieres en eut une trace,

Dont h sans remest en la place,

Et li SOS eut apris a foutre.

A cest mot est li fabliaus oltre.

XI. (Fo. 345, col. 2).— An inedited fabliau, entitled " De
ij. Vilains," by Gauters li Leus, consisting of ISO hnes, in
addition to two cancelled lines (69, 70), which occur in their
proper context in No. VIII., 135, 136. The story is of a gross
nature, relating to the mistake made by one of the villeins
in the night during their stay in the inn. It mentions
Erasce (Arras ?) and La Thierasche, a district in Haute
Picardie (Department of the Aisne), the return of the villeins
into Ostrevant (now in the Department of the Nord) (169), St.
Amand, Marchiennes, and Valenciennes, all in the Department
of the Nord (173, 174), which was evidently the locaUty in
which the author Uved. In the final quotation he tells us
that this is the eleventh fabhau written by him. The
personal names mentioned are Rogiers de le Porte, father
of one of the villeins (74), Robert lo Part, or Lopart, (objective
case, 112), Mainsent, the host's wife (140).

Commencement :

[G]autiers, qui fist de Conebert

Et del sot chevaler Robiert,

Nos aconte d'une aventure

Qu'il a fait metre en escriture,
5 Qu'il avint deus vilains d'Erasce,

Qui s'en alevent en Tierasce.

Lev6 furent a la jornee.

Mult fisent eel jor grant jornee,

Qant il furent a ostel trait
10 Mult furent lasset et estrait.
Conclusion :

Et cil qui eurent pris congiet

Sont revenu en Ostrevant,

1 Apparently a reference to the author.

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170 La dont il furent mut devant,

Sacies de fit que li goulius

Le raconta ent a mains lius

A S. Amant et a Marcienes.

Qns bacelers de Valenoienes,
175 Qui avoit est6 ens el leu,

Le raconta Gauter le Leu,

Et il mist le fablel en rime.

X. en a fait, v^s ci I'onsime.

Car fuscent or si atomies
180 Totes les dames mestorn^es,

Qui ont les maris bons et beax,

Ses honisoent par lor lembeax.

XII. (Fo. 346, col. 1).— An inedited fabliau, with thejidded
title '' De Dieu et dou Pesoour ", consisting of 240 lines, in
addition to two cancelled lines (177, 178), which recur in
their proper context in No. XI, 28, 29. The story relates the
failure of Judas, St. Peter and ultimately of Our Saviour to
obtain fish from the fisherman, an obstinate and didactic
person, the appearance of an awe-inspiring troop of figures,
headed by Death, who points out other figures bearing the
various fevers, etc.
Commencement :

[G]auters nos dist une proverbe
Del Segnor qui fait croistre I'erbe,
Si con il prist anontion
Et il sui porcession,
5 Et il ala con horn carnaus
0 ses apostles conmunaus.
Si con I'estorie nos aconte
Dont nos avons estrait cest conte
Que Dex estoit a Tabarie,^
10 S'ert repairies de sa forie,
0 lui estoient si menistre.
Apostle et evangehstre,
Judas, qui plus fu emparles,
Li sist a son senestre les.
15 Se li a dit par grant dangier
" Sire, nos covenroit mangier,
Nos ne menjames tres iemuit.
En ne cuidies qu'il nos anuit ? "
Conclusion :

231 " Envie," fait il, " je t'otroi
Tant con ensanle en ierent troi,
Que tu seras tostans li qars.
De ce ne soies pas coars,
235 Envie, tu durras tos dis,
Mais ja n'iras en paradis."
Ens[i] ceste aventure avint

1 Tiberias.

232

Que Dex sans piscons s'en revint,
Et s'en fu estrais et lasses,
240 Et li mbrille en eut asses.

XIII. (Fo. 347 verso). — An imperfect fabliau, consisting
of 84 lines, with the scribbled title " De Prestre ki pardi
l[es coljles." This appears under the correct name " De
Connebert " (cf. No. XI above) in Montaiglon and Raynaud,
V, p. 160, where it extends to 314 lines.
Commencement :

[G]autiers, qui fist del prestre taint,
A tant caciet qu'il a ataint
D'une autre prestre le matire.
Qui n'eut mie le coUe entire
5 Qant il departi de celui
Qui li ot fait honte et anui.

21 Li prestres ot a non Ricars,
Qui mult estoit fols et musars,
Et si fu nes de Colencestre,i
Et il et trestot si ancestre.

The following occur in a loose quire at the commence-
ment of the volume :

XIV. — A fabhau of 679 lines, the first two columns of
which have been partly obhterated by the wear and tear of
the outside leaf upon which they are written. This
is the fabhau pubUshed under the title " De la Dame
escoUiee " in Montaiglon and Raynaud, vi, p. 95, where
it extends only to 618 hnes. The WoUaton text has the hne

" Welcome ! " crie tot en haut.
instead of (p. 109, line 18)

" Bien viegnoiz ! " dit il tot en halt.
The first section of the third column commence^ :

[A] tant li sires s'entorna,

Et U cuens apres lui ala,

Si le salue hautement :

" Dex saut le segnor et sa gent ! "
5 " Sire cuens, Dex vos beneie

Et vostre gente conpagnie ! " (120)

Li cuens a dit " herbergies nos."

"No ferai foi que je doi vos,"

Faifc h sire " que ne volrai
10 Ne ja ne m'en entremetrai."

"Si feres par vostre francisse." (125)

"No ferai voir en nule guisse."

" Avoi ! beax sire, par amor

Nos herbergies desci qu'al jor."
15 " No ferai en nule maniere,

Ne par amor ne par proiere." (130)

1 This is curiously explained by Montaiglon and Raynaud as " Gloster."

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La dame I'ot et vient avant,
Qui ja fera le sien conmant
" Sire cuens, bien soies venus !
Liement seres retenus.
Descendes ! " Tost il descendirent.

XV. — A fabliau with the scribbled title " Des iij. Coman-
deraens." It is printed under the title " Des Putains et des
Lecheors " in Montaiglon and Raynaud, iii, p. 175, and in
Wright, Anecdota Literaria, p. 64. The four lines at the
beginning are not in the printed texts.
Commencement :

1 [U]n fablel veritable et cort,
Cortois pur recovrer en cort,
Vos conterai, si I'escoutes,
Car mult doit bien estre escoltes.
5 Qant Dex ot estor6 le monde.
Si con il est a la roonde,
Et qanque il covins dedens
Trois ordenes esgarda de gens,
Qu'il fist el siecle demorans,
10 Chevalers, clers, et laborans.
Conclusion :

En tel gent sont bien emploie

Des rentes, des dimes li bien, (105)

Car cest conmant gardent il bien

Deseur tos les autres et font.

S[i] cis fableaux dist voir, done sont

De cest conmant li clerc sauve

Et tuit h chevaler danne.

XVI.^ — A poem of 127 lines, with the title scribbled in the
margin in a thirteenth century hand " Li Dis Raoul de
Hosdaing. " The poem is an addition to the works of this
able poet. The portion from Hne 11 to the end appears, with
considerable alterations, omissions, etc., and with a prologue
of the jongleur, in " Le Borjois Borjon," printed from a Berne
MS. by Thomas Wright in his Anecdota Literaria, London,
1844, p. 57. The text in the WoUaton MS. commences :
[EJncontre le dole tans qui vient
Me plaist, por ce qu'il m'en sovient,
Que je die un fablel novel.
J'ai tort qant je fablel I'apel,
5 Car ce n'est mie fabliaus : non,
II n'a de fablel fors le non,
Ca,T ]i dit en sont veritable,
Por tant I'apel fablel sans fable,
Que Raols de Hosdaing conmence,
10 Et si nos dist en sa sentence
Q'onors deciet et honte avive,
Ja nus qui de demander vive
Por beax mos ne por bel parler,

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Por solas ne por vxeler,
15 Por deduit ne por rien qu'il die

N'enconterra mais cortesie."
Conclusion :

120 Onques nul borjois ne conui

Qui povre chevaler amast,

Ne qui volontiers s'acostast

De leceor a povre robe.

Borjois n'ainme ome s'H nel robe,
125 Ja tant n'iert sages ne cortois,

Un tel borjon ont U borjois."

XVII.— A fabliau with the scribbled title " De I'Arme ki
wagna (?) Paradis par plait." This is the fabliau " Du Vilain
qui conquist Paradis par Plait," printed by Montaiglon and
Raynaud, iii, p. 209.
Commencement :

[N]os trovomes en escriture

Une mervellose aventure,

Qui jadis avint d'un vilain.

Mors fu par un Venresdi main.

Tels aventure li avint

Q'angles ne deables ne vint.
Conclusion :

Noreture vaint mais nature,

Fausetes amorte droiture,

Tors va avant et drois a orce,

Mels valt engiens que ne fait force. (180)

XVIII. — Fifteen Hues, finishing with the last page of the
quire, of a fabliau, with the scribbled title " De le Cugnie,"
as follows :

[U]ns fevres fist une cuigni6
Dure, trencant et bien forgie
Mais onques ne s'en peut aidier
Ne rien n'en pooit detrencier
5 Devant qu'ele fust enmancie,
Adont fu bien apareUie.
El bos ala por demander
A cascun fust qu'il pot trover
Au quel il U loent entendre,
10 Dont il peust j. mance prendre.
Li fust ont ensanle parle,
Conmunement li ont 166
Que il prenge la noire espine,
Neis I'escorce et la racine,
15 En est mult dure a depecier.
This is the commencement of Marie de France's .^sopian
fable " De Fabro et Securi " (ed. by Karl Warhke, Die
Fabeln der Marie de France, Halle, 1898, p. 168, in Hermann
Suchier's Bibliotheca Normannica, vol. VI).

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A volume of 76 folios, measuring 9^ inches by 12J, written
in double columns in a French book-hand of about the
middle of the thirteenth century, containing a portion of
" Le Petit Saint Graal", which is known also as the " Roman
de Joseph d'Arimathie ", a portion of the great "Saint
Graal " of Robert de Borron (Le Saint-Graal, ou Le Joseph
d'Arimathie, . . pvi>lie . . par Eugene Hucher, three
vols, Le Mans, 1875-1878).

Commences (:= Huchet, ii, 466) :

" Molt durerent longuement cil arbres en tel color e
en tel beaut6 com vos avez oi deviser el conte, ne onques
ne vieUi ne ne chanja ne ne secha, ne de nul rien n'en-
poira, fors de tant seulement qu'il ne porta puis icele
heure que H Sans Abealx [Abel the son of Adam and Eve] fu
desot espanduz ne flors ne fruit."

The title of the pretended story cited by Borron appears
at fol. 121;, col. 2 : " Cist contes, qui est apelez ' Le Conte del
Saint Graal,' devise que quant li home h roi Label orent pris
Celydoine," etc. (=Hucher, ii. 533).

Conclusion : " Ceste aventure fu nonciee par le pais, e
tant que li chevaler i venoient tuit, e povre e riche, si tost
com U estoient navre, e garisioint maintenant. Un jour avint
que par devant la tonbe passoit j. lion, e aloit chacant j. cerf,
qu'il a consiui iluec devant ; si le prist e occist, e en ce qu'il
le voloit mangier, si vint d'autre part j. autres Uons geuns e
fameDleus, qui le voloit la proie tohr." . . . (= Hucher,
iii, p. 306).

" Si se test ore li contes de totes les Ugniees qui de Celydoine
oissirent, e retorne a une autre estoire de Merhn, qu'il covient
ajoster ensenble que fine force avec I'estoire del Saint Graal,
porce que branche en est e i apartient, e comence mes Sires,"
which is followed by part of the initial " R[obert de Borron
le branche en tel manier]," (This passage is found in Hucher,
iii, p. 307). The MS. is incomplete, for half the page is torn away,
and the whole of the back of the half -page is left blank. The
last sentence appears as "Si commence Merlin Roberts de
Borron en tel maniere " in the MS. described in Notices et
Extraits des MS8., xxxiv, p. 166.

The MS. contains jottings here and there in a shghtly later
French hand, and also (fo. 75) : " Hie est numerus ordei,
frumenti et fabarum, que habeo penes Jametam (?) Lamenza
. (?) in villa de Plesseiaco." There is also the com-
mencement of a deed : "A toux ceus qi cestes lettres ver-

rount ou orrunt, Roger , evesque de Coventr'

et de Lycheffeld," etc., probably referring to Roger de
Northburgh, 1322-1359, the latest bishop who bore the
Christian name of Roger.

Six leaves, measuring 8J inches by 6 inches, of a legal work
in an early fourteenth century hand, beginning : " Et sic
adnichilatur processus habitus in ipso comitatu, quia hie non

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habet comitatus recordum. Hinc autem perhimitur pro-
cessus inde habitus et stat breve. Petens autem quicunque'^
fuerit moderata gracia semper potest habere pone. Sup-
ponendum est enim, quod procrastinacio peticionis non pre-
judicat occupanti, verbi gracia : si peterem a te fundum hodie
mihi restitui quod me procurante defertur," etc. Con-
clusion : " Quot autem fuerunt deforciantes nominati in brevi,
tociens repetatur cape." This is part of Ralph Hengham's
Summa Magna, c. 4 (pp. 9-16 of Selden's text, from which it
varies occasionally). 24

A foUo MS., measuring 15J indhes by 10|, of John Gower's
" Confessio Amantis," in EngUsh and French, of the early
part of the fifteenth century. It is of value for textual
purposes, and has been described by Professor G. C.
Macaulay in his edition of the poet's works, vol. ii, p. clvi.

Large folio service book, formerly belonging to the church
of WoUaton, with richly illuminated borders and initials, on
parchment, in a fifteenth century hand, rubricated in red.
On a blank page preceding the calendar, which occurs about
the middle of the volume, is written :

" Orate pro anima Willelmi Husse, quondam rectoris istius
ecclesie de Wollaton, cujus bonorum ministratores istum
librum pro decem marcis emerunt, et ilium Hbrum pro divino
servicio ibidem celebrando imperpetuum dicte ecclesie dederunt.
Insuper alienanti anathema sit."

The preceding fohos contain copies of receipts for payments
of subsidies for Wollaton and Sutton Passeys on 12 May, 4
Henry VIII, 2 October, 6 Henry VIII, and 13 Henry VII.

The calendar has the following entries, in different hands,
of obits :

" Januarii v Idus [Jan. 9]. Obitus Domine Margarete Legh,
anno Domini millesimo CCCC">° LXXXX™", httera
Dominicali B."

"Januarii xvij. kal. [Jan. 16]. Obitus Domini Johannis
Yngulby, capellani, anno Domini Millesimo CCCC™"
LXXX™° quinto, littera Dominicalis A."

" Mail V. Non. [May 3]. Obitus Henrici Smyth, patris
Ricardi Smyth, quondam Rectoris de Wollaton, anno Domini
MiUesimo CCCCC° XIIJ", cujus anime propicietur Deus.
Amen. "

"Mali iij. Non. [May 5]. Obitus Domini Wilhelmi Cowper,
capellani, anno Domini Millesimo CCCC""" LXX""" quinto,
littera Dominicah A."

"Mali V. Idus. [May 11]. Obitus Domini Henrici Wyl-
lughby, militis, anno Domini Millesimo CCCCG° XXVIIJ",
littera Domim'cali D. Et sepultus est isto die apud Wollaton,
anno predicto." [This latter sentence is written against

1 quiscunque, MS.

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"iij. Id. Mali, [D]edicacio ecclesie de Wollaton. Principale
festum."]

"Mali iiij. Id. [May 12]. Obitus. Johanne Smyth, uxoris
predict! Henrici et matris predict! Ricardi, anno Domini
Millesimo CCCCC" XXX", littera Dominicali B, cujus anime
propicietur Deus. Amen."

"Julii vj. Non. [July 2]. Obitus Robert! Wyloghby,
armigeri."

" August! xij. kal. [Aug. 21]. Obitus Johannis Ilkston,
fratris Robert! Ilkston, quondam Rectoris ecclesie de Wol-
laton, anno Domini Millesimo CCCC'"'' octuagessimo octavo,
littera Dominicali E."

" August! xvj. kal. [July 17]. Obitus Robert! Lawrans,
quondam Rectoris de WoUaton et Averham, anno Domini
Millesimo D. XVIJ°, littera Domincalis D, cujus anime, etc."

" Septembris xv. kal. [Sept. I'7]. Obitus Domini Willemi
Husse, quondam Rectoris hujus ecclesie, anno Domini M.
CCCC" LXo."

'' Octobris Nonas [Oct. 7]. Obitus Ricardi Wyloghby,
armigeri."

" Octobris viij. Id. TOct. 8]. Obitus Elizabeth Hardwy."

"Octobris ix. kal. [Oct. 24]. Obitus Anne Wyllughby,
anno Domini Millesimo CCCCC XIIIJ", httera Dominicahs. A."

Among the illuminations occur the following arms, which
are connected with the Notts family of Chaworth of Wiverton,

1. Quarterly one and four, az. two chevrons or (Alfreton,
later Chaworth) ; two and three, arg. an inescutcheon within
an orle of cinquefoils sable (Caltofte, cf . Thoroton, Antiquities
of Notts, p. 107). Crest ; A tower proper with arg. a mass
of feathers (?) issuing from it.

2. No. 1 impaling quarterly one ana four, az. a cross
arg. (Aylesbury) ; two and three, or three palets gu., on a
bordure az. thirteen bezants or (Basset of Weldon). Crest :
a buU sa. armed or.

3. Gu., a fesse dancetty, between eight billets or, four
and four (Brett of Wiverton, cf. Thoroton, p. 107). Crest : A
man's head gu., garlanded arg.

4. Quarterly one and four, az. two chevrons or (Alfreton) ;
two and three, arg. two Uons passant gu. (Randolph ; cf. Thoroton,
p. 108b).

5. Quarterly AKreton and barry of six, arg. and gu., three
martlets sa. (Chaworth; cf Pari. Writs, i, p. 420a).

6. Quarterly arg. two lions passant gu., and Alfreton.
Crest : a lion's (?) head, sa. langued gu.

7. Quarterly Alfreton and Brett (as in No. 3).

8. Aylesbury (as in No. 2) and Basset of Weldon (as in
No. 2). Crest : a dragon's (or bird's ?) head or, langaed gu.

A thick volume, in gatherings of ten folios, of about
•demi-octavo size, written on parchment in a bold, fifteenth
century hand, rubricated in red, in original bindings

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containing homilies in English verse. This is the work entitled
" Speculum Vitae," ascribed to William of Nassington, which
has not yet been printed. Some extracts from it, derived
from other MSS., are given by Ullman in Englische Stvdien,
vol. vii, p. 468 sqq.
Commencement :

Almyghty God in Trinite,
In whom onely ben persones thre,
Fader and sone and Holy Gost,
Jjat ben on God, as we trow most,
Spede us now at J)is begynnjmg,
And graunt us alle good endyng,
And 3if me grace suche wordes to say
])at may be most god to pay,
And to Ipo fende schame and schenschip
And to God lovyng and worschip,
And to you J»at heres me also
Hele of soule, and to aUe J)oo
]5at have nede of good counsail,
And mede to me for my travail.
Preyeth alle nowe for charite
Specialy ))at it so be.
And ))er to J)at eche man with good wille
BiddeJ) a pater noster stille.
The following interesting passage occurs at fo. 1 verso :
I warne '^ou first at Jio bigynnyng
I wol make no veyn karpyng
Of dedes of armes ne of amours.
As don mynstrales and jestours,
])at maken karpynge in many place
Of Octavyan and Ysambrace,
And of many ofer gestes.
Namely when J)ei come to festes,
Ne of J)e lyf of Bevys of Hampton'
Ipat was a knyght of gret renoun,
Ne of Sir Gy of Warwyk,
Al ^if it myght somme men lyk,
I Jjenke my karpyng schal not be.
For I hold Jjat noght bot vanite.
Bot ])is schal be my karpyng.
To karpe of most nedeful Jjyng
)3at sikerest is for soule and lif
To man, womman, mayde, and wif.
]jerfore, gode men pat ben here,
LysteneJ) to me and ^e may here
How -^e schal her' rewle your lif
And governe wel jour' wittes fif.
How je schul folowe God's wille,
And knowe boJ)e gode and ille.
And what je schal chese, and what forsake,
And what wei ^e schal to Hevene take,

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In Engsysch tonge I schal ';ou telle,-
5if 56 so longe with me wil'dwelle,
Ne Latyn wil I speke ne waste,
Bot Englysch Jien usen maste,
;?or ])at is 50111' kynde langage
3at ^e have most her' of usage,
)at kan eche man understonde
)at is boren in Engelonde,
'.^OT J)at langage is most sohewed
As wel among lered as lewed.
Latyn, as I trowe, can nane
Bo.t ]300 ])at have it at scole tane.
Somme kan Frensch and no Latyn
J)at used have court and dwelled Ipei'm,
And somme kan of Latyn a party
J)at kan French ful febelly.
And sdmme understonden Englysch
Jiat kan noujjer Latyn ne Frensch.
Bot lered and lewed, olde and 3onge,
Alle understonden Englysch tonge.
J)erefore I hold it most siker J)an
To schewe Ipo langage ))at eche man kan.
And for lewede men namely
))at can no maner of clergy
To ken hem wer' most nede,
For clerkus kan bojie se and rede
In dyverse bokes of Holy Writ
How Jjei schul lif %ji Ipei loke it.
Jjerfore I wol me hoUy halde
To J)at langage Jjat Englysch is kalde.
The rubrics are : " De dignitate Orationis Dominice ;

Decem precepta ; De xij. articulis Fidei ; De humilitate in

corde ; De humilitate in ore ; De humilitate in opere ;

De septem virtutibus ; De vita activa ; De vita contemplativa ;

De superbia ; De humilitate ; De invidia ; De amicitia ;

De ira ; De equitate ; De accidia ; De virtute probitatis ;

De confessione ; Peccata cordis ; Peccata oris ; Peccata

opens ; Peccata omissionis ; De confessione ; Bellum Mundi ;

BeUum Diaboli ; De avaritia ; De latrocinio ; De predonibus ;

De calumpnia ; De sacrilegio ; De symonia ; De malignitate ;

De falsis mercatoribus ; De ludo temerario ; De officio

temerario ; De misericordia ; Opera misericordie spiritualia ;

De elemosina ; De dono intellectus ; De luxuria ; De castitate ;

De statu virginum et corruptorum ; De statu conjugatorum ;

De statu viduetatis ; De statu virginitatis ; De statu cleri-

corum ; De statu religiosorum ; De dong sapientie ; De gula ;

De gula in tabema ; Peccatum male hngue ; De perfectione ;

De sobrietate et temperantia ; De Beatitudinibus."
Conclusion :

To whiche bhsse He bringe aUe, our Lord
God almyghty. Ame[n]. Jesus est amor mev,s.

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A large folio MS., measuring 22|- inches by 15|, in fifteenth
century writing, with richly illuminated initials, borders, etc.,
containing the English version, which was completed at
Berkeley on 6 February, 6 Richard II (1383), of Bartholomew
(GlanvUle) " De Proprietatibus Rerum." At the end is
written : " Explicit Tract[at]us, qui vocatur ' Bartholomeus
de Proprietatibus Rerum,' Chaworth." It is followed by
" The Abbay of pe Holy Gost."

A very large and thick octavo service book, in a fifteenth
century hand, with richly illuminated initials, commencing,
after the calendar, with " Omnibus dominicis per annum
post Primam et capitulum fiat benedictio fealis et aque ad
gradum chori capa serica sacerdote cum ahis vestibus induto
sacerdotalibus, hoc modo incipiente " (part of the Gradale).

A 15th century MS. bound in beech. boards covered with
stamped leather, with richly illuminated initials. The pages
measure 12 inches by 8. It is a volume of prayers, com-
mencing : " Summe sacerdos et vere pontifex qui te optuhsti
Deo patri hostiam pufam et immaculatam in ara crucis pro
nobis miseris peccatoribus." It ends with " De angdis oratio.
Obsecro vos, angelici Spiritus, quibus ego ad providendum
et custodiendum commissus sum, ut custodiatis et protegatis
me in corpore et anima ab omni hostih incursu," etc.

A thick volume in original binding, measuring 7 J inches
by lOi inches, containing English translations of the Statutes
from i Edward III to 20 Henry VI. At the end of the
Statutes for 18 Hemy VI is written, in a contemporary hand :
" Iste Uber constat Willelmo Coote, de Conyngesby, legi
periti " {sic).

A quarto volume of parchment in covers of the same,
containing English translations of documents relating to
Sherwood Forest and the Forest Laws, written in a hand
that the inspector recognises as that of William Easingwold,
Town Clerk of Nottingham from about 1478 to about 1506
(see Records of the Borough of Nottingham, iii, p. ix.). It is
a translation of the official Forest book, and agrees largely
with the Sherwood Forest Book in the Public Record Of&ce
(Exchequer, Treasury of Receipt, Miscellaneous Books,
No. 76), which is written for the greater part in an early
fifteenth century hand. The contents are mainly taken from
the rolls of justices in Eyre for pleas of the Forest in Notts in
15 Edward I and 8 Edward III (Exchequer, Treasury of Receipt,
Forest Proceedings, Nos. 127, 132). References are appended
to sixteenth century translations in Robert White's Dukery
Records, Worksop, 1902. The contents are as follows :

Forest charter of Henry III [Statutes of the Realm, i,
' Charters of Liberties,' p. 20],

241

1253, May 13. — Curse pronounced against breakers of
Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest by the archbishop
of Canterbury and other bishops by consent of the king and
his nobles (fo. A 2 verso). [Fcedera, i, p. 289 ; Stubbs, Select
Charters, eighth edition, p. 373; White, p. 404.]

1227, February 9. Writ (described in error as xx Henry
III instead of xj) to the " rewarders " of Shirewod Forest, no-
tifying them that the king has pardoned "the walkers" (i.e.
perambidators) of the forest their error in the perambulation
(fo. A 3). [Patent Bolls of Henry III, 1225-1232, p. 109;
White, p. 405.]

[c. 1189]. Grant by John, " Erie of Morton," to " Rauff
the sonne of Stevyn and Maude Caux, his wyffe," of the
custody, etc., of the Forest of cos. Nottingham and Derby
(fo. A 3 verso). [Eyre RoU No. 132, ro. 31, 33d ; White, p. 405.]

1252, July 4. Inquisition taken at St. John's Hospital,
Nottingham, concerning all the ministers of the aforesaid
forest and concerning the estate of Robert Everyngham,
Forester in Fee of the same, which describes the divisions,
etc., of the Forest. [White, p. 406.]

1232, July 16. Letters Patent of Henry III, confirming
and reciting the perambulation of the Forest made by Hugh
Nevell and " Brian of the He ", whereby the part of Not-
tinghamshire called " The Cley " and the part called " Hat-
feld " are disafforested (fo. A 4 verso). [Calendar of Charter
Rolls, 1226-1257, p. 165 ; White, p. 406.]

Undated. Boundaries of the Hays and woods of the afore-
said Forest, to wit Lyndeby Haye, Welley Haye, Beske-
wod Parke, [Bestwood Park], Clypston Parke, Bilhagh
and Brikland [Birkland] Haye, Fiilwode Wode [parish of
Hucknall-under-Huthwaite], the wood of Owthesland [Osland
Wood, near Thoresby, parish of Perlethorpe], the wood of
Clumber, Carberton Wode, Kyngeshagh [Eangshaugh, parish
of Darlton], Bulwell Ryse, ArnaU [Arnold] woods and
demesnes, the woods of the Hye Forest, Lyndehurst Wode,
the wastes of KygyU and Ravenshead,i the township of Edyn-
stowe [Edwinstowe], the lordship of Chpston outside the Park,
the demesnes of Mamsfeld Wodehouse (fo. A 5). [White, p. 408.]

[1146-1148]. Grant by Gilbert Gaunt, earl of Lincoln,
to the monks of Reyvall (Rievaulx, co. York) of the manor
and town of Rufford [co. Notts] ^ " to make an abbey of the
order of Cistemensis [i.e., the Cistercian order] in the honour
of Seint Marie the Virgyn" (fo. A 9). [White, pp. 214, 408.]

1 Cf. Dugdale, Monasticon, vi. p. 474, no. II.

2 Cf. Rievaulx Ghartvlary, p. 252, Surtees Society (where it is erron-
eously identified with Rufforth, co. York) and Monaatieon, v, p. 618, No. 1.

M 16

242

[1146-1154]. Confirmation of the preceding by King
Stephen. [White, pp. 214, 410.]

[1 1 55-1 1 62]. Confirmation of the same by Henry II. [Calen-
dar of Charter Bolls, iii, p. 293 ; White, p. 215.]

1304, July 7. Writ of Ad quod Dampnum, dated at
Mitjmley [misreading of 'Striuelyn,' i.e. Stirhng] to enquire
whether it would be to the king's damage if he were to grant
to the abbot of Rufford licence to fell, sell, or do what he
will with 40 acres of his wood within the aforesaid Forest
(fo. A 10). [Chancery Inquisitions ad Quod Damnum, file 45,
no. 2 ; White, pp. 215, 410.]

1304. Inquisition taken in accordance with the said writ
at Edynstowe (Edwinstow, co. Notts), 32 Edward I.
[Ibid.]

1304, Sept. 16. Writ of Privy Seal of Edward [I], dated at
Tynemouth, to his chancellor, ordering him to make a grant
of the preceding to the abbot and convent under the great
seal (A 10 verso). [Cf. Calendar of Patent Bolls, 1301-1307,
p. 258; White, p. 410.]

1304, Sept. 16. Writ to Robert Chfford, " justice of his
Forest a this side Trent," ordering him to permit the said
abbot to dispose of the wood aforesaid as above in accord-
ance with the king's grant by letters patent.

[1304]. Copy of return by the ministers of the Forest of
the acres delivered in pursuance of the preceding grant.
"First, there be assigned iij. acres and an half, conteynyng
xv.C. okes in Northwode, solde to Walter Bunkes for
IxixZi. xviijs. viijc?. ; also at WulfcUff was oon acre assigned
that conteyneth ix.'^" okes, sold to John of Lyndeby for
ixZi. xs. ; also there be assigned at the Crossyd Oke iiij.
acres, the whiche conteyneth a M.CCC. okes, sold to Frere
Robert for IxijZ*. xjs. v\i]d. ; also in the Forsworne Wode
is assigned oon acre, etc., sold to Richard of Clifton for
xvK. ; also in Beskall is assigned oon acre, etc., sold to John
Bythewater of Edenstowe, Roger the sonne of RaufE of the
same towne, and to Gilbert of Hyll of Clipston for sli. And
non more is had in this boke for the bljmdenes [i.e. illegi-
bility] of the first copy, etc." (fo. A 11).

1287, January 14. Pleas of the Forest held at
Notyngham, before William Vessy, Thomas Normanvyle, and
Richard Gryppyng, justices in e3nre for pleas of the Forest,
on the morrow of St. Hilary, 15 Edward III {rectius Edward
I), concerning the taking of trees and underwood by the
abbots of Rufford from the 47 Henry III. to 15 Edward III
(rectius Edward I), the trees being taken by virtue of charters
of the abbey. [Eyre Roll No. 127, ro. 7, 8, 9.]

243

[o. 1300.] Bounds of the woods and wastes of Southwell,
the property of the archbishop of York of the " baronry of
Sothwell," within the forest of Sherwood "in the tjrme of
John Roman, archebisshop of York" (fo. All verso). [White,
p. 409.]

[c. 1300.] Bounds of a wood called " Haywode,^' " som-
tyme Rauff Bugge's of Notyngham and after Richard
Byngham's, knight, and hit apperteyneth to the towns of
Byngham " [Haywood Oaks, near Bhdworth.] (fo. A 1 2). [Ibid.]

[c. 1232]. The bounds of the woods and wastes of the
abbey of Rufford within the forest, " remajrajnig after the
jomay [= eyre] of Hugh Nevyll and after the departyng
out of the forest of diverse land in the counte of Notyngham
by the same Hugh Nevyll, justice of the Forest, etc." [refer-
ring to the Perambulation of 1232, Calendar of Patent Rolls,
Henry III, p. 165] (fo. A. 11 verso). [Ibid.]

1297, May 30 {rectius 28). " A writte to make the reward,
and the maner of the makyng of the reward, in the tyme of
kjnig Edward, the sonne of kjmg Henry, afore the comm3mg
of the justices of the forest," being letters Close of Edward
I., dated at Cravenbroke, May 30, anno 25, and the capitula
of the regard (fo. A 13). [Calendar of Close Bolls, 1296-1302,
p. 110].

[c. 1230.] Writ of Hugh Nevill, justice of the forest, to
the sheriff to cause jurors to come to enquire into the state
of the forest (fo. A 14).

1301, February 29. Writ of Edward I., dated at Lincoln,
granting, in consideration of the fifteenth granted to him by
the commonalty of the realm, that the perambulation made
by John of Lithegrejmys and his fellows in the forest in the
county of Nottingham shaU be observed, and copy of the
perambulation, which was made on Friday after St. Barnabas,
29 Edward I. (fo. A 14 verso).

[1272-1307]. Assise of the forest of Edward I. (fo. A 15
verso). [An ampHfication of the Assize of Woodstock, 1184.]

1287, January 20. " Oder estatutes of the forest ordeigned
by William Vessye and his felowes, justices of the forest
goyng [i.e. in eyre] to hold the plees of the forest at Notyng-
ham, etc." in the octaves of St. Hilary, 15 Edward [I], (fo.
B 2). [Eyre RoU No. 127, ro. lOd.]

1305-6. New statutes of the Forest made by Edward I.
in the 34th year of his reign (fo. B 2 verso). [Statutes of the
Realm, i, p. 147.]

[1311-12]. Other statutes made by the same {sic) king, com-
mencing " Pur ceo que common fame est ovesque ceo, etc."

244

(fo. B 3 verso). (Pages left blank for insertion of English
version of these statutes.) [' New Ordinances,' 5 Edward 11,
c. 18, Statutes of the Bealm, i, p. 160.]

Undated. " Diverse writtes ordeigned for the forest, and
the first writte is a venire facias agajoi the commyng of the
Justices of the forest into their jorney, etc." (fo. B 5).

Undated. The articles to be enquired before the justices
of the forest in eyre (fo. B 5 verso).

1357, July 3. Regard of Sherwood Forest begun the fifth
Nones of July, 31 Edward III., giving an account of the old
and of the new assarts, the old and the new purprestures,
the wastes of the woods that are not the demesnes of knights
and others in the regard, the wastes of the woods and hays
of the king, and the number of the stocks taken out of the
demesne woods, and of " blittrons "^ aad the " hynderyng "
of branch-wood after the last regard, the names of those that
have taken stubs, stocks, "blittrons,"^ and cartloads of branch-
wood out of the demesne woods to sell, presented in this
regard (fo. B 8 verso).

Undated. The measures of acres and roods of arable land
and meadow without the covert of the forest, of the king's
hays and demesne woods, and the measure of acres and roods
in forests and in the king's hays and demesne woods and
wastes, after the assize of the Forest made in the time of
Edward I. (fo. C. 3 verso).

[1289], April 8. Writ of Edward III. [rectius I.] to WiUiam
Vescy, justice of the Forest beyond Trent, ordering him to
certify the king concerning the bailiwick that Robert
Everingham, deceased, had in Sherwood forest, which was
taken into the king's hands by WilHam and his fellows for a
trespass committed by the said Robert, and copy of the
inquisition (fo. C. 4 verso). [Calendar of Inquisitions post
Mortem, ii. p. 393 ; Eyre Roll No. 132, ro. 9d.]

1298, May 28. Letters Patent of Edward [I], dated at
York, appointing Harstulph (sic) of Cleseby and Richard
Oyzell, to arrent the wastes of the king's soil and of the soil of
others in forests, parks, woods and hays on this side Trent,
and to sell wood, etc. [Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1292-1301,
p. 352], and copy of the arrentation made by Oyzell in ex-
ecution of the said order (fo. 0. 5 verso). [Eyre RoU No. 132,
ro. 24.]

1272-3. Extracts from the first [Pipe] roll of Edward I.
concerning rents of wastes, etc. (fo. C. 6 verso). [Ibid.]

[1298]. Copies of the bills sent to the chancellor by Oyzell
to make charters for the wastes arrented by him. (fo. C 7 verso).

1 Branches, sprouts, etc. (Old French hleteron).

245

[1272-3]. Extracts from the great roll [of the Pipe] of
1 Edward I. concerning rents of wastes, etc., " in the residue
of Notyngham and Derby" (fo. C. 8).

1304, May 20. Copy of the enrolment of letters Patent
of Edward I., dated at Stirling, May 20, anno 32, granting to
the prior and convent of Newstead 180 acres of waste within
Sherwood Forest, arrented by Oyzell (fo. 0. 9 verso). [Calen-
dar of Patent Rolls, 1301-1307, p. 205.]

1304, July 7. Copy of enrolment of Letters Patent of
Edward I., dated at Stirhng, granting to Thomas of the Haye
38 acres of waste in Sherwood Forest, arrented to him by
OyzeU (fo. C 10). [Ihid., p. 206.]

1305, February 2. Copy of the enrolment of letters Patent
of Edward I., dated at Walsingham, granting to John Colyer
of Lyndeby 30 acres of waste in the said forest, arrented to him
by Oyzell (fo. C. 10 verso). [Ihid., p. 310.]

1430-1. Extracts from the Memoranda Rolls L.T.R. Mich-
aelmas, 9 Henry VI, containing extracts from the great roll of
the Pipe, 9 Henry VI, relating to small parcels of the forest
aforesaid (fo. C 11).

1253-4. Like extracts from the Pipe roll 28 [read 38]
Henry III. [Eyre RoU No. 132, ro. 23].

1289-90. Like extracts from the Pipe RoU 17 Edward I.

1446-7. Accoimt of Geoffrey Kneton, constable of Not-
tingham castle and clerk of the forest, 25 Henry VI., relating
to the towns and hamlets in the forest of the king's ancient
demesne, and of their rents, and of divers assarts, and of
the said castle (fo. C 14). [Deering, Nottinghamia Vetus et Nova,
1751, p. 172.]

[1216-1272.] Grant by Henry III. to the abbot of Rufford
of Hcence to enclose their ground called "Beskall" and 40
acres of land adjoining the abbey (fo. D 2).

1287, January 14. Plea of the forest, before Sir WiUiam
Vescy, Thomas FurnyTrall, and Richard Grippyng, at Not-
tingham, on the morrow of St. Hilary, 15 Edward III.
{rectius Edward I.), between the men of Clipston and
Edynstow, and the abbot of Rufford, the men complaining
that the abbot's forester, " Frere WiUiam," had prevented
them from pulling and gathering " lynge, gorste, herbe, and
leffe " in the abbot's wood of Rufford, which they aUege that
they had been wont to do from time out of mind, but it is
found that they did so by the grace of the abbot only
(fo. D 2 verso). [Eyre RoU No. 127, ro. 16d; White,
p. 225.]

246

[1204, May 4]. Copy of the charter of king John, granting
to Hugh Nevyll the manor of Blakston [near OUerton, co.
Notts] and 20 acres of assart in that manor quit of regard
and view of foresters, and the manor of Arnehall [Arnold, co.
Nottingham], and 90 acres of assart in the same manor quit
of regard and view (fo. D 3). [Rot. Chartarum, 5 John, mem.
5, p. 128.]

1307, March 13. Customal of the tenants of the manor
of Arnall [Arnold], presented on the Monday after St.
Gregory the Pope, 35 Edward I. and 1 Edward II. (fo. 3
verso).

1334. Copy of proceedings in a plea of Qmo Warranto
against WilHam Melton, archbishop of York, concerning
the holding by him of pleas of trespass of vert committed in
his woods and in his soil within the forest of Sherwood after
the time of the disafforesting of the Cley [the Clay division
of the Wapentake of Bassetlaw, co. Nottingham] (fo. D. 6).
[Eyre RoU No. 132, ro. 25.]

1334. Copy of proceedings in Quo Warranto against the
abbot of Welbeck, concerning the enclosing of 40 acres of wood
in Rumwood with Carberton Storth (fo. D. 9). [Ibid. ro. 25d.]

1334. Copy of proceedings in Qmo Warranto against the
the prior of Worksop, concerning the taking by him of two
cartloads of ling daily in Rumwod [^Roomwood in Wel-
beck Park] and Outheslond [Osland Wood, parish of Pearl-
thorpe. Both in Sherwood Forest] (fo. D. 9). [Ibid. ro. 25.]

1303. Copy of proceedings in the eyre of the Forest,
before WUUam Vescy and his fellows, 31 Edward I, against
the prior of Worksop on the presentment of the regarders that
the prior had usurped upon the king 13 acres of waste and
wood under pretext of assarting 40 acres in the wood of Rum-
wode (fo. D 11, 9 verso). [Ibid. ro. 25.]

[1287.] Extract from the rolls of the eyre relating to the
to the amoval from office by the justices of Robert Everyngham,
chief forester of the forest of Sherwood, because the books
of attachments of the said forest contained numerous
erasures (fo. D Jl). [Eyre Roll No. 127, ro. 5d; No. 132, ro.
9d.]

Undated. The oath of the foresters, and the oath of the
woodwards (fo. D. 12).

There are added, in a hand of the middle of the sixteenth
century, copies of inquisitions, the assize of the forest, etc.
The book is continued in hands of this period from fo. D. 12
verso, with the oath of the bow-bearer ; the oath of the
' swanymote,' the perambulations of the forest, 21 Henry
VII., and 30 Henry VIII. [White, p. 401] ; the customs of

247

the manors of Horeston, Bollesover [co. Derby], Southwell
and Warsop [co. Notts.] ; 6 April, 1564, articles for the reforma-
tion of sundry disorders in the forests, etc., of the queen on the
north side of the Trent to be put into execution by the justice
of the forest there ; the customal of Mansfield ; and the custo-
mal of Edwinstow. _ 204 (293).

1339. — Outer leaves of a quire of a Year Book, Michaelmas
Term, 13 Edward III., commencing : " acceptaunt que le plee
y avoit enter nous de la prise de mesme lez bestez, auxi com
nous conucamus, quel prise se covent par lei esse entendu
devaunt le temps de bref purchase," etc. The names mentioned
are Shardelowe and Aldeburgh [justices], and Pole and Gayn-
[ford], covmsel. The next case is a Quare Impedit brought by
Walter de Elingham against John, bishop of Exeter (1327-1369),
and Thomas de Stapelton. The counsel are Stouf[ord], Par-
vyng, Shar[schulle], Herle, Wilbi. The other leaf com-
mences : " et covient que le bref comprent que la matere et
la cause (?) de la proprete fuist par force d'un tiel fraunchise
par taunt ne cherra pas le fraunchis en triement par cestui
bref," etc. The names mentioned are Shar[schuUe], Derworth,
Aldebjurgh], Wodestok, Stou[ford], Parvyng, R. Thorp. The
case is a claim of estray by an abbot (of Glastonbury, cf.
Pyke, Tear Book, 13 and 14 Edward III, p. 135). It is
followed by an action for ravishment of ward by Henry
Fitzhugh of Ramneswath against Elizabeth [Spring] (cf.
Pyke, p. 146, where " of Ravensworth " is supplied from
the record), and an action for dower in a tenement in
Butterwik. 24.

1474-1492. — Register of the Abbey of Burton-on-Trent,
compiled by Thomas Felde, the abbot.

A large foUo-sized volume, measuring 24 inches by 18^
inches, containing 55 folios, bound in a portion of a fifteenth
century service book, with a richly illuminated initial. The
volume is entitled : " Hie incipit liber vocatus ' Regestarius,'
tam de cartis et evidenciis, inquisicionibus, de juris decimarum
et forma coUacionis decimarum, taxacione prebendarum,
juramentis vic[ecomitum ?], notis placitorum spirituaUum
et temporalium, forma acquietancti[arum], quam de
libertatibus et privHegiis manerii de Burtone super Tren-
tam, brevibus et ceteris scriptis, cert[is] balivis et offi-
c[iariis] ejusdem deliberat[is] mon[asterio] de Burton predicta
pertinentibus, factus per Thomam Felde, abbatem monasterii
predicti, anno Domini millesimo CCCC'"" LXX""> IIIJ"> et
ejusdem abbatis IJ°."

It contains copies of inquisitions concerning tithes, etc.,
as stated in the above title, and of the following documents.
The copies have been made by a careless scribe, who
occasionally omits words or writes down inadvertently words
resembling in form those that he was copying, and falls into
other errors.

248

[Fo. 5, verso.]

1430-32. — Proceedings relating to the contested election
of the abbot of Burton-on-Trent.

" In Dei nomine non amen, sed in omni modo sinistro.
Feria quarta, vicesimo [septimo^] die mensis Septembris, anno
Domini millesimo quadringentesimo tricesimo, abbacia monas-
terii de Burton super Trentam, Couventrensis et Lich[felden8is]
diocesis, per liberam cessionem sive resignacionem Dompni
Willelmi Mathew, nuper abbatis ejusdem, vacante,^ con-
venerunt iUuc Magister Thomas Chesterfeld, consistorii domini,
Dei gracia, Couventrensis et Lich[feldensis] episcopi exami-
nator, et Magister Johannes Bryde, notarius, commorant[es]
in hospicio cum predicto domino episcopo, ac etiam Dominus
Ricardus Vernon, miles, latenter procurat[or] ad novam
eleccionem ibidem confundendam magis quam juste et
canonice perficiendam.

Qui quidem Magister Thomas Chesturfeld et Frater WU-
elmus Bromley, monachus ejusdem domus, eadem nocte adi-
erunt predictum Dompnum Willelmum Mathew, nuper abba-
tem, valida infirmitate decubantem, ac ilium assidue procur-
abant, ut assensum suum preberet ad eligendum quendam
Robertum Ownesby, monachum commorantem in hospicio
cum predicto domino episcopo, sciencia sacre scripture valde
edoctus,' qui diu negando, licet respondisset, minis tamen
et blandiciis eorum superatus, ad ultimum concessit ; unde
postea condolens reatum suum sepius amare confitebatur, ita
quod infra quindenam proximam sequentem vitam consum-
mavit.

In crastino vero, videlicet feria quinta, vicesimo octavo die
mensis predicti, congregatis omnibus in domo capitulari hora
consueta, cunctisque peractis, ut moris est, que in hujusmodi
actu fieri consueverunt, processerunt ad novam eleccionem
per modum scrutinii fiendam : ad quod fideliter peragendum
electi erant Frater Ricardus Lythum, Frater Robertus Cleyden,
precentor, et Frater Thomas Norton, monachi monasterii
predicti, ac Domiaus Thomas Marche et Dominus Thomas
Sapurton, capellani, ad testimonium inde perhibendum. Qui
quidem scrutatores et testes predicti, insimul sedentes cum
predicto Magistro Thoma et aliis sue perversitatis consociis,
audierunt vota quorundam ex senioribus monachis monasterii
predicti. Inter quos Frater Johannes Yoxhale, latens dolum
comperiens, dixit, quod in juste et contra formam eleccionis
agebant. Propter quod predictus Magister Thomas, qui se
gubernatorem eleccionis pretendebat, iratus continuo surrexit
et exivit capitulo ; sed iUuc denuo* reductus, iterum sedens,

1 As the ■ morrow ' is called the 28th below, the word " septimo ' is
required here.

2 vocante, MS.

* idictum,, MS.

* dedmo, MS.

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audivit vota aliorum certorum monachorum, et senciens eos
nullo modo ad eligendum prediotum Robertumi iterum suir-
exit et exivit.

Post Nonam vero iterum venit et audivit vota paucorum
ex residuis, et senciens ut supra, iterum surrexit et Prater
Ricardus Lythum cum eo, transientes in ecclesiam ad
Dominum Ricardum Vernon antedictum, et ibi penes eum
institerunt, ut^ ipse procuraret monachos prediotos ad eli-
gendum Robertum predictum. Qui quidem Dominus Ricardus
misit pro Fratre Roberto Cleydon, precentore, rogans' eum,
coram predicto Magistro Thoma, quatinus predictum Robertum
eligeret, sicut pro eo aliquid umquam faceret : qui respondit,
quod pro quingentis marcis hoc facere nollet, quia inde
Dominum et suam conscienciara graviter offenderet, et addidit,
quod ipse inique agebat taliter aliquem procurando.

Post quem misit pro Fratre Gylberto Moston, promittens
sibi et amicis suis dominium* et com[m]odum magnum [si]
sibi consentiret, et contrarium si negaret : qui respondit, quod
quando tempus adveniret talem sibi eligeret* quaKs Deo
complaceret. Unde pater ejus territus venit ad ilium, dicens
quod nisi predicto Domino consentiret, ipse in patria diutius
morari non posset. Qui respondit consulens quod alibi ^ tunc
sibi provideret, quoniam pro nullo vivente Dominum et suam
conscienciam offendere nollet. Inde misit pro Fratre Bernardo
et Fratre Willelmo Stapunhull', promittens eis ut supra.
At ilU indignacionem ejus metuentes juncti[m] concenserunt ;
qui inde mox valde merentes contestati sunt, dicentes quod
illo die contra consciencias suas facerent. Similiter et Frater
Ricardus Lythum, prior, spiritu erroris deceptus, predictum
Fratrem Gylbertum et Fratrem Walterum et quam plures alios
procurabat, rogans eos quatinus predictum Robertum eUgeret* :
cui omnes contradixerunf, dicentes Ulum esse excommuni-
catum taliter eos procurando. Deinde predictus Frater Ricar-
dus et Magister Thomas Chesturfelde miserunt pro Fratre
Nicholao Warde, in quem major et sanior pars consensit^,
procurantes ut ipse juri suo' renunciaret, dicentes quod epis-
copus mallet perdere mUle marcas cioius quam predictus
Robertus non fieret abbas, eo quod cunctis generosis narrasset
sic esse fiendum. Quibus predictus Nicholaus respondit, quod
licet predictus dominus episcopus pro eo mille marcas vellet
expendere, illud de jure non posset optinere. Et sic advespera-
scente jam die ab invicem discesserunt.

1 The verb is omitted.

2 ei, MS.

3 rogans. MS.

* dominum, MS.
6 elUgeret, MS.

6 alvhi, MS.

7 contradicerunt, MS.

8 concensit, MS.

* jus awwm, MS.

250

In crastino vero, videlicet feria sexta, vicesimo nono die
mensis predicti, iterum venerunt ad capitulum ad audiendum

[Fo. 6.]
vota ceterorum ex monachis antedictis ; qui, videntes eos
non consentire ad eligendum, faciebat excepciones contra
quosdam illorum, ponentes verba sua inordinate, et sic se
fingentes justam habere eleccionem ad oontendendum et
inplacitandum minabantur. Similiter et Dominus Ricardus
Vernon per illos procuratus predictum Fratrem Nicholaum
minabatur, dicens, quod si iUud suscepisset^, nihil inde gauderet
ipso vivente. Quapropter predictus Frater Nicholaus misit
pro predicto Magistro Thoma, petens ab eo, ut eleccio^ cassaretur
ex utraque parte et transirent ad novam electionem. Cui
Ule respondit, promittens super librum corporaliter jurando
coram Fratre Roberto Cleyden et Fratre Thoma Norton, quod,
si ipse juri suo' renunciasset, idem Magister Thomas predicto
domino episcopo tocius rei veritatem certificaret ; quo cog-
noscente certus erat, quod transiret ad novam eleccionem.
Et sic sub ista condicione predictus Frater Nicholaus solo
rudis Anglicis verbis renunciavit, et non in scriptis nee in
forma juris positis (sic). Quibus compertis, Frater Johannes
Yoxhale, Frater Robertus Brouhton, Frater Johannes Walton,
Frater WiUelmus Bronston, Frater Radulphus Heynley,
Frater Walterus Qwelar, Frater Gylbertus Moston, Frater
Johannes Combar, Frater Johannes Worcetur, et Frater
Henricus Mylner, confestim exeuntes, arripuerunt* viam versus
Lich[feld] ad conquerendum domino episcopo de injuria per
clericos suos^ ipsis Ulata. Post quorum egressum, Frater
Ricardus, prior, et ceteri supradicti cameram abbatis irrump-
entes* clavem abbatis de sigUlo communi inde asportaverunt ;
cum quo sigillo sine consensu' conventus diversas cartas sigil-
laverunt, de quibus una erat nuda et inscripta.

In crastino vero, videUcet tricesimo die mensis predicti,
convenientibus omnibus coram predicto domino episcopo apud
Lich[feld], pecierunt monachi predicti et Frater Robertus
Cleyden, precentor, cum eis novam eleccionem, sicut superius
promissum erat, asserentes ex parte predicti Roberti, secun-
dum rei veritatem, nuUam* esse eleccionem nee de jure debere
fore. Sed predictus dominus episcopus, consiUo predicti
Magistri Thome sermonibus blandis illos demulcens, remisit
vacuos, dicens se eis optime facturum, si desideriis ejus vellent
adquiescere. Et sic illi, non habentes ibidem consilium neque
expensas ad rectum suum prosequendum, merentes siluerunt,
expectantes donee visitaret oriens ex alto."

1 suscipiaaet, MS.

2 elleccio, MS.

^ jus euimt, MS.

* occipttenwi, MS.

5 OTtog et, MS.

8 irrumptia, MS.

' conoensu, MS.

8 nidlum, MS.

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1432, March 29. — Notarial instrument executed " in
quadam alta camera infra monasterium de Burton-super-
Trent, Conventren[si] et Lich[efeldensi] dioc[esi], situata
vulgariter nuncupata ' Coventz Hostry,' " by William Wetherby
called " Derby," notary of that diocese, testifying that Brothers
Robert Cleyden, John Yoxehale, Robert Broughton, Nicholas
Warde, Thomas Norton, John Walton, William Bronston,
Ralph Heynley, Gilbert Moston, John Wurcetur, John Burton,
Walter Qwelar, John Combar, and Henry Mylner, monks of
the abbey of Burton, appeared in person and acknowledged
iprofessi) an appeal (provocacionem) and petition to the pope
written on paper (in quadam papiri cedula), which the said
Nicholas made, read and testified (interposuit ac protestatus
fuit) in the name and by order of the said brethren for the
protection of the monastery and its goods, etc.

[Fo. 7.]
1432, November 10. — Notarial instrument executed in St.
Mary's chapel in the aforesaid monastery by Wilham Dernton,
notary, of the diocese of Durham, witnessing that the afore-
said monks and Bernard Tutbury, another monk of the same
abbey, have appointed William Fynders and Henry Daukyns,
" in decretis bacalarios " (sic), their proctors to prosecute their
appeal against the election of Brother Robert Ownesby as
abbot.

[Fo. 7 verso.]

1432, November 15. — Appeal to the Court of Canterbury
by the said Henry Daukyns against the delay of the bishop
in cancelling the alleged election, by notarial instrument
executed by the said William Dernton in St. Mary's church.
Nottingham.

[Fo. 8.]
1432 [-3], January 24. — Resignation of the abbacy by
Robert Ownesby.

1432 [-3], January 28. — ^Acceptance of this resignation by
the bishop.

[Fo. 9.]

1432 [-3], January 30.— Petition to the king for licence to
elect a successor.

1433, January 29.— The king's licence to elect.

1432 [-3], February 8. — Letter from the convent to the king,
announcing the election of Brother Ralph Henley as abbot.

[Fo. 9 verso.]
1433, February 12. — Notice from the king to the bishop of
his acceptance of the election.

252

1432 [-3], February 12. — Order from the bishop to his official,
Thomas, prior of Stone, and the archdeacon of Stafford to
institute the abbot elect, if they be satisfied as to his character
and the legitimacy of his election.

[Fo. 10.]
1432 [-3], February 23. — Order from the official to the
chaplain of the parish church of Burton-upon-Trent to cite all
persons interested in the election to appear before the official,

1432 [-3J, March 2. — Letter from Thomas Marche, chaplain
of the said parish church, to the official, signifying his execution
of preceding mandate.

[Fo. 10 verso.]
1432 [-3], February 8.— Letter of Brother Richard Lythum,
prior of Burton, and the convent of the same, appointing
Brothers Robert Cleyden and Nicholas Warde, of the said
monastery, their proctors to present the abbot elect to the
bishop, etc.

1432 [-3], February 7, 8. — Notification from the prior and
convent to the bishop of the election of the said Brother Ralph
Henley by Richard Lythom, the prior, and Brothers William
Bromley, Robert Cleyden, Bernard Tutbyry, John Yoxhale,
Robert Brouhton, John Wyncturmaster, Nicholas Warde,
Thomas Nortone, John Walton, John Burton, William
Bronston, Ralph Henley, Wilham Stapunhull, Walter Qweler,
Gilbert Moston, John Combar, John Wurcetur, and Henry
Hum ; the election was made in the chapter house of the
monastery " propositoque verbo Dei Sancti Spiritus, graciam
per decantacionem ympni Anghci ' Veni, Creator Spiritus, '
invocavimus."

[Fo. 11 verso.]
1432 [-3], March 5.— Letter from the official and Thomas
Helygeve, prior of Stone, to the bishop, notifying that they
have admitted the said Ralph Henley as abbot of Burton.

[Fo. 12.]
1432 [-3], March 8. — Letter from the bishop to the king,
notifying his confirmation of the said election, etc.

1433, March 10. — -Letters patent of the king to the tenants
of the abbey, notifying that he has received the fealty of the
said abbot by the prior of Repindon and that he has restored
the temporalities to the abbot.

[Fo. 12 verso.]
1433, March 10. — Commission from the king to the prior of
Repindon to receive the fealty of the abbot.

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Here follow the forms of the oath :

" Jeo serra foial et loial, et foie et loalt6 portera a nostre
Seigneur le Roy Henry, et a sez heirs, Eoys d'Englaterre, de
vie et de membre et de terien honour, a vivre et murrir countre
toutez gens, et dihgeament serra entendant as busoignes nostre
Seigneur le Roy, solonque mon scien et poair, et le conseile
nostre Seigneur le Roy celera, et loialment conusera et fra les
services duez des temporaltees de ma abbacie de Burton-sur-
Trent, les queux jeo cleyme tenir de nostre dit seigneur le roy
et les queux il me rent, et a luy et a sez^ maundementz que a
moy atteint pur mez temporaltees serra obeisant, si Dieu m'aide
et sez santtz.

" I schal be trewe and faithfull' and faith and trowth I
schal here to our' Lorde Kyng Edwarde (sic) and to his heires,
Kynges of Ynglond, of life and lymme and of erthele worschipe,
and to Hf and to dye agains all' peple, and diHgently I schal
be endentent (sic) to the nedes of our' Lorde Kyng aftjrr my
connyng and my power, and the consaill of our' Lorde
[Kyng] I schall' kepe prevey, and truly I schall knowlage and
do the servyce duez of the temperaltees of myn abbey of
Burton sur Trent, the whylke I clayme to hold of our said
Lorde Kyng and the qwylke heyeldith to me, and to hym and
to his maunndementz in as much as longes to me for my saide
temperaltees I schal be obedient. So God me help and his
Seints."

"Ego prefatus prior Domino regi respondeo, quod .die
Dominica in tercia septim[ana] Quadragesime ultimo elapsa,
in prioratu Sancte Trinitatis de Repjnidon predicto,in Comitatu
Derbey, cepi fidehtatem Radulphi Henley, abbatis monasterii
de Burton super Trent infra nominati, pro temporalibus abbacie
predicte Domino Regi debitis, secundum formam cujusdam
cedule in isto brevi intercluse^, prout breve in se exigit et
requirit. Et ulterius ego prefatus prior Domino regi certifico,
quod omnes htteras patentes ac brevia Domini regis pro
temporalibus predictis michi per latorem presencium Uberata
prefato' abbati liberari feci, secundum tenorem istius brevis."

The next fifteen fohos contain copies of deeds, commissions,
etc.

[Fo. 28 verso.]

" Taxacio bonorum temporalium infra arch[idiaconatum]
Staff[ordie], secundum regestrum in scaccario Domini Regis
residens." This extends to foUo 34.

[Fo. 35 verso.]

[1004*]. — Translation of the will of Wulfric Spott, founder
of the abbey of Burton-upon-Trent, composed in Anglo-Saxon.

1 fez, MS.

2 intercluso, MS.

3 prefaU, MS.

* Gj. Cod. Dipl. iii. p. 333 ; Annales de Burton, in Annales Monastiei,
i, p. 183.

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A facsimile of the quasi-original, which is written in a very late
eleventh century hand, is given in the Ordnance Survey Fac-
similes of Anglo-Saxon Charters, vol. iii. Marquis of Anglesea's
collection, plate ii. It is printed from the Burton chartulary
(see Register of Burton Abbey, William Salt Society, vol. v., part 1,
p. 6), in Dugdale's Monasticon, iii, p. 37, Kemble, Codex Diplo-
maticus Mvi Saxonici, vi, p. 147, Thorpe, Diplomatarium
Anglicanum, p. 543, and Earle, Land Charters, p. 218. An
annotated translation by W. H. Duignan and W. F. Carter
was pubhshed in the " Midland Antiquary," iv, p. 99 sqq.

It is clear from the errors arising from ignorance of Anglo-
Saxon flexional forms that the version was made without the
assistance of any Latin version of intermediate date. It
preserves traces of superior readings to the quasi-original and
the chartulary in othire Dumeltan, Tp. 254:, Athelwaldeston,i>. 255,
Longforde, p. 256, and Wulfgat, p. 255.

" Here begynnyth the testament of Wulfrike Pott, founder
of the Monastery of Burton, which' dyed in the tyme of
Kyng Etheldred (sic).

" In Nomine Domini. Here shewith WuKrike his wel-
belovede Lorde his testament and all' his fredome^ that is
furst, I graunt my Lorde Kyng cc. marke^ of golde, and
ij. swerdes with sylv}^' hyltes, and iiij. horses and ij. new
sadels^ and the harnes* that therto belongis.

And I graunt to Alkwyn^ Bysshope v. handfull* of golde,
and to the too archebysshopes eythyr of them x. handfull
of golde.

And I graunt to Alkwyn^ reUgiouse' monke a pound of
golde^ ; and to every abbot and abbes v. handfull* of golde.

And I gyve to Alfrik Archebysshoppe the landes* at
Dumelton^" with the othire Dumeltan for my soule, with that
that he be frende and better helper to the place that I have
foundede.

And I graunt to Elfelme and Wulf age tho landes® betwene
RybeU and Marse,iiand that they depart hem betwene them
as evyn as they may.^^

1 Bead ' friends ' (freondon, dat. plur).

2 Bead ' mancusses. '

3 Should be ' four horses, two saddled and two unsaddled. '

* Read ' weapons. '

6 Read ' each ' (mlcmm).

* Read " mancusses. '

' Read " rule ' (mumie-regole), i.e., order of monks.
8 The words ' of golde ' are an addition.

* Misunderstanding of the genitive singular landes, the case required by
the verb geunnan ' to grant. '

10 Dumbleton, oo. Gloucester. Cf. Chronicon Monaaterii de Ahvngdon,
i, pp. 411, 413. The ' othire ' Dumeltan is not mentioned in the other texts.

1 1 The rivers Ribble and Mersey. The original adds and on Wirhatum
' and in Wirral,' the peninsula of Wirrall, co. Chester.

12 The version omits ' unless either of them wiU have his own, on this
condition that when it is the season of shad, each of them shall deliver three
thousands of shad to the place [i.e., monastery] at Burton.'

265

And I graunt to Alfelme Rolston^ and Horlaston*.

And I gyve Wulfage the landes* at Borleston* and at
Marchenton.8

And I gyve Alfelme the landes* at Consburghe*, with that
that' he gyve the monkes the thyrde parte of the fysshes, and
he to have the too partes.

And I graunt to Wulfage the landes^ at Athelwaldeston.^

AndIgyvetoWulfgatnhelandes»at Norton on that entent
that he be frende and better helper unto the place at Burton.

And I gyve to my fursti" doughter the landes^ at ElKord"
and the landes ^ at Aclee, i« with all that longyth therto the whill'
that she l3rvyth and aftyre here day go they into the place
at Burton, and she in no wyse hurte the landes but kepe and
mayntein them all' the whyll' she may, i* for it was mv god-
fader's gyfte. And I wyll' that Alfelme^* have the landes at
Shyrmunde^^ and at Tomworth, withoute any maner of serv-
age, he to be chefe lorde.^*

And I graunt Wulgare my knyght the landes ^ at Baltrys"
evyn as his fader hit helde.is And I bequeith' to Morkar the
lande at Walshall',i9and that at Thegenthorp,2o and that at
Whytwyke,2i and at Clune^^ and at Barleburghe^s and at
Dukmanston^* and at Moresburghe^s and at Egyngton^* and
at Becton^' and Doncestere'^^ and at Morlegton.^s

1 Rolleston, eo. Stafford.

2 Harlaston, parish of Clifton Campville, co. Stafford.

3 Misunderstanding ot the genitive singular landes, the case required by
the verb geiinnan ' to grant. '

* Barlaaton, co. Stafford.

5 Marchington, parish of Hanbury, co. Stafford.

^ Conisborough, co. York.

' ' With that that ' is a too Uteral rendering of wifS Son Se, ' on con-
dition that. '

8 Alewaldestune, orig. Elvaston, co. Derby, or Alvaston, parish of St.
Michael, Derby, two adjoining villages which occur in Domesday i. 276b, col.
2, as .(El woldestune and Aleuuoldestune.

* Ufegeat in the original.

10 ' Furst ' is a mistranslation of ' poor ' (earman).

11 Elford, CO. Stafford.

12 Oakley, near Elford, in co. Stafford, but in the parish of Croxall, co.
Derby.

13 Add ■ she may deserve it, and let it revert afterwards to the place at
Burton. '

1* Bead " that Alfhelm shall be the protector of her and of the land. '

15 A blunder for ' be her protection ' (ey hire mund).

18 Bead ' without any of the services and without any of the bom men,

except that she shall have the chief power (ealdordom). '

17 Baltri/Seleage, orig. Balterley, parish of Barthomley, co. Stafford.

18 Bead ' acquired ' {begeat).

19 Waleaho, dat. sing., orig. WalsaU, co. Stafford ?
2 0 ])eogende]>orpe, orig. Unknown.

21 Hwitewylle, orig. Whitwell, co. Derby.

22 Clown, CO. Derby.

23 Barlborough, co. Derby.

2* Duckmanton (Sutton-cum-), co. Derby.

26 Mosborough, parish of Eckington, co. Derby.

2 6 Eckington, oo. Derby.

2 7 Beighton. co, Derby.

2 8 Doncaster, co. York.

29 Morlmgtun, orig. Unknown.

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And I graunt his wife Aldestre^ evyn as hit standis with
grounded and man.

And I graunt Alfelm my cosyn the lande at Palterton.'

And I graunt Athelryke the lande at Wibtofte* and at
Tonge^ all' his day, and aftur his lyffe go that lande
for my sowle and for his moder's and for his* into Burton.

And thes be the landes that I gyve into Burton, that is
furst Burton ther as the monastery standes, and Stretton',' and
Bromley,^ and Bedyngton,^ and Gageley,!" and Wyteston,i^
and Longforde,^^ and Styrley.^^ and Newton and Therwyke,^*
and Waddon,!^ and the lytyll' land that I called er^* Newton,
and WynshuU',!' and Sutton," and Tykenhall',i' and at Shen-
ton, 20 and at Wygeston', 21 and that at Halen, 22 and Remmesle, ^3
and at St3rpley,2* and at Sutton,25and at Atton^s and aftur
too mennys day b3rforesayde,2' Thorlaston^* and all' that
longith' therto, that is Rudgare^* and my lytuU' land at Cote-
walton,^" and a bede^i with all' that longeth therto, and a
cofere^^ with the stuff therin.^^ And the landes at Hum and

1 Aldulfestreo orig. Austrey, co. Warwick.

2 mid mete orig., ' with meat ' (i.e., food, live stock).

3 Palterton, parish of Bolsover, co. Derby. Add ' and the [land]
that Scegth bequeathed to me. '

* Wibtoft, parish of Claybrooke, co. Warwick.

" jEt Twongan, orig. Tonge, co. Salop (Ttuinge in Domesday, i. 253b,
col. 2).

* minre ' mine,' orig.

^ Stretton, parish of Burton-on-Trent, co. Stafford.

* Abbots IBromley co. Stafford.

* Beddington, now Pillatonhall, parish of Penkridge, co. Stafford.
1" Gailey, parish of Penkridge, co. Stafford.

11 Whiston, parish of Penkridge, co. Stafford.

12 Laganford, orig., which has Langanford in the Latin text. Cf. Cod.
Dipt., iii, p. 333. Longford, co. Stafford.

!•' Styrcleage, orig. Stirchley, co. Salop.

1 * Misunderstanding of wt iScere ivic ' at the wich, ' which here prob-
ably means a salt-spring (of. Cart. Sax. iii, p. 653). Newton-by-Middlewioh,
00. Chester ?

15 Wcedediin, orig. Unknown.

1 6 Read ' that I own in another Newton. '
1^ WinshiU, parish of Burton-on-Trent.

18 Sutton-on-the-HiU, co. Derby. Cf. Domesday, i., 273 col. 2.

19 Ticknall, co. Derby.

20 Shangton, co. Leicester, (Nichols, Leicestershire, ii., p. 790).

21 Little Wigston, parish of Claybrooke, co. Leicester.

2 2 Kirk HaUam or West Hallam, co. Derby, called Halen in Domesday,
i, p. 277b. col. 2 (=A.S. cet Healum).

23 The Ramealege, co. Warwick, of Domesday, i, p. 239, col. 2, now
Romsley, parish of Alveley, Salop.

2* Sciplea, orig. Probably Shipley, parish of Claverley, co. Salop.

2 6 Sutton j^Scarsdale), parish of Sutton-oum-Duckmanton, co. Derby.

26 Actune, orig. Perhaps one of the Staffordshire Actons.

2 7 The original grants Acton for ' two men's day [i.e., lives], as the
agreement (foreword) specifies. '

28 Deorlafestun, orig. Darlaston, near Stone, co. Stafford.

2 9 Budegeard, orig. Rudyard, parish of Leek, co. Stafford.

3 0 Cotwalton, in ModdershaU, parish of Stone, co. Stafford.
81 Lege, orig. Leigh, co. Stafford.

32 Read ' Acofere (^co/re). Okeover, co. Stafford.
3 3 Read ' with those that thereto pertain.'

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Chelfdon,! and Catesthurn,^ and pe hyrede' lande at Sutton
and Morley* and Bradeshall',^ Morton* with all' fredom' that
longith therto, and the lande at Fyllege,^ and Oggeston,* and
Wynfelde.i" and Snowdeswyke^i into Morton,!^ and that at
Tathwyir,'^ and that land at Appulby^* the which' I boght
with my money, and at Weston ^^ and Burton, and the hyde
lande at Shernforde^" into Wygeston,i' and at Harlburghe-
bryge,^' and Aldesworth,i^ and all' Fredyngton,^" and Eccles-
hall',21 and Waddon,^^ and an hyde at Stone. ^3

And I graunt to the Covent at Tomworth' the lande at
Langton^* aftur the cownant byfore made,^^ that they have
halfe and halfe the monkes of Burton, with gode^" and catell'
and man for evyr,^' with all' thyng longyng Ipevto.

And the Bysshopp fong to his land at Bobandon,^^ and
aftur to the monkes at Burton and with that land is gyvyn
man and all' thyng longyng therto.^'

And I will that the Kyng be lorde and foundered" of the
monasterys that I have foundede and they to have^^ the
landys that I have bequeythyd to hem for to loove^^ Gode
and for my Lorde Kjmges soule and myn ; and Alfrike Arch-
bysshop and Alfelm, my brother, that the be frendes and
defensours of the monastery at Burton ayenst all manere of

1 Read ' that is Hilmn and Celfdun. ' Ham and Cauldon, oo. Stafford.

2 Casteme, parish of Bam.

3 Read ' heriotland. '

* Morley, co. Derby.

5 Breadsall, co. Derby.

6 Morton, co. Derby.
'^ Read ' soke. '

8 Pillesleage, oiig. ( Tf iff esZeaje in the printed texts. ) Pilsley, in North
Winfield, co. Derby.

* Oggodestun, orig. Ogston (Hall), in Brackenfield, parish of Morton,
CO. Derby.

10 Winfield (North ?), co. Derby.

1 1 Snodeswic, orig. The Esnotrewic of DB. i. 276, col. 2, in Scarsdale
Hundred, co. Derby ?

12 Morton, CO. Derby.

13 Tathwell, co. Lincoln.

1 * Great Appleby, cos. Leicester and Derby.
15 Weston-on-Trent, co. Derby.

18 Shamford, co. Leicester.

17 Little Wigston, oo. Leicester.

18 Hereburgebyrig, orig. Harbury, co. Warwick.
18 Awsworth, CO. Notts.

20 ^Ifredingtune, orig. Alfreton, co. Derby.

21 Eccleshall, co. Stafford.

22 Long Whatton, co. Leicester (Nichols, Leices/erafeVe, iii, p. 1103).

23 Sceon, orig. Sheen, co. Stafford.

2* Lcmgandim, orig. Longdon, co. Stafford.

2 5 Literally 'in the same manner as they let it to me previously.'
26 Apparently a misunderstanding of ge on (' as well in').

2 7 The words ' for ever ' are an addition to the original.

2 8 Btibandwne, orig. Bupton, parish of Longford, co. Derby.

29 Read ' and the monks at Burton shall receive what is on the land,
both in food [=cattle ?] and in men, and in all things, and the land to the
bishop at the plough (?).'

30 The words ' and foundere ' are an addition. ' Monasterys' is a mis-
understanding of the gen. sing, mynstrea.

81 Read 'and [lord] of the estates in land that I have bequeathed. '
8 2 Read 'glory' (lofe).

M17

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men, non othyr to dwell' therin of religious but Saynt Benettes
order. ^

And I gyve my goddoghters Morcarse and Elgith^ the land
at Stretton^ and the bole* that was ther^ aldermoder's.

And I graunt into the monastery of Burton a hundjn^th
wilde horse and syxten teme rothyrn,' and therto all' that I
have alyve, except that the which I have before queythyde.
And Gode Almyghty kepe hit from all' Cristen mennes domi-
nacion but only my Lorde Kynges'; and I hope that he wyll'
be goode and lovyng and in no wyse hyndyr hit, nothyr suffur
non othyr to do. Valete in Christo !

[Foil. 36, 37.]
" Chapiturs of Excheytours," in English.

[Fo. 38 verso.]

1490, August 31. — " Hunston Grange. ^ The examinacion
of diverse meires [= boundaries] at Hunston.

Firste Mottelow.* John' Alsope saith that it streches downe
to the lower hegh way and gothe up agayne to the close of
Hunston' called ' the Burrowes,' and it lieth also opon the
northside to the Flattes.

Also the saide John' Alsope saith that Stanlowi" lieth from
the slade next Mottelow opon' the southside unto the Lord-
shippe of Tyssyngton^i called " Sharpelow,"'^ folowyng the
hegh way that commeth from Ascheburne^^ to Bukstones^*
called " Alsope'^ Way " ; the which Stanlow parte of it is
sawen with corne, etc.

Also the said John' Alsope saith that Ravynswall' lieth in
the saide hegh way that Stanlow buttes opon at Newton^*
Croftehede, etc.

Also the said John' saith that the lyme pyttes lieth next
Stanlow betwene the said Stanlow and a parcell of grounde
called ' Warderose,' etc.

Also the said John Alsope saith that the Warderose lieth
betwene the lyme pyttes and Depedalehede and betwene
Tyssyngton' More and Mottelow abuf saide, etc.

Also the saide John saith that Granlowe lieth betwene

1 Literally to be ' to them the propejty of none but the order of St.
Benedict.'

2 Bead ' goddaughter, [the daughter] of Morcar and Elgith '
Ealdgy^).

3 Stretton, parish of North Wingfield, co. Derby.

* ' Ornament ' {bule = Latin bulla).
5 Read ' her.'

* Read ' stallions ' (hencgestas).

7 Literally ' And may Almighty God deprive him who shall contravene
this of all God 's bliss and of the intercourse of all Christians, unless he be my
own sovereign lord.'

8 Hanston Grange, parish of Thorpe, co. Derby.

9 Moatlow, in Newton Grange, parish of Thorpe.

10 Standlow, in Newton Grange.

11 Tissington, co. Derby.

12 Sharplow, parish of Tissington.

18 Ashbourne, co. Derby.
1* Buxton, 00. Derby.

16 Alsop-en-le-Dale, co. Derby.

19 Newton Grange, parish of Thorpe

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Warderose on one partie and a close called ' Burrowes ' opon
ane othir partie, and the Waterstone Crosseway opon the
thirds partie, etc.

Item William Smyth saith in manor and fournie as John'
Alsope saith towchyng all the saide meires, and forthermore
he saith that he knew in his yonge age, he kepyng shape at
Hunstone, that the abbot of Burton' hade the occupacion of
the groundez a buf saide called ' Warderose ' and ' Granelowe '
at such tyme as Thomas Basforth was fermour of Newton
Grange, and so continued xiiij. yere kepyng shepe ther' in
peaseabuir possession the same William Smyth, etc.

Item William Honte saith that he knew the said William
Smyth kepyng shepe opon the saide groundez called ' War-
derose ' and ' Granlowe,' like as the saide William Smyth
hath saide before, etc.

This examinacion was hade at Hunstone opon the said
grounde called ' Warderose ' befor' William Basset, squier,
Sir Raufe Cantrell, Deane of Alton and Leeke, Thomas Oker',
Rauffe Walker, Thomas Welles, and mony oyer the Tewisday
next after the fest of Saynt Bartilmew the AppostuU, the
yer' of the reigne of King Henry the VIJ"" the sext. And in
wittenes wherof thay have putte to this presens yaire signe
manuelles, etc."

[Fo. 39.]

' The promisse of matrimony,' an English translation of
the letter of Louis XI. of France, dated 29 August, 1475, for
the marriage of his son Charles to Eh'zabeth, daughter of Edward
IV. of England (the " Appunctuamenta de Amicitia " printed
in Rymer, Fcedera, xii. p. 19).

" The lettre of annuell porte " of Louis XL of the same
date (a translation of " litter ae annul census " printed in Rymer,
xii. p. 20) for the annual payment to Edward IV. of 50,000
" scutes of golde, every scute beyng of the valoure of
xxxiii]'" grete blankes."

[Fo. 39 verso.]
" The obligation of nisi," a translation of a public instru-
ment, dated 30 August, 1475, whereby King Louis submitted
himself to the spiritual court of Amiens (' Amyas ') for securing
payment of the preceding annuity to the King of England.

[Fo. 40 sqq.]
[c. 1480.] — Copy of petition from WilUara Dethyk, of New-
hall, CO. Derby, to the king, complaining of an assault by
the servants of the abbot of Burton upon one Peres Glasier,
his servant, on Thursday before the feast of St. George last
past " in the xx" yer' of youre reigne ; " that the abbot's
servants lay in ambush to murder the petitioner ; and that
the abbot forbade the tenants and servants of the petitioner
to come to the common market of Burton, " for if thay so
dyde, thay shulde be nevir' able to helpe yaim selfe, to yaire
grete hurtes."

[1492.]— Letter from the king's agent in the papal court,

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giving an account of his proceedings there, of affairs on the
continent, and news of the capture of the city of Granada
by Ferdinand and Isabella. (See Appendix.)

" The copy of the kjmges letters of grete tythjmges.

My moste redowted Sover[a]igne Lorde, please it you to
understande, that ther ar' no grete novelteys to write unto
youre Grace, save onely in this cuntray of Ytayle is goode
pease, and that betwene the pope's holynes and the kyng of
Naples is concludet a fyniall' pease under this forme, that aU'
maner' of offensis done in tyme passed shalbe forgeven, except
for yaim that ar' banysshed owte of the realme of Naples.
And the pope at this tyme has hade of the said king 1. thousand
ducates ; and also he is bounden to defende the pope in all
his nedes with a certen noumbre of men, and also to fynde ij.
galeys at his charge to kepe the see so that vetaile may surely
come to the Courte of Rome, and after' the decesse of the
saide kyng his son, beyng the duke of Calabre, shall succede
hym in the same realme and be infeffed therof by the pope,
and if the said duke dy afor the decesse of his fader', then
the saide duke son shall' succeede hym, and so heire after
heire.

Also the duke of Milliane hath renewed his alliaunnce with
the Frensh kyng, and hath made grete triUmphe therof, bot,
as I understande, it is in dowte wheyer the Veneciance^ will
enter in the same alliaunce or not ; neverthelesse sum thynke
ye and sum nay, bot hereafter I shall' have more certente therof,
etc. Et revelabo vestre grade.

And for the Frensh ambassatour, ther' is no grete noyse of
any thjmg that yai doo, nor yai be not gretely besy bot abowte
ther' owne particuler' matters. I understand many dayes
passed that ther shulde come anoder ambassatour fro the
Frensh kyng that shulde knaw all his mynde, bot as yett
non venit. And as for the new mariage betwene the saide J'rensh
king and the duches of Bretayne, thay ax no dispensacion, bot
yai say the mariage betwene the kyng of Romans and the
said duches was not lawful!' because yai ar' the iij"^® or iiij"^
degre in consanguinite, as yai say. And also yai say that the
said contract was made opon certen condicions that were not
performed by the said king of Romans, and yai ofte tymes
make grete bost, as yai have ever to be {sic) accustomed to doo,
bot yai ar' aunswered to the purposse, etc. Also hit hath
ben saide her', bot ther' is no certente therof, that the duke
Philip of Burgone shulde wedde the duke's George of Barbere*
doughter, which is a myghty prince in Almayne and ever hath
bene a grete enmy to the House of Ostricc',* etc. ; and if this
be true, hit shalbe a grete cause to sett Almayne at a finiall
rest and pease, bot by the which shall' growe grete favoure to
the kyng of Romans. And syn' it hath ben saide that the
kyng of Romans shulde have this mariage, bot yett ther' is

1 Reneciance, MS.

2 The daughter of George of Bavaria, duke of Landshut, married Philip,
Elector Palatine. (See Appendix.)

3 Austria.

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no certente therof.. Also I have spoken with diverse ambas-
satonrs of Almayn that ben here and thay say that ther hath
been such cominicacion in Almayn.

Also in meane tyme of this writing I receyved lettres from
youre Grace direct to the pope's holynes concernjTig the manere
of your hyghnes and the promocion of the chirches of Baythe
and Chester, and also for the chesyng of youre proctur', the
which youre hyghnes has remytted unto me for to chese
one of the iij. the which be named by your Grace, of which I
have chosen my Lorde Cardinall' of Seen',i which, at instaunnce
of youre said Grace, has accept the same. As for the oyer ij.,
viz., my Lorde Cardinall of Saynt Peter ad Vincula andAskaneus,
as the worlde goeth now me thynketh yai ar' not convenient,
for my Lorde of Saynt Peter ad Vincula has diverse gret bene-
fices in Fraunnce and the Legate of Avynyon, be reason
wherof it is to be thought that he shulde have yaim in favoure.
Also my Lorde of Askeneus (sic) he is the duke of MiUian's uncle
and the Lorde Lodewyke's broyer, which governeth holy the
said duke, and, as it is before wrettyn, the alliaunnce betwene
the Prensh kyng and the duke of Milliane is renewed with
grete triumph and festes. Wherfor' me semeth noder of thes
twoo so indifferent to do youre Grace service as my Lord of
Seen'i is. And as for the lettres concernyng youre Grace yai
ar' deUvered to the pope, and hit is concludet that the next
consistorye thay shalbe redde befor' the holy collage of car^
dinaUes ; and the pope is well' content with youre Grace, and
knawes well' ye be compelled to take this interprice agaynes the
Frensh kjmg and have folowed well' all' meanes possible to
have peace, your right saved, etc. And as for the Frensh
men the pope is not well' content with yaim, for he thynketh
yai ar' to proude and wolde rewle all the worlde. And as for
the mariage of the duches of Bretayne, he sayes playnely it
is [an] abhominable dede, for the which he shall have no dis-
pensacion of hym, bot wilbe redy to shew the lawe and
justiciam to eyther partie, if yai will sewe therfor. And as
for the church of Bayth, it shalbe proposed in the next con-
sistorye, after shall' have gode expedicion therof. As for
the chirch of Chestr', hit is ane harde matter, for it towcheth
all' the officers in the courte ; neverthelesse it shalbe purposed
in the next consistorye agayne, and all that is possible to be
done shalbe, etc. The pope in this mater is not content,
because one Phihppus de Venia, marchaunt of Florens, shalbe
trowbulled for this matter' because hit shulde be reported that
he shulde lette the expedicion therof. And it is so that it
was reported to me of diverse othur' that yai saide^ that
Philippus wolde have spede it for the hole tax, if the had not
be letted be Sebastiane, my cosyn.

Also in the chirch of Saynt Crucis of Jerusalem in Rome in
an olde wall' is founde a MtiH' chest covered with lede, and
above the chest a stone wher opon was wretten Titulus Crucis,

1 Siena.

2 gavde, MS.

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and within the same chest ther' is a horde which is carved in
Ebrew, Greke, and Latyn Jesus Nazarenus, hot Bex Judeorum
can not be redde be cause the horde is broken, and so it is
varely thought that it is the .same titull' that was sett by Pylate
opon the Crosse a hove oure Lordes hede Tempore passionis,
and so it is thought rather it is so be cause yai fynde by olde
bokes that it shulde be in the same church.

Also ther' is certen tythynges commen to the pope that the
kyng of Spayne hath goten Garnado,i for the which ther hath
be made here grete triumphis and justynges and mony othir
ryaltes, with general! procession, and opon Sonday, the v''
day of Februar , the pope, with the holy collage of cardinaUes
and yaire holy courte, went to the church of James here in
Rome, which is the Spaynardes' church, and ther' was songen
te Deum laudamus, with a solempe masse, with a sermon con-
venient for the same. And the saide cetie Garnado was yeldet
by appoyntment made betwene the nobuU' kyng of Spajme
and the Sarasyns' cheif captens and hedes men of the same
cetie. Wherfor all Gristen men ar' bounde to thanke God,
consideryng how stronge a cetie it is, and also how longe it
hase conteyn[u]ed in the wronge faith, for sen' the tyme it
was recovered {sic) fro the mysbeleve it is vij .c. yer', or nygh ther
aboute, and full sure and stronge hade yai made it, to yaire
thynkyng never lyke to have loste it agayne, for in the same
cety was ther ix. stronge wardes, and every warde was from
oyer a large myle weU vetayled and reparelled for warr', and
this xl." jBTQ passed the said kyng off Spayne and his pre-
decessors have continued warre agaynes the same cety and
couth never opteyn victory unto now, Gracia Dei, and the grete
meanes and labur' of the moste nobull' redowted his welbeloved
wyffe the quene, the which is repute the moste goodely, witty
and nobuir princes under the cope of Heven, both in
devysyng of sutteltes and fetes of warr' and othirwyse, for "she
is redy and prest in every felde and bataile lightly that he
gose to, and is ever more in the first brounte of yair' men,
confortyng and cheryshjTig yaim, as it is reported, etc. This
same cetie was yeldet to the kyng of Spayne under apoyntment
the f urst day of Januarii last passed, in the which appoyntment
it was graunted that every Sarasyn shulde have asmuch of
his owne godes as he couth here away opon hym at ones if
he so mych had, except of golde and silver, harnes and wep-
pyn, wherof yai shulde have none, etc. Item when the
Gristen men entred the cetie yai fande ther xxx" thousande
breganders, wherof vj. thousande were covered with cloth of
golde and oyer sylkes with gylt nayles. Item ther were founde
iiij. thousand of white harnes complete. Also yai fande ther
xxij*^' thowsande crosbowes, with all yair' apparell' ther unto
appertenyng. Also ther were founde ther xxiiij" thousande
swerdes, wherof x. thousande were gilte and gamysshed with
silver that every one of yaim were worth Is. Also ther were
in the same cetie at the tyme of yeldyng iiij^^ thousande

1 Granada.

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and X. M'- peopuU' betwene the ages of xij. and iij" yeres,
beside yong childer and olde men and women. Also in the
cheif tempuU of the same cetie were founde iij. thousand lampes
of golde and silver, the worste valowed xxiiijK. sterhng. Also
ther where founde iiij. chaers of golde and xxij.'' chaers of
silver for seytes of the king, the qwhene, and oyer hey then
lordes. Also ther was founde abundaunnce of golde and
silver coyned, which the kyng of Spayne left ther to make with
a new church. Also in one of the castelles where in the kyiig
and the queue were loged of Garnado, the walles of the hall'
and chambers wer' of marbull', cristall and jasper and sett
in mony sendry places with preciouse stones. And over this
ther were founde grete and unnumerable ryches. Also or
thay that were in the cetie wolde yelde up the cety for lac^
of vytaile, thay ete yair' horses and houndes and cattell' and
ij. hundreth Cristen men, the Avhich were presoners ther' the
same tyme, etc.

[Fo. 41.]

" The prenostacion (sic) of Alfons Frysaunn[c]e, clerke of
Mayster Skalgaynes, astrologe to the Grete Turke, resydent
in the grete town Dary in Alexander.

When that I Alfons Frysaunnoe, of Aysia, come to the
age of man [I] receyved my baptyme at the Rodes,^ and this
revelacion that I have I hade of God and of my Mayster
Skalgajms, and not of my selfe ; which tyme [I] was in the
courte and service of the Turke, the yer' of our' Lorde a
thousand CCCC. and XV. And I was the same man that
saved the life of Duke John' of Burgone^ (on whose soule God
have mercy !), the which duke the Turke delivered to be put
to deth, as he dyd mony moo Cristen men, saying to the
Turke : ' In no wise put hym to deth, for why thrugh his
cause and his heyres to the iiij'^degre of hym shall distroye
moo CMsten men than ther bene on lyve in any realme, and
the secunde heire* of hym shalbe the grettest persecutor with
swerde opon Cristen men and with the swerde he shalbe
slayne, and of hym shall byde a doughter^ of his blode, the
which a grete prince* of Esteurope shall' marry, and be hir
he shall have a childe the whiche shalbe a grete persecutor
of Cristente and Sarasyns that this ij. hundreth yere was
none such, and sayes he shall conquer' Jerusalem as dyd God-
fray BuUen and shall' dehver Costantine the nobull'' owte
of the heythen men's handes, and it shalbe thrugh the help
of a king of Englande.'

Also he says in the yer' of oure Lorde a M'- CCCC. IIIJ^^
and XII. shall end the prosperite of the king of Floure de
Lice/ and he shalbe mesured with the same mesure that he

1 lot, MS,

2 Rhodes.

3 John sanft Peur, 1404-18, captured afc Nicopolis 28 September, 1396.
* Charles the Bold, 1467-77.

5 Mary of Burgundy.

8 The Emperor Maximilian I.

^ Constantinople.

8 France,

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hase mesured oder, for the which ther shall come to the kyng
of Floure de Lice grete devicion be traytours, as well' on
the spirituair men as the seculares. And sone after shall' the
pope of Rome dye, and then' shall' come mony noveltees,
for why then the Turke shall' mych prosper in Cristendome.
Also he sayes that when the kyng of Eloure de Lice have
done grete tribulacion in Westeurope, he shall enter' into a
realme the which is now a Ducher'^ and make grete warr',
and then shall the kyng with grete and stronge armes ayde
the same, and or then all' be done he shall' suffer' grete trayvell'
or he retorne ; bot then shall the son of man^ also with grete
peopuir ayde the saide Ducher', the which was sumtyme a
realme of the which the duke at that tyme shalbe dede with
oute heire male, for the which shall ryse grete warr'.

And afore that tyme the kyng with strong armes^ shall
have grete anxcie[tie]s with the hey then men of Gamado*
and of Barber', 5 and yet that yer' of [oure] Lorde a thousand
OCCC. IIII."^ and XII. he shall' have Gamado and Barbere
at hys will', and he shalbe counsell' of the pope, which shall'
die in the yer' of oure Lord a thousand CCCC. IIII.^^ and
XIII. te. 6 by t]jg (jet]^ of whome Gristen men shall lese no
thyng, for whye one shall reigne after hym that shalbe right
true to Cristendome, bot he shall' not reigne long, bot the
space of iij. yer' or ther' aboute. '

And in that tyme or sone after shall the lyfe of the kyng
with the close crowne a bowve* be lost, which hath bene a
right covetus man ; and this done shal begynne a grete warr'
noyfull to Cristendome as agaynes thaim of Esteurope.

And Westeurope shall' have mych to doo, for within that
tyme the Son of Man, which is the kyng of Englande, shall
demaynde (sic) his right of the crowne of Floure de Lice, the
which he shall have sone after. Neverthelesse he shall have grete
trayvell', bot it shall not indure bot one yere, and litill more.
And then shall' be a bysshope of a cety name Agrippa or
Colyn'' that shall commense warr', by the which he shall
drawe to hym mony grete lordes ; the which shalbe the last
warr' that shalbe made a grete alliaunce emonge Cristen
peopull in Cristendom, whereof diverse shalbe bounde and
sworne agayne the Turkes, the which shalbe mych profite
to Cristendom, and shalbe to yaim mych at doo, for whye the
Tiu-kes of Aysya that tyme shall' make yair allians to come
to and aprese to Rome ; and that shalbe the grete warr'
aforsaide, for whye agayne yaim shalbe made bot litull'

1 The dukedom of Brittany. Francis II. of Britanny died on 9
September, 1488, leaving two daughters, Anne, who married Charles VIII.
of France in 1491, and Isabel, who died in 1490.

2 The King of England, as explained below.

3 Ferdinand of Aragon.

* The Kingdom of Granada.

6 Barbery.

6 Innocent VIII. died 25 July, 1492.

' Alexander VI. occupied the papal throne from 11 August, 1492 to
18 August, 1503.

8 The Emperor Frederick III. died on 19 August, 1493.

" Cologne (Colonia Agrippa).

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recistens, for by yaim shalbe goten townes and castels that
yett ar' Cristen. And that tyme the son of man of Westeurope,
that is of Englande, shalbe crowned Kyng of Fraunnce and
shalbe [the] furst that shall' cause pease to be publisshed in
Cristendome, and he shalbe a grete justiciar' to yaim that be
under hym, and he shalbe a grete enmy to traytours. In
the tyme of that kyng shalbe sene mony thynges at the com-
mensement of his realme, for all treson then shalbe discoverd,
and shall cost yaim mony of yaire lyves as to grete lordes
and nobuir men. And in the yer' of oure Lorde a thousand
CCCC. 1111^=^ and XII. the kyng of England shall enter' the
lande of the Floure de Lice,^ with a grete pusaunnce,^ without
departyng thens unto the tyme that he shalbe crowned, and
that coronacion and victory shall' come to hym bye yaim of
Esteurope, which shall' com to hym for socoure. And the
peopull' of the Ploure de Lice shall have that yer' strongly
to do and suffer, and [it] shall cost the life of mony a man
or ever it be doone, for the treson shalbe so mych and so
grete that the realme of the Floure de Lice wilbe glade to be
quyte of yaire king. Notwithstandyng the lordes of the
same realme shall' recyst with gode wyll', bot the parties
shalbe so mych that yai may not remedy it, and the advcrsite
for the Floure de Lice shall com be water' and be lande.

And grete tyme after shalbe pease in Esteurope, bot before
this ther' shalbe grete parties, for yai shalbe includet and
intryket^ with the synne of lechery and of pryde, bot yai shalbe
gode almusmen, and if yai be not, yai shall suffer' and have
the promys of the profyte.

And that same tyme shall the king of Naples and the Romayns
suffer mych for yaire synnes, the which dayly commyth, for
yai leve not after Goddes lawes. And in that tyme shalbe
crowned the Son of Man the Kyng of Floure de Lice, and then
shalbe sene mony strange thynges as sterus with tayles and
grete fyre in hem, and principally grete lyghtnyng towarde
the son rysyng. And of the tokyns shall have as well the
infidelles as the Cristen, for why yai shall fortefy ther' walles
and fortrasis that yai shall' thynke yaimselffe ingeonabuU. *
Bot I Alfons Frisaunce certefy you that if yai make thaym
of yren or of stele, it shall availe yaim nothyng when' the
Cristen men shall' come opon yaim. Afore that day shall'
the Cristen suffer', that is to say unto the tyme of the yer'
of oure Lorde cum to XV.C, and whoo that lyve unto that
yere shall' see Jerusalem Cristen, and ther' thay shall' fynde
the bokes of my Maister Skalgayns afore the bokes of the
Prophet Enok that leved before the Crucifying of Oure Lorde,
and after the which [he] prophesyed to the generacions of
Jerusalem yair' destruccion.

And afore that tyme shall' Cristendome have mych payne as
of warr' and himger and mortaHte, for why in the yer' of

1 Henry VII. invaded France in October, 1492.

2 ' puissance,' power.

3 ' Intricate,' involved in (Latin wirifCatua).

* Impregnable, apparently ' engine-able.' Not in Ntw English Diet,

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oure Lorde XV. C. when the son commes and enters to his
strenth, shall come in Europe a rayne and wynde, in such
wise that in some place the iij"*" person shall' not be leved
on lyve, and the same wynde and rayne shall' cum owte of
the northest, that mony that be on lyve on the even hole shalbe
dede on the morrowe. And to the tyme of oure Lorde XV. C.
yere shalbe no goode tyme of vetailes nor marchaundes thrugh
the most parte of Cristendome.

And I Alfons Frysaunnce say that this that this (sic) yong
childe shalbe borne of the blode of the presoner' Duke John'
of Burgone, of the which I have spoken of before, and that
the laste heires male shulde dye on a swerde, of the which
shulde be leved hot one doughter, and of the same doughter
shulde be borne Jje same childe abowte the ver' of our Lorde
a thousand CCCC. TTI^^ and XVIII. / the which childe shall'
reigne all' his life in goodenes and prosperite, and all infydelles
and Cristens shall' hym fere that never sawe hym, for he
shalbe a grete persecutor of the heythen and gitte a grete partie
of the cuntrey of the Sarasyns and conquer'. And then the
holy Saynt Peter' that then shall reigne shall goo with hym
in propur person, the which holy Saynt Peter shalbe betrayed
and .poysonned, and that shalbe grete damage to all' Cris-
tendome. And I have saide to you before who that lyves in
the yer' of oure Lord XV. C shall' se Jerusalem redemed in
to Cristendome and Costantine nobull', the which were sum-
tyme Cristen. And I Alfons Frysaunnce say to you agayne
mony oder' thynges of this childe, the which shalbe grete
profyte to Cristendome, and shall do more then I can say,
bot who that lyve shall see mor, etc.

I Alfons Frysaunnce was borne in the yer' of oure Lord a
thousand [C]CC. IIIJ"" and X. in Maye, and know well' that
my dayes shall' ende at the age of a hundreth and x. yere,
yett I had lever' aU the goode that I am worth that I myght
se the childe, bot it is not possible. And I say who that may
lyve the yer' of oure Lorde XV. C. shall se more than he that
lyved CCC. yer' befor'. And it shalbe profyte to all Cristendome
to amende yaire lyves that yai may receyve the promysses
of God.

Wretten at the Roodes, the yer' of oure Lorde a M' CCCC.
and XXXI."

[Fo. 42.]

[1492.] Copy of king's commission regarding the lately
ordained staple of metals, dwelling upon the advantages of
finding employment for the people, etc. The deputies of the
mayor of the staple are for London John Bracebrige or
John Bradman, for the West Country the prior of Plumton,
and others at Bristol, Leicester, West Chestre, York, and New-
castle-on-Tyne. It begins : " Thesf' articles folowyng con-
teyne and shewe a grete parte of the commodites and pro-
fettes that may growe by the staple of mettalles late
ordeigned and estabUsshed by the kyng and sover[a]gne

1 The Emperor Charles V. was bom on 24 February, 1500.

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lorde, under his lettres patenfces sealed with his grete seale
of Englande, with the grete avayle also lyke to growe of
silver mynes, th'estabhsshing and ordinaunce of which
staples shalbe both honour and profett to the kinges highnes
and to the universall wele and incresse of all his subjettes
lyke herafter it may evydently appere." (<See Appendix.)

[Fo. 43.]

[1492.] — List of the king's retinue into France/ whereof a
fourth of his archers are to be on horseback and the others
on foot at his wages. It includes seven earls, twelve lords,
sixty-four knights, beginning with Sir Henry Verdon, and
giving the number of spearmen and archers contributed by
each one, the bishops and chaplains. The total is given as
12,680.

The outer cover has written upon it the following curious
alphabetical poem, which is illegible in places owing to the
rubbing away of the parchment. The letter E is not represented.

Alas ! what rulythe the brydle rayne ?

Alas ! that I lovyd so concupyscence.

Alas ! tyme past maye not returne agayne.

Alas ! that I lost it by neglygence.

Alas ! to lernjmg I had no dilligence.

Alas ! that ever I lovyd unhappynes.

Alas ! I bannysshyd reason and sadnes.

Beware, thou youthe, evermore of idlenes,

Beware of pryde and deadly synne,

Beware of wraythe, be rulyd by mekenes,

Beware right well of proude presumption.

Beware and reyse (?) of false rebellion.

Covet measure for thy bodily wealth.

Covet the way of thy soules healthe.

Covet [re]pentaunco for thy wretchednes.

Covet the company of Dame Fidelitie.

Covet heven with deedes of charytie.

Dread then God above all thing,

Dread lykewayes thy soveraigne kyng.

Dread to do thy neighbour an ne[wes]aunce.

Dread above other thy selfe to advaunce.

FoUowe the trace of truethe and rightuosnes.

Followe mekenes and also lowlynes.

FoUowe justyce without corruption.

Follow conscience at everie season.

Gladly be rulyd by counsell pnident.

Gladly to learne be thou myche dilligent.

Gladly serve God and thy prynce also.

Gladly be pacyent in trouble and woe.

Have God in thy m3md for evermore.

Have mercie and pit tie allwaies on the pore.

Have s . . ant confidence in Goddes grete goodne[s].

Have thou no trust in wordly ryches.

1 Cf, I^mer, I'aedera, xii., p. 477.

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I knew no thing in youthe what I was.
I thought full httle so sure it woulde passe.
I was (?) subdued ear that I was wa[re]
I dyd never think of myne after year (?).

Know fyrst God .... selfe st . . es
Know weU . . . thy neighbour ....

Know well

Know

Love God, feare God above all thing.
Love no riat nor backereckening.
Love thy neighbour and chearishe thy wife.
Love to be pacient and flye from stiyfe.

Muche myschyffe commyth of great debate.
Muche sorrowe commythe of envy and hate.
Moche jo[i]e is groundyd in peace and unytye.
Moche harme dothe growe of instabilitie.

No thing is sweter then the dew of grace.
No man without charitie maye heven purchase.
No man without labour science can have.
No thing is better then pacience to crave.

0 mortaU man ! ryse owt of deadly synne !
0 unkind man ! to amend the begynne !
0 man ! remember how God gyveth grace !
0 man ! remember thy tyme and thy space !

Please God thy maker, kepe his commaundment.
Please weU thy prince and be thou obedient.
Please God with pacience and perfect charitie.
Please not the devyll throughe pride and envy.

Quare Deo fui sic contrarivs ?
Quare, heu ! non ipsum amavi ?
Quare, ve ! sic semper peccavi ?
Quare mundum frequentavi ?

Right grevously I have God offendyd.
Right little I thought for to be amendyd.

Support not wrong to right contrary.
Support Justice with all thy diligence.
Support not thy servaunt to do any viUanye.
Support non man when he dothe offend.

Truethe maye be bould in every place.
Truethe is well tried in tyme and space.

Yiri infor[tu]nati procul amici.

Wo worthe the love that breaketh faythe !

Wo worthe the love that hat[h] no shame !

Wo worth the tongue that contrary sayth !

Wo worth those wittes that suche can frame ! 204 (282).

An octavo volume in a late fifteenth century hand, contain-
ing S. Augustine De Conflictu Viiiorum.

269

c. 1500. — Chartulary of Willoughby lands in Gunthorpe
and Lowdham, in large folio volume.^ 204 (294).

c. 1500. — ^A like volume relating to Risley and WoUaton. *

204 (281).

[c. 1520]. — -A MS. book containing forms of writs, etc.,
precedents of actions, statutes, and other legal matter,
including " Lectura Spylman sur I'estatut de Quo Warranto
novo tempore Quadragesimali, anno 10 Henrici Octavi." In
all sixteen of Spylman's lectures, all in Law-French, are given.
The book was afterwards used for the entry of various house-
hold and agricultural accounts, inventories, etc. 204.

Building accounts of Wollaton Hall, 1582-3, 1584-5, 1586,
1587, 1588. These consist of books of the payments of wages
week by week and of other payments by the clerk charged
wdth the payment of wages, and of statements of receipts and
expenditure. They give very little information beyond the
names and rates of pay of the workmen engaged upon the
building. There are payments for " hewing " ashlar at
Ancaster, and several payments to Smithson as imprest for
task-work, but there is nothing to shew that he acted as
" architector " in the modem sense, as he has been said to
have done on the authority of his epitaph in Wollaton church.
There is, however, nothing in the accounts to disprove that
he held this position. In 1587 the payment to him is said
to be " to paye owte for taske worke". In September of this
year there is a payment for " making a cesprey'-' for tiu-ning
the water to the new howse, xixd." In November of the
same year there is an entry of " paid to the joynour of Darby
by myself in parte of payment for seeling the dyning parlour,
being 180 foote of measured weynskot at ijs. le foote, rli.;
paid to him by my master at twoo severall tymes for the
same worke, xiijfo'."

Small 4to paper volume bound in black leather, containing
the notes made by Franeis Willoughby, the natural
philosopher, as the result of the examination and arrange-
ment of the family papers by him and his friend John Ray.
It is entitled by Willoughby : " Memoirs and observations
taken out of old muniments, videlicet deeds, fines, accounts,
court roles [space for addition of other classes of records], and
all sorts of old writings which were found the most of them
either at Wollaton or Middleton [line and a half left blank]
cheifly concerning pedigrees, marriages, titles of land, pur-
chases and sales, sutes in all courts [line and a half left blank]
of the familie of the Willughbies."

After a reference to the grants from King Offa and King
Kenulf of Mercia^ (p. 5), he gives notes on the manner of
drawing up fines, stating that before the time of Henry III
they began thus " Henricus, rex Anghae,* etc. Sciatis,

1 See page 196, above.

2 That is a conduit-pipe, from the French soitpirail, Latin auspiraculum.

3 See page 197, above.
* So in MS.

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quod Robertus Marmion et Gaufridus, patruus suus, fecerunt
finem coram me hoc modo, etc. Vide Hen. 2.," and that in
" other bargains not made before the king : ' Hsec est con-
ventio facta inter, etc' Vide writings in Hen. I. time. In
Henre the 3d's time the forme was much the same as it is
now, onely impedientes instead of de.forciantes " (p. 11). He
then gives brief abstracts of early deeds under each king's
reign. The earliest one is : " Woodborough, com. Not. 4
WiUiam 2d. (sic) The will of John Perrot of Woodborough.
His brother John, etc. his executors," followed by, " La Boxe,
Wiken, 11 et 14 Hen. 1. WiUiam Little sells to Jordan
Ohver lands in La Boxe. Jordan Oliver and Rosamund
agree that Hen[ry] and his sons will doe the service William
was wont to doe."i The next, " Mordun. 5 of King Stephen.
Walterus de Clavilla to the Knights Hospitallers, a mill in Mor-
dun" (p. 15)is based uponafifteenth century copy dated"1140."
At p. 21 the charter of Henry II to Fulk de Lusoriis (p. 2 above)
is dated " between the 1 and 8 Hen. 2." The confirmation
by " Richard Peck," bishop of Coventry, to the monastery
of Poulesworth of the grant of Robert son of Galfrid and
Amabilla his wife of the mills of Kingsburie (p. 9, above)
is assigned to 9 Henry II. The charter of this king to
Wilham de Mora and Letia, his wife (p. 23 above) is noted,
but no date is assigned to it. There are notes of the
following charters that have not been found during the
inspection :

" Com. Dor[set], Knolton. Hen. 2d. grants the hundred
of Knolton to Nic. de Mol : "

" Hen[ry] 2. The king confirmes to Robert son of Richard
Hawis, the daughter of Richard Foliat, with all the lands
which were her father's in England and Wales, which lands
WiUiam, E[arl] of Glocester, confirmed to the said Ric:
Poliat. This Wm. was son of Robert, Earle of Glocester, that
assisted Maud the Empresse."

" Hen[ry] 2. Marmion. A fine before the king between
Robert Marmion and Gaufridus, his unkle. Robert grants to
his unkle Gaufridus Avon, Dichelmeston, the Honnour of
Landstephan, which were his grandfather's Roger's ; and
Gaufridus grants his nephew Robertus all his right in
Wintringham and Scrivelby and in the fee of Mannaser
Marmion, and releases all suites and actions."

" Between 1 and 6 Hen[ry] 2. Marmion. Robert son of
Robert Marmion and Milicent confirme to the monasterie of
Polesworth the mannour of Walton, forbidding them to assart
the woods hee had given them and reserving to himselfe
hunting. Hee desires this may bee confirmed by the
authoritie of the king and bisshops of Canterbury and
Chester."

Page 23. " 32 H[enry] 2. Willughby. The prior of the
Knights Hospitallers of Jerusalem to Peter son of Ralph
and AtheUtia, lands which came from Richard son of Gervas

1 There is an undated release and an agreement dated 14 Henry [II].

271

in Willughby. Robert de Heritz confirmes the grant of
Richard son of Gervas. Peter to pay 0. 4. 0 and ^ of all goods
for a mortuary."

There are no charters assigned to Richard I. Under the
reign of John he notices the grants to William de Estutevilla
of license to fortify his houses " de Coteringham " (sic for
Cotingham ; see p. 51, above) and of a market in that town
(p. 36, above) ; the charter of Walergne (sic), earl of Warwick,
to Alured Carpenter of Wissall and Gamell Blunt (p. 24,
above, where it is assigned to an earlier date) ; and that of
" William, earle of Ferrers, to Roger son of Humfrie [of] a
marsh in the fee of Engl' for J m[ark]. Sibill, his countesse,
is one of the witnesses."

Under Henry III he begins to arrange the abstracts under
counties and manors or towns. At p. 47 to 61 he gives a
history of the Marmions (see p. 506, below). He continues this
arrangement, with occasional genealogical notes, to the end
of the reign of Edward III. From Richard II to Edward
IV the abstracts are neatly written, in what seems to be the
hand of John Ray, under the names of the counties, which
are arranged in alphabetical order, and the names of the
manors, etc. The abstracts are continued until the end of the
reign of Henry VII in an oblique, scratchy hand.

Miscellaneous Rolls, Books and Papers.
1262 — A parchment roll, imperfect at beginning. It bears
the headings : " Redditus et servicia, que Dominus Henricus
de Apeldrefeud habet de empto suo in viUa de Sunderesse "
[Sundridge, co. Kent] ; — " De redditibus et serviciis de
perquisitu Domini de Priore et Conventu de Merthone in
Sunderesse." There is also another imperfect roll, which
seems to be a portion of the above. It has the headings ;
" Rotulus de redditibus gallinarum de Sunderesse att[ermi-
natis] ante Natale Domini, anno XL° septimo incipiente " ;
" Redditus quondam Abbatis de Boxle in Sundr' " ; and
" Redditus gallinarum de perquisitu Domini in villa de
Sunderesse."

[c. 1300.] — Roll giving list of possessions of villeins (?) in
Linintone and Barmling [Linton and Barming, co. Kent]. 38.

A roll of thirteen rolls in an early fourteenth century hand,
endorsed " Propria irrotulamenta de Termino Pasche anno
viij" et deinceps," containing transcripts of enrolments in the
rolls of the king's Bench(?)i of the seventh to the eleventh
years of the reign [of Edward II]. Each is prefaced by a
heading as to its legal importance. The first is Hilary term,
anno septimo, " Memorandum, de bona narracione, quam
Dominus de Bereford narravit, videUcet qualiter quidam
Dominus WiUelmus de Paries, ^ miles, in quodam comitatu^

1 The references are, inter alia, "anno x ( ?), rot. ccccxxiij," Trin. co. Not.
rot. 90," " Hil. anno xi, rot. 130."

2 Cf. Inquisitiones post Mortem, i, pp. 68, 69, 70 ; Calendar of Close
Rolls, 1279-1288, p. 2.

3 County Court, shiremoot.

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sedens, manifeste et stulte dixit cuidam homini, qui ei
transgressus fuerat, quod ei redderet pro loco et tempore.
Postea contigit quod idem vir, de quodam quondam suo
garcione sibi malivolo insidiatus, ipso die incedendo de illo
comitatu per viam, fuit interfectus. Unde de inquisicione
coram coronatore capta, non inveniebatur aliquis cui
inputabatur dicta felonia, nisi dictus Willelmus miles minas
fecit eidem interfecto. Per quod idem miles indictatus et
in judicio productus, se posuit in inquisicionem patrie, cujus
veredictum ipsum reddidit culpabilem, et fuit suspensus.
Postmodum terre et tenementa sua fuerunt seisita in manu
domini regis, et quondam (sic) manerium suum, scilicet Hones-
worth^ in comitatu StafEordie, cum aliis tenementis suis fuerunt
seisita in manu domini regis, et dictus rex illud manerium
commisit domine regine," etc. This was probably prepared
by or for Sir Richard Willoughby, Chief Justice of the King's
Bench in the early years of Edward III. 24.

1332-3. — ^A roll of thirteen rolls containing the proceedings
before Richard de Grey, Henry de Grey, John Darcy "le
neveu," Nicholas de Langeford, John de Twyford, and Richard
de la Pole, appointed by letters patent dated at Westminster,
23 March, 6 Edward III [cf. Calendar of Patent Rolls, 1330-
1334, p. 295], keepers of the peace and justices of oyer and
terminer in co. Derby, and before Richard de Grey, Darcy, and
Robert de Perpount and WiUiam de Gotham, appointed by like
commission for co. Nottingham (roll 7). The roU contains the
presentments of the jurors of the towns of Derby and
Nottingham and of the wapentakes of the two counties.
The offences presented are theft, burglary, murder, harbour-
ing of felons. Most of these crimes seem to have been com-
mitted by one band of outlaws under the leadership of James
Coterel. The same offences are presented by the jurors of
several wapentakes, with slight differences in wording occa-
sionally.

The jurors of Derby present that James Coterel, Nicholas
and John, his brothers, Roger le Sauvage, Stephen de
Edenesovere, Nicholas de Calton, Walter the servant of James
Coterel, William de Bucstones [Buxton, co. Derby], Thomas
de Bucstones, William de Eyom, and Henry Ody with others
unknown slew Thomas Ithel and WiUiam de Pare in the
town of Asshebourn [Ashborne, co. Derby], on the night of
Tuesday in Easter week, 5 Edward III, and burgled the
house of Geoffrey le Wright there, and there robbed Roger
de Wandesleye of armour and other goods to the value of
lOOs., and robbed William de Pare of armour and other goods
to the value of 50s., and robbed Thomas Ithel of armour,
etc., to the value of 60«. They also present that Robert
Bernard, Hugh le Procuratour of BaukeweU [BakeweU, co.
Derby], and Henry Ivessone harboured the aforesaid felons
at BaukeweU in 5 and 6 Edward III, after the commission

1 Cf. Inq. post Mortem, i, p. 696.

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*

of the said felonies and knowing that they were outlawed in
CO. Nottingham. And that John de Bradbourn and WilUam,
his brother, Henry de Sheyle, Eustace de Poleville, Walter
and Laurence, his brothers, "maintained" the said James
Coterel and the others, knowing that they were outlawed,
by riding armed with them when needed and by aiding them
in the commission of the felonies aforesaid. And that John
Lovet, Walter de Foleville, and Nicholas de Eton slew WilUam
de Longeforde and John de Tyssyngton at the Frereyate in
Derby about midnight on Wednesday after ' St. Gregory,
6 Edward III. And that James Coterel, Henry Ody of Asshe-
burn, William de Eyom, Nicholas Coterel, Stephen de
Edenesovere, and Walter, servant of James Coterel, slew
WiUiam de Knyveton, knight, and John Matkynsone at
Bradeleye [Bradley, co. Derby] on Tuesday after St. Barnabas,
4 Edward III. And that WUliam Hodsonei (hanged, sus'),
late the servant of WiUiam Sylcok of Derby, broke by night
the house of Maud de Barewe of Bolton [Boulton, in Derby]
at Bolton, and robbed her of 6O5. in money and of goods
value 20s. in the fifth year of the reign.

The jurors of the wapentake of Repingdon [Repton, co.
Derby] present, amongst other things, that Roger de
Wendesleye, WiUiam Pare, Thomas Ithel, and Walter de
Perton slew Laurence Coterel and John Derleye at the
Annunciation, 4 Edward III.

The jurors of the wapentake of Wyrkesworth and Appeltre
[co. Derby] present that James Coterel, Nicholas, his brother,
Walter, servant of James, and WiUiam de Eyom slew
WiUiam Pare and Thomas Ithel (as above), and that Roger
le Sauvage, Nicholas de la Forde, Richard de Slepe, Thomas
son of Thomas de Bukstones, John de Berde, Yevan le
Raggede, John de Bradbourn, and William, his brother,
Henry Hody, and John Sire were present and aiding. And
that WUliam son of Henry le Porter slew Walter Tyste at
Brasyngton [Brassington, co. Derby] on Thursday after the
Purification, 6 Edward III, and that John Coterel was there
aiding him, and that Nicholas son of Hugh le Boler is a
groom of the said John Coterel, and helped him in the com-
mission of the said felony and served him after sentence of
outlawry had been pronounced against the said John.

The jurors of the wapentake of Morleyston and Lychirch
[Morleston and Litchurch Hundred, co. Derby] present that
WiUiam de Aune, knight, is a receiver and maintainer of
Roger le Sauvage, who was outlawed in co. Nottingham for
felony, and received him at Steynesby [Stainsby, pariah of
Ault Hucknall, co. Derby].

The jurors of the wapentake of Scarvesdale [Scarsdale, co.
Derby] and of the town of Chestrefeld present Henry son of
Ivo of Tatyngton [Taddington, co. Derby], and WUliam
Alisaundre of Tyddeswelle [Tideswell, cc. Derby] as main-
tainers of James Coterel and his fellows, outlaws, by sending

1 Called ' William son of John Hoddemon (and Huddemon) of Bolton ' by
the jurors of Morleyston and Lychirch wapentake.

M 18

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them food when desired at Blacwell [Blackwell, co. Derby]
and elsewhere in the county, 6 Edward III.. And that Walter
de Aune is of the society of the said James and of Roger
Sauvage, consenting to all the felonies above presented against
them. And that William son of Roger de Uston and Walter,
servant of Walter de Uston, robbed Roger son of John le
Mazoun of Chestrefeld at Bromleye* of a coat (collobio), price
2s., and of a sword, price 12d., on Thursday before the
Exaltation, 4 Edward III, and that they there bound him.
And that William de Uston is a maintainer of WiDiam
Bustlard, Walter, servant of Walter de Uston, and Roger
le Sauvage, outlaws. And that Nicholas, brother of the
said William [de Uston], received the said Walter, Roger and
Nicholas (sic), and that he received William Bustlard, out-
lawed in CO. Derby for the death of Richard Cotel of Chestre-
feld and Alan Stotard of the same, and that he is a common
maintainer and receiver of such malefactors. And that Robert
Bernard^ [dericus convictus), vicar of BaukeweU, Hugh Pro-
curatour, ^ and Nicholas atte Forde were maintainers of John
Coterel and his fellows at Baukewell and in the Peak (Pecko)
and elsewhere in the county about St. Peter in Cathedra, 6
Edward III. And that Thomas son of Thomas le Procuratour
is of the society of the said James, riding armed with him to
the disturbance of the peace before and after he [James] was
outlawed, receiving and maintaining him at Bauquell.

The jurors of the first inquest of Baukwell present that
James Coterel, Nicholas Coterel, John Coterel, Roger le
Sauvage, Walter and Adam, servants of the said James,
Stephen de Edenesovere, William de Eyom, Thomas de
Bukstones, William, his brother, John son of John Folejaumbe
of Berde [Beard, parish of New Mills, co. Derby], Henry son
of Hugh Taup of Asshebourn, WilHam Shyrard of co. Stafford,
Richard, his brother, Nicholas Shyrard of Forde, Thomas de
Rodeyerde, Thomas de Greneweye, John de Rodeyerde,
WiUiam le Shavaldour, Henry le Palfreyman, Walter de Staf-
ford, Henry de Nedham, Nicholas son of Roger de (sic)
Melner, and Simon, brother of the said Nicholas, slew Thomas
Ithel and William Pare at Asshebourn on Wednesday in
Easter week, 5 Edward III. And that Hugh de Goneston,
Robert Bernard, vicar, Thomas de Rysbergh, Giles, servant
of John de Berde, Thomas son of Leticia de Weston, John
atte Grene of Bukstanes, Walter Scot, Henry de Marketon,
chaplain, John de Gloucestria of Castelton, Robert de Eyom
of Bobenhulle [BubneU, parish of Baslow St. Anne, co. Derby],
John de Boudone, Yevan le Raggede, Henry son of Ivo de
Tadyngton, Simon le Croudere,^ Nicholas del Forde, William
de Chetelton, knight, John de Leghe, knight, Robert de Legh,
John de Grymmesby of Lincoln, Adam de Berde of Hayfeld

1 Probably Bramley, in Marshlane, parish of Eckington. There is a
Bramley Vale in GlapweU, parish of Bolsover, also in the wapentake of
Scarsdale.

2 C(. Calendar of Patent Bolk, 3330 1334, p. 291.

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[Hayfield, co. Derby], Thomas de Melton, Thomas Folejaumbe
of Berde, William Fegge of Assheforde, Robert, brother of
Henry de Nedham, William le Porter of Caldelowe [Callow,
parish of Wirksworth], Nicholas Daniel, William Faber de
CapeUa [Chapel-en-le-Frith, co. Derby], William Sparwe,
Henry Cay of Prestclyve [Priestcliffe, parish of Taddington]
and John, his brother, Richard son of Ivo de Tadyngton,
Eustace de Folevyle, Laurence and Walter, his brothers,
Nicholas Syward of Cheylmardon [Chelmorton, co. Derby],
Nicholas Fox, Richard le Heyward, William Crowe, John de
Fyndryn, Richard le Webbester, Hugh, vicar of the church
of Yolgreve [Youlgreave, co. Derby], Joan, wife of Nicholas
de Rydware, Nicholas Froward^ of W3rrkesworth, William
de Mappelton of Asshebourn, Ralph de Spayne, bailiff of
the High Peak, John del Halle of Castelton [Castleton, co.
Derby], Robert de Calfvovere [Calver, parish of Curbar, co.
Derby] of Bobinhulle, Robert son of Richard Folejaumbe of
Borouhull, John son of Thomas de Beleye, William son of
Hugh Lukesone, chaplain, Thomas de Cheylmardon, chaplain,
Nicholas de Calton, Philip de Turvyle,^ John de Kynardesleye,^
John Clarel,^ Nicholas Teynterel,^ Richard de Haveryngg,^
and WiUiam de Leycestria,^ canons of Lichefeld, maintained
and received at Bauquell and Mackeworth [Mackworth, co.
Derby] about St. Peter in Cathedra, in the 6th year of the
reign, the said James and the others before-named after the
commission of the felony aforesaid. And that Adam de
Assheby received Finianus de Standon, outlawed for felony.
And that John de Bradbourn, Richard and William, his
brothers, maintained, received and sustained James Coterel
and other outlaws at Bradebotirn [Bradbourne, co. Derby],
and elsewhere about the feast of St. Valentine, 6 Edward III.
And that Hugh son of Peter de Hardyngbothe of co. Stafford
carried victuals to James and his fellows at the park of
Marketon [Markeaton, parish of Mackworth] after they were
outlawed, and that he is of their society. And that William
de Hetcote^ of Tydiswell and WilHam Alessandre maintained
and received James and other outlaws at Tiddeswell about
the feast of St. Gregory, 6 Edward III. And that John
Bozoun,* the younger, maintained and received James and
other outlaws, and rode with them with armed power in co.
Derby after their outlawry, to wit from Christmas, in the fifth
year, untU the first Sunday of Lent following, and that he
fed them at the hermitage of Leyes and received them
there.

The jurors of the second inquest of the town of Baukwell
present, amongst other things, that James Coterel and other
outlaws were received at Medeweplot, at Blacwell [Blackwell,

1 Cf. Calendar of Close Bolls, 1330-1333, p. 508.

-2 Cf. Calendar of Close Rolls, 1330-1333, p. 603.

3 1 Heathcote, in Biggin, parish of Wirksworth, co. Derby,

* Cf. Calendar of Patent Bolls, 1330-1334, p. 291,

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CO. Derby], at Moldrikgraunge [Mouldridge Grange, in Bras-
sington, parish of Bradbourne], and at Grenelowe [Grindlow,
parish of Bradwell, co. Derby].

The jurors of the town of Assheboum present, amongst
other things, that William de Chetelton, knight, John de
Lye, knight, Robert, his brother, Thomas de Bucstones,
dwelling in BaukweU, William, his brother, dwelling in Eyom
[Eyam, co. Derby], Thomas le Procuratour, Thomas de Rys-
bergh, Eustace de Folevyle, Robert, his brother, John de
Gloucestria, and John de Grymmesby are aiders of the said
James Coterel and received him at Bauquell about the feast
of St. Scholastica, in the 6th year.

The jurors of the first inquest of the Peak present that
James Coterel, Nicholas Coterel, John Coterel, Stephen de
Edenesovere, William de Eyom, William de Bucstones, Thomas
de Bucstones, Nicholas Syward, the younger, Richard atte
Yate of BaukweU, Henry Ody of Asshebourn, Walter, the
servant of James Coterel, and John Polejaumbe of Berde, who
are outlawed for divers felonies, wander about the country,
and draw to themselves in their company Richard Botlyn,
William Russel, Giles Suclyng, Henry Bolderston, John de
Boudon, John Yonwan, William son of John le Archer,
Richard Niddesone, Robert son of Henry de Eyom, John de
Gloucestria, Robert son of Robert le TaiUour of Castelton,
Adam de Irton, Simon le Croudere, Walter de Cotesbache,
William de Chetelton, knight, John de Rodyerd, Thomas de
Rodyerd, Thomas de Rysbergh, Richard Shjo-ard, William
Shyrard, Thomas le (sic) Greneweye, Walter de Stafford,
John de Lye, knight, Robert de Lye, Roger le Sauvage, John
de Grymmesby of Lincoln, Walter de Aune and John de
Cheworth, who are common malefactors and coadjutors and
maintainers of the said James and other outlaws.

The jurors of the second inquisition of the Peak present,
amongst other things, that Nicholas son of John de Tad-
yngton frequently bought victuals at BaukweU and else-
where in the county for the use of James Coterel and other
outlawi', and carried the same to them at Shakelowe [recorded
in Great Shacklow Wood, in Sheldon, parish of BakeweU] and
elsewhere when desired, and he thus maintained, received and
sustained them.

The jurors of the first inquest of the county of Derby
present that Eustace de Folevill,i Laurence de FolevUl, Walter
de Folevill, Robert de Folevill, and Richard de FoleviU, parson
of the church of Ty[Teigh, co. Rutland], ^ received and had for
their part about the Purification, in the 6th year, by the hands
of malefactors unknown, 300 marks in the park of Marketon
from the moneys of Richard de Wylugheby, knowing of, and
consenting to, the robbery thereof. And that James Coterel,

1 Cf. Calendar of Close Rolls, 1327-1330, p. 416, where Eustace de Folevill
is described as of Ty, and Calendar of Close Rolls, 1333-1337, p. 128.

2 This rector of Teigh captured Richard de Willoughby, the justice, near
Grantham after Christinas, 1332 (Kynghton's Chronicle, p. 460).

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Nicholas Coterel, John Coterel, John de Bradeburn and
VVilham de Bradeburn had 40 marks for their part of the
robbery. And that Robert Tochet, lord of Marketon,
Edmund Tochet, parson of the church of Makworth, Robert
Bernard and Hugh de Gunston,i proctors of the church of
Baukewell, received and maintained James Coterel and Eustace
de Eolevill, outlaws, at Baukewell, Mackeworth, and Marke-
ton about the feast of St. Valentine, in the 6th year. And
that James Coterel, Nicholas and John, his brothers, Roger
Sauvage, Stephen de Edenesovere, Walter and Adam, servants
of James, Eustace de FolevUl, Laurence, Walter and Robert,
his brothers, Robert de Griseleve, Edmund and Roger, his
brothers, William Corbet of Tasseleye [Tasley, co. Salop],
Nicholas de Eton, John de Dunston of Walton (co. Derby),
Wilham de la Warde, the younger, Robert son of Richard Fole-
jaumbe, Nicholas de la Forde, Robert son of Matthew deVylers,
Nicholas de Sparham and Waiter Comyn ride with armed force
secretly and openly, and are maintainers and receivers of Ralph
son of Geoffrey de Repyndon, Roger le Megre, and Reginald de
la More, notorious thieves, outlawed in that county, and that
they received them at Denewalehay- in the second week of
Lent, in the sixth year. And that Geoffrey le Wodeward of
Marketon is a maintainer and receiver of Eustace de Folevill
and other outlawed malefactors, carrying to them victuals
in the park of Marketon for the use of Eustace, James Coterel
and others, and that he had 'part of the money stolen from
Richard de Wylughby, to wit 100s.

The jurors of the second inquisition of the Peak present
that Gilbert de la Bruere,^ supplying the place of the dean
of Lichfield, Philip de TurvUl, John Clarel, and William de
Leycestria, canons of the church of Lichfield, are common
receivers of James Coterel, Nicholas Coterel, Roger Sauvage,
and Walter Jamesman and other outlawed malefactors, and
that they received them at Baukwell in their houses, before
and after their outlawry, in the fifth and sixth years of the
reign. And that Hugh de Lekeburn, vicar of the church of
Yolgreve, gave the said James Coterel 40s. for his main-
tenance, on Saturday before the Annunciation, in the 6th
year. [Several presentments for receiving the said James and
others ; among those presented is Alice Folejaumbe,* lady
of Elton, CO. Derby.]

The jurors of the town of Derby present that James
Coterel, Nicholas and John, his brothers, Roger le Sauvage,
Stephen de Edenesovere, Nicholas de Calton, Walter, servant
of James Coterel, William de Bukestones, Thomas de Buke-
stones, William de Eyom, and Henry Ody are common male-

1 " Hugh le FrocuTSitour" in Calendar of Patent Bolls, 13301334, p. 291.

2 A wood in Repton, co. Derby. See I. H. Jeayes, Descriptive Catalogue
of Derbyshire Charters, London, 1906, nos. 1958, 1980 ; Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1338-1340,
p. 2.

3 Of. Calendar of Close Rolls, 1330-1333, p. 603.
1 Cf. Calendar of Close Rolls, 1330-1333, p. 601.

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factors and disturbers of the peace, drawing to themselves
unlawful assemblies in public and private places, and that
they beat men in fairs and markets, and extort intolerable
ransoms. And that Henry Ody and Walter, servant of
James Coterel, beat, wounded and maimed John de Knyveton
at Chestrefeld on Tuesday the Invention of the Cross, in the
fifth year of the reign. And that Eustace de Folevill and
Laurence, his brother, riding with an armed force against the
king's peace, threatened Robert Foucher of Osmundeston
[Osmaston, co. Derby] that they would slay him, so that he
could pass on no side for fear of death until he made fine
with them in 100s., which he paid to them at Makworth. And
that Eustace and Laurence took in like manner 60s. from
John Parys, a brother of Burton St. Lazars [oo. Leicester],
at Spondon [co. Derby]. And that James Coterel, Nicholas
and John, his brothers, and Walter, his servant, riding with
armed force threatened Ralph Murimouth of Baukwell, so
that he made fine with them in 100s. for fear of death, which
he paid to them at BaukweU. And that Eustace de Folevill,
Walter and Laurence, his brothers, took 10 marks in the same
way from WiUiam son of Walter le Clerk of Marketon, chaplain,
which he paid them at Marketon. And that the said Eustace,
Walter and Laurence are of the household of Robert Tochet,
lord of Marketon, and of Edmund, his brother, wearing their
robes and dwelling with them, and that Robert and Edmund
know of the ransoms and fines Aaken by Eustace, Walter and
Laurence, and consent with them.

The jurors of the wapentake of Wirk[sworth] and Appeltre
present that James Coterel, Nicholas and John, his brothers,
Roger le Sauvage (and others) came with force and arms to
BaukweU church on St. Stephen's day, 2 Edward III., and
entered the church, and they threw down {deposuerunt)
Walter Can, vicar of the church, and took 10s. from the
offerings ; and they say that James and the others are main-
tained by the dean and chapter of Lichfield in all the tres-
passes committed by them against the church of Baukwell.

The jurors of the first inquisition of Baukwelle present
that James Coterel, Nicholas and John Coterel, Roger Sauvage,
Walter and Adam, servants of James, Stephen de Edenesovere,
WilHam de Eyom, Thomas de Bukestones, WHUam de Buke-
stones, John son of John Folejaumbe of Berd, Henry son of
Hugh Taup of Assheburn, Eustace de Folevill, Laurence
and Walter, his brothers, Nicholas Syward of Cheylmardon
[Chelmorton, co. Derby], Nicholas Fox, William de Chetelton,
knight, John de Lye, knight, Robert de Lye, John de Brade-
bourn and Richard and William, his brothers, rode armed in
CO. Derby publicly and secretly, and sent letters under the
royal stile (sub stilo regio) to William de Birchovere for 201.,
which they had, and to Thomas Cort of Edenesovere [Edensor,
CO. Derby] for 40*., of which they had' 20s., in the fifth and
sixth years of the reign.

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The jurors of the second inquest of Baukwell present that the
aforesaid men rode armed in manner of war by day and by night,
and sent letters to divers men of the country for money, to
wit to Ralph Stolp for 40s., to Thomas Cort for 20s., to Henry de
Padleye for 20s., which they had, and so to many men of the
same county, in the fifth and sixth years of the reign.

The jurors of the first inquisition of the High Peak present
that James Coterel, Nicholas Coterel, Stephen de Edenesovere,
Roger le Sauvage, and Nicholas de la Forde and others
unknown, in the fifth year of the reign, took John de Stanclyf
in his house at Mapelton [Mapleton, co. Derby], and carried
him away at Le Malcave [Malcolf, parish of Ghapel-en-le-
Frith], and there imprisoned him, and detained him in the
house of Nicholas de la Forde for one week until he took an
oath that he would never be against them, and besides this
they took from him a bond for 201., to be paid if he opposed
them. And that Godfrey Folejaumbe retained divers male-
factors for the sake of taking money from men by extortion,
and that he thus took 205. from the vicar of Yolgreve.

Ro. 7. The jurors of the town of Nottingham present that
John vSherewynd, servant of Nicholas Coterel, adheres to and
serves James Coterel and Nicholas Coterel, outlawed for divers
felonies, being their spy (exploraior) at Nottingham and else-
where in CO. Nottingham, in the fifth and sixth years of the
reign. And that William de Dunesby adhered to and served
fifteen days William Pymme, outlawed in co. Nottingham,
and that he carried letters from him to William, the chaplain
of Bonyngton [Sutton Bonnington, co. Notts], for money to
send to William Pymme. And that Henry de Wynkeburn
caused a letter to be made and sent to William de Amyas^
at Nottingham by an unknown man, containing that William
should send 20Z. to the society of " gentz savages," to be
paid at Nottingham to a man bearing an indented bill, the
second part whereof came to William with the letter, under
grievous threats of burning everything that he had outside
the town, and Henry afterwards came to Nottingham with
the other part of the indenture and demanded the said 201.
for the use of the society aforesaid.

The jurors of the wapentake of Brokelestowe [Bfoxtowe,
CO. Notts] present that Henry de Wynkeburn maliciously sent
a letter of credence to WilUam de Amyas of Nottingham to
obtain money under threat. And that William de Aune and
William de Uston ride armed and take royal prises without
warrant and without making payment in the wapentake of
Brokelstowe and elsewhere in the county, taking corn and
other victuals from Robert le Colyer and other men in the
same county to the value of 20 marks and more, in the fifth
and sixth years.

The jurors of the town of Newerk present that Henry de
Wynkeburn is the bearer of letters sent by James Coterel, Roger

I A wealthy merchant of Nottingham and one of the jurors.

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Sauvage and William Pymme to William Amyas of Not-
tingham to extort money from him. And that Lecia Pymme
of Bonyngton carried a letter to the parson of Cortlyngstok
[Cortlingstook, co. Notts] and Robert de Barton to extort
money from them, directed to them by William Pymme, her
son, grievously threatening them.

The jurors of Bingham [co. Notts] present that Henry de
Wynkeburn carried a letter to Geoffrey Loterel that he should
deliver to him 40/. for the use of James Cotere) and other outlaws.

The jurors of the wapentake of Brokelstowe present that
William son of John de Uston with others unknown robbed
Walter le Carpenter of Mamesfeld [Mansfield, co. Notts] and
John son of Thomas de Mamesfeld in the field of Mamesfeld
on Tuesday before Christmas, 5 Edward III, of goods and
chattels, to wit woollen and linen cloth and silver in pennies,
to the value of half a mark, and that he is a common thief.
And that William de Aune, knight, knowingly received James
Coterel and Roger Sauvage in his manor of Grineleye [Gring-
ley, CO. Notts] after their outlawry. And that William de
Aune and William de Uston are maintainors of James Coterel
and Roger le Sauvage, outlawed for felonies, and that they
are maintainers of many other malefactors, robbers, and
senders of letters under the royal stile to obtain and extort
money from divers men of the country. And that WiUiam
de Uston made and forged (fabricavit) false money in the
likeness of the king's money at Rodmerthwejrt [Radman-
thwaite, parish of Mansfield] on Monday after the Purification,
1 Edward III, continuing for the four following years until
he enfeoffed William Trussebut, knight, of the manor of
Rodmerthweyt, to the deceit of the people, etc., because such
money was used in place of lawful money in public and private
places in the county for the said time, to wit at Redmerthweit
and elsewhere in the wapentake of Brokelstowe.

The jurors of the wapentake of Neuwerk and Ryseclyve
[Rushcliffe, co. Notts] present that William Moycok of Bony-
ton [Sutton Bonnington, co. Notts] and William de Duimesby
are grooms of William Pymme, outlawed for felony, leading
him through divers places in the country and seeking victuals
for him, and that they received him with his society at
Bonyton about Christmas, 5 Edward III, and afterwards
on various occasions. And that William son of Gilbert de
Gotham and Thomas de Bolewyk, bailiff, together with the
said William Moycok, are receivers and helpers of the said
William Pymme, and that they received him at Bonyngton
and Kyuston [Kingston-on-Soar, co. Notts], in the fifth year
of the reign.

Ro. 9. Inquisition taken at Cesterfeld. The jurors of
[the wapentake of] Scarvesdale present that William de Aune,
knight, received at the manor of Steynesby, on Thursday
after St. Chad, 6 Edward III, Roger Sauvage, James Coterel,
Nicholas Coterel, John Coterel, and John de Grymmesby of

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Lincoln, knowing them to be outlawed, and that he sustained
and daily sustains them out of his goods and chattels. And
that William son of Hugh del Hethe came, on Thursday the
feast of St. Stephen, in the fifth year of the reign, to
the house of Robert Praxmceys at Hertestoft [Hardstoft,
parish of Ault Hucknall] as an envoy of Roger Sauvage
to demand 40s. from Robert by means of threats, by
reason of which threats Robert left his house and durst
not dwell therein for a long time. And that Roger le Sauvage,
WiUiani de Uston, John Hare, WUham son of Hugh del Hethe,
William le Couper of Steynesby, and Henry Ody of Asshe-
bourn took Henry son of Albredus del Heth, a free man, and
imprisoned him at Steynesby on Monday after St. Dunstan,
in the fifth year of the reign, and detained him there for a
month, and took and drove away and sold his goods and
chattels, to wit four oxen, three cows, five stirks {stirkett'),
and 40 sheep.

Ro. 10. Gaol deUvery at Nottingham on Wednesday after
St. Matthew, 6 Edward III, made by the same justices.
WiUiam de Chetelton, knight, John de Leye, knight, and
Robert, his brother, indicted for breaking the manor of Sibyl
de Furneux at Carleton in Lyndryk, co. Nottingham, and
beating Thomas de Fumeux, John de BothemeshuU, Robert
de Hykelton, Robert de BothemeshuU, chaplain, William de
Chernok, Henry the cook, and John de Brompton, her servants,
breaking the closed door of her chamber and endeavouring
to ravish Joan, late the wife of John de Horreby, knight,
produced pardons of the king for the outlawry pronounced
against them in this behalf.

Henry de Wynkeboum, indicted for sending a letter to
William de Amyas demanding money for the society called
" la compaignie sauvage," and for carrying a similar letter
to GeofErey Luterell, knight, acknowledged the charges, and
is remitted to prison until the court be further advised.

William^ son of Roger de Uston sentenced to be hanged for
a robbery in the field of Mammesfeld, after conviction.

Richard le Shepherd, taken at Nottingham at the suit of
Ivetta, daughter of Henry le Clerk, by appeal of robbery
before John Rosel, coroner, for stealing fifty-seven sheep,
price 505., from her at Blitheworth [Blidworth], co. Not-
tingham, is sentenced to be hanged, after conviction.

Nicholas de Holm, dwelling in Gunthorp [co. Notts], and
Andrew de Eaiyveton, taken at the suit of Agnes Alex[andri ?]
de Hoveryngham, servant of Thomas de Goushtill, by appeal
of robbery before John Rosel, one of the coroners, for sheep-
stealing, are convicted by the jury, and Andrew is sentenced
to be hanged and Nicholas is handed over to the ordinary (John,
rector of Colwyk, dean of Nottingham) as a convicted clerk.

Stephen le Taverner of Nottingham, indicted for the rape
of Joan, wife of Thomas de Normanton of Nottingham, on

1 Cf. Calendar of Gloae Bolls, 1330-1333, p. 603.

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Thursday before the Circumcision, 15 Edward II, and for
beating Henry Whithe Honne of Nottingham to death with
a staff outside the Chapelbarre of Nottingham on the hill
near the Cross, on Wednesday the feast of St. James, 3
Edward III, is acquitted by the jury.

Roger le Orfevre of Nottingham, indicted for beating
Matilda de Cotegrave at Nottingham, breaking her legs and
maiming her, in the second year of the reign, and for beating
Margery la Lystere and Matilda de CrophuU at Nottingham,
19 Edward II, and for being confederated with Stephen le
Taverner of Nottingham and other malefactors in the town
of Nottingham to maintain one another in aU their suits and
prises, just or unjust, and for threatening William Norre, so
that for fear of death he made fine with him in 205., and for
taking 20s. in like manner from William Fykeys, 40s. from
Wilham Godeynogh, and from others, and for beating William
de Wylughby, rector of St. Peter's, Nottingham, William de
Skeggeby, and Hugh Stoile, and for being a common male-
factor, confesses and prays to be admitted to make fine with
the king. He is admitted to a fine of half a mark, in con-
sideration of his long imprisonment and of his estate, and
his pledges mainpern for his good behaviour hereafter.

Stephen le Taverner of Nottingham, indicted for beating
Gilbert de Hoveryngham, Robert de Halton, baker, William
de Whatton, tailor, Goda, hand-maiden of Maya la Norys,
and Roger le Orfevre at Nottingham, in the third year of the
reign, and for confederating with Richard le Taverner and
other malefactors of the town of Nottingham, who are con-
victed, that one should maintain the other in all their suits
and prises, just and unjust, and for being accustomed to
coerce by threats parties pleading in the court of Nottingham
to take days of agreement (dies amoris) and to agree out of
fear against their will, and for taking by such threats fines
from certain men for his own use, to wit 40s. from John de
Bredon upon one occasion and half a mark upon another,
half a mark from Robert de Haliton, half a mark from Robert
de Derby, 5s. 4d. from Peter de Carliolo, and so from others,
and for threatening the jurors of inquisitions so that they
durst not say the truth, etc., confesses, and is admitted to a fine
of half a mark in consideration of his long imprisonment, etc.

Payn le Draper and Simon de Chestre, baihffs of the town
of Derby, are in mercy because they did not come before the
said justices at Nottingham concerning the gaol delivery, as
they had been summoned by the sheriff. The amercements
are aSeered by the justices at half a mark.

Many of the adherents of Coterel are acquitted by the
juries, whilst others are remanded before the king's Bench,
in accordance with a writ, dated 26 November, 6 Edward III
[Calendar of Close Rolls, 1330-1333, p. 616 ; cf. also p. 425],
to send the indictments, etc., into that court [roll 8d.]. From
roll 9 it appears that James Coterel and others (unnamed)

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were outlawed in the last eyre of William de Herle in co. Derby
and Nottingham, that is in 1330 [Calendar of Close Rolls,
1330-1333, pp. 34, 43, 56, 58, 59, 124, 129, 233, 252]. 179.

1334, May 12. — Roll (preserved among the deeds) entitled :
" Lassham. Latymer. Recogn[iciones] tam hberorum quam
nativorum facte in plena Curia " [Lasham, co. Hants ?].

1391, September. — Parchment Roll giving particulars of
dower assigned to Dame Joan, the late wife of Sir Ralph
Basset of Draton, in the counties of Lincoln, Nottingham.
and Leicester. 271

1418, February.— Subsidy roll of a Fifteenth of "le Upland
de Borgh de Sondressh ' in australi parte " [Sundridge, co.
Kent]. 271

[1437]. — Book containing copy in English, in a hand of circ.
1500, of the foundation statutes of the almshouse at Euelme
[Ewelme, co. Oxford] founded by William Delapole, duke of
Suffolk, and Alice, his wife. " 179

1490-1.— A bundle of papers relating to suit in Chancery
between John Jernyngham, esquire, and Isabel, his wife,
daughter' and heiress of Sir Gervase Clifton, knight, and
daughter of Isabel Scot, widow, the executrix of Sir William
Scott, knight, on the one part, and John Forster, son of Agnes
Forster, and Anne, his w&e, concerning the manors of Selling
[SelUnge] and Haryng [Harringe, parish of SeUinge, co.
Kent], and papers relating to the manors. In petition
to the Privy Council the plaintiffs state that Isabel Scott
was married to Sir Gervase at the instance of Cardinal
Kempe. Inquisition taken after the death of Agnes Morton,
widow (daughter of Agnes Forster), at Stortford, co. Hert-
ford, and at Dertford, co. Kent, on 18 June, 1517. Surveys
and rentals of manor of SeUyng near Horton Monachorum,
CO. Kent. Papers in an action of trespass, Michaelmas, 1487,
by Agnes Morton, widow, against John Jernjmgham, late of
London, esquire, Isabel, his wife, Robert Vagge, late of
Smethe, co. Kent, yeoman, William Heyre, of London, gent.,
and William May, late of Broke, co. Kent, gent., concerning
lands in Sellyng, Lymen [Lympne], Ostrynghanger [Osten-
hangor, parish of Stanford], Horton Monachorum [Monks
Horton], Burghmersshe [Burmarsh], Westhythe [West Hythe],
and Demechyrche [Dymchurch], co. Kent, whereof Jernyngham
and his wife claimed that she had disseised them. Judgment
for plaintiff. 166

[1500-1600]. — Copies in sixteenth century handwriting of
grants, etc., relating to the hermitage of St. Leonard in Wilche-
wode [Wilkswood, parish of Langton Matravers, co. Dorset]. 174

[c. 1530].- — Small folio book giving amount parish by parish
of the goods of inhabitants, number of able men, children
and unable men in the county of Warwick. 177

284

[1548]. — ^Large bundle of draught surveys of chantries in
CO. Notts. [Certificates of Chantries, Notts, No. 37, PubUc
Record Office.] 169b

1576, July 2. — Subsidy roll, about 20 feet long, for the
Hundred of Hemlingford, co. Warwick. Sir William Deveroux,
knt., and Edward Aglionbie, esquire, Commissioners, Thomas
Bracebridge, esq., High Collector appointed by the said Com-
missioners. 220

[c. 1580]. — Papers, estreats, etc., relating to the office of
sheriff of Notts ; charges by Sir Francis Willoughby as justice
at the Quarter Sessions, noticeable for their Latin quotations
and for their sententious style ; examinations of witnesses, etc. ;
notes of readings on various subjects. 20

1585, November 26. — Contemporary copy of release by
Sir Frauds Willughbie to Sir Christopher Hatton, knight,
captain of the Queen's guard, of the manor of Langton Wallis
alias Langton Welshe within the He of Purbecke, co. Dorset.

166(217)

1590, Sept. 16.— EoU of " The second band of twofe hundred
soldiers of the lower division of the Lathe of Sutton at Hoane
trayned before Sir John Leveson at Sevenoke." Thomas
Wyllughby, esquire, captain. 177

1611-31. — A bundle of papers connected with the New-
foundland venture described in the following journal, including
letters from Sir Percival Willoughby to John Guy, merchant
of Bristol ; letters from Bartholomew Pearson and 'Thomas
Will from Newfoundland, and from Thomas Rowley of Bristol,
1619 ; John Brown from Harewood, 1617-20 ; John Slaney ;
estimates for fitting out the ship, inventories of stores, etc.,
and much other information of interest. The ship left Bristol
on Sunday, 7 April, 1616, and arrived at Coper's Cove in
Newfoundland on 8 May, 1616. The papers include an inven-
tory of goods left with Mr. Thomas WiUoughby and his com-
pany " in the Newefoundelande, the 4 of August, 16 — ," the
third and fourth figures of the year [1616 ?] being omitted. 24

1612-13. — A journal of 35 folio pages, entitled " [A] journall
from the first of September [1612] un[til] the last of Aprill,

1613, in C[a]pe where the colonie

is kept." It really extends to May 13, 1613. It gives a full
account of the voyage, of the country of Newfoundland, the
contour of its coast-lines as visited by the ship, etc. 24

285
Manorial Records (Court Rolls, AccoTJiirTS, Rentals,

ETC.).

1257-8. — Rental of the manor of Sunderesse [Sundridge,
CO. Kent] and of another manor (heading torn away), 42
Henry III. 170

1289-90.— RoUs of the Hundred of Hoo [co. Kent]. One
court is called " Hundredum de Lagedey," i.e., Lawday. 174

1293-4. — Court Rolls (pleas, assizes of bread, etc.) of Eyles-
ford [Aylesford, co. Kent], consisting of seven rolls, decayed
at commencement, 22 Edward I. (292)

1294-5, 1295-6.— Court Rolls of the manor of Toueton,
Thoutton [Towton, co. Notts], 23, 24 Edward I. (in an un-
numbered bundle).

1296-7, 1297-8.— Court RoUs (pleas of debts), six roUs, in
excellent condition, of Burgham [Burham], co. Kent, 25, 26
Edward I. (292)

1296-7. — Court Rolls (pleas, assize of bread, etc.) of Eyles-
ford [Aylesford, co. Kent], four rolls, 25 Edward I. (292)

1297-8. — Court Roll (pleas, assizes of bread, etc.) of Eyles-
ford [Aylesford, co. Kent], consisting of nine rolls, in good
preservation, 26 Edward I. (292)

1302-3.— Account of baiUff of Feme [The Vern, parish of
Bodenham, co. Hereford], 30 Edward I. 205

1302-3.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co. Warwick],
31 Edward I. 194

1305-6. — Court Rolls (pleas, assize of bread, etc.) "in Burgo
de Eylesford et Hundredo de Larkefeud " [Aylesford and
Larkfield Hundred, co. Kent], eight rolls, 34 Edward I. (292)

1305-6. — Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co.
Warwick], 34 Edward I. 194

1307-8. — Court Rolls (pleas, assize of bread, etc.) of Eylesford
[Aylesford, co. Kent], one roll, 1 Edward II. (292)

1307-8 to 1310-11.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton
[co. Warwick], 1 to 4 Edward II. 194

1311-12, 1312-13. — Court Rolls {curia et Lagheday, etc.)
of Eylesford [Avlesford, co. Kent], nine rolls, 5, 6 Edward II.

(292)

1312-13. — Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co.
Warwick], 6 Edward II, 194

286

1315-16 to 1317-18.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton
[CO. Warwick], 9 to 11 Edward II. 194

1317-18 to 1321-2.— Court Rolls of Tamworth Castle, 11
to 15 Edward II. 197

[c. 1325.]. — Rental of Hever Brocas and Hever Cobham
[CO. Kent]. 174

1326-7.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co. War-
wick], 20 Edward II. 194

[1327-1377]. — Rental of the manor of Carlton-on-Trent
[CO. Notts], temf. Edward III. 170

1327-8 to 1330-1.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton
[CO. Warwick], 1 to 4 Edward III. 194

1328-9, 1329-30.— Court Rolls of the manors of Opton
[Upton Gray, co. Hants] and Toneworth [Tunworth, co.
Hants], Richard de Grey, 2, 3 Edward III. 173 (123)

1329-30, 1330-1.— Court Rolls of the manor of Ernhale
[Arnold, co. Notts], 3, 4 Edward III. (278)

1331-2.^ — Court Rolls of the manor of Ryseley [Risley, co.
Derby], 5 Edward III., name of lord not given. 169

1332-3 to 1338-9.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton
[co. Warwick], 10 to 12 Edward III. 194

1340-1, 1341-2.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co.
Warwick], 14-15 Edward III. 194

1340-1, 1343-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Calverton [co.
Notts], 14, 17 Edward III. 220

1343-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Ryseley [Risley, co.
Derby], 17 Edward III. 169

1345-6, 1346-7. — Bailiif's account of the manor of Fern
[The Vern, parish of Bodenham, co. Hereford], Baldwin de
Frevill, 19, 20 Edward III. 166 (217)

1346-7.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co. War-
wick], 20 Edward III. 194

1347-8.— Court Rolls of the manors of Chetulton [Cheddle-
ton, CO. Stafford] and Forde [Ford, co. Stafford], 21 Edward
III. (276)

1349-50. — Court Rolls of the manor of Bradmere [Bradmore,
CO. Notts], 23 Edward III. (290)

1351-2. — Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co. War-
wick], 25 Edward III. 194

287

1353-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Crownest [co.Worcester],
Bartholomew de Frevill, 27 Edward III. 173 (123)

1353-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Brianeston[Bryanston,
CO. Dorset], 27 Edward III. 173 (123)

1355-6, 1356-7.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wodelond
[CO. Dorset], 29, 30 Edward III. 164

1358-9. — Manorial account of La Perne [The Vern, parish
of Bodenham, co. Hereford], Freville family, 32 Edward
III. 170

1359-60. — Court Rolls of the manor of Bradmere [Bradmore,
CO. Notts], Sir Richard de Wilughby, 33 Edward III. (290)

1361-2. — Visus Compoti of baiUff of Sir Baldwin de Frevill
for his manor of Feren [The Vern, co. Hereford], from
Michaelmas, 35 Edward III, until St. Ambrose following.

205

1363-4. — Court Roll of the manor of Middleton [co. Warwick],

37 Edward III. 194

1364r-5. — Court Rolls of the manor of Bradmere [co. Notts],

38 Edward III. (290)

1366-7, 1367-8.^Court Rolls of the manor of Kirtelington
[Kirklington, co. Notts], John do Bella Aqua, 40, 41 Edward
III. 173 (123)

1368-9. — Court Rolls of the manor of Marnham [co. Notts],
42 Edward III. ' (278)

1368-9. — Court Rolls of the manors of Bradeford and La
Feme [The Vern, co. Hereford], 42 Edward III. 173 (123)

1368-9, 1369-70. — Court Roll of the manor of Crownest
[CO. Worcester], Baldwin Frevill, 42, 43 Edward III. 173 (123)

1370-1, 1371-2. — Court Rolls of the manors of Bradeford
and La Feme [The Vern, co. Hereford], 44, 45 Edward
in. 173 (123)

1370-1, 1372-3. — Court Rolls of the manor of Toueton
[Towton, CO. Notts], 44, 46 Edward HI. (in an unnumbered
bundle).

1371-2. — Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co.
Warwick]. 45 Edward III. 194

1372-3 Sept. 30 to Sept. 30.— Account of Robert Tibben,
Reeve of Middleton [co. Warwick]. 236

288

1375-6 1376-7. — Court Eolls of the manor of Barton [co.
Notts] 49-50 Edward III. 185

1376-7. — Court Rolls of the manor of Smallwood [Cheshire]
50 Edward III. 169b

1376-7. — Account of John Dibbene, bailiff of Midilton [co.
Warwick]. 220

1376-7 1377-8.— Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-
on-the Wolds [co. Notts.] 50, 51 Edward III. 177 (175)

1377. — Court RoUs of the manor of Staunton, Schelton
[Shelton], and Thurverton [Thoroton, all co. Notts], Prior of
Haverholm, 51 Edward III. 173 (123)

1377-8 1378-9.— Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-
on-the- Wolds [co. Notts], 1, 2 Richard II. 177 (175)

1377-8 to 1399. — Court Rolls of the manors of Wambroke,
Wynterborn Kyngeston, Wynterborn Selston, Bloxworth,
Mapelerton, Longton Walysh, and Wodelond [co. Dorset]
for various years of the reign of Richard II. 179

1377-8 to 1412-13.— Court RoUs of the manor of Wyverton
(Sir John Leek, Knt., et socii), including fines of CrophuU
Bishop and CrophuU Boteler, Tytheby, Berneston, Langar,
Colston Basset, and Bingham [co. Notts], for divers years of
the reigns of Richard II. and Henry IV. 176

1378-9 Michaelmas to Michaelmas. — Account of John Colet,
reeve of Middilton [co. Warwick]. 220

1378-9. — Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co.
Warwick], 2 Richard II. 194

1380-1. — Court Rolls of the manor of Barton [co. Notts],
4 Richard II. 185

1380-1, 1382-3, 1385-6, 1387-8 to 1389-90, 1391-2, 1393-4,
1394-5. — Court Rolls of the manor of Toueton [Towton, co.
Notts], 4, 6, 9, 11 to 13, 15, 17, 18 Richard II. (in an
unnumbered bundle).

1381-2. — Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-on-the-
Wolds [co. Notts], 5 Richard II. 177 (175)

1382-3, 1383-4.— Court Rolls of the manors of Bayvill
[Bayvill, co. Pembroke] and Moldgrove [Moylgrove, co.
Pembroke], 6, 7 Richard II. 173 (123)

1382-3 to 1391-2.— Court RoUs of the manor of Wynterborne
Kyngeston [co. Dorset], 6 to 15 Richard II. 166 (218)

289

1383-4. — Court Rolls of the manors of Staunton, Shelton,
and Thurverton [Thoroton, all co Notts], prior of Haverholm,
7 Richard II. 173 (123)

1384-5. — Court RoUs of the manor of Winterborne Kingston
[co. Dorset], 8 Richard II. 166 (217)

1385-6. — Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-on-the-
Wolds [co. Notts], 9 Richard II. 177 (175)

1385-6. — Court RoUs of Sir Hugh de Wyllughby's manor
of Ryseley [Risley, co. Derby], 9 Richard II. 169

1385-6 to 1387-8.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton
[co. Warwick], 9-11 Richard II. 194

1386-7, 1387-8.— Court Rolls of the manor of Barton [co.
Notts], 10, 11 Richard II. 185

1387-8.— Court RoUs of Sir Hugh de Willughby's manor of
Risley [co. Derby], 11 Richard II. 169

1389-90. — ^Account of Thomas de Stainforth, bailiff of the
manor of Sir John de Lowdham, knt., at Riby [co. Lincoln],
from Michaelmas to Michaelmas. 220

1389-90. — Court RoUs of the manor of SmaUwood [co.
Chester], 13 Richard II. 169b

1389-90.— Court RoUs of the manor of Willoughby-on-the-
Wolds [co. Notts], 17 Richard II. 177 (175)

1389-90, 1390-1.— Court RoUs of Sir Hugh WiUughby's
manor of Risley [co. Derby], 13, 14 Richard II. 169

1390. — Rental of the manor of Wodelond [co. Dorset]. 174

1390-1. — Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co.
Warwick], 14 Richard II. 194

1390-1, 1391-2. — Court RoUs of the manor of Barton [co.
Notts], 14, 15 Richard II. 185

1390-1, 1391-2, 1392-3, 1393-4, Sept. 30 to Sept. 30.—
Accounts of Dame Joan de Bracebrugge of receipts and
expenditure from Kynnesbury [Kingsbury, co. Warwick],
Wraby [Wrawby, co. Lincoln], Beseling Thorp [Buslingthorpe,
CO. Lincoln], Wehgovere, [Wellingore, co. Lincoln], Brace-
brugg [Bracebridge, co. Lincoln], Wylmyncote [WUncote, co.
Warwick], Newton, Walshelond, Barleye, [cf. Calendarium
Inquisitionum post Mortem, iii., p. 261, no, 32J. 220

n 19

290

1391. — Eental of Wynterborne Belet [co. Dorset]. 174

1392-3. — Account of Robert Prowre, reeve of Wodeland [co.
Dorset]. 220

1392-3. — Account of William Jones, reeve of Middulton
[co. Warwick]. 220

1392-3. — Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co.
Warwick], 16 Richard II. 194

1392-3, 1393-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Winterborne
Kingston [co. Dorset], 16, 17 Richard II. 166 (217)

1393-4.— Court Roll of Cossall [co. Notts], 17 Richard
II. 220

1393-4. — Court RoUs of the manor of Wynterbourne Muster-
ton alias Musterton [co. Dorset], 17 Richard II. 166 (217)

1393-4. — Account of John Elys of Mydulton [co. Warwick],
collector there. 220

1393-4, 1397-8. — Court Rolls of the manor of Barton
[co. Notts], 17-21 Richard II. 185

1394-5. — Grange account {Exitus Orangii) for Marston and
Lee [CO. Warwick]. 220

1394-5, 1395-6, Michaelmas to Michaelmas. — Account of
Thomas de Lee, bailiff of Marston and Le Lee [co. Warwick].

220

1 395-6. — Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co. Warwick],
19 Richard II. 194

1395-6. — Court Roll of the Hundred of Knolton [co. Dorset],
19 Richard II. 164

1395-6, 1396-7, 1397-8.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wil-
loughby-on-the-Wolds [co. Notts], 19, 20, 21 Richard II.

177(175)

1395-6 to 1399-1400.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wyn-
terborne Musterton alias Musterton [co. Dorset], 19 Richard
II. to 1 Henry IV. 166 (217)

1396-7. — Court Rolls of the manor of Stawell, 20 Richard
IL 173 (123)

1396-7. — Roll of paper of the " Magna Curia " of James
Foljaumbe at Northecarleton [North Carlton, co. Notts], 20
Richard II, 169

291

1396-7. — Aocounb of Geoffrey Monelond, reeve of Dame Joan
de Basset, of the third part of the manor of Taustok, including
ferm of the fishery of (the River) Taw [Tawstock, co.
Devon]. 220

1396-7, Michaelmas to Michaelmas. — Account of John
Provour, reeve of Wodelond [co. Dorset]. 220

1397-8. — Account of William Jones, reeve of Middulton
[co. Warwick]. 220

1397-8. — Account of Thomas de le Lee, rent-collector of
Middelton, Marston, and La Lee [co. Warwick]. 220

1398-9. — Account of William Jones, reeve of Middulton [co.
Warwick]. 220

1398-9. — Court Roll of the manors of Dunham, Drayton,
Markham, Gr3ainelay [Gringley], and Thrumpston [Thrumpton,
aU CO. Notts], John le Scrop, 22 Richard II. 173 (123)

1399-1400. — Account of John Cowper, reeve of Middulton
[CO. Warwick]. 220

1399-1400 to 1410-11. — Court Rolls of the manor of Small-
wood [co. Chester], 1 to 12 Henry IV. 169b

1399-1440 to 1412-13. — Manorial accounts of Midddton
[co. Warwick] for various years of the reign of Henry IV. 170

1399 to 1413. — ^Manorial account of Woodland [co. Dorset],
for various years of the reign of Henry IV. 170

1399-1400 to 1412-13. — Court Rolls of the manor of Cos-
sington [co. Leicester], for various years of the reign of
Henry IV. 17fi

1399-1400 to 1483. — Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton
[co. Warwick] for various years of the reigns of Henry IV.,
V. and VI. and Edward IV. 194

1400 to 1600. — Terriers of Knolton [co. Dorset], in the 15th
and 16th centuries. 174

1400-1. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wynterborn Seleston
[Winterborne Zelston, co. Dorset], 2 Henry V., William
FiUol. 166 (214)

1401-2. — Rental of Wynterborne Relet [Winterborne
Steepleton, co. Dorset]. 174

1400-1. — Court Rolls of the manor of Barton [co. Notts],
2 Henry IV. 185

292

1400-1, 1402-3.— Court EoUs of the Hundred of Upwym-
boume, Wymboume Plecy, and Wymbourne Gyles [co. Dorset],
2, 4 Henry IV. 174

1401-2. — Court Rolls of the manor of Bradmere [co. Notts],
3 Henry IV. (290)

1401-2.— Court Rolls of Toueton [Toton, co. Notts], 3
Henry IV. 170

1401-2. — Court RoUs of the manor of Kyngeston[co. Dorset],
John Govys, 3 Henry IV. 166 (214)

1402-3. — ^Manorial account of Longeton [Long Eaton, co.
Derby], 4 Henry IV. 170

1402-3, 1404-5.— Court Rolls of the manor of Toueton
[Toton, CO. Notts], 4 to 6 Henry IV. (in an unnumbered
bundle).

1402-3, 1404-5.— Court Rolls of Sir HughWillughby's manor
of Risley [co. Derby], 4-6 Henry IV. 169

1403-4, 1404-5.— Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-
on-the-Wolds [co. Notts], 4-6 Henry IV. 177 (175)

1404-5 — Court Rolls of the manor of Mapurley [Mapperley,
parish of Kirk Hallam, co. Derby], 6 Henry IV. 173 (123)

1404r-5. — Court Roll of the manor of Kyngeston[co. Dorset],
John Govys, 6 Henry IV. 166 (214)

1404-5 to 1431-2. — Court rolls of the manor of Wynterborne
Relet [Winterborne Steepleton, co. Dorset], William Filol and
Joan, his wife, daughter and heiress of John Frome (in earlier
rolls), 6 Heiuy IV. to 10 Henxy VI. 166 (214)

1405-6. — Court RoUs of the manor of Chetulton [Cheddleton,
CO. Stafford], 7 Henry IV. (276)

1405-6. — Court Rolls of the manor of Winterborne King-
ston [co. Dorset], 7 Henry IV. 166 (217)

1406-7. — Manorial account of Willoughby, Bradmer and
Carlton near Nottingham [all co. Notts] 8 Henry IV. 170

1406-7. — Court RoUs of Sir Hugh de Willughby's manor of
Risley [co. Derby], 8 Henry IV. 169

1406-7 to 1410-11.— Court Rolls of the manor of Barton
[co. Notts], 8 to 12 Henry IV. 185

293

1407-8.— Court Rolls of the manor of Bradmere [co. Notts],
9 Henry IV. (290)

1407-8. — ^Manorial account of Marnham [co. Notts], 9
Henry IV. 170

1407-8 to 1409-10.— Court Rolls of the manor of Winter-
borne Musterton [co. Dorset], 9 to 11 Henry IV. 166 (217)

1408. — Rental of Kingston Lacy [co. Dorset]. 174

1408-9, 1409-10.— Court Rolls of the manor of Blokkes-
worth [co. Dorset], John Wodeham, 10, 11 Henry IV. 166(214)

1408-9 to 1410-11.— Court Rolls of the manor of Chetulton
[Cheddleton, co. Stafford], 10 to 12 Henry IV. (276)

1409-10. — ^Manorial account of Marketoverton [co. Rutland],
11 Henry IV. 170

1409-10 to 1412-13.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wodelond
[CO. Dorset], 11 to 14 Henry IV. . 164

1410-11 to 1426-7.— Court RoUs of the Hundred of Knolton
[CO. Dorset], 12 to 14 Henry IV., 1 to 5 Henry V. 164

1411-12. — Court Rolls of the manor of Sutton Coldfield [co.
Warwick], 13 Henry IV. 194 (230)

1411-12, 1412-13.— Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-
on-the-Wolds [co. Notts], 13, 14 Henry IV. 177 (185)

1412-13. — Court RoUs of the manorof Winterborne Kingston
[co. Dorset], John Moigne, knight, William FiUo], and four
others, 14 Henry IV. 166 (217)

1413-14. — Court RoUs of Erdyngton[Erdington,co.Warwick],
Countess of Warwick, 1 Henry V. (291)

1413-14 to 1419-20. — Court Rolls of the manor of Toueton
[Towton, CO. Notts], 1 to 7 Henry V. (in an unnumbered
bundle).

1413-14 to 1471. — Court RoUs of the manor of Gunthorpe
and Loudham [co. Notts], for various years of the reigns of
Henry V. and VI. 176

1414-15. — Court Rolls of the manor of Dunsby [co. Lincoln],
2 Henry V. 176

1414-15. — Court Rolls of the manor of Blokkesworth [co.
Dorset], 2 Henry V. 166 (214)

294

1414-15 to 1416-17.— Court Rolls of the manor of Sutton
Coldfield [CO. Warwick], 3 to 4 Henry V. 194 (230)

1416-17. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wynterborne Seleston
[co. Dorset], 4 Henry V. 166 (214)

1416-17. — Court Rolls of the manor of Barton [co. Notts],
4 Henry V. 185

1416-17, 1417-18.— Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-
on-the-Wolds [co. Notts], 4, 5 Henry V. 177 (175)

1416-17 to 1421-2.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wodelond
[co. Dorset], 4 to 9 Henry V. 164

1417-18.— Court Rolls of the manor of Erdington [co.
Warwick], Countess of Warwick, 5 Henry V. (291)

1417-18. — Court Rolls of the manor of Blokkesworth [co.
Dorset], 5 Henry V. 166 (214)

1417-18, 1418-19.— Account of Notts estates of Willoughby
family, 5, 6 Henry V. 220

1418-19 to 1421-2. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wynterborne
Seleston [co. Dorset], 6 to 9 Henry V. 166 (214)

1419.— Roll containing extents of the castles, manors and
lands of the heir of Baldwin Frevyll, knight, made at Tham-
worth by six men appointed for this purpose by Thomas Ferres
and Elizabeth, his wife, Baldwin's eldest sister and co-heiresa,
Roger de Aston, knight, guardian of Robert, son and heir
of Joyce (Jocosa), sister of the said Elizabeth, and Hugh
Wyllughby and Margery, his wife, the third heiress.
Lengthy particulars are given of land, etc., in Tam worth,
Waverton (Warton), StipreshuU [co. Warwick], Yatesbury
[co. Wilts], Middelton [co. Warwick], Gunthorp, Cathorp, and
Loudham [co. Notts].

1419-20. — Court Rolls of the manor of Kyngeston Wynter-
bourn [co. Dorset], William Bydyk, 7 Henry V. 166 (214)

1419-20, 1420-1.— Rentals of Sondresshe [Sundridge], co.
Kent, 7, 8 Henry V., with two or three undated sixteenth
century accounts of that manor. 163

1419-20. — Court Rolls of the manor of Blokkesworth [co.
Dorset], 7 Henry V. 166 (214)

[c. 1420]. — Long rental (beginning lost) of Waverton (Warton).
Middelton, Heneley [co. Warwick] and Gunthorp [co. Notts].
According to a sixteenth century endorsement it is " A terri-

295

torye of all Sir Baldwyn Frevyll's lands . . . dated 15
(sic) Henrici Quinti."

1420-1.— Court Rolls of Eylesford [Aylesford, co. Kent],
Richard de Grey, 8 Henry V. (292)

1420-1. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wodelond [oo. Dorset],
8 Henry V. 164

1421-2. — Court Rolls of the manor of Winterborne Turber-
vileston [co. Dorset], 9 Henry V. 166 (217)

1421-2 to 1425-6.— Court Rolls of the Hundred [Hundredum
legale) of Knolton [co. Dorset], and (occasionally) view of
frankpledge there, 9, 10 Henry V., 1 to 4 Henry VI. 164

1421-2. — Court Rolls of the Hundred of E^nolton [co. Dorset],
9-10 Henry V.

1421-2 to 1422-3.— Court Rolls of the manor of Erdington
[co. Warwick], Countess of Warwick, 9 Henry V, 1 Henrv
VI. - (291)

1422. — Court Roll of the manors of Dunham, Drayton,
Markham, Grynnelay, and Thrumpston [all co. Notts], 10
Henry V. 173(123)

1422-3. — ^Manorial account of Dunesby [co. Lincoln], 1, 2
Henry VI. 170

1422-3. — Court Rolls of the manor of Erdington [co. Warwick],
Countess of Warwick, 3 Henry VI. (291)

1422-3. — Court Rolls of the manors of Braundon [Brandon,
parish of Wolston, co. Warwick], with the tithings of Thur-
laston [parish of Dunchurch, co. Warwick], Bretford [parish
of Wolston, CO. Warwick], and Calcott [Calcutt, parish of
Grandborough, co. Warwick], 1 Henry VI. 194 (228)

1422-1423. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wodelond [co.
Dorset], 10 Henry V., 1 Henry VI. 164

1422-3, 1423-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Winterborne
Musterton [co. Dorset], 1, 2 Henry VI. 166 (217)

1422-3 to 1424-5.— Court Rolls of the manor of Blokkes-
worth [co. Dorset], 1-3 Henry VI. 166 (214)

1422-3 to 1428-9. — Court Rolls of the manor of Langton
Walysshe [Lang ton Wallis, parish of Langton Matravers, co.
Dorset], 1 to 7 Henry V. 166 (217)

S96

1422-3 to 1428-9.— Court Rolls of the manor of Sutton
Coldfield [co. Warwick], 1 to 7 Henry VI. 194 (230)

1422-3 to 1432-3.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wodelond
[CO. Dorset], 1 to 11 Henry VI. 164

1422-3 to 1436-7.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wynterborne
Seleston [co. Dorset], 1 to 15 Henry VI., including a rental
for 1433-4. The manor is called Wynterbourne Mawreward
alias Wynterbourne Seleston in the rolls for the 13th, 14th
and 15th years. ■ 166 (214)

1422-3 to 1471. — Manorial accounts of Towton [co. Notts]
for various years of the reign of Henry VI. 170

1422-3 to 1471. — Court Rolls for the manors of Wambroke,
Wynterborn Kyngeston, Wynterborn Seleston, Mapelerton,
Langton Walysh, and Wodelond [co. Dorset] for various years
of the reign of Henry VI. 179

1422-3 to 1471. — ^Manorial accounts of Winterborne Selston,
Winterborne Kingston, Mapelerton, East and West Mordon,
Bloxworth, Stocle, Winterborne Musterston alias Winterborne
Turbervyle, Whitchurch, Doddyngbyre, Lychet Minster, South-
combe, Lytelheryngeston, Winterborne Belet, Winterborne
Heryngeston, Langeton Herynge, Westchekerell, Wambroke,
Kingston Lacy, Knolton Hundred, Langeton Walyssh, and
Wodelond [all co. Dorset], for various years of Henry VI. 170

1422 to 1471. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wimeswold [co.
Leicester] for various years of the reign of Henry VI. 176

1422-3 to 1471, 1485 to 1509. — Manorial accounts of various
years tempp. Henry VI. and VII. of Knolton Hundred, and
Winterborne Mawreward alias Selston, Mapelerton Gonevyle
and Fillol, Woodland, Bloxworth, Hadyngton, Langton
Herring, East and West Morden, Mustereston, Doddyngbyre,
West Chikerell, Lychet Mynstre, Fayrewode, Kingston juxta
Byre, Whytchirche, Bredsale [all co. Dorset].

1422-3 to 1471. — Manorial accounts of Middleton [co.
Warwick] for various years of the reign of Henry VI. 170

1422-3 to 1471. — Manorial accounts of Middleton [co.
Warwick] for various years of the reign of Henry IV. 170

1422-3 to 1603. — Summary of bailiffs' accounts for the
manors, etc., of Nottingham, Radford, Gunthorpe, Lowdham,
Woodborough, WoUaton, Cossall, Bilborough, Estwood,
Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, and Bradmore [all co. Notts] ;
Middleton, Wykyn, and Wylmecote [co. Warwick]; Dunysbye,
Wygtof t [co. Lincoln] ; Coddenor, Langley, Heynor [co. Derby] ;

297

Cosyngton, Wymyswold [co. Leicester], for various years of
the reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., Henry VII. and VIII.,
Edward VI., Philip and Mary, and Elizabeth. 170

1424r-5. — Court Rolls of the manor of Dunsby [co. Lincoln],
3 Henry VI. 176

l424r-5. — Court Rolls of the manors of Dunham, Drayton,
Markham, Grynnelay, and Thrumpston [all co. Notts], " Curia
Henrici Percy Dathell [= Atholl], mUitis," 3 Henry VI. 173 (123)

1424r-5.— Court Rolls of the manor of Barton [co. Notts],

3 Henry VI. 185

1425-6.— Court Rolls of the manor of Ightham [co. Kent],

4 Henry VI. 174

1425-6 to 1426-7.— Court Rolls of the manor of Winterborne
Musterton [co. Dorset], 4, 5 Henry VI. 166 (217)

1426-7. — ^Manorial account for Swaneseye [co. Glamorgan]

5 Henry VI. 170

1426-7. — Court Rolls of the manor of Blokkesworth [co.
Dorset]. 166 (214)

1427-8. — Court Roll of the manor of " Marshalls apud le
Haycros, " belonging to Henry Barton, citizen and alderman
of London," 6 Henry VI. 173 (123)

1427-8 to 1430-1.— Court Rolls of the Hundred of Knolton
[co. Dorset] and (occasionally) of the view of frankpledge
there, 6 to 9 Henry VI. 164

1428-9.— BaiHffs' account for Medilton, 6 Henry VI. 205

1428-9 to 1438-9.— Court Rolls of the manor of Langeton
Heryng [co. Dorset], 7 to 17 Henry VI. 166 (218)

1429-30 to 1431-2. — ^Manorial accounts of Dunesby [co.
Lincohi], 8, 9, 10 Henry VI. 170

, 1430-1. — Rental of the abbey of Burnham in the towns of
Bumham, Bakenesfelde [Beaconsfield], Westonne, Tappelewe,
Dorney, Boveney [parish of Burnham], Eton Wyke, Estburn-
ham and Cyppenham [parish of Burnham, all co. Bucks],
9 Henry VI. 170

1430-1. — Court RoUs of the manors of Dunham, Drayton
Markham, Grynnelay, and Thrumpston [all co. Notts],
" Curia Henrici Percy Dathell, militis," 9 Henry VI. 173 (123)

1430-1. — Court Rolls of the manor of Erdington [co. Warwick],
Countess of Warwick, 9 Henry VI. (291)

298

1430-1. — Court Rolls of the manor of Winterborne Muster-
ton [CO. Dorset], 9 Henry VI. 166 (217)

1431-2. — Rental of the manor of Kinsbury [Kingsbury, co.
Warwick], 10 Henry VI. 197

1431-2. — Account of Richard Thornett, receiver of
Elizabeth, lady de Grey [of Codnor],i of all her lordships, from
30 October, 10 Henry VI, for one year. Receipts from
bailiffs, etc., of Benyfeld [Benefield, co. Northampton] ;
Castelbitham [co. Lincoln], Swynsted [Swinstead, co. Lincoln],
Corby [co. Lincoln], South Withom [co. Lincoln], Cheylehalle
[Cheal, parish of Gosberton, co. Lincoln]; Wafeld; Sapcote
and Stanton [co. Leicester], Langwath [Langwith, co. Derby],
Metyngham [Metheringham, co. Lincoln], Chedell [co.
Stafford], amounting in all to 108^. 5s. O^d. 205

1431-2 to 1432-3. — Bailiff's accounts of the manors of Lange-
ton Heryng, Westchykerell and Podyngton [Putton, parish of
West Chickerell], Stokle, Lytelheryngeston, Wambroke, Fayre-
wode [all co. Dorset], 10, 11 Henry VI. 166 (217)

1432-3 to 1433-4. — Fermors' accounts for the manors of
Blokkesworth, Estmorden, Mustereston, Southecombe, Mapel-
erton, Westmorden, Lychett Mynstre, Doddyngbyre, Lange-
ton Heryng, Westchykerell, Stokle, Fayrewode, Kyngeston
juxta Byre, Wynterborne Seleston and Knolton Hundred [all
CO. Dorset], Sir William Cheyne, Chief Justice of the King's
Bench, 11, 12 Henry VI. 166 (217)

1432-3 to 1433-4.— Court Rolls of the manor of Sutton
Coldfield [co. Warwick], 11, 12 Henry .VI. 194 (230)

1432-3 to 1433-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Winterborne
Musterton [co. Dorset], 11, 12 Henry VI. 166 (217)

1432-3 to 1436-7. Court Roll of the manor ofWodelond [co.
Dorset], bailiff's account of the same, and Court Roll of the
Hundred of Knolton [co. Dorset], 11 to 15 Henry VI. 166 (217)

1432-3 to 1436-7.— Court Roll of the manor of Wynterborne
Belet [Winterborne Steepleton, co. Dorset], 11 to 15 Henry VI.

166 (214)

1432-3 to 1437-8.— Court Rolls of the Hundred of Knolton
[co. Dorset] and (occasionally) of the view of frankpledge there,
11 to 16 Henry VI. 164

1433-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Erdington [co.
Warwick], 12 Henry VI. (291)

1433-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Carleton-upon-Trent
[CO. Notts], 12 Henry VI. 169

1 See Dugdale, Baronage, i, pp. 382 b, 711b.

299

1433-4. — Bailiffs' accounts of the manors of Langeton
Heryng, Westchykerell and Podyngton [Putton, parish of
West Chickerell], Stokle, Lytelheryngeston, Wambroke, and
Fajrrewode [all .co. Dorset], John Fillol, 12, 13 Henry
VI. 166 (217)

1433-4. — Bailiff's accounts of the manors of Blokkesworth,
Seleston, Estmorden, Mustereston [Winterborne Musterton,
parish of Bere Regis], Southecombe, Mapelerton, Westmorden,
Lychett Mynstre, Doddyngbyre [all co. Dorset], John Fillol,
12, 13 Henry VI. 166 (217)

1434-5. — Manorial account of Perjrton (Periton, parish of
Minehead, co. Somerset], 13 Henry VI. Endorsed in slightly
later hand with a long list of tenants in divers villages in
CO. Leicester. 170

1434-5 — Rental of Dunnesby [Dunsby, co. Lincoln], Sir
Hugh Wyllughby, Knt., 13 Henry VI. 220

1434-5. — Rentals of John Fillol's estates in co. Dorset. 174

1434-5. — Court RoU of Aylesford [co. Kent], Sir Richard de
Grey, 13 Henry VI. (292)

1434-5 to 1435-6. — Manorial account of Evynton [Evington,
CO. Leicester], 13, 14 Henry VI. 170

1434^5 to 1435-6. — BaiH£E's account of the manor of Wode-
lond [Woodlands, co. Dorset], 13, 14 Henry VI. 166 (217)

1434^5. — Court RoUs of the manor of Mapelerton [Mapper-
ton, CO. Dorset], John FiloU, esquire, 13 Henry VI. 166 (214)

1434-5, 1435-6. — Bailiff's account of the manor of Langeton
Walysshe [co. Dorset], 13, 14 Henry VI. 166 (217)

1434-5 to 1438-9. — Court Rolls of the manor of Bloxworth
[CO. Dorset], John FiUol, 13 to 17 Henry VI. 166 (218)

1435-6.— Court Rolls of the manor of Kinsbury [Kingsbury,
CO. Warwick], 13 Henry VI. 197

1435-6 to 1452-3.— Court Rolls of the Hundred of Upwym-
bourne [co. Dorset], 14 to 31 Henry VI. 174

1435-6.— Manorial account of Middleton [co. Warwick],
21 Henry VI. 220

1436-7, 1437-8.— Manorial account of Dunesby [co. Lincoln],
15, 16 Henry VI. 170

300

1437-8 to 1439-40.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wynter-
borne Seleston alias Wynterbourne Mawreward [Winterborne
Zelston, CO. Dorset], 16 to 18 Henry VI. 164

1438-9, 1439-40.— Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-
on-the-Wolds [co. Notts], 17, 18 Henry VI. 177 (175)

1438-9, 1439-40.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wynter-
borne Belet [co. Dorset], 17, 18 Henry VI. 166 (214)

1438-9 to 1440. — Accounts of feoffees of Thomas, late
Lord de Roos, 17, 18, 19 Henry VI. 170

1439-40, 1440-1.— Court Rolls of the manor of Stawell,
18, 19 Henry VI. 173 (123)

1439-40, 1440-1.— Court Rolls of the manor of Chedyngton
Burghershe [co. Kent], 18, 19 Henry VI. 174

1439-40 to 1441-2.— Court Rolls of the manor of Mapeler-
ton [Mapperton, co. Dorset], John Fillol, esquire, 18 to 20
Henry VI. 166 (214)

1439-40 to 1449-50.— Court Rolls of the Hundred of Knolton
[co. Dorset] and (occasionally) of the view of frankpledge
there. 164

1440, November. — Rental of the lands of Dame Margaret
Wylughby in Lenton and Radford [co. Notts]. 38

. 1440-1 to 1447-8. — Court Rolls of themanor of Bloxworth
[co. Dorset], 19 to 26 Henry VI. 166 (218)

1441-2 to 1446-7. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wynterborne
Belet [co. Dorset], 20 to 25 Henry VI. 166 (214)

1441-2 to 1447-8, 1451-2.— Court Rolls of the manor of
South Chfton [co. Notts], 20-26, 30 Henry VI. (290)

1441-2 to 1453-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wynterborne
Seleston alias Wynterbourne Mawreward [Winterborne Zel-
ston, CO. Dorset], 20 to 32 Henry VI. 164

1442-3.— Court Rolls of the manor of Sondresshe [Sundridge,
CO. Kent], 21 Henry VI. 174

1443. — Rental of John Feld at Staundon, co. Hertford,
Michaelmas, 22 Henry VI. 166

1443-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Mapelerton[co. Dorset],
22 Henry VI. 166 (214)

1445-6. — Court Rolls of the manor of Mapelerton[oo. Dorset]
24 Henry VI. 166 (214)

301

1445-6, 1446-7.— Court Rolls of the manor of Langeton
Heryng [co. Dorset], feoffees of John Fyllol, 24, 25 Henry
VI. 166 (218)

1447-8.— Court Rolls of the manor of Staunton [co. Notts],
26 Henry VI. 173 (123)

1447-8.— Court Rolls of the manor of Bradmere [oo. Notts],
26 Henry VI. (290)

1447-8.— Court Roll of the manor of Kinsbury [Kingsbury,
CO. Warwick], 26 Henry VI. (197)

1447-8 to 1449-50.— Court Rolls of the manor of Mapelerton
[CO. Dorset], 26 to 28 Henry VI. 166(214)

1448-9.— Court Rolls of the manor of Stawell, 27 Henry
VI. 173 (123)

1449-50 to 1452-3.— Court Rolls of the manor of Bloxworth
[CO. Dorset], 28 to 31 Henry VI. 166 (218)

1449-50 to 1452-3.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wynter-
borne Relet [co. Dorset], 28 to 31 Henry VI. " Confeoffees "
of John Fillol. 166 (214)

1450-1 to 1453-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Mapelerton
[Mapperton, co. Dorset], feoffees of John Fillol, 29 to 82
Henry VI. 166 (213)

1450-1 to 1453-4, 1458-9.— Court Rolls of the manor of
Mamham [co. Notts], 29 to 32, 37 Henry VI. (278)

1451-2. — Court Rolls of the manor of Sutton-upon-Trent
[co. Notts], Bartram Herbottell, 30 Henry VI. (290)

1451-2. — Bailiff's account of the manors of Mapelerton
Gonevyle and Fillol [co. Dorset], 30-31 Henry VI. 166(217)

1451-2, 1452-3. — Bailiff's accounts of the manors of Blokkes-
worth, Estmorden, Westmorden, Lychett M3Tistre, Doddyng-
byre, Westchykerell and Podjmgton, Stokle, Lytelheryngeston,
Fayrewode, Kyngeston juxta Bjrre, Wynterborne Heryng,
WynterborneBelet, Mottecombe and Gylyngham,Whytchurche,
Wynterborne Mustereston alias Wynterborne Turbervyleston
[all 00. Dorset], John FiUol, 30-31 Henry VI. 166 (217)

1451-2 to 1453-4.— Court Rolls of the Hundred of Knolton
[co. Dorset] and (occasionally) of the view of frankpledge
there, 30 to 32 Henry VI. 164

1451-2 to 1454-5. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wodelond
[CO. Dorset], 30 to 33 Henry VI. 164

302

1451-2 to 1459-60. — Court Rolls of the manor of Langton
Walysshe [co. Dorset], " confeoffees " of John Fillol, 30 to
38 Henry V. 166 (217)

1452-3. — ^Manorial account of Renneslegh [Reinsleigh,
parish of Penshurst, co. Kent], 31 Henry VI. 170

1452-3. — ^Manorial account of Gaddesby [co. Leicester],
31 Henry VI. ■ 170

1452-3, 1453-4. — Accounts of " divers fermors," etc., of
the manors of Shaston [Shaston St. Rumbold, parish of Cann,
CO. Dorset], Stoure Prewes [Stower Provost], Cowegrove [Cow-
grove, parish of Wimbome], Bradford Bryan and Bemardesle
[Barnsley, parish of Wimbome], Holtleigh, Stourmynster
Marchall and Newton, Lytchet Mynstre and Lytchet Mau-
travers, Wymborne Mynstre, Leighe, and of a quarter of
Lousebarugh [Loosebarrow] Hundred, [all co. Dorset], lately
belonging to Ohver Anketyll, esquire, 31, 32 Henry VI. 166 (217)

1452-3 to 1483. — Court Rolls and manorial accounts of the
manor of Rendeslegh [Reinsleigh, parish of Penshurst, co.
Kent], 32 to 37 Henry VI. 174

1452-3 to 1460-1.— Court Rolls of the manor of Blokkes-
worth [co. Dorset], " confeoffees " of John Fillol, 31 to 39
Henry VI. 166 (214)

1453-4. — Manorial account of Houby and Gaddesby [co.
Leicester], 32 Henry VI. 170

1454-5. — Rental of the manor of Middleton [co. Warwick],

33 Henry VI. 194

1455-6. — Court Rolls of the Hundred of Knolton [co. Dorset],

34 Henry VI. 164

1455-6. — Manorial accounts of Evynton [Evington, co.
Leicester], 34 Henry VI. 170

1455-6 to 1460-1.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wodelond
[CO. Dorset], 34 to 39 Henry VI. 164

1456-7. — Manorial accounts of Gyppesmere, Bleseby and
Gourton [Gibsmere, Bleasby and Goverton, co. Notts], 35
Henry VI. 170

1458-9 to 1464-5. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wynterborn
Kyngeston [co. Dorset], 37 Henry VI. to 4 Edward IV.

166 (218)

303

1460-1.— Court Rolls of the manor of South Qifton Fco.
Notts], 39 Henry VI. (290)

1460-1.— Court Roll of the Hundred of Knolton [oo. Dorset],
39 Henry VI. 164

1460-1. — Court Rolls of the manor of Stawell, 39 Henry
VI. 173 (123)

1460-1 to 1464-5. — Court Rolls of the manor of Mapelerton
[CO. Dorset,] " confeoffees " of John FiUol, 39 Henry VI. to
4 Edward IV. 166 (214)

1461-2 to 1464^5. — Accounts for the manor of Stawell, 1
to 4 Edward IV. 173 (123)

1461-2, 1464^5. — Court Rolls of the manor of Marnham [co,
Notts], 1, 4 Edward IV. (278)

1461-2 to 1466-7.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wodelond
[co. Dorset], 1 to 6 Edward IV. 164

1461-2 to 1467-8.— Court RoUs of the manor of Stawell, 1
to 7 Edward IV. 173 (123)

1461-2 to 1464^5, 1466-7, 1474^5, 1475-6.— Court Rolls of
the manor of Ightham [co. Kent], 1 to 4, 6, 14, 15 Edward
IV. 174

1461-2 to 1483. — Court Rolls of the manors of Wambroke,
Wynterborn Kyngeston, Wynterborn Seleston, Bloxworth,
Mapelerton, Langton Walysh, and Wodelond [co. Dorset]
for various years of the reign of Edward IV. 179

1462-3, 1463-4, 1465-6 to 1467-8, 1470-1, 1471-2, 1476-7
to 1482-3. — Court RoUs and manorial accounts of the manor of
Rendeslegh [Reinsley, parish of Penshurst, co. Kent], 2, 3,
5, 6, 7, 16 to 22 Edward IV., 1 Edward V. 174

1463-4, 1464-5. — Court Rolls of the manor of Ermyngewell
[Armswell, parish of Buckland Newton], feoffees of John
Fillol, 3, 4 Edward IV. 173 (123)

1464-5. — Court Rolls for the manor of Maxtoke [co. Warwick],
4 Edward IV. 169b

1464-5, 1465-6. — Court Rolls of the manor of Hamerden [co.
Sussex], 4, 5 Edward IV. 173 (123)

1464-5 to 1476-7. — Court Rolls of the manor of Sellyng
[Sellinge co. Kent], 4 to 16 Edward IV. 174

304

1465-6. — Court Rolls of the manors of Kylvyngton, Alverton
[parish of Kilvington], Plawburgh [all co. Notts], Richard-
Willughbv, in right of Anne, his wife, daughter and co-heiress
of Simon Leeke, 5 Edward IV. 173 (123)

1466-7. — Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon, with the
tithings of Thurlaston, Bretford, and Calcott [co. Warwick],
6 Edward IV. 194 (228)

1467-8. — Court RoUs of the manor of Sutton Coldfield [co.
Warwick], 7 Edward IV. 194 (230)

1469-70. — Court Rolls of the manor of Sutton-upon-Trent
[CO. Notts], 9 Edward IV. (290)

1469-70, 1470-1, 1473-4.— Court Rolls of the Hundred of
Knolton and Upwymboum [co. Dorset], 9, 10, 13 Edward
IV. 174

1469-70 to 1502-3.— Manorial account of Newbold [co.
Chester], 9 Edward IV. to 18 Henry VII. 170

[c. 1470 ?]. — Terrier of the lands that belonged to John de
Clynton, knight, deceased, in Chydyngston, Sondresshe, Hever,
Brasted and Pensherst [co. Kent], and partition between his
sons Sir William, Richard, Thomas and Edward. 174

1470-1. — Court Rolls of the manor of Ightham [co. Kent],
49 Henry VI. 174

1470-1. — Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon, with the
tithings of Thurlaston, Bretford and Calcott [co. Warwick],

10 Edward IV. 194 (228)

1471-2. — Court Rolls of the manor of Maxtoke [co. Warwick],

11 Edward IV. 169b

1472-3 to 1474^5, 147S-9 to 1484-5.— Court Rolls of the
manor of Langton Walyssh [co. Dorset], 12 to 14, 18 to 23
Edward IV., 1, 2 Richard III. 174

1473-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Maxtoke [co.
Warwick], 13 Edward IV. 169b

1473-4 to 1485-6.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wodelond
[CO. Dorset], 13 to 23 Edward IV., 1 and 2 Richard III., 1
Henry VII. 164

1474-5 to 1476-7. — Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon
with the tithings of Thurlaston, Bretford, and Calcott [co.
Warwick], 10 Edward IV. 194 (228)

[c. 1475]. — Late 15th century "survey of lands in Knolton
Feilde," co. Dorset. 174

305

1475-6, 1476-7,— Court Roll for the manor of Maxtoke [oo.
Warwick], 15, 16 Edward IV. 169b

1479-80. — Court Rolls of the manor of Maxtoke [co. Warwick],
19 Edward IV. 169b

1479-80 to- 1482-3.— Court Rolls for the manor of Tyshou
[Tysoe, co. Warwick], 19-22 Edward IV. 169b

1479-80, 1480-1.— Court Rolls of the manor of Sheldon,
[CO. Warwick], 19, 20 Edward IV. 194 (228)

1481-2. — Court Roll of the manor of Kinsbury [Kingsbury,
CO. Warwick], 21 Edward IV. 197

1481-2, 1482-3.— Court Rolls of the manor of Maxtoke [co.
Warwick], 21, 22 Edward IV. • 169b

1482, 1489.— Rental of Chedyngstone Burgherssh [Ched-
dingstone, co. Kent], with several undated sixteenth century
rentals of same. 163

1483-4. — Court Rolls of the Hundred of Knolton[co. Dorset],
1 Richard III. 164

1483-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon, with the
tithings of Thurlaston, Bretford and Calcott [co. Warwick],
1 Richard III. 194 (228)

1484-5. — Court Rolls of the manor of Chetulton [Cheddle-
ton, CO. Stafford], 2 Richard III. (276)

1484^5 to 1487-8.— Court Rolls of the Hundreds of Knolton
and Upwymbourn [co. Dorset], 2, 3 Richard III., 1 to 3 Henry
VII. 174

1485-6. — Court RoUs of the manor of Chetulton [Cheddleton,
CO. Stafford], 1 Henry VII. (276)

1485-6. — Rental of Hurle, Slately and Clj^, in Kynnysbery
[Hurley, Slateley and Cliff, parish of Kingsbury, co. Warwick],
1 Henry VII. ^ 197

1485-6, 1486-7. — Court Rolls of the manor of Langton
Walyssh [co. Dorset]. 174

1485-6, 1488-9, 1490-1, 1494-5, 1496-7, 1498-9, 1500-1
to 1502-3, 1505-6 to 1507-8. — Court Rolls of the manor of
Kinsbury [Kingsbury, co. Warwick], 1, 4, 6, 10, 12, 14, 16
to 18, 21 to 24 Henry VII. 197

1485-6 to 1546-7. — Manorial accounts of Winterborne
Selaton, Winterborne Kingston, Mapelerton, Est and West

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306

Morden, Bloxworth, Stockle, Winterborne Musterston alias
Winterborne Turbervj'le, Whitchurch, Doddyngbyre, Lychet
Minster, Southcombe, Lytelheryngeston, Winterborne Belet,
Winterborne Heryngeston, Langeton Herynge, Westohekerell,
Wambroke, Kingston Lacy, Knolton Hundred, Langeton
Walyssh, and Wodelond [all co. Dorset], for various years of
the reigns of Henry VTI. and VIII. 170

1485-6 to 1546-7. — Court Rolls of the manors of Wambroke,
Wynterbom Kyngeston, Wynterborn Seleston, Bloxworth,
Mapelerton, Langton Walysh, and Wodelond [co. Dorset], for
various years of the reigns of Henry VII. and VIII. 179

1485-6 to 1546-7. — Court RoUs of the manors of Gunthorpe
and Loudham [co. Notts] for divers years of the reigns of
Henry VII. and VIII. 176

1486-7, 1488-9.— Court Rolls of the manor of SeUyng
[Sellinge, co. Kent], 2, 4 Henry VII. 174

1488-9. — Court Rolls of the manor of Mapelerton [co.
Dorset], William Fillol, 4 Henry VII. 166 (214)

1488-9. — Court Rolls of the manor of Winterborne Selston
[co. Dorset], 4 Henry VII. 166 (214)

] 488-9. — Court Rolls of the manor of Langeton Heryng [co.
Dorset], with rental, feoffees of William Pyllol, 4 Henry VII.

166 (218)

1489.— Rental of Winterborn Selston [co. Dorset]. 174

1489-90. — Court Rolls of the manors of Langton Heryng,
Sowthcombe, Winterborne Selston, Wodelond [all co. Dorset],
5 Henry VII. 166 (217)

1490-91 to 1500-1, 1503-4 to 1507-8.— Court Rolls of the
manor of Ightham [co. Kent], 6 to 16, 19 to 23 Henry VII.

174

1492-3. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wynterborne Kynge-
ston [CO. Dorset], 8 Henry VII. 166 (218)

1492-3.— Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon, with the
tithings of Thurlaston, Bretford and Calcott [co. Warwick],
8 Henry VII. 194 (228)

1493-4, 1494^5.— Court Rolls of the manor of Sutton Cold-
field [CO. Warwick], 9, 10 Henry VII. 194 (230)

1494-5, 1495-6. — Manorial account of Ravenswath [Ravens-
worth, parish of Kirkby Ravensworth, co. York], 10, 11
Henry VII. 170

307

1495-6, 1496--7.— Bailiff's account of the manors of Lange-
ton Heryng, Westchykerell and Podyngton, Stokle, Lytel-
heryngeston, Wambroke, Fayrewode, Kyngeston juxta Byre,
Wynterborne Heryng, Wynterborne Belet, Mottecombe and
Gylyngham, Wynterborne Mustereston alias Wynterborne
Turbervyleston [all co. Dorset], 11, 12 Henry VII. 166(217)

1495-6. — Court Rolls of the manors of Wodelond andWlnter-
bome Selston [co. Dorset], 11 Henry VII. 166 (214)

1495-6, 1497-8. — Court Rolls of the manors of Langton
Heryng, Wodelond, Langeton Walyssh, Wynterborne Seleston,
Sowthecombe [all co. Dorset], 11, 13 Henry VII. 164

1495-6 to 1500-1, 1502-3 to 1 506-7. —Court Rolls of the
Hundred of Knolton and Upwymbourn [co. Dorset], 11 to
16, 18 to 22 Henry VII. 174

1496-7. — Manorial accounts for Ravenswath [Ravensworth,
parish of Kirkby Ravensworth], Richmond, Fremyngham,
Hyrtyngdon, Hyrryngton, and Codderston [Cotherstone,
parish of Romald Kirk], Mekylton [Mickleton, in Laithkirk,
parish of Romald Kirk], Cleseby and Clowbek, " Partes
Boreales, Compoti Ministrorum Henrici Willoughby, militis,
ibidem," 12 Henry VII. 169b

1497-8 to 1499-1500.— Court Rolls of the manor of Sutton
Coldfield [co. Warwick], 13-15 Henry VII. 194 (230)

1497-8. — Baihffs' accounts for Medelton (Thomas Porter,
bailiff), from Michaelmas, 13 Henry VII., for one year ; of
same accountant for Mowne and Feme [co. Hereford], and
Bradmer (read Bradford, co. Hereford) ; Wyken, Wytnasche
[both CO. Warwick] ; of John Wystow, receiver, of Hamerden
[co. Sussex], Fylsham [Felsham, parish of Bexhill], Cortysley
[Cortsey, parishes of Guestling, Icklesham, Beckley, St.
Michael Hastings, and HoUington, co. Sussex], and Morley
[parish of Shermanbury, co. Sussex], for same period ; of
Richard Glasson, bailiff, for Wolaton (including rents at
Brokystow and CoshaUe, and 214:1. 9s. 2d. from sea-coal, and
2s. for a pair of gilt spurs received for the manor of
Hawgulthepp [Algarthorpe, parish of Basford, co. Not-
tingham]) ; of Thomas Perot, baihff, for Gownthorp and
Lowdam [co. Notingham] ; of Hugh Thomys, baihff for
Notingham, Radford, Edwalton, and Lenton [all co. Not-
tingham] ; of John Marmeon, collector, for Carcolstone,
Byngham, Carlton besyd Notingham, and Geddelyng [all co.
Nottingham] ; of Richard Bradbent, baihff, for Downysby,
Hawkynbe [Haconby], Wygtofte [all co. Lincoln] ; of Thomas

308

Pox, bailiff, for Wyllughby (including Bradmer [co. Not-
tingham], Cossjnigton [co. Leicester], Browchton [Upper
Brougton, co. Nottingham], Wymondesolde [co. Leicester]) ,
of Arnold Gee, baiUff, for Sutton-super-Trent [co. Notting-
ham] (including Carlton and Sowth Marnam) ; and of Sir
Robert Laram, chaplain, (including 5631. 5s. 6d. from John
Marmeon, the receiver, 821. is. lOd. from divers receipts,
1821. 12s. Od. received from Henry Belschawe, chaplain,
" de proficuis carbonum maretim[orum] ; " total of receipts
94:4:1. 8s. 9d. ; craves allowance for 66^. 4s. Id. " pro stipendiis
et vadiis serviencium domini de hospicio " for the year, and
for sum (torn off) paid to Thomas Kendall, steward of the
lord's household). 205

1498-9, 1499-1500.— Court Rolls of the manor of Colbrok,
Simon Digby. 173 (123)

1499-1500, 1500-1.— Manorial account of Barton [co. Notts],
Henry, Lord Grey, 15, 16 Henry VII. 170

1499-1500. — Bailiffs' account from Michaelmas, 15 Henry
VII, for one year for Medelton, Wolaton (John Marmeon,
bailiff), Colshalle, Gownthorpe and Lowdam [all co. Notting-
ham] ; Downysby [co. Lincoln] ; Wymondisolde [co.
Leicester] ; Wyllughbye, Bradmer [co. Nottingham) ; Cos-
syngton [co. Leicester], Browghton, Carcolston, Byngham,
Carlton besyd Notyngham, and Gedelyng [all co. Nottingham] ;
Mowne, Feme and Bradforde [co. Hereford] ; Wycken [co.
Warwick] ; Fylsham, Morley, Courtysley [all co. Sussex] ;
Notingham, Radforde, and Edwalton, Sutton super Trent,
Carlton, Sowth Marnam [all co. Nottingham]. 205

1500 to 1600. — Sixteenth century surveys, etc., of the
manor of Woodland, co. Dorset. 174

1500 to 1600.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co.
Warwick] for various years in the 16th century. 212

1500-1. — Manorial account of Sutton-in-Colfield [co.
Warwick], 16 Henry VII. 170

1500-1. — Manorial account of Toueton [Towton, co. Notts],
16 Henry VII. 170

1501-2. — Court Rolls of the manor of Sutton Coldfield [co.
Warwick], 17 Henry VII. 194 (230)

1502-3. — Summary of accounts of bailiffs and rent-collectors,
from Michaelmas tc Michaelmas, for the manors, etc., of
Medelton [co. Warwick] ; Downingsby, Wygtofte [both co.

309

Lincoln], Wolaton (profits of sea coal, 283/. I65.), Cossale,
Sutton [on TrentJ, Carlton, South Marnam [all 00. Notts];
Mowne Feme and Bradford [co. Hereford] ; Wycke [co.
Warwick] ; Gownthorp and Lowdam, Notinghara, Radford,
Edwalton and Lenton, Carcolstone, Byngham, Carlton and
Gedelyng [all co. Notts] ; Hanierden, Filsham, Courtysby,
Morley [all co. Sussex ; see 1497-8], Colde Etton [Coldeaton,
in Alsop-en-le-Dale, parish of Ashborne, co. Derby]. 236

1502-3.— Extracts of the sheriff's court for co. Notts, 19
Henry VII. (290)

1503-4, 1504-5. — Bailiff's account of the manors of Wyn-
terborne Belette,Wynterborne Heryngeston and Lytelhernyges-
ton [CO. Dorset], 19, 20 Henry VII. 166 (217)

1505-6. — Rental of the manor of Stondon [Standon, co.
Herts], 21 Henry VII. 173 (123)

1505-6. — Accounts of all the Willoughby estates, 21 Henry
VII. 220

1506-7. — Court Rolls of the manors of Mapelerton [Mapper-
ton], Bloxworth, Sowthecombe, Wynterborne Kyngeston, and
Langeton Walyssh [all co. Dorset], William Pillol, 23
Henry VII. 166 (218)

. 1506-7.— Court Rolls of the Hundred of Knolton [co.
Dorset], 22 Henry VII. 164

1508-9. — Court Rolls of the manors of Langton Walysshe,
Bloxworth, Winterborne Kingston, Mapelerton, Wodelond
[all CO. Dorset], William Fillol, knight, 13, 14 Henry VIII.

166 (217)

1509-10. — Court Rolls of the manor of Shustoke [co.
Warwick], Clinton, 1 Henry VIII. 197

1509-10. — Court Rolls of the manors of Langton Walysshe,
Bloxworth, Winterborne Kingston, Mapelerton, Winterborne
Selston, and Winterborne Kingston, Wambroke, Langeton
Herynge, Wodelond [all co. Dorset], William Fillol, knight,
1 Henry VIII. 166 (217)

1509-10 to 1553.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton
[co. Warwick] for various years of the reigns of Henry VIII.
and Edward VI. 194

1510-11, — Court Rolls of the manors of Mapelerton and
Wodelond [co. Dorset], 2 Henry VIII. 166 (217)

310

1510-11, 1511-12. — Court Rolls of the manors of Langton
Walyssh, Wodelond, Wambroke, Langeton Heryng, Winter-
borne Seleston, Mapelerton, Winterbo'rne Kingston, and
Bloxworth [CO. Dorset], 2, 3 Henry VIII. 164

1511-12. — Court Rolls of the manor of Pyrybar [Perrybar,
CO. Stafford], 3 Henry VIII. 173 (123)

1511-12, 1512-13.— Court Rolls of the manor of Shustoke
[CO. Warwick], 3, 4 Henry VIII. 197

1511-12, 1512-13.— Court Rolls of the manors of Wynter-
borne Kyngeston, Wynterborne Selston, Mapelerton, Bloxce-
worth, Langton Walysche, Wambroke, Langton Herynge,
Wodelond, and Wodemancote [co. Dorset], 3, 4 Henry VIII.

166 (214)

1511-12 to 1515-16. — Court Rolls of the manor of Braun-
don, with the tithings of Thurlaston, Bretford and Calcott
[CO. Warwick], 3-7 Henry VIII. 194 (228)

1512-13. — Manorial account of Chedyngstone [co. Kent],
4 Henry VIII. 170

1513-14, 1514-15. — Manorial accounts of Sellyng [Sellinge,
CO. Kent] and Harryng [Harringe, parish of Sellinge, co.
Kent], 5, 6 Henry VIII. 170

1512-13, 1514-15, 1516-17 to 1519-20.— Court Rolls and
accounts of the manor of Sellyng [Sellinge, co. Kent], 4, 6, 8
to 11 and 16 Henry VIII. 174

1513-14, 1514-15. — Court rolls of the manor of Pyrybar
[Perrybar, co. Stafford], 5, 6 Henry VIII. 173 (123)

1514, October 18. — Rental of William Bonde, gent., and
Agnes, his wife, one of the daughters of Mr. Awfill, esq. [co.
Kent]. 163

1514^15 to 1516-17. — Court Rolls of the manor of Shustoke
[co. Warwick], 6-8 Henry VIII. 197

1515-16. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wambroke [co.
Dorset], 7 Henry VIII. 166 (218)

1515-16, 1516-17. — Court Rolls of the manor of Langeton
Heryng [co. Dorset], 7, 8 Henry VIII. 166 (218)

1516-17, 1517-18. — Manorial account of Bore Place [parish
of Chiddingston], co. Kent, 8, 9 Henry VIII. 170

1516-17, 1517-18.— Court Rolls of the manors of Wambroke,
Bloxworth, Langton Walysh, Maperton, Wynterborne Kynge-

311

ston, Wynterborn Selston, and Wodeland [all co. Dorset], 8,

9 Henry VIII. 166 (218)

1516-17 to 1518-19.— Court Rolls of the manor of Sutton
Coldfield [co. Warwick], 8-10 Henry VIII. 194 (230)

1517-18.— Court Rolls of the manor of Sellyng [Sellinge, co.
Kent], 9 Henry VIII. 164

[1518-19]. — Manorial account of SeUyng and Harryng [co.
Kent], 10 Henry VIII. 170

1518-19. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wodeland [co.
Dorset], 10 Henry VIII. 164

1518-19. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wyken [co. War-
wick], 10 Henry VIII. 194 (228)

1518-19. — Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon, with the
tithings of Tiiurlaston, Bretford, and Calcott, [co. Warwick],

10 Henry VIII. 194 (228)

1518-19 to 1522-3.— Cj3urt Rolls of the manor of Shustoke
[co. Warwick]. 197

1518-19, 1521-2 to 1523-4, 1525-6, 1526-7.— Court RoUs ot
the Hundred of Knolton and Upwymbourn [co. Dorset], 10,
13 to 15, 17. 18 Henry VIII. 174

1519-20. — Court Rolls of the manor of Smallwood [co.
Chester], 11 Henry VIII. 169b

1519-20, 1520-1. — Court RoUs of the manors of Wynterborne
Kyngeston, Wynterborne Selston, Mapelerton, Bloxceworth,
Langton Walysche, and Wambroke [co. Dorset], William
FyUol, knight. 166 (214)

1519-20, 152.0-1. — Manorial account for Woodlands [co.
Dorset], 11, 12 Henry VIII. 169b

1519-20 to 1534-5. — Summaries of bailiffs' accounts for the
manors of Wollaton, Sutton Passeys, Wollaton coal-pits,
Cossall, Cropwell, BUborough, Gunthorpe, Loudham, Bingham,
Willoughby-on-the- Wolds, Bradmere and Broughton [all co.
Notts], Dunsby, Swineshead, Wigtoft [all co. Lincoln] ;
Marston, Middleton, Wyken, Wilmcott [co. Warwick] ; Cos-
sington and Wymeswold [co. Leicester] ; Dudley [co. Wor-
cester] ; Purybar [co. Stafford], 11, 12, 14, 18, 23, 25, 26
Henry VIII. 169b

1520-1. — Manorial account for Middleton [co. Warwick],
12 Henry VIII. 169b

312

1520-1. — Court Rolls of the manors of Wynterborne Kynge-
ston, Wynterborne Selston, Mapelerton, Bloxceworth, Langton
Walysche, Wambroke, and Langeton Herynge [all co. Dorset],
12 Henry VIII. 166 (214)

1520-1.— Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon, with the
tithings of Thurlaston, Bretford, and Calcott [co. Warwiokl,
12 Henry VIII. 194 (228)

1520-1 to 1522-3. — Manorial accounts for Braundon, 12, 13,

14 Henry VIII. 169b

1521-2, 1522-3.— Court Rolls of the manors of Langton
Walysshe, Mapelerton, Wambroke, Langton Herynge, and
Myddylbere fall co. Dorset], Thomas Trenchard and other
feoffees for the use of WUliam Fillol, 13, 14 Henry VIII.

166 (217)

1522-3. — Court Rolls of the manor of Mapelerton, Wynter-
borne Selston, Winterborne Kyngston, Bloxworth, Langton
Walshe, Langton Heryng, and Wambroke [aU co. Dorset].

170

1523-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Smallwood [co.
Chester], 15 Henry VIII. 169b

1523-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon, with the
tithings of Thurlaston, Bretford and Calcott [co. Warwick],

15 Hem-y VIII. 194 (228)

1523-4, 1524-5. — Court RoUs of the manors of Wambroke
[Wambrook, co. Dorset], Langton Heryng [Langton Herring],
Langton Walshe [Langton Wallis, parish of Langton Mat-
ravers], Bloxceworth [Bloxworth], Wynterbourne Kyngeston,
Mapelerton [Mapperton], Wynterbourne Selston [all co. Dor-
set], Thomas Trenchard, knight, and other feoffees for the use
of William Fyllol, knight, 15, 16 Henry VIII. 166 (218)

1524-5. — Estreats of the court of the Castle of Nottingham.

271

1525-6. — Court Rolls for the manor of Whitacre Inferior
[co. Warwick], 17 Henry VIII. 169b

1525-6. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wodelond [co.
Dorset], 17 Henry VIII. 164

1525-6. — Rental of the manor of Bloxworth [co. Dorset],
17 Henry VIII. 164

1525-6, 1526-7. — Court Rolls of the manors of Langton
Walysshe, Bloxworth, Winterborne Kingston, Mapelerton,
Winterborne Selston, Wambroke, Langton Herynge [all co.

313

Dorset], Thomas Trenchard and other feoffees for the use of
William Fillol, 17, 18 Henry VIII. 166 (217)

1526-7. — Manorial account for Willoughby-on-the- Wolds
[CO. Notts], 18 Henry VIII. 169b

1527-8 to 1530-1.— Court Rolls of the manors of Wambroke
[CO. Dorset], Thomas Trencharde, Thomas de la Lynde, John
Cayleway, knights, Henry Trencharde, esquire, and William
Honychurche, gentleman, feoffees for the completion of the
will of William Fyllol, knight, 19 to 22 Henry VIII. 166(218)

1530, April 7. — Issues of manor court {legalis manerii) of
Wodelond [co. Dorset]. 166 (217)

1530-1. — Court RoUs of the manor of Beausalle [Beausale,
parish of Hatton, co. Warwick], 22 Henry VIII. 173(123)

1531-2, 1532-3, 1537-8, 1546-7.— Manorial account of
Braimdon [co. Warwick], 23, 24, 29, 38 Henry VIII. 220

1531-2. — Court RoUs of the manor of Wittenasshe [Whit-
nash, CO. Warwick], 23 Henry VIII. 173 (123)

1531-2 to 1533-4.— Court RoUs of the Hundred of Knolton
[co. Dorset], 23 to 25 Henry VIII. 164

1532-3, 1533-4.— Court Rolls of the manors of Maplerton,
Wynterbome Seleston, and Wodelond [co. Dorset], 24, 25
Henry VIII. 164

1534-5. — Court RoUs of the manor of Lambley [co. Notts],
26 Henry VIII. 278

1535. — " A terrer made of my landes in Kingston Lacye
[parish of Wimborne Minster, co. Dorset], named ' the Great
Gawntz.' " 174

1535-6. — Court RoUs of the manor of Wryton, 27 Henry
VIII. 173 (123)

1535-6. — Bailiff's accounts for WoUaton and Sutton Passes
(Henry Marmion, baihff) from Michaelmas, 27 Henry VIII,
for one year (allowed 535. id. for payment to two priests or
chaplains of the chantry in the parish church of WoUaton of
their wages and stipends issuing out of the said manor of
Sutton ; for payment to the prior and convent of Lenton for
tithes of herbage of Sutton aforesaid, 40s., and for tithes of
the herbage of Wyllowholme, 30s. ; to the vicar of the
parish church of Radford for his part of the tithes
of Sutton Passes, 8s. ; to WiUiam Webster, chaplain, for the
food of two poor people of the lord's alms, 34s. 8d.) ; Wol-

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laton coal pits (John Lyvessey, accountant) from 27 December,
27 Henry VIII. until 1 January, in the 28th year (issues and
profits of " carbones terrestres " 628/!. 17s. l^d. ; wages of
pitmen 5Ql. I5s. S^d. ; costs of " synkyng " and wages of the
accountant and others in this connection, stores, necessaries,
etc. " ut patet per Hbrura suum de particuUs sol[ucionum]
eorundem denariorum vocatum ' le Syknynge Boke,' "
Sll. 17s. Id.) ; account of baihfEs of Gonthorp and Lowdham
[co. Nottingham] ; and of Mddleton [co. Warwick] ; of
Cossale [co. Nottingham] (Henry Marmion, bailiii) ; of
Wyken [co. Warwick] ; of Wyllughby Brodmer [co. Not-
tingham], Cosington [co. Leicester], Broughton [co. Not-
tingham], Wymsold [co. Leicester] ; and account of Robert
Perote, receiver of all the lands, etc., that. formerly belonged
to John Wylloughby, esquire, from 4 January, 27 Henry
VIII, to 1 January in the following year (total of receipts,
685?. 4s. lid. ; payments 596?. 3s. 8d.). 205

1536-7. — Court Rolls of the Hundred of Knolton and Up-
wymbourn [co. Dorset], 28 Henry VIII. 174

1537-8. — BaiUff's accounts from Michaelmas, 29 Henry
VIII, for one year for WoUaton and Sutton Passes (Henry
Marmyon, baiUff ; Wollaton coal pits (John Lyvesey, accoun-
tant) from 4 January, 29 Henry VIII., to 11 January, in the
30th year (receipts and profits of coal 477?. 5^. lOJc?. ; wages
and stipends 211. 195. S^d. ; cost of ' synking,' etc., 50?. 16s. 2j5.);
and of the bailiffs of the following from Michaelmas to
Michaelmas : Gonthorp and Lowdham ; Myddelton [co. War-
wick] ; Cossale [co. Nottingham] (Henry Marmyon, bailiff ;
Wyken [co. Warwick] ; Carleton juxta Trentham [Garlton-
upon-Trent] ; Wylloughby, Brodmer [co. Nottingham], Co-
sington [co. Leicester], Broughton [co. Nottingham], Wymsold
[Wimeswould, co. Leicester] ; and of Robert Perot, chaplain
and receiver of the lands, etc., of John Wylloughby, knt.,
from 2 January, 29 Henry VIII, until 4 January, in the
following year. 205

1538, May. — Rental of Leuton, Radford and Nottingham.

38

1538-9. — Court Rolls of the manor of Carleton-upon-Trent

[CO. Notts], 30 Henry VIII. 169

1538-9. — Account of John Leceter for the lands in Notting-
ham (Nothm) from Christmas, 30 Henry VIII, for one year
(" Item to charge hym for vj landes [i.e., ridges of ploughed
land] wythout chappell barre, by yere ijs. viijc?. Item to
allowe hym for Thyrlandes Place, in Mastres [Isabel] Panelles
handes, iij?i. Item for cheffe rent to the kyng for Thyrlandes
Place, iijs. iiijd."). Signed " Henry Wyllughby." 205

1538-9. — Manorial account of Wambrok and Stockland
[co. Dorset], 30 Henry VIII. 220

316

1539, July 13.— Court Roll of Sir John Willoughby's manor
of Carlecolston [co. Notts]. 169

1540-1. — Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon, with the
tithings of Thurlaston, Bretford, and Calcott [co. Warwick],
32 Henry VIII. 194 (228)

1540-1 to 1546-7. — Court Rolls of the manor of Winterborne
Selston [co. Dorset], 32 to 38 Henry VIII. 166 (214)

1541, June 8. — Court Roll of vSir John Willoughby's manor
of Carlecolston [co. Notts]. 169

1541-2. — Rental of the lands of John Poulet, esquire, and
the Lady Anne, his wife, daughter and heiress of William
Fyllol, knight, in right of the said Anne, late the wife of
Edward Willoughby, knight, deceased. 174

1542, Nov. 30. — Rental of Thomas Brabryge's lordship of
Kynsberie [Kingsbury, co. Warwick]. 212

1542-3. — Court Rolls of the manors of Kepsbroke, West-
hwerst and Esthwerst [West and East Ewhurst, parish of
Speldhurst, co. Kent], 34 Henry VIII. 174

1542-3. — Bailiff's account from Michaelmas, 34 Henry
VTII, for one year for WoUaton and Sutton Passes (Henry
Marmyon, baiUff) ; WoUatton coal pits (John Lyvesey, col-
lector) from 4 January, 34 Henry VIII, until 24 December,
35 Henry VIII. (receipts 5101. 9s. S^d. ; payments for wages
24Z. 9s. Id. ; costs of " synking " 151. Us. 6d.) ; and of the
baiUffs of the following, from Michaelmas to Michaelmas :
Gonthorp and Ludham ; Cossale (Henry Marmyon, baihff) ;
Myddylton ; Wyken ; Wylloughby ; Carleton juxta Trentham
(Marnam, Sutton, Carleton cum GedUng, Carcolston) ; and
of John Trussell, gent, and " serviens Domino," of money
received by him from 17 March, 34 Henry VIII, to 10 February,

35 Henry VIII. ; of Thomas Hydde, " serviens Domino,"
for the like period (payments for divers stores (estuff') and
other necessaries and implements for the household, for wages
and stipends of laborers on divers matters of the lord and for
getting hay and com (garbarum), for hedging and ditching,
threshing, etc. 74?. 95. id. ; for payments for red and white
herrings {pro alaciis albis rub[e]is) and divers salt fish bought
in divers places, at Sturbrege fair and at Bosston, and for car-
riage and other expenses in connection therewith 29l.l3s. lOd. ;
and for ' freshacates ' [= purchases of household stores, etc.]
44Z. 55. SJrf.) ; of Robert Perott, chaplain and receiver, from
4 January, 34 Henry VIII, until 1 January following. 205

1544-6. — Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon, with the
tithings of Thurlaston, ~ Bretford, and Colcott [co. Warwick],

36 Henry VIII. 194 (282)

316

1542-3, 1543-4. — Court Roll of the manor of Warn broke
[co. Dorset], Henry Wylloughby, esquire. 166 (214)

1544-5.— Bailiff's account from Michaelmas, 36 Henry
VIII, for one year for Wollatton and Buttons Passes (John
Lyvesey, bailiff) ; Wollatton coal-pits (John Lyvesey, col-
lector) from 4 January, 36 Henry VIII, to 24 December, 37
Henry VIII. (issues and profits of coal, 356^. 16s. Id. ; wages,
46Z. 8s. 4d. ; costs of ' synkyng,' 811. 12s. 8d.) ; baihffs' accounts
from Michaelmas to Michaelmas for the following : Gonthorp
and Ludham ; Carleton juxta Trentham ; Cossale (Crop well,
Bylbrough) ; Wylloughby (Brodmer, Broughton) ; Wyken ;
Myddelton ; and of Robert Parott, chaplain and receiver,
from 4 January, 36 Henry VIII., until 1 January, 37 Henry
VIII. ; and of Thomas Eton, " serviens Domino," from 24
December, 37 Henry VIII, until 20 March following (for
rewards given by his lord and wages and stipends of servants
and for money paid at divers times to Thomas Hyde, 126?.
9s. lOd.) ; and of Thomas Hyde, " serviens Domino," from the
last day of February, 36 Henry VIII, until 19 March, 37
Henry VIII. (payments for red and white herrings and for
salt-fish bought at Sturbrygge Fair and Bosston and for car-
riage, etc., thereof, 331. 2s. 9d. ; ' freshacat,' 611. 7s. llJcZ.) ;
and of John Lyveseye's wife in the 37 Henry VIII. (receipts
from lordships of Wollatton and Sutton Passes with Bram-
cote ; Carleton, with Marnam, Sutton, Carleton with Ged-
lynge and Carlcolston ; Cossale with Cropwell and Bylbrough) ;
account of executors of John Lyvesey from 4 January, 36 Henry
VIII, until 12 September following " for theyer hoUe receyttes,
deduccyons, synkeyng boke and levereys money," (" levereye
money " lQ9l. 4s. 3d.) ; account of Mr. Marmyon and John
Trussell for Wollatton coal-pits from 12 Sept., 37 Henry VIII,
until 25 September following (receipts 621. 5s. 3id.) ; " deduc-
cyons to be allowy[d]," 11. 9s. 9d. ; " sjmkynge boke to be
allowyd," 25Z. 8s. 4d. ; " leverey money payed by them,"
221. 18s. 8id. 205

1546-7.— Baihff's account from Michaelmas, 38 Henry
VIII, for one year for Wollaton and Sutton Passes (John
Trussell, baihff) ; allowed 67s. 4d. for the lord's alms to three
men and three women, and for 13s. id. paid to John Bate,
chaplain, " pro docens {sic) pauperum puerorum datis sicut
elimozina Domini ") ; Cossale ; Wollaton coal-pits (John
Trussel, collector) from 4 January, 38 Henry VIII., until 24
December, 1 Edward VI. (receipts, 3651. 19s. 5d. ; wages,
48Z. Os. 5H. ; " synkynge boke," 90Z. 135. 3d.) ; of Robert
Perott, priest (time not specified) ; of Thomas Hydde, " ser-
viens Domino," from 24 January, 38 Henry VIII., until 22
February, 2 Edward VI. ; of Thomas Eyton, " serviens
Domino," from 22 January, 38 Henry VIII., until 22
February, 2 Edward VI. Prefixed is a hst of aimuities,
1 Edward, signed" John' Willughby," containing thirty-eight

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entries amounting to m. 6s. 8d. (Sir Hugh Wiloughby,
61 Us. 4d. ; Mastre Draycott, 31. 10s. Od. for half a year ;
Serjaunte Molynex, 26s. 8d. ; Baldwin Willoughby, U. 6s. 8d. ;
George Willoughby, 20s. ; Sir Anthony Nevell, 20s. ; Nicholas
Powtryell, 20s. ; Gabriel Barwicke, 53s. id. ; Henry
Marmyon, 51.) 205

1546-7. — Baihff's account for Braundon [co. Warwick]
from Michaelmas, 38 Henry VIII, to the same feast,
1 Edward VI. 205

1547-8, 1548-9, 1549-50.— Court Rolls of the manor of
Willoughby-on-the- Wolds [co. Notts], 1, 2, 3 Edward VI.

177 (175)

1547-8. — Bailiff's account of Braundon and Bretsforde [co.
Warwick], from Michaelmas, 1 Edward VI„ for one year,
with account of "the Wodesale of Braundon," 15 February,
1 Edward VI. 205

1549-50. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wyken [co. Warwick]
3 Edward VI. 194 (228)

1549-50 to 1562-3.— Court Rolls of the manor of Small-
wood [co. Chester], 3 Edward VI. to 5 Elizabeth. 169b

1549-50, 1550-1. — Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon,
with the tithings of Thurlaston, Bretford, and Calcott [co.
Warwick], 3, 4 Edward VI. 194 (228)

[c. 1550]. — Rental of lands in Lenton and Radford belong-
ing to the late monastery of Lenton [co. Notts]. 38

Temp. Elizabeth. — Accounts of Nottinghamshire manors.

205

1554-5 to 1557-8. — Court Rolls of the manor of Ightham
CO. Kent], 1 to 4 and 5 Philip and Mary. 174

1554-5 to 1603. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wimeswold
[co. Leicester] for various years of the reigns of Elizabeth
and James I. 176

1555. — Account of wood sales at Spondon, co. Derby,
Ylkeston, Sandyacre, [Bu]rrossheasche [Borrowash], Risley,
Stanton [all co. Derby], Bramcott, Clifton, Dale, Kyrke Halam,
Stapleforde, Brayson, and of expenditure over conversion into
timber, boards, laths, etc.

Entitled " Dale Wodes. The booke of reyceptes for wode
ther solde by John Bateman, begynnyng in May, in annis
regnorum regis Philippi et regine Marie prima et secundo,"
rendered to the executors [of Henry Willoughby]. 205

318

1558 to 1603. — Court Rolls of the manor of Duiisby [co.
Lincoln], for various years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 176

1558-1603.— Accounts of " Easter Tithing " at Middle-
ton for various years of the reign of Elizabeth. 169b

1558-1603.— Court Rolls of the manor of Wollaton [co.
Notts] for various years of the reign of Elizabeth. 176

1558-1603.— Court Rolls for the manor of Willoughby-on-
the-Wolds [co. Notts] for divers vears of the reign of
Elizabeth. * 176

1558-1603. — Court Rolls of the manor of Carlton-on-Trent
[co. Notts] for various years of the reign of Elizabeth. 176

1558 to 1603. — Court Rolls of the manor of Cossington [co.
Leicester] for various years of the reign of Elizabeth. 176

1558-9 to 1602-3.— Court Rolls of the manors of Wambroke,
Wynterborn Kyngeston, Wynterborn Seleston, Bloxworth,
Mapelerton, Langton Walysh, and Wodelond [co. Dorset],
for various years of the reign of Elizabeth. 179

1558 to 1625. — Papers relating to Smallwood, co. Chester,
and to suits concerning title thereto, tempp. Elizabeth and
James I. 187

1558-9 to 1648-9.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middelton
[co. Warwick] for various years of the reigns of Elizabeth,
James I. and Charles I. 194

1558-9, 1560-1, 1565-6.— Court Rolls of the manor of Igh-
tham [co. Kent], 1, 3, 8 Elizabeth. 174

c. 1560 ? — Terrier of Wishaue [Wishaw, co. Warwick], temp.
Elizabeth ? 170

1560-1. — Court Rolls of the Hundred (" Curia Treseptimana
Hundredi ") of Knolton and Upwymbourn [co. Dorset], 3
Elizabeth. 174

1560-1 to 1565-6.— Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-
on-the-Wolds [co. Notts], 3-8 Elizabeth. 177 (175)

1560-1, 1564^5, 1569-70.— Court Rolls of the manor of North
Carlton [co. Notts], 3, 7, 12 Elizabeth. 169

1562-3. — Accounts for Holeway [or Holy, parish of White
Staunton], Hull, Pounderford, Stapelgrove, Nayllysboume
[Nailsbourne, parish of Kingston St. Mary], Rympton
[Rimpton], Oterford [Otterford], Taunton Castle, Borough
and Liberty [all co. Somerset]. I69b

319

1563, Oct. 5.— Court Rolls of Willoughby [co. Notts]. 169

1563, Oct. 6. — Court Rolls of Gunthorpe and Lowdham
[co. Notts]. 169

1563. Oct. 6. — Court Roll of Bradmejo-e [Bradmore, co.
Notts]. 169

1563, Oct. 7.— Court Roll of Cosyngton [co. Leicester]. 169

1563, Oct. 7. — Court Roll of Wymeswold [co. Leicester].

169

1563.— " Tharbage books of the Town fielde at WoUaton

begynnenge the xviij"^ day of October," 5 EKzabeth. . 205

1563-4 to 1565-6. — Accounts of Dorset manors during the
minority of Francis Willoughby. 220

1564^5. — Court Rolls of the manors of Langton Wallis and
Langton Hering, and of Maplerton, Winterborn Selston,
Winterborn Kingston, Bloxworth, Wambroke, Woodlande,
and of Admiralty Court at Langton Hering, and of the Hundred
Court of Knolton and Upwimborne [all co. Dorset], 7 Eliza-
beth. 166 (217)

1564-5. — Surveys of manors of Garnethorpe [Grainthorpe],
Mablethorpe, and Yarborough, co. Lincoln, 7 Elizabeth.

173 (138)

1565. — " The parke booke of WoUaton, anno reginse Elizabeth
septimo," an account of beasts laid to, and taken from,
herbage. 205

1565-6. — " Visus compotorum " of all bailiffs, reeves,
bedels, fermors, collectors and other accountants of the lands,
etc., in CO. Dorset lately belonging to Edward Willughby,
knight, and now in the hands of the queen by reason of the
minority of Francis Willughby, esquire, frrom Michaelmas, 7
Elizabeth, for one year. Accounts for Wodelande ; Knolton
and Upwimborne Hundred ; Bloxworth ; Winterbome
Selston ; Estmorden, Westmorden and Southlychett ; Map-
lerton ; Wynterbome Kingeston ; Lancketon Herrynge ;
Lytleheryngston ; Winterborne Cribton, alias Cane Prome
Billet and Stafford ; Kingeston Lacy ; Wambroke ; Langton
Wallys ; Dorchester ; and of lands in Fordingbridge, co.
Southampton. 205

1565-6. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wodland [co. Dorset],
8 Elizabeth. 164

1566-7.— Court Rolls of the Hundred of Knolton and Up-
wymborne and of the manors of Wodland, Wambroke, Winter-
borne Selston, Lanckton Wallis, Bloxworth, Maplerton, Win-

320

terborne Kingston, Langton Herring, and Whitechurch [all
CO. Dorset], 9 Elizabeth. 164

1567-8 to 1573-4.— A book containing terriers, copies of
Court rolls, manorial accounts, etc., relating to Woodland,
Bloxworth, South Lychett, Est and West Morden, Langton
Wallyshe, Langton Herryng, Wambroke, the Hundred of
Knolton, Winterborne Selston and Winterborne Kingston,
Maplerton [co. Dorset], and Bearewoode, Fordingbridge and
Burgate [co. Hants], 10 to 16 Elizabeth. 179

1568-9.— Court Rolls of the manor of Langton Wallis [co.
Dorset], 11 Elizabeth. 166 (217)

1569.— The book of cattle at WoUaton from 1 day of January,
11 Elizabeth, H. Averey, Wollaton. 205

1569-70.— Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-on-the-
Wolds [CO. Notts], 12 Elizabeth. 177 (175)

[1570]. — Bundle of papers, writs, etc., connected with Sir
Francis Willoughby's tenure of the office of sheriff of
Warwick. 169b

1572-3 to 1577-8.— Court Rolls of the manor of Bradmere
[CO. Notts], 15 to 20 Elizabeth. 290

1572-3 to 1577-8.— Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-
on-the-Wolds [co. Notts], 15-20 Elizabeth. 177 (175)

1573-4 to 1589-90, 1592-3, 1593-4.— Court Rolls of the
manor of Lambley [co. Notts], 16 to 32, 35, 36 Elizabeth.

(278)

1574-5, 1577-8, 1580-1, 1581-2, 1585-6, 1587-8 to 1590-91,
1598 to 1601-2. — Court Rolls of the manors of Bleasby, Gibs-
mere, and Gorton [Goverton] [co. Notts], 17, 20, 23, 24, 28,
30, 31, 33, 41 to 44 Elizabeth. (278)

1576-7, 1581-2, 1583-4, 1585-6.— Court Rolls of the manor
of Chedyngton Burghershe [Chiddingstone, co. Kent], 19,
24, 26, 28 Elizabeth. 174

1576-1582. — ^Account of John Tjirer, rendered 18 September,
1586, for moneys received during the aforesaid years to the
use of Sir Francis Willoughbie, knight, from the manor of
Midleton, for wood sold in divers places, profits of iron, sales
of cattle, the profits of coal got in Bedworth. 205

1576-1584-1585. Sept. — Account for the aforesaid years,
rendered in September, 1585, by Margaret Blunt, "adminis-
tratrix " of the last will of William Blund, her late husband,
of the sums received by him of the proffits of the " fermes "

321

of Arnold, Carleton, Gorton, and Gibsmire, co. Nottingham,
to the use of Sir Francis Willoughbie, knight. 205

1578-9. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wyken [co.Warwick],
21 Elizabeth. 194 (228)

1578-9, 1579-80.— Court Rolls of the Hundred of Knolton
and Upwymbourn [co. Dorset], 21, 22 Elizabeth. 174

1579-80. — Court RoUs of the manor of Willoughby-on-the-
Wolds [CO. Notts], 24 Elizabeth. 177 (175)

1581-2. — Court Rolls of the manor of Ightham [co. Kent],
24 Elizabeth. 174

1581-2. — Court Rolls of the manor of Bradmere [co. Notts],
24 Elizabeth. (290)

1583-4 to 158&-7. — Court Rolls (extracts) of the manor of
Wodelond [co. Dorset], 26 to 29 EUzabeth. 164

1583-4. — Court RoUs of the manor of Willoughby-on-the-
Wolds [co. Notts], 26 Elizabeth. 177 (175)

1585-6. — Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-on-the
Wolds [co. Notts], 28 Elizabeth. 177 (175)

1585-6. — ^Account of WiUiam Barette for money received
from Michaelmas, 1585, for one year, from the " ferme " of
Gorton and Gibsmere, co. Nottingham. 205

1586. — Rental of the manor of Kingsbury [co. Warwick].

197

1587-8, 1588-9. — Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-
on-the-Wolds [co. Notts], 30, 31 Elizabeth. 177 (175)

1588, March 25.— Rental of the manor of Kinsbury [Kings-
bury, CO. Warwick]. 236

1589-90. — Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon, with the
tithinss of Thurlaston, Bretford, and Calcott [co. Warwick],
32 Elizabeth. 194 (228)

1590-1, 1591-2.— Court Rolls of the manors of Willoughby-
on-the-Wolds [co. Nottingham], 33, 34 Elizabeth. 177 (175)

1591.— Rentals of "my lord's" house and tenements in
Holborne, (twelve tenements " on Staple Inne side," twelve
"on Barnardes Inne side," two "over the gate," five "jn
Holborne," and " Gerardes garden"), producing in all
591. 2s. 8d. yearly. Receipt signed by " W. Burglegh " [Lord

51 21

322

Treasurer] for 25?. from Sir Francis Willoughby for a quarter's
rent of the Castell in Holborne. This Castell, which formerly
belonged to Malmesbury Abbey, was sold to Henry Willoughby
by John Beamont, who had it from the king. These facts
are recited in a copy of legal proceedings in 36 Henry VIII.,
wherein Willoughby complains that he and not Beamont is
distrained by the king. Lease, dated 12 July, 1595, by
Thomas Willoughby, of Boreplace, co. Kent, esquire, to Thomas
Valence of Lincoln's Inn, co. Middlesex, esquire, for 21 years
of " the uppermost chambers and roomes in the highest storie
of that his messuage and tenement called ' Willoughby Howse '
sett and being nere the grandge in Lincolnes Inne feeldes,
which are in these presentes hereafter mencioned, that is to
saye the uppermost chamber in the said howse called the Mttle
chamber with a chimney in it, and a closett or studye in the
same chamber, one other chamber without a chimney adjo5Ti-
inge to the said litle chamber," and a gallery with a chimney
in it, all of which are on one floor, and the use and occupation
of the turret of the same house, at a yearly rent of 41.

181 (202)

1594^5 to 1601-2. — Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon,

with the tithings of Thurlaston, Bretford, and Calcott [co.

Warwick], 37-44 Elizabeth. 194 (228)

1597-8. — Book containing rental of Willughby super
Woldes, the account of John Wealch for receipts and payments
there from the Annunciation, 1597, to Michaelmas, 1598.

205

1599-1600.— Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-on-
the-Wolds [CO. Notts], 42 Ehzabeth. 177 (175)

1602-3. — Court Rolls of the manor of WiUoughby-on-the-
Wolds [CO. Notts], 45 Elizabeth. 177 (175)

Terriers, etc., of WiUoughby-on-the-Wolds, tempp. Eliza-
beth and James I. 177

Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co. Warwick] in the
seventeenth century. 212

1603-4. — Court Rolls of the manor of Wnioughby-on-the-
Wolds [co. Notts], 1 James I. 177 (175)

1605-6.— Court Rolls of the manor of Braundon, with the
tithings of Thurlaston, Bretford, and Calcott [co. Warwick],
3 James I. 194 (228)

1605-6, 1606-7.— Court Rolls of the manors of Bleasby, Gibs-
mere and Gorton [co. Notts], 3, 4 James I. (278)

1607-8.->-Court Rolls of the manor of WiUoughby-on-the-
Wolds [co. Notts], 5 James I. 177 (175)

323

1610-11, 1611-12.— Court RoUs of the manor of WUlougliby-
on-the-Wolds, [co. Notts], 8, 9 James I. 177 (175)

1614-15. — Court Rolls of the manor of Willoughby-on-the-
Wolds [co. Notts], 12 James I. 177 (175)

1656-9. — Coal accounts of WoUaton, Cossall and Trowell
[co. Notts]. ■ 205

1657.— Rental of Cossall [co. Notts]. 205

[c. 1660.] — " A Terryer of Sempringham landes and groundes
lyinge in the fields and closes of Bramcoate, the tithe whereof
one moity is due and has tyme out of m3nide bine paid to the
rectour of WoUaton." Details of " flatts," " leyes," " landes "
("a great flatt on Stony Purlonge, butting on the Milker's
Path and Round Knoll Flat, 4 acres " ; " seaven lands called
' RobinhiU Flat,' 2 acres " ; "a flatt of 10 lands, 3 acres " ;
" a flatt by Breeden Balke, 2 acres and a halfe " ; " Brinsley
Wonge buttinge on the Pikes, 3 acres "). 24 (390)

1660-1 to 1685.— Court Rolls of the manor of Middleton [co.
Warwick] for various years of the reign of Charles II. 194

1661-2.— Rental of WoUaton [co. Notts]. 205

1662. — Coal accounts of WoUaton, Cossall and TroweU
[co. Notts]. 205

1663-7.— Rental of CossaU [co. Notts]. 205

1665-69. — Coal accounts of WoUaton, Cossall and Trowell
[co. Notts]. 205

[c. 1670.] — Copy of bill, exhibited in the exchequer by
Samuel Kendall, clerk, rector of WoUarton, co. Nottingham,
complainant, against Robert Hardy alias Hardinge, esquire,
defendant, setting forth that he and his predecessors have been
wont from time out of mind to receive as a portion of tithes
due to them a moiety of the tithes of all corn, grain and hay
and of all other tithes growing, etc., within certain lands
caUed " Semperingham Lands," containing 500 acres, lying in
Bramcoate, co. Nottingham, and being without the said
parish or rectory. The defendant, being possessor of the
said lands, has of late years, in 1661 to 1668 in particular,
withheld payment of the said tithe, etc. 24 (390)

There are numerous other Court rolls, accounts, etc., of
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

324

Household Accounts, Etc.
1304-5. — Extracts from roll of household accounts of
[Henry, Lord de Grey of Codnor].

[Endorsed .■]— Rotulus domus de expensis apud Codenover
[Codnor, co. Derby] a die Jovis proxima ante festum Sancti
Nieholai Episcopi [Thursday, 3 December, 1304], anno regni
regis Edwardi filii regis Henrici XXXIIJ°, usque .^

Memorandum, quod die Jovis proxima ante festum Sancti
Nieholai, anno regni regis Edwardi xxxiij, venerunt
Dominus et Domina cum tota famUia apud Codenovere.
In pane furnito, xvj . quarteria f rumenti ; in cervisia braceata,
xxiLij. quarteria vj. buss[elli] brasei ordei ; j. pema de stauro ;
ij. carcos[ia] multonum de stauro ; in iiij. gallinis emptis,
Yjd. ; in prebenda Ij. equorum, ij. quart, vij. buss, et tercia
pars busseUi avene. Die Veneris sequenti, panis et cervisia
de stauro ; j. hemp [=barrel ?] allec[iorum] athameat'
[=broached, from Old French attamer] ; iiij. lenges de stauro ;
in codling empt[is], -^d. ; in lamperun' [=lampreys] empt[is],
uijs. iijd. ; in prebenda xxxvij. equorum ij. quart, j. buss,
et dim. et tercia pars avene. Die Sabbati sequenti, videlicet
in vigiha Sancti Nieholai, panis et cervisia de stauro, j. hemp''
aUec[iorum] de stauro, vj. lenges de stauro ; in codling empt[is]
pro festo, ixs. ; in lamprun' empt[is], xs. ; in aUocacione
bariUorum pro eisdem cariandis, y]d. ; in anguUlis emptis,
iiiJ5. \]d. ; in congruo [= conger-eel] empto [erasure] ; in
sturgon' empt[is], vjs. ; in conduccione ij. equorum de
Lincolnia usque Lamel' [Lambley, co. Notts], ijs. ii]d. ; in
diversis cordis emptis, ii]d. ; in expensis dicti Thome circa
dictam providenciam faciendam, ijs. vjc^. per iij. dies ; in
prebenda Iiij. equorum, iij. quart, ij. buss, avene ; j. caseus
pond[erans] i. petram et v. libras ; alius caseus pond[erans]
ix. libras ; et tercius caseus de Rewann'^ pond[erans]
iiij. libras ; ij. hbre butiri ; in xl. libris candelarum emptarum
de Parys, vs. ; item in xij. libris candelarum de Parys,
xviijcZ. Summa [of preceding expenditure of money and stores].

Die Dommica in festo Sancti Nieholai, panis et cervisia de
stauro ; iij. quarteria [carnis] bov[ine] de stauro ; viij.
carcos[ia] multonum de stauro ; j. porcus in -fressyng^ ;
j. aper de stauro; j. cingnus [^ cygnus] de stauro; viij.
porceHi de stauro ; xiiij. auce de stauro ; in xxxv. gallinis
pro coquina emptis, iiijs. in]d. ob. ; j. peck' frumenti pro
coquina ; in x. gaUinis pro falcon[ibus] emptis, xvd. ; in
iiij. panyers emptis, vijc?. ob.; in iiij. bollis et j. parapside

1 The last date mentioned is Wednesday after the Purification [3 February,
1305].

2 According to Rogers, Hi«<or2/ of Prices, i, p. 17; ii, p. 180, rewannum
means aftermath. This is confirmed by the occurrence of rewayng, rewaine in
Roquefort's Glossaire, which are evidently Norman or Northern French forms
of the French regain For aftermath or winter cheeses, see the quotations in
the New English Dictionary, s. vv. " aftermath " and " eddish."

3 Not in the New English Dictionary or the glossaries. It can hardly be
the old French fresenge ( =Qerm. frischling) ' young (wild ?) boar.'

325

pro coquina, xiijd. ; in iiij. oUis terreis pro eadem, ]d. ; in
pine' pro salsa, i]d. ob. ; in stramine empto ad ponendum
sub oUis in carett[a], ]d. ; in wastell[is] pro coquina, vjc?. ;
in iij. quarteriis et dimidia de oleo nucium^ (sic),ijs. viijcZ. ; inij.
lagenis et dim. cenapey,^ xd. ; in j. lagena gyngiberis
et ij. lagenis de galentyn [a kind of sauce], iiJ5. ;
in dimidia lagena de viride salso [= vertsauce], dim. lagena
[vini] acri et dim. lagena de viridi succo [i.e. verjuice], xijrf. ;
in c. pomis emptis, vjS. ; in cepis et aleis, vj(^. ; in ccc. ovis . . ob. ;
in portagio eorundem, iiijrf. ; in gentaculo careotar[iorum]
Domini et aliorum serviencium, iij^. ob. ; in vij. aucis silves-
tribus et viij. annatibus domesticis, v. annatibus silvestribus,
X. pluvers, xxix. cercell' [^teal, French sarcelh], Ij. minutis
avibus, xjs. vijci. ; in expensis Rogeri de Neuton circa dictam
providenciam faciendam in Notyngham per ij. dies, xiijcZ. ;
4iberat[i] Thome de Radeclyve pro oblacionibus die Sancti
Nicholai, xxd. ; item in donacionibus diversorum menestral-
lorum, vijs. iiijd. ; in oblacionibus in festo Sancti Nicholai
per dictum Thomam de Radeclyve, ijs. xjcZ., de quibus xxd.
per R. de Neuton ; liberati ad coquinam ij. casei pond[erantes]
j. petram et vij. hbras, vj. lagene lactis, et ij. lagene lactis
pro pueris ; in prebenda iiij^'^ viij. equorum, v. quarteria aven[e] ;
in farina facta pro coquina, j. quarterium aven[e]. Die Lune
sequenti, panis et cervisia de stauro ; ij. lenges de stauro ;
in ccc. et dim. ovorum, ijs. ijc?. ; in prebenda Ij. equorum,
ij. quarteria, v. buss, et dim. et ij. tercias aven[e]. Die Martis
sequenti, panis et cervisia de stauro, i. quarterium
bov[is] de stauro, iij. carcos[ia] multonum, iiij. auce de
stauro ; in iiij. gaUinis emptis, v]d. ; in volatilibus, iid. ;
in prebenda xxj. equorum, j. quarterium i. buss, et dim. et
ij. tercias aven[e]. Die Mercurii sequenti, panis et cervisia
de stauro ; in lamprun' emptis, xijd. ; alLec[ia] de stauro ; ij . lenges
de stauro ; in codling et in flundr' [= flounder] emptis, xij^. ;
in prebenda xxviij. equorum, j. quarterium et dim., j. buss,
et ij. tercias aven[e]. Die Jovis sequenti, panis et cervisia de
stauro ; in volatiibus emptis, i]d. ; j. gallina de stauro ;
in falcon[ibus], ij. gaUine de stauro ; in prebenda x. equorum,
iiij . bus. et dim. et tercia pars bus. aven[e]. Die Veneris sequenti
panis et cervisia de stauro, dim. kemp' allec[iorum] de stauro ;
j. piscis de stauro ; in prebenda xvij. equorum, vij. bus. et
dim. et ij. tercias aven[e]. Die Sabbati sequenti, panis et
cervisia de stauro ; j. piscis de stauro ; in codling et stolcfys
emptis, xvijd:. ; in lampron' emptis, xd. ; in anguiUis et pisce
frisco, vijcZ. ; iij. casei liberati ad panteriam, quorum ij.
ponderaverunt ij. libras et ij. petras, et j. de Rewann'
ponderavit iiij. libras ; in vj. libris candelarum Par[isiensium]
emptis, ixd. ; v. lagene et dim. lactis pro coquina ; et ij.
libre butyri ; in prebenda xxvj. equorum, j. quarterium et

1 Nut-oil, made from walnuts or hazel-nuts.

2 A preparation of mustard (Old French seneuei, Fr. sneu<?=Lat. *.t/)7a-
patum) ?

3 This entry is run through by the pen.

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iij. bus. et ij. tercias avene ; in liquiricia empta per Rogerum
de Neuton, ]d.

. . . Die Lune sequent! [festum Sancte Lucie] . . .
in carne pro faleon[ibus], ]d. . . . Die Martis sequenti
. . . j. porous in fressyng de stauro . . . Die Mercurii
. . . . ]". kympe allec[iorum] de stauro . . . Die Jo vis
in Vigilia Natalis Domini, in pane furnito vj. quarteria iij.
bus. frumenti ; cervisia de stauro ; iij. lenges de stauro ; in
codlinges et lamperunis emptis, iiijs. i]d. ; et xl. anguille venientes
de Toveton [Toton, parish of Attenborough, co. Notts] de
stauro ; in ovis emptis, xd. ; in xij. libris candelarum
Paris[iensium] emptis, xviijd. ; et iij. libre sepi de stauro in
alba candela facta (sic) . . . Die Dominica in festo
Sancti Johannis Evangeliste infra Natale Domini ... in
mustardo empto, iiijd!. ; in gingevere, vjd. ; in galatin, v\d. ;

. . . Die Lune sequenti ... in carne porc[ina] pro
f alcon[ibus] empta, \d. . . . Die Mercurii sequenti . . .
in mustardo empto, ijc^. ; in carne porc[ina] pro falcon[ibus]
empta, ]d. ; et iiij. gallinis de stauro in falcon[ibus] expenditis
. . . Die Sabbati sequenti ... in pisce aque dulcis,
vnid. ; in dimidia lagena mustardi, ijcZ. ; in dimidia lagena
de gengevere empta, vjc?. . . . Die Mercurii in festo
Epiphanie Domini . . . j. kempe allec[iorum], unde cc. et
dim. allec[ia] liberata cum Domino versus Toveton, una
cum iiij. lenges. . . . Die Veneris sequenti Dominus et
Domina recesserunt versus Toveton. . . . Die Dominica
proxima post festum Epiphanie Domini venit Domina de
Toveton apud Codenovere. . . . Die Mercurii sequenti
. . . in j. gallina empta pro falcon[ibus] Domini Ricardi
de Grey, iid. . . . Die Veneris sequenti . . . . j.
kempe alIec[iorum] attameat' de stauro. . . . Die Dominica
sequenti [festum conversionis Sancti Pauli] venit Dominus ;
. . . in cervisie empta apud Not[yngeham], xi]d. ; in Ix.

lagenis cervisie de villa empt[is], ijs. Y]d j.

capreolus de stauro

[Dorse.]

Inxliiij.pync'i [= pint-pots?] pro buteler[ia] emptis, xiiijtZ.
in vj^"" discis emptis pro coquina, xv^d. ; in iiij"^ parapsidibus
pro eadem emptis, xvjtZ. ; in v. duzeyns cyphorum emptorum
pro buteler[ia], xxcZ. ; in distribucione pauperum die Sancti
Nicholai per preceptum Domini, iiij. bus. frumenti et iiij.
quarteria sUiginis ; et ij. kympes allec[iorum] pro eadem ; in
faccione v. duzeyns carbonum, vs. . . . in iiij. Hbris sepi
ad albas candelas faciendas ; in furfure pro canibus, j. quar-
terium avene ; iij. libre uncti de stauro pro palef[ridis] Domini ;
in parcam[ena] empta, \\d. ; ... in sotularibus Radulfi
de coquina, Yd. ; iiij. libre sepi ad albas, candelas faciendas ;
in lumylyn^ empt[o], ]d. ; in cingulis et capistris emptis

1 The Promptorium Parvulorum gives pinca as a rendering of pycher,

2 Candle-wick (cf. French lumignon) ?

327

pro palef[ridis] Domini, xviji. ; .... in oblacionibus
Domine et familie diebus Natalis Domini, Sancti Stephani, et
Sancti Johannis, iijs. m]d. ; ... in furfure faciendo pro
canibus in vigilia Natalis Domini, j. quarterium avene ; in
oblacionibus Domine et Lucie de Someri die Sancti Thome
Martyris, i]d. ; in gingevere, galatino et mustardo emptis et
liberatis cum Domino versus Lincolniam, xiiij«!. ; in expensis
H., capeUani, apud Burton et Lych[feld] sequentis episcopum
Cestrie per ij. dies pro negociis Domini, xd. . . . in j.
capistro empto pro le hakenay Domine, id. 24

[1509.]— Extracts from fragmentary account book, of which
the upper portion of the leaves has perished from damp. At
foil. 3, 10, Michaelmas, 1 Henry VIII. [1509], is mentioned
as falling within the date of the account.

[1509.]
[Fo. 3.]

Item to my Lorde Prince foUe [^ fool] , , . . ii\.\d.

Item for a gowne cloth to my Mr. of "London

russett xxxvjs. xd.

Item for a c. horiges [:= oranges] Yd.

Item to Robart a [= of] Stabul whan he went with

my Mr. gowne to the Courte . . . . . . Y]d.

Item to the taylar for making of a gowne of blake

velvyt to my Mr. . . . . . . . . . . ijs. i\\]d.

Item for alf a 3ard of velvyt to the same gown vs. v]d.
Item for iiij ^ardis of blake frysse to the same

gown iiijs. viijc?.

[Fo. 5.]

Item to my Mr. at WoUaton for the perdoner of
Burton Lazars [parish of Melton Mowbray, co.
Leicester] m^d.

Item at Nothingham to the Frears \ii\d.

Item for mendyng of a hie way in Asby [Ashby-

de-la-Zouche, co. Leicester] \\d.

[Fo. 6.]

Item on Thursday, the Ascencion Day, for iij . of my

Mr. servand dynners at Gresyn [=; Gray's Inn] vj(Z.

Item for my Mr. pension at Gresyn . . . . xxd.

[Fo. 7.]

Item for a horse hames for my Mr. and the
coveryng wyth blak when the kyng was
beryed^ iiij«.

Item for the copye of the proclamacion . . . . xxd.

1 Henry VII died 21 April, 1509, at Richmond,

S28

[Fo. 8.]

Item for my Mr. servande dynner whan the kyng

remevyd to Westm[ynsterJ from the Towre . . vs. x<Z.

Item to Mr. Gartar [= Garter King at Arms] . . vjs. viijr^.

Item for makyng of my Mr. gowne of tynsill
satten iiij«-

Item for viij 3ardes of blake satyn for my Mr.

jakett nili. xijd.

[Fo. 9.]
Item to the skynner for furring of my mistres gowne [blank]
Item for nue fur for the same gowne of bodge

[= fur made of lambskin] xs. viijcZ.

[Fo. 10.]

Thies be the expenses made agaynst my Mr. marege.

In primis for vij elne of holand cloth for my Mr. xiiijs.
Item for a quarter of blak velvyt for my Mr. . . iijs.

Item for fure for my Mr. of ffunys^ iijs. m]d.

Item for vij. -^ardis of satyn for my Lady.. ..xvijs. vjd.

Item for a quarter of velvyt i]s. xd.

Item for iiij. jardis of whyt coton ijs.

Item for lynen cloth and aulettes^ iu]d.

Item for ij. rownlettes [= runlets, small barrels]

of sweit wyne xxjs. iiijd.

Item for my costes, Antony and the carear . . xiiijd.

Item for a garnych [= a set] of vesseU . . . . xxixs. vi]d.

Item for a chavyng [= chafing] disch iijs. m]d.

Item for a ladiU and a scomer xi]d.

Item for nett f ett and oalvys fett viijc?.

[Decayed portion.]

Item for my Lord of Shrowesbery mynstrell . . vs.

Item to Mr. Egerton mynstrel iijs. iiijrf.

Item to Mr. Greslay mynstrel xxd.

Item to My Lorde of Dudlai mynstrell . . . . xxd.

Item to Dr. Vaisy cosse iijs. iiijd.

Item to Mr. Egerton servand xxd.

Item to Anthony for his costes to Wolloton . . vii]d.

Item in almys ]d.

Item at Horslay [Horsley, co. Derby] for horse

meyt vjd.

Thies be the expenses made by Richard Berwyke at Myghelmas
terme, the reigne of Kyng Henry the VIIJ.'* the furst yere of
his reigne.

In primis for v yard of tawney for my Mr. cloke xxiiijs.
Item for a jarde of blake cloth for my Lady . . iiijs.

1 Fur of the beeoh-ipartin. See New English Diet. s.v. ' foyn,' «6. 1.

2 For agulet, an aglet, tag, tape, etc. (French aiguillette)

\

\

i

329

Item for a ^ard and a dim. of blake velvyt for
gardyne f== ' guarding,' bordering] of my Mr.
cloke xvjs.

Item for vij . elne of holan cloth for my Mr. . . xiiijs. viijd.

Item for alf a grosse of blake sylke poyntes^ for
my Mr ijs. vj<?.

Item for a gyrdil of silke for my Mr iijs. i[iijd^.]

Item for a suard gerdil for my Mr iiij . . .

[Total of payments : 1021. 145. 10 |d.]

[Signed :] Henre Wyllu[ghby]. 205.

1516-17. — Extracts from account of " byeng of catell, of
whom, where, and of what price " (some " at the feyer of
Gravysende," " at Braksted [Brasted, co. Kent] Eeyer,"
" the feyef of Cowden [co. Kent] " " at Wythyham [Wythy-
ham, CO. Sussex] Feyre ") ; of " sellyng of catell and grasse
to whom, where and of whate price " (fo. 2) ; of " necessaryes
for household " (fo. 3) ; of " necessaryes bought for hus-
bondry and reparations " (fo. 6) ; of " byeng of graynes,
of whom and of what price " (fo. 9) ; of " kyllyng of catell
for the household from the xxj. day of Septembre, anno
viij'^ Henrici VIIJ^" (fo. 9 verso). Endorsed with note of
allowance in the account of William Walker finishing 13
November, 9 Henry VIII. At the end is added in a cursive
hand : " Memorandum, that the sixt day of May, anno xj°
Henrici Octavi, ther ware goyng suche cattell as hereafter
ensuyeth in the landes of Th. Willughby."

[Fo. 3.]

Item for a stone of derezheyre for mendyng of

y \ \ the paksadelles vd.

^ ^ \ Item for half a fote of leder for Jak Fole . . . . ixd.

Item for makyng of Jak Folez cote and hosys . . Yd.

[Fo. 3 verso.]

Item paied to Ryvers for Petur money rent of Myl-

brok and of the Bore Place [in Chiddingstone] jd. ob.

Item for a peyer of shoys for Jak Fole . . . . viijd.

Item for a pale of yeste jd.

Item for a peyer of shoys for Jak Fole . . . . vijd.

[Fo. 4 verso.]
Item to the parysshe clarke for his quarter wages

endyng at Mydsomer xijd.

Item for makyng of Jak Folys cote viijd.

Item gevyn to the fryer of Aylysford [Aylesford,

CO. Kent] iiij«^.

[Fo. 5.]
Item for lether for Jackes shoys viijrf.

1 Laces or tapes for securing the hose to the doublet. See New
English Dictionary, s.v. ' point ' B II 5 (p. 1-050).

330

[Po. 7.]

Item to the same Edmund [Chapman] for plank-
yng of the pewys in the chapell at Chedyngstone
[Chiddingstone, co. Kent] viijd.

Item to Gourde for sawjmg of ccc fote of bourde at
Moreden [Morden, parish of Lewisham, co. Kent] iijs.

Item to the same Gourde for sawyng of dim. c
[= half a hundred] fote of bourde for plankyng

of the chapell at Chedyngstone vjc?.

205

1 520. —Account of "James Leche, gentylman, stuarde to
Ser Hary Wyllobe, Knygth," from 2 August to 7 December,
12 Henr^'^ VIII. ^ of purchases of food and household stores
(" frech a cates "), payments of labourers' wages, cost of
mowing and haymaking, necessaries (ironmongery, plaster,
horse-shoeing, cooperage, ' gryndyng of crabbys to make
verges ' [= verjuice], gathering the crabs), purchase of beasts,
rewards, purchases of malt and barley, and Midsummer
wages. Receipts : 133i. 10s. Gd. Signed by Henre Wyllughby.
" Summa totalis solucionum hujus libri : cxxxj?. xxijci." 205.

1520, December 4, to [27 December] 1521. — Extracts from
account of John Levlssey, [servant] of Sir Henry Willoughby,
Knight, of household expenditure, 12 Henry VIII.

[1520.J
[Fo. 3.]

Item for Hwght Large cosse and Clyftwnse to
Bremegam [Birmingham] the Saytwrday, the viij.
day off December, for a nyght and a day wen
thay went for Myster Bremygam servand . . xvjc?.

Item to WyUiams Clyftwn thatt he layd downe
off Hawle Hawlen [^All Hallows] nyght to the
ryngarse at Macstoke [Maxstoke, co. Warwick]
chyrche . . . . . . . . . . . . viiji.

Item to the ryngarse in the abb ay chyrche . . viijcZ.

Item to Myster Bawdwen [Willoughby] the same
day [December 16] wen he went to Lwndwn to
delyver to Mystrys Mare Harbotyll to pay her
gay re makyng, and the raysydewe to pwt in
her pwrse xls.

Item payd the Fryday, the xxj. day off Decem-
ber, for a payre off hose for Mrs. Alse [= Alice] u]d.

Item payd for vj. yerdes of yelow sylke to make
her hed lasws [= laces] . . . . . . . . Y]d.

1 This appears to be the date of the audit, Tlie second folio reads
" The yere and the reyne of Kyng [Henry] the VIIJ the xij ycre and the
vij daye of Decembur " (1520),

331

[Po. 3.]

Item the same day, the xxij. day of December,
to the corwesar [ = ' corviser,' shoemaker ] of
Lechefeld for a dyscharge off a byll for chowse
[=: shoes] and bowts for my Master and hys
ohelder ixs. y]d.

Item the same day for a gely bage and a creme
clothe for the cowke . . . . . . . . . . xi]d'.

Item the Sunday, the xxiij. off December, for
jij. howpys for a lowme [= drinking vessel] in the
botere jij^.

Item the same day for chowryng [= scouring]
off the kechyn waysyll . . . . . . . . jd.

Item to my myster on Crystynmes day to play
at ye cards iiJ5. m]d.

Item off Sent Stewyn's day for a bwrdyn of
ryshews [^ rushes] . . . . . . . . . . jd.

Item to my Mr. the same day [December 27] to
play at the cardes at Mystrys Dygbese . . x\]d.

Item to my Mr. the same day [Sunday, Dec.
30] to play at the cardes . . . . . . . . xxd.

[1521.]

Item to my Mr. upon the Twelfte day to play
at the cardes . .

1]S.

[Fo. 4.]

Item alawd for chowyng [= shoeing] of the
blake nayge [=nag] the same tyme . . . . u]d.

Item payd to Mystres Eelsabeth the same day
[January 12] for nelne [=an ell] off lynyn clothe
to make her hose . . . . . . . . . . v']d.

[Fo. 5.]

Item for yowre reward to ij. mayddes that
gawe yow a powsay . . . . . . . . ijd.

Item the Munday, the xxj. day of Januari, to my
Mr. wen he was maryed, to lay on the bowke . . xxs. xxd.

Item for his ofer3Tig . . . . . . . . viijcZ.

Item the same day to my Mr. to play att the
cardys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxd.

Item to Nycolys that he layd downe afore that
tyme att CosseU to the armytt [ = hermit] off
Polsworth [Polesworth, co. Warwick] . . . . iiij(i.

Item for oferyng candyll on Oandylmes day for
yowre selfe and yowre servandes . . . . xvjcZ.

Item for yowre oferyng wyth yowre candyll . . iiijcZ.

Item for yowre pencyon at Greyse In.. .. iijs. iiijo!.

Item for yowre dener . . . . . . . . vii]d.

Item for yowre dener that ye were by hynd
the last yere . . . . . . . . . . . . viijcZ.

332

Item in almys att Sent Lowese att Dunstable jd.

Item to a pyper att Bernaytt [Barnet, cos.
Herts and Midd.] • J^^-

Item for the prononstycacyonse [= prognosti-
cations] . . . . . . . • • • • • P-

[Fo. 6.]

Item for xij. maner of sedys for a garden . . xijd.

Item for yowre brotherhayd [= guild or religious
fraternity] att Lowdlowe . . . . . . • . xiji.

Item the Munday, the xxv. day of Faibrwari,
for yowre oferyng att Mr. Dygbyse obytt . . iiijcZ.

[Fo. 8.]
Item to Pernell for fastyng off Sent Katerse

iiij(i.

evyn

Item the Munday, the viij. day of Aperyll, for
ij. skayne of blake sylke . . . . . . . . iiijrf.

[Fo. 9.]

Item for Clyftun cosse [= costs] to seche the
hawkys off Swttun wen thay were stowlnc . . iiijci.

Item for yowre brother-hayd off Owre Lade's
gylde off Bostun xijcZ.

Item for yowre reward to ij. men that ga3rtherd
for Sent Jamys shapyll by syde My Lord off
Dwdlayse . . . . . . . . . . . . iiijc^.

[Fo. 10.]

Item the Sunday, the xix. day of Maye, to the
Wjrthefrayrse of Cowentre for yowre brother-hede xi]d.

Item payd to Brage for showtynge att the
bowttes . . . . . . . . . , . . i]d.

[Fo. 12.]

Item the Weddunseday, the iij. day of July,
fo[r] yowre reward to them that wachyd the stake
[=stag?]that ye send to the kyng .. .. ijs.

[Fo. 13.]
November.

Item to my Mr. of Awle Haloweday to play att
the cardys . . . . . . . . . . . . iijs. iiijd.

Item to a mayd that gawe yow a powsay . . ]d.

Item to Mystrys EsabeU wen she went to Lentun
fayre wyth my lady, by yowre commondment . . xxs.

Item to my Mr. the Thwrseday, the vij. day, to
play at the cardse wen the pryar of Macstoke
was at Mydylton . . , . . . . . . . iijs. m]d.

333

Item to Dowltun for hys cosse to the weker
[= vicar] off Astun [Aston, co. Warwick] wytli
a fawkon . . . . , . . , . . . . in]d.

[Fo. 14.]

Item the Thwseday, the xxvj. day, to my Mr.

to playe att the cardes . . . . . . . . xxrf.

Item to my Mr., the xxx. day of November,

to playe at the cardse . . . . . . . . xxrf.

[Fo. 15.]
Frayche a hates at Mydyltun frome the xvij. day of Januari.

Item payd to Gaylyfe the same day for fyche
agaynste Mr. Fayghtarbard[=Fitzherbert]comyng
to Mydyltun . . . . . . . . . . iijs. viijd.

Item for ii" hosterse [= oysters] to Gaylyfe . . viijd.

Item for caryage . . . . . . . . i]d.

Item for a wodkoke the same day . . . . jd.

Item the Sunday, the x. day of Marche, payd
to the bakar off Cossoll for xviij. dowson of wettyn
[=wheaten] bred that was spende att yowre maryage xviij s.

Item for otte [^oat]kakys the same day .. ijd.

[Fo. 16.]

1520.

Freche akates at Macstoke from the v. day of December in
the xif''. yere off Kyng Henry the VIIJ.

[Fo. 17.]
Item for halfe a qwarter of branne for doge bred viijd.

[Fo. 19.]
1521.
Item for viij. off yowre serwandes dener att
Graysenn [= Gray's Inn] . . . . . . . . xixd.

Item in almys att Graysenn . . . . . . ]d.

[Fo. 23.]

Item in almys the Munday, the xvij. day of
June, to on' that gaytherd for the presonarse att
Notyngham . . . . . . . . • • • • ]d

Item for bred and ale att the bonefyre on
Mydsomer evyn . . . . . . . . . • viijcZ

Item the Thwseday, the xxiij. day of July, for
yowre reward to Gresbrowke's dowghter for a
powsay goyng to Lechefeld . . . . . . ]d

334

[Fo. 28.]
Rewardys.
Item for yowre reward to Mr. Dygbyse nowrse
wen ye kjrrstynde [= christened] his shylde
[= child], the laste day of Awgwste . . . . xijrf.

1520.

Item to the armytt Egertun the same day
[Dec. 22] for reward ^^d■

Item the Fryday, the xxviij. day of December,
for yowre reward to Hertt the gunnar wen he
com fwrthe off Yerelande iijs. m^d.

Item for yowre reward to hys faylase[^ fellows] xxrf.

Item the Sunday, the xxx. day of December,
for yowre reward to a mynstryll of the Fraynche
Kwenys . . . . . . . • • • ■ • ijs.

Item in almys the same day [December 31]
to a skolar . . . . . . . . . . ■ ■ ij^-

[Fo. 29.]
1521.

Item for yowre reward to a pore man that was
robyd by sy[de] Sir Edward Fayrysws [=Ferrers i]
the same day [Jan. 4] .. '^i\d.

Item in almys the same day [Jan. 16] to ij.
skolarse . . . . . . . . . • • • ij^'

Item the Thwseday, the xxij. day of Januari,
for yowre reward to ij. chalandse [= canons] and
the orgjm-playar of Macstoke Abbay . . . . iiijs.

Item for yowre reward to Myster Beltnopse
[=Belknapp's]^ playarse the same day .. .. vjs. \u]d.

Item the Thwrseday, the xxiiij. day of Januari,
for yowre reward to the dwke off Bowkyngam
playarse vjs. viijrf.

Item the Thwseday [= Tuesday], the xxix. day of
Januari, for yowre reward to ij. frayrse onn
Merydyne [Meriden, co. Warwick] haythe [= heath] iiijrf.

Item for the oferyng att owre Lady att Cowentre iiijrf.

Item the Waydwnesday for yowre reward to
ij. frayrys att Dunstable . . . . . . . . viijrf.

Item in almys to a man that lyse bedrydyn as
ye goo to Westmynster . . .... . . ]d.

Item the Fryday, the viij. day of Faybrwari,
for yowre reward to the prest that chorowve
[= shrove, shrived] yowe att Saywowe {^= the
Savoy] . . . . . . . . . . . • . . viijtZ.

1 Of Baddesley Clinton, co. Warwick. See Dugdale, Antiquities of
Warwickshire, p. 711b.

2 Sir Edward Belknap of Weston, co. Warwick. See Dugdale, Antigq. of
Warwickshire, p. 408b

335

[Fo. 30.]

Item the Munday, the xj. day of Faybruari,
for yowre reward to the armytt Egerton . . m']d.

Item the Thwrseday, the x[i]iij. day of Februari,
fo[r] yowre reward to Mr. Worthe chylder wen
thay wentt to Swtton [Sutton Coldfield, co. War-
wick] to the skowle . . . . . . . . . . uijd.

Item the Munday, the xj. day of Marche, for
yowre reward to my Lady off Polseworth gentyl-
woman wen the chowtyng [= shooting] was ther ijs.

Item for yowre reward to Wyld off Tomworthe
the same day that the chowtyng was by twextt
Polseworthe men and yowrse . . . . . . xxd.

[Fo. 31.]

Item for yowre reward to a preste that browght
a letter from Myster John [Willoughby] frome
Rowme [= Rome] . . . . . . . . . . xxd.

Item the Thwrseday (sic), the ij. day of Aperyll to
the wemyn that gaytherd for Owre Lady's lyght
att Mydylton . . . . . . . . . . . . m]d.

Item Thwrseday, the iiij. day of Aperyll, for
yowre reward to the waytys off Notyngam . . sxd.

Item for yowre reward the same day to the
bowxe att Powlsseworthe that gajrtherd for Owre
Lady . . . . . . . . . . . . . . injd.

Item for yowre reward to the maydse off
Powlseworth . . . . . . . . . . . . ij<i.

Item for yowre oferyng att the rewde [=rood]
off Notyngam the same day . . . . . . iiijc?.

Item for yowre reward to ij . lytyll frayrys . . iiijd.

Item for yowre reward to the pryar . . . . xi]d.

Item to the wemyn of Wyllarton that gaytherd
for Owre Lady's lyght . . . . . . . . m]d.

Item for yowre reward to the frayrse att
Notyngham . . . . . . . . . . . . in]d.

Item for yowre reward to Sir Herre Sayche-
werylse [^= Sacheverel's] mynstryll . . . . . . xijti.

Item the Thwseday, the x[i]j. day of Marche, for
yowre reward to the wayttes of Laycjrtre . . xijrf.

Item the Fryday, the xij. day of Aperyll, for
yowre reward to ij. frayrse off Notyngam that
was goyng to Sent Mykylse Mowntt . . . . viijrf.

Item for yowre reward to my Lady off Powlse-
worth mynstryll . . . . . . . . . . m]d.

Item the Sunday, the xiiij. day off Aperyll, for
yowre reward to Mr. Cowmberfordse mynstryll . . Yiijd.

336

[Fo. 32.]

Item the Sunday, the xv. (sic) of Aperyll, to Elys
that he layd downe to the men of Bremygeam
wen ye gawe them a doe, by yowre commond-
mentt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxcZ.

[Po. 33.]

Item for yowre reward the Thwseday, the xviii.
day off June, to the kolyarse that was senkyng a
pytt iiijc^.

Item for yowre reward to Mr. Storlayse [= Strel-
ley's] mynstryll . . . . . . . . . . viijd.

Item for yowre reward the Weddunseday, the
xix. day o£E June, to a frayre off Taykylle [= Tick-
hill, CO. York] goyng toward Oxford . . . . iiijd.

Item for yowre reward the [^to] a frayre off
Notyngam the Sunday, the xvj. day off June,
that praychyd att Wollartoun . . . . . . xijd.

Item the Thwseday, the xxv[i]j. day off June,
for yowre reward to ij. wemyn that^ wesshed
layd [=:lead] ore as ye went to Sent Anny's^ ij(?.

Item to wemyn that gajrtherd layd ore . . ]d.

Item for yowre reward the Fryday, the xxx. (sic)
day off June, to a woman that browght a botyll
of wyne from Lentune . . . . . . . . ]d.

Item for yowre reward to a mayde that gawe
yow a garland off Sent Peter's ewyn att the
bonefyre . . . . . . . . . . . . jd.

Item for ale att the bonefyre . . . . . . iiijd.

Item in almys to ij. clarkys the same day [July
15] i]d.

Item the Saytwrday, the vj. day off July, for
yowre reward to yowre serwandys that ranne in
the medowe . . . . . . . . . . . . ui]d.

Item to the foxe taker for takyng off ij. foxses ijs.

[Fo. 34.]

Item the Sunday, the vij. day off July, for
yowre re[ward] to a serwand off Mr. Mowmfordse
toward a nale [= an ale, feast] . . . . . . ....

Item in almys the same day to ij. pore men
that com frome Rowme . . . . . . . . i]d.

Item for yowre reward to the armytt of Bindon,
the xxiiij. day of July . . . . . . . . xxd.

Item for yowre reward to the kyngse myn-
strylse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iijs. m]d.

Item to a frayre that praychyd in the chapyll xxd.

1 the, MS.

2 St. Ann's Well, Buxton, co. Derby,

337

[Fo. 35.]
Item for yowre reward to my Lorde Mowntt
Egle mynstryll, the xxvij. day off September . . viijd.

[Fo. 36.]

Item the Thwrseday (sic), the xvij. day, for yowre
reward to the armytt [= hermit] Mytton . . . . m]d.

Item for yowre reward the same day [All Saints'
day] to Recheart Swebsun for brengyng of kwenses
[= quinces] . . . . . . . . . . . . viijd.

[Fo. 36.]

[Item for] yowre reward to a Welche prest that
"comme by [the] waye wen ye were of hwntynge iiijrf.

Item for yowre reward to the playarse of Tom-
worth of Sent Stewense day . . . . . . iijs. iiijd.

" Item to ij. pleye[r]se of Sent Thomas day . . iijs. iiijti.

Item to the playarse of Mydylton . . . . iJ5.

Item delyvered to my Lady on Good Friday . . vli.

Item delyvered to my Lady whan she went to
Lenton Fayre . . . . . . . . . . xli.

* Summa totalis infra hunc librum : cccli. viijs.

[Signed :]

Henre Wyllughby. John Levesey. 205.

1521. — " Receites be me Dame Alice Wyllughby from
the feste of the Anu[n]ciacion of Our Blessed Lade in Marche,
in [the] xij"' yere of Kyng Henry the VIIJ"' " Decayed
from damp. Contains payments of wages, accounts of money
paid' to the weaver and notes concerning cloth woven by him.
■(In hand of Dame Ahce ?). 205.

1521-3. — Extracts from account of John Levissey, ' ser-
vaunte unto Syr Henry Wyllowghby, knyght,' commencing
28 December, 13 Henry VIII, [and ending 7 January, 1523].

[Receipts : 3001. Is. lid. plus 6Z. 7s. U.'\

[Fo. 3.]
Paymentes.

1521.
[December.]

In primis a pon Noweyer's Ewyn [= Eve] iri
reward to Rowfe Berlott sowne [=son] for
bryngyng of a capun for a praysand .. .. ijt/.

Item to the berber, the same day iiijd!.

1522.

[January.]

Item in rewarde to your offesars on Nweyerse Day
in the mornyng viijs. viijd.

M82

338

Item for Shengleton cosse [= costs] to Ser Rysewpp
Thomas, the same tyme, to fayche yowre frese
yakyd [= jacket] xs.

Item in reward to the keper of Wallay Parke
[? Wooley, parish of Morton, co. Derby], the
same tyme, for bryngyng of a dowe iijs. m]d.

Item in reward to the playarse of Sylyoll [Solihull,

CO. Warwick], the ij. day of Januar[y] . . . . ijs. viijrf.

Item to WyUam Cokys, the viij. day of Januar[y],
wen ye sende [=sent] hym to mete Mr. John'
[Willoughby] wen he com home vjs. viijd.

Item in reward to a frayre, the same tyme . . m]d.

Item for on' of yowre serwantt cosse to Wyllogh-

ton [= WoUaton] viijd.

Item for a stryke of molte and a nother of berly,
the same day [11 January], for a horse that ye
send to Sir Rysewpp Thomas xxjd.

Item to a pernar [= pardoner] of Sent Antony

the xij. day of Januar[y] iiijtZ.

Item for pentyng the rowde [=: rood] in the chapell iijs. m]d.

Item in rewarde to ij. skolarse, the xx. day of

Januar[y] ijdi

Item for Hwght Large cosse and myne to Cowen-
tre, the same time [January 31], caryng a pray-
sand to Myster Gelynse vjrf«

Item payde for a commbe and a premer [= primer]

for my Mr., the same tyme vj(Z;

Item for a kjrrtwU of fwstyon and lynyng for

Mystrys Mare . . viijs. yn]d .

Item for lynyng a jakyd for my Mr., the same

tyme iijs. xd.

[Fo. 4.]
Sequitur Febrnarii.

Item for Shengleton cosse into Walse [= Wales]
•\vyth a horse that ye bowght of Mr. Edward
[Willoughby], the fyrste day of Faybruari . . vjs. V\i]d.

Item in rewarde wen ye went to kjrrston [= chris-
ten] Myster Crosby's chylde, the ij. day of Fay-
brwary .' . . . . X5.

Item for a pajnre of showse for Mystrys Mare, the
V. day viijd.

Item in almys, the same day [5 February] . . . . iijd.

Item delyver'd to Mr. Edward [Willoughby] by
yowre commondment, by the handes of Henry
Mermyon, wen he went to London xxs.

Item for a kyrchow clowthe for Mystrys Mare, the

ix. day of Faybruari, by yowre commondment xviijdi

Marche.

Item for my cosse to Wolloghton comyng and
g03mg, lyyng a nyghte by the way, the vj. day
of Marche viid.

339

Item to the berber, the viij . day of Marche . . iiij(Z.

Item for wyne at Notyngam, the same day . . vjd.

Item paid to yowre almse men, the same day . . viijrf.
Item in reward to youre kowlyarse that was syngk-

yng a pytte, the same tyme iiijrf.

Item for yowre cosse att Maysam [Measham, co.

Derby], the xij. day of Marche iijs. ixd.

[Fo. 5.]
Item in reward to the payryche preste of the towne,

the same tyme [14 March], wen ye were shrewyn

[= shriven] '. . vu]d.

Item for yowre hontys [= huntsman's, from A.S.

hunta] cosse to Wylloghton [— Wollaton] wyth

the howndes, the same tyme vjc?.

Item for howlde hemes [= armour, war-gear]

that ye bowght at Kynsebayry [Kingsbury, co.

Warwick], the xvij. day of Marche xiijs. ni]d.

Item for bote cakys, the same tyme i]d.

Item in rewarde to Mr. Howlte serwant for bryng-

yng of a praysand, the same tyme iiij<^-

Item for a dowblett clowthe of worstyd for yowre

selfe ixs. ixd.

Item for a pwrse for yowre selfe, the same tyme ixrf.

Item in reward to Myster Thwrland servauntes,

the xxj. day of Marche, for laydyng^ of yowre

powlse [^ pools] vjs. Yu]d.

Item for yowre cosse to Werwyke wyth xxx horse,

lyyng forthe ij nyghtes, the xxij day of Marche xls. viijrf.
Item for cordcs for Myster Thwrland servauntes

and naylse wen thay laydwd^ yowre pyttes . . xd.

Item for cosse at Tomworth wen ye sat apon the

mwster, the xxv day of Marche ii]s.

Item for cosse at Bremygeam [Birmingham], the

xxix day of Marche, syttyng of the sayd mwster vjs. x]d.
Item payd for fygse and rayswnse, the same tyme xvijd

Item rewarde to the abbot of Merjrwall [Merevale.

CO. Warwick] servauntt, the same day [March

31], for brynggyn of a praysand iiijrf.

Item to Bayke for makyng of gayre that Mr.

Thwrland servauntt wroyght wygifi {sic) wyth v]d.

Aprell.
Item for yowre oferyng att Gary dyne [Garendon,
CO. Leicester] the iij . day iiijci.

[Fo. 6.]
Item for bred and ale att yowre braykefast there
[at Measham, co. Derby] att the lowgc, the iiij.
day of Aprill . . . . vjd.

1 ' Lading ' or drawing away of water. See New English Dictionary, s.v.
' lade,' vh. II.

340

Item in rewarde to My Lordes horse keper . . iiijd.

Item for cosse att Cosyngton [Cossington, eo.

Leicester], the same day viijd.

Item for yowre porrshon att yowre dener att
Notyngam, the v day of Aprill, syttyng of a
commycion vijs. iiijd.

Item in rewarde to the Frayrse [^Friars], the

same tyme vii]d.

Item for horse maytt [=meat, i.e., food] ther,

the same tyme Hjd.

Item to Lwse for hyr gyfter^ kowlse, the same tyme vjd.

Item to yowre bedmen [=bedemen, almsman]
the same tyme, for a monthe ijs. viijd.

Item for yowre oferryng att the bayryng [= bury-
ing] of yowre bedman, the vj day of ApriH . . iiijd.

Item for yowre porshon att yowre dener at Notyn-
gam, the viij day, syttyng of the commycion ixs. vd, ob.

Item in reward to on' of yowre colyarse, the same
tyme, that mad annale [=: an ale, a feast] . . m]d.

Item for dowgke [:= dog] kolerse and chense, the

same tyme xxjd.

Item to My Lady, by yowre commondment . . viijd.

Item for Ser John' Chowche[=;Zouche's] dowgh-
tter cosse lyyng seke at Dayvysws [= Davis's] a
day and a nyght, and vj wyth her i]5. viijd.

Item to Rowfe Kayghley wen he went to Mr. Sphy-
weyUiams [;= FitRwilliam's] to serves, by yowre
commondment xiijs. iiijd.

Item in reward to on' that browght yow ij houndes iiijd.

Item in reward to ij men that sarched yowre
powlse [= pools] in the horcheat [= orchard]
att WyUoghton viijci.

Item payde for viij cranse [=: cranes], the same

tyme - viijs. viijci.

Item for his cosse that brought the cranse . . . . ijs.

Item to Bayre, the xij day of Aprill, yowre almse
man iiijrf.

Item a lowde to Thomas Porter, the same day, that
he delyver'd to Hwght Large to bye fayche
[=fi8h] att Laychefeld [—Lichfield] .. .. xls.

[Fo. 7.]

Item payd to Mr. Larke at Loundon, the xxj day
of ApriU, for faychyng [^ fetching] of a playge
[= pledge] that was layde for the payment of
xxxli. for the sheryfwy'ke xxxU.

Item for Rowfe Baygelayse [= Baggaley's] cosse

and myne to Lwndon vijs. xd.

Item payd for ij combys for my Mr., the same

tyme Yu]d.

1 Coal received as a gift or allowance or perquisite. See New English
Dictionary, a.v. 'gifture.'

341

Item payd for an nyglysi [=an English] bowke,

the same tyme" iii]"«i.

Item for John Hogswn cosse into the northe con-

tryth, the xxvj day of Aprill, to fayche mownay vjs. viijci.
Item in reward to yowre sowgearse [= soldiers]

of Wykyn [Wyken, co. Warwick] yn]d.

Item payd for faytheryng of vj shefe of arowse,

the same tyme [April 27] iiijs. vjd.

Item in reward to the sowgearse that Elys [Twrlay]

browght ijs, iiij(i.

Item payd to the flaychear [= fletcher] in parte '

of payment for makyng of xij shefe of arowse ijs.
Item in reward to Mr. Langam the fycysyon, the

xxix day of Aprill xs.

Item to the fyrbyger [=furbisher] for mendyng

of hemes [= armour, etc.] \n]d.

Item to the baker for bred that was dowlte [== doled,

given as doles] on Good Fryday vs.

Item in reward to a pore man of Swtton [Sutton

Coldfield, CO. Warwick] the same tyme . . . . iiij<i.

Item for yowre oferyng at Sent Kaylamse

[=Kenelm's, i.e., Winchcombe Abbey, co.

Gloucester], the last day of Aprill iiijd.

Maye.

Item in reward to Mr. Cwmbwrford mynstryll,
the same day [May 1] viijrf.

Item payd for powlyng [=:; pulling] of lyng
[= heather] that was layde on the powle [= pool]
hayd [= ' head,' end], the same tyme . . . . i]s. vu]d.

Item in rewarde to yowre aowlgearse of Sowlyold

[Solihull, CO. Warwick], the xj of May . . . . iiijs. iiijrf.

Item for dressyng of a bownyt [= bonnet] for
yowre selfe, the same tyme i]d.

Item in reward to xij solgearse that Elys Twrlay
browght iiijs.

[Fo. 8.]

Item to Mr. Swenfen sowgear, the same tyme . . viijrf.

Item payd for vj shefe arowse, the same tyme. . vjs.
Item in reward to Powgyon sowgear, the same

tyme vujd.

Item in reward to yowre sowgearse of Cossell

[Cossall, Notts.] and Shestoke [Shustoke, co.

Warwick] ijs.

Item delyver'd to Wyllam Egerton, the same

tyme, to condyth [= conduct] yow[re] sowgearse

to Lwndon vK.

Item in reward to Mr. Graye sowgearse . . , . ijs.

1 This seems to be a Welsh spelling.

342

Item for bred and ale att Hense [Henn's], the xvij
day, as yei wen[t] of hontyng to Happws Haye
[Hopwas Hay, co. Stafford, near Tamwortli] . . iu]d.

Item for a gyrdwU for my myster, the same tyme

[May 19] ni]d.

Item in reward to on' that wentt abowte wyth a

camell, the same tyme xxd.

Item in reward to a serwant of Sawygws
[:= Savage's] for bryngyng of a pyke from
Swtton Powle, the same tyme [May 25] . . . . iid.

Item for showyng of Mr. Woldryffe horse at SylyoU

[= SoUhuU] cowrte, the same tyme m]d.

Item in almys ther, the same tyme ]d.

Item payd for a jakyd clowthe for my Mr., the

same tyme xijs. xd.

Item for lynyng for yowre jakyd, the same tyme
[May 26] iiijs.

Item in reward to on' that browght a pyke frome
Hwght Hermwn and hys faylowse from Swtton
Powle in]d.

[Fo. 9.]

Item for John Haward cosse to Lwndon to cary
ewydense to Mr. Edward, the same tyme [May
28] iiijs. ixd.

June.

Item payd for a payre of knywys for my Mr., the

fyrste day of June iiijrf.

Item delyver'd to My Lady, the iij day of June, to

by gayre for Mysterys Mare Herbowtyll . . . . xiijs. iiijci.

Item payd to My Lady, the same day, that my Mr.

bowrowed of her to gyfe in a reward . . . . iijs. iiijc?.

Item a lowde to Hwght Aweray, the v day of June,
that Hwght Large bowrowed of hym wen he
bowght fyche att Lychefeld fayre xl.s.

Item for ale att Slade's as ye com frome hwntyng,

the vij day of June viijd.

Item for a qwyre of paper, the same day . . . . i]d. oh.

Item to the perdner of Sent John Frare [= Friary],

the ix day of June viijc?.

Item to Elys Twrnlay for yowre oferjoig att Owre
Lady of Downgcaster [Doncaster], the x day of
June m.]d.

Item in reward to play arse, the same day . . . . xvjd.

Item a lowde to Hwght Large for hys cosse to

Derby fayre, the same tyme [15 June] . . . . xvjd.

Item for yowre cosse to Werwyke, the xvj day of
June, and xij horse wyth yow, lyyng ther a
nyght' \xs.m]d.6b.

1 The words "lyyng ther a nyght " are run through

343

Item for ale at Robert Yamsws as ye went of

hwntyng, the same tyme i]d.

Item for* ale as ye went of kwntyng, the same

tyme ji.

Item in rewarde to Mr. Kwernby of Mydsomer

Ewyn vjs. viijti.

Item r[eceywed] of my holfe yere wagews, the

same tyme xiijs. iiij«^.

[Fo. 10.]

Item in reward to a frayre [= friar] of Cowentre

that praychyd here, the same tyme iij.9. iiijrf.

Item in reward to Robert Jebse wen he was maryed,

the same tyme iijs. iiijd.

Item for strowba3n:ys, the same tyme }d.

Item payde to Ser John' Shortred, the xxv day of
June, toward the fynddyng [= maintenance] of
John' Germun's chylder xxs.

Item in rewarde to Mr. Worthe chylde wen ye
kjrrstwnde [= christened] ytt, the xxvj day of
June . . . . xs.

Item in rewarde to the norse xxd.

Item in almys there, the same tyme jd.

Item for horse maytt ther, the same tyme .... jd.

Item for a whytte bownytt [= bonnet] for Mestrys

Mare Herbowtyll, the xxviij day of June . . iijs. iiijri.

Item for yowre cosse to Bremygeam, the same

tyme, syttyng of a commycion iijs. vd.

Item in reward to the kyngse joglar, the sam§ day ijs.

July.

Item for yowre oferyng att the Holy Blowd of
Haylse [Hailes, co. Gloucester] and Sent Kay-
lamse [St. Kenelm's, Winchcombe Abbey, co.
Gloucester], caryed by Mr. John [WiUoughby],
the fyrst day of July viijt?.

Item for strowbayrys, the ij day of July . . . . ijrf.

Item for blow threde to make hawkes' nayttes

[= nets] viij<^.

Item for peskods [=pease], the iiij day of July ]d.

Item for strowbayrys, the v day of July .... jd.

Item for ale at Rowfe Bertlottes as ye wen[t] of

howntyng, the same day iiiH.

Item for strowbayrys, the same day ]d.

Item for a payre of bowtes [=boots] for my
Mr., the same tyme iijs.

Item for ij payre of showse for my Mr., the same

tyme xxc?.

Item to Mr. Edward att London, the xij day of
July, toward the payment of Hi. to the kyng
that Myster Haynyge [=Heneage] raysaywed. .xxxiiijZ*.

S44

Item for a grose of pownttes [= points^] for my

Mr., the same tyme iiijs. ij^-

Item for a gyrdwU of sylke for Mystrys Mare . . xjd.

[Fo. 11.]

Item for a payre of showse for Mystrys Esabell,

the sam.e tym.e vja.

Item for ownttment [= ointment] to take fyche,

by yowre commondment viijrf.

Item to the caryar for caryage of halfe a lowde of

wyne, the same day [18 July] iijs. ^]d.

Item in rewarde to on' of yowre almese men at

WoUoghton niid.

Item in reward to my lorde of MerywoU [the abbot

of Merevale, co. Warwick] servaunt, the xx day

of July, for bryngyng of a stayge [= stag] that

was kylde there xij«i.

Item in reward to John Watson wen he went to Ser

John' Marcam to serwys, the xxiij day of July xxd.

Item in reward to the kyngse mayssengere that

browght a letter, the same tyme [26 July] . . ijs.
Item in reward to the kyrstnyng of Mr. Slade

chyld, the same tyme xs.

Item in reward to the norsse xijc?.

Item to Isbrand [Barnaby's] wyfe for ale wen ye
• went to mett Ser Wyllam Smyth att Tomworth viijd.

Item in reward to i] of yowre sowgearse . . . . xd.

Item for strowbajnrys, the same tyme [28 July] . . ]d.

Item for dyacwlwn [= diachylon] for yowre fowtt ijd.

Auguste.

Item payd for v shefe of arow heddes, the fyrste

day of Awgwste xxd.

Item in reward to iij. sowgearsse that Elys [Twrlay]

browght, the same tyme xd.

Item payd for xviij shefe of arow heddes, the
same tyme vj«.

[Fo. 12.]

Item for the carte[r]sse cosse to WoUoghton, the
same tyme, to fayche [= fetch] hemes [= armour,
etc.] xiiijti.

Item in reward to a sowgear of Tomworth, the

same tyme xijo!.

Item in reward to a xj men that comme wyth Elys iijs. vn]d.

Item in reward to a sowgear for a case of arowse . . xijd.

Item to Nycolys Uppejohn for a case for hys

arowse xijd.

Item payd for xiij arow casws, the same tyme . . ixs. ixd.

^ See page 329, note 1, above.

345

Item for yowre browther-hedde [= guild or frater-
nity] ofi John of Powlse [St. Paul's] . . . . iiiid.

Item payd to Wyott of Drayton [Drayton Basset,
CO. Stafford] for Ivj (sic) yerdes of whyte clowthe
to make sowgearse kotes, after vijcZ. db. {sic)
the yerde, the same tyme xxxvjs. u]d. (sic)

Item payd at Lechefeld, the same tyme, for as

myche whyte, by the hands of GefEeray Blow . . xxvjs. viijd.

Item payd for a yerde a qwerteme and a dim.
[= half] quarterne of redde clowthe to make
crowsws [= crosses] for yowre sowgearse . . . . iiijs. 1 id.

Item payd for whyte threde for the taylerse, the

same tyme, that sowde thayre whyte kotes . . ijs. ixd.

Item payd to the taylarse for thayr wagews . . xvjs. vijd.

Item to Henry Brasbryg by yowre commondment
wen he went wyth Mr. Edward [Willoughby]
ower the see, toward the byyng of a horse . . vjs. viijd.

Item payd to Wyllam Clyfton, the same tyme [4
August], of a byll of acompte payd to yowre
almse men and other paymenttes, by yowre
commondment . . ixs. vd.

Item for Shengleton cosse to Lundon wyth Mr.

Edward vj«. viijd.

Item for my Mr. cosse to Atherston [co. Warwick]
syttjmg of a commycion, the viij day of
Awgwste ija- iiij<^.

[Fo. 13.]

Item for the carter's cosse to Stretford wyth Mr.

Edward xiijd.

Item for yowre cosse to Cowentre, the x day of
Awgwste, X horsA^s wyth yow and Mr. Arthon
and vj horsws wyth hym, lyyng ther a nyght ixs. xd.

Item in reward to a frayre that praychyd at the

towne chyrche, the same tyme iijs. iiijd.

Item for ale at LytwU Swtton [Little Sutton,
parish of Sutton Coldfield, co. Warwick] as ye
wen[t] of huntyng, the same tyme iiijd.

Item for yowre dener at Rowgby [Rugby, co.
Warwick], the xvj day of Awgwst, and all the
commyssyners wyth yow x«. iiijrf.

Item in rewarde to my lorde of Kyllyngworth
[the abbot of Kenilworth's] ofesarse [= officers],
the same tyme [19 August] ijs. viijrf.

Item payd for a payre of howse lynyng for my Mr.

att Tomworthe, the same tyme iiijd.

Item a lowde to My Lady that wantyd [=was
wanting] of the hole sowme of the condyth
[= conduct] mownay, the xxij day of August,
that Mr. Edward [Willoughby] . send [— sent] v».

346

Item in reward to the underkeper of Dratton
[=: Drayton Basset, co. Stafford] the same
tyme, for bryngy[ng] of a bowke [=: buck] . . xi]d.

Item in reward to the underkeper of Kynsbayry
[Kingsbury, co. Warwick] Parke wen yowre horses
was faychyd frome thense, the same tyme . . mjd.

Item for bred and ale and wyne and keshyn
[= kitchen charges] and horse mayt att Leche-
feld, the xxvij day of August, and xx horse
wyth yow vs. vjd.

Item for a kote clowthe for Mr. Henry Wyllowgh-
by, the same tyme iijs.

Item payd to a none of None Eton [Nuneaton, co.
Warwick], the xxviij day of August, for bowrd-
yng of John Gemnwn's chylder of Coshington
[Cossington, co. Leicester] xs.

[Fo. 14.]

Item in reward to Mr. Wolnawle for lowkyng uppe
of the shyryffe bowkes xs.

Item in reward to Mr. Laynard Slade vjs. Yu]d.

Item in rewarde to the bayshoppe of Lechefeld . . vjs. viije?.

Item in reward to Mr. Hwght and Mr. Worthe
chylder wen that (sic) went to Swtton [Sutton
Coldfield, CO. Warwick] to the skowle . . . . xi]d.

Item in reward to the waytes of Werweke . . . . xi]d.

Item in reward to ij mynstryles xi]d.

Item in reward to the armytt [= hermit] Egerton iii]d.

Item in reward to ij mynstrylse Yu]d.

Item in reward to Mr. Sphyherber [= Fitzherbert's]

mynstryll viijrf.

Item in reward to Mr. Trewelyon servaunt . . . . ijt^.

Item in reward to Ser RandwU of Browton myn-
stryll viijd.

Item in reward to Rycheart Hwght, the baker

of Tomworth, wen he was maryed xxd.

Item in reward to a frayre of Werweke . . . . viijd.

September.

Item in reward to Mr. Langam, the fycysion . . iijs. iiij<?.

Item payd for plowwerse [= plovers], the same

day [5 September] vjd.

Item in reward to on' that browght a bowke
[= buck] from Stonton Parke, the vj day of
Septembre xiid,

[Fo. 15.]
Item in reward to the keper of Powlay [Pooley,
parish of Polesworth, co. Warwick] Parke wen

, ye kyld a bowke ther ijs. viijc^.

Item for a pajrre of showse for Mr. Hwght . . . . viijrZ.

Item in reward to the keperse of Stonton Parke ijs.

347

Item in reward to on' that gayther'd for a hye

waye, the same tyme iiijci.

Item in reward to the keper of Olderkar [? Alder-
car, near Pentrich, co. Derby], the vij day of
Septembre, wen yow kylde a bowke ther . . xxrf.

Item in reward to the kepers of Downyngton
[Castle Donington, co. Leicester] Parke, the x
day of Septembre vs.

Item in reward to the kepers of N<Jtyngam owtt
woddes, the xij day of Septembre iijs. iiij(i.

Item for bred and ale and shese [= cheese] ther,

the same tyme xijd.

Item in reward to on' of yowre solgearse that com

frome Mr. Bawdivyne Wyllwghby viijd.

Item in reward to Rowgear Layche [^Leech], the
xvj day of Septembre, wen he gawe yow sowe
[= salve] for yowre fowte xijd.

Item in reward to a sowgear of Mr. Saychewerell iiijd.

Item for* ale as ye went of hwntyng at Bowlwell

[Bulwell, CO. Notts] iiijd.

Item payd to yowre almse men, the xiij day . . vijd.

Item in reward to the keper of the owtwood, the •

xvj day, wen ye kylde a bowke [^buck] ther xxd.

Item payd for a bande for Mrs. Mare kyrtwU and

mendyug of hytt, the same tyme [20 September] iiijd.

Item for a Tpa,yTe of showse for Robert Swenf en . . xd.

Item for hawkysmaytt, the same day ]d.

Item for Mr. Kwernby cosse to Laycytre, the xxij
day of Septembre, to speke wyth the baycheope
of Lyncolne xijd.

[Fo. 16.]

Item for bayre [= beer] att Wedowsunse [= Wid-
dowson's], the same tyme ijd.

Item payd to My Lady, the xxvij day, for canmes
[= canves] to make on' of yowre almsemen a
materes xxd.

Item to Fowgard of Lenton [co. Notts.], the laste day
of September, for taychyng of Rycheart Browne

to knytt nettys xijd.

October.

Item in reward to Rowgear Layche, the fyrste day
of Octobre, for sowwe [—salve] for yowre
fowtte iijs- iiij«^-

Item for John' Hawward cosse to Pyngkaryge
[Penkridge, co. Stafford] fayre iij dayse, ij
horsws wyth hym xx"d.

Item to Ser Wyllam Webstar, the ij day of October,
to pay yow[re] almsemen for iij monthys . . . . vijs.

Item in reward to on' that browght a praysand. . ijd.

Item for yowre oferyng att the rowde [=rood]

34S

of Garydyne [Garendon, co* Leicester] . . . . iii}d.

Item for hawkes mayte, the same day id.

Item in rewarde to My Lorde of Garydyne [the

abbot of Garendon, co. Leicester] ofesars . . viijc?.

Item in reward to Mr. Edward [Willoughby's]

chylder, the same tyme, att Powlsworth . . . . xiid.

Item in reward to on' that browght payrse

[— pears] iiijf^.

Item for lynyng for Mr. Hwght kote and Mr.

Kerry's iijs.

Item for ij payre of hose clowth for Mr. Hwght xi]d.

Item for a bownynytt [read bownytt = ' bonnet ']

for Mr. Hwght and Mr. Henry ijs. in]d.

[Fo. 17.]

Item for a mayd that browght rowchews [=rushes] ]d.

Item payd for paper, the same day [11 October] iiijd.

Item in reward to on' that caryed letters to Mr.

Edwarde, the xiiij day of Octobre xx"d.

Item in almys as ye went to Sylyold [= Solihull

•CO. Warwick], the xv day ijd.

Item payd for bowtes and showse for yowre selfe,

the same day vjs.

Item in reward to Alse Eoxe wen she went a way . . xx^'d.

Item for yowre oferyng at a preste syngyng, the xx

day of Octobre, at Mydwlton n]s. in]d.

Item for yowre gentyll wemyn oferyng . . . . xi]d.

Item to a perdner of Bwrton Laysarse [Burton

Lazars, parish of Melton Mowbray, co. Leicester] iiijd.

Item payd for a cotte clowthe for Mr. Hwght vs. ijd.
Item in reward to a blynde mynstryll . . . . ui]d.

Item in reward to Mr. Arthen servant for bryng-

yng of a praysand v]d.

Item payd for xij arow casws, the xxvj daye . . vijs.
Item in reward to a mynstryll, the same day . . xijcZ.

Item to the frayrsse of Lechefeld, the same day xvjs. viijci.
Item for a payre of hose for Mystrys Mare . . vijd.

Item in reward to a pore man of Badselay [Bad-

desley, co. Warwick] ijd.

Item in rewarde to ij. sawgearsse oflE My Lorde

Fayrys [Ferrers], the xxviij day of October . . viijd.

Item for a payre of knytt slewys for Mtrs. Mare vjcZ.

[Fo. 18.]

Item for heryng, the same tyme iiijrf.

Item in rewarde to on' that browght kwynses . . ijd.

Item to the browar for a bowle of now [= new] ale iiijd.

Item in reward to ij skowlarse . . ijrf.

Item for ale as ye went of hwntyng ijc?.

Item for heryng, the same tyme iiijd.

349

Item in reward to ij of yowre sowgearse att thayre

com3aig home xvjd.

Item for yowre oferyng of Awle Halow day . . nijd.

Item for yowre gentylwemyn oferyng iiijd.

Item to the ryngarse of Awle Sawle nyght . . . . viijd.

Novembre.
Item in reward to Mr. Smythe sowgears, the iij

day of Novembre, as they com homward. . . . iiij(^.

Item in reward to yowre chyldern att Powlesworth

[Polesworth, co. Warwick] the same day . . . . xijd.

Item in reward to the ancrys [= female anchorite],

the same day viijd.

Item in reward to yowre sowgears of Powlsworth ija.
Item in reward to ij sowgears of Notyngamshyre xijd.

Item payd for v yerdes of l3Tiyng for a slefles

jakyd for my Mr., the v day of Novembre . . i]s. jd.
Item in reward to a sowgear of Mj' Lord Lylse

[=Lisle's] iii]d.

Item for John Hawward cosse to Lewenton(?) to

send Germund to Ser Edward to Lowndon . . vijd.

Item for Mystrys Mare cosse to Sent Kaylamse

[= Saint Kenelm's, Winchcombe abbey, co.

Gloucester] xijti.

Item in reward to My Lorde Soferycan [= suf-

ragan's]^ serwaunttes wen he halowed the belse

att Mydylton iijs. iiijrf.

[Fo. 19.]

Item in reward to yowre potter's wyfe, the same

tyme iiij^^.

Item in reward to a sowgear, the xiij day . . . . iiijd.

Item to Mr. Berweke, the same time, that ye send

[^= sent] hym wen the sekenes was in hys howse vjs. ynjd.
Item payd for iiij pesws of chemlett [^=camlet],

the same tyme [18 November] iiijW. vs.

Item payd for a nelne of worstyd, the same tyme vjs. viijd.
Item payd for v yerdes and a halfe of welwytt Ivs.
Item for a qwyfe [=coif] for my Mr., the same

tyme iijs.

Item payd for a bowgyd [= bucket ?], the same

tyme viij^-

Decembre.

Item for cosse to Mr. Grayslayse [= Gresley's],
the xiiij day of December, and raywarddes to the
kepers xjs. iiijd.

Item payd for a pwrse for my Mr., the xviij day
of Decembre xd.

1 William Sutton, consecrated bishop of Pavada ' in partibus ' for the
diocese of Coventry and Lichfield on 9 August, 1521 (StubbB, Regittrum
Sacrum, second ed., p. 202).

350

Item payd for a hatband, the same tyme, for my Mr. vij^?.
Item payd for on' yerde of crane koler sernefct

[= sarcenet], the same tyme iiijs. viijd.

Item in claspys and kepers, the same tyme . . i]d.
Item payd for iij yerdes of chamlett, the same

tyme vjs. vjc?.

Item payd for ij ownaws of raybyn, the same

tyme ijs. jd.

Item payd for xxij yerdes of lynyng, the same day ixs. vijd.
Item payd for ij yerdes of canmes [= canvas], the

same [day] xd.

Item payd for ij yerdes and a holfe of bokeram xxijd.
Item payd for a pajTe of knytt sieves, the same

[day] yijd.

Item for a payre of howse for Mr. Hwght . . viijrf.

[Fo. 20.]

Item payd for xj elne of shert clowthe for my Mr. xviijs. m]d.

Item payd for fwrre for a dowblete iiijd.

Item in reward to a pore man that dwelse a Lyn-

drese Lowge^ the same tyme [20 December] .. iiijd.

Item to the berber of Cossell that he was by hynde iiijd.

Item payd to the flaychear for ij shefe of arowse ijs. viijd.

Item payd to Thakar for brydwlbyttes . . . . xxd.

Item to Mr. Hwght to bye shaftes [= arrows] . . i]d.

Item in reward to on' of Mr. Ewyrell Dygby ser-

vaunt xxd.

Item in reward to my Lady abbas [of Polesworth,

CO. Warwick] servaunt iiijrf.

Item for my holfe yere wagews on Crystynmes

Ewyii [= Eve] • xiijs. iiijd.

Item for yowre oferyng on Crystynmes Day . . iiijd.

Item for yowre gentyllwemyn oferyng ijc^.

Item to Mr. Swynf en servauntt that kepys hawkes, by
yowre commondment, to by him gayre [=gear] iiij,s.

Item a lowde to Wyllam Clyfton by j^owre com-
mondment that he layde downe for a jakyd for
owlde Glowwer [= Glover], yowre almse man iijs. iiijrf,

Item in reward to yowre sowgears of Sowlyold
[= SoMhuU] that went wyth Mr. Bowdwen
[Baldwin WiUoughby] iijs. in]d.

Item in reward to on' John Wryght of Stafford-
shyre that was of the kweste of the Hegerton
[Egerton] mater vs.

Item payd for holfe a dowsyn of dowgke cowpwls

[=dog-couples] of Sent Thomas day iiijd.

Item for menddyng of Mr. Hwght bowe . . . . ijrf.

Item in reward to the playars of Ganke [= Can-
nock, CO. Stafford] of Sent Thomas day in
Crystynmes xijd.

1 Lindridge Lodge in Sutton Coldfield Chase (Leland, Itinerary, iv, p. 109),
CO. Warwick.

351

[Fo. 21.]
Item in reward to my Lorde Baycheoppe of Layche-

feld of Sent Thomas day in Crystynmes . . . . vj«. viijrf.

Item in reward to hys servaunttes xi]d.

Item payd for ij M. [= thousand] pynse, the

same tyme xijd.

Item to my Mr. to playe at the cardes iijs. iiijd.

Item to a mynstryll, the same tyme, that was a

servaunt of the dowke of Bowkyncom's . . . . iijs. m]d,

1523.

[January.]

Item in reward to yowre ofesars of Nowyer's day . . xjs. viijd.
Item to my Mr. to play att the cardes of Nowyer's

day iijs. iiijd.

Item to a pore man of Shesshyre iiijd.

Item for yowre reward to the playars of Mydwlton xxd.

Item to My Mr. to play att the cardes, the same

tyme iijs. iiijd.

Item a lowde to Crampton for redde clowthe that

he sowght at Cowentre wen yowre sowgears

wen[t], and for hys cosse thether iijs. ]d.

Item delyver'd to my Mr. by the handes of Gabrell

Berweke to play att the cardes ijs. iii]d.

Item payd to Myster Ser Edward as dothe a payre

by a byll for cosse at Lundon at Mykyllmes

terme xxxvijs.

Item payd for iij quyrs of papar for Mr. Awdyter viijd.

Summa totalis solucionum hujus libri ut patet : cclixZi. viijs. ]d.

[Signed in another hand :] Henre Wyllughby. 205.

1522, February 6 to [December]. —" The boke of WoUaton
made vj day of Februarii, in the xiij yere of the rengne of
K[yng] H[enre] VIII," bound in four folios of a late 12th
century service book. Accounts of payments for agricul-
tural expenses, necessaries for the household.

[Fo. 6.]

" StofEe boughte at Lechefylde Feyre, the v day of
Marche," being fish and expenses in connexion therewith ;
cost of " fresche accattes " to 12 October (fo. 22).

[Fo. 15.]

Item to Wilham Wod for goynge a pylgermage
[November 2] iiijs.

[Fo. 16.]
Item for my Lade's costes to WoUaton, the xxvj.

day of Auguste . , ijs- iiij<i.

Item paid to a man for makynge of iiij dossen of

charcoUe [31 August] vjs. viijd.

352

[Fo. 33.]

Item paid for iiijK. of waxse agenste Estur for the
seypullcur tappurs iijs.

Item for makynge of the same i]d. oh.

Item paid at Darbe Fejrre, the xxvj day of Apprell,
for xxx" wethers iiijK. xjd.

[Fo. 34.]
Summa hujus libri : cxxvli. u]d. 205.

1523.— .Extracts from account of John Levissey, f ser-
vaunte unto Syr Henry Willughby, Knyght," from ■ 8
January, 14 Henry VIII. until [December 19].

[Receipts: 154i. 13s. Id.]

1523.

[Fo. 3.]

[January.]

Item in reward to yowre fowlars of Lyngcolne-
shyre, the same tyme [1 1 January] xxs.

Item to Mr. Mowmford for Mr. Hwght bowrde, the
same tyme [18 January] xs.

Item del3rvrer'd to Mr. Ser Edward, the same tyme,
wen he went to Lowndon to a tende yowre
besynes vK,

Item to the skowle mr. of Swtton [Sutton Cold-
field, CO. Warwick] for Mr. Hwght [Hugh Wil-
loughby's] skowle hyre, the same tyme . . . . iijs. iiijd.

Item in rayward to Mi. Sphyherberd [=: Fitzher-

bert's] mynstryU xijd.

Item to Pernell for fastyug Sent Katterne Ewen
[= Eve] for my mayster iiijrf.

Item payd to the caryar that caryed yowre hemes
trome Cales [= Calais] to Lomdon (sic) . . . . xxs,

Februari.
[Fo. 4.]

Item payd for iiij elnys of IjTiyn clowthe, the same
tyme [9 February], to make my myster nyght
kyrschowse [= kerchiefs] iujs. viijd.

Item payd for a horse hemes for my Mr. and a
payre of stowroppe [stirmp] laythers, the same
tyme iijs. \^d.

Item payd for a cape for my mayster, the same

tyme iijs. iiijrf.

Item payd for mendyng of a wache, the same
tyme xxd.

Item payd or a sett of counters ijrf.

Item payd to the werke men that clenssyd yowre

motte [= moat], the same day [21 February]., vjs. viijd.

353

Item alowde to Hwght Large that he layd downe
by yowre coininondment to the berber iiijc^., to
Glowssopp for hys cosse to WoUoghton v]d., and
for yowre wolantyne [= valentine] iiijc? xiiijrf.

Item to my Mr. to play att the cardes, the xxiiij

day viijc?.

[Fo. 5.]
Marche.

Item payd for swgar cande i]d.

Item in rayward to a sawgear that come frome

Paygyon yn]d.

Item payd for coperws [= copperas], the x day

of Marche ". in]d.

Item for yowre cosse to Werweke, the xij day of

Marche, lyyng ther a nyght, ix hors xijs. x]d.

Item payd for a swger lowfe iiijs. ijd.

Item in reward to a sawgear viijtZ.

Item to Sawyge by yowre commondment for bryng-

yng of xxvj dowsyn of tenshyws [= tench] . . vjs. v]d.
Item payd for a bowke [== book] for Mr. Hwght xijd.

Item in rayward to a sowgear of Mr. Swenf en's . . xxd.

[Fo. 6.]
Item for Wyllam Nowtman cosse into Notyngam-

shyre for sawgears rydyng, the iiij dayse . . xv]d.

Item for iiij sawgears cosse to WoUowghton . . xv]d.

Item payd to on' of the prebenders of Tomworth

for kepyng of hys fwrste raysydens, the xxij day xls.
Item in rayward to the kynges pwrsywont, the

xxvj day of Marche ij«.

Item for yowre porsyon at yowre dener att Sowl-

yoll [Solihull, co. Warwick] at the makyng

[=: induction] of the weker [= vicar] of Aston. . xvs.

[Fo. 7.]
Item in rayward to a frajnre that praychyd att

WoUoghton on Polmsonday xijd.

Item in rayward to a servaunt of Mr. Grayse that

made a nale [= an ale, feast], the same day., ijs.
Item in rayward to a sawgear, the same tyme iiijrf.

Item in reward to ij frayre, the same tyme [31

March] viijd.

Apprell.
Item in rayward to on' Smythe for kepyng of

swanse xxd.

Item for yowre oferyng of Shyre Thursday . . iu]d.

Item for yowre gentyll wemmyn's oferyng . . . . ui]d.

Item in rayward to Mr. of the Gray Frayrse of

Leychefeld, the vj day of Apprell vjs. viijd.

M23

354

Item in ray ward to the ch3n:che ale, the same

tyme .... xija.

Item in ray ward to the maydse of Mydylton toward

Sentt Gorge lyght ' u\\d.

Item in almys, the same tyme i}d.

[Po. 8.]

Item to the perdner [= pardoner] off Owre Lady

of Baydlam [= Bethlehem] iajd.

Item to Lawranse Wodnett, the same tyme [9

April], for raytaynyng of men of lawe in Shes-

shyre, as a payryth by a byll xxiijs.

Item* in rayward to a munke of Merywall [Merivale,

CO. Warwick] xij<^.

Item in almys to a nermytt [= a hermit] . . . . i]d.

Item for bred and ale a[t] Coventre, the same day

[11 April] ^y\d.

Item for kechyn ij«. i]d.

Item for horsse maytt xxijd.

Item for wyne xijd.

Item for yowre oferyng att Owre Lady of the

Towre }i\\d.

Item in almys ther iiijd.

Item for bred and ale att yowre lowgyng att

Dunscherche [Dunchurch, co. Warwick] . . . . xviji.

Item for kechyn, soper and brekefast xxiijd.

Item for horsse leyweray [= livery], the same

nyght V5.

Item for f3a'e iijd.

Item in almys jd.

[Charges for bread and ale, kitchen, horsemeat, and fire
at Wedon [Weedon, Northants], 1 1 April ; wine at Tawsyttwr
[Towcester, Northants] ; bread and ale, breakfast, kitchen,
horse-livery, fire, wine, mqnding a saddle, and alms at
Stonystretford [Stony Stratford, co. Buckingham] ; bread
and ale, kitchen, horsemeat, wine, fire, and reward to the
Friars at Dunstable [co. Bedford], 12 April ; bread and ale,
dinner and supper, kitchen, wine, fire, horsemeat, candle,
and alms at Sent Talbonse [= Saint Albans, co. Hertford] ;
bread and ale, kitchen, wine, fire, horsemeat at Bernett
[=Barnet, co. Hertford].]

Item for wyne at yowre soper at Stelse [= Steel's] yd.

Item to the berber iii]d.

Item payd for a quarter of befe, the xiiij day . . xs. vjd.
Item payd for a mwtton [= sheep], the same

tyme iij«. iiijd.

Item for yekynsei ixd.

Item payd for a showlder of mwtton to Stelse wife u]d.

1

Coupled with rabbits at p. 368.

355

[Fo. 10.]
Item payd for [a] qwartwrne of wodde, the same

^ tyme xvjcZ.

Item for halfe a stryke of salte xd.

Item payd for a lame [=lamb], the same tyme xxjrf.

Item in rayward to a frayre iiijei.

Item payd for iiij qwarter of sherkole [= charcoal] xx*'£?.

Item for bwtter, the same tyme \d.

Item payd for a kylderkyn of bayre [= beer] . . nichil.

Item payd for spyse, the same tyme iiijs. xd.

Item payd to the caryar for caryage of gajrre to

Lundon xvjd.

Item payd for a cypers,i the same tyme .. .. ixd.
Item payd for a payre of str3rpe hawse [=hose]

for my Mr. . . ' iiij5.

Item payd for a galand of wyne, dener and soper xvjc?.

Item payd for jj dowsyn of sylke pontys [= points] x>]d.

Item for bowthjrre then ijrf.

Item payd for fygse xijd!.

Item for iij dowsyn of pontes for my Mr xviijrf.

[Fo. 11.]

Item payd for a glasse to drynke in jjd.

Item for John' Hawward cosse goyng to gresse

wyth yowre horses i]d.

Item payd for a baroll of bayre iijs. vjd.

Item payd for iiij qwarter of kowlys ■and.

Item to my Mr. to pwtt in his pwrse iijs. ia.]d.

Item for a boxse of trayakwlP viijti.

Item for vij off yowre seryaunt dener wen ye went

to the Cowrtt, the xx day xixd.

Item for wyne att yowre soper m]d.

[Fo. 12.]
Item for yowre servaunt dener att the Cowrtte,

the same day xxijc^.

Item for a qwarte of wyne at Westmynster . . iiij«i.

Item for yowre servaunt a lowanse att the Cowrtte,

the xxiij day of Aprell xxd.

Item for horse maytt at the Cowrtte jcZ.

Item for a premer for youre selfe m\d.

Item for yowre servaunt dener at the Cowrtt, the

XXV day of Aprell ijs. viijd.

Item for wyne, the same day viijd.

1 Probably an article of attire made of the crape -like fabric known as
cypress. Cf. New English Dictionary, a.v. ' oyprees, 3, 2.'

2 Treacle, not molasses, to which the name has now been transferred, but
a medical preparation of some sixty drugs made up into a liquid electuary with
honey. It was used as a remedy for colic, fevers, small pox, measles, etc.,
although originally invented as an antidote against poison. In French
thiriaque has replaced the older triacle, which is also derived from eijpta/cq.

356

Item for yowre oferyng at Owre Lady of Runsy-

wold,* the same day ijd.

Item for grene gynger, the same day iiijd.

[Fo. 13.]

Item in ray ward to a clarke of the chonssry [= chan-
cery] for a copye of a panell in Lyncolne-sh3rre xi']d.

[Po. 14.]
[May.]

Item for yowre servaunt dener att the Cowrtte, the

same day [1 May] xxijrf.

Item payd for viij qwarter of charkole, the ij day of
May iijs. i]d.

Item for Ser Edward servaunt dener at the Cowrtte iiij^.

Item for yowre servaunt dener at the Cowrtte, the

iiij day of Maye xijc^.

[Fo. 15.]

Item for my mayster dener at the tabwrne, the

viij day of Maye v,i. xjd.

Item payd for a baskyd and a lowke [= fastener?]

for to carye swgar in vjc^.

Item for fryche fyche and bwtter and egse the (sic)
wen My Lowrde Awdlay swpped wyth yow . . xs.

Item for wyne att yowre soper, the same tyme. . ijs. viijd.

[Fo. 16.]

Item for yowre browther-hod at Owre Lady Gyld

were Rycheart Shether dwelse xijd.

Item for yowre pensyon at Grayse In, the xv day

of Maye vjs. viijd.

Item for yowre servaunt dener ther, the same tyme xijd.

Item in almys, the same day iiijd.

[Fo. 17.]

Item for wyne at yowre soper iiijd.

Item for appwls ^d.

Item for yowre servauntes dener att the Cowrtte,

the ixx [^ xix] day of Maye xijd.

Item payd for confedse [= cumfits] xvijd.

Item payd for golde and sylwer for the coke . . xxd.

[Fo. 21.]

June.

Item in rayward to a mynstryll, the iiij day of
June iiijd.

1 The fraternity of St. Mary Runcivall occupied the site of a cell of the
priory of Boncesvalles on the site of Northumberland Avenue and ad-
joining Scotland Yard. See Stow's History of London, ed. Kingsford,
ii, p. 100.

357

Item for Bayglay's [= Baggaley's] cosse for kyllyng

a redd dayre a gaynste Mrs. Alys weddyng . , xijc/.

Item in rayward to My Lady of Powlseworthe ser-

vaunt for bryngyng of a praysand viijd.

Item in rayward to Mr. Trawelyon servaunt for

bryngyng of a dayre xijrf.

Item in rayward to a frayre that praychyd att Mid-

wlton, the vij day of June viijci.

Item in rayward to yowre hountte [= huntsman] m]d.

Item to the berber, the viij day of June . . . . iiijd.

Item in rayward to mynstrylse the same day
Mystrys Alse was maryed xxs.

Item for yowre of (sic) hoferyng at Mystrys Alse

weddyng iiijd.

Item for strowbayrys ijd.

Item in rayward to My Lord of Dowdlay ser-
vaunt for bryngyng of a da3nre ijs.

[Po. 22.]

Item in rayward to on' that browght konys [=conies,

rabbits] from WoUoghton xijrf.

Item in rajrward to the bowchear that helpyd the
cokes to kyll bewys [= beeves] and mowton
[= sheep] vid.

Item to on' of Lyncolneshyre for b'wtters [= bit-
terns] and cranse [= cranes] a gaynste Maystrys
Alyse weddyng vjs. viijc?.

Item for strowbayrys a[t] the same tyme . . . . vd.

Item in rayward to the Frayrs of Cowentre . . iiijc?.

Item for yowre oferyng at Owre Lady of the Towre iiijci.

[Po. 23.]
Item for yowre oferyng at Owre Lady of Brekell'

[= Great Brickhill, co. Buckingham], the same

day [13 June] iii}d.

Item in rayward to the ancres of Sent Talbonse

[= Saint' Albans] iiijd.

Item for wyne at yowre comyng to Lundon, the

same day [14 June] iiij<^.

[Po. 24.]

Item for stowfe to make yngke iijc?.

Item for ale at the Perlament chambwr .... ]d.
Item for yowre servaunt dener, the xix day, wen ye

went to dyne wyth on' of the sheryffe of London xxd.

Item for neldse [= needles] for yowre gentwlwemyn i]d.

[Fo. 25.]
Item for yowre cosse at the Cowrtte, the xxj day

of June iiijs-

Item for yowre dener at Grayse In [23 June] . . viijd.

358

Item for cherys, the same day [24 June] . . . . m]d.

Item for bred and ale at the bonefjTe iiij^?-

Item for caryage of a nowfne [= an oven] home vjf^.

Item for wyne to the Sargans In [26 June] . . xv]d.
Item in rayward to a Rowme roner [= " Rome

runner "] jd]d.

Item for grene gynger injd.

[Fo. 26.]

Item for a payre of glowfse for My Lady . . . . iiijd?.

Item for cosse at the Cowrtt, the xxviij day . . xd.

Item for rabyds and yekynse x]d.

July-
Item for ale at the Parlament Howse i'iji^.

Item for aqwowyte [=aqua vitce] iiijd.

[Fo. 27.]

Item to the clarkes of the Comon Howse . . . . xxd.
Item to Stelse wyfe for howse rowme iij wekes xxs.

Item for wodde and fagottes iijs. in]d.

Item in rayward to Stelse chylder and servauntes xxd.

Item in ra3rward to the armytt xi]d.

Itepi in ij cappys for Mr Hwght and Mr Draycot iijs. viijd.

Item for a qwartwrne of golde xi

[Fo. 28.]

Item in rayward to a mynstryll viijd.

Item payd for a M. pynse vjd.

Item in rayward to a mayde for bryngyng of a

grene chese.for a praysand ij(i.

Item in rayward to the preseners of Notyngam, the

xvi] day iiijrf.

Item to on' that caryed a brase of grewyses

[= grouse] to Mydwlton iiijd.

[Fo. 29.]
Item in rajrward to a mynstryll, the same day

[25 July] ' iiijd.

Item in rayward to ij sawgears of Sowlyoll that

com owtte of Skowtland xijd.

[August.]
[Fo. 30.J

Item in rayward to the kepers of Beskewodd
[^Bestwood, CO. Notts] wen ye kylde a bowke
ther, the same day [3 August] ijs.

Item in raywarde to Mr. Stowrlay [=:Strelley's]

keper wen ye kylde a bowke ther xxd.

Item in rayward to Mayster Stowrlay norse, the
same day , vn]d.

359

Item in ray ward to the kyngse jowgler, the same
day [10 August] xxd.

Item in rayward to a sawgear, the same day [11

August] xKd.

[Fo. 31.]
Item for yowre browtherhed to Sent Thomas . . iiij-i.

Item in raywarde to the kepers of Drayton, the

xvii day of Augwste, wen ye kylde a bowke ther iiijs.
Item in ray-ward to the keper of Banglay [Bangley

Chase, near Tamworth, co. StafiEord] for biyng-

yng of a dayre home xijd.

Item in rajrwardes to the kepers of Sherold

[Shirrall Hall, parish of Drayton Bassett, co.

Stafford], the xxij day, wen ye kylde a bowke ther ijs. iiijc?.
Item payd for v yerdes of saten in dypwrs for

lynyng for a jakyd for my Mr iij«. m]d.

[Fo. 32.]

Item for cosse at Bremygeam [= Birmingham],
the XXX day of Auguste i]s.

Item for yowre browther hede at the Yelde

[= Guild] of Bremygeam vjs. viijd.

Item payd to the skowle Mr. of Swtton for Mr.

Howe [= Hugh's] skowle-hyre vjs. yi\]d.

September.

Item for yowre oferyng at Sent Gylse at Canwoll
[CanweU priory, near Tamworth, co. Stafford],
the fyrste day of September iiijd.

Item delyver'd to My Lady Anne by yowre com-
mondment toward the byyng of a pelyon
[^pillion] vjs. viijrf.

Item for coss3 at Monsfeld [Mansfield, Notts]
the ix day of September, wen my Mr. rode to My
Lorde Stoward iiijs. xjci.

Item in rayward to a nolde serwaunt of My Lordes
that showt [= shot] in a crosbow ijs.

Item in rayward to a frayre of Lechefeld, the xiij
day of September viijrf.

[Fo. 33.]

Item in rayward to the keper of Dunyngton Parke

for kyUyng of a tayke' ther xi]d.

Item for my Mr. browther-hede of Sent John of

Baywerlay [= Beverley, co. York] iiijd.

Item payd for dowge tayryttes^ and cowpwls and

a shene [= chain] ijs. viijrf.

Item in rayward to a s^rvaunt of Mr. Thwrland

for bryngyng of ij swanse xi]d.

1 Query meaning.

360

Item for yowre oferyng at Haylse [Hailes Abbey,.

CO. Gloucester] in]d.

Item in ray ward to a servaunt of Ser Ris ap Thomas

for bryng[yng] of a fres cote to my Mr., the xxv

day of September v]s. viijrf.

Item' in rayTvard to Mr. Bawd wen Wyllwghby wyfe,

the same day [27 September] xxs.

Item for her cosse fro me WoUoghton to MydwUton

and iij wyth her and myne, comyng and goyng xvd.

[Po. 34.]
Item in ray ward to a nale [= an ale, feast] for
Hayner [^ Heanor, co. Derby] cherche, the
xxviij day of September vjs. Yu]d.

October.

Item for my browtherhed of the Trenyte of
Notyngam xxd.

Item in rayward to a pore man toward the byyng

of halfe a rowke' of kolse vjrf.

Item in rajrward to a frayre of Laycytwr [= Leices-
ter] that praychyd at WoUoton, the xj day of
October . . . . xi]d.

Item for my Mr. oferyng at Glower weddyng, the

same day iiijrf.

Item in rayward to olde fayther Rawson wen he

went a way, the same tyme xx''c?.

Item in rayward to a serwyng man that was wyth

howtt a serwys, the same tyme iiijci.

Item for my Mr. browther-hede to the chapell of

the Gey, the xij day of October iiijd.

Item for my Mr. rayward to Glower wen he was
maryed, the same day ijs.

[Fo. 35.]

Item payed unto Cramp ton, the same tyme [24
October], for makyng of Maystrys Esabell Egerton
gayre by the space of ij yere, by my Mr. com-
mondment vjs. iiijd.

Item payd for a yerde of welwytt for my Mayster
gawberdyne [= gaberdine], the xxvj day of
October xs.

Item for vj yerdes of lynyng for his gawberdyne ijs. viijd.

Item in rayward to my Lorde of SwfEolke berward,
the xxviij day of October xijci.

Item to my Mayster to play at the cardes, the

XXX day iiijd.

Item a lowde to Rycheart Egerton and yowre
fawkner for iiij dayse hawkyng a bowtt BewoU
[Beauvale, parish of Greasley, co. Notts], by
yowre commondment xd.

1 For a ' rook ' of coalB, see page 169, note 1, above.

361

Item a lowde to John Hauward, the last day of
October, for hys cosse to Pyngkeryge [Penkridge,
CO. Stafford] Fayre wyth ij horsus, and frome
Wolloghton to Coventre, goyng and comyng . . ijs. iiijc?.

Item for my Mr. oferyng of Alhalow Day . . . . in]d.

November.

Item for my mayster rayward to the ryngars of

Awle Sawle Day iu]d.

Item for ale at Notyngam for my Mr. as he comme
frome My Lady Bayryns [^Byron's], the iij day
of Novembre m]d.

Item for warnysshyng of my Mr. spowrs, the
same tyme i]d.

Item payd for horse bred for Mystrys Stanope
wen she was at Wolloghton, the xij day of
Novembre vjd.

[Fo. 36.]
Item in rayward to My Lord of Swffolk berward,

the same tyme [17 November] viijd.

Item for cosse at Assheby, the same tyme, lyyng

ther a neyght wyth xvj horsws xjs. iiijrf.

Item in rajrward to Ellys, Mr. Trawelyon servaunt,

wen he com frome Skowtland, the same tyme xijd.

Item in rayward to a servaunt of Henry Mer-

myon's for bryngyng of a letter fr[o]me WoUowgh-

ton the [read to] Mydwlton, the xx day of

Nowember viijd.

Item payd for a hatband for my mayster, the xxvj

day of November xijc?.

[December.]

Item to my Mr., the ij day of December, to play

at the cardes xi]d.

Item payd for viij skynse of huge and viij skynse

of lamme for my mayster gowne vijs. iiijc^.

Item payd for iiij yerdys of raybyn for Maystrys

Mare gowne, the same day [15 December] . . XY]d.

Item for a gyrdyU for Mrs. Mare, the same tyme xyjd.

Item for a payre of showse for Mrs. Mare . . . . vijd.

Item delyver'd to My Lady, the xvj day of Decem-
bre, by my Mr. commondment to the byyng of
a gowne for Mrs. Mare and lynyng therto . . xiijs. iiijd.

Item a lowde to Robert Swenfen for hys cosse
sechyng [= seeking] a hawke, by my Mr. com-
mondment vij«^.

[Fo. 37.]
Item payd for papeur at the awdytt and for the
ingrosshyng of the audytt bowkes . . . . . . "''jji*^-

Summa totalis solucionum hujus libri : cxlix li. vs. iijd.
[Signed :] Henre WyUughby. 205.

362

1523. — Extracts from "The bowke of Wollatton made the
xvij day of Januarii, in the xiiij yer' of the rengn of Kynge
Henre the VIIJ* for the husholde," consisting of payments
for threshing, ploughing, mowing, " scherynge rye and whete,"
and other agricultural expenses, repairs of buildings and
implements, purchase of stores, at WoUaton and at Wyllugh-
by ; (Fo. 20) fish bought at Sturburge \\l. 2s. 5d. and
travelling expenses thither and costs of carriage ; spices
bought at the same fair ; (Fo. 22) " fresche accates at Wil-
laton " (fish, including " conger and porposse," " rever fysche,"
mussels, cockles, oysters, crabs and mustard, bread, honey,
raisins and figs, almonds, eggs, chickens, ' ' iij dossen sparowys,"
vinegar, wine, ale, pigeons, capons, woodcocks, etc.), being
weekly accounts from 28 February to 14 November, amount-
ing in all to 121. 155. lOJrf.

[Fo. 2.]

March 29.

Item to the same Townysende for kepyng of corne

from the wylde gesse iiijd.

[Fo. 6.]

Item to a man for mak3Tige xix^^ kyddes [=: fag-
gots] of brome . . . . xxd.

[Fo. 8.]
For nesarys for the howsholde.

Item payd, the same day [3 August], for maw-

mysse [= Malmsey wine] for the prystes.. .. ijd.

Item for bred agenst My Lade's comynge

[August 31] ]d.

Item paid, the same day, to Sysle [ = Cecily]
Bawimfordde and hir syster for ij days gatherynge
barberys viijrf.

[Fo. 9.]
Item paid for a pecke of wottmeU [= oatmeal] Yd.

For the makynge of a dossen and dim[idiam]
charecolle vs.

[Fo. 11.]

For nessaris at Wollaton,

Item for mendynge of the logge in the parke . iiijei.

[Fo. 12.]
For warkmens wagges.
Item paid, the same day [4 October], to Swynscow
wyff for loggynge of straungera xiiijti.

363

Item paid, the xvij day of October, for iij men
werkynge ij days and dim. at the quarell
[= quarry] xxijd. oh.

Item paid, the laste day of Octobre, for gettynge of
XX ladys [= loads] of stone at the quarell . . iiij,?. \]d.

[Fo. 16.]

Item paid to Spenser for dyckyug [= ditching]
abowtt the connynger [=: rabbit-warren], the
same day [3 April] viijd.

Item paid to Shaw son for hegeynge of the con-

nyngre, the xviij day of Apryll xxd.

[Fo. 17.]

Item paid for fysche for Ser Edwarde [Willoughby]

beynge here . . . . \]d.

Item paid for iij cheykyns at My Lade's oommynge
and for brede iiijei.

[Fo. 29.]
The xiij day of Marche, for My Lade^s costes to Wollaton.

Item for Mr costes to Meysamham {sic) [Measham,

CO. Derby] iijs.

Item, the same day, for drynkynge at Jamys

Brownys iiijd.

Item paid for My Lade's costes to Wollaton, the

XXV day of Junii iiija. yd.

Item for My Lade's costes att Nottyngham, the xvj

day of Septembir ijs. \d.

Item paid for My Lade's costes when sche lay at

Wysall CO. [Nottingham], the last day of
. September ijs. \]d.

1523-4. — ^^Extracts from account of John Lewyssay,
" servaunt to Ser Henry WyUwghby, knyght," from 20 Decem-
ber, 15 Henry VIII. until [December, 16 Henry VIII.].

1524.

[Fo. 1.]

Item r[ay8aywyd] of Mr. Catysby, the xxvj day of
Octobre, for the halfe yere rente of a nowyte
[=an annuity] for the fyndyng of the chylder
of Mr. Catysby and Mr. Th[w]rlande . . . . fyfty s.

[Fo. 3.]
1523.
[December.]
Item payd to the pryorys of Nwnhetun [= Nun-
eaton], the XX day of Decembre, for the bowrde
of John' Germon chylder that she was behynde,
by the commondment of my Mr xa.

364

Item in rayward to a frayre of Hatherston
[= Atherstone, co. Warwick] for praychyng at
Mydwlton, the xxj day of Decembre . . . . viijc^.

Item in rayward to Pernell for fastyng Sent

Catern's Ewyn for my maj^^ster, the same tyme iiijf^-

Item in ra3rward to Gelyonse of Faslay [=Faze-
ley, CO. Stafford], the xxiij day of Decembre,
wen he com home forthe of Fronse [France] xx''rf.

Item in rayward to a play of Sent John' Day in

Crestyumes xi]d.

Item for my mayster and (sic) rayward to the
playars of Sylyolle [= Solihull, co. Warwick]
of Sent Thomas Day iijs. iiijd.

Item in rayward to the baychepe of Lechefeld,

the same day vijs. viijd.

Item in rayward to on' of yowre taynand sonse of

Mydwlton that wentt to the universyte . . . . xx''rf.

1524.

[January.]

Item in rayward to a frayre of Hatherston [Ather-
stone, CO. Warwick] that praychyd at Mydwlton
the V day of Januarii ijs.

Item for my Mr. rayward toward the makyng of
ij tapers at Mydwlton chyrche on the Twefite
Day ij5. ijd.

[Fo. 4.]

Item in rayward to a blynde mjmstryll, that was
the dowke of Bowkekyngam mynstryll, the xj
day of Januari xx*^.

Item for cosse at the bajnryng [:= burying] of

Maystrys E]saba3^h, the same day [27 January] vjs. vd.

Item in rayward to playars of Longkashjrre, the

XXX day of Januari xijrf.

Item in rayward to a frayre of Warwyke that
prayched at Mydwlton chyrche on Candelmes
Day viijd.

[Fo. 5.]
[February.]

Item in rayward to on' that browght a letter frome
Ser Edward Wyllwghby frome London, the
same tyme [5 February] vjrf.

Item in rayward to a showger [=; soldier], the vj

day of Faibruari viijd.

Item in rayward to viij wemyn that browght
bremme [=bream] frye frome Kyngeshorste
[Kingshurst HaU, parish of Coleshill, co. Warwick],
the viij day of Faibruari , xvjd.

365

Item in rayward to my Mr. wolantyne of Sent

Wolantjme Day, the xiiij day of Faibruari . . m]d.

[Fo. 6.]

Item in rayward to the pore man of Lendryge
Loge, the xvij day of Faibruari, wen he went to
Sent Cornelys xijd.

Item payd for xij payre of baydes [= beads,

rosaries] for the chapell iiijd.

Marche.

Item payd for bowkes [= books] for Mr. Dray-

cott, the same tyme [2 March] ijs. vjrf.

Item payd for the prononstycations [= prognos-
tications], the same tyme ijci.

Item in rayward to a pore skoler, the v day of

Marche iiijrf.

Item in almys to ij skolers, the same day [12

March] i]d.

Item in rayward to Rycheart Browne for kyllyng

of a cormerant, the xiij day of Marche . . . . i]d.

Item for my Mr. oferyng on Sh3nrethwrsday . . ijrf.

Item for Mr. Draycott oferyng i]d.

[Fo. 7.]

Item for my Mr. browtherhed to Owre Lady of

Baydlem [= Bethlehem] m]d.

ApriU.

Item in rayward to a pore preste, the tyrste day
of ApreU iiijd.

Item to Maystrys Mare, by my Mr. commond-
ment, when she wentte to the kyrstnyng [= chris-
tening] of Wyllam Whythe Kystwll chylde . . xvjrf.

Item in rayward to the Whyet Fryeris of Cowen-
tre, the xvij day xijd.

Item to Lowys, the xxiij day of ApryU, by my Mr.
commondment, wen he wen[ti in to Walse
[= Wales] X5.

[Fo. 8.]

Item to the wardon of the Grayfrayrs of Lechefeld,
the same day, by my Mr. commondment, for
hys halfe yere fee [sum (Ss. 8d?) erased].

Item in rayward to on' that made the pumpe, the
same tyme [25 April] vnjd.

Item for Rycheart Tyler cosse to fayche the
pumpe maker viijd.

Item in rayward to on' that browght my Mr.
worde were the redd dayre [=deer] le [=lay],
the xxvii] day of Appryll iiijc?.

366

Item payd for iiij powtylls [= pottles] of wyne at
Bremygeam, the xxix day of Aprell . . , . ij«. vjd.

[May.]
Item payd for a potyU of howUe holyffe [== olive

oil] xvijd.

Item in rayward to a mynstryll Mr. Fytton's . . ijs.
Item for my Mr. brotherhed of Sent John Frare

[=Friary], the xvj day of Maye iiijrf.

[Fo. 9.]

Item to Mres. Mare, the xxv day of May, to by
her gayre at Coventre, by my Mr. commondment ijs.

June.

Item in rayward to on' that browght worde of the
fedyng of a redd dayrre by yonde Macstoke
[Maxstoke, co. Warwick], the iij. day of June iiijd.

Item in almys to iij pore skowlers, the same day iiijd.

Item for Basford cosse of huntyng of the hotter

and on' wyth hym, by the spase of on fortnytt xvijd.

Item in rayward to yowre browar, the iiij day of

June, for a bowle of now [=new] ale . . . . i]d.

Item for my Mr. brother hede to the procter of

Sent Caterne iiijrf.

Item payd for ij sett of cawllmen^, the vj day of
June ni]d.

[Fo. 10.]

Item for my Mr. cosse and raywardes at my Lorde
Marques [of Dorset's], lyjnig forthe on' nyght,
and xij horse wyth hym, the xv day . . ..vs. iijd.

Item payd for strowbajnys to make strowbayry
water ni]d.

Item in rayward to Robert Swenfen for wachyng a
dayre that was lawgyd by syde Swenfen, the xxj
day of June iiijd.

Item in rayward to Rycheart Broune for kylyng
of ij hosprayse [^ospreys] . . viijd.

Item for my Mr. hoferyng at Sent Jamse chapell
at Tomworth, the xxiiij day of June . . . . iiijd.

Item in rayward to a fraj^e that confeste my May-
ster and my Lady ther, the same tyme . . . . xijcJ.

Item for bred and ale ther, the same tyme . . xijd.

Item in almys ther, the same tyme ]d.

[Fo. 11.]

Item payd for vj glassus for Ser Wyllam . . . . xijd.

Item payd for a cape for Mr. Cattysby, the xxvij
day xiiijd.

1 Query meaning.

367

Item in rayward to Mr. Worthe sone, my Mr. good-
son [= godson], the xxviij day vn]d.

Item for my Mr. hoieryng at Owre Lady of Wal-
shyngam [Walsingham, co. Norfolk], the same
tyme, caryed by the bryar [read pryar] of Mac-
stoke iiijd.

July.

Item for my Mr. rayward at the kyrstnyng of

Paygyon chylde, the ij day of July iijs. m]d.

Item in rayward to a servaunt of Mr. Cwrssun's for

bryngyng of a praysand, the x day of July . . viijd.

Item in rayward to on' Cokes, for bryngyng of
letters frome WossaU [Walsall, co. Stafford], the
xvij day of July Ynjd.

Item for my Mr. cosse at Notyngam at the syse

[= assize] and xxx persons wyth hym . . . . xs. ]d.

Item for cosse at Laysytwr at the syse and xvij
horsse wyth my Mr., and frome thense to Myd-
wlton, the xxviij day of July vijs. iiijd.

[Po. 12.]

[August.]
Item to Mrs Mare, by my Mr. commondment, the
the vj day of Auguste, to the kyrstynyng of

Isbrand [Bamaby's] chylde xx*'d.

Item to my Mr. browtherhed in the perdon of
Sent Thomas of Conterbayry, the vij day of

Awgwste ui]d.

Item for my Mr. hoferyng at a preste makyng,
the XV day of Awgwste xijd.

[September.]

Item for iiij of my Mr. serwauntes cosse home frome
Mr. Fytton to Mydwlton, the v day of September ij«.

Item in raywardes to Mr. Fytton hofesers, the
same tyme viijs.

Item for bred and ale and chese in Maqkesfeld

[= Macclesfield, Cheshire] forest, the same tyme ij«. xd.

Item for my Mr. raywardes to Ser Pajn-s [= Piers,
Peter] of Leye hofesers, the vj day of Septembre vjs.

Item for my Mr. cosse at Sent Anse of Bwcstone
[= Buxton, CO. Derby], the vij day of Sep-
tembre vijs, vjd.

Item for my Mr. cosse at Asshebwme [Ashbome,
CO. Derby], the same day iiij«. viijd.

Item for wjme at Notyngam, the viij day . . . . ixd.

Item [in] rayward to a pwrswante [■= pursuivant],

the same day, at WoUoghton xx"d.

Item in rayward to on' that hade hys howse

bwmde, the same tyme [10 September] . . . . iiijd.

368

Item in rayward to the makyng of a hye way at

WoUoghton, the same day . . . . iiijd.

[Fo. 13.]

Item in raward to ij nunse of Derby, the xiij day

of September iijs. nijd.

Item payd for Robert Swenfeyn borde and John
Gosson at WoUoghton by the spase of on' weke
at the entryng of the hawkes, the xiiij day . . xxijd.

Item payd for ij molerdes [= mallards] to hayse

[== assay?] the hawkes vd.

Item for cosse of hawkyng, the same tyme [16
September] iiij(i.

Item for iij ponde of swgar to make conserwys of
berbayrys, the same tyme ijs.

Item for the hwntte's [= huntsman's] cosse from
Mydwlton to WoUoghton wyth the grounds
[=1= greyhounds] and honddes [= hounds] . . iiijrf.

Item in raywarde to on' that stopptte the fox
yerthys at NottoU Parke [NuthaU, Notts], the
same day [18 September] iiijtZ.

Item payd for iiij payre of hawkes belse, the same
tyme [20 September] xd.

Item in ray-warddes to my Lorde of Garydyne [the
abbot of Garendon, co. Leicester] hofesars, the
xxij day of Septembre . . . . xvjrf.

[Fo. 14.]

Item for John Hawward cosse to Payngkryge
[Penkridge, co. Stafford] Fayre, the same tyme
[30 September] xd.

[October.]
Item for my Mr. browtherhed to Owre Lady of

Baylam [= Bethlehem], the ij day of October iii]d.

Item in rajrwarde to a servaunt of Mr. Grayse for

brengyng of a crane vii]d.

Item to my Mr. to play at the cardes . . . . iiijd.

Item for my Mr. cosse at WossoU [= Walsall], the

xij day of October, at the cowrte ther . . . . iiijs.

[Fo. 15.]

Item in rayward to on' Welbwme, on' of the
crounars [= coroners] of Chesshjrre, the xviij
day of October vjs. viijd.

Item payd for a premer for my Mr. the laste day m]d.

[November.]

Item payd for ij crewyttes [= cruetts, for the altar],

the same tyme [1 November] for the chapell.. viijd.

369

Item to my Mr. to play at the cardes of Hawle

Halow Ewyn iu]d.

Item for my Mr. hoferyng of Awle Halow' Day iiijc?.

Item for the chylder hoferyng ii]d.

Item to the ryngars at Mydwlton chyrche of All

Halow nyght ni]d.

Item to a pardner [= pardoner], the same tyme m]d.

Item for my Mr. cosse at Assheby, the iij day of

Novembre, wyth xvj horse lyyng ther on' nyght viijs. vjd.
Item for my Mr. hoferyng of 8aynt Laynerd's day

at Wolloghton iiij(i.

[Fo. 16. J

Item payd for a cape for Mr. Catysby at Lenton
Fayre [11 November] xviijd

Item for Robert Swynfen cosse frome Mydwlton to

Wolloghton wyth hys hawkes and spanyels . . vjd.

Item payd for halfe a yerde of saten in Brydges
[= satin of Bruges] for my Mr. pa[r]tleti, the
same tyme xij«Z.

Item for iij yerdes bokeram, the same tyme . . xiijd. oh.

Item payd for a saten cape for my Mr., the same
tyme ' iijs.

Item payd for a rayne [=ream] of paper, the
game tyme ijs. viijci.

Item a lowde Kayglay for hys halfe yere feye for
shawyng [= shaving] of my Mr., the x day of
November iijs. iiiji.

Item for my Mr. raywarde to the frayrse of Now-
warke [Newark, Notts] that praychyd at Wol-
loghton, the same tyme [14 November] .. .. iijs. iiijrf.

Item for my Mr. cosse of huntyng at Hassell-
worth Cleffe [Hazleford, between Flintham and
Bleasby, co. Nottingham], the xv day of
November - , iijs. xd.

Item in raywardes to my lorde of Chelforde [:= the
prior of SheKord, co. Notts] hofysers, lyyng ther
on' nyght, the same tyme ijs.

Item in raywarde to Mr. Langam the fycycion, the
xvj day of November xs.

Item in rayward to a sei'wantt of ray Lady Per-
ponttes for bryngyng of a praysand, the same
tyme iiijt^.

Item in raywarde to the skowlers of Wolloghton

towrde theyr dayner vn]d.

[Fo. 17.]
December.
Item for my Mr. cosse at WossoU [=: Walsall],
the xvij day of December, wyth Iij horse wyth

hym on nyghte Ijs. iu]d.

1 Neck-apparel. See New English Dictionary.

370

Item for ij chettes [= sheets] of parchement, the

same tyme viijc?.

Summa totalis allocacion[um] : iiij"-^??'. vs. Yijd. ob.

[Signed : ] Henre Wyllughby. 205.

1524. — Extracts from "The bocke of paymentes for freshe
accattes [at Myddulton Halle] ^ from the ix day of Januarii,
in the xv yere of of the rengn of Kyng Henre the VIIJ"* "
[to 10 December], and " from the xvij day of Decembir, in
the xvj yere of the renge of K[yng] H[enre] VIIJ"' " [to
31 December].

[Fo. 5 verso.]

The ix day of October at the wedyng of M^rs.] Mare
Harbottell. [Payments for 44 geese, 9s. 2d. ; 32 capons,
lOs. M. ; three " pygges," \2d. ; a mallard and two teal,
M. ; eggs, %\d. ; 8 dozen and five chickens, 75. lid. ; six
capons, 3s. ; 2 " brettes " (^: turbot or brill,) \M. ; a fresh
salmon, 2s. id. ; two scate, 14d!. ; herrings, \Qd. ; plaices,
id.; roaches and a pickeril, 16c?.; eleven "pygges,"
3s. Id. ; a galon of honey, 14c?. ; eggs, 9c?. ; a pickeril and
a " chevyn " (=chubb), 9c?.; butter, 4c?.; a capon, 7c?.;
four chickens, id. ; eggs, 20c?. ; neats' feet, 4c?. ; two
capons, 10c?. ; eleven " pyges," 3s. 6c?. ; fresh fish, 12c?. ;
three quarterns of almonds, 2ic?. ; a dozen and three snipe
and plovers, 10c?. ; the " catter " (=: caterer's) costs, 2c?. ;
two "pykkes," 3s. 8c?.; three teal and 10 snipe, &d. ;
four mallards, 8c?. ; four teal and seven snipe, 6c?. ; Ijutter,
4c?. ; twelve " pyges," 4s. ; six mallards, 12c?. ; four dozen
and three chickens, 3s. 5c?. ; 26 couple of " conys," 8s. 8c?. ;
payment "to men to turne broches " (:= spits), 2c?.;
"heme sewis " (young herons), 12c?. Total: 3?. 19s. lO^c?.
{read lie?.)].

[Fo. 8 verso.]
At the comyng of Lorde Ferers [December 31.] [Details.]

[Po. 10 verso.]

The wages for the halfe yere at Myssomer, in the xvj yere of
the rengne of Kynge Henrre (sic) the VIIJ"'.

Item paid to Ser Richarde, the parushe pryst . . liijs. iiijc?.

Item to Ser William Webbe xxs.

Item to Henre Marmyon xxs.

Item to Richarde Etton xxs.

Item to William Egerton xxs.

Item to Henre Braseburge xxs.

Item to Gabrell Barwykk xxs.

Item to Richarde Egerton xxs.

1 Supplied from the contemporary title on the outer cover.

371

Item to John Bellers xxxs.

Item to William Clyfton xxvjs. viijc?.

Item to [blank]

Item to Thomas Marten xiijs. iiijd.

Item to William Wodnett xiijs. iu]d.

Item to Hugh Large xiijs.

Item to John' Brendwod xxs.

Item to Isbrande [Barnabei] xxs.

Item to Nicholas up John xxs.

Item to Robert Wethens xvjs. rn]d.

Item to William Marlow xiijs. iiijd.

Item to Richarde Tokke xiijs. ni]d.

Item to Robert Baseforde xiijs. m]d.

Item to Geffrey Blew xiijs. w]d.

Item to John Adamysse xiijs. m]d.

Item to WiUiam Walker xs.

Item to William Nottman xiijs. iiijrf.

Item to Robert Swynfen xs.

Item to John Hawarde xs.

[Fo. 11. J

[Payments to nineteen " husbande men " and eight
" wemen."]

[Payments for shoeing horses, fo. 13.]

[Po. 13 verso.]

Memorandum, that I have rekenyd wyth John' a
Lane for makynge of waxe frome Crystenmasse,
in the xv yere of Kynge Henre the VIIJ"", unto
Mihellmas next folowynge that, and at [= that]
I have paid hym xiiijrf.

[Po. 14.]
[Payments for "iron ware" (= ironmongery).]

[Fo. 15.]
The xj day of Marehe.

Item, the same day, for knettynge of a tramelP ijs. vjrf.
Item paid to the pyper of Wyschaw [Wishaw, co.

Warwick] for leppe [= " leap," basket] roddes xvid.

Item paid for makyng of viij lepys [= baskets] ijs. viijc?.'

205.

1 From the Christmas list (fo. 11 verso), which has in addition "Laurence
Wodnett, 40«., Sir Henre, 20«., Thomas Apole, 10«., Lewys, 13s. id., " but
omits William Nottman.

2 A 'trammel,' a net for catching partridges, etc., or fish (Cotgrave,
s.Vi. 'tremaille').

372

1524. Extracts from " The booke of paymentes at Mydul-
ton Hall for nesseryrs {sic) for the households, from the ix
day of Januarii, in the xv yer of Kyng Henre the VIIJ*^,"
to 23 December. Expenses about agriculture, etc., purchase
of malt and rye, workmen's wages, payment of rents and
tithes, etc.

[Fo. 2.]

Item paid to the golde smyth of Byrmyngham for
mendynge the keverynge of the salte, the vj
day of August x^^-

Item paid, the same day [6 September], to the
golde smyth of Byrmyngham for the makynge
of ix sponnys and for the mendynge of ij stond-
ynge coppys [=: cups] vjs. y]d.

Item paid to a caryare for bryng[yng] a tonne of
wyae from London xxs.

[Fo. 3.]
Item payd, the xxvij day of Septembir, for pottes
and goderdes [= drinking cups] agenst the
wedynge of Mastres Mare iijs.

[Fo. 4.]

Item paid, the same day [19 October], for pewtre
agenst the wedjoige iijs.

[Fo. 6 verso.]
Stoffe bowght at Lechefylde Feyre. the x day of Fehniarii,
in the xv yer aforeseid.
Item paid, the same day, for vj spruce elles

[= eels from Prussia ? ] vjs.

[Charges for fish, honey, oil, and expenses.]

[Fo. 7.]

The xvj day of Septembir. Stuffe bowght at Sturbicrge Feyre
[great ling, a hundred ; " lobbe fysche " [=; poUack], 1 J hun-
dreds ; " mattes, viijcZ." ; costs in connexion with the fair.]

Spyces bought at Lentton Feyre.
[Pepper, " Englysche safforun," maces, cloves,
" saundres," " senamunce " [= cinnamon], rice,
currants, " galyngall," sugar candy, almonds,
" aunys seddes," sugar loaves, ginger, " prunys,"
"■torsaUe,^" " longe peper," nutmeg, wax,
'^calamus aramatyctis,^^' white soap] .. ..xli.xs.

1 Spelt iurnesell at fo. 10, representing French tournesol (a translation of
heliotropium), here meaning a vegetable colouring matter obtained from this
plant, which was used in cookery for staining viands. See Gerarde's Herbal,
p. 264.

2 An Arabian plant used medicinally. See Gerarde's Herbal, p. 9.

373

[Fo. 9.]
For sadulls and nessaris to the same.

Item paid to a fewster [= maker of saddle-trees]
of Sheldon [co. Warwick], the xij day of
Januarii, for iij syde sadduU treis and a male
sadultres (sic) iiijs. v]d.

Item paid to the sadeler of ColshuU [Coleshill, co.
Warwick] for makynge a syde saduU, the xxviij
day of Februarii, for Mastres Harbottell . . . . ijs. vii]d.

Item paid, the xij day of June, to the saduUer for
the warkmanshyp of keverynge of the harnys
to my Lades saduU . . . . vjd.

Item for nalynge and synoynge^ of Mastres Alece
saduU v]d.

item for a felte to my Lades saduU vjd.

Item for canmasse [= canvas] to the same saduU yd.

Item for the warkemanshyp of keverynge of my

Lades saduU and Mastres Alice saduU . . . . ijs. vii]d.

Item for frynge [to] the same saduU and harnys xiiijc?.

Item for a panel! for M[astres] Alice sadull . . viijci.

Item for the gleythe^ to the harnys of my Lades

sadull xviijrf.

Item paid to the sadeler for makynge a velloett
harnesse at my Mr. rydjmge to Chestur and for
stoffe at [the] same tyme ; item for a new syde
saduU and the harnes and for a sadull for John
Burgesse : the price of all is xiiijs. xjcZ.

Item paid to the sadeler for his quarter wages at
Mihehnasse ijs.

[Fo. 10 verso.]
For spyces bought for the weddynge. [Cost 4Z. Is. 'Id.]

[Fo. 23.]

Item paid to Slade for makynge of furmys and
tressuUes and bedstedes at the wedynge . . . . ijs.

[Fo. 27.]
Rewardes at the wedyng.

Item to Mastur Fyzherbardes servant xijd.

Item to my Lade abbasse servant iiijd!.

Item to Mr. Repyngton's servant iiijd.

Item to Elis servant viijd.

Item to the prior of Sandwalles [Sandwell, parish

of West Bromwich, co. Stafford] servant.. .. \a.\d.

Item to Mr. Comberfordes servant viijc?.

Item to my Lorde of Dudley servant iijs. iiijrf.

Item to the bayle of Sutton's servant xijci.

1 Query ' sinewing' , stitching with sinews.

2 It is uncertain whether the initial is ? or a cancelled s.

374

Item to my Lorde Markcase [of Dorset's] servant xijt?.

Item to Wodcokkes servant viijd.

Item to a man for bryngynge a barbyle . . . . iiij«^.

205.

1524.— Extracts from "The bokk of Wolatton made in
the XV yere of the rengn of Kyng Henre the VIIJ^'' for
accattes there, from the ix*" day of Januarii in the yere
aforesaid." Weekly accounts.

[Fo. 2.]

Item paid for brede at the comyng of Mr. Ser John,

the ix day of Januarii ijrf.

At my Mr. commyng the xvj day of Januarii. [Purchases
of beefs, hens, a goose, a " pyge," wine, spices, mustard,
vinegar, eggs, and three galons of ale : total 8s. \^d.~\ i

At the, comynge of Mr. Ser John'' to Wolatto[n], the v daij of
Februarii. [Details of expenditure.]

The ij day of Apprill at the comynge of Master Ser John W.
[Details.]

At the commyng of Mr. Ser John, the vij day of Mail.
[Details.]

[Payments for cheese, eggs and butter, in all 19^.,
" for shep wescheynge, the xvij daye of June ; " and for
shearing 26 score sheep, " wyndynge of woUe," catching
sheep, ale, 4rf., " a pye, 2d.'"'\

[Fo. 3.]

At my Lades comynge to Wolaton, the ix day of Julii.
[Details.]

[Fo. 4.]

At my Mr. commynge to Wollaton, the vj day of Septembir.
[Details.]
Item for egges for the fawkeners afore my Mr.

com i]d.

Item for barberis and vargis [= verjuice] makynge,

pykynge and straynynge xv]d.

[Fo. 5.]

The X day of Novembir at the comynge of my Mr. to Lenton
Feyre. [Details.]

[Fo. 6.]

Item paid for My Lades costes at Messom [Measham,
CO. Derby], the xviij day of Novembir, with xviij

persons with her iijs. ]d.

[Expenses of threshing, mowing, thatching, haymaking,

carrying coals (fo. 8. 9) ; ironmongery, etc. (fo. 9) ; tithe

375

to the prior of Lenton and the vicar of Radforth for Sutton
Passys, payment to the parson of Wollaton and Sir Robert
Jacson (fo. 10) ; payments " for squarynge of tymbir at
Shypley Parke" [co. Derby] (fo. 11); for " men'dyng tlie
chappell," plastering it, etc. (fo. 11 verso); "paymentes for
the farme of Wylloughby," being rent of tithe-hay, getting
thereof, threshing barley, peas, etc. and various other
payments (fo. 12, 13) ; costs of making hay, etc. in Haly-
weU (fo. 14) ; " weythers bought at WoUatton by the
schapper[d] " (fo. 15) ; miscellaneous charges (fo. 16, 17) ;
payments for spices, etc. (fo. 19).]

[Fo. 17.]

Item paid, the same day [19 July], to Glossehopp
for his costes to Lyncolne shyer for swanys . . ijs.

Item paid for br3mg[yng]e a baken [= baked]

barbyll to a servant of Mr. Fyndurnys . . . . ii\]d.

Item paid for My Lades costes at Ashebe [Ashby-
de-la-Zouche, co. Leicester] wyth xvj persons

wyth her for ther baytt ther iiijs. iiijrf.

The furst day of August.

Item for my Lades costes lying at Ashebe a ny3ht
and for hur dyner on the morne and xviij per-
sons wyth her xjs. \d.

[Fo. 18.]

Item paid to Mr. Mellers for xiij galons of Mawse

[:= Malmsey wine], price xvs. ijrf.

Item paid, the xvj day of Novembir, for xix galons

and dim. of Ruriiney [wine], price xxijs. ixt?.

[Fo. 19.]

Item paid, the xiij day of Novembir, for ij pounde

of grett canduUs iijt^.

Item for the caryage of charcoUe vs. iiijc?.

Item for berynge of same y]d.

Item for makynge of the same charcole . . . . iijs. iiijrf.

205.

1524-5.— Extracts from the account of John Lewyssay,
" servaunt to Ser Henry Wyllwghby, knyght," from 25
December, 16 Henry VIII. [to 4 January, 17 Henry VIII.].

[Fo. 2.]

1524.

[January.]

Item to Ser Edward Wyllwghby, the xxvij day of
Janvarii, by my Mr. commondment, to gyffe the
kynges atornay's wyfe in raywarde at hys goyng
to London xls.

376

Item in rayward to Robert Swenfen at hys wed-
dyng, the same tyme [28 January] xij(i.

[February.]

Item payd to the kyng, the ij day of Faihruarii,

for preste mownay xu}li. vjs. viijd.

Item in raywarde to a mynstryll of my Lorde of

Derby's, the x day of Faihruarii xijd.

Item in rajrward to my Mr. wolantyne of Saynt

Wolantyn's day, the xiij day of [Faihruarii] . . m\d.

[Fo. 3.]

Marche.
Item for my Mr. raywarde to the kyrstnyng of
Robert Jelyfe chylde xxd

[Fo. 4.J

Item in raywarde to on' of Wolsoll that browght
the cowrtt rowlse to hawe the copye for
Rycheart Hylle lande, the xxix day of Marche xijrf.

[April.]

Item in raywarde to on that fonde a hare syttyng,

the same tyme m]d.

Item a lowde to Robert Basford that he layde
doune by my Mr. commondment for cosse at
serten tymse wen on' of Chesshyre kylde hottera
[= otters] in the rewer iijs. i\d.

Item payd for horyges [= oranges] and poundgar-
nyttes [= pomegranates] at Co ventre, the same
tyme xviijti.

[Fo. 5.]

Item in raywarde to Henry Pylkyngton, my Mr.

godson m.\d.

Item for my Mr. raywarde to the wemyn of the

toune for Houre Lades lyght ni\d.

Item in ray~warde to on' that browght my Mr.

worde of redde day re that lay by yonde Mery-

dyne [Meriden, co. Warwick] m]d.

[Fo. 6.]

[May.]

Item to my Lady, the iij day of Maye, by my
Mr. commondment, to bye Maystrys Jane gayre xxs.

Item for my Mr. hoferyng at Clyfton weddyng,
the xiiij day of Maye iiij(^.

377

[Fo. 7.]

June.

Item send [= sent] of a tokon to Mrs. Fytton,

the same day iiijt^.

[July.]
[Fo. 10.]
Item for my Mr. servantt[es'] cosse, my Mr.

dynyng att my Lorde Cardnell, the same day

[6 July] xviiid.

Item for wyne and ale at the clowke [= clock]

liowse xiijd.

Item for cherys and payrs, the same day . . . . i]d.

Item for viij kylderkynse of ale [8 July] .. ..xxjs. iiijrf.
Item to the chondler for sawse and coppe^ and

trenchers ijs. yjd.

Item for howse roume by the spase of on' wekeviijs. y]d.
Item for wessheyng of my Mr. cherte [= shirt] jd.

Item for horse lajrweray by the space of on' weke xijs. iujd.
Item in raywardes to the chyldren and servaunttes

of the howse a[t] my Mr. comyng a way . . xxijd.

Item for baytt at Saynt Tawbunse [= Saint

Albans], the s[a]me [tyme] xxiijd.

Item for baytt at DunstabwU, the same day . . xii]d.

Item for bred and ale, wyne, kechyn, fyre, can-

dwll and horse-maytt at my Mr. lowgyng at

Stoue [Stow Nine Churches, Northants], the ix

day of July xs. ]d.

Item for bayt at Dayntre [Daventry, Northants]

the same day iijs, ijd.

Item in raywardes to my Lorde of Tome hofyserys,

the X day of July, my Mr. lyyug ther on nyght iijs.

Item for ale at Cossell, the same day n]d.

Item in raywardes to ij mjoistrylls of my Lorde

Lyles, the same day iijs. iiijd.

[Fo. 11.]

Item payd for golde for Mres. Alyce to worke^in
the stowle ijs.

Item for my Mr. cosse at Notyngam, lyyng ther

on' nyght and a day, wyth xvj persons . . . . xiijs. u]d.

[August.]

Item for my Mr. cosse at Astelay [=Astley, co.
Warwick], the xj day of Awgwste, beyng wyth
my Lorde Marqwes [of Dorset] ij dayae . . . . ijs. in]d.

Item in raywarde to the keper for kyllyng of a
boke ijs.

1 For " cups " ?

378

Item for my Mr. cosse to Coventre, the xiiij day
of Awgwste, wyth my Lorde Marques, and vij"^
wyth my Mr., syttyng of the kyng commycion xlvjs. v']d.

Item in raywarde to my I^ady abbas mayddes
[= the abbess of Polesworth's maids], the xviij
day of Augwste, wen Maystrys Alyce was faychyd
home frome Polseworthe xvjcZ.

Item for my Mr. cosse to Fayknam [Feckenham,
CO. Worcester] Fowryste wyth my Lorde of Kyl-
iyngworth [the prior of Kenilworth] and Ser
Edwarde Fayrys [^ Ferrers], the xxij day of
Augwste, and raywardes to the kepers . . . . xxxiiijs. vjci.

[Fo. 12.]

September.

Item delyver'd to my Lady to by gayre for Mrs.

Jane vj.s. viijrf.

October.
[Fo. 13.]

Item to Mr. Swynfayn, the xij day of October,
by my Mr. commondment for hys cosse to Lon-
don wyth hawkes to the kyng xs.

Item payd for fwrre to fwrre my Mr. goune, the
xvj day of October, at Bremygeam, and my
cosse xs. n]d.

Item for my Mr. raywarde to John Chepman wen

he was wedd xx*'d.

Item to the warden of the Gray Frayrs of Lechef elde,
the xxij day of October, by my Mr. commond-
ment, wen he praychyd at the toune . . . . x.s. viiid.

Item to Lewys appe John for hys cosse into Walse

[=: Wales], the xxvj day of October iijs. m.]d.

Novembre.
[Fo. 15.]

Item for my Mr. hoferyng at Wyllam Sladdes

weddyng, the xxvj day of Novembre . . . . iiij[ci.]

Item for my Mr. raywarde to Wyllam Slade wen he
was maryed ijs.

[Fo. 15.]

Decembre.
Item for my Mr. raywarde towrde the makyng of

a chalys for Wollaton chyrche xx"(?.

Item in raywarde to a servaunt of the dowke of

Swffokes that come wyth bayrs viiji.

Item for Chyngleton cosse to Laycytwr foryste to

fayche a doo [=; doe] at my Lorde Marqwes,

lyyng forthe iij dayse xxjd.

379

[Po. 16.]

Item in ra3rwarde to the chylde baychoppe of

Lechefelde, the xxviij day of Decenibre . . . . vjs. viijrf.
Item in raywarde to the baychoppe servaunttes xxd.

Item in raywarde to the playars of Browton

[Upper Broughton, Notts.?] on Nowyer's Ewyn ijs.
Item in rayTvard to a play[ar] that comma frome

Lechefeld xv\d.

Item in raywarde to playars that was Mr. Belt-

noppe [= Belknapp's] servaunttes and Mr.

Lewsys iij5. iiij^.

1525.

[January.]
Item payd for ij M. pynse, the iij day of Januarii xd.

Item to my Mr. to play at the cardes xijd.

Item to my Mr. to play at the cardes, the iiij

day xixd.

Summa totalis : clxxxxjli. vijs. vd.

[Signed :] Henre Wyllughby.

205.

1526. — Extracts from household account of Sir Henry
Willoughby for Middleton Hall, from 11 January, 17 Henrv
VIII, to [December].

[Page 1.]

January 11. Item paid for the caryage of a top-
nett 1 of fygges and nother of ressynges and ij .sugar-
lovys xviji.

Item paid to Thomas Slade for the halywatter
for iij. quart[ers] dew to hym at Our Lady Day
of Marche xi]d.

Item paid at Estur for bred and wyne to Mydul-

ton churche ixd.

Item for oyle and creme [=: chrysm] iiijd.

Item for francomesence ijd.

Item paid, the xv. day of Apprell, for sying

brede [= shew bread] and wyne ]d.

Item paid, the xvij. day of Apprell, for brede

and wyne at Estur to Drayton churche . . . . vjd.

Item for oyle and creme iiijd.

Item paid the same day to Sir William, the
parische pryste of Draytton, for his service and
burde [aboard] for iij. wekkes vjs. viiji.

[Page 2.]

April 29. Item paid for stuffe to make ynkee (sic) m]d.

Item for ale for the baners in the Crosse weke . . v]d.

1 Cf. tope in Rogers, History of Pricte, iv, p. 670.

380

Item to the halwattur-clarke of Mydulton at

Myssomer for his halfe yere for this and pynns xd.

[Page 3.]

August 31. Item paid the same day for makynge

of verges [= verjuice] idxd.

Item paid to Richarde Dave for xij. stryke of

cravys [= crayfish] ijs.

Item paid the iij. day of Novembur for ij. ley^

of weke [= wick] yarne vd.

Item for spy[n]inge of a ley of weke yarne the

same day ]d.

[Page 4.]

December 4, Item paid, the x. day of Decembir,

to a woman for a pere of knett slevys . . . . xjd.

[Accounts of expenditure on mowing and for other agri-
cultural purposes follow.]

[Page 19.]

For spyces bought at dy verse tymes.

Item for a loiie of sugur, weyinge viijZt., the xxix!

day of Apprell iiijs. i]d.

Item, paid, the vj. day of Septembre, for dy verse
spyces agenst the oomynge of My Lorde Marquis
[of Dorset] ixs. ixd.

[Page 20.1

For spyces bought at Coventre, the xxij day of Novembre.

[Amount to lOZ. 6s. 6d., including dates, prunes, almonds,
anniseed, rice, biscuits, sugar-loaves, liquorice, white soap,
paper, as well as spices in the modern sense of that word.]

[Page 22.]

Stuffe bought [at] Lechefylde feyre, the xiiij. day of
Februarii, in the xvij. yere of the rengn of kyng Henry VIII,
[comprising red and white herrings, sprats, " viij. elCs sprewuse
[= eels from Prussia ?] vjs. viijd," salmon, oil, honey, currants,
mussels, and carriage, and " for their costes that bought the
same stuffe iijs." Payments for ironmongery, gifts and rewards,
etc.].

[Page 35.]

The byll f or makyng of wolen cloth from the xiij. of Febru-
ary, in the xvij. yere of the renge of King H. the VIII"'.

I See New English Dictionary, s.v. 'Lea' sb. 4.

381

In primis, for spyn[yn]g of a brode whyte for

blankettes vijs. ixd.

Item for spyn[yn]g of xij yerdes of narow whyte ijs. iijrf. ob.

Item for spyn[yn]g of a weyt of lyst yarne . . iijd.

Item for spyn[yn]g of viij. brode clothis of

tawne [^^t&wny] ii]li. ixs. viijd.

Item for wey[v]inge of the brode whyte . . . . iiijs.

Item for weyvynge of the yardes of narow whyte xviij«Z.

Item for weyvinge of the viij . brode clothis of tawne Is. viijd.

Item for oyle to the same clothis xvs. vijt?.

Item for fuHyng of the brode whyte iiijs.

Item f or fuUyng of the xij. yardes of narow whyte xijd.

Item f or fuUyng of the viij. brode cloths of tawne Is. Yujd.

Item for madder for the same viij. clothes vK. ijs. ]d.

Item paid to William Dyer of Colshullfor xij. dais
werkynge with the dyer at coleryng of the same
clothis iiijs.

Item for ij. dyers' burd [== board] for the same

xij. days iiijs.

Item for other stoffe that there is occupyed . . xvd.

Item payd for spy[n]ing lyimon yarne .. .. mjs.vd.ob.

Item for weyvynge of xx. elles of flaxen cloth vjs. viijd.

205.

1526.—" The bocke of WoUaton, made the xiij day of Sep-
tembur, the xviij yere of the reign of K[yng] H[enry] the
VIII"'." Household expenses at WoUaton, on September 15,
23, 28, and October 3 and 7, 18 Henry VIII. 205

1526-7. Extracts from account of John Lewyssay, " ser-
vaunt to Sir Henry Wyllwghby, knyght," frome 6 January,
17 Henry VIII until [January — , 18 Henry VIII.].

1526.
[January.]
[Fo. 2.]
Item to Mrs. Mare Fytton, by my Mr. commond-

ment, the viij day of Januarii vjs. viijrf.

Item in rayward to a narmytt [^ a hermit] of

PoLseworthe iiij<^«

Item to my Mr. to play at the cardes [22 January] iiijrf.

[Fo. 3.]
Februarii.
Item in raywarde to my Mr. wolantyne on Sent

Wolantynse day, the xiij day of Faibruarii . . m]d,

[Fo. 4.]

Item to Mrs. Alyce, the same day [21 February],
to gyffe in raywarde to the kyrstnynge of Howgh
Aweray chylde xx*'(i.

382

[March.]

Item to Mr. Palmer servauntt for hys cosse frome
London and to London, bryngyng a letter of the
kynges, the ij day of Marche xiij5. iiijrf.

Item for Willam Notman cosse and myne to Ber-
wyke to spayke wyth Mr. Magnws,i the xxij
day of Marche xxs.

Item payd to Robert Jamse wyfe and Slades wyfe
for thayr cosse that wachyd wyth a presoner
that was hangyd at Basset Crosse [Basset, parish
of Peckleton, co. Leicester] iijs. xd.

[Po. 5.]

Item to a fryre of Lechefeld that was my Mr.

gostly father [on Shyre Thwrsday] xijrf.

Item payd for caryage of a tunne of wyne frome

Bewerlay, the same tyme vjs.

Apryll.

Item [in] raywarde to the yowng men of the toune
that gaytherde for the chyrche iiijcf.

Item for chaftes [= shafts, arrows] for Mr. Howgh

and the chyldwrn of the chapell iiijrf.

Item in rayTvard to the wemyn of the toune that

gathwrde for Saynt Stewyn iiijrf.

Item in ra3rwarde to on' that browght worde were
red dayre ley by syde Macstoke, the same day
[4 April] iiijrf.

[Fo. 6.]
Item for my Mr. raywarde to the kyrstnyng Cor-

ssor chylde, the xxvj day of Apryll xij</.

Item in raywarde to a frayre of Coventre that

browght aqwawyte [= aqua vitae], the same day xx*'d.

Item to on' of the chylder of the chapell wen he

went home to hys frendes xiid.

[Fo. 7.]

Item payd for aqwawyte [= aqua vitse], the

xxviij day of Apryll iiijd.

Item in raywarde to on' that browght horygns
[=: oranges] frome Bremygeam, the same day
[31 April] i]d.

Maye.

Item for ale at the chyrche for my Mr., the v

day of May ]d.

1 Dr. Thomas Magnus, founder of the grammar school at Newark -on -Trent,
was treasurer of the wars in the North of England, and at this time a mem-
ber of the Council of the Duke of Richmond at York. See Diet, of National
Biography, xxxv, p. 324,

383

Item for my Mr. raywarde to a nalle [= an ale,

feast] at Leye [Lea Marston, co. Warwick] . . vii]d.

Item for my Mr. rayward to the chyrcheale at
Aston, the xxvj day of May xxd.

[Fo. 8.]

Item payd for vj yerdes of eayndoll [= Kendal
cloth] for a cottclothe [= cloth for a coat]
for Mr. Cattesby, the xxix day of May . . . . iijs. viijti.

Item in raywarde to the huntte [= huntsman] wen

he brake hys bowe viijc?.

Item for a pwrsywant [:= pursuivant] cosse lyyng
at Awerayre's (sic) vjd.

[June.]

Item payd for a halfe a yerd of blake clowthe for

bandes for the gentwlwemyn cyrtwlles . . . . vjrf.

Item for my cosse to Sothewell [Southwell, co.
Notts], the xj day of June, to cary Mr. Catesby
to the skowle xxd.

Item for chowyng [^ shoeing] of horsus . . . . m]d.

Item paid to the skowle Mr. for skowle hyre . . iiijs. iiijrf.

Item in raywarde to Rawfe Heberd and Lowkyd,
My Lord of Derby's mynstryU', the xiiij day of
June iijs. iiijd!.

Item for my Mr. hoferyng at Mr. Arthen's beryall iiijrf.

Item payd to Nycoles Cothett for makyng of a

song bowke for the chapell iiijs. viijcZ.

Item for a premer for Mr. Draycott iiijf^.

[Fo. 9.]

Item for bred and ale and wyne and kecheyn and
horsemett at Merydyne, the xxiij day of June,
XX horse wyth my Mr. to London viijs. yd.

[Fo. 10.]
Item payd for a pott for my Mr. chamber.. .. xiijrf.

July.

[Fo. 11.]

Item payd to Rowfe Dyall in fwll payment that
he layd doune for my Mr. cloke the v day
of July viijs.

Item for a pener [= pen-case] and a nynghorne
[=an inkhorn] for Mr. Hough [Hugh Wil-
loughby] iiijf^.

Item for ale at the Tempwll i]d.

Item for a skotwU to cary a gamysshe [= set] of
wessell iiij^r,

384

[Fo. 12.]

Item for ij sylver baygse [= badges] ijd.

Item for a njTiglysshe [= English] bowke . . . . v'uid.

Item for howse rowme for on' fortnytt . . . . xxxs.

[Fo. 13.]

Item in raywarde to My Lorde CardnoU porter.. xi]d.

Item to Mr. Pryncypowll of StapuU In for ray-
ment for Mr. Hovvgh [= Hugh] and for his
bowrde xs.

Item to Mr. PryncypoU in rayward for hys payne vjs. viiid.

Item to Mr. Howgh to pwtt in hys pwrse . . . . x\]d.

[Fo. 14.]

Item for cosse at Elsebayry [= Aylesbury, co.

Bucks.], the xx day of July vjs. x]d.

Item for my Mr. browtherhed at yowre [sic) Lady

yeld at Alsebwry [= Aylesbury], the same day vjs. Yii]d.

Auguste.

Item for my Mr. hoferyng to Owre Lady of Wyssyter
[^Worcester] and Sent Kaylams [:=St. Kenelm's,
Winchcombe] Yu]d.

[Fo. 15.]

Item for my Mr. browtherhed to Sent Thomas of

Contwrbayry, the tiij day of Awgwste . . . . viiid.

Item in ray^vard to Chamberlayne and Laselse of
Notyngame for bryngyng of ij chylder for the
chapell, the r of Augwste xs.

Item in rayward to a notter [^ an otter] hunter,

the xix day of August xxd.

Item to Ser Wyllam that he layd doune for iiij
payre of chowse [= shoes] for iiij of the chylder
of the chapell , . . . . xxiij</.

Item in rayward to the ancres [= female anchorite]

at Polseworth, the same [day, 27 August] . . vii]d.

Item payd for iiij premers for the chyldern of the

chapell xd.

Septembre.
[Fo. 16. J

Item for Thomas Cokes cosse to Mr. Cowttes for
hayransus [= heronsews, young herons], the iij
day of September iii]d.

Item payd for payrs a gaynste my Lorde Marqwes

[of Dorset] comyng xxd.

Item to Towlle, the ix day of Septembre, by my
Mr. commondment wen he went of paylgramage
to the sweyt rowde [^ rood] of Garadyne [Garen-
don, CO. Leicester] xijd.

385

Item in raywardes to my Lady of Polseworthe
hofeserse, the x day of September, lyyng ther on
nyght, wen my Mr. went fco my Lorde Marqwesij.?. iiijd!.

Item in rayward to my Lorde Marqwes horse-

kepers, the xij day of September xx"d.

Item in rayward to Mr. Gray servaunt for bryng-
yng of a praysand to WoUatun, the same day m]d.

Item for my Mr. hoferyng to Sent Annys [at Bux-
ton, CO. Derby] sent by Clyfton iiijrf.

Item for my Mr. hoferyng at the rowde of Notyngam,

the XXV day of September iiijc?.

Item in almys there, the same day iiijc?.

Item for ij yerdes of fwstyn for a dowblett for

Mr. Catysbe, the same day 2vjfZ.

Item for a payre of hawseclothe [=horsecloths]

for Mr. Catysbe xxd.

Item for a payre of hawseclothe for Mrs. Alyse

and Mrs. Jane, the same day xvjei.

Item for my Mr. brotherhed of Owre Lady of the
chapell of the Sey the last day of Sep-
[tembre] mid.

Item for my Mr. rayward to the Frayrse at
Notyngam, the laste day of September, wen
they made a nale [= an ale, feast] viijs. vn]d.

Item for my Mr. cosse ther, the same day . . . . xxijd!.

[Fo. 17.]
October.

Item payd for Mr. Catysbe bord for xv wekes and

skowlhyre and makyng of gayre, the fyrst day xxs.
Item for iiij yelse [=ells] of clothe for Mrs. Jane

for smowkes [= smocks], the ij day of October ijs. viijd.
Item to the blynd woman at WoUoton, the v day

of October, to by her a paytycott ijs. viijd.

Item to Roger Layche, the swrgeon, the same day xxd.

Item in rayward to Robert BertwU to hys

maryage, the vij day of October xxd.

Item payd for iij payre of chowse [=shoes] for the

chylder of the chappyll, the ix day of October xyii]d.
Item payd for bowkes and comse [= combs] for

the chyldwme of the chappell ixd.

Item a lowd to Ser Wyllam for swgar to make

conserwys, the x day of Octobre xijc?.

Item payd lynyngse and carsay and fwstyon for

Mr. Draycott and Mrs. Alice and the chylder of

the chapell, the xiij day of October, and cosse xiiijs.
Item in rayward to Mr. Worthe sone goyng to

Londun, the same tyme ijs. iiijd.

Item to Germon to hys weddyng, the same [tyme] xi]d.

M35

386

Item payd for iij yelse [= ells] of clothe for Mrs.

Alice and Mrs. Jane for raylse^ iijs- xc?-

Item payd for halfe a dosen cappse for the chylder

of the chapell, the xx day vjs.

Item for vj pajrre of chowse for the chylder of the

chapell, the same day iij«- vijei.

[Fo. 18.]

Item in ray ward to My Lord Hastyngse mynstryll,

the xxj day of October xx'd.

Item payd for a yerd of fresse to mend on' of the

chyldwrne cottes of the chapell vjcZ.

[November.]

Item for my cosse and John' Hawward to Lenton
Fayre wyth iiij horsus, lyyng ther on' sennytt iijs. m]d.

[Fo. 19.]

Item in rayward to a pore man of Aston that
made a nale [= an ale, feast], the xij day of
November xx*'d.

Item in rayward to a servaunt of my Lorde of
Exiter's for bryngyng of a praysand, the xviij
day of [November] xx^'d.

December.

Item payd for the carter cosse to Bremygeam to

fayche a lode of wyne, the vj day of December xiid.

[Fo. 20.]

Item in rayward to ij men that gaytherd for
Fayslay [Fazeley, co. Stafford] Brege, the xxvj
day of December iiijf?-

Item in rayward to the chyld becheopp of Leche-
feld and to hys ofeserse, the xxviij day of
December ix5. iiiitZ.

Item in rayward to a play of Cheschyre, the

same day vj*. viijcZ.

Item in rayward to a, play that come frome My
Lord John Gray ij.s.

Item in rayward to ij men that gayther'd for
Owre Lady Brege at Tomworth, the xxix day
of December . . . . iiijrf.

[Fo. 21.]
Item to ij men that gaytherd for Bowbrege . . iii]d.

l Neck -coverings, See New English Dictionary, e.v, 'rail, sb 1,'

387

1527.
[January.]
Item in raywardes to chylder on Newyarse Day

that browght praysanse iijs.

Item in rayward to a play ijs.

Item in rayward to on' that browght a praysand

frome Wyllam Gaybonse viijc^.

Summa totalis hujus libri : cxlixK. ixs. Vu\d. ob.

205.
1527.— Extracts from Household Accounts for Middleton,
18 Henry VIII.

" The bocke for nessaris for the husholde [at Mydulton Hall],
begyninge the furste day of Februarii, in the xviij yere of the
renge of K[yngJ Henre the VIIJ"^."

[Page 1.]
April 12.

Item paid the same tyme to Key's wyffe for a

weke makyng canduUes iiijc^.

Item paid, the xiiij. day of Aprell, for a peyre of

schowne [= shoes] for Lytyll John of the kechyn vjcZ.

Item for a pere of hossen for hym vjc^.

Item for a cape for hym the same day .... xd.

[Page 42.]

For stuffe bought at Lechefylde feyre, [consisting of fish,
honey, oil, figs, sugar-loaves, " a skemur" [ =:scummer], "vj.li.
of lymans conserva vs."]

[Page 46. Charges for spinning linen.]

[Page 49. — Charges for making wax.] 205.

1541. — " Thys booke made the xxix*"^ day of Aprell, in
the xxxiij*'' yere off the reyne off Our Sovereyn ' Lord Kyng
Henry the VIIJ"* for wedyng off corne, mowyng of gresse,
makyng off hey, sheyryng off corne, and mowyng off corne,
leydyng corne, workyng at Halywell, thresshyng off corne,
and for all other thynges pertejoiyng therunto." 205.

1542-3. — ^Account of expenditure on " fresshe accates "
from 28 February, 33 Henrv VIII, to 12 March, [34 Henry
VIII], amounting to 94Z. 19,s. S^d., including 221. 14s. Id.
for Hng, cod, stockfish, " a fyrkyn of oyle, viijs. riijd.," and
six mattes, bought at Sturbryge Fair, carriage thereof from
the fair to Wolaton by Myghell of Cossall, 15s., and costs of
Ysebrand Barnaby and Thomas Hyde at the fair, 12s. 9d.,
and 111. 8s. 8d. for purchases at Boston, consisting of six
barrels of white herrings, eight " cades " of red herring, a
barrel of pitch, 9s., half a hundred of " alygraunte' fans (?),"
7s. 6d., "a topytte of fygges derte," 5s., boat-hire from Boston

1 Cf. New English Dictionary, s.v. 'Elegante, 1,' a dried fruit.

388

to Brygend,^ carriage from Brygend to Grantam, 7s. 4d.,
and from Grantam to Wolaton, 20s., and the costs of
Ysebrand Barnaby and Thomas Hyde " at the same jorney,
goyng and comyng," 15s. lOd. Signed in a very shaky hand :
" John' Willughby." [In bad condition from damp.] 205,

1542-3. Extracts from account by John Tmssell of
" the expences and charges layed downe by him in my
maister's rydyng forthe and otherwayes in rewardes sythe
[= since] the last haudet [= audit] that was on the iiij""
day of Merche," 33 Henry VIII [to 25 February, 1543].

[Fo. 1.]
1542.

" In primis, the xxiiij"* day of Merche, for your ser-
vanttes deyner at the essyes [= assize] in Nottynggam : _

For M[ais]ter Gabriell and his servant . . . . vjd.

Item for M[ais]ter Mermeon i^]d.

Item for James Thurland iij*^-

Item for Henry Pylkyngton iij<^.

Item for Thomas Brasbryge uj«^-

Item for John Lyvsay iij/?-

Item for Olyver Holand \i\d.

Item for Thomas Boude ijj^-

Item for Merloue i}]/^-

Item for Chamberlavn ^^d.

Item for John Pooll \i]d.

Item for BrouneU iij*^-

Item for John TrusseU m]d.

Item for Urban Hall and his horssys vc?.

Item for Blewe ii]d.

Item to Robert Cookes wyffe for alle [= ale] to

your selph ij*^-

In expences at Not[tynggam] at the xvii"> day of
Aperyell, at the quarter sessyons. [Details of expenditure
with fourteen servants.]

In expences at your goyng to Medylton, the xviij* day
of Aperiell ; fyrst for your dener at Ashby. [Details.]

[Fo. 2.]

The month of Mey.

In primis, the fyrst day of Mey, to a pore man
of Stapilforthe [Stapleford, co. Notts] at the
churche dore ]d.

Item the xviij* day of May, at the dyrige for

my Maister's father to iiij prestes xvjtif.

1 The Brigge mentioned in connexion with Ropsley, near Orantham, eo.
Lincoln, as the termination of water carriage (bj' the Rivw Glen ?) from
Lynn in Rutlqnd MSS., iv, p. 481,

389

Tke month oi Junii.

In {sic) the second day of June at Not[tynggamJ at the
syttyng for the loond [=loan] money, for your ser\rantes
deyner that where there. [Details.]
Item the thyrde day of June, I whent to
Not[tynggam] for to speke wyth Henry Moulde
and for the proclamation ther maid as touching
hawokes : expences \]d.

[Po. 3.]
[July.]

Item to the mynstrell and a boy that dawnssed viiji^.

The xxiij day of July in rydyng to Badsly [Baddesley,
CO. Warwick] at your gattes [ = gates] goyng furthe.
In primis to Merloo son and a nother mynstrell

wyth hym vii jcZ.

At Badsley :

Item to Roger that kepis the stell xijd.

Item to the cooke ya.\d.

Item to the grome of the chambers xijc?.

Item to the butler xijci.

Item to the ij horskepers vjci.

Item to the keper of the parcke iijs. iiijd.

Item to a pore man at the gattes ]d.

Item as ye rode by Coventre to the poore housys

ther iiijrf.

Item for your houndys ther by Badsley . . . . \\d.
Item for your hunttes' [= huntsmen's] drynck

over nyght and meyte in the momyng . . . . iiij<Z.

Item for your horsys all nyght i\d.

The xxvj. day of July at Mr. Smythes :
In primis to the jentilwoman that kepte the stell

and the chambers xij(f.

[Payments to butler, cook, and park-keeper.]
Item to a pore man at the gattes [= gates] that

was a hermytte i\d.

Item, the same day, at Haderston [= Atherstone,

CO. Warwick] for a galon of secke xijc?.

[Fo. 4.]

At Wichnor [co. Stafford], the xviij day of July.

[Payments to butler, cook, groom of the chambers, brewer,
porter, park-keeper.]
Item to ij men for caryeng your bucke fourthe

of Trent V]d.

390

At Staunton XStaunton Harold, co. Leicester] and Ascheby
[Ashby-de-la-Zouch, co. Leicester,] the xix.
Item to a gentilwoman that kepte the chambers xijd.

[Payments to butler, cook, park-keeper, horse-keeper, the
keeper's man at the park gate.]
Item for viij of your servantes and your howndes

[struck out] at Ascheby, ther dryncke over nyght

and ther brecfast in the mornyng ijs.

Your howndes vljd.

[Charges for horse-shoeing and repairing saddlery.]

[Fo. 5.]

Reywardes for presantes at Medilton and in dimes.

Item, the same day [8 July], to Mr. Swynfyn's man

for grousse iiijt^-

Item to Mr. Lyle's man for brynging a capon and

a pecoke iiijd.

The moneth of August, at Wollaton.

Item, the x*'> day of August, for Thomas Bertlet and
myselph goyng to Medilton to se the bedyng for
my Lorde Merquis [of Dorset] set forth in chaum-
bers where thei wold apoynte them : in expences
ther , . . . xvjd.

[Fo. 6.]

[Account of wheat and corn consumed " at Medylton
when my Mr. lay ther."]

The eater's bill, the vij"' day of July, at Medilton.
[Details. Other accounts for 14, 22 and 27 July.]

[Fo. 8.]

The month of September.
Item, the xxvij"' day of September, to a servant
of Basfordes of Not[tynggam] for bryngyng of
the copie of a proclamation from my Lord of
Norf ocke, for his peyns ijd.

[Fo. 9.]

The moneth of October.

Item, the second day of October, for your men that
whent wyth you to the sessyons at Notyngam.
[Expenditure of Id. each on thirteen servants
and Zd. for the horses.]

The moneth of November.

At Notynggam, the xx"^ day, for your company
that whent wyth you to the New Sessyons. [Ten
servants \d. each, and the horses.]
Item, the same day, to Cochett wyffe, for ale tiiat

she sent into the haule to my maister, in reward iiijd.

391

Item, the xxij" day of November, to too pore men
as you come from the churche, one of them was
of Bulwell [Notts] and th'other beyng lame .. ijd.

[Po. lO.J

1543.

The moneth of January.
Item, the viij"' day of January, for your ser-
vantes that whent with you to the quarter
sessions, for them that dyd drynck at Robert
Cooke's howsse, as you commandyd them to doo xni'jd.

Beywardes and almys.

Item, the same day of the sessions, to the ser-
geaunts of Nottyngam in reywarde at your
goyng to horsse xijd.

Item, the xv day of January, to a woman of
Lycetershyre that whent wyth a testymonyall
for burnyng of hyr howsse in]d.

Item, the xviij"" day of January, in reyward to
Richard Yerton [= Ireton], servaunt to M[ais]ter
Wjmfilde V5

Item, the xxv*' day of Januarii, to a clarcke goyng

for orders cauled John' Gleyden in almes . . iiijrf.

[Fo. 11.]
The moneth of Feybruari.

To one of the blacke garde cauled Perrs, the iiij""

day of Feyhniarii, in reyward viijrf.

Item, the xij*'' day of Feyhruarii, to William
Tomson that dothe laye for to kyll rattes and
myesse in your howsse at WoUaton iijs. iiijrf.

Also, the xix*'' day of Feybruary, for your expences
of your servauntes in ther drynckeyng at
Notynggam at the sessyons ther holdyn [nine
servants \d. each].

Item, the same day, to a pore man as you come
from thence without the Chapell Bar [at Not-
tingham] ]d.

Item, the xxv*' of Feyhruarii, to one of the
kynges pursyvaunttes cauled Adam Gayes-

quyen [= Gascoigne] in reyward iijs. iiijtZ.

205.

1542-3.— Extracts from "The boke of necessaryes for^he
howsehold, begynnyng the iiij''^ day of Merche, in the
xxxiijW' yere of the reign of our soveraign Lorde Kyng
Henre the VllJth," [to 10 March, 34 Henry VIII]. Agricul-
tural charges include " mowyng of brakyn " and " sheryng
and moying of come.'

S52

1542.

[Fo. 4 verso.]

Item at Gosefeyr [= Goose Fair] at Not[ynghain]
for ij payre of treyses [entered before " the last
day of Septembre "] . . . . viijrf.

Item paid for xKij leyes of candyll weyke at iijd. the

leye, bought at Faresley Feyer xs. viijti. (sic).

[Fo. 6.]
1543.

The viij'* day of Januari.
Item payd to the parysshe clerke for his yeres wages xvjd.

[Fo. 8 verso.]
Pytche and terre bought by Robert Averey at Mawnsfelde
Feyre, as folowyth. [Details.]

[Fo. 12.]

1542.

The vij*'' day of Octobre for rollyng of pease and worch-
ynge [=: working] in the garden. [Details.]

[Fo. 17.]
The boke of wages by the yere for servynge men, hyndes and

other as folowyth :

Fjn-st, payd to gentylmen, yomen and ofEycers
thejo-e dim. [= half] yeres wages dewe at the
feaste of Saynt John' Baptyste laste, as more
pleynly dothe appere by a byll of particular
sommes therof maide xxxvjK. xvs,

[Fo. 18.]

Certen clothes for lyvereys bought at sOndrye tymes
for my Mr. servauntes as foloweth : [one piece of
25 yards at 4s. a yard ; another of 24| yards
at 35. lOflf. ; a third of 25J yards at 3s. Sd. ;
a fourth of 24 yards at 3s. Qd. ; a fifth of 26
yards at 3s. %d. ; a sixth of 24 yards at 3s. M. ;
a seventh of 26 yards at 3s. M. ; an eighth of
25^ yards at 3s. 4rf.]

Item payd to Mr. Smythe of Derby for iiij dosyns
of clothe for the hyndes [= agricultural labourers]
at ijs. iiijc?. the yarde : the price . . . . yU. xijs.

Item payd to Wylliam Day of Derby, clothyer,
the last day of November, one pece of clothe,
conteynynge xxv'<= yardes at ijs. xd. the yarde

iijZi. xs. viijrf. (sic)
SumrrM totalis : xlvii. ijs. xjd.

d93

[Po. 19.]

The receytes for slaughter, hydes and skynnes to the use of
my Mr. as folowith : [Details.]

[Fo. 21.]

Stuff receyvd of Christopher StocJces of Not[yngham\, ire-
monger, from the [blank] day of [blank], in the xxxiij^ yere
of oure soveraign Lorde Kynge Henre the VIIJ^, as foloweth :
[No details given].

[Fo. 23.]

Certen wedders to fede bought at sondrye tymes, as followith :

[Details.]
The fyrste day of June, hogges [= sheep] bought at

Adylton Fayre in the northe, as foloweth : [Details of

180 "hogges" bought.]

Item payd for passage of the sayd hogges at
Roderam [Rotheram, co. York], comynge
whomwarde^

Item payd in rewardes to the pynders helpynge
to kepe the sayd hogges from the come as they
drove thorowe the feldes^

[Fo. 23 verso.]

Certen heyffes, bathe oxen and hyne, bought by
Robert Averey, as folowelh : [Details, including
purchases of beasts at " Newark Fayer at the
Invencion of the Holye Crosse," and at " Byr-
myiam [Birmingham] Faver, on the Ascencion
Day laste," and (fo. 24) '" at Chesterfeld Feyre
laste."]

Summa^ : cccxxvU. xiiijs. rjd.

[Fo. 24 verso.]

[Weekly accounts of consumption of corn.]

205.

1547, September 29, to 1548, Sept. 29. " Chargez of the
howsholde for on' yere, whych ys from Mychellmas, in
the fyrst yere of Edvarde the Syxt, unto Mychelmas,
in the secunde yere of Kynge Edvard the Syxt, and spent
as here after foloyth :

Fyrst of wheat . . . . xxvj quarterz and a peck.
Item of mastlen

[= mixed corn] . . xxxv quarterz.

1 The margin containing the figures has been torn away.

2 Of the whole account in the book.

394

Item of malt . . . . v^^ xiij quarterz and v stryk.
Item of bevys [= beeves] xxxij.

Of muttonz vj"xj.

The chargez of the howsholde as of frescates
[^ fresh acates, or purchases] of beyfes, mut-
tonz, bread and drynk, as apperythe rated by

thys book for thys yere ys viij^^ and vijii.

Butter receyved from the dayre [during the

time specified above] to the some of . . xxxviijs. i]d.
Chesez receyved from the dayre [for the same
time] to the some of fourtene skowre and fyvfe

chesez, valued to the somme xlviijs. vjti.

Item receyved from the day howse [during the
aforesaid time] :

Fyrst of porkettes . . xv, valusd to the some of xlvs.
Item of pygges . . . . x, valued to the some of iijs. iiij(i.
Item of lard swyne . . v, valued to the some of

xxxiijs. iiijo!.
Item of calves . . . . viij, valued to the some of xvjs."

The book gives minute tabular accounts day by day of the
receipt and consumption of articles of food. Notes are given
at the foot of the pages of the numbers of workmen who were,
apparently, fed, and of the following :

[1547.]

October 16. " Thys day my master rode towrdes London "
(cancelled).

October 21. " Thys day camme the Lorde Thomas Grey
and hys servandes."

November 4. " Thys day came to dener Mayster Rygley
and hys bedfeylow."

November 9. " Thys day were vj. caregez [as boon-works]."

November 26. " Thys day where maryed the wedoe."

November 27. " Thys day where at breykfast Warde and
hys companye."

November 28. "Thys day where iiij. carages of kyddes "
[= faggots].

December 9. " Thys day came Mr. Wyngfyld, hes wyfE,
and ther iij. servanddes."

December 13. " Thys day came my mayster from Lon-
don."

December 25. " Thys day, beyng Chrystynmas day, my
mayster feastyd all the tenantes."

[1548.]

January 1. — " Thys day, beyng Newe yerez day, my
mayster had many strangerz."

January 3. " Thys day dyed my Lade."i

1 Anne, daughter of Tliomas Grey, J\[arqiiis of Dorpct, wife of Henry
Willoughby, esquire. In the monument in Wollaton church to her and her
husband the date of her death is given as 1546, that is 1547 New Style
(Thoroton, Antiquities of Notts., p. 226).

395

January 3. " Thys day cam my Lord Marqueux,i my
Lord Thomas Grey, and my Lord John, and Mr. Tresoror and
hys servandes."

January 4. " Thys day cam Mr. Dygby and hes ser-
vandes."

January 5. " Thys day cam a docter and hys man."

January 7. " Thy day cam Mr. Aston and hys ij. ser-
vandes."

January 8. " Thys day rode my mayster towardes Brod-
gate."2

January 11. " Thys day cam maystres Dreycott and hyr
servantes."

January 16. " Thys day cam the Lord John Grey and my
mayster and ther servandes from Brodgate."

February 2. " Thys day rode my mayster, Mr. Wyngfyld,
hys bedfeylow, and ther servandes towardes Brodgate."

March 4. " Thys day cam Mr. Pynnock mayster."

March 6. " Thys day rode awey Mr. Wyngfyld, Mr. Neyll,
and ther servandes."

March 19. " Thys day came the Lorde Thomas Grey and
hes servantt."

March 22. " Thys day rode awey the Lorde Thomas Grey
and my mayster to Brodgate."

April 9. " Thys weyck came from Wolarton iij. caregcs
with vj. workmen."

April 16. "Thys day came Mr. Burdyt and hys iij. ser-
vandes."

April 19. " Thys day rode my mayster towrdes London."

May 16. " Thys day came my mayster from London."

May 23. " Thys day cam Sir Marmaduck Constable, Mr.
Burdet, Mr. Horton, and ther servandes."

May 28. " Thys day came Londone[r]z with other stran-
gerz."

June 1. " Thys day rode awey the Londonerz with other
strangerz."

June 6. "Thys day cam iiij. of the Frogmortonz [Throg-
mortonsj and ther servandes."

June 21. " Thys day came the Lorde Thomas Grey and
hes servandes."

June 26. " Thys day rode awey the Lorde Thomas Grey
and my mayster to Brodegate."

July 28. " Thys day where the prechyng at the Halt."

August 1. " Thys day rode my mayster towrdes Brod-
gate."

August 14. " Thys day came my mayster howme."

August 18. " Thys day came the Lorde Thomas Grey and
hys servant."

August 21. " Thys day came the Lorde Marquez with
other gentnmen and ther servandes."

1 Henry, Marquis of Dorset, brother of Anne, wife of Henry Willoughby.

2 Bradgate Park, co. Leicester, the seat of the Marquis of Dorset.

396

August 24. "Thys day rode awey the Lorde Marques
with other gentilmen and ther servandes."

September 10. " Thys day came Mr. GryfEen and hys ser-
vandes."

September 12. " Thys day where maryed Darbye."

September 23. "Thys weycke where at the Hall Mr.
Marmyon, Mr. Barwyck, Trussell,i Mr. Dreycott, Brownell,
with other."

September 25. " Thys wycke where at the Hall vij. of the
hyndes of Wolarton." 205.

1549-50. — " The charges of the ynriyng of the corne and
hey, with all other charges of the howswold at WoUaton,
layde forth by John Trussell, the tenth day of August, beyng
the fyrst in the thyrde yere of Edwarde the Syxte [and
endj'nge the iiij""- yere abowte the Annunciacion of Our
Ladye]."

The words in brackets, are added in the same hand as the
following note : — " Nota, my brother WiUoughbye deceassed
xxvij° Augusti, E. VI. 3," referring to the death of Henry
Wiiloughby, who was slain by Rett's rebels. The hand-
writing appears to be that of George Medley, esquire, of
Tiltey, co. Essex, executor of the will of Henry WiUoughby.
At page 6 there is written in the same hand : — " Nota, that
in the myddest off this weake, viz. xxvij" Augusti, was my
brother WiUoughbye slayne at Norwyche." 205.

1549-1556. — " A breef declaracion of the severall accomptes
and reconynges as well of George Medley, esquyer, and
Gabriell Barwike and John Hall, gentyllmen, executors of
Henrye WiUughbie, esquyer, deceassed, as of all baylyffes
and other ministres of all and everye suche revenues, goodes,
cattail and other proffyttes that are appoynted towardes
the performaunce of the last will and testament of the saied
Henry WiUughbie, for vij hole yeres, ended the xviij"' daye
of Marche, annis regnorum re^is et regine Philippi et Marie
ij^o et iij"o." Summaries of accounts of all sorts. At fo.
63 verso is an inventory of household furniture and agricultural
implements at Myddleton and WuUerton, with notes that
certain items had been sent to Brodgate.

[Fo. 66 verso.]

" Thall [= the hall], the dyning chamber, the inner cham-
ber, the little chamber, the great and inner parlors, the mote
chamber, and parcell of the kynges chamber are seled with
waynescote and oke at Middleton," followed by list of
" selynge, waynskote, and stoore " at Myddleton and Wul-
lerton, comprising " peces of wayneskote," " sealynge

1 John Trussell, a servant of Henry Wiiloughby, who renders account in
this book of the personal expenses of his master, travelling expenses, etc.

397

bourdes," " enterteisis,"i " standerds," "planckes," " bedd-
pillars turned," "bourdes of dyvers sortes," " bedd-sides,"
'^'^ Flaunders tile," "rent [=riven] bourdes," " tubbe staves."
"leads," "panes of glasse for wyndowes," " cacementes."
Next are inventories of " chappell stuff," " th'armorur,"
" necessariis for houshold " (including one screen, one virginal,
one clock). At fo. 69 verso is " A note of all the geldynges
belongyng to Mr. Henry Willoughbie at the day of his
death," giving names and particulars of twenty five horses
and one mule at Myddleton and of twenty horses, mares,
colts and fillies at Wullerton. 205.

1549 to 1562. — Extracts from account of George Medley .
of legal and other expenses as guardian of the children of
Henry WiUoughby, esquire.

" Ryding charges and other expences in London during the
tyme of myne abode in London abought the causes of my
brother Willoughbyes wyU, in anno tercio Edwardi Sexti
[1549-501."

[Page 17.]

1553.

Hilary term, 7 Edward VI. and 1 Mary, " Nota, this term
I hadd much busynez with Sir Hughe Wylloughbye, ^ as well
for the arreragez of an annuytye going out of his landes liable
to my brother WyUoughbyes wyll, as also to goe thoroughe
with hym for aU other matters in variaunce betwene us,
wherunto he promysed before my Lorde of Suffolke he woolde
shewe hymsefi confyrmable "

" Item, for my costes and chargez from Tyltey to WoUatton
and henc home agayne, rydyng theyther to dystrayne Sir
Huighe WyUoughbyes tenauntes for the annuytye going owt
of his landes, and for to take order with the tannere of
Nottingham, whoe denyed the payment of the barke money
in Aspley woode [Aspley, in New Radford, Nottingham],
and for the tyUage of the pasturez and demeanes of Wollatton
and Sutton Passus, according to the estatute, anno vj° E.
Sexti, and to appoynt with Lewes the plomer for his commyng
to WoUatton for the soughe^ there, iiijli. xjs. iiijd."

[Page 18.]

Easter and Trinity terms, in the same year : " . . . .
In rewarde to the counseU lamed for their advyse uppon Sir
Huighe WyUoughbies demaunde, when hee offered to seU
his landes to th'use of my nepveu Frauncis WiUoughbye

1 Horizontal pieces of wood connecting vertical pieces (here, apparently,
part of the wainscotting or ceiling). See New English Dictionary, a.v.
' Interdice,' where the earliest quotation is 1S17.

2 The Arctic explorer, half brother of Sir John WiUoughby, the grand-
father of Medley's wards.

8 A ' sough ' or drain, a word still in use locally.

398

better oheape then to any other, xxxiijs. iiijc?

Item, for my ryding chargez to and froe Tyltey to London at
too severall tymez, with horsemeate, xxvjs. viijcZ. Theise
twoe termez I was occasioned to ryde to London for Sir Huighe
Wylloughbye, whoe before his departing into Moscovia made
request to my Lorde of Suffolke to take somme order with
me and John Hall for the purchasse of his landes, which
after he solde ymmedyately to Mr. Whalley.

Memorandum also that Sir Huighe Wylloughbye theise twoe
termez made grete sute and labor by meanez of his frendes
to dissolve the injuncion which was served uppon hym in
Trinitie terme E. Sexti vj°., for the withstonding wherof T
■ was dryven to geve greate attendaunce at my Lorde
Chauncellour's at dyvers tymez these twoe termez."

[Page 19.]

Michaelmas term, in the same year. "For my costes to
London this terme to attende my Lorde of Suffolke for the
redempcion of the wardship of my nepveu Thomas Wyllough-
bye, Mr. Marmyon and John Hall being made privye therto,
xjs. viij«^. ; for my abode at London xiiij. dayes, Ivjs. ; and
for my costes of retorne to Tyltey, xijs. ; for horssemete liijs.
iiijc^., viz. lytter and haye and provender ; and for shoing my
horsez, ryding to and froe, ijs. : vjK. xvs. . . . Item,
payde to my Lorde of Suffolke in partie payment of a M.K.
for the redempcion of the wardship and mariage of my sayd
cosyn, which Sir Foulke Grevyll woolde elles have bought
of my sayd Lord, exxvK."

[Page 21.]

" To the clarke of the signett for the chargez of wrj^ing
and the scale of lycence for my coosyn Thomas Wylloughbye
to goe over the seaez to the universitye of Parys to studye,
Marie R. primo, vjs. viij(i."

[Page 23.]

Hilary term, 2 Mary : " This terme I hadde to doe with
Gromewell and with Mr. George Wylloughbye, who demaunded
all the evidences of the Castell in Holbourne, which is intayled
by the last wyll of my brother Wylloughbye."

[Page 37.]
Trinity and Easter terms, 4 and 5 Philip and Mary :
" Item, for horssemeate all nyght in London at the Crowne,
with the meate of twoe horssez in the Mynnyrys, vijs. ijrf."

[Page 41.]

" For too socketes of brasse made by the advyce of Lewys
the plomer for the pomping of the water owte of the pyttes
at WoUatton, xlvs."

399

[Page 46.]
1559.

Anno primo E[lizabethe] Regine.

" To my nepveu Thomas Wylloughbye, vij" Aprilis, toward
his better furnyture of his mynoritie, by th' appoyntment of
his father's executowrs, xii]U. vjs. viijcZ. Item, more to hym
in full payment of xxvjZi. xiijs. iiijci. for one quarter due to
hym by the sayd executours' appoyntment payd to th' handes

of William Rypington, 3" Junii, xn]li vjs. viijt^

Item, to Phyllyp, my servaunt, for his chargez ryding to Horsse-
ley to the corte with Henry Medley, signifying to my Lord
John that my nepveu Thomas Wylloughbye was departed,
and for Frauncis wardship, xiijs. xd." 205.

1550-1558. — Account of George Medley, guardian of Francis
and Margaret Willoughby, of expenditure for their board,
clothing, education, etc. This account is endorsed " Mr.
Medeleis account." It is written in a beautifully regular
court hand, quite different from the writing of the notes to
the preceding account.

1550.

Memorandum that my nepvew Fraunces Wylloughbye and
my nece Margarett Wylloughby, his syster, came to Tyltey,
the xxj"" of Apryll, anno regni regis Edwardi Sexfi quarto,
in the after none, and with theym came theise persons
folowing :

Mystris Lenton

Elizabeth Helham

Thomas Eton

John HaU

Barthus. Wydowson

Yonge Style

Henley

Varneham

Mathewe Hynde

John Lecester

Merycoxe

Eton's man

They brought with theym xiij. geldinges, which remayned
at Tyltey and were kept in the house that space.

Item Bridge the caryer came at that tyme with their stuffe
with fyve horssez and twoe other men with theym, and
remayned with their horssez at Tyltey the fyrst nyght.

[Page 2.]

For my nece, April 26.

Item for syxe elles of lynnen cloth at xv]d. the ell,
viijs. ; for an ounce of blacke counterfet Spayn-
ysshe sylke, xviijrf ixs. vjd.

Theyse remayned at Tyl-
tey the sayd xxj"" daye
and the xxij"' daye after,
and upon the xxiij*'' daye
after brekefaste they de-
parted .

400

Item for an ounce of blake Venyoe Spaynyshe
sylke . . ijs- iiud.

Item for ii. payre of shoez for Fraunces . . viijrf.

For a boke for the churche service for my neece,
iiijs. ; for a qujrre of paper for her, u]d iiijs. iiid.

Item for sope to washe their lynnen , . . . iijs. iiij^.

Item payde to Bridge, the caryer of Lester, for
cariyng to Tyltey of the chyldern's bedd, at the
second tyme, which bedd at the fyrst cariage was
lefte behynde at Brodegate xs.

Item, xix° Junii, for a payre of beUowes for
their chamber, vjc?. ; for almondes dim. a pounde
of theym, ii]d. ; for a quyre of paper for them,
iijd xi]d.

July 12.

For a byble for my neece Margaret xijs. ; for
three yardes of blacke russell for a kyrtell for her
at ijs. the yearde, vjs. ; for too yeardes of blacke
cotton for lynyng, xy]d. ; for one ounce of lace,
halfe rounde and halfe flate, xvjei. ; for bone lace
for her necke, xd. ; for blackerybond for gyrdells for
her, vjd. ; for an ell of fyne holland to worcke
in, ijs. y]d. ; for a thousand of pynnez, viij^i. ; for
a hundred of nedelles, viijcZ xxvs. xd.

[Page 3.]

For my nephew Fraunces for a payre of knytte
hosen, xi]d. ; for twoe yeardes of whyght fustyan
to make sloppes, xxijd. ; for a pounde of sugere
plate and greate comfettes to make hym larne
his booke, xxrf. ; for twoe absez [ABC's] jd. . . iiijs. vijd.

For halfe a pounde of counters for ray nece,
conteynyng in number xl", to learne to caste
with all viijrf.

July 26.
For F[rances] W[illoughby].

Payde to the taylor of Walden for bockeram
for a fustyan dublett, v]d. ; for makyng a fustyan
dublett and a payre of sloppez, vjrf. ; for three
naylez of fustyan for the same, ij<i xiiijd.

Item for makyng a gowne, ijs. ; for a quarter
of russelP for the same, vd. ; for fustyan for the
bodyez, viijd. ; for halfe a yearde of cotton for
the plytez, iijrf. ; for claspez, jd iijs. yd.

September 9.

To Kyllymarche of Dunmowe, the joyner, for
a coffer for my nece Margarett viijs.

1 iVed-colour^d cloth.

401

September 20.
For three quarters of red brode cloth for a pety-
cote for my nece, vs. ; for halfe a yearde of redde
russell for upper bodyez for the same, viij«i. . . vs. viijd,

[Page 4.J

For halfe a yearde of rattes color clothe for a

coate for Fraunces, iiijs. rn]d. ; for an ell of cotton

to lyne the same, ixd. ; for a yearde of whyte

fustyan for sloppez for hym, xijd. ; for a dozen

of buttons, iijd Yjs. ri]d.(sic).

Item for twoe yeardes of lynnen cloth to lyne

upper bodyez and dublettes xvjd.

To Grynfelde for his costes to bye att Walden
aU thys aforsayde stuffe vijd.

Mystres Lenton's byll payd xj°. of November eodem anno :
FjTste to William Gorton for twoe yeardes of
buckeram for my nece's vardingale, xv]d. ; to
Broune for three payere of glovez for the chyldren,
vd. ; to Peersez wyffe tor a payere of shoez for
Fraunces, vd. ; to John Gonne for a quarter of
whyghte thryde, xvii]d. ; to Proctour for a payre
of bellowez, vjd. ; for twoe erthen pannez and one
poot, vjd. ; for a pounde of watchyng candell,
ijd. ; for a payll, iiijd. ; to George Taylor for
covering my necez vardingale ^ and for reedd clothe
for the same, xd. ; to Johne Gonne for a penner and
inckehome for my nece Margarett, m]d. ; for
whyght thryde for here, xijd. ; to G[e]orge Taylor
for cuttyng Fraunces' grenne coate and for laying
buckeram in my nece's gowne, iiijt^. ; for a flaskett,
iiijrf. ; to Steven Brokeseed for clensyug the
seege [=petty], iiijc? viijs. iiij<i.

[Page 5.]

To Mother Ejmnever for twoe burthen of russhez,
i]d. ; for a payere of shoez for my neece Margarett,
vjd. ; for an iverye combe for her, xijd. ; for a
dossen of poyntes^ for my nepveu Fraunces, vu.]d. ;
for a payere of knytt hosez, vjd. ; for a payere of
knyvez, iiijd. ; to William Gorton in rewarde for
wayting on my nece Margarett to my Ladye Aud-
leyez house, xijd. ; for a payre of garters, i]d. ; to
George Tayllour for making a doblett and a payre
of sloppez for my nepveu Fraunces, vjd. ; to hym
for lynyng for the same, ixd. ; item for the makyng
of his taffyta coate, viijd. ; for a payre of shoez
for Mres. Margarett, vijd. ; for abces [ABC's],

1 Farthingale, a hooped petticoat. See New English Dictionary.

2 See page 329, note 1, above.

M 26

402

ijrf. ; . . . . for two frose pastez/ iiijrf. ; for
corse thryde and a dosen of lether poyntes, i]d ;
for foure pounde of wooll for knyttyng hosen for
my nepveu Fraunces, iijs. iiijd

[Page 6.]

To Mystres Whytney for an ell of carsey [r=kersey]
to make my nece hossen, iiijs. iiijd. ; for an ell of
fustyan to make Fraunces slevez, xijd. ; . . . .
for a jugge for the chamber, n]d. ; to Mother
Ennyver for spynnyng a pounde of yearne, vd. ;
. . . . to Gorge Taylour for makjmg a damaske
coate and a pa3nre of sieves, xi]d.

November 12.

Payd to Dyxon upon his byU for three quarters
of brode cloth for a gowne for Fraunces Wylloughbye,
vjs. vu]d. ; item for three elles of holland for
shyrtes, iiijs. iijrf. ; item for a yeard and a halfe
of blacke cotton for the gowne, xij<^. . . . . xjs. x]d.

Item payde to William Taylor for three yeardes
of fryse for Hudson's coate at xiiijc^. the
yearde. iijs. vjd.

[Page 7.]

For vj. ellez of canvas for a pallett case for my
nece Margarett at ixd. the ell, iiijs. \}d. ; item for
a boke for my cosen Margarett covered with velvett
to hange at hir gerdell, xxd. ; item payde to Mr.
More for a phyrkyn of graye sope, xijs. ; item for the
cariyng of the sayde sope from London to Stan-
sted, xd. ; and for the caryage of the same from
thence to Tyltey, xd xixs. xd.

In theys same yeare for my nepveu Thomas
Wylloughbye'z borde when hee came fyrst to me,
which was the xxvij"" of Mayc, Ed. FP' quarto,
and taryed with me untyll the xj"' of June, which
is a f ortnyght, at xs. the weeke xxs.

For Dyxon his man for the sayd space at vs.
the weeke xs.

For my sayd nepveu's boarde from the 30 of
October next after untyll the xviij"' of Novem-
ber, xxs. ; and for his man that space at vs. the
weeke, xs xxxs.

1 " Paste " was the name of the ornamented pasteboard front of the
woman's headdress of the time (French paese). See New English Diet. s.v.
'paste, sb. 7.' The Chronicle of Queen Jane, Camden Soc., 1858, p. 58,
describes Jane Grey on the scaffold as divesting herself of her gown, her
"frose paast and neckerchief" (cf. frosecherchers, p. 406, below). This is
quoted from Foxe in the New English Diet. s.v. 'frouze,' a wig, which is not
connected. The age of Margaret Willoughby precludes the suggestion that
■frowes mean " matron " given in the aforesaid chronicle. See also Machyn's
Diary, Camden Soc, 1848, pp. 240, 463. Cf. p. 573, below.

403

For the borde of my nepveu Fraunces Wyl-
loughbye in this same yeare, beginnyng the xxiiij"*
daye of Apryll untyll the xxviij* of Januarye
next following, being xl*' weekez, at vs. the week. xxli.

For my neece Margarett Wylloughbye'z borde
by that tyme and space at the lyke rate and pryce xxli.

For Mystres Lenton's borde attendyng upon
theym that tyme and space at lyke rate . . . . xxK.

For the borde of their twoe servauntes that tyme
and space, at vs. the weeke a peace xxli

For their fuell to their chamberez all that whyele,
both woodd and coale, and for lyghtez to their
chambers, and for wasshing that tyme and space
for them all vU.

For and in consideracion of the boarde, the
wages, and lyvery of one whom I rete3rned for the
wryting and casting of the rekonynges of the
WyUoughbez xK.

Summa totalis hujus anni : cvijK. xjs. vivid.

[Page 8.]

1551.

Ed. Sexti quinto.

For a blacke velvett nyghtcappe for my nepveu
Fraunces, iijs. ; for an ell of whyght carsez at three
shylUnges iiijd. the yeard for upper stockez,
iiijs. ijd. ; for a yeard of whyte cotton, viijc?. ;
for three yeardes of flannell at xv]d. the yearde,
iiijs. ; for twoe thousand of pynnez for my nece,
xxd. ; for a standysshe* for her, xi]d. ; for an Eng-
lysshe dyaloge^ for Fraunces, ]d xiiijs. vi]d.

March 24.

Item for Uj. yeardes of dornyxe^ to hange my
necez and Fraunces' chamber withall, at xxd. the
yearde, iiijli. vjs. viijc?. ; for iiij" elles of canvas
to Ijme the upper edge at ixd. th'ell, iijs. ; item to
the boys that brought the sayd dornyxe to the
Mynerys,* i]d. ; for a yearde and halfe of marble
clothe for Hudsonez lyvery, xjs. v]d. . . . . cjs. iiijd.

Item for Hughe Halles lyvery a yearde of marble,
ixs. ijd. ; item for a phirliyn of graye sope bought

1 A " Btandish," a oa.9e for pen and ink, an inkstand.

2 Christopher St. Germans' " Doctor and Student," a handbook of Eng-
lish law, first published in Latin in 1523. Robert Wyer's edition circ. 1530
bears the title " The fyrste dyaloge in Englysshe betwyxt a Doctoure of
Dyvynyte and a Student in the Lawes of England . . . with newe
addyoyons." The second dialogue was published in English in 1531.

3 A silk, worsted, or woollen cloth, originally made at Dornick (the
Flemish form of Toumay). See Kew English Dictionarj/, s.v. ' Domiek.'

* The Minories, London, where George Medley resided.

404

at Sturbrydge fayre, viijs. ; item for Hudson's
wynter lyvery three yeardes of fryse one quarter,

at xiijd. the yearde, iijs. vjd. xxs. viijd.

Payde to Mres. Lenton that shee payde
Burlez uppon his byll to Mres. Margarett,
dated xxvij". die Mail, eodem anno :
For makynge a damaske goune, vjs. ; for halfe
an ounce of whypped lace, -^d. ; for three quarters
and a halfe a quarter of a yearde of f ustyan, xd. ;
for three naylez of damaske, xx(?. ; for three naylez
of taffatey, xxrf. ; for a yearde of buckerham, ixd. ;
for cotton and claspez, vijci. ; for makyng a payre
of satten slevez and stytching sylcke, viijd. ; for
sarcenett, xij£?. ; for iiij."' yeardes of poynting
lace, xijrf. ; for iiij"' yeardes and dim. of redde
russeUfor a vardingale,^vijs. \d. ; for redde clothe
to bynde the same, xvijrf. ; for makyng and
lynyng to the same, ijs. ni]d. ; for makyng a
clooke garded with velvett, xvj^. ; for sylcke to
the same, m]d xxvijs. Y\d.

[Page 9.]

For my nepveu Thomas Wylloughbyez boorde
in this yeare for xx" weekez at Tyltey, when the
greate swett^ was in Cambrydge and other placez,
after the rate of xs. the weeke, from the xxiij* of
Maye to the tenth of October folowing . . . . xli.

For the borde of Dyxon and Hughe Hall attend-
ing upon hym all that tyme, at vs. the weeke a
peece

Summa totalis hujus anni : cxlviijK. xviijs. ]d.

xli.

[Page 10.]

1552.

Anno Sexto E. Sexti.

For a boxe of sope waying twelve poundes at
three pence the pounde, iijs. ; for a taffita hatt

for my nepvew Fraunces, vs

Item a lytle byble for my cosyn Margarett . . vjs. viijrf.
Payde Mystris Lenton upon hir byll dated
vicesimo Februarii, eodem anno.
To Mr. Fraunces to send to his nurce . . . . vjrf.

For a hede lace and veluper^ for Mris. Margarett xijd.

For poyntes and sugercandye vijrf.

For wormesede i]d.

1 Farthingale, a hooped petticoat. See New English Dictionary.
- That is an epidemic of sweating sickness.
3 A ' vohiper,' a woman's cap or bonnet.

405

For a boxe of cipheos^ and a boxe of triakell^
for Mr. Fraunces and for Mistris Margarett, to
preserve them in the evyll yeare iijs.

[Page U.J

For fyve skeynez of whyte thrid xd.

For mendyng Mris. Margaretes pyllyan, newe
stropez and gyrtes for the same pyllyan . . . . xvd.

For a puree for Mystris Margarett v]d

To a pedler for an ounce of lace xvjd.

To Hudson for a yearde of twyle to lyne hosen
for Mr. Fraunces, xvjd. ; for too elles of lynnen clothe
and a halfe to make Mr. Fraunces shyrtes, iijs. ixd. ;
... to Grynefeldefor an ell of carsey to make Mris.
Margarett hosen, vs. ; to Elizabeth Ennyver for
knytting a payre of slevez, iiijd

[Page 12.]
To Mr. Frances to geve Hughe Hall for sending

hym a dagger YJd.

To Alyce, Mr. Medleye mayde, for three elles
of lynnen cloth to make Mris. Margett coushyn
clothez and hande towelles and to lyne her upper
bodyez ij«. ixd.

[Page 13.]

To Mistris Margett that she gave to the harvest
folkez, xijd. ; for ij. accidencee for Mr. Fraunces,
viijd

For a sylver thymble, xiiijd. ; for an ounce of
satten sylke for Mris. Margarett, ijs. i]d. ; for too
elles of hollan cloth for Mistris Margett to make
hir nyght rayelies [= gowns] and nyghtkerchers,
iiijs. ; . . . . for arrowez for Mr. Fraunces,
]d. ; . . . . to Burlez, the tayloiu-, for makyng
a russell gowne garded with the same for Mris.
Margarett, iijs. iiijd. ; for claspez for the same, ]d. ;
for buckerham for the same, iiijd. ; for twoe yerdes
saving a quarter of fryse for the pleightes, xiiijfi?. ;
for caytching* sylke, iiijd. ; for poynting rybonde
for the same, xd. ; . . . . for a payer of brasse-
lettes for Mris. Margarett, bought by Grenefylde,
xijd.

1 Apparently representing the KV<potiSrig of Galen, a medical preparation
for liver complaints deriving its name from its resemblance in smell and
taste to the Egyptian kB^i, a species of incense. They appear to be identical
with the cyseos (for cyfeos=Kv<pios or KiKptws ?) of p. 407, and the dtheoe of
p. 411, below.

2 See page 355, note 2 above.

3 ' Catching,' evidently a technical term.

406

[Page 14.]

For a skynne and a halfe to make Mr. Fraunces
a jerkyn, iijs. ; item for russating of the same,
v]d. ; item for the making of the same, viijd. ; for
a payre of shoez for Mris. Margarett Wylloughbye,
viijd. ; item for too elles of lynnen at iiijs. th'ell
for frosecherchers,^ slevez, and pertlettes,^ viijs. ;
. . . . for mouldes to make buttons in, jd. . .

For a phirkyn of sope for my cosyn Margarett
Wylloughbye, xxviij°. Octobris xijs. vjd.

Item for a churche booke for hir of the newe
service, 4° Novembris vs.

Item for a Spaynyssh skynne for a jerkyn for
Mr. Fraunces Wylloughbye xjs. vjd.

For an ounce of whypped lace xxijd.

[Page 15.]

For a Greeke and a Hebrue gramer for my

nepveu Frances ijs. iiijd.

For a dosen of blacke cony skynez viijs.

[Page 16.]
Summa, totalis hujus anni : civ. li. vja. i]d.

1553.— 1 Mary.

[Page 19.]

Payde Mystris Lenton upon a byll dated 30

Decembris, anno Marice primo, of my cosyn

Margarette's chargez wrytten with her owne

hande as foloweth :

For twoe Frenche bookez, xxd. ; for lera Picra*

and lera Magna,* ijs. ; ... for a sechell [=

satchel] for my brother Fraunces bookez, m]d. ;

for a combe for hym, ijci!. ; for ij. yeardes and

three quarterez of blake fryse to make my brother

Fraunces a coate and hosen to ryde in, iijs. i]d. 6b.

[Page 19b.J

To Mystris Lenton for teaching and lokyng to
my brother Fraunces and me for a yere and a
halfe due to hir at Easter, m]li., accordyng as
myne uncle and John Hall promysed her

[Page 20.]
For a Rone skyne* to make my brother Fraunces
a jerkyn, ijs. iiijd. ; .... for halfe an ell

1 A compound o£ jrowes (see p. 402, note 1) and kerchers (kerchiefs),
miswritten (by anticipation) chercfiers ?

2 Neck-apparel. See New Engl. Diet.

' Hiera Picra, an electuary compounded of aloes, etc.

* Another medical preparation bearing the name Hiera (lepa).

6 Roan leather.

407

of cloth for ruffez for my brother Fraunoes and
me, xiijd. ; for a pounde of sugere for my brother
Fraunces, xiijd. ; for a pounde of almons for
hym, vjd. ; for meate for my brother, xijci. ; to
the potycarye for pyllez for hym, viijcZ. ; for a
leage of veaU to make jellye for hym, xijd. ; for

pollyng of hym, i]d for a panne

and flaxe seade to make a bath for my brother
Fraunces, ijd. ; for twoesalsagez [:= sausages] for

hym, i]d. ; to Hudson for v.

sackez of coalez, iiijs. x]d

[Page 21.]

To Albone in rewarde when hee brought me a
vellatt (sic) kyrtell that my Ladyez grace dy d gyve
to me, v«. ; . . . for a payer of vu-gynaUes for
me, xxvjs. viijrf. ; ... for bote hyere to
my Lorde of ArundeUes, iiijd

[Page 22.]

To Qarke for teaching me to playe upon the
virginalles, for one moneth ended xxvij" Maii,
vs. ; item to Mr. Horseley for an other moneth
ended xxv" Junii, vs. ; item to hym for the lycke
an other moneth ended xxviij" Jviii, vs.; . . .
for a boxe of cyseos^ for my brother Fraunces,
viijd

[Page 23.]

For a calle [= caul] for me, vijd. ; for volupez
and harlasez* for me, xiiijd

[Page 31]
Summa totalis Jiujus anni : cxxdjK. xviijs. iiijd. quad.

[Page 32.]

1554.

To my cosyn Margarett upon hir byll dated
xv° Decembris, anno 1554.

Fyrste for a crystall glasse, iiijs. ; for blue
syloke, ixd. ; for too yeardes of fustyan for a
cloake bagge, xvjrf. ; to a bargeman for caryage of
her stuffe from Keyo [Kew] to London when shee
dyd wayte upon my Ladyez grace, vijrf

1 For oyfeoa (p. 405, note 1) or cyceon (=kiik£wj'), a medical mixture ?

2 'Hair-laces.' For 'voluper.' see p. 404, note 3.

408

[Page 32b.]
For Ecmaldi Oalli Conjabulationes^ for my nepveu
Fraunces iij*^-

[Page 33.]

For a bonegrace^ for her [Mistris Margett],
\s. Vn]d. ; for satten of Brydgez [= Bruges] to
lett downe hir crymsen damaske kyrtell, xxc?. ;
. . . . to the caryer of Tomworth for brjmg-
ing up a payer of virgynalles from Myddelton, xvjd.

[Page 34.]

For strynging Mr. Fraunces his virginalles a newe
dressyng theym, ijs. viijrf. ; to the Greeke for
makyng Mris. Margettes whoode [= hood], abyla-
mentes and muffelers, iijs. viijd

[Page 37.]
1555.

To Mr. Horsseley to teache Fraunces Wyllough-
bye to playe on the virginalles ijs. ■v]d.

Item to one that taught hym to dawnce at
severall tymez iiij«. y\d.

[Page 38.]

Payde to my nece Margarett upon her booke
dated xiiij°. die Maii, anno swpradicto.

[Page 39.]
For a dowsen of bedd stavez for me . . . . viijd

[Page 40.]

For an hower glasse for me \]d.

For a payer of knyvez for me ijs. vjd.

For a bytte and a payer of guyelt bossez . . vjs. iiijd.
For a payer of porchmowethez^ with guylte

buckelles viijd.

[Page 41.]

For a pounde of cruell for my cusshyn . . . . ijs.
Mistris Lenton's byll dated xx" die Aprilis,
anno swpradicto, anno 1555.
For loome lase to make Mistris Margarett and
[sic] a payer of ruffez ijs.

1 Evaldus Gallus, Pveriles Oonfahvlatiunculce. The preface is dated at
Weert (in Brabant), 1548. Several editions were published at Oxford and
London as late as the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the
eighteenth century.

2 A kind of veil worn in front of a woman's cap to protect her complexion.
See New English Dictionary, s.v. ' Bonegrace.'

* Apparently some article of saddlerj'.

409

For poyntes and inkell' [= linen tape] to tye his
[Mr. Francis's] cosshyn when hee rode to Tyltey to
goe to schole at Walden iiijci.

[Page 47.]

For my nepveu Fraunces Wylloughbyez horde
going to schoole with Mr. Lyse at St. Anthoniez
in London, begonne the xviij"^ of January and
ended the xxxj"* of the same, being a fortnyght
at ija. -viijrf. the weeke vs. iiijd.

For his commons there three weekez ended xxj"
Fpirvarii viij«.

[Page 49.]

Fyrst to my Ladye Guyldefordes lackey for
commyng to Tyltey for my cosyn Margarett to
comme to my Lady Elsabeth's* grace xxd.

For horsemeate for the horsez that camme
from Tyltey for my cosyn Margarett standyng at
lyvery in London from the xxvj*'' of October to
the seconde daye of November, 1555, at vjd. the
daye and nyght for haye, with vijs. for lytter . . xxva.

For the chargez of my cosyn Margarett from
TVltey to London, and for chargez of horsemeate
of the geldinges commyng to London and retom-
yng agayne vs.

For the chargez of my cosyn Margarett and
those that dyd attende her to My Ladye Elsabethez
from London to Hatfeld, for the space of iiij°'
dayez, their owne chargez and the charges of vij.
geldinges xxjs. viijd.

More for horsebreade xviijd.

For the chargez of the sayd geldinges at London
when they were retorned from Hatfelde . . . . xijs. vjd.

Gyven to my cosyn Margett to putt in her purse
at her going to My Ladye Elsabethez grace, xxiij.
Decewbris, 1555° lx«.

For horsemeate of one gelding which was stayed
at London three dayez before Chrystmas for my
cosyn Margarett when shee wente to My Ladye
Elsabethez grace iij«. iiijd.

[Page 50,]

Payde to my cosjm Margarett upon her
booke, dated 28° Octdbris, anno Domini
1555, viz. :
For X. yeardes of goold edging for me . . vs.
For a sylver thymble for me xiijd.

1 Elizabeth, afterwards Queen, who was at this time living at Hatfield,
CO. Hertford, as appears below.

410

To the Greake for an uper abylament, a nether

abylamen[t], and a crj^en^ xijs. vjd.

[Page 51.]

Item in rewarde to the gentlemen ushers at ye

takyng of my othe to My Ladeyz grace . . xs.
For eight conyskynez^ vs.

[Page 52.]

For halfe an ounce of Granadoe sylcke . . xiiijf^.

For makyng my cloth gorgett, vd. ; for a cony-
skyn fur the same, vd. ; for makyng my
Frenche kyrtell, xxd. ; . . . . for
caryng my stuffe to Hatfelde, vs. ; for bring-
yng yt to the in, viiid

[Page 53.]
1556.

To my cosyn Marye Dannett, 5° Januarii, that
she payde for the embroydring of my cosyn Mar-
garettes satten gowne xxxs.

Sent to my cosyn Margarett to Hatfeld, 1555°,
viij° Febrnarii xls.

For my cosyn Margettes costes, xxvij'' Septem-
bris, comyng from Hatfelde to Tyltey viijs. iijrf.

For her costes from Hatfelde to London, Termino
Hillarii, 1555° ixs. uijd. ob.

For her costes retornyng theyther vijs. vijc^.

Phylljrpez costes when hee went to Hatfelde to see
her, being sycke, and for Mithredatum^ which hee
caryed with hym to her, which cost vjd ijs. i\\d.

[Page 54.]

For lyttle Dyckez chargez when hee rode to
My Ladye Elsabethez grace for a geldyng that my
cosyn Margarett dyd borowe, vs. ; for his bayte
at Ware, vjd.

To Browne for ryding to Hatfelde to see my
cosyn Margett and whether shee lacked anythyng,
for his horsemeate for one nyght and halfe a daye,
xijd. ; for his supper at Hatfeld, iiijd. ; for his

bayte to Hadham, vijd xxiijti.

For his chargez there an other tyme . . . . xxijci.

For my nepveu Fraunces Wylloughbye at
aondrye tymez syth his commjoig to Wal-
den to the schole Mr. there, in anno
supradicto.

1 ' The crepin of a, French hood, guimple, guimpe, guimphe ' ; Cotgrave.

2 Rabbit-skins.

3 An electuary serving as a remedy or preservative against poison, com-
pounded of a great number of drugs. It was used extensively as m, cordial,
opiate, sudorific, etc.

411

To the scholemayster of Walden for teaching
my nepveu Fraunces one quarter of a yeare ended

the xv"' daye of September, anno predicto . . n]a. iiijd.

More to hym in rewarde xxd.

To one that dyd teache hym to wryte . . xijd.

To hym selfe to putt in his purse . . . . ujd.

For a Terence for hym mjd.

For a Latten psaltere . . iijd.

[Page 55.]

To Mr. Corbett of Walden by the handes of
Gryphyn for necessaryes layde oute for my nepveu
Fraunces as foloweth :

For a wryting booke, ijd. ; for twoe dosen of
poyntes, ijd. ; ... for a glasse and yncke,
jd. ; .... for an incke home, i]d. ; for
halfe a quier of paper, jd. ob. ; . . . for a Cato^
and dialoguez, vijd. ; . . . .

To Mr. Corbett, 15° Decembris, anno prcedicto,
for Tullies epistelez iij^^.

To the scholemaister of Walden for teaching
of hym ijg. vjd.

[Page 56.]
Item layde oute by Thomas Gonne at soundrye

tymez for my nepveu Fraunces, as appereth by

one of his bokez dated 3 Maii, viz. :
For arrowez and bowstringes, iiijd. ;

for bockerham for toweUes, xjd

[Page 57.]

For a purse for my nepveu Fraunces . . . . xvijd.

For Ciceroes epystelles for hym, with divers
commentariez viijs.

To Rycharde Bramley for teaching hym to synge vs.

For a felte hatte for workedayez ijs.

For wormeseade and aloes for my nepveu
Fraunces vjd.

For Athanasia^ and citheos^ for hym . . . . iiijs. ob.

For a dixionarie in Englysshe* xd.

For Colloquia Vivis^ xd.

For Colopine cum onomastico^ xvjs.

1 See page 218, above.

2 Athanasia (dOavaaia), a remedy for dysenteryand other disorders.

* See page 405, note 1, above.

* The Dictionary of Sir T. Eliot, knight, London, 1538, folio, a Latin and
English dictionary subfseqnently elaborated by Bishop Cooper.

B Exercitatio Linguce Latvnce Jo. Lud. Vivia (Vives), Basle, 1541, Lyons,
1543, 8vo. (in Opera, Basle, 1555, p. 13).

6 The rare Strasburg edition of 1537 of the famous Latin dictionary of
Ambrose Calepin contains an ' Onomasticon Latinogrecum,' a Latin-Greek
glossary (Gustaf Loewe, Prodromus Corporis Oloaaariorum LaHnorum, Leipsio,
1876, p. 194, and Oloaaae Nominum, Leipsio, 1884, p. 125).

412

[Page 58.J

For borde [for Margarett] at the Minorisse,
begonne the xxiiij"' of October and ended the
xxx"* of the same vj». iijd.

Item for Hudson the sayde space . . . . iija. viijd.

Item for Kynton's borde that contynued at
London to attend her to my Ladye Elsabethez
grace iijs. viijci.

[Page 59.]

For one weekez borde for my cosyn Margarett
at the Minorisse ended the xx. Novembris, being
retorned from My Ladye Elizabethez grace because
of the deathe of one of her gentell woemen, which
dyed of the small pockez vs.

To Mistris Corbett for my nepveu Fraunces'
borde at Walden going to schole there, for one
quarter of a yere, begonne the xvj"^ daye of June,
Marice Secundo, and ended the xv*'^ of September
in this same yeare, Marice 3° xxvja.

[Page 60.]
Summa totalis hujus anni : Ixxxxli. xvija. jd. quad.

[Page 62.]

Item payde for my selfe and others at soundry
tymez for my nepveu Fraunces, 4° MaricB, for
paper for a songe booke for hym, xijci. ; item for a
booke byndyng for his songez, xd. ; for a Terence
wyth dyvers comentariez, viijs.; for a paper booke
for his lessons on the virginalles, XYd. .. .. xjs. ]d.

For a booke called ' Copia Erasmi '^ xvtZ,

For Epitome Adagiorum Erasmi^ xi]d.

For a permer and inckehorne vjd.

For the Actes of the Appostelles* in meter to
synge xijd.

For Corderius ' De corrupti Sermonis emen-
dacione '* ijs. viijd.

1 D. Erasmi de duplici Copia Rerum ac Verhorum Gommentarii duo,
Strassbui'g, 1513, 4 to. There were other editions published at various
places between 1513 and the date of the present account.

2 Adagiorum epitome post nomssimam D. Erasmi . . . exqnisiiam,
recognitionem per E. Tappium ad numerum adagiorum magni operis nunc
primum aueta, Antwerp, 1544, quarto.

8 The Actes of the Apostles, translated into Englysche Metre
by O. Tye . . . wyth notea to eche Chapter, to sytige and also to play
wpon the Imte, (etc.), in black-letter, London, 1553, octavo.

* Corderius, Maturis (Mathiu'in Cordier), tie Corrupti Sermonis Emen-
dacione et Latine loquendi Ratione liher unus, Lyons, 1538, octavo, and later
editions in 1641, 164o, etc.

413

For Compendium Eligantiarum Valle,^mjd. ; and
for Terence plirasez,^ iiijd viijd.

For vj. yeardes of sackecloth to make hym a
gowne, vjs. ; for twoe foxeskynez and dim. to fase
the same, vs. ; for xxvj" whyte lambe skynez to lyne
the bodye and the sieve, vjs. v']d. ; for the furryng,
xviijd. ; .... to Rycharde of Thaxsted for
teaching hym to playe on the virginalles and to
sing, ijs. vjd

[Page 63.]
Summa, totalis hujus anni : Ivjli. xviijs. xd. oh,

[Page 65. J
1557. — Marie quinto.

For a booke to teache hym [Francis Willoughby]
to wrytte the ItaHan hande by vjd.

For a brusshe for hym and a booke of Sherez^
fygueres in Englyshe viijd.

To Mr. Horseley for teaching hym arethmetick
and to playe on the virginalles, from the xxvij*
of Apryll untyll the xv* of Maye, viz., xviijtZ.
[sic] dayes at xvjd. the weeke iijs. mjd.

For the cariage of his virginalles from Mr. Horse-
leyez to the Minorisse jd.

[Page 66.]

Item for a paper booke to wrjrte his songgez
that hee lerned on the virginalles viijd.

[Page 67.]
Summa totalis hujus anni : Wli. xjd. oh.

[Page 68.]

1558.

Marice Regince vj.°
Layde forth by Thomas Gonne for my nepveu

Fraunces as appereth by his booke, 1558, Marice

5 et 6 °, for two payer of lyned shoez for hym . . xxjd.

For a loade of coalez for hym when hee went to

Cambridge to schole wyth Docketer Carre . . xviijs.

For twoe yeardes of rattes coler cloth to make

hym a gowne xvs.

1 The De Elegantia LingucB Latince of I.orenzo Valla, first published at
Rome in 1471, went through man3' editions. From the price given above
the Compendium would seem to have been an abridgment of this work.

2 Probably Flovres for Latine Spekynge selected and gathered out of Terence
and the same translated into Englysshe [by Nicholas Udall ?], London, 153.3,
1538, 1540, etc. There is an earlier Oxford publication [1483 ?] called
Vvlgaria quedam aha Terentio in Anglicam linguam traducta. See F. Madan,
Early Oxford Press, p. 3.

8 Bichard Sherry, A treatise o) the Figures of Qrammer and Rhetorike,
London, 1555, 16 mo.

414

Gyven to my nepveu Fraunces to putt in his

purse xijd.

For a knytt cappe for hym xd.

For f urre to lyne hym a gowne . , iijs. iiijd.

To the furryer xij«^.

For furred glovez for hym . . . . vd.

Gyven to hym by Mr. Carre to playe withal] vjd.

For paper and to one that brushed his cloathez iiijd.

For Ceporius' gramer^ for hym xd.

For mending his virginalles xijd.

In reward to Mr. Carrez servauntes for their

attendyng upon hym whyle hee was there . . ijs,

[Page 69.]
Summa totalis hujus anni : xxuijZi. xvs. viijd.

[Page 70.]

Elizabeth primo.

For Henry Medley his chargez ryding to Hampton
Courte from Tyltey aboute the assurance of my
cosyn Margarettes joyenter xls.

[Page 71.]

For the borde of my nepveu Fraunces being at
Docketer Carrez in Cambridge, from the xvij"' of
October, Marim vj°, to the iyxst of Jule, Elizabeth
primo, being xxxvij. weekez lacking twoe dayez
at vs. the weeke ]xli. vs.

Summa totalis hujus anni : xxviij^i. xxiijd. ob.

Summa totalis expensarum, que in hoc libro continentur :
Dccccxxjii. ujs. x]d. quad.

1553-4. — Extracts from [John Halle's] account of "Execu-
tours' costes anno 7 E. VJ''. et primo Marie regine"

1553.

Firste for my costes to Brodgate [Bradgate, co.
Leicester] xj° Julii, and to Wollaton for to see
men in aredynes in that countrey,^ my charges
for iiij dayes vs.

Item my costes to Wyken to see men in aredynes

there xijd.

Item for my manes costes to Brodgate for my

Lordes lettres yd.

' Jacobus Ceporinus (= Wiesendanger), Oompendium Orammaticm GrcBCCB
jam tertium ah authore castigatwm, Paris, 1529, 8vo.

2 This and the following entries clearly relate to the attempt of Henry
Grey, Duke of Suffolk and Marquis of Dorset, the father of Lady Jane
Grey (who was born at Bradgate, his Leicestershire seat), and the brother-
in-law of Henry Willoughby, to resist by arms Queen Mary's claim to the
throne, vacated by the death of Edward VI, proclaimed on 9 July, 1553.

415

Item to Eauf Osbume and Averey Smythe for

carrying the harness to Brodgate ijs. viijd.

Item to Averey Blew for his costes ryding to

Wyken with a lettre vjd.

Item to him for ryding to Wollaton with my Lordes

lettres xd.

Item to Geffrey Blewe for ryding with my Lordes

lettre to Sir Robert Throgmorton xijrf.

Item his costes ridinge to Brodgate with Mr. Throg-
morton his lettre vjd.

Item to Halpeny his costes goinge [to] Wollaton to
Mr. Marmyon, and commynge home by Brod-
gate, for ij dales xijd.

Item to him for his costes to Wollaton to staye

the men with a lettre xiii]d.

Item for my mannes costes to Warwicke to Mr.

Hudson with my Lordes lettre xd.

Item my charges frome Midelton to Wollaton t
mete Sir Hugh Willughbie, xix° Aprili.s, and there
abydiiig thre dales vjs.

Item my costes frome Mydelton to London, xxiiij'''
of AprieU viijs.

Item my charges beinge there xviij dales .. . .xxxviijs.

Item for Henry Blewes charges frome Cambridge

and bringinge ij horses with him vs. vjrf.

Item for my man's costes at Brodgate, xj°

Novembris, when I was at my Lordes . . . . xv]d. oh.

Money paide by Mres. Lenton for Mr. Fraunces, Mres.
Margaret WiUoughbie, and her owne borde, with ij servauntes,
in the M3Tiories after the departinge of Mr. Medeley as here-
after foUoweth, videlicet :

1554.

First for there borde for one weeke, begonne the
xix* of Januarye and ended the xxv* of the
same, as appeareth by the dyvicion which was

drawen out of the howshold booke xxvjs. xd.

[Other charges for board, sacks of coals, billets, etc.]

Item delivered to Mres. Margaret WiUoughbie to
have in her purse to bie such thinges as she had

nead of at the same tyme vjs. viijf^.

[Payments of wages, annuities, etc.] 205.

1553-4. — " John Halls booke of paymentes annis Ediuardi
Sexti vij° et regine Marie prima et Phillipi regis et regine Marie
sectmdo." Accounts of wood sales, executors' costs, agri-
cultural charges, etc. 205.

1 Armour, war-gear.

416

1555-6. — " Th' executores boke begynyng the xvj dey of
Maye, in annis regnorum regis PhUippi et regine Marie
primo et secundo, for receyptes and paymentes " for expenses
of agriculture, etc., with notes in the hand of George
Medley. 205.

1555-6. — " Jhon' Halles boke of payementes begune the
fyrste of October, annis regnorum Phillippi regis et regine
Marie if et iij°." 205.

1556-7. — "Jhon' Halles boke of payementes begurme the
fyrste day of October, annis regnorum Philippi regis et regine
Marie iif et iiif"." 205,

1557-8. — " Th'executores booke begynnyng the xxv. day
of Marche, in annis regnorum regis Philippi et regine Marie
tercio et quarto," with notes in the hand of George Medley
regarding wool-crop. 205.

1558. — "The boke of th'expences at the audet ther
[WoUaton], begynenge the xiiij"* day of Marche, at nyghte,
annis regnorum Philippi et Marie regis et regine quarto et
quinto." Daily accounts of receipt and expenditure of pro-
visions from Monday, 14 March, to the following Monday.
Signed by George Medeleye and Gabriell Barwyk. 205.

1558-9. — "Jhon Halles boke of receytes and payementes
begunne the fyrst daye of October, annis regnorum Philippi
regis et regine Marie quarto et quinto." Law and travelling
expenses, and wages. 205.

1561. — Book containing summaries of the accounts of
George Medleye, esquire, Gabriel Barwycke, esquire, and
John Hall, gent., executors of the will of Henry Willoughby,
for the thirteen years ending at Christmas, 1561. At p. 69
are seven yearly inventories ending in March, 1556, of
Middleton and Wollaton. At p. 81 the receipts from the
" Coole minez in WuUerton Parke " during the time of the
account amount to 4045Z. 5s. l^d., from wMch are subtracted
for " deduccions and ordinarye charges in allowances "
1353Z. 16«. lOd., and for " woode boughte to build the pittes,
with xlK. paide by Master Medleye," 82^. Is. Od. For the
six years ending at Christmas, 1561, the receipts for coal
from Wullerton Parke are given as 2681Z. 13s. 6d., and from
Bilboroughe HoUowes 112Z. 10s. O^d. (p. 135). The end
leaves of the volume consist of portions of four leaves of a
thirteenth century theological manuscript. 205.

1561-2.— Extracts from "WoUaton. Th'executors' booke,
begynnenge at the Natj'vete of Oure Lorde, in the forthe
yere of the reigne of our moste drede sovereigne Ladye,
Queue Elesabythe." Payments for expenses of agriculture,
travelling, the armourer, etc.

417

[Fo. 10.]
Provision agaynste the audet, beynge apoynted to be kepte
at Wollaton, the xij* of Julye, by th'apoyntmente of the
ryghte honorable Sir Fraunces Knowelles. [details of food
spices, etc.]

[Fo. 12.]
The executors^ commaundmentes.
Paid, the xxj daye of Apriell, to Mr. Henry
Medleye, as by aquetance more playnely apear-
ythe, for the porchas of the chauntre howse in
Wollaton, beynge boughte of Rawfe Pynder,
grocer, of London, by Mr. George Medley, esquyre,
the some xxxiiijZi. xvs.

[Fo. 13.]
Yerne [= iron] worke.
Paid to the smythe for makynge a locke and a

keye for the plasterhowse dore ^d.

Paid to the smythe for makynge ij jarne [= iron]
boltes for ij wheles in a gyne^ and busshynge the
same wheles wythe iarne, the saied gyn beynge
made for the reyrjmge of the barne . . . . mjd.

Paied to the smythe for makynge and mendynge
a locke for the styUytary howse dore, and mak-
ynge a stable [= staple] for the same dore, and
for makjmge ij haspes and a stable for another

dore in my olde Mr. chambar vjd.

205.

1565. — " Howsholde charges begynenge the xxix of
Auguste tyU the vj of September, 1565."

[Fo. 1.]

Provesyon agaynste my Mr. comynge to Wollaton, begynenge
xxix of A[u]guste, 1565. [Details.]

[Fo. 3.]

Praysantes gyven to my Mr. [Details, including " by the
sheryffes of Not[yngham] a gallon wyne "]. 205.

1565. — Extracts from "The trew copye of the booke of
howsholde charges at my Mr. beynge at Wollaton, begynenge
the xxx"> of Marche, in anno rigni {sic) domine regine
Elesahithe septimo." Daily accounts of purchase of victuals,
etc., up to 10 April.

Thorsdy, the fyrste of Apriell.

1 A species of crane. See New English Dictionary a.v. 'gin,' sub. 1.

Ma7

418

For my Mr. charges this daye at Not[yn]gham at

Thorlande Place, payd to th'andes of Pordy,

my Mr. man xjs.

Sonday, the viij* of Apriell.

This day at dynar Syr John' Beyron and also at dyner
and soper Ser Anthony Strylley and my Lady and two other
younge ladyes of Huntjmgton and to the numbar of fortye
other person, beynge straungars, over and besydes Mr. Treppes
of Chyllwell and his men.

Extraordenary charges at the same tyme.
For and in reywarde to Mrtes. Brasbrydge's man.

that broughte a sahnonde to my Mr xij(Z.

Item in reywarde to Ser Jarves Klyfton man that

broughte a pyke to my Mr ijs.

Item in reywarde to Mr. Barton man that brought

a salmonde to my Mr Y]d.

Item in reywarde to Ser John' Beyron man that

broughte fysshe to my Mr xijcZ.

Summa totallis, as well ordenarye as extraordenarye :
xxxZi. xvij,s. Yd. ob. 205.

1566. — Extracts from " Th'executors' booke of foren receptes
and paymentes, begynnenge the fyrste dale of Jamiarii in
th'eyghte yeare of the rigne of our moste gracious sovereigne
Ladye Queue Elezabithe." Accounts of sales of timber and
bark, agricultural expenses, etc. [Torn and imperfect.]

[Fo. 3.]

Item payd for two stone and dim. of picke
[=z pitch], the ix* of Faybruary, for to marke
the flockes at Arnalde, Basforde, and WoUaton
at xviijc^. the stone iijs. ix.d.

Item payd, the xiiij*'' of Marche, to Maryat of
]SIot[yn]gham for his paynes tokylletwo foxes the
whiche dystroyed the lordes lammbes and other
shepe, and also for kyllynge a doge, a wylde
catte and other varmentes from the conyes,
payd in greyte [= great, i.e., as piece-work] .. vjs.

Item payd more to Henry Averey wyffe for board-
ynge of hym viij daies at takjmge the sayde
vermentes ijs. iiijd.

Item payd for redde hearynge to beyte his trappes

wythall iiijd.

[Inventory of sheep (fo. 5) : with Robert Raynor, shepherd

at Arnalde, sixteen score of wethers ; with Hugh Jarlande,

shepherd at Basforde, 16 score and 11 wethers; with Henry

Averey, shepherd of WoUaton, 418 sheep and 174 lambs.] 205.

1566. — "The booke of husbandrye chardges at WoUaton,
1565°, avno regni Elizahethe regine octavo, from the fyrst of
February, annis (sic) swpra dictis,'' Henry Averey, accountant.

419

Includes among other entries accounts of expenditure on
" woodden chardges " (ploughs and other woodwork),
charges of coopery, " the chardges of eyndingei of oats owte
of Jwnson's close," " runtes^ and barennes bought " with
other cattle, " the chardges of moeng and eyndynge of
bracken," " for the dressing of chambers," " th'ynbroderer's
chardges " (William Averey, who is paid 4d. a day and 6d.
a week for his daughter's work). 205.

1566.— Extracts from " WoUaton. The boke of forene
receyptes and paymentes begynnynge the fyrst daye of
Januarii, anno regni domine Elizabethe regine octavo, 1565[-6]."
Bound in a portion of a large service book, written in a bold
hand of the fourteenth century with good illuminated
initials.

[Fo. 6.]

The boke of cattail, as in theire places hereafter following
shall appeere.

[Fo. 26.]

Reparacions and workes donne upon the manour and
demesnes.

[Fo. 55.]

The husbandrye chardges. [Include " the wodden chardges "
{i.e., carpentry), " chardges bestowed upon the gyfter^
plowes " (refreshments to those doing ploughing), " the
chardges of moeng and eynding^ of otes owte of Junson's
close," " the chardges of moenge and eynding of bracken,"
and other agricultural expenses and household repairs. 205.

1566. — " WoUaton. — The booke of provesyon for howsholde
charges, begynenge the xxvij"^ daye of Septembre at
nyghte in anno rigni (sic) domine regine Ele.zaheihe octavo."
Daily accounts of purchases of victuals up to 13 October.

[Fo. 3.]
Extraordenarij charges.
Fyrste for a hundrethe weyghte of hoppes for beare xxjs.
Item for a pynte of sallet oyle to scowre vessell

withall xd.

Item for \\li. of chawke for the same ijd.

1 Harvesting, stacking, etc. Cf. New English Dictionary, s.v. 'End, vb. 2.

2 Oxen or cows of a small breed; steers or heifers. See Prof. Wright,
English Dialect Dictionary.

3 See above, page 340, note. Here it seems to mean boon-ploughs, that
is the unpaid ploughing due from certain tenants to the lord incident to
their tenure.

420

Item in reywarde to Mr. Wyllughby man of Rysley
[Risley, co. Derby] that broughte my Mr. a
dozen peyoimies [= pigeons] and a cowple
oapones xijrf.

Item to Syr Jerves Klyfton man that brought my
Mr. dim. a hundrethe of saltfysshe xs.

Item in reywarde to the mewsecyons of Darby,
the 4 of Octobre ijs.

Item more to Mr. Wyllughby man aforsed, the 5
of Octobre, that broughte my Mr. a trowte and
a dysshe of plommes vjrf.

[Fo. 5.]

Preysantes broughte to my Mr. the 7 oj Octobre.
By the farmer of Wyllughby a cowple capones, a

dysshe of peyownes [= pigeons], a fat goos and

two baskytes of apples.
By William Doughtye wyfEe of Westhalom [West

Hallam, co. Derby] a botell wyne and a dysshe

of aples.

The same day by the wyffes in WoUaton as foUowethe :
By Mrtes. Trussell thre yonge hennes.

[Presents from twenty-nine other married women of pullets,
chickens, hens, a young cock, dishes of apples, and of two
dozen larks.]

[Fo. 10.]

Praysantes gyven to my Mr. at WoUaton begynenge the

xxviij of Septemhre, 1566. [Details of presents by eleven men.]

Signed (fo. 4) : Fra. Wyllughby. 205.

1569. — "The boke of foreyne receiptes and paymentes
recejrved and paid by wekely recknjmges, begynnynge the
fyrst daye of January, anno regni regine Elizabethe duodecimo,
by the handes of William Blythe." 205.

[c. 1570.] — Household accounts, of which the first page,
which contained the date, has almost entirely disappeared.
It is bound in two leaves of a twelfth century MS. containing
commentary on parts of the book of Job, commencing :
" Numquid mittes fulgura, et ibunt, et revertentia dicent tibi :
' asssumus ' [xxxviii, 35]. Fulgura quippe ex nubibus exeunt,
sicut mira opera eix Sanctis predicatoribus ostenduntur.
Qui, ut sepe diximus, iccirco nobis vocari solent, quia et
choruscant miracuUs et pluunt verbis." 205.

[c. 1570.] — WoUaton book of husbandry, etc., beginning

January Elizabeth (year torn away) in

same hand and of like nature as Henry Averey's account
for 1566. 205.

421

1572 to 1575.— Extracts from book of receipts and ex-
penditure for the household from 8 November, 1572, to
February, 1575. The accountant was Thomas Shaw, as
appears at folios 6, and 8 verso, 12, 35, 36. Prom about the
middle of 1573 the accounts are entered weekly only. In
the extracts the weekly dates are given within brackets.

[Fo. 1.]
1572.
Mensis Novembris 1572.
The viij*^ of November payd to my Mrs. for her

quarteres allowance endinge at Myghellmas last

past X??,

The same day that Bartholomew Wyddoson payd

for a hat for my Mr xijs.

The same day for ij dd [= dozen] poyntinge

rebben at iijs. the dossyn vjs.

The is}^ of November to Borrowes, Mr. George

Willoughbie his man, in rewarde for presenting

my Mr. with vij dd. [= dozen] larkes, by his

commaundment iiijs.

For a pair of knyves for my Mrs ijs.

To Mr. Banyster that he payd for iiij bookes and

towe boxes for my maistres vs.

For y]11. of starche at vjrf. the pounde, payd by

Mrs. Ellyzabeth iijs.

The said daye that she paid for iiij oz. dim. [= half]

of Speneshe sylke at xxd. the oz vijs. vid.

For one pounde of Systers^ threed xjs., and for

viij oz. more of Systers threed bought by my

Mrs. xs. : in toto xxjs.

For vj. bewgle cheynes for the chyldren bought

by my Mrs \]s.

To the weates [== waits] of Lychefyelde, the same

day [November 10], in rewarde, by my Mr. his

commaundement ijs.

To Shawe that he paid, the same daye, for xl.

counters delyvered to my Mr ij,!?.

To George, the said daye, that he paid for ij boltes

of blacke threed viiJ5. viijti., whyte threed dim.

11. [=lb.] xiiijrf., brushes ij ijs. : in toto .. .. xjs. xd.
To Water Goulde Smythe for vj. oz. dim. of sylver

at iiijs. xd. the oz xxxjs. vd.

Paid more to hym for makinge of a suger boxe of

sylver cont[eyning] xxxj oz. at xv]d. the oz. . . xljs. uijd.
Paid more to hym for a playne bowUe of sylver

cont[eyning] vij oz. iij quarters at vs. viijd. the

oz xUijs. xjd.

1 Sewing thread of flax spun by Italian or Flemish nuns, and hence known
as ' nun's thread ' (cf. German Kloaterzmm),

422

In rewarde, the same daye, to the ohristninge of
Hylles chylde at Wollaton vs.

The x"" of November, paid to Mr. Harmar, grocer,
of London, for spyces, videlicet Valence suger
vij loves, conteyninge 68 11. ij oz. at xijd. oh. the
pounde, \\\li. xjs. {sic) ; suger smalle loves iiij,
conteyninge 14 11. 10 oz. at xiijf?., xvjs. {sic) ;
suger, fyne, 4 loves conteyninge 58 11. j.oz. at
xj5. per U., liijs. n}d. ; kytchin suger 4 loves
conteyninge 50 11. j.oz. at xc?. per U., xlijs. \d.
(sic) ; case peper xvj 11. at iijs. ijd. per 11.,
Is. viijrf. ; nut mygges, case, 4 li. at 45.,
xviijs. vii]d. (sic) ; gynger vj. 11. at iiijs. per U.,
xxiiijs. ; synamonde 12 11. at iiijs. Y]d: per 11.,
liiijs. ; mases, large j U. xiijs. ; cloves, iij U. at
vjs. vjrf., xixs. v]d. ; dates viij 11. at xd. per 11.,
vjs. vii]d. ; maces m..(sic) j 11., xs. ; proynes j quar-
ter c. at i]d. 6b. per 11., vs. xd. (sic) ; reasons
j pece conteyninge iij quarters viij 11. at u]d. ob.
per 11., xxiiijs. xd. ; currantes quarter c. at
ixd. per 11. xxjs. ; lyckares iiij 11. — xxd. ; torne-
salP ij U. vs. ; annessedes iiij 11., iijs. Yn\d. ; all-
mondes vj 11., iijs. ; ryce, vj 11., at \n\d. per H.
iijs. ; isinglass dim. 11. iijs. iiijfi. : in toto xxijK. viijs. xd.

And for tolle at Lenton haveinge iij horsses to carrye

the said spyces to Nottingham vjrf.

The same day, for vj yardes of tufte taliyta at

xijs. the yarde, bought by George Camme . . iijfo'. xijs.

To Mr. Banyster, the said [day], for manuschriste^
and other nessaryes delyvered to my Mrs. in
the tyme of her sycknes xxxs.

The same daye [12 November] in rewarde to my
Lorde WiUoughbies musyssions, by my Mr. his
command viijrf.

[Po. 2.]

The said daye [14 November], payd for Scander-
bege upon the Turkeshe warres,^ xuijd. ; and
for Vegesias vppon the poUycie of the warres, xijc?.
delyvered to my Mr. : in toto ijs. i]d.

To my Mrs. that she gave to the chrystninge of a
poore man's chylde at Saint Maris [Nottingham] vs.

For a woodknyffe for my Mr. the said tyme [17
November], payd by my Mr xls.

1 See page 372, note 1, above.

2 A sort of cordial. See New English Diotionary, s.v. ' Manus.'

3 Perhaps Barletiu.s, Marinns, Hietoria de Vila et Oestis Scanderbegi, Epiro-
tarum Principis, Rome [1510 ?], folio. About 1560 John Daye published
at London Orations of Arsanes agaynst Philip . . . of Macedon ;
of the Embassadors of Venice against the Prince . . . , unth Scanderbeg

. , and of Scanderbeg. See C. E. Sayle, Early English Printed BooIm
in the University Library, Cambridge, no. 868.

423

Item, the same daye [20 November], that my Mr.
gave to the prissoners in the jaele that was
bestowed in bread and dryncke xijd.

[Fo. 3.]

To Hugh Mercer that he paid for ij cawles for
the chyldren iijs. iiijd., and for ij combes and a
glase xijd. : in toto iiijs. iiij<i.

To Thomas Shaw that he paid for covering a

booke for my Mr., the iij"' of December . . iiijd.

Mensis Decemhris, 1572.

The same daye [4 December] for j queere of large
paper for my Mrs., vd., and for j queere of paper
iiijd., ; in toto ixd.

To Mr. Edmonson, the said daye [5 December],
for a hh. [=: hogshead] of clarid wyne iijK. xs.,
and to Mr. Cooper for ij hh. of clared wyne
vjK. xiijs. iiijd. : in toto ydi. iijs. iiijd.

The vj"" of December, to the poore of Saynte
Maryes [Nottingham] for iij wekes at vjd. the
weeke xviijd.

To the weattes of Nottingham for there quarter's
wages endinge at Christmas iijs. iiijd.

[Fo. 4.]

Item to Mr. Sherbrooke, the xij** of December,

in rewarde for comynge to my Mrs. beinge sycke xs.
To my Mrs., the same daye, for her qua[r]ter's

allowans endinge at Christmas xli.

To hym [William Rice] for his horsemeate going

to Teersall [Teversall, Notts] for Mr. Sherbrooke iiijd.

The same daye [14 December], to John Penne

that he paid for xiiij stone juggs vjs.

[Fo. 5.]

The same daye [20 December] to Mr. Banyster
for oringes and other physsyck mynystred to
my Mrs. by my Mr. his comandement . . . . xls.

The same daye [25 December], to my Mrs. that she
lost at cardes at Colwyck [Notts], by th'ands of
Mrs. Ellyzabeth xs.

[Fo. 6.]

To John Greene, the xxix"" of December, for iiij
hyltes for swerdes and daggers for my Mr. to
lern to playe at fenche with, sent by Mr. Stan-
hope, viijs., and in reward to hym that brought
them xijd. : in toto ixs.

424

To my Lorde of Woster's players, the last [day]
of December, in rewarde for playing before my
Mr. and Mr. Stanhope xxs.

To Towle, the same daye, for i]li. of cotten week
for candle, vs., and for the carridge of yt and
xxll. pounde (sic) of cotten candle ijs., frome
London to Nottingham : in toto vijs.

Physsyck.— To Mr. Banyster, the same day, viz.
a syrrope for my Mr., iijs. iu]d. ; iiijoz. of mace
oyle and the oyle of cloves myxed to gether for
ache, for my Mrs., xvjs. ; one plaster of a con-
sumption of the kydnes, iiis. iiijd. ; one oynetment
for payne in the back and heate of the kydnes,
xvid. : in toto xxiiijs.

1573.

The firste of Januarye, in reward to the musyssyons
for playing at my Mr. his chamber dore, paid
by Hughe Mercer ijs.

To Mr. Sterley [= StreUey], the same daye, for

vj''^ paving brycke for a harthe at Wollaton ijs. vjd.

To Arrowsmythe, the same daye [2 January], that
he paid for the carrydge of my Mr. his letters
to London, id]d., and that he gave to iij mussy
ssyons xijd. : in toto ijs.

To John Borrowes, the same daye, by my Mr. his
comaundement for presentinge my Mr. with a
Newe Yeres gyf te , , vs.

[Fo. 7.]

To George Rotherom's man, the thyrde of Janu-
arye, in rewarde for presentinge my Mrs. with
the pycture of the Queene for a New Yeres
gyfte xijd

The v"" of Januarye, to Blythe [that] he geve to
the poore at there howses throughe the towne of
Nottingham, by my Mr. his commaundement . . xls.

To a man of Willoughbye that brought my Mr.
worde that Mr. Armestronge^ was dead and
buryed in reward xijt?.

The same daye [12 January] in reward to the
weates of Nottingham for playinge before my Mr.
and the rest of the justysses ijs.

To my Mr. by the th'andes of Frauncis Lydleton
to playe at dyce with vjs.

To Blythe, the same daye [15 January], that he
paid to vj m[en] that played before my Mr. an
enterlewde iijs. iiijd.

1 Of Thorpe in the Glebe, Notts. See Thoroton, p. 39.

426

To Mr. Bonnar, the xvij'* of Januarye, viz. j payr of
bootes viijs., iiij pair of corked^ shewes for my
Mrs. vs., a pair of pantofEelles^ for my Mr. ijs.,
a payre of wynter shewes with iij soles for my
Mr. ijs., iiij pair of shewes for the chyldren ijs.,
and one pair of shewes for Joan xiiijd., a peece
of corcke iiijd. : in toto xxs. vjd.

To Ryehard Greene, the same daye, that he paid
for the conveing a letter from Wyken to
Nottingham xxd.

To Hughe Mercer, the same daye, that he paid
for makinge viij pair of sockes for my Mr. . . vii]d.

To hym more, the same day, for xiij yardes of

bonelase for the chyldren iijs. u]d.

To hym [Roger the cater] more, the same daye [24

January], for an erthen pypkin jd. ob.

To Penne, the same daye, that he gave to a man
that brought a nape [= an ape] to playe before
my Mrs., by my Mrs. her commaundement . . ijs.

[Fo. 9.]

To Hughe Mercer, the xxvij* of Januarye, for
his charges to Darbye, being sent to Sir Frauncis
Leake to borrowe his horse-leeter [—-litter] for
my Mrs. to London viijd.

To Johan Beardmore, the same daye [31 January],
for her quarter's wages at her going to Lowdam
with the chyldren, by my Mrs. commaundement,
endinge at Our Ladye Daye vs.

[Fo. 9 verso.]
Mensis Febrvxirii 1572[-3].

The second of Februarye in reward to Mrs. Anne
Pate at her departure frome my Mr., by my Mrs.
her commaundement xs.

The same daye [3 February] to Smallewoode at
his deperture frome my Mrs. ijs. ; to the too
weates [= waits] ijs. for playing before my
Mr. : in toto iiijs.

To the booke bynder, the same daye, for a paper
booke covered and bounde with parchement
for my Mr xjd.

[Fo. 10.]
To a poore woman, the iiij'"® of Februarye, for

knyttinge towe pair of hose for the chyldren . . vjd

1 Provided with high heels of cork. See New English Dictionary, e.v.
• Corked.'
^ Slippers. See New English Dictionary.

426

To Fraiincis Lyttleton, the v*'' of February, for his
quarter's wages at his departure frome my Mr.,
xiijs. iiijd. ; Raphell Symons, xiijs. m]d. ; Wil-
liam Stockes, X5. ; Thomas Stockes, vjs. viijaf. ;
Wm. Bradshawe xiijs. iiijrf. ; Darby Gray, xxs. ;
Foxe, xs. ; Dune iiijs. ; Kettle, iijs. uijd. ;
John Mee, vjs. : in toto yU.

To Wm. Ryce, the same daye [7 February] that

he paid for on yard of russet taffyta saresnet vjs. vjtf.

The same daye to Laundesdale, James Heelaye
and John Wright for the carridge of vj lodes of
howsholde stuffe frome Nottingham to WoUaton,
at xijci. the loode vja.

To Hugh Leeis, the same daye, for the carridge of
ij loodes of stuf to Wollaton fromme Nottingham ijs.

To Roger Collyer, the same daye, for "vj str[ykes]
of charcolles, ijs. ; a pair of hose for Johan,
xiiijti. ; a pair of shewes for Johan, xvjrf. ; blew
poynting rebben for my Mrs., iiij. yardes, xijd. ;
rosen, i]d. ; paper [for] the cookes ij queere,
viijrf. ; a cheane and locke for the trunck, xi]d. ;
a brydell bjrtt for the stable, xiiijd. : in toto . . viijs. vj(Z.

Lever ies. — The same day that Shawe paid for fower
yardes of fryce for Roger Collyer his cote . . iiijs. viijcZ.

To my Mrs. at her goinge up to London as her

allowance, by my Mr. his comaunde. . . . xiijii. vjs. viijd!.

The same daye to John Wright and James Heelaye
for the carridge of ij lodes of woode to Notting-
ham, before my Mr. came frome thens . . . . ijs.

To Blunte, the same daye, that he paid to a poore
man as my Mr. came frome Leister, by my Mr.
his comaundement xijtZ.

[Fo. 10 verso.]

The viij*^ day of February, to Earths. Wyddoson
that he paid for ryding charges, viz. ferryla
[= ferry-charge] at Sawley, iiijS. ; in rewardes
at Mr. Staunforthe's his howse, iijs. ; at Breeme-
]am [Birmingham] ij dayes, vijs. v]d. ; to my
Mr. in playe there, T'ijs. ; for horsemeat and
shewing there, xxs. viijrf. ; to the poore there,
vid. ; geven to the irenston getter, ijs. vjd. ;
at Lechefyeld for supper, fyer and wyne, xiijs.
Yiijd. ; breakfast the next daye there, vs. xa. ;
horsemeat there, smythe and sadler, xijs. mjd. ;
to the weates there, vjrf. ; to the poore fookes
there, vjc7..; to ij poore fokes by the waye, ijdi. ;
at Stone [co. Stafford] for supper, vjs. vii]d. ;
for breakfast there iiijs. viijcZ. ; horsemeat there,
xs. Yjd. ; to the weates there, v]d. ; at Leaton

427

yate [Lawton Gate, parish of Church Lawton,
CO. Chester] supper, breakfast and fyer, xs. viijd. ;
horse meate there, ixs. v]d. ; to the smythe there,
iiijs. iiijd!. ; horse meate at Smallewoode [vSmall-
wood, parish of Astbury, co. Chester] 2 nightes
and 2 dayes, xxs. ; Harrye Myller and Watson 2
dayes there, ijs. ; more at Smallewoode for
charges there, xxxs. iiijrf. ; the charges of the
cowert there, xvijs. vd. ; in rewardes at Smalle-
wood, iijs. ; for supper and breakfast at New-
castle [under Lyme, co. Stafford] xvjs. ; horse-
meate there, xijs. Yiijd. ; the smythe there,
xxi]d. ; at Darby supper and breakfast, xvs. ;
horsemeat there, xs. viijVL ; the smythe ther,
xxd. ; geven to a fydler there xi]d. ; to the
pore there, u]d. : in toto xi]li. xiijs. i]d.

To Gabreell Woodnet, the same daye [10 Feb-
ruary], for iiij dayes bord wages for hym self
and his man at iiijrf. the daye ijs. viijt^.

To Mr. Corson of Nottingham for iiij yardes of
fryce for Baker his cote, by my Mr. his
comaundement jiijs. yiijd.

To Thomas Gardner for his bord wages the last
weeke, ijs. ; and to Thomas Belper for his bord
wages the same weeke, xvjd. : in toto . . . . iijs. iiijrf.

[Fo. 11.]
To Thorns Baye and Thoms Turpen of Codgrave
[Cotgrave, co. Notts] for getting of lymestone

there for my Mr xs.

To Breedon for v dayes takinge moles in Wynter-

syck and the garden at viijd. the daye . . . . iijs. iiijrf.

[Fo. 11 verso.]
To Mr. Atkinson, the same daye [16 February],

for ikU. hoppes at vd. the pounde iijs. ixd.

[Fo. 12.]

To Breedon, the same daye [21 February], for
takinge moldes vj dayes at viijc?. the daye,
fyndinge hym selffe, in HoUywell and by the
pooles iiijs.

To John Robson and his fella wes [21 February]
for stubbinge ij. lease [=leys] in the Black
Wombe, i being hyred by great xs.

To Ryce, the xxyj"" of February, that he paid for
ferrUa at Sawley, my Mr. beinge there, ii\d. ;
and to HoUand that he paid at Stoek Ferrye, my
Mr. ryding to Mr. Stanhop his howse, ijd. :
in toto Ycl.

1 Called more norreatly Blacks Wonge at fo. 13, 15, but elsewhere Blacke
Wombe in several places.

428

[Fo. 12 verso.]

The same daye in reward to Mr. Stanhop his
connye keeper for taking connyes [= rabbits]
for my Mr iijs. mjd.

To Wrightlye, the same daye [28 February], for
V dayes worke gettinge wood for the connye

clappers at vd. the daye ijs. jd,

Mensis Martii, 1572[-3].

To Cowper of Nottingham, the same dayer[3
March], for j. gallon of sack fatche [i= fetched]
by Hugh, ijs. viijd. ; and for ij quarters of muska-
dyne, nvjd. : in toto iiijs.

The same daye [5 March] to Atkinson for ij yardes
of bokarum to lyne my Mr. hia greene huse
[== hose] the streit lyninge xxijd.

[Fo. 13.]
The XX*'' of Marche to Mr. Harpam for a dynner of
fyshe and fleshe provyded for Sir John Zowche,
Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Bowne, Mr. Reppington,
which sate in commyssion of the offyce [i.e. inquisi-
tion post mortem] of Mr. Armestronge xls. xrf.

The same daye for horsemeate for Mr. Stanhop
his horsses, xiiijd., Mr. Whytmore, iiijrf., Mr.
Bowne, iijd., for others that weare on the jurye,
Tjd. : in toto ijs. ii]d,

[Fo. 13 verso.]
To Roger Steele for ferryla for his cart going to
Coleorton [Cole Orton, co. Leicester] for fyshe,
and backe agayne, the xxj* of Marche . . . . xrf.

To Mr. Bowne for drawinge the inquis[it]ion upon
the deathe of Mr. Armestronge xs.

[Fo. 14.]

Mensis Aprilis, 1573.

To Mr. Nyckes of Nottingham, the same day [4
April], for churche wages for one yere for my
Mi. his pew xv]d.

To Wrigley, the same daye [11 April], that he paid

for ix ounces of unnyon seede for the garden xij(?.

[Fo. 14 verso.]
The xiij"' of Apr ill to Wm. Ryce for his charges
at CoYentrye, beinge sent to Sir FoLke Grevle
with the stoned horse, videlicet for his horsemeat
for xvj dayes, xvs. vjrf. ; for his charges vij
dayes, vs. m]d. ; a horse clothe and a horse
combe, xxijd. ; for ij removes [reserve horse
shoes], ijd. ; for a stryke of otes at Wyken xd. :
in toto xxiiJ5. viijd.

429

The same daye that he paid for ga^wles [= galls],
iiijd. ; gume, m]d. ; copperes, i]d. ; ferryla at
Wylford, being sent to Sir Jarvis [Clifton], ]d. :
in toto x\d.

To Sir John Herott, preest of Wollaton, for Ws
quarter's wages endinge at Our Ladye Daye
last past xlvs.

[Fo. 15 verso.]

Mensis Maye, 1573.
The v*!" of Maye in reward to a poore man that
came to seeke worke, by my Mr. his com-
maundement ijs.

[Po. 16 verso.]

To Eoger Collyer, the same daye [12 May], that he
payd to ux. [= wife] Blunte for the platt [= plan]
maker's bord that came frome London to measure
groundes, by my Mr. his comaundement, viij
dayes, iiijs. and one meale at Nottingham, vjd. iiijs. Yjd.

The xvj"" of Maye in rewarde to Thomas Gardner
at his going intoto [sic] Scottland, by my Mr.
his comaundement vjs. riijd.

[Fo. 17.]

To Thomas Butler, the xvij'" of Maye, that my
Mr. gave to Raphe Butler his wiffe, who was
sleane in the pytt in the Highefeeld, by my
Mr. his commaundement iijs. iu]d.

The same daye to Thomas Shawe for his chardges
ij Satterdayes being sent to gett gold for sylver xi]d.

To Blunte, the xAdj"' of Maye, that he paid for
ferryla going to Shelford, my Mr. beinge there,
iiijd. ; and to my Mr. by th'andes of Frances
Jackes to playe at cardes with xs. : in toto . . xs. iujd.

The same daye [17 May] in rewarde to Mr. Dreacotes
man for bringinge my Mr. a bucke hounde . . ijs.

The xix* of Maye in reward to a poore scoller that
came frome Heynor that went to Oxeforth, by
my Mr. his commaunde ijs.

[Fo. 17 verso.]

To ToMe, the same daye, for carreing of our
levereis frome London to Wollaton, conteyning
by weight — at — vjs, viijd.

[Fo. 18.]

To Ollyver Godbehere that he paid for my Mr
his charges frome London to Wollaton with iiij
men, viz. at Dunstable bread and beere, ijs.,

430

mutton, xvjd., ollyves, i]d., a capon, i]d., checkins,
xxd., frewt and cheese, viijti., wyne and sugar,
xxd., horsemeat, vjs., horse-shu[i]nge, in]d., the
Sadler, iiijrf^., butter and beere [for ?] the horses
Y]d. : in toto xvjs, viijd.

At Northamton dynner and horsemeat vs. mjd.

At Welforthe [Welford, co. Northampton] supper

and horsemeat viijs. viijd.

In reward to the poore by my Mr. his com[aunde-

ment] xxd.

To hym more, the same daye, for his charges being
sent to Formark [Foremark, co. Derby] at
Coleorton one night, iiijo!., and at Kegworth
[co. Leicester] comming home xd.

To Baker for his Mr. ryding charges into Lynck-
lenshyre (sic), viz., at Botsworth [Bottesford, co.
Leicester] for drynck, iijd. ; at Grantham for
paper and waxe, vjd. ; horsemeat and mansmeat
there, ixs. ixd. ; at his retorne one nightes
charges at Grantham, xiiijs. vjd. ; to the lackye
for his charges to Jackson the horse leeche, ijs. ;
for the carrige of fower paper bookes frome
London, xiiijd. : in toto xxviijs. ijd .

Mensis [June, 1573].

The first of June to B.ydgeley for carry[ge] of towe
trunckes frome London to Wollaton cont[eyning]
by weighte v^^ x". at ob. quad, the pound . . vijs.

To Harrye Radforthe, the seconde of June, for my
Mr. his horsemeat and Mr. George WiUoughbyes
at Nottingham, being a comyssyoner for Mr.
Poole xv]d.

The same daye in reward to the weates [= waits]

of Nottingham by th'andes of Gr[iffith] Ryce. . xijd.

To the pryssoners of Nottingham by th'andes of

Barths. Weddoson, the same daye iiij<i.

The same daye by commaundement of my Mr. to
a man that sarveth Mr. Willoughbye of Kent ijs.

[Fo. 18 verso.]

To Randall and Gregorj'^e, the same day [6 June],
for three tymes crying a whether in Nottingham,
beinge taken and seased for my Mr Yd.

To Harpham of Nottingham, the xj"" of June, for
my Mr. his men, at which tyme the muster was
taken generally, being xx" xs.

And for horsemeate there, the same daye . . . . xijd.

[Fo. 19.]

The same daye [12 June] to x meades [^^ maids]
of Bradmore [co. Nottingham] that brought x
bordens of rysshes [= rushes] to Wollaton . . xxd.

431

[Fo. 20.]

Mensis Augxist, 1573.

To Towlle, the xviij'" of August, for the caridge
of V packes frome London to Wollaton, at xij(i. the
paoke iijK.

To hym more, the same daye, for a horse for
Ellyzabethe from London to Wollaton and for
her charges xs.

And for his stayinge at London one daye hymself

and his horses ijs. vjd.

The same daye that Harry Myllner payd for butter

and ale for the coeche horses , vjd.

The same daye [19 August] to Thorns Tayler for
the charges of hymself and his horse one night
at Darby, being sent for a surgeon xi]d.

The xxiiij** of August to Nyxson for a dayes
work felling and squaring a tree for the poumpe,
vijd. ; and to Wm. Leece for doing the lyke,
vijd xiiijd.

The same daye to Rychard Atkinson for makinge

a pumpe xiijs. iiijd.

[Fo. 20 verso.]

To Sir Jarvis Clyfton his man for presenting my

Mrs. with ij baskets of peares [25 August] . . xijd.

To Mr. John Sterlei's [= Strelley's] man for pre-
senting my Mr. with store tenches c. cuples . . xijd.

[Fo. 21.]
Mensis Septemhris.

The first of September to Docter Smythe in rewarde

by th'andes of my Mr. for comming frome London

to Wollaton with my Mrs , . . . . xiijli. YJs. viijd!.

The seconde of September to Broxtall in reward by

my Mrs. for christinge his chylde, ys vs.

The same daye to my Ladye Stanhope her man

for presenting my Mrs. with plumes [= plums] xi]d.

The same day to my Lady Sterley [= Strelley]

her man for presenting my Mrs. with nuttes xijd.

[September 4.]
The same day to Wrigley for ij pottes for jylly

flowers xijd.

To Hill and his company for feinge [= " feying,"

cleaning] the well for the pumpe xi]d.

To the gold smyth for setting on a sylver pott eare ijs.
To Thomas Cortnaye for makinge the irenwork

for the pumpe ij'^-

> And for the charges of ij horses of my Mrs. that

Docter Smyth and his man ryd to London . . xs.

432

[September 5.]

To Richard Woodwas for iiij dayes work making

basketes, ijs. viijc?., and to his man, ijs. viijd. vs. iujd.

[Fo. 21 verso.]
[September 12.]

The same daye to Mr. Powdrell his man for pre-
senting my Mrs. with j. basket of peares . . xijd.

The same daye my Mrs. rydd [= rode] with Mrs.
Berin to Collwyck, in Nottingham to a pore
woman that gave my^Mrs. nuttes, YJd. : to the
pore there, xYii]d ijs. iiijd.

To John Tomlyn for the carridge of xvj o. stuffe
frome Sterb[r]edge [= Sturbridge Fair, Cam-
bridge] at ijs. the o xxxijs,

[Fo. 22.]

The same daye that George [Cam] payd for viij

dayes worke of a tayler to make the chyldren's

gownes ijs.

The same daye to L. Ryce that he paid for making

iij pair of sockes for my Mr vs.

To my Lorde Willoughby his musissions, by com-

[maimdement] of Earths. Widdoson ijs. vjd.

To my Mrs. by th'andes of Hughe Mercer to playe

at cardes with xxs.

To Mr. Stanhope his man for presenting my Mrs.

with cowcumbers and artychoekes vjd.

To Mr. Hollys man for presenting my Mr. with iiijdd.

[= dozen] knapes^ iijs. iiijrf.

[Fo. 22 verso.]

The same daye [13 September] to George Cam
for ij dd. [:::^ dozen] poyntes for my Mr ijs.

To hym for taffyta saresnet for cannyons for my

Mr> xxd.

For the pycture of my Mr.^ xs.

And for my Mrs. pycture* xxs.

[Fo. 23.]

[September 26.]
To Edward Edllin by my Mr. commaundement for

playing before he went to Uxbridge . . . . xls.

To Mr, Bullock, feodarye, for the note under his

seale xs.

1 Query ' bullfinches.' Cf. New English Dictionary, a.v. ' Nape ' sb. 1

2 See p. 436, note 2, below.

8 Probably the portrait of Sir Francis Willoughby now in the Saloon at
WoUaton HaU. A latter copy of it in the central hall (ascribed to Sibreeht^
in Eamblea round Nottingham, 1856 p. 69) is dated 1573.

* Probablj' the portrait now in the Saloon.

433

To Mr. Stanhopes weates, by my Mr. his oom-
[maundement] ijs.

To Mr. Sargant Pewtrell .1 xxs.

To Beck of Mydleton for bringeing nayles from
Brymejam [= Birmingham], by commaunde-
ment of Mr. George W[illoughby] ijs.

To Robert Joynes that he payd at Newsted for

lodginge and drynck, my Mrs. being there . . xi]d.

[Fo. 23 verso.]
[October 1.]
The same daye to Mr. Waringe a scoUer . . . . x\s.

[Po. 24.]
Mensis Octobris, 1573.

[October 1.]

The same daye to my Mrs. for her quarter's

allowaunce xiijli. y]s. viijd.

To Ollyver Godbehere for his charges iij. tymes
to London and back agayne xys.

To hym that he paid for mendinge my Mr. his

clock vjs. m]d.

• [Fo. 24 verso.]

To George Cam that he paid for suger candy for

my Mrs xv]d.

[October 10.]

To Rychard lackye for his charges iij dayes and
iij nightes, being sent for Jackson the horse
leeche xx]d.

To Mr. Harr[y] Willoughby his man for bookes xlvjs. viijrf.

[Fo. 25.]
[October 8.]

To Thomas Tayler that he gave Sir Anthone
Sterley [= Strelley] his gardner for aquavytey
[= aqua vitce] ijs.

To Mr. Sargant Powtrell for his whoUe yeres an-
newetie by th'andes of Wm. Doughtie . . . . xxs.

To Mr. Pate his man for presenting' my Mrs. with
ij. cheeses and a turkey ijs.

For iiij pair of gloves for the chyldren . . . . xvid.

[Fo. 25 verso.]

To Mr. Harry Willoughby at his departure forth of
the countrye to London, by my Mr. his com-
maund[ement] xls.

M28

434

[Po. 26.]

The xyj'"^ of October to Mr. Atkinson for a paire
of garthers of Levant taffyta for my Mr. . . . vjs.

[Po. 26 verso.]
[October 24.]
To hym [Towlle] for the carrige of the vergenalles
and ij pyctures xs.

[Po. 27.]

To Roger that he paid for glasse for the musis-

sions chamber, v foote dim. ijs. ixd.

Knyves for the gent[el] wemen r]d.

Por ij bokes for the gent[el] wemen ijd!.

[Po. 27 verso.]

For a manecombe [comb for the mane] and sponge

for the coecheman ijs. vjd.

For a pair of pastrens [= shackles, hobbles] for

the coecheman xiiijci.

To John Warryner for his d3Tiner at Coleorton. . iiij^.

For mylke for his ferretes iiij weekes ending the

last of October xvjd.

To Mr. Poole's man of Dawby [= Dalby, co.
Leicester] for presenting my Mrs. with qujTices
and medlers , ijs.

[Po. 28.]

Mensis Novembris, 1573.

[November 1.]

Por iij torninge hookes for the joyner to make

bucklers with \ii]d.

For bandes and hookes for my Mr. studdy dore . . xijti.

For bandes for the dog kenelles dore i]d.

For steehng [= providing with a handle, AS. stela]

an axe for John Dune xijd.

To George Cam that he paid for iij yardes and j.
quarter of Myllyon [^ Milan] fustian for my

Mr ixs. ixd.

Por iij yardes homes^ fustian iiijs.

Por j yarde of saresnet vjs. iiiid.

Stytching sylke ixd,

iij dd. [== dozen] buttons ixd.

Canvas iij quarters Y\i]d.

Bumbaste , vjrf.

Por j dd. dim. crowne lace ijs. Y]d.

Por karzey iij quarters dim. for a paire of stock- '■

inges for my Mr. at vjs. the yard vs. ii]d.

Por taffyta to face the same stockinges . . . . vjrf.

Por a skayne of sylke i]d.

1 Fustian made at Ulmin Germany. See New Mnglish Diet., s.v. 'Holmes.'

436

[Fo. 28 verso.]
To Gabriell Woodnet his man for v dayes worke
in hewing stone and making a harth in the gallary
chamber xxd.

[November 7.]
To Holland that he payd for lybbinge [flopping]

V. beeches vjt^.

[Fo. 29.]
To Mr. John Sterley his.m^ for bringinge a nurse

to my Mrs., by her commaundement . . . . xijd.

To Shawe that he paid for a paire of knyt hose

for the kytchin boye xd.

For a paire of shewes xiijd.

For V yardes of fryce [= friese] for hym at viijd.

the yard iij5. iHjd.

[November 14.]
To George [Cam] that he paid for a standishe

[= inkstand] for my Mr xxd.

To hym [Richard Brownelawe] for spyccoktes

[^= spigots] and fawcetes xij {jd.

[Fo. 29 verso.]
[November 14.]
To Shawe that he paid for th'exchange of cxixli. vs.

in golde, by my Mr. his commaimdement . . vjs.
To a pumppe maker that came owt of Darbyshyre,

by th'andes of Stokes " . . xijd.

To Shawe for his charges v dayes being sent to

Lenton Fayre, his horse and hym selfe . . . . ijs. v]d.

[Fo. 30.]

To Thomas Cowertnaye, the xxvj*^ of November,

for iiij shewes for the sorrell colt xijd.

Baye Somers Mj shewes ixrf.

Whyte Cortall ij shewes Yjd.

The graye geldinge ij shewes vjcZ.

Dune Wilson j shewe iijd.

ij removes^ for the graye geldinge ijrf.

iuj removes for the stawkinge horse iiijd.

iij removes for Dune WUson iijd.

ij removes for whyte Cortall ijd.

ij drenches for whyte Saunders and my Mr. his

cortall xyjd.

ij shewes for Cortall foxe vjd.

To Thomas Woodshawe for his charges frome

Mydleton to Wollaton with iiij ewannes . . . xxd.

1 Old shoes used over again. See New English Dictionary, a. v. 'remove,'
ah. 2b.

436

To Thomas Tayler for his charges to Leicester

beinge sent for oysters for my Mrs., and his

horse xxijd.

And for iiij c. oysters at xd. the c iijs. iiijd.

To George Camm for his charges to Newarke, beinge

there with my Mrs. gowne to forre [=fur] iij days iiijs.
To hym that he payd to a tayler for iij dayes woorke

making my Mr. his cote and hose xijd.

And to the same tayler for making my Mr. his

dublet ij dayes viijd.

For browne threed yd.

To George Cairn for his charges to Newarke to

bye my Mr. his cote clothe, lying there j night xxd.

For suger and penedyce^ for my Mrs. by George xx]d.

To a vergenall player by th'andes of B. Wedoson iijs. in]d.
To iij men that range for the coronacyon of the

queene, by Hugh Mercer vjd.

To my Lorde Tawbote [=; Talbot] his players., xx.9.
To Nyxe his sonne for presenting my Mrs. with

oysters, by th'andes of the cater xijd.

For iij queere of paper for merche panes^ . . . . xd.

For waste] s bought by James Jakes iii]d.

[Fo. 30 verso.]

'For makinge a jerkin, dublet and breeches for the

kitchin boye xv]d.

To George Gam that he paid for iij yardes and a

half of freers graye for my Mr. his cote and

gaskin* hose, at ixs. the yard xxxjs. YJd.

To hym for j yard dim. of bayes to lyne my Mr.

his cote and ij pair of canny ans* iijs. ixd.

For j yarde dim. of fustian to lyne the bodye of

the same cote xvd.

Buttons iij dd ixd.

For sylke for the same cote vjd.

For j oz. quarter of lace for my Mr. his hose . . ijs. iijd.
To hym more that he payd for ij elles of lawne

for my Mrs xxs.

To hym for iiij loome workes for the ge[ntel]-

wem[en] ixs. iujd.

And for v. loome workes xs.

For ij buttes of threed viijs. viijd.

For j li. of whyte threed iijs. viijci.

For a red skyn xi]d.

For a whyte skyn yjd.

1 Sticks of barley-sugar, used as a remedy for colds. See New English

2 The confection known as " marchpane." See New English Dictionary,

8.V.

3 See New English Dictionary, a.v. 'Gaakin,' 1.

* The external rolls at the lo%ver ends of breeches. See New English
Dictionary, s.v. ' canion,'

437

For iij yardes of mockado^ vis. yrf.

For j U. of crewell^ ys. ajd.

For neales for cheares vs"

For dim. U. of ferret sylke . . . . . *. . viijs

For vj. quysshens \\ \\ .*."xxx«.

For vj more red skynnes vjs.

For a paire of whyte Frenche garthers for an

upper band yj^

To the joyner for making a cheare for Mrs. Underlie

the last weeke xv\d.

[Fo. 31.]
[November 28.]

To Greene that he paid for booet hyer at Clyfton,

my Mr. beinge there '. .. xijrf.

To. the cater that he paid for the musission his

horsemeat at Nottingham, his horse being tyerd m^d.

To John Corson of Nottingham for vj^^xv yardes

of fryce, at xiiije^. the yard vijfo". xvijs. ixrf.

To George Cam that he paid for ij yardes 3 quarters

fryce for my Mr. his jerkin, at xxijti. the y[arde] ys.
Jene [= Genoa] fustion for the same jerkins {sic) xxijtZ.

Levent [= Levant] taffyta for the same jerkin . . xijrf!

For sylke and buttons xi\d.

To hym that he paid for vj sheepe skjoines for

quysheins ij5.

For browne threed and rybben for cortens . . ixd.

For a yard of stript canves for Mi-s. Bridget . . ijs.
For a vardingale [= farthingale] for Mrs. Wene-

fride ijs. yj(^

To Atuell Woode for iiij dayes worke making a

gr[eat] cowle [= tub] for the stable, a gr[eat]

loome [= vessel], a forme and a tundishe for

the buttrye ijs. Ya]d.

To the vergenall player by th'andes of B. Wid-

doson vs.

To a mayd of Nottingham for presenting my

Mrs. with aples xijd.

[Fo. 31 verso.]

To Kighley by the handes of John Hall for christning
his childe in my Mr. his name iijs. iiijrf.

To Astell the vergenall player by th'andes of
Hughe Mercer xs.

To a poore man of Beesson [= Beeston, Notts]
for presenting my Mrs. with ij woodcookes . . vjd.

1 A kind of clotli. See New English Dictionary, s.v.

2 Tl-je yam so called.

438

To Georg [Cam] for iij cawves [= calves'] skyrmes
for quysheins vs.

For j. thowzand gylt nayles xxd.

To the cater, viz. iiij pannes, Ivjs. ; chafing disshes
ij. — xiiijs. ; chamber pottes, ij. — ^ijs. Yn]d. ;
scomers, j. — ijs. ; collenders, j. — ^ijs. ; for the
change of Ivijfo'. of brasse, ixs. vid. ; ladle,
ij. — iijs. iiijcZ. ; for the exchaimge of a steeling^
pott, iiijs. ; frying pannes, j. — i]s. iiijd!. ; for
the exchaunge of 77 li. of pewter at ijrf. ob. the
pounde, xvjs. ; vj. platters, xiij disshes and xij
sawcers, at viijrf. the pounde, xxxjs. ; candle
wyck, vjs. viijrf. ; .... a well rope,
ijs. vjrf. ; .... a rope for the clocke
and a trease [= trace], xiiid. ; 1 pair of treas
[= traces], iij,9. ; halters iij. — yjd. ; whyp corde,
ijd. ; cokshut^ corde, xijtZ. : in toto xiijs. mjd.

[Po. 32.]

Mensis Decembris, 1573.

[December 5.]

For ij longe swerde hyltes xxd.

For a throthenng* and a corke viijd.

For j. pair of malebraces* xxd.

To Robsou and his feUawe for iij dayes worke a

peece in cutting woode for charcoles xxd.

[Fo. 32 verm.]

[December 12.]

To Nyxe his sonne for oringes by th'and of Hugh

Mercer . . xi]d.

To John Cawrerd that he paid for a bill to George

Hethcot for a stoole for my Mrs xiiijd.

To John Barr for viij sheepe skynnes for Nead

the uppolster iiijs.

To a man for shavinges of homes for my Mrs.

Flowers that came frome London viijd.

To John Cawverd for vj c. settes for the Dayhowse

Closse ijs.

To Towlle for the carridge of a do to London . . vjs. viijd.
For ij c. xiiij li. carridge, viz., orringes v c. ; iij c.

lemans ; x realmes of paper and bookes for my

Mr xiiijs.

1 DistilUng ?

2 Cord for catching birds in a cockshoot. See New English Dictionary
under the latter word.

8 Query meaning. For 'throating' ?

* Braces or straps for meiils (travelling bags) ?

43d

[Fo. 33.]
To George Cam that he paid for xj yardes of clothe

for the gent[el] wemen's gownes at ixs. the

yard iiijK. xixs.

To hym for iiij dd. rebben xjs. m]d.

For V yardes of mockado to lyne the sleeves . . ixs. ijd.
For announce and a quarter of greene sylke . . ijs. i\]d.

For V. oz. and a quarter of lace xs. viijd.

For a yard dim. of stamell frysado ixs. vjd.

For iij. quarte[r]s of mockado for the petyco

boddyes . . xvjrf.

For rebben to bynde the wastes Y]d.

For iiij. yardes dim. of fustian to make iiij. wast-

cotes iiijs. ]d.

For j. yard quarter of buckarome xrf.

For hookes and eis viijd.

For ij yardes of cotten for rowles xiiijd.

pFo. 33 verso.]
[December 19.]
The xix**" of December to the barber for trym-

ynge my Mr xijrf.

To a lackye that sought spyce, by my Mr. . . vjrf.

To the cater for iiij. saltes for the hall . . . . u]d.

For xvij. jugges viijs. m\d.

Waxe hghtes MjZi iijs.

For a pair of tables for the hall ijs. vj«i.

For ij. II. of glew to the joyner Yn]d.

For rysshes, paid by Ellyzabeth xviijci.

[Fo. 34.J

To Stringer for vj. dayes worke makinge a wheele

for the pumpe iiijs.

Wages paid at Christmas.

The xxv]""^ of December, my Mrs. xiijZt. vjs. Yu]d. ;
Mrs. Ellyzabeth, xxs. ; Johan Poker, xs. ; Johan
Beardmore, vs. and for her leeverey, vs. ; Ellyz.
Haye, vs. ; Ahce Launders, xs. ; Margerye
Gamer, vs. ; Margerye Parleby vjs. viijrf. ;
Harry WiUoughby, xxxiijs. ni]d. ; Wm. Blythe,
xiijs. mid. ; John Pen, xs. ; L. Ryce, xiijs. m.]d. ;
Hugh Mercer, xs. ; Gr. Ryce, xiijs. iijijd. ; Hol-
lande, xiijs. w.]d. ; George Cam, xxxs. ; Wm.
Bradshawe, xiijs. iiijd. ; Thomas Tayler, xs. ;
Thomas Belper, xiijs. iiijd. ; the coecheman, xvs. ;
Harry Radforth, xs. ; WiUiam Stoekes, xs. ;
John Dune, iiijs. ; John Borros, vjs. viijci. ;
Richard Lackye, vjs. viijd. ; Thomas Stoekes,
vjs. viijd. ; John Cawverd, xs. ; shepperd of
Arr[nold] xs. m]d. ; shepperd of Basford,

440

xs. iiijrf. ; Leemyng, xs. ; John Boothe,
viijs. iiijd. ; William Carter, vjs. viijc?. ; John
Warryner, xiijs. iu]d. ; Thomas Shawe, xxs. ;
Roger CoUyer, xiijs. m]d. ; William Darby, xs. ;
John Scot, vjs. viijd. ; Robert Mason, viijs. m]d. ;
William Martyn, xxvs. ; Wrigley, xxs. ; James
Cooke, xiijs. ' iujd. ; John Ketle, iijs. iiijd. ;
John Mee, vjs. riijd. ; Sir John Herot, xlvs. ;
Foxe, xs. ; the musission, yU. ; the boye of the
kj^chin, iijs. iiijd. [amount struck out] : Mery-
cokes, the clarke of the churche, vs. ; and Mary
Scrowin, vs. : in toto xlvjM. ixs. viiji.

[Fo. 34 verso.]

To John Bennet that he paid for TycknaU [Tick-
nail, CO. Derby] potes ijs. njd.

And for the carridge of the same pottes . . . . xjd.

To a tayler for iiij dayes healping George [Cam]

to make the gent[el] wemen's gownes . . . . xvjd.

For a yard of russet fustion for pooketes . . . . xjd.

To Barr for xiij sheepe skynnes delivered to George

[Cam] for quyssheins [:= cushions] and cheares vs. vjd.

To Mr. Atkinson for xlv yardes of canvas at viijci.

ob. the yard for table clothes xxxjs. xd.

For gunpowdre ij U. delivered [to] Gr. Ryce . . ijs. vjd.

[Fo. 35.]

1574.

Mensis Januarii, 1573[-4].
To Wm. Nyxe his sonne for presentinge my Mrs.

with a lombstare [= lobster ?] iiijd.

To Edlin, the musission, for playing at my Mr. his

chamber dore on Newyeres Daye vs.

To my Lorde of Woster's players xiijs. iiijd.

To Greene that he gave the Corneshe men by my

Mr. his comaundement xijd.

To Arnolde fydler, by commaundement of B.

Widd[oson] vjd.

To iij singers of Darby, by com[maundement] of

my Mr xijd.

To V. players that dyd not playe before my Mr. ijs. vjd.
To a harper by th'andes of Barths. Widdoson . . vjd.

To John Cawverd for xj c. fleake [=hurdle] nayles ijs. xd.

[Fo. 35 verso.]

To Harry Hunte of Lenton by th'andes of Blythe
for christninge his chylde in my Mr. his name iiijs.

To vij players that came frome HtiU . . . . . . iijs. iiijd.

To Hughe [Mercer] that he gave Norce Gune, vs. ;
Norce Mount, vs. ; Norce Gudwyne, vs. ; Mrs.
Undern, vs xxs.

441

To a poore man that came forth of Irelande, by

my Mr. his comaundement vjd.

To the weates of Lester, by my Mr. his com-

[maundement] ijs.

To the cater for iij yardes of clothe for the mayd

to buck [=wash] with xxijd.

To Blythe that he paid for a whyte sylver bowle,

cont[eyiiing] v. oz. quarter dim. at vs. viijd.

the oz xxxs. Yd. oh.

For ij. sylver flagons, by th'andes of my Mr. xxixK. vjs.
To Wm. Steward for xij. dayes healping in the

kytchin this Christmas t5nne ijs.

To Attuell Wood for the lyke, xij. dayes .. .. xijci.

To TwyttcheU for xij dayes tornyng spyttes . . ijs.

To a boye for tornyng xij dayes ijs.

To Blunt for ix weekes lodging the musissions . . iijs.

[Fo. 36.]
To Staumforth, Mr. Stanhope's man, by th'andes

of B. Wedoson, for bringing ij flagons . . . . xijti.

And at Shelford by the same Earths., my Mr.

beinge there : viz. the buttler, ijs. ; the cooke,

ijs. ; the chamberUn, ijs. ; the horskeper, xijc?. ;

the pore, vjd. ; and for ferryla, Y\d. : in toto . . ixs. (sic)
To John Hunte of Nottingham for ij bottles of

muskadell [wine] that he presented to my Mrs iijs. uijd.
To Norce Mounte at her departure awaye frome

my Mrs vs.

To Hugh Mercer that he gave to a harper. ... vjd.

To Ellyzabeth that she paid for risshes . . . . vs. ijd.
To the cater for matche, ixd. ; for vijli. dim. of gune

powder delivered to Gr. Ryce at xvrf. the U. —

ixs. iiijd xs. jd.

[Fo. 36 verso.]

To a pore man that had his howse horned, by

th'andes of Hughe Mercer xijd.

To the weates of Nottingham, by Roger Cater . . xijd.

For lyne for the cockglode^ delivered the joyner. . xijd.

To the cater for mending a silver bowle . . . . xijd.

[Fo. 37.]

To Hugh Mercer that he paid for my Mr. his charges
at Newarke, viz. Mounday nighte supper forvj

men "^«' viijd.

Tewisdaye daynner (sic) for vj men iiijs. vjd.

For a lynck there vjd.

Tewisday supper vj. men : 7.^-

Wedinsday breakfast ij«.

Fyer there . . . . ij^-

1 A 'ooekglade,' or cockshoot (see p. 438, note 2). Cf. Duke of Rutland's
MSS., iv, pp. 466, 472, a.nANew English Diet., s.w. ' glade, sb. lb," glode, «6. 2.'

442

Playing monye to my Mr ijs.

Boet hyer there vjd.

Horsmeat there in this said tyme xviijs. vjd.

To the poore there viijd.

[Po. 37 verso.]

To Fowler and Robson for dyking and plasheing
the Cowe Closse hedge, cont[a3aiing] xxxij acars,
at xijd. the acar^ xxxijs.

To the Comesheman for wrastlinge before my Mr.
and Mr. Stanhope ijs.

To Mr. Stanhoppes weates, by th'andes of Blythe ij«.

[Po. 38.]

Mensis February , 1573[-4].

To hym [the cater] more for xxiiijK. of hoppes xs. vjd.

To hym for Systers threed xij(Z. oh.

To George Cam for a sheepskyn for pocketes for

my Mr -vd.

[Fo. 39.]
To Thomas Tayler for his charges to Leister, beinge
sent with a letter to my Ladye Humtington {sic),
lying forth j night xxiijd.

[Fo. 39 verso.]

For a sute of black net worke geven to my Lady
Stanhope xxijs.

For V. cutte worke ruffes geven to my L.

Stan[hope] xxiijs. m.\d.

For a boxe of starche for my Mr. his shertes . .viijs. vjd.

To a scoUer, by th'andes of Baker ijs.

To Mrs. Undeme's man for presentinge iuy Mrs.
with iij. myUyons [= melons], by th'andes of
Hugh Mercer iiijd.

To the bookebynder for brymyng [sic) mj Mr. his
bookes, by the handes of Blythe vjd.

To V. musissions that came with a playe, by th'andes
of Hughe [Mercer] ijs.

To a gerle that was my Mr. his vaUentyne . . xijd.

To Blythe that he paid for iiij. yardes of lace for

my Mr. his bookes xd.

To Wilson and his fella we for xvij. dayes work
a peece makinge charcoles at uijd. the daye,
beinge horded in the howse xjs. m.]d.

[Fo. 40.]
To Roger Tyler for one thowzand tyle . . . . xvjs.

1 The acre as a, measiire of length. See New English Dictionary.

443

[Fo. 40 verso.]
Mensis Marche, 1574.
Proviseon at Hull. — To the cater for j. tonne dim.

of clarret wyne at xvZi. the tune . . . . xxi]7i. us.

Heringes, whyte, iiij. barrelles \li. xijd.

Red heringes, v. cades at xjs. vjtZ. the cade . .Ivij*. vjti.

SpratteSj ij. cades at xxijc?. the cade iijs. viijd.

Storgeon, j. fyrkm xxvjs.viijrf.

For custome iijs.

For owte gate xijd.

For portage vjd.

For spenege^ vjrf.

For ferryla [= ferry-charge] frome Hull to Barton

[-on-Humber, co. Lincoln] xd.

Geven to the keelemen [= bargemen] xijrf.

To Gayneesborro {sic) vjs.

For lodinge at Gaynesborro vid.

For the cater his charges and his horse x dais xxiiijs. vd.

And for frostinge vjd.

For the carridge of ij. tonne iij. quarters at xjs.

the ton xxxs. iijd.

For watchinge at Trent Brigges v\d.

Bydinge ch[arges]. — To Broome his charges and ij.
horses for bringing cogges and roundest frome
Mydleton xx<^.

To Gr. Ryce for his dynner and horse at Bever xcZ.

[Fo. 41.]

Nessessaries. — ^To Roger CoUyer for . . . iiij.
pair of shewes for the gent[el] wemen, ijs. Y]d. ;
lether for the pumpe, xij^. ; iij dd. bedstaves,
ij«. ; to the booke bynder for iij. queere of paper
ryall, iij«. ; and for byndinge and coveringe the
same, xi]d. ; and for one other booke of paper
for paymentes, ijs. : in toto vjs.

[Fo. 41 verso.]

To Hugh and v. others of my Mr. his men for
there dynners at Nottingham, my Mr. and my
Mrs. beinge bothe there at Mr. Markham's at
dynner vs. iiijrf.

To the pore there by Hugh xd.

To Raper and his fellawes for vij days castinge

connye clappers^ at vd. the daye ijs. x]d.

To James Dale for palinge xx" acres at ijs. the
acer* xls.

1 E«ad ' spoonage' or 'spooning.' Cf. p. 448.

2 Vessels and tubs.

* Rabbit burrows, etc. See New English Dictionary, 8. v. 'clapper,' sb. 2

* The acre as a measiu-e of length. See New English Dictionary.

444

[Po. 42.]

To Water Tayler for viij washe^ of oysters and

for charges from Dunesbye vjs. viijcZ.

To my L[ord] Edward Seamer his man for bring-
ing letters frome the cowert [= court], by
th'andes of my Mr xxs.

To Mr. Scott for ciijK. dim. of iren at xiiijs. vrf.,
for cijli. of iren xiiijs. ujd. for byndinge ij pair of
coeche wheeles xxviijs. viijd.

[Fo. 43.]

To the coecheman to bye his surpHs, by my Mrs.

commandement iijs. viijrf.

To George Cam for cloth to make my Mr. a pair
of stockes, vs. ; for sylke to stytche them, i]d. ;
for bockarome for the cannyons,- njd. ; for j yard
and j. quarter stript canves to make jorietes,^
iijs. iiijrf. ; for cloth to lyne theym, xi]d. ; hookes
and eies, i]d. ; for greene karsey for vardingales, *
ijs. : in toto xjs. vjd.

[Fo. 43 verso.]

Mensis Aprilis, 1574.

To Norce Gune at her departure, by th'andes of
my Mrs xxs.

[Fo. 45.]

For a pair of knyt hose for my Mrs vjs.

For aquavitye [^ aqua vitce] yii]d.

To the cater for xlijM. hoppes, xvijs. v]d. ; for
j dd. mynnykyns,* iijs. ; inckle,* jd. ; sope,
vjd. ; bolter, iiijd. [etc.]

[Fo. 45 verso.]

To the keeper of Roben Hoodes well, by Hugh vs.
To Mr. Pates man for bringinge a horse for the
water pytt, per Baker xijd.

[Fo. 46 verso.]

To Mr. Astell the vergenaU player xs.

To Mr. Banyster for a plaster for my Mrs. syde iiijs.
A cordiall of losinges iijs.

1 A ' wash ' of oysters weighs 601b. See English Dialect Did.

2 See page 436, note 4, above.

3 Doublets (Old French jargot).

i Farthingales, hooped petticoats.

^ Small pins. See New English Dictionary, s.v. ' Minikin.'

6 Tape.

445

For a syrrop, xv]d. ; a noyntement of oyle of
macea, iiijs. ; a lectuary [ = electuary], iiijs. ;
ij. preparatives, vijs. v]d. ; a piirgacion for
Margery Parelby, ijs. vjd f xixs. iiijd.

A cordyall with mijske perle and ambergrece . . iiijs.

[Fo. 48.]
Mensis Maye, 1574.
To Mr. Banister for conserve rosemayrye flowers

and synamond comfyttes for my Mrs vjs.

To Ser Tarvis Clyfton's man for presenting my
Mrs. with iiij. herinsbawes [;= young herons],
by Borroes ij5, ^j^^.

[Po. 49 verso.]
To Helyot of ILston [= Ilkeston, co. Derby] for
the carridge of iiij. lodes of hordes frome Hallam
Wood to WoUaton viijs.

[Fo. 50.]
To Tole for bringinge a paire of virgenalls from

London xiij«. iiijcZ.

To Henry Draycotte that he paid at Higham to the
captaine, Y]d. ; to my Lordes melters of leade,
xijd. ; to my Mr. there, xijti. ; to a woman, ijs. ;
to ij men, Y]d. ; for candells, m.]d. ; to a boye,
\]d. ; to a pore man, \]d. ; to the horsekepers

at Chatsworthe, xijcZ vjs. viijd.

To Oliver Godebehere for the charges of my Mr.
and others to Buckstons [— Buxton, co. Derby]
and at Matlock xxvijs. m]d.

[Fo. 52 verso.]
Mensis June, 1574.

[Fo. 53.]
To John Tyrer for iij. cannon bittes^ viijs.

[Fo. 54 verso.]

To the captayne of the Corneshemen, by th'andes
of Hugh Mercer xxs.

To Mr. Markham's man by Blythe, by commands
of my Mrs., to his man to set up his oecupacion
in Nottingham ■ . . . . xs.

[Fo. 55 verso.]

Mensis Julii, anno 1574.
To the joyner his iij men for v daies worke a peece
in makinge a howse for the water pitt . . . . vs.

1 Smooth round bits for horses. See New English Diet., s.v. 'cannon,' s6. 4.

446
[Fo. 59.]

To th'erle of Essex his players for playing twyce
before my Mr xxxs.

To uxw Belper by th'andes of Mrs. Margret for
christninge her ehylde vs.

To my Mr. by th'andes of Harry Dreacot to
playe . . xs.

To the keeper's wiffe of Sterley [= Strelley, co.
Notts] by Harry Willoughby for drinck, my
Mr. and my Mrs. beinge there ijs.

To my Mrs. by th'andes of Margery Parelby to
playe xls.

[Po. 60.]

To my Lord Mounteigle's players, by commande
of my Mr xs.

To my Mrs. by th'andes of my Mrs. EUyzabeth at
ther rydinge to my Lady Rutland xxs.

To Blunt that he paid for a hat for my Mr. . . xiiijs.

To Smales for a pair of bootes for my Mr., vjs. ;
and paid for a pair of pumpes, xiiijcZ. ; for iij
pair of chyldren shoes, xvjti. : in toto . . . . viijs. T]d.

To Greene that he paid for xxxvj dd. of blew lace
for our coetes at xxci. the dd iijK.

[Fo. 61 verso.]

Mensis Augusti, anno 1574.

To George Cam that he paid for my Mrs. being in
progres with my Ladye Rutland, viz. at Newark
viij horses j night, vjs. viijd. [Details of expen-
diture at Tuxforth, Worksope, Bakewell, and
Chesterfeeldj : in toto lixs. vd.

[Fo. 63.]

To Edward the coecheman for xviij dd. horsbread
bought for my Lord of Ruttland and the countis
of Huntington at there being at WoUaton . . xviijs.

To George Gam that he delivered my Mrs. to playe
at my Lord of Rutland his howse, xxs. ; in
reward there, xviijs. iiijcZ. [and other charges].

To him [Blythe] more for his charges and Fen's at
Boston j. night, xviijc^. ; dynners and horsemeat
at Pynchebeck, xd. ; charges with the fowlers at
Crowland, r]d. ; ... for carridge of the fowle
frome Crowland to Spawldinge, Y]d. ; eles for
the fowlle there, iijd, , , vijs.

447

[Fo. 65.]
Mensis Septemiris, 1574.
To my Lord of Sussex his players by comande-

ment of my Mr x«.

To iij pore sojors by th'andes of B. Wedoson .'." xijd.

To my Mrs. by th'andes of Baker to playe with xs.

[Po. 65 verso.]
To John Edhn that he payd for vj. knottes of

lute stringes x-v]d.

To Mother Gregory for santwary [= centaury]

for my Mrs. . . . . xij(i.

[Po. 66.]

To Mr. Pate that my Mr. lost at bowles by the
handes of Hugh vs.

To a man that playd with a nape [= an ape], by

command of my Mrs vjd!.

[Po. 68.]
Mensis Octobris, 1574.

Provissheon at Storbridge [details, including
" cotten weeke, iiijli. 3 quarters, vjs. iiijd.,"
"Wadmole,! Ix yardes, xxxs." travelling ex-
penses of Poxe and Ryves, etc.]

To Thoms Tailer that he paid for his charges to
London, being sent for Docter Smythe, viz. at
Leister, xd. ; at Welford, xvjcZ. ; at Brickell, xd.,
at Sant Tawbons [= Saint Albans], xvii]d. ;
ij dayes dim. at London, ijs. vjci!. ; iij dayes for
Docter Smyth his horse and other ij horses,
iiij.9. iii]d. ; for vij shewes for the Doctor's horse
and myne, xxiijd!. ; at Dunstable iij men and
iij horses, vs. uijd. ; at Northamton, ijs. viijii. ;
at Welforth, iiijs. viijd. ; at Leicester, ijs. vjd. ;
horshewing there, iifd. ; for the hyer of a horse
at Leister and a man to deliver hym back agajme,
iijs. : in toto xxxjs. viijrf,

[Po. 69 verso.]

To Mrs. Banyster for a swoninge water [= a remedy
against fainting] for my Mrs vs.

[Po. 71.]

To Thomas Cower tney for trymynge my Mrs. her

teethe, by th'andes of Mrs. Fryswith . . . . xijd.

I Coarse cloth.

448

[Po. 71 verso.]

To Thoma Gardner for distyllinge Docter Stevens'

water, by command of my Mrs. iij5. iiijd.

[Fo. 72 verso.]

For the charges of a geldinge which Docter Smyth
ryd on to London, viz. at London iiij. dayes,
ijs., and to Wollaton, iiijs. viijtZ. : in toio . . vjs. -viijd.

To Leake for xxvj oz. of blew lace for our leveris,

at ijs. i]d. the oz lvj«. injd.

To a man of Sir Fowke Grevle's (sic) that brought
beares ijs.

[Fo, 73.]

To Roger Collyer that he paid for iij. hh. [= hogs-
heads] of clarred wyne, xijli. xvs. ; ij. barr[els],
xvs. ; tar, ij. barr[els], xvjs. ; sponenge^ the
wyne, v]d. ; geven at Hull by my Mr. xvnjd. ;
for openyng ij barr[els], i]d. : in toto . . xiiijK. viijs. i]d.

[Fo. 73 verso.]

Mensis Novembris, 1574.

To George Cam that he paid for xlv. yardes of
changable [^= shot] mockado at xxiijs. the yarde,
iiijM. vjs. ; xx" oz. iij qrs. byllyment^ lace for
the cheldren gownes, xljs. ^jd. ; for ij. oz. grene
sylke, iiijs. ; ni]dd. greene rebben, xijs. ; xxj.
yardes bockarome, xijs. viijt^. ; ij. yardes fustion
to Ijme the boddyes, xxijd. ; iij yardes dim. of
Levant taffyta, ixs. iiija. ; vij yardes cotten,
vs. n]d. ; j. yarde Pawmpelyon,^ iiijt^. ; j yarde
iij. qrs fryceado,^ viijs. ; iij qrs. red mockado,
xvjd. ; iij. qrs. fustion, viijd. ; iij. elles dim.
chaungable taffyta for Mrs. Elliz. gowne, xlijs. ;
j. ellne dim. of canvas for my Mr. his dublet,
iiijs. iijc^. ; iij qrs. cowers canvas, xjd. ; . . .
j. yard iij. qrs. callyco, iijs. viija!. ; . . .
dim. qr. greene velvet, ijs. v]d. ; j. butt black
threed, iiijs. viud. ; graye threed, vjd. ; to a
tayler that dyd healp George to worke, iiijs. ;
for his charges ix. dayes, beinge sent to London
to bye these parcelles, ixs. ; horsemeat, iiijs. xd. ;
for viij. arrow heades for my Mrs.,
xiiijfi. ; for my Mr. his cloake, viz. velvet for
the' coUer, vjs. vjd. ; j. ellne of camebrick for
ruffes for my Mr., viijs. ; viij. yardes bonelace

1 Cf. ' spenage,' p. 443.

2 Habiliment.

' Pampillon, a kind of fur. See New Engl. Diet.
* Frisadoe.

449

for bed cortens, XY]d. ; . . . ij. yardes
dim. and dim. qr. Tiirkey coUer for my Mr. his
cloke at viijs. viijc?. the yard, xxijs. xd. (sic) ;
. . for iij. qrs. dim. of fyne karsey for
a pair of stokes for my Mr., iiijs. vii]d. ; .
to Margery Parelby that she paid for ix. shadowes^
for the cheldren, vjs xr]li. xs. ]d.

[Fo. 74 verso.]

To Jesson for makinge Mrs. Ellizabeth her grave ii]d.

To the barber for trymmynge my Mr xijd.

To Mr. Dynmock his mussissions x\]d.

To Mr. Banyster for openynge Mrs. EUizabeth . . xs.

[Fo. 75 verso.]

To Mr. Banester for ij. graynes of muske, vjc^. ;
metredatum,^ vs. ; treakle,^ xy]d. ; anoyntement
for Mrs. Bridget, x\]d. ; for a plaster, xijd. ;
a lecktuary [^= electuary], xvi^^. ; a locatretryna,*
xxd. : in toto x]s. xd.

[Fo. 76 verso.]

Mensis Decembris, 1574.

Christmas wages. — To my Mrs. for her allowance,
xiijfo'. vJ5. Yn]d. ; Mrs. Meeringe, xxs. ; Johan
Poker, xs. ; Ellizabeth Hayes, vs. ; Margery
Parleby, vjs. viijc^. : Marye Scroin, v,9. ; Norce
Devis, XYS. ; Richard Willoughby, xxs. ; William
Blythe, xiijs. iiijd. ; Thorns Shawe, xxs. ;
Gr[iffith] Ryce], xiijs. m]d. ; L. Ryce, xiijs. iiij^. ;
John Pen, xs. ; Hugh Mercer, xs. ; Ollyver
Holland, xiijs. iiijcZ. ; George Cam, xxxs. ;
Thoms Tayler, xs. ; Ed. Overtheman, xvs. ; H.
Radforth, xs. ; Wm. Stoekes, xs. ; John Dune,
iiijs. ; John Borrowes, xjs. viijd. ; Rychard
Lackye, vjs. viijf^. ; Thoms Stokes, xs. ; John
Calverd, xs. ; shepperd, Arnolde, xs. iiijcZ. ;
shepperd, Basforth, xs. iiijrf. ; John Boeth, viijs.
iiijc?. ; Wm. Carter, viijs". iiijt^. ; John Smyth,
viijs. iiijt^. ; Thoms JBroghtin', viijs. mjd. ;
Aiigustyne, viijs. iiijc?. ; John Warryner, xiijs.
iiijd. ; Roger CoUyer, xiijs. iiijf^. ; Robert Mason,
viijs. iiijd^. ; Martyn, keeper, xvs. ; Richard

1 Toys or garments ?

2 Mithridatum. See page 410, note 4, above.

3 See page 355, note 2, above.

* For aloes Socotrina (Soootra aloes) ?

M29

450

Wrigley, xxs. ; James Cooke, xiijs. m]d. ; John
Kettle, iijs. iiijcl. ; Robert Foxe, xs. ; ij boyes
of the kitchin, vjs. iiijd. ; Wm, Darby, xls. ;
Nyooles Bull, xs. ; Thomas wheelewright, viijs.
m]d. ; the olarke of the churche, vs. ; Harry
Ball, the myller, xxxs. ; Jeffrey Pheney, myller,
dim. qr., xijs. v]d. ; uxor Sprey for washeinge
kitchen clothe, xijc?. ; Thorns Belper, xxs. :
in toto — Wm. Baker, xvjs. viijci. . . xliijK. ijs. xi. (sic)

[Fo. 77.]

To Mr. Banyster, viz. oyles, xijc?. ; cordyall flowers,
xi]d. ; mayden heare and santwary, xijrf. ; a
jellope,! iijs. ; oyle of roses, xviijd. ; diacodi,^
xijd. ; anepitathony, * ijs. vjrf. ; a plaster, viijs. ;
pylles, XY}d. : in toto xxs. ni]d.

To the Ducheman of Nottingham for dyinge x
yardes of stamell* for my Mrs. at vjs. the yarde,
ii]li. ; and to the walker [= fuller] for dressinge
the same cloth, iiijs. m]d. : in toto . . . . iijli. iiijs. nijd,

[Fo. 77 verso.]

To George Kam for Docter Smyth charges and to
his goinge towardes London, i;iV. at Lester j.
night, viijs. vjc^. ; at Northamton, xs. y]d. ;
back agajme at Leister, iijs. viijd. ; and at Sawley
[co. Derby], ijd. : in toto xxijs. xd.

To Docter Smythe in rewarde for his paynes, by

command of my Mr xiij?«. vjs. viijrf.

To the weates of Nottingham, by th'andes of

Blunt xijrf.

To V. players of Darby, by Wm. Blythe . . . . ijs.

To a harper the same tyme vjrf.

[Fo. 79.]

Mensis Januarye, 1574[-5].
And for an almenack for my Mr., by Blythe . . \\\]d.

[Fo. 79 verso.]

To the mydwyffe, by th'andes of Norce Gune . . xls.
To Baker that he paid for my Mr. his charges
rydinge to my Lorde WiUoughbye his bowse
with iiij°'. men [details] Ivijs. ixtZ.

1 A preparation of jalap !

2 Diacodium, an opiate prepared in the form of syrup from poppy-heads.

3 For hepaticon (a liver remedy) ?
* Coarse cloth.

451

[Po. 81 verso.]
Mensis Februarye, 1574[-5].

To players that came from Brystoe, at my Mres,
commaundement xs.

To the- churche wardeynes for Mres. Ehzab'ethes

buriall in the churche iijs. i\x^d.

To Wastneis the phisicion, by my Mres xxs,

[Fo. 82 verso.]

To the singing men of Derbie, by William Stokes xijc?.

To Sir Folke GreviUe's berewarde ^]d.

To Banester for a glyster [= clyster] and vyles

[=; vials] for Mrs. Anne vs. vj<^.

To two phesicions, by my Mr xxs.

To two children being valentynes to my Mr. and

Mrs xijV.

To ToU for carryage of two trunckes to London xxxs.

[Fo. 83.]

For a quarter of blew taffetey for my Mrs. boote

howse [= hose] ijs, vjrf.

For haK a yard of Jenes^ for lyning cannyanes^

for my Mr vcZ.

205

1583-1585.— Imperfect statement in same hand as Thomas
Grasworth's' account for 1585, of account, in which the
accountant craves allowance, inter alia, for 587Z. lOs. IQd.
for building charges in 1583, for " forren paymentes at
Wollaton, 1583," 890Z. 4s. 5ld., for 1213Z. 2s. U. for pay-
ments in a book entitled " London chargez this yeire 1583,"
including expenses of journey to London 13?. 4s. Od. " conteyned
in iiij<"^ pagynes in the beginninge of the saide booke [of
forren paimentes]," and "for charges remayninge at London
in houskeeping there xxiiij"^ dayes about Mrs. Bridgetes
mariage," 28L 5s. Id., " also in the jorney to Kent and
comminge from London xiiij'°" dayes xxvL vijs. Od., with
the charges of other gentlemen that came in company," for
law costs, etc. ; for payments for building charges in 1584
1114L 7s. \\d. ; for foreign payments at WoUaton in 1584
1847?. Is. ^d., at Midleton 377?. 3s. 5d. ; for riding charges
to London, remaining there and in Kent, apparel, etc.,
623?. Is. Od. ; for 1585 for foreign payments at Wollaton

1 Jean, so called from Genes = Genoa.

2 See page 436, note 4, above.

452

U28Z. 15s. 5d., for the like at Midleton 189?. I3s. 6d., for
land purchased 4737Z. 3s. 5d. Total of the payments " in
this booke expressed": 13,104Z. 16s. IJii. Signed by-
Geoffrey Ithell, auditor. 205.

1584. — Rough account book of receipts and expenditure
for household and other purposes. 205.

1585. — A similar account book. 205.

1585, February 14. — Account of Thomas Grassworth,
servant to Sir Francis Willoiighbie, knight, of money received
and disbursed towards the charge of building. He accounts
for 1584 from Sir Francis 151. ; for 1585 from Sir Francis
3711. 15s. Qd. (the last figure crossed out), from John Speid
329Z. 6s. id., Wilham Blythe 106L, Mr. Gedney by the hands
of Mr. Smithston 351. 6s. id., Geoffrey Fox 149Z. 19s. 4d., and
for other receipts from them 1091. 3s. id. : total (with other
items) 1192Z. 8s. 6d. (M'ciiij'^^ xijZi. viijs. vjci.) Payments to free
masons in 1584 iSl. 18s. 8d., in 1585 2571. 16s. 8d. ; to
carpenters in 1584 15?. 18s. lOd., 1585 Qll. 18s. Qd. ; to
joiners in 1584 181. 8s. 8d., in 1585 70L 8s. Ud. ; to
labourers in 1584 191. is. Oid., in 1585, Qll. Os. Id. ; to
plumbers in 1584 21l. 19s. Id., in 1585 111. 13s. 2d. ; to
sawyers in 1584 71. is. 3d., in 1685 181. Is. lid. ; for neces-
saries in 1584 31. 8s. lOd., in 1585 15Z. 6s. lOd. ; for
"lymeston" in 1584 495. 6d., in 1585 25s. 3d. ; to "layers
about the buildinge " in 1584 71. 13s. 9d., in 1585 3QI. 18s. Id. ;
to painters in 1585 191. 15s. lOd. ; for 22 strikes of charcoal
" for the fyninge of leade ashes " in 1585 7s. id., for carriage
thereof lOd., for hiring and carriage of a pair of bellows 5s. ;
to William Hill for making 199 "thousand" of bricks at
2s. 3d. the thousand 191. 5s. 3d., and "for castinge of earth ''
20s. ; payments to divers men, including Robert Smithston,
who received in 1584 4?., in 1585 731. 6s. 8d. Total pay-
ments : 1153Z. 10s. 6U. 205.

1586, 12 February. —Account of Geoffrey Fox, servant to
Sir Francis Willoughbie, knight, for divers sums received by
him, from 1583 to 1585. 205.

1587-8. — Extracts from Household Book. Weekly accounts
in tabular form of the consumption of victuals, with notes
of numbers of visitors who were entertained. One of the
tables is subjoined, and the notices as to visitors are also
given.

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This weke my Mr. came from London to Wolloton on
Tiwesday nighte with vj. men, etc.

March 11. Memorandum, spent of this 4 : 15 : 0 by the
boone plowes^ soing barley and peaz at ChUwell [co. Notts],
etc., viz. : beer 1 hh. [=hogshead], 4s. ; howssold 48°,
4s. : 8s.

March 18. [Half a ' quarter ' of ' sallet oyle ' is charged
at 2s. the quarter, three carp 18d., and two tench 12d.]
" Memorandum, spent of this expen. 108s. lie?, by the boone
plowes soing barley and peaze at Lamley, etc., viz. : beere
1 hh. 45. ; howshold. 80= 65. 8d. : lOs. 8i."

March 25. [Three salt eels, 3s., four 'pigges,' 2s.J
" This weke my Mr. rydde to Myddleton uppon Wednesdaye

1 Household bread is meant. See October 8, below.

2 The boon works of tenants, the labour rendered by them grati?, at
which the lord found food and drink for them according to custom.

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after breakefast, to geather with Mr, Per[civalJ and Mr.
Roberte Willughbye, etc."

April 1. [Onions, 12d.] " This weke howshold only with
comers and goers, etc."

April 8. "This weke howshold with coiners and goers."

April 15. [Almonds, lib., 20d., figs, 3lb., 18d.] "This
weke my Mr. came to WoUaton on Wednesdaye in th'after
noone, and Mr. RafE Secheverelle, and ryd to wardes
Myddleton on Saturdaye after breakefaste, etc."

April 22. " This weke Mr. Repington came to WoUaton
on Monday with his two men, etc., and ryd from hence on
Wednesdaye after breakfast."

May 14. " This weke my Mr. came to WoUaton on
Monday in th'after noone ; with poole makers in the parke,
fatfield and pinges, etc."

May 20. " This weke my Mr. ryd to BeUvoyer castle on
Sondaye after dynner, and came back agayne to WoUaton
on Saturdaye morning; with colliers and poole makers at
a poole heade in Wayegate in the Townefilde, etc."

May 27. " This weke Mr. Per. Willughbye and Mr. George
Pud[s]y came to WoUaton on Frydaye in th'after noone ; with
boones and poole makers in the Townefilde gate and parke, etc.

June 3. " This weke Sir Thomas Stanhope came and
dynyd at the new HaU on Wednesdaye ; with boone plowes
and poole making in the Horse Close, etc."

June 10. [' Synamon ' 1 oz., lOd. ; two lings, 2s. 4:d.]
" This weeke Sir Georg Hastinges came on Sonday at supper,
and stayed untill Twysday dynner; with other comers and
goers."

June 17. [A goose, lid. ; six trout, Qd.] "This weeke on
Monday Sir Thomas Mannours dyned at the New HaU."

June 24. " This weeke my Mr. went on Twysday to
Dunnesby [Dunsby, co. Lincoln], and came agayne on Friday
at nighte in the same weeke."

July 1. [HaUe scate, 20d.] "This weeke Mr. PercyvaU
WyUughby and Mr. George Pudsie and his sonne came on
Monday at nighte; Mr. George Pudsie and his sonne went
away on Thursday morning, and Mr. Perc[yvall] stayed all the
weeke. And this weeke on Wednesday Sir Thomas Man-
nours dyned at the Chauntrey. With other coomers and goers."

July 8. " Whereof is to be deducted from th'expenses of
the howshold, which was spente upon boonors : Imprimis,
mutton iij'^, 12s. ; howsholde bread — ; beere ij h., 8s.
Bradmyre [Bradmore, co. Notts] boones, 19 persons."

July 15. [^ Mr. Aldridg, Thomas Atkynson, Ric. Wyl-
lughby, Bljrth, Thorpe, Jo. Atkynson, Gonaston, Tevery,
Leyster, Calver, Fr. Hollingworth, Jo. HoUyngworth, Bras-
bridg, Bussell, Gresworth, Glover, Hayes, Bunting, Home,
Dale, Gunner, Belper, Stoakes, Ogden, Lucas, Roberte of

1 According to the list given on July 22, these, mth tlie exception of
Richard Wyllughby and "the hammer man," formed the "ordinary Hows-
holde."

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the Stable, Wrigley, Campion, Fluellen, Roger Wylde, Ed.
Wylde, the hammer man, iii. boyes in the kitchin, Burro wes,
John Dmine, Godbeheer.]

July 15. [' Crevises ' (=crayfish, French ecrevisse), 2d. ;
cherries, 12d.]

July 22. " Marmalade, 2li. loz., 55. 3d. ; sucket. Hi.,
2s. 6d. ; bisket bread, ^li., 9d. ; confectes, Hi., 2s. id. "

This weeke on Twysdaye the Earle of Rut[land] supped heere
at th'olde Hall, and dyned upon Wednesday with dyvers other
gent[lemen] of his company.

August 5. " This nexte weeke following my Mr. removed
to Nottingham to his howse there, where he expended as
followeth, John Atkynson being clarke of the kytchin there,
for the first fyve weekes next ensewing, wherewith he standeth
charged as well for the bwyeng of the acates as also for the
expending thereof, of whose bylles theis are true copies."

August 12. " Cla[ret] wyne 6 quarters and 1 py[nt], 45. 2d.,
sack 1 pinte, 6d."

August 19. ''On Sonday this weeke my Mr. dyned at
WoUaton, and the tenauntes of Wyllughby and Bradmyre
booned and caried tymber, lyme, and brick to Thurland
Howse to [=at] Nottingham." " Acates bought by Ed. Glover
as followeth : Sonday dynner : one loyne of veale and j. legg
of mutton, 22c?." " Stoare : One mutton for the bonores,
is, ; 6 saltefishes for theim, 4s. 8d."

" My Mr. wente into Warwykshier and retourned from thence
to Nottingham on Thursday the vij"" of September, and
here foUowe the receipt and th'expen[ce] of that peece of
the weeke from Thursday untUl Satterday following."

September 16. " Carawayes, Id. ; peares, 2d. ; creame, 2d."
" This weeke Mr. Sacheverell and his twop soones-in-lawe
came to Nottingham upon Monday, and stayed untill
Wednesday morning, and Sir Thomas Stanhope, Sir Gervas
Clyfton, and Sir Roberte Constable dyned with my Mr. upon
Saterday. ' '

September 23. " BarbeUes, 2, lid. ; lampernes, 7, 6d. ;
sewytt, S^lib., lid." "This weeke Sir Thomas Stanhopp and
Sir Gervas Clyfton dyned with my Mr. at Thurland howse
on Saterday;' with other straungers besydes and goers."

September 30. " Pickerill, 1, 7d. ; flownders, 2d. ; larkes,
rdoozin, 3d. ; mallardes, Jo. Gunner, 2 coople, 12d. ; plovers,
Jo. Gunner, 3d. ; larkes, Jo. Gunner, 2 doozin, id."

October 7. "Tripes and a neates foote, 3d."

October 21. " Dates, id. ; sowse, 3d." " This weeke Mr.
Spencer came to Thurland Howse on Thursday, and Mr.
Roberte Wyllughby, with twoo men a peece. And on Friday
came the Earle of Rutland, and lay there to the ende of the
weeke at my Mr.'s charges for his dyet. There came with
the Earle tenne persons."

October 28. " This weeke the Earle of Rutland and his
retynew had their dyet at my Mr.'s charges from the begynnyng

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of the weeke, being Saterday in the morning tylle Twysday
at supper, and then the Cowntesse came, and the Earle's
officers entered upon xxxij. hh. of beere remayning and upon
the remayndour of bread both howshold and cheate, and
other provision such as remayned that tyme. And my Mr.
had his dyet with my L[ord], excepte that now and then he
walked to Wollaton, where he spente as followeth."

November 11. " Mylke for custerdes, 12d. ; woodcockes,
4, 16d. ; plover, 4, 10^. ; snipes, 5, lOd. ; ale to seeth fishe
in, 2d. ; muske confectes Hi., 2s. 6d. ; bysketes, Hi., 20d."

" The xj"" day of November, being Saterday in Lenton Fayre
tyme, the Earle of Rutland and the Cowntysse, Sir Thomas
Manners and his Lady, Sir Gervas Clyfton and his Ladie,
Sir Anthony Strelley and his Ladie, with dyvers other
gentlemen, with their retynew, to the number of six score
persons, dyned at the new howse, where was spente at my
Mr.'s charges as followeth " [a total of 31. 8s. 4d.].

" The xviij"" of November. Mr. Percy vail Wyllughby came
to Wollaton, my Mr. being at Notingham with my Lord, and
there was spente for him and his twoo men, viz. : inprimis a
quarter of mutton, IGd. ; for a peece of beife, 8d. ; for butter,
6d. ; for bread, 6d. ; for his supper the firste nighte, which
was sente for to Ellen Radfordes, 8d."

" The ix*" of December. My Lorde of Rutland, Mr. Roberte
Markham, and Mr. Fraunces Leeke of Sutton dyned with my
Mr. at the new howse : butter, 2s. 6d. ; egges, 20d. ; veale,
2s. 8d. ; sn5rpes, 6, 12^^. ; suger. Hi., 20d. ; , currauntes. Hi.,
5d. ; mace, 1 oz., lOd., breade for the Halle, 4s. ; breade
for the kytchin to grate, 4d. ; Reynyshe wyne, 1 bottle, 18d.
Sunvma : 16s. Id."

December 12. " From this day untill the Monday follow-
ing 4 westerne men contynued at Wollaton with my Mr. in
dyet at the Chauntrey. To supper came Mr. Percyvalle
Wyllughby, whoe stayed tyll Friday following."

December 14. " Mr. Reppington came with twoo men."

December 17. " Mr. Roberte Spencer with twoo men, and
stayed tyll Twisday breakefaste."

" Upon Christmas day in the morning my Mr. wente to
my Lordes to Notingham, and there stayed tyll St. Steven's
day after djmner."

December 30. " This weeke on Saterday the Earle of
Rutland dyned with my Mr. at the Chawntrey, with eighte
of his men. And three boonours working with their drawghtes
at the pooles from Monday tyll Satterday following had theire
meate and drincke at the Chawntrey of my Mr.'s fyndyng."

1588.

January 6. " This weeke Mr. Gybbons, Mr. Lysle, and
Mr. Percyvalle Wyllughby contynued with my Mr. from
Monday at supper untyll Thursday breakefaste. And twoo

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boonours working with their draughtes at the pooles all the
weeke longe weare founde with the howshold charges."

January 13. "This weeke on Wednesday the Earle of
Rut[land], attended on with six men, dyned with my Mr. at
the Chawntrey."

January 27. " This weeke on Saterday the Earle of Rut-
l[and] came and dyned with my Mr. at the Chawntrey with
fyve men."

February 3. "This weeke, on Friday the ix'" of Feb-
ruary, my Mr. wente to Allthrop to Mr. Spencer, where he
oontjmewed the tyme of his coomyng home agayne until!
Sonday the xviij** of the same moneth, and then supped
at the Chawntrey."

April 6. " This weeke my Mr. oawsed all which weare at
borde wages to be called into the howse, and so beganne to
keepe howse at the Chawntrey."

April 13. " This weeke on Monday came to supper Sir
George Hastinges, and stayed all nighte, with fowre men,
and dyned the nexte daye, and so departed. The same nighte
also came Mr. Reppington with twoo men, and stayed heere
till Saterday following. This weeke allso there wroughte at
the poles moste parte of the weeke some tymes xx"*, some-
tymes xxx*''= persons, and more or lesse, which had their'
dynners every day at my Mr.'s charges, and some of theim
their suppers also. Besides comers and goers.

jMay 4. " This weeke Mr. Lysle and Mr. Gibbons and
Mr. Percyvalle Willughby stayed heere twoo dayes, with
poolers and coomers and goers."

May 11. "This weeke Mr. Rafe Sacheverell stayed heere
from Twysday at dynner untyll Friday at dynner following,
besides poolers and coomers and goers."

June 1. "This [weeke] there weare many workemen at the
pooles founde at my Mr. his charges, bysydes many coomer[s]
and goers."

June 8. " This weeke also there weare dyvers workemen
at the pooles founde at my Mr.'s charges."

June 18. " This weeke Bradmyre men booned all the
weeke longe, beinge xx"* persons with x. draughtes, at leading
kyddes [^faggots] and meanure."

June 22. " Muske, 2 granes, 8d. ; bowes and rushes,
16d." " This weeke on Sonday, beinge xvj"" of this instant,
the Archebysshop of Yorke, Sir Thomas Manners, Mr. Ed.
Stanhope, and dyvers other gent, with thir retynew dyned
with my. Mr. at Thurland Howse at Notingham. With many
coomers and goers."

June 29. " This weeke Mr. Rafe SachevereU lay at Wol-
laton from Saterday after dynner tyll Thursday breakfaste
following, with ij. men, and there weare then dyvers coomers
and goers."

July 6. " This weeke my Mr. rydd into War[wyk]3hier on
Twysday after dynner. And there weare boone carriages

458

from Bradiii5rre v. dayes in this weeke, viz., xriij. persons,
and one car[riage] from Dunsby which brought wallnutree,
viz. iij. persons."

July 20. "This weeke upon Monday, being the xv"" of
this instant, my Mr. came home forth' of Warr[wyk]shier."

August 3. " This weeke on Monday Mr. Zowche, Mr. Phillip
Strelley, and the other young gent, dyned with my Mr., and
on Saterday at dynner came Mr. Roberte Spencer, and Mr.
Roberte WyUughby with v. men, and at supper Mr. Per.
Wyllughby and his brother Edward with iij. men."

August 17. " Upon Monday this weeke after breakefaste
Mr. Spencer, Mr. Perc. Wyllughby and Mr. Edward Wyllughby
wente awaye."

August 24. " This weeke on Friday Sir Thomas Manners
and his Ladie, twoo of their daughters, Sir Anthony Strelley,
Mr. Phillip Strelley, Mr. John Samon, Mr. Ogle, Mr. Sam.
Mason dyned with my Mr. at the olde howse, and there weare
of serving men and others v. messe in the Halle."

September 8. " This weeke upon Twysday my Mr. ryd
after dynner to Loughborow to Sir George Hastinges, and
came home on Thursday to supper. Mr. Powtrell dyned at
the Chawntrey on Saterday with twoo men."

September 14. " Mr. Rafe Sacheverell came hither this
weeke, on Thursday at dynner, and stayed tyll Saterday
breakefaste, Sir George Ghaworth, Mr. Zowche, Mr. Phillip
Strelley, etc., with iiij. messe in the hall supped at the olde
howse on Friday nighte. Mr. Hen. Wyllughby came on
Friday at dynner with ij. men. BaUe and iiij. Yrysh men, etc."

September 28. " This weeke upon Mondaye my Mr. wente
into Warr[wykshier] abowte a commission betweene him and
Mr. Tho. Brasbridge, and tooke but three howshold men with
him ; the rest contynued in commons."

October 5. " Gunnepowder for Jo. Gunner, IK., I8d."
"This weeke on Twysday to supper my Mr. retourned owte
of Warr[wyk]shier, and Sir George Hastinges, Mr. Edward
Hastinges, his sonne, and Mr. Palmer came the same nighte
to supper with sixe men, and contynued heere tyll Thursday
after dynner."

October 13. " This weeke upon Monday John Burrowes
mariage djoiner was kepte at the old halle; and twoo messe
of meate fuUy furnished at my Mr.'s table, besides other
extraordinarie men weare at niy Mr.'s charges."

October 19. "This weeke upon Monday Mr.- Roberte
Markham and two of his soonnes, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Fenton,
and Mr. Sturton supped with my Mr. at the Chawntrey, and
dyned there upon Twysday, and had with them x. men."

October 26. " This weeke upon Monday at nighte came
Mr. Per. WyUughby with ij. men, and Mr. Robert Wyllughby
with j. man. Mr. Roberte Wyllughbye stayed tyll Fryday,
Mr. Percy valle tyll Saterday."

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November 2. " This weeke my Mr. lay at Notingham from
Monday supper tyll Thursday supper, by reason of certeyne
bwysines with the receavour at the audit."

November 9. " This weeke upon Friday after dynner
worde was broughte that Su- George Hastinges and Mr. Agar
wolde have supped with my Mr. that nighte ; for whom
provision was made, but they came not."

November 23. " This weeke Sir Geo. Hastinges came to
WoUaton on Monday to supp, with v. men, and stayed tyll
Thursday d3mner. Mr. Percyvall Wyllughby, Mr. Raffe
SachevereU, etc."

The last account is December 14. 205

1591. — Extracts from book of extraordinary payments
at WoUaton, giving weekly accounts of boardwages, wages
of " hyneservauntes," husbandry charges, expense of " ode "
[=woad] culture, washing, etc.

May 8. "To Richard Gamble and his fellow for gettinge
60 ell of stonne at Lenton Abbie^ at 3d. the ell, xvs."

May 15. " Item to Luke Gonastonne rydinge charges for
carienge a letter to Mr. Robert Markham at Newarke, xiijd.
Item to John Calver ridinge charges for goinge to Mansfeld
for Mr. Band, xijc?.

May 22. " Item to Mr. HoUingworth for ridinge charges
from London, vijs. ixd."

June 19. " Item to WiUiam Rhodes for thackinge at the
Odehouse [=:Woad-house], vj. dayes at viijd. the day, iiijs.
Item to Agnes Burrowes for servinge the thacker at the Oade
house 6 dayes at 4d. the day, ijs."

September 18. " Item for 109 burden of hard rushes at
]d. the burden ut per hillam, ixs. jd."

October 16. " Item to Robert Hill for emptieynge the said
lime Idllne one day, xd. Item paid to v. women for the like
worke one daye a peece at M., xvd."

October 30. " Item to [John] Mosse and 3 of his fellowes
for pressinge crabbes one daye at &d. a piece, ijs."

December 4. " Item paid to Boardman's wife for pickinge
crabbes for verges [ = verjuice] 4 dayes at M. the day, xijc?."
[The like to six other women for the same time.]

December 25. " Item paid for bringinge letters from
London, vjd." 205

1596. — Book of accounts bound in two leaves of a fifteenth
century service book, entitled " The booke of reconing
[beginning at the Annunciation] of Cure Lady, for one
[year] . . and other necessarye ch[ardges] " on the

first page, part of which is torn away. It contains engrossed
headings of the various classes of expenditure, but very few
entries have been made. The entries are evidently in the

1 There are many similar entries relating to stone from Lenton Abbey.

460

handwriting of Sir Percival Willoughby, for at fo. 15 he refers
to Bore Place [co. Kent] as "my parke." On fo. 11 is an
entry "for 3 payres of specktackells, iijs." In 1671-2 the
book was used as a rough account book owing to the great
amount of blank paper it contained. 205.

1596, October 18, to September, 1600. — Book of receipts
and payments at WoUaton, containing numerous payments
for removing earth about the New Hall (at Wollaton) and
works and fittings at the same, and household accounts.

1597, December 25. — " Provition spent at Mydlton from
Cresmas even to the Sundaye aftar Twelfe daye, beinge the
8 of January, viz. :

Inprimis, in wheatt 2 quarters 1 stryke at 10s.

the strycke, 9 stryckee for manchet and 8 for the

pastrie and for bread to gratte 810 0

Item, in corne for houshold 3 quar. 4 str. at 9s.

the str 12 12 0

Item, in mault 46 str. at 7s. the strycke (beere

27 hogge[sheads] dim.) ". 16 2 0

Item, in beefle 7 carkes [^carcases] at 3li. 10s.

a pece, reserving the hiddes 2410 0

Item in motton 22 carkes and 4 joyntes at

8s. Qd. a carkes, reserving the skennes 9 12 0

Item, in porke 2 carkes at 16s. a pece . . . . 1 12 0

Item, in geese 39 at IQd. a pece 2 12 0

Item, in venson 6 dooes at 6s. 8d. a pece . . 1 18 0

Item, one gootte 0 10 0

Item, in rabettes 57 cople at 8d. a cople. . . . 1 18 0

Item, in branne by estimation 3 0 0

Item, in great lenge j. cople di. [=half] at 7s.

a cople 0 10 6

Item, in mydleinge lenge 8 cople at 3s. a cople 14 0
Item, in Habbardine [a sort of stockfish] xij.

cople at 14c^. a cople 0 16 4

Item, fatt capones 5 at 3s. id. a pece . . . . 0 16 8

Item, 3 capones of a second sort at 25. a pece 0 6 0

Item, poUettes 8 at 6d. a pece 0 4 0

86 13 6

Item rabettes 11 cople at lid. a cople .. .. 0 10 1

Item, in veale 4 carkes 3 quar. «,t severall pryses 2 12 0

Item, in egges 0 10 8

Item, in snipes 3 dossen and 1 0 snipes at sevrall

prises 072

Item, woodcockes 4 at sevrall pryses . . . . 0 1 10

Item, partrcchs 2 0 10

Item, in burdes 2 dosen and 5 burdes at sevrall

prises 012

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Item, scatt [=skate], place, and a pycke . . 0 2 0
In oystares 2 hundred 020

4 7 11

Item, veale 3 quart 090

Item, capones 12 at 6d. a pece 0 6 0

In poUettes 7 at 4d. a pece 0 2 4

In woodcockes 14 at id. a pece .. 0 4 8

1 2
Summa totallis : 92li. 3s. 5d.

For twoe suger loaves, th'one at xvd. the pound,
th'other at xiijd xxxijs. yjd.

For currance xxxZj xs.

For reasons xxxK xs.

For nutmegges ]li. vs.

For pepper iiijZt xviijs.

For mace, quarter of a pound iijs. v]d.

For cloves dim. pound iijs. vjrf.

For synament [= cinnamon] dim. pound.. .. iijs. iiijrf.

For prunes xxxK vijs. v]d.

For a tierce of claret wine and a rundlet of
sack vjZi.

For a kegg of sturgion xiiijs. vjrf.

Summa totallis : x]li. vijs. xd.

1397, December 19.—" Bought of Mr. Strelley, the gould-
smith, one white basoun and ewer of silver, wayinge 88oz.
dim. and quarter dim., after the rate of vs. vjcZ. the oz., which
cometh to xxiiijK. vijs. iiijd. : whereof paid xxli." 205

1598, April to March. — Day-book of receipts and expen-
diture of food.

August 18. "My Lord B[a]rtt]ett, Mr. Devres, and Mr.
Townesend came to super with xij. men, and bracke ther
faste." 205

1599, August to December. — Book of weekly payments for
food, etc. 205

1599-1600. — Day-book of receipts and expenditure of food.

August 12. "Many nigbores [sic] that came to see my
mistress dyned hear this day."

August 13. " XXX. W3rves of Wollaton that came to see
my mistres dyned hear this day."

August 14. "Mr. Robert Willughby and his wyfe came to
Wollaton one Fryday with my mistres, and went away this
day aftar breckefaste, attended with iiij. persones. Mr. Roger

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Mannares, Mr. Sterley [Strelley], Mr. Parpoynt, Mr. John
Berron [Byron], and many other gentelmen came to rem[ain],
attended with 40 persons."

August 15. "Mr. Roger Mannares and the reste of his
company went away this day aftar dener."

August 16. " Mres. Lyl [lisle] came to Wollarton with my
mistres, and went away this day aftar denner, with vj . persones
attendinge."

August 17. " Mr. Theenne [Thynne] and Mr. Pegett went
away after breckefast, with ij. men."

August 17. " Mr. Repington, Mr. Bothe, and yonge Mr.
Colmor came to super this night, with iiij. persones attend-
inge."

August 19. "Mr. Meare [Mayor] of Notingham and his
wyfe and viij. persons with them dyned. Mr. Bothe, Mr.
Colmor went away this day aftar dener."

August 20. " xiiij. wyves of Cossall cam to see my mistres,
and dyned hear this d[a]ye. Mr. Bothe and Mr. Colmor came
to super this night, and Mres. Lyl with them."

August 22. "Mres. Lyl, Mr. Repington, Mr. Bothe and
Mr. Colmor went away aftar breckefast«, with ix. persons
attendinge. Mr. Sowcheverell [Sacheverell] came to dener
with one man."

August 23. "Mr. Willughby of Reslie [Risley] and Mr.
Dyn' hear, with iiij. persons attendinge."

August 24. " Mr. Hurtt, Mr. Freman, Mr. Greves, Mr.
Tomlenson, Mr. Hyll, and ther wyves dyned hear."

August 26. " Mr. Sturle [Strelley] and Mr. Walker dyned
hear, with iij. persons attendinge."

August 27. " Yonge Mr. Willughby, Mr. Poudrell [Poutrell]
and Mr. Smyth dj^ned hear with vj. persons attendinge."

August 31. "The erlle of Ruttlande, Mr. Chaworth, Mr.
Vavaser, Mr. Aske, Mr. Askew, Mr. Sterle [Strelley], and
many other gentelmen came to denner with Ixx. persones
attendinge."

September 3. " My mistres towardes Mydelton, with Mres.
Wennefrett and Mres. AbegaJl, aftar breckefaste with [blank]."

September 7. " Mr. Jackson of Nottingham, Mr. Dark-
nolle, Mr. Ogle, Mr. Hill, Mr. Greves, Wm. Hinde dyned here,
with iiij. strangers in the hall."

September 8. " This night to supper came Mr. Colmer
of Leicester and his sonne, Mr. Booth, Mr. Orton, Mr. Smith,
with iiij. persons attendinge."

September 13. "Mr. Colmor and his sonne, Mr. Bothe,
Mr. Orton, and Mr. Smyth wente away aftar breckefaste."

September 20. " My mistres came to WoUatton to super."

September 21. " Mr. Sowcheverell, Mr. Henrie Willughby,
Mr. Aldxege, came to denner with ij. men."

September 24. " xvj. tennantes of Willughby came to
denner."

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September 25. " Mr. Perckines and his wyfe came to
denner with iiij. persons attending."

September 26. " Mr. Colmor came yestar night to super
and went away aftar breckfaste. Mr. Dartnall and Mr. Hanley
came to dener."

September 27. " Mr. Perpoynt and Mr. Willughby of
Rusley came to denner, with x. persones."

September 30. " Mr. Henrie Willughby came to super,
with j. man."

October 1. " Mr. Repington came to super with 2 men."

October 3. " Mr. Reptington [sic] and Mr. Henre Wil-
lughby went away aftar breckefaste."

October 4. " Mr. Repingeton and Mr. Henre Willughby
and his daughter came to super with iij. men. Mr. Hurtt
and Mr. Hacker came to denner."

October 5. " Mres. Jackson and her daughter of Notting-
ham, William Hind and his wyfe and Mres. Gresbrocke came
to dener."

October 7. " My Lord of Darbe's pleares and many cuntre
pepell came to dener."

December 27. " The tenauntes of Cossall dined here."

1600, March 2. " The judges dined." 205

1603, June 21. — " A bill or note of the particuler charges
and paymentes disbursed for or aboutes the provision at
WoUaton for the Queene's presence there, 21 Junii, anno regni
■ Jacobi Begis, etc., primo, 1603, videlicet :

Paymentes of masons' and laborers' wages.

[William Hall is paid lOd. a day for 9 days, his man 8d.
a day for 7 days, three masons are paid 12d. a day for 9 days,
and their three men 8d. a day for the same period. Twenty-
six labourers are paid 6d. a day for 169 days in all. Six
" colliers sent by Mr. Beamond " receive 8d. a day each
for 33 days in all. There are other charges for labourers at
6d. a day. Total lOli. 2s. lid.]

Paymentes to Carpenters for wages.

[Five are paid 12d. a day each for 40 days in all, two are
paid lOd. a day for 7 days each, four are paid 8d. a day each
18 days in all.* Other payments for sawyers, I2d. and 18d.
a day for a pair of sawyers, felling trees, etc., bring up the
total to 5li. 2s. id.]

Paynters' hill, etc.

For 2 dozen of knobbs for bed hangings . . . . xij<i.

For 2 bookes of gold for guilding . . . . vjs. \\\]d.

For one booke of guilding silver xxd.

For painting rollers xijci.

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For 3 daies work, viz., guilding bedd knobbs, a
caneby knob, and guilding and painting baked

meates ijs.

Sum of the bill, xijs. iiijrf.

Provision bought at Nottingham by William Hynde, etc.

Fowre hogsheades of beere at 8s. the hogs-

heade xxxijs.

Eight loomes of ale at 2s. the loome . . . . xvjs.

For carriage of 2 of them viijc?.

For 6 dozen of spoones vjs.

For 3 dozen of glasses vs.

For 4 poundes of pepper xijs.

Sixe gallons of viniger at ijs. iiijti. the gallon xiiijs.

Eight greene fishes vjs. ajd.

Sixe capons vijs. m]d.

One dosen of chickins iijs.

Fowre pigges vjs. iiijd.

One quarte of oyle xxd.

Seaven poundes of chalke ujd.

Twoe poundes of CaUe [= Calais] sande . . . . i]d.

Swane quills iiijd.

To a mesenger for going to Worsope . . . . ijs.

For carr[y]ing 4 pigges i]d.

Fowre quiers of paper xv]d.

Twoe poundes of wyer xvjrf.

Three yardes of rybaning v]d.

Three skenes of sUke iijd.

Fowre poundes of sope xm]d.

One hundred of white pins xi]d.

For helping to lode bedding i]d.

Fore boulting clothe xx]d.

Three yardes of russet ribaning ixd.

Three yardes of white tinsell rybaning . . . . iijd!.

Twoe combrushes iijd.

For carriage of creme and flowers ijd.

Fowre yardes of boulting clothe iijs. iiijd.

FoAvre yardes of course boulting clothe . . . . ijs.

Fowre quieres of paper xvjd.

Sum total : vjK. viijs. ixd.
[The rest of the book appears to be an ordinary house-
hold account for the year.] 205

There are in addition many household accounts of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and numerous accounts
of receipts and expenditure in connexion with agriculture in
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

465

Inventories op Household Goods, etc.

1355, July 20.— Inventory of goods and chattels of Sir
Baldwin, de FryviUe.

Ceux sount lez benz et lez chatels queux Monsieur Baudewyn
de FryvO ad done a Monsieur John' de Clynton, Monsieur
Fouke de Burmyncham, et Sire Baudewyn de Whyteneye,
den de Tomworthe, c'est a savoir Luyndy [sic] en la feste
de Seynt Margarete, en Pan de roy Edward Terce apres le
Conqueste xxix.

Ces furront les choses, c'est a savoir y]^Hi. en perles. Item
une cercle d'or ov nok.tt (?) et rubyes, pris Ixli. Item j. cercle
d'or ov rubies et emeraudes, pris xlK. Item j. autre cercle
d'or ov rubyes et emeraudes, pris xxxli. Item j. cercle
d'or ov rubies et emeraudes, pris xxli. Item j. cercle
d'or et de perre ov lupards, pris xxli. Item j. cercle
d'or et de perre, pris xli. Item j. cercle d'or et de perre, pris
xli. Item j. corowne d'or et de perre, pris xxxfo". Item j.
nouche d'or et de perre, pris xxxli. Item ij. nouches d'or et
de perre, pris x. marcs. Item ij. anels d'or et de perre, pris
C5. Item ij. pejrres de pater nostres de get ov gaudes de
rubie et de perles, pris cs. Item j. botoner de roses, pris
xls. Item j. botoner de wodewoses [:= elves, fauns, from
A.S. umdu-wdsa], pris cs. Item j. botouner de muge
[^ nutmeg, 0. French muge], pris x marcs. Item j. botoner
d'esteyles d'err', pris cs. Item j. botoner d'err' et de perles,
pris X. marcs.

Summa : iiijc. xijK.

Item j. lyt enter, ov lez curtyns palez, pris cs. Item, j.
lyt enter, j. sarch', iiij. tapyts d'oysels, et j. dim. seel, ov lez
rydels de rouge sendal, pris xxli. Item j. coverteur de gris,
pris cs. Item j. quylte poynte de sendal pale d'Ynde et de
jawne, pris xli. Item j. lyt pale ov j. sarge et iiij. tapyts
et j. dim. celur', pris cs. Item ij. lytes rouges enters, sarges
et tapyts, pris Ixs. Item j. lyt vert ov rydel, pris xls. Item
ij. lytz ov house et tapitz pur esquyers, pris Is. Item xvj.
lytz ov materass, pris xvjli. Item j. sel pour lez justes, ij.
helmes, j. escu, ij. meyne-de-fers, ov tous manner' autres
hemeys apurtenantz, pris xli.

Summa : IxxviijZt. xs.

Item en naperye, c'est a savoir xj. napes pur la haute table,
ov vij. longe towayUes et viij. courte towaylles et v. savenapes,
pris xi]li. Item vj. napes de drap longe, pris xxs.

Summa : xiijZt.
Item iij. corsetes furres de menyver, ov lez cotes de la sute,
pris xxli. Item en iiij. cotes furres de menyver, pris xx.
marcs. Item chaperounz ov rubans, pris iiij^j. Item ij. seeles
pur ma dame, pris xls.

Summa : xxxijli. xiijs. iiijcZ.
Item vj. esqueles, vj. sauters, et ij. chargours d'argent,
pris xxli. Item ij. bacynz, ij. ewers, et ij. potes d'argent.
pris xxli. Item iiij. holies ov lez covercles d'argent, pris xli.

M,go

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Item X. peces et j. ewer d'argent, pris xj. marcs et dim. Item
j. ewer d'orr, pris xls. Item j. coupe d'argent, ov le covercle,
pris xls. Item xiij. quylers d'argent et j. d'orr, pris xx«.
Summa : IxijK. xiijs. iiijc?.
[An inventory of the cattle in the manors of Waltones,
Middiltone [co. Warwick], Crownest [co. Worcester], World-
ende [co. Hereford], and Feme [co. Hereford], follows.] 24

1488[-9], March 12.— A roU about 11 feet long entitled "This
is the inventory of all the goodes and cateUys of John Alfegh,
Squyre, of Chedyngstone in the Counte of Kent, praysed by
WyUiam Maryner and Symon Hogan, cytezens of London
and praysers to the moste Reverende Fader in God John,
Archebysshop of Canterbury, the xij. day of Marche, the
XX yere of our Lorde Godm'cccciiij'^^viii, and in the iiij** yere
of the reign of Kyng Henry the VlJth."

A few extracts, representing every heading, are here given
from this interesting inventory.

" In the Hall.

In primis iiij. costeryngez [= curtains] of rede

say, price viijs.

Item ij. blakke bylles viijd.

Summa : viijs. viijc?.

In the Parlour.

Item a foldyng table of Englysshe makyng,

price vs.

Item iiij. cheyres turned, febyll', xi]d.

Item a peyer of pleying tables vd.

Item ij. carpettes, sore worne xijs.

In the Newe Chamber above.

Item iij. costeryngez of rede say bastard steyned,
with a border of scriptures, price xiijs. iiijd.

Item a sperver [= hangings of the tester of a
bed] of lawne party blewe and murrey, price . . xiijs. iii}d.

Item an olde counterpoynte of tappystery with
a man in harnes, febyll, price vijs. viijd.

In the withdraught [:= closet] next the same chamber.
Item a seler [= canopy of a bed] and tester
bastard steyned with a flouredelyse ijs. '\\i\d.

In the Newe Chamber beneth.

Item a sperver bastard steyned and vij. coster-
ynges bastard, steyned with vyndez [= vines],
fesauntes, and popynyayes, with the cope of the
sperver of boorde Alisaunder^ xiijs. iii}d.

Item a blewe coverlyd with white workes of
Norwyche makyng, brokyn Y]d.

Item a chamber basen of peuter vjd.

i

striped silk. See New English Dictionary, a. v.' Bord Alexander.'

467

In the withdraught to the Newe Chamber.

Item a brokyn perlyng^ yd.

Item iiij. olde cusshyns of boorde Alisaunder
with a banker f= bench-covering] viijci.

In the Entre next the withdraught.
Item vj. costerynges of blakke say, brokyn .. xxij^i.

In the Warderope.

Item a flatte cheste joyned, price .. .. xxd.

Item vj. skeynes of lynyn yarne . . . . ij,?, Y]d.

Item i]li. wyke-yarne for candell' yd.

Item an olde clothe with Seynt John the Bap-
tyst steyiied viijc?.

Item iij. peyer of brekynders [= brigandines]
covered with fustyan xiijs. m]d.

Item a bycokett^ and a salet with a veser
[=visor] yd.

Item a peyer of splentes [= laminated armour] xvjd.

Item a peyer of slevys, j. peyer of gussettes, ij.
standerdes, and ij. -flankerdes^ of mayle . . . . vjs. yn]d.

Item an olde cote of fens [= fence, defence] and
a cusshyn for a pelyon [= pillion] ij,s.

Gownes, with other weryng stuffe.

Item j. gowne of russett furred with olde mar-
ternys,* price xxiijs. iiijcZ.

Item j. tawny gowne furred with foxe . . . . vijs.

Item a vyolet gowne furred with white bugge^ viijs.

Item a Musterdyvelys^ gowne furre with hlaSke
lambe xs.

Item a shorte gowne of Musterdyvelys lynyd
with blakke wollyn iiijs.

Item a shorte gowne of blewe lynyd with blakke
wollyn iiijs. uijd.

Item a shorte blakke gowne lynyd with blakke
woUen ijs. y]d.

Item a dim. gowne of grene lyned with blakke
wollen ijs. yii]d.

Item a blewe raye gowne furred with white
lambe, febyll vs. in]d.

Item a dowbelet of tawny damaske xiijs. iiijti.

Item a doubelet of blakke saten, sore worne . . vs.

Item a doubelet of blakke say ijs. iii]d.

Item ij. peyer of blakke hosen ijs. v]d.

1 Cf. ' pearling ' in New English Dictionary.

2 A peaked cap. See New English Dictionary, a.v. ' Hycoket.'

' Armour for the thigh or for the protection of a horse's flanks. See
New English Dictionary, s.v. ' Flancard. '
* Marten-skins.

5 " Budge," a fur made of lambskin with the wool dressed on the outside.

6 Cloth deriving its name from Montivilliers, formerly Mouster Villers, in
Nonnaudy (Seine-Infirieure).

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The Chamber over the Parlour.

Item a Ijrtell ship' cheste, febyll' viijti.

Item ij. cusshyns of tappystery with dim.

connyes Yn]d.

Item ij . olde trussyng cof ers xc?.

Item an awnderne [= andiron] and a ijre

forke ^^}d.

Item a water chafer of brasse xxijd.

In the withdraught to the same Chamber.
Item a coverlydde of Gaunte [= Ghent] makyng,
febyll' xiiij(i.

In the Chamber over the Botery.
Item V. olde cusshyns, the one syde covered

with lether, febyll xijd.

Item an olde russet mantell, motheten . . . . xvj(i.

Item an old Normandy byll 'm^d.

In the withdraught to the same Chamber.
Item a coverlydde of Gaunte makyng, brokyn viij<^.

Item a flatte cheste corved [sic) x<7.

In the Chamber next the ChapeW.

Item an olde cote of fense xxd.

Item an old batell-axe iiijd.

In the Chapeir.

Item ij. auter clothes of steyned worke . . . . xxrf.

Item ij . other auter clothes of tarturne paled and

leyed with double W ys.

Item a vestemente of grene ragmersshe^ with

the imperour vjs. viijd.

Item ij. curteynes of rede bokeram vjd.

Item a coi'poras of blakke clothe of tyssue . . ijs.

Item an other corporas of blewe sylke . . . . v]d.

Item ij. pryket candelstykes of laten . . . . XY]d.

Item a pej^er of cruettes of layed metell and a

sauns bell of laten vjcZ.

Item a holy water stopell' of laten xi]d.

Item a lytell flatte cheste iiijd.

Item a lytell tabelet of golde nedyll' worke . . vs. iiijrf.

Item ij. pax bredes i]d.

Item ij. lytell towelles iiijd.

In the pardose over the ChapeW.
Item ij. olde clothes bastard steyned . . . . xiiijrt!.

I A kind of cloth, See N(W English Dictionary, a.v, 'Bagraas. '

469

In the Freres Chamber.

Item an olde peynted clothe iijd.

Item ij. olde materes, i. peyer of blankettes, a
coverlydde, an [sic) dagswayne [= coverlet], an
{sic) bolster, and a pelowe V5.

In Wyharnys Chamber.
Item an olde materes and a bolster, a coveryng
of rede wollen, a dagswayne, a syler, and a tester
of blewe carde vjs.

In the Bedemannys Chamber.
Item an olde materes, a peyer of blankettes, and
an olde coverlydde of Yorke makyng xxci.

In the Laborers' Chamber.

Item a syler and tester of grene bokeram, a grene
coverlydde with white workes, j. Adam bell', a
rnateres and a bolster vs. v]d.

Item a lanterne vjrf.

In the Spynnyng Chamber.

Item a jakke covered with white fustyan . . iijs. iiijc?.

Item a styllitory of lede xxd.

Item a candell' molde yjd.

In the Chamber over the Stable.

Item ij. materes, ij. bolsters, ij. brokyn cover-
lyddes and an olde canvas cloth iijs. iiijrf.

In the Poorche Chamber.

Item a dim. seler of rede say and a hachement

steyned vj^i.

Item a ship' cheste with the marke of ij. . . iiijs. vii]d.

Item an other ship' cheste with the marke

of iij iijs. injd.

Item a flatte cheste . . . . xvjd.

Item a dim. lib. of coten yarne iiij<i.

Shetys.
Item a hede shete with the marke of ij . . . . iiijs. iiijrf,

Pleyne Clothes.

Item X. boorde clothes pleyne with the marke

of j xiijs. iiijrf.

Item ix. course table clothes with the marke

of ij vjb'. vn]d.

Item viij. napkyns pleyne with double milyngez xvjc^.

Item X. napkyns pleyne with sengle milyngez xijr?.

Item iij. ewry towelles xiiijci.

Item viij. course rollers xviijrf.

Item V. lytell hande towelles vjcZ.

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Dyaper Napry.

Item ij. of borde clothe of dyaper with the

marke of j xxvjs. viijci.

Item a towell of dyaper with the marke of j. iiijs. iiijd.
Item iiij. liteU napkyns of dyaper, febyll . . v]d.

In the Kechyn.

Item a brasse potte of Boleyne [= Boulogne]

fashon with the marke of iij. vs.

Item a frewter^ chafer of brasse ijs. \\d.

Item a lytell chafer withe a stele [= handle].. xiiijci.

Item a large skelet with a stele, febyll' . . . . vjd.

Item a water chafer of brasse ijs.

Item ij. cawdernys [^caldrons] unbounde . .xxiiij.s.
Item a full [■= set] of ketelles of brasse, brokyn . . xxd.

Item a ladyll and a skemer [=scummer] febyll yd.

Item a colender of laten xijd.

Item ij. drepyng pannys of ierne xijrf.

Stuff e of ierne in the Kechyn.

Item iij. trevettes of ierne va.

Item iij. gredeiernys, broke and hole . . . . xiiijd.

Item a peyer of rakkes of ierne vjs.

Item a peyer of cobbeiernys xiiijd.

Item a pott hangle, ij. pot rakkes, and iij. peyer
pot-hokys, a peyer of handyll hokys, and a flesshe
hoke ijs. Y\d.

Item iij. standerde spjrttes and iij. lyteU spyttes . . viijs. iiijd.

Item a water laver of laten xijd.

Item a lytell musterd querne xijd.

Item a brede grate [= grater] and a pepyr
querne ijd.

Pewter.
Item a garnysshe lakkyng a charger, poiz

IxiiijK. xvjs.

Item a sa,use boteU of ley^ [= pewter] metell' ijd.

In the Chamber over the Larder.

Item iij. large woUen combys iijs. iiijd.

Item vj. hachellys [instruments for combing
flax] grete and smale iijs. iiijd.

Item a pryket candelstykke, with ij. nosez, and
viij. other candelstykkes of dy verse soortes, grete
and smale . . . . iijs. iiijd.

Item in flexe unwrought ijs.

Item iij. barelles, a basket, ij. pannyers, withe
other lumber xijd.

Item a hangyng almery in the larder, with other
lumber viijd.

1 A fruit-dish (Old French /ruiiier).

2 See New English Dictionary, s.v. ' Lay, eb. 6.'

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In the Brewe House.

Item a masshe fatt, iiij. yelyng^ tubbys, viij.
kymlynnes,2 xiij. ale stondys, vj. payles, and iij.
corne trayes _ xxs.

In the Maltehouse and in the Yarde.

Item a pype, iiij. tubbys, ij. cowlys, withe other
l^^iber jij5_ iiij^

In the lofte over the Maltehouse.

Item xij. lib. of roughe hempe xijci.

Item a lytell dragge-net and an olde shove-
^^^ \s. m]d.

In the Botery.

Item ij. candelstykkys of laten of the newe
tume jj5

Item ij. bell candelstykkys xyjd.

Item ij. gyspynnes [leathern pots or cups] of
lether ^^

Item ij. karvyng knyves with white haftes . . iijs. iiijd.
Item a wode knyfe and a bokeler sworde . . vjs. viijd.

Plate with other Jewellys.

Item a paxbrede graven with a crucifix, Mary
and John, dim. gylte, pond. iij. ounz dim. et dim.
quarter, le ounz iijs. vd xijs. m]d. oh. quad.

Item a Paryse boU, with a cover chased codde
rounde parcell gylte, pond. xvij. ounz and iij.
quart., le ounz iijs. i^d . . Ivjs. i\d. oh.

Item xxij. sylver sponys with cutte endys,
pond. xxj. ounz and iij. qvnrt., le ounz iijs. ]d. n]U. vijs. oh. quad.

Item ij. sponys withe dyamonde poyntes, po'nd.
j. ounz, quart, and dim., le ounz iijs. \d. iiijs. \\d. oh. quad.

Item a basen and an ewer parceU gylte, chased
with a Sonne in the botome and greyved with a
skotchyn in armis of iij. borys hedes, pond. I. ounz,
iij«- iij<^ viijH. ijs. \\d.

Item a chales with a paten gylte, pond. viij.
ounz and dim. quart., le ounz iijs. \\\\d xxvijs. \d.

Item in redy money nombyrd at the tyme of the
decesse of the seyd John' Alfegh . . . . xlvjK. xs. iijd.

In Catell.
Item Ij. mylche kene [=kine, cows] olde and
yonge, le pese vjs. xyU. vjs.

1 Tubs in which the wort was left to ferment. See New English Dictionary,
8.V. 'Gyle.'

2 Small tubs. See New English Dictionary, s.v. 'Kimnel.'

472

Item XX. steris and heffords [= heifers] of iij.
yere age, le pese vs vK.

Item XX of ij jereljmgezjepese iijs. viijcZ. . . iijZ*. xiijs. iiijci.

Item XV. weyneUes/ le pece ijs. viijci xls.

Item X. yonge hogges called " shetys," le pese
xui]d xjs. viijd.

Item a white horse ambeljmg, a donne horse
trottyng, a bay horse ambelyng, olde and crokyd xxvjs. vii]d.

Item iiij. olde hakeney sadylles, with the
brydyUes vjs. viijd.

Item ij. Waynes, th'one for corne, th'other for
wode, with the tyghtez [= traces]. Item a ploughe,
with ij. sharez and ij. coultyrs, with the tyghtes.

Item iij. harowys armyd with ierne . . . .xxvjs. viijd.

Corne.
Item xij. quarters of white otys, le quarter xxd. xxs.

In the Gountyng House.

Item a caskett xiiijrf.

Item a lytyll' olde gardevyan^ xi]d.

Item viij. pursez of sylke, sore worne .. .. iijs. iiijd.

Item a hamper of wykars i]d.

In the Store House.

Item ij. axes, an hachett, ij. heggyng bylles, ij.
mattokes a shodde shelve, a donge forke of ierne,
a grjmdestone, iiij. algoris [= augers], ij. cheselles,
ij. wegges [= wedges] of ierne, a stubbe sithe,
ij. peersers, a pecheforke vs. iiijci.

Sperat [= recoverable] Dettes.

(Four items amounting to 155^ 19s. ll^d.)

Summa of all' the preysed godes, redy money and sperat
dettes : ccc. xlli. vs. i]d.

Desperate Dettes.
(Four items amounting to 19Z. 13s. 4(i.)

Dettes that the said testatour oweght atte tyme of hys decesse
[26 entries].

Item to Nicholas Castell', Richard Thorpe,
Herry Blysse, John Haveryng, Thomas Wyldebore,
Edward WeUes, Symonde Euerherst, Amy Myles,
Mergery Newbegyn, Johanna Wasnasch, servauntes
of the seid testatour, for their severall wages to
theym dewe by the testatour, to this some, iiijK. xvijs. xd.

1 Weanlings.

2 A meat-safe or » chest generally. See New English Dictionary, s.v.
' Garde -viauce.'

473

Fewnerall Exspenses.

Item paid to prestes, clerkes, ryngyng of belles,

his leystowe,^ lynnyn and woUyn cloth, brede, ale,

wyne, wexe, flessh, fyssh, spices, with other neces-

sarys, and yevyng in almese to poure people xlvjM. xijs. ob.

The probate of the testament, with all other

thynges that longeth therto vijK. xiijs. iiijd.

236.

1541, March 12. — Inventory of the goods, chattels, and
debts of Sir Edward Willoughby, knight, late of Woodlande,
CO. Dorset, including the following :

" Funerell expensis.

In primis, to the parson for his grave in the
chansell xs.

Item his W3Tidd3mg sheytte and his cheste
[= coffin], wythe a stone of marble xxs.

Item dolte [= dole] to pore men iijli.

Item for tapers of wexe xxs.

Item for torchis xs.

Item for blacke cotton of the herse xs.

Item to prestes and olarkes for masse and dirige xxs.

Item for masse pens xxd.

Summa : vijli. vjs. viijd.

Expenses at the monethes mynd.

In primis for the herrode [= herald] orderyng
the names xxs.

Item to Mr. Wryght, the kinges paynter . .x^rli.

Item to prystes and clerkes \i]li.

Item to poore men xiijK. xiijs. i\d.

Item for vestymentes borroed xxd.

Item to Rye. Goodbody for viij. torches staves xxijs.

Item payd to the same parson for tapers . . xvjs. ijci.

Item the ofiEeryng of the masses d {sic) pens vjs.

Item to Syr Vynsent to pray for the deade the
moneth ijs. vjrf.

Item the offering at Requiem masse vs.

Item to a mason fastenynge howkes and yrons xi]d.

Item to the ryngers xviijci.

Item for the blakes bowght . . . . xxxvijK. vjs. vjti.

Item the house-keping the moneth to kepe the
householde and servantes together xxyU .

Item the charges at the diner at the moneth
mynd xvZ.

Item the servantes wages, men and women xyI. xijs. xd.

Item payd to the phisition iiijZi.

Summa : cxxxijK. viijs. iijd.

1 Burial-place, grave (AS. leger-atow).

474

Ordinary charges.

In primis a letter ad colligendum xiijs. \i\]d.

Item for a proxe xvjci.

Item for the obligation xijd.

Item for the wexe iiijd.

Item costes and charges in procuryng . . . . xxs.

Item the procter's fee iijs. iiijrf.

Item the charges of the inventory xiijs. m\d.

Snmma : lijs. viij^i.'" 181 (196).

1548, June 6. — Inventory of the goods of Sir Thomas
WiUughby, knt., " oon of the kinges Justices of his Commen
Place," appraised by Walter Fuller, of Penseherste, co.
Kent, gent., and William Bogen, of the same parish, yeoman.
Long parchment roll. 205.

1549, January 4. — Inventory of goods and debts of Sir
John Willoughbye, knight, of co. Warwick, lately deceased.

188.

1549, August 30. — Book in handwriting of George Medley
containing inventory of the goods of Henry Willoughbye
esquire, taken at Myddelton. 205.

1550, October 4. — Long paper roll containing an inventory
of the goods of Henry Willoughby, esquire, of Myddleton, co.
Warwick, appraised by John Rowe, clerk, Mr. Peerse Ithell,
Master Trussell, John Hodde, and John Henlye. Appended
is " The honourments of the chapell at Mydylton with all
other thynges as hereafter foloweth, to remeyne after my
decesse unto my neyvewe Henry Wylloughby, and his heyres,"
signed " John' WiUughby." Both inventories specify much
plate, 205.

[1550.] — Inventory of furniture, etc., at WoUaton Hall in
George Medley's hand.^

Chappell Stuffe.

Item a vestment of tawnye velvet, with a crosse of greene
velvett, with the armes of the waterbudge,^ the stole and
the farman, an albe to the same, an ammys [= amice], and
a girdle.

A cope of cremoysyn and greene damaske, embrodered
wyth angells, flowerdelices and branches.

A sute [= suite] of redde sylke saye for the deacon and
subdeacon, with three albes and three ammysses, never a one
like the other, and a girdle.

An olde vestment of blacke vellvett (sic), with a crosse of
cremoysyn velvett and the water boudge upon hit, an albe and
the ammys to the same, with the stole, and fannon. One girdeU.

1 The words in square brackets are taken from another copy.

2 The Waterbouget from the Willoughby arms.

475

A sute of blacke chamblett, with a crosse of clothe of
baudekyn for priest, deacon and subdeacon, with three albes,
three ammysses, with two stoles, two fannons, and two girdles.

Item a cope of blacke sylke saye, with a border of greene
satten of Burdges [=Bruges].

[Fo. 1 verso.]

Two vestmentes of tawnye damaske with crosses of greene
damaske, with two albes, two ammysses, two stoles, two
fannons.

A vestment of tynsell [= cloth of gold], with a crosse
of greene relvett, with stole, fannon, and pares [=parure].
Item a girdell.

A vestment of dornix [cloth from Dornick, i.e. Tournay] with
a crosse of redde satten of Burdges [= Bruges] embrodered,
with albe, ammys, stole, fannon and girdell.

A vestment of white fustian with a crosse of redde saye
embrodered, with an albe, ammys, and stole.

A sute of blacke vellett (sic) with crosses of tawnye
velvett for priest, deacon, and subdeacon, and a cope of the
same, three albes, three ammysses, two stoles, thre fannons,
and two girdeUs.

A vestment of chaungable sylke with crosses of blewe satten,
embrodered with ymages, an albe, an ammys, a stole, a fannon,
and a girdle.

A vestment of cremoysyn sylke embrodered with crosses
of clothe of golde, needle worke upon hit, an albe, an ammys,
a stole, and a fannon for the same.

A frunt for an alter of blewe silke saye embrodered.

A nother of dun braunched sylke, an other longe frunt
of white dunnyshe sylke of damaske worke.

Two fruntes of paynted lynen clothe.

Two fruntes of redde and greene saye in panes lyned, and
fyve ourtens of the same saye.

A pyllowe of changeable sylke diaper that they laye upon
the alter.

[Fo. 2.]

A cope of blewe velvett braunched with lyllye pottes.

Two tunicles for deacon and subdeacon of olde cremoysyn
velvett, with goune hooles.

[A cope of whitte taffa edged with grene velvett.]

A vestment of blacke worsted with a crosse of redde saye.

A tunicle of greene sylke dornix for a subdeacon.

An olde vestement of white bustian.^

An albe and ammyss with the pares [=parures] of purple
velvett.

Sheetes.

A fyne sheete of camericke of foure breades, olde and worne,
foure yardes and haKe in lengthe.

1 A cotton fabric. See New English Dictionary.

476

A fyne sheete of three breades, olde and worne, foure
yardes and a half in lengths.

A payre of sheetes of foure breades, olde and worne, foure
yardes and a half longe.

A payre of sheetes of foure breades, olde and worne, whereof
one sheete is three yardes three quarters longe, and the other is
foure yardes and one quarter longe.

A payre of two breades and a half, olde and worne, foure
yardes longe.

Fyve payre and a halfe of course canvas sheetes of two
breades. xxij. payre and a half of two breades of the worst sort,
moche broken and woren.

[Fo. 2 verso.]

Item three course sheetes, moche worne.

Item syx pillowbeares [= pillow-cases].

^Item a peyre of olde cwurse canvas worne sheetes, ragged
and torne, delyvred after offe Shyfelde's bed.

^Item one pajrre of fyne sheetes, whereof one is ij. breades
and a halfe, iiij. yardes longe, and the other is three breades,
and that is olde and worne.

^Item ij. payre and dim. meydlynge sheetes, verye olde
and worne, of ij. breades.

^One payre of harden [^cloth made of the hards of flax or
hemp] sheetes, olde and worne.

Fustians.

One payre of fustians, whereof one is of fyve yardes in
length and off fyve breades, and the other is foure yardes
and a halfe longe and vj. breades.

One payre of fustians of three yardes longe, and one is
three breades, and the other of three and a half.

One fustian more of three breades and three yardes longe.

[Fo. 3.]
Naperye.

Diaper toweUes for the table, olde and worne, fyve ; diaper
table clothes, olde and worne, fyve ; table clothes olde ana
worne, iyve.

Table clothes olde and worne, some v. yardes longe, some
vj., some vij., some viij.— fyftene.

One newe table clothe of canvas, vij. yardes longe.

One newe table clothe of hardjTi, fyve yardes longe.

A sewinge toweU of diaper.

Table clothes, olde and worne, three.

A coverpane of diaper, olde.

Three broken coubbarde clothes and one of diaper.

Hj. harden toweles, olde and worne, and one of flaxen.

Uiij. diaper napkyns, ij. flaxen napkens, vj. pyllowe-
beares [^piUow-cases], olde and worne.

1 Added in another hand.

477

Naperie and Lynen, with other stuffe sent to my cousyv} Maister
Thomas WillougJibye at Cambridge.

First two shorte table clothes.

Two couborde clothes.

Two to Welles.

Syk napkins, wherof foure are of diaper and two playne.

Two cousshins.

Item a hanginge of paynted lynen clothe, with a border
of Susanna [a species of cloth], conteyninge xxxiij panes.

Item a coveringe for a couborde of the same, conteyninge
three panes.

\Fo. 3 verso.}
For my cousyn^ Mestres Margarett and Fraunces Willoughbye

at Tylteye. '

Two pajrre of sheetes of two breades, and one sheete of two
breades and a half.

Two coubarde clothes.

Three toweUes, wherof two longe and one shorte.

Syx playne napkins.

Two cusshins.

A quilte of dornix rayed blewe and white, lyned with
blewe buckeram.

Syr John Willoughbie's Bedde Chambre.
A tester of greene satten, with curtins of greene sarcenet,
verye olde.

A longe lowe coffer with two lyddes.

Two greate staildinge chestes.

Two payre of beUowes.

A fyer shovell.

A hammer to breake coles withall.

A payre of tongues.

A chayre with a close stole.

A coubbarde.

In the closett by the Ohymneye Syde.
A little coffer.

IFo. 4.]
In the Ghappell.
A hanginge of greene and redde saye.
Two candlestickes.
Two cruettes.

In the owter Closett.
Two longe coffers.
A coubbarde.
A heare clothe [= a strainer made of hair-cloth].

In the Garrett.
A beddesteade of bourdes.
A coffer.
A bourde.
A payre of trestells and a fourme.

1 The words ' my oousyn ' are cancelled, and ' Maister' is added.

2 The words ' my oousyn ' are cancelled, and ' Mestres ' is added.

478

[Fo. 4 verso,]
The Stone Parlour.

Two greate longe bourdes.

Sy:s. fourmes.

vj trestells.

Two narrowe longe coffers, wherin is a vestment of white
fustian, vereye olde, with albe, ammys, stole, and fannon,
and two corporaces within one case, two cruetts, a bell, a
courtyn of greene and redde saye. Item an olde toweU.

Item two olde curteyns of dornix and a tester to hit.

A hoole pece of girth webbe.

The Parlour n^xt to the Stone Parlour.

A joyned beddesteade.

A beddesteade of bourdes and a tester over hit of stayned
clothe.

A shippe coffer.

[Fo. 5.]
The Chambre next to the Dynyng Chambre,
A beddesteade.

Mestres Dracottes Chambre.

Two beddesteades.

A chayre.

A fourme. ^

A coubbarde.

The Closett in the Gallerye.
Two emptye coffers.

[Fo. 5 verso.]

My Ladye Fitzhughes Chambre.

A high beddesteade.

A trundell bedde.

A greate longe coffer with three lockes.

A coubbarde.

A chajrre.

One fourme.

A pajTe of tongues.

The Little Chambre next to hit.
A beddesteade.
An emptye shippe coffer.

The Greate Chambre.

A beddesteade of bourdes.
A foldinge table with trestells.
Poure fourmes, greate and smale.
A coubbarde.

479

[Fo. 6.]
The Inner Ghambre wiiMn that.
A beddesteade of bourdes.
A cofEer.
A peace of weynescotte by the wall.

[Fo. 6 verso.']
The Knyghtes Ghambre.

A high beddesteade.
A trundell bedde.
A longe coffer.
A coubbarde.
A testar of Arras worke.

Fyve peaces of greene saye, olde and torne, for hangynges
for the chambre.

[Fo. 5 verso.]
The nezte Chambre to hit.

Two beddesteades.

Two olde sparvers [= hangings for a bed] of greene saye,
rotten and toren.

[Fo. 7.]
The Ghambre over the Gate.

A beddesteade of bourdes.

A fetherbedde.

Two mattresses.

A payre of blanketts.

Two olde coverletts.

A hillinge [= coverlet] lyned, olde and worne.

Two bolsters, wherof one of ticke, the other of fustian,
both with f ethers.

A pillowe of fustian with f ethers.

Two httle coubbardes.

The Ghambre next to the Porter's Lodge called " the Stuard's

Chambre."

One beddesteade.
Two coubbardes.
Two shorte formes.

John Tayliour's Ghambre.
Three beddesteades.

[Fo. 7 verso.]
Mr. Edgerton's Chambre.
A beddesteade.
Two fourmes.

A tester of stayned worke.
A toumed chayre.
A presse of bourdes joyned fast to the wall.

The Ghambre next to hit.
A beddesteade.
, A fourme.

480

Thomas Bowdes Ghambre.

Two bedd.estead.es.

Two fourmes.

A presse of bourdes.

[Fo. 8.]

The Sycke Folkes' Chambre, otherwise called Costes Chambre.

A beddesteade.

The Well Chambre.
Two beddesteades.

The Armerye above.

XX sheeffes of arrowes without heddes.

A box full of arrowheddes.

Two caces for sheefEe arrowes,

xx" newe jackes covered with russett fustian.

vj. newe quilted jackes for horsemen.

ix. olde plated cases.

xvj. jackes.

Item a hale [^tent].

Bowes of elme, xxij".

Bowes of ewe, one.

[Fo. 8 verso.]
The armerye benethe [cancelled].
Hydes Chambre,
A beddesteade.

The Ewerye.

A beddesteade,^ ij. coverlettes, ij. blanketts, a mattresse, a
bolster.

[Fo. 9.]
The Parlour by the Buttrye.
A shippe coffer.
Two bourdes of two plankes.
Foure fourmes.

The Porter^s Lodge.
A beddestedde and a fourme.

The Buttrye. '
xj. blacke lether jackes.
Foure olde lether bottles.
Two olde coffers.
Two binges [=bins] for bredde.
Two shorte bourdes.
xij. candlestiokes of fatten,
vij. lomes [=: vessels].
An almerye [= aumbry].
Two chippinge knyfes.
Two dozayne of trenchers.

[Fo. 9 verso.]
The Stable.
A. beddesteade.

^ Added in another hand.

481

The Oxehausse.
A Beddesteade.

[Fo. 10.]
[Other stuff gathered to gether and layed upp in the Dyninge

Chamhre.]

Eleven fetherbeddes and xj. bolsters, whereof fyve large and
fyve of a lesse sort, all of tycke, savinge one, and that is one
of the greatest sort and is of fustian.

Item a fyne quilte for the best bedde.

xiij. mattresses of canvas stuffed with floxe.

xvj. bolsters for the same, wherof foure of tycke stuffed with
fethers, one of canvas stuffed with fethers, and vij. of canvas
stuffed with floxe.

Twelve coverletts lyned, wherof one of fowles and byrdes
somewhat good, the resydewe be olde and moche worne.

A fayre coveringe of wilde beastes of Arreys worke unlyned.

Other coverletts olde and worne, unlyned, xxxiij.

Blanketts, xlviij.

A coveringe of canvas furred with greye coneye.

Pillowes, foure.

Carpettes for tables of tapestrye worke, olde and worne,
iiij.

Carpettes for coubbardes of lyke sort, fyve.

Two peaces for benches lyned, whereof one is of Arreies worke.

A stayned peace lyned to drawe before a wyndowe.

A tester for a bedde of greene buckeram and redde.

[Fo. 10 verso.]
The Dyninge Chamhre.
Eight peaces of olde Arreyes worke lyned, moche worne and
broken.
An olde clocke.
Two toumed stoles.
Two trussinge coffers
One chest.
A coubbarde.
Two longe tables.
Two payre of trestells.
^Coossyans.

[Fo. 11.]
In the Kychen [and Larder Housse].

Item a skeylet.

xvij. brasse pannes, olde and worne, wherof foure greate,
nyne brasse pottes, whereof foure greate, two of a lesse sort and
three smale.

Two chafers wherof one greate and th'other smale.

A greate boylinge potte of brasse, sett fast in stone.

A payre of rackes.

A payre of cobberdes [= sockets for the ends of spits to

revolve in].

1 Added in another hand.

M31

482

Three greate and longe square spyttes and one smale, one
greate longe rounde spitte, two of a lesse sort and a smale one.

A stone morter.

A greate grydyerne.

Three trevetts, wherof two three-square and the other
rounde.

Two chafing dysshes, olde and worne.

Two brazen morters, wherof one greate and the other of
a lesse sort.

Item a pestell to the sayde morters.

One other lyttell morter with pestell.

Syx garnysshe [=sets] of good pewter vessell', and in every
garnysshe xij. platters, xij. disshes, and xij. sawcers.

xxviij odde platters, whereof vj. verye fayre and the rest
of a worsse sort.

xxj. porringers, good and badde.

vj. fayre greate sawsers.

Foure newe chargers, and two olde.

xiiij platters verye olde, broken and bowed, of a lesse sorte.

xij disshes of a meane sorte.

xxij olde brosed [= bruised] and broken disshes.

Nj'ne sawsers, moche broken and bowed.

Two basons and an ewer, verye olde.

A cullander.

A lowe candlesticke of pewter with two socketts.

A greate dressinge knyfe.

[Fo. 11 verso.]

Two chopping knyves and a shredinge knife.

A fleshe axe.

vj. bourdes short and longe.

Two payre of pott hookes.

A skymmer.

Three olde bredde grates [= graters].

A longe brandierne, olde and broken.

Fyve dryppinge pannes, olde and moche worne.

Two fryinge pannes, olde and worne.

Three kymmells and a close kytt.

Two bryne tubbes.

A cheze presse.

A hoggeshedde.

A verges [= verjuice] barrell.

vj. bourdes, longe and shorte.

A payre of mustarde quernes.

Two tallowe spades.

Two stampes of the water boudge for vessell.

A brande of the water boudge to marke cattell.

[Fo. 12.]

In the Backhousse [^^Bakehoiise].
Two brewinge leades [= leaden vats], wherof one greate
and the other halfe so bigge.

483

Nyne wort leddes.

Two fattes and two brode kymmells.

A knedinge troughe.

A mouldinge bourde.

One other bourde with a payre of standynge trestells.

A beddesteade of bourdes and a fourme.

A boultinge hutche and a smale fatte.

A lyttell kymmell.

Sir Robertes Chambre.
A newe fetherbedde.
A newe bolster.
Two mattresses.
A payre of blanketts.
Two coverletts.
A hiUinge lyned.
A coffer.
A cheyre.

{Fo. 12 verso.]
In the Chambre within that.

A trundell bedde.
A mattresse.

Two bolsters, wherof one of ticke stuffed with fethers,
and the other of canvas stuffed with floxe, olde and worne.
An olde coverlett.

The Armerye benethe.

xviij. payre of Ahnon [^Almain] ryvetts.

Fyftye payre of splentes for Almon ryvetts.

Foure hedde peaces for dymy lances.

One hamesse called "a payre of curetts " [=: cuirasses].

Fortye and iij. salletts [= headpieces].

A payre of briggendors [=brigandines].

A jacke of white lynen clothe.

xvj. payre of olde blacke splyntes.

A payre of bumbardes, broken.

A payre of vambraces, [armour for the 1 ^^^ ^ dymylance.

forearm].
Thirtene leade maulles [= mallets],
xiij. biUes.

vij. hobberdes [== halberds]
Three pollaxes.

Fyve han[d]gonnes, wherof one lacketh a stocke.
A lytle brass peace.

One home with purses for powder and pelletts[= bullets].
An armynge barrell.
A pajrre of sheers to clippe plate.
A little hookestothye [= stithy, anvil], to ryvet upon.
A ryvitinge hammer and a fyle.
A payre of nyppers.
XX. peaces smale and greate of dyvers kyndes of hamesse.

484

[Fo. 13.]
The New Stoore Housse.
Nyne barres of eyren, wherof fyve longe and iiij. shorte.
Twelve teames.

A payre of bridells for a sleade [= sledge].
Tenne lannde^ yolkes.
Two coppe^ yolkes.
A weyne roope, olde and worne.
Two payre of weyne clyves*.

Fyve payre of ploughe clevis' having but foure boltes.
Foure lanndes^ for ploughes.
vj. pytcbe forkes.
Fyve coulters.
Foure olde shares,
viij. olde weyne fretts*.

Foure wymbles [-.= augers] greate and smale.
A framynge sawe.

An olde buckett with bandes of eyren.
XXXV sackes, olde and worne.
Foure olde wynnowe clothes.
A hooke for a feme [= windlass].
Nyne myll peckes.

A sheepe brande with the waterboudge.
Three spades.
A longe rake for a stacke.
A shorte rake for the garden.
Two paringe ejrrens for the garden.

A greate peace of eyren with nyckes to make hammers for
the cole pitts.

[Fo. 13 verso.]
John Holies Chambre.
A mattresse.
A fetherbedde.
Two blanketts.

A bolster of ticke with f ethers.
Two course coverletts.
A course coveringe lyned.
A beddestedde of bourdes.
A trundell beddesteade.
A mattresse.

An olde little fetherbedde, moche woren and toren.
A bolster of ticke with f ethers.
Two blanketts.

1 Not in the New English Dictionary. ' Landes ' are mentioned by
Fitzherbert's Husbandry in 1523 as part of the harness of oxen or horses, in
a passage quoted in the former work, s.v. ' Bow, sb. 1,' § 5. According to the
English Dialect Dictionary ' land ' means the hook by which the swingle-tree
is attached to the yoke of a plough. Cf. also ' lantree,' ' lanes' in the same
dictionary.

2 The beam or pole of a plough or waggon. See New English Dictionary,
s.v. ' Cope, s6. 4.'

3 See New English Dictionary, s.v. ' Clevis.'

* Iron hoops for the naves of wheels. See New English Dictionary, s.v,
' Fret, ab. 5.'

485

Two olde coverletts.

Two cousshins. '

A turned cheyre.

A coubbardeof bourdes.

A bourde and a payre of trestells.

An olde carpett.

A shorte fourme by the bedde.

A tester of dornix, moche woren and toren.

[Fo. 14.]

In the Chambre next to the Gate.

Two beddesteades.
A narowe bourde.
A payre of trestells.
A fourme.

In the next Chambre to hit towardes the Churche.

Two beddesteades of bourdes. 205

1551, October 22. — Inventory of the goods of Sir Ralph
Fame, knight, at Penshurst in Kent. 205

1580. — Inventory of household stuff at WoUaton. 205

1585, November 1. — Inventory of stuff remaining in Wol-
laton House. 205

1596. — ^Inventory of furniture at Wollaton. 205

1596, December 5. — Inventory of the bedding in the new
house at WoUaton, at the entry of Percival Willughbye,
esquire. 205

1596. — Inventory of the goods of Thomas Willughbie,
esquire, deceased, at Bore Place, in the parish of Chiddingston,
CO. Kent, taken on the 28 June by Percival WiUughbie, John
Adams, Christopher Rogers, WiUiam Gibson, and Laurence
Dyose, gent. Another made on 23 July. 205

1599. — Inventory of stuff left at Middleton. 205

1599. — Inventories of household stuff at Middleton and

Wollaton. 205

1601, October 8. — Full inventory of Wollaton furniture. 205

1609. — " An Inventory of aU the Household Stuff at the
Newe Hall at WoUerton, taken the xxiiij"' dale of September,
1609.

In the Great Chamber nexte the Garden.

Item ij. drawing tables.

Item ij. cubwardes.

Item j. forme.

Item j. gryne velfatt cushen.

Item a longe cushen of nydle worke.

Item one imbrodered cushen wjrthe crown and rose.

Item one imbrodered cheare.

Item a nydle work cheare with a covre of red buckerum.

486

Item j. let her cheare.
Item ij. Turky stooles
Item iij. maxers^.
Item j. iorne gret.
Item a fyer shovell.

In the Prynce'a Chamber.

A pare a bellowes.

Item a fetterbed, a bolster, ij. pylloes, a mattres, a pere
of blankettes, a sylke quylte lyned with red sea [=say].

Item y. sylk curtenes, red and yellowe.

The testorne [= tester] of the bed of red damask, with
gold lace, with armes imbrodered.

Item one cheere of blew velfedd and ij. stoles, a lesser and
a bigger, a blewe veHett cushen.

Item a cubword and a lytell square table, ij. blewe curtens,
j. maxre, one iorne grete.

[Page 4.]

In the Inner Chamber.

Item a fetterbed, a bolster, one blanked, a red rugg, a can-
noby of yellowe sylk.

In the Chamber nexte the Prynce's Chamber.

Item a fetter bed, a bolster, a pyllow, on blanket, on
coveringe, old.

Item fyve gryne sea curtenes, the testerne of the bed
gryne velfedd and red.

Item on cub ward, a joyne stole.

In the Quine's Chamber.

Item a fetter bed, a bolster, a pere of blankettes, a mattres,
a whyte woll quylte.

Item a yalloe sylk covering lyned with yaUowe sea.
Item V. yalloe sylke curtenes.

The bed testerne of red velfett and other yalloe stufE.
Item on blewe velfett cheare imbrodered, one cubward.
Item on iorne gret.

In the Chamber nexte the Quyne's Chamber.

Item a fetterbed, a bolster, a mattres, on olde coverlet and
a rugg, a halfE cannaby of domex, with three curtenes of
sea, blewe and yalloe.

Item vij, peces of dornex honging in the same chamber,
one lyteU Terky stole, and a joyne stole,

[Page 5.]
In the Inner Chamber next the Quyne^a Chamber.
Item a fetterbed, a bolster, one blankett.

1 Not in New English Dictionary,

487

In the. Great Chamber next the Quyne's Chamber.
Item a longe table.

Item a short table, one cubward, one barfett stoUe.
Item ij. formes, the one forme his in the lobye.
Item viij. peces of hanginges.

At the Gallary Dore.
Item a table.

In the Oallary.
A table of stone with red buckerum.
Item on rownd table standing uppon a foote.
A cheare covered with red lether.

Item xxij. maxes and a armes [= coats of arms] in
glasse.

In the Gallary Chamber upon the Northe.

Item a fetter bed, a bolster, a pylloe, a blanket, a pyUoe,
a blankett, a yelloe rugg.

A testerne of whyt stuflF tuffett, with curtenes, a square
tapbjle, a joyne atoyle.

In the Gallary Chamber upon the Est.

Item one fetter bed, a lytell cubward, a pere of bellows,
a pere of snuffers, a fyre shoffell.

[Page 6.3
At the East Gallary doore.
Item a table and frame.

In the East Tyrett.

A fetter bed, a bolster, iij. pyUoes, a mattres, one blankett.

A quylte of yalloe stuff lyned with fustyon, v. curtenes of
greene and red sea, a testerne of whyte and blewe sack
clothe.

A square table and a joyne stole, a lytell lowe stolle covered
with lether.

One iorne creper^

A pere of beUowes.

In the Chamber under the same Chamber.

A fetterbed, a bolster, a mattres, one blanket, one red
sylk quylte.

In the Northe Tyrett.

A fetter bed, a bolster, a green koveringe, a yellow and
red koveringe, a pece of old domex, a joyne stoole.

In the Soiothe Tower.

Item a fetter bed, a bolster, a mattres, one blankett, one
whyte quylt.
Item on square table.
Item one old chear.

1 A small andii-on or fire-dog. See New English Diet., s.v. 'creeper, 6.'

488

VPage 7.]
In the Parler.
A greate table, ij. formes, a lesser drawing table, ij. cub-
wardes, a Ijrtell form.

Item a cheare of lether, one imbrodered cheare.

Item vij. Twrky stooles.

Item ij. joyne stoles.

Item iij. gryne carpettes, one pewter sesterne.

Item one skryne, a pere of bellowes, a pere of snuiiers.

Item one mappe.

Item a pere of tables.

Item on iorne grate.

In the Duke's Chamber.
Item a fetterbed, a bolster, a pere of pyUoes, a mattres, a
blankett, one wbyt rugg.

Item fyve sylke curtens whyt and gryne, a bed, testeme
with valenes of brougett^ stufEe, gryne and whyte.

Item old broken cheare of clothe o' sylver, on Turky cusshen,
one blewe curten, one joyne stole, one iorne grat«, a pere of
tonges.

In the Inner Chamber.

Item j. f ether bed, one bolster, one mattres, one blankett,
one yellow sylke quylte lyned with ftistyon, one iorne grate.

[Page 8.]
In the West Chamber next the Gates.
Item a fetter bed, a bolster, a blankett, a rugg of ashe
coUer.

Item a fyld bedd of a carnashion stu£Ee, tuffed.
Item a oubward.

Item a joyne stole, a cushen of nydleworke, a pere of
bellowes, tonges, and fyer shoveU.

In the Inner Chamber.
Item a fetter bed, a bolster, a blankett, one olde yalloe
quylt of stuff lyned with whyt fustion.

In the Pantry Chancer.

Item a fether bed, a bolster, a mattres, a blankett, a
coverlet, old, ij. old iorne bound chestes, on« lytell table
with a cubward in yt.

Item one lytell square table and a joyne stole.

In my Mr. Bed Chamber.
Item a fetterbed, a bolster, a pere of pylloes, iij. blankettes,
a whyte quylte, a checker rugg, old, a fyld bedd stanall
[=' stamel,' a coarse cloth] clothe frynged, with iij. curtenes
sutable to the same.

Itexn ij. wanskott chestes, a cubward, a lyttell table, a
truncke, a cheare covered with black lether, a joyne stolle,
a pere helloes, fyer shofEel and tonges, a pere of snuffers.
1 Cf. New English Dictionary, a.v. ' Brogetie.'

489

[Page 9.]
In the Inner Chambir.

Item a fether bed, a bolster, on pylloe, a mattres, one
blankett, j. gryne sea quylte lyned with fustion, iij. curtenes
with yalloe and gryne sea, a standing bed of stamell clothe
with my Mr. his armes imbrodered.

Item an other fether bed and ij. bolsters in the same
chamber, a pere of blankettes.

Item a gryne sea quylte lyned with fustion.

Item an olde cannaby of stuffe.

Item in the same chamber an other fetter bed upon a
paUett, a bolster, a whyte blankett.

Item a blewe blankett.

Item ij. Turky stoles, a lyttell cheare covered with lether.

Item a cubward, a wanskott cheste.

Item j. iorne grate with ij. crepers,i one fyer shovell.

Item a iorne grate with ij. crepers.^ one fyer shovell.

In Mris. Shirles' [= Sirelley's] Chamber.
Item a fetter bed, a bolster, a blankett, a gryne rugg, a
whyte fustion blankett.

Item a standing bed of crymsone velfett with fyve red
sylke curtenes.

Item more uppon a pallett in the same chamber, a fetter
bed, a bolster, a blankett, an olde coveringe and other olde
coveriuge of sylke, all to pyces, ij. cubwardes, one chearo
covered with lether.

[Page 10.]
In Mris. Sturle's Chamber.
One creper of iorne.

Item a fyer shoveU, and a pere of tonges.
Item a blewe curten, a joyne stoole.

In the Inner Chamber.
Item ij. fetter beds, one bolster, a pere of pyllowes, ij.
blankettes, one old covering.
Item iorne grate. ,

[Page 11.]
In the Wardroppe.

Imprimis vj. peces of hanginges, j. pece of dornex that
covers them.

Item vj. Turky carpettes.

Item ij. gryne carpettes.

Item one popyngay [=: parrot] gryne carpett, which my
Lade took to Mydelton.

Item one cubwart clothe of gryne.

Item a testeme for a bed of changable [= shot] stuffe,
lyned with yelloe buckrum.

1 See p. 487, note 1, above.

490

Item sylke counterpane for a bed of blewe sylk, with yalloe
and blewe frynge.

Item iij. blewe sea [=say] curtenes.

Item iij. yelloe sea curtenes, a ljd;ell pece of red and yaloe
sy[l]k for a bedes head.

Item a cubwart cloth of nydle worke lyned with redd
buckarum.

Item ]'. cubwart cloth of nydle worke lyned wyth gryne
clothe.

Item on whyt quylte.

Item ij. old fetter bedes.

Item fustyon bed with downe in jt.

Item iiij. paces of blewe for carpettes or curtenes, old.

Item ij. old Turkye carpettes.

Item an old testerne for a bed of Arras.

[Page 12.]

In the Wardropp.

Item an old pece of clothe for a counter.
Item a pece of old hanging.
Item iiij. peces of domex for hanginges.
Item on old mattres.
Item old velfett sadle.
Item an old fether bed tyck.
Item a old bolster tyck.
Item V. instrewmentes with cases.
Item a tyUer boe^.
Item a whyt lute of bone.
Item a pryvy cote.
Item a casse of dagges [= pistols].
Item a male of lether.
Item a truncke sadle.
Item a sylke stremer.
Item ij. long curten rodes.
Item short curten rodd.

Item a bar forme to hange pottes and thre thinges of iorn
to beare the barr upone.
Item on iorn pyck.
Item a iome gret and a fyer shoffeU.
A standing bedsted corded.
Item a drome and drom stickes.

Delivered to the Deary Hoiise.

Item one fetter bed, one bolster, one mattres, j. blankett,
ij. coveringes.

In Will. Sore's Chamber.
Item one mattres.

1 From the fact of the ' tyller boe ' being kept in the wardrobe, it would
seem to have been some species of bow for shooting.

491

[Page 13.]

In the Cooke's Chamber.

Item a fetter bedd, a bolster.

Item a redd coverlett.

Item a flocke bed.

Item an old pece of kovering.

Item a pece of an old quilt, ragged and torne.

In the Porter's Lodg.
[tern a fetter bed, an old bolster, a pylloe, ij. olde blankettes.
Item auld quylte, an old truncke.
Item an old chear.

In Margete's Chamber.
An old mattres, a covering, a bolster.

492

Papers and Accounts relating to Coal-Minbs and Iron-
Forges.
A great mass of accounts and other papers connected with
these two industries occupy Bin number 7, division 3, and
others occur in some of the numbered bundles. The number of
accounts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, especially
the latter, is very great. Some of the sixteenth century
accounts are noticed above with the Household accounts.
The papers here printed form an infinitesimal proportion of
the total mass.

1526. — Account of coal getting, from 13 February to 24
December, 17 Henry VIII., giving the quantity got by each
colUer week by week, in the following form : —

" L. Lambe satt xiii roke^ ) ^, , ,

A roke soft of those | ^^^ ^'^ "^J^" '"^-

In hande ix roke j-viijs. ijd.

A roke soft of those.

Summa in the felde : vj roke and dim.
H. Shawe gatt xiiij roke 1 j,^^ j, ^j^ ^^
dim. a roke soft of those J
In hand iiij roke and dim.

Item they (sic) gatt ij pyokeshaftes ] r^j^^ ^ ^.
a roke of colys J ^ •*

colys
Summa in the felde : iiij'^'' roke and dim.
dim. a roke soft of those. /

[The other names are R. Falowys, N. Yreland, James

Wylson, H. Ferneley, R. Lynwode, B. Yerle, J. Spede, G.

Hartyshorn, and J. Alyn, some of whom occur for part of

the time of the accoimt only.]

Summa totalis lihri : ccccxxviijZi. xiijs. xjcZ. oh.

Summa totaUs deductionis : xvZi. xjs. iijd." 205.

1548. — " The colpytt booke from the Natyvytie of our
Lorde in anno regni regis E. vj^K if°."

" Nota, before the raysyng ofE the price off the coles,
every rooke^ off harde cole was valewed at xviijd., and sjrth
that raysyng every rooke is praysed at ijs. Item every rooke
of softe cole was worth xijs. But now the softe cole goeth
with the harde cole without anye diversitie of price." It is
noted in the book that " the enhauncjmg off the price off coles,
that is to wete vjd. in every rooke, so that every rooke is ijs.,"
began on 6 Apnl. These notes are in the handwriting of
George Medley.

The following note (also in Medley's hand) occurs at the
foot of the page containing the account for 23 August : —
" Memorandum, the xxvij'^ of Auguste in this weeke, anno
regni regis Edwardi Sexti 3, was Mr. Henrye WUloughbye
slayne at Norwyche by the rebells there.'

" Summa totalis hujus libri hoc anno recepta : iiij°xviijK.
xjjd." 205

1 See page 169, note 1, above.

493

1548.— "The syngkyng booke from the Natyvitie of Our
Lorde in anno regni regis Edwardi Sexti secundo. [Weekly
accounts.]

January 19. " Paid to Pole and his feylows for
di^yyyng of a thyrle [= a shaft] in the newe leyvell,
by daytale, for iiij. dayes dim. [=half] .. . . iiijs. vjd!."

February 1. " Paid to Richarde Smaley and his
feylows in ernest of syngk5mg a pit, after iiijs.
the heghti iiijd."

March 2. " Paid to Smaley and one with hym
for ij. dayes at clevyng and makyng of pic-helves xvjd."

,, ,, " Paid to the said Burton for thakyng
up the tymber in a depe shafte viijd."

March 16. "Paid to Smaley and his feylows

for a heght iiijs."

„ „ " Paid to John Lejrves, Edward
Deyne, John Bradbry, and James Tole, every one
of them iiij. days worke and dim. at syngkyng of
ij. bassett^ pitts vjd."

May 18. "Paid to Dicons and his feylows for
iij. heghtes and dim. in scoryng a olde pit.. .. xs. vjd."

June 8. " Paid to Smaley for a newe waloer^ iiijd."

June 15. " Paid to Smaley for shotyng [=
straightening ?] of a waloer ' iiijd."

June 28. " Paid to Burton, Baker, Nyxson,
and Hill, beyng dryven forth with the dampe of
ther pit, for a day worke at the heye way . . xvjd."

September 14. " Paid to Homfrey Burton and
iij. with hym for tymbryng and makyng the myne
in the tops of the pit benethe Hudson loge . . vijs. iiijd."

September 28. " Paid to Faullows and ij. with
hym for v. dayes and dim. and Henry Richardes
iij. dayes and dim. at brekyng of the bothom and

tymbryng of the nether myne vjs. viijd."

„ ,, " Paid to Tomlyn for xij. lodes
of puncions caryeng vjs. vjd."

December 24. " Paid to the pit ryves [= reeves]
in parte of recompence for ther paynes for gyeyng
[^directing] the workes xs."

[The account for the purchase of tallow and charges in
connexion therewith amounts to 18Z. lis. 6d., exclusive of
the cost of making the candles.] 205

1548-9.—" The colpitt booke of Bylbrough Closse, the ij<ie
yere of Edward the vj"^." Payments "for turnyng water in
the Closse and other incidental expenses and to colliers for
coal getting. 205

1 This use of ' height ' is not recorded in the New English Dictionary.

2 An outcrop. See New English Dictionary, s.v. 'Basset, sb, 3.'

3 A wheel fixed at the head of a shaft in order to revolve (A-S. ivealwian,
to turn) it 1 Cf. wallow-wheel in English Dialect Diet.

494

1550-1. — "The synkyng booke from the Nativitie of Oure
Lorde in anno regni regis Edwardi Sexti quarto " for one year,

205.

1553-4.— Sinking Book from Nativity, 7 Edward VI. for
one year.

205.

1552-3.— Coalpit book from Nativity, 6 Edward VI. for

one year.

205.

1555. — " The boke of charges in synckjTig and certeyn
deductions in the Holowes at BUbrow Closes," from 18 May,
1 and 2 Philip and Mary, to 13 December. 205.

1554. — " The synkjmge booke " from the Nativity, 1 Mary,
to Saturday before New Year's Day. 205.

1558. — John Hudson's book of receipts of coal money
from 19 March, 4 and 5 Philip and Mary. 205

1571, December 6. — Letter from John Tyroe to Francis
WiLLOTJGHBY regarding the manufacture of iron.

" Yt mays please youre wurshyppe to understande

I have spoken with the yron-men abowt Walsall, [of] whom
I have knowledge, of the prices of ther tra[de] ... as fol-
loweth :

Fyrst ther stonne is worth at the [pytte] ready gotten iiijs.
every lode ; from the pytte to Myddleton is . . . myles,
every lode caredge wyll cost iijs. or ther abowt ; every lode
of stonne wyll make a blome ; the blomer wyll have for every
blome xv]d. ; the blome is made in xij. howres. Then the
brander wyll have for every brand v]d. Every blome makes
ij. brandes, which wyllbe wroght in iiij. howres ; viij. blomes
wyll make a tunne of yron, and then ther is allowed to the
burnynge of every tunne viij. lode of coles, which is valued
every lode at vjs. yu]d. ; and every tunne of yron is worth
when it is branded vijK. or ther abowt. These chargis are
certayne, bysydes other for common worke men, as nede
shall requyre. For the takyng or purchasynge of anygrownd
where the stone is gotten, it is very hard to come by, for it is
dayly layed for by my Lord Paget, and hath benne longe,
but he cann neyther take nor purchase, as I am credebly
informyd by honest men. Thus muche I dyd learne uppon
Satterdaye last by very honest men, who were in hand with
me very earnestly to buy wood for the same purpose, and
gladly wold bestow a hundreth powndes or more yf yt maye
please youre wurshippe to consyder hereof. It is thowght
bye them that have travayled longe in the aforsayd trayde that
youre wooddes wyllbe better sold, and more gayne to you,
then yf you shuld sett uppe smythis, considerynge the great
charge and trobble that doth belonge unto them. And further

495

the saye yf you shuld set them uppe, youre woodd.es wold not
serve you iiij. yere, and your woodde beynge gone, there is
not any leafte in the cowntrey to be bowght, except it be
Drayton lordshyppe.

From Myddleton, the vj. of December, 1571.
By youre obedyent servaunt,

John Tyror.

[Endorsed :] — To the ryght worshypfull and his synguler
good mr., Mr. Francis Wyllughby, esquyer, at Nottingham,
geve these with spede." 165

1572. — ^Account of coal-getting at Bilborough Hollows
[CO. Notts].

1572. — Account of coal-getting at Collorton.

1572-3.—" The synkinge booke of the Collpittes at WoUaton,"
15 Elizabeth.

1573. — " Notes concerninge the colemine at Wollaton,
1573," endorsed " Speede's note," being a report upon the
working of the mine.

1574-5. — Bundle of accounts of coal-getting at Bedworth
CO. Stafford, Halesowen [co. Worcester], and Wolverhampton.

[c. 1590.] — Notes in handwriting of Sir Francis Willoughby
regarding the manufacture of iron.

" 13 forges and furnisses in a parishe, vj"^ in comitate (sic).

Mr. Edward Littelton, of Pilleknoll, will bild a fornis if [he]
had any good vent and utterance for his sowes [of iron].

To spend my owne stoane and to convert this mill to a
hammer mill.

Blacke brooke. Walke Mill. Robinson or above.

vj"^ tonne in sowes will mak iiij'''' tonne in barres.
Ixvjs. 8d. or Ixxvjs. viijd. carriage 125. : v]7. — to deliyver at
Walsall.

Sowe wayeth abowt xij.c.

V. loode of cooles and d[im.] will make a tonne of barre
iron [vjZi^.] for the finery and the hammer [Ixxvs^.], xxs. for
working.

For the five lood xd. and xxs. I shall receave vjZ. or more.

150 loode of cooles will make 100 tonne of iron.

To way every blome. Note that every blome should way
400 in waight, and being burned should way 300 waight.

Every xij. strike should holde owt xj. strike or x. and
d\im.'\ at the least when it is brought to the blome smithes.

'- In the margin with ' sumraa : 9. 15.'

496

A shever of iron to make a punche for trying of iron stone
— iiij. part of a brune^ ijs. vjd.

X. blomes will make a tonne in barres, which is sold for
xiijK.

ij. dozen and halfe of coles at viijs. will make a tonne in barre
iron xxs. and for the wOrkemanshipp xiijs. m]d. : xxxiijs. 4d.

So I shall gaine in every tonne xxvjs. viijd

To send to John Martin of Walsall for iron stone.

To send to Mr. Skefington for v. or vj. loodes of stone,
xijd. stoane xxd. getting, Era. Watt his tenant : ijs. Yiijd.
iijs. iu]d. : Summa vjs.

Lord Pagett has ij. furnisses and ij. hammers in Kanke
[= Cannock] Wood and one in Bramley." 165

1591. " The accompt betwene Sir Frauncis WiUughbye and
Lawrence Loggyn towching the iron mayde in DufEeild workes
by the space of one half yere.

Item mayde in the sayd workes betwixt the xxj. \ of barr
of Februarye and the xxj. of August, beinge halfe | iron
a year as is aforesayde ! 50 tons.

Which soulde after xi]l. the tonn aryseth to . . 600K.

Whearof dew to Mr. Souch by deduccion of six
poundes fyvetene shiUinges uppon everye tonn . . 337Z. 10 0

For Sir Frauncis his halfe year's clear prof5rtt. . 1251. 0 0

The workemen's wages, viz., the fyner and ham-
merman for working up the said 50 tonns of barr
iron, at 16s. the ton 040 0 0

The founder for casting of 75 tonns of rough
iron which mayde the sayd 50 ton of barr iron, and
casting that by 5 tons 15c. wekeleye, he is to be
answered for 13 weekes, which comyth to . . . . 013 0 0

Summa 515 10 0

Which 5151. 10s. being deducted from the sayd 600Z., ther
remayneth overplus 084?. 10s.

Noate, the fornace blew 18 weekes, in which she cast 105
tons, which devided into equall partes she cast 5 tons 15c.
weeklye, soe cast in 13 weekes 75 tonn, whearof the 50 tons
of bar iron should have bene mayde.

Memorandum, it was concluded betwene Sir Frauncis and
Mr. Souch at Lammas last that betwene then and the 21 of
February aforesayd was wrought upp in barr iron 44 tons,
and after betwene Lammas and the 21 of August wear
wrought upp 6 tons, soe that by that order in the compas of
halfe a year wear mayd the sayd 50 tuns in question.

Memorandum, that iron hath been mayde at the sayd workes
after the xxj. of August, Ryse his booke maketh mencion what
Loggyn's further allowance should be."

Endorsed by Sir Francis Willoughby : Loggin's account for
Mr. Zowches workes abowt Codner, 1591. 165

1 Query meaning.

497

1591. — Estimate of the weekly charges for the iron-mills
at Codner [Codnor, co. Derby] between Mayday and Michael-
mas, amounting to 783Z., being 14^ dozen of stone for the
two furnaces ; 4?. 7s. Od. weekly for getting and carriage ; for
coal to be brought to the furnaces 43 dozen a week; lOZ. 15s. Qd.
weekly for cutting, " colinge," and carriage ; 30 loads of
coal weekly for the new forge 11. 10s. Od. weekly; four loads of
coal weekly for the Hartes Heye [Hartshay, parish of Ripley,
CO. Derby] forge 11. Os. Od.; carriage of "sowes" [i.e. pigs of
iron] weeMy II. Os. Od. ; charges for repairs weekly 135. id. ; Sir
Francis Willoughby's weekly charge for the founder, "fyners"
and "hambermen" [i.e. refiners and hammermen], 41. 4s. Od.
This provision wiU make 200 tuns of bar-iron yearly. 165

1590 to 1600, 1605 to 1608.— Weekly accounts of iron sales,
costs of manufacture, coal sales, etc., at Okemore [Oakamoor,
parishes of Alton, Cheadle and Kingsley], hired of the Countess
of Shrewsbury by Sir Francis Willoughby. 165

Papers Relating to the Cultivation of Wo ad,

Glass Making, Etc.

There are numerous papers connected with the attempts
of Sir Francis Willoughby to introduce the cultivation and
dressing of woad, and consequent endeavours to found a
dyeing industry, in co. Notts. The enterprises were not
successful, btit whether the failure was due to unavoidable
causes or to the dishonesty of the agents chosen by Sir Francis,
as he believed, is not obvious.

1584 to 1595. — Bundle of papers, letters, and accounts
relating to the growing of woad at WoUaton, the working of
the dye-house there, etc. 165

1586. — " The booke of charges for the weedinge, cuttinge,
and making up of oade [i.e. woad], anno 1586, June the 12th,
with other charges thereunto belonging." Other accounts
from 1584 to 1591, 165

1586, April. — MS. treatise by Robert Payne on the pre-
paration of woad. The preface contains the following :

" If thy modestie (gentle reader) do not dispence with my
rashnes in this my simple worke, thou wilt condempne the
thinge I intreat on, whiche is the true makinge of woade ....

' ' The quantitie of fortie acres will kepe in worke one
hundered and sixtie persons, the most women and children."
[Details as to their wages.]

M33

498

" Thus humblie craveinge thee

to consider the necessitie of the cause

amonge the poore distressed people

and take in good parte this my

simple worke, I bid thee

farewell in Ohriste.

From Paynes

Ende this^
dale of ApreU

1586." 165

1589, 4 April, Leeds. — Letter from Randall Tenche, dyer and
clothier, to Mr. Paine, servant of Sir Francis Willaby, knight,
at Wollerton. Referring to their conversation on the way
from Newark-on-Trent, when it was proposed that Tenche
should undertake the working of Sir Francis Willoughby's
woad, and the spinning, dyeing, and working of Arres work
of all sorts, which he is emboldened to do, more especially as
he has found out a workman or two that wiU join with him
or be under him, who will work any work that shall be set
out unto them by a painter in colours, and to work the same
either in woollen yarn, being fine and small, or in crueles or
in silk, or in silver or gold, or altogether. For proof hereof,
Tenche will come over and speak with Sir Francis, and Sir
Francis shall draw a little parpet or cushion in what colour
that shall be thought fittest for the same, and Tenche will
work it before putting Sir Francis to cost or trouble.
Tenche will require 501. yearly, finding himself meat, drink
and apparel, and ordinary wages for his " famile " for such
work as they shall do for Sir Francis, and the two men who
shall be " head " in working the Arrese work must have 6s. 8d.
each weekl}^, finding themselves in meat, drink and apparel,
and for others such wages as shall be thought fit by Paine. 165

[1585-6.] — [Copy of] certificate signed by William Scott,
Mayor of Nottingham, John Gregorie, John Browne, William
Gelstrop, Peter Clarke, Fabyan Mellers, Aldermen and Justices
of the Peace of the same, and by Sir Thomas Manners and
Sir Jervis Clifton, testifying to the Lords of the Council, in
accordance with their letters, that the subscribers, " not
havinge used the sowinge of woade, have enquired concerning
the sowing of the same throughout the County of Notting-
ham, and that they only find that Ralf Worthington and
Robert Payne have sowed 40 acres with woade in the parish
of Wollaton, which land before the breaking up thereof was
only employed for sheepe and connyes. The place is far
from any clothing townes, and near no market town but
Nottingham, which is verrye populus and not any trade to
sett the poore on worke. And moreover there ar divers townes
nere therunto ireplenyshed with many poore people having
no trade to gett theyr lyvinge, a greate parte of which to

1 The day of the month has not been filled in,

'499

the number of iiii.c. at the least have byn by the sayde R.W.
and R. P. kept in worke, and the sayde Ralf and Robert doe
undertake to contynnewe the sayde nomber of poore at
worke duryng the wynter with converting of woolle into garsey
yarne for divers uses." The subscribers therefore pray that
the Lords of the Council will grant permission for the said Ralf
and Robert to continue the same, notwithstanding Her
Majesty's proclamation for the restraint of sowing of woad.
A copy of the letter of the Lords of the Council, dated
February 22, 1585-6, ordering the above enquiry is also
given. 165

1589. — Letters and papers concerning Sir Francis Wil-
loughby's projects for dyeing, with the assistance of Randall
Tenche, dyer and clothier, of Leeds. 165

Answer of Sir Francis Willoughby to the bill of complaint
of Ralph Worthington regarding a joint bond from which
Worthington had released Robert Payne without the know-
ledge of Sir Francis, in which the latter states that Payne
had " cozened " him out of great sums of money. 165

Evidence of servants and others as to peculation and other
unjust dealings by Payne. 165

Proposal [of Robert Payn] to take Thorlon [i.e. Thurland]
House [in Nottingham], divers of the principal rooms excepted,
and other lands, etc., and to give for the " oade " [i.e. woad]
now at WoUerton [Wollaton] after Michaelmas next 351. yearly
of land, and an office of 201. a year above all charges for
nineteen years to come, so that he may redeem the same
within ten years for 500?. All which with his part at Wol-
lerton he would put in stock to be employed upon " molting,"
clothing, dyeing, and " jarnsey " [i.e. Jersey], by means
whereof four hundred persons may be set on work continu-
ously out of woad-time, on condition that [Sir Francis Wil-
loughby] put in the like stock. In consideration thereof and
of the " commodities " [Thurland Hall, etc.] above recited,
he will yield after this year either 2001. yearly or half the
profit at his [Sir Francis Willoughby's] option. 165

1591-2, February 29.— Copy of letter from the inhabitants
of Wicomb, Bucks, concerning the evil practices and bad
character of Robert Payne while resident there.

Other testimonies to like effect, papers relating to suits
growing out of the project, in one of which Sir Francis
Willoughby alleges that Payne had cozened him out of vast
sums of money by pretending great skill in the planting of
woad. 165

1617. — Bundle of papers relating to glasshouses at
Wollaton, including :

" The heads of the agreement of a bargaine betweene
Grymballd Pauncefote and Palemon Nicholson, concerninge

500

the erectinge of a glasshouse at Auswortliei to be perfected
att better leasure, July 23, 1617," the glasshouse and
furnace to be erected near the coalpits.

" A plott [= plan] for the glasse house, July 30, 1615,
Jhon Smythson."

" Glasse mesared at the Newe Haulle [at Wollaton], the
xxth of November, 1587."

1617, May 3.— Certificate of Robert Fosbr[oke] that "there
rem[aineth] dew to Sir Percivall Willoughbye from Wollaton
Glasshowse from bothe fornesses att this day, computatis
compufandis, the just some of 112.: 15.: 3."

1615, December 8. — Articles of agreement to be concluded
between Sir Percival WiUoughby and Sir Robert Mansell,
knight, whereby Sir Percival demises to Sir Robert for seven
years at a rent of 26?. 13s. 4d. a great barn in WoUerton, with
a dwelling house and garden adjoining in the occupation of
Jacob Henzey and John Squire, glassmakers, and certain other
buildings formerly used for malting. Sir Percival covenants
to deliver at the barn as much coal as the assigns or workmen
of Sir Robert shall have cause to use in two glassworks lately
erected in the said barn.

Statement of Mr. Pauncefot of the weekly charges of the
two glass furnaces (one for " broadglasse," the other for
" greene glasse "), and proposal, if Sir Percival will take
the works and workmen into his own hands (" which he may
best by reason most of all the provisions are his owne "),
to take all the glass, the broad at 155. per case, the green at
20 per dozen, and to pay him lOZ. weekly, and " cleere with
him for all once every quarter." " And if this course be not
acceptable, nor the weekly charge can be drawn into this
proporcion, for my parte (I soe well understand my owne
business) that I will not adventure any longer undertaking."

A paper entitled " observacions for glasse," [by Robert
Fosbroke], noting that a case is a horse-load, which, at the
rate of 200 weight to a horse-load, is a tenth of a tun.
" Wiche^ asse [^ ash], beanestraw asse and greene fearne
asse are all good, and are about viijrf. the strike. Peas-straw
asse and gorse asse are nott so good. Dry feme asse is nott
good. Two good workmen will make 16 or 18 case of glasse
weekeHe. For the nomber of coales and quantite of asse,
they must be proporcioned according to the bignes of the
forness. Broad glass spendeth bothe more coales and asse,
quantitie for quantitie, then drinking glasse dothe. The

1 A Glass Houseyard at Awsworth (near the site of the railway station)
appears on the old Ordnance map.

2 The witch-elm or the witch-hazel.

501

forness for drinking glasse spendeth above 20 strikes of asse
weeklie, and about 10 or 11 loades of coales.

" Particular rates of some partes of this busines meet for
your worship's understanding.

For everie rooke of coales 0 5 6

For asse of everie sorte a strike . . . . 0 4 0
For cariadg from your Lordship to

Bridges^ a ton ". 040

For water cariadg to Hull a ton , . . . 0 7 6
For howsroome att Bridges for a tun

and wharfage 00 6

For the clarke's wages yerelie 20 0 0

For sand a strike 00 2

" For their complement of asse enoughe wilbe had with
sufficient gaine at the former rate. The making of 800 tun-
of glasse yerelie will spend above 60 tun of coales weeklie.
The fornesses will cost about 20li. a piece, butt
you are to proporcion your rent according to the grownd
where they are sett, for all that grownd wilbe as wast."
There is added " A conjecturall ayming att the proffitt and
charge of glasse making," showing that a single furnace may
well make 80 tuns of glass yearly, which, at 16s. a case, that
is 81. a tun, is 64,01. The costs are rent of furniss lOl. ;
wages of five men, 100?. ; ash, 501. ; coals, 1251. ; sand,
61. 13s. 4rf. ; carriage to London, 801. ; total, 4:711. 13s. 4^. {sic)."

165

1690, May 7. — Grant during pleasure from Peregrine, earl
of Danby, by virtue of his office of steward, keeper and
warden of the forest of Sherwood and the park of Full wood, co.
Nottingham, which was granted to him by the king and queen
by letters patent, to Sir Thomas Willughby, of WoUaton,
Baronet, of the office of chief-forester and keeper of the office
and walk of Langton Arbor Office or Walk in the said forest,
and of all fees, profits and commodities belonging to the
said office. 24 (390)

1690, May 24. — Licence from WiUiam, earl of Kingston-upon-
HuU, etc.. Lord Lieutenant and Gustos Eotulorum of co.
Nottingham, Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of co. York,
and Chief Justice and Justice in Eyre of all their Majesties'
forests, chaces, parks and warrens on the north side of Trent,
to Sir Thomas WiUughby, of WoUaton, Bart., to hunt and
hawk with his company and service and to take all manner
of beasts or fowls of forest, chace or warren within the
limits of the forest of Sherwood, co. Nottingham, red and
fallow deer only excepted, and also to fish in the public waters
and [to] fowl within the forest, and to keep and use all sorts

1 The Trent Bridges at Nottingham.

502

of dogs, guns and nets for that purpose without incurring any
pain, fine or forfeiture or other damage by reason of the
forest laws, upon condition that he shall always acquaint the
keeper of the walk where he intends to hunt, hawk or fish,
provided that he use this licence with that moderation which
is fitting. Further, the earl, relying very much upon the
great care and prudence of Sir Thomas, for the preservation
of the game within the said forest, grants to him or to any
other sufficient person, whom he shall appoint under his hand
and seal and for whom he will be answerable, full power and
authority to seize, take and carry away all such guns, dogs,
nets or other engines that any person may have or keep
within the forest for the destruction of any of the game.

24 (390)

1703, July 5. — (Copy of) opinion of Sir Simon Harcourt
addressed to Sidney, Lord Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer,
setting out that he has, in accordance with his Lordship's
commands, signified to him by Mr. Lowndes on 22 June, con-
sidered the petition of Sir Thomas Willoughby, Bart., and the
report of Mr. Surveyor-General, hereunto annexed, and has
perused the letters patent therein mentioned bearing date the
26 September, 10 Edward I. [sic for III.], whereby the
bailiwick of the honour of Peverell in cos. Nottingham and
Derby was granted to William Eland and his heirs [see page
93, above], which office, on 31 May, 38 Henry VIII., was
granted by Hugh Revell to Henry Willoughby, esquire, and
his heirs. What the petitioner and his ancestors have enjoyed
by virtue of the general words of the letters patent of
Edward I. appears to Sir Simon to be no otherwise than by
the report of Mr. Surveyor-General. A long and an uninter-
rupted enjoyment is a great evidence of a right, but he does
not conceive that the petitioner can claim waifs, estrays, felons'
goods, mines, quarries, heriots, etc., within the said honour
by virtue of the said letters patent.

The petitioner praying a grant from Her Majesty, he is
humbly of opinion that she may, if she please, grant to him
and his heirs, or for such other interest as shall be thought
fit, upon surrender of the letters patent of Charles II.
mentioned in Mr. Surveyor-General's report, or to commence
from the determination thereof, all waifs, estrays, heriots,
goods of felons and fugitives and other casual profits arising
within the honour, and also the office of High Steward of the
honour, notwithstanding the statute made in the first year
of the reign for the better support of the queen's household
and of the honour and dignity of the crown. But mines of
coal and iron and quarries of stone are inheritances of such
a nature as cannot be granted by the crown in any other
manner than according to the said Act of Parliament.

42 (390)

503

1706, June 22. — Letters patent of Queen Anne granting to
Sir Thomas Willoughby, Bart., "in consideration of his good
services," and " in regard the oifice hereinafter mentioned is only
honorary and has been long enjoyed by his family," and to his
heirs of the office high steward of the honour of Peverell
in the counties of Nottingham and Derby, and of all the
manors, lordships, lands and hereditaments belonging to the
said honour, together with all rights, authorities, perquisites,
liberties, privileges, profits and advantages of the said, office,
"in free and common scuage," rendering therefor a peppercorn
at Michaelmas yearly.

Notice of enrolment in the office of the queen's auditors for
the said counties, on 6 July, 1706. 24 (390)

504

Extracts feom Collections of Cassandra Willotjghby,

1702.

Cassandra Willoughby, daughter of Francis Willoughby,
the natural philosopher, sister of Thomas, first Lord
Mddleton, and the second wife of James Brydges, the first
Duke of Chandos, compiled a history of the Willoughbys of
WoUaton. One volume only is preserved at WoUaton. It
is a small quarto volume of paper bound in calf. It is
entitled " An Account of the Willughby's of WoUaton, taken
out of the Pedigree, old Letters, and old Books of Accounts,
in my Brother Sir Thomas Willoughby's study, Dec, a.d. 1702,
by Cass[andra] Willoughby." At pp. 506 bis, 507, she vouches
the authority of " my father in a manuscript of his which
gives an account of some antiquities of our Family." This
is the book described at p. 269 above. Hardly any of the
great number of the letters quoted or cited by Cassandra
have been found. As they are of a private and not of legal
nature, it would seem that they were not deposited in the
muniment room when it was arranged (in the latter part of
the eighteenth century ?), and they have in consequence
become scattered or have been destroyed. Several of them
were already in bad condition in Cassandra's time, as she
remarks. The letters of John Ray and other scholars to
Francis Willoughby supplied by Cassandra (who then bore
the title of Countess of Carnarvon) to William Derham for
his Philosophical Letters between the late Mr. Ray and several
of his Ingenious Correspondents, Natives and Foreigners, to
luhich are added those of Francis Willughby, Esquire, London,
1718, have also disappeared. There is little justification for
distinguishing the Willoughbys of Willoughby-on-the-Wolds
and WoUaton from the Willoughbys d'Eresby by writing
the name of the former Willughby, as indeed, she admits
(p. 543 below).

The book commences with an account of the family of
Willoughby of Willoughby on the Wolds, beginning with (1)
William^ " who lived in the reign of Edward the First. I
don't find who he married, nor any account of him but that
he dyed before An. D. 1314." Of his son (2) Sir Richard
Willoughby, " Chief Justice," who " was a very great advancer
of his family," she states that " I find no account who he
married." The Chief Justice's son (3) Richard Willoughby, ^
Knt., married Isabel, daughter and heiress of Roger Morteyn,
Knt., lord of Dunnesby [co. Lincoln]. " This Lady brought
to Sir Richard Willughby the town of Cossale [co. Notts.]
and some land in WoUaton. The time of his death is not

1- Richard de Willoughby was the son of Richard Bugge of Willoughby on
the Wolds. The mistake is derived from the famiily pedigree at Birdsall-
House drawn up in 1573. William de Willoughby has been taken from the
pedigree of the Willoughbys d'Eresby.

2 This was really the Chief Justice, his father having been only a justice
in Eyre. The pedigree in Thoroton, Antiquitiea of Notts, p. 221, difiers from
this.

505

mentioned/ nor do I find that he had any child besides
(4) Sir Richard Willughby, his son and heir, who married Joane,

the daughter of Lord and Baron Grey of Rotherfield ;

by this lady he had five sons and two daughters. Richard
Willughby, the eldest son, married Matilda, the daughter
of Reginald, and sister of Sir John Grey. He dyed the 29th
of Edward the 3d, leaving no issue behind him. Thomas
Willughby, the second son, and Roger the third son, also
dyed without issue, so that the entail which Sir Richard
Willughby made of Riseley [Risley, co. Derby] and other
lands An. D. 1337 brought the inheritance to Hugh Wil-
lughby, a priest, the fourth son of Sir Richard, who not being
allowed to marry, kept a mistris called Joane of Riseley ;
by her he had a daughter named Felice, who married John
Armstrong of Thorpe, and a son called Hugh, who married
Joane, the daughter of Sir John Dabridgecourt. By this
lady he had a son called Hugh Willughby of Riseley, who
married Isabell, the daughter of Sir Gervase Chfton. This
Hugh WiUughby bore the arms of his mother viz. ermine,
three bars humett, as appears by his grave stone in Wilne
Church [co. Derby], where the arms of the Dabrigecourt's is
impaled with the Chfton's. From this Hugh are descended
the Willughbys of Riseley. His grandfather Hugh Willughby,
the priest, the 4th son of Sir Richard Willughby, dyed the
14th of Sept'. 1406. He was buried in the church at Wil-
lughby on the Wolde, where there is his effigie in stone with
a hawk upon his hand. Marjorie Willughby, Sir Richard's
eldest daughter, married Mallory ; Johanna, the second
daughter, married Bartram Monbouoher.

" The fifth and youngest son of this Sir Richard was (5)
Edmund WiUughby, knight, who inherited the most con-
siderable part of his father's estate. He married Alice, the
daughter of Roger SomerviU. He was above sixty years
old before his brother Hugh dyed. There is no account how
long he hved after, nor of his leaving any child besides

" (6) Edmund Willughby, his son and heir, of whom we
have no particular account, but that he married Isabella,
the daughter of Sir Hugh Annesley, knight, and that by this
lady he had a son that was his heir, viz.

" (7) Sir Hugh Willughby, who had two wives. The first
was Isabella, the daughter of — Folejambe ; she dyed
Anno D. 1417 and was buried at WiUughby on the Wolde :
by this lady Sir Hugh had a son, Richard Willughby, who
married Anne, one of the four daughters and co-heirs of Simon
Leek, of Gotham [co. Notts], esq. He [i.e. Richard] dyed
without issue Anno D. 1471, and lyes buried with his lady in
the church at WoUaton, where there is a stone monument
for them. Sir Hugh WiUughby 's second wife was Margaret,
the third daughter and only heir, says our pedigree,^ of

1 He died 14 March, 1362. See page 99 above.

2 The pedigree (see p. 504, note 1) has 'una herediim.'

606

Baldvin Frevill, knight. This lady brought the mannour
of Middleton from the Frevills to the Willughbys, as also
the mannour of Whitnash, with lands in Willmecote and
the manor of Wikin near Coventry, and also other lands and
rents lying in Warwickshire, as also the mannours of Gunthorpe
and Loudham in Nottinghamshire, with Bradford Feme and
Mawne in Herefordshire. This I find by Dugdale's Antiquities
of Warwickshire to have been but the third part of the
Frevill's estate." [Account of descent of the other thirds.]

" My father in a manuscript of his which gives an account
of some antiquities of our family writes that ' Roger Marmion
(as appears by Battail Abbie Role) came into England \\dth
the Conquerour.' " [Account of his son Robert, derived from
Dugdale, Wanvickshire, p. 797, and of the Marmions of Tam-
worth down to Phihp, " Lord Marmion," in the time of
Henry III.]

" This Phihp Marmion left no heir male, and upon the
division of the estate amongst the co-heirs Middleton, Tam-
worth, etc. was alotted to Joane, the wife of Alexander
Frevile. This family of the Freviles are also famous in story.
Sir Baldwin Frevile, Avhos daughter married Sir Hugh
Willughby, was the grandson of this Alexander and Joane,
his wife, a man much esteemed by Edward the Black Prince
[etc. as in Dugdale, Warwickshire, pp. 819-20].

" Sir Baldwin, his son, in the first of Richard the 2'*
exhibited his claim to be the king's champion on the day of
his coronation" [as in Dugdale, pp. 820-1].

[Note that the Frevilles married the heiresses of the Mont-
forts, Rispeks {read Kilpeks), De la Plaunch of Bucks, Haver-
sham, Buttetort, and De la Zouch]. " In right of this match
with the Freviles the WiUughbys quarter these eight coats of
armes, as the pedigree of the family of the Willughbys
shews."

" The maniscript above mentioned of my father's gives
this account of the Montforts, viz. that Hugh the son of
Thurstanus de Bassenberg was with the Conquerour at the
Battle of Hastings." [Account of De Montforts especially of
Peter, slain at the Battle of Evesham, 1254, from Dugdale,
Warwickshire, p. 592 sqq.]. After the castle of Belldesert
[co. Warwick] and those large revenues came to this family,
they were called ' Domini et Barones de Belldesert,' just as
the German barons at this day are stiled upon their coine
' Domini et Barones,' etc. These barons seem to have designed
a government hke that in Aragon, the very word, the great
justiciar, being often used in England about this time.
[Account of Peter Montfort, son of the aforesaid Peter, based
upon Dugdale, p. 595].

" The pedigree of our family makes Simon Montfort, the
great generall of the Barons, to be the younger brother of

Peter de Montfort that was killed at Evesham

If he were not of the family of our Peter Montfort it is strange

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that Gunthorp and Loudam [co. Notts], two mannours granted
to Simon Montfort, earl of Leicester, and Elianor, his wife,
the king's sister, by Henry the S"* in the 43"^ year of his
reign, instead of 400Z. which the king was to allow them, and
afterwards forfeited to the crown, should again be granted to
Peter Montfort. But whither they were of the same family
or not, it is most certain that they were of the same principles,
and both of them very active in the Barons Wars.^

" This account of the Marmions and the Montforts is almost
all taken out of my father's maniscript ; to which I shall add
the account that [Sir Richard] Baker gives of Simon Montfort
in his Chronicles of the Kings of England "

" After this long digression I must return to Sir Hugh
Willughby and Margaret, his lady, the third daughter and,
as our pedigree says, the only heir of Baldwin Frevill, knight.
By this lady Sir Hugh had four sons and seven daughters, of
which daughters Matilda, the eldest, married Thomas Hert-
well ; Aleonora, the second, married Sir John Shirley, knight ;
Jocosa married Richard Bracebrige of Kinsbury ; another
daughter married Hilton ; Isabella married Phihp Botteler,
esquire. The sixth daughter married Bosomby, and the
sfeventh daughter married Marmion. Of Sir Hugh Willughby's
sons Rodolphus and Thomas, both dyed without issue. From
Baldwin, the third son of Sir Hugh Willughby, are descended
the Willughbys of Grendon in Northamptonshire. Sir Hugh
Willughby's second lady buryed Sir Hugh, and after married
Sir Richard Bingham,^ knight, a judg ; they both lived
together at Middleton in Warwickshire, a seat which this lady
brought to the Willughbys." [Account of Bingham from
Dugdale, Warwickshire, p. 757.] " The time of Sir Hugh
Willughby's death is not mention'd, but I find that he was
buried at the church at Willughby, where there remeins
{sic) seven very old monuments of the Willughby's, the prints
of which may be seen in Thoroton's Antiquities of Notting-
hamshire, but time has much defaced the figures upon those
monuments and left the inscriptions of them not legible.
Sir Hugh Willughby's eldest son dying without issue, as is
before mentioned, his eldest son by his second wife was

" (8) Robert, the brother and heir of Richard Willughby.
This Robert I find in old writings called Willughby of Wol-
laton, and therefore I beheve he was the first of the family
that lived at Wollaton. He married Margaret, the daughter
of Sir John Griffith of Wichnor, in the county of Stafford,
knt. By this lady he had two sons and three daughters.
Jane, his eldest daughter, married Thomas Thurland, esq. ;
Alice, his second daughter, married Richard Curzon of

1 Francis Willoughby, p. 61, writes : '■ it is most certain they were of the
same mind, and both of them the greatest patriots of those times." At the
foot of the page he has written " Sic cecidit Angloram Brutus " (in reference
to Simon de Montfort).

2 Also a descendant of Ralph Bugge.

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Keydelston in Derbyshire ; Sanchia, his third daughter,
married John Strelley of Strelley, in Nottinghamshire, esq.

" Richard, the second son of Robert Willoughby, married
Anne, the daughter of the Lord Egremont. His eldest son
was

" (9) Henry Willughby of WoUaton, a person who at that
time made a great figure in England. He was made a ban-
neret^ at the battle of Stoke, about three miles of Newark in
Nottinghamshire. This battle was fought upon Satturday,
the 16th of June, in the 2nd year of Henry the 7th, Anno Do.
1487." [Account of Lambert Simnel and of the battle.] "In
the fourth of Henry the Seventh Sir Henry WiUughby was a
commissioner [for co. Warwick] for appointing archers to aid
the duke of Britain against the French." [Account of affairs
in Britanny and of Lord Morley's expedition into Flanders
and of his death at Dixmuyden.] " Sir Henry Willughby was
one of the officers of this action. Sir Henry Willughby was
also a knight of the Sepulcher. He was also one of those
that went into Spain with Thomas, Marquis of Dorset, in the
third of Henry the Eight[h], upon the intended expedition of
invading France.^ This Sir Henry WiUughby had four
wives : the first was Margaret, the daughter of Sir Robert
Markham, by her he had two sons and three daughters.
Jane, the eldest daughter, married Sir Wichardi [sic) Har-
bottell, knight. Dorothy, the second daughter, married
Anthony Pittzherbert^ of Derbyshire. Margaret, the third
daughter, married Sir John de la Zouch of Codnor, knight.

" Edward, his second son, continues the following history.

" Sir John Willughby, the eldest son of Sir Henry, married
Ann, the eldest daughter of Edward Grey, Viscount Lisle,
who was younger brother to Sir John Grey that was killed,
being on the king's side, in the battle which was faught at
St. Albans, An. Do. 1460." [Account of Wars of the Roses, and
of the meeting of Edward IV. with EUzabeth Woodville,
widow of the said Sir John Grey, and of their marriage, and
the rise of her family.] " Her son Sir Thomas Grey was created
Marquis of Dorset. Of him I must give an account hereafter,
and shall now return to the above named Edward Grey,
Viscount Lisle, who had two other daughters ; the second
was Elizabeth, who first married Edmund Dudley. Her
second husband was Arthur Plantaginet, naturall son of
King Edward the Fourth. His third daughter Muriel married
Henry Stafford, earl of Wiltshire. He had also one son, John,
who married Muriel, the daughter of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk.
This John left only one daughter, Elizabeth ; she was
designed to be married to Sir Charles Brandon, who therefore
in the 5th of Henry the 8th had the title of Viscount Lisle
granted to him and his heirs by that lady (see Dugdale).

1 See Gairdner, Pasion Letters, IIKM, vi. pp. 102, 1S7, Leland, ColUatanea,
ed. 2, iv. pp. 214-15.

2 See page 128, above.

3 The well-known legal author.

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But the lady not consenting when she came of age, that patent
was cancelled, and she after married Henry Courtney, earl
of Devonshire, and dyed without issue." [Account of Brandon's
four marriages.]

" I have been thus particular in my account of the Greys
here because the grandson of Sir Henry Willughby married
the daughter of that Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, as must
be shewed hereafter.

" There are in my brother's library at WoUaton amongst
the old paperS^a great many acquittances for legacies and
annuities left by this Sir John Willughby, the eldest son of
Sir Henry (who died without issue), and amongst other old
letters there are three from King Henry the Eighth. The
exact copies of those letters are on the other side.

[1534-6 ?] April 7. — Henry VIII. to Sir John Willoughby.

" ' Henry R. [in facsimile].

" ' Trusty and welbeloved, we grete you well. And for-
asmuch as we be enformed that the most pestilent idolatrous
enemy of aU truth, and usurpation of priests, the Bisshopp
of Rome, perceyving his most detestable doings to begin
now to appear to aU our good subjects, is fully minded in
his rage to seek all the ways to him possible to ruin and
spoile this our realme as heretofore he hath been accustomed,
and to invert the good religion of the same with the torment
and disherision of all our said subjects : we late you wit
that — entendinge to put the same our realm both by sea
and land in suche a-rediness as shall be necessary to
withstand his malicious purposes, which by aU meanes he
laboureth to cloke and colour, pretending only in words the
advancement of true religion withoute any the disturbanse of
our people, to the intent he maye blinde their simple and
honest eies and so the more easily compasse his moost cruell
and devyUishe enterprise — we have, amongs other our lovinge
subjects, appointed you to furnish unto us, to do us service
upon the sea, the number of twenty hable persons. And
therefore we will and desire that, immediatly upon the sight
hereof, ye will furnish unto us the said number, whereof as
many of them to be archers and gonners as ye can make,
well able to do us service as before. And the same to be in
a-rediness with habUiments meete for them upon an hour's
waminge, whensoever our right trusty and right welbUoved
cousin and counsailour, th' Erie of Somerset, our Admirall
of England, shall by his letters give you admonis[ijon or call
for the same. And in the meane tyme with all diligence to
make unto him your certificate of the same your nombre,
whereby ye shall deserve our harty thanks.

Yeven under our signet at our manour of Grenewich, the
vijtt day of Apriell.

To our trusty and welbiloved

Sir John Willoughby, knyght.' "

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1542, April 20. — Hbney VIII. to Sir John Willoughby.
" ' Henry R. [in facsimile].

" ' Trustie and welbeloved, we grete you well, lating you
witt^ that, having a speceal truste and confidence in your
fidehtie, zeale, and obedience towarde us, wee have appointed
our right trusty and right welbeloved cousin and counsailour,
th' Erie of Rutland, on our behaulf, to open and declare
certaine things to you touching us and the wealthe^ and
suretie of this our realme ; requyring you not onelie to give
unto him perfite credence as to our self, but also to waye
and considre the same in suche sorte as youre conform5rtie
may declare youre love and obedience towarde us and answere
to the good opinion which we have concejrved of you
accordinglie.

Yeven under our signet at our manour of Grenewich, the
20th of Apreale, the SS"" year of our reigne.

To our trusty and welbeloved servant,

Sir John WyUoughby, knyght.' "

" With this letter there is another of instructions to Sir
John Willoughby and others about collecting a subsidie,
desireing them to gather it before it was due, having great
need for the garisons of BoUen, CalUs and Guisness.

1542, August 25. — Henry VIII. to Sir John Willoughby.

" 'Henry R. [in facsimile].

" ' Trusty and welbeloved, we grete you well, lating you
wit that, sending at this time our right trustie and right
entirely welbeloved cousyn and counsailour, the Duke of
Norffolk, as our Lieuftennant to our bordures for amempst
Scotland for the defense and suertie of the same, [we] have
appointed you, among others, for his better furniture,
ymmediatly upon the sight hereof to put all such hable men
as ye can make and fumishe for the warre of your own
servants, tennants, and others, within any your rowmes
and offices, in such order and a-rediness as, aU delayes set
aparte, they may advance towards our said cousyn within
oon hower, whensoever he shall commande the same. And
to instruct you howe you shall furnish the said number of
men which you shall thus prepare and send unto our said
cousyn for the purpose aforesaide by vertue of this our
commandement, first, our pleasure ys that you shal make
as many horsemen as ye be hable in any wise to furnish, with
such horses as maye serve in the felde, if nede so required,
every horsman to have his spere or javelyn ; and the rest of
your numbre you shal order after this sorte folowing, the
fourth part thereof ye shal prepare of good archers, every

1 will, MS.

2 For " welfare " 7

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one furnished with a good bowe and a good full sheef of
arowes, the residewe to be bilmen, providing that every
bilman, besydes his sworde and dagger, bring a good bil on
his neck with him. Desiring and nevertheless commanding
you to take paines to see us diligently and substantially
served herein at this presente, as we trust you, and as ye
tender our honour and [the] defense of our realme and subjects.
And these our letters shalbe your sufficient warrant and
discharge in that behalf.

Yeven under our signet at our honour of Hampton Court,
the 25th of August, the 34th year of our reigne.

To our trusty and welbiloved servant,

Sir John Willoughby, knight.' "

" Sir Henry Willughby's second wife was Ehzabeth, the
daughter of Sir Thomas Abon (or Burgh), knight, the reUct
of the Lord Fitz-hugh. By this lady he had no child. His
third wife was Helena, the daughter and heiress of John
Egerton, esq. By this lady Sir Henry had one son and one
daughter. His son was Sir Hugh WiUughby, knight, that
famous navigator, who was frozen to dea.th Anno Do. 1553
upon the North Seas. This Sir Hugh married Jane, the
daughter of Sir Nicholas Streeley, knight ; by her he had one
son called Henry. Sir Henry Willughby's daughter that was
sister to Sir Hugh was Alice, who married Dreycot of
Peynsley in Staffordshire.

" Sir Henry Willoughby 's fourth wife was A — ,the daughter
of Walleys or Walters. By this lady Sir Henry had no children.

" There is a book^ which gives an account of cattle bought
and sold in the 8th year of Henry the 8th, and what was
killed for the use of the house from the 21th of September,
to the 2nd of November that year, viz.

Of Oxen and other beefs 29.

Calves 19.

Sheep 53.

Lambs 9.

Porkets 1.

" By the book of Houshold accounts for the year An. D.
1513, I find that

gees were then sold for ^d. a piece,

woodcocks for Id. „

chickens for Id. ,,

lambs for Id. ,,

sheep for Is. Sd. ,, ,

a cow and a calf for 18s. Od. „

" Malmyse was then sold for Is. id. a gallon,

sack for Is. Od. ,,

claret for Os. 8d. ,,

oyle for 2s. Od. „

1 See page 329 above.

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" There are in the library at WoUaton a great many
letters which were writ to this Sir Henry WiUughby the
Baneret ; amongst the most remarkable there was one from
King Henry the Eighth, all writ with his own hand, but so
mislaid that I could not find it to copy.

" There is another letter from the king to Sir Henry
WiUughby, etc., copied on the other side.

[1513 1], March 11.— Henry VIII. to Sib Henry

WiLLOTJGHBY SiR WiLLIAM MerING, and SiB WiLLIAM

Perpoint.

" 'Henry R. [in facsimile].

" ' Trusty and welbeloved, we grete you well. And wheras
we — singulerly tendering a sure defence of this our realme
agenste the malignitie of ye Scottes and to represse them,
which, contrary to their othes and promise, have commensed
the warres agenste us in this our realme, as also specially
mynding to be in such arredines as we may aide and assist
our faithfuU friends, confederates, and allies with our power,
according to such treatyes of convencions as is passed and
concluded betwixt us and theyme — have now of late in truste
not only addressed our commission with instructions to you
and other of that our shire of Notyngham, as well for the
viewing, mostering, and putting our subjects in arredyness
with barneys^ and other habyliments for the warres, according
to the purport of our said commission and instructions, but
also to make due certificate unto us in writeing upon all and
singuler the poynts and articles conteigned in our said
instructions, you, groundely regarding and providently con-
sidering the great costs and charge that we in likelyhode shall
be enforced to sustayn and bear for maintenance and con-
tinuance of our armyes both by land and sea, and, over that,
by th'advise of our Counsel, dyvising the ways and means
how the said charge might be more easely borne and supported
by the aide of our faithful! and benevolent subjects, have
thought right expedient to have knowledge as well of the
extents and yearly revenues of such lands as be within the
precincts of that shire, and to whome the lands perticulerly
apperteyne, as also in value the estimation of the goods and
substances of all and singuler our subgietts, as well spirituaU
as temporall, resiant and inhabiting the same ; and for that
cause, remembring you to be our true and faithfull servants,
[have] thought right expedient to authorise you for that pur-
pose, willing and comanding you not only to give ferme
credence to our trusty and welbeloved servants Sir Henry
WiUughby, Sir William Meryng, and Sir William Perpoint,
knights, whom we have right amplie instructed of our minde
and pleasure to you by theyme to be declared, but also t'order
yourself after such forme and manner for the more assured
knowleige of the premiss[es] as they shall instruct you. Faile

1 harmeya, MS.

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ye not thus to doo as we singlerly trust you, and as ye tender
th'advancement of our honour and suertie, to be remembred
herafter according to your laudable acquitall and good
deserts.

Yeven under our signett at our manour of Grenewiche,
ye 11th day of Marche.

To our trusty and welbiloved

Sir Henry Willoughby,

Sir William Mertag and

Sir William Perpoint, knights.' "

" The copy of a letter by the Queen.

[1510-1528], March 22. — Letter under the signet of Queen
[Catherine] to Sie Henry Willoxtghby regarding a feoff-
ment made in his presence in the reign of Edward IV.

Trusty and right welbiloved, we grete you wele. And
where as we do see and perceive how that ye, hke a faithfuU
trew knight, to your great honnour and praise, do alweyes
persever and continue in jovtr opinion for the justifieing and
maynteyning of the feefifament and covenent made in the
dayes of that noble Prince, King Edward the Fourth (whome
God pardonne!) between the Lord Hastings, then his Chamber-
lain, and Sir John Greysley, knight, touching certain
possessions expressed, [as] in a dede of feeffament thereof
made and ready to be shewed it appeareth more at large, for
the which your trewe knightly acquitaU in this behalf
according to your othe and order we gretely commende you,
and for ye same give you oure good thanks. And albeit that
ye now of late, by your bill subscribed with your hand and
sealed with your seel, have shewed briefly how ye were
present at Asheby Delasouch at the declaring of the said
feeffament and covenents, yet we be enformed by our secrete
counsaUl that the same declaration wiU not be accepted before
a judge having autoritie t'examin the same for lak of your
owne presence : wherefore^ we desire and in our [most] herty wise
pray you, the rather for our^ sake and for the true ^declaration
herof as ye do knowe, to take the payne and labour, which
we be lothe to desire [you] to do considering your great age, to
be her* in ye beginnyng of this next terme for ye fynal
declaration of this matier according to trowth, wherby that
the partie adversary by their counsaiU have no cause of
further delay for lak of your said comyng, and in yova that
doing we assure you in our opinion ye shal not oonly doo a
right charitable and meritorious dede to the high pleasure
of God, to your rewarde, but also minster unto us full singler
pleasure to your further thanks at your said comyng.

1 wherof, MS.

2 one, MS.

3 there, MS.

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Yeven under our signet at my Lord's manour of Grene-
wiclie, the 22th day of March.

To our right trusty and right welbiloved

Ser Henry Willoughby, knight.' "

" By the time of Sir Henry Willughby's death this letter
must have been from Henry the Eighth's first Queen.

" There is a letter from the Marquis of Dorset, directed to
his loving cousin Sir Henry WiUughby. In this letter the
Marquis tells Sir Henry that he has the king's letter with
his commission for the redress of the business done in
Coventry ^. He writes that he understands also that Sir Henry
has likewise letters for his assistance in the same, and
therefore he prays Sir Henry that they may meet on Friday,
and that he will bring wit£ him twenty or thirty of his
household men with their bowes. He writes that he shall
have with him thirty or fifty, which, he thinks, wiU be
sufficient for this time.

" He writes from Bradgate, and styles himself Sir Henry's
assured friend.

" There is another letter from Thomas Grey, Marquis of
Dorset, to desire Sir Henry Willughby's assistance towards
carrying five hundred load of wood out of Sheldon^ woods to
Oxford, which he had given the Cardinall towards the
building of Christ's CoUege. He desires to know how many
carts he will furnish him with from such towns as he has
joining to the lordship of Sheldon by such a day, and assures
Sir Henry that such a pleasure he shall remember during
his life, besides the thanks he shall have from the Lord
Cardinall's Grace.

" Dated from Bradgate.

" There is another letter from Thomas Grey, Marquis of
Dorset, directed to his loving cousin Sir Henry WUloughby
about a match between his daughter and Sir Henry
Willughby's grandson, Henry WUlughby. The Marquis
writes that his money shall be ready without faU, etc.

" There is a letter from John, Earl of Lincoln,^ in behalf
of a tenant of his in Sutton,* where Sir Henry WiUughby
was high steward.

" There is a letter from John, Lord Audly, to borrow
money of Sir Henry Willughby.

" There is a letter from Edward, Lord Dudly, to desire
Sir Henry Willughby to be with him at his weding with
the Lord Powisses daughter.

1 In 1525, see page, 141 above,

- Co. Warwick.

8 John De La Pole, killed at the battle of Stoke, 16 June, 1487,

4 Sutton Cold2eld, co. Warwick.

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•' There is another letter from Edward, Lord Dudly, to
perswade Sir Henry Willughby to put his difference with
Egerton to a refference to himself and the judges at the
assizes.

" There is a letter from Richard Dane to excuse his son
from being against Sir Henry Willughby in a jury about
Egerton's difference.

" There is a letter from John Audeley to give his cousin
Sir Henry Willughby liberty to straine^ in any of his grounds
in Staffordshire, in right of John Egerton, deceased, whose
heir general Sir Henry WUlughby's Lady was.

" There is a letter from Wat. Blunt to let Sir Henry
Willughby know that Ward would not come to be a
witness against Egerton unless he had forty shillings.

" There is a letter from Judith Marmion to Sir Henry
Willughby about her goods being driven by a privie seal,
by WiUiam Marmion.

" There is a letter from Zouch about Kingsbury tithes.

" There is a letter from William Compton to Sir Henry
Willughby to desire he wiU change some land with Trussell.

" There is a letter from Henry Sacheverell, directed to his
right worshipful cousin. Sir Henry Willughby, about writings
of Sir John Digby's and the settlements of Denby.

" There is a letter from T. Roos to Sir Henry Willughby,
who was steward of Lenton Abbey with Lovel,^ after Lovel's
death T. Roos desires it.

" There is a letter from Arthur Lile, about a jury to enquire
after wastes, etc. This letter is directed to Sir Henry
Willughby, knight, High Sheriff of Leicestershire.

" There is a letter from Sir Edward Willughby to Sir
Henry about sheriff's business, and to get the prior of
Maxstock to give Sir Henry his oath.

" There is a letter from the Governor and Major of
Coventry about allowance for prisoners.

" There is a letter from William Compton to Sir Henry
Willughby, in which he says that he knew not what right
Hanke had to sell his son Sir Edward Willoughby the office
of Henley, for, at his humble suit, the king had granted that
oflSce by patent to Sir John Dingley.

1 That is, distrain.

2 Sir Thomas Lovel, K.G., died 25 May, 1524.

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"There is a letter from Elenor Brereton to Sir Henry
Willughby. She styles herself his mother, and writes that
she recomends her to him, being right glad to hear of his
health. She thanks him for all his kindness showed to her
at aU times, and desires he will get the prior of Lenton to
present a chaplain and servant of hers to the vicarage of
Middlewick.

" There is a letter from Robert Nevell about a cup worth
twenty pounds, which Sir Thomas Burgh left as a legacy
to Sir Henry Willughby 's second Lady, who was the Lord
Fitz-Hugh's widow. I believe this Sir Thomas Burgh was
that Lady's father.

" There is a letter from Richard Too to Sir Henry
Willughby about news, dated a.d. 1525.

" There are several letters of news from Sir Thomas
Palmer to Sir Henry Willughby, when Sir Thomas More
was Chancellor.

" There is a letter from Digby to Sir Henry Willughby
to assure him that T. Digby had not stolen the plate from
Middleton, but a priest in York prison would confess who
had stole the plate.

" There is a letter from Allat, a priest and prisoner, to
Sir Henry Willughby, in which letter he declares that
Thomas Digby had no hand in the robbery at Middleton.

" There is a letter from the abbot of Bordesley to Sir
Henry Willughby to invite Sir Henry and his Lady or Sir
Henry alone to his monastry.

" There is a letter from Thomas Catesby to Sir Henry
Willughby to let him know that he had given a priest a
noble to pray daily for Sir Henry and his Lady and son by
name, and also for his own brother, and wife, and children,
and friends. To which agreement the vicar was a witness,
and he was to see their names set upon a table.

" This Sir Henry WiUughby dyed the 20th of May, Anno
Do. 1528, and lyes buried at Wollaton in an arch between the
south ile and the chanceU, where there is a tomb for him with
his efHgie and his four wives, two lying on each side of him.

" Amongst the old papers in the library at Wollaton there
is a letter from which the name is rotted off. 'Tis dated from
his house of Boton Malherbe,^ June 1550. This letter is full
of advice to his sister Willoughby not to niarry young
Knyvett. He desires her to consider that her age is such

1 The writer was obviously Sir Edward Wotton, who married Dorothy,
daughter of Sir Robert Read, 8.nd sister of Bridget, wife of Sir Thomas
Willoughby of Chiddingatone, (Hasted's Kent ii. 246),

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that she can not expect more children, and [to] think how
subject she is to sickness. He prays her to judg if such a
young man can desire her to marry him for any other reason
but what he can get by her. At present her circumstances are
such that she can make her friends welcome to her house,
of which she is both master and mrs. But should she marry,
these friends must be neglected to make room for her young
husband's young acquaintance. And whatever he may say
before marriage, she must expect that after it will be hard for
her to keep the inheritance of her estate from her young
husband for her children. ' But to avoid being tedious, take
this for a certain truth that if you doe marry that young
man, you wiU not only utterly undoe yourself and children,
but also lose the hearts and good wiU of your assured friends,'
of whom he professed himself one, and writ that during her
widowhood he should be glad to do her any pleasure, or if she
would marry such a one as her friends might hope to see
herself and her children find comfort from.

" Upon the outside of this letter there is writ with my
father's hand that the lady was the relict of Sir Thomas
WiUoughby ; who, I think, must have been that Sir Thomas
WiUoughby of Eresby, who was the son of Christopher,- Lord
WiUoughby of Eresby, if so, this letter should have been
copyed page the 17th of the next book, which gives an
account of the Eresby family of the WHloughbys, from whom
Sir Percivall WiQoughby was descended.

" (10) Sir Edward WiUughby, the second son of Sir Henry
and heir to his brother. Sir John Willughby that dyed without
issue, married Anne, the daughter and only heir of Sir Wilham
FihoU of Woodland, knight. By this lady Sir Edward had a
son and two daughters. Jane, the eldest daughter, married
Richard Topchff, esq., of Somerby. Dorothy, the other
daughter, married Robert Willoughby of Boreplace in Kent.
This Robert was the son of Thomas, who was the son of
Christopher, Lord Willoughby of Eresby in Lincohishire.

" There are no books of accounts, letters, or other papers
remaining by which I could gather any particular account
of this Sir Edward Willughby, nor is the time of his death
mentioned, nor could I find any letters directed to him
worth noting down except one from King Henry the Eighth's
Queen Jane, the copy of which letter is on the other side
of this leaf.

[1537], October 12. — Queen [Jane Seymour] to Sir
Edward Willoughby, announcing the birth of her son
[afterwards King Edward VI.].

" By the Queen.

" ' Trusty and welbeloved, we grete you well. And for-
asmuch as, by th'inestimable goodness and grace of Almighty
God, we bee dehvered and brought to bed of a prince,

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Concyved in most lawfull matrimony by my Lord the Kiiig's
Majestie and us, dowbting not but that, for the love and
affection which ye beare to us and to the comynweale of
this realme, the knowledge thereof shuld be joyous and glad
tydings unto you, we have thought good to certifie ye of the
same, to th'intent ye might not only render unto God con-
digne thanks and praise for so great a benefite, but also
contynually pray for the long contynuance and preservation
of the same, here in this life to th'onour of God, joy and
pleasur of my Lord the King and us, and the universall weall,
quiet, and tranquility of this hole realme.

Yeven under our signet, at my Lord's manour of Hampton
Court, the 12th day of October.

To our trusty and welbUoved

Sir Edward Willoughby, knight.' "

" (11) Sir {sic) Henry Willughby, the only son and heir of Sir
Edward Willughby of Wollaton, married Anne, the youngest
daughter of Thomas Grey, Marquis of Dorset, by Margaret,
his wife, who was the daughter of Sir Robert Wotton of
Bocton [Boughton] in Kent and the widow of Wilham Medley."
[Account of Thomas, Marquis of Dorset, and of the marriages
of his daughters by the aforesaid Margaret, to wit Elizabeth,
the eldest, to Thomas, lord Audley of Waldon, Katherine,
the second, to Henry Fitz- Alan, earl of Arundel]. "His eldest
son was Henry, Lord Grey, who succeeded him as Marquis
of Dorset. He married Katherine, the daughter of Wilham
Fitz-Alan, earl of Arundel, but had no issue by her. His
second lady was Frances, the eldest daughter of Charles
Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, by his third wife, who was Mary,
the daughter of King Henry the 7th and widow of Lewis the
12th, King of France. This Henry, Marquis of Dorset, was
constituted Lord High Constable of England during the
solemnity of Edward the 6th's coronation, and in the 5th year
of Eang Edward the 6th, being An. D. 1551, he was, upon
the 11th of October, created duke of Suffolk. By the Lady
Frances this duke had three daughters. Jane, the eldest,
married Guilford Diidley, who was the 4th son of the Duke
of Northiimberland. This Lady was proclaimed Queen of
England July the 7th, 1553, and beheaded with her husband
the 12th of February following. The duke of Suffolk's second
daughter was Catherine, who married Henry, Lord Herbert,
son of WilUam, earl of Pembroke, and being divorced from him,
she after married Edward Seymour, earl of Hartford. His
third and youngest daughter Mary, being deformed, married
Martin Keys, Serjeant Porter to Queen Elizabeth. This duke
of Suffolk was beheaded on Tower HiU, February the 23th,
1553[-4]. And thus with this great duke (whose grandmother
was Queen of England, his uncle King of England, his daughter
proclaimed Queen, and his wives mother a daughter of Eng-
land and Queen of France) ended the titles of honour in his
family " [until the creation in 1 James I. of his nephew, Sir Henry

6i&

Grey, of Pirgo in Essex, as Baron Grey of Groby, co.
Leicester, whose grandson was created earl of Stamford by
Charles I.]. " The Lady Francis (sic), widow to the duke of
Sufl'olk, had one sister Eleonore, who married Henry, earl of
Cumberland.

" This was the fourth time that the Willughbys had matched
with this family of the Greys, which had made a very great
intimacy between the two famihes, as appears by many of
the old papers. In the books of accounts there is often men-
tion made of Sir Henry Willughby's being at Bradgate for
severaU days together, and in the account book of bills of fair
for Wollaton family [i.e. household] (which shews what com-
pany daily came to Wollaton) I often find some of the family
from Bradgate set down." [Quotations from household
account for 1547-8, pp. 393-396 above.] "This Sir Henry
WiUughby was one of those gentlemen that went to appease
the rebels in Norfolk, who had got together under Robert Ket,
a tanner, upon a grievance on account of inclosures, and was
killed at Norwich, August the 27th, 1548. He and his lady
both lye buried in the church at Wollaton, where there is a
monument for them. They left two sons and one daiighter,
all very young : Thomas, the eldest son about eight years and
a quarter old, and Francis, the youngest son, about two years
old ; but the age of Margaret WiUughby, the daughter, is
not mentioned. It appears by some of the old papers that
Sir Henry WiUughby left these three children to the marquis
of Dorset's care, and that the three executors of his wiU were
George Medley and GabrieU Barwyke, esquires, and John
HaU, gent.i

" There is a letter from George Medeleye, dated from London
in February 1549[-50], in which he writes that the Marquis
of Dorset, being now daily to attend the king, he intended
to remove his famUy from Bradgate to London, and there-
fore ordered that twelve horses should be sent for from
WoUaton and a cart and horses from Middleton to come
up to London with Mrs. Margaret and little Mr. Francis
WiUughby, attended thus : a servant to carry Master
Francis before him, another servant to carry Mrs. Margaret,
and another servant to carry little Whytneye, a horse for
Mrs. Lenton, another horse for the maid, and four for the
four men to wait upon them, a man to lead a horse to carry
the male [= mail, travelling bag], and two more servants to
take care of the horses.

" It does not appear where these children were after this
journey tiU by a book of Medeley's accounts for the children's
cloaths, etc., from the 4th of Edward the 6th to the 1st of
Elizabeth, I find that his nephew Francis WiUughby and his
neece Margaret removed to Tyltey, April the 21th, 1550.^
Mr. Medeley in his letters always calls these children nephews

1 See page 396, above.

2 See page 399, above.

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and neece, which makes me conclude that he was the son
of Margaret, marchioness of Dorset, by WilUam Medeley her
first husband, and so half brother to Lady Anne Willughby.^
I don't find where Mr. Thomas WiUughby was when his brother
and sister removed to Tiltey, but in Mr. Medeley's account book
there is set down 20 sh. for Mr. Thomas Willughby's board
with him from May the 27th to June the 11th that year, and
10s. for Mr. Thomas Willughby's man's board the same time.^
And again the same sume is set downe for his and his man's
board with Mr. Medeley from November (sic) the 3d to the 18th,^
which day I find by the book of houshold expences for the
family at" Tyltey Mr. Thomas WUlughby went to Cambridg.
I don't find who was the housekeeper at Tyltey, but beheve
it might be Lady Anne Willughby's mother, who might also
be Mr. Medeley's mother.

" There is a book in my brother's library at WoUaton
which gives a very particular account of the expenses of
the family at Tyltey' from the 31th of October to the last
of February in this 4th year of Edward the Sixth, which
book shows that there was a very great table kept at Tyltey.
This book also gives an account what company came to
Tyltey, viz., that upon the 31th of October there came my
Lady's grace* and all her train, but the next day most of her
grace's retinue returned home again to Leicestershire.
November the 3d there came the Lord Thomas and the Lord
John with twenty-one servants from London, who stayed
at Tyltey three days and then returned to London again.
That upon November the 16th many honest men of the
country dined there. That upon the 18th the Lord John and
others came from Court, which was the same day that Mr.
Thomas Willoughby, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Thomas Medley,
Mr. WOloughby's man, and three more servants went to
Cambridg. The Lords and others from Court returned
thither again upon the 22th of November. Upon the 23th
divers of the country dined at Tyltey. Upon the 24:th ten
gentlemen came from London to attend my Lady's grace
to the Lady Mary's grace^ ; they stayed at Tyltey till the
26th, and then after breakfast my Lady's grace, with Lady
Jane, Lady Catherine and Lady Mary, repaired to Lady
Mary's grace. 'Tis thus entered in this book of Tyltey
accounts, by which I understand that the Duches of Suffolk
with her three daughters went to Court to wait upon the
ktag's sister, who was, after the king's death. Queen Mary.

1 Cf. Chronicle of Queen Jane, Camden Society, 1850, p. 66, where Medley-
is described as ' brother in lawe ' [i.e. half-brother] of Suffolk, Lady Anne's
brother.

2 See page 402, above.

3 Tilty, CO. Essex. This book has not been found. The fourth year of
Edward VI extended from 28 January, 1550, to 27 January, 1551. If, as is
most probable, February and not October fell in the fourth year, the account
would run from 31 October, 1549, to 28 February, 1550.

* The Marchioness of Dorset.

6 Subsequently Queen Mary. She was the god-daughter of the Mar-
chioness of Dorset.

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This book says that December the 2nd Lady Catherine and
Lady Mary with their attendance and a great many gentle-
men came to sup at Tyltey, and that December the 16th
there came my Lord and Lady's grace, Lord John, Lady Jane
and divers attending them from London to Tyltey, where
they stayed six or seven days. December the 25th this book
says that divers of the country dined at Tyltey, and also
upon the 26th and the 27th, and that that day there came
five players and a boy, and from that time till January the
9th are set down great numbers that dined and supped at
Tyltey and that the Lord of Oxford's players were there.
And that from January the 11th to the 20th there was my
Lord, Lord John, Mr. Treasurer and a great deal of other
company, and that that day after dinner, my Lord and Lady's
grace, the Lady Jane, Lady Catherine, Lady Mary, Lady
Clare, Lord John and aU the gentlemen went from Tyltey
to the Lady Audley's at Walden. This book says they all
returned again to Tyltey the 22th and that they brought
the Lord and Lady Audley to Tyltey with them. And that
January the 25th there came Mr. George WiUughby and
many more strangers. Upon the 26th Lady Audley went
to Walden, and Lady Catherine went with her, but they
both returned again to Tyltey January the 30th, where
Lord Audley and the rest of the company had stayed all
that time. January the 31th there came a gentleman to
dinner from the Lady Mary's grace.

" I believe about this time [1553-4] Mr. Medley and the
whol famihe at Tyltey were involved in great troubles upon
the duke of Suffolk's account, ^ who was beheaded upon the
23th of February [1554] following. Mr. Francis and Mrs.
Margaret were removed to the Mnoryes with their servants ;
I beUeve a house where Mr. Medeley used to hve.^ While
they were there I believe Mrs. Lenton took care for their diet,
fewel, etc., which reckoned by odd weeks from December the
14th to July the 5th, came to 341. Osh. 2d.^

" There is a letter from Mrs. Lenton to John Hall, the baily
at Middleton, for money ; in which letter she says she knows
not where to place Master Francis and Mrs. Margaret Willoughby
now that Mr. Medley's house was hke to be seised, etc.

" Mr. Medeley charges in his account for the diet, etc. of
Mr. Francis and Mrs. Margaret Willughby and the same
number of servants that they used to have by odd weeks
(they being, I beheve, sometimes in one place and sometimes
in another) from July the 5th to January the 17th, being the
second year of Queen Mary, the sume of 231. 19sh. Od. In
this time 'tis often mentioned that Mrs. Margaret was absent
with her maid a week at a time. I believe she might then

1 Medley ' came into ' the Tower on 26 February {Chronicle of Queen Mary,
Camden See. 1850, p. 66). His lodgings in the Minories were searched by
Bishop Gardiner a month earlier (Ibid p. 184).

2 Cf. Calendar of State Papers. Domestic, 1547-80, p. 195.

3 Cf. p. 415, above.

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be Av-ith the Lady Frances, the duke of Suffolk's widow,
because there is a letter from Mr. Medeley writ in this year,
being An. D. 1554, in which letter he writes that Mrs. Margaret

Willughby was then with Lady Frances, I

beheve Mrs. Margaret Willughby might stay with Lady Frances
from May the 9th to July the 11th.

" There is a letter from Mr. Medeley to John Hall (who
was the bailiff at Middleton), dated a.d. 1553. This letter
is to desire John Hall to send up to the Minories by two
trusty servants all the apparel of gownes and kyrtels, and all
other things appertaining to Mrs. Margaret Willughby,
which remained in his keeping at Middleton, because he
intended, with my Lord Suffolk's help, to get her into some
honourable place, where my Lord's grace should think most
fit for her to be. In this letter he desires woollen blankets
may be put between the gowns and kirtles to defend them
from fretting and wet.

" There is another letter from Mr. Medeley to John Hall,
dated a.d. 1554, in which he writes that now was the time
to prefer Mrs. Margaret Willughby and to put Mr. Francis
Willughby to school.

" In another letter, dated a.d. 1554, he writes that Mrs.
Margaret Willughby was now with the Lady Frances, who
was commanded to attend the Queen, and she had took Mrs.
Margaret Willughby with her, who had been very much
commended, and was so well approved for good behaviour,
etc., that Lady Frances did not doubt but soon to place her
about the Qugen so as all her friends would be pleased.

" There is another letter from Mr. Medeley, writ soon after
the last, to John Hall, in which he says that Mrs. Margaret
Willughby had been at Court with the Lady Frances's Grace
(who had her place in the privie chamber). He writes that
Mrs. M. Willughby was much commended, and Lady
Frances's Grace did not doubt but in a short time so to place
her about the Queen's Highness, so as to content all her
friends, and also be to her great preferment.

" An. Do. 1555 Mr. Medeley requires the Lord Paget's
letter for the payment of a hunderd pounds to Mrs. Margaret
Willughby. And in Mr. Medeley's account book for the 1st
year of Queen Elizabeth, being An. D. 1558, there is set
down November the 6th ' Paid Mrs. Margaret Willughby for
her marriage money, three hundred pounds.' By which, I
beheve it was about this time that she married Sir Matthew
Arundell.

" There is in the library at WoUaton a large book of the
accounts of George Medeley and Gabriell Barwyke, esquires,
and John Hall, gent., the three executors of Sir Henry
Willughby, for the 13 years they took care of the estate.^

1 See page 416, above.

This book stews that besides the profits of the land there
were large sumes of money received for cole, etc., which was
brought to account, and yet in conclusion the whole sum
raised by them in these 13 years did not amount to more
then 3125K. Os. 8d. In this book there is an account of goods
which were valued which Sir Henry Willughby had left at
Middleton and Wollaton ; amongst which there are set down
many vestments, as copes, etc. for the chapel, and many
extraordinary armes in the armory.^ There are set down by
name in this book 42 geldings. And the plate is in this book
valued at iilli. lOsh. Od.

"There is a book of Mr. Medeley's accounts for^he 1st
year of Queen Mary, being An. D. 1553 . . . there is
set down 6s. M. paid to the clerk of the Signet for the writing,
seal and lycence for his cousin Thomas Willughby to goe
beyond sea to the University of Paris to study.^ But 1
question whether Mr. Thomas Willughby did goe to Paris,
because in a letter from Mrs. Lenton to John Hall, dated from
the Minories, February 1554,^ she expresses great concern
that she knows not where to place Mr. Francis and Mrs.
Margaret Willughby, now that Mr. Medeley's house was
like to be seised and they turned out of doors, but she writ
that the Lord Paget would have Mr. Thomas Willughby
to be with him. In this letter she desired John HaU would
send her some money, and writ that Mrs. Medeley was
constrained to borrow money.

" There is a letter from Mr. Thomas Willughby to John
Hall for money, not that the Lord Paget denies him anything
(he writ), but he would have some money to spend which
he would not always acquaint Lord Paget with.

" In another letter from Mr. Thomas Willoughby to John
HaU for money, he also desired him to send him his mother's
cross-bow.

" This Mr. Thomas Willughby married the Lord Paget 's
daughter, but there is no account when they were married.
From some of the old papers there is reason to beUeve that
the Lord Paget suspected Mr. Medeley's honesty, and that
therefore after Mr. Thomas Willughby had married his
daughter, he was willing to take some care of the Willughbys'
estate. Mr. Medeley has set down in one of his account books
6s. 8rf. for his counsel when the Lord Paget required the
executers to bring in their accounts. An. D. 1555 Mr. Medeley
sets down his expenses in going to London to attend the Lord
Padget and carrying him a letter concerning the declaration
of the executor's accounts made before him at Middleton and
Wollaton." [Extracts from the account] "In all this book of

1 Cf. the inventories at p. 474, above.

2 See page 398, above.

3 Apparently 1553-4. C£. p. 521, note 1, above.

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accounts Mr. Medeley seems to reckon very largely for his owri
expences, and in conclusion he sets down for the horses, bridles
and sadles which he had spoyled about the business of his
brother Sir Henry Willughby's will the sume of 83Z. 6s. 8d.
I could find no further account of Mr. Thomas
Willughby but that over-heating himself with hunting he fell
sick and dyed upon the 16th of August, An. D. 1558.^

" There is a letter from Mr. Medley to Trussell, who was
the bailiff at WoUaton, dated An. D. 1552, to order him to make
provision for baking and brewing, etc., against the Lord John
Grey's coming thither.

" There is a letter from Mr. Medeley to John Hall at
Middleton, dated from Tyltey, August 1553, to desire some of
the leveretts bread [ = bred] at Middleton might be saved
for the Lord John.

" There is a letter from Mr. Medeley to Trussell about
buying Sir Hugh Willughby's estate in Maperley and
Basf ord ; he writes that what makes him fear to goe through
with it was the recognyzance wherein he stood bound to the
king's Majesty. An. D. 1553.

" There is an angry letter from Mr. Medeley to Trussell
(in April 1562), because he neglected to keep- Wollaton in
good repair, and let the tenants' houses goe down. He orders
such timber as is needful to be cut down and the houses to
be repaired, and tells him Middleton is otherwise kept,
which he may be ashamed of.

" There is a letter from Mr. Medeley to Mr. Francis
Willughby, dated from Tyltey, January 1565[-6], in which
he makes heavy complaints of his own debts, but writes that
he will not trouble Mr. Willughby now, because he looks
upon him as his chiefest friend, and therefore he reserves
him for his greater need. He expresses great concern for his
Lady's mishap in her travell, and wishes they may both be
joyful parants of a jolly many sons.

" There is an account which shows that Mr. Medeley
demanded 350?. for his discharging the trust which Sir Henry
Willughby had reposed in him, and in this account there
is mention made of money which he paid the Duke of
Suffolk by Sir Henry Willughby's order.

" There are severall letters from Mr. Medeley's widow to
Sir Francis WiUoughby, An. D. 1568, about her husband's
accounts. In one of the letters she enlarges upon the great
care his uncle Medeley took upon him for thirteen years
together to satisfy the trust which his father had reposed
in him.

1 1559 aooording to p. 399, above

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"From An. D. 1559 that Mr. Francis Willughby was at
Tyltey till near the time of his marrying, I don't find
where he was, but believe he might spend most of that time
at the University.

" There is a copy of a letter from Mr. Francis WiUughby
to his uncle the Lord Grey, to make him acquainted that
he had been invited to many of his friends and kinsmen's
houses, amongst the rest (as he trusts God did appoint it)
he was at Mr. Lyttleton's at Frankley, in Worcestershire,
sundry times received with great chear and good entertain-
ment, and in the end it was moved to him, first by good Lord
Dudley and after by Mr. Lyttleton, a marriage between his
daughter and himself. After good deliberation it had pleased
God to give him a liking to the young gentlewoman, who
had had a good education and was descended from a house
of great antiquity, well friended and alyed, dwelling near
his house of Middleton. And Mr. Lyttleton's offers with his
daughter being reasonable, could he have his Lordship's favour,
he was fuUy minded to match himseK to her.

"Mr. Ljrttleton offered to gie with his daughter 1,500Z.,
to apparel! her decently, to bear their charges at the time of
their marriage, and to give them their table with six persons
to attend them, for three years, and the keeping of six
geldings. He writes that his cousin Medley can at large declare
to him the maimer of his proceeding, and he desires his
liordship's favour and good will that he may proceed herein
according to his good advice.

" There is a copy of a very angry letter from Mr. Francis
Willoughby to his brother Arundell, dated a.d. 1564, for
being against his marrying Mrs. Lyttleton, for which he had
the advice of his cousin Medley, the Lord Dudley, the Lord
John Grey, and other of his friends.

" His sister the Lady Arundell, I beheve was elder than
he, and by being much together when they were children,
she had assumed, and gained to herself such a power of
governing him that after, when he was grown up, she could
not leave off the custom she had used in their childhood,
but continued to expect that her brother should advise with
her in all his affairs, and therefore when she had heard it was
reported that her brother was going to marry Mr. Lyttleton
of Frankeley's daughter, she was very angry with him for
beginning such a treaty without first making her acquainted
[with] it, and expressed her resentment of it in severall
letters. One she begins with blaming his breach of promise
in not coming to London, and then goes on to tell him 'tis
reported that he is insured to Mr. Littleton's daughter. She
writes that she marvels much that his hast should be so
great, and his estimation of her so little, ^s never to consult
her in the matter, who was always willing to doe any thing
which might be a pleasure to him. She understood George
Willoughby had procured him this marriage, she believed out

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of some crafty designs of his own, else he would never have
perswaded him to proceed so far without consulting any of
bis friends. She desires him not to trust to George Willoughby's
painted words, nor to let his flatery abuse him so much as
to make him think that he was the only able person to be
of his counsel, for he had divers friends that had more care
for him, and were better able to advise him. She desires to
see him, but writes ' if this thing be already past, I pray God
to send you as good speed as your haste has been great, which
seldom goes together.' "

" There are many more letters in the library at Wollaton,
which shew that Lady Arundell was extreamly agairist her
brother's marrying Mrs. Lyttleton, which he took very un-
kindly from her, and at last began to suspect that Lady
ArundeU coveted his estate, and therefore would be against
his marrying anybody. Lady Arundell being made acquainted
with these thoughts which her brother had of her, writ him
a long letter upon this subject, to justifie herself, and in it
gave her reasons why she was against this match, viz.,
because she thought Mr. John Lyttleton was an ill man,
that he was a great dissembler, etc.

" There is a story in Dugdale's Antiquities of Warwickshire
[p. 38] which, if true and of the same Sir John Littleton,
would give one reason to believe Lady Arundell's thoughts
that he was an ill man was but too well grounded." [Account
of Richard Smith, son of Sir Walter Smyth of Shirford " that
was murthered by his lady," and his treaty with Sir John
Littleton for the marriage of his only daughter by his first wife
to Sir John's third son, and of Sir John's tricking him out of
the reversion of the estates settled by him on the two children].

" Lady Arundell, not having power enough with her
brother to break the match, though by many letters it
appears she used her outmost endeavours, at last sends him
her good wishes in the manner I shall show by copying part
of a letter from her to her brother, which she dates from the
Court at St. James's. She writes that it well appears, that
what he writ to her was not his own thoughts but what
George WiUoughby counseled. She writes that he does her
wrong to say she does not like the gentlewoman. Her saying
they were more in haste then they needed, she thought was
no dispraise to her. She writes that she can't take it well
of him to burden her with being unwilling that he should
marry in hopes she might enjoy his estate ; this, she writes,
comes not from himself, who knew that her behaviour to him had
deserved a better opinion, himself best knew if she, or anybody
for her, had ever perswaded him not to marry. If she had
been against his marrying, she would not have consented to the
buying out of his wardship, and he well knew the executors
would not have paid the money if she and Mr. ArundeU had not
consented. And if this were all she had to say, she thought this
a sufficient proof that she was not against his marrying.

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" She desires him to make her commendations to her sister
that shall be, with whom she desires to be acquainted, and
she wishes them happily to match, and joyfully to live
together, and that God may bless them with such increase
of children as may be most to both their comforts.

" There is a copy of a letter from Mr. F[rancis] Willoughby,
dated from Frankeley, November, 1564, to his sister, the
Lady Arundell, in which he tells her that he had then resolved
to marry Mrs. Lyttleton ; that he was first moved to this
marriage by his near kindsman the very good Lord Dudley
and divers others who bore him good will ; that the Lord Grey
(who in duty he thought he ought to advise with) approved
of his choice ; that Mr. Lyttleton was of a very ancient
family, and a very good alliance, and had given his daughter
a very good education, and gave her a good fortune, and
required a very reasonable jointure and the settlement of
but one third part of his estate upon heirs male by her,
etc.

" Mr. Lyttleton gave his daughter 1500K. and three years'
board for themselves, their horses and six servants.

" There is a friendly letter from Sir Matthew Arundell to
Mr. Francis Willughby, which gives an accoimt of some things
which he had bought for him, and that he had sent him some
songs, strings, and three books, and for his sister some white
Flanders work, not so fine as he would have had, but such as
was to be had in London, and some combs, and he writes
that his wife had sent a partlet and a pair of sleeves. And
if he might know what other things he would have from
London, he would provide them. He returns thanks to Mr.
Littleton and his Lady for his well usage and good cheer,
and concludes, ' I bid you fare as myself. In haste from the
Court, the 20th of May.

Your brother most lovingly.'

" There is a letter from Lady Arundell to her brother
Willoughby, in which she desires to know how his executors
had dealt with him, and in what condition he had found his
land and houses. She writes that she perceives by Mr.
Lyttleton that as yet he has dealt but little in these affairs,
and it is her opinion that the sooner he takes them in hand
the better it will be both for his experience and profit. She
writes that if Sir Matthew Arundell might know when he was
to go into Dorsetshire, she would accompany him. She
concludes thus ' with my hearty commendations to my
sister and you, I bid you fare well, wishing you as I would
myself.' '

" There is a letter from Sir John Lyttleton (who I must
now call Sir) to Mr. Willughby, who from this time I will
call Sir Francis, not finding when the Queen knighted him.
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his son-in-law word that if he had not so suddenly departed
from KHlingworth/ he would have made his daughter a
lady, for he was sought for but could not be found within
an hour after he was gone, when there were six knights made,
viz.. Sir William Devereux, Sir George Hastings, Sir John
Throgmorton, Sir Foulke Grevile, Sir George Turpin (Sheriff
of Warwick and Leicester) and himself. He writes that the
Queen went to Mr. Lucye's house, and that the Lord Leicester
attended upon Her Majesty till Her Highness was pass'd
Warwick, and then returned to Killingworth, and so much
company with him that one would have judged there was
nobody wanting but the Queen's Highness, and after a day's
stay at Killingworth ^ he went to the Court.

" There is a letter from Sir Matthew ArundeU to Sir
Francis Willughby to complain of his iU hap not to see his
father-in-law at the Court, and also complaining that Sir
Francis WUlughby does not write to him ; he hopes being
at such a distance wiU not cause Sir F[rancis] W[illoughby]
to forget him, and writes that it is an evil day that is not
worth regarding.

" In another letter Sir Matthew writes Sir F[rancis]
Willoughby that his sister will see him at Easter and tarry
a month with him, ' in the mean season use her and me as
you judg you may.'

" In another letter Sir Matthew writes Sir F[rancis]
W[illoughby] that he had been at Woodland to receive the
Lord Herbert, who came and killed a buck in the park with
his hounds, of which pack tho' he might have commanded,
yet he would not send Sir F[rancis] W[3loughby] any, because
he did not like them, nor can he commend the hounds of
that country, but if he hears of any good he will try to get
them, or any thing else which he shall have a mind to. He
has sent a brace of young dogs apt for game. He writes that
he will not fail the Queen at Oxford, ^ where he wishes Sir
F[rancis] Willoughby would also be. There is like to be great
shows of learning, and a notable tragedy there is in hand,
and if he would come Sir Matthew promises to be his har-
binger. Dated from Wilton.

" There is a letter from Lady ArundeU which gives an
account of the Earl of Leicester's entertainment of the Court
at Kellemyale (s«c),^ his house, and she also seems to write with
pleasure of an entertainment which he gave to Sir Francis
Willughby and the rest of his coxmtry gentlemen. This
letter teUs her brother that she has made enquiry but could
not yet hear of one that could play and sing, but she hopes

1 Kenilworth, co. Warwick.

- Her first visit to Oxford University, of which the Earl of Leicester had
been elected Chancellor in 1564, occurred on 31 August, 1566, and following
week.

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■she shall provide him one when she goes to London. She
writes that she has seen his house of Woodland, which is very
ancient and in great decay. She concludes with thanks for
his mare, commendations to his wife, Sir John Lyttleton and
his Lady, with thanks for their courtious entertainment
of her.

" The date of the year is not writ to any of these letters
from Lady Arundell, but there are many very friendly letters
from Sir John Lyttleton to Sir Francis WiUughby, dated
An. D. 1566 and 1567, which seem to have been writ when Sir
Francis had gone journeys of business from Frankley. In
one Sir John thanks Sir F[rancis] W[Llloughby] for a fat buck,
in another he wishes Sir F[rancis] W[illoughbyJ'8 business were
finished that they might soon see him again at Frankley, and
sends hearty commendations from his wife and mother.

"In a letter from Sir John Lyttleton to Sir F[rancis]
Willughby, dated a.d. 1569, he expresses a kind concern for
his daughter's health, and also a concern for not paying the
whol sum of money that was due at the time he had
promised it, but he writ he had been ill used by his attorney,
and therefore could only send now by the bearer 110?.

" There is a letter from Lady ArundeU to Sir F[rancis]
Willughby, dated from the Court. In this letter she writes
that though he has no great matter to write of, yet it
pleaseth her to hear of his good state, as she had lately done
by the Lords that were with him, who had told her they
had not seen him look so weU of a good time, which made
her think he had recover 'd [from] his cough. She writes
that she here incloses the letter he desired, which was not
sent to herself but to Sir Matthew, and in his absence she
intersepted it, and intended to have kept it to shew him if
he had not sent for it. She desires to know if Sir John
Lyttleton had paid the money, or set the day when he
would, and wishes him better fortune with the rest that
is to come than he has hitherto had, etc.

" In another letter Lady Arundell writes Sir Frances
Willughby that she should have thought Sir John Lyttleton's
house the best place for him to have been in, had he been
such a man as he professed, but in his deahng with him he
had verified her opinion of him that he was a great dissembler,
and for that reason it was that she misliked his matching
into that house. For his wife, she writes that ways might be
found to deal with her, whose country friends would stand
her in but little stead. She writes that she intended to stay
at the Court aU summer.

" There is a letter from Lady ArundeU to her brother,
dated from Shaftbury, in which she hopes business of his
side is less troublesome then with them, where the great
murther has been done of favour procured for the help of

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them. His cares, she guesses, is building and setting up of
houses. She makes a doubt whether his wife will like hous-
keeping, especially when she knows of the company he means
to have. She thinks she can't come to him tiU after Easter,
and believes in the mean time he wiU not be idle. She desires
to know how his last being at the Bath proved with him,
and concludes wishing his well doing.

" In another letter, which Lady Arundell dates from the
Court, she writes her brother that she thinks the time long
since she heard anything from him, and she is very desirous
to know how he likes houskeeping, now, before she can
come herself to see ; she is sorry she can't now iix the time
when that shall be.

" She writes that the Lord Admirall desires that when he
sells his woods, he may have them for his money before any
other, which will be a conveniency to him, being so near
his house and also to himself. She concludes wishing long
the well doing of himself and his wife.

" There is another letter from Lady ArundeU to her
brother, in which she wishes he had not began his work upon
the Treant (the making it navigable), because it would be so
chargeable. She writes that she thinks his wife should not
be so unreasonable, and if he continues at Middleton, that
wiU make a tryal whither she more desires to enjoy his com-
pany or follow her own will. She writes that she is uncertain
whither her Highness wiU go to York or stay at KyUing-
worth.

" In a letter dated from Wilton Lady Arundell writes Sir
F[rancis] WiUughby that she is come from the Court to Lord
Pembroke's house in Wiltshire, where she intends to stay
three months ; and ere it be long Mr. Arundell wiU begin
to keep house. She writes that before she left the Court she
dealt with the Lord Warwick concerning setting forth men
towards Scotland, and found him so wilhng to pleasure Sir
Francis that he said he should have considered it himself
if she had not spoke, and did assure her that he would not
be unmindful of it when occasion should serve. In this
letter she writes that she thinks her aunt Topclyfe is sorry
she is come down, and that she has got profers for her
husband, but wishes Sir F[rancis] Willughby would do some-
thing in the matter, for she believed if he perceived that he
would take his aunt's part, he would then offer some reason-
able provision for her. In this letter she prays to be
remembered to her sister, and looks daily to hear of her good
dehvery, and desires to know what good liking he had of
Asplehut,! and how long he tary's there.

1 Aspley HaU, parish of Radford (in the city of Nottingham).

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" In another letter Lady Arundell writes that she doubts
Topclyfe will not be got to pay his wive's portion, and she
pittys her case. And in another letter she expresses great
concern for her aunt Topclyfe's miserable condition, her
husband not performing what he had promised for her
maintenance,

" And in another letter she writes Sir P[rancis] WUlughby
that she has got the Bishop of London and others in
commission with him to cause Mr. Topclyfe to appear before
them, and if this helps not, she knows not what will.

" This Topcljrf , that Lady Arundell often writes of with much
compassion, was Jane, the daughter of Sir Edward WU-
lughby, and sister to Sir Henry that was killed at Norwich,
A.D. 1548.

" If George WiUoughby was a brother of hers, it is more
then the pedigree shews, for there is no mention of any
younger brother George, but by many letters it appears that
Sir Francis Willughby called George WUlughby uncle,
and that George Willughby was one that Sir Francis often
employed in business.

" There is a letter from this George Willughby, dated
February, 1574[-5], directed to his son-in-law Repington,
who seems to have been a lawyer employed by Sir F[rancis]
W[illoughby]. In this letter George WUloughby writes that
there are other lands to pass in the same fine which are not
part of the jointure, as namely the manors of WoUaton and
Sutton Passis, CossaU, Gunthorp and Lewdham {sic), in the
county of Nottingham, Dunsby, in Lincolnshire, and Wood-
land, in Dorsetshire, all which he writes are to pass in this
manner, viz., to Sir Francis WUlughby and his heirs male,
and for want of such issue, to his heirs general, and for want
of such issue to the right heirs.

" There is a letter from Sir F[rancis] W[iUoughby] to his uncle
George WUlughby, about buying land of the Earl of
Huntington and others.

" There is a letter from Lady Arundell to Sir Francis
WUlughby to put him in mind of his promise of coming to
them, which both she and Mr. ArundeU, she writes, look
for, and desire, and if his wife hke to travel with him, she
might be welcom.

" Upon the back side of this letter there is writ the copy
of a letter from Sir F[ranci8] W[illoughby] to his sister in answer
to hers. He writes that much business relating to his estate
prevents his being able to come to her at this time, one thing
that hinders is land purchased lately in Cossall, which he
doubts he shall lose if there be not some friend to move the
Queen, and in this he should be glad to use her help, thinking

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she would be at the Court before he should be compelled
to make his direct answer. He writes that the bargain between
his father-in-law and himself is broken off, because he can
have no good assurance for the money, and he fears he shall
be compelled to sue him. He writes that his wife is great
with child, and that if after her dehvery, she shall retain
her usual trade, he shall be forced to change his mind as her
frowardness shall occasion him. She had burdened him in
that by his dealing with her he had been the occasion of the
loss of her children, which, tho' not true, he was contented
to bear.

" There is a letter from Lady ArundeU to Sir Francis
Willoughby in which she writes that Lady WUlughby's
dislike of her coming and writing a letter to Mr. Arundell to
stay her, had made her not willing to come to bring
unquietness to any place, and much less to his house, where
she prays he may be quiet without her, and then she would
content herself with forbearing to come.

" The copy of Lady WiUughby's letter to Sir Matthew
Arundel], which stiU remains in the library at WoUaton, is
to this effect : That she hears his wife is comming to see her
brother, which she desires he will prevent, for she is resolved
never to stay in the house where his wife is. She believes
Sir Matthew is not ignorant what letters his wife had writ
to her brother Sir F[rancis] W[illoughby] four years before this
time, in which she would have represented her a person fitter
for Bridewell than to trouble any honest gentleman's house.
These letters she had ready to shew, to testify the ill will
which she bore herself and children, and she believed her
commiQg now would tend to no other end but to break the
good agreement which there was now between her husband
and self, as she had endeavoured heretofore, etc. Dated
from Kinsbury, September the 5th.

" There is a letter from Lady Arundell to her brother, in
which she writes that if her comming to his house would stand
him in any stead, she shall not refuse to come, tho' she
had as great dislike to come into his wive's company as she
had to come into hers.

" In another letter from Lady Arundell to Sir Francis
WUlughby she expresses her trouble that what should be his
comfort is his greatest grief, and writes that she often imagins
how that might be help'd, and would advise that the next
time she falls into those rages that he shoiild send for her
father to come to her, and that they should both go with
him home and board there with a convenient number of
servants, till such time as she should have lost her wilfuUness,
and would apply herself to please him. Or if he would like,
since home gave him no content, to come abroad to her,
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be glad of his company. But if business would not let him
come now into these parts, shortly after Christmas she was
to gee upi to wait and stay half a year, in which space she
hoped he would take some good occasion to come up.

"In another letter from Lady Arundell to Sir F[rancis]
W[iUughby] she writes that she has spoken to the Lord Keeper,
and finds the reason that he was out of the Commission of
Peace in Nottinghamshire was because he was in that for
Warwickshire, and it was not allowed that one man should
be of the commission in two counties, but he might choose
which county he would be of the commission in. In this
letter she writes that she is glad to hear his wife behaves
herself better.

" There is a letter from Sir John Lyttleton to Sir F[rancis]
WiUughby, dated June, 1572, in which he makes great
complaints of two of Sir F[rancis] W[illughby]'s servants,
viz., Catesbie and Marmyon, who, he writes, spread slan-
derous reports of his daughter the Lady WUlughby.

" There is in this year, a.d. 1572, a long and very par-
ticular account in writing of a scene of great villany laid by
Ithel, Catssbie, Marmyon, Pardia, Barthol (sic) and Widdison, all
servants of Sir F[rancis] WUlughby, who had plotted together
to defame their lady, and thereby make a breach between her
and Sir Francis. Amongst these wicked servants Ithel seems
by this account to have been the worst. 'Tis there noted
down that he took great pains to have drawn Squire, another
of Sir F[rancis] Willughby's servants, to have been in their
cabal, but they could not prevail with him, who would always
assert his Lady's inocency and pitty her misfortunes.

" There is a paper writ by Squire, in which he says he has
often heard his Lady with tears bewaile her unquiet life through
Ithel and his companyons dealing against her, and belying
her to her husband ; and that she had told him that being
one day with her husband at Streley, she had heard Sir
Anthony Streley say to another gentleman leaning in a
windoe with him : ' I am heartily sorry for that poor gen-
tlewoman's miserable case, there being certain verlets who
villanously seek her utter undoing.'

" Squire writes that Lady Willughby, upon teUing him
this, desired he would stand her friend, and learn what he
could of their meaning. But she chiefly fear'd Lady Arundell
and Ithel. He writes that he promised his Lady with an
oath that he would deal for her faithfully and truely in aU
respects.

" There is an account, of Squire's writing, that one time,
when he was going from London to Nottingham, he went to
wait upon the Lady Arundell to know if she would command

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him any service to her brother ; she said she had great matters
to talk with him about, such as she was loath to commit to
writing, expecting to see him shortly in London, ' which she
wiUed me to teU him, if he was not coming towards London
before I came to Nottingham. She willed me to stay a while
that she might talk with me, for now she had leisure, the
Queen being gone to Leicester House.' After a little
astronomical! talk, and about mathematical! books in the
Italian tongue, etc., she made a large enquiry after her sister,
the Lady Willughby, viz., what company she kept, etc.
Upon this subject there is a very long dialogue writ down
by Squire, too much to copy, but, in short, it plainly shows
that Lady Arundell strove to learn of Squire stories of her
sister, that she might teU her brother in order to give him ill
impressions of his Lady. Squire's answers aU tend to excuse
and commend his Lady. He named some of the ladys that
she most visited, amongst which were the Lady Stanhop
and Mrs. Haddam, to which Lady Arundel answered, ' That
woman with her ! I heard so before. Well, my sister doth
not well, and I marvell my brother wiU suffer it.'

" There are many letters from Lady Arundell to Sir Francis
Willughby which, as well as this dialogue writ by Squire,
shew that she must have been very much to blame in agrivating
Lady WiUughby's faults to Sir Francis, and thereby increasing
the uneasiness that was between her and her husband. It
appears that she had an inquisitive way of picking up all the
httle stories that she could of Lady Willughby and then
telling them with advantage to her brother. There are
severall letters from Lady Arundell to her brother in which
she excuses Ithel. And there is the copy of a letter from
Sir F[rancis] Willughby to his sister, which shows that Sir
Francis had upon examination found Ithel guilty of telhng
stories and making lyes of his \\ife.

" There is a long letter from Lady Arundell, in answer
to this from her brother, in which she accuses Squire as the
person that had raised ill reports of Ithel, and writes that it
was Squire himself that had first told her what company
his wife kept, and that she had a great liking to Hadd!am's
wife, to which she had answered ham that she wished her
sister had chose a better companion, for she was Uke to get
no good by keeping her company. Lady Arundell writes that
many stories were bruted about by Squire, and that he would
find him to be a desembling knave. She had learnt that he
had been with the Countess of Warwick to acquaint her that
Ithel had told her stories of her sister, and to perswade the
Countess not to beheve any thing which she should say of her
sister the Lady Willughby.

" There is the copy of a letter, dated May, 1572, from Squire
to Lady Willughby, in which he gives her notice of a great
plot laid against her to defame her to her husband, because

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she kept company with Haddam's wife, who they would
represent as a vile woman, but he had ever thought her to
be a good honest gentlewoman. He prays God to defend
Lady Willoughby from such enemies.

'' There is the copy of a long letter writ by Sir Francis
Willughby, June, 1572, which seems to be an answer to one
which Lady ArundeU had writ to him fuU of stories of his
Lady, who Sir Francis vindicates, and seems not to credit
Lady Arundell's reports of her. He writes that he guesses
this comes from Catesbie's wife, who is scant honest, and
admit that his wife should keep company with Haddam's
wife, doth it follow that she must be touched with the Hke
spot of dishonesty?

" There is a letter from Ithel to Sir Francis WUlughby,
in which he endeavours to clear himself from being any means
of sowing discord between himself and his good Lady, dated
An. D. 1572.

" There are several copies of letters writ by Sir Francis
WiUughby, An. D. 1573, which express much pitty and com-
passion for his wife, who was then in a very Ul state of health,
and, I beheve, advised to goe to London for better help in
her illness than she could find in the country.

" There is the copy of a letter writ by Sir Francis, June,
1573, to his cousin Mr. Thomas Willughby, to let him know
that earnest business would not permit him to goe to London,
and his uncle George Willughby was obliged to travel to the
west, and thereby his wife would not be so weU provided for
as he wished in this time of her sickness, and therefore he
prayed him that he would vouchsafe to accompainy his wife
in town, if his own affairs would suffer him, and that during
his abode with her, he would take care that she should want
nothing which might either content her mind or be for the
recovery of her health, and in his so doing. Sir F[rancis]
Willughby writes that he shall not only discharge all the
charges which he shall sustain, but also requite him with
such friendship as shall rest with him during life.

" I don't find who this Mr. Thomas Willughby was, but
beheve he was the father of Sir Percivall.

" There is a letter from Lady Willughby to Sir F[rancis]
Willughby, dated the 16th year of Queen Elizabeth, being
An. I). 1574, in which letter she thanks Sir Francis for the venison
that he sent her to London, which she thought the best she
ever eat. She writes that her phisitians think it is very
dangerous for her to travel. She would have got their leave
to have gone to her cousin Thomas WiUoughby's in Kent,
and would have made two days' journey of it, but they would
not consent to it. She writes that she thinks 'tis very
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as she trusts in God she is, and yet some of her phisitians
think the contrary. She desires they would give her some-
thing, either to help or else to dispatch her quickly, for she
thinks death would be a thousand times more welcome to
her then to live as she now does continually sick.

" She writes that she has sent him a hat (which she chose
for him herself), which is of the newest fashion, and she
thinks a very good fashion for him, because it is not high
crowned, so that when he rides a hunting he may go under
the bushes and never puU it off.

" There is in the library at Wollaton a letter writ by Sir
P[rancis] WUlughby in March, 1574[-5], to a servant of his that
was then in London with his Lady, to enquir of him how
his Lady does and what weekly charges do arise. He writes
that he gave commandment that the horses should be sent
down, but he perceives her mind is now changed, and
thereby he is disappointed for the convepng of the children
to Middleton. He knows not the meaning of this, unless
it be to increase his charges, and if that should exceed the
rate he was contented to allow, it would be hardly gotten
at his hands, and London standing in the eye of the world,
it would not stand greatly with her credit to be still riding
in the streets. He would be advertised what time she means
to continue in London. He also writes to know if Mr. Creme
can find him any treble lutes fit for his purpose.

" There is a letter from Sir P[rancis] WUloughby, dated
May, 1575, to Dr. Smith to thank him for the care he had
taken of Lady Willughby during her illness. And since he thinks
Buxton waters necessary for her, Sir F[rancis] W[iUoughby]
writes that if she would accomplish what he would wish her
to do, then he would come himself up to London, and if his
leasure would permit him, he would goe with her himself tO
Buxton. And whereas he advised her to live in a whol-
some air and eschue disorder in her diet and perturbations
of her mind, for the air he writes that he thinks she will
not mislike the place where he is disposed to dwell, being
unwilling himself to be in any air which they could find hurt
by, but in this point he desires she will consider her duty
rather than to suffer herself to be guided by self will. For
her disorder in diet and the perturbations of her mind, she
only must help that ; for his part, he would not give her any
just occasion of trouble if reason might take place, andwillfull
will be laid aside.

" By these and many more copies of letters that are in
the library it appears that Sir Francis and his Lady lived
very unhappily together. There is the copy of a letter from
Sir Francis Willoughby, dated June, 1575, to Sir John
Lyttleton, in which letter he gives Sir John notice of his wive's
intentions to goe to Buxton, where, he writes, she means to

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stay a fortnight, but to what place she will return he knows
not, and to be in other men's houses, refusing his own; is not
convenient. Such journeys are very chargable and some-
times bring more discredit then relief to a sick person.
Plain dealing he knows has bread dislike between her and
Sir John, but to let her follow her fancies would be meer
phrensie. Would Sir John and his Lady, or any other friend
of hers, come to confer with him before her going, he would
stay her journy some time, but if not before, he would expect
to meet them at Buxton, or else at their return from thence
at Middleton, where (if she would goe thither) she should be
used as became Sir John Lyttleton's daughter and his wife,
but if she refused she should have but small maintenance or
comfort from him. He expresses sorrow for writing so much,
but says necessity forces him to shew his private pain, not
that he would stain her good name, but he feared she would
injure it by her own inconsideration.

" There is a letter from Sir John Lyttleton to Sir Francis
Willughby, dated from Prestwood, June, 1575, in which Sir
John expresses himself very affectionately and friendly to
Sir Francis, and beholden to him for his plain dealing touch-
ing Lady WiUughby, who he hoped would suffer reason to
take place, for she had now faithfully promised that she would
be directed by her husband as duty required, and that she
would refer herself and cause to him to order as he should
think well off, and that at her retiirn from Buxton she would
come to Middleton to him and remain there, or at any other
place where he should think good, not weighing her health
or life so much as contenting him. This done, Sir John writes
that he shall then become her friend, notwithstanding what
before had happened.

" There is a letter which Sir Francis WiUughby writ to
his Lady at Buxton, in which he wishes that with the
recovery of her health, she may also put on a tractable mind,
and let her self-will give place to reason, and that she
would take the wholsome advice of her best friends. He
writes that the horses shall be sent, and he desires she will
repair the next way to Middleton that he may have the horses
against the time he must goe to Killingworth. He desires her
to be as good a wife as she would make shew of being to the
world, and let her example cause him to do the like. ' Thus
wishing you as myself,' etc.

" There is a letter from Lady Willughby to Sir Francis,
in which she says she finds great benefit by the bath at
Buxton, and would gladly have staid longer, but she writes
that her sister HoUys must return home, and having taken
her as she did, she thinks herself obliged to see her safe at
home again.

" This good accord which now seemed to be begining
between Sir Francis Willughby and his Lady did not last
long, as will hereafter appear, but I shall here stop to mention

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Queen Elizabeth's going a progress through that part of
England about this time. Upon this occasion Sir Francis
WiUughby sent to inform himself by George Willughby
what would be fit for him to doe. In answer to which there
is a letter from George Willughby, dated June, 1575, to
let Sir Francis Willughby know that he had advised with
several] of the country gentlemen where and in what mianner
they intended to meet the Queen, and by what he can learn,
their servants need only to have plain hvery coats, but he
thinks Sir Francis's number of servants should in no wise
be less then fifty, as well because heretofore he had not shewed
himseM to the Queen, as also that his estate was very well
known both to Her Majesty and the whole Counsel to be
nothing inferiotir to the best. For himself, George Willughby
writes that he thinks he cannot make less than three suits
of apparell, for he is well assured that his attendance will be
expected a week.

" I shall here copy a letter from Sir Francis Knolls to Sir
Francis WiUughby to give him notice of the Queen's coming
to Wollaton :

" ' Her Majesty is determined to tarry two days at your
house, that is to say tomorrow night and Thursday all day,
whereof I thought good to advertise you betimes. Where-
fore I think it best for you not to defray Her Majesty, but
rather that you should give her some good present of beefs
and muttons, and to keep a good table yourself in some place,
if you have any convenient room for it, two messe of meat.
But do herein as you shall think best, but you had need to
consider how your provision of drink, etc., may hold out.
This Tuesday, the 20th day of July, 1575.

Your loving Friend,

F. KnoUs.'

" There is no account book or papers that I could find which
shewed in what manner the Queen was received and enter-
tained at WoUaton.

" By many books of accounts and papers of the orders in
the family it appears that Sir Francis Willughby was very
exact in keeping the account of his income and his expences,
and that he was very reguler in his family, but many of these
papers are so decayed by time that they remain very imper-
fect. The only sheet I found entire of those orders to be
observed by his houshold servants I shall copy on the
other side.

" ' A copy of some of the orders which were to be
observed by Sir Francis Willughby's servants at
Wollaton,' I believe about the year 1572.

" ' Item that Foxe supply the place of the usher, whose
office is first of all to see that the haU be kept clean, and that
his groom sees no doggs come there at all. He is diligently
to have good regard of every person that comes into the

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hall, to the end that if they be of the better sort, notice may
be given to the master, or some head officer that they may
be entertained accordingly. If of the meaner sort, then to
know the cause of their coming, and to give advertisement
over, to the end they may be dispatched and answer'd of
their business, provided always that no stranger be suffered
to pass without offering him to drink, and that no rascall
or unseemly person be suffer'd to tarry there. The covering
of the boards [=: tables] doth appertain to the under
butler.

" ' Upon inteUigence given from the clerk or the cook that
the meat is ready to be served, he is with a loud voice to
command aU gentlemen and yeomen to repair to the dresser.
At the neither end of the hall he is to meet the service, saying
with a loud voice, " Give place, my masters," albeit no man
be in the way, and so to goe before the same service untiU he
come to the upper end of the hall, carrying a little fine rod
in his hand, which at aU other times he is to carry in his
bosom, whereby he is to be known of all strangers to be the
usher. He is also to appoint some one yeoman, at his dis-
cretion, in the winter time to carry the torch before service
in the night time. The dining chamber being served, he is
to place in the hall in dinner and supper time all noblemen's
men which be fellows together, and all gentlemen according
to every of their master's degrees, but before their placing and
sitting down, he is to give notice unto the clerk that so many
mease are to be provided for, but in that matter the diligence
of the clerk is no less required then the usher, to the end that
they may both to their master's worship see the same very
well served, according to the degrees and number of the
strangers there.

" ' If any great press of strangers shall be, then three or
four of the meanest sort of servants, as namely the slaughter-
man, the carter, and some of the best of the grooms of the
stable, or such like, are to be appointed by the usher to attend
in t'hall. If no strangers be, then the grooms of the stable,
and the allowed pages and boys in the house, to attend upon
the first dinner, and they to have the remainder thereof, with
some little help out of the kitchen, as the usher shall see
cause. And Ukewise the pages at the latter dinner to attend
upon the gentlemen and yeomen, and the remainder of the
meat at (sic) after both the dinners and suppers, presently by
the usher to be put into the almes table, which is always by him
to be kept safely locked, to be distributed among the poor
such days as 'shall be appointed. Imediately after supper,
if there be any strangers, the usher is with a loud voice to
command all yeomen waiters to attend upon the buttery
hatch, for the serving of .

" ' AU disorders in the haU are by the usher to be reformed,
and if there shall be any stubborn persons, he is to expell
them out of the hall, and to command aU men at dinner and
supper time (if any great noise shall be) to keep silence, saying

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with a loud voice, " Speak softly, my masters." His part is
also to walk up and down the hall, and especially in the time
of the first dinner or supper, and only to call and to command
the buttler, the pantter, and such as be attendents to bring
or fetch any thing that shall be wanting, but not in any
wise to doe any service himself, otherwise than diligently to
look to the tables. The benefit of the play in this as in
many places doth belong to the buttler, but in most imto
th'usher. He is dihgently to see that no meat filched
forth of the chamber be brought into the haU, nor yet
to suffer any waiter to abide in the hall during the time their
master is at dinner or supper, nor is he to suffer any filchen
through the hall from the buttery, kitchen, or such like places.
For he is an officer of great trust and credit, and next to the
usher of the great chamber (if any be) in degree, above either
cooke, butler, yeomen of the chambers, or porter.

" ' Penne being appointed for the buttery, his office is
ever to keep clean and sweet his buttery, and hkewise his
plate and cups, making sure every day to have fresh and
clean water, and for the most part twice a day to wash the
same withal. His jacks appointed for the hall are to be kept
from furring and unsweet savour. His office with th' aid
of an under-buttler . is to keep the great chamber clean, to
make fires there, and to provide for lights in due season,
and to cover the boards and cupboards there, having very
good regard to the cleanness of his linen, and likewise to
provide for cards and dice, whereof he is to have the profit.

" ' The under-butler is to cover the boards in the hall.
He is to suffer no household servant to remain tipling, or
to be at all in the buttery ; but whosoever is disposed to
drink to be served at the hatch, and so to depart. Neither
is he to suffer any stranger to come in the buttery, other
then such as shall be of worship or good reputation, and
they to be brought in either by sorae of their officers, by th'
usher of th' haU, or else by some discrete gentleman or
yeoman, for their better entertainment, according to their
degrees and credit. He is to foresee that no breakfast, after-
noon meats, nor hancks after supper be had or made there,
or if any houshold servant by reason of his business come
after dinner and is to have some meat, he is to be served in
the hall and not in the buttery. But if any stranger of credit
in like case come, he is by th' usher or some other discrete
servant to be had into the buttery and not to be served in
the haU.

" ' The butler is also to use good discretion in serving
forth of the bread and beer to the houses of office, as to the
kitchen, the bakehouse, the nursery, and such like, that he,
understanding the allowed number there, may so serve them,
as it neither be with want nor yet with over great excess.
He is to foresee that his broken beer be safe, and clean kept
in sweet vessells for the poor. The buttery door ought not

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without speciall cause to be set open till eight of the clock
m the morning, and then so to stand till it be nine, and from
thence to be shut again till between ten and eleven, and then
to remain open tOl all dinners be done, and so after dinner
and supper be done to be shut again till between two and
three, and then after half an hour or thereabouts to be made
fast till five, and so to remain open till nine, and after by
no means to be opened that night without speciall cause.
The discretion of that officer is to foresee that no filching of
bread or beer be sufPer'd, nor yet any want where reason doth
require may be greatly both for his master's profit and worshipp,
for it is an ofiice both of good credit and great trust.

" There is a book of accounts^ of Sir Francis WiUoughby's
expenses from November, 1572, to December, 1573, in which
the sum totall of every month's disbursement stands thus

£

November, 1572, disbursements this month was 100

December, ditto, this month came to the sum of 115

January, ditto [1572-3], that month . . . . 102

February, ditto, this month . . . . . . 71

March, ditto, disbursements that month came of 36 18

April, ditto, this month 31 2

May, ditto, this month 87 19

June, ditto, this month . . . . . . 45 13

July, ditto, this month 27 11

August, 1573, this month 86 7

September, 1573, this month 178 10

October, 1573, this month 152 13

November, 1573, this month 223 2 5

December, 1573, this month 135 10 11^

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By which book it appears that Sir Francis
WUloughby's houshold disbursments for
these fourteen months came to the sum of £1394 1

" A list of servants which did
Wniughby and his Lady,
for a quarter of a year.

belong to Sir Francis
A.D. 1572, and their wages

Paid to Mrs. Willughby

To Mrs. EKzabeth

To Marjory [Garner]

To John [Johan Poker] . .

To John [Johan Beardmore]

To the Landresa [Alice Launders]

To Marjory [Parleby]

To Ehzabeth [Hay]

To Mary [Scrowin]

£ s.

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1 This book, which has not been found, is partly, though not wholly, em
bodied in the one at p. 421, abo%-e. The surnames are here added in brackets
from the latter.

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Paid to Henry Willougliby
To George Gum [Cam]
To Thomas Shaw . .
To Rigley [Wrigley]
To WUliam Marmyon
To the Coachman . .
To William Blithe . .
To [L.] Rice

To Gregory [Gr(iffith) Ryce]
To [Oliver] Holland
To Tom [Belper] . .
To Roger [Collier] . .
To James Coke

To the Warrener [John Warrjnier]
To Sheperd of Arnol
To Sheperd of Basford
To John Penne
To Hugh [Mercer]
To Tom [Thomas Tayler]
To William Stock [Stoekes]
To John [Dun]
To William Derby
To Fox
To John Gold
To WilHam Carter
To John Smith
To Bright . .
To Robert [Mason]
To John B[orros] . .
To Richard B. [Ric. Lackye]
To Thomas S[toekesl
To John S[cot] . T
To John [Mee]
To John Dun
To John P. [Ketle ?]
To the boy in the kitchen
To [Merycokes] the clerk of the church
The armorer's wages one quarter
The musitioners' wages one quarter

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£43 19 8

" This account of servants makes no mention of any
belonging to the nursery, tho' before this year 1572 I beheve
most of Sir Francis Willughby's daughters were born.

" The two John's set down amongst the women servants, I
beUeve might both belong to Lady WiUughby in particular.
And Henry Willoughby who is set down first in the Ust of the
gentlemen servants was, I beheve, Sir Francis's chief gentle-
man, and by the speUing his name mth an o, I beheve he was

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of tlie Eresby family, tho' that distinction of the names of
the two families I don't find always observed, but that Sir
Francis Willughby himself did sometimes write his name ou
and that Sir Percivall sometimes with the u only. Therefore
'tis very hkely that both famiUes might originally be the same
and so speU their names alike, tho' throughout this book
I have made that distinction because I most often find
Sir Francis Willughby's name spelt without the o and Sir
Percivall Willoughby's name spelt with it.

" There are many letters which show that towards the
end of the summer, An. D. 1575, Sir Francis WUlughby and
his Lady lived very unhappily together, and that, notwith-
standing her fair promises to her father that she would be
directed by her husband, she had not been long returned
from Buxton before she showed the contrary. Some
alteration I beheve Sir Francis had a mind to make in her
marriage settlement, which might displease her.

" There is a letter from George WiUughby to Sir Francis,
dated in October, 1575, which shows that he did ill ofiices
between Sir Francis and his Lady, for in this letter he desires
Sir F[rancis] Willoughby would banish his wife from him,
if after her many promises she would not at last yield to
pass the fines.

" There is in the library at WoUaton the copy of a letter
writ by Sir F[rancis] W[illoughby] to Sir John Lyttleton, An. D.
1575, full of complaints of his wife. Amongst other things
he writes that one day at WoUaton, as he was talking with
Mary, his fool, of going to Kinsbury, his wife answered she
would not goe thither ; upon which he asked her if she would
stay at WoUaton or goe to Middleton ; she answered that she
would not stay there, and that if she had not been lately very
sick he would not have found her there, for she would have
been gone before he had returned. He asked her whither ?
To which she answered, her friends would not see her des-
titute, and she would not bear so much as she had done, and
that she would not with her good wiU tarry any longer with
him, who, she said, kept her but as a fool, to jest and
flout at.

" There is the copy of another letter from Sir Francis WU-
lughby to Sir John Lyttleton, in which he teUs him that one
night Sir Thomas Cocken supped with him and his wife at
Nottingham, and used many friendly speeches to perswade
her to be in a better temper,' caUing her sister, and teUing her
he did so because he had but one sister, and her name was
Lyttleton. But Lady WiUughby grew very angry, and
wished him to fall to his meat, if he had no other speeches
to impart to her. Sir Thomas Cockin commended some of
the servants for being men of honesty, and wished she would
not be so much offended with them : to which she repUed

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they were the veryest villins that ever woman was troubled
with.

" There are severall letters from Sir John Littleton to Sir
Francis Willughby in behalf of his daughter, which letters
shew that he endeavoured as much as he could to reconcile
Sir Francis and his Lady. In one of these letters he assures
Sir Francis that he would by no means plead for his daughter,
if he did not believe her very innocent concerning those
aspersions which had been cast upon her by malicious people
and such as had ill designs upon Sir Francis. i

" In answer to these letters there is the copy of a very
long letter wrote by Sir Francis Willughby to Sir John
Lyttleton, in which he gave a large account of his wives
behaviour. He wrote that he had long born her froward
humour with secret sorrow (which now long of herself was
become so publick), and to keep her in temper hehadforborn
having his only sister a night in his house for eight years,
and then because she came to have stayed three or four
nights, his wife went down to the vicarage and sent for him,
but he refused to goe to her. The next day she sent to him
to know if he would suffer her come into the house to speak
with him, he answered that he never forbid her the house,
but he desired she would carry herseK as she ought. Never-
theless upon her coming into the house she called his sister
abominable names, and swore she would neither eat, drink or
sleep till she was revenged of her.

" Sir Francis WUlughby did not write how this dispute
ended, but by many papers it appears that from this time
they lived very unhappily together, and that Lady Willughby
would often fall into passions, which made her say very
provoking vexatious things to Sir Francis, who seems to have
been a man of great piety and learning. There are in the
library at Wollaton a great many very pious discourses writ
by him, and several sermons which he made for his own
chaplains to preach, and a collection of the most learned books
of his time. ^ By copys of his own letters and other papers
he appears to have been of a very mild, sweet disposition,
and a lover of hospitality, but a little too apt to be imposed
on by stories from his servants, who, I bebeve, made some
advantages to themselves by aggravating those unhappy
differences between himself and his Lady, who seems to have
been a woman of wit and virtue, but of a turbulent spirit
and ungovernable passions, as one may judge by copies of
many of her letters and dialogues, some of which I shall copy
here.

"It is before mentioned (page 70) ^ that the Lady Stanhop
was one of those Ladys which Lady Willughby most often
viseted, and from her doing so, I believe, some of her enemies

1 Still preserved at Wollaton.

2 See page 534, above.

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would have raised a jealousie in Sir Francis that Lady
Willughby's friendship with the Lady Stanhop did proceed
from her liking to be in Sir Thomas Stanhop's company.
This made an uneasiness between Sir Francis Willughby
and the family of the Stanhop's of Shelford.

" There is an account that upon Christmas even Sir Francis
left his Lady and went to Coventry, and that he took with
him great part of the plate, but yet left enough with his Lady
for necessary use. At his going away from her, he did
require of her a jewel in which was Sir Thomas Stanhop's
picture, but she bid him content himself, for he should never
have that whilst he lived, and also many other disrespectfull
things she said to Sir F[rancis] W[illoughby] at their parting.

" This jewel, in which was Sir Thomas Stanhop's picture,
I find by letters to Lady Willughby was bought by Sir Thomas
Stanhop for his own Lady, but Lady Willughby having
desired Sir Thomas upon his going to London that he would
buy her some such diamonds, and he not meeting with them,
writ a letter to excuse his not buying the diamonds for her,
and with that letter sent the jewel which he had bought for
his own wife, in which was his own picture, which picture
he desired might be returned to his wife, and if Lady
Willughby liked to keep the diamonds the price of them
was sixty-six pounds.

" There is a letter from Sir Thomas Stanhop directed to
the worshipful] Mrs. Marrows (who I believe was Lady
Willoughby's sister). He writes that he had received the
Jewell, but knew not why Lady Willughby's having the jewel
or wearing it should breed any harm, for he bought it reasonably
cheap, and meant his wife should have worn it, and there-
fore caused his own picture to be put therein, but my Lady
her sister having desired him when he went to town to lay
out such a sum upon a jewel for her, and he finding none for
her price, at his return sent this picture and a letter with
it for her to show her husband with the jewel and the picture,
and if upon consideration thereof they both liked the jewel
for the money it cost, then they might keep the jewel and
return him the picture. This letter was dated from London,
March, 1578[-9].

" Before Sir Francis went this Christmas eve from his
Lady (who, I believe, might be then at Kinsbury) to
Coventry, I find by a letter from Sir John Lyttleton, dated
November, 1578, that she had gone from Sir Francis to Franke-
ley. In this letter from Sir John to his daughter, he blames
her for comming with others with her to Frankeley, without
giving them warning, when she knew that her mother was
at Prestwood. He wrote that he refers it to her own rash
head what wisdom was in this, and because he hears she
intends to come to Prestwood, he thinks fit to let her under-
stand that he is not well, and the sight of her will not mend,
but greatly disquiet him, and therefore he trusts never to

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see her more. She has forgot the duty of a daughter to him,
and he will forget her as his daughter in every thing, but that
of prajring for her, that God would bless her and her children,
and send her grace to show herself both in life, word, and
deed a dutiful wife to her husband.

" In the long account which Sir Francis Willughby gave
Sir John Ljrttleton of his wives behaviour to him, he writes
that three weeks after he had left her, he sent to Henry
Draycott to goe to her and let her know that he was going to
her husband (on purpose to try what message she would
send) : her answer was, she would send no commendations to
him, for she cared not for him.

" He writes that soon after he went himself to Kinsbury,
taking with him Sir Fowlk Grevell, Mr. Boughton, and Mr.
Fisher. Of what passed there, Sir Francis gives in this letter
to Sir John Littleton a short account, and elsewhere I find
it writ down to this effect, viz.. That after they had supped
at Kinsbury Sir Francis Willughby sent to lus Lady (who
had before refused to come to supper) to requir her to speak
with him ; she sent word she would speak with him in the
gallery, where they aU went. What Sir Francis said at first
going iato the gallery was not heard by the company, but
his Lady answer'd in great coUer, ' I will blaze your arms
and make you better known.' Sir Francis pressed her to be
reconciled to his sister, which she refused. He then asked
her if in aU other things she would be ruled by him, to which
she answered she would not be ruled by him. Upon which
Sir Fowlk Grevell said, ' Why, madam, wiU you refuse to
be niled by your husband ? ' She answer'd she was the
Queen's sworn servant and knew not but Sir Francis might
command her something against Her Majestie's proceedings ;
to which Sir Fowlk said that was an evil objection for a wife
to lay to her husband. Mr. Boughton would have perswaded
her for her children's sake and her own (for to discredit her
husband was to discredit herself and posterity) that there
might be a good agreement and love between herself and
husband. She answer'd that her heart was hardned against
Sir Francis, and she could not love him as she had done. Sir
Francis answered her that since his first marrying her to this
day her actions had shewed the little love which now her
speech made manifest. He asked her how she could answer
keeping those servants which he had discharged contrary
to his liking. To which she gave him a very passionate answer.
And many more disrespectful speeches are set down in that
dialogue from her to Sir Francis, who told her of some things
which he disliked, to which (says this written account) she
answered in mockage that she thanked him, and if she had
had a cap she would have put it off to him. Many more
spitefull disrespectfull speeches she made which are there
copied, but this I think is sufficient to show the nature of
their uneasiness, and too much to be noted down by a
grand-daughter in the fourth descent from this Lady,

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" This meeting, which seems to have been designed in
order to have reconciled the unhappy difference between Sir
Francis and his Lady, served only to increas that breach
which was already made. Mrs. Hearing, Lady Willughby's
woman, was with her Lady in the gallery, and to Mr. Fisher
expressed her sorrow for what had passed.

"Sir Francis, having left his Lady at Kinsbury Hall, went
into Nottinghamshire. After which Lady Willoughby would
have sent some of the men out of the house, but they sent
her word that they would not goe. Upon which she went
down herself , being led by Mrs. Eliz. Mearing and another of
the maids, to have seen them turned out, but meeting Cludde
with his sword under his arm. Lady WiUughby cry'd out
in a fright, 'What ! will they murther me in my husband's
absence 1 ' And upon this, sending down some of her maids to
raise the town, there came in Penn and Green and divers others
after them, who not being able to appease or satisfie my Lady,
she desired them aU to guard her to the vicarage, which they did.

" Sir Francis, being advertised of this disturbance at
Kinsbury, left his business which he had at Colearton, and
returned to his Lady, taking with him Mr. Beaumont. Ti}e
reception he met with from his Lady was not more kind then
before, and much such anotRer discourse passed between
them, which remains writ down amongst the old papers in
the library at Wollaton.

" There is the copy of a letter from Sir Francis WUlughby
to Sir John Lyttleton, in which he writ, that being to goe to
London, he had set down directions for his men to observe
in ordering of his family during his absence from Coventry,
viz., that Joahn (sic) should look to the ordering of the children,
to which his wife said who ever should take upon them to
order her children in her presence she would mischief, and
she would not be left amongst such villains, but would goe
into the town. To which he answer'd that she should not,
to make such an uproar as she had done before at Kinsbury.
Then she desired to goe to an inn, and send for some of her
friends to her, and upon his denying her that, she fell into
a most violent passion, threatening to make away with
herself, and being denyed a knife would have struck her
scissors into her belly if she had not been prevented.

" There remains now in the library at WoUaton those orders
which Sir Francis WiUughby left with his servants, Henry
Dracot and T. Cludd, when he went from Coventry to London,
February, 1578[-9], and left his Lady in that disturbance
which his letter to Sir John Lyttleton gives the relation off.

" ' A copy of the orders left by Sir Francis WiUughby
to his servants at Coventry to be observed during
his absence.

" ' That prayers be said at ten o'clock in the morning, and
at five o'clock ia the evening. That the children be there

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present, and that after service is done dinner and supper
be presently brought up.

" ' That those persons which I have discharged from my
house do not repair thereto, nor have any conference with
my wife, or any of her friends till my return.

" ' That she shall have nothing to do with the children, but
that they shall be ordered by such as I shall appoint for that
purpose.

" ' That the household be ordered by the discretion of
Dracot and Cludde, and such as I shaU authorise. The weekly
charges not exceeding M. 13s. 4d.

" ' That my wife shall not discharge or receive any servant,
nor strike or evil entreat any servant.

" ' That Arthur Buckly do not suffer any horses to be
employed at my wives command.

" ' That there be no stuff bought in the town without ready
money paid for the same.

" ' That who I shall appoint doe keep the chamber where
the stuff is laid, and not suffer my wife to buy or lay any
other stuff there. That she have no authority to comand
anything in the house except necessary diet for herself.

"'That in my absence shq shall not send any servant of
any message to any place.

" ' That Dracot and Cludde shall discharge all such as
shall break these orders and place others in their rooms, if
there be need to have any greater number.

" ' That the children doe goe to bed strait after eight
a clock at night, and are made ready before eight a clock in
the morning. And after it is nine a clock at night, nobody
must be in the great chamber, but that the fire be raked up
and the door locked.

" ' That the servants be not gading into the town, but
give their attendance at dinner and supper, and aU other
times.'

" Lady Willughby could not bear being thus left at
Coventry with so little power in her family, and her servants
so much, as appears by a letter from her directed to Sir
Francis Willughby at London, and dated this February,
A.D. 1578[-9]. Her letter was to this effect, that at Sir Francis's
late going to London, his pleasure was that she should
remain in his house at Coventry, if she could like the same, and
further he did order that the mayor and aldermen of the said
citty should provide her a house, not being an inn, if she did
not like to continue in his house. She writes that after he
was gone the servants did deal with her so cruelly that she
was not able to bear it, fearing that both herself and the
child she went with must have been both lost. Such was
her grief, for which reason she went out of the house to meet
her brother and some other friends and kinsfolks to confer
with them what course she had best to take, minding to have
returned home immediately after, but the servants refused

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her enterattce, which forced her to goe to a house which the
mayor and aldermen had provided for her, in which house
she now was, in want of aU necessarys, having no apparell
but what was upon her back, nor any money to bear her
charges. She desires he will remit and forgive her offence
to him in words, and hopes at his return to be received by
him, that they may live with comfort together. And till
then she desires his answer by the messenger what she shall
doe.

'* There is a letter from Lady ArundeU. (who 'tis probable
might bear her brother company when he return'd again into
the country, and that she might write him this letter soon
after her returning home). In it she says that she hears his
wife is very joyfull for her departure out of the country, and
that her gossips give out that she will use all the means she
can to come to his presence and use speeches of great sub-
mission, although she means not to perform them. And that
the mayor and cittyzens of Coventry have promised her so
diligently to solicit the matter, that there is no heart so hard
as not to be moved to pity, much less his, whose natural
disposition is to be courtious.

" There is another letter from Sir John Lyttleton to Sir
Francis Willoughby dated November, 1579, in which he
complains of his age and unfitness to travel, and for that reason
he entreats Sir Francis to take the trouble of comming to
Frankley, where he would be as wellcome as any friend, and
when they were together, he hoped they might put an end
to the difference between himself and his Lady, in which
cause he thought nobody was so fit to deal as he, her husband,
and himself, her father.

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" There is another letter from Sir John Lyttleton to Sir
Francis WUloughby, dated December, 1579, in which he
writes that he has sent to his daughter to know what she
would desire Sir F[rancis] WHlughby should allow her for
maintenance ; to which she had answered that she requested
nothing but to be reconciled to his favour and to live with
him. Sir John in this letter heartily desires Sir Francis to
accept the same, but if he will not, then he desires he will
consider whose wife she is, and of what family she is
descended from, and accordingly proportion his allowance
to her during the time of their separation. He writes that he
thinks she can't have less than a gentlewoman to attend her,
a nurse for her young son, a maid to help the nurse and to
be laundress to them all, a boy needful about the nurse and
to make his Lady's fires, and a serving man to wait upon
his Lady. And for their tabling he trusts Sir Francis will
allow for his wife sixteen pence a day, and for each of the
servants eight pence a day, and for wages he thinks he can't

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give less than fifty-three shillings and four pence a year
a-piece to the woman nurse and man, and to the landress
and boy twenty-six shillingSL and eight pence a-piece. He
leaves it to Sir Francis to name what he wiU allow for apparel,
for his wife and little son (who he prays God to bless with
many happy years), and what money he will allow her for
other needfull expenses. He thinks it wUl be also needfull
for her to have a couple of geldings to use when she shall
have occasion to ride.

" There are many letters from Lady Willughby to Sir
Francis, in which she acknowledges herself to blame for her
unhansome speeches and disrespectful carriage to him.
In one she writes that she had been his wife 16 years and
borne him 12 children, that he cannot accuse her of any breach
of her marriage covenant, all the faults he charges her with
are disrespectfull speeches, which she is sorry for, and once
more she offers her humble submission to him, it being the
fourth time, which she protests was first sealed with her heart
before it was signed with her hand. But if he thinks this
not sufficient, she desires he will set her down any other
reasonable form, and he shall find her both ready to yeild
to it and willing to perform it. She desires he will consider
how many false stories he has given credit to, told by those
who mortally hate her, as that in truth she was not with
child when she left him, but only feigned herself to be so;
afterwards that the child was dead, and even now that it
is suborned and none of her own.

' There are several letters which were writ by Sir Francis
and Lady Willughby's friends about this time in order to
reconcile those unhappy differences which were between them ;
amongst which there is one from Thomas Duport, who
expresses great good wOl to Sir Francis Willughby and his
family. He writes that he knew his father Mr. Heiury
Willughby and Lady Ann, his mother, and also hia grand-
father. Sir Edward Willughby, dwelling in Dorsetshire, and
also his great uncle Sir John Willughby, dwelling at Collarton,
who aU lived worshipfuU in their callings, and he hoped yet
to see himself and his Lady live happily together for the
good of them both, as well as their chilcfren, who were now in
a manner bereft of loving parents and good educations. He
begs pardon for his rude writing, wishing to see him live in
such worship and estimation as his ancestors in his knowledge
had done, concluding

' Yours to my little power.'

" There are severall letters writ by Lady Arundell about
this time to her brother Sir Francis Willughby. In one she
puts him in mind of taking a house against he comes to London,
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stands near the Temple, of which, the haK-year's rent will
be six pounds ; and another house is to be had in Chanon
Row, which was the Controler's.

" In another letter she writes that she has sent her geldings
for his coach, being glad to hear of his bringing his children
to London ; she writes that if he wiU go forward with his
determination, it will make his wife's stout stomach to yeild,
and he wiU find many friends to take his part. She advises
that if his wife does not come to town, he would order her
to remove out of the house and town of Kinsbury, lest she
should cause some mischief to it, which he would he forced
to recompence.

" There is a very long letter from Lady Willughby to
Sir Francis, in which she writes that it is near two years
since she had been banish'd his company and forbid his house ;
in which time she had suffered great traveU of body and
trouble of mind, wandring from place to place and depending
wholy for reUef upon borrowing of friends.

" There is a letter from Trussell (who seems to have been
Lady WiUughby's friend) to his uncle Marmion (one of Sir
Francis's servants). In this letter he expresses to his uncle
a great value for Sir Francis Willughby's famUy, and hearty
concern that some caterpillars about him do eat up the
branches of his good name. He writes that Lady Willughby's
cause will be heard by the Earl of Leicester and Sir Francis
Walsingham, and reported to the Queen.

" There is the copy of a very melancholy letter writ, I
believe, about this time by Sir Francis Willughby to Sir
John Lyttleton, in which he laments his misfortunes, and
wishes for death, rather than to continue so vexatious a Hfe.
He writes that he is now threatened by his wife that she will
complain of him to the Queen, which would be to discredit
herself.

" There are many letters from Lady Arundell, which seem
to have been writ about this time, to her brother, that shew
a good deal of ill nature towards Lady Willughby, and one
of those letters is upon a quarrell which had been between
Sir Francis and the Stanhops. She dates it from the Court
and writes that she hop'd they should have met and had
conference together of such things as had hapned since
their last being together. She had made enquiry (she writ)
for the Lord Talbot's coming up, who, she had heard, was to
have ended matters between himself and the Stanhops ;
but being to goe out of town now herself, she could not speak
with him, but she wishes it were urged in this sort that they
should openly acknowledg that they had abused him, and
so to desire his good will, or else she would not have him
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Stanhope, who made comparison to be as good as Sir F[rancis]
W[illoughby], she would have his servants revenge it of him
till he should be weary and glad to give over and seek his
favour. She writes that their braging and his suffering it
occasions parly to his discredit.

" In this letter she says that Lady Willughby was now
at Sir Edward Sutton's, who would give her certain knowledg
of her behaviour.

"There are some letters to Sir F[rancis] Willoughby which
makes Sir Thomas Stanhope appear to have been a very
haughty, captious gentleman, and by the copy of a letter
from Sir Francis to Sir Thomas Stanhope, I believe tho'
they were neighbours, they were not very good friends. One
of the paragraphs in the letter was : ' And whereas you
desire me to be my own secretary, for that you love not
emba^ssages by servants' pens, I have at this time satisfied
your request, but to be always so far tied would be very much
for me,' etc.

" It does not appear how this quarrel with the Stanhops
ended.

" There is another letter writ by Lady Arundell to Sir
Francis Willughby to perswade him to draw a catalogue of
his wives faults, and send papers with it to the Secretary
Walsingham and the Earl of Leicester, to prevent their
interceeding with the Queen in her behalf. Here Lady
ArundeU reckons up faults to be noted down, viz., Lady
WUlughby's disorderly life, her watching late contrary to
his liking, her keeping such company as he did mislike, her
turning away Robinson out of the house at a time great
matters did depend, her maintaining servants in Warwick-
shire which he had turned away, her reviling him to his face,
her running out of the house and raising the town at
Kinsbury.

" In another letter Lady Arundell writes Sir Francis
Willughby that it is bruted his wife is dead, but she beUeves
that he finds it is her over quickness and not deadness that
troubles so many. She writes that she often resorts to the
Court and there talks her pleasure of her, thinking thereby
to hide many of her own faults, which if she could, she was
to be borne with, for the number of them was not a few, and
to lye of others was no diminishing of them. Her friends
(she writes) wish she would come up to answer her, but she
means not to bestow her time so iU. She writes that the
Lord Chancellor will be earnest with him for her to get rid
of her, for she is so importunate with him that it is very
troublesome.

" It does not appear how these matters in dispute between
Sir Francis Willughby and his Lady ended, but there is a
writing which shows that. An. D. 1582, he was obliged by the
Queen to allow her two hundred pounds a year for separate
maintenance.

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" There is a letter from Henry TrusBell, dated December,
1580, to Sir Francis Willughby, to give him an account of
the death of his little son, which occasion 'd great grief to
all about him, but especially to the comfortless Lady, his
mother, who, he writes, had been very sick ever since. He
solicits Sir F[rancis] W[illoughby] to be reconciled to his Lady,
concluding with a prayer that they might both forget what
was past, and be inspired with perfect love for the future.

" There is a letter from Lady Willughby to Sir Francis
writ some time after this child's death, in which there is many
tender expressions in relation to the family. She writes
that she had hved from him till she was above forty years old,
and she feared if a reconciliation could not soon be made,
she should be past child-bearing, and that now, tho' she
could not expect it without hazarding her life, yet she would
contentedly run that hazard, with the hopes to establish the
house of the WiUughbys.

" There remains no answer from Sir Francis Willughby
to this letter from his Lady, but upon the death of this little
son I believe he immediately resolved to marry his eldest
daughter Brigit to Percivall Willoughby, the eldest son of
Thomas Willoughby, of Boreplace, in Kent, whose great-
grandfather was Christopher, Lord Willoughby, of Eresby,
in Lincolnshire, which family of the Willoughby's I shall
hereafter give an account off.

" This Percivall Willoughby was, I believe, a youth of a
tender constitution, and therefore advised while he was very
young to travell. There are letters from his govemour writ
from France to Mr. Thomas WiUoughby, which give a long
account of him, chiefly in relation to his health.

" There is a letter from Lady Arundell to Sir F[rancis]
Willoughby writ about the time that the Duke of Alanson^
left England. In this letter she says that Monsieur is at
the seaside to take his journey to Flanders, where he is
desired to take the government. The Lord Leicester and
the Lord Hunsdon are to accompany him thither. Her
Majesty with most of the Court are gone to bring him to the
seaside. (Sir R. Baker says that in February, a.d. 1581-2,
the Queen brought the Duke of Anjou on his way as far as
Canterbury, and then commanded the Earl of Leicester,
the Lords Charles Howard, Hunsdon, Sheffield, Willoughby,
Windsor, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Francis Russell, Sir George
Bourchier, and some other prime knights to accompany him
to Antwerp, where he was made Duke of Brabant, Limburgh
and Lorrain.) And if his journey thither be no more pros-
perous then it hath been here, Lady Arundell judges he
will make fewer hereafter. In this letter she writes that her
cousin Percivall Willoughby was going into France, which
she thought would doe him good. She dates her letter from

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the iiOrd Admirall's House, Purford, but the date of th6 yeat
is not put to any of Lady Arundell's letters ; that of this
may be known by the Duke of Alanson, who, after three
months' stay in England, took his leave of it in February,
A.0. 1583 [read 1581-2].

" There is a letter from Lady Arundell, dated from
Hampton Court, to let Sir Francis Willoughby know that
Pen had reported to her great likelyhood of her son's good
success in learning, etc.

" There is a letter from Lady ArundeU to her neece Briget
WiUughby to enquire if the traveller which she looked for
was yet come, and in this letter she desires to know when her
son Arundell meant to retiu-n (by which I beheve her son
went to France with Mr. Peroival Willoughby). She writes
that when her husband last saw Sir Francis Willughby he
told him that he had once thought of sending for her and her
sisters home for the summer, but he had altered his mind,
thinking it unfit for them to be in his house without some
woman of discretion to advise them. This made her think
that when her cousin Percival did come home, they would
not be sent for, and therefore she looked that they should
both come and rest with her all the summer, and at Michaelmas
she would bring them up to town and be at their wedding.
She writes that she was hkewise desirous to have her sister
Dorothy and to keep her with her till she was bestowed in
marriage, for she thought her house a meetter place for her
then where she was, and therefore she desired her neece that
when she next sent to her father, she would let him know
how willing she was to have them.

" There are several letters from William Arundell to his
uncle Sir Francis Willughby, complaining of hard usage
from his father, which, he writes, must proceed from want
of affection for him, because he never was undutiful to him.
His brother's marriage, he writes, goes on very happily, with
which his father is contented, and he alone remains rejected.
He writes about trees (which I suppose SirF[rancis] W[illoughby]
had employ'd him to get for him), and says in his letter that
those which my Lord had were given him by merchants, and
that unless he were Lord Treasurer he should not have them
at that price, and that the times were now so dangerous that
no merchants durst venture over, but if Sir F[rancis] W[iIloughby]
would let him know, he would do what he would have him
about getting the trees.

" There is in the Ubrary at WoUaton a book which gives
an accoimt of money raised by Sir Francis Willughby above
the produce of his land, An. D. 1579, in which the sums totaU
are : £ s. d.

For wood sold at Wicken, Kinsbury, etc. . . 281 0 8
For fines let 20 13 0

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E'er iron made at Middleton wMch had cost

Sir Francis in geting 604Z. Os. 5d. received 752 12 6
And for coal sold from An. D. 1576 to a.d. 1580 1652 17 10

" There is in the library at Wollaton a book of Sir Francis
Willughby's accounts for An. D. 1580, which book shews that
Sir Francis with ten servants set out from Wollaton upon
the 2nd of November, begining a journey then towards
London. This book is very particular in the account of his
expences upon this journey, viz., that at Packington he spent
13s. 4d., that the next day at Daintry he paid for supper,
breakfast, and for horse meat 31. Is. By this account he
lay the second night at Brickhill ; there is set down the par-
ticulars of his expences there, which for supper, breaMast
and horse meat in all comes to 3Z. 8s. Ad. There is also set
down the particular account of what he spent at St. Albans,
for supper, breakfast and for horse meat, the sum of which
was 21. lis. M.

" This book does not tell where he rested by the way upon
this journey, but shows that he did not get to London till
Friday, November the 8th, and that he with only one man
supped at Mr. Thomas Willoughby's house. There is set
down in this book for the supper that night for eleven of Sir
Francis Willughby's men, and three carters, and for Mr. Fisher
and three men paid at the White Hart in Holbourn the sum
of lis. Sd. This book shows that November the 9th, being
the next day, Sir Francis Willughby began to keep house
in Lincoln's Inn Grange, the particulars of that day's dinner
is set down, and that tlurty-f our persons dined with Sir Francis ;
the sum of that day's expences was 11. 8s. 1 Id. And that the
next day forty-eight persons dined with Sir F[rancis]
W[iUoughby], and forty-two .persons supped with him. Every
dish of meat is there set down and what it cost ; the whol
sum for diner and supper was 21. 16s. lid. Thus particular
each day's expence in London is set down in that book from
November the 8th till the 30th. That day Sir Francis went
into Kent to the wedding of his daughter Brigit.

" There is set down in this book of accounts paid for Mrs.
Brigit Willoughby's wedding apparel, as by the biUs at large
may appear, 1561. 18s. 9d., and paid to Mr. Thomas Willoughby
in part of wedding goods, 500?. Paid to Mr. Repington for
drawing books between Sir Francis Willughby and Mr.
Thomas Willoughby, 21. 6s. 8d., and paid his man for engrossing
them, 11. Given to Mrs. Brigit Willughby, two pounds ;
and to her taylor for going three times into Kent and mend-
ing the gown, ten shillings. Given to the trumpeter going
into Kent, six shillings and eight pence. Given to the butler
at Boreplace, 6s. ; to the yeoman of the celler, six shillings ,
to the cook, ten shillings ; to the chamberlain, four shillings ;
to the pantler, three shillings ; to the usher of the hall, three
shillings ; to the servant that helped to dress the horses,
one shilling ; and given to a pursuivant, 6s. 8d.

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" This book shews that Sir Francis stayed at Boreplace
till the 6th of December, and that he came that night to
London and stayed there till the 17th. The particulars of
every dinner and supper and the number of people that dined
with him every day is set down in this book during the time
which he stayed in London. This book also shews that
December the 17th he lay at St. Albans, and that his supper,
breakfast and horse meat came to il. 6s. lOd. His expenses
upon this journey at Northampton, Harborough and Leicester
is also set down in this book.

" There is another book of accounts for a.d. 1584 which
shows the particulars of Sir Francis Willoughby's weekly
expenses that whole year, which in all amounted to the sum
of 1,847?. Is. 3ld. There is set down that year for two butts
of sack, 221. 10s. . . .

" There are many letters from Mr. Percivall Willoughby
to his Lady, both before and after their marriage, severall of
which are so torn as to be hardly legible. In one he writes
that his pen is insufficient to express his joy to receive a letter
writ with her own hand, the pattern whereof he tenderly
harbour'd in his heart, but he is amazed to see her term him
a master to her, whom in heart he honours, in duty
reverences, in love and loyalty faithfuU serves and obeys,
in all entire affection is most carefully tender ; and of whom
he always desired, and to his power deserved, if not to be
entertained as a faithfull friend and servant, at least to be
retained as a well wiUer, remaining in her power and pleasure
to be comanded, etc.

" He writes that ' we unadvisedly sowing the seeds of our
joys [are] altogether ignorant when to make our harvest.
Delays, my only dear, breeds danger, and doubtfuU minds
suspect the worst, yet doubt you not of this that I love and
live to be only yours. Some think it an ease to have a
partner in their grief, but sorry should I be to have thee par-
taker of my sorrows; I wish thee part of all my joys, but in
grief I would suffer alone.

My letters should be longer, good heart, if business did
not force me to make them short, but tho' my hands faint,
my heart shall never fail, tho' pen and paper wast, my
love and liking shall increase, and albeit my ink freese for
cold, my good will in fervency shall fry. So long as life shall
last or you with like affection vouchsafe to blow the coles of
my hot desire, I crave only that thou believe, try and trust
me. I heartily thank you for the mirth in your letter, and
am sorry my melancholy mood will not suffer me to be as
merry with you. Wherefore till I am better disposed, my
dear, adeu.

His own never, if not yours ever.

Per. Willoughby.'

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" Another letter he begins thus ;
• My best beloved Black,

I have used all means possible for your comming to
town, but can't prevail. Your father doubts if you were
here you would either see your mother, or your mother see
you, which he in no case would whUe he is in town^ other-
wise our marriage had been here, etc. I pray send up the
measure of your finger for your wedding ring, etc.

Yours only.

Per. Willoughby.'
" I believe Mr. Percivall WiUoughby and his Lady were
both very young when they married, and that it might be
intended by both their fathers that Mr. P[ercivall] W[illoughby]
should travell the spring after they were married.

" There is a letter from Mrs. Willoughby, dated from Bore-
place, in Kent, to her father, Sir Francis, fuU of expressions
of great duty and respect to him, and of distrust of her own
being able to indict a letter to him as she ought, her small
skill and little use of writing she hopes will make him excuse
this her first letter.

" She writes that she is very well used by her father and
mother-in-law, and her cousins, for which she desires when
he sees her father-in-law he will return thanks.

" She writes that Mr. Percivall is now upon begining his
travels, which she prays God to prosper, and grant him well
to return, and begs Sir Francis wiU not forget him in his
absence. Her aunt ArundeU is now at the Lord Lincoln's.

" This letter bears no date, but Sir Francis Willughby's
answer to it is dated March, An.D. 1581 [-2] . He writes that he is
glad to hear she is so well used by Sir Percivall's relations,
but of that he was always well assured, and to continue it must
be her own care, for 'tis not beauty nor fortune but good
qualities and a virtuous disposition which makes a gentle-
woman esteemed ; therefore 'tis her good behaviour that
must gain her own credit. He desires she will learn by others
in time (she may ghess who he means) to be wise and not
repent too late. That now at first enterance she should
frame herself a dutjrful wife, and that she should take care to
be in deed such a woman as she desired to be esteemed, and
thus she might encrease and long enjoy her friends, in order
to which two things were needful, serving God and knowing
herself. He bids her therefore serve God first in the morn-
ing and last at night with earnest affection, even from the
heart, and not for custome sake. Next he bids her know
herself, what is and what is not fit to be done, that she may
follow the good and refuse the evell ; he bids her be carefull
to keep good company, because ill company soon infects
those that are well inclined, etc.

" There is the copy of a very affectionate and respectfull
answer from Mrs. Willoughby to this letter from Sir Francis,
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fatherly counsel to her, which (she writes) she will endeavour
to follow. She thanks God that she is placed amongst good
company, honest and well disposed people, who show them-
selves very friendly to her. Her duty to her husband she will
unfeignedly be carefuU to perform, having the example of
others seldom out of her mind, and cause to learn to be wise
by other's harms.

" She writes that the week before she had a letter from her
husband, who was going to Geneva ; at his departure (she
writes) that he told her he would gladly hear by letter from
Sir Francis what he would have him chiefly labour to learn
in his travells, and he had writ to him to that purpose.

" The copy of a letter from Mr. Percivall Willoughby to
his Lady before he went to traveU.
" ' Hard's the hap that some men have, and who is born
under an unlucky planet must seldom or never look for good
fortune. . . . To you I have linked my hking and liberty, plighted
my faith and troth, and yielded myself to your courtesy and
subjection, all which how inwardly you esteem'd I know
not, but outwardly it rather seems to be rejected then
accepted, the greater is my grief and the more in silence do
I sorrow, etc. . . . Might I be privy to your f ancyes, I would frame
myself to your fashions, etc. . . . Little I know I do deserve and
less I desire. My suite and service I confess not to be much,
and yet such as if any of them might please you, there
should be no want in me, but, alas ! how may I please when
I must not know what breeds your displeasure ; you utterly
estrange yourself and your discontents from me, and rather
shew me your tears then impart the cause. . . . Words may slip
unawares from me or be taken wrong, but would you
friendly and freely impart your mind to me I would as will
lingly mend what were amiss, as I am sorry I should offend
there where I love most, for whom and to whom I only live
and care, and in whose joys I repose my greatest felicity.
But if you shall secretly sorrow before me and feed me only
with lowring looks, as one not able for sorrow to endure
the sight of it, I shall be constrained to forsake both my
friends and country till such time as I shall certainly both
hear and believe you to be more affectionate to him who
loves you best. Thus not knowing when again to see you,
and finding you unwilhng to speak to me, I have used this
for want of conference as my last and best farewell, desiring
you (what misery soever I endure) to think of me as I am,
that is yours, and only yours.

" ' 0 sorrow must my senses tast,

Which once did swim in bhss,
Sithe fortune hath me tied so fast

And bids me leave to wish.
The siUy ship, wherein I sailed

And past from place to place,

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At anchor tied must still abide,

Thus alter'd is my case.
The waiidring wings of my free-will

Are clipped to my pain,
And in that plight to take my flight

I labour all in vain.
The pleasant winds are aU now ceas'd

Which 1

But seas of sorrow are increas'd,

Which beat against my boat.
Such heavie hap is him bequeath'd

Which sought a place of joy,
But now of solace quite bereaved

Is harbor'd in annoye.

More faithful then fancied,

Per. Willughby.'

" The copy of a letter from Mr. PercivaU Willoughby to
his Lady when he was abroad.

My Dear. The only solace of my sohtary mind, if the
thoughts thereof had not continual recourse to thee, my
pensive passions would set my heart afloat to aU kind of
sorrows, and so still languishing I should both see and suffer
a daily pain, and in a short time my aU and finaU confusion.
The only comfort which now I receive since parting causes
me to judg of my past happyness, when I did enjoy thee
being present, and now in absence worthily to esteem the
greatness of so great a pleasure by wanting it.

Pardon me, I pray thee, in that so rashly I went from
thee, and condemn me not of diScourtisie. The penance
which I suffer may seem sufficient for such a fault, and the
httle ease which as yet I receive in my journey (whenever I
return) will learn me so much wit as to think myself well when
I am well. The case, good heart, is so much altered with
me, to come from my friends and aU that's dear to those I
know not, a people which I understand not, and who when they
speak most friendly mean least good, their meat and kind
of dressing I rather loath then hke, their drink being wine,
I can't away with. Thus lead I a life fuU of discontent,
both in body and mind, so that perswade thy self though I
can't make any greater place for thee in my heart then I have
done, I shall both love and like my country far better,
in the mean time, however, I doe. Make thou thy self happy
as thou mayst, and so, sweet soul, my love and life is only
thine.

[Sketch of heart transfixed with darts. }

PercivaU Willoughby.'

" It does not appear in what year Mr. PercivaU WiUoughby
was knighted, and therefore from this time I shall call him

I No explanation of this blank is given.

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Sir.^ While he was at Lyons he took a French gentleman to
teach him Italian, who was, I believe, a very proud, haughty
person; his name was Francis Conrados. This servant Sir
PercivaU seems to have been very kind to, and there is an
account that at his first comming to WoUaton he desired Sir
Francis would give him leave to eat at his own table, and
that he would have had Marmion's chamber for him, but
that Sir Francis would not grant, but I think he had Cludd's
chamber. Marmion and Cludd were two of. Sir Francis
Willughby's favouret servants. Marmion was an ill man,
aa appears from his endeavour to asperse his Lady, and cause
the separation which was between Sir Francis and his Lady.
'Tis likely Cludd, too, might have been in that cabal,
because when Sir Francis left his Lady at Coventry, in
February, 1578[-9], Henry Dracot and T. Cludd were the
two servants which he trusted with the care of his family, and
who must have been the chief which Lady Willughby writ
to complain off to Sir Francis ; in which letter she says that
after he was gone to London the servants dealt so cruelly
with her that she was not able to bear it.

" These, and I believe many more of Sir Francis's servants
had very little regard to the interest of their master or his
family, but made it their chief care to inrich themselves,
which, I beheve, they found more easie for them to doe when
Sir Francis Uved by himself then when his Lady or any of his
children lived with him. And therefore 'tis very likely that
the}' might resolve when Sir PercivaU came to live at
Wollaton, that they would make Sir Francis uneasie with
him as soon as they could, and so make them part again.
This unlucky request which Sir PercivaU made in behalf of
Conrados, his man, gave them but too good an opportunity
to put in practice what I believe they might resolve by any
means to bring to pass ; there are letters which shew that
Marmion and Cludd were both extreamly angry at Sir Percivall's
asking for their chambers for his French man, and Corn-ados,
trusting to his master's kindness for him, did, I believe,
carry himself very insolently in the famUy, for it appears
that pretty soon after Sir PercivaU came to Wollaton there
grow very great discontent and uneasiness amongst Sir Francis's
servants.

" There is a letter from Mr. Thomas Willoughby to his
son. Sir PercivaU, dated April the 14th, 1584. In this letter
he advises his son to be carefuU how he meddled in the
differences amongst Sir Francis's servants, because if he took
part with the one that would make the other his enemy.

"This advice I believe Sir PercivaU followed. I also believe
that he soon grew uneasie at the haughty carriage of his man
Conrados, and repented that he had not at his first bringing

1 In a note the authoress adds: "Since the writing of this book I have
found that Sir PercivaU Willoughby was knighted by King James the First in
Middleton Hall An. D, 1603, and that I have here given hirn the title of
knighthood twenty years too soon."

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him to WoUaton kept him to a more humble and respectful
behaviour towards Sir Francis's servants, whose quarrells
amongst themselves and their dislike to Conrados gave him
so much trouble that he soon found it would be necessary
for him to part with Conrados in order to make himself more
easie. Conrados had great expectations from his master's
kindness to him, and finding that he was to be turned out
of his service, and that Sir Percivall would take no farther
care for him, he turned so base a villain to his master (as
appears by letters and old papers in the Ubrary) thathe joyned
in confedracy with Marmion and Cludd, before they parted,
to render Sir Percivall as odious as was possible to Sir Francis,
by reporting scandalous stories of their own making to Sir
lYancis of Sir Percivall.

" Marmion and Cludd, I believe, had long been striving
to make Sir Francis believe that Sir Percivall only courted
and respected him till he could get his estate made secure
to him, and that whenever he did settle that upon him, he
would find that Sir Percivall had very little regard for him,
and that self interest was the only cause of his good behaviour
to him now.

" These wicked servants found Conrados a proper tool for
them to work by, and as soon as he was gone away from his
master, they had contrived a letter for Conrados to write to
upbraid Sir Percivall for his breach of promise in turning
him away as he had done. In this letter Conrados enlarged
upon his own faithful! services, and blamed his master's
ingratitude to him, and then accused his master for being
guilty of many ill actions, and in that letter told him of many
disrespectful words which he had spoke of Sir Francis, and
that he had threatned that if he could but get Sir Francis
Willughby's estate made secure to himself Sir Francis should
not live long after. Much more to this effect there is in this
letter concerning Sir Francis, and in it he also accuses his
master of saying many reflecting things of Sir Francis's
Lady.

" This letter (of which a copy now remains in the library
at Wollaton) was contrived by Sir Francis's servants to be
given to Sir Francis instead of Sir PercivaU. Sir Francis
receiving the letter read it, and never suspecting the designs
which those villains had upon him, believed all that which
Conrados had writ was true of Sir Percivall. 'Tis easy to
believe that Sir Francis was highly provoked by such treatment
from his son Percivall, who till then he had used with a
fatherly kindness. And there are many letters which show
that Sir Percivall suffered under excessive grief for being thus
slandered, and not able to make his innocence appear.

" There is a letter from Mr. Thomas WiUoughby to his
son Sir Percivall, dated March the 24th, 1585[-6], writ, I believe,
upon his first hearing of Conrados's accusation against his
master, by a letter from Sir Francis to him.

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" In this letter Mr. Thomas Willoughby blames his son's
behaviour and want of wisdom, if he had ever had any such
discourse with his man Conrados as his enemies make
appear. He desires him to take heed, and not seek to revenge
himself, which might disquiet Sir Francis, but to endeavour
to purge himself from this pretended infamy by all honest
means. He writes that the letter which he received from
Sir Francis was opened before it came to him, and that he
hears there is a copy of that infamous letter come to Lady
Willughby's hands, who for the goodwill she bears him will
suffer nobody to have a copy of it, but reads the letter herself
to all that come to her. Mr. Willoughby writes that he
heard Mr. Thomas Markham gave Lady Willughby the copy
of the letter, and that he had caused Francis Conrados to
justifie the letter before the Lord Talbot.

" Old Markham hated Sir Percivall because he had
opposed the match between his son and Margaret Willoughby,
the treaty whereof I shall hereafter give an account of.

" There is a letter from Mr. John Adams to his brother
Sir Percivall, dated from Boreplace, August the 24. In this
letter he begs Sir Percivall will not hazard himself with Mark-
ham, but rather bear the tempestious rage of so foolish a
storm. He writ that Markham 's first plot was upon his repu-
tation, which in the end would turn to his own discredit,
but now that he seeks his life, he begs he will trust to himself
and other friends to revenge the quarrel. He desires Sir
Percivall to consider that he is a married man and that the
propigation (sic) of two honourable houses rests in him, etc.

" There is another letter from Mr. John Adams to his brother
Sir Percivall, dated An. D. 1587, to let him know that he had
heard that his drawing upon Markham by the Lord Chancellor's
house was taken very hainously, and therefore he thought it
would be well for his cousin Robert Willoughby and his father
to viset the Lord Chancellor and open the whole cause thereof
to him.

" By some of the old letters it appears that Markham had
concerned himself very much in the affair between Sir Percivall
and his servant Conrados ; which Sir Francis took so iU from
him that he gave that for one reason why he was against
marrying his daughter to him, saying the dislike which he
had to Sir Percivall upon a hght French report, the author
infamous and of no credit, might cause a division amongst
his children.

" There are several letters from Mr. Willoughby to his
son Sir Percivall, which shew that he took great pains to
discover and lay open Conrados's knavery, and also to justifie
his son and make his innocency apparant, and also letters to
comfort his son, who (by the account of that affair) appears
to have suffered under extream affliction for being thus
aspersed, and not able to clear himself.

" In one of his letters he tells Sir Percivall that he did
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discredit him to Sir Francis, and to lessen his character in
the world, but now he desired he would ease his mind by
considering that this sort of dealing had been usuall in all
ages, and that at length shame would be the reward of such
infamy, for time would hear truth. He advised him and
his good wife with all reverence to serve God, and to neglect
no duty to Sir Francis, whose honest nature would, he doubted
not, in time be cleared from false suggestions and abuses.
Wherefore, not respecting worldly advancement, his prayer
for him was that God would give him a contented mind
amidst such broiles as this world was pestered with.

" There is a droling letter from John Pickerell to Sir
Percivall, in which he writes that he had daily expected to
hear of his death and destruction, and to have seen his final
end upon Nottingham gallows, for the fancyed murder of
Sir Francis Willughby, which he believed had rather been
intended by his accusers then ever thought of by himself.
He desires Sir PercivaU not to grieve, but remember whence
he is, and despise such false hearted foes. He advised him
to shake off his melancholy, and to spend his patrimony
in the defence of his reputation, and God would be his
buckler.

" There is a letter from Mr. WUloughby to his son Sir
Percivall to let him know that he had been three times with
the villain Francis Conrados, and that he had sent to tell
him that if he would give him forty pounds he would justifie
his master to Sir Francis WUloughby, and confess the whole
truth ; which was that Blyth, Marmion and Clud had set
him on, so to defame his master. Clud, he said, was the
greatest knave, and had given him money and promised him
more. In answer to this, Mr. WUloughby told him he should
have such a reward as his villainy deserved. In this letter
Mr. WiUoughby tells his son that he has writ this account
of Conrados at large to Sir Francis.

" There is a letter from Mr. WUloughby to his son Sir
Percivall, dated June the 9th, 1585, in which he writes that
Sir Francis Willoughby's Lady and he are grown to great
friends, that she opens all her griefs to him, of Marmion,
Clud, etc.

" There is another letter from Mr. WUloughby to his son
Sir PercivaU WiUoughby, dated An. D. 1585, in which he
advises his son to live more thriftily ; he desires him to
consider the expence which he has been at for him already,
and writes that he must raise fortunes for his brothers and
sisters, but lets Sir PercivaU know that he has sent him such
linnin as he can spare, and a sUver salt. In that letter he
writes that Sir Francis is so foUowed by Markham, Fisher,
Cludd and Marmion, that he hardly does any thing without
them.

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" I could find no account how or when Sir Francis was
reconciled to Sir PercivaU, but by many letters from Thomas
Markham and copys of Sir Francis Willoughby's answers,
An. D. 1586 and 1587, it appears that Sir Francis and Sir
PercivaU were then good friends.

" There are no papers which shew what part Sir Francis
Willughby's lady took in this troublesome affair. But by
what Mr. Thomas Willoughby writ his son PercivaU of her,
viz. that she had a copy of Conrados' letter, which she read
to aU that came to her, one may believe she took no pains
to doe him justice.

" There are letters which shew that this Lady Willughby
spent part of the time she lived from her husband at
Hogsden,! and that while she was there her daughter Brigit
Willoughby was in London, and never went or sent to see
her mother.

" There is a letter from Sir PercivaU to Lady WiUughby
to excuse his wife on that account, to which letter there is
Lady WiUughby's answer, dated May the 18th, 1584, in which
she writes that she does not think him answerable for his
wives faults, and that if in forgetting her duty to her she
had contented any other (I believe meaning Sir F[rancis]
W[iUoughby]), it was well done, and she was content to make
a virtue of necessity, trusting hereafter to have more comfort
of her. In this letter she assures Sir PercivaU that her only
hopes was in him that he would do his best to reconcUe her
husband and herself, which was the only thing she wished
in this world.

" There is a letter in the library at WoUaton which was
writ by this Lady WiUughby to her husband in December,
An. D. 1585. The letter was to this effect : that notwith-
standing the manifold wrongs and wants which she had
sustained for the space of seven years past and the just cause
she had to hate those who by their leud and false reports
had been the contrivers thereof, yet she solemnly protested
that she heartily forgave them. She returned him her humble
thanks for vouchsafing her his company and conference ; a
happy entrance, she hoped, to a full and perfect reconciUation
betwixt them ; to which as on her part she should in aU good
and convenient sort be directed by him, so she trusted he
would hold her excusable if, by the advice of her good and
wise friends, she should refuse to enter into hard conditions,
which she does not believe could come from his own disposition
but from the mahce of those who have laboured all they can
to keep them a sunder, of which she could name many, but
would only mention one who, fearing a hkelyhood of their
comming together and finding false reports to him of 'her
took not the effect he expected, hke a cuning woodman changes

1 Hoxton, CO. Middlesex.

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his course and under coUour of friendship to her would
insinuate that Sir Francis went about to sue a divorce between
them, for which purpose certain fellows had undertaken to
find out a supposed child, which suspicion had been bruted
greatly to her discredit, whereas if it had pleased him at first
when this slanderous report was brought to him to have called
her to answer for herself, his mind might have been better
sattisfield and her reputation not so much impaired, in defence
whereof she still stands, and will to her dpng day, in defyance
of any villain or verlett that shall impeach it. In this letter
she offers to come from London if he will send for her and
receive her again into his house with his first favour as his
honest and lawfull wife. She prays for his health and long
life, and desires he will give to her poor children the fruitless
blessing of their unfortunate mother.

" There is a letter from Lady ArundeU to Sir Francis
Willoughby, which seems to have been writ about this time
and is to that effect :

" ' Methinks the time long now since I either saw you or
heard from you, and therefore I could not pass so good an
occasion of sending as I now have, that thereby I might learn
in how good state of health both you and yours now are, which
in myself I feel so to decay, as it maketh me more mindful I
to enquire of the state of my friends, etc. I pray let me know
how well your purchase and your building goe forward, which
you have in hand ; they both together seem to me great
matters to goe forward at one time. From the Court,
February the 14th.'

" The building which Lady Arundel! means was, I believe,
WolJaton new house. The old hall was built near the church.
What now remains of that old building is turned into three
or four farm houses, of which one is about a quarter of a mile
from the rest, which was the dairy house to the old haU. The
new house is placed upon a hUl about haK a mile from the
old hall, from whence there is a very noble prospect of
the country round it. One side of the house looks upon the
castle and town of Nottingham ; from another there is a
fine view of Clifton House and gardens, the seat of Sir GervEis
Clifton ; from the other sides of the house there is the
prospect of several houses and little villages, and each corner
and middle of the house pretty near point to churches that
are about two or three miles off. The house itself is a very
noble pile of building, but it being less easie to describe it by
writing then by drawing, I design to place at the end of this
book a draught and a plan of it, and shall therefore only
mention here that Sir Francis Willughby began this building,
A.D. 1580, and finished it a.d. 1588. The master workmen
which built the house he sent for out of Italy, as also most
of the stone figures which adorn the house. All the stone

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which it i8 built with was brought from Ancaster in Lincoln-
shire by the people who dwelt there, and who exchanged their
stone with Sir Francis for his coal, which they carried back
from WoUaton. But notwithstanding the stone and its
carriage cost nothing but the return of cole which Sir
Francis made for it, and that at that time labourers' wages
was very small, yet it appears by a very particular account
of the building, which still remains in the library, that the
building of that house cost Sir Francis WiUughby four-score
thousand pounds.^

" In this year, a.d. 1587, Sir Francis WiUughby married
his second daughter Dorothy to Henry Hastings, the son of
George, the younger brother of Henry, Earl of Huntyngdon.
There are a great many letters from that Earl (who spells his
name Huntyngdon) to Sir Francis, concerning this match, part
of which I shall copy in the account which I shall hereafter
give of this Dorothy WiUughby and her four younger
sisters.

" There is the copy of a letter writ by Sir Francis to this
Earl of Huntyngdon to excuse himself for not keeping their
wedding at his house, nor desiring that the young couple
should stay with him till Michealmas, because, by reason of
his wives absence and the furniture of his house being much
decayed, he had not designed to keep house this year, and
therefore had not made such provision of corn and cattle and
other necessaries as would be needfull for him to discharge
himself with credit to such an assembly, and therefore he
hoped Lord Huntyngdon would hold him excused for their
continuance with him after. the wedding.

" This copy of a letter is not dated, but another, which is
writ upon the same sheet of paper, and I believe at the same
time, is dated June, 1587, which makes me beheve they were
married about that time.

*' Wollaton new house was not finished till the year after
this, and it is likely Sir F[rancis] Willoughby did not care to
buy any new furniture till he went into that house.

" There are other letters in the library at WoUaton which
show that that summer. An. D. 1587, Sir Francis WiUughby
married his third daughter Margaret to Robert Spencer, of
Wormleighton, in Warwickshire, descended from the ancient
barons of that name, which Robert, being a person of a great
estate, was by Letters Patent (bearing date July the 21st,
the first of King James) advanced to the dignity of a baron
of this realm by the title of Lord Spencer of Wormleighton.
The ceremony of his creation was performed at Hampton
Court, and soon after he was sent to the Duke of Wirtenburgh

1 This account has not been found. The figures given represent in the
money value of the time an enormous sum. There is probably some mistake
either in the figures themselves or in overlooking other things in the account.
Part of the building accounts are noticed at p. 152, above.

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with the ensigns of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Prom
this Robert Spencer and Margaret, his Lady, the present
Earl of Sunderland is descended.

" There are in the library at WoUaton several letters and
papers which were writ An. D. 1588 that shew there was a very
villainous design carried on by one Payne, a servant of Sir
Francis Willughby's, to render him suspected by the Queen
and Counsel of joining with the Spaniard[s] at the time of their
invasion, and a copy of articles exhibited in Her Majesties
behalf by this Robert Payne against Sir Francis Willughby
to the Lords of her Privie Counsel, whereby he would
maliciously have made it appear that Sir Francis Willughby
was in the Spanish interest, that he had plotted with severall
priests to aid and assist the Spaniards in their intended
invasion, that he had hindred the firing of the beacons to
give the people notice of their danger. That he had made
a deed of gift of his estate, which Payne said he believed was
done in order to defraud Her Majesty, if any concealment
of treason should be found against him. That for fear of
Payne's discovering all this. Sir Francis had endeavoured to
get him murdered, and that he had corrupted Payne's counsel
so that he could not prosecute him in the Star Chamber, and
therefore he petition'd the Privie Counsel, in behalf of the
Queen against Sir Francis Willughby, laying before them
these articles of accusation against him.

" There is no account how this matter ended, nor what
became of Pajoie, but I am apt to believe Sir Francis would
not let him go unpunished. And it appears that one of our
family, viz.. Sir Ambrose WiUoughby, was one of those
gentlemen who at their own charges hired ships to joyn the
English Admiral in order to encounter the Spanish Armada.
This Sir R. Bacon^ gives an account of.

" There is a letter from Mr. John Adams to his brother-
in-law Sir Percivall WiUoughby, dated June 15th, 1588, in
which he writes that he heard Sir Francis was sent for up
by a pursivant to appear before the Lord Chancellor.

" It appears by many of the old papers that there was about
this time a great scarcity of money in England, and that Sir
Francis Willughby, by his building, and in the midst of that
marrying two of his daughters, had run himself in debt, and
that he often employed Sir Percivall and Mr. Thomas
WiUoughby, his father, to borrow money for him and to be
bound with him for it.

" There is a letter from Edward WiUoughby to his brother
Sir PercivaU, dated November, 1588, in which he writes that
money grows every day scantier than other, and that those
that have money stick not to ask twenty in the hundred for
it, and that such are men's wants that rather than they wiU
go without it they daily give it.

1 Sir Richard Baker's Chronicle, 1653, p. 544.

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" In this letter he tells this story of Alderman Catcher and
Alderman Skinner, that they were both by order of the Privie
Counsel committed to the Fleet for whiping two gentle-
women in Bridewell as common whores, ^ and it was supposed
it would cost them 2,000Z. before they got out. The Queen
taking the matter hardly against them, their fine was like to
be the greater.

" One of these gentlewomen was wife to him that sue'dto
be Lord Latimer, and the other was Captain Nuname's
wife.

" There is the copy of a very angry letter from Lady
Willoughby to this Alderman Catcher, who, I beUeve, had
writ to her in behalf of Sir Percivall, at a time when she had
a quarrel with him, which, I believe, hapned very soon after
she was reconciled to Sir Francis, her husband.

The copy of part of that letter from Lady Willughby
to Alderman Catcher.

" ' You causlessly condemn me of unkindness to Percivall
Willoughby. I will forbear to repeat his unfriendly behaviour,
because I will not disclose his faults to a babling fool.
Expecting no better than the worst you can practice, I stay
my own trouble, and stay you your tongue, for albeit I am
fatherless, I am not husbandless nor friendless, btit
A dispiser of vain fools,

EHz. WiUoughby.'

" There is a letter from Edward Willoughby to his brother
Sir Percivall, dated from Boreplace, December, 1588, in which
letter he desires Sir Percivall will have a care of old Spencer
and his cousin Robert, who he beheves have some ill design
against him ; and writes that they now labour to bring Lady
Willughby to live with Sir Francis.

" There is another letter writ the same month from
Edward W^illoughby to his brother Sir PercivaU to let him
know that Lady Willughby now speaks marvilous well of
him, and that she had told him her son-in-law Spencer had
been with her, and told her that Sir Francis Willughby was
a most wise man for not disposing of his land in his own life
time, and for his part if Sir Francis should dye, he would keep
possession of one of the turrets of the new house. Spencer
also told her that Sir PercivaU kept his wife from viseting
her, to which she had answered that she could not believe that,
because P[ercivall] W[illoughby] had told her that his wife should
come to her whenever she pleased ; to which she said Spencer
answer'd that Sir Percivall could afford her little if he could
not afford her fair words.

" I believe at this time while Sir PercivaU might be in
London with Sir Francis WUlughby and his Lady, my
grandfather was born. For there is a very affectionate letter

1 See the letter of John Adams to Percival Willoughby, p. 158, above.

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writ by Sir Percivall to his Lady, dated from London An. D.
1588, to congratulate her upon the birth of her son. He
stiles her his best beloved, and writes that upon the news her
mother was sadly out of humour, and vented her anger upon
her maids. But Sir Francis seemed to be very glad, tho'
as yet he would doe nothing for the child, and was every day
in a thousand minds what to doe with his estate. He expresses
great concern for his leaving her, and promises not to be so
long absent from her again, writing that if Sir Francis had
not promised him as he was a Christian to see him satisfied,
he should not have stayed from her with such grief and
vexation of mind as he had now done. He desired she would
cherish and content herself, and prayed God to send their
son happier days then his parents.

" There is a very angry letter from Lady WUlughby to
her son Percivall, which is not dated, but I believe might be
writ about this time. In this letter she tells him that she
marvels much he dares be so saucy to medle where he had
so little thanks, and that he came for no other end but to
cozen Sir Francis of his money, and to tell him lyes and
tales, but it were good for him to get home in time for fear of
afterclaps, and say he had fair warning. ' I will not vouch-
safe my name at this time, because if thou can'st not guess
right, thou may'st goe shoot at rovers this fair weather with
thy silence keeper.'

" There is a letter from Lady Willughby to her husband.
Sir Francis, dated from the Grange, July, 1589, full of com-
plaints against his servants. Those who he most trusted, she
writes, were not faithfull to him ; one of them was a near
kinsman to the Lord Huntyngdon and prevented his selling
his western land, out of regard to his young Mrs., their
daughter. She writes that she desires he will conceal this
till she comes down (which she hopes wUl be quickly), and
then she will let him understand such a plot of knavery
amongst his own men as she believed was never used towards
so good a master as he had been to them. She desires in this
letter that he will keep his son Hastjnigs out of the mess till
she has spoke with him.

" In this year, a.d. 1589, there is an account of Lady
Willughby's going to London for the recovery of her health.
There are in the library severall very kind and submissive
letters writ by her to Sir Francis while she stayed in town.

" In one, dated November, 1589, she tels him that their
daughter was delivered of a girle, and writes that she had
been to try her brother Willoughby's house in London, which
she did not think fit for them to be in, the furniture was so
mean that she was fain to have all her own found, and besides
the house was so cold that in winter she could not be able
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iojc tho' she must bear that, he would the charge of her
sickness ; but what was his will she would willingly obey.
She writ that she marveled his charges should arise to ten
pounds a week since her comming away ; before, when things
were dearer, at the most their weekly expences was but eight
pounds. She writ[e]s that she leaves him to judg if his
charges has not been lessen'd since her comming home. She
desires in this letter that her coach-horses may be sent to
fetch her home again.

" In another letter Lady Willughby tells Sir Francis that
she has found but little benefit by her medicines, tho' her
phisitians spare neither his purse nor their own pains, tho'
she writes they take but twenty shillings a day, and come
twice for it.

" There is a very kind letter from Lady Willughby to her
daughter Bridget, dated An. D. 1592, in which she offers them
the Chauntry to dwell in, which if she and Sir Percivall approves
off, she will have the house repaired, and they shall have the
keeping of twenty cows and Sir P[ercivall] W[illoughby]'s
geldings, which (by her manner of writing) she thought would
be better for them than to continue at Middleton.

" There are also very kind letters from Lady Willughby
to her daughter Bridget, An. D. 1593, who was then big with
child. In one she mentions sending her wine, etc., and desires
B[ridget] W[illoughby] will not make strange of any thing which
she can pleasure her withall, but believe the more bold she
is the more she shall think she loves her.

" There are several letters from Lady Willughby to her
son Percivall, some very kind, and others the reverse of them.

" In one letter to him she complains that when she was absent
from her husband and in want, her other sons-in-law often
remembred her with many good things, but he never sent
her any thing, nor lent her a groat.

" In a letter. An. D. 1593, Lady Willughby desires her son
Percivall wiU get for her a tunn of the best claret wine and
a barrell of sack.

" There is another letter from Lady Willughby to her
son Percivall, in which she promises to use her utmost
endeavour to get Sir Francis's estate made secure to him,
provided he would help to discharge his debts. She tells
him he is too apt to take offence, and confesses she is herself
to blame for sharpness of nature ; but if he will trust her, she
will be kind to him, and evermore friend and assist him, in
which should she fail, she bids him then lay her own hand-
writing to her charge.

" She prays for his good success in his business at London,
and that Kmsbury may be redeemed, and hopes that he and
Henry Willughby may soon come down to WoUaton to let
leases and provide sumes of money to untie the many mort-
gages.

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" There are in the library at Wollaton many very kind
letters from Sir Francis Willughby to Sir Percivall, writ
from An. D. 1587 to An. D. 1593 ; many of those letters were writ
to desire Sir PercivaU would help him to money, and to desire
he would be bound with him for several sums of money.

" In one of these letters Sir Francis desires Sir Percivall
will find him a chapman for Steeple Hall, for his debts grow
so great that without the sail of that and some other things
the interest money will eat up the profit of his revenue.

" There is a letter from Sir Francis to Sir Percivall, dated
An. D. 1591,. to desire he would be bound with him for the
sume of 1600M. to Thomas Peyn for the payment of SOOli.
which he was to lend to Sir Francis Willughby.

" Sir Francis seems then to have employed Sir Percivall
in all his affairs, and to approve of what he did, and gave him
a writing, which was drawn up by Mr. George Lyttleton, his
lady's brother, to secure to him the inheritance of Wollaton,
Cossall and Trowell and of Middleton and Kinsbury.

" There is a letter writ by Sir Percivall Willoughby to his
Lady to give her notice that her mother was then very sick,
and to desire she would send her some of her preserved bar-
berrys and some cherries, and to send his dog, because they
wanted a dog to kill partridges for Lady Willughby ; and
with this letter there is the copy of a very affectionate letter,
which he desired she would write to her mother.

" There is a letter writ, I beHeve, about the same time to
Lady Willughby by Robert Spencer, her son-in-law, dated
An. D. 1594, in which letter he expressed great concern for her
sickness, which had continued so long upon her, and which
he had heard, was so extream that he doubted of her life,
and that put him now upon writing plainly to her, which he
hoped she would pardon, because he did it for the good of
her children that were unmarried. Upon which account the
world blamed her, saying that if Sir Francis and she had not
come together again, they would have been as well or better
bestowed then the rest of their sisters, which was very un-
naturall in her, and she must expect God would lay the burthen
of their offences upon her if they should do otherwise then
well. He himself (he writ) had made divers motions for their
marrying such men of worth, both for living and behaviour,
as had he had sisters of his own, he should have been glad
they might have had them. But those offers she had received
so contemptably that had not her extream sickness now hap-
ned, he should have used no more speeches about them,
but that made him write his opinion that she should now take
care for them and show the world that she did not hate her
own flesh. For should God call her, she might be sure Sir
Francis would marry again, and then she might judg what
regard would be had of her children.

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*' There is no account of the time when Lady Willughby
dyed, but I believe it was her last sickness, and that she dyed
An. D. 1594.

" There is a letter without date from Abigail Willughby
to her sister Brigitt in which she writes that she hoped they
should now have happier days, and that her father would
send for her again to WoUaton to supply her mother's place,
which she found herself unfit for.

" There is a letter in the library which was .writ by Sir
Francis Willughby to Mr. Thomas Willughby, An. D. 1595,
I believe soon after his Lady's death, to borrow his house
in Lincoln's Inn Fields. To which letter there is Mr.
Willoughby's answer that he was very sorry that he could
not furnish him with that house, having let a lease of some
of the rooms half a year before.

" This house, I find, was often borrowed of Mr. Willoughby
when he was in the country himself. In March, 1595[-6], Robert
Sackeville writ a letter, which yet remains in the library,
to borrow it for his wife and the Countess, etc.

" By the old papers in the library at Wollaton there is
reason to believe that Sir Francis Willughby's servants did
intend to get from their master some of their Lady's Jewells
after she was dead. It was a fashion at that time in very
rich embroaderys upon cloaths to mix pearl upon spangles
with the gold and silver. Such a sute of cloaths, I believe,
this Lady had when she dyed, part of which I believe
stiU remains in the wardrobe at Wollaton. ^ This garment
was made of crimson velvet, the body of which seemed
to have been richly embroadred, but that embroadry was
picked off ; in the skert of the gowne there was ten breadths
of the velvet about a yard and haK long, the bottom of which,
by the marks upon the velvet, appear'd to have been
embroadred about four inches deep, and also an embrodry
of the same breadth had been on each side of the fore part
of the skert of the gowne, the velvet was also marked quite
round the skert about fourteen inches from the top, which
shew'd that it had been gathered there, which made the
farthingale round the hips, which old pictures shew was the
dress of that time. With this gown I found in the ward-
robe a muff, which was a square piece of rich embroadry, upon
which there was some pearl, the other side was sables, and
this muff was made to tye together with ribbons. Theire was
also a cap richly embroadred, and two long feathers, one
black and the other white, which, I believe, was to be worn
with it. Such a cap this Lady Willughby's picture is drawn
with upon her head, and she is also j-ainted in such a gowne

1 There are several garments of this period still preserved, with others of
later times, at Wollaton.

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as I believe this might have been. There was also with these
cloaths a frame of wire for the hair, which was to fix jewels
in to ware upon the head. There was also some scolloped
lace which I believe had been a ruff, and several hoUand
head bands and quoives^ for the head made of fine hoUand
embrodred with silk, gold and spangles, design'd for such
a dress for the head as many of Queen Anne Bullen's pictures
are drawn with. There are also in the wardrobe another
gowne with a farthingall skert made of black farrendon,^ and
laced with black and gold lace. There was also two white
wrought waistcoats to be worn with petticoats, which I believe
was the undress then in fashion.

" After this long digression which these old cloaths have
led me into, I must return to the first sute upon which I believe
the pearl might have been, and also that part of that pearl
Lady Willughby might have borrowed of her daughter
Brigitt, because I found a letter from her writ to Fox (who
was one of Sir Francis's servants), after his Lady's death, to
desire she might have such Jewells retm-ned as she had lent to
the Lady her mother, viz., pearl to the value of 30i., buttons
of gold valued at 181., and in old gold 14Z., and also some
other small Jewells.

" In this letter she writ that Russell had worn some of the
pearl since her mother's death, and she had seen some of
the buttons worn, and for the old gold, her mother had most
of that about her when she dyed.

" There is a letter from Sir Francis to Sir Percivall, dated
April the 24, 1595, to let him know that he would have him
meet him at London, and that he should bring with him the
rents of Middleton, Kinsbury, and Wyken, and the accounts
of the iron mills, and also he must bring with him that
writing which did secure to him the inheritance of WoUaton,
Cossall and Trowell, Middleton and Kinsbury.

" I could find no account of Sir Percivall's going to London
at that time, and believe he might excuse it, fearing to trust
Sir Francis with that writing which he had order'd him to
bring.

" The old papers show that Sir Francis made but a short
stay in London, and that at his return to Wollaton he sent
to Sir Percivall to come from Middleton to him there, and
that at this meeting at Wollaton there passed so much
unkindness between the father and son that Sir Percivall
went away fpom WoUaton upon the 23th of July, 1595, without
taking any leave of Sir Francis.

1 Coifs.

2 A kind of cloth made of silk and wool or hair. The earliest quotation in
the New English Dictionary, s.v. 'Farandine,' is in 1663, and the invention of
the fabric is ascribed to c. 1630.

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" There is the copy of a letter which Sir Percivall writ soon
after his return from WoUaton to Middleton to Green, who
had been his friend, by pleading in his behalf to Sir Francis.
In that letter he tells Green that he had been sent for in hast
to WoUaton, but his entertainment was such that he stayed
not long, and that hereafter he would frame himself to endure
loss and disgrace with less disturbance. He desired Green
because he had been an old servant, a loving friend, and a
faithful peacemaker, to meet Sir Francis at Fox's, but writ
that he believed his father-in-law was so resolute in his own
overthrow and the utter undoing of him and his, that no
good would be done.

" It is very likely that the reason why Sir Percivall went
away from WoUaton without taking leave of Sir Francis might
be to avoid unkind word at their parting, but whatever the
cause was, this action, together with what had before passed
between them, made Sir Francis so very angry with his son
Percivall that he immediately sent Russell, his steward, to
London to seek him a wife. This Isley Cranewell gives Sir
Percivall an account off in a letter dated from WoUaton,
July the 23th, 1595, being the same day which Sir Percivall
went from thence. He also writ word that the person that
Russell would recommend was Mrs. Tamworth, who had been
called in question for her honesty, and was separated from her
husband. Russell was very quick in performing his master's
orders, for there is a letter from Russell to Sir Francis, dated
August, 1595, in which he writes that he had carried wedding
gloves to Mr. Sutton, by which it appears that they were
then married. This lady's name was Dorothey ; she was the
daughter of Thomas Coleby, of Graye's Inn, and the widow
of John Tamworth.

" There is a letter from one Lewes writ (I believe soon after
Sir Francis was married) to Sir Percivall to advise him to
comply as much as he could with Sir Francis, because his
Lady had many great friends and was a woman of a great
deal of wit (as her actions showed). Her mother also was a
very wise woman, and was to live with them in London in a
house with fifteen beds which Sir Francis had taken for them ;
and he now threatned that the Star Chamber should decide
the difference which was between them.

" There is a letter writ by Sir Francis Willughby and
dated from Sherfield, August 29th, 1595, which orders sending
a buck to Dr. Smith ; and if the Lord Huntyngdon can't send
him a stag from Windsor (which he believes wiU be hard for
him to doe if the Queen comes thither), then he would have
a brace of bucks sent for himself. He also ordered a pretty
nagg to be found for him to give to Dr. Smith, which should
have its runing at grass at Sherfield within thirty miles of
London, from whence he might use him at his pleasure ; besides

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that at WoUaton (he writes) that his wife needs a phisitian,
and will use him if he will be contented to come to her, which
he thinks he will not refuse, to pleasure her ; and Sir Michael
MoUjms will bid him heartily wellcome.

" It appears by the old papers that Sir Francis was very
fond of this Lady, who, I believe, took great care to please
and oblige him, and thereby soon gained an absolute power
over him. They were in so much haste to marry that writings
could not be drawn, but Sir Francis articled to tye severall
lordships upon this Lady as a security for her jointure, which
was to be 2,000 mark a year. But this Lady, liking the
land tyed for her security better then the jointure, which was
to have been settled upon her, took care to prevent that
settlement from being made.

" It is very likely that the servants who had made that match
were entirely in that Lady's interest, and it appears by the
old papers that she, together with them, had worked up Sir
Francis to such a degree of anger against Sir Percivall and
his Lady that he did not care what became of them.

" There are in the library several very unkind letters from
Sir Francis to his daughter Brigit writ this year ; one very
long one in justification of Fisher, and to express his anger
for her carriage to him, as that in passing by Fisher he would
have saluted her, but she bid him spare that courtisie for
others that had a better opinion of him. Fisher (he writ)
had deserved better usage from her, and Percivall Willoughby
had ill requited him for the good he had done him, for if
it had not been for Fisher an estate which he settled upon him
would not have been settled so.

" In this letter he also writ that her husband was grown so
froward that nothing would content him but what agreed
with his own humour, and he was become so imperious that
he would not allow him to chuse his own friends, or to place
his children where he thought best. If Percivall WiUoughby
thought he would bear this from him he was deceived. He
would therefore have her make him understand that he should
presently use Middleton House himself, and therefore they
must leave it, for he would no longer permit such contrary
and rebellious humours to be in his house. This letter is
dated September, 1595.

" In answer to this letter Lady Willoughby writ that her
husband was not at home, and she could wish it might please
him that somebody else might tell him of his dislike rather
then herseK ; that as for her sisters she had never heard her
husband speak of their being placed, nor had she known
him ever meddle with any friend of his, if they would but let
him alone. And for Mr. Fisher, his own friends and kindred
did not spare to repiort how ill he had dealt with them. Even
his son Dilkes had reported that if she would have been
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so basely bestowed. This she had concealed and should still,
but that he was offended with her for him whom she had
just cause to dislike. She desired he would not take hasty-
courses with her husband by the perswasions of others, but
first hear what he could say for himself, and that he would
not comdemn her upon Mr. Fisher's reports without hearing
her speak.

" Lady WiUoughby was so much provoked by Mr. Fisher's
ill treatment of her that at the same time that she answer'd
her father's letter, she writ a very angry letter to Fisher ;
which he was so enraged at that he threatned to trouble her
for it. Upon hearing that, she writ a letter to Sir Percivall,
who was then in London, to this effect : ' I have sent you,
so near as I can remember, a copy of what I writ to Mr.
Fisher, because he threatnes to call me before the Counsel ; '
but I hope there is nothing but what may be well answered if
he were far better then he is, seeing it is all too true. He
dealt so iU with me to my father that I could not forbear him
in any thing that I knew. Come what may of it, I hope
for your part, being a common enemy to us both, you will
think no otherwise then well of

Yours

Brigitt WiUoughby.'
"A copy of Lady Willoughby's letter to Mr. Fisher.

" ' I have received at this instant letters from my father
wherein I have his displeasure for not pleasing of your
worship ; 1 am sorry he knows you no better, but I hold your
tongue for no slander that is so busie in all matters, and
spareth not ladys and gentlewomen of greater account then
myseK. Thou hast used thy pleasure in bad speeches of the
Countess of Shrewsbery, of Mr. Thomas Spencer's wife, and
others. Thou hast practiced dissentions betwixt my husband
and me from the begining. Thou hast set my father and
him at jares, because thou mightest the better fish and inrich
thyself, as you hast done, with their spoyles.

" ' Thou wouldest (being in thy house) have married me to
thy cousin Clud, a poor cozening knave of my father's, that
came lowsy to him, and therefore in thy heart couldest never
since abide me, tho' hitherto I have concealed it.

" ' I was once before for thy pleasure and perswasions
little better then hurled out of this house, being great bellied,
when thou didst hope both by that means might have
perished.

" ' And now again I and mine for not worshiping of thee
must upon small warning goe wander, as thou thinkest, a great
conquest of such a worshipfull justice as thyself, that

1 The Privy Council.

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employest all thy wits and means to doe mischief. It is well
known to all the country that my father of himself never
ofEer'd such measures to the worst servant or tenant that
he had.

" ' At thy being at Middleton thou toldest me that thou
earnest to cross my father's marriage, and to take that
stumbUng block out of my way, and yet now no man so ready
to cog and desemble with them as thyself. And notwith-
standing all this and much worse then this thy ordinary
protestation is by the faith of an honest man. MaUcious
knave thou art that canst not spare poor gentlewomen and
infants with thy tongue and practices ; gentleman thou
know'st thyseK to be none, and tho' at this instant I have
no better means of revenge then a little ink and paper, let thy
soul and carkes be assured to hear and tast of these
injuries in other sort and terms then from and by the hands
of a woman.

And seeing by thy practices and theirs, to whom by
oath thou art confederate with, I am Uke to lose my father's
favour (which was all the world to me), while I am able to
speak thy treacherous knaverys shall not rest altogether
concealed, and complain to my father if thou dare again.'

" The answer to this letter still remains in the hbrary ;
it is dated from Packington, and writ by Mary Fisher to
Lady Willoughby, and is to this purpose, viz. :

" ' That her husband had showed her her letter, so full
of outrage and inciviUty as hardly beseemed a gentlewoman,
and in which she had charged him with many things not true,
as that he would have married her to Cludd when she was in
his house. If Cludd had had any such dealing with her, she
was sure it was unknown to Mr. Fisher, but it was well known
that while she was in their house, Mr. Henry Willoughby (then
Uving) did practice both with Cludd and Dracot to have stole
her away and married her ; and that she had received a
letter from Henry Willoughby to that effect herseK and
divers others could witness ; and also that Mr. Fisher fell
out with them for offering such practices in his house. Sir
Francis Willoughby, being then in treaty with Sir Percivall
Willoughby's friends, this her husband had made Sir Francis
acquainted with, but had he concealed it, she had not then
been Sir PercivaU's wife.'

" In this letter she used many angry expressions not behind
hand with Lady Willoughby's and asserted her husband's
inocency of doing any ill offices between herself Sir
Percivall and Sir Francis, but the contrary which she had
ill requited him for.

" And whereas she threatned his carcas and bid him com-
plain to her father if he durst, should any peril fall on Mr.
Fisher, her untemparate letter would be a good testimony
from whose malioe his evil came.

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" There are severall very unkind letters from Sir Francis
to Sir Percivall, dated from Sherfield and from Wollaton in
September and October, 1595 ; some full of threatnings to
force him from Middleton, others angry ones that he does
not vouchsafe to answer his letters, and in one of his letters
to Lady Willoughby he writes thus : ' Belike you learn these
ill tempers of your husband, whose base account of me is
such as he disdaineth to answer a«iy letter of mine. Tell
him from me that if a man write to his better, if he answer
it, it is curtesie ; if to his equall, duty ; but if to his inferiour,
the not answering it is ill manners.'

" There is a letter from Edward Willoughby to his brother Sir
Percivall, dated August, 1595, to let him know that his brother
Hastings had been with Sir Francis Willughby and his lady,
and that he had taken the Woodland [co. Dorset] of Sir Francis
for three hves, and that he was contented to joyn with Sir
Francis in the settlement of his lady's joynture and the con-
firmation of other leases, and that he had 3delded to Sir Francis
all that he had desired of him. In the doing wherof he had
gain'd the good will of Sir Francis. Edward Willoughby in
that letter to his brother desires and advises him also to
compty with Sir Francis in things that are reasonable, and
entreats him to confirm and further his lady's joynture, and
writes that he had heard a good report of the lady.

" There is the copy of a letter from Sir Percivall, writ
An. D. 1595, to W. Agard, in which he writes that he is sent
for to meet Sir Francis and that there is such shews of a pre-
tended peace as should please all parties, but he doubts, such
is the minute necessity of declyning estates in these days,
that nothing \TiU stay their downfall, and that his hopes are
small in so shaken a house, where the principall piUer hath
[lain] and ever will ly open to all manner of pestilent blasts.

" Sir Francis WiUughby's lady and his deceitfull servants,
I beheve, made great advantage from this quarrell which
they had made between him and his son Percivall.

" There is a very flattering letter which was writ by Rusuell
to his master Sir Francis, dated from Wollaton, October, 1595,
in which he heartily wishes him heirs by his new lady, for
which he writes that he had the hearty prayers of all the
coxmtry, and if he did but hear the daily good wishes that
himself and lady had from all sorts of people, it would yeild
him cause of joy and invite him to five at Wollaton. He
writ that Mr. Henry Willughby had said that he did hear
and Uke very well of his lady, but said he had done her great
injury in regard her joynture could never be secured by reason
of all the land being so intangled and tyed upon Sir Percivall,
with many other circumstances which Henry Willughby in-
tended to write upon to his worship himself. Russell in that

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letter enlarged upon his own fidelity and concluded with
humble duty, service and faith to himself and good lady,
comiting them both to the terrestrial and celestiall paradice.

" There is no letter or account beok which I could find that
mention this lady's bringing any fortune to Sir Francis, but
by severall one may guess that he was very fond of her
person, and that she and her relations by their care to flatter
and please him soon gain'd great power in the management
of his affairs.

"There is a letter from Sir Francis, which bears no date,
directed to his loving wife the Lady Dorothy Willughby, who
'tis very likely he might leave at Sherfeild while he went
upon business to London, before she could goe. In this
letter Sir Francis writ that he had inclosed 4 letters which
he desired she would send, one to Sir Michael, one to
Mr. Talbott, one to Sir John Conuay, and the 4th to Mr.
Beamont. He writ that his cause against Parramore in
chancery had not beenhear'd because of My Lord's sickness.
He wishes her to take care of herself in comming up to
London, and concludes comitting her and the lady her mother
and his sister Brigit to the tuition of Heaven. In the post-
script he writes : ' I did think this process would partly amaze
Percivall Willoughby and his hangers on. And Mr. Eobert
Willughby doth utterly condemn him touching his detaining
of the houses from me, Middleton and the Hote. I would
gladly hear an answer of the letters sent to Sir Foulk Grevill
and to Sir Henry Godier's executors. If Savage advertized
you how the Lord Huntington did take the matter touching
his son Henry, I would gladly understand thereof.'

" Sir Francis had no sister but Lady Arundel, and there-
fore I conclude that Brigit named in the letter was his lady's
sister.

" There is a letter from Sir Francis Willoughby to his
daughter Brigit dated from WoUaton, February, 1595[-6].
This letter is to tell her that he finds missing of her late
mother's apparel a velvet gown, and much other apparel
containing many pearls, and also a great quantity of bothe
fine and courser Hnnin, aU which he charges her to send him
by the bearer, for he will not suffer her to rob and spoile him.

" There is the copy of Lady Willughby 's answer to her
father's letter still remaining with his letter. 'Tis dated
February the 11th, 1595[-6], and is to this effect :

" ' Sir,

" ' I did never rob nor spoile you, nor commit any graceless
action, and am sorry my better deserts can have no better
consideration with you. If at your being at Middleton, your
steward Russell would have suffer'd me to have come to you,
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as either my sisters left here or otherwise I did hear off, not
meaning to desire any of them, but only siich things as she
had of mine, which might have been fitter for me (as I thought)
[to have] again then for Russell and strangers to have worn.
I have dehver'd to Fox a note of such things as they left here,
and he may fetch them at his' pleasure, and if he had listed,
he might have let you understand, being at his house, that
I would have spoke mth you about some causes of my mother's.
If this may not sattisfie you, I will repose my self in the
inocency of my cause, and bear as I may these and other
your hard courses.

" There is another letter from Sir Francis to his daughter
Brigit, dated from WoUaton, February the 13th, 1595[-6], to
this effect : — ' I have sent you a note under Abigail's hand
with things she sent to you, which I would have to be safe
dehvered to the bearer hereof, and Ukewise, since the writing
of the note, she has said, and others do weU know and have
seen, a whole set of these pescoddes, whereof I have sent you
a pattern, which were dehvered by her to you, and divers
other things, with a carkenett of aggetts, and one other
trymming of a gown with pearl, which I would have to be
sent to me likewise.'

" There is also Abigail Willughby's letter to her sister
Brigit. In it she expressed much concern for her father's
anger, and writ that she had sent a note of the cloaths and
linnin mension'd in her father's letter, which he had made her
set down in a note. And she fear'd if she should not send
them, it would be the worse for her.

"It is very probable that Sir Francis Willughby might
want all those things mentioned in the letter to present to
his Lady, who was then with him at Wollaton, as appears
from a letter writ by John Atkinson to the Lady Dorothy
Willughby at Wollaton ; this letter is dated from Nottingham,
February, 1595[-6]. In it he writes that by the symptoms
he beheves her Ladyship to be with child ; he also gives in
this letter an account of his care of others in the house (which
makes me believe he might be the family phisitian), and adds
his duty to Lady MoUyns, which shows that that Lady was
at Wollaton with Lady WiUughby.

" It does not appear who that Lady Mollyns was, but finding
mention of her in most of the letters writ about that time,
and that by other letters when Sir Francis married his second
Lady, that her mother was to Uve with them, I conjecture
that this Lady MoUyns might be her mother, and that after
the death of Thomas Coleby, who was that Lady Willughby's
father, she married Sir Michael Mollyns.

" There are some very friendty letters -writ by John
Atkinson to Sir Francis Willughby. There is one dated from
Nottingham, in June, 1596, about selling of wood, and to
let Sir Francis know that the receits for what had been sold
at WoUaton would be upwards of 200K.

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" There is another letter writ by him the same month to
tell Sir Francis that he is very ill used by his servants at
WoUaton, who abuse him sadly in selUng his wood. At such
a rate, he writes, they sell it as if they gave one half to have
the other fetched away. He also writes that by the use of
his money they make their own gain, and that he is betrayed
by those he most trusted. This letter is directed to Sir Francis
WiUughby at his lodgings in Smithfield.

" There is a letter from Sir Francis WiUughby to Fox about
selling Lamley for 4000K. and Carlton, Carcolston and Sutton
for 2500K.

" There is a letter from Sir Percivall to his own father, Mr.
Thomas WiUoughby, which gives a long account of his troubles.
How, that when he was from home and had left his wife big
with child. Sir Francis had sent a troop to take possession
of Middleton ; that his servants resisting, they went off to
the town, after having broke down a wall and two doors.

" He writes that the new lady and her friends endeavour
as much as they can to disgrace Sir Francis's children and
old followers, and perswade to fit him better with new feathers
and plomes of their impinge'- then any which either himself
hath bred, or his own experience could approve. And when
they have plomed him bare, he may sit like a bird to be a
scorn to all the world. This letter is dated April the 12th,
1596.

" There are other letters and papers which shew that Sir
Francis leased out the greatest part of his estate for three
Mves. The money raised by these leases as also that by the
sail of the land and wood, 'tis very likely Sir Francis Wil-
lughby's lady got secured for herself.

" There is an account of Sir Percivall's prefering a bill in
chancery against Sir Francis, which 'tis probable might be
upon that occasion that so he might secure to himself that
part of the estate which the law would allow him in right of
the settlement which Sir Francis had made of WoUaton,
CossaU and TroweU, and Middleton and Kinsbury upon him
and his lady and their heirs.

" There is a letter from Sir Percivall to his lady, dated
May the 13th, 1596, which said that her father had preferred
a biU against him, but that would be easie enough answer'd.
In this letter he writ that her father said none of his name
must come near him for fear of troubUng his wife, and that
he would care for nobody that loved Sir PercivaU.

" There is another letter from Sir PercivaU to his lady,
dated June the 20th, 1596, in which he writes that her father
would have aU for his wife Dorothy ; but since she had made

Grafting, setting.

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clioice of him for her husband, he would never yield to that
while he Uved. At last, he writes that Sir Francis was
content to chuse Mr. Micheal Murrin and he [and] his cousin
Henry Willoughby to end all matters. But their demands
were so unreasonable that he expected no good would be
done.

" I could find no account how this refEerence ended, but
believe it produced no good to Sir PercivaU. And from the
old papers one may believe that Sir Francis neglected all his
children, and made it his chief care to raise a great sum of
money for his lady. And thus having charged his estate
with as much money as it could bear, he fell very sick.
There is a tradition in the family that his friends suspected his
lady had given him poyson, but whither that was so or not
is uncertain. All the account which I could find of his sick-
ness was from a letter writ by Sir PercivaU to his lady, which
letter was to this effect :

" That again the black messenger salutes her, and God
with his many blessings hath and doth intermingle many
troubles, that we may the better know and acknowledge from
whence both proceed. He writ that her father's case was
lamentable, that he had been ill a fortnight, and shut up from
all his friends, that the whore and her minnion had stripped
him both of goods and land, and left him nothing where he
lay but what hung upon his back, and that he now sits haling
for life and breath, and that in this case he was soUcited to
see him. Dated November, 1596.

" There is no particular account either of his death or
burial, more then that he died in November, An. D. 1596.

" After Sir Francis WiUoughby's death, his wife being with
child. Sir PercivaU was under great apprehensions that she
might impose an heir upon him, and in order to prevent any
such imposition, he obtained of the Queen a troop of guards
to watch and search everybody that came to the house, where
she then was. [Of. Croke's Reports 1, p. 566, 39 Eliz.]

" There is a letter from Sir PercivaU to his Lady, in which
he says that her mother-in-law had a strange woman next
door to her who in the night was brought to bed of a son.
He writes that God knows whither she was not brought
thither by design.

" This Lady, in right of the child she went with, kept
possession of all the estate which Sir Francis Willoughby left.
This engaged Sir PercivaU in very expensive law sutes.

" Upon May the 3rd, 1597, she was delivered of a daughter.

" There is the copy of a letter from Sir PercivaU WiUoughby,
dated October, 1597, to the Lord Burghley, then Lord High
Treasurer of England, who had given the wardship of that

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chfld to his son the secretary. In this letter Sir Percivall
desired the Lord Burghley that for the avoiding of the maUce
of his adversaries and the better establishing of his perplexed
estate, he would vouchsafe so far to recomend his humble
sute to his son that he might have the wardship of the child
for the land only for such considerations as should seem good
to his Honour. And that he might the better judg of the
value of it, Sir Percivall writ that he had inclosed the par-
ticular of those lands, and by that particular he would also
see what lands this lady, the widow of Sir Francis Willughby,
by the help of Sir Micheal Molyns and the rest of their accom-
plices had got for herself and her heirs, tho' her usages of Sir
Francis had been such that she had ill deserved it. With this
letter Sir Percivall sent to the Lord Burghley a present of
a gelding.^

" Amongst the old papers in the Ubrary at WoUaton I
could not find any copy of the inclosed particular of the
estate which Sir Francis Willughby's widow got from the
family, but many circumstances shew that it was a very
considerable estate in land, of which I beUeve the Dorsetshire
estate was a part. The money which Sir Francis raised
by leases and seUing wood, etc., and gave to this lady must
have been a great sum ; and by tradition the goods in Sir
Francis's houses (all which he gave this lady) must have
been of great value. I have been told by some of the family
that there was an inventory of the plate, in which there was
an account of a hundred large silver dishes and very large
quantities of all other usefull plate. All which this lady very
soon carried to the Lord Wharton's family by marrying that
Lord some months after Sir Francis Willughby's death. This
lady's daughter dyed soon after Sir Percivall had beged the
wardship of her lands.

" There remains in the Ubrary at Wollaton the following
account of the estate in lands and goods which Sir Percivall
WiUoughby and Brigit his wife had from Sir 'Francis Wil-
lughby, her father, and also of the debts which the estate
was charged with. [The five lordships of Wollaton and
Sutton, Cossall, and Trowell, co. Notts., and Middleton and
Kinsbury, co. Warwick, " the tenants being leased by Sir
Francis WiUughby for three Uves after his second marriage,"
of the yearly value of SOIL 16s. Od., minus 257Z. for annuities
charged upon these manors by Sir Francis. Followed by
" an account of the money M'hich Sir Percivall WiUoughby
was to pay out of the estate," amounting to 35,156L (includ-
ing goods, iron- works, etc., at Middleton and WoUaton,
1000?. ; iron-works undertaken by Sir Percival for Sir Francis

1 An inserted slip written in the same hand cites from the Journal of the
House of Lords, 4 April, 1621, the second article of the charge against the
Lord Chancellor Bacon that he received 310Z. as a bribe from Lady Wharton
in a cause depending between lier and Sir Percival WiUoughby

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upon the latter's promise that Sir Percival should be no loser,
3000Z.) ; ' Sir Percivall was bound with Sir Francis for the
debt of 21,000Z. without any other consideration than that
of Sir Francis's promise to leave to him and his wife the
whole remainder of his estate, this debt Sir Francis left Sir
Percival to pay of ; ' costs of law-suits before Sir Percival
could obtain possession of the estate owing to the trouble
caused by Lady Wharton, 3000L]

" There is an account of other mortgaged lands [of] which
Sir PercivaU had a power of redemption upon paying
3050?., which, with other things imposed upon them by Sir
Francis, was as much as they were worth. It is probable
that Willoughby and those other lordships which Sir PercivaU
sold of his lady's estate might be included in these mortgaged
lands,

" To raise that 3050Z. at that time was, 1 beUeve, pretty
hard for Sir PercivaU to doe ; and the lands themselves were
so encumbered that no body would buy any of them, and
therefore, I beUeve, Sir PercivaU was forced very soon to seU
his own Kentish estates to raise that money and also the
iOOOli. which he paid to [three of] his lady's sisters [as part
of their portions, p. 159] and also money to enable him to
carry on his law sutes with the Lady Wharton

" Having given this account of the shattered condition
which Sir Francis Willughby left his estate in to Sir PercivaU
and of the neglect which he seemed to shew of aU his children
before his death, I think I ought to be so just to his memory
as to note down that from the papers which stiU remain in
the Ubrary at WoUaton it plainly appears that this Sir Francis
was a man of great piety and learning. There is still
remaining a coUection which he made of the most valuable
books of his time, and many notes of remarks upon them writ
with his own hand. There is also in the Ubrary severall other
Uttle manuscripts writ by himseU upon divine subjects, some
of which seem to have been heads of sermons for his chaplains
to preach upon. By the papers which direct the orders which
Sir Francis WiUughby would have to be observed in his family
and the remaining books of his accounts, one may beUeve that
he was a very good oeconomist.

" It was the fashion of those times for famiUes of distinction
to maintain as their retinue in their own familys and to be
always ready to attend them upon any occasion many
gentlemen who were reaUy born so and who looked upon it
to be no disgrace to be so retained by the great famiUes then
in England but rather the contrary, for it was then usuall
for gentlemen to get their sons placed in a man of quaUtie's
house as a means to gain them a better education than by
continuing in their own Uttle families they could have had.
Of this sort of gentlemen Sir Francis Willughby always
retained a great number, as appears by many of the old papers

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as well as George Willughby's letter page 76,i who is there
mentioned to have said that he had advised with severall
of the country gentlemen, where and in what manner they
intended to meet the Queen, and by what he could learn
their servants need only to have plain Hvery coats, but he
thought Sir Francis Willughby's number of servants should
in no wise be less than fifty.'

" Some of these gentlemen servants which Sir Francis
retained had, I beheve, gained his friendship so much as
to have thereby a power to perswade and influence him in
the affairs of his family, and this power (I believe by the
old papers) they used only for their own advantage, and
finding those unhappy divisions between Sir Francis and
his lady and afterwards between him and his son Percivall
and daughter Brigitt Willougbby might prove profitable to
them, they helped to make and continue that breach as
wide as they could between those near relations till after
that lady's death and Sir Francis Willughby's second mar-
riage. Which second lady defeated their projects and soon
shewed she had subtlety enough to outwit them, so much as
to make all their plotting turn to her own advantage, and
therby to gain to herself such immense wealth as has been
already shewed that she raised by making use of the
declyning age and last part of Sir Francis Willughby's
life. . . .

" Concerning Dorothy Willughby, the second daughter
of Sir Francis.

" I shall here copy part of a letter from Henry, earl of
HuntjTigdon, which, I believe, was writ to Sir Francis
Willughby upon this daughter's account, for I think it could
not mean Brigett, the eldest daughter, because this letter
is dated Aug. 1581, and by the account book it appears that
Brigitt was married to Sir PercivaU WiUoughby An. D. 1580,
being the year before. The letter was to this effect :

" ' It was my hap yesterday to pass in my journey
towards York nigh your house, where you were not, or else
I hope I should have spoken with you, so as this letter might
have been spared. There is a matter which I think fit to be
moved to you without delay, which in divers respects 'tis
meet you should give a favourable ear to. Henry WiUoughby,
your kinsman, and by you commended to my service, hath
been and is a suitor to one of your daughters for marriage.
The liking between them is great, but without your liking
to proceed to a match would be thought hard. For your
favour that is a suitor, and by me he hath chosen to make
the means, because you first commended him to my service,
and by his being with me I find him such a one as for good
parts, honesty and good nature I may be bold to commend
him worthy of much more than I am able to doe for him, and

1 See page 538, above.

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yet what I can doe for him he shall not want. I am bold
to pray the continuance of your favour to him, and that
in this his suit you would vouchsafe to shew it to him. If
God send you no son, what Willoughby is there that can
be more meet to tast of your hberall favour than this
gentleman ? I could say more than leasure will now serve
me to write. Truely I wish with all my heart it may please
God to send you a son of your own, but if that fail till I hear
more I can't change my opinion which I have uttered.
And so heartily pra3dng your favour for this my Willoughby,
with my most hearty commendations I doe commit you to
the tuition of the Lord.

'"Hastily from Mansfield, the 17th of Aug. 1581.

Your loving friend,

H. Huntyngdon.'

" Upon the back of this letter from Lord Huntyngdon there
is a query whither this Willoughby was a son of Sir Hugh's,
writ by my father.

" Amongst the old papers I could nowhere find any copy
of Sir Francis's answer to this letter, nor any other mention
made of this Henry Willoughby except in Mrs. Fisher's letter
page 148.^ Which person, 'tis hkely, might be the same
Henry Willoughby who, she there writ, had practiced with
Cludd and Dracot to have stole away and married Brigitt
Willughby while she was in Mr. Fisher's house, and at the
same time that Sir Francis Willughby was in treaty with Sir
Percivall's friends.

" There are in the library severall letters which were writ
some years after that which is copied above from this H.
earl of Huntyngdon to Sir Francis Willughby concerning the
match between his nephew Henry Hastings and Dorothy
Willughby. Some of these letters were dated An. D. 1584,
tho' by what I can judg from those old papers they did not
marry till 1587, as is already noted page 130.^ It is
reasonable to think that the estate which the earl of
Huntyngdon oiler'd to settle upon his nephew might be less
then Sir Francis thought his daughter deserved and that
therefore this match was so long in debate.

" There is with the letters from Lord Huntjmgdon con-
cerning this match a paper which seems to be writ by a very
good friend of Sir Francis Willoughby's, in which is drawn
up ten considerations and reasons against the match between
Henry Hastings and Dorothy Willughby, of which the most
materiall were these, viz.

" ' That a great part of the land was designed to descend
to the heirs of Francis Hastings, in whom and to whose issue
the earldome was to be restrained.

1 See page 577, above.

2 See page 566, above.

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That the Lady Hastings hath a great part in joynture
by act of parUament which inter vein other demises.

That the earl is about 20,000M. in debt, which may greatly
charge his land, and that much of this money must have come
by the credit of bonds of others.

That in respect of procuring such sumes of money there
may be hidden mortgages upon the land, except the earl upon
his honour do confess them. The sale of Ware and Ware Park
made by the earl to Mr. Fanshaw may teach you to beware.

When you have paid two thousand pounds with your
daughter, that is not their satisfaction ; they shott at another
mark, for though you pay your money, yet at the marriage
there shall be a key to your land, and their desire they think
to bring to pass with the maintenance of their honour.

God send you your heart's ease : I doubt this match
will not breed it.

The young gentleman is half a Stanhop. A word to
your wife is enough.' "

" I don't understand why the author of this paper calls
the young gentleman half a Stanhop : his mother was the
daughter and co-heir of Sir John Port of EtwaU in Derby
Shire

" There is a letter from Francis Hastings (who was, I
beheve, the father of that child) ^ to Sir Francis A¥illughby
in which he earnestly desires Sir F. W. to lend him a hundred
pounds ; this letter is dated An. D. 1577.

" In this treaty of marriage there seems to have been
many rubs before it could be brought to a conclusion, tho'
the particular reasons do not appear.

" There are several! letters writ by Heru-y Hastings to Sir
Francis Willughby both before and after his marriage. In
one of these letters to Sir Francis he expresses great fears
that by the perswasions of some Sir Francis's thoughts may
be drawn from him, which he is very sorry for, knowing himself
to be clear from offending him, and writes that my lord is
easie to be drawn to anything that in reason shall seem fit and
convenient. He hopes Sir Francis mU weigh and consider
a young man's case, having settled his affection so deep that
nothing but death shall alter it. He begs Sir F. W. wiU
remember his own youth, and then he will the better con-
sider of him who is determined as long as he hves to per-
secute him to death that shall go about to marry her, for he
thinks 'tis better to dye and end his grief than to live without
her. He assures Sir F. W. that it is not the heat of youth
which causes him to write thus, but an honest affection so
surely settled that he is sure never to have a quiet mind
without her. This letter is dated from London, but not the
date of the year.

1 That is Henry, son of Francis, the eldest son of George Hastings,
brother of Henry, earl of Huntingdon. Dorothy Willoughby's husband Was
a son of George.

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" There is a letter from Henry Hastings to Sir F. W.
dated from Loughborough, October, 1587, to desire a lute
with 14 strings which he once gave to Sir -Francis, and seeing
it is not now occupied, (he writes that) he is the bolder to
crave it again that his wife may sometimes use it. By this
letter it appears that they were married before October,
1587.

" There is a letter from the earl of Huntyngdon to Sir
Francis Willughby, dated from York, April the 9th, 1588, to
let Sir Francis know that there is reason to believe that his
daughter Hastings is with child, and therefore he thinks it
will be inconvenient to her to have his nephew continue to
sojourn with her so as they doe at present, and he has not
any house in his own hands to offer his nephew, for which
reason he is a suitor to Sir Francis Willughby to let them have
the Woodland [co. Dorset], they paying him so much rent
for the house and grounds about it as he now takes, which
Lord Huntyngdon undertakes that his nephew shaU truely
pay. He desires Sir Francis will answer his request by a
few lines to Harry.

" With this letter there is a copy of Sir Francis WiUughby's
answer, in which he wTites Lord Huntyngdon word that he
had sent for his nephew to come to him that they might
confer together touching his request concerning Woodland.
He writes that the burthen of his debts makes him not
willing to grant a lease for the yearly rent of Woodland [makes
other proposal regarding it, which he had already mentioned
to the earl when he last spoke with him. Proposals for sale
of other estates to meet his debts to the earl].

" The Lord Huntyngdon's answer to this letter from Sir
Francis Willughby still remains in the library at WoUaton :
it is dated May, 1588, and is to this effect :

" The bearer hereof, your son-in-law, being a father, he
now the more earnestly intreats you to be good to him and
his, and therefore renews his former request touching the
Woodland. [Expresses regret that Sir Francis should have
to sell any lands, especially his western lands. Advises him
to sell lands in Essex in preference.] But if there is no
remedy, and he ^vill sell Cane, then he had advised his nephew
to make certain requests to him, one of which, he hoped, he
would be contented to grant to him. And the more favour
he shew'd him, the more bound he should be to him, and
himself and all his friends would think themselves the more
beholden to him, to whose good favour he leaves his nephew
and his cause. And whereas his nephew had desir'd them
both to be godfathers to his child. Lord Huntingdon desir'd
Sir F. W. would grant the same because his daughter was
the mother.

" There is another very pressing letter upon the same subject
from the earl of Huntyngdon to Sir Francis Willughby ; it
is dated from Wadley, August 22th, 1588, and in it [he presses

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Sir Francis to let the latter's daughter and her husband have
the manor of Woodland "at so reasonable a rent as might
enable them to welcome both him and their other friends,"
and begs that he will not aUenate the love that he once
seemed to bear to Ms earl's nephew]. But he doubts his
nephew's continuall absence and the ill offence from some
about Sir Francis (whose vilainy he hopes time will discover)
has alter 'd his mind towards him.

" There are a great many letters which shew that this
Henry Hastings used his wife very iU, and 'tis hkely some
stories of that sort might have been brought to Sir Francis,
and that Lord Himtyngdon might strive as much as he could
to make his nephew appear inocent.

" There is a letter from Henry Hastings to Sir Francis
WiUughby, dated from Hinton,"May the 23th, 159.3, to
importune him again to let them have the Woodland. He
writes that his wife does not like to dwell so near the sea side,
and that the place does not agree with her. [Denies that he
illtreats his wife, whom he desires Sir Francis to consult privily
on the question.]

" I'here is another letter from Henry Hastings to Sir Francis
WiUughby, dated from tuning Park, the 11th of April, 1593,
in which he writes if he had known Sir F. W. would have
spoken with him, he would have been with him this night.
But now his journey is fixed, so that he must lye at Middleton
to-morrow and set forwards towards the west upon Monday.
[Desires to serve Sir Francis, affirms his honesty, and declares
that he never served him or his lady for the sake of gain.]

" After Lady Willughby's death and Sir Francis's second
marriage Henry Hastings endeavour'd to make the second
lady and her mother his friends in this affair of the Wood-
land, as appears by a letter from him dated from Middleton,
October the 2d, 1595. [Abstract of letter.]

" I beheve Sir Percivall WiUoughby and Hsnry Hastings
were very friendly one to another for some years. I shall hear
(sic) copy two of their letters. [Copy of undated letter from
Hastings to Sir Percival.]

" Sir PercivaU WiUoughby 's answer :

" ' Sir,

" ' I shaU be ever glad you would command me in any-
[thing], and am very sory it was not my happ to be at
Middleton ; where and here you shaU ever command both
men and master and whatever the places may afford, though
my troubles for Sir Francis's occasions and the Lord Chan-
ceUor's heavie undiserved displeasure have made me a
stranger to my own houses and to have Kttle pleasure in the
world. And were it not that I am a recommended prisoner
to the Fleet after so many heavie payments and chargable
suits for not sattisfying Sir WiUiara Brereton [for] 1500Z.,
I would both see you and tender my love and duty to my

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Lord. My Lord and his house I have and ever will honour.
And thus being very glad to hear of the health of my sisters,
I leave you both to the tuition of the Almighty.

Yours ever to his poAver

Percivall Willoughby.'

" There are in the library a great many letters from Dorothy
Hastings to Sir Percivall Willoughby and his lady, some of
which I shall here write an abstract off." [Abstracts of five
letters, one dated 1615 and another dated 1619.]

" There is another letter from Mrs. Hastings to her sister,
the Lady Willoughby, dated December the 10th, 1619, to
desire she would give her tenants warning to pay no more
rent to her brother Wood, who, she fear'd, would get Lady
Day's rent before hand, for he had play'd her a vile part in
disappointing her of her own before, which she desires her
sister to get from him, if she can. She writes that she has
found him very false in his deaUng, but it is God's will to
plague her with vile men. The letter which she [Lady
Willoughby ?] sent by her [the writer's] son Henry she doubts
was opened, because it was not her own seal ; therefore when
she writes to her she desires she will take care who she sends
her letters by, for she knows some have been opened and
read and sealed again before she had them. Therefore she
dares not write her mind to her at large, but desires that
she and Lady Peckham will seal up her secrets and pray for
her. She writes that Mr. Hastings gives her continually
threatning words and she has her health very ill. She hears
that her son Ralph wiU be with Lord Huntyngdon that
Christmas, and she doubts he may do her wrong by geting
her rent from her tenants if Lady Willoughby will not prevent
it by warning the tenants not to pay to anybody but herself,
for she knows all her children disemble with her for their
own advantage. She concludes ' Pray God to send all her
friends long hfe and herself speedily to heaven.'

" There is another very melancholy letter from her to her
sister, dated from Woodland, July the 3d, 1620. She writes
Mr. Hastings opened and read her last letter before he gave
it her. She heartily wishes herself with some of her friends.
She is daily vexed with false wittnesses, which say she set
her hand to that which she never did. She thinks they will
poyson her eare longe, but hopes God will take her to his
mercy, and desires her sister to pray for her.

" There are many such petious letters from Mrs. Hastings
to her sister Willoughby. In one, dated April the 11th, 1621,
she writes that she has been most vilely used by Mr. Hastings
in words and deeds too long to write. He has threatned to
lock her up and use her like a dog. She greatly fears that he
means to poyson her. He wishes she could not write, and
then he could doe well enough with her. He and Sir John
Rives told her she had set her hand to writings which she

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never saw. She wmtes that they care not what they say or
swear to serve the turn they would have it. In this letter
she tells of a great escape they had of the house being burnt
by a barne which was set on fire by one shooting through
a hole in it. The wind blew the pouder into the thatch of
the barn and so set it on fire, and had not the wind changed
of a sudden so as to blow the fire from the house, it must
have burnt it. She writ that she had never been well since
this fright, and desired her sister if she could tell what
was good for the trembling of the heart, she would let her
know it.

" At the bottom of this letter is writ by Sir PercivaU Wil-
loughby's hand : " to garter your hoose below knee, for
the gartering above is not good for them which have the
panting of the heart."

[Abstract of letter, dated 30 April, 1622, to Lady Willoughby
complaining of her husband's ill-usage and that he allows
her meat and drink but neither clothes nor money, wherein
he uses her worse than his servants, and desiring the loan of
601. to help her in her extremity, which she desires may be
brought sealed up in a box by the bearer. Abstract of another
letter, dated Woodland, March, 1624, to the same, whom she
desires to see, and complaining that Mountiegue (sic) Wood
" keeps both the use [= interest] and principle money from
her, and that it is now near eight years since he had it, and
he uses her vilely."]

" There is another very melancholy letter from her to her
sister, in which she writes that she is ahve tho' in great
misery, being lame of one legg, and her sight fails her because
of vexations which she has daily from Mr. Hastings.

" In another letter from Mrs. Hastings to her sister, dated
from Woodland, May the 10th, 1626, she writes that her
daughter Rives is big with child and intends to ly inn at
Woodland, and she wishes Lady Willoughby would be at
her groning and help to comfort her. She writes that she is
sorry to hear that Sir George Peckham and his lady are like
to lose Streley. Her brother Wood she fears will defpaud her
of her money which he has owed her (and she has forbore
him) these ten years. She desires Lady Willoughby will
perswade him to pay her before strangers, for she hears his
land is extended for debt.

" There is a letter from Mrs. Hastings to Lady Willoughby,
dated from Abes Court, May the 5th, 1628, in which she
writes that she is now with her daughter Rives expecting her
happy hour. She writes she would be very glad to see her
this summer, if the journey would not be too painfull and
too chargable.

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" There is another letter from Mrs. Hastings to her sister
dated from Woodland, October the 31th, 1628, in which she
writ that she should be very glad to see her at Woodland,
and desires she will bring the mare which she gave her with
her, because she wants one to take the air upon, for Mr.
Hastings uses the coach continually so that she [can] never
have it except upon Sundays to goe to church. She writes
that she is grown so ve'ry sickly that she doubts she shall
not hve long, and her daughter Rives is also grown very
sickly with breeding her children, insomuch that she doubts
neither of them will ever see WoUaton again.

" Upon the top of aU these letters from Dorothy Hastings
and many more of the old letters there is writ either ' Jesus '
or eles ' Emanuell,' which, I beheve, was an ancient custome
in writing letters.

" With these letters there is the copy of one from Sir
PercivaU Willoughby's lady to Mrs. Hastings, dated from
Wollaton, July the 9th, 1620, to this effect : ' The king's
coming into the west this summer will, I believe, prevent my
seeing yourself, my brother, and my neece Rives at WoUaton.
And should I venture to come to you I doubt my brother
would prevent it if he could, as he had thoughts to have done
the last time. I will never come to doe either of you harme,
for my heart desires to doe all the good offices that a loving,
well wishing friend may doe between you, and happy should
I think myseM if I could by any means work your likings and
contents, which I pray God quickly to begin and ever to
continue, and that all jarrs and discords may be ended
between you, and that they that are the causes may be
banished from you.

" By some of the old letters one may believe that the first
cause of the unhappiness of Mr. Hastings and his lady might
proceed from his desiring to have her estate in land sold and
her unwillingness to part with it.

" Concerning Margaret Willughby, the third daughter of
Sir Francis WiUughby.

"It has been already shew'd page 13P that this Lady
married Robert Spencer, of Wormleighton in Warwickshire,
but before this marriage there had been a long treaty of
marriage for her between Sir Francis Willughby and his
kinsman Thomas Markham ^ for Griffin Markham his son.
The relation between the two famihes had made a
great intimacy amongst them, insomuch that Mrs. Margaret
Willughby used to be often at Mr. Markham's house for
a great while together when she was very young. It appears
by letters that she was there when her cousin Griffin Markham

1 See page 50fi, above.

2 Of OUerton, co. Notts. See Thoroton, Antiquities of Notts, p. 437b.

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went to Cambridg. There are a great many letters in
the hbrary at Wollaton which he writ to her from thence,
part of which letters I shall here copy.

" An abstract of letters from xMr. Griffin Markhara to his
cousin Margaret Willughby, dated from Caius College in
Cambridg.

" In the first letter, which begins with ' Dear Cousin,' he
tells her that he has never been quiet in his mind since he
parted from her so suddenly and with so few words, good
will and opportunity not being wanting, but such was his
shamefacedjiess that instead of speaking he used blushing,
nor would he have spoken more to her before he went to
Cambridg, but that from thence he might salute her with
his rude hnes, which would not blush to let her perceive his
stedfast, unfeigned and faithfuU mind towards her, etc.

" ' If you will continue as I left you, I don't dispare but my
father wiU procure the good will of yours, and then I shall
hope that by his perswasions and my mother's instructions
your good will will rather increase than diminish,' etc.

' Yours to trust

untill he be dust G. M.'

" In his second letter he tells her that her answer gave him
great content because by it he perceived her affections to
him and good will to his friends (as yet undiscovered), which
shewed her great clemency, good disposition and singuler virtue.
He could neither attribute to his friends sufficient thanks for
providing him such a match, nor make such returns as was
due to her, but would rest at her command, being ready to
perform anything which might be acceptable to her. Her
letter had so abandon'd fear from him that he hop'd at their
next meeting he should without blushing declare to her the
sume of his faithfuU and unfeigned mind, etc. He desires to
know as soon as. she can certifie him what end their parents
have made, and shall daily pray that it may answer their
expectations, and that God would grant to her health, pros-
perity and virtue, and so entirely to knitt the knott of amity
betwixt them that by no means it might be dissolved. ' I
cease any further to trouble you. From Cayus Colledg,
Dec. the 24th.

' Yours whilst Ufe doth rule his vital breath

G. M.'

In his third letter he writes that their meeting did not so
much rejoyce him as his departure doth grieve him, for what
greater grief can happen to faithfuU friends than in the
begining of their familiarity to be separated. But 'tis fond
to strive against a stream, and best for them both to comfort
themselves with hopes to meet again shortly, and altho'
shortly, yet he should think it too long. But in the mean-
time he hoped they should often hear from one another by

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letters, which should carry the true meaning of his mind,
who would forsake all others for hir sake and vowed himself
hers to be true to her so long as they both should Uve. ' If
[you] accept this, I shall be sattisfied, and will labour by what
means I can to deserve it hereafter. In the meantime account
me yours and at your commandment. Caius Colledg,
28 April. Yours to command while hfe doth last,

G. M.'

[Abstracts of eleven other love letters, in some of which
he regrets his bashfulness before her and that his tutor labours
to prevent his leaving Cambridge.]

" All these letters begin either with ' My sweet cousin,'
' My good Cousin,' or ' My dear Cousin,' but the date of the
year is not set to any of them. Most of them are directed to
' My very good Cousin, Mrs. Margaret WiUughby, at Kirkbie
Sellers,' and some to 'My loving cousin, Mrs. Margaret
WiUughby, at Bestwood Park.' AH these letters I foimd
rolled up together and some remarks writ upon them with
Sir Erancis WiUughby's hand, which makes me beheve she
had given them to her father, but with these letters there
are no copys of Mrs. Margaret WiUughby's answers to any
of these letters, but there are other letters of hers which
express resolutions never to engage herseU farther than her
father should approve of.

" There is the copy of a letter from Mrs. Margaret
WiUughby to a cousin of hers whose name is not writ, nor the
date. [Copy of letter expressing surprise at the presumption
of Mr. Thomas Markham, who ' useth liberaU speeches that
either my father or my self have made some promises of
marriage to him or his son,' denying any liking for his son,
and asserting that she would not in any case make any such
promise without her father's consent.]

" There is a letter from Mrs. Mary Markham, who was the
mother of Griflfin Markham, directed to her good cousin Mar-
garet WiUughby, in which she writes that she had dealt with
her father (Sir P. WiUughby), who she found not only far from
the matter, but he shew'd her no curtisie, which she took
unkindly, but she would still follow it as earnestly as she
was able, if Margaret WiUughby would assure her of her
friendship, but her word she could never get but when Mr.
Markham commanded it, and goodwill by constraint was
little worth [etc.].

" There is a letter from Mr. Thomas Markham to Margaret
WiUughby, in which he writes that at his return home he
found his wife weeping and his son sorrowfuU, but himself
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he had writ a letter to Sir Francis Willughby, which he sent
open to her to see, desiring to set the matter on foot again
and to conclude with Sir Francis's own offer [of Middleton
and Wyken] rather than break, if she would let the bearer,
his cousin Marmione (a person she might trust for his know-
ledg ; she had not a truer friend in England) know she desired
it should be, and that hereafter she would frame herself to
please his wife, whom she would find a loving mother-in-law.
He concludes with blessing to her, his best beloved god-
daughter. From Kirby Billars, October the 31th, 1586.
[Copies of said letter to Sir Francis Willoughby and of Sir
Francis's letter in reply, dated Wollaton, 1 November, 1586,
decUning the proposal on the ground of friendship and for
other reasons.]

" It appears by this letter that Sir Francis Willughby was
then satisfied of Sir Percivall's innocency in relation to
Conrado's wicked letter and report of him, for by what he writes
(' was the 3d cause against the match the dislike settled
against some upon a light French report ') he must mean the
quarrel between Sir Percivall and Griffin Markham, which
by Mr. John Adam's letters to Sir Percivall appears to have
grown to such a hight thtt it was hard to prevent their
fighting.

" That Lady Willughby was much against this match
appears by a letter which she writ to her daughter Margaret
WUlughby to this effect :

" ' My daughter, the motherly love I bear you (than which
no love can be greater) constrains me to write hoping that
you bear a dutifuU care of my blessing and counsel. I desire
the Almighty to bless you and continue you in that faith
which your father and I carefully desired you should learn
from your cradle, and as a mother I charge and exhort you
not to enter into any union which may draw you from the
same. Marriage is honourable, but if religion fail on the one
party, it is in my opinion a wicked joyning of the faithfuU
with the ungodly. I write this because I hear of a marriage
motion'd to you which, for the religion suspected or professed,
is not to be received. I also hear that to procure your good
will tokens have been given you which are markes and signs
of popery : I mean crucifixes and such like. Either you
must in time go back, or God hath lost a servant and my self
a daughter. Remember your calling and your father's mind
and portion to prefer you, and you shall find (I flatter not)
that you may be sought in marriage of those who are able to
treble anything you shall receive by this match. But were
it to gain the whol world and lose God, your bargain were
worse than I or any one can write or think. Be not bewitched
by foohsh love or bUnd superstition, etc. I am by God's
pleasure and at his sufferance severed from my husband and
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nature commands.' She writ with some resentment that
her daughter WiUoughby had been very near her, but never
came to see her. And what her son WiUoughby had reported
of her (she writ) she knew not. She blamed Margaret for shew-
ing her letters and delivering them to others to keep and then
telhng her father they were burnt. But she cares not who
sees what she writes. She concludes from Holbourn, Feb.
the 26th, 1586[-7],

" ' Your loving mother, if you be an obedient child

EUzabeth Willughby.'

" There is a long letter from Margaret Willughby to Sir
Francis, her father, dated from Eikle [Eagle, co. Lincoln],
March the 28 [informing him, in pursuance of her promise,
that she saw her cousin Griffin Markham on Wednesday, who
told her that his father had met Sir Francis in London, that
they had fixed a meeting in the country, and that he hoped
his father's and his end would be obtained, but that she told
him that it was vain for him or his father to labour any more
in it. At which he, seeming greatly grieved, " asked to know
her mind, and if she would goe back from what she had writ
if Sir F. WiUughby's good will were obtained ; to which she
had answered ' No ; if your good will were obtained, I would
never goe back from what I had written.' He then took
his leave and went to Northampton to bed," and wrote the
enclosed letter next day, afterwards coming himself " desiring
to be resolved what I meant to doe ; to which I said I could
give no other answer than what I had already given. He
then took his leave, saying he hoped his father and you would
agree. Thus, dear father, craving this one request that if
you put an end to this matcli, began with both your consents,
you will leave me to rest as I am, because I can never marry
any other without offending my conscience."]

[Abstract of letter from Robert WiUoughby to Sir Francis,
dated Eikle, 27 March, 1587, informing him'of Griffin Mark-
ham's coming thither, and of his having some secret speech
with Margaret WiUoughby before her sisters and his wife after
dinner, despite his wife's endeavour to prevent this, that he
desired her to give him [Sir Francis ?] an account thereof
and to send him the letter that Mr. Markham had sent from
Northampton. He also mentions that Markham came again
the next day, as her letter to her father shows, " with this
farther circumstance that he came from Northampton with
his four men up to the house, and two other men passed at
the same time by the gate, one having a broad buckler, the
other was [read -with] a double gelding with a pilUon ready
furnished. He could not say these two men were of Mr.
Markham's company, but he thought the presumption was
great that they were."]

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" It does not appear who this Robert Willoughby was. Sir
Percivall's grandfather who married the daughter of Sir
Edward Willughby of Wollaton perhaps might be then hving
as well as his wife. His name was Robert, and 'tis possible
he might dwell at Eikle and that because of the double relation
to them Sir Francis Willughby might desire his daughters
should live with them some part of the time that he hved
from his lady.

"There is a letter from Sir Francis Willughby to his
daughter Margaret, dated from Wollaton, August the 12th,
1587 [desiring to know what promise, if any, she had made
to Griffin Markham], and tells her there are many causes of
dislike, and that the fear of God is the only rule to continue
liking between man and wife. She had been warned by Mrs.
Luce Bricknell what exact offices must be observed of
pleasing the mother and grandmother, with offence inex-
cusable against the divine majesty.

" There stUl remains in the Hbrary at Wollaton a very
han[d]some writ letter from Margaret Willughby to her father
in answer to this from him, which letter is to this effect :
[abstract of long letter, dated from Newhall, August 15th,
explaining her relations with Griffin Markham, who during
the time she was at the Markham's house " made no shew
of good will or affection towards her but what he was urged
to by his father and the rest of his friends, and besides his
indifferency in the matter, his mother's carriage was very
unkind towards her, even when she had used what means
she could to metigate her displeasure ; that she had told her
that if her husband would be so overseen as to match her
son with her (which she hoped would never be), all the rest
of her children shuld have their portions well assured, and
after that I must not look to live in the same house with her
by my presence to disturb her devotions, but be placed in
some cottage at their pleasure. And Mr. Markham had told
her that if she could not frame and fashion her conditions to
his wives and her mother's liking, she would have but a
weary life of it in matching with his son."

[Abstract of letter from Margaret WiUoughby to her
father informing him that she had received three letters only
from Mrs. Markham since she left her, and account of their
contents.]

" There is a very obliging letter from Sir Clem[ent] Fisher
to Mrs. Margaret Willughby in which he writes that he as
much wishes her well-doing as that of the dearest child he
has. This letter is directed to Kirby [Bellairs ?] and in it
he tells her that he is very glad she is so well placed.

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" Amongst these old letters at WoUaton there is one from
Mr. Thomas Markham directed to ' the Right Worshipful
Mrs. Spencer at Sandy.' The letter was to this effect :
' Because after so desperate an attempt as this has been, and
now clearly broken, I don't think fit to trouble you nor
myself with often repairing to j'our house. I send this letter
to pray you to make my true excuse to that good lady your
mother for not keeping my promise with my wife and daughter
Margaret that we would wait upon you some time this
summer.' His daughter Margaret laj'^ iU of the small pox,
and now might she be glad, and in that respect himself not
sorry, that he had not concluded with Mr. Robert Spencer as
he desired, for had Mr. Ro. Spencer affected his daughter
Margaret, then her company might have bread his danger.
' By this you may see God doth all for the best. He hath
shewed His love to you by preserving your son and his
chastisement to me by punishing my daughter, which I doe
(by his promise) also take for a note of his love. And even
so in love I end from the Court at Tybbals, the 25th of
July, 1587.

' Yours wherein I may

T. M.'

" ' Postscript. As for Mr. Spencer, tho' I have cause not
to like of his hard dealing in matter of matrimony (whereof
now I heartily free him), yet his good company and mutuall
friendship I will like very well, as he shall perceive when he
may have cause to use me.'

" There are in the library at Wollaton severall very kmd
and friendly letters from Sir John Spencer (who was the father
of this Robert that married Margaret WiUughby). These
letters are to desire Sir Francis WiUughby to look into his
affairs and sell land to clear his debts. One of these letters
is dated April, An. D. 1595, in which letter he writes that
he understood by his servant Mr. Russell that his debt is now
19,000M. (which debt was greatly increased since their last
meeting) and that he was about selling land and raising money
by fines to pay off 14,000K. of it. He writes that since he
is now awake, he hopes he will not again fall a sleep and let
the remaining 5,000L rest a growing debt. He desires to see
him in town the next term, and assures Sir Francis that
himself with his best friends wiU be ready to help to restore
him to a perfect good estate, whereby he might live with
the reputation of his fathers. He concludes wishing him
contentment and the speedy effecting his good purpose, with
hearty commendation to himself and his sister. (I believe
Lady Arundell might be with Sir Francis after his lady
dyed.)

" There is another letter from Sir John Spencer to Sir
Francis WiUughby dated from Althropp, October the 15th,
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Thursday at Northampton and upon Satturday, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday they shall deliver their foot to the
captains to be taken to London the week following. In this
letter also he puts Sir Francis in mind of his debts, and writes
that knowing him to be forgetfull, he has also writ to his
sister to call upon him, for that he thinks at All Saints Day
he will answer the interest of very near 20,000K. and such
returns are heavie.

"These, with other letters mentioned before from Robert
Spencer the son, are sufficient to make one believe they were
both very good friends to the Willughbys. ... By the old
papers one may also find reason to believe that Mr. Robert
Spencer and his lady Uved very happily together. [Account
of their four sons and two daughters.]

" Concerning Winifrid Willughby, the fourth daughter of
Sir Francis Willughby.

" There are many letters which shew that Lady Willughby
used her daughter Winifrid with great severity. She seemed
by her letters to have had a very tender affection for her
sister Brigitt, and it is very likely that in the time that Sir
Francis and his lady were both very angry with their son
PercivaU she might strive as much as she could to pacify
them, and upon the same account I beheve IVIr. Thomas Wil-
loughby might often send his second son Edward with messages
in behalf of Sir Percivall to Wollaton or Nottingham or where
else Sir Francis might be. Winifrid's affection for her sister
I beheve made her always desirous to hear what news he
either brought from or was to carry to Sir Percivall, and by
thus conversing together they soon engaged each other's
affections.

" There is a letter from Edward Willoughby to his brother
Sir PercivaU, dated December, 1588, in which he writes that
what his father has offer'd him, he will perform at any time,
and therefore he desires his brother to advise him whither
he shall come down to Sir Francis now in the time of his being
sheriff or not. His father, he writes, would send two men
and a boy to wait upon him, but being a younger brother he
thinks one man and a boy would be sufficient ; but in this
he desires Sir PercivaU's advice, as also concerning his hveries,
whither they shall be green clokes or coats.

" Thus Edward Willoughby seemed to have great hopes of
gaining his beloved mistris when yet the greatest difficulty still
remained, and that was to gain Lady WiUughby's consent.
In one of his letters he writes that when it was first proposed
to my lady she flew into violent passions both with Sir Francis
and her daughter Winifrid, and would by no means be pre-
vailed upon to hear of such a match. And for fear least
Winifrid should steal away and marry him privately, she
kept her locked up by such hands as he could not convey
a letter to her or get one from her.

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" In a letter from Edward Willoughby to Sir Percivall,
dated March the 18th, 1589[-90] he writes that Lady Wil-
lughby uses poor Winifrid with such severity that he fears
she will be lamed.

" There are several! very pittyous letters from Winifrid
to Sir Percivall and his lady. In one of her letters to Sir
Percivall she writes that her mother's illness grows worse and
worse, and the doctors advise her to goe to the Bath, which
she believes she intends as soon as she can. In this letter
she desires Sir Percivall -will find some way to get her from
her mother, who, she writes, leads her such a life as she is
not able to endure, and now she does all she can to make her
father angry with her. She has turned away her maids now
and says Winifrid shall serve her in their room. In short
Winifrid writes that she has not one quiet hour.

" In another letter from Winifrid Willughby to Sir Per-
civall she writes that her mother's unkindness still continues,
insomuch that at present she wiU not vouchsafe to call her
daughter but Mrs. Winifrid.

" Amongst Winifrid W^iUughby's letters there is- a love
letter to her from Richard Pudsey, in which he owns that he
does not diserve her, and writes that words can not express
the grief which he suffers for her sake ; it is such as almost
drives him to dispare when he thinks of his luckless love.
He beseeches her to accept of a simple token as a testimony
of his good will ; which undiserved curtisie will bind him to
be for ever thankfull.

" There is no copy of any answer from Winifrid Willughby
to this letter.

" There are sever all letters from Edward Willoughby which
express great concern for the ill usage which W^inifrid suffer 'd
from her mother, which at last he found a way to free her from
by geting her away and privately marrying her. Of which
there is this account in a letter which he writ to his sister
Brigit, dated from London, May An. D. 1590 : that her
mother's cruelty and unnaturall usage of her sister Winifrid
had made him take an extraordinary course for her quiet,
for which, he writes. Lady WiUughby threatens imprisonment
and death shall be his portion with her ; but he trusts as God
has joyned them together, so he will help them and raise
them up friends, and she hopes she will continue a sister's
love to them both.

" There is also a letter from Edward Willoughby to Sir
Francis dated May, An. D. 1590, in which letter he expresses
great concern for his heavie displeasure, assuring him that if
he had not been pleased to give his consent to his friends
as well as to himself, he would never have been troublesome
to him while he had hved, but having by his allowance settled
his affections upon Mrs. Winifrid, pitty had moved him now
to take her from such cruel hard usage as her mother had
made her indure, being, he supposed, rather incensed by others
than of her ladyship's own disposition so unnaturaU to her

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daughter. He now heard my Lady had vowed she would
have him slayn, but he hoped her Ladyship would not com-
mit that office to any of her friends for fear he get little by
the match. [Craves favourable consideration of Sir Francis,
and hopes that his course of hfe and usage of Winifrid will
hereafter gain his favour and affection.]

" There are in the library at WoUaton many very melancholy
letters from Winifrid Willoughby to her father acknowledging
her great offence and beging he would forgive her. In one,
dated January, 1595[-6], writ in very moving termes both
to Sir Francis and his lady, beging if ever child was heard
of father and mother, they would not now stop their ears to
her, who came to them with a wounded heart, for years of
experience had shewed her that the hand of God was streached
out against her, which once again she begs them by their
blessing to help to appease.

" In another letter to Sir Francis she begs if he will not
look upon her as his child, yet he would not let her be less
than his servants.

" By another letter I find Winifrid and her husband took
a journey to Wollaton in hopes to have seen her father (which
he refused) and also to remove some goods which I believe she
had there which had remained from the time of her going
away. Upon Sir Francis's refusing to see them, she writ to
teU him that seeing their being there was offencive to him,
they would seek some abiding place which should be far from
him, but then she hoped he would allow her that 4:01. yearly
which he had vouchsafed to promise her towards her main-
tenance.

" Marrying as they did unknown to either of their fathers
it is very likely that that settlement which Mr. Thomas
Willoughby offer'd to Sir Francis to make upon his son if he
would consent to the match might never be made, and perhaps
Mr. Thomas Willoughby's second wife, to raise as much as
she could for her own children, might prevent his being very
kind to his son Edward. However this was, it is very
apparent from both their letters, which still remain, that
they were often reduced to very low circumstances. He
was engaged in a law sute and by being bound for others
was forced to pay more than he was worth and run himself
so much in debt that he was committed to Warwick Gaol.
Under these misfortune[s] Winifrid Willoughby writ her
sister Brigitt many very melancholy letters. In one of her
letters to her sister she desires she will send her a dish of fish
against the assises, they being to have a great company of
witnesses. In another of her letters to Lady Willoughby,
her sister, she writ that she had been procuring money against
the tryal], but she doubts it will fall short. She prays for
patience, and complains of grievious pains in her head.

" There is another letter from Winifrid to her sister Wil-
loughby which she dates from her aunt Moorows. In it she
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her Ipng inn, but fell so sick by the way that she was forced
to stay at her aunt's, and shall now return home as soon as
she was able. In that letter she writ that her husband had
sent a petition to the king in hopes of being released from
his long imprisonment.

" In another very pittious letter to her sister she writ that
the sickness was within four doors of her husband, and there-
fore she begged Lady Willoughby would solicit to get him
released.

" There is in the library the copy of a letter writ in a very
moving manner to Mr. Burrell and signed by Thomas Cart-
wright, WuslUa {sic) Hynton, Richard Eaton, and Edward Ped.,
dated April the 9th, 1 602, to sohcit him to release Mr. Edward
WiUoughby from his imprisonment, desiring him to consider
his weak state of health and that in a short time, if he be kept
there, he must be utterly ruined, both himself and family, and
then Mr. BurreU could have nothing but his bones, whereas
now the poor and wofull gentlewoman his mfe to gain her
husband's hberty, as they heard, would be contented to
mortgage or sell all that she had, even to the bed which she
lay upon. They desire he will consider that the debt was
not his own but for suretyship for another. Therefore they
beseech him for Christ's sake to shew some compassion to
his miserable case, and if not to him, to his wife and children,
who had no share in his suretyship.

" There is the copy of a letter to the same effect from
Edward Willoughby to Mr. Burrell, dated July, 1605. In
this letter he desires Burrell would let him have the use of his
books.

" By Winifrid Willoughby's letters to her sister Willoughby
it appears that under these bitter afflictions which she suffer'd
Lady WiUoughby was very kind in assisting her, for most of
these melancholy letters are full of acknowledgments to her
sister for her great bounty and kindness to her. Many of
these letters give accounts of her being very sick and weak
as well as in want through her husband's misfortunes. In a
letter dated October, An. D. 1606, to her sister Willoughby
she wishes her neece Brigitt a comfortable enjoyment of her
marriage, and that her other neeces may have as good matches,
and wished her neece would think her Bess han[d]some
enough to wait upon her.

" There is a very moving letter writ by Winifrid Willoughby
to her father in behalf of her husband and children, beging
that he would let them have one of his houses to Uve in that
they might have some resting place, for her present state was
so deplorable that she would rather chuse her grave.

" There is a letter from W^inifrid to her sister Willoughby,
dated May, An. D. 1625, in which letter she write[s]^ that she
was under very great affliction to part with her dear son, who
had been a great help to her, but was now going beyond sea,

1 The 3 is erafsed, probably to alter the verb to the preterite " writ,"

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and write[s]i that her griefs and wants were more than she
could express, her son and daughter Hanname with their
children now lying upon her for maintenance till her husband
could pay them her fortune, and her son Swift had sued her
husband for that part of his wives portion which was not
paid. With these afflictions she write[s]^ that her grieved
heart was much oast down.

[Account of children of Edward and Winifrid Willoughby.
Hanname, who married the eldest(?) daughter, was " I think "
a major in the king's service : they had many children, " but
from them I think there now remains no descendants." Swift
of Worcestershire, the husband of the other daughter, was
ancestor of Swift, M.P. for Worcester for many years :
" he dyed without heirs and so I think did the rest of her
children." Thomas Willoughby, their son, was bred a
Hamburg merchant.] " There is a letter still remaining in
his grand -daughter's hands which he had writ to his wife,
August the 25th, 1635, to desire her to receive 2001. then
due to him and with it to pay severall small debts which he
had left owing, which in all amounted to the sum of
2061. 2s. 6d. This letter mentions his being then going to
Italy and gives an account of yarn and of wine, in both of which,
I beheve, he traded. There is an account of his being un-
fortunate in his business and that after sustaining some great
losses he went to the East Indies and dyed there. He
married Ehzabeth, the daughter of Robert Payne of Basing-
stoke, in the county of Southampton, who brought to him the
inheritance of the mannor of Barton Stacy in that county,
being in value about 600U. per annum. They had two sons
and three daughters. The eldest daughter married Carpenter.

Anne, the second daughter, married Lassoe, a drugster

on CornhiU. She had a daughter who dyed young and a son
WiUiam, who married Jane Stokes, by whom he had a son
Francis and four daughters : which five children he left at
his death to the care of Mr. Edwards of Soho Square.

" Elizabeth, the third daughter of Thomas Willoughby,
married Mr. Dards, an oyle man, but left no child.

"Edward WiUoughby, the eldest son of Thomas, dyed
unmarried by this accident : he was riding out to take the air
with another gentleman, whose hat fell off. Mr. Willoughby
by endeavouring to take it up fell off his horse and broke
his neck and dyed upon the spot.

" Hugh Willoughby of Barton Stacy near Winchester in
Hampshire, heir to his brother Edward, was a docter of
Phisick. He married Rebecca, the daughter of Theophilus

Pointer of Oxford, who was the son of Pointer, who was

Dean of Christ Church. ^ This Doctour Willoughby had a
son that dyed unmarried at 25 years of age and three
daughters ; of which Rebecca, the eldest . Elizabeth,

1 The s is erased, probably to alter the verb to the preterite "writ."
- John Pointer was sub-dean of Christ Chui'ch from 1655 to 1662.

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the second daughter of Dr. Willoughby, dyed young.
EMzabeth, the third daughter, married Martin Wright, a coun-
celler, the eldest son of William Wright, a Welsh judg.

" Concerning Abigail, the fifth daughter of Sir Francis
Willoughby.

" It appears by many of the old letters in the library that
Abigail WiUughby had the care of the house during her
mother's sickness and after her death.

" There is a letter from her to her sister Willoughby, dated
from Packington, June the 12th, but not the date of the year.
In this letter Abigail writ that she hoped since it had pleased
God to take her mother that she would come to WoUaton in
her tiirn. This she hoped that herself and brother would
be wilHng to doe because there were many things which her
wits would not serve her to name that would be spoyled for
want of her help. She assured her from the bottom of her
heart that it was not want of good wiU in her that they were
not there at present. She desired her sister would joyn with
her to thank God for their happy deliverance from aU their
troubles, and prays God to send them a happy meeting at
WoUaton. In the postscript she writ that her mother had
given her clock to Russell. Had it been in her power, she
should have had it as wiUingly as she could desire it.

" There is a letter from Abigail Willoughby to her father to
give him an account of keys, where they were, and also of those
inventorys which she had in keeping, and to let him know that
the new napkins were at the weavers when he went up to
London, and that there was a great bucke^ of diaper and
damask which had been ill washed laid in the diaper chest
because they could not be washed again before he went to
London. She concludes thus : ' I leave Packington the
15th of June.'

" There is a letter from Sir Francis WDlughby to his
daughter Abigail in which he writes [desiring her to deUver
to Nuport " the buttons set in a biUiment and also the great
pearl which your mother did wear in a necklace about her
neck." Dated at Sherfield, 13 August, 1595.]

" There is Abigail Willughby's answer to this letter, in
which she writes that she had sent the buttons that was upon
the biUiment, but the necklace which her mother used to
wear was of two sorts of Uttle pearl, laced with rubys or
garnetts, and a diamond hanging down through the boots, ^
which was in a chest in his chamber, etc. [Dated 19 August,
1595.]

" Amongst the old papers I could not find any particular
account of the time when Abigail WiUughby married, but
beUeve it was about two years after her father's death.
There is a book of Sir Percivall WiUoughby's accounts of money

1 A washing -tub.
- Query meaning.

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paid and received by him, in which there is set down 500U.
paid in part of Abigail Willughby's portion, February the
7th, An. D. 159, and that in April, 1599, he gave his sister
Abigail a bond for a hundrfed pounds, and also that June the
15th, 1600, he gave her another bond for a hundred pounds.
By this account book one may believe that she was married
An. D. 1598. Her husband was William Pargiter, a
Northamptonshire gentleman. [Abstracts of several letters
from him to Lady Willoughby on business matters, etc.]

" Another sute he made Lady Willoughby in behalf of her
son Henry, who was not only in want of maintenance, but
also in want of Uberty in respect of his engagements for his
father, and tho' she had not a power to get him reheved from
the latter, yet he desires her not to forget him for the former.
He writ that what he desired was but ten pounds a
quarter for his maintenance, which was as little as he could
live upon.

" Greetworth was the name of Mr. Pargiter's house in
Northamptonshire. They had five sons and four daughters.

Dorothy, the eldest daughter, married Kirby of

Huntingtonshire and after his death her second husband was
Sir John Washington of Northamptonshire. She had severall
children, but they all dyed withoixt leaving any children.
Grace, the second daughter of Abigail Pargiter, married

Stratford of Merywell near Aderston in Warwickshire :

by him she had six sons and three daughters, of which
Grace, the eldest, married Mr. Rushton of Flower [= Flore]
in Northamptonshire ; Abigail, the 2nd daughter, married
Mr. Trotman of Warwickshire ; Dorothy, the youngest
daughter, married Mr. Hood, a descendant from the famous
Robin Hood, in Leicestershire. John, the eldest son of Grace
Stratford, married the sister of Sir John Coomes of Davantry
in Northamptonshire, by whom he had one son and two
daughters : Grace, the eldest daughter, still lives unmarried ;
Abigail, his second daughter, married Pilkington, the consul!
of Aleppoe, by whom she has four daughters.

" John, the only son of John Stratford, married Mrs. Free,
the daughter of the govemour of the company in Ham-
borrough [= Hamburg], by whom he has one son.

" Edward, the second son of Grace Stratford, married Mrs.
Taylor of Ajisty in Warwickshire, by whom he has one son
and severall daughters. He is still living and very near 90
years of age.

" Robert, the 3d son of Grace Stratford, was settled in
Ireland, where he married Mrs. Welsh and by her had two
sons and seven daughters. Of whiph Grace, the eldest
daughter, married Burton ; Mary, the second, married Mr.
Pearss ; Elizabeth married Mr. Hickman ; Jane, the 4th,
married Mr. Carlton ; Abigail, the 5th daughter, married Mr.
Canning ; Catherine, the 6th, married Mr. Spencer, and Ann,
the seventh daughter, married Mr. Eyre and is since dead.

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" Edward, the eldest son of Robert and grandson of
Grace Stratford, married Mrs. Beasly of Northamptonshire,
by whom he had three sons and one daughter. His second
wife is the daughter of Sir Morrice Eustace of Ireland ; by
this lady he has no child.

" Francis, the second son of Robert Stratford, married
Mrs. Free, the eldest daughter of the governour of the
company in Hamborough.

" WilUam, Theadore and Francis, the three youngest sons
of Grace Stratford, who was the daughter of Abigail Willughby,
all dyed unmarried.

" EHzabeth, the third daughter of Abigail Willoughby (who
married Will. Pargiter, Esq.) married Francis Smith of
Worcestershire, by whom she had severaU children, who dyed
without leaving any children, and Ann, her daughter, now
living. This Elizabeth Smith, who was the daughter of
Abigail Willughby, lived to be 98 years of age, and not long
before her death she was visited by her sister Abigail Hick-
man, who was then 88 years of age, and came to let her know
that her sister Pargiter, who was then 94 years of age, was
very well recovered from a fit of sickness.

" Ann, the daughter of this Mrs. Smith, married WiUiam
Friend of Northamptonshire, by whom she had three sons
and two daughters. Ann, her eldest daughter, married Mr.
Delangley, by whom she had one daughter, who now survives
her. Elizabeth, her second daughter, married Mr. Dobson,
a dragster in Ireland : she is also dead and has left two
daughters.

" Robert Friend, her eldest son, now doctor of divinity and
master of Westminster School, married Mrs. Jane Delangley,
by whom he has three sons.

" William Friend, her second son, a clergyman, had the
good fortune to gain the 20,000H. prize in the lottery. An. D.

. He married Brigit Glover, a minister's daughter, by

whom he has two daughters.

" John Friend, her third son, who is a doctour of Phisick,
married Mrs.. Ann Morrice, by whom he has one son John.

" Abigail, the fourth and youngest daughter of Abigail and
William Pargiter, married WiUiam Hickman of Warwickshire.
They had severall children that dyed and left no heirs, and
a daughter Abigail, who never married ; she is still living and
about 83 years of age, but as active and gay as most young
women. Charles Hickman, their third son, who was bishop
of London-Derry, married Ann, the daughter of Sir Roger
Burgoin, by whom he has left one only daughter Ann.

" Of the five sons of Abigail and William Pargiter Francis,
the second, William, the third, Theadore, the fourth, and
Ezekiel, the fifth son, ail dyed unmarried.

" Robert, the eldest son, married Philipa Page, by whom
he had eight sons, of which the seven youngest never married.
The eldest son Sir William Pargiter married the widow of

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Mr. Washington of Wiltshire ; by this lady he had one only
daughter, who married Sir Henry Bearing ; by him she had
no children. Her second husband was a younger brother of
Sir Scroop How, by whom she had only one daughter Leonora,
who married Peter Bathurst, the second son of Sir Benjamin
and youngest brother of the present Lord Bathurst : she
dyed An. D. 1720, and left three daughters, the youngest of
which dyed soon after her mother. Francis, the eldest, and
Leonora, the second, are still living.

" Concerning Frances, the sixth daughter of Sir Francis
WiUughby.

" There remains in the library at WoUaton but little account
of this Frances WiUughby, the youngest of Sir Francis's six
daughters, but by her own letters and some other letters which
make mention of her one may beUeve that she strove to be
her mother's favoret and as a means to make herself so did
help to aggravate those unhappy disputes which were in the
family. But this course did not long keep her mother from
using her with as much severity as the rest of her daughters,
as appears by some of her letters, which are full of sad complaints
of the hardships which her mother made her suffer. Her
sisters, having, I believe, been before disobliged by her, were
not very friendly to her under these misfortunes, and this
prompted her to make friendships out of her own family and
to goe away from Sir Francis and his lady unknown to either
of them with Mr. John Drake. There remains in the library a
letter which she writ to Sir Francis upon this occasion. Her
letter is to this effect : that her mother's cruelty to her had
forced her to take this course, and tho' she was sensible she
ought not to accuse her mother, yet now such was her offence
that only her mother's wrongs could render her excusable
and his knowing that she never used to displease him. She
writ that Mr. Drake used her with great respect and took care
to preserve her reputation and that her intention was to live
for some time in his uncle Richard Drake's house, whose wife
had an extraordinary good character, and there she hoped
to carry herself so well as to merit his pleasure.

" But by a letter from her to Sir Percivall Willoughby con-
cerning some trouble she had about her fortune, one may
believe she did not marry till some time after her father's
death.

" By many other letters one may believe that this Mountague
Wood of Lamley was a very ill man as well as a very ill husband
to this Frances WiUoughby, who, I believe, married him while
she was at Mr. Drake's house. . . . There are many
letters from her to her sisters which give an account of his
barbarity to her, viz., that he had turned her out of doors,
beat her, and made her suffer the want of necessarys for life,
and other of her letters complain pf the unkindness of his
relations to her, so that, upon the whole, one may judg that
she had a very miserable life.

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" It appears by an old writing that the manner and Lord-
ship of Lamly did belong to Sir Francis Willughby, who left
it to his lady (after[ wards] Lady Wharton) for her life ; at
her death it descended to the six daughters and co-heirs of Sir
Francis Willoughby. The sixth part of that estate which fell
to Brigit who was Sir Percivall Willoughby's lady and Sir F.
W.'s eldest daughter, her son Edward sold ; Henry Hastings
sold his sixth part of the wood and wast grown[d] to John
Wood ; the Lord Spencer sold his sixth part to Edward
Willoughby, his brother-in-law, which with his own sixth part
went to Edward, his grandson. WiUiam Pargiter sold his sixth
part with the wood and wast grown[d] to severall persons.

" Montiegue Wood, Esq., and Frances, his wife, conveyed
their sixth part of this mannor and lordship of Lamly to
Francis Hawker, Esq., and George Lacock, gent., to the use
of Henry Wood, Mary Wood, Abigail Wood, John Wood, Frances
Wood, EUzabeth Wood and Edward Wood, the children of
Mountague and Francis Wood. This writing shews that
Wilsley Wright of Lamly married Mary Wood and purchased
the parts of Henry Wood and John Wood, her brothers, and
that Abigail Wood (since the Lady Darcy) conveyed her part
to Elizabeth, her sister, who sold the same together with
her own 6th part to Lawrence Palmer, clerk, and the wood
and the wast ground she sold to John Wood, esq.

" Having finished what account I could find (from the old
papers in the library at Wollaton) of Sir Francis Willoughby's
five younger daughters, before I return to Sir Percivall
Willoughby and his lady and their perplexed affairs, I think it
will be proper here to set down what accounts I have been
able to find of the Willoughbys of Willoughby and Eresby in
Lincolnshire, that being the family from whence Sir Percivall
was descended.

[Account of Willoughbys d'Eresby down to Lord Robert,
tempp. Edward I and II.]

[This volume of the Duchess Cassandra's compilation came
into the possession of Lord Middleton about twenty-five years
ago. It contains these entries " Hy Jn. Kearney, 1785,"
and " No. 43 Somerset St., Portman Square," and, in a some-
what later hand, " Miss Kearney." The whereabouts of the
second volume is unknown, but it was also in possession of
Mr. Kearney, for Dr. Thomas Denman, An Introduction to
the Practise of Midwifery, London, 1794, preface of vol. i,
says, after giving some extracts from a MS. work on obstetrics
by Dr. Percival WiUoughby,i that (p. xl) " By a manuscript

in the possession of Kearney, Esq., it appears that

this Dr. Willughby was one of the six sons of Sir Percival
Wfilughby, and grandson of Sir Francis, so famous in the
time of Queen Ehzabeth." The MS. in question was printed
under the title of Observations in Midwifery. As also the

1 See Dictionary of National Biography, vol. Ixii., p. 167,

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Gountrey Midwifes Opmculum or Vade Mecum. By Percivall
Willughby, Gentleman. Edited from the Original MS. by
Henry Blenkinsop, F.R.G.S.E., etc. Warwick, Printed at
the Shakespeare Printing Press, High Street, by H. T. Cooke
and Son, 1863.

The editor of this rare book^ seems to have had access to the
second volume of the Duchess Cassandra's work, as appears
from the following quotations (page v) :

[" We have not been able to procure any information
respecting the early life of Percival WiUughby, except that he
received a first class education, the expence of which his father
could iU afford ; and that he was a lad of great industry.
Percival and his brothers, Thomas and Henry, were first sent
to school at Trowbridge, and from thence were removed to
I^ugby. They were afterwards removed to Eton, and finally,
aU three were sent to complete their education at Oxford.
The master of the school at Rugby wrote several letters to
Sir Percival, in which he commended them all for their great
industry. These particulars appear in a MS. account of the
Willughby family, formerly in the Kbrary at Stowe, written
by Cassandra Willughby, the second wife of James, the first
duke of Chandos. This MS. in so far as it relates to our author
Percival, appears to have been compiled from letters (p. vi)
and papers which were in the library at WoUaton, and we
extract from it the following interesting particulars :

[" ' While Sir Percival was thus grievously oppressed with
the want of monej', his son Henry, and his son Percival (who
were at Trinity College, in Oxford) suffered under the same
calamity.

[" ' There are, in the library at Wollaton, several letters
written from Oxford, by Percival Willughby to his father,
in which he very generously expressed his concern for the
expence which Sir Percival was at, to maintain him at Oxford,
and his desire to free him from that charge.

[" ' There is a letter from him to Sir Percival, dated
January, 1619[-20], m which he writ that now a fair
opportunity offered itself, for his uncle Robert WiUughby
had proposed his beiug placed with Mr. Feames Van Otten
who, for a hundred pounds, offered to keep him seven years,
and to teach him Music, Physic, and Surgery ; and had
promised to use him like a son, maintain him like a gentleman,
and allow him the free use of his study, and to teach him
the secrets of physic : that under him he should have time
for his own private studies, and to keep his public exercises
as before. And after this, his uncle Robert had promised that
he should live with him, and that he would bring him into his
business.

1 The Inspector is indebted for access to this publication to Dr. William
Osier, Regius Professor of Medicine in the University of Oxford. The work
is interesting to the layman for the glimpses it affords of seventeenth century
lite. It is, according to Dr. Osier, an important work in the history of English
medicine.

M39

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[" 'In other letters, Percival Willughby earnestly pressed
his father to consent to this offer, and not to scruple his being
so placed, as thinking it an undervaluing of him, for, with
God's blessing, he did not doubt but the profession of Physic
would make him more happy than his two eldest (p. vii)
brothers ; and by the help of that practice, he believed he should
never stand in need of them, but he questioned not that they
would stand in need of him.

[" 'It appears by the old papers that Sir Percival was at
last prevailed upon by his son, and did consent to send him
for seven years to this famous person, Mr. Feames Van Otten,
who used Percival Willughby with great kindness, but died
before his time was out. There is a very melancholy letter
from him to Sir Percival, upon the death of Mr. Feames Van
Otten, in which he grievously lamented the loss of such a
master.

[" ' This Percival Willughby so well improved himself in the
time he served so good a master, that he soon took his
Doctor's degree, and became a very eminent Physician.

[" ' He married the daughter of Sir Francis Coke, of
Trusley, a.d. 1631, and settled himself in Derby town, where
he practiced Physic, and lived in great repute, till he was near
ninety years of age. He had by this wife two or three sons,
who all died unmarried, and two daughters, the eldest of which
married Mr. Hart, and the younger married Mr. Burton,
of Derby.

[" ' Henry was not so fortunate as his younger brother,
Percival, who, by his practice, gained such an income, as
allowed him to live with great plenty, but Henry, who studied
the law, did not live to reap much profit by it ; after following
that study at Oxford, he removed to the Inward Temple,
and, from thence, he writ a great many very melancholy letters
to Sir Percival, his father, which still remain in the Library
at WoUaton.' "]

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APPENDIX.

Page 53.

The deed of exchange between Robert Belet, son of William
Belet, and Ralph Belet, his uncle, is probably dated too early,
for there is an indenture in the same handwriting, dated in 1229
" ad proximum hokadai post Pascha," between the said Robert
Belet, son of William Belet, and Sir Ralph Belet, his uncle,
whereby Robert demises for seven years his portion of the
meadow called " xij. acres," saving the third of Mabel, late the
wife of Robert Belet, his grandfather. Witnesses : Robert
de Wermewelle, Philip German, William Lude, Richard de
Musteirs, Adam Schirard, and William Cup.

Page 196.

Since this page was in tj^e the New Palaeographical Society
ha^ published (plates 158, 159) facsimiles of a single leaf of an
uncial bible in the British Museum (Add. MS. 37777), ascribed
to " about A.D. 700-715," containing a portion of the Book
of Kings (III. xi., 29 — xii. 18), which agrees so closely with
the WoUaton leaves (which are also from the Book of Kings)
that the conclusion seems inevitable that they both once formed
part of the same MS. bible. Mr. C. H. Turner has illustrated
the importance and interest to biblical students and
palaeographers of the British Museum leaf and its relationship
to the famous Codex Amiatinus at Florence,^ which was
presented to Pope Gregory II by Ceolfrid, abbot of Jarrow
and Wearmouth. It has been suggested by Canon Green well
that the leaf came from one of the two copies prepared at the
same time by order of Ceolfrid for presentation to the
sister-monasteries of Jarrow and Wearmouth. The British
Museum leaf and the ten leaves at Wollaton agree in the size
of the parchment, the size and arrangement of the columns
and lines, the handwriting, the ruling, the absence of
punctuation (except later punctuation in one of the WoUaton
leaves), the character of the headline " Malachim," its position
on the page and its occurrence only on the right side of each
leaf, the writing of the first liiie of each chapter in red, the
rubrication (even to the alteration of the chapter -numbers
in a later hand" and the character of the curled lines in red
indicating the -position of the numbers in the text). In the
Wollaton leaves the sacred monogram, the " chrismon,"
(formed of the letters X and P) occurs with a and w at its

1 Journal of Theological Studies, 1909, p. 530 sqq.

2 Probably by the late thirteenth century scribe who has written in red
ink at the end of the third book in the WoUaton leaves : " Explicit Regunj
liber tercius. Incipit liber quartus."

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sides in red at the end of the third book, and a large initial P is
written in black ink with a single row of red dots running up
the centre of the upright stroke, the curved part, and the front
curl or serif.

Page 260.

" The copy of the kjmges letters of grete tj^thynges."
The original letter of which this is a translation must have been
despatched from Rome early in March, 1492, although part
of it may have been written before. The treaty between the
pope and the king of Naples was concluded on 28 January,'
and the marriage of the king of France with Ann of Britanny
was celebrated on 6 December, 1491. The report of a project
for the marriage of Philip of Burgundy with EHzabeth, daughter
of Duke George of Bavaria, belongs to a slightly earlier date,
for the preliminary contract was signed on 11 October, 1491.^
The scheme fell through, and proposals for a marriage between
Philip and a daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, suggested
by the threatening growth of French power, began to take
shape early in 1492.^ The writer of this letter seems to have
been unaware of this change in the matrimonial project.
During the writing of the letter the writer received King Henry's
letters relating to the sees of Bath and Chester (p. 261). The
king wrote to the pope regarding the see of Coventry, Lichfield
and Chester on 8 December, 1491.* On the same day the king
addressed a letter to the pope regarding the proceedings of
the French.^ The city of Granada capitulated on 2 January,
1492, but the news did not reach Rome until the begitming
of February, and the pope attended a thanksgiving service
on the fifth," which is referred to in the letter. The latest
event recorded is the discovery of a portion of the Holy Cross
in the church of Santa Croce di Gerusalemme at Rome (p. 261),
which was made a few days {swperioribus diebus) before
12 March.'^ The letter, which makes no mention of the solemn
service held in the church in connexion with this discovery
on 12 March, must have been despatched from Rome before
this date, for on 6 April " was shewed by my Lord of
Caunterbury, chaunceler of England, how the kyng of Spayn
had conquerid the cyte and contre of Grenade, and aftir was
there a solempne procession generaU and a noble seriaon.
And after Te Deum solempnely song in Saint Powles quyre,
and in the said sermone was shewed that the same yere in

1 Ferdinand Gregorovius, Geschichte der Stadt Bom im Mittelalter, ed. 3,
vii, 294.

2 Heinrich Ulman, Kaiser Maximilian I. auf urkundlicher Orundlage
dargestellt. Stuttgart, 1884, i, 241, note 3.

s Tbid., i, 241.

* Calendar of State Papers, Venetian, i, 209.
B Ibid., 207.

8 Johannis BurcJiardi Diarium, sive Rerum Vrbanarum Commentarii,
1483-1506, ed. L. Thuasne, Paris, 1883, i, 445.
' Ibid., i, 449.

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Rome was founden in an old wall a pese of the Holy Crosse."'
These announcements are evidently derived from this letter.
The ambassadors of the English king in the papal court about
this time were John de Sherwood, bishop of Durham, who had
served in that capacity under Richard III,- and John de Gigliis
of Lucca, who was appointed on 15 July, 1490.' Sherwood
was in England at the time when this letter was sent from
Rome, being in London in February.* He was at Pavia on
his way back to Rome on 21 May,^ and entered Rome
solemnly on 14 June.^ Thus it seems clear that John de
Gigliis, who subsequently became bishop of Worcester, was the
writer of this letter. This conclusion is confirmed by the
writer's reference to " Sebastiane, my cosyn " (p. 261), for that
is an unhkely English Christian name, and a Sebastian de
Gigliis, also of Lucca, received letters of denization on
25 October, 1491.'

Page 263.

This strange " prognostication," which purports to have been
drawn up in 1431, would seem to have been written in 1491.
From its entry in the present register it must have reached
Burton before the death of abbot Thomas Field on 2 July,
1493.® It must be earlier than death of Pope Innocent VIII on
25 July, 1492, since it foretells his death in the following year.
It is altogether at sea regarding the course of events in 1492,
such as the result of King Henry's invasion of France. The
prophesy of the capture of Granada might have been safely
made at the end of 1491. This may therefore be the
" prognosticacion " that was brought to King Henry on
8 January, 1492.^

Page 266.

Although the document from fo. 42 is entitled " The Copy
of the Kynges Commission," it is clear that it is not the com-
mission, but a memorandum drawn up to shew the advantages
that were expected to accrue from the erection of the Staple
of metals. As the erection of this Staple has received Uttle or
no attention from economical or other historians, it has been
deemed advisable to print the memorandum in full. It
should be dated in 1492, for on 1 April in that year the king

1 London Chronicle in Cott. MS. Vitellius A XVI, in Chronicles of London
ed. by C. L. Kingsford, Oxford, 1905, p. 197. T'rom this Chrcniole it was
taken into Halle's Chronicle, fo. xxiij, verso, Holinshed, 1585, iii, 7726, and
Stow, Annals, 1592, p. 792.

2 P. S. Allen, "Bishop Shirwood of Durham and his Library," in
English Historical Review, xxv, ji. 447.

3 Calendar of State Papers, Venetian,, i, 192.
* Allen, p. 452.

B Calendar of State Papers, Venetian, i, 212.

6 Burohard, i, 489.

7 Patent Roll, 7 Henry VII, pars unica, mem. 32.

8 ' Chronica Abbatum de Burton,' in Monasticon, iii, p. 47.

9 ' Privy Seal Expenses of Henry VII,' in Bentley's Excerpta Historica,
Londcta, 1833, p. 8&.

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ordained by letters patent^ that, owing to the neglect of
merchants to take lead, etc. to Calais in accordance with the
privileges of the merchants of the Staple of Calais, the Staple of
copper and lead and all other metals found in England, Ireland,
and Wales and the Isle of Wight should be held at
Southampton, with the exception of lead found in Derbyshire,
which might be carried at pleasure to York or Southampton.
WiUiam Dalton, a Southampton merchant of the Staple,
was created mayor of the Staple of metals for six years, and he
and the constable and merchants of the said Staple were to
be the commissaries and governors of the mines, with power
to change the Staple to any more suitable place by the advice of
the Lord Chancellor. There are many other clauses in the letters
patent, most of which are represented in the memorandum.
On 24 June a proclamation to carry into effect the provisions
was ordered by letters patent to be made throughout the
realm. ^

" The Copy of the Kinge's Commission.

" Thes articles folowyng conteyne and shewe a grete parte
of the commodites and profettes that may growe by the staple
of mettaUes late ordeigned and establisshed by the k3nig oure
sover[ailgne lorde under his lettres patentes, sealed with his
grete scale of Englande, with the grete avayle also lyke to
growe of silver mynes, th'establisshing and ordinaunce of which
staples shalbe both honour and profette to the kinges highnes
and to the' imiversaU wele and incresse of aUe his subjettes,
lyke herafter it may evydently appere.

" First, the settynge on werke the iduUe peopuUe of the
realme that shall laboure in the said mynes shalbe a grete esshe-
winge' of thefte, robry and other mysrewles, which shalbe
a goode and a meritorius dede.

" Also the continualle wirkyng of the saide mynes shaUe
dayly renew as welle golde and silver oute of the same as lede,
tynne and copere, and thereby shalbe brought in to the realme
bothe golde, silver, or ware to the value.

" Also the contynuynge of the same mynes shalle for the
kjTiges parte be a grete advauntage as welle of his parte that
commyth owte of the grounde, the which is the xvj*'' parte
of the golde and silver iyned,* as when it is in the marchaundes
handes to be utterde over the see, that is to witte, of alle the
marchaundes so to be caried, of a denysen xijd. of the li. and
of a stranger xvc^. of the li., except tynne, wherof the

1 Patent Roll, 7 Henry VII, pars unica, mem. 8.

2 Ibid., mem. 7d. ; B. Steele, Calendar of Stuart Proclatnations, Oxford,
1910, no. 19. The " proolamacion for the mynes of gold, silver and other
metals " was despatched on 1 July to Warwick, Huntingdon, Stamford,
and other places ('Privy Purse Expenses of Henry VII,' in BentleyV
Excerpta Historica, London, 183.3, p. 90).

3 ' Eschewing,' avoidance or preventive.
* Refined.

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straungers duety is to pay to the king of every xxs. in
value ijs. ii]d. for his custome and subcide.^

" Also the lorde of the grounde where any suche silver myne
shalbe labourede shalle have a grete avauntage of the
xv** part of the ore that commys owte of the myne, where
at this day yai have no thyng, by cause the saide silver mynes
lye unwrought and be not occupyed.^

" A[l]so the tynne wyrkers shall have also a grete profite,
for where yai have bene glade a fore tyme to selle yaire tynne
before hande, to yaire grete losse and hynderyng, be cause
yai be not able ne of powere to kepe yaire tjmne unto the
tyme of the cojmage,^ neverthelesse the tynne wirkers by thes
estaples* shall have for every c.^ tynne of the best xxijs. and
other slaythere*' after the rate of olde tynne' usede, beside
the coynage, and the marchaundes to fetche it at the places of
the coynage. And for as muche tynne as the tynners cann
gete and br5nig to the saide coynages' to have contentacion
therfor, and that price to contynew goode chepe and dere
in warre and pease, where by the tenners shall have a grete
profyte, and all lede myners after the same, as in the lettres
patentes is expressed.

" Also the marchaundes of the saide staples shalle also have
grete profyte by meane of the same, for ther shall nother
tynne ne lede be caryed oute of the realme bot it shalbe first
stapled at one of the staples, and so the marchaunt shall have
the tynne for xxijs. the c. and the coynage at the most is
iiijs. that is xxvjs. of the c. And the price of the staple shalbe
xls. the c, so that the marchaunt shall geyne and wynne the
iij*^ penny, that is to witte l.li. of the c.li. in marchaundise.

" Also the marchauntes shall have grete profite by the silver
m5aies, where that every marchaunt shalbe bounde to expende
xli. in the myne, and with [that] mony x. p[o]undes the myne
must nedes be wonne ; and so shall the king have the
xvj*^ part of the silver fyned, and the marchaunt for his
costes the xv** partes, and the lordes of the grounde the
xv*® part of the ore, and the marchauntes the xiiij'^ partes
for yaire costes and labure, wherby the marchauntes must
also have a profyte.

" Also the peauterers' shalle also mow^" seUe peautere
vesseUe at a metely price, for yai shall have the tynne, as
muche as yai wiUe bye and occupy, to serve the londe^^ at the

1 Subsidy.

2 Made use of.

3 The official stamping of the blocks of tin. See New English
Dictionary, s.v. ' Coinage, 4.'

* Staples.

6 Hundredweight.

6 Sorts, kinds ?

7 An error for ' tyme ' ?

8 The towns where the official stamping of the tin was done.

9 Pewterers.

1 0 An error for ' now ' ?

1 1 The country or realm.

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price that the marchaunt shall by it, so that the saide
peauterers feche it at the coynage, as in the said lettres patentes
it is expressede, and lede to be occupyed within the londe/
and in lyke forme and maner to be bought and fechet ther as it
groweth.

" Also the ceties, burghes and townnes where thies staples
shalbe kepped shalbe enryched be meane of the same staple
as welle in shippes as in habitaunces.^

" Also the derrer that alle suche commoditees that groweth
or his gotten within the realme and oute of the grounde [be]
solde for an highe price, the more profyte must nedes growe to
the kyng and the hole lande, as every man may parfitelyknowe.

" Also that no persone take opon hym to dygge or wasshe
for golde or silver withoute knowlage gevyng to the governoures
of the saide staple, for yf he do it'* is forfette, halfe to the
king and halfe to the fynder, as app[e]areth in the saide lettres
patentes.

" Also that if any personn or personns take opon yaim to
dygge or wasshe for golde or silver withoute hcens of the
forsaide governowres, and it withdrawe and brjmg it not in to
the saide staple that the kyng may be aunswared of his right, the
ma3Te and counsels of the same staple hath power to punysch
the mysdoers in such forme and maner as the mayre and
aldermen of Calice use to punyssh felawes* and man queUers f
wherfor it is gode that every mann see wysely how he demeneth
hym self in medlyng with suche thynges as to this estaple
belongeth, on lesse" that he be a marchaunt of the same
staple. Bot a marchaunt admyttede into the fredome of the
saide staple shalle know moo'' grete profytes than here is
shewed or openned.* And he that is wOlyng to have parfyte
knowlage of more than is here in conteynede, lat hym see the
proclamacion, and there he shall fynde more parfyte knowlage,
and the hole knowlege in the kinges lettres patentes.

" And over this the kyng oure soverayne lorde wolle[th]
and graunteth that if ther be any person or personns willing
to be admytted a merchaunt of the forsaid staples, to come
ore sende to the said mayre or to his assignes betwene this and
the last day of August next commjmg, shalle pay xls. to the
saide mayre, and yai shalbe admytted for marchauntes, and
yaire names regestrede ; and that as many as shalle come
after the saide last day of August to be admytted a marchaunt
of the saide staples shalle pay for yaire" entre as by the saide
marchaundes shalbe extemed.^"

1 The country or realm.

2 Inhabitants.

3 That is the gold or silver so foiMid by him.
* An error for ' felons.'

6 Slayers of men, homicides.
" Unless.
' More.

8 Manifested.

9 Their.

10 . Estimated, assessed.

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" And for be cause the saide mayre hath to doo for the
orderyng of the same staples, that if he be absent at any tyme
before the said laste day of August, where any person or
personnes wolde pay yaire money and to be admittede ia his
absens, it is appoynted that yai bryng yaire money and yaire
names to thes places and persons aftere wrettyn, to witte :
In London to John' Bracebrige or John' Bradman. In the
West cuntrey to the prioure of Plumton. In Bristowe to John'
Esterfeld. In Laycestre to the mayre. In West Chestre^ to
the majTe. In Yorke to the mayre or to Sir Richard York,
knight. In the Newe CasteUe opon Tyae to the mayre."

1406[-7], March 19. Will of Sir William Percy. " En noun
de Dieu, Sejmt Marie Sa mere, et de toutz Sejmtez !
le xiiij"* jour de le kalendys de April, I'an de grace et de Dieu
M'CCCC.VJ. Jeo WiLl[iam] Percy, chivaler, en sajme memoire,
jeo devise ma alme a Dieu et a Sa mere et a toutz seyntes, et
mon corps estre enterre deyns le esglise de Wodemancote.
Item jeo devyse al cathedral esghse de Cicestre, xls. Item
jeo devyse al esgUse de Wodemancote, xiijs. iiijd. Item jeo
voile que une fenestre que ore est comence depart le north de
dit esglise seit parfoume de mez biens. Item jeo devyse a
William, parson du dit esglise, xxs. Item jeo devyse al covent
de la priorie de Lewes en almoyfnje, x. marcz. Item jeo devyse
al covent des Freris de Shorham, xls. Item jeo devyse a
WiUiam fitz monser de Ponynges, x. marcz. Item jeo voile
et devyse qe [le] residue de toutz mes biens, vives et mort,
apres mez dettes et ma volunte parfournez, remajTiount
a Marie, ma compagne. En (sic) parfoumer de mon devyse et de
ma volunte, jeo ordeyne et devyse mez executours monser
Robert de Ponynges, Gilbard, parson de Ebarton, et Marie,
ma compaigne."

[Proved on 2 July, 1407, before Roger, rector of the parish
church of Ponyngg, diocese of Chichester, the commissary
specially appointed ia this behalf by John Perche, clerk,
registrar of the court of Canterbury, in the parish church of
Wodemancote, in the said diocese, with grant of administration
to the aforesaid by the said registrar on 9 July.]

1558, June 18. — Letters of the Signet of Queen Mary

to .

" Marye the quene. By the Quene.

" Trusty and welbeloved, we grete you well.

" And whereas the presente state in which we nowe stande,
being in warres with our auncient enemies the Frenche and
Scottes, hathe moved us to have a speciall care to the defence of
this our realme and our lovinge subjectes of the same, for which
cause we have not onely appointed our lieutenantes in sondry
shires, but also by them taken further order for putting all
thinges undre their charges in such a readines as apperteinethe.

1 Chester.

618

" We let you wit that, mjmding also to have a sufficient
strength especially of horsemen put in a readines to defends
our borders of the Northe against th'enemy there being
ayded by the Frenche, we have for that purposse addressed
our lettres to sondry of our nobilitie and gentlemen and
appointed the like, as by thies we do appoynt you to put in
ordre and a readines one hable man sufficiently furnished with
horse and armour for a demylaunce. Requiring you therefore
as we specially trust you to foUowe th'execution of this our
pleasour and to have the same demylance in a perfecte readines
by the xviijth day of July next ensuynge, at which day he shall
shewe hymself before our right trusty and right welbeloved
cousin and counsailour the Marques of Wynchester, high
treasorer of England, our lieutenante of that our countre of
Warwicke, or his deputie, in such place as he or his said deputy
shall appoynt, and there receave ordre and further knoweledge
of our said heutenaunte, or his deputy, of his setting forthe and
whither he shall repayre ; at which place so signefied unto
hym he shall receave cote and conducte money by our
appoyntment. And suche ordre as shalbe by our said
lieutenante, or his deputy, given, our pleasour and comaunde-
ment is you see observed aswell as yf it were expressed in thies
our lettres. Whereof fails you not as ye tendrs our plsasure
and will answers for the contrary.

" Yeven under our Signet at our manour of St. James,
the xviijth of June, the fourth and fiveth yeres of our
reignes."^ 24.

1597, June 2. — Percival Willoxjghby to William Cecil,
Lord Btjrghley.

" Righte honourable, my humbls dutis rsmsmbred.

" Being lately advertised of your Lordship's hards conceipte
of me, towching the wrifcte of searche broughte againste
the Lady Wyllughby ;^ I thoughts it my dutis, for your
honour's bsttsr satisfaccion thsrsin, to signifis unto your
Lordship, that thsrs was not any violsnce or mysdsmeanour
whatsoever commytted in the execucion thsrsof, ths shsrifss
of London thsimsslvss bsing bothe of theim present (as they
are ajUdwilbe readie to certifie your honour), and Sir MichaeU
Molyns and bothe the Ladies being firsts acquayntsd
therswithaU, and thsreupon seemed not to have, nor had, any
juste cawse of discontentment : And for myne owns parts,
I nether did nor desired any thinge to be doone in that
behalfe, but which by good advise and due course of lawe
mighte be doone in suche a case ; bsing the rather incited
thereunto, for that Sir Mychaell Molyns, (as by sufficient
proofe I made it knowen to the judges of ths common plsas)
had practised with a gentlewoman in Nottinghamshisf to
exchaunge a sonne of hers (if neede weare) for a daughter of the

1 The flysheet with the address has been torn awa.y. 2 o/. page 582, above.

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said Lady Wyllugbbyes ; which practise of his, howe
daungerous it mighte have proved to me (as my case stood),
I leave it to your honorable censure and consideracion ;
humbly beseeching your Lordship that whatsoever myne
adversaries shall upon a malignant spleene and spirit in this
sorte untrewly suggest againste me, your honour will
vouchesafe to suspende your harde opinion of me till suohe
tyme, as by my carriage in the Common Wealthe, I shall deserve
the contrarie.

It pleased your Lordship of your honorable remembraunce
to speake of the twoo names of the Wyllughbyes, th'one in
Dorcetshier, th'other in Kente, of bothe which howses then
matching together I am no we leafte a poor remnaunte, so that
if your Lordship for any former regarde whatsoever doo retejme
any sparke of affeccion towardes their names, I truste your
Lordshipp wiU the rather for their sakes vouchesafe me your
honorable favour and patronage in any my honest and lawfuU
accions, tendinge to the reeoverie of their ruinated howses,
to which it was their meaning that in farre better sorte
I sholde have succeded theim. I am sorie that it is my harde
fortune, being the laste of so worthie and memorable a howse,
to be nowe exposed to suche a multitude of myseries by Sir
Frauncis Wyllughbyes deathe, whoe, promysing and intending
my advauncement in marrying with his eldest daughter, hathe
leafte me charged with dyvers greate annuities, 6,000 markes
for three of the yoimgest daughters porcions, and with 8,000K.
of principal! debte att the leaste, besides other collaterall
bondes and statutes of infinite value ; leaving me onely (aU
deduccions made) not above mj.c.li. yerely revenewe, towardes
the undertaking of so greate a burthen.

" But the greater my distresse is the greater cawse I have
to implore your honourable commiseracion, for which I shalbe
bound to reteyne a thankefuU remembraunce thereof during
my lyfe, and to delyver it successively to my posteritie for
tyme to come.

" The Lady Wyllughby (as upon her mocion it seemed good
to your honour) hathe (as I understande) gotten the
commission for finding the office^ after Sir Fraunces deathe
into Dorcettshier, a place farre distant and remote from my
dwelling and counsell, and where no tenure can be founde :
so that thereby I shalbe dryven (to my greate travell and
charge) to bringe another commission into Nottinghamshier,
being th'onely place where any lande is of the tenure in capite
or of Her Majestie which was late Sir Fraunces Wyllughbyes,
and for which I muste sue my liverie. My humble suite
therefore is that, for the easing of my said travell and charge,
your Lordship wUbe pleased that I may joyne with her in
commission for Nottinghamshier, or in any other countie
neerer adjoyniag, as to your Lordship shall seeme beste. And

1 The inquisition post mortem.

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I shall thinke myself deeply bounde to your Lordship therein,
resting aUwayes att your honours devocion whilest I lyve.

" And as righte humbly take my leave.

" Lyncolnes Inne Graunge, this seconde of June, 1597.
" Your honour's humbly to commaunde,

" Peb. Wylltjghbye."

[Endorsed :] " To the righte honourable, my verie goode
lorde WiUiam, Lorde Burghley, Lorde Highe Treasurour of
England."

[Endorsed :] " 2 Junii, 1597."

" Mr. Percivall WiUoughby.

" I shalbe content to heare any mocion in the Court
of Wardes to morrow, towching this request. ^And uppon
profe of Sir Michaell Molyns practise I wiU chaunge my
opynion.

" W. Burghley." 24.

[1597,] . [Peecival Willoughby] to [William Cecil,

LoKD Btjrghley]. (Draught.)

" Il[ight] ho[nourable] my humble dutie remembred ;
I make myself bolde (humbly craving pardon) to implore
the honourable contynuaunce of your Lordship's favour in
recommending my former suite to Mr. Secretarie, towching
the wardship of the landes of Sir Fraunces Wyllughbyes
yongest daughter ; being the rather incited thereunto, for that
I finde the nowe Ladie Wharton, the mother thereof, to be
my emest competitour therein, suggesting many thinges
alltogether untrue, to withholde the same from me, and thereby
to procure it unto herself ; which if your honourable Lordship
doo not helpe to prevente, my estate is farre more miserable
then ever it was,^ I shall hardlye be able ever to free my poore
estate, or to make any dewe satisfaction to Sir Fra[ncis's]
so many creditors. For she, which" was so unkynde a wyfe
to so over loving a husbande, as having absolutely contryved
and gotten to herself and her heires the greatest parte of his
landes, colde not afforde his dead corps the leaste parte of those
rightes and obsequies which weare due to suche a man ; and hath
bin so harde a stepmother to his children, as firste to with-
drawe his fatherly affeccion from theim in his lyfe tyme, to
be a straunger, or rather an enemy, unto theim since his deathe,
and nowe of late [sought] by Sii? My[c]heU Molins meanes ^ to
invegle the yongest of them with faire promises of advaimce-
ment to come up to London, and within theis iiij°' or fyve
dayes to bestowe her in marriage upon an apprentice or petti
merchant of lytle worthe ; she that hath in so many thinges

1 This clause is an addition, written, like the rest of the note, in
Burghley' s hand.

2 The words " my estate is farre more miserable then ever it was " are
cancelled.

8 The words " by Sir My[o]hell Molins meanes " are interlined.

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(not unknowen to the worlde) since her firste meeting with
Sir Fraunces soughte the subvercion and overthrewe of his
howse and name. What I may then looke for att her handes
(if I be should be any waye' subjecte to her malice^ whom she
holdeth her professed enemy,^ your Lordship ia your honour-
able wysdome and consideracion may easily conjecture. And
therefore humbly craving your Lordship's honourable care
of my releife herein, doo still rest your Lordship's in all dutie
and devocion and so righte humbly take my leave." 24.

1606, June 4. — Marriage settlement between Nicholas
Strelley, son and heir of Sir PhiUp Strelley of Strelley, Notts,
and Bridget, daughter of Sir Percival Willoughbie of WoUaton,
Notts. 179.

1644, September 6. — Award by James Chadwick, the umpire,
agreed upon by the parties to an action of trespass in the King's
Bench, which was ready for trial at the last assizes held at
Nottingham, between Huntingdon Shaw, plaintiff, and
Francis Price, defendant, concerning a trespass supposed to
be committed in a close called Bellper Close in Sutton Passes,
CO. Nottingham, wherein Sir Francis Willoughby and the
inhabitants and parishioners of Radford are chiefly concerned,
and also concerning all other controversies between Sir
Francis and the inhabitants, concerning the parish or
" constablery " of Radford. The umpire a\^ards (1) that
the action shall whoUy cease, and that the defendants shall
give to the plaintiff 12d. in fuU satisfaction, and that the
plaintiff shall then make to them a sufficient release in law
of the action ; (2) and the umpire declares that it plainly
appears by sui3&cient testimony, both of records and otherwise,
that Sutton Passes is within the parish of Radford and the
precincts thereof ; (3) and that it likewise appears that Sutton
Passes is within the " constablery " of WooUaton and the
jurisdiction thereof. He orders that this declaration shall
be entered upon record at the next general Quarter Sessions
at the joint charge of the parties, so that the several and
respective "leyes" and assessments may be assessed, levied
and paid accordingly, that is for the " ancient constable
leayes " with relation to the extent of the " constablery "
of Wollaton and other assessments with relation to the parish
of Radford. 24.'

Books.

A parchment volume, measuring lOf by 16f inches, in modern

binding, written in a hand of circ. 1400, with illuminated

borders and initials, including large drawing of Noah's ark

according to St. Augustine and according to others,

1 The words " should be in any way " are interlined.

2 The word " malice " is interlined.

3 The words " whom she holdeth her professed enemy " are cancelled.

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containing John of Trevisa's English translation of Higden's
Polychronicon, ending in 1357. Ends : " Jiis translacion is
i-ended in a ]?orsday Tpe ei^t day of Averyl, J^e ^ere of oure
Lord a ]?ousand foure score and seven, Tpe ten]?e ^ere of kyng
Richard Tpe Seconnde after the Conquest of Engelond." At the
end is written in a hand of the middle of the sixteenth
century : " Mester gabryell Barwyke. Alys Jeaycotte."

A fifteenth century MS. on parchment of Lydgate's transla-
tion of Sir John Bochas's Book of Princes, with inscription at
the end : " Syr Henry Wylloghby, knyght bannret in hast
be thys delyvyjrrt at medultun."

A copy of the Sarum Antiphonale, in folio, in original binding
of wooden boards, leather covered, protected by overhanging
cover of double white buckskin, through which the brass
bosses go. The book is somewhat decayed through damp.
Folio 180 verso : " [AJntiphonarii ad usum Sar' volumen
[secundum] vulgo pars estivalis nuncupata. [Vejnalis habetur
Londinii a Francisco [Byrckmjan in cimiterio sancti Pauh."
Colophon : " [Imprejssum est hoc preclarum opus in alma
[Parisiorum Acade]mia per vvolffgangum hopylium impensis
Francisci [Byrckman ciuis] Coloniensis. Anno post incar-
nationem dni. millesimo [quingentesimo] vicesimo."^ Added
in ink: " [Givjyn by* Ser' Henry WyUoughby knyght and

[banneret to] his Chapell' of Saynt Thomas U' to

remayne and he or sche y intendyng not to

bryng yt [back again] hawe Christys cwrs Saynt Thorns

holly Chyrchys. Amen. Amen. Amen."

At fo. 161 were discovered two fragments, measuring
2|- by 6J inches, inclusive of a margin of slightly over one inch
in width, viTitten in a hand of circ. 1300, which had been used
as patches, but had been detached through damp, containing
the following lines. They form part of the Life of St. Bridget,
ascribed to Robert of Gloucester in Hardy, Descriptive
Catalogue of Materials relating to the History of Great Britain
and Ireland, i, p. 111. This life is really a part of the great
Southern English Legendary (c/. C. Horstmann, Altenglische
Legenden, Neue Folge, Heilbronn, 1881, p. xliv), which has not
yet been printed.

Brigid.

A servant he hadde in is hous . Brochseth was hur' name

)>is Duptac byso3te hure . of lechorie and ssame.

En hure he byjat a child . in spousbruche and with wou.

yo is owe wif Kit under3et . sorry he was ynou.

Mest heo dradde hure of y&t child . J-at hit ssolde so wel

1 See Francis Procter and Christopher Wordsworth, Breviarium ad usum
insignia Eccleaiae Sarum, fasciculua III, Cambridge, 1886, p. Iv.

623

To sormonte hure owe children . hor maister vor to be.
feivove heo criede on hure loverd . to boe ywar byvore
And suUe out of londe Tpe servant . ar TfSit child were ybore.
^es hosebonde nolde hit grante no^t . vor he hadde lo]?e

it do.
j^is wif cride ni';t and day . ^yf heo my^te hit bringe }>erto
So ]3at hit fel ^^er afterward. Tpa.t J'is hosebonde
Wyl? his servante alone wende . in a cart over londe.

A chantor was [in] J^ulke stude . as were by olde dawe.
As our Loverd hit wolde, by is hous . ye cart gan evene

drawe.
He sat and hurde hou J>is cart . by ys gate wende.
Anon he clupede on his men . and hasteliche out sende.
" Loke}> " he sede hastehche . " wat J'ing is >at ich yhure !
Vor Ipe son of ]?ulke woeles . is under a god creature,
Tpe nobloste creature . is wi)>inne ]pulke tre
fat is noujje ia eny londe . loke]? wat hit bee ! "
Tpe ne fo[n]d by in Tpis cart . na mo bote hom to.

Vor J^is womman ssal a dojter here . ]?at ssjme ssal so clere
Among alle ]7at on er|?e be]? . in as cler manere
As among alle oj^er sterren . y>e sonne brijte is,
Also ssal heo an erfe ssyne . among o]?er men ywis.
In a god tyme ';o wovf ybore . and wonderlich also
Vor noj-er wi]?iiine hous ne wij^oute . Tpe dede worTp ydo.

Duptac was Jjo douterles . vor he [najdde never er none.
Joy vol he was and glad ynou . vor he behet hure one.
Suf>J'e hit byvel J^er afterward . j^at on oTpei enchanteor

wend[e],
And of Duptac bo:;te J'is servante . as oure Loverd grace

sende.
Vor fe wyf nolde nevere fine . ar it were j^erto ybro'^t.
Ac ye child ]?at was in hire wombe . Duptac ne solde no^t.
YoTf he ladde >is woman . [Tpa,t he ha]dde dere ybo^t,
And weddede hure as his owe wif . and volwede is Tpo^t.
So fat a quene of Tpe londe . gret myd childe was
And was upe Tpe point to habbe child . wenne our Loverd

c;ef ^'at ca[s].
Of ye chanteor he let of este . wanne god time were
%yi hit were ybore ye oyer sede . as my boc me dey lore,
In ye morwenjmge to morwe . wanne me may ye sunne yse
yer ne ssolde in al ye worlde . yer childer per beo.
yo bad ye quene vaste . J'at it moste be yo ybore. 24.

624

StTMMAEY.

The deeds comprise papers of various sorts relating to
lands in the following counties. This Ust, which is drawn
principally from the medieval deeds, is not absolutely
exhaustive, and there may be in a few cases errors in the
identifications of the local names, especially in the very early
cases, where the counties are not specified. In some instances
the county has been identified by the aid of later deeds.
There is a vast number of undated deeds of the thirteenth
century. Among them are many hundreds of deeds, releases,
and the like relating to small parcels of land in WOoughby
on the Wolds, co. Notts, which are concerned with the
acquisition of that village by the Bugge-WiUoughby family.
A careful study of these WiUoughby deeds might throw some
interesting light upon the small landowners and their tenure
at this period. In the following Hst the modem names of
places are given, with the older forms when advisable in
parentheses.

Deeds, &c.

Bedford : Meppershall (Maperteshale) ; Polehanger, in
Meppershall ; Shefford, parish of Campton.

Buckingham : Bourton ; Little Lynford ; Newport Pagnell.

Chester: City of Chester; " Chetilton " (Cheddleton, co.
Stafford?) ; Smallwood in Astbury.

Derby : Ashborne (Esseburn, etc.) ; Ambaston, parish of
Elvaston ; Brackenfield, parish of Morton (Brakynthweyt,
etc.) ; Breaston (Breydeston, etc.) ; " Breylesford," parish
of North Wingfield ; Castleton ; Elvaston (Aylwaston);
" Estcote " ; Heanor ; Ible (Ibole), parish of Wirksworth ;
Ingleby, parish of Foremark (Engleby juxta Fomewerke,
Ingilby, parish of Repingdon, i.e. Repton) ; Keddleston ;
Kilboum, [parish of Horsley] (county uncertain) ; Eark
Langley ; Langwith ; Long Eaton ; Mapperley, parish of
Eark HaUam ; Morley ; OScote (Offedecot), parish of Ash-
borne ; Oakerthorpe (Ulgerthorp, etc.), parish of South
Wingfield ; Osmaston (Osemundestun) ; Parwich (Peverwych) ;
Risley ; SmaUey ; Stauisby (Stannesby, etc.), parish of
Ault Hucknall ; Stanley ; Swanwick ; Thurlstone, parish
of Elvaston ; Ufton Underwood (parish of Ashborne) ;
Wilsthorpe (Wivelsthorpe), parish of Sawley.

Dorset : Barnsley in Wimbome Minster ; Bere ; Bland-
ford ; Bloxworth ; " Bradene " ; Caundle Stourton (Candel
Haddon) ; ChickereU, West ; " Conyngesdich " ; Cranborne ;
" Dodingbery " ; Dudsbury (Doddesbury), parish of West
Parley ; Frome Billet (Frome Belet), parish of West Stafford ;
GiUingham ; Harringston (Little Heryngston), parish of
Charminster ; Kingston Lacy, parish of Wimbome ; Knighton,
West ; Knowlton, parish of Woodlands ; Langton Herring ;
Langton WaUis (Langeton Walyssh in Purbyke), parish of
Langton Matravers ; Lytchett ; " Londenesham " ; Mamhull ;

625

Mapperton (Mappilarton) ; Morden, East and 'West ; Ryme;
Shaftesbury ; Stafford, West ; Stoke Gaylard (Stocke
Coyllard) ; " Stoke Lee," " Stokeley " ; Sturminster Marshall ;
Wambrook ; Wareham ; Wilkswood, parish of Langton
Matravers ; Wimborne Minster ; Winterbome Herringstone
(Winterburne Herring) ; Winterbome Muston or Turberville
(Mustereston), parish of Bere Regis ; Winterbome Steepleton
(Winterburn Billet) ; Winterbome Whitechurch ; " Winter-
biime Minster " ; Winterbome Zelston or Marwood (Winter-
burne Malreward) ; Witchampton ; Woodland ; Woodsford
(Wirdeford).

Essex : Chingford ; Danbury (Daningbir') ; Plumberrow
(Plumbergh), parish of Hockley ; Steeple.

Gloucester : Barton in Wynescombe [parish of Temple
Guiting] ; Boddington ; Guiting ; Hardwicke ; Hatherop ;
Winchcombe (Wynescombe).

Hampshire : Colemore ;. Crevequer manor in Farhngton ;
Farlington ; Fordingbridge ; EUingham ; " Frendestapele " ;
Lasham ; Millbrook ; Nether Burgate, parish of Fording-
bridge ; the New Forest ; Portsea ; Tadley.

Hereford : " Dokelynton " ; The Vem, parish of Boden-
ham ; Bradford (=Broadfield) in Bodenham.

Hertford : Bushey (Byssheye, Bysshayeherttesheved) ;
"Hunteland" manor; Puckeridge ; " Rodington " ; Standon.

Kent : Aylesford ; Bore Place, parish of Chiddingstone ;
Borstall manor (parish of Rochester?); Brastead (Bracksted);
Burmarsh (Burgh warmersh, etc.) ; Chevening ; Chiddingstone ;
Dymchurch ; Foot's Cray ; Halstow ; Haringe (Heringe),
parish of Sellinge ; Hever Brocas and Hever Cobham ; Hoo
All Hallows (All Saints Parish, Hundred of Hoo) ; Ightham ;
Leeds ; Leigh ; Lympne ; Melbrook, parish of Chiddingstone ;
Penshurst ; Romney Marsh ; Sandwich ; Sellinge ; Sevenoaks ;
Shoreham ; " Somerden " ; Speldhurst ; Sundridge (Sundresse,
etc.) ; Woolwich.

Lancaster : Spotland, parish of Rochdale.

Leicester : Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; Barkby ; Bruntingthorpe ;
Cossington ; Croxton, South ; Evington ; Gumley (Guthe-
mundele) ; Hamilton, parish of Barkby ; Kegworth ; Leicester ;
Mowsley (Mousele) ; Oadby (Outheby) ; Sapcote ; Segrave ;
Thurlaston ; Worthington and Newbold ; Wymeswold.

Lincoln : Barkby ; Bracebridge ; Dembleby ; Dunsby
(Dunnesby near Repinghale, i.e. Rippingale) ; Hacconby ;
Manby ; Scopwick (Skopwyk) ; Swayfield ; Stainton-le-Vale
(Staynton near Thoresway) ; Swineshead ; Temple Bruer ;
Welhngore (Wellyngovere) ; Wigtoft.

Middlesex : Harefield ; Stepney ; All Hallows, Barking-
church ; manor of Pomfret on Thames and its ferry, in the
parish of Stepney.

Norfolk : Frenze ; Lynn ; Sheringham ; Thelveton ;
Weasenham ; WeUingham.

Northampton : Benefield ; Charwelton ; Floore ; Purston.

M40

626

Northumberland : " Horton Schirref " ; " Hereford " ;
Corbrigg ; " Stikelawe."

Nottingham : Algarthorpe, parish of Basford ; Arnold ;
Attenborough (Adinburc', etc.) ; Bamby-in-the- Willows
(Bameby near Codyngton, i.e. Coddington) ; Barton in Fabis ;
Basford ; Beeston ; Bilborough ; Bingham ; Bleasby ; Brad-
more ; Bramcote ; Broughton Solney or Upper Broughton ;
Broxtow, parish of Bilborough ; Calverton ; Carcolston ;
Carlton near Nottingham ; Carlton-on-Trent ; Caythorpe,
parish of Lowdham ; Chilwell ; Clifton, South (North ?) ; Cos-
tock (CortUngstock) ; Cossall ; Cotgrave ; Cropwell (Crophull)
Bishop ; Cropwell Butler ; Dunham ; Edwalton ; Gedling ;
Gibsmere, parish of Bleasby ; Gotham ; Goverton (Gorton),
parish of Bleasby ; Gringley ; Gunthorpe, parish of Lowd-
ham ; Hickling ; Kelham ; Kingston-on-Soar (Kinston) ;
Kirkby-in-Ashfield (Kyrkeby super Asshefeld) ; Kneeton
(Kniveton) ; Lambley ; Leake, East (Esterleyk) ; Lenton ;
Lound ; Lowdham ; Mamham, North and South ; Nottingham ;
Normanton-on-Trent ; North Carlton ; Radford ; Ratcliffe-on-
Trent ; Rempstone ; Ruddington ; Scrooby ; Shelford ; Skegby,
parish of Marnham ; Sneinton ; Stanford-upon-Soar ; Staunton ;
Sutton-cum-Lound ; Sutton-upon-Trent (Sutton near Suthe-
marneham) ; Sutton Passeysi ; Teversall ; ToUerton (Torlaton) ;
Toton (Thoueton), parish of Attenborough ; Trowell ;
Willoughby-on-the- Wolds ; Wiverton, parish of Tithby ;
Wollaton ; Woodborough ; Worksop ; WysaU.

The deeds supply the following additions to the hsts of
Mayors and baihffs of Nottingham given in the Records of the
Borough of Nottingham, vols. i. and ii. The years of office
(from Michaelmas to Michaelmas) are added in brackets and
the date of the deed from which the information is derived
is given after the names.

[1290-1291].— Roger de Crophull, mayor ; Adam le
Flemeng and William de Normanton, bailiffs, Wednesday
after St. Botolf, 19 Edward I, 1291.

[Circ. 1300].- — Adam le Palmer, mayor ; WiUiam son of
Roger de Crophull, and Adam le Flemeng, baihffs {undated).

[1302-1303]. — John le Paumer, junior, mayor ; Adam le
Flemming and John le Bere, bailiffs, Sunday after St. Mark,
31 Edward I.

[1335-6]. — John de Tumby, mayor ; Stephen Tavemer
and Ralph Coher, bailiffs, Monday before St. Gregory,
10 Edward III. (an error for 19, decimo [nana]).

[1342-1343]. — Roger de Botehale, mayor ; John Larcher
and William de Wodeburgh, baihffs, Wednesday before
St. Ambrose, 16 Edward III.

[1367-1368]. — Richard Hanneson, mayor ; Peter le Mason
and Roger de Sutton, baihffs, Wednesday before St. John
ante Portam Latinam, 42 Edward III.

^ See pages 96, 621, above.

627

[1391-1392]. — John de Plumptre, mayor ; Nicholas de
Wjmdesore and Robert de Hathern, bailiffs, 15 Richard II.

Peter, prior of Lenton, is mentioned in a deed dated on
Friday after the feast of St. Peter ad Vincula, 40 Edward III.
(1366). This is not in harmony with the Kst of priors given
by J. T. Godfrey, History of the Parish and Priory of Lenton,
1884, p. 182.

Oxford : Steeple Aston.

Rutland : Martinsthorpe.

Salop : CaUaughton (Kaluweton), parish of Much Wenlock ;
Longdon ; Much Wenlock ; Shrewsbury.

Somerset : Curry, North.

Stafford: Bromley (Abbot's?); Cheadle ; Coton (parish
of Hanbury ?) ; Fauld, parish of Hanbury ; Levedale, parish
of Penkridge ; Newland in Rushall ; Rushall (Russale) ;
Walsall ; Wiggington, parish of Tamworth ; WooUaston
(Ullaston), parish of Bradley.

Suffolk: Mildenhall.

Surrey : Ashted ; Beddington ; Carshalton ; Home ;
Mortlake ; Nobryghtz manor in Walkingstead and Home ;
Sheen, East, parish of Mortlake ; Walkingstead (Wolkenested),
parish of Godstone ; Wimbledon.

Warwick : Alspath (old name of Meriden) ; Ashow ;
Atherstone-on-Stour (Edrichestone) ; Bedworth ; Bentley ;
Blackgreave, parish of Lea Marston ; Brandon, parish of
Wolston ; Bretford, parish of Wolston ; Calcutt, parish of
Grandborough ; Cliff (CKve), parish of Kingsbury ; ColeshiU ;
Coventry ; Curdworth ; FoleshiU (FoIkeshuU) ; Grendon ;
Hurley, parish of Kingstjury ; Itchington, Long ; Kingsbury ;
Lea Marston ? (Le Lee) ; Marston ; Maxtoke ; Meriden
(Muridene) ; Middleton ; Pathlow, parish of Aston Cantelow ;
Pinley ; " Rjmggesthorp " ; Slately (Slaughteleye), parish of
Kingsbury ; Stoke ; Stratford Lee ; " Stubton " ; Sutton
Coldfield ; Tamworth ; Thurlaston, parish of Dunchurch ;
Warwick ; Whateley, parish of Kingsbury ; Whitacre ;
Wilncote (Wylmyndecote) ; Wishaw ; Wyken.

Wilts : Devizes ; Ogbury (Okebury), parish of Durnford.

Worcester : " Beckenovere," " Beckenore " manor, parish
of Hanbury near Droitwich ("in parochia de Hanbur' iuxta
Wyche ") ; Bedwardine (Bedeworthin) ; " Clopton " (near
Crowneast ?) ; Crowneast (Crowenest), parish of St. John in
Bedwardine County, Worcester ; " Dokelynton " ; Habberley,
parish of Kidderminster ; " Lawerna " (on the Laughern
Brook, near Worcester) ; " Riggehall " ; Spetchley (Speches-
leg) ; Tenbury (Temedebury) ; Wick ; Worcester.

York : BirdsaU ; Caldwell, parish of Stanwick ; Cother-
stone, parish of Romald Kirk ; Cleasby ; Danby ; Hahiaby
(Halnathby), parish of Croft ; Helperthorpe ; Kirby Wiske ;
Lutton, East ; Skelton ; Swaythorpe (Swathorp, Swave-
thorp), parish of Kilham.

629

INDEX.

Abbots Bromley. See Bromley.
Abbot's Court [inWinterborne Kingston,
CO. Dorset] ? Abes Court, letter
dated at, 591.
Abel, Sans Abealx, mentioned in Saint

Graal, 235.
Abes Court. See Abbot's Court ?
Abkettleby, co. Leicester. See Ketlebi.
Abon, Elizabeth daughter of Sir Thomas,

511.
Acchelin, Acelin, Anschetinus son of

William son of. In, 30.
Accounts :

household, 323-464, 511.
in tabular form, 452, 453.
manorial, 285-323.
Accumbe, Brother Nicholas de, 86,
Acelin. See Acchelin.
Acford AJfredi. See Okeford Pitzpaine.
Achard :

Ranulph son of, 64.
Walter son of, 45.
Aclee. See Oakley.
Acofere. See Okeover.
Aconbury, Acornebury priory [co. Here-
ford], Joan de Grey, nun of, 85.
Acton ? Atton [co. Stafford], bequest of

land in, to Burton abbey, 256.
Acts of the Apostles, metrical veision of,

412, 412n.
Adam :

Budo son of, de Len', grant to, 59.
Osbert son of, 50.
Blchard son of, the steward, 65,
Thomas son of, de Bssebi, 48.
Adam beU', 469.

Adams, Adamysse, John, brother-in-law
of Sir Percival Willoughby, in-
ventory taken by, 485.
letters from, 158-159.

, abstracts of, 562, 567.

, reference to, 595.

wages of, 371.
Adelhard. See Mth.e\h.a.vA.
Aderston, See Atherstone.
Adigburc. See Attenborough.

Admiral, lord. See Clinton, Edward

lord.
Ad quod damnwn, writs and inquisitions

of, 172, 242.
Adrian 11., pope, 127.
Adwalton, Adylton [parish of Birstal,

CO. York], fair at, 393.
^Ifere, earl of the Mercians, 209.
Alfred, minister, 209. C7/. Alfred,
^afric, AUrik:

archbishop [of Canterbiu-y], bequest
to, 254.

, to be a friend of Burton abbey,

257.

earl of the Mercians, 210.
M\ts\, witness, 212.
^Ifsige the priest, 211, 212.
^Ifthryth, queen of Mercia, 205.
^Ithelsige. See iEthelsige.
Aete, William de, 72.
iEthelbriht, witness, 201.
jEthelhard, Adelhard, Athelhard :

d-ux, 209.

princeps, grant to, 200-201.
.a)thelhun, dux, 209.
iEthehnaer, demise to, 211-212.
^thelnoth, thane of the bishop of

Worcester, grant to, 209.
jEtheh-ed, Btheldred :

king of England, Albion, 210, 254.

king of Mercia, 198.

, grant by, 199-200.

^thelric, Athelryke :

bequest to, 256.

the deacon, 211, 212.

witness, 201.
^thelsige, ^Ithelsige, the priest, 211,

212.
^thelstan :

the priest, 211.

the prior {primus) [of Worcester],
212.
^thelward :

knight of the bishop of Worcester,
demise to, 210.

witness, 201.
^thelwold the clerk, 211.
Africa, Spanish rights in, 190.
Agar, Mr., 459.
Agard :

Philip, doctor of canon law, com-
missary of the bishop of Coventry
and Lincoln, will proved before.
125.

W., abstract of letter to, 578.
Agiilun, See Aguilluu.

630

A^lionbie, Edward, esquire, commis-
sioner for assessment, 284.
Aguillxm, Agillun, Aguyllon, Aguylun :
Geoffrey, knight., 63.
Robert, 71, 72.

, fee of, 73.

Aguisant. See Aguysans.
Aguyllon, Aguylun. See Aguillun.
Aguysans, Aguisait, king [des cent
chevaliers], with King Arthur at
Caerleon, 227.
Aincurt. See Deincurt.
Alan :

, Adam son of, de Wesehamtorpe,
grant by, ^49, 50.
Roger son of, de XJeseham, 35.
See Pitz-Alan.
A'Lane. See Lane.
Alanson. See Alenijon.
Alastre, John de, bailiff of Nottingham,

100.
Alayn, Aleyn :
Richard, lU.

Robert, of Dartford, demise by, 110.
WiUiam, of Dartford, demise by,
110.
Albaniaco, Ralph de, knight, 76.
Albemarle, earl of. See Porz, William de.
Albini, Aubini :
Robert de, 6.

William de, earl of Arundel, 37.
Albone, reward to, 407.
Albint. See White.

Alcinous, to give apples to, proverb, 216.
Aldberht, minister, 209.
Aldeburgh, [Richard de], justice, 247.
Aldercar [in Heanor, co. Derby, or in
Newstead, oo. Notts], Olderkar,
reward to keeper of, 347.
Aldestre. See Austrey.
Aldesword'. See Aldesworthe.
Aldesworth. See Awsworth.
Aldesworthe, Aldesword' [Awsworth, co.
Notts] :
John de, 87.
Robert de, 83.
Aldridg, Aldrege, Mi'., 454.

at WoUaton, 462.
Aldulf. See Eadwulf.
Alegald, Geoffrey son' of, 9.
Alengon, Alanson, duke of. See Anjou.
Aleppo [Turkey], consul at. See Pilking-

ton.
Alessandre. See Alisaundre.
Alexander romance, Geste Alexandre,

225-226.
Alexander VI., pope of Rome, prophecy

concerning, 264.
Alexander, witness, 2, 8.
Alexandri, Agnes, de Hoveryngham, 281.
Aleyn. See Alayn.
Alfegh, John, of Chiddingstone, inventory

of goods of, 466-473.
Alfehne, Alfelm :

bequests to, 254, 255.
brother of WuUric Spott, 257.
cousin of Wxilfric Spott, bequest to,
255.

Alfred, Michael son of, 2. Cf. Alfred.

Alfreton, all' Predyngton [co. Derby] :
bequest of land in, to Burton
abbey, 257.

Alfreton, arms of family of, 237, 238.

Alfrik. See iElfric.

Alfwiu, Godwin son of, de Bperston, 5.

Algarthorpe, Hawgulthepp, Thorp [in
Basford, oo. Notts] :
deeds relating to, 626.
grant of land in, 40.
minister's account of, 307.

AUens in Dover castle, 71.

Aline, dame, dedication of poem to, 221.

Alisaundre, Alessandre, William, of
Tideswell, maintainer of outlaws,
273, 275.

Alithia, character in poem of Theodulus,
218.

AUat, a priest imprisoned at York, ab-
stract of letter from, 516.

AUthrop. See Althorp.

Ahn, Hugh de, 46.

Almain, Aim on rivets, 483.

Almain, Henry son of the king of, friend
and ally of, and arbitrator for
Edward [I.] the king's son, 68.
nephew of Henry III,, 70.
seal of, 69.

Almanac, purchase of, 450.

Ahner, co. Dorset, Mapperton in. See
Mapperton.

Alnetho, John de, grant to, 32.

Alphabetical poem, 267-268.

Alphonso duke of Calabria, later Alphonso
II., king of Naples, 260.

Alsebwry. See Aylesbury.

Alsop-en-le-Dale, Alsope way [co. Derby],
258.
Cold Baton in, 309.

Alsope, John, depositions of, 258, 259.

Alspath. See Meriden.

Alston, WiUiam, Benedictine monk, 139.
indulgence granted to, 137.

Altar, portable, privilege of erecting,
134, 138, 189.

Althorp, Allthrop, Althropp [co. North-
ampton], 457.
letter dated at, 598.

Alto Bosco [Hautbois, co. Norfolk],
Reginald de, 35.

Alton [co. Stafford], dean of. See Can-
trell, Ralph.

Alvaston [in Derby] ? Athelwaldeston,
bequest of land in, 255.

Alvecote, Avecote, priory [in Shutting-
ton, CO. Warwick], Thomas prior
of, 8.

Alveley [co. Salop], Romsley in, 256.

Alvers. See Auvers.

Alverton [in Kilvington, co. Notts],
court rolls of, 304.

Alyn, J., collier, 492.

Ambaston [in Blvaston], co. Derby,
deeds relating to, 624.

Ambesbury. See Amesbury.

Ambrose, grant of service of, 38.
witness, 26.

631

America :

Spanish but for English intruders,

190.
Spanish conquest of the New World,
192.
Amesbury, Ambesbury, co. Wilts, manor

of, 124.
Amiens [Prance, dep. Somme], spiritual

court of, 259.
Amyas, WilUam de, merchant of Not-
tingham, 279, 279n, 280, 281.
Anathemas invoked in confirmation of

grant, 10, 241.
Ancaster, co. Lincoln, ashlar hewn at,
269.
wood from, for Wollaton New Hall,
566.
Anchorites, female, ancres, gifts to, 349,

357, 384.
Andegavensis. See Angevin.
Andrew, John, de ZoeUis, archdeacon of

Bertinorio, 140.
Andrew, Saint, the only saint in Scot-
land, 187.
Aneslee. See Annesleye.
Angevin, Aungevin, Aungevyu, Langewin
Andegavensis, Godfrey, grant by,
54, 54n.
Nicholas le, 18.

son of Robert, 25, 25n.

Robert, 18, 20, 25-27, 40.
William, grant of forfeited lands of,
72.
Angulo, John son of Robert in, bondman

of Beeston, grant of, 63.
Anislea, Amsleia. See Annesleye.
Anjou, B^ancis duke of, duke of Alencjon,
duke of Brabant, Limburg and
Lorraine, in England, 553, 554.
Anketil, A nicety U :

Anketil son of, 21.
Oliver, manorial records of, 302.
Roger, 76.
Anne, Queen, letters patent of, 503.
the great queen, 195.
See also Boleyn.
Anne, Mrs., clyster and vials for, 451.
Annesley Woodhouse ? Wdehus [co.

Notts], grant of land in,, S3.
Annesleye [Annesley, co. Notts], Aneslee,
Anislea, Anisleia, Anseleia :
Isabel (Willoughby) daughter of

Sir Hugh, 505.
John de, knight, 96.
Ralph de, 18.

Reginald de, 18, 18n, 33, 34.
WiUiam de, 34.
Anstey, Ansty [co. Warwick], 605.
Anthony, Antony, payments to, 328.

waiter at Wollaton, 168.
Antic dancers, manners of, 164.
Antony. See Anthony.
Antwerp, the duke of Anjou at, 553.
Ape, performing, 425, 447.
Apeldrefeud, Henry de, rents and services

of, in Sundridge, 269.
Apeltre. See Appletree.
Apole, Thomas, wages of, 371n.

Apleby, GUbert, of Rampton, disclaimer

of arms of, 179.
Appeal to pope to reverse election of

abbot of Burton, 250-251.
Appe John. See John.
Appleby, Great, Appulby [cos. Leicester
and Derby], bequest of land in,
to Burton Abbey, 257.
Appletree,Apeltre wapentake [co. Derby],
presentments by jurors of, 273,
278.
Appulby. See Appleby.
Apulia, Simon de, dean of York, 25n.
Aragon, Arragon, president of the council
of. See Villa Hermosa, Duke of.
resemblance of government intended

by barons to that of, 506.
Spanish confidence in natives of,
191.
Archdeacon :

Edmimd the, 8-10.

Ralph the, 10.

Richard the, of Dorset, 12.

Roger the, 10.

William the, [of Dorset], 30, 30n.

, Walter his clerk, 30.

Archer :

Henry, assessor of poU-tax, 194.

le, 02.

William son of John le, indicted,

276.
See Larcher.
Arches :

Joan wife of Richard, knight, will
of, 104^106.

, Avice her daughter, bequest

to, 105.

, Eleanor her daughter, bequest

to, 105.

, Isabel her daughter, bequest

to, 105.
Arcuria. See Harcourt.
Arden, Arderne :

Alice (de Kinesbire) daughter of

Osbert de, grant by, 17.
John de, gi'ant by, 4.
Robert brother of John de, 4.
Roger de, 6,
Walter de, confirmation of gi'ant to,

22.
William brother of John de, 4.

de, steward [? of Waleran earl

of Warwick], 25.
Ardermes, Arderene [Belgium], forest of,

fabliau relating to, 230.
Arderne. See Arden.
Armada, the, 567.
Armestronge. See Armstrong.
Armour, kinds of, 112, 113, 483.
Armourer, the, wages of, 542.
Arms ;

disclaimer of, in co. Nottingham,

178-179.
Norroy king at. See St. George,
Richard.
Armstrong, Armestronge :

Felice wife of John, of Thorpe [itt
the Glebe], 505.

632

Armstrong, — eont.

Mr. [Hugh], death of, 424.

, inquisition upon, 428.

Armswell, Erymyngewell [in BUckland
Newton, co. Dorset], court rolls
of, 303.
Arnald, Arnall, Arnehall. See Arnold.
Arney :

Nicholas, 104-106.

, legacies to, 104.

Arnold, Arnald, Arnall, Arnehall, Arrnold,
Ernhale, co. Notts :
boundaries of woods at, 241.
court roUs of, 286.
custumal of, 246.
deeds relating to, 626.
flocks marked at, 418.
grant of manor of, 246.
ministers' account of, 321.
• shepherd of, wages of, 439, 449, 542.
Arnold, Arnald, Brnhal' :
Gervase de, 41, 41n.
WilUam, of Hulton, 64.
fiddler, reward to, 440.
Arondcl. See Arundel.
Arragon. See Aragon.
Arras [Prance, dep. Pas-de-Calais]
? Brasce, mentioned in fabliau,
230.
Arras, Arrese, work, 479, 481, 490, 498.
Arras, Gautier d', Ille et Galeron, poem

by, 222-224.
Arrowsmythe, payment to, 424.
Arsic, Roger, 44.
Arthon, Arthen, Mr., 345.
funeral of, 383.
reward to servant of, 348.
Arthur, king, 225, 226.

at Caerleon, 227.
Arthurian cycle, poem of, 224-225.
Artor, member of the household at Wol-

laton, 168.
Arundel, earl of, my lord of. See Albini,

William de ; Pitz-Alan, Henry.
Ai'undel, Arondel, Arundell :

John, bishop of Coventry and Lich-
field, 125.
Sir Matthew, 526, 529, 530, 531.

, abstracts of letters from, 527,

528.

, to, 525, 532.

, his wife. /Sec Willoughby, (V).

William de, 6.

WiUiam son of Sir Matthew, abstract
of letter from, 554.

, bequest to, 85.

Asby. See Ashby-de-la-Zouche.

Ascheborne. See Ashborne.

Asches, Swein atte, 81.

Aselacton [Aslocton, co. Notts], Simon

do, 25.
Aseperc :

Thomas de, 9.

, his sons, 9.

Ashborne, Aschebui'ne, Asshebourn,
Asshebm'ne [co. Derby], 273, 274,
275, 276, 278, 281, 367.
offences committed at, 272, 274.

Ashborne — eoni.

presentment of jurors of, 276-276.
road from, 258.
Ashby-de-la-Zouche, Asby, Ashebe,

Asheby Delaaouch, Assheby [co.

Leicester], 369, 375, 388, 390, 513.
deeds relating to, 626.
(repair of highway at, 327.
Ashby Magna [co. Leicester] ? Magna

Essebia, confirmation of grant of

land at, 11.
Ashford, Assheforde [co. Derby], 275.
Ashow, CO. Warwick, deeds relating to,

627.
Ashtead [co. Surrey] :

deeds relating to, 627.

? Estedam, confirmation of grant of

land in, 23.
Ashton, mentioned in depositions, 120.
Asia, Spanish rights in, 190.
Askaneus, Askeneus, my lord of. See

Sforza.
Aske, Mr., at WoUaton, 462.
Askeneus. See Askaneus.
Askew, Mr., at Wollaton, 462.
Aslocton, CO. Notts. See Aselacton.
Asple [Aspley (Hall) in Badford, co.

Notts], Kichard de, 12.
Aspley Hall, Asplehut [in Badford, co.

Notts], 530, 530n.
wood [in Badford, co. Notts], 397.
Aspremont, battle [in Apidian cam-
paign] fought at, 226.
Asshebourn, Assheburne. See Ashborne.
Assheby. See Ashby.
Assheby, Adam de, receiver of outlaws,

275.
Assheforde. See Ashford.
Astbxiry, co. Chester, SmaUwood in.

See SmaUwood.
Astelay. See Astley.
AsteU, Mr., virginial-player, payments

to, 437, 444.
Astley, Astelay [co. Warwick], 377.
Aston, Astun, Eston [co. Warwick], 383.
reward to poor man of, 386.
vicar of, 333.

, induction of, 353.

Henry the clerk of, 16.
Aston, Steeple, co. Oxford, deeds relating

to, 627.
Aston :

Boger de, knight., 294.
Ml-., 395.
AtheUiard. See ^thelhard.
Athelitia (wife of Bichard son of

Gervase?), grant to, 270.
Athehyke. See ^thelric.
Athelwaldeston. See Alvaston, Elvaston. -
AthelweUe [in Nottingham], Laurence

de, 64.
Athenian shepherd named Pseustis,

218.
Atherfield, Atherfylde [in Shorwell], Isle

of Wight, manor of, 124.
Atherstone, Aderston, Atherston, Hader-

ston, Hatherston [co. Warwick],

389, 605.

633

Atheratone — cotit.

payment to friar of, 364.
session of commission at, 345.
Atherstone-cn-Stour, Eddricheston [co.
Warwick] :
deeds relating to, 627.
grant of land in, 47.
See Eddriceston.
Athol), Henry Percy de, Dathell, knight,

manorial records of, 297.
Atkinson, Atkynson :
John, 454.

, abstracts of letters from, 580,

581.

, clerk of the kitchen, 455.

Richard, pump made by, 431.
Thomas, 454.

Mr., payments to, 427, 428, 434,
440.
Attenborough, Adigburc, Adinburc',
Hadinbur [co. Notts], 63.
deeds relating to, 626.
parson of, 41.
Toton in. See Toton.
Atton. See Acton ?
Attorney, the idng's, reward to wife of,

375.
Auberey,William, servant of Henry VIII.,
attack upon Sir Edward Will-
loughby by, 147.
fraudulent conduct of, 147-148.
Aubini. See Albini.
Auceps, Robert, of Attenborough, 63.
Aucher, Henry son of Thomas, grant of

lands of, 71.
Audley, Audeley, Awdlay :
lady, lord. See Tuchet.
Elizabeth (Grey) wife of Thomas

lord, of Walden, 518, 521.
John, abstract of letter from,

515.
Thomas lord, of Walden, 521.
Augustine, wages of, 449.
Ault HucknaU. See Hucknall.
Aune :

Walter de, maintenance of outlaws,

274, 276.
William de, knight, maintainer of
outlaws, 273, 280.

, taker of royal prises without

warrant, 279.
Aungevin, Aungevyn. See Angevin.
Aurifdber. See Goldsmith.
Austrey, Aldestre [co. Warwick], bequest

of, 256.
Austria, Ostrice, archduke of. See
Maximilian,
enmity of Bavaria to, 260.
Ausworthe. See Awsworth.
Auvers, Alvers :
Robert de. In.

, grant to, 7.

Wilham brother of Robert de, 8.
Avecote. See Alvecote.
Avene. See Avon.
Avenel :

Gervase, 7, In. ^ .

William, 7, 7ra.

Averey, Averye, Aweray :

Henry, accounts rendered by, 418,
420.

, farm of, 154.

, payment to wife of, 418.

, shepherd of Wollaton, 418.

Hugh, child of, christened, 381.

, money allowed to, 342.

Robert, beasts bought by, 393.

, pitch bought by, 392.

William, 419.

pursuivant lodged at house of, 383.
Averham [co. Notts], rector of. See
Lawrans, Robert.
Staythorpe in, 10.
Averye. See Averey.
Avlenus, fables of, 219.
Avignon, Avynyon [France, dep. Van-
close], legate of. See St. Peter ad
Vincula, cardinal of.
Avon, Avene, co. Hants, manor of, 124.
Avon [in Stratford-under-the-Castle,

CO. Wilts], grant of, 270.
Avynyon. See Avignon.
Awdlay. See Audley.
Aweray. See Averey.
AwfiU, Agnes (Sonde) daughter of Mr.,

310.
Awic, Richard de, 11.
Awsworth, Aldesworth, Ausworthe [co.
Notts] :
bequest of land in, to Burton

abbey, 257.
glass-house at, 500, 500«.
See Aldesworthe.
Aylesbury, Alsebwry, Elsebayry [co.
Bucks], 384.
guild of Our Lady of, 384.
Aylesbury, arms of family of, 237.

Sir Roger de, 97.
Aylesford, Aylysford, Bylesford, Eylis-
ford [co. Kent] :
church of Carmelite friars of, burial

in, 84.
court rolls of, 285, 295, 299.
deeds relating to, 625.
payment to friar of, 329.
ship of, 96.

B

B., Richard, wages of, 542.
Babyngton :

Anthony, 125.

John, knight, agreement by, 120.

— , , steward of the manors

and fairs of Lenton priory,
124.
Bache, Roger de la, 86.
Bacheler, William, 58.
Bachepuz, James de, 46.

634

Bacon :

Francis, lord clianceUor, receipt of

bribe by, 583.
James, of Wellow, disclaimer of

arms of, 179.
Sir Richard {rectius Baker). See
Baker.
BacqueviUe, Bakevyle (Baskerville),
[Normandy], lord of. See Beau-
mont, Thomas.
Baddesley, Badselay, Badslay, Badsley
[CO. Warwick], 389.
reward to poor man of, 348.
Badger, co. Salop. See Becgeshowre.
Badselay, Badslay, Badsley. See Bad-
desley.
Baggalay, Baygelay, Bayglay, payment
of expenses of, 357.
Ralph, payment of expenses of, 340.
Baggeruggestrete. See Baggridge.
Baggeworth, John de, admission of, as
chaplain of the chantry of St.
Mary, Sapcote, 99.
Baggridge, Baggeruggestrete [in Horton],
CO. Dorset, 109, 114.
serjeanty in, 109, 114.
Bsfgod, Roger, 15.
Bagpipes, a£Bnity of organs to, 185.

Robert of, 110.
WiUiam of. 111.
Bagshawe, Robert, of Pentrich, will of,
124-125.

, Helen his wife, bequest to,

125.
Bailiff, service as, a, servile obUgation,

101.
Bailliol, Bailloil :
Hugh de, 60n.
Jocelin de, 3.
Robert de, 52.
Baiocis, Robert de, 32.
Bakenesfelde. See Beaconsfield.
Baker :

Orm the, 20n.

Sir Richard, Chronicles of Die kings
of England by, 507.'

, references to, 553, 567.

William, wages of, 450.
coat for, 427.
corner, 493.
expenses of, paid, 450.
payments by hands of, 442, 444,
447.
Bakevyle. See BacqueviUe.
BakeweU, Baukewell [co. Derby], 272,
276, 278, 446.
felons harboured at, 272, 274, 275,

277.
presentments of jurors at, 274-279.
proctor of. See Bernard, Robert ;

Gunston, Hugh de.
vicar of. See Bernard, Robert ;
Can, Walter.
Baldoc, Ralph de, bishop of London,

probate before, 86.
Baldwin, WiUiam son of, 20, 20n, 25,
26, 40.

BaU, Henry, miller, wages of, 450.
Balle, at WoUaton, 458.
Balterley, Baltrys [in Barthomley, co.
Stafford], bequest of land at, 255.
Balun, Malger de, 53.
Banester. See Banyster.
Bangley Chase, Banglay chace [in Tarn-
worth, CO. Stafford], aUeged
breach of park in, 115-117.
reward to keeper of, 359.
Banyster, Banester, Mr., payments to,
for books, etc., 421, 422.

, , for physic, etc., 423,

424, 444, 445, 447, 449, 450, 451,
Barba Aprili, MUo, 17.
Barbers, abuse of, 166.
Barbery, triumph of Ferdinand of Ara-

gon over the men of, 264.
Bardolf, Bardulf :
Hugh, 51.
Ralph, 76.
Baret, Barette :
Roger, 51.

William, account rendered by, 321.
Barewe, Maud de, of Boulton, house of,

broken, 273.
BarU, Walter, 93.
Barjonas, Richard, 28, 28n.
Barkby :

CO. Leicester, deeds relating to, 625.
CO. Lincoln, deeds relating to, 625.
Barklay, Barkley. See Berkeley.
Barlaston, Borlestou, co. StaHord, be-
quest of land in, 255.
Barlborough, Barleburgh [co. Derby],

bequest of land at, 255.
Barleye, manorial account of, 289.
Barlowe :

Richard, 167.

, of Sutton Coldfield, grant to,

156.
Barming, Barmling [co. Kent], posses-
sions of viUeins (?) in, 271.
Barnaby, Barneby :

Isbrand, Ysebrand, chUd of, chris-
tened, 367.

. expenses of, paid, 387, 388.

, wages of, 371.

, wife of, payment to, for ale, 344.

Master WiUiam de, canon of South-
weU, 95.
Barnard, Joel, of East Bridgford, dis-
claimer of arms of, 179.
Barnby in the WiUows, Barneby near
Codyngton, co. Notts, deeds re-
lating to, 626.
Barneby. See Barnaby.
Barneston, Richard son of Gervase de,

20n.
Barnet, Bernaytt, Bernett [cos. Herts
and Middlesex], 354.
reward to piper at, 332.
Barusley, Bernardesle [in Wimborne
Minster, co. Dorset] :
deeds relating to, 624.
minister's account of, 302.
Barnston, Berueston [co. Notts], fines
of, 288.

636

Barre !

Geoffrey, 34, 34«.
John, payment to, 438.
Ralph, bequest to, 113.
Thomas, answer of, to bill of com-
plaint, 115-117.
. . . . , payment to, for skins, 440.
Barri, Richard, of ToUerton, 83.
Bartholomew, Bartholomew sou of, de

Notingeham, 25, 26, 27.
Barthomley [co. Stafford], Balterley,

Baltrys in, 255.
Barthope in . Bast Acklam, co. York.

See Bergtorpe.
Barton :

[parish of Temple Guiting], co,

Gloucester, deeds relating to, 625.

-in-Fabis, Barton-on-Trente, co.

Nottingham, deeds relating to,

626.

, manor of, 89, 90.

— ■ — , , accounts of, 308.

, , coOTt rolls of, 288-292,

294, 297.
-le-Street [co. York], manor of, 85.
-on-Humber [co. Lincoln], ferry

charges at, 443.
Stacey, Stacy [co. Hants], manor of,
603.
Barton :

Henry, alderman of London,

manorial records of, 297.
Robert de, money extorted from,
280.
Barttlett, lord, 461.
Barwicke. See Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Barwicke, Barwyck, Barwyke, Barwykke.

See Berwyke.
Basford, Baseford, Basforth [co. Notts],
41, 115, 179, 524.
deeds relating to, 626.
flocks marked in, 418.
grant of laud in, 40.

, confirmed, 11.

mill at, 11, 41, 115.

shepherd of, wages of, 439, 449,

542.
Afearthorpe in, 40, 307.
Roger vicar of, 64.
Basford, Baseforde, Basefort, Basforth :
of Nottingham, payment to servant

of, 390.
Robert, expenses of, paid, 376.

, wages of, 371.

son of Philip de, grant con-
firmed by, 11.
Simon de, 41, 42.
Thomas, farmer of Newton grange,

259.
payment of expenses of, 366.
BasUie, Thomas, of Ratcliffe-on-Trent,

83.
Basinges, Thomas de, sheriff of London,

74.
Basingstoke, co. Hants, 603.
Baslow [co. Derby], In.
Baslow St. Anne [co. Derby], Bubnell
in, 274, 275.

Bassenberg, Hugh son Thurstan de, at

battle of Hastings, 606.
Basset, Basset Crosse [in Feckleton, co.

Leicester], man hanged at, 382.
Basset :

Joan de, manorial records of, 291.

wife of Ralph, of Drayton,

assignment of dower to, 283.
John, 21.

of Weldon, arms of, 237, 238.
PhiUp, 71.

, friend and ally of Edward [I]

the king's son, 68.
Richard, chaplain of the chantry of
St. Mary, Sapcote, 99.

, knight, 99.

Simon, 17, 17m, 21.

Thomas brother of Simon, 21.

Wiffiam, 21.

, esquire, depositions taken

before, 259.

, grant to, 51.

Bassett, Old, waiter at WoUaton, 168.
Bassingburn, Wariu de, friend and ally
of Edward [I] the king's son, 68.
Baaterlee. See Baxterley.
Basterlee, Basterleia [Baxterley, co.
Warwick] :
Thomas de, 21.
WUliam de, priest, 9.
Bate :

Ahce, 80, 81.

Gilbert, 80.

Henry son of, demise of mine to,

88.
John, chaplain, payment to, 316.

, of London, merchant, boats

bought of, 172.
Thomas, of Poley, 114.
Mr., 183.
BateU:

John, legacy to, 103.
Nicholas, of Trowell, demise of mine
to, 100.
Bateman, John, sale of wood by, 317.
Bath, the Bath [co. Somerset], 600.

Sir Francis Willoughby at, 530.
Bath and Wells:

bishop of. See Giffard, Walter ;

Stafford, John,
church of, affairs of, at the papal
court, 261, 612.
Bathurst :

Allen lord, 607.
Sir Benjamin, 607.
Peter, son of Sir Benjamin, marriage
of, to Leonora How, 607.

, Frances his daughter, 607.

, Leonora his daughter, 607.

Battle abbey roU, Battail Abbie Role,

506.
Baukewell. See BakeweU.
Bauzeyn, Juliana, abbess of Shaftesbury,
settlement of arrears claimed by,
76.
Bavaria, duke of. See George.
Bavent, Roger de, 22, 22n.
Bawnnfordde, Cecily, payment to, 362.

636

Baxterley, Basterlee, co. Warwick, 21.

See Basterlee.
Baye :

Robert, of Cossall, demise of mine

to, 100.
Thomas, payment to, 427.
Bayeux, Henry bishop of, 24.
Baygelay, Baygley. See Baggalay.
Bayke, reward to, 339. Cf. Becke.
Bayre, almsman of Sir Henry Willoughby,

340.
Bayryn. See Byron.
BayviU [co. Pembroke], court roll of , 288.
Bayville, Baywille, Walter son of Bichard

de, 30.
Baywerlay. See Beverley.
BaywiUe. See BayviUe.

Richard de la, of Carlton, 91.
William de, 91.
Beaconsfleld, Bakenesfelde [co. Bucks],

rental of, 297.
Beaman, Edward, of the household at

Wollaton, 168.
Beamish, Beamysshe [in Chester-le-Street,.

CO. Durham], 132.
Beamond, Beamont. See Beaumont.
Beamysshe. See Beamish.
Beard, Berde [in New Mills, co. Derby],

275, 276, 278.
Beardmore, Joan, John, payment of

wages to, 425, 439, 541.
Bearewood. See Verwood ?
Bear wards, rewards to, 360, 361, 378,

448, 451.
Beasly,Mrs.,wifeofBdmundStratford,606.
Beatrice [consort of Frederick Barbar-

rosa], empress of Rome, 224.
Beauchiof {Bellv/m Caput) abbey [co.
Derby], proctor of abbot and
convent of. See Ratcliffe,

William de.
Beaudesert, BeUdesert, Bcudesert, co.
Warwick, lord of. See Montfort,
Peter de.
See Beldesert.
Beaufort, Henry, bishop of Winchester,
chancellor of England, letter from,
102-103.
secretary of. See Petworth, Richard.
Beaumis, Behneis, Philip de, 20, 44.
Beaumont, Beamond, Beamont, Beau-
mounte :
Henry de, 89.
Huntingdon, esquire, 175-177.

, boats in possession of, 172.

, creditors of, 182.

, proposals for sale of coal by,

175.

, yard of, 177.

John, sale by, 322.

Sir Thomas, 177.

Thomas, lord of BacqueviUe, 109.

Mr., 547.

, colliers sent by, 463.

, reference to letter to, 570.

Beausalc, Beausalle [in Hatton, co.
Warwick], court roll of, 313.

Beauvale, Bewoll [in Greasley, co. Notts],
hawking at, 360.
See also Robin Hood's Well.
Becgeshowre [Badger, co. Salop] :
Roger de, 51.

Stephen son of Roger de, 51.
Becherinc. See Bekering.
Becke :

Francis, in the brewhouse at Wol-
laton, 169.
of Middleton, payment to, 433.
Cf. Bayke.
Beckenore, Beckenovere in Hanbury, co.
Worcester, deeds relating to, 627.
Beckering in Holton, co. Lincoln. See

Bekering.
Becket, Beket :

Robert, 18, 32.

Thomas, archbishop of Canterbury,
2n.

, , chancellor, 3.

Beckingham, co. Notts, 179.
Becok, Bekoc :
Richard, 64.

, mayor of Nottingham, 79.

, the elder, 77.

Becton. See Beighton.
Beddington, Bedyngton [PiUaton Hall in
Penkridge, co. Stafford], bequest
of, to Burton abbey, 256.
Beddington, co. Surrey, deeds relating

to, 627.
Bedford, county of, delivery of rolls of

eyre in, 92.
Bedeford, John de, 60.
Bedlington [co. Notts or Derby ?], coal-
mines at, 176.
Bedwardine County [in Worcester] :
chantry at Orowneast in, 65, 66.
deeds relating to, 627.
Matthew vicar of St. John's chm^ch,
grant by, 65.
Bedworth [co. Warwick] :

accounts of coal at, 320, 495.
deeds relating to, 627.
Bedyngton. See Beddington.
Beescwde. See Bestwood.
Beeston, Beesson, Beston, Bestona,
Bestun [co. Notts], 179.
deeds relating to, 626,
grant of bondsman in, 63.
payment to poor man of, 437.
Roger the clerk of, 63.
Silvester son of Robert the chaplain

of, grant to, 41.
See Beston.
Beighton, Becton [co. Derby], bequest

of land at, 255.
Bekering, Becherinc [Beckering in Hol-
ton, CO. Lincohi] :
Peter de, 19, 44.

, his son, 44.

Beket. See Becket.

Bekoc. See Becok.

Bel,' Peter le, 21, 21n.

Beldesert [Beaudesert, co. Warwick],

Clare de, 36.
Belegrave, Peter de, 91.

637

Belet !

Mabel wife of Robert grandfather of

Robert, 611.
Ralph uncle of Robert, lands ex-
changed by, 53, 54, 611.
Robert aon of William, lands ex-
changed by, 53, 54, 611.
William, 71, 72.
Beleye, John son of Thomas de, indicted,

275.
Belknap, BeUnappe, Beltnop, Beltnoppe :
Sir Edward, of Weston, indulgence
granted to, 137.

, , rewards to players of,

334, 379.
Bella Aqua :

John de, manorial records of, 287.
William de, 83.
Belleis, John, wages of, 371.
Belldesert. See Beaudesert.
BeUnappe. See Belknap.
Bello Campo :

Cecily de, 56.

Isabel de, countess of Warwick,

manorial records of, 293-295, 297.

Richard de, grant to, 56-57.

Sibyl de, wife of Henry Puterel,

grant by, 63.

Bellper Close in Sutton Passeys, co. Notts,

621.
BeUper. See Belper.
BeUum Caput. See Beauchief.
BellToyer. See Belvoir.
Beimels. See Beaumis. ,
Belper, Bellper, 454.

Thomas, wages of, 427, 439, 450,

542.
child of, christened, 446.
in the brewhouse at Wollaton, 169.
Belshaw, Belschawe :

Henry, chaplain, 308.
, priest of St. Anthony's chan-
try at WoUaton, depositions of,
119.
Beltnop, Beltnoppe. See Belknap.
Belvaco, Bartholomew de, mayor of

Lynne, 60.
Belvoir, Bellvoyer, Bever [cos. Leicester
and Lincoln], 443.
castle, 454.
Bench :

Common, chief justice of. See

Bereford, William de.
King's, action in, 621.

, chief JTistice of. See Scrop,

Geoffrey le.

, justice of. See WiUoughby,

Richard de [E.].
, rolls and memoranda of, deli-
very of, 92-93.
Benefield, Benyfeld [co. Northants] :
deeds relating to, 625.
manorial account of, 298.
Benethley [Bentley, co. Warwick],

Robert de, 47.
Benigwrd' [Benniworth, co. Lincoln],

Roger de, 29.
Bennet, John, payment to, 440,

Benniworth, co. Lincoln. See Benigwrd'.
Bentley, co. Warwick, deeds relating to,
627.
See Benethley.
Bentworth, Bynteworth, co. Hants,
Burkham in, grant of land in, 91.
Benyfeld. See Benefleld.
Beorhtred, Berhtred, bishop [of Lind-
sey], 209.
witness, 200.
Beorn, Richard, 58.
Beornoth, dux, 206.
Berde. See Beard.
Berde :

Adam de, of Hayfleld, indicted for

offences in co. Derby, 274.
John de, indicted, 273.

, Giles his servant, indicted,

274.
Bere Regis, Bere, co. Dorset :
deeds relating to, 624.
manor of, 124.
Stockley in. See Stockley.
Bere :

John le, bailiff of Nottingham, 626.
Ralph le, of Nottingham, 64.
Richard de la, 36.
Walter brother of Richard de la,
36.
Berecotes, William de, canon of South-
well, 95.
Bereford :

William de, 80, 81.

, [chief justice of the Common

Bench], incident related by, 271-
272.
Berevilla. See Berville.
Bergtorpe [Barthope in East Acklam,

CO. York], William de, 59.
Berhtred. See Beorhtred.
Berhtwud, dux, 203.
BerhtwuU, king of Mercia, grant by,

207-209.
Berin. See Byron.
Berkeley [co. Gloucester], work written

at, 240.
Berkeley, Barklay, Barkley, Berkelee :
Sir Maurice, delivery of ordnance

to, 130.
Thomas de, warden of the marches
in Cumberland and Westmore-
land, letter from, 95, 95n, 96.
William, master of the game in
Sutton chace, 116.
Berkham. See Burkham.
Berlott. See Bertlotte.
Bernard :

grant to, 28.

brother, monk of Burton, 249.

Robert, harbourer of felons, 272.

, proctor of BakeweU, 277.

, vicar of BakeweU, 274.

, , convicted clerk, 274.

Simon son of, de BiUeburg, grant
to, 39.
Bernardesle. See Barnsley.
Bemay, Alexander de, Alexander
romance of, 225-226.

638

Bernaytt. See Bamet.
Berner, William, 32.
Berneston. See Barnston.
Bernett. See Barnet.
BernevUe, Bichard de, 59,' 64.
Berron. See Byron.
Berte :

Alexander son of Walter, 68.
Hugh son of Walter, 58.
Peter son of Walter, 58.
Eichard son of Walter, 58.
Walter, 58.

William White son of Walter, 58.
Bertie, Peregrine, lord Willoughby
d'Eresby, in company of the duke
of Anjou, 553.
Bertilmunt, Adam de, 28.
Bertinorio (Bretonoriensis), [Italy], arch-
deacon of. See Zoellis, John
Andrew de.
Bertlotte, Berlott :

Balph, ale taken at house of, 343.

, reward to son of, 337.

Bertrem, John, of Thorpe in Kilton,

owner of book, 222.
Bertwll, Robert, marriage of, 385.
Berville, BereviUa, William de, 23, 23n.
Berweke. See Berwyke.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Barwicke, Ber-
wyke [co. Northumberland], 382.
the king's pensioners of, 170.
Berwyke, Barwicke, Barwyok, Barwyke,
Barwykke, Berweke :
Gabriel, 351, 388, 396, 622.

, executor of will of Sir Henry

Willoughby, 149, 396, 519.

, accounts rendered by,

416, 522.

, payment of annuity to, 317.

, of wages of, 370.

Bichard, account of expenses of,

328-329.
Mr., sickness in house of, 349.
Beseling Thorpe. See Buslingthorpe.
Beseville, William de, 89.
BeskaU in Sherwood forest, co. Notts,
242.
inclosure of, 245.
Beskewod, Beskewodd. See Bestwood.
Beston, Bestun [Beeston, co. Notts] :
Bartholomew brother of Eobert de.

42.
Gervase son of Silvester de, 63.
John son of Eobert de, 42, 64.
Ealph son of Silvester de, 63.
Bobert (the chaplain) de, 421.
Boger son of Ealph de, 64.

son of Eobert de, 42.

Beston, Bestona, Bestun. See Beeston.
Bestwall, Bestwalle [in East Stoke, co.

Dorset], manor of, 124.
Bestwood (Park), Beescwde, Beskewod,
Beskewodd Haye [co. Notts],
40.
boundaries of, 241.
keepers of, reward to, 358.
letters directed to, 594.
Bethlehem, pilgrimage to, 140.

Bi5thune, Everard of, Graeciemus of,

213, 218.
Bettnam, Mr., of the household at

Wollaton, 168.
Beudesert. See Beaudesert.
Beufou, Boger de, 39.
Beuson, due, 226.
Bever. See Belvoir.
Beverley, Baywerlay, Bewerley [co.
York], brotherhood of St. John
of, 359.
wine from, 382.
Bevington.Wood, Woode Bevyngton [in
SaUord Priors], co. Warwick, 130.
Bewerlay. See Beverley.
BewoH. See Beauvale.
Bexhill [co. Sussex], Pelsham in, 307-

309.
Beyron. See Byron.
Bialmont, Roger nis de, 225.
Bible :

translation of, Scottish allegation of

error in, 187.
sent by Charles II to Mohegau

Indians, 195.
Latin, uncial MS. of, 196, 611.

, Codex Amialinvs, 196, 611.

, Vulgate, copy of, 221.

Bigod, Bygod :

Bartholomew le, 71, 72.
Hugh le, 71, 72.

, justice of England and arbi-
trator for Eichard, earl of
Gloucester, 68.
Eoger le, earl of Norfolk and Suf-
folk, marshal of England, friend
and ally of Bichard earl of
Gloucester, 68.
BUborough, Bilborowe, BObrow, Bil-
burghe, Bileburc, Bileburg, Bille-
burg [co. Notts] :
coal mines in, 148.
Close, coalpit book and coal accounts

of, 493, 494.
deeds relating to, 626.
grants of land in, 18, 28, 39.
house at, 164.

ministers' accounts of, 296, 311, 316.
The Hollows, Holou, HoUuez in,
148.

, coal mine in, 163, 416, 494,

495.

, grant of land in, 34.

Hugh the parson of, 40.
Broxtow in. See Broxtow.
BiUeburg, Bilburg, Bileburc, Billeburc
[Bilborough, co. Notts] :
Acer de, 19.
AUce de, 64.
Bernard de, 39.

, grant to, 28.

Simon de, 42.

son of Bernard de, grant to,

39.
Bilsby, Billesbi [co. Lincoln], 14.
Bilsthorpe, Bylsthorp [co. Notts], rector

of. iSee HiU, Bichard.
Biubrooke, Binnebroc [co. Lincoln], 14,

639

Bindon. See Binton ?
Bingham, Byngham [co. Notts], 152, 179.
court roll of, 288.
deeds relating to, 626.
ministers' accounts of, 307-309, 311.
presentment by jurors of, 280.
Haywode near, 242.
Bingham, Byngham :

Anastaaia wife of Ralph de, grant

to, 93.

Geoffrey, brother of Richard de, 83.

John (de Ralegh) wife of Robert de,

and executor of his will, bequests

to, 83, 84,

John sons of Robert de (2), bequests

to, 83, 84.
Margaret, widow of Richard de, and
grandmother of Sir Henry Wil-
loughby, 122, 507.

, , answer of, to bill of

complaint, 115-117.

, wife of Ralph de, 84.

Nichola (de Tornay) wife of Robert

de, tomb of, 83.
Ralph, son of Robert de, and execu-
tor of lus wUl, bequests to, 83, 84.
Richard de, knight, 82, 243.
, grandson of Robert de, be-
quests to, 83, 84.

, justice, bequest to, 113.

, , executor of wills, 114.

Robert de, will of, 83, 84.

(Hobckin) son of Ralph de,

93.

, bequest to, 84.

son of Richard de, be-
quest to, 84.
Master, 111.
Binnebroc. See Binbrooke.
Binton [co. Warwick] ? Bindon, reward

to hermit of, 336.
Birchovere, WiUiam de, 278.
BirdsaU, Briddesale, Briddessale, Bride -
sale, Bridessale [co. York] :
deeds relating to, 627.
grants of land in, 1, 22, 59, 63.

, confirmed, 3.

House, document preserved at,

505n.
See Bridesale.
Birmingham, Breemejam, Bremegam,
Bremygeam, Brymejam, Byrmy-
iam, Byrmyngham [co. Warwick],
330, 336, 359, 378, 382, 426.
fair, cattle bought at, 393.
goldsmith of, 372.
guild of, 359.
nails bought at, 433.
session for musters at, 339.

of commission at, 343.

wine bought at, 366, 386.
Birron. See Byron.
Birton, Birtun. See Burton.
Bisoppes Stoc. See Stoke Bishop.
Bishop, Samuel, 172.
Bishops, boy, gifts to, 379, 386.
Bitueonseum monastery [oo. Worcester],
grant of, 204-205,

Biuirt, Hamo, 60.

Blacgrave, Blacgreve. See Blackgrave.

Black iniger) :

Richard son of William the, 16.
WiUiam the, 15.
Blackdown, Blakedon [co. Dorset], 104.
Blackeham, John, 167.
Blackgrave, Blacgrave, Blacgreve, Blag-
greve, Blakgreve [Blackgreave in
Lea Marston, co. Warwick] :
John de, 48.
Roger de, 15.
Simon de, 49.

, grants to, 48.

William de, 80, 81.

, grant to, 86.

.... de, 15.
Blackgreave in Lea Marston, co. War-
wick, deeds relating to, 627.
Blackwell, Blacwell [co. Derby], 274.

outlaws received at, 275.
Bladis, Alan de, 47.
Blaggrevo. See Blackgrave.
Blakeden', Adam de, bailifE of Newcastle-

on-Tyne, 75.
Blakedon. See Blackdown.
Blakeneye, Peter de, sherifi of London,

87.
Blakgreve. See Blackgrave.
Blakston [near OUerton, co. Notts], grant

of manor of, 246.
Blakwyn, John, of Leicester, goldsmith,

112.
Blandford, Blanforde, co. Dorset :
deeds relating to, 624.
fishery at, 144.

riotous conduct of Sir Giles Strang- -
ways at, 144.
Bleasby, Bleseby, co. Notts :
court rolls of, 320, 322.
deeds relating to, 626.
map of, 169.

minister's account of, 302.
places named in, 302, 320-322.
Blenkinsop, Henry, editor of Dr. Percival
Willoughby's medical works, 609.
Bleseby. See Bleaeby.
Blewe, Blow, 388.

Averey, expenses of, paid, 415.
Geoffrey, 345.

. payment to, 415.

, wages of, 371.

Henry, expenses of, paid, 415.
Blidworth, BUtheworth [co.Notts], sheep

stolen at, 281.
Bhthe. See Blyth, Blythe.
BUtheworth. See BUdworth.
Blockkeley [in Kingsbury or Lea Mar-
ston, CO. Warwick ?], grant of
land in, 48.
Blockesworth. See Bloxworth.
Blockesworth, Blokesworth, Blokeswrthe,
Blokeswurth [Bloxworth, co.
Dorset] :
Avicia de, grant by, 31.
Henry de, 76.

son of Robert de, grant to,

and marriage of, 58.

640

Blockeaworth — eont.

Hugh de, grant to, 31.
Robert de, grant to, 53.

son of Hugh de, grants to, 38,

52.
Blois, William (the precentor) de, bishop

of Lincoln, iin.
Blokesworth, Blokeswrthe, Blokeswnrth,
Blokkeswurth. See Blockesworth,
Bloxworth.
Blont. See Blund.
Blount, Mountjoy, lord Newport,

193.
Blow. See Blewe.

Bloxworth, Blockesworth, Blokeswrthe,
Blokkesworth, Bloxceworth [co.
Dorset] :
common rights in, agreement con-
cerning, 61.
court rolls of, 288, 293-297, 299-

303, 306, 309-312, 318-320.
deeds relating to, 624.
grant of bondmen in, 58.
grants of land in, 34, 52, 53.
ministers' accounts of, 296, 298,

299, 301, 306, 319, 320.
places named in, 31, 53, 61.
rentals of, 312, 320.
See Blockesworth.
Blund, Blont, Blunt:
Edward le, 74.
Gamel, of Wishaw, grant to, 24, 25,

271.
Margaret wife of William, account

rendered by, 320-321.
Walter, abstract of letter from,
515.

, canon of Lincoln, 44.

William, will of, 320, 321.

payments by hands of, 450.

to, 426, 429, 441, 446.

to wife of, 429.

Blvsse, Henry, debt owed to, 472.
Blyth, Blithe, co. Notts, 179.
Blythe, Blithe:

Geoffrey, bishop of Coventry and

Lichfield, 346, 351, 364.
WiUiam, 452, 454.

, account rendered by, 420.

, conspiracy of, 563.

, wages of, 439, 449, 542.

[William], payments by hands of,
442, 445, 450.

, to, 424, 441, 446.

Mr., book-keeper, 164.
Boardman, payment to wife of, for

picking crabs, 459.
Boare Place. See Bore Place.
Boawre, John, collector of poll-tax,

194.
Bobandon. See Bupton.
Bobenhulle, Bobinhulle. See Bubnell.
Bocton. See Boketona, Boughton Mal-

herbe.
Bodd, husband of Grace Yerlie, death

of, 181.
Boddington, co. Gloucester, deeds re-
lating to, 625.

Bodenham [co. Hereford], the Vera,
Perne in, 285-287, 307-309, 625.
Boeth. See Booths.
Bogen, William, of Penshurst, yeoman,

474.
Bohun, Boum, Humphrey de, earl of
Hereford and Essex, 70.

, the younger, 70.

Boilestun [Boylestone, co. Derby],

Aytrop de, 36.
Boisdele, Bosdeele [Bois d'EUe, Nor-
mandy] :
Alan de, 19.

son of Helto de, grant con-
firmed and land exchanged by,
43.
Helto de, 19, 19n.

, grant by, confirmed, 43.

Hugh son of Helto de, 19.
Isabel wife of Helto de, grant to, 19.
John de, 19.
Boketona [Bocton, co. York], William

de, 59.
Bokingham, John de, bishop of Lincoln,

99.
Bokyngham. See Buckingham.
Bolderston, Henry, indicted, 276.
Boldon, Nicholas, miller at WoUaton,

169.
Boldum, William, 75.
Bole, CO. Notts, 179.
Boler, Nicholas son of Hugh le, groom

of John Coterel, outlaw, 273.
Bolewyk, Thomas de, bailiff, receiver of

outlaws, 280.
Boleyix, Bullen, queen Anne, headdress

in pictures of, 573.
Boleyne. See Boulogne.
Bollen. See Boulogne.
Bollishovre [Bolsover, co. Derby], Master

Alan de, 29, 29n.
Bolsover [co. Derby], castle. In.

, works at, 4 In.

custom of manor of, 247.
Palterton in, 255.
Bolton. See Boulton.
Bond:

agreement for cancellation of, 89.
for observance of Lenten fast, 152.
Bonde :

Agnes (AwfiU) wife of William, 310.
Walter, 62.

William, rental of possessions of,
310.
Bondins, Godefroit son of, character

in a fabliau, 228.
Bondsman, emancipation of a, 78.
Boneye. See Bunney.
Bonifaz, Alan, 61.
Bonnar, Mr., payments to, 425.
Bonyngton, Bonyton. See Sutton Bon-

nington.
Books, payment for, 353, 355, 368, 383,
400, 404, 406, 411, 412, 421, 423,
425, 433, 442, 443.
Books, fabliaux, etc :

absez (ABC's), 400, 401.
accidence, 405.

641

Books, fabliaux, etc. — coni.
Achilleia of Statius, 219.
Aotes of the Apostles, in English

metre, 412.
Adagiorum epitome, of Erasmus,

412, 412n.
Aapremcmt, chanson de geste, 226.
Augustine, St., De Conflictu Vitiorum,

268.
A treatise of the figures of Grammar,

by Sherry, 413, 413n.
Bochas, Sir John, Book of Princes,

622.
Bridget, St., Southern English Life

of, 622.
Calepin, Ambrose, Latin Dictionary,

411.
Cato, 218, 411.

Cepor[in]ua. See Wieseudanger.
Chronicles of the kings of England,

by Baker, 507.
Cicero's Epistles, 411.
Codex Amiatinus, 196.
CoUoquia Vivis. See Vives.
Colopine cum onomastico. See

Calepin.
CoTnTpendium Elegantiarum Valle.

See Valla, Lorenzo.
Corrvpendium grammaticce GrceccB, of

Ceporinus (Wiesendanger), 414n.
Coneberi, Conneiert, fabliau, 222,

223, 230.
Confaiulationeg of Ewaldus Gallus,

408.
Confessio Amaniis by John Gower,

236.
Corderius, Maturis, De corrupii

Sermonis Emendatione, 412n.
De conflictu vitiorum, of,St. Augus-
tine, 268.
De corrupii sermonis emendatione,

by Cordier, 412, 412n.
De Dicu et dou peseour, fabliau, 231.
De duplice copia rerum, of Erasmus,

412, 412n.

De elegantia linguae Latince, by Valla,

413, 413n.

De fabro et securi, by Marie de

Prance, 234-235.
De ij vilains, fabliau, 230-231.
De la cugnie, fabliau, 234.
De la dame escollii, fabliau, 232.
De I'aventure d'Arderene, fabliau,

230.
Del fol Vilain, fabliau, 228.
De partibus orationis, poem on

synonyms, 215.
De pcenitentia, 214.
De presire ki perdi les coUes, fabliau,

232.
De proprietatibus rerum, of Glan-

ville, in English, 240.
De raptu Proserpince, of Claudian,

219-220.
Des iij comandemens, fabliau, 233.
Des putains el dee lecheors, fabliau,

233.
Dialogues, 403, 411.

Books, fabliaux, etc — cont.

Dictionary ui English (by Sir

Thomas Eliot), 411.
DiffereniicB, Latin poem on

synonyms, 215.
Disticha, of Cato, 218.
Distinctiones, by Balph de Longo

Oarapo, 216.
Doctor and Student, legal dialogue,

403n.
Doctrinale, by Alexander de Ville

Dieu, 214.
Du sot chevalier, fabliau, 230.
Du vilain qui conquist Paradis par

plait, fabliau, 234.
Erodes, by Gautier d' Arras, 223.
Erasmus, Copia, 412.
Epitome Adagiorum, 412.
Evangiles des Domees, of Robert de

Gretham, 220-221.
Ewaldus Gallus, Confabulaliones,

408.
Fables of Avienus, 219.
Flowers for Latin Speaking, 413,

413n.
Prance, Marie de, De fabro et securi,

234-235.
Geft d' laumont et d'Agoulant, 226.
Geste Aalexandre, 225-226.
Grcecismvs of Everard of Bi5thune,

213, 218.
Hebrew grammar, 406.
Higden's Polychronicon, translated

by John of Trevisa, 622.
Historia de Vita et Gestis Scander-

bergi, 422, 422«.
Ille et Galeron by Gautier d'Arras,

222-224.
Introduction to the Practise of

Midwifery, by Dr. Denman, 608.
La provance de femme, fabliau, 229-

230.
Tm vengeance de Raguidal, Arthurian

poem, 226-227.
La veuve, fabliau, 229-230.
Le Borjois Borfon, fabliau, 233.
Legendary, Southern English, 622.
Le petit Saint Graal, by Robert de

Borron, 235.
Lydgate, John, translation of

Bochart's Book of Princes, 622.
Manuel des pechiM, 220-221.
Messire Gauvain, Arthurian poem,

226-227.
Miroir of Robert de Gretham, 220,

221.
Observations in Midwifery, by Dr.

Percival WiUoughby, 608, 609.
Plulosophical Letters, etc., by Wil-
liam Derham, 504.
Polychronicon of Higden, 622.
Psalter in Latin, 411.
Robiert, fabliau by Gauters li Leus,

230.
Romance of Troy, by Benoit de

Sainte Maure, 222.
Roman de Joseph d'Arimathie, 235.
Sarum Aniiphonale, 622.

M 41

642

Books, fabliaux, etc. — cont.

Scanderbege upon the Tiorkish wars,

422.
Sherez figures in English. See

Sherry, Richard.
Speculum vitcB of William of Nas-

sington, 238-239.
Summa Magna of Ralph Hengham,

236.
Terence, 411, 412, 413«.
The Abbay of the Holy Ghost, 240.
Trevisa's translation of Higden's

Polychronicon, 622.
Vives, John L., Linguw Latince

Bxercitatio, 411.
Vox Populi, news-letter, 192.
Year Book, 247.
Boothe, Boeth, Bothe :

John, of North Wheatley, disclaimer
of arms of, 179.

-, wages of, 440, 449, 542.

Mr., at Wollaton, 462.
Boquerel, Matthew, alderman of London,

74.
Bordesley, Bordesleye abbey [parish of
Tardebigge, eo. Worcester] :
abbot and convent of, grant by, 97.

grant to, for maintenance of

chantry, 97, 98.
abbot of, abstract of letter from, 516.
monks of, lOn.
Bore Place, Boreplace, Boare Place [in
Chiddingstone], co. Kent, 159,
322, 460, 485, 517, 553, 556.
deeds relating to, 625.
letters dated at, 159, 557, 568.
minister's account of, 310.
payments to servants at, 555.
rent of, 329.
Borleston. See Barlaston.
BoronhuUe [co. Derby], 275.
Borrey, Isabella, 95.
Borroes. See Borrowes.
Borron, Robert de, Saini Graal of, 235.
Borrowash, [Bu]rrossheasche [in Ock-

brook, CO. Derby], 317.
Borrowes, Borroes, Borros :

Agnes, payment to, for serving the

thacker, 459.
John, marriage of, 458.

, payment by, 445.

, reward to, 424.

, wages of, 439, 449, 542.

[John], 455.

•, servant of George Willoughby,

421.
Borstal! [Borstal in Rochester ?], co.
Kent, deeds relating to manor of,
625.
Borton, co. Dorset, bequest to villeins of,

101.
Bosco, Reginald de, 35.
Bosco Herbert!, Theodoric de, 12n.
Bosdeele. See Boisdele.
Bossall, Botshal [co. York], 6.

See Bozhale.
Boston, BoBston [co. Lincoln], 446.
document dated at, 136.

Boston — cont.

fish bought at, 315, 316, 387.
guild of St. Mary in the church of
St. Botolph, 133, 332.
Botehale, Roger de, mayor of Notting-
ham, 626.
Boteler. See Butler.
Bothe. See Boothe.
BothemeshuU :

John de, assaulted, 281.
Robert de, chaplain, assaulted,
281.
Botild, William, 62.
Botiller. See Butler.
Botlyn, Richard, indicted, 276.
Boton. See Boughton.
Botshal. See Bossall.
Botsworth, " Bottesford [co. Leicester],

430.
Boude, Bowde, Thomas, 388, 480.
Soudone, John de, indicted, 274, 276.
Boughton, Mr., interview of, with lady

Willoughby, 546.
Boughton Malherbc, Bocton, Boton Mal-

herbe [co. Kent], letter dated at,

516.
Bouillon, Godfrey of, Godfrey BuUen,

conquest of Jerusalem by, 263.
Boulogne, Boleyne, Bollen :
brass pot of, 470.
subsidy for garrison of, 510.
Boulton, Bolton [co. Derby], house

broken at, 273.
Bourn. See Bohun.
Bourehier, Sir George, in the company

of the duke of Anjou, 553.
Bourton, co. Buckingham, deeds relating

to, 624.
BoutiHer. See Butler.
Boveney [in Burnham, co. Bucks], rental

of, 297.
Boves [Picardy], Robert de, 18, 40.
Bovintun [Boynton, co. York], Walter

de, 22, 22ra.
Bowbrege, money collected for, 386.
Bowde. See Boude.
Bowers Gilfard ? Bures [co. Essex], land

in, exchanged, 36.
Bowkekyngam, Bowkyncom, Bowkyn-

gam. See Buckingham.
Bowls, money lost at, 447.
Bowlwell. See Bulwell.
Bowne, Mr., commissioner to hold in-
quisition, 428.
Boxe, La, in Wyken [co. Warwick], 270.
Boxley abbey [co. Kent], abbot of, rent

belonging to, 271.
Boy bishops, gifts to, 379, 386.
Boylestone, co. Derby. See Boilestun.
Boynton, co. York. Sue Bovintun.
Bozhale [Bossall, co. York], Paul de,

23.
Bozoun, John, the younger, 275.
Brabant, duke of. See Anjou, Francis

duke of.
Bracebridge, Bracebrugg [co. Lincoln] :
account of, 289.
deeds relating to, 625.

643

Bracebrldge, Brabryge, Bracebruge,
Bracebrugge, Braissebrugge,

Brasbridge, Brasbrydge, Bras-
bryg, Braseburge, 454.
Anketill de, 86.
Henry, payment to, 345.

, wages of, 370.

Joan de, accounts of, 289.

Jocosa (Willoughby) wife of Richard,

of Kingsbury, 507.
John, deputy of the mayor of the
staple in Loudon, 266, 617.

, of Kingsbury, will of, 131.

John de, grants by, 14-16, 48, 49.

, to, 21, 87.

Peter de, 8.

Ralph, retainer of services of, 99,

100.
Robert de, 21, 48.

son of John de, 15.

Robin de, 16.
Thomas, 388, 458.

, high collector of subsidy, 284.

, rental of possessions of, 315.

William de, 21.

Mrs., reward to servant of, 418.
Brackenfield [in Morton, co. Derby]:
bequest of land in Ogston in, 257.
deeds relating to, 624.
Bradbent, Richard, accounts rendered

by, 307, 308.
Bradbourn :

John de, indicted, 273, 275, 277,

278.
Richard brother of John de, in-
dicted, 275, 278.
William brother of John de, in-
dicted, 273, 275, 277, 278. '
Bradbourne, Bradeboum [co. Derby]:
felons received at, 275.
Brassington in. See Brassington.
Bradbry, John, payment to, for sinkiag

coal pit, 493.
Bradeleye. -See Bradley ; Bradle ?
Brademare [Bradmore, co. Notts], John

son of Elias de, 83.
Brademere. See Bradmore.
Bradene, co. Dorset, deeds relating to,

624.
Bradeshall. See Breadsall.
Bradford :

Bryan [in Wimborne Minster, co.
Dorset], minister's account of,
302.
Peverill, Peverell, co. Dorset, agree-
ment made at, 97.
See Broadfleld ?
Bradgate, Brodgate, Brodegate Park [co.
Leicester], 395, 395n, 396, 400,
414, 414m, 415, 519.
letters dated at, 514.
Bradle [in Church Knowle, co. Dorset]
t Bradeleye, grant of manor of,
72, 73.
Bradley, Bradeleye [co. Derby], offences

committed at, 273.
Bradman, John, deputy of the mayor of
the staple in London, 266, 617.

Bradmore, Brademere, Bradmere, Brad-
meyre, Bradmyre, Brodmer, co.
Notts:
boons at, 454.
deeds relating to, 626.
manor of, 89, 90, 123.

, accounts of, 292, 296, 308,

311, 314, 316.

, court rolls of, 286, 287, 292,

293, 301, 319, 321.
reward to maids of, 430.
tenants of, boon-works by, 455, 457,

458.
See Brademare.
Bradshagh, William, 110.
Bradshawe, William, wages of, 426, 439.
Bradwell [co. Derby], Grindlow in, 276.
Brsegentforda. See Brentford.
Brage, payment to, for shooting at butts,

332.
Brahal, Gilbert de, 36.
Braissebrugge. See Bracebridge.
Braksted. See Brasted.
Bramcote, Bramcot, Brameott, Bram-
coate, Brampcote, Brancote, co.
Notts :
coal mine in, 173.
deeds relating to, 626.
minister's account of, 316.
sale of wood at, 317.
terrier of Sempringham lands In, 323.
tithes of Sempringham lands in, 323.
Viuicroft in, grant of land at, 41.
Richard the chaplain of, 41.
Bramcote in Polesworth [co. Warwick].

See Bromcote.
Bramcote Hill, Bramcot Hilles [near
Wollaton, CO. Notts], ambush at,
118, 119.
Bramcote, Brancote [co. Notts] :
Geoffrey de, 42.
Helias de, 13.
Herbert de, 41n.
Reginald de, 42.

Robert son of Herbert de, grant by,
41, 41n.

, seal of, 42.

Bramley, Bromleye [co. Derby], 274,

274n, 496.
Bramley, Richard, teacher of singing,

411.
Brampcote, Brancote. See Branxoote.
Brandon, Braundon [in Wolston, co.
Warwick] :
court rolls of, 295, 304-306, 310-

312, 315, 317, 321, 322.
deeds relating to, 627.
ministers' accounts of, 312, 313,
317.
Brandon :

Sir Charles, later duke of Suffolk,
patent of viscounty of Lisle grant-
ed to, and cancelled, 508-509.

, reward to bear-wards of, 360,

361, 378.

, Frances (Grey) his daughter,

518.
, Mary his wife, 518.

644

Brasbridge, Brasbrydge, Brasbryg, Brase-

burge. See Bracebridge.
Brassington, Brasyngton [in Bradbourne,
CO. Derby], man killed at, 273.
Mouldridge Grange, Moldrikgraunge
in, 276.
Brasted, Bracksted, Braksted [co. Kent] :
cattle bought at fair of, 329.
deeds relating to, 625.
minister's account of, 304.
Brasyngton. See Brassington.
Braundeston, Hugh de, 97.
Braundon. See Brandon.
Bray, William de, of Wollaston, grant of

market to, 70.
Brayson. See Breaston.
Breadsale [co. Dorset], manorial account

of, 296.
Breadaall, Bradeshall [co. Derby], be-
quest of land in, to Burton abbey,
256.
Breaston, Brayson [in Wilne, co. Derby] ;
deeds relating to, 624.
sale of wood at, 317.
Brechedore. See Brekedure.
Bredlinton. See Bridlington.
Bredon, Breodun priory [co. Worcester],

grant to, 201-203.
Bredon, John de, money extorted from,

282.
Breedon, mole-catcher, payments to, 427.
Breemejam. See Birmingham.
Brekedure, Brechedore, William, 13,

13n, 14.
Brekeir. See BrickhUl.
Bremegam. See Birmingham.
Bremergrafan, Bremesgraf. See Broms-

grove.
Bremygam, Mr., servant of, 330.

Cf. Burmyncham.
Bremygeam. See Birmingham.
Brendwod, John, wages of, 371.
Brensley, Francis, to provide a horseman

tor his hundred, 152.
Brentford, Brsegentforda [co. Middlesex],

deed dated at, 203.
Breodun. See Bredon.
Brereton :

Eleanor, abstract of letter from, 516.
Sir WiUiam, debt of Sir Percival
Willoughby to, 589.
Bretegate, Nicholas de, 43.
Bretford, Bretsforde [in Wolston, co.
Warwick] :
court rolls of, 295, 304-306, 310-

312, 315, 317, 321, 322.
deeds relating to, 627.
minister's account of, 317.
wood sale of, 317.
Bretland [in Woolaton ?], co. Notts,

Shawe pit in, 164.
Breton, Bretun :

Ivo, Ywain, Iwehein le, 29.

, grant to, confirmed, 17, 18, 18n.

son of Ivo le, grant confirmed

by, 62.

^, seal of, 63.

Cf. Brito.

Brett, arms of family of, 237, 238.
Bretun. See Breton.
Breul, Elias, indulgence granted to, 137.
Breus', WiHiam de, friend and ally of

Richard earl of Gloucester, 68.
Brewod, John, 111.
Breylesford [in North Wingfleld], co.

Derby, deeds relating to, 624.
Brianeston. See Bryanston.
Brickhin, Great Brekell', Brickell [co.
Bucks], 447, 555.
offering at Our Lady of, 357.
Bricknell, Mrs. Luce, 597.
Briddesale, Briddessale. See Brrdsall.
Briddesale, Briddessale [Brrdsall, co.
York] :
Gilbert de, 23, 23«.
John son of Gilbert de, 59.
Juliana wife of William son of Hugh

de, 22.
Richard son of Alice de, 59.
William son of Hugh de, grant by,
22.

, seal of, 23.

William son of William son of Hugh
de, 22.
Brideport. See Bridport.
Bridesale, Bridessale. See Birdsall.
Bridge, carrier, of Leicester, 399, 400.
Bridgend, Brygend [in Horbling, co.

Lincoln], 388, 388m.
Bridges, the. See Nottingham, places

named, Trent Bridges.
Bridges, money collected for, 386.
Bridgford, East, co. Notts, 179.
Bridlington, Bredlinton priory [co. York],

Gregory prior of, 4, in.
Bridport, Brideport [co. Dorset], St.
Mary's church, will proved in, 84.
Brien :

Jordan brother of Robert son of, 14.
Robert son of, 14.
Thomas, of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, 62n.
Walter brother of Robert son of, 14.
William brother of Robert son of, 14.
Brigge, 114.

Briggeford, John de, 99.
Brigges, Richard, disclaimer of arms of,

179.
Bright, wages of, 542.
Brlnsley, co. Notts, 45n. See Brunes-

leya.
Bristol, Bristowe, Brystoe :

deputy of the mayor of the staple

at, 266, 617.
merchant of, 284.
players from, 451.
ship from, for Newfoundland ven-
ture, 284.
BristoU, John, of Maplebeck, disclaimer

of arms of, 179.
Bristowe. See Bristol.
Brito, le Bruton, le Brutun :
Budo son of WiUiam, 33n.

, grant to, 25.

Henry, of Hucknall, 34.
Hugh, of Hucknall, 40n.
Reginald, 26.

645

Brito — cont.

Robert, 56.

Boger, [deputy] constable of Not-
tingham castle, 66.
Thomas, 62.
William, 26, 27.

, grant to, 33.

Cf. Breton.
Brittany :

Anne duchess of, marriage of, 260,

261, 264n, 612.
expedition to, 508.
prophecy of French invasion of, 264.
Broadfield [in Bodenham] 1 Bradford,
CO. Hereford :
deeds relating to, 625.
manor of, 506.

, court roU of, 287.

, ministers' accounts of, 307-309.

BrocgrevCj Broggrave, Adam de, 21, 47.
Brocholvestoue. See Brokestowe.
Brochseth, mother of St. Brigit, 622, 623.
Brock :

Geoffrey, of Basford, disclaimer of

arms of, 179.
Henry, of Broxtow, disclaimer of

arms of, 179.
John, of Bole, disclaimer of arms of,
179.
Brockeleye, Brockelee, Simon de, 15, 21.
Brocolvestou. See Brokestowe, Broxtow.
Brocton, Stephen de, 63.

Cf. Broughton, Browton.
Broculvestowe. See Brokestowe, Brox-
tow.
Brod, Thomas, master of the John

AvangeUist, 128.
Brodegate, Brodgate. See Bradgate.
Brodmer. See Bradmore.
Brogcholvestowe. See Brokestowe.
Broggrave. See Brocgreve.
Broghtin', Thomas, wages of, 449.
Broke. See Brooke.
Brokelestowe. See Broxtow.
Brokeseed, Stephen, payment to, 401.
Brokestowe, Brocholvestoue, Brocol-
vestou, Broculvestowe, Brog-
cholvestowe, Brokolestowe [Brox-
tow, in Bilborough, co. Notts] :
Eustace de, 14, 18, 29.

, confirmation of grant to, 11.

Geoffrey son of Gilbert de, grant

to, 40.
Gilbert de, 40, 40n.
Balph de, 41.
Seyi de, 96.
Brokystow. See Broxtow.
Brom, Idonya wife of John de, grant by,
91.
John de, grant by, 91.
Bromcote [Bramcote in Poleeworth, co.

Warwick], Robert de, 16.
Bromsgrove, Bremergrafan, Bremesgraf

[co. Worcester], land at, 206.
Bromicroft. See Broomy Croft.
Bromley, Abbots [co. Stafford], bequest of
land in, to Burton abbey, 256.
[Abbots ?], deeds relating to, 627.

Bromley, Brother William, monk of

Burton, 248, 252.
Bromleye. See Bramley.
Brompton, John de, assaulted, 281.
BromweU, Henry, of North Wheatley,

disclaimer of arms of, 179.
Bromwich, West [co. Stafford], Sandwell

priory in, 373.
Bronston, Brother William, monk of

Burton, 250-252.
Brooke, Broke [co. Kent], 283.
Brooke, William, lord Cobham, lord

lieutenant of Kent, 160.
Brookes, Thomas, 167.
Broome, payment to, 443.
Broomy Croft, Bromicroft [in Kingsbury,
CO. Warwick], grant of land in,
48.
Brondissh, Robert de, clerk, 91.
Brordan, princeps, 203.
Broseley, co. Salop. See Burwardesleia.
Brotton, co. York, Thorpe in Kilton in,

222.
Broughton, co. Leicester, manor of, 123,

124.
Broughton, Upper, Browchton ? Browton
[co. Notts] :
deeds relating to, 626.
minister's account of, 308, 311, 314,

318.
players of, reward to, 379.
Broughton, Brouhton, Brother Robert,
monk of Burton, 250-252.
Cf. Brocton, Browton.
Broiui. See BrowQ.
BrouneU. See Brownell.
Browchton. See Broughton, Upper.
Brown, Browne, Broun, Brun :

James, drink taken at house of, 363.
John, alderman of Nottingham, 498.

, letters from, reference to, 284.

, of Gedling, 91.

Richard, rewards to, 365, 366.

, taught to knit nets, 347.

Robert, 21.

, of HaUoughton, 94.

, of Leicester, 111, 112.

Mr., of the household at Wollaton,
168.

154.

..... payments to, 401, 410.
Brownell, Brounell, 388, 396.
Browton. See Broughton, Upper.
Browton, Sir Bandwll of, reward to min-
strel of, 346.
Cf. Brocton, Broughton.
BroxtaU, child of, christened, 431.
Broxtow, Brocolvestou, Broculvestowe
[in Bilborough, co. Notts], 11,
lln, 41, 179.
deeds relating to, 626.
minister's account of, 307.
Broxtow, Brokelestowe, Brokystow hun-
dred [co. Notts] :
order to bailiff for appearance of

horsemen of, 152.
presentments of jurors of, 279,
280.

646

Bruce, Brus, Bruys :

David de, king of Scotland, move-
ments of, in Galloway, 95, 95m.
Robert de, friend and ally of Richard

earl of Gloucester, 68.
Bruer. See Temple Bruer.
Bruere, Gilbert de la, supplying the

place of dean of Lichfield, receiver

of outlaws, 277.
Brug, Bartholomew de, 76.
Bruges, satin of, saten in Brydges, satten

of Burgees, 369, 408, 475.
Brun. See Brown.
Brunesleya, Brunnesleye [Brinsley, co.

Notts] :
Geoffrey de, 96.
Robert de, 46.
Roger de, 45, 87.
Brunneby, Robert de, of Nottinghami, 97.
Robert son of Robert de, of Not-
tingham, grant by, 97.
Brunnesleye. See Brunesleya.
Bruntingthorpe, co. Leicester, deeds

relating to, 625.
Brus. See Bruce.
Brusle, John, 36.
Bruton, Brutun, le. See Brito.
Bruys. See Bruce.
Bryanston, Brianeston [co. Dorset], court

roU of, 287.
Bryde, Master John, notary, 248.
Brydges, Cassandra (Willoughby) wife

of James, duke of Chandos, 504.
Brydone, Maud de, abbess of Tarrant,

grant by, 76.
Brygend. See Bridgend.
Brymejam. See Birmingham.
Brynabell, servant of Su- Giles Strang-

ways, 142.
Brystoe. See Bristol.
BubneU, BobenhuUe, Bobinhulle [in Bas-

low St. Anne, co. Derby], 274, 275.
Buchingehamsha. See Buckingham,

county of.
Buckingham, Bokyngham [co. Bucking-
ham] :
Castilmylbrigge in, legacy to fabric

of, 101.
church of, legacy to fabric of, 101.
Buckingham, county of, Buchingoham-

sira, forestry of, 2, 3.
Buckingham, Bowkekyngam, Bowkyu-

com, Bowkyngam, duke of. See

Stafford, Edward.
Buckland, Bukland [co. Dorset], 114.
Buckland Newton [co. Dorset],

Aruswell in, 303.
Buckly, Arthur, in charge of Sii' Francis

WiUougliby's horses, 548.
Buckstons. See Buxton.
Bucstones, Bukstones [Buxton, co.

Derby] :
Thomas son of Thomas de, of Bake-
well, indicted for offences in co.

Derby, 278-278.
William do, of Eyam, indicted for

offences in co. Derby, 272, 274,

276-278.

Budeford :

Philip de, 97.

Richard de, 98.
Bue, William, indulgence granted to, 137.
Bufle, Robert son of Walter le, of Wor.

cester, grant to, 65.
Bugge, Bugghe:

Geoffrey, 63.

Hugh, clerk of Sempringham, 13.

Robert, reeve of the French borough
of Nottingham, 62.

For Agnes, Margery, Ralph and
Richard, see Willoughby.
Bukerel, Robert, 32.
Bukland. See Buckland.
Bukstanes, Bukstones. See Bucstones,

Buxton.
Bulintun. See BuUington.
Bull, Nicholas, wages of, 450.
BuUen. See Boleyn.
Bullington, Bulintun priory [in Goltho,
CO. Lincoln], ratification of final
concord by prior and convent, 43,
Bullock, Mr., feodary, note under seal

of, 432.
BulweU, Bowlwell [co. Notts], 347.

payment to poor man of, 391.

Byse, CO. Notts, boundaries of, 241.
Bunkes, Walter, 242.
Bunney, Boneye, co. Notts, grant of

land in, 59.
Bunney, Boneye, Buney :

Aucher son of William son of Prone
de, grant by, 59.

Martin de, 59.

Thomas, depositions of, 163, 164.
Bunting, 454.
Bupton, Bobandon [in Longford, co.

Derby], bequest of, 257.
Burch :

Achilles son of Gervase de, 14.

Master Gervase de, 14.

Stephen son of Gervase de, 14.
Burdet, Burdyt :

WiUiam, 10.

Mr., 395.
Burdun, Roger, 11, lln.
Bm'dyt. See Burdet.
Bm'es. See Bowers Giffard ?
Burgate, Nether [in Fordingbridge, co.
Hants] :

court roll of, 320.

deeds relating to, 625.

minister's account of, 320.

rental of, 320.
Burgees. See Bruges.
Burgenun, John, 7.
Bm'ges, Walter de, 71, 72.
Burgesse, John, saddle for, 373.
Bm-gh :

Edward son of Sir Thomas, knight,
agreement by, 122.

Elizabeth daughter of Sir Thomas,
lady Pitzhugh, bequest to, 516.

• , marriages of, 212, 511.

Thomas, esquire, agreement by, 122.

, knight, agreement by, 122.

, , bequest by, 516.

647

Burgham. See Burham.

Burghmersshe. See Burmarsb.

Burglars, 167.

Burglegh. See Cecil.

Burgoin, Ann (Hickman) daughter of

Sir Boger, 606.
Burgundy, Burgone, duke of. See Charles,

John, Philip.
Burham, Burgham [co. Kent], court roll

of, 285.
Burkham, Berkham, in Bentworth, co.

Hants, grant of land in, 91.
Burleia, Nicholas de, 47.
Burlez, tailor, payments to, 404, 405.
Burmarsh, Biu-ghmersshe, Burgh-
warmersh, co. Kent :
action concerning laud in, 283.
deeds relating to, 625.
Burmyncham, Fulk de, 465.

Cf- Bremygam.
Burnell, Hugh, ordered to defend Shrews-
bury, 101.
Burnet', Henry de, bailiff of Newcastle-

on-Tyne, 75.
Burnham [co. Bucks] :
abbey, 297.
places named in, 297.
rental of, 297.
Burnham, East [in Bm'nham, co.

Bucks, rental of, 297.
Burrell, Mr., abstracts of letters to,

602.
Burrough - on - the - Hill, Erdburg, co.

Leicester, 33n.
Burser, Kobert, 61.
Burton Hastings, co. Warwick, Shirford

in, 526.
Burton Lazars, Burton Laysarse, St.
Lazars [in Melton Mowbray, co.
Leicester] :
perdoner of, 327, 348.
preceptory of, 278.

, master of. See Norton,

Thomas.
Burton-on-Trent, Birton, Bii'tun [co.
Stafford], 327.
abbey, abbot of, 259. See also
Field, Thomas ; Henley, Brother
Ralph ; Matthew, William ;
Ownesby, Robert.

, , assault by servants of,

259.

, , contested election of,

248, 253.

, bequests to, 256-258.

, Coventz Hostry in, 251.

, founder of. See Spott,

Wtilfric.

, prior of. See Lythum,

Brother Richard.
— — . register of, 247-268.

, St. Mary's chapel in, 251.

, taxation of temporalities of,

253.
chaplain of church of. See Marche,

Thomas,
market of, 259.
Stretton in, 255.

Burton i

Grace, daughter of Robert Strat-
ford, 605.
Humphrey, collier, 493.
John, legacy to, 103.
— — , monk of Burton, 251, 252.
Richard son of William de, 39, 39n.
Robert de, 5.

WUliam son of Robert de, 5.
Mr., of Derby, son-in-law of Dr.
Percival WUloughby, 610.
Burwardesleia [Broseley, co. Salop] :
Warin de, 51.

William son of Warin de, 51.
Bushey, Bysshayeherttesheved, Byss-
heye, co. Hertford, deeds dated
at, 625.
Buslingthorpe, Beseling Thorp [co. Lin-
coln], account of, 289.
Bussell, 454.

John, fermor of Langton Herring,
legacy to, 104.
Bustlard, William, outlaw, 274.
Butler, Boteler, BotiUer, BoutUler :
Maud wife of Ralph le, 98.
Ralph, killed in pit at Wollaton,
429.

le, 80-82.

son of Ralph le, 98.

Thomas, 429.

, pantlerer, legacy to, 103.

Butter Crambe, Buttercram [co. York],
licence to enclose and fortify house
at, 51.
Butterwick [co. Lincoln], tenement in,

247.
Buttetort, connection of family of, with

family of PrevUe, 506.
Buxton, Buckstons, Bukstanes, Buk-
stones, Bwcstone [co. Derby], 274,
445, 543.
road to, 258.
St. Anne's [church or well], 336, 367.

, offering at, 385.

waters drunk at, 536, 537.
See Bucstones.
Bwrton Laysarse. See Burton Lazars.
Bydyk, William, manorial records of,

294.
Bygod. See Bigod.
Bylsthorp. See Bilsthorpe.
Bynetre, Herbert de, 60.
Byngham. See Bingham.
Bynteworth. See Bentworth.
Byrckman, Francis, bookseller, 622.
Byrmyiam, Byrmyngham. See Bii'ming-

ham.
Byron, Bayryn, Berin, Berron, Beyron,
Birron :
John (1), indulgence granted to, 137.
Six- John (2), 418.
Sir John (3), commission to, 160.

, to provide horsemen, 152.

Ml-. John, at WoUaton, 462.
Lady, 361.
Mi-s., 432.
Bytham, Castle, Castelbitham [co. Lin-
coln], minister's account of, 298,

648

Bythewater, John, o£ Edwinstowe, sale
of woodland to, 242.

Cadiz, Scalys Malya, Spain, arrival of

English forces at, 146.
Caen [Normandy], charter dated at,

23n, 24.
Caerent, river. See Carant.
Caerleon [co. Monmouth], king Arthur

at, 227.
Calabria, duke of. See Alphonso.
Calabrians, to give pears to the, proverb,

216.
Calais, Gales, Calice, Calle, Callis [France],
352.
mayor and aldermen of, 616.
sand, 464.
staple of, 614.

subsidy for garrison of, 510.
Calcutt, Calcott [in Grandborough, co.
Warwick] :
court rolls of, 295, 304-306, 310-

312, 315, 317, 321, 322.
deeds relating to, 627.
Oaldelowe. See Callow.
Caldwell, In Stauwick, co. York, deeds

relating to, 627.
Calepinus, Ambrose, Latin dictionary

and onomaatioon of, 411, 411n.
Cales. See Calais.
Oalfvovre. See Calver.
Calice. See Calais.

Callaughton in Much Weulock, co. Staf-
ford, deeds relating to, 627.
Calle, Callis. See Calais.
CaUow, Caldelowe [in Wirksworth, co.

Derby], 275.
Callver. See Calver.
Calmont, Guy de, 225.
Caltofte, arms of family of, 237.
Calton ;

Nicholas de, indicted for offences

in CO. Derby, 272, 275, 277.
Ralph, executor of wUl, 125.
Thomas, churchwarden of Wollaton,
151.
Calvary, pilgrimage to, 140.
Calver, Calfvovre, Callver, CaJverd,
Cawverd [in Curbar, co> Derby] :
[John], 163, 454.
John, payments to, 488, 440, 459.

, wages of, 439, 449, 542.

Robert de, of Bubnell, indicted, 275.
Calverton [co. Notts]:
court rolls of, 286.
deeds relating to, 626.
Oalz, Caux, Maud de, 34n.

, wife of Ralph son of Stephen,

grant to, 241.
Cam. See Camme.
Caniarwelle. See Camberwell.

Cambat, John, a felon, 109, 114.
Camberwell, co. Surrey ? Camarwelle, 36.
Oambrensia, Giraldus, 215.
Cambridge, Cambrydge, 413, 414, 416,
520.
sweating sickness at, 404.
university, of, 477.

, Caius college, letters dated at,

593.
Camel, gift to man with, 342.
Camera, Brother William de, 38.
Camm [co. Dorset], Shaston St. Rumbold

in, 302.
Camme, Cam, Gum, Kam, George:
clothes made by, 440, 448.
expenses of, paid, 422, 432-439,

442, 444, 446, 450.
wages of, 439, 449, 542.
Camoys, Ralph de, senior, knight, grant

by, 91.
Camphor, camphyre, used with lime as

a remedy for coal-damp, 193.
Campion, 455.
Can, Walter, vicar of Bakewell, assault

on, 278.
CanceviUe, Richard, 30.
Candishe, Candyshe. See Cavendish.
Cane. See Winterborne Came.
Canke. See Cannock.
Canning, Abigail, daughter of Robert

Stratford, 605.
Cannock, Canke, Kanke [co. Stafford]:
reward to players of, 350,.
Wood, furnaces in, 496.
Canon :

Master Lisiard the, 25, 25n.
William the, clerk, 9.
Canterbury, Conterbayry, Oontwrbayry;
archbishop of. See JSlfric ; Becket,
Thomas ; Jaenbeorht ; Morton,
John ; Savoy, Boniface of ;
Theobald ; Walter, Hubert ;
Wulfred.
brotherhood of St. Thomas of, 367,

884.
charter dated at, 71.
court of, appeal to, 251.
, wills proved before commis-
sary of, 102, 149, 617.
Cantilupe, Walter de, bishop of Wor-
cester, 67.
Cantrell, Ralph, dean of Alton and
Leek, depositions taken before,
259.
Canulf. See Cenulf.
Canwell, Canwall [co. Stafford], 116.

offering at St. Giles' priory, 359.
CapeUa. See Chapel-en-le-Frith.
Capra, Michael, 35, 35n.
CapuU, Edward, esquire, 130.
Carant Brook, river Cserent [co.

Gloucester], 201, 202.
Carburton, Carberton wood [in Edwin-
stowe], CO. Notts, boundaries of,
241.
Carburton Storth, Carberton Storth [co.
Notts], enclosure of forest at,
246.

649

Car-Colston, Carcolston, Carlecolston, oo.
Notts:
deeds relating to, 626.
manor of, 125.

, court roll of, 315.

, ministers' accounts of, SOT-
BOO, 315, 816.
sale of, 681.
Cardinal, My Lord. See Wolsey, Thomas.
Card -playing, payments of money for,
331, 332, 333, 351, 353, 360, 368,
360, 370, 381, 423, 424, 420, 432,
446, 447.
Caretter. See Carter.
Carey, Henry, lord Hunsdon, in com-
pany of the duke of Anjou, 553.
Carisbrook, Carisbroke, Isle of Wight,

manor of, 124.
Carlecolston. See Car-Colston.
Carlell, Hugh de, of Nottingham, 07.

Cf. Carliolo.
Carlemainne. See Charlemagne.
Carleton. See Carlton.
Carliolo :

Peter de, money extorted from, 282.
Thomas de, 75.

son of Henry de, 75.

Cf. CarleU.
Carlisle, KardoiU', 95n.
letter dated at, 96.
Carlton, Carleton [co. Notts] :
minister's account of, 321.
sale of, 581.

[in GedUug, co. Notts], near Ged-
lyng, near Nottingham, deeds
relating to, 626.

, grant of meadow in, 91.

, manor of, 125.

, ministers' accounts of, 202,

307, 315, 316.
— — , tenement in, 154.
-iu-Lindrick, Lyndryk, co. Notts,
manor broken at, 281.

, Wallingwells in, 186.

North, Northecarleton [in Carlton-
in-Lindrick, co. Notts], court rolls
of, 290, 318.

, deeds relating to, 626.

-on-Trent, -juxta-Trentham [co.
Notts], 179.

, court rolls of, 298, 318.

, deeds relating to, 626.

, ferry and fishery at, 126.

, manor of, 125.

, ministers' accounts of, 308,

309, 314-316.

, rental of, 386.

Carlton, Karleton :

Geoffrey son of Geoffi'ey de, 34.

Master Henry de, 84.

Jane, daughter of Robert Stratford,

605.
William son of Geoffrey de, 34.
Carmelite order in England, Robert prior
provincial of, grant of fraternity
by, 127.
Carpenter :

Alfred the,of Wishaw, grant to,24,271.

Carpenter — cont.

William le, of Mansfield, robbed,

280.
Mrs., daughter of Thomas Willough-
by, 603.
Carpynter, Thomasina, 102.
Carras, name in poem, 223.
Carre, Doctor, of Cambridge, 413, 414.
CarriU, Mr., a learned man, 150.
Carshalton, co. Surrey, deeds relating

to, 627.
Carter, Caretter :

John, of Winterborne Herringston,

legacy to, 103.
Jouce the, 77.

William, wages of, 440, 440, 542.
Cartwright, Thomas, letter signed by,

602.
Castelbitham. See Bytham.
CasteU', Nicholas, debt owing to, 472.
Castel Landon, Hyebles de, character in

poem, 225.
Castellis, Walter de, 52.
Castello, Roger de, 25.
Casteme, Catesthurne [in Ham, co. Staf-
ford], bequest of land in, to Bur-
ton abbey, 257.
Castile, Castilie :

king of. See John duke of Lancaster,
president of the council of, 187.
Spanish confidence in natives of,
101.
Castillum, Peter de, 32.
Castle Bytham. See Bytham.
Castle Donington. See Donington.
Castleton, Castelton [co. Derby], 274-
276.
deeds relating to, 624.
Castleton in Liddesdale [Roxburghshire,

Scotland], siege of, 05n.
Catcher, Alderman:

imprisoned and fined for whipping

gentlewomen, 158, 159, 568.
letter to, 568.
Cater, Roger, payment by, 441.
Catesby, Catesbie, Cattesby, Cattysby,
Catysbe, Catysby :
Thomas, abstract of letter from, 516.
Mr., clothes for, 366, 369, 383, 385.

, payment by, 363.

, schooling of, 383, 385.

servant of Sir Francis Willoughby,

bad character of his wife, 535.
, defamation of lady Wil-
loughby by, 533.
Catesthurne. See Casteme.
Catherine. See Katherine.
Cathorp, Cattorp [Caythorpe in Lowd-
ham, CO. Notts] :
Reginald de, 30.
Robert de, grant by, 5.
Cato, Disticha of, 218, 411.
Cattesby. See Catesby.
Cattle, inventories and accounts of, 466,

471-472, 511.
Cattorp. See Cathorp, Caythorpe.
Cattysby, Catysbe, Catysby. See Cates-
by.

650

Caudebeck, Richard, 77.
Cauldon, Chelfdon [co. Stafford], bequest
of land in, to Burton abbey, 257.
Caundle Stourton, Candel Haddon, oo.

Dorset, deeds relating to, 624.
Caux. See Calz.
Cave [co. York] :

Peter son of William de, 4.
William brother of Peter son of
William de, 4.
Cavendish, Candishe, Candyshe :
[Sir] William, lands of, 153.
William lord, of Hardwick [later

earl of Devonshire], 180.
— — , projected marriage of his son,
180-181.
Cawverd. See Calver.
Cay:

Henry, of Priestcliffe, indicted, 275.
John brother of Henry, indicted,
275.
Cayleway, John, knight, feoffee for com-
pletion of will, 313.
Cayso, William, pravus puer, 213.
Caythorpe, Cattorp [in Lowdham, co.
Notts], 38.
deeds relating to, 626.
rental of, 294.
See Cathorp.
Cecil :

[Bobert], the secretary, 583.
Sir William, lord Bm'leigh, William
Burglegh, lord Treasurer, 153,
582, 583.

, letter to, 618-621.

, signature of, 321.

Cementarius. See Mason.
Cena domini, bull, 137.
ConuH, Cauulf , Coenulf, Coenwult, Kenulf,
king of Mercia, grants by, 197, 197r!,
203-206.

, reference to, 269.

Ceolfrod, abbot of Jarrow and Wear-
mouth, 196, 611.
Ceolwulf I., Ceolulf, king of Mercia, confir-
mation by, 206.
Ceolwulf, bishop [of Lindsey], 203.
Ceporius, Ceporinus. See Wiosendanger.
Cereberge. See Charborough.
Ceres, to give grain to, proverb, 216.
Cerne abbey [co. Dorset] :

Dionisius abbot, and the convent

of, grants by, 52, 52)i, 53.
Richard abbot of, 59.

, and the convent of, agreement

of, concerning common rights in
Bloxworth, 61, 62.
Certeseye. See Ohertsey.
Cesterfeld. See Chesterfield.
Cey [Savoy], See under London, places

named.
Chadwick, James, award of, 621.
Chaent, Gilbert de, 6.
Chain pump used for London water

service, 174.
Chamberlain, the :

Alexander, 4, in.
Stephen, 29, 29n.

Chamberlain, the — conl,
Walter, 32, 32n.
William, of Coasal, 76.
See Nevill, Geoffrey de ; Tankar-
ville, William de.
Chamberlayne, 388,

of Nottingham, reward to, 384.
WiUiam, 151.
Chamberleng, Ralph le, grant of forfeited

lands of, 72.
Champannia, Chaumppayne :
Robert de, 36.

de, 76.

Chancellor, the. See Becket, Thomas ;

Stafford, John ; Walter, Hubert.

Chancery, Chonssry, reward to clerk of,

356.
Chantries :

admission of chaplain to, 99.
foundation, etc., of, 6, 65, 96, 97, 98.
surveys of, 284.
Chapel-en-le-Frith, Capella [oo. Derby],
275.
Malcolf in, 279.
Chaplain :

Agnes daughter of Ralph the, of

Sutton, marriage of, 49.
Elias the, 44.
Gilbert the, 11, 43.
Hugh the, 6.

John the, of Lowdham, grant to,
37, 38.

, , sale to, confirmed, 55.

Nigel the, 10.

Ralph the, 15, 22, 43, 49.

, of Sempringham, 14.

Richard the, 36.

Robert the, 5.

Roger the, of Willoughby, 29.

Sampson the, 52.

Stephen the, of Chesterfield, 10.

Thomas the, of Hahwrd, 59.

, of Sempringham, 13.

William the, son of Walter, 35.
Chapman, Chepman :

Edmund, payment to, 330.
John, marriage of, 378.
Charborough, Cereberge, Serdbege [in
Mordcn, co. Dorset], 12, 12».
WiUiam parson of, 59.
Charlemagne, Carlemainne, Karlemainne,

226, 228.
Charles II., letters patent of, 502.

tokens sent by, to Mohegan Indians,
195.
Charles V., emperor of Germany, pro-
phecy of bu'th of, 266.
Charles VIII., of Prance, arrangements for
marriage of to Elizabeth daughter
of Edward IV., 259.
in aUlanco with Milan, 261.
marriage of, to the duchess of Brit-
tany, 260, 612.
prophecies concerning, 263.
Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy,

prophecies concerning, 263.
Charminster, co. Dorset, Wolvetonin, 124,
See also Herriugstou.

651

Chartiilary for use as brown paper, 198.
Chanin :

Gwyschard de, knight, grant to, 75.
Isabel wife of Gwyschard de, grant
to, 75.
Charwelton, co. Northampton, deeds

relating to, 625.
Chastre, John de, bailiff of Xottingham,

99. Cf. C'hcstre.
Chatsworth, Chattsworthe fco. Derby] :
letters dated at, 155, IGl.
payment to horse keepers of, 445.
Chandos, dtike of. See Brydges.
Chaumflor, Chaumflour, Eleanor de,
executrix of the Wl of Henry de
Grey, 86.
legacy to, 85.
Chaumppayne. See Champania.
Chauton, WUUam de, 57.
Chaworth :

Elizabeth, legacies to, 113.
Sir George, at WoUaton, 458.
[Su- George ?], at WoUaton, 462.
Sir Thomas, legacy to, 113.
William, legacy to, 112.
Cf. Cheworth.
Chaworth of Wiverton, arms of, 237-238.
Cheadle, Chedell [co. Stafford] :
deeds relating to, 627.
minister's account of, 298.
Cheal, Cheylehalle [in Gosberton, co.
Lincoln], minister's account of,
298.
Cheddlngstone. See Chiddingstone.
Cheddleton, Chetilton (?), Chetulton [co.
Stafford] :
court rolls of, 286, 292, 293, 305.
deeds relating to, 624.
Chedell. See Cheadle.
Chedingston, Chedyngstone, Chedyngton.

See Chiddingstone.
CheiUesmore. See Cheylesmore.
Cheleram, Thomas, indulgence granted

to, 137.
Chelfdon. See Cauldon.
Chelforde. See Sheltord.
Chelmorton, Cheyhnardon [co. Derby],

275, 278.
Chepman. See Chapman.
Cherleton :

Ha wis, wife of John de, grant to, 95.
Sir John de, lord of Powis, Powys,
grant to, 95.
Chemok, William de, assaulted, 281.
Chertsey, C'erteseyc [co. Surrey] :
deed dated at, 91.
John abbot of, 91.

prior of, 91.

Cheseman, Robert, of Eltham, demise

to, 110.
Chessel, Chesthill [in Shalfleet], Isle of

Wight, manor of, 124.
Chester, Chestur, West Chestre, 373.
archdeacon of. See Beddeswcll,

R. de.
bishop of. See Coventry, bishop of.
church of, affairs of, at the papal
court, 261, 612.

Chester — cont,

constable of. See Lacy, John de.
deeds relating to, 624.
deputy of the mayor of the staple
at, 266.

, mayor of Chester to act as,

617.
steward of. See Mohaut, Robert de.
CTiesterfeeld. See Chesterfield.
Chesterfeld, Chestiirfeld, Master Thomas,
consistory of the bishop of Coven-
try and Lichfield, 248, 249.
Chesterfield, Cesterfeld, Chesterfeeld,
Chesterfeld, Chestrefeld [co. Der-
by], 274, 446.
fair, cattle bought at, 393.
men beaten at, 278.
presentments by jurors of, 273, 274,

280.
Stephen the chaplain of, 10.
Chesthill. See Chessel.
Chestre, Simon de, bailiff of Derby,
amerced, 282.
Cf. Chastre.
Chestrefeld. See Chesterfield.
Chestur. See Chester.
Chesturfeld. See Chesterfeld.
Chetelton, William de, knight, indicted,

274-276, 278, 281.
ChetUton, Chetulton. See Cheddleton.
Chevening, Cheving [co. Kent] :
bequest of land in, 150.
deeds relating to, 625.
Cheworth, John de, indicted, 276.

Cf. Chaworth.
Cheylehalle. See Cheal.
Cheylesmore, CheUlesmore [near Coven-
try, CO. Warwick], manor of, 98.
Cheylmardon. See Chelmorton.
Cheylmardon, Thomas de, chaplain,

indicted, 275.
Cheyne, Sir William, chief justice of the
King's Bench, 298.
Joan his wife, wUl of, 104-106.
Chichester, Cicestre [co. Sussex], bequest

to church of, 617.
Chickercll, Chikerell, co. Dorset, 97.
ChickereU, West, ^\■est<;hekereU, A\'est-
chykerel], co. Dorset :
deeds relating to, 624.
ministers' accounts of, 296, 298,

299, 301, 306, 307.
Putton in, 298, 299, 301, 307.
Chiddingstone, Cbeddingstone, Cheding-
ston, Chedyngstone, Chedyng-
ton, Chidingstone, Chydyngston,
Cheddlngstone Burghersh, Burg-
hersshe [co. Kent], 150.
bequest of lands in, 150.
chapel of, burials in, 150.

, repaii' of, 330.

court rolls of, 300, 320.
deeds relating to, 625.
inventory of goods at, 466-473.
minister's account of, 310.
rentals of, 304, 305.
Bore Place in. See Bore Place.
Milbrook in, 329, 625.

652

Chikerell. See ChickereU.
Childecoumbe [Chilcombe, co. Dorset] :
John son of Mary de, grant to, 93.
Mary de, grant by, 93.
Child Okeford, Childeokeforde, co. Dor-
set, manor of, 124.
Chilwell, Chilwellia, Chillwell, Chylywell,
CO. Notts, 63, 87, 179, 418, 453.
deeds relating to, 826.
Chinee, Hugh, of Beeston, 63.
Chingford, co. Essex, deeds relating to,

625.
Chirintun, William de, 36.
Chniweton. See Kniveton.
Chobeham, Hendric de, 36.

Cf. Cobham.
Cholle, William, 59.
Chonssry. See Chancery.
Chowche. See Zouche.
Church :

charter written in, 16.
sluggishness at, 165.
Church goods, inventories of, 468, 471,

474-475, 477, 478, 523.
Church Lawton, co. Chester, Lawton

Gate in, 426, 427.
Church service, purchase of, 400, 406.
Churchyard, demise to vicar of buildings,

etc. in, 82.
Chydyngston. See Chiddingstone.
ChyUweU. See Chilwell.
Chyngleton, payment of expenses of, 378.
Cicero, works of, bought, 411.
Cicestre. See Chichester.
Cille, witness, 200.
Cimiterio, Hugh in, 57.
Cippenham [in Burnham, co. Bucks],

rental of, 297.
Cirecestria, Robert de, 30.
Cissor. See Taylor.

Citeaux [Burgundy, Cdte-d'Or], John,

abbot of, grant of prayers by, 124.

Clappinsalc, William, 77.

Clare, Richard de, earl of Gloucester and

Hertford :

promise of, to support Edward [1],

the king's son, 67-69.
seal of, 69.
Clarel, John, canon of Lichfield, receiver

of outlaws, 275, 277.
Clarke :

Peter, alderman of Nottingham,

certificate signed by, 498.
teacher of virginals, 407.
Cf. Clerk.
CJaudian Z)e ieapfu Prosei'pincB, 219-220.
ClauiU'. See Claville.
Claverdon, co. Warwick, Songar Grange

in, 97.
Claville, Clauill' :

Amice daughter of William de,

marriage of, 58, 59.
Cecily wife of William de, 58.
Philip de, 59.
Robert de, 59.
Walter de, grant by, 270.
William de, 38, 38n.
, grant by, 58.

Clay, the Cley [division of Basaetlaw
wapentake, co. Notts], disaffores-
tation of, 241, 246.
Claybrooke [co.Warwick],Wibtoft in,255.
Cleasby, Cleseby [co. York] :
deeds relating to, 627.
minister's account of, 307.
Clerk :

Adam the, 17.

Alan son of Maurice the, of Lutton,

14.
Eustace the, 27.
Geoffrey the, 44.

, of Garton, 61.

Geoffrey stepson of Elias the, grant

to, 58.
Gilbert the", of Sempringham, 13.
Henry the, 17, 28, 53.

, of Aston, 16.

, of HucknaU, 40, 42.

Hugh the, 79.

Ivetta daughter of Henry le, suit of,

281.
John the, of Kimberley, 42.
Nicholas the, 17.

■ , of Marnham, grants to, 10.

Peter the, 36.
Ralph the, 59, 87.

, of Sempringham, 13.

Ranulph the, 2.
Richard the, 27.

, de Botshal, 6.

Robert the, 17, 19, 53.

brother of Nicholas the, of

Marnham, 11.

, of Clifton, 11.

Roger the, 29.

, of Beeston, 63.

Serlo the, 34.

\^arin the, grandson of Eustace son

of John, 2n, 4.
William the, 6, 83.

, de Cothingeham, 6.

, grandson of Ansketil de Ridalo,

2.

■ , of Riugstone, 76.

William son of Walter le, of Mark-

eaton, chaplain, 278.
Cf. Clarke.
Cleseby. See Cleasby.
Cleseby, Harstulph {sic) of, grant to, 244.
Clevilla [? in Pickwell, co. Leicester],

grant of land in, 35.
Cley. See Clay.
Cleyden :

Brother Robert, precentor of Burton,
249, 250, 251.

, , scrutineer at election

of abbot, 248.

, proctor to present the abbot

elect to the bishop, 252.
Client, Henry the, of Plumtree, 18.
Cliff, Clyt [in Kingsbury, co. Warwick] :
deeds relating to, 627.
rental of, 305.
Clifford :

Frances wife of Henry, earl of Cum-
berland, 519.

653

Clifford — coni.

Bobert, justice of the forest north

of Trent, 242.
Eoger de, 71, 72.
, friend and ally of Edward [I],

the king's son, 68.
Clifton Campville [co. Stafford], Har-

lastou in, 254.
Clifton, South, co. Notts, 437.
court rolls of, 300.
deeds relating to, 626.
minister's account of, 317.
Clifton with Glapton, co. Notts :
House and gardens, 565.
manor of, 123, 437.
Clifton, Cliftun, Clyfton, Clyftun,

Clyftwn, Klyfton :
Geoffrey de, 28.
Gervase de, 28, 28n.

, Nicholas his brother, 28.

Gervase the parson of, 27?i.

, Maud his daughter, grant to,

27.
Sir Gervase, knight (1), inquisition

post mortem, 123.
, Isabel (de Jernyngham) his

daughter, chancery suit of, 283.

, Robert his son, clerk, 123.

Sir Gervase,k[iight (2),186n,429, 565.

, at Thurland House, 455.

, at Wollaton, 456.

, certificate signed by, 498.

* , order issued by, 152.

, rewards to servants of, 418,

420, 431, 445.

, Lady CUfton, his wife, 456.

Isabel (WiJloughby) daughter of Sir

Gervase, 505.
Nigel de, 11.
Richard de, 11.

of, trees sold to, 242.

Robert the clerk of, 11.

WUliam, payments to, 330, 332, 345,

350.

, wages of, 371.

, 385.

wedding of, 376.

Clifton, arms of family of, 505.
Clinton, Clynton, 309 :

Anne, lady Clinton and Say, grant

of fraternity to, 121.

, marriage of, 121.

Edward, lord, lord admiral, 530.

, , earl of Lincoln, 557.

, son of Sir John, 304.

John de, 465.
— — , knight, 78.

, , rental of lands of, 304.

Richard, son of Sir John, 304.
Thomas son of Sir John, 304.

, knight, 304.

WiUiam de, 91.
Clipstone, Clypstone [co. Notts], 242.
complaint by men of, 245.
lordship of, outside the park,

boundaries of, 241.
Park, boundaxies of, 241.
works at, 20n, 33n, 34n.

Clivc, Cliuo, Robert de, 21, 49.
Clopton [near Crowneast by Worcester ?],
CO. Worcester, deeds relating to,
627.
Clowbeck, Clowbek [co. York], minister's

account of, 307.
Clown, Clune [co. Derby], bequest of

land at, 255.
Cludde, T., servant of Sir Francis
Willoughby, 547.
cousin of Mr. Pisher, 575, 576.
in charge of his master's household,

548, 560.
plots of, 561, 563, 577, 586.
Clumber wood, co. Notts, boundaries of,

241.
Clune. See Clown.
Clyf. See CUfi.

Clyfton, Clyftun, Clyftwn. See Clif-
ton.
Clynton. See Clinton.
Clypstone. See Clipstone.
Cnoltune. See Knowlton.
Coal :

accounts, etc., relating to, 307-309,
311, 314-316, 320, 322, 323, 492-
497, 523.
agreement as to carriage of, 172—

173.
charges for removal of, 183.
damp, prevention of, 192-193.
mines, 162, 182.

, agreements relating to, 148-

149.

, demises of, 88, 100, 173.

, excepted from grant, 87.

, hammers for, 484.

, in Scotland, 184.

, Umitiation on royal power of

granting, 502.

, produce of, 168.

, profits of, charged with legacy,

121.
, provisions in wills for main-
tenance of, 123, 149.

, pumping machines for, 173-

175, 398.

, rules to be observed in, 169-

170.

, technical terms in connection

with, 88, 163, 169-170.

, valuation of, 182.

proposals for carriage of, for use of
king, 171-172.

for sale of, 175-177.

Coate, Cotes, co. Wilts, manor of, 124.
Cobham, lord. See Brooke, William.
Cobham, Reginald de, admiral, 96,

Cf. Chobeham.
Cochett. See Cothett.
Cocken, Cockin, Sir Thomas, attempt
of, to reconcile Sir Francis and
lady WUloughby, 543.
Cockwell :

Emma wife of Ralph de, 97.
Ralph de, of Nottingham, 96,
Coddenor. See Codnor.
Codderston. See Cotherstone.

654

Coddeswffillan, Codeswsel [oo. Gloucester
or Worcester], grants of laud at,
201, 202, 202»i, 207-208.
Coddlngton, co. Notts. See Cotlnton.
Codenore, Codenover, Codeiiovere,Coden-

ovre. See Codnor.
Codgrave. See Cotgrave.
Codnor, Coddenor, Codenore, Codenover,
Codenovere, Codenovre, Codner,
CO. Derby, 508.
household account of, 323-327.
iron works at, 496, 497.
lord of. See Grey of Codnor, Henry
de.
Coenulf, Coenwulf. See Cenulf.
Cogham [? Oongham, co. Norfolk],

Austin de, 35.
Coke, Sir Francis, marriage of daughter
of, to Dr. Percival Willoughby,
610.
Thomas, legacy to, 102.
C/. Cook.
Cokes. See Cokkes.
Coket, Geoffrey, 78.
Cokfeld, John de, knight, 96.
Cokkes, Cokes, Cokys :

reward to, for bringing letters, 367.
Thom.as, payment of expenses of,

384.
William, payment to, 338.
Colbrook. See Oolebrooke.
Colchester, Colencestre [co. Essex] :
mentioned in fabliau, 232.
St. Giles' church, burial in, 111.
St. John's abbey, will made in, 111.
Colchester [North America, Connecticut],

land given to, 195.
Cold -Eaton, Colde Etton [in Alsop-le
Dale, CO. Derby], minister's ac-
count of, 309.
Cole, John, of Wodyl, 213.

C/. CoUe.
Colearton. See Cole Orton.
Colebrooke, Colbrok [co. Devon], court

rolls of, 308.
Coleby :

Dorothy (Willoughby) daughter
of Thomas, of Gray's Inn, 574.
See also Willoughby.
Thomas, 580.
Colemore, co, Hants, deeds relating to,

625.
Colencestre. See Colchester.
Cole Orton, Colearton, Coleorton, Col-
lorton, Overton [co. Leicester],
428, 430, 434, 547.
account of coal at, 495.
manor of, 109.

Sir John Willoughby at, 550.
Coleshill, CoUeshuU, ColshuU [co. War-
wick], 381.
church of, burial in, 131.
deeds relating to, 627.
road from Tamworth to, 80.
saddler of, payment to, 373.
Kingshurst Hall in, 364.
Colet, John, reeve of Middleton, 288.
Colevill, Richard de, 25.

Colewic [Colwick co. Notts] :

Gerbod brother of Richard de, 28.
Philip son of Reginald de, 28«.
Reginald de, 28, 28n.
Richard de, 28.

William brother of Richard de, 28.
Colier, Colyer, Collyer :

Agnes wife of John, 98.
John, 98.

, of Linby, grant of waste of

forest to, 245.
John le, of Nottingham, chantry
founded by, 96.

, . , licence to alienate to,

89.
Ralph, bailiff of Nottingham, 97, 626.
Richard, 99.

le, 99.

Robert le, indicted, 279.
Roger, payments to, 426, 429, 443,
448.

, wages of, 440, 449, 542.

William, 99.
Colingham [CoUingham, co. Notts], Wal-
ter de, 5.
CoUe, Peter, 65.

Cf. Cole.
CoUeshull. See Coleshill.
CoUiers, rewards to, 336, 339.
CoUingham, co. Notts. See Colingham.
CoUorton. See Cole Orton.
Collwyck. See Colwick.
Colly, Philip, of West Retford, dis'-.

claimer of arms of, 179.
Collyer. See Colier.
Colmor :

Mr., of Leicester, at WoUaton,

462, 463.
young Mr., at WoUaton, 462.
Cologne, bishop of, prophecy concerning,

264.
Colomores, 210.
Colpyt Book, the, 197.
ColshaUe. See Oossall.
ColshuU. See ColeshiU.
Colston Basset [co. Notts], court roU of,

288.
Colwallys, co. Dorset, manor of, 124.
Colwick, CoUvryck, Colwyck, co. Notts,
423, 432.
John rector of, dean of Nottingham,

281.
See Colewic.
Colyer. See Colier.

Combar, Brother John, monk of Bur-
ton, 250-252.
Combe Deverel, DevereUescombe, co.

Dorset, manor of, 124.
Combe-Martin, WUliam de, alderman of

London, 87.
Comberford. See Cumberforth.
Common fields, agreement for regulation

of, 106-109.
ComposteUa, Santiago de, St. James
[Spain], church of, 134, 137.
pUgrimage to, 133.
Compton, Cumtuue [co. Worcester],
demise of land at Mersc in, 211-212.

655

Compton Abbas, West Cumton [co.

Dorset], legacy to church of, 83.

Compton, William, abstract of letters

from, 515.
Comyn, Walter, indicted, 277.

Cf. Cumin.
Conains, character in poem, 223.
Congham, co. Norfolk. See Cogham ?
Coningesby, Conyngesby t
John de, 97.
Boger de, 79, 80, 86.
Coningsby, Conyngesby [co. Lincoln],

240.
Conisborough, Consburghe [co. York],
bequest of fishery and land at,
255.
Connecticut, America, 195.
Conrados, Francis, teacher of Italian
to Sir Percival WiUoughby, 560.
abstract of letter from, 561.
conspiracy of, against his master,
561, 562, 563, 595.
Consburghe. See Conisborough.
Constable :

Sir Marmaduke, 395.
Sir Bobert, 455.
Constantinople, Costantine the nobull',
prophecy concerning capture of,
263, 266.
Conterbayry. See Canterbury.
Contorn [ ? Coundon, co. Warwick], Wil-
liam de, clerk, 9.
Contwrbayry. See Canterbury.
Conway, Conuay :

Edward lord, retreat of, 194.
Sir John, reference to letter to, 579.
Conygesdich, co. Dorset, deeds relating

to, 624.
Conyngesby. See Coningesby, Coningsby
Cook, cociis, coxus :

Henry the, assaulted, 281.

James, wages of, 440, 450, 542.

Balph the, 58.

Eichard the, 18.

Bobert, ale drunk at house of, 391.

, payment to wife of, 388.

Serlo son of Richard the, the cook.

of Lenton priory, giant to, 64.
Simon the, 77.
Thomas the, legacy to, 84.
William, LL.D., dean of Shoreham,

divorce decreed by, 150.
Cf. Coke.
Cooke, H. T., printer, of Warwick, 609.
Coomes, Sir John, of Davcntry, marriage

of his sister, 605.
Cooper, Mr., payment to, for wine, 423.

Cf. Couper, Cowper, Cupper.
Coote, WiUiam, of Coningsby, legis

peritus, 240.
Coper's Cove, Nevrfoundland, 284.
Corbet, William, of Tasley, indicted, 277.
Corbett :

Mr., of Saffron Walden, payment to,

411.
Mrs., payment to, 412.
Corbridge, Corbrigg, co. Northumberland,
deeds relating to, 626.

Corby [co. Lincoln], minister's account

of, 298.
Cordier, Mathurin, De corrupii sermonis

emendaiione, 412, 412n.
Corfe, Corf [co. Dorset], constable of.

See Nicholas, Henry son of.
Corfe :

Eleanor wife of Bobert, agreement

by, 130.
Bobert son of Thomas, agreement

by, 130.
Thomas, of Wood Bevington, agree-
ment by, 130.
Corner, William le, 40, 40n.
Cornhulle :

Beginald de, sheriff of Kent, 36.
Bobert de, sheriff of London, 74.
Cornish wrestler, reward to, 442.
Cornishmen, payments to, 440, 445.
Cornvalle, Master Heldris de, poem of,

224-225.
Cornwall, earl of. See Dunstanvill,

Beginald de.
Corp, Simon, sheriff of London, 87.
Corson, John, of Nottingham, payments

to, 427, 437.
Cort :

Englebert le, of Walecort, character

in a, fabliau, 228.
Thomas, of Edensor, 279.
Cortlingstock, Cortlyngstok. See Cos-
took.
Cortnaye. See Courtney.
Cortsey, Cortysley, Courtysley [co.
Sussex], ministers' accounts of,
307-309.
Coscale, Coshale. See Cossale.
Coshingtnn, Cosington. See Cossington.
Cossal, ColshaUe, Cossall, Cossell, Coss-
hale, Cozale [co. Notts], 75, 76,
100, 152, 179, 331, 377, 387,
504.
church of, advowson of, 87.
coal mine in, account of, 323,

, demise of, 88.

, excepted from grant, 87.

, workings abandoned in, 163.

deed dated at, 88.
deeds relating to, 626.
iron mine in, 75.
land in, chartulary of, 197.

, grants of 42, 75.

, purchase of, 531.

lord of. See A^'illoughby (E).
manor of, court roll of, 290.

, fine of, 531.

, grant of, 87.

, ministers' accounts of, 296,

307-309, 311, 314-316.
payment 1;o baker of, 333.

to barber of, 350.

places named in, 75, 87.

rental of, 323.

secured to Sir Percival WiUoughby,

571, 573, 581.
soldiers of, 341.
tenants of, at Wollaton, 463,
wives of, at Wojlatop, 462.

656

Cossale, Coscale, Coshale, Cozale [Cossal,
CO. Notts] :
Adam de, 83, 87.

son of Robert de, grant by,

75.
Henry son of Perot de, grant to, 75.
Hugh son of Thomas de, grant by,
42.

, seal of, 42.

Robert son of Adam de, 87.
Cossington, Coshington, Coslngton, Cos-
yngton, co. Leicester, 340, 346.
chartulary of lands in, 196.
deeds relating to, 625.
manor of, 123.

, court rolls of, 291, 318,

319.

, ministers' accounts of, 296,

308, 311, 314.
plan of, 150.
Costantine the nobuU.' See Constan-
tinople.
Coste, William son of, 34n, 40, 40n.
Coste's chamber at Wollaton Hall, the

sick folks' chamber, 480.
Costock, Oortlingstock, Cortlyngstok [co.
Notts] :
deeds relating to, 626.
parson of, money extorted from,
280.
Cosyn, Brother William, preceptor of

Standon, 86.
Cosyngton. See Cossington.
Cotegrave, Matilda de, of Nottingham,

beaten and maimed, 282.
Cotel, Richard, of Chesterfield, death of,

274.
Coterel :

Adam servant of James, 274, 277,

278.
James, indicted for ofiences in cos.
Derby and Notts, 272-280.

, outlawed, 282.

John brother of James, indicted for
offences in cos. Derby and Notts,
272-274, 276-278, 280.
Laurence, death of, 273.
Nicholas brother of James, indicted
for offences in cos. Derby and
Notts, 272-274, 276-280.
Walter servant of James, 272-274,
276-278.
Coteringham. See Cottingham.
Cotes [CO. Leicester], grant of land in,
72.
See Coate.
Cotesbache, Walter de, indicted, 276.
Cotewalton. See CotwaJton.
Cotgrave, Codgrave [co. Notts] :
deeds relating to, 626.
limestone at, 427.
Cotham [co. Notts], 505.
Cotherstone, Codderston [in RomaldKirk],
CO. York :
deeds relating to, 627.
minister's account of, 307.
Cothestoohe [Ootterstock, co. Northants],
Geoffrey de, 13.

Cothett, Cochett :

Nicholas, maker of song book, 383.
[t Nicholas], payment to wife of,
390.
Cothingeham, Cotingham. See Cotting-
ham.
Cotinton [Coddington, co. Notts], Richard

de, 11.
Coton [in Hanbury ?], co. Stafford, deeds

relating to, 627.
Cottam, Cottom, John, depositions of,

164.
Ootterstock, co. Northants. See Cothe-

stoche.
Cottingham, Coteringham, Cothingeham,
Cotingham, Cotyngeham [co.
York], 6.
grant of market in, 37, 271.
licence to enclose and fortify bouse
at, 51, 271.
Cottom. See Cottam.
Cotton, Sir Robert, MSS. of, 198.
Cotwalton, Cotewalton [in Stone, co.
Stafford], bequest of land in, to
Burton abbey, 256.
Cotyngeham. See Cottingham.
Coudray, Sir Thomas de, knight, 91.
Coumb, Walter de, 91.
Council, the king's, 512.

complaints to, 142, 144.
petition to lords of the, 499.
Coundon, co. Warwick. See Contorn 1
Couper :

Thomas le, 87.

William le, of Stainsby, indicted,

281.
Cf. Cooper, Cowper, Cupper.
Court, expenses at, 355-356.
Courtney, Cortnaye, Courtenay, Cowert-
naye, Cowertney :
Henry, marquis of Exeter, reward
to servant of, 386.

, Elizabeth (Grey) his wife, 509.

Thomas, payment to, for making
horse-shoes, 435.

, , for making ironwork,

431.

, , for trimming teeth,

447.
Courtysley. See Cortsey.
Coventry, Coventre, Cowentre [co. War-
wick], 98, 123, 334, 338, 345, 351,
360, 366, 376, 389, 428, 545, 548,
560.
bishop of, of Chester, of Coventry
and Lichfield. See Arundel, John ;
Blythe, Geoffrey ; Durdent, Wal-
ter ; Heiworth, William ; Lange-
ton, Walter de ; Longespee, Roger
de ; Northburgh, Roger de ;
Pech^, Richard,
commission at, 378.
deeds relating to, 627.
documents dated at, 128.
friars of, 332, 343, 357, 365, 382.
gloves of, 4.

governor and mayor of, abstract of
letter from, 616.

657

CoTentry — coni.

house of Sir P. Willonghby at, orders

observed in, 547-648.
mayor and aJdermen of, 548, 549.
priory, fee-farm of, 98.
riot at, 141, 141»t, 514.
sheriffs of, standing cup of. 111.
Covetousnesa, 167.
Cowden [co. Kent] :

bequest of land in, 150.
cattle bought at fair of, 329.
Cowentre. See Coventry.
Cowertnaye, Cowertney. See Courtney.
Cowgrove [parish of Wimborne Minster,
CO. Dorset], minister's account of,
302.
Cowhurd, Alice, legacy to, 104.
Cowmberford. See Cumberforth.
Cowper :

of Nottingham, wine bought

of, 428.
John, reeve of Middeton, 291.
Ralph, 168.

William, chaplain, obit of, 236.
Cf. Cooper, Couper, Cupper.
Cowttes, Mr., herons from, 384.
Coxus. See Cook.
Cozale. See Cosal, Cossale.
Crampton, payments to, 351, 360.
Cranborne, co. Dorset, deeds relating to,

624.
Cranbrook, Cravenbroke, co. Kent, letters

close dated at, 243.
Crandale Alard de, 2.
Cranewell, Isley, abstract of letter from,

574.
Cravenbroke. See Cranbrook.
Cray. See Foot's Cray.
Creme, Mr., to find treble lutes, 536.
Crepping, Gryppyng, Richard, justice in
eyre for pleas of the forest, 242,
245.
Cressi :

Cecily wife of Roger de, 28n.
Hugh brother of William de, 28.
Ralph de, 58.
Roger de, 28, 28m.

, brother of William de, 28.

William de, 28, 28n.
Crete, coming of Saturn from, 218.
Crevequer in Farlington, co. Hants,
deeds relating to manor of, 625.
Crindham, Brother Ralph de, knight

hospitaller, 38.
Crochesbi [Croxby, co. Lincoln], Ralph

de, 32.
Croel, John de, 6.

Cf. Crouill.
Orofte, Robert de, 76.
Croker, W., servant of Lord Lisle, 118.
Cromwell [co. Notts], 85.
Cromwell', CrumweU [co. Notts] :
Joan de, legacy to, 85.
Margaret de, legacy to, 85.
Ralph de, 8n.
Orophull. See Cropwell.
CrophuU :

Maud de, beaten, 282.

Orophull — conf,

Roger de, mayor of Nottingham,

626.
William eon of Roger de, bailifE of
Nottingham, 626.
Cropwell [co. Notts], manor of, 123.
ministers' accounts of, 311, 316.
Cropwell Bishop [co. Notts], court
roll of, 288.

, deeds relating to, 626.

Cropwell Butler, Boteler [co. Notts],
court roll of, 288.

, deeds relating to, 620.

Crosby, Mr., christening of child of, 338.
Cross :

legacy of, 85.

title board of the, found at Rome,
261.
Crossed Oak in Sherwood forest, co.

Notts, trees in, 242.
Croudere, Simon le, indicted, 274,

276.
Crouebyrihal, William de, chaplain, of
St. James' hospital, Tamworth,
grant to, 77, 78.
Crouill, Gerbod de, 63.

Cf. Croel.
Crowe, William, indicted, 275.
Crowenest. See Crowneast.
Crowland [co. Lincoln], 446.
Crowneast, Crowneat, Crowenest [in Bed-
wardine County in Worcester] :
court roUs of, 287.
deeds relating to, 627.
grant of chantry at, 65, 66.
inventory of cattle at, 466. "

Croxby, co. Lincoln. See Crochesbi.
Croxton, South, co. Leicester, deeds

relating to, 625.
Crucem, Geoffrey ad, de Thameworth,

78.
Cruddewrthie [Cur^worth near Kinga-
bury, CO. Warwick] :
Adam de, 49.

Robert brother of Adam de, 49.
CrumweU. See Cromwell'.
Crystal glaas, payment for, 407.
CudwulE. See Cuthwulf.
Cultivation, two-course system of, 44.
Cumberforth, Comberford, Cowmberford,
Cwmbwrford :
cousin of John WiUoughby, bequest

to, 136.
Mr., rewards to minstrel of, 335, 341.

— ^, to servant of, 373.

Cumberland, wardens of the Scottiah
marches in. See Berkeley, Thomas
de ; Lucy, Anthony de.
Cumberland, earl of. See Clifford.
Cumin, Richard, 65.

Cf. Comyn.
Cumton, West. See Compton Abbas.
Cumtune. See Compton.
Cunger, William le, 80, 81.
Cup, William, 611.

Cupper, Richard le, bailiff of Nottingham,
79, 79n.
Cf. Cooper, Couper, Cowper.

M 42

658

Curdworth, oo. Warwick, deeds relating
to, 627.
See Cruddewrthie.
Curry, North, eo. Somerset, deeds relat'

ing to, 627.
Cursiin, Cursone, Owrssun :

Alice (Willoughby) wife of Richard

of Kedleston, 507-508.
Cecily, bequest to, 137.
Mary, sister of Cecily, bequest to,

137.
Bichard, 118, 120.
Mr., reward to servant of, 367.
Curtemajori, Master Simon de, prebend
ary of Woodborough, and canon
of Southwell, grant of emancipa
tion by, 93.
Cuthwulf, Cudwulf, bishop [of Hereford]!

209.
Cwmbwrford. See Cumberforth.
Cwrssun. See Cursun.
Cynefrith, Kinef erth,bishop [of Lichfield]

209.
Cynetheign, Cynethen, the clerk, 211

212.
Cyroneau, Francis, indulgence granted

to, 137.
Cytharista, Adam, 11.

D

Dabridgecourt, Dabrigecourt :

Joan {Willoughbv) daughter of Sir

John, 505.
John, knight, demise of mine by,

100.
arms, of, 505.
Dagun, Hugh, 53.
Daintry. See Daventry.
Dalby, Dawby [co. Leicester], 434.
Dalderby, John, bishop of Lincoln, pro-
bate before, 86.
Dale [CO. Derby], sale of wood at, 317.
Dale:

[James], 454.
James, payment to, 443.
Dalton, William, mayor of the staple of

metals, 614.
Danbm^y, Daningbir', co. Essex, deeds

relating to, 625.
Danby, co. York, deeds relating to, 627.
Danby, earl of. See Osborne, Peregrine.
Dancers, manners of, 165.
Dancing boy, payment to, 389.
Dand, Mr., 459.
Dane, Bichard, abstract of letter from,

515.
Danegeld, the, 1, 2.
Danet. See Dannett.
Daniel :

Adam, 64.

Nicholas, indicted, 275.

Dankester. See Doncaster.
Dannett, Danet :
John, 109.

Mary, cousin of George Medley, 410.
Darbe, Darby. See Derby.
Darcy, Darsye :

Abigail (Wood) lady, 608.
John, le neveu, keeper of the peace
and justice of oyer and terminer
in cos. Derby and Notts, proceed-
ings before, 272-282.
Thomas lord, expedition of, to Spain,
146.
Dards, Mrs. Elizabeth, daughter of

Thomas Willoughby, 608.
Darknolle. See Dartnall.
Darlaston, Thorlaston [near Stone, co.

Stafford], 256.
Darley, Derlegh [co. Derby], abbey of,

bequest to, 125.
Darlton, co. Notts, Kingshaugh in, 241.

See Derleton.
Darrel, John, exorcist, imposture prac-
tised upon, 165n, 166.
Darsye. See Darcy.
Dartford, Derteford, co. Kent, 110.
inquisition taken at, 283.
letter dated at, 162.
Dartnall, Darknolle, Mr., at Wollaton,

462, 463.
Dary in Alexander, predictions made at,

263.
Dathell. See AthoU.
Daukyns, Henry, bachelor in decretis,
proctor of the monks of Burton,
251.
Dauton, John, indulgence granted to,

137.
Daventry, Daintry, Davantry, Dayntre

[CO. Northants], 377, 555, 605.
David king of Scotland. See Bruce,

David de.
David, Amiot son of, a Jew of Notting-
ham, 62, 62n.
Davis, Dayvys, iUness at house of, 340.
Davy :

John, bailiff of Nottingham, 99.

, of Nottingham, 97.

Dawby. See Dalby.
Day, Daye :

Bichard, payment to, 380.
William, of Derby, clothier, 392.
Dayntre. See Daventry.
Dayvys. See Davis.
Deaf Tom, 169.
Dean {decaniis) :
Henry the, 2.
Boger the, 4,

, the, 15.

Dearing, Sir Henry, marriage of, 607,

Decby. See Digby.

Dedyk, John, bequests to, 112.

Cf. Dethyk.
Defender of the Faith, declension of

holders of title, 190.
Deincurt, de Aincurt :
John, 66.
Boger, 83.

669

Delangley ;

Ann (Friend) wife of Mr., 606.
Jane, wife of Robert Friend, 606.
Delapole. See Pole.
Dembleby, co. Lincoln, deeds relating to,

625.
Demechyrclie. See Dymclmrch.
Demoniac possession, 164-166.
Denby, settlement of, 515.
Dene, Geoffrey de la, 37.
Deneberht, bishop of Worcester, grants

to, 203-206.
Denewalehay [in Repton, co. Derby],

outlaws received in, 277.
Denman, Dr. Thomas, book by, named,

608.
Denteth, Agnes, grant by, 100.
Derby, Darbe, Darby, Derbei, 392, 425,
427, 431, 610.
archdeacon of. See Muschamp,

William de.
bailiffs of. See Chestre, Simon de ;

Draper, Payn le.
document dated at, 121.
fair, 342, 352.

Friars Preachers, grant of fraternity
with, 121.

, prior of. See Jackson, Robert.

joiner of, 296.

lord. See Stanley.

medical practice of Dr. Percival

WiUoughby at, 610.
nuns of, reward to, 368.
players of, rewards to, 420, 450.
presentments by jurors of, 272-273,

277-278.
St. Werburgh's church, will proved

in, 125.
singers of, 440, 451.
the Frereyate in, 273.
Derby, county of :

presentments of juries of, 272-279.
staple for metals found in, 614.
Derby, Darby, Derbi, Derbia :
Astin son of Swain de, 40.
Peter son of William de, 45.
Robert, 105, 106.

, bequests to, 104.

, supervisor of will of William

Fillol, 104.

de, money extorted from,

282.
Swain de, 40.
William, wages of, 440, 450, 542.

Wetherby called, notary of

diocese of Coventry and Lichfield,
250.

marriage of, 396.

Derham, William, Philosophical Letters,

etc., of, 504.
Derlegh. See Darley.
Derleton [Darlton, co. Notts], Nicholas

de, sale confirmed by, 55.
Derleye, John, death of, 273.
Dernton, WiUiam, notary of the diocese

of Durham, 251.
Derteford. See Dartford.
Derworth, counsel, 247.

Despenser, Dispeneator :

Hugh le, justiciary of England, letter
of, ordering delivery of Dover
castle, 70, 71.
Thomas, 40n.
Walter, 34.
Dethyk, William, of Newhall, petition
of, 259.
Cf. Dedyk.
Deverellescombe. See Combe Deverel.
Devereux, Deveroux :

Walter, earl of Essex, reward to
players of, 446.

, lord Ferrers, at Middleton,

370.

— — , , reward to soldiers of,

348.
Sir William, knight, commissioner
for assessment, 284.

, knighted, 528.

Devis, Nurse, wages of, 449.

Devizes, co. Wilts, deeds relating to, 627.

Devres, Mr., 461.

Dewies Stow. See St. Davids.

Deyne, Edward, payment to, for sinking

coal-pit, 493.
D'Eyvill. See Eyvill.
Dibbene, Tibben, Robert, reeve and

bailiff of Middleton, 287, 288.
Dichelmestonj See Ditchampton.
Dick, Little, expenses of, paid, 410.
Dicons, payment to, in coal account,

493.
Digby, Decby, Dycby, Dygby :
Alice wife of Simon, 131.
Ewyrell, payment to servant of,

350.
Sir John, charge of, 193.

, writings of, 515.

Rowland, 181.

Simon, manorial records of, 308.

, of CO. Warwick, will of,

131.
Thomas, innocent of robbery at

Middleton, 516.
Master, delivery of ordnance to,

129-130.
Mr., 395.

, abstract of letter from, 516.

, obit of, 332.

, reward to nurse of, 334.

Mrs., card-playing at house of, 331.
Dilkes, son of Mr. Fisher, 575.
Dinant [Belgium], provost of. See

Guinant.
Dingley, Sir John, grant of office to, 515.
Dinningcgrafes [near Stoke Bishop, co.

Gloucester], 211.
Distefald, John, 43.
Ditchampton, Dichelmeston [co. Wilts],

grant of, 270.
Diva, Robert de, prior o£ the hospital
of St. John of Jerusalem in Eng-
land, grant by, 36, 37, 37n.
Cf. Dyve.
Divorce :

agreement as to, 120.
pronouncement of, 150.

660

Dixmuyden [Flanders], death of lord

Morley at, 508.
Dobson, Mr., druggist, of Ireland, Eliza-
beth (Friend) his wife, 606.
Doctar, Mr., of the household at Wolla-
ton, 168.
his boy, 169.
Doddingps Berc, Doddyngbyre, Doding-
bery [in Bere Regis!, oo. Dorset :
deeds relating to, 624.
ministers' accounts of, 296, 298, 299,
301, 306.
Doddyngseles, William, 97.
Dodington. See Duditona.
Dokelynton, co Hereford, deeds relating
to, 625.
CO. Worcester, deeds relating to, 627.
Doll. See Dooll.

Donaby, Downaby, Adlard, purser of
the George of Lynne, delivery
of ordnance by, 130.
Donatus, 214.

Doncaster, Dankester, Doncestere,
Downgcaster [co. York], bequest
of land at, 255.
men of Dorset led to, for suppres-
sion of Pilgrimage of Grace, 147.
Our Lady of, offering made at, 342.
Donecastria, Laurence de, 7.
Donington, Castle, Downyngton, Dun-
3Tigton park [co. Leicester] ? Dun-
ing park, letter dated at, 589.
reward to keepers of, 347, 359.
Donjon, Ralph de, canon of London,
prebendary of Islington, deed of
sale by, 73, 73«, 74.
Donnesby. See Dunsby.
Dooll, DoU, Richard, servant of Sir
Edward Willoughby, assault on,
145.
Dorchester, Dorchestre, Dorsetre, Dore-
eesiria [co. Dorset] :
chapter of, 12.
Friars Minors of, bequests to, 83,

101.
manor of, 124.
minister's account of, 319.
sessions at, 145.
Dorney [co. Bucks], rental of, 297.
Dornick, dornix. See Tournai.
Dorset :

archdeacon of, probate of will before,

84.
Richard archdeacon of, 12,
men led from, to Doncaster, for
suppression of Pilgrimage of
Grace, 147.
misdemeanours of Sir Giles Strang-
ways in, 142.
Dorset, marquis of. See Grey.
Dorset, Alexander de, 52, 52«.
Dorsetre. See Dorchester.
Doughtye, Doughtie, William, of West
HaUam, gift brought by wife of,
420.
payment by hands of, 433.
Douglas, William, sheriff of Teviotdale,
193.

Dover [co. Kent] ;

castle of, constable of. See Glaston',
Robert de.

, delivered to the bishop of

London, 71.

levies sent to, 160.
Dovy, Edward, assessment of, 194.
Dower, action for, 247.
Dowltun, payment of expenses of, 833.
Downaby. See Donaby.
Downgcaster. See Doncaster.
Downingsby. See Dunsby.
Downyngton. See Donington.
Downysby. See Dunsby.
Dracott. See Draycot.
Drake :

John, 607.

Richard, 607.
Drakegild, Walter, 30.
Draper :

John, legacy to, 104.

Payn le, bailiff of Derby, amerced,
282.
Draton, Dratton. See Drayton Basset.
Draycot, Dracott, Draycott, Dreacote,
Dreycott :

Henry, 546, 547, 577, 586.

, payment by, 446.

. to, 445.

, placed in charge of Sir P.

Willoughby's household, 548, 560.

Master, payment of annuity to, 317.

Mr., 396.

, books for, 365, 383.

, clothes for, 358, 385.

, payment to servant of, 429.

Mrs., 395.

, furniture of bed-chamber of,

478.
Drayton [co. Notts], court rolls of, 295,

297.
Drayton Basset, Draton, Dratton, Dray-
ton [CO. Stafford], 283, 345.

church, bread and wine, etc., for,
379.

park, alleged breach of, 115-117.

— - — , keepers of, 359.

, underkeeper of, 346.

Outewodes in, 115, 116.

Shirrall Hall in, 359.

Sir William, parish priest of, 379.
Drayton, Alice, legacy to, 104.
Dreacote. See Draycot.
Drew, Nicholas, 91.
Dreycott. See Draycot.
Drugs and medical remedies named :

Athanasia, 411, 411n.

Calamus aramaticus, 372, 372w.

diacodi, 450, 460m.

epitathony, 450, 450n.

lera Piara and Mayna, 406, 406w.

Mithredaium, 410, 410n.

penedyce, 436, 436«.

swoninge water, 447.

synope, 424, 424»!.
Drunkenness, 166.

Dubtach, Duptac, father of St. Brigit,
622-623.

661

Duckmanton, Dukmanston [oo. Derby],

bequest of land in, 255.
Dndda, dux, 209.
Duddeleye. See Dudley.
Duditona [Dodinston (? in Gleobury
Mortimer, co. Salop)], Menon de,
51.
Dudley [co. Worcester],minister's account

of, 311.
Dudley, Duddeleye, Dwdlay :

Ambrose, earl of Warwick, 530.
Anne, countess of Warwick, 159,

534.
Edmund, esquire, councillor to the

king, supervisor of wills, 126.
Edward lord, 332, 525.

, abstracts of letters from, 514,

515.

, marriage of, 514.

, payment to minstrel of, 328.

, to servants of, 357, 373.

Elizabeth (Grey) wife of Edmund,
508.

, bequest by John Willoughby

to, 137. .
Guildford, marriage of, to Lady

Jane Grey, 518.
John lord, 122.

Robert, earl of Leicester, 153, 528,
553.

■ , ,case of lady Willoughby

heard before, 551, 552.

■ , , chajicellor of Oxford

University, 528n.
Dudsbury, Doddesbury, in West Parley,
CO. Dorset, deeds relating to, 624.
DufSeld, Dufieild, Dufield [co. Derby]:
grant of rent from mill in, 51.
iron works at, 496.
Duke's chamber, the, at Wollaton, 488.
Duket, Hugh, grant of forfeited lands

of, 72.
Dukmanston. See Duckmanton.
Dumbleton, Dumeltan, Dumelton [co.
Gloucester], bequest of land in,
255.
Dun, Dune, Dunne :
Avicia de, 31n.
John, 455.

, axes for, 434.

, wages of, 426, 439, 449, 542.

Dunchurch, Dunscherche [co. Warwick],
354.
Thurlaston in, 295, 304-306, 310-
312, 315, 317, 321, 322.
Dune. See Dun.
Dunesby. See Dunsby.
Dunesby, WiUiam de, indicted, 279, 280,
Dunham [co. Notts ]:

court roUs of, 291, 205, 297.
deeds relating to, 626.
Duning. See Dunnyng.
Duning park. See Donington ?
Dunmow [co. Essex], 400.
Dunne. See Dune.
Dunnesby, Duunysbye. See Dunsby.
Dunnyng, Duning :
land held by, 30.

Dunnyng — conl.
Isolda, 79.
Thomas, 79.
Dunsby, Donnesby, Downingsby,
Downysby, Dunesby, Dunnesby,
Dunnysbye [co. Lincoln], 101,
121, 123, 444, 454.
boon carriages from, 458.
court rolls of, 293, 297, 318.
deeds relating to, 625.
lord of. See Mortein j Willoughby

(I^).
manor of, fine of, 531.
ministers' accounts of, 295-297, 299,
307-308, 311.
Dunscherche. See Dunchurch.
Dunstable, DunstabwU [co. Beds], 332,
334, 377, 429, 447.
reward to friars of, 354.
Dunstanvill, Reginald de, earl of Corn-
wall, 3.
Dunston :

George, of Edwinstowe, disclaimer

of arms of, 179.
John de, of Walton, indicted,
277.
Dunyngton. See Donington.
Duport, Thomas, abstract of letter from,

550.
Duptac. See Dubtacb.
Durame. See Durham.
Durand, Roger sou of, 55.
Durdent, Walter, bishop of Coventry
and Lichfield, required to confirm
grant, 271.
Dureaume, William de, 74.
Durendai [sword of Roland], 226.
Durham, Durame, 225.

bishop of. See RowthaU, Thomas ;

Sherwood, John de.
diocese of, 251.
St. Cuthbert of, 221.
Durnford, co. Wilts, Normanton in,

124.
Dutchman of Nottingham, payment to,

for dyeing, 450.
Duttun, Adam de, 11, lln.
Duyn, Adam le, 91.
Dwdlay. See Dudley.
Dyall, Ralph, payment to, 383.
Dycby. See Digby.
Dyer, WiUiam, of Ooleshill, 381.
Dygby. See Digby.

Dymchui'ch, Demechyrche, co. Kent :
action concerning land in, 283.
deeds relating to, 625.
Dyn', Mr., at Wollaton, 462.
Dynmock, Mr., payment to musicians

to, 449.
Dynua, dux, 206.
Dynue, 207.
Dyose, Laurence, gentleman, inventory

taken by, 485.
Dyve, Hugh de, 70.

Cf. Diva.
Dyxon :

payment for man of, 402.
to, 402, 404.

662

Eadberht, 207.

bishop [of Leicester or London], 203.
Badbold :

dux, 203.
princeps, 203.
Eadgar :

king of the English, 209.
the priest, 211, 212.
Eadulf :

minister, 209.
witness, 209.
Eadwald, witness, 200.
Badward the priest, 211.
Eagle, Eikle [co. Lincoln], 597.

Jetters dated at, 596.
Ealdgyth [wife of Morkar], Elgith,

bequest to, 258.
Ealdwulf, Aldulf, bishop [of Lichfield],

205.
Eanmund the abbot, 209.
Eanulf , grandfather of King Offa, church

built by, 202.
Barlshaw, Barleshall [in Oaunton], co.

Notts, 179.
Earth-works, 12, 12n.
Easingwold, William, town clerk of
Nottingham, handwriting of, 240.
Eastwood, CO. Notts, 179.

minister's account of, 296.
See Bstweit.
Eaton, Cold. See Cold-Baton.
Eaton, Long, Longeton [co. Derby ]:
deeds relating to, 624.
minister's account of, 292.
Eaton Socon, co. Beds, Stapelhoe in, 56.
Eaton, Bichard, letter signed by, 602.
Bbarton. See Edburton.
Bccleshall [co. Stafford], bequest of land

in, to Burton abbey, 257.
Ecclesiastical documents, 117, 121, 124,

125, 127, 133, 137.
Ecgfrith, witness, 200.
Ecgwine, bishop of Worcester, grant by,

200-201.
Echeles [Nechells in Aston, co. Warwick],

Simon de, 16.
Eckington, Egyiiton [co. Derby], bequest

of land in, 255.
Edburton, Ebarton [co. Sussex], Gilbert

parson of, executor of will, 617.
Eddriceston [Atherstone-on-Stour, co.
Warwick] :
Alan son of Humphrey de, grant by,
46, 47.

, seal of, 47.

William de, 47.
Eddricheston. See Atherstone-on-Stour.
Edenborrowe. See Edinburgh.

Edenesovere, Stephen de, indicted for
offences in cos. Derby and Notts,
272-274, 276-279.
Cf. Endesovr'.
Edensor, Edenesovere [co. Derby], 278.
Edgar. See Eadgar.
Edge, Thomas Webb, letter to, 197.
Edinburgh, Edenborrowe :

reception of James I. at, 185.
the High Church in, 186.
Edlin, Edllin:

Edward, payment to for playing,

432.
John, lute strings bought by, 447.
musician, reward to, 440.
Edmonson, Mr., payment to, for wine,

423.
Edmund son of king Henry III., delivery

of Dover Castle by, 70, 71.
Edney, Edward, in the stable at WoUa-

ton, 169.
Edwalton [co. Notts] :

deeds relating to, 626.
ministers' accounts of, 307—309.
Edward I. :

grants by, 244, 245.
statutes of the Forest of, 243.
the king's son, promise of support
made by the earl of Gloucester to,
66-69.
Edward II., letters patent of, 87, 89.
Edward III., letters patent, etc., of, 89,

93, 502.
Edward IV., 508.

marriage of, 513.

of Elizabeth his daughter, 259.

Edward VI., announcement of birth of,
517-518.
coronation of, 518.
Edward, prince of Wales, the Black
prince [son of Edward III], 506.
retainer of services by, 98.
Edward :

Richard, legacy to, 103.
the coachman, payment to, 446.
See also Badward.
Edwards, Mr., of Soho Square, 603.
Bdwinstowe, Edwinstow, Edynstowe, co.
Notts, 179, 242.
boundaries of, 241.
customal of, 247.
inquisition taken at^ 242.
men of, complaint by, 245.
Egerljon, Hegerton :
Isabel, 360.
John, 515.
Eichard, payment to, 360.

, wages of, 370.

William, payment to, 341.

, wages of, 370.

Mr., furniture in bed-chamber of,
479.

, payment to minstrel of, 328.

the hermit, rewards to, 334, 385,

846.
difference of Sir Henry WiUoughby,

with, 515.
inquest concerning matter of, 360.

663

Egmanton, co. Notts, 179.

Bgremeut, lord. See Percy.

Egynton. See Eckington.

Eikle. See Eagle.

Eland, William de, the king's yeoman,

grant to, 93, 502.
Eleanor, queen, nuncius of. See Lega,

Simon de.
EUehne, bequest to, 254.
Blfnoth, land of, 50.
Elford, BUford [co. Stafford], bequest

of land at, 255.
Elgith. See Ealdgyth.
Ellas :

Blias son of, 40.
John son of, de Brademare, 83.
Eliduc, mentioned in fabliau, 223.
Blingham, Walter de, action brought

by, 247.
EUot, Sir T., dictionary of, 411, 411n.
Elis. See Blys.
Elizabeth, queen, princess :

at Hatfield, 409, 409», 410.

at Leicester House, 534.

at Oxford, 528, 528n.

at WoUaton, 588.

death of gentlewoman of, from

smaU-pox, 412.
in Warwickshire, 528.
movements of, 580.
picture of, 424.
Elizabeth daughter of Edward IV.,
marriage of, to Charles dauphin
of France, 259.
Elizabeth, Mrs. [? lady Pitz-Hugh], 421,
423, 446.
burial of, 449, 451.
clothes for, 448.
expenses of, paid, 481, 441.
payment by, 489.
wages of, 489, 541.
Ellford. See Elford.
Bllingham, co. Hants, deeds relating to,

625.
Elsebayry. See Aylesbury.
Bltham, co. Kent, 110.
Elton [co. Derby], lady of. See Pole-

jaumbe, Alice.
Elton, Mr., of Cossall, 152.
Blvaston, Aylwaston, Athelwaldeston (?),
[co, Derby], bequest of land in,
255.
deeds relating to, 624.
Ely, bishop of. See Eustace ; Ridel,

Geoffrey.
Elys, Blis :

John, collector of rents at Middleton,

290.
payments to, 386, 873.
Emancipation, deeds of, 78, 93, 101.
Endesovr', Bndesor', Thomas de, grant
of forfeited lands of, 72.
Cf. Bdenesovere.
Bnemere, Walter de, 91.
Bngainn', Walter, 2.
Bngenors, king, with king Arthur, 227.
English Jesuits reputed to be of the
Spanish faction, 191.

English language preferred to Latin for

homUy, 239.
English words. See Glossary.
Ennyver, Bynnever :

Elizabeth, payment to, 405.

mother, payments to, 401, 402.
Enoch, Enok, books of the prophet, 265.
Enveysie, Roger 1', 58.
Eperston [Epperston, co. Notts] :

Godwin son of Alfwin de, grant to, 5.

Thomas de, chaplain, grant to,
98.
Bpirots, Scanderbege prince of the,

422.
Epitaphs in four languages, 155-156.
Epperston. See Eperston.
Brasce. See Arras 1
Erasmus, works of, bought, 412, 412n.
Erdburg. See Burrough-on-the-HiU.
Erdington, Brdyngton [co. Warwick],
court rolls of, 293-295, 297, 298.
Brdinton [Erdington in Aston, co.

Warwick], Roger de, 16.
Brdyngton. See Erdington.
Eresby, co. Lincoln, 517, 608.
Erewash, Irewis, Yrewis, river [co. Notts],

13, 13n, 14.
Ermenfrois, character in a fabliau, 229.
Ermesby, Master Michael de, 78.
Ermyngewell. See ArmsweU.
Ernhal', Ernhale. See Arnold.
Brniva, Roger son of, 50,
Brnwi, William, 21.

Esbroo, Essebroc, Hessebroc [Bsbrook in
Kingsbury, co. Warwick] :

Felicia sister of Hugh de, marriage
of, 48. ' ■

Hugh de, 5, 16, 21, 48, 49.

, grants by, 47, 48.

Nicholas de, 4, 15-17.
Bsbrook, Essebroc [in Kingsbury, co.

Warwick], 47.
Bscbeators, chapters of, 257.
Escrop. See Scrop.
Bsegar, 15.

Godfrey son of, 21.

, grant to, 14, 15,

Esnig msedwe [near Stoke Bishop,

CO. Gloucester], 211.
Esnotrewic, co. Derby, 257™.
Espec,' Walter, In, 2n.
Essebi, Thomas son of Adam de, 48.
Essebia. See Ashby 7
Essebroc. See Bsbroc, Bsbrook.
Essex, earl of. See Bohun, Humphrey de ;
Devereux, Walter ; Peter, Geof-
frey son of.
Essex',

H. de, the constable, 3.

John de, 52.

Master Roger de, 52.
Estaumford, Estaunford. See Stamford.
Estbm'nham. See Burnham, Bast.
Estedam, See Ashtead ?
Bsterfeld, John, deputy mayor of the

staple at Bristol, 617.
Estgrenewych. See Greenwich, East,
Esthwerst, See Ewhurst, East.

664

Estlee :

Thomas de, 31.
Walter son of Thomas de, 21.
Eston. See Aston.
EstoteviU, EstouteviU. See StuteviU.
Estraunge, Bxiraneus:

Hamo le, friend and ally of

Edward [I] the king's son, 68.
Ralph, 50.
Estray, case of, reported in Year Book,

247.
Estueit. See Bstweit.
EstutevUla. See StuteviUe.
Estweit, Estueit, Estwait, Hestweyt
[Eastwood, CO. Notts] :
Paschasius de, 46.
Walter de, 41, 41n, 45, 56.

, grant to, 46.

Etheldred. See ^thelred.
Ethiopia, 218.

Eton [co. Bucks], education of Sir
Percival WiUoughby's sons at, 609.
Eton Wyke [co. Bucks], rental of, 297.
Eton, Ettou. See Eyton.
Etton, Cold. See Cold-Eaton.
Etwall, CO. Derby, 587.
Eu, Ralph count of, constable of France,

89.
Buelme. See Ewelmie.
Euerherst, Simon, debt owed to, 472.
Europe, Spanish preponderance in, 190.
Eustace, bishop of Ely, 37.
Eustace, Sir Morrice, of Ireland, marriage

of his daughter, 606.
Evaldus Gallus, Confabulatwnes of, 408,

408n.
Everard :

Adam son of Nicholas, of the Marsh,

76.
Geoffrey son of Henry, demise of

mine to, 88.
John, demise of mine to, 88.
Roger, 75.
Everingham, Everyngham :

Robert, forester in fee of Sher-
wood, 241.

, , removed from his office,

246.

, trespass committed by, 244.

Evesham, battle ot, lln, 506.
Evil year, preservatives for, 405.
Evington, Evyntou [co. Leicester] :
deeds relating to, 625.
ministers' accounts of, 299, 302.
Evrars son of Tieirut, character in a

fabliau, 229.
Evynton. See Evington.
Bwelme, Buelme [co. Oxford], foundation

statutes of almshouse at, 283.
Bwhurst :

East, Esthwerst [in Speldhurst, co.

Kent], court rolls of, 815.
West, Westhwerst [in Speldhurst,
CO. Kent], court rolls of, 315.
Exchequer :

bm exhibited in, 323.
treasurer and barons of, certificate
of, 93.

Exeter :

bishop of. See Grandison, John ;

Iscanus, Bartholomew,
my lord of. See Courtney, Henry.
ExiraneuB. See Estraunge.
Eyam, Byom, co. Derby, 276.

See Byom.
Eylesford, Eylisford. See Aylesford.
Eynnever. See Ennyver.
Eyom [Eyam, co. Derby] :

Robert de, of Bubnell, indicted for
offences in co. Derby, 274.

son of Henry de, indicted,

276.
William de, indicted, 272-274, 276-
278.
Eyre, Ann, daughter of Robert Stratford,

605.
Eyton, Eton, Etton :

Nicholas de, indicted for offences

in CO. Derby, 273, 277.
Richard, wages of, 370.
Thomas, 399.

, accounts rendered by, 316.

EyviU, John D', friend and ally of Richard
earl of Gloucester, 68.

Paber. See Smith.
Fabian, Thomas son of, 59.
Fables of Avienus, 219.
Fabliaux :

in Picard dialect, 221-235.
titles of. See Books.
Pademore, Givo de, 7n.
Paine, Sir Ralph, inventory of goods of,

485.
Pair :

grant of, 70.
men beaten at, 277.
See also Adwalton, Birmingham,
Brasted, Chesterfield, Derby,
Pazeley, Lenton, Lichfield, Mans-
field, Newark, Nottingham, Penk-
ridge, Stourbridge, Wimborne
Minster, Wythyham.
Falconer :

Richard the, 169.
Walter the, 2.

WiUiam brother of Walter the, 2.
Palowys, PauUows, R., collier, 492.

11 R.], collier, 493.
Fanshaw, Mr., sale of Ware and Ware

Park to, 587.
Faresley. See Fazeley.
Partngdon, co. Berks, Wadley in, 588.
Parlington, oo. Hants, deeds relating to,

625.
Farren, Mr., of the household at Wolla-
ton, 168.

665

Farrier (Marescalcus, MarescaUus, Mares-
chdlliis, Marischallus) :
Adam the, 11.

Hugh brother of Adam the, 11.
Richard brother of William the, 4.
William the, 4, 16.

, grant to, 16.

, of Eatcliffe-npon-Trent, 83.

Cf. Marshal.
Faslay. See Pazeley.
Pastil^ !

payments for, 332, 352, 364.
relaxation of, 135, 138, 139.
Pauld, in Hanbury, co. Stafford, deeds

relating to, 627.
Paullows. See Palowys.
Pax, GUbert, 58.
Payghtarbard. See Pitzherbert.
Payknam. See Peckenham.
Payrewood. See Verwood.
Payrys. See Ferrers.
Pazeley, Paresley, Faslay, Payslay [oo.
Stafford], 364.
Bridge, money collected for, 386.
fair, 392.
Peckenham, Payknam forest [co. Wor-
cester], reward to keepers of, 378.
Pegge, William, of Ashford, indicted, 275.
Felde. See Field.
Felley [co. Notts], prior of, 96.
FeUui, Robin de, character in a fabliau,

228.
Pelsham, PUsham, Pylsham [in Bexhill,
CO. Sussex], ministers' accounts of,
307-309.
Fen, expenses of, paid, 446.
Fenton, Mr., at WoUaton, 458.
Perariis. See Ferrers.
Ferdinand I., king of Naples :

peace of, with the pope, 260, 612.
sufferings of, prophesied, 265.
Ferdinand V., king of Spain :

capture of Granada by, 260, 262,

264, 612.
his consort. See Isabella,
marriage of daughter of, 612.
Feren. See Vem.
Perers. See Ferrers.
Ferne, La Perne. See Vern,
Ferneley, H., collier, 492.
Ferrers, Fayrys, de Perariis, Perers,
Perres :
Edward, indulgence granted to, 137.
Sir Edward, of Baddesley Clinton,

334, 334n, 378.
Elizabeth (Preville) wife of Thomas,

294.
lord. See Devereux, Walter.
Robert brother of WiUiam, 6.
Sibyl wife of WUliam, coimtess

Ferrers, 5, 271.
Thomas, 294.

William, earlFerrers, grant by, 5, 271.
Perries. See Barton-on-Humber, Gedling,
Marnham, Sawley, Shelford, Step-
ney, WUford.
Perror, James, examination of, before
the king's council, 142.

Perry-boat, grant of, 126.
Pevre. See Smith.

Field, Felde, Thomas, abbot of Burton,
register compiled by, 247-268, 613.
Cf. Pylde.
Pifehcad St. Quintin, Pyfehede Quyntyn,
CO. Dorset, manor of, 124.
See Fyfield.
Filidleage [near Stoke Bishop, co.

Gloucester], 211.
PUlol, Piliol, Filliol, Pilol, PUoU, PUyoll,
Fyllol :
WilUam, 30k, 105.

, executor of wUl, 102.

, grant to, 109.

, letter to, 102-103.

, manorial records of, 291-293.

, will of, 103-104.

, Joan his sister, legacy to, 103.

, Joan his wife, executor of his

will, 104.

, grant to, 110.

, , manorial records of, 292.

, , will of, 104-106.

John son of William, grant to, 114.

, legacy to, 105.

, manorial records of, 299-303.

, Margaret his wife, 115.

WiUiam son of John, knight, manorial
records of, 306, 309, 311-313.

, marriage of, 115.

, supervisor of will, 124.

, Anne (WiUoughby and Poulet)

his daughter, 315, 517.
Filsham. See Pelsham.
FUyoU. See PiUol.
Finchingfeld, William de, 87.
Fines, manner of drawing up, 269.
Firby, co. York. See Pribi.
Firedamp, 88.
Fisher, Pyssher, pisscator :
Alan the, 55.
Sir Clement, abstract of letter from,

597.
Mary, letter from, 577.

, , reference to, 586.

Mr., 157, 555, 563, 577, 586.

, ai-feeling of lady Bridget Wil-

loughby towards, 575-577.
— ■ — , interview of, with lady Eliza-
beth Waioughby, 546, 547.

. letter to, 576-577.

Fishery :

bequest of, 254.
grants of, 126, 501.
See Blandford.
Fitz-Alan :

Elizabeth (Grey) daughter of Wil-
liam, earl of Arundel, 518.
Henry, earl of Arundel, my lord of
Arundell, 407.

, , Katherine (Grey) his

wife, 518.
PitzHerberd. See Herbert.
Pitzherbert, Payghtarbard, Fyzherbarde,
Phytheherberd, Sphyherber, Sphy-
herberd :
Anthony, executor of wills, 126, 136.

666

Fitzherbert, Anthony — conf.

, indulgence to, 137.

, legal author, 508n.

, marriage of, 125.

[Anthony], 333, 346.

, reward to minstrel of, 352.

, to servant of, 373.

Dorothy (Willoughby) wife of

Anthony, 508.
Henry, 125.
Of. Herbert.
PitzHugh :

Elizabeth lady, bequest to, 516.

, marriage of, 122, 511.

Henry (son of Hugh), of Eavens-

worth, action brought by, 247.
Lady, furniture in bed-chamber of,

478.
See Hugh and c/. Elizabeth.
PitzRoger. See Boger.
Eitzwilliam, Sphyweylliam, Mr., servant

of, 340.
Pladbury, Plaedanburgh, Plaedan Byrig,
Pledebyrig [co. Worcester], graute
of land at, 199-201, 203-204.
Flanders :

expedition of lord Morley to, 508.
the duke of Anjou in, 553.
Flanders tiles, 397.

work, 527.
Plawborough, Flawburgh [co. Notts],

court rolls of, 304.
Pledebyrig. See Pladbury.
Plemeng, Plemming :

Adam lo, bailiff of Nottingham, 626.
John le, 75.
Plodden, battle of, 146, 146h.
Ploore, Flower, co. Northampton, 605.

deeds relating to, 625.
Florence :

Codex Amiatinus at, 611.
merchants of, 261.
Florentia, Brother Zenobius Masius de,
Guardian of the Observant Friara
of Mount Sion, creation of a Knight
of the Holy Sepulchre by, 140-
141.
Flower. See Ploore.
Flowers, Mrs., 438.
Pluellen, 455.
Polchere, witness, 200.

Cf. Pouch er, Fulcher.
Polejaumbo, Poljam :

Alice, lady of Elton, indicted, 277.

Godfrey, indicted, 279.

Isabel (Willoughby) daughter of . . . . ,

505.
James, manorial records of, 290.
John, John son of John, of Beard,

indicted, 274, 276, 278.
Robert son of Richard, of Boron-
bull, indicted, 275, 277.
Boger, 111.

Thomas, of Beard, indicted, 275.
Foleshill, Polkeshull [co. Warwick], deeds
relating to, 627.
See Polkeshiil.
Polet, Robert, 20.

Poleville :

Eustace de, indicted for offences in

CO. Derby, 273, 275-278.
Richard de, parson of Teigh, in-
dicted for offences in co Derby,
276.
Laurence brother of Eustace de,
indicted for offences in co. Derby,
273, 275-278.
Robert brother of Eustace de, in-
dicted for offences in co. Derby,
276-277.
Walter brother of Eustace de, in-
dicted for offences in co. Derby,
273, 275-278.
William de, 25.
Poliat, Richard, grant of lands and

daughter of, 270.
Poljam. See Polejaumbe.
Polkeshul [PoleshUl, co. Warwick], Viel

de, 17.
Pontarabia. See Puenterrabia.
Pools, payments for, 327, 329.
Foot's Cray, co. Kent, deeds relating to,

625.
Ford, Porde :

[in Chapel-en-le-Prith], co. Derby,

274.
[co. Stafford], court rolls of, 286.
Porde, Nicholas de la, indicted for of-
fences in CO. Derby, 273, 274, 277,
279.
Pordingbridge [co. Hants] :
court rolls of, 320.
deQds relating to, 625.
ministers' accounts of, 319, 320.
rental of, 320.
Burgate in, 320, 625.
Pordington, Fordyngton, co. Dorset,

manor of, 124.
Fordlane, Walter dc la, 59.
Fordyngton. See Pordington.
Foremark, Formark [co. Derby], 430.
Forest :

documents relating to the, 240-246,

501-502.
justices of the. See Clifford, Robert ;
Pierrepont, William ; Vescy,
William de.
Formark. See Foremark.
Porster :

Agnes (Morton) daughter of Agnes,

283.
Anne wife of John son of Agnes, 283.
John son of Agues, chancery suit of,
283.
Forsworne wood in Sherwood forest, co.

Notts, trees in, 242.
Fortify, licences to, 51, 271.
Forz, William de, earl of Albemarle,
friend and ally of Richard earl of
Gloucester, 68.
Fosbrooke, Robert, of Trent Bridges:
agreement by, 172.
letters from, 175-177, 181-182.
paper on glass making by, 500.
propositions for sale of coals by, 175.
statement of account by, 500.

667

Poucher, Kobert, of Osmaston, threat-
ened, 278.
a. Folchere, Pulcher.
Fountains abbey [co. York], services ot

Sir Henry WiUoughby to, 124.
Founterabye, Fountraby. See Fuent-

errabia.
Foway, servant of Sir Giles Strangways,

145.
Powgard of Lenton, net-making taught

by, 347.
Fowler, Kichard, 163.

payment to, 442.

Fox, Poxe :

Alice, reward to, 348.

Geoffrey, 452.

George, of Carlton, disclaimer of

arms of, 179.
John, of Nottingham, saltpetre man,

164.
Nicholas, indicted, 275, 278.
Bobert, wages of, 426, 440, 450, 542.
[Robert], expenses of, paid, 447.

, usher, duties of, 538-540.

Thomas, bailifE of Willoughby-on-

the Wolds, 308.
meeting at house of, 574.
servant of Sir Francis WiUoughby,
580.

, abstractsof letters to, 573, 581.

Pox taker, reward to, 336.

Prampton, Promton' priory, co. Dorset,

53.
Prampton, William, of Buckland, 114.
Prancais. See Pranceis.
Prance, Pronse, 364.

constable of. See Eu, Ralph count of.
invasion of, by Henry VII., 264,
266, 613.

, intended by Henry VIII.,

508.
king of. See Charles VIII., Louis XI.
' Most Christian king,' a title im-
plying little, 190.
position of Roman church in, 191.
queen of, minstrel of, 334.
services of Sir Edward WiUoughby

in, 146.
travels of Sir Percival WiUoughby

in, 553, 554.
war with, in reign of queen Mary, 617.
Prance, Marie de, fable by, 234-235.
Pranceis, Prancais, William, 13, 14.
grant by, 32, 32n.
seal of, 32.

Cf, Praunceys, Frenchman.
Pranldey, co. Worcester, 525, 529, 545,
549.
letter dated at, 527.
Fraternity, letters of, 117-118, 121, 125,

127, 133.
Praunceys, Bobert, threatened, 280-281.

Cf. Pranceis, Frenchman.
Frederick IV., emperor of Germany,

prophecy of death of, 264.
Fredyngton. See Alfreton.
Free, governor of the Hamburg company,
marriage of his daughters, 605, 606.

Freinel, Preynell, Adam, 32, 53.
Freman, Mr. and Mrs., at WoUaton, 462.
Fremington, Fremyngham [co. York],

minister's account of, 307.
French :

books, purchase of, 406.

garters, purchase of, 437.

Jesuits reputed to be of the Spanish
faction, 191.

language, not so universal in Eng-
land as English, 239.

poetry, early, 220-235.
Frenchman, WUliam the, 65.

Cf. Pranceis, Praunceys.
Prendestapele, co. Hants, deeds relating

to, 625.
Frenze, co. Norfolk, deeds relating to,

625.
Frere, Adam le, 53.
Frevile, PrivUla, FryvUl :

Roger de, 35.

, grants to, 34, 35, 49, 50.

, Isabel lady of GressenhaU his

sister,

Maud wife of Baldwin de, 65.

, grant to, 65.

Alexander son of Baldwin de, 65.

, assignment of purparty to,

80, 81.

, Joan his wife, 79-81, 89, 90,

506.

Baldwin son of Alexander de, bond
of, 89, 90.

, grandson of Alexander de,

inventory of cattle of, 465-466.

, , retainer of services of,

98.

, son, grandson, etc., of Alex-
ander de, manorial records of, 286,
287, 294, 295.

Elizabeth (Ferrers) sister of Baldwin
de, 294.

wife of Baldwin de, 90.

John son of Baldwin de, 89.

, marriage of, 90.

Baldwin, great-grandson {sic) of
Alexander de, 506.

Margaret great-granddaughter (sic)
of Alexander de, 506, 507.

Bartholomew de, manorial records
of, 287.

marriages of famUy of, 506.
FreyneU. See Preinel.
Friars :

payments to, 329, 334-336, 340, 343,
346, 348, 353, 355, 357, 359, 360,
364, 366, 369, 382.

Observant, of Mount Sion, guardian
of. See Masius, Brother Zeno-
bius.
Pribi [Firby, co. York], Ralph de, 61.
Friend :

Wmiam, 606.

, Ann (Smith) his wife, 606.

, , (Delangley) his daugh-
ter, 606.

, Elizabeth (Dobson) his daugh-
ter, 606.

668

Friend — conl.

Robert, son of William, D.D., master
of Westminster school, 606.

, Jane (Delangley) his wife, 606.

WiUiam, son of William, clergyman,
606.

, Bridget (Glover) his wife, 606.

John, son of William, doctor, 606.

, Ann (Morrice), his wife, 606.

, John his son, 606.

Progmorton. See Throgmorton.
Frome BiUet [in West Stafford, co.
Dorset] :
deeds relating to, 624.
minister's account of, 319.
Prome :

Isabel daughter of John, bequests

to, 101-102.
Joan (PUliol) daughter of John,
bequests to, 101, 102.

, manorial records of, 292.

John, wiU of, 101-102.

Richard brother of John, bequest to,

102.
Thomas brother of John, bequest to,

102.
William brother of John, bequest to,
102.
From ton'. See Framptou.
Prone, Aucher son of William son of,

de Boneye, grant by, 59.
Fronse. See Prance.
Frost, Thomas, bond of, to William

Auberey, 147, 148.
Proward, Nicholas, of Wirksworth, in-
dicted, 275.
Frowyk, Roger de, 87.
FruiUard, Adam, 58.
Frysaunce, Alphonse, astrologer to the
Great Turk, predictions of, 263-
266.
Pryswith, Mrs., payment by the hands

of, 447.
Fuenterrabia, Fontarabla, Pounterabye,
Pountraby [Spain, Guipuzcoa] :
arrival of lord Dorset at, 146.
delivery of ordnance at, 128, 129.
Puket, Ralph, 64.
Pulcher :

Alan son of, 50.
Wariii son of, 36.
Cf. Polchere, Poucher.
Fuleburn, Stephen de, treasurer of the
hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
in England, 74.
Puletebi, Pulesbi [Pulletby, co. Lincoln],

William de, 8, 17.
Fuller, Walter, of Penshurst, gentleman,

474.
PuUers' mills, 156.
Pulletby [co. Ijincolu]. See Puletebi.
Fulwood, Pulwode [in HucknaU-under-
Huthwaite], co. Notts, 501.
boundaries of, 241.
Pundwi, Fundi, Pimdu, Fimwi.

Amable daughter of William, grant

to, 4.
Peter brother of Walter, 15.

Pundwi — cont.

Walter, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 47, 48, 49.

WiUiam, 16, 17.
Funeral :

bequests for, 114.

expenses of, 449, 451, 473.
Punwi. See Pundwi.
Purneixx :

Sibyl de, manor of, broken, 281.

Thomas de, assaulted, 281.
Purnivall, Thomas, pleas of the forest

held before, 245.
Pyfehede Quyntyn. See Fifehead St.

Quintin.
Pyfield, Fifehead, co. Hants, manor of,

124.
Pykeys, William, money extorted from,

282.
Pylde, Robert, 167.

Cf. Pelde.
PyUege. See PUsley.
Pyllol. See PiUol.
Pylsham. See Pelsham.
Fynders, WiUiam, bachelor in decretis,
proctor of the monks of Burton,
251.
Pyndryn, John de, indicted, 275.
Pyndiirn, Mr., payment to servant of,

375.
Fyssher. See Fisher.
Fytton:

Mr., reward to minstrel of, 366.

. , to officers of, 367.

Mrs., token sent to, 377.

Mary, payment to, 381.

Pyzherbarde. See Pitzherbert.

Gaddesby [co. Leicester], minister's

account of, 302.
GaUey, Gagely [in Penkridge, co. Staf-
ford], bequest of, to Burton abbey,
256.
Gainsborough, Gainsborowe, Gaynees-
borro, Gaynesborro, Gaynseborow,
Gaynsseborowe [co. Lincoln], 443.
boats taking coal to, 172, 175.
charges upon coal at, 172.
sale of coal from WoUaton at, 169.
Gaiton, Gaitune [Gayton, co. Lincoln],
Richard de, 29.
grant to, 18, ISn,
GaUoway, Galwayth, movements of

David de Bruce in, 95.
Galo, Walo, WUliarn son of, 2, 2n.
Gamble, Richard, payment to, 459.
Gamelston, Roger de, 99.
Gamston, co. Notts, 124.
Gamyl, Henry son of Geoffrey, seal of,

86.
Ganors, name In poem, 223.

669

Garadyne. See Garendon,
Gardino, Thomas de, 86.
Gardner, Thomas : ■

payments to, 429, 448.
wages of, 427.
Garendon, Garadyne, Garydyne [co.
Leicester] :
abbot of, rewards to oiHcers of, 348,

368.
offerings made at, 339, 348.
pilgrimage to sweet rood of, 384.
Gargat, William, janitor of Lenton priory,

grant to, 70.
Garlandia, John de, poems assigned to,

214, 216.
Garnado. See Granada.
Garnam, William, demise of mine to, 100.
Garner, Marjory, 542.
Gajnethorpe. See Granthorpe.
Garsions, character in poem, 223.
Garter King at Arms, payment to, 328.
Garton [-on-the-Wolds, co. York] !
Adam de, 4.

Geoffrey the clerk of, 61.
Garydyne. See Garendon.
Gascoigne, Gayesqiiyen, Adam, pursui-
vant, payment to, 391.
Gascon', Richard, John Gaston (sic), of
Wollaton, depositions of, 118,
119, 120.
Gascony, Gascoyne, army to be sent to,

128.
Gaston. See Gascon.
Gatekeeper, Alan the, 64.
Gaunt, Gilbert, earl of Lincoln, grant

by, 241.
Gaunte. See Ghent.
Gautelos, character in a fabliau, 228.
Gaybonse, WUliam, present from, 387,

Cf. Gebbons, Gebones, Gibbons.
Gayesquyen. See Gascoigne.
Gaylyfe, Mr., payments to, 333.

Cf. Jelyfe.
Gayneesborro, Gaynesboro. See Gains-
borough.
Gaynlord, counsel, 247.
Gaynseborow, Gaynsseborowe. See Gains-
borough.
Gayton, co. Lincoln. See Gaiton.
Gebbons, Thomas, esquire, keeper of
Sutton Coldfleld, grant by, 156.
Cf. Gaybonse, Gibbons.
Gebones, Lancaster, of the buttery at
Wollaton, 168.
Cf. Gaybonse, Gibbons.
Gedling, Geddelyng, Gedelyng, co. Notts,
91.
deeds relating to, 626.
ferry and fishery of, 126.
ministers' accounts of, 307, 309.
Gedney, Mr., 452.
Gee, Arnold, bailiff of Sutton-upon-

Ti-ent, 308.
Gelstrop, WUliam, alderman of Notting-
ham, certificate signed by, 498.
Gelynse, Gelyonse :
Mr., 338.
of Faslay, return of, from Pranoe,364.

Geneva, Percival WiUoughby at, 558.
Genoa, Jene, Jenes fustian, etc., 437,

451.
Geoffrey :

Amabilla wife of Robert son of, 270.
Geoffrey son of, de Karleton, 34.
Robert son of, 58, 70, 270.
Thomas son of, 38n.
William son of, 32, 70.

, de Karleton, 34.

George duke of Bavaria, marriage of his

daughter, 260, 612.
George, expenses of, paid, 421.
Gerard, WiUiam son of, 11.
Germainne, betrayal of, 228.
Germains, character in fabliau, 223, 228.
German, Germon, Germun, Germund,
Gernnwn :
John, maintenance of children of,

343, 346, 363.
Philip, 54, 611.
marriage of, 385.
sent to London, 349.
Germany, Jermany :

empire of, only local, 190.
waterworks of, 175.
Germon, Germun, Germund, Gernnwn,

See German.
Gorvase, Richard son of, 29n.
grant by, confirmed, 270.
Ghent, Gaunte [Flanders], coverlet of,

468.
Gibbons, Gybbona, Gybons :
Thomas, esquire, 167.
William, 167.

Mr., at Wollaton, 456, 457.
Cf. Gaybonse, Gebbons, Gebones.
Gibsmere, Gibsmire, Gyppesmere [in
Bleasby], co. Notte :
court roUs of, 320, 322.
deeds relating to, 626.
map of, 169.

ministers' accounts of, 302, 321.
Gibson, William, inventory taken by,

485.
Giffard;

Richard, 24.

Walter, bishop of Bath and Wells,
71, 72.
Gigliis :

John de, of Lucca, agent of Henry
VII. at Rome [later bishop of
Worcester], 613.

, , letter from, 260.

Sebastian de, 461, 613.
Gilbert :

Brother, 38.

Gilbert le flz, 80.

Henry le fiz, 80.

Ralph son of, 12.

William son of, de Gotham, receiver

of outlaws, 280.
witness, 8.
Gill, William, of Rolleston, disclaimer

of arms of, 179.
Gilling, GUlingemore [co. York], founda-
tion of chantry at, 6.
Gilling', WiUiam de, 52.

670

Gillingham, Gylyngham [co. Dorset] :

deeds relating to, 624.

ministers' accounts of, 301, 307.
Oirart, son of ditc Beuson, 226.
Gisorcio :

Anketin de, citizen of London, 92.

John de, citizen of London, 92.
Givo, Eobert son of, 7, In.
Glanville, Bartholomew, De Proprieta-

Hhus Rerum of, 240.
Glasier, Peres, servant of William Dethyk,

assault upon, 259.
Glass :

manufacture of, at WoUaton, 182,
284, 499-501.

, with wood, prohibited, 182.

Glasson, Richard, bailiff of WoUaton,

307.
Glaston'; Robert de, constable of Dover

castle, delivery of castle by, 71.
Glastonbury abbey [co. Somerset], abbot

of, action brought by, 247.
Gledenhurst, William de, 17.
Glendower, Glegndouredy, Owen de,
defence of Shrewsbury against,
101.
Gleyden, John, clerk in orders, 391.
Glossary ;

acre as a measure of length, 162,
442, 443.

Adam bell, 469.

alea, 74, 74k.

algorys, 472.

alygraunte, 387.

ancrys, 349.

anepitathony, 450.

athameat, 324.

aulettes, 328, 328n.

awndyr, 213.

bankers, 102, 102n, 467.

bassett, 493.

beatinge (of shoes), 165, 165n.

blittrons, 244, 244n.

blome of iron, 494, 495.

blome smith, 495.

blomer, 494.

bodge, 328.

bole, 257, 257n.

boltes of thread, 421.

bonegrace, 408, 408n.

boots (of a necklace), 604.

bord Alexander, 466n, 467.

brander, 494.

brettes, 370.

briggenders, 483.

brougett, 488, 488n.

brune, 496.

buck, 441.

busshementez, 116, 116n.

bustian, 472.

bycokett, 467, 467».

canmes, canm.asse (canvas), 347, 350,
373.

cannon bittes, 445, 445n,

cannyans, 432, 436, 436n, 444, 451.

caroohe, carrouche, 180, 180n.

cawUmen, sets of, 366.

caytohing sylke, 405.

Glossary— cont.

celer, 102, 102m.

cenapey, 325, 325n.

cerceW, 325.

cesprey, 269, 269n.

chalandes, 334.

chandrable, 173..

charere, 12, 12ot.

chevyn, 370.

cipheos, 405, 405n, 407n.

citheos, 411.

clyves, 484, 484n.

cobberdes, 481.

cockglode, 441.

coddjTig tyme, 107, 107n.

cogges, 443.

cokshut cordes, 438, 438n.

collemettinge, 171, 171n.

collobium, 274.

connyber, 180, 180n.

connye clappers, 428, 443, 443w.

coppe yolkes, 484, 484n.

cor-fuUe of coal, 170.

costeryngez, 466.

cowle, 437.

crapol, 112, 112n.

creme, 379.

creper, 487, 489.

crevises, 455.

Crowchemesseday, 106, 106n.

crypen, 410, 410n.

curtowes, 129, 129m.

cussues, 113, 113n.

cypers, 355, 355n.

cyseos, 407, 407«.

dagges, 490.

dagswayne, 469.

dalesmen, 163, 163n.

diacodi, 450.

dornyxe, 403, 403n.

drova, 61, 61n.

dubler, 15, 15n.

ellis sprewuse, spruce elles, 372, 380.

enterteisis, 397, 397n.

epitathony, 450.

erthmerche, 12, 12n.

eyndinge, 419, 419n.

fardingale, vardingale, 401, 404, 437,

444.
farrendou, 573, 573-n.
feinge, 431.
feme, 484.
ferret sylke, 437.

ferryla, 426, 427, 428, 429, 441, 443.
fewster, 373.
f eying, 431.
fither. See phither.
flankerdes, 467, 467n.
fleake mayles, 440.
fornesium, 82, 82n.
forstuithemede, 103.
freshacates, 315.
fressyng, 324, 324n.
frett, 484, 484n.
frewter, 470, 470n.
frosecherchers, 406, 406n.
frosepastez, 402, 402n.
full of ketelles, 470.

671

Glossary — coni.

funys, 328, 328n.

galentyn, 325.

gardevyan, 472, 472n.

gamych, 328.

gaskin, 436, 436n.

gessorant, 113, 113n.

gestrons, 119, 119n.

gifter-money, 164, 164n.

gleythe, 373, 373n.

gobbinge, 164, 164n.

goderdes, 372.

grene gynger, 356, 358.

greyles, 113, n3n.

gwyd, 97, 97n,

gylyng, 493.

gyfter, 340, 340n.

gyfter plowes, 419.

gyne, 417, 417n.

gyspynne, 471.

habbardin8, 460.

hachellys, 470.

hakbussh, 129.

ham, 53, 53n.

harden, 476.

harlasez, 407, 407n.

hayransus, 384.

he, 57, 57n.

heddryftes, 100.

heght, 493.

hilling, 479.

holm, 13, 13n.

homes fustian, 434, 434n.

hooltestothye, 483.

horsshawmes, 130.

impinge, 581, 581m.

ingeonabull, 265.

inkell', 409.

intryket, 265.

jellope, 450.

Jenes, 451.

jorietes, 444, 444n.

keels, 172, 173.

kemp, 324.

Jcerra, 54, 54n.

knapes, 432, 432n.

knoting, 170.

kyddes, 362.

kymlynnes, 471, 471«.

kymmels, 482.

lanndo yolkes, 484, 484n.

laydyng, 339, 339n.

leppe, 371.

ley, 380, 380«.

ley (metal), 470, 470«.

leystowe, 473, 473n.

limpe, 162.

Ihoge, 62, 62n.

lobbefysche, 372.

locatretryna, 449.

lome, loome, 437, 480.

loom, lowme (drinking vessel), 331,

4.37.
lowke, 350.
lumykyn, 326, 326n.
lybbing, 435.
lymmar, 129, 129n.
malebracee, 438, 438n.

Glossary — cont.

manecombe, 434.

man quellers, 616.

manus Christi, 422.

marlere, 12, 12«.

mastlen, 373.

maxers, 486, 487.

merche panes, 436, 436n.

Mithridatum, metredatum, 410, 449.

mockado, 437, 437m.

mortarium, 12, 12n.

muge, 465.

mynnykyns, 444, 444m,

nyght rayelles, 405.

nyghturtale, 107, 107m.

owte gate, 443.

pantoffeUes, 425, 425m.

partlet, pertlettes, 369, 369m, 406.

pastrena, 434.

pavuse, 112, 112m.

penedyce, 436, 436m.

perlyng, 467.

phither, 57, 57n.

picosHum, 88, 88m.

porchmowethez, 408, 408n.

portowos, 113, 113n.

poundgarnyttes, 376.

poyntes, 329, 329m.

pycke (hair) under the lip, 166.

pyson, 113, 113m.

quysshons, 102, 102m.

Qwysson, 107, 107m.

ragmersshe, 468, 468m.

raylse, 386.

removes (horse shoes), 428, 435.

rewann', 324, 324m.

rooke of coals, 168, 170, 175.

roundes, 443.

rovers, to shoot at, 569.

runtes, 419, 419n.

salet, sallett, 114, 114m, 483.

savernap, 97.

sohed, 107, ]07m.

schelylett, 137.

seege, 401.

serten, 107, ]07m.

shadowes, 449.

shetys, young hogs called, 471.

shotyng, 493.

soughe, sowe, 88, 88n, 149, 149m, 161.

sowe of iron, 495, 497.

sowcs of lead, 130.

sowwe, 347.

sperver, 466.

splentes, 467.

sponenge, 448.

spruce elles, ellis sprewuce, 372, 380.

stamell, stanall, 450, 450m, 488.

standysshe, 403, 403m, 435.

steeling, 434, 438.

stovers of coal, 169.

styllytary howse, 417.

Susanna, 477.

swoninge water, 447.

syk, 107, 107m.

synoynge, 373.

systers threed, 421, 442.

tayke, 359.

672

GlosBary — cont.

tayryttes, dog, 3S9,

tenturs, 119, 119n.

throthenug, 438.

thurle, thyrle, 149, 149«, 439,

topnett, 379, 379«.

topytte, 387.

torsalle, tornsalle, 372, 372m, 422.

trayakwll, treakle, triakell, 355, 355«,
405, 449.

tufte tafeyta, 422.

tundish, 437.

tyghtes, traces, 472.

tyUer boe, 490, 490«.

vardingale. See fardingale.

Toluper, 404, 404n.

wadmole, 447, 447n.

waloer, 493.

■wambraces, 483.

washe of oysters, 444.

wateregates, 100.

weynelles, 472, 472n.

withdraught, 466.

wodewoses, 465.

wonnen, 108, 108n.

wymbles, 484.

yekins, yekynse, 354, 358.

yelyng tub', 471, 471n.
Glossehop, Glowssopp payment of ex-
penses of, 353, 375.
Gloucester, carl of. See Clare, Bichard

de ; Robert, William son of.
Gloucestria. John de, of Castletoa, in-
dicted, 274, 276.
Glover, Glower, Glowwer :

Bridget, wife of William Friend, 606.

Edward, payments by, 454, 455.

Richard, herald, pedigree by, 505n.

almsman, jacket for, 350.

wedding of, 360.
Glowssopp. See Glossehopp.
Glowwer. See Glover.
Gluttony, 166.

Goadby, Marwood, Gowteby [co. Leices-
ter], manor of, 109.
Goare. See Gore.
Godard, Augustine, 62.
Godbehere, Godbeheer, Oliver, 455.

, expensesof paid, 429, 433, 445.

Godebers, character in a fabliau, 229.
Godeynogh, William, money extorted

from, 282.
Godfrey, William son of, de Hurnle,

Hurley, 14, 47.
Godfrois son of Mehaut, character in

a fabliau, 228.
Godler, Sir Henry, executors of, 579.
Godinge, the deacon, 211, 212.
Godiva, countess [of Mercia], gift by,

196.
Godolphin, Sidney lord, lord High

Treasurer, 501.
Goffe, Augustine son of, reeve of the
French borough of Nottingham, 62.
Gold, John, wages of, 542.
Goldsmith, Goldsmyth, Goulde Smythe,
Aurifdber :

Richard, waiter at WoUaton, 168.

Goldsmith — cord.

Simon the, 20, 20re.
Walter, payment to, 421.
Cf. Orfevre.
GoUe, Bichard, 7.
Gomfrey, Brother Roger, 114.
Gonaston, Gonastonne, Goneston, Gun-
olvestune [Gonalstone, co. Notts] :
Gilbert son of Winemer de, 55.
Hugh de, indicted, 274.
Luke, expenses of, paid, 459.
[?Luke], 454.
Gondomar, Sarmlento count of, proceed-
ings on return of, to Spain, 187-
192.
Gonduins, character in a fabliau, 229.
Goneston. See Gonaston.
Gonne :

John, payment to, 401.
Thomas, payments by, 411, 413.
Goodbody, Richard, payment to, for

torches, 473.
Goodwyn, Burton, 176.

complaint against, 175.
Cf. Gudwyne.
Gorciis, Brother Astorgius dc, prior of

Lenton, 96.
Gore Fields and Heath, Goare [in Mor-

den, CO. Dorset], 61.
Gorges, Ralph de, knight, 76.
Gori, Roger, 16.
Gorton. See Goverton.
Gorton, William, payment to, 401.
Gosberton [co. Lincoln], Cheal in, 298.
Gosson, John, 368.

Gotham, co. Notts, deeds relating to, 626.
Gotham :

William de, keeper of the peace and
justice of oyer and terminer in co.
Notts, proceedings before, 272-
282.
William son of Gilbert de, receiver
of outlaws, 280.
Gouarre, John, 74.
Goulde Smythe. See Goldsmith.
Gourton. See Goverton.
GoushuU, Thomas de, 281.
Goutevilla [? in Pickwell, co. Leicester],

grant of land in, 35.
Gouyz :

Hawysia wife of Richard de, settle-
ment of arrears claimed against,
76.
Richard de, settlement of arrears
claimed against, 76.
Goverton, Gorton, Gourton [in Bleasby],
CO. Notts :
court rolls of, 320, 322.
deeds relating to, 626.
map of, 169.

ministers' accounts of, 302, 321.
Gows, John, manorial records of,

292.
Gower :

Henry, bishop of St. David's, 91.
John, Confessio Amantis of, 236.
Gownthorp, Gownthorpe. See Gunthorpe.
Gowteby. See Goadby Marwood.

673

Graham [Grantham, co. Lincoln] :
John de, citizen of London, 89.
Thomas de, 21.
See Grantham.
Grainesbi [Grainsby, co. Lmcoln], Hugh

de, 32.
Grammatical works, extracts from, 213-

216.
Granada, Garnado :

capture of, 260, 262-3, 264, 612, 613.
treasures found in, 262.
Granadoe silk, 410.

Grandborough [co. Warwick], Calcutt in,
295, 304-306, 310-312, 31,5, 317,
321, 322.
Grandison, John, bishop of Exeter,

action brought against, 247.
Grantham, Graham, Grantam, co. Lin-
coln, 388, 430.
soke of, 23, 24.
See Graham.
Granthorpe, Garnethorpe, co. Lincoln,

rental of, 319.
Grasworth. See Gresworth.
Grauncurt, John de, 94.
Graveseud, Gravesende, Gravysende [co.
Kent] :
constable and portreeve of, money

laid out by, for soldiers, 159.
fair at, 329.
manor of, 91.
Gravesende, Maud (de Grey) wife of John

de, 91.
Gravysende. See Gravesend.
Gray, Darby, wages of, 426.

See Grey.
Grayslay. See Gresley.
Greasley, co. Notts, Beauvale in, 360.

See Gresley.
Greatworth, Greetworth [co. Northamp-
ton], Mr. Pargiter's house at, 605.
Greek :

dealer in clothes, payments to, 408,

410.
epitaph in, 155.
grammar, purchase of, 406.
Greene, Grene :

John, payment to, for sword hilts,
423.

atte, of Buxton, indicted, 274.

Ralph, 115.

Richard, paym.cnt to, 425.

547.

. . . . , friend of Sir Percival Wil-

loughby, 574.
. . . . , payments to, 437, 440, 446.
Greenfield, Grenefylde, Grynefelde :

William, archbishop of York, seques-
trator of. See Benes, Thomas de.
payments to, 401, 405.
Greenwich, Grenewiche [co. Kent] :

letters of the signet dated at, 132,
140, 509, 510, 514.
Greenwich, Bast, Bstgrenewych, co.
Kent, 110,
ferry at, 110.

Greetworth. See Greatworth.
Gregorie, John, alderman of Nottingham,

certificate signed by, 498.
Gregory IL, pope, 611.
Gregory :

Mother, payment to, 447.

Walter son of, 15.

payment to,for crying a wether, 421.
Greiuestun, Matthew de, 50.
Grendon, co. Northampton, family of

Willoughby of, 507.
Grendon, co. Warwick, deeds relating to,

627.
Grendon [co. Warwick], Robert de, 17.
Grene. See Greene.
Grenefylde. See Greenfield.
Greuelowe. See Grindlow.
Greneweye, Thomas de, indicted, 274,

276.
Grenewiche. See Greenwich.
Gresbrowke, Gresbrocke :

Mrs., at Wollaton, 463.

reward to daughter of, 333.
Gresley, Grayslay, Greseleya, Greslay,
Greysley [Greasley, co. Notts] :

Henry de, 46.

Sir John, knight, 513.

Ralph de, 45n, 52m.

Mr., 349.

, pajTnent to minstrel of, 328.

Cf. Griseley.
Gressenhall, Gressighehalia [co. Norfolk]:

Isabel sister of Roger de Privilla
lady of, grant by, 34.

, seal of, 35.

William the steward of, 35.

, John his son, 35.

Gresworth, Grasworth :

Thomsis, accounts rendered by, 451,
452.

[Thomas], 454.
Gretham, Robert de, poem of, 220, 221.
Greves, Mr. and Mrs., at Wollaton, 462.
Grevill, Grevell, Grevle, Gr'evyll, Sir
Foulke, 398, 428, 546.

knighted, 528.

payments to bear-ward of, 448, 451.

reference to letter to, 579.
Grey, Gray : ^

(A) Sir John, death of, 508.

(B) Edward brother of (A), viscount
Lisle, lord Lysle, bill of complaint
of, 115-117.

, depositions concerning riotous

conduct of, 118-121.

— - — , supervisor of will of Sir Henry
Willoughby, 122.

, Anne (Willoughby) his daugh-
ter, marriage of, 121, 123, 508.

, Elizabeth (Dudley) his daugh-
ter, 508.

, his wife, 120.

, Jane his wif e,agreement by,123.

, bequest to, 123.

, Muriel (Stafford ) his daughter,

508.

^ Entries sRanged genealogically (as far as possible).

M 43

674

Grey — cont.

(C) John son of (B), 508.

, Elizabeth his daughter, 508.

, Muriel his wife, 508.

(D) Thomas, marquis of Dorset
[grandson of (A)], 366, 377, 378,
380, 384, 385, 508.

, commission to, 141, 141m,

514.

— — , in Spain, 146, 508.

, letters from, 514.

, lieutenant-general of the king's

army, 128, 130.

, payments to servants of, 374,

385.

, Anne (Willoughby) his daugh-
ter, 509,

, , death of, 394, 394n.

, , marriage of, 514, 518.

, Elizabeth (Audley) his daugh-
ter, 518.

, Katherine (Pitz-Alan) his

daughter, 518.

, Margaret (Wotton) his wife,

518.

(E) Henry son of (D), marquess of
Dorset, High Constable of Eng-
land, and duke of Sufiolk, 390,
395, 396, 398, 518, 522.

, execution of, 518, 521.

, payment to, 524.

, rising of, 414b.

, supervisor of 'will, 149.

, Prances (Brandon) his wife,

518, 520-522.
, Jane [lady Jane Grey] his

daughter, 518, 520, 521.

, , C/. Guyldeforde.

, Katherine (Pitz-Alau) his

wife, 518.
, (Seymour) his daughter,

518, 520, 521.
, Mary (Keys) his daughter,

518, 520, 521.
Henry lord, manorial records of,

308.
Lord John [son of (D)] 395, 520,

521, 524.

, abstract of letter to, 525.

, reward to players of, 386.

Lord Thomas [son of (D)], 394,

395, 520.
Maud daughter of Reginald [? lord

de Grey], 505.
William, of Wood Bevington, agree-
ment by, 130.
, Lawrence his son, marriage

of, 130.
Mr., rewards to servants of, 368, 385.

, to soldiers of, 341, 353.

Grey of Codnor :
Henry de, 46.
John son of Richard de, 71.

, money received from, 74.

Henry son of John de, household

accounts of, 323-327.

, wUl of, 84-86.

, Henry his son, bequest to, 85.

Grey of Codnor — cont.,

, , keeper of the peace in

CO. Derby, 272-282.

, Joan his daughter, companion

of Richard de Grey, bequest to,
85.
, , nun of Acombury, be-
quest to, 85.

, Joan his wife, bequest to, 85.

, Lucy de Somery his daughter,

bequest to, 85.

, Nicholas his son, bequests to,

85.

, Thomas his son, bequest to, 85.

Richard son of Henry de, 87.

, agreements by, 89-91.

, bequests to, 85.

■, executor of his father's will,

86.

, falcons of, 326.

, grant by, 91.

, keeper of the peace and justice

of oyer and terminer in co. Derby,
272-282.

, manorial records of, 286.

, Maud (de Graveseude) his

wife, grant to, 91.
Elizabeth [wife of Richard lord de],
manorial records of, 298.
Grey of Groby :

(A) Henry nephew of Henry duke

of Suffolk, 519.
Henry grandson of (A), earl of Stam-
ford, 519.
Grey of Powis, Edward lord, marriage

of his daughter, 514.
Grey of Rotherfield, Joan (Willoughby)

daughter of .... baron, 505.
Greysley. See Gresley.
Griffith, Margaret (Willoughby) daughter

of Sir John, of Wichnor, 507.
Grimestun [Grimston, co. York], Walter

de, 23, 23n.
Grindlow, Grenelowe [in Bradwell, co.
Derby], outlaws received at, 276.
Gringley, Grynnelay [co. Notts] :
covu-t rolls of, 291, 295, 297.
deeds relating to, 626.
Griseley :

Edmund brother of Robert de,

indicted, 277.
Robert de, indicted, 277.
Roger brother of Robert de, indicted,

277.
C/. Gresley.
Groby, co. Leicester, lord Grey of, 519.
Gromewell, relations of George Medley

with, 398.
Grundy, Michael, of Thurgarton, dis-
claimer of arms of, 179.
Gryffen, Mr., 396.
Cf. Gryphyn.
Grymmesby, John de, of Lincoln, in-
dicted, 274, 276, 280.
Grynefelde. See Grenefylde.
Grynnelay. See Gringley.
Gryphyn, payment by, 411.
C/. Gryffen.

675

Gryppyng. See Crepping.

Guard, captain of the. See Hatton, Sir

Christoplier.
Gudwyne, Nurse, payment to, 440.

Cf. Goodwyn.
Guienne, Guyen, army to be sent to, 128.
Guinant, provost of Diuant, 228.
Guiues, Guisness [dep. Pas-de-Calais],

subsidy for garrison of, 510.
Guisborough priory [co. York], 25m.
Guiting, CO. Gloucester, deeds relating

to, 625.
Gum. See Camme.
Gumley, Guthemundelo, co. Leicester,

deeds relating to, 025.
Gune, Nurse :

payments to, 440, 444.

payment by, 450.
Gunner, John, 454.

gunpowder for, 458.

Gunolrestune. See Gonaston. •

Gunstou, Hugh de (lo Procuratour),

proctor of Bakewell, 272, 274, 277.

Gunthorpe, Gownthorpc [in Lowdliam,

CO. Notts], 281.

chartularies of lands in, 196, 269.

deeds relating to, 626.

lordship of, 121.

manor of, 506, 507.

, court rolls of, 293, 306, 319.

, ministers' accounts of, 296,

307-309.

rental of, 294.
Gurncr, Margery, wages of, 439.
Guthlac, mtness, 200.
Guy, John, merchant of Bristol, letter

to, 284.
Guyen. See Guienne.
Guyldeforde, lady [lady Jane Grey ?],

reward to lackey of, 409.
Gybbons, Gybons. See Gibbons.
Gyles, Mr., 177.
Gylyngham. See Gillingham.
Gynur, Bobert le, 81.
Gyppesmere. See Gibsmere.

H

Habberley, in Kidderminster, co. Worces-
ter, deeds relating to, 627.
Habtot :

Hasculf brother of Robert de, 5.

Bobert de, 5.

William de, 56.
Hacche, Hamo de, 76.
Hacconby, Haconby, Hawkynbe [co.
Lmcoln], 123.

deeds relating to, 625.

minister's account of, 307.
Hacham. See Haugham.
Hacker, Mr., at WoUaton, 463.
Haconby. See Hacconby.

Hacun, Alan son of, 16.

Haddam, Mrs., not a, good companion

for lady WiUoughby, 534, 535.
Haddon [co. Derby], Sir Francis Wil-

loughby at, 153.
Haderston. See Atherstone.
JHadham [co. Essex], 410.
Hadlnbur. See Attenborough.
Hadyngton [co. Dorset], minister's ac-
count of, 296.
Hffidda. See Headda.
Haghmon. See Haughmond.
Hahc, Bichard de, 19.
Hahwrd, Thomas the chaplain of, 59.
Haia, Master Bobert de, 10.

Cf. Haye.
Hailes, Haylse [co. Gloucester], abbey of
the Holy Blood of, offerings at,
343, 360.
Hair, long, abuse of, 166.
Haisbroc, Nicholas de, 17.
Halam, Halome [co. Notts], 114.

See Halum.
Halon. See Hallam.
Halesowen [co. Worcester], coal accounts

of, 495.
Haliton, Bobert de, money extorted
from, 282.
Cf. Halton, Halughton.
Haliwell, brother WUliam de, chaplain

of the knights hospitallers, 38.,
Hall:

Hem-y, 125.

Hugh, payment for livery of, 403.

, payments to, 404, 405.

John, 167, 399, 437.

, abstracts of letters to, 522-

524.

, accounts of, 414-416, 522.

— — , baUiff at Middleton, 521, 522.

, executor of will of Sir Henry

WiUoughby, 144, 396, 398, 406,
519.
John del, of Castleton, indicted, 275.
Urban, 388.

William, payment to, 463.
furniture in chamber of, 484.
Hallam, Kirk, Kyrkhalam, Kyrke Halam
[CO. Derby], burial in All Saints'
church. 111.
sale of wood in, 317.
Mapperley.in, 115, 125, 292, 524,
624.
Hallam, West, Westhalam, Westhalom
CO. Derby], 420.
Sir Bichard, rector of All Saints'
• Church {sic). 111.
HaUam, Kirk or West, Halen [co. Derby],
bequest of land in, to Burton
abbey, 256.
HaUam Wood [co. Derby], 445.
Hallam, Nicholas, of Connecticut, letter
to, 194-195.
Cf. Halum.
Halloughton, Halluton, co. Notts, 94.

See Halughton.
Halnaby, Halnathby, in Croft, co. York,
deeds relating to, 627.

676

Halome. See Halam.

Halpeny, expenses of, paid, 415.

Halselin. See Hauselin.

Halstow, CO. Kent, deeds relating to, 625.

Halton, Eobert de, baker, beaten, 282.

Cf. Haliton.
Halugbton [Hallonghton, co. Notts],
Eichard de, 94.
Cf. Haliton.
Halulu [Halam, co. Notts], Master
Benedict de, 94.
a. Hallam.
Haltm, Beatrice de, 45n.
Halywell. See Hollywell.
Hamburg, Hamborough company,
governor of. See Free,
merchant, 603.
Hamelln, land, of, 31.
Hamerden [in Ticehurst, co. Sussex] :
court rolls of, 303.'
ministers' accounts of, 307, 309.
Hamilton, in Barkby, co. Leicester, deeds

relating to, 625.
Hampton, Bevis of, not the subject of

a homily, 238.
Hampton Court [co. Middlesex], 414.
barony conferred at, 566.
letters dated at, 554.
letters of the signet dated at, 511,
518.
Hamtou. See Southampton.
Hamund :

Laurence, 70.

, clerk, 77.

Eobert, 77.
Hanbury [co. Stafford], Marchington in,

254.
Hancockes, Edward, gardener at Wol-

laton, 169.
Hancok, John, chaplain, 100.
Handley, Hanley :

Henry, of Brampcote, lease of coal

mine by, 173.
Mr. [? Henry], at WoUaton, 463.
Handsworth, Honesworth, co. Stafford,

manor of, 272.
Hanewerth. See Hanworth.
Hanke, sale of office by, 515.
Hanley. See Handley.
Hannam :

Major, 603.

, .... (WUIoughby) his wife,

603.
Hanneson, Eichard, mayor of Notting-
ham, 626.
Hauston, Hunston Grange [in Thorpe
CO. Derby] :
boundaries of, 258.
lime pits in, 258.
open grounds in, 259.
places named in, 258, 259.
Hantesira. See Northampton, county of.
Hanworth, Hanewerth [co. Lincoln ?],

grant of marsh of, 5.
Happws. See Hopwas.
Harald :

Agnes, of Swansea, marriage of, 91.
Sir Philip, of Swansea, 91.

Harang, Sir Walter, knight, 93.
HarboTough. See Market Harborough.
HarboteU, Harbottell, HarbotyU, Her-
botell, Herbowtyll :
Bartram, manorial records of, 301.
George son of Guicherd, 132.
Guicherd, of Prudhoe and Beamish,
inquisition post mortem, on, 132.

, wardship of lands and heir of,

132.
Jane (WiUoughby) wife of Guicherd,

508.
Mary, 330, 338, 342, 349, 365, 366.

, bonnet for, 343.

, clothes for, 344, 347, 348, 361.

, marriage of, 370, 372.

, side-saddle for, 373.

Harbury, Harlburghe Brige [co. War-
wick], bequest of land in, to
Burton abbey, 257.
Harcourt, Aicuria, Harcuria, Harincuria :
Alice wife of Simon de, grant con-
firmed by, 9, 10.
Simon de, grant confirmedby, 9, 10.
Sir Simon, opinion of, 502.
HardeshuU' :

Elizabeth daughter of John de,

marriage of, 89, 90.
John de, bond of, 90.
Philip de, 89, 90.
C/. Hardredeshull.
Hardewyn, Thomas, 109.
Hardi, Eobert, 57.

Cf. Hardwy.
Hardredeshull, Hardrideshul [Hartshill
in Mancetter, co. Warwick] :
Eobert son of William de, 49.
William de, 49.
Cf. HardeshuU".
Hardstoft, Hertestoft [in Ault Hucknall,

CO. Derby], house at, 281.
Hardwick, Bess of. See Talbot.
Hardwicke, co. Gloucester, deeds relating

to, 625.
Hardwy, Elizabeth, obit of, 237.

Cf. Hardi.
Hardyngbothe, Hugh son of Peter de,

of CO. Stafford, indicted, 275.
Hare :

John, Indicted, 281.
Nicholas le, 81.
Eobert le, 81.
Harefield, co. Middlesex, deeds relating

to, 625.
Harewood, letters from, 284.
Harincuria. See Harcoiirt.
Harlaston, Horlaston [in Clifton Camp-
vUle, CO. Stafford], bequest of
land at, 255.
Harlaxton, Herlavestona [co. Lincoln],
confirmation of grant of land in,
23, 24.
Harlburghe brige. See Harbury.
Harley wood [co. Salop], 51,
Harley, Harleia :

Malcolm de, grant by, 50, 50n.

, seal of, 51.

William de, SOn.

677

Harmar, Mr., groceri of London, pay-
ments to, 422.
Harome, co. York. See Harum.
Harpham, Harpam, Mr., of Nottingliam,

payments to, 428, 430.
Harringe, Harryng, Haryng [in Selllnge,
CO. Kent] :
chancery suit concerning manor of,

283.
deeds relating to, 625.
ministers' accounts of, 310, 311.
Harringworth, Haryngworthe [co. North-
ampton], church of, bequest to,
113.
Harstaffe, George, of Eastwood, dis-
claimer of arms of, 179.
Hart, Mr., son-in-law of Dr. Percival

WUloughby, 610.
Hartes Heye. See Hartshay.
Hartford. See Hertford.
Hartshay, Hartes Heye [in Ripley, co.

Derby], iron forge at, 497.
Hartshill in Maucetter, co. Warwick.

See Hardredeshull.
Hartyshorn, G., collier, 492.
Harum [Haron^e, co. York], William
son of Drew de, grant by, 59, 59n.

, seal of, 59.

Haryng. See Harringe.
Haryngworthe. See Harringworth.
Hasilwode, WiUiam, 213.
Hassellworth. See Hazleford.
Hasteng, Aytrop, 36.
Hastings, battle of, 506.
Hastings :

William lord, chamberlain of Ed-
ward IV., 513.
George grandson of William, first
earl of Huntingdon, reward to
minstrel of, 386.
Edward grandson of George, at

Wollaton, 458.
Henry grandson of George, third
earl of Huntingdon, 531, 569, 574,
579, 590.

, debts of, 587.

, iron on ground of, 182.

, letters from, 585-586, 588-589.

, letter to, abstract of, 588.

, sale of Ware and Ware park

by, 587.

, Katheriue his wife, 442.

, , at Wollaton, 446.

George brother of Henry, foiuTth
earl of Huntingdon, 458, 459.

, at Wollaton, 454, 457, 459.

, knighted, 528.

, Dorothy (Port), his wife, 587.

Francis lord Hastings, son of George
(4th earl), 586.

, abstract of letter from, 587.

Henry son of Francis, 587n.
Henry son of George (4th earl),
569.

, abstract of letters from, 587,

589.

, cruelty of, to his wife, 589-

502.

Hastings — cont.

, lease of Woodland to, 578.

, marriage of, to Dorothy WU-
loughby, 566, 569, 586, 588.

, sale of Lambley by, 608.

. Henry his son, 590.

, Mrs. Rives his daughter, 591,

592.

, Ralph his son, 390.

Hat, advantage of a low-crowned, for

hunting, 536.
Hatfield, Hatfeld [co. Herts], visit to
princess Ehzabeth, 409, 409k, 410.
Hatfield [division of co. Notts], dis-

afforestation of, 241.
Hathern, Robert de, bailiff of Notting-
ham, 627,
Hatherop, co. Gloucester, deeds relating

to, 625.
Hatherston. See Atherstone.
Hatton [co. Warwick], Beausalein, 312.
Hatton, Sir Christopher, knight, cap-
tain of the Queen's guard, re-
lease to, 284.
Hauchesgard, [Hawksker, co. York],

Aechetil de, In.
Haugham, Hacham [co. Lincoln], 19.
Haughmond, Haghmon abbey [co. Salop],
Nicholas, abbot, and the convent
of, grant by, 95.
Hauselin, Halselin :
Ralph, 32, 32n.
William, 11, lln, 32.
Hautbois, co. Norfolk. See Alto Bosco.
Hauxford, WiUiam, 167.
Havekesford, Richard de, 16.
Havereseche, Matthew de, 60n.
Haverholme, Haverhohn prioiy [co. Lin-
coln], prior of, manorial records
of, 288, 289.
Haversham, connection of family of, with

family of Previle, 506.
Haveryng, John, debt owed to, 472.
Haveryngg, Richard de, canon of Lich-
field, indicted, 275.
Haward, Hawnard, Hawward, John,
payment of expenses of, 342,
347, 349, 355, 361, 368, 386.

, wages of, 371.

Cf. Hayward.
Hawgulthepp. See Algarthorpe.
Hawis, Robert son of Richard, grant to,

270.
Hawker, Francis, conveyance to, 608.
Hawksker. See Hauchesgard.
Hawkynbe. See Hacconby.
Hawnard. See Haward.
Haydon. See Headon.
Haye, Hayes :

Elizabeth, wages of, 439, 449, 541.

[Elizabeth], 454.

Richard de la, 75.

Thomas of the, grant of waste of

forest to, 245.
Cf. Haia.
Hayfleld, Hayfeld [co. Derby], 274.
Haylse. See HaUes.
Hayner. See Heanor.

678

Hayuyge. See Heneage.
Hayr, Roger de, 28.
Hayward, Heyward :
Nicholas le, 59.
Richard le, indicted, 278.
Cf. Haward.
Haywood Oaks, Haywode near Blid-
worth, CO. Notts, bounds of,
243.
Hazlef ord, Hassellworth Cliffe [co. Notts],

369.
Heaberht, bishop of Worcester, 206, 208,
209.
dux, 206.
Headda, Heedda, bishop [of Lichfield],

200.
Headon, Haydon, co. Notts, 179.

See Hedun.
Heanor, Hayner, Heynor [co. Derby],
429.
deeds relating to, 624.
feast at church of, 360.
minister's account of, 296.
See Henover.
Heathcote [in Wirksworth], co. Derby,

275».
Heathe :

George, 187.
John, 167.
Heberd, Ralph, reward to, 383.
Hebrew :

epitaph in, 155.
grammar, purchase of, 406.
Heddon, Henry de, 53.

Cf. Hedun.
Heddun. See Hedun.
Hede:

Alice wife of John, of Mapperley,

111.
John, of Mapperley, wiU of. 111.
Margery wife of Thomas of the,

letter of fraternity of, 117.
Richard, 118.

Thomas of the, letter of fraternity
of, 117.
Hedun, Hedduu [Headon, co. Notts],
Hugh de, 8, 8n.
Cf. Heddon.
Heelaye, James, payments to, 426.
Heels, high, use of, 166.
Hegertou. See Egerton.
Heibote. See Husbote.
Heiworth, William, bishop of Coventry

and Lichfield, 248, 250.
Helham, Elizabeth, 399.
Hellines son of Mehaut, character in a.

fabliau, 228.
Helperthorp [Helperthorpe, co. York],

Richard de, 23.
Helperthorpe, co. York, deeds relating

to, 627.
Helygeve, Thomas, prior of Stone, 252.
Helyot of Ilkeston, payment to, 445.
Hemdeshill [Hempshall in Nuthall, co.
Notts], Alexander son of TJghtred
de, grant to, 42, 42n.
Hemcnal", John de, grant to, 34.
Hemory, John, 80, 81.

Heming, monk of Worcester, chartulary
compiled by, 198.

, collations with text of, 198-

212.
Hemlingford hiindred, co. Warwick, sub-
sidy roll of, 284.
Hemmingford, William de, vicar of Rud-

dington, 82.
HempshaU in Nuthall, co. Notts. See

Hemdeshill.
Hendy :

John, of Winterborne Belet, legacy
to, 103.

, of Woodlands, legacy to, 103.

Heneage, Haynyge, Mr., money received

by, 343.
Heneley. ' See Henley-in-Arden.
Hengham, Ralph, Summa Magna of,

236.
Henley-in-Arden, Henley [co. Warwick]:
grant of office of, 515.
rental of, 294.
Henley, Henle, Henlye, Heynley :
John, goods appraised by, 474.
Brother Ralph, monk of Burton,
250, 251.

, , elected to abbacy, 251-

253.
Roger de 15.

, at TUtey, 899.

Henn, payment for bread and ale at

house of, 342.
Henover [Heanor, co. Derby], Thomas

de, 46.
Hem-y I., 3.
Henry II., charters and confirmations

of, 2, 33, 342.
Hem-y III., agreement of, with barons,
71, 71n.
charters, etc., of, 70-73, 240, 241,
245, 507.
Henry IV., letters patent of, 101.
Henry VI., letters patent of, 109, 110,

114.
Hemy VII. :

burial of, 327.

letter from his agent at the papal
court [John de Gigliis], 260, 612.
Mary his daughter, 518.
retinue of, on his journey into

France, 267.
' the son of man,' prophecies con-
cernmg, 264-265, 613.
Hemy VIII. :

letters of the signet of, 126, 131,

132, 140, 509-513.
retainer of services by, 128.
Hemy, prince, [Hemy VIII.], 125.
Henry :

author of poem on homonyms, 217.
Robert son of, 36.
Master, 44.
Henton [co. Dorset], deed dated at, 99.
Hentworth, Henworth, John, 175, 176,

177.
Henwod [? Henwood, co. Warwick],

Elizabeth Smethswick at, 148.
Henworth. See Hentworth.

679

Heuzey, Jacob, glaasmaker, 500.
Heortford [oo. Worcester], demise of

lajid in, 209.
Herbert, Henry lord, earl of Pembroke,
528, 530.

, Katherine (Grey) his wife, 518.

Herbert, Harberd :

Edmund fitz, release to, 99.
Gervase son of, 21, 25.
Herbert son of, 22.
Martin sou of, ford of, 229.
Bobert sou of, 64.

, de Bramoote, grant by, 41.

, , seal of, 42.

See Pitzherbert.
Herbotell, HerbowtyU. See Harbotell.
Hereford [co. Hereford] :

bishop of. See Outhwulf, Wulfheard.

earl of. See Bohuu, Humphrey de.

Hereford, oo. Northumberland, deeds

relating to, 626.
Hereford, Walter de, 97.
Hereui, Walter, 74.
Heriz, Heritz :

Geoffrey de, 25.

Ivo son of Robert de, 8n, 26.

Peter de, 8.

Kobert de, 8, 8n, 20, 26, 27, 29n.

, grant confirmed by, 32, 33,

271.
WiUiam de. In, 19ji.

, grant by, 7.

Herlavestona. See Harlaxton.
Herle :

William de, justice in eyre, 283.

, knight, 91.

William de], counsel, 247.
Hermits, money given to, 331, 334, 335,
336, 337, 346, 354, 358, 381, 389.
Herm^Tn, Hugh, reward to, 342.
Herott, Herot, Sir John, priest of Wol-

laton, salary of, 429, 440.
Herringston, Little, Harringston, Little-
heryngestone, Lytelhernygeston,
Lytelheryngeston [in Charminster,
00. Dorset] :
deeds relating to, 624.
minister's accounts of, 296, 298,
299, 301, 306, 307, 309, 319.
Hersant, Richard son of, 20.
Hertestoft. See Hardstoft.
Hertford, Hartford, earl of. See Clare,

Seymour.
Hertford, North America, court of, 195.
Hertrugge, Walter de, 78.
Hertt the gunner, reward to, 334.
HertweU, Maud (Willoughby) wife of

Thomas, 507.
Hertyll, John de, 100.
Herwodilande [co. Kent?], 36.
Heselerton, Heeelertun, Heslerton [co.
York] :
Thomas de, 61.

, knight, 63.

Hessebroc. See Bsbroc.
Hestweyt. See Estweit.
Hetcote, William de, of Tides well, main-
tainor of outlaws, 275.

Hethcot, George, payment to, 438.
Hethe, Heth :

Henry son of Albredus del, taken by
outlaws, 281.

William son of Hugh del, indicted,
281.
Heton, John de, 75.
Hever, Hever Brocas and Oobham [co.
Kent] :

bequest of land in, 150.

deeds relating to, 625.

rentals of, 286, 304.
Heynley. See Henley.
Heynor. See Heanor.
Heyre, William, of London, gentleman,

action brought against, 283.
Heyward. See Hayward.
Hickling, co. Notts, deeds relating to, 626.
Hickman :

Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Strat-
ford, 605.

William, of Warwickshire, 606.

, Abigail (Pargiter) his wife, 606.

Charles, son of William, bishop of
Londonderry, 606.

— , Ann (Burgoin) his wife, 606.

, Ann his daughter, 606.

Hide. See Hyde.

Higham [co. Derby], 445.

High Peak, Peak, the, [co. Derby] :

bailiff of. See Spayne, Ralph de.

presentments by jurors of, 276-277,
279.
Highway robbers, 165.
Hildesdon, Brother John de, chaplain of

the knights hospitallers, 38.
Hill, Hylle:

Gilbert of, of CUpston, sale of
woodland to, 242.

Richard, letters from, 161, 162.

, unjust dealings of, 163-164.

, clerk, 114.

, rector of Bilsthorpe, 113, 114.

, tenant by copy of court roll,

376.

Bobert, kilns emptied by, 459.

[7 Bobert], well cleaned by, 431.

Thomas, of the household at Wol-
laton, 169. .

William, brick-maker, 452.

Mr. and Mrs., at Wollaton, 462.

child of, christened, 422.

collier, 493.
Hilterston, John, of Nottingham, mer-
chant, depositions of, 118-119.
Hilton :

Bichard de, of Nottingham, 97.

(Willoughby) wife of, 507.

Hinde, Hynde :

Matthew, 399.

WiUiam, at Wollaton, 462, 463.

, his wife, 463.

, purchases by, 464.

Mr., 176.
Hinton, letter dated at, 589.
Hirmighelond :

Godfrey de, 35.

Balph son of Godfrey de, 35,

680

Hobbya, Thomas, clerk, money received

by, 125.
Hobi, Houbi [Hoby, co. Leicester] :
Gilbert de, grant by, 33.

•, seal of, 34.

Hoby, Houby [co. Leicester], minister's

account of, 302.
Hochenhala. See Hucknall.
Hoddemon. See Hodsone.
Hoddesake. See Hodsack.
Hode. See Odo.

Hodde, John, goods appraised by, 474.
Hodhurst [Odhurst, co. Warwick],

Thomas de, 21.
Hodo. See Odo.
Hodsack, Hoddesake [in Blyth], co.

Notts, manor and soke of, 123.
Hodsone, William, son of John Hodde-
mon, Huddemou,of Bolton,hanged
for offences in co. Derby, 273.
Hody. See Ody.

Hoe [Hoo, CO. Norfolk], Walter de, 35.
Hogan, Simon, citizen of London, ap-
praiser to the archbishop of Can-
terbury, 466.
Hogsden. See Hoxton.
Hogswyn, payment of expenses of,

341.
Holaud. See Holland.
Holbech, Geoffrey de, 64.
Holborn. See London, places named.
Holcombe, co. Dorset, manor of, 124.
Holeway. See Holy.
Holland, Low Countries, waterworks of,

175.
Holland, Holand, Oliver, 388.
payment to, 435.
wages of, 439, 449, 542.
HoUe. See Kingston-upon-Hull.
Holllngworth :
Francis, 454.
John, 454.

Mr., expenses of, paid, 459.
Hollis, HoUys:

Sir John, suggested bond of Mr.

Beaumont to, 183.
Mr., reward to servant of, 432.

sister of lady Willoughby, 537.

HoUyweU, Halywell [? in WoUaton, co.
Notts] :
hay, etc., made in, 375, 387.
moles caught at, 427.
Holm. See Holme-on-the-Wolds 1
Hohn, Nicholas de, indicted for sheep-

steahng, 281.
Holme-on-the-Wolds ? Holm [co. York],

2, 4.
Holme Pierrepont, co. Notts, Lamcote in,

19n, 39ra, 46n.
Holou [in Bilborough, co. Notts]. See

Bilborough.
Holt, Holtleigh [in Wimborne Minster,
CO. Dorset], minister's account of,
302.
Holtto [in Kingsbury, co. Warwick]
grant of land in, 49.
Holt:

Lewin de, 49.

Holt — cord.

Roger de, 49.

del, 8.

Cf. Howlte.
Holy, Holeway [in White Staunton, co.

Somerset], minister's account of,

318.
Holy Land :

bequest in aid of, 84.
excepted from grant of service, 87.
Holy Roman Empire, Spanish applicatioji

of theory of, 189-191.
Holy Sepulchre, creaton of knight of,

140-141.
Homilies, metrical, 238-289.
Homonyms, Latin poem on, 217.
Honesworth. See Handsworth.
Honne, Henry Whithe, of Nottingham,

beaten, 281.
Honte, William, depositions of, 259.

Cf. Hunt. '

Honychm-che, William, feofee for exe-
cution of will, 313.
Honyenby, William de, grant of forfeited

lands of, 72.
Honyter, Thomas, master of the chapel

and hospital of Holy Trinity,

Walsoken, letter of fraternity of,

125.
Cf. Hunter.
Hoo, CO. Norfolk. See Hoe.
Hoo AU Hallows, All Saints Parish in

Hoo hundred, deeds relating to,

625.
Hoo hundred [co. Kent], court rolls of,

285.
Hood, Dorothy (Stratford) wife of Mr.,

a descendant of Robin Hood, 605.
Hopwas Hay, Happws Haye [co. Staf-
ford, near Tamworth], hunting at,

342.
Hordle, Hordhull, co. Hants, manor of,

124.
Horeston, co. Derby :
castle, 33w.

customs of mianor of, 247.
Horlaston. wee Harlaston.
Horn, TJlric, 58.
Home, CO. Surrey, deeds relating to, 627.

Home, 454.

Horreby, Joan widow of John de, knight,

attempted ravishment of, 281.
Horringford, Horyngforde [in New-
church], Isle of Wight, manor of,

124.
Horse calle(^ Dycoun, 85.
Horseley, Mr., teacher of arithmetic and

virginals, 413.
Horsepol, Simon de, 54.
Horses :

payment for shoes, etc., of, 435.
wild, bequest of, 257.
Horsley, Horslay, Horsseley [co. Derby],

120, 328, 399.
Horton [co. Dorset] :

church of St. Wulfilda, burial in,

103.
, bequests to fabric of, 101, 103.

681

Horton — cont.

manor of, 105.
Baggridge in, 109, 114.
Horton Monachorum. See Monks Hor-
ton.
Horton Schirref, oo. Northumberland,

deeds relating to, 626.
Horton, Mr., 395.
Horyngiorde. See Horringford.
Hosdaing, Raoul de, fabliau of, 233-234.
Hotes, Bobert, grant of forfeited lands

of, 72.
Hoton, Houton, co. Leicester, licence to
alienate land in, 89.
See Hutton.
Houbi, Houby. See Hobi, Hoby.
Houby. See Hobi, Hoby.
Houghe, Richard, sergeant at mace of

Sutton Coldfield, 156.
Household goods, inventories of, 465-

491.
Houton. See Hoton.
Hoveryngham :

Agnes Alexandri de, 281.
Gilbert de, beaten, 282.
How:

Sir Scroop, brother of, marriage
of, 607.

, , Leonora (Bathurst) his

daughter, 607.
Howard :

lord Charles, in company of duke

of Anjou, 553.
Thomas, earl of Surrey and second
duke of Norfolk, at the battle of
Flodden, 146.
, , Mtiriel (Grey) his daugh-
ter, 508.

, -third duke of Norfolk, 390.

, , lieutenant of the Scot-
tish border, 510.

, , services of, in Prance,

146.

, , , in Navarre, 146.

Howlte, Mr,, reward to servant of, 339.

Cf. Holt.
Hoxton, Hogsden, co. Middlesex, 564.
Hoylele, John, 110.

Hucknall, Hochenhala, Hukenale [co.
Notts], 40 n.
Henry the clerk of, 40, 42.
Hucknall, Ault [co. Derby], Hardstoft
in, 280-281.
Stainsby in, 273, 280, 281, 624.
Hucknall Torkard, co. Notts, 19«.
Hucknall-under-Huthwaite, co. Notts,

Fulwood in, 241.
Huddemon. See Hodsone.
Hudson :

Hugh, churchwarden of Wollatou,

151.
John, coal accounts of, 494.
Mr., 415.

clothes for, 402-404.
payments to, 407, 412.
Huese, Ralph, 32.

Huggate, Hugate [co. York], Nicholas,
parson of, 4.

Hugh:

Eustace son of, grant by, 46.

, seal of, 46.

Juliana wife of William son of, de

Bridessale, 22.
Robert son of, 57, 79.

, de Titheby, 27.

, of Cossal, 76.

Roger son of, 44.
Stephen son of, 46.
Waiiam son of, 27.

, de Bridessale, grant by, 22.

William son of, 22.

. . . . , legacy to, 102.
Cf. Pitzhugh.
Huitt, Hwght :

Richard, baker of Tamworth, mar-
riage of, 346.
Mr., draper, of Candelwick street,
loan of money by, 157.
Hukenale. See Hucknall.
Hulehale [XJUenhaU in Wooton Wawen,

CO. Warwick], William de, 36.
Hulfketel, Geoffrey, 21.
Hull, CO. Somerset, minister's account
of, 318.
See Kingston-upou-HuU.
Huhno, Walter del, 18.
Hulvestorp. See Ulvestorp.
Humez :

Richard de, constable, 3.
William de, constable, 23n, 24.
Humphrey :

Alan son of, de Eddriceston, grant
by, 46, 47.

, , seal of, 47.

Roger [rectius Reinfrid '] son of,
grant to, 271.
Humtingtou. See Huntingdon.
Hunald, king of Toulouse, mentioned in

fabliau, 228.
Hunberht, dux, 209.
Hundedunescira. See Huntingdon, county

of.
Hungerford, Ralph de, 52, 53.
Hunsdon, lord. See Carey, Henry.
Hunston. See Hauston.
Hunt:

Henry, of Lenton, child of, chris-
tened, 440.
John, payment to, for wine, 441.
William Le, sale of Middleton New

Park by, 194.
Cf. Honte.
Hunteland, co. Hertford, deeds relating

to, 625.
Hunter, Hunte, Venator, Venour :
Benedict, 79.
Hubert the, 35.
John le, deed of emancipation by,

78.
Maud mother of Philip le, dower

lands of, 86.
Philip le, of Middleton, grant by, 86.
Waiiam le, 81.

, baUifE of the French borough

of Nottingham, 77.
Gf. Honyter.

682

Huntingdon, county of, Hundeduneacira,

forestry of, 2, 3.
Huntingdon, Humtington, Huntington,

earl of. See Hastings.
Huntyngton, young ladies of, at Wol-

laton, 418.
Hurer, Gilbert le, 87.
Hurley, Hurle, Hurlea, Hurlega, Hurn-
lee [parish of Kingsbury, co.
Warwick] :
deeds relating to, 627.
grants of land in, 21.

, confirmed, 22.

grants of mill in, 15-17.
rental of, 305.
Hurley [in Kingsbury, co. Warwick],
Hurlee, Hurnle, Hurnlee :
Godfrey de, 16.

son of Ingrid de, 14.

, confirmation of grant

by, 22.

, grant by, 21.

Hacun de, 16, 17.
Ingrid de, 22.
William de, 48.

sou of Godfrey de, 21, 47.

, confii'mation of grant

by, 22.
Hurtefruut, William, 19.
Hurtt, Mr., at Wollaton, 462, 463.
Husbote and heibote, 17, 49, 87.
Husse, William, rector of Wollaton, obit
of, 237.

, — • — , service book purchased

out of estate of, 236.
Uustorp. See Owthorpe ?
Hutton, Hotou, co. York, 64.
Huuicciorum* See Htvicciorum.
Hwght. See Huitt.
Hwicciormn, Huuiccioruin, Mons, [co.

Gloucester], 201, a02.
Hwithyse, minister, 209.
Hyde, Hide, Hydde :
Geoffrey atte, 86.
Jaket de la, 80.

Thomas, accounts rendered by, 315,
316.

, expenses of, paid, 387, 388.

furniture in bedchamber of, 480.
Hykelton, Robert de, assaulted, 281.
Hyll. See Hill.

Hylston, John, prior of Lenton, grant
by, 124.
Cf. Ilkston.
Hynde. See Hinde.
Hynton, Wuellia, letter signed by, 602.
Hyrryngton [co. York], minister's ac-
count of, 307.
Hyrtyngdon [co. York], minister's ac-
count of, 307.
Hytho, West, Westhytho, co. Kent,
action concerning land in, 283.

I

Ible, Ibole [in Wirksworth], co. Derby,

deeds relating to, 624.
Idouea lady [? of Stanton-by-Dale], 45.
Ightham [co. Kent] :

court rolls of, 297, 303, 304, 306, 317,

318, 320.
deeds relating to, 625.
Ham, Hum [co. Stafford], bequest of land

in, to Burton abbey, 256.
Ilkeston, Ilston, Ylkeston [co. Derby],
445.
sale of wood at, 317.
Ilkston, John, brother of Robert, rector
of Wollaton, obit of, 237.
Cf. Hylston.
Ilston. See Ilkeston.
Hum. See Ham.
Hum, Brother Henry, monk of Burton,

252.
India, East Indies, Ynde, 603.

sendal pale d', 465.
Indictments :

delivery of bundle of, 93.
for offences in cos. Derby and
Notts, 272-282.
Indies, president of the [Spanish] coun-
cil of the, 187.
See India.
Indulgence, papal, 137.
Inges, Roger de, 5. »

Inggelby, Yngulby :

John, chaplain, obit of, 236.

son of Sh' William, 114.

Ingleby, Bngleby juxla Fornewerke,
Ingilby in Repingdon [in Pore-
mark], 00. Derby, deeds relating
to, 624.
Ingram :

John, 99.

Richard, of Gedling, 91.
Ingrid, Ingrit :

Godfrey son of, de Hurnlee, 14.
John son of, 15, 48.
Inkberrow, Intebeorgan [co. Worcester],
confirmation of grant of land at,
206.
Innocent :

IV., pope, 127.
VIII., pope, 133.

, death of, 613.

, peace between, and the king

of Naples, 260.

, prophecy of death of, 264.

Inquisition, president of the council of

the, 187.
Inquisitions :

ad quod damnum, 242.
, post mortem, 99, 122, 132, 149.
Insula. See Lisle.

683

Intebeorgan. See Inkberrow.
Interlude, 424.

Inventories of household goods, 465-491.
lohanbert. See Jaenbeorht.
Ireland, Yereland, 334, 605, 606.

poor man from, 441.
Ireton, Yerton, Richard, servant of Mr.
Wynfilde, 391.
Cf. Irton.
Irewis. See Erewash.
Iron :

forges, accounts, etc., relating to,

492-497.
mills, 1§2.
Ironstone, mine of, 75.
Irton, Adam de, indicted, 276.

Cf. Ireton.
Isabel, queen, consort of Edward II.,

gift by, to Queen Philippa, 90.
Isabella, consort of Ferdinand V. of
Spain, assistance of, at capture
of Granada, 260, 263.
Iscanus, Bartholomew, bishop of Exeter,

23n, 24.
Isle, L'. See Lisle.
Islington [co. Middlesex], prebendary of.

See Donjon, Ralph de.
Isocrates quoted (in Latin), 175.
Italian :

handwriting taught, 413.
lessons in, 560.

mathematical works written in, 534.
Italy, Ttayle, 603.

peace prevalent in, 260.

president of the [Spanish] council of,

187.
water-works of, 175.
workmen and stonework for WoUa-
ton hall from, 565.
Itchington, Long, co. Warwick, deeds

relating to, 627.
Ithel, ItheU:

Geoffrey, account audited by, 452.

Peerse, 474.

Thomas, death of, 272-274.

, indictment of, 273.

servant of Sir Francis Willoughby,
defamation of lady Willoughby
by, 533, 531.
letter from, abstract of, 535.
Ivessone, Henry, harbourer of felons, 272.
Ivo, Yvo :

Henry son of, of Taddington, in-
dicted for offences in co. Derby,
273, 274.
Richard son of, of Taddington, in-
dicted for offences in co. Derby,
275.
Robert son of, 25.

J

Jackes, Jakes :
Francis, 429.

James, expenses of, paid, 436.
Jackson, Jacsone :

John, waiter at Wollaton, 168.
Robert, prior of the friars Preachers
of Derby, grant of fraternity by,
. 121.

Sir Robert, payment to, 375.
Mr., of Nottingham, at Wollaton,

462.
Mrs., of Nottingham, and her daugh-
ter, at Wollaton, 463.

horse leech, 433.

. . . . , payment to, 430.
Jaenbeorht, lohanbert, archbishop [of

Canterbury], 203.
Jakes. See Jackes.
James I. :

at Middleton Hall, 560.
proposals for supply of coal to, 169.
reception of, in Scotland, 185-186.
James IV., king of Scotland, death of,

at Plodden, 146.
James, Yamsws :

Roger sou of, 9.

Robert, ale taken at house of, 343.
, payment to wife of, for watch-
ing by gibbet, 382.
witness, 13.
Jameta. See Lauienza.
Jane [Seymom-], queen, letter from, 517-

518.
Janitor, Idnard, 51.
Janyn, legacy to, 102.
Jarlande, Hugh, shepherd at Basford,

418.
Jarrow [co. Durham], abbot of. See Ceol-

fred.
Jaumbes, William, 77.
Jeaycotte, Alys, 622.
Jebse, Robert, marriage of, 343.
Jelyfe, Robert, child of, christened, 376.

Cf. Gaylyfe.
Jene, Jenes. See Genoa.
Jergente [? Girgenti], William de, 32.
Jermany. Sec Germany.
Jernyngham :

Isabel (Clifton) wife of John, 283.
John, esquire, action of trespass
against, 283.

, , chancery suit of, 283.

Jerusalem :

creation of knight of the Holy Sepul-
chre dated at, 141.
hospital of St. John of. See St. John,
pilgrimage to, 124.
prophecies concerning conquest of,
263, 265, 266.

684

Jervis, Jervys, John, boat of, 173.

Jesson, grave made by, 449.

Jessop, Alexander, of Headon, discIaimeT

of arms of, 179.
Jesuit order, raised by the providence

of God's vicar, 191.
Jewels, 573.
coral, 136.
diamond, 85, 604.
emerald, 85, 90, 465.
garnet, 604.

pearl, 85, 90, 465, 572, 604.
ruby, 90, 465, 604.
sapphire, 84, 90.
Job, commentary on book of, 420.
John, King, charters of, 37, 51, 246.
John, count of Mortaigne, earl of Morton

[laier Icing John], grant by, 241.
John X., pope, 127.
John XI., pope, 127.
John, duke of Lancaster, king of Castile
and Leon, retainer of military
services by, 99, 100.
Jolin Sans Peur, duke of Burgundy, life

of, saved, 263, 266.
John :

Eustace son of, 4rt.

Geoffrey son of, de Levedale, grant

by, 57.
Lewys appe, 378.

Little, of the kitchen, shoes for, 387.
Nicholas up, Uppejohn, 371.

, payment to, 344.

Robert son of, 5.
JoUan :

Richard son of, of Reston, grant
by, 19.

, , seal of, 19.

Thomas sou of, 23.
Jones, Jonez :

^^'alter, commissary of the Checker

at York, 150.
William, reeve of Middleton, 290,
291.
Jorce, Simon le, of Wimeswold, licence

to, to alienate, 89.
Jordan, river, pilgrimage to, 140.
Jorz [Jort, Normandy] :

Agnes wife of Geoffrey de, 27».
Geoffrey de, 27, 27n, 33, 46.
Josaphat, valley of, tomb of the Virgin

Mary in, 140.'
Jowgler. See Juggler.
Joynes, Robert, expenses of, paid, 433.
Judas, mentioned in fabliau, 231.
Judde, Rafe, bequest to, 113.
Juel, John, legacy to, 83.
Jueta, Simon son of, 42.
Juggler, jowglor, reward to, 343, 359.
Julian Dati, bishop of San Leone, 139.
Julius IL, pope, 127, 133.
Junson, Jwnson, oats harvested in close

of, 419.
Jurdon :

Geoffrey, 63.
John, 109.
Justices of the peace to be in the com-
mission for one county only, 533.

Juvenis,
Jwnson.

See Young.
See Junson.

K

Kam. See Camme.

Kanke. See Cannock.

Kardoiir. See Carlisle.

Karlemainne. See Charlemagne.

Karleton. See Carlton.

Karyngton, Henry, 131.

Katherine of Arragon, queen of England,

letter from, 513-514.
Katherine queen of England, mother of

Henry VL, grant by, 110.
Kayghley, Kayglay, Kighley :

Ralph, payments to, 340, 369.
I child of, christened, 437.

j Kearney, Henry John, 608.

Kedleston, Keydelston, co. Derby, 508.
deeds relating to, 624.
i Kegworth [co. Leicester], 430.
I deeds relating to, 626.

I Kelham, co. Notts, deeds relating to, 626.
Kellemayle. See Kenilworth.
Kemo :

John, 213.
WiOiam, 213.
Ken, John de, 52.
Kendal cloth, cayndoll, 383.
Kendall :

Samuel, rector of WoUaton, action

brought by, 323.
Thomas, steward, payment to, 308.
Kene, WiUiam, legacy to, 102.
Kenilworth, Kellemayle, Killingworth,
Kyllingworth, Kyllyngworth, 528,
530, 537.
abbot of, 378.

, reward to officers of, 345.

the court entertained at, 528.
Kent:

bonds taken to observe Lenten fast

in, 152.
deputy-lieutenant of. See Leveson,

Sk' John,
lord lieutenant of. See Brooke,

WiUiam.
musters in, 152, 156, 158-162.
sheriff of. See CornhuUe, Reginald
de ; Willoughby, (DD).

and justices of, letters to, 160.

Kenulf. See Cenulf.

Kepsbroke [co. Kent], court rolls of, 315,

Ker :

John del, 96.

William de la, grant to, 79.
Kersington, William de, 30.
Ket. See Kett.
Ketell', Henry, priest, 95.

Cf. Kettle.
Ketle. See Kettle.

685

Ketlebi [ Abkettleby, co. Leicester], Ralph

de, grant to, 29.
Eett, Ket, Robert, rebellion of, 396, 519.
Kettle, Ketle, John, wages of, 426, 440,
450.
Cf. Keteir.
Kevervilla, Walter de, 35.
Kew, Keyo [co. Surrey], 507.
Keword [Keyworth, co. Notts], Gervase

son of Isabel de, S3.
Key, wife of, payment to, 387.
Keydelston. See Kedleston.
Keyo. See Kew.

Keys, Mary (Grey) wife of Martin, Ser-
jeant porter to queen Elizabeth,
518.
Keyworth, co. Notts. See Keword.
Kidisley, Henry de, of Cossall, demise of

mine to, 88.
KighUl. See Kygyll.
Kighley. See Kayghley.
Kilboum [in Horsley], co. Derby, deeds

relating to, 624.
Kilbourne, Fi'ancis, of Stanford-on-Soar,

disclaimer of arms of, 179.
Kilham, co. York, Swaythorpe in, grant
of land in, 60.
See Killum.
Killimen, William, of Normanton, dis-
claimer of arms of, 179.
Killingworth. See Kenilworth.
Killum [Kilham, co. York], Stephen de,

4, in.
Kilpek, connection of family of, with

family of Previle, 506.
Kilvington, Kylvyngton [co. Notts] :
court rolls of, 304.
Alverton in, 304.
Kimberley, Kinemarle [co. Notts], 42.

See Kynmarley.
Kindersley, Mr., 165.
Cf. Kyuardesleye.
Kinebald, Robert, 16.
Kiueberht, dux, 209.
Kineburhglngtuu [co. Gloucester], grant

of land in, 207, 208.
Kineburhgingtun. See Kemerton.
Kineferth. See Cynefrith.
Kinemarle. See Kimberley.
Kinesberi, Kinesberia, Kinesbire, Kines-

buria. See Kingsbury.
Kingesford, John de, 47.
King's Bench. See'Bench.
Kingsbury, Kinesberia, Kingsburio,
Kinisberia, Kinisbiris, Kinsburie,
Kinsbury, Kynnesbury, Kynsbay-
ry, Kynsberie, Kynsebayry, co,
Warwick, 131, 507, 543, 545-547,
551, 573.
armour bought at, 339.
church of, 8, 9.

, charter written in, 16.

, vicar of. See Wenloke,

Thomas,
court rolls of, 299, 301, 305.
deeds relating to, 627.
grants of land in, 4, 14, 16, 17, 48,
49.

Kingsbiuy — cont.

of mill in, 8, 9, 15, 17, 270.

Hall, disturbance at, 547, 552.

, mortgage of, 570.

letter dated at, 532.
minister's account of, 289.
park, grant of land near, 47.

, underkceper of, 346.

places named in, 4, 5, 15-17, 21,

47-49, 305.
rentals of, 298, 315, 321.
sale of wood at, 554.
secured to Sir Percival Willoughby,

571, 573, 581, 583.
tithes of, 515.
Kingsbury, Kinesberi, Kinesbire, Kines-
buria :
Alice de, grant by, 17.
Godfrey de, 48.
Herbert de, 4.
Peter de, priest, 9.
Kingshaugh, Kyngeshagh [in Darlton],

CO. Notts, boundaries of, 241.
Kiugshurst Hall, Kyngeshorste [in Coles-
hill, CO. Warwick], 364.
Kingston juxta Byre. See Winterborne

Kingston.
Kingston Lacy [parish of Wimborne
Minster, co. Dorset] :
deeds relating to, 624.
ministers' accounts of, 296, 306, 319.
rentals of, 293, 313.
Kingston Marlwood, Kyngston Mawre-

ward, CO. Dorset, 105.
Kingston-on-Soar, Kynston, co. Notts :
deeds relating to, 626.
outlaw received at, 280.
Kingston St. Mary [co. Somerset], Nails-
bourne in, 318.
Kingston-upon-HuU, HoUe, Hull [co.
York], 501.
account relating to, 443.
earl of. See Pierrepont, William,
proposal for carriage of coal by sea

to London via, 171-172.
reward to players of, 440.
Kinisberia, Kinisbiris, Kinsburie, Kins-
bury. See Kingsbury.
Kirby, Dorothy, daughter of William

Pargiter, 605.
Kirby Bellars, Billars, Kirkbie Sellers
[co. Leicester] :
letter dated at, 595.
letters directed to, 594, 597.
Kirby Wiske, co. York, deeds relating

to, 627.
Kirchiver, Hugh, of Orston, 179.
Kirkby in Ashfield, Kyrkeby super Asshe-

feld, deeds relating to, 626.
Kirkby Ravensworth [co. York], Ravens-
worth in, 306, 307.
Kirketon :

Sir Alexander de, knight, 63.
Robert de, 64.
Kirk Hallam. See Hallam.
Kirk Langley. See Langley.
Kirkham, Kyrkeham [co. York], R.
prior of, 60.

686

Kirklington, Kirtelington, Kyrkelyngton
[CO. Notts] :
chapel of St. Anthony, bequests

to, 113.
court rolls of, 287.
Klyfton. See Clifton.
Kneeton, Kniveton, co. Notts, deeds

relating to, 626.
Kneton, Geoffrey, constable of Notting-
ham castle and clerk of the forest,
account of, 245.
Knight, Knyght :

Geoffrey the, of Sutton, 11.
Sir Thomas, burled at Chiddingstone,
150.
Knighton, West, Westaforde Knyghte-
tone [co. Dorset] :
deeds relating to, 624
grant of land in, 93.
Knights hospitallers. See St. John of

Jerusalem.
Knightstreet [in MarnhuU] ? Kyngestrete,

CO. Dorset, 91.
Kniveton, Chniweton, Kuyveton ? Kui-
tona :
Andrew de, indicted for sheep-
stealing, 281.
John de, wounded at Chesterfiold,

278.
Eichard de, 55.
Eobert de, 27.

William dc, knight, slain at Bradley,
273.
Knolls, Knowelles, Sir Frances, 417.

letter from, 538.
KnowHon, Knolton, Cnoltune [in Wood-
lands, CO. Dorset] :
church of, bequest to, 101.

, light in, 44.

deeds relating to, 624.
field, rentals of, 291, 304.
manor of, 105.
Knowlton, Knolton hundred [co. Dorset] :
court rolls of, 293, 295, 297, 298,
300-305, 307, 309, 311, 313, 314,
318, 320.
grant of, 270.
ministers' accounts of, 296, 298, 306,

320.
rental of, 320.
serjeanty in, 110, 114.
Knyght. See Knight.
Knyghtetone. See Knighton.
Knyveton. See Kniveton.
Knyvett, proposed marriage of, 516-

517.
Kotes, Roger de, 49.
Kuitona. See Kniveton ?
Kullee, William de, 22.
Kwernby, Mr., payments to, 343, 347.
KygyU waste, co. Notts, boundaries of,

241.
Kyllymarcho of Dunmow, joiner, 400.
Kyllingworth, Kyllyngworth. See Kenil-

worth.
Kylvyngton. See Kilvington.
Kyme priory [co. Lincoln], prior of,
14.

Kyme :

Petronilla daughter of Simon son of
Simon de, 28n.

Philip de, 29.

, grant confirmed by, 14, 14n.

, John his clerk, 14.

Philip son of Philip de, 14.

Ralph brother of Simon de, 18.

Richard de, canon of Lincoln, 44.

Roger son of Philip de, canon, 14.

Simon de, 43, 44.

son of Philip de, 14.

son of Simon de, grants by,

18, 28, 28k.

WiUiam son of Philip de, 14.
Kynardesleye, John de, canon of Lich-
field, indicted, 275.

Cf. Kindersley.
Kynethrith, queen of Mercia, 203.
Kyngeshagh. See Kingshaugh.
Kyngeshorste. See Kingshurst.
Kyngestrete. See Knightstreet.
Kyngston Mawreward. See Kingston

Marlwood.
Kynmarley [Kimberley, co. Notts],

Robert de, 83.
Kynnesbury, Kynsbayry, Kynsberio,

Kynsebayry. See Kingsbury.
Kynston. See Kingston-on-Soar.
Kyuton, expenses of, paid, 412.
Kyrke Halam. See HaUam.
Kyrkeham. See Kirkham.
Kyrkelyngton. See Kirklington.
Kyrkhalam. See HaUam.
KystwU, William Whythe, child of,
christened, 365.

Lackey, Lackye, Richard, expenses of,
paid, 433.

, wages of, 439, 449, 542.

Lacock, George, conveyance to, 608.
Lacy :

John de, constable of Chester, grant

confirmed by, 10.
Richard de, citizen of London, 89.

, knight, 91.

Lade, John de la, grant of forfeited

lands of, 72.
Lady, Domine, Robert son of the, 58.
Lake [in Wilsford], co. Wilts, manor of,

124.
Lalleford, John of East Greenwich,

demise to, 110.
Lambe, L., collier, 492.
Lambert :

Adam son of, 36.
Hugh, 60.
John son of, 50.
Richai-d, 60.
Lambeth [oo. Surrey], wills proved at, 13 1 ,

687

Lambeth Marsh [co. Surrey], Carlisle
House in, letters directed to, 176,
177, 181, 182.
Lambley, Lamel', Lamley [oo. Notts],
324, 453, 607.
court rolls of, 313, 320.
deeds relating to, 626.
manor of, descent and partition of,

608.
sale of, 581.
Lamcote [in Holme Pierrepont, co.

Notts], 19n, 39n, 46;i.
Lamel', Lamley. See Lambley.
Lamenza, Picardy ? Jameta, 235.
Lancaster, duke of. See John.
Lancastre, William de, 99.
Lancketon. See Langton Herring.
Landric, Alan son of, 2.
Laudstephan. See Llanstephan.
Lane :

John a', maker of wax, 371.
Peter in the (in Venellu), de Mus-
cham, 94.
Langam, Mr., physician, rewards to,

341, 346, 369.
Langar [co. Notts], court rolls of, 288.
Langare [Langar, co. Notts], Master

Eichard de, 27.
Langedon :

John de, 49.
Robert de, 16.
Langeford, Nicholas de, keeper of the
peace and justice of oyer and ter-
miner in CO. Derby, proceedings
before, 272-282.
Cf. Longeford.
Langeton, Walter de, bishop of Coventry
and Lichfield, bishop of Chester,
86, 327.
Langeton Heryng. See Langton Herring.
Langewin. See Angevin.
Langley, Kirk, co. Derby :
deeds relating to, 624.
minister's account of, 296.
Langley, Thomas, of Worksop, disclaimer

of arms of, 179.
Langton, oo. Stafford. See Longdon.
Langton Herring, Lancketon, Langeton
Heryng [co. Dorset] :
admiralty court of, 319.
court rolls of, 297, 301, 306, 307,

309, 310, 312, 319, 320.
deeds relating to, 624.
termor of. See Bussell, John,
ministers' accounts of, 296,298,299,

306, 307, 319, 320.
rentals of, 306, 320.
Langton Matravers, co. Dorset, Wilks-

wood priory in, 30, 102, 283.
Langton Wallis, Walles, WaUyshe,
Walysche, Walysh, Walysshe,
Welshe [co. Dorset], 157.
court rolls of, 288, 295, 296, 302-307,

309-312, 318-320.
deeds relating to, 024.
ministers' accounts of, 296, 299,

306, 319, 320.
rental of, 320.

Langton Walk in Sherwood forest, co.

Notts, grant of forestry of, 501.
Langwith, Langwath [co. Derby]:
deeds relating to, 624.

minister's account of, 298.
Laram, Sir Robert, chaplain, 308.
Larcher, John, bailiff of Nottingham,
620.
Cf. Archer.
Large :

Hugh, Hwght, 148, 340, 342.

, payments to, 330, 338, 353.

, wages of, 371.

William, of Dunsby, manumission
of, 101.
Larke, Mr., payment to, 340.
Larkfleld, Larkefeud hundred [co. Kent],

court roUs of, 285.
Laron, Robuedin li, character in

fabliau, 228.
Laselse, of Nottingham, reward to, 384t
Lasham, Lassham, co. Hants, 283.
deeds relating to, 625.
grant of manor and advowson of, 91.
Lassoe, Mrs., daughter of Thomas Wil-

loughby, 603.
Latimer, Latymer :

Elias, grandson (nepos) of William, 2.
John son of William, knight, grants

to, 19.
William, 2, 4.
Latimer, claim to peerage of, 568.
Latin :

English preferred to, for homily,

239.
epitaph in, 155.
grammar, metrical works on, 213-

216.
psalter, 411.
quotations, 175-176, 182.

, in charges at quarter sessions,

284.
Latymer, endorsement of roll, 283.

See Latimer.
Launders, Alice, the wages of, 439, 541.
Laundesdale, payment to, 426.
Lawerna [on Laughern Brook, near
Worcester], co. Worcester, deeds
relating to, 627.
Lawrans, Robert, rector of Wollaton and

Averham, obit of, 237.
Lawton Gate, Lcatonyate [in Church

Lawton, co. Chester], 426, 427.
Laxton [co. Notts], 34«.
Richard de, 34, 34n.
Robert brother of Richard de, 34.
Laycostre. See Leicester.
Layche. See Leech.
Laychefeld. See Lichfield.
Laycytre, Laycytur, Laysytur. See

Leicester.
Lazarus, raising of, 226.
Leacon in Westwall, co. Kent? Leitun, 36.
Leadsmith (plumbifaber), Elias the, of

Esbrook, 47.
Leake [co. Notts], Leca, Leche, Leek,
Leke, Leyc :
Francis, of Sutton, 466.

688

Leake — cord.

Sir Francis, 425.

James, steward of Sir Henry Wil-

loughby, 330.
John de, 59.

, of Halam, 114.

— — , son of William de, 26«.

Sir John, manorial records of, 288.

Sampson de, 59.

Simon, of Cotham, Anne Willough-

by his daughter, 505.
William de, 18, 26, 26«, 27, 40, 46.
payment to, for lace, 448.
Leake, Bast, Bsterleyk, co. Notts, deeds

relating to, 626.
Lea-Marston, Lee and Marston, Leye,
Le Lee [co. Warwick], 290, 291.
deeds relating to, 627.
feast at, 383.

Blackgreaves Farm in. See Black-
grave.
Leatonyate. See Lawton Gate.
Leca. See Leake.
Lecchelade, Hugh de, vie', 33, 33n.
Lecester, Leceter, Leycestria, Leyster,
454.
John, 399.

, account rendered by, 314.

William de, canon of Liclifield, re-
ceiver of outlaws, 275, 277.
Leche. See Leake.
Lechefeld, Lechefyeld, Lechefylde. See

Lichfield.
Ledbury [co. Hereford], 130.
Lee, Le Lee [in Lea-Marston, co. War-
wick], ministers' accounts of, 290,
291.
Lee, Thomas de, de le, accounts ren-
dered by, 290, 291.
Cf. Leye.
Leece, William, payment to, 431.
Leech, Layche, Roger, surgeon, rewards

to, 347, 385.
Leeds, co. Kent, deeds relating to, 625.
Leeds [co. York], 499.
Leeis, Hugh, payment to, 426.
Leek, Lceke [co. Stafford] :

dean of. See Cantrell, Ralph.
Rudyard in, 256.
Leek. .See Leake.
Leemyng, wages of, paid, 440.
Leen, Liene, river [co. Notts], 40.
Lees Moor, near Bakewell, co. Derby
? hermitage of Leyes, outlaws re-
ceived at, 275.
Lega :

Hugh de, 51.

Simon de, nuncius of queen Eleanor,
grant by, 86.
Legal treatises, 236.
Legate, William the, 11.
Leghe, Lethg', Leye, Lye :

John de, knight, indicted, 274-276,

278, 281.
dame Margaret, Lady Lye, wife of
Sir Peter Leghe and mother of
Henry Willoughby, 119, 120, 122.
See also Willoughby (P).

Leghe, dame Mai^aret — cant.

, , agreements by, 120,

121.

, , illness of, 118.

, , obit of, 236.

Sir Peter of, reward to officers of,

367.
Robert brother of John de, indicted,

274-276, 278, 281.
Legist, Master Stephen the, 4.
Leiburn. See Leyburn'.
Leicester, Laycestre, Laycytre, Laycytur,

Laysytur, Leister, 109, 111, 112,

347, 426, 436, 442, 447, 450, 462,

556.
assizes at, 367.
bishop of. See Wernbeorht.
court of the justices of the peace at,

133.
deeds relating to, 625.
deputy of the mayor of the staple at,

266.

, mayor of, to act as, 617.

document dated at, 100.
forest, 378.

friar of, reward to, 360.
waits of, rewards to, 335, 441.
The Cock, Cokk, in, 112.
Leicester, county of, sheriff of. See

Turpin, Sir George ; Willoughby

(Q).

Leicester, earl of. See Dudley, Robert ;

Montfort, Simon de.
Leigh, Leighe [parish of Wimborne Min-
ster, CO. Dorset], minister's account
of, 302.
Leigh, Lye [co. Kent] :

bequest of land in, 150.
deeds relating to, 625.
Leister. See Leicester.
Leitun. See Leacon, Leyton ?
Leke. See Leake.
Lekeburn, Hugh de, vicar of Youlgreave,

receiver of outlaws, 275, 277.
Lemerlay, John, 60.
Len'. See Lynne.

Lendryyge Loge. See Liudridge Lodge.
Lennard, Samson, letter to, 161.
Lent, bonds taken to observe fast in,

152.
Lenton, co. Notts, 121, 336, 347, 369,
440.
chartulary of lands in, 196.
deed dated at, 96.
deeds relating to, 626.
fair at, 332, 337, 374, 386, 435, 456.

, goods brought from London

for, 175.

— , petition relating to, 170-171.

grant of toft in, 64.

hospital of St. Anthony, grant to, 59.

, payment to pardoner of (?), 338.

ministers' accounts of, 307, 309.
priory, 41n, 79.

, chapel of, money to be paid

in, 120.
, janitor of. See Gargat, Wil-
liam.

689

Lenton, priory — cont.

, manors and falra of, grant of

stewardship of, 124.

, money kept in, 122.

. prior of, tithe paid to, 375.

> , to present to chantry,

96.

J , to vicarage, 516.

, Hugh prior of, 64.

, Peter prior of, 627.

, R. prior of, 55. See also

Gorciis, Brother Astorgius de ;
Hylston, John.

, prior and convent of, assent

of, to foundation of chantry, 96.

. ■ grants by, 55, 64, 124.

, , tithes paid to, 313.

, register of, 197.

, rental of possessions of, 317.

, seal of, 124.

, Serlo the cook of, 64.

, steward of. See Lovel,

Thomas ; Willoughby (Q).

, stone from, 459.

rentals of, 300, 314, 317.
toll at, 422.
Hugh vicar of, 64.
William son of William the parson
of, grant by, 70.
Lenton, Leutun :
Everard de, 12.
Geoffrey de, 10, lOn.
Hugh, 183.

, carrier of coals, 171.

Mrs., 399, 519, 521.

, abstracts of letters from, 521,

523.

, bills, etc., of, 401, 404, 406,

408, 415.

, payment for board of, 403,

415.
L'Bnveysie. See Bnveysie.
Leo X., pope, 139, 140.

privileges granted by,' 133, 134.
Leofstan the deacon, 211, 212.
Leofwine the monk, 211, 212.
Leon, king of. See John, duke of Lan-
caster.
Lerma, duke of, president of Spanish

council, arrogance of, 187-189.
Lestrange, Ida, damsel of Queen Philippa,

letter to, 90.
Lethg'. See Legh.
Letters, customary superscription of,

592.
Leus, Gauters li, author of fabliaux, 227-

232.
Levant, Levent taffeta, 434, 437.
Levedale [in Penkridge, co. Stafford] :
deeds relating to, 627.
grant of land in, 57.
places named in, 57.
Levedale :

Geoffrey son of John de, grant by,

57.
William son of Stephen de, grant to,
57.
I/event. See Levant.

Leveson, Sir John, deputy lieutenant of
Kent:
account rendered by, 159.
letter from, abstract of, 160.
letter to, 160.

soldiers trained before, 284.
Levissey. See Lyveasey.
Leviva, 18.

Lewdham. See Lowdham.
Lewenton ?, 349.

Lewes priory [co. Sussex], bequest to, 167.
Lewes, Lewys :

abstract of letter from, 574.
plumber, 397, 398.
Lewis duke of Wurtemburg, insignia of
the garter carried to, 566, 567.
See also Louis.
Lewisham [co. Kent], Morden in, 330.
Lewsy. See Lucy.
Lewyssay. See Lyvessey.
Leyburn', Leiburn [Leyboume, co. Kent]:
Robert de, 36.
Roger de, 72, 74.

, friend and ally of Edward [1.]

the king's son, 68.

, grant to, 72, 73.

, mandate to, 71.

Roger son of Roger de, grant to, 71 .
Leyc. See Leake.
Leycestria. See Lecester.
Leye. See Lea-Marston.
Leye, Nicholas de la, 86.
See Leghe.
Cf. Lee.
Leyes. See Lees Moor t
Leyster. See Lecester.
Leyton, co. Essex ? Leitun, 36.
Leyves, John, payment to, for sinking

coalpit, 493.
Lichfield, Laychefelde, Lechefeld, Leche-
fyeld, Lechefylde, Lichefeld,
Lychefeld, Lychefyelde, Lych-
feld [co. Stafford] :
bishop of. See Cynefrith, Eadwulf,

Headda, and under Coventry,
canons of, named, 275, 277.
cathedral church of, bequest to, 85.
child bishop of, rewards to, 346, 379,

386.
close of, sexton of. See Paxson,

Sir John,
dean and chapter of, trespassers

maintained by, 278.
fair at, 342, 351, 372, 380, 387.
fish bought at, 340, 342.
friars of, payments to, 348, 359, 382.
Grey Friars of, payments to, 353, 365.

, warden of, payment to, 378.

shoemaker of, payment to, 331.
waits of, 421.
Liene. See Leen.
Lights in churches, maintenance of, 12,

44.
Lile. See Lisle.
Lile, Arthur. See Plantagenet.
Lilleburn, Hem-y de, 21.
Limburg, duke of. See Anjou, Francis
duke of.

M 44

690

Lime, a remedy for coal-damp, 193.
Lime-pits, 258.

Liuby, Lindeby, Lyndeby [co. Notts],
245.
Ealph parson of, 56.
Linby Hay, Lyndeby Haye, eo. Notts,

boundaries of, 241.
Linchln' :

Richard brother of William de, 31.
William de, 31.
Lincoln, Lyncolne, Nichole, 19, 96, 274,
276, 280, 324, 327.
bishop of. See Blois, William de ;
Bokingham, John de ; Dalderby,
John ; Longland, John,
canons of, named, 44.
cathedral church of, bequest to, 85.
chapter of, 43.

, seal of, 43.

charter dated at, 73.
dean of. See Bolveston, Eoger de.
William precentor of, 44, 44n.
writ dated at, 243.
See Nichol'.
Lincoln, county of, Lyncklenshyre :

delivery of records of indictments

in, 93.
panel of jurors of, 356.
swans from, 375.
Lincoln, earl of. See Clinton, Edward ;
Gaunt, Gilbert ; Pole, John de la.
Lincoln, Alvred do, 54n.
Lindeby. See Liuby.
Lindhurst, Lyndehursfc wood, co. Notts,

boundaries of, 241.
Liudridge Lodge, Lendryge Loge, Lyn-
drese Lowge [in Sutton Coldfield
Chase, co. Warwick], 350, 365.
Lindsey, bishop of. See Ceolwulf.
Linton, Linintone [co. Kent], possessions

of villeins (?) in, 271.
Lisle, Insula, Lile, L'Isle, Lyle, Lysle :
lord. See Grey (B) ; Plantagenet,

Arthur.
Anketil de, 79, 86.
Baldwin de, friend and ally of Ed-
ward [I.], the king's son, 68.
Brian de, 51n, 52n.

, grant by, 51.

, perambulation of Sherwood

forest by, 241.
Geoffrey de, 18.
Hugh de, grant by, 40, 40n.
Reginald de, 18, 33.
William de, 48.
Mr., at WoUaton, 456, 457.

, reward to servant of, 390.

Mrs., at WoUaton, 462.
Lisores, Lisures. See Luisuris.
Litchurch, Lychurch wapentake. See

Morleston.
Litelton. See Lyttleton.
Lithegreynys, John of, perambulation of

the forest by, 243.
Litholf, William son of, 59.
Little, William, sale of laud by, 270.
Littleheryngestone. See Herringston.
Littleton. See Lyttleton.

Liulf, Nicholas son of, 17.
Llanstephan, Landstephan [co. Car-
marthen], grant of honour of, 270.
Loce, Richard son of, 88.
Lochrutton, Loghrynton [Kirkcudbright^

shire], David de Bruce in, 95.
Lochton. See Lutton.
Logeleia, Elias de, 47.
Loggin, Loggyn, Lawrence, account of

manufacture of iron by, 496.
Loghrynton. See Lochrutton.
Lomdon. See London.
Londenethorp. See Londonthorpe.
London, Lomdon, Loundon, Lowndon,
Lundon, Lwndon, Lwndwn, 148,
152, 172, 180, 330, 338, 340-343,
349-352, 355, 357, 364, 375, 378,
382, 383, 385, 394, 395, 397, 398,
402, 407, 409, 410, 412, 415, 422,
424-426, 429-431, 433, 438, 447,
448, 450, 451, 453, 459, 523, 525,
527, 529, 533-536, 545, 547, 548,
556, 560, 564, 565, 568, 573, 576,
579, 596, 617, 620.

aldermen of. See Barton, Henry ;
Boquerel, Matthew ; Catcher ;
Combe-Martin, William de.

bishop of. See Baldoc, Ralph de ;
Sands, Edwin ; Sandwico, Henry
de.

canon of. See Donjon, Ralph de.

citizens of, 92, 170, 466.

coal carried by sea to, 169-170.

deputies of the mayor of the staple
in. See Bracebridge, John ; Brad-
man, John.

documents dated in, 69, 74, 75, 89,
92, 96, 98, 519, 545, 569, 587,
600.

expenses of living in, 555.

goods taken by boat to Lenton fair
from, 175.

houses in, bequest of, 85.

mayor of. See Pulteney, John de ;
Befham, Richer de.

puysnS citizens of, 89.

russet, payment for, 327.

sherifis of, 357, 618. See also
Basinges, Thomas de ; Blakeneye,
Peter de ; CornhuUe, Robert de ;
Corp, Simon.

ship of, 128.

the king's council in, 142.

troops conducted to, 599.

water-service of, 174.

will proved in, 149,

wine from, 372.
London, places named :

All Hallows Barking, parish of, 86.

, deeds relating to, 625.

Barnard's Inn, 321.

Bedlam, Baydlem, Baylam, Bethle-
hem, brotherhood of Our Lady of,
365, 368.

, reward to pardoner of, 354.

Bridewell, 532.

, gentlewomen whipped in, 158,

568.

691

London, places named — cont.

Candelwick Street, Candelwicrstrate,

73, 157.
Canon, Chanon Row, 551.
Castle, the, Holborn, 322, 398.
CoruhlU, 603.
Counter, the, 158.
Crown Inn, the, 398.
Drury Lane, house in, 175.
Fleet prison, 568, 589.
Gerard's Garden, Holborn, 321.
Gray's Inn, Graysenn, Grayse In,

Gresyn, 327, 331, 333, 356, 357,

574.
. Parliament chamber in, 357,

358.
Holborn, letter dated at, 596.

, places named in, 321, 322.

— — , the White Hart in, 555.
Leicester House [in the Strand],

queen EUzabeth at, 534.
Lincoln's Inn Fields, house in, 572.

Grange, 555, 569.

, letter dated, 620.

Minories, Mynnyrys, the, 398, 403,

403n.

, Mr. Medley's house at, 521, 522.

St. Anthony's school, 409.

St. Bartholomew's church, 74.

St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, George

vicar of, 115.
St. James', the Court at, 526.
St. Mary BuncivaU, our Lady of

Runsywold, offering at, 356.
St. Paul's church, guild of St. John

in, 345.

, Te Deum sung in, 612.

St. Paul's churchyard, books sold

at, 622.
St. Swithin's parish, demise of

house in, 74.

Street, grant of land in, 73.

Savoy, Cey(?), Saywowe, Sey(?), the,

334.
, brotherhood of chapel of the,

360, 385.
Seething Lane, Syvethenstrate,

grant of land in, 86, 87.
Sergeant's Inn, Sargans In, 358.
Smithfield, Smythfeeld, the queen's

coachmakers in, 163.

, letter directed to, 581.

Soho Square, 603.
Staple Inn, 321.

, payment to principal of, 384.

Temple, the, 552.

, ale taken at, 383.

, Inner, Inward, 610.

Tower, the, 87, 328.

, constable of the. See Odo,

Hugh son of.

, offerings at Our Lady at the,

354, 357.
Tower Hill, execution on, 518.
White Friars, Freers, house at, 550,

551.
Willoughby House, lease of upper
rooms in, 822,

London, New. See New London.
London' :

Brother John de, 86.
John de, 64.
Cf. Lund'.
Londonderry, Ireland, bishop of. See

Hickman, Charles.
Londonesham, co. Dorset, deeds relating

to, 624.
Londonthorpe, Londenethorp [co. Lin-
coln], confirmation of grant of
land in, 23, 24.
Long, Gautier le, fabliau by, 229-230.
Longdon, co. Salop, deeds relating to, 627.
Longdon, Langton [co. Stafford], bequest
of land in, to Tamworth priory,
257.
Long Eaton, Longeton. See Eaton.
Longeford, William de, slain at the Frere-
yate in Derby, 273.
Cf. Langeford.
Longespee, Lungespee :

Boger de, bishop of Coventry and

Lichfield, 71.
Stephen, friend and ally of Edward

[I.], the king's son, 68.
William de, earl of Salisbury, 51.
Longford [co. Derby], Bupton in, 257.
Longford [co. Stafford], bequest of, to

Burton abbey, 256.
Longland, John, bishop of Lincoln, 347.
Longo Campo, Ralph de, Distinctiones

of, 216.
Loosebarrow, Lousebarugh hundred [co.
Dorset], minister's account of,
302.
Lopart, Robert, character in fabliau,

230.
Lorde, Mr., reward to horse keeper of,

340.
Lorraine, duke of. See Anjou, Francis

duke of.
Lossenham, Losham [in Newenden, co.

Kent], grant of manor of, 71.
Loterel, Loterell. See LutereU.
Lottery, prize won in, 606.
Loudham. See Lowdham.
Loughborough, Loughborow [co. Leices-
ter], 458.
letter dated at, 588.
Louis XL, king of France :

letters and public instrument of,

259.
marriage of Charles his son, 259.
Louis, Lewis XIL, king of France, Mary

his wife, 518.
Lounde, co. Notts, deeds relating to, 626.
Loundon. See London.
Lousebarugh. See Loosebarrow.
Lovel, Lovell, Luvel :

Henry, lord Morley, expedition of,

to Flanders, and death of, 508.
Osbert, 32.

Thomas, knight, steward of the
manors and fairs of Lenton priory,
124, 515, 515n.
Lovet, John, indicted for ofiences in co.
Derby, 273.

692

Low Countries. See Holland.
Lowdham, Lewdham, Loudtam, Low-
dam, Ludham [co. Notts], 123,
151, 425.
chartularies of lands in, 196, 269.
court rolls of, 293, 306, 319.
deeds relating to, 62 6.
extent of, 294.
grant of land in, 5, 54.
lordship of, 121.
manor of, 506, 507.

, flue of, 531.

ministers' accounts of, 296, 307-309,

311, 314-316.
Caythorpe in. See Caythorpe.
Gunthorpe in. See Gunthorpe.
John the chaplain of, grant to, 38.

, sale to, confirmed, 55,

Lowdham, Loudham, Ludham :

Eustace de, [acting] sheriff of Notts,
56, 56n.

, clerk, 39, 39n, 40?i, 55, 55n.

Fulk de, grant to, 54, 55.
Gilbert de, clerk, 39, 39n.
John de, knight, manorial records
of, 289.

son of Walter de, 55.

Walter de, knight, 55.

son of Eustace de, 39, 55.

William, esquire, will of. 111.
Lowdlowe. See Ludlow.
Lowkyd, lord Derby's minstrel, reward

to, 383.
Lowndes, Mr., 501.
Lowndon. See London.
Lowys, payment to, 365.
Lucas, 454.
Lucca, 613.
Lucy, Lewsy :

Anthony de, warden of the marches
in Cumberland and Westmoreland,
95, 95n, 96.
Mr., reward to players of, 379.
Lud, Avicia (de Blokeswrthe) daughter

of Henry son of, grant by, 31.
Lude, William, 54, 611.
Ludelowe, Joan (Marmion) wife of
Thomas de, assignment of purparty
to, 79, 79n, 80, 81.
Ludham. See Lowdham.
Ludlow, Lowdlowe [co. Salop], payment

to guild at, 332.
Ludovico (il Moro), governor of the duke

of Milan, 261.
Luisuris, Lisures, Lusoriis [Lisores] :
Fulk de, charter of confirmation to,

2, 3, 270.
Eobert de, lln.
Lukesone, William son of Hugh, chap-
lain, indicted, 275.
Lund', Stephen de, grant of forfeited
lands of, 72.
CI. London'.
Lundon. See London.
Lungespee. See Longespee.
Lupus :

Reginald, 60.
Robert, 52, 52n.

Lusoriis. See Luisuris.
Luterell, Loterel, Loterell :

Geoffrey, 40.

brother of Richard, 26, 26n, 27.

, knight, 281.

, money extorted from, 280.

John, 99, 100.

Richard, 26.
Lutton, Lochton [co. Lincoln], 14.
Lutton [in Weaverthorpe, co. York],

Thomas de, 61.
Lutton, Bast, co. York, deeds relating

to, 627.
Luvel. See Lovel.
Lwndon, Lwndwn. See London.
Lwse, gift of coals to, 340.
Lyaeus, to give wine to, proverb, 216.
Lychefeld, Lychefyelde. See Lichfield.
Lychett. See Lytchett.
Lychfeld. See Lichfield.
Lychurch. See Litchurch.
Lydleton. See Lyttleton.
Lydlinch, Nydenynch, co. Dorset, 91.
Lye. See Leghe, Leigh.
Lyle. See Lisle.
Lymdem, Thomas, indulgence granted

to, 137.
Lympne, Lymne [co. Kent] :

action concerning land in, 283.

deeds relating to, 625.
Lyncklenshyre. See Lincoln, county of.
Lyncolne. See Lincoln.
Lynde, Thomas de la, feoffee for exe-
cution of will, 313.
Lyndeby. See Linby.
Lyndeby :

John of, trees sold to, 242.

Michael de, grant to, for chantry, 96.
Lyndehurst. See Lindhurst.
Lyndrese Lowge. See Lindridge Lodge.
Lyne. See Lynne.

Lyne, Sir Thomas, riot caused by ser-
vants of, 144.
Lyntord, Little, co. Buckingham, deeds

relating to, 624.
Lyngard, John, 115.
Lynn, Len', Lyne [co. Norfolk], 59.

deeds relating to, 625.

mayor of. See Belvaco, Bartholomew
de.

ship of, 130.

Wyngate in, grant of land in, 59.
Lynne, Budo son of Adam de, grant to,

59.
Lynwode, R., collier, 492.
Lyons, Sir Percival WiUoughby at, 560.
Lyre, gown, etc. of, 103, 104.
Lyse, Mr., school of, at St. Anthony's,

London, 409.
Lysle. See Lisle.
Lystere, Margery la, beaten, 282.
Lytchett Matravers, Lytchet Mautravers
[co. Dorset] :

deeds relating to, 624.

minister's account of, 302.
Lytchett Minster, Mynstre, South Lychett
[co. Dorset] :

court rolls of, 320.

693

Lytohett Minster — cont.

ministers' accounts of, 296, 298, 299,

301, 302, 306, 319, 320.
rental of, 320.
Lytelhemygeston, Lytelheryngeston.

See Herringston.
Lythum, Lythom, Brother Richard,

prior of Burton :
intrigues of, 249-250.
letter of, 252.

scrutineer at election of abbot, 248.
Lyttleton, Litelton, Littleton, Lydleton :
Edward, of Pilleknoll, 495.
Francis, 424.

, wages of, 426.

George sou of Sir John, 571.

Sir John, 529.

, abstracts of letters from, 527-

529, 533, 537, 544, 545, 549.
, to, 536, 537, 543, 544,

546, 547.
, marriage of Elizabeth his

daughter to Sir Francis Willough-

by, 525, 526.

, story to discredit of, 526.

, his lady, 529.

Lytton, Richard of, 110.

Lyvessey, Levissey, Lewyssay, Lyvsay,

John, 388.
, accovmts rendered by, 314-

316, 330-351, 352-361, 363-370,

375-379, 381-387.
, accovmts rendered by his

wife and executors, 316.

M

Mablethorpe [co. Lincoln], rental of,

319.
Macclesfield, Maqkesfeld forest [co.

Chester], 367.
Machine for pumping water out of mines,

173-175.
Mackworth, Mackeworth, Makworth [co.

Derby], 278.
felons received at, 275, 277.
Markeaton park in, 275-277.
parson of. See Tuchet, Edmund.
Maostoke. See Maxtoke.
Maderman, Robert le, 87.
Mseres slaed [near Harvington, co. Wor-
cester], 210.
Magnus, Magnws, Dr. Thomas, 382.
Maid (puella), Edith the, 50.
Maidstone, Maideston [co. Kent], grant

dated at, 110.
Main, Hugh son of, 50.
Mainil. See Menil.
Mainsens, a bride, character in fabliau,

229.
Mainsent, character in fabliau, 230.

Makestoke [Maxtoke, co. Warwick] :
Adam de, 15.
Robert de, 15.
Makworth. See Mackworth.
Malcolf, La Malcave fin Chapel-en-le-
Frith, CO. Derby], man imprisoned
in, 279.
Maldut. See Mauduit.
Malherbe, Robert, grant to, 50, 50n.
MaUory, Margery (WUloughby) wife of,

505.
Malmesbury abbey [co. Wilts], 322.
Malmsey wine, Mawmysse, Mawse :
price of, 512.
purchase of, 362, 375.
Malnevu :

Robert, 9.
William, 20.
Malreward, Malrewad :

Geoffrey, grant by, 30, 30n.
Robert, 14.
Malton [co. York], chaplain of St. Mary's

church, 2.
Maltona, John de, 59.
Malvern priory [co. Worcester], Roger

prior of, 8.
Mamecestre, William de, 63, 64.
Mamesfeld. See Mansfield.
Mamesfeld, John son of Thomas de,

robbed, 280.
Mammetun, Robert de, 18.
Mamsfeld. See Mansfield.
Man, Richard le, 76.
Manby, co. Lincoln, deeds relating to, 625.
Manchones ? Mawson, Aragon, council

held at, 187.
Maneston [Manston, co. Dorset], Richard

de, knight, 76.
Manners, Mannares, Manners, Mannours :
Edward, earl of Rutland, at Wol-

laton, 446.
— ^, order issued by, 152.
Elizabeth, countess of Rutland, at

Thurland House, 456.
Isabel, countess of Rutland, 446.
John, earl of Rutland, at Thurland
House, 455, 456.

, at WoUaton, 457.

Roger, at Wollaton, 462.

, earl of Rutland, at Wollaton,

462.
Theodocia, wife of Sir Thomas, 456,
458.

, death of, 182.

Sir Thomas, at Thurland House, 457.

, at WoUaton, 454, 456, 458.

, certificate signed by, 498.

Thomas, earl of Rutland, 510.
Mansell, Maunsel :

John, treasurer of York, 70.
Wir Robert, lease of glass house to,
500.
Mansfield, Mamesfeld, Mamsfeld, Maunce-
feld, Maunsfold, Mmvnsfelde,
Monsfeld [co. Notts], 119, 120,
179, 280, 359, 459.
custumal of, 247.
extent made at, 182.

694

Mansfield — cont,
fair, 392.

letters dated at, 170, 586.
Field, robbery in, 280, 281.
Mansfield Woodhouse, Mamsfeld Wode-
house, CO. Notts, boundaries of,
241.
Manston, co. Dorset. See Maneston.
Map mentioned in inventory of goods,

488.
Map, Walter, 215.

Mapelderton, Mapelerton. See Mapper-
ton.
Mapelton. See Mapleton.
Maperley. See Mapperley.
Maplebeck, eo. Notts*, 179.
Mapleton, Mapelton [co. Derby], offence

committed at, 279.
Mapperley, Maperley, Mappurley, Mapur-
ley [in Kirk Hallani, co. Derby],
111, 125, 524.
court rolls of, 292.
deeds relating to, 624.
Mapperton, Mapelderton, Mapelerton,
Mappilarton [in Aimer, co.
Dorset]:
agreement as to land in, 76.
deeds relating to, 625.
manor of, 99.

, court rolls of, 288, 296, 299-

301, 303, 306, 309-313, 318-320.

, ministers' accounts of, 296,

298, 299, 305, 319, 320.

, rental of, 320.

Pillol, ministers' accounts of, 296, 301.
Gonevyle, ministers' accounts of,
296, 301.
Mappleton, WiUiam de, of Ashbourne,

indicted, 275.
Mappowder, co. Dorset, 54n.
Mappurley, Mapurley. See Mapperley.
Mapurley, Thomas de, mayor of Not-
tingham, 100.
Maqkesfeld. See Macclesfield.
Mara :

Lettice wife of William de, charter

of confirmation to, 23, 24.
William de, charter of confirmation
to, 23, 24.
Marble quarry in Isle of Purbeck, 30.
Marc :

PhUip, 26«.

, sheriff of co. Notts, 56, 56ra.

Marcam, Maroham. See Markham.
Marche :

Thomas, chaplain of Burton parish
church, mandate to, 252.

, , scrutineer at election of

abbot of Burton, 248.
Marchenton. See Marchiugton.
Marchiennes, Marcieues [France, dep.
Nord], mentioned in fabliau, 230,
231.
Marchington, Marchenton [in Hanbury],
CO. Stafford, bequest of land at,
255.
Marcienes. See Marchiennes.
Mareis, Fulk de, grant by, 10.

Marescalcus, Marescallvs, MareschaUus.

See Farrier.
Margaret- daughter of Theodosius, lec-
tion on, 212.
Margaret of Burgundy, prophecy con-
cerning marriage of, 263.
Margette, furniture in bed-chamber of ,491 .
Margret, Mrs., payment by the hands

of, 446.
Marischallus. See Farrier.
Mariscis, Simon de, 30.
Marisco, Robert de, 29.
Marjory, wages of, 541.
Markau. See Markham.
Markeaton, Marketon park [in Mack-
worth, CO. Derby], 278.
lord of. See Tuchet, Robert.
outlaws at, 275-277.
Markere, TJlric, 31.
Market Harborough, Harborough [co.

Leicester], 556.
Marketon. See Markeaton.
Marketon, Henry de, chaplain, indicted,

.274.
Market Overton, Marketoverton. See

Overton.
Markets, grants of, 37, 70, 271.

men beaten at, 277.
Markham, co. Notts, court rolls of, 291,

295, 297.
Markham, Marcam, Marcham, Markan,
Marlam ;
Griffin son of Thomas, at Cambridge,
593.

, letters from, 593, 594, 598.

, , abstracts of, 594.

, proposed marriage of, to Mar-
garet Willoughby, 562, 592, 596,
597.

, quarrel of, with Sir Percival

Willoughby, 598.
Henry de, 38, 39, 55.
John, indulgence granted to, 137.

, knight, servant of, 344.

, , supervisor of will, 149.

Margaret daughter of Thomas, ill-
ness of, 598.

(Willoughby) daughter of Sir

Robert, 508.
Mary wife of Thomas, abstract of
letter from, 594.

, reference to letter from, 597.

Robert, at WoUaton, 456, 458.

, letter carried to, 459.

, supervisor of will of Sir Henry

WiUoughby, 122.

, brother of Hem-y de, 39.

Thomas, 563, 594, 597.

, commission to, 160.

, cousin of Sir Francis Willough-
by, 157, 592.

, hatred of, towards Sir Percival

Willoughby, 562.

, letter from, abstract of, 594-

595.

, letters from, reference to, 564.

Mr., 443.

, payment to servant of, 445.

695

Marian. See Morland.

Marlborough, Marleberg [co. Wilts],

charter dated at, 70.
Marlow, Merloo, Merloue, 388.
payment to son of, 389.
William, wages of, 371.
Marl-pits, 12n.
Marmion, Marmeon, Marmioun, Mar-

myon, Marmyun, Mermyon :
accounts of family of, 271, 506, 507.
GreofErey, 270.
Henry, 148, 338.

, bailiff of Cossall and Middle-
ton, 313-315.

, executor of will, 149.

, payment of annuity to, 317.

, wages of, 370.

Joan (de Ludelowe) daughter of

Philip, 79.
(de FryviU), granddaughter of

Philip, 79.
John, 122.

, accounts rendered by, 307, 308.

, agreement by, 121.

, executor of wiU, 122, 126.

Judith, abstract of letter from, 515.
Mannaser, fee of, 270.
Millicent, grant by, 270-271.
Philip, 78, 506.

, arms of, 77, 77n.

, death of, 79n.

— — , demise by, 74, 75.

, grants to', 71-74.

, lord of Tamworth castle,

founder of Premonstratension

house at Tamworth, 77-78.

, partition of lands of, 79, 98.

Robert, 270, 506.

son of Robert, grant by, 270-

271.
Roger, named in Battle Abbey roll,

506.
William, 515.
, servant of Sir Francis Wil-

loughby, abstract of letter to,

551.
, • , defamation of lady Wil-

loughby by, 533, 560.
, , plot of, against Sir

Percival Willoughby, 561, 563.

, , wages of, 542.

Mr., 388, 396, 398, 415.
. . . . , cousin of Margaret Willough-
by, 595.
servant of Elizabeth countess

of Shrewsbury, letter from, 122-

125.
Marnham, Marnaham, Marname, North

and South Marneham, co. Notts,

lln, 126.
church of, lOn.
court rolls of, 287, 301, 303.
deeds relating to, 626.
ferry, 171.
ministers' accounts of, 293, 315,

316.
Nicholas the clerk of, grant to, 10,

lOn.

Marnham — cont.

Robert brother of Nicholas the clerk
of, 11.
Marnham, South, ministers' accounts of,

307, 308.
Marnham, Marnaham, Walter de, 11.
Maruhull [co. Dorset], deeds relating to,

624.
Marriage settlements, etc., 11, 48, 49,
55, 58, 89, 91, 97, 115, 121, 123,
125, 126, 130, 525, 621.
Marrows, Mrs., abstract of letter to, 545.

Cf. Moorows.
Marse. See Mersey.

Marshal, William, earl of Pembroke, 37.
Marshall, Mr., at WoUaton, 458.
MarshaUs at High Cross, apiid le Hay
Cros [in Standon, co. Herts], court
rolls of manor of, 297.
Marston [in Lea-Marston, co. Warwick],
ministers' accounts of, 290, 291,
311.
See Merst.
Martel :

Eudo, 76.

Geoffrey, 54n.

Margery wife of Budo, 76.

Richard, 82.

, of Chilwell, 87.

Roger, 54n.
Marten, Thomas, wages of, 371.

Cf. Martin, Martyn.
Marteni. See Martingni.
Martin :

John, of Walsall, 496.
Robert sou of, 55.
Cf. Marten, Martyn.
Martingni, Marteni, Martigui, Martini :
Elias de, 29, 56ra.

, grant to, 56.

William de, 25.

, confirmation of grant to, 32,

33, 33n.
Martinsthorpe, co. Rutland, deeds re-
lating to, 627.
Marton priory [Marton-in-the-Porest, co.

York], Ernisius prior of, 4, in.
Martyn :

John, master of Le Beggare of Ayles-

ford, 96.
— • — , of Newark, 114.
Nicholas, 110.
William, keeper, wages of, 440, 449.

, supervisor of wiU, 124.

Cf. Marten, Martin.
Marvyn, Thomas, purser of the John
Avangellist, delivery of ordnance
by, 128.
Mary, quoen of England, 520, 520n, 521,
5:i2.
letters of (he signet of, 617-618.
Mary, queen of Scots, imprisonment of

152, 153.
Mary [? Scroin], Sii' Francis Willoughby'a

fool, 543.
llaryat, of Nottingham, payment to, for
killing foxes and other vermin,
418.

Maryner, William, citizen of London,

appraiser of goods, 466.
Masius, Brother Zenobius, de Plorentia,
guardian of the Observant Friars
of Mount Sion, creation of Knight
of the Holy Sepulchre by, 140-
141.
Mason, Masun, Mazoun, eemeniarius ;
Alan the, of Bilsby, 14.
Henry, 115.

Hugh the, of Binbrooke, 14.
John, rector of Normanton, 115.
Payn the, of Poynton, 14.
Peter le, bailiff of Nottingham, 626.
Bichard, legacy to, 102.
Eobert, wages of, 440, 449, 542.
Roger son of John le, of Chesterfield,

274.
Samuel, at Wollaton, 458.
Walter the, 75.
Mr., 180, 181.
Massey, Raphael, 167.
Masun. See Mason.
Mather, Henry, of EarleshaU, disclaimer

of arms of, 179.
Mathew, William, abbot of Burton,

resignation of, 247-248.
Matkynsone, John, slain at Bradley, 273.
Matloc, Henry de, grant to, 63.
Matlock [CO. Derby], 445.
letter dated at, 197.
Matthew, Roger son of, 50.
Maud, the empress, reference to, 270.
Maud :

Andrew son of, 55.
Robert son of, 57.
Mauduit, Maldut :

Godfrey, grant by, 27.

, grant to, 26.

, , confirmed, 20.

Maukunti, Geoffrey, 70.
Mauncefeld. See Mansfield.
Maund, Mawne, Mowne [in Bodenham,
CO. Hereford], manor of, 506.
ministers' accounts of, 307-309.
Maunsel. See Mansell.
Maunsfeld. See Mansfield.
Mautravers, Thomas, 76.
Mawne. See Maund.
Mawnsfelde. See Mansfield.
Mawsou. See Manchones t
Maximian, elegies of, 219.

trivialities of, 214.
Maximilian of Austria, prophecy con-
cerning, 263.
Maxtoke, Macstoke, co. Warwick, 333,
366, 882.
court roUs of, 303, 305.
deeds relating to, 627.
payment to ringers of, 330.
priory, abbey, prior of, 332, 367,
515.

, reward to canons and organist

of, 334.
See Makestoke.
May, WiHiam, of Brook, gentleman,

action brought against, 283.
Maynard, WiUiam, of Nottingham, 64.

See Measham.
Mazoun. See Mason.
Meadcalfe, Edward, waiter at WoUaton,

168.
Meadow Place Grange [in Youlgreave, co.
Derby] 7 Medeweplot, outlaws re-
ceived at, 275.
Mearing. See Mering.
Measham, Maysam, Meysamham, Mes-

som [CO. Derby], 339, 363, 374.
Meaux in Wawne, co. York. See Melsa.
Medeleye. See Medley.
Medeweplot. See Meadow Place Grange ?
Medilton; See Middleton.
Medley, Medeleye ;

George, of TUtey, executor of will of
Sir Henry Willoughby, 149, 474,
519, 526.

, abstracts of letters from, 519,

522, 524.

. from his widow, 524.

, accounts of, 396-414, 416,

492, 519, 522-524.

, involved in trouble on account

of duke of Suffolk, 521, 523.

, probable parentage of, 520.

, purchase of Wollaton chantry

house by, 417.

, suspected of dishonesty, 523.

, Alice his maid, 405.

, PhUip his servant, 399, 410.

Henry, 399, 414.

, payment to, 417.

Margaret (Wotton) wife of William,

518, 520.
Thomas, 520.
Mednill. See MeniU.
Medultun, Medylton. See Middleton.
Mee, John, wages of, 426, 440, 542.
Meeringe. See Mering.
Megre, Roger le, notorious thief, 277.
Mehaut, sons of, mentioned in a fab-
liau, 228.
Meirembout, Ranulph de, 19.
Mekylton. See Mickleton.
Melchbourne, Melchebourn [co. Beds],

deed dated at, 86.
Melen. See Milan.
Melford, John, indulgence granted to,

137.
Mellento. See Meulent.
Mellers :

Fabyau, alderman of Nottingham,

certificate signed by, 498.
Mr., payment to, for wine, 375.
MeUynge, John, bequest to, 113.
Melner :

Nicholas son of Roger de (sic), 274.
Simon son of Roger de {sic), 274.
Cf. Mylner.
Melsa [Meaux in Wawne, co. York],

Robert de, 6.
Melton :

Thomas de, indicted, 275.
William de, archbishop of York, 93,
94.

, , proceedings upon plea

of Quo Warranto against, 246.

697

Melton Mowbray, co. Leicester, Burton

Lazars in. See Burton Lazars.
Menil, Mainil, Mednill :
Isabel de, 60n.

Robert de, grant by, 60, 60n.
William de, 56.
Meppershall, Maperteshale, co. Bedford,

deeds relating to, 624.
Mercer :

Hugh, expenses of, paid, 425, 443.

, payments by, 423, 424, 432,

436, 437, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444,
445, 447.

, wages of, 439, 449, 542.

Mercia :

countess of. See Godiva.
earls of. See .^Ifric, ^Ifere.
kings of. See JSthelred, Berhtwulf,

Cenulf.
optimates of, 208.

queens of. See ^Ifthryth, Ssethryth.
Mere, Henry de la, 79.
Merevale, Merywall, Merywell near
Aderston, MerywoU, Miravalle, co.
Warwick, 605.
abbey, 49.

, reward to monk of, 354.

, — — to servants of abbot of,

339, 344.
Meriden, Merydyne, Muridene alias
Alspath [co. Warwick], 376, 383.
deeds relating to, 627.
beath, 334.
Mering, Mearing, Meeringe, Meryng :
Elizabeth, lady Willoughby's maid,

547.
Sir William, letters of the signet to,

512-513.
Mrs., wages of, 449.
Merlin, story of, 235.
Merloo, Merloue. See Marlow.
Mermyon. See Marmion.
Mersc in Compton [co. Worcester], demise

of land at, 211-212.
Mersey (Marse) and Bibble, rivers, be-
quest of land between, 254.
Merst' [Marston, co. Warwick], Laurence

de, 15.
Merter. See Mercer.
Merthiugleya, Hugh de, bailiff of New-

castle-on-Tyne, 75.
Merton, Merthone [co. Surrey], prior and
convent of, rents purchased of,
269.
Mertter. See Mercer.
Merycoxe, Merycokes, 399.

church clerk, wages of, 440, 542.
Merydyne. See Meriden.
Meryng. See Mering.
Merywall, Merywell, MerywoU. See

Merevale.
Messom. See Measham.
Messyngham, Brother John de, 86.
Metals, staple of, 266, 613-617.
Metheringham, Metyngham [co. Lincoln],

minister's account of, 298.
Meulan, Meulens [Prance, dep; Seine-et-
Oise], 229.

Meuleut, Mellento [Meulan, dep. Seine
et-Oise] :

Hugh, kinsman of Peter de, 44.

Peter de, grant by, 44, 44n.

Balph son of Peter de, 44.

Wllliami son of Peter de, 44.
Meysamham. See Measham.
Mickleton, Mckylton [in Romald Kirk, co,
York], minister's account of, 307,
Middelton, Middilton. See Middleton.
Middlebere, Myddylbere [co. Dorset]

court rolls of, 312.
Middlesex, delivery of records of indict

ments in, 93.
Middleton, Medilton, Medultun, Medyl-
ton, Middelton, Middilton, Middul
ton, Midelton, Midwlton, Myddel
ton, Mydelton, Mydelton, Myd
wlton, Mydylton, Mydyltun, co
Warwick, 90, 121, 123, 149, 332
333, 348, 357, 358, 360, 361, 367-
369, 388, 390, 408, 415, 433, 435
443, 453, 454, 462, 489, 494, 507,
524, 525, 530, 536, 537, 543, 570
573, 574, 577-579, 589, 595, 622

bailiffs of. See Hall, John ; Mar
mion, Henry.

bread, wine, etc., for church of, 379.

cattle at, 466.

chapel ornam.ents at, 474, 523.

chartulary of, 196.

consecration of beUs at, 349.

court rolls of, 285-291, 299, 308, 309,
318, 322, 323.

deeds dated at, 78, 79.

relating to, 627.

Easter tithing at, account of, 318.

foreign accounts of, 452.

furniture, implements, horses, etc.,
at, 396, 397, 474.

grant of land in, 86.

Hall, House, 575.

, household accounts of, 370-

374, 379-381, 387, 460-461.

, knighthood conferred at, 560.

inventories relating to, 416, 466,
485, 523.

iron at, 555, 583.

letters dated at, 495, 589.

manor of, 115, H6, 506.

marl -pit in, 81.

ministers' accounts of, 287, 288, 290,
291, 296, 297, 307-309.

muniments found at, 269.

New Park, sale of, 194.

Our Lady's light at, 335.

partition of lands in, 79-82.

payment to holy-water-clerk of, 380.

to maids of, 354.

to players of, 337, 351.

to ringers at church of, 369.

to university student of, 364.

places named in, 79-82.

rentals of, 294, 302.

robbery at, 516.

sale of wood and iron at, 320.

secured to Sir Percival Willoughby,
571, 573, 581, 583.

698

MIddleton — cont.

tapers for church of, 364.
Sir Richard, priest of, 370.
William the chaplain of, 79.
iSee Mideltou.
Middleton, lord. See Willoughby {ad

finem).
Middlewich, Middlewick [co. Chester],

presentation to vicarage of, 516.
Middulton, MideUon. See Middleton.
Midelton [Middleton, co. Warwick], Nor-
man de, 79.
Midlei, Ranulph de, 44.
Midwlton. See Middleton.
Milan, Melen, Myllyon :

dnke of. See Sforza, John,
fustian, 434.
haburgen of, 113.
Milbrook, Milbroke, Mylbrok [in Chid-
dingstoue, co. Kent] :
deeds relating to, 625.
rent of, 329.
Mildenhall, co. Suffolk, deeds relating to,

627.
Milford, Milforde, co. Hants, manor of,

124.
Millbrook, co. Hants, deeds relating to,

625.
Miller, Molendinariiis, Molinarius, Moner,
Monner, Myller :
Adam le, demise of mine to, 88.
Albert the, 19, 29.
Harry, payment to, 427.
Roger the, 58.

, baUiff of the French borough

of Nottingham, 77.
Milton, CO. Hants, manor of, 124.
Minehead [co. Somerset], Periton in, 299.
Mines, 614, 615, 616.
iron, 75.
See also coal.
Minstrels, money paid to, 825, 328, 334,
335, 336, 337, 341, 346, 348, 351,
352, 357, 358, 364, 366, 376, 377,
386, 389.
Minworth in Curdworth [co. Warwick].

See Munnewrth.
Miravalle. See Merevale.
Mitcham, Mucheham [co. Surrey], con-
firmation of grant of land in, 23.
Mitford, Robert de, 75.
Mitton, Mutton [in Penkridge, co. Staf-
ford], 57.
Mitynley [misreading of Strivelyu, Stir-
ling, Scotland], writ dated at,
242.
Moatlow, Mottelow [in Thorpe, co. Der-
by], boundaries of, 258.
Mohaut, Robert de, steward of Chester,

grant by, 87.
Mohegan Indians, Sachem of. See Pan-

hekoe.
Moigne, Moyngno :

John, of Carlton, 91.

, knight, manorial records of,

293.
Mol', Nicholas de, grant to, 270.
Molden, Richard, 80, 81.

Moldgrove. See Moylgrore.
Moldrikgraunge. See Mouldridge Grange.
Molendinarius. See Miller.
Moleneux, Molynex :

Francis, to provide a horseman for

his hundred, 152.
Serjeant, payment of annuity to,
317.
Molesworth, Adam de, grant by, 56.
Moleyns, Thomas, supervisor of will, 124.
Molinarius. See Miller.
MoUyus, Molyns :

Sir Michael, 575, 583, 618, 620.

, 7 Mr. Michael Murrin, 582.

, reference to letter to, 579.

Lady, conjecture as to identity of,
580.
Molynex. See Moleneux.
Molyns. See Mollyns.
Monboucher, Joan (Willoughby) wife of

Bertram, 505.
Monelond, Geoffrey, reeve of Tawstock,

291.
Moner. See Miller.

Money, false, delivery of, (among records),
93.
scarcity of, 567.
Monks Horton, Horton Monaehorum, co.
Kent, action concerning land in,
283.
Monkspath (Hall), Mounkespathe [parish
of Tamworth, co. Warwick], docu-
ment dated at, 98.
Monkton-up-Wimborne, TJpwymboum
hundred [co. Dorset], court rolls
of, 292, 299, 304, 305, 307, 311,
314, 318, 319, 321.
minister's account of, 319.
Monmouth, Geoffrey of, poem based

upon, 224-225.
Monsfeld. See Mansfield.
Monte Alto :

Henry de, 52.
Richard de, 52.
Monte Claro, Master John de, canon of

Southwell, 95.
Monte Porti. See Montfort.
Monteni, Arnold de, legacy to, 85.
Montfort, Montef orti, Monte Forti :

Eleanor wife of Sjmon de, grant to,

507.
Henry de, grant by, 35, 35k.
Hugh brother of Henry de, grant

to, 35.
John brother of Peter de, 98.

■ , father of Peter de, 98.

Peter de, death of, at Evesham, 506.

, grant of presentation to, 67.

, lord of Beaudesert, 506.

, , chantry founded by,

97-98.

, , grant to, 97.

Simon de, earl of X.eicester, Brutus
Anglorum, 507n.

, , grant to, 507.

, , letter of, ordering de-
livery of Dover Castle, 70, 71, 71n.
, , rebellion of, 71, 72, 506.

699

Montfort — cont.
Walter de, 36.
William de, 36.
Montfort, family of, account of, 506-507.

, connection of, with family of

Frevile, 506.
Montibus, Raimbald de, 52.
Montivilliers, Musterdyvelys [Normandy,
dep. Seine-Infirieure], gown of,
467, 467n.
Moorows, amit of Winifred Willoughby,
601, 602.
Cf. Marrows.
Mora. See More.
Morcar. See Morkar.
Mordeu, Mordon, East and West Mordon
[CO. Dorset] :
court rolls of, 320.
deeds relating to, 625.
grant of mill in, 38, 270.
minister's accounts of, 296, 298,

299, 301, 306, 319, 320.
rental of, 320.
Charborough in, 12, 12n.
Gore Fields in, 61.
William parson of, 59.
Morden, Moredou [in Lewisham, co.

Kent], 330.
Mordon [Morden, co. Dorset], Robert de,

chaplain, 59.
More, Mora :

Benedict de la, 87.

John of, 110.

Letia wife of William de, grant to,

270.
Reginald de la, notorious thief, 277.
Roger de la, 59.
Sir Thomas, chancellor, 516.
William, indulgence granted to,
137.

de, grant to, 270.

son of Walter de la, emanicpa-

tion of, 78.

Mr., payment to, for soap, 402.
Moreden. See Morden.
Moresburghe. See Mosborough.
Moreteun. See Mortein.
Moreton. See Morton.
Morins, character in poem, 223.
Morkar, Morcar [Ealdormann] :

bequest to, 256.

to daughter of, 258.

Morkot', Alan de, 22.

Morland, Marlon, Master, delivery of

ordnance by, 129, 130.
Morlegton, Morlingtun, 255.
Morleston and Litchurch, Morleyston and
Lychurch wapentake [co. Derby],
presentment by jurors of, 273.
Morley [co. Derby] :

bequest of land in, to Burton abbey,
257.

deeds relating to, 624.
Morley [in Shermanbury, co. Sussex],
ministers' accounts of, 307-309.
Morley, lord. See Lovel, Heiu^y.
Morleyston. See Morleston.
Morrice, Ann, wife of John Friend, 606.

Mortein, Moreteun, Morteyn [Mortaln,
Normandy] :
Adam de, 12, 12n.
Eustace de, 56.
Hugh de, 12.
Isabel (Willoughby) daughter of

Roger, lord of Dunsby, 504.
Roger de, 83.

, demise by, 87.

, licences to, to alienate, 87, 89.

Mortlake, oo. Surrey, deeds relating to,

627.
Morton, Moreton [co. Derby], bequest of
land in, to Burton abbey, 257.
Ogston, Oggeston, in Brackenfield
in, 257.
Morton, earl of. See John.
Morton :

Adam de, 14.

Agnes, widow, action brought by,
283.

, , inquisition post mortem,

283.
John, archbishop of Canterbury, the
chancellor, 466, 612.
Mortuo Mari, Roger de, 71, 72.
Mosborough, Moresburgh [in Eckington,
CO. Derby], bequest of land in,
255.
Moscovia, departure of Sir Hugh Wil-
loughby for, 398.
Mossall Heathe. See Mousehold Heath.
Mosse, payment to, for pressing crabs,

459.
Moston, Brother Gilbert, monk of Burton,

249, 250-252.
Motcombe, Mottecombe [co. Dorset],

ministers' accounts of, 301, 307.
Mottelow. See Moatlow.
Moulde, Henry, 389.
Mouldridge Grange, Moldrikgraunge [in
Brassington in Bradbom-ne, oo.
Derby], outlaws received at, 275.
Mouuer. See MiUer.
Mounkespathe. See Monkspath.
Mount, Nurse, payments to, 440, 441.
Mounteigle, lord. See Stanley.
Mousehold Heath, Mossall Heathe, Nor-
wich, CO. Norfolk, Norfolk rebels
at, 155-156, 519.
Mowmford :

Mr., payment to, 352.

, reward to servant of, 336.

Mowne. See Maund.
Mowntt-Bgle, lord. See Stanley.
Mowsley, Mousele, co. Leicester, deeds

relating to, 625.
Moxhul' [Moxhall in Wishaw, co. War-
wick], Osbcrt de, 24.
Moycok, William, of Sutton Bonuington,

280.
Moylgrove, Moldgrove [co. Pembroke],

court rolls of, 288.
Moyngne. See Moigne.
Mucel, dux, 206, 209.
Mucheham. See Mitcham.
Much Weulock. See Wenlock.
Mum', William de, 25.

700

Munflohet, Richard de, friend and ally
of Richard earl of Gloucester, 68.
Munjai, Mungay, William de, 46, 46»i.
Munnewrth [Miniworth in Curdworth, co.

Warwick], Henry de, 25.
Murimouth, Ralph, of Bakewell, threat-
ened, 278.
Murrin. See MoUyns ?
Muschamp, Muscham [Muskham, co.
Notts] :
Hugh brother of Robert de, 45.
Peter in Venella de, 94.
Robert de, 45, 45n.
William brother of Robert de, 45.

de, archdeacon of Derby, 45,

45n.
Musician, wages of, 440, 542.
Muskham. See Muschamp.
Musteirs, Richard de, 611.
Mustel, Musteile, Mustela, Robert, 13,

13n, 14.
Muster master, armour for the, 160.
Musterdyvelys. See Montivilliers.
Musters, commissions for, 126.

papers relating to, 152, 156, 158-161,
177, 187, 193.
Mustirs, Walter de, grant to, 76.
Mutton. .See Mitton.
Myddelton. See Middletou.
Myddylbere. See Middlebere.
Mydelton, Mydleton, Mydwlton, Mydyl-

ton, Mydyltuu. See Middleton.
Myghell of Cossall, carrier, 387.
Mylbrok. iSee MUbroke.
Myles, Amy, debt owed to, 472.
Myller. See MUler.
Mylhier. See Mylner.
Myllyon. See Milan.
Mylner, Myllner :

Brother Henry, monk of Burton,

250, 251.
Henry, payment to, 431.
Cf. Melner.
Mytton, the hermit, reward to, 337.

N

Nailsbourne, Nallysbourne [in Kiagston

St. Mary, co. Somerset], minister's

account of, 318.
Namlon, due, councillor of Charlemagne,

226.
Naples, king of. See Ferdinand.
Nassington, William of. Speculum Viiae

of, 238-230.
Navarre, the duke of Norfolk in, 146.
Nead, upholsterer, 438.
Neapoli, Gamier de, prior of the knights

hospitallers in England, 37».
Necham, Roger, indulgence granted to,

137.

Nechells in Aston, co. Warwick. iSee

Bcheles.
Nedham :

Henry de, indicted, 274.
John of, 110.

Robert brother of Henry de, in-
dicted, 275.
Neel, Thomas, 80.

Cf. Neyll.
Nemore :

Beruer de, 47.
Robert de, grant to, 46, 47.
Nettleship, Roger, of Beckingham, 179.
Neuton :

Adam de, priest, 95.
Roger de, expenses of, 325.
Neuwerk. See Newark.
NevUl, Nevell, Nevyll :

Anthony, payment of annuity to,

317.
Geoffrey de, the king's cham.berlain,

51, 51n.
Hugh, grant to, 246.
, perambulation, etc., of Sher-
wood forest by, 241, 243.
John de, grant of forfeited lands of,
72.

, knight, 106?t, 109.

son of Geoffrey de, 52, 52ji.

Richard, charge of, 193.
Robert, abstract of letter from, 516.
Mrs., wife of claimant to title of
lord Latimer, whipped, 158, 568.
Neville's Cross, battle of, 95n.
Nevyll. See Nevill.

Newark, Neuwerk, Newerk, Nowwarke
[CO. Notts], 114, 152, 177, 436,
441, 446, 459, 498.
castle, document dated at, 152.
disclaimer of arms at, 179.
fair, cattle bought at, 393.
friars of, reward to, 369.
presentments by jurors of, 279, 280.
sale of coal at, 168, 173, 175-177.
weir, boat cast on, 175.
Newbegyn, Margery, debt owed to, 472.
Newbold [co. Chester], minister's ac-
count of, 304.
Newbold [co. Leicester], deeds relating

to, 625.
Newborne. See Newburn.
Newburgh priory [co. York] :

grant by prior and chapter of, 6.
names of priors of, 6«.
seal of, 7.
Newburgh, Novo Burgo ;

Alice de, covmtess of Warwick, 25.

Robert de, knight, 93.

Waleran de, earl of Warwick, grant

by, 24, 24m, 271.
William de, earl of ^\'ar-\vick, 24n.
Newburu, Newborne [co. Northumber-
land], Scottish army encamped
at, 193.
Newoastlo-on-Tync, Newe Castelle opon
Tyne [co. Northumberland] :
bailiffs of, named, 75.
common seal of, 75.

701

Newoastle-on-Tyne — cont.

deputy of the mayor of the staple at,

266.
mayor of. See Scot, Nicholas le.

, to act as deputy mayor of

the staple, 617.
St. Bartholomew's priory, Christiana,
prioress, and convent of, grant by,
75.
skirmish of Scots and English near,
and capture of, 193-19-4.
Newcastle-under-Lyme [co. Stafford],

427.
Newchurch, Isle of Wight, Horringford

in, 124.
Newe CasteUe. See Newcastle.
Newenton, Geoffrey de, 57.
Newerk. See Newark.
New Forest, co. Hants, deeds relating to,

625.
Newfoundland, description of, 284.

venture to, 284.
NewhaU, co. Derby, 259.
letter dated at, 597.
Newlajid, in Rushall, co. Stafford, deeds

relating to, 627.
New Loudon [Connecticut, North

America], 195.
New Mills [CO. Derby], Beard in, 274, 276,

278.
Newnam. See Nuname.
Newport, Nuport, Isle of Wight, manor

of, 124.
Newport Pagnell, co. Buckingham, deeds

relating to, 624.
Newport, lord. See Blount, Mountjoy.
Newstead in Sherwood, Newsted (Novus
Locvs), CO. Notts, 433.
prior and convent of, 41.

, grant to, 245.

Newton [by Middlewich (Therwyke?),
CO. Chester ?], bequests of laud
in, to Burton abbey, 256.
minister's accoimt of, 289.
Newton Grange, Newton [in Thorpe, co.
Derby], 258, 259.
farmer of. See Basforth, Thomas.
Neyll, Mr., departure of, 395.

Cf. Neel.
Nichol' [Lincoln] :

Alfred de, 54, 62.
Geoffrey de, 62.
Nicholas V., pope, 133.
Nicholas :

Adam son of, demise of mine to, 88.
Everard son of, demise of mine to,

88.
Giles son of, grant of forfeited lands

of, 72.
Henry son of, constable of Corfe, 62.
Robert son of, 36.
(witness), 8.
Nichole. See Lincoln.
NichoUes, Nycols :

James, Serjeant at mace of Sutton

Coldfield, 156.
Bichard, purser of the James
Ilcorribe, 128.

Nicholson, Palemon, agreement by,

499-500.
Niddesone, Richard, indicted, 276.
Nigel, Henry sou of, 32.
Niger. See Black.
Noah's ark, drawing of, 621.
Nobryghtz in Walkingstead and Home,
CO. Surrey, deeds relating to manor
of, 627.
Noel, Osbert, 6.
None Eton. See Nuneaton.
Norfolk, Norfocke :

duke of. See Howard, Thomas,
earl of. See Bigod, Roger le.
rebels of, at Household Heath, 155,
519.
Norfouc, Nortfolc :
Adam de, 28.
Alexander de, 19.
Norhamptone, Master Philip de, vicar of
St.Mary's,Nottingham,grantto,64.
Norman, Margery, grant of reversion of

dower lands of, 86.
Normandy bill, 468.
Normanton [co. Notts], 179.
deeds dated at, 626.
rector of. See Mason, John.
Normanton [in Durnford], co. Wilts,

manor of, 124.
Normanton :

Joan wife of Thomas de, rape of, 281.
Richard de, 94.
Roger de, 11.
Thomas de, 94.

William de,bailiff of Nottingham, 626.
Normanvyle, Thomas, justice in eyre for

pleas of the forest, 242.
Norre, William, threatened, 282.
Norreis, Henry, 29n.

Cf. Norys.
Norroy king at arms. See St. George,

Bichard.
Nortfolc. See Norfouc.
Northampton, Northamton, 430, 447,
450, 556.
charter dated at, 3.
letter sent from, 596.
musters at, 599.
Northampton, county of, Hantesira :
forestry of, 2, 3, 3».
rolls of eyre in, delivery of, 92.
Northburgh, Roger de, bishop of Coven-
try and Lichfield, 236.
Northecarleton. See Carlton, North.
Northovere, Adam, 58.
Northtun. See Norton.
Northwood, Northwode in Sherwood

forest, trees in, 242.
Norton [co. Derby or co. Stafford ?],

bequest of land at, 255.
Norton, Northtun [co. Gloucester], 201,

202.
Norton :

Thomas, knight, master of the pre-
ceptory of Burton St. Lazars, 125.

,monk of Burton, 250, 251, 252.

, , scrutineer at election

of abbot, 248.

702

Norwell, co. Notts, 179.
Norwich, Norwyohe [co. Norfolk] :

rebels at Household Heath, 155.

Su" Henry Willoughby slain at
Household Heath, 396, 492, 519.

white works of, 466.
Norys, Goda handmaiden of Maya la,
beaten, 282.

Cf. Norreis.
Nothingham, Notingame. See Notting-
ham.
Notingeham, Notincheham :

Aki de, 26.

Bartholomew son of Bartholomew
de, 27.

, grant by, 25, 26.

son of TJlf de, grant to, 19,

20, 20n.

Silvester de, 41.

son of Silvester de, parson of

Eadford, 41.
Notman, Nottman :

William, payment of expenses of,
382.

, wages of, 371.

Nottingham, Nothingham, Notingame,
Nottinggam, Nottyngam, Not-
tyngham, Notyngam, Notyngham,
62, 64, 65, 89, 96, 97, 99, 100, 112,
118-121, 150, 151, 164, 180, 243,
281, 282, 325, 326, 339, 361, 363,
367, 377, 384, 390, 393, 418, 422,
424-430, 432, 437, 441, 443, 445,
450, 456, 459, 464, 495, 498, 533,
534, 543, 565, 599.

aldermen of, named, 498.

alms, etc., to poor of, 423, 424.

— — to prisoners at, 333, 358, 422,
430.

archdeacon of, 99.

assizes at, 367, 388, 621.

bailiffs of, named, 626,627.. See also
Alastre, John de ; Ohastre, John de ;
Colier, Ralph ; Cupper, Richard
le ; Davy, John ; Orfevre, Hichael
le ; Roley, Thomas de ; Stafford,
Thomas, de ; Sutton, John de ;
Taverner, Stephen le.

brotherhood of the Trinity at, 360.

burgesses of, charters to, 12«, 26n,
27m.

coal carried from, to London, 171-
172.

■ carried to, 163.

dean of. See Colwick, John rector of.

deeds relating to, 626.

demoniac possession at, 165-167.

documents dated at, 97, 99, 118,
179.

friars of, payments to, 327, 335, 336,
340, 385.

, Carmelite, of, bequest to, 85.

Minors of, 79, 111, 112.

, bequest to, 85.

, letters of fraternity of

John warden of, 117-118.

gaol delivery at, 120, 281, 282.

Goose Pair, Goeefeyr at, 392.

Nottingham — cont.

grant of messuages in, 27, 100.
inquisitions taken at, 149, 150, 241.
Jew of, 62.

mayor of, at Wollaton, 462.
mayors of, named, 626, 627. See
also Beook, Richard ; Mapurley,
Thomas de ; Scott, William ;
Spicere, Hugh le ; Tumby, John
de.
ministers' accounts of, 296, 307-309.
offering at rood of, 385.
places named in :

Aspley Hall, 530, 530n.
Athelwelle [Spring], 64.
castle, 20w, 40«, 565.

, constable of. See Kneton,

Geoffrey.

, custody of, 93.

, deputy-constable of, 56n.

, estreats of court of, 312.

Cowlane, Le, 97.
French borough, the, 62.

, bailiffs of. See Hunter,

William le ; Miller, Roger le.

, reeves of. See Bugge,

Robert ; Gofie, Augustin son of.
gaol, 2 On.

Larkdale, Laverkedale, 64.
Market, the, 62.
Outwoods, reward to keepers of,

347.
Robin Hood's well, 444. See also

Beauvale.
Rock, the, 100.
St. John's hospital, 241.
St. Mary's church, 422.

, alms to poor of, 423.

, vicar of. See Norhamptone,

Master Philip de.
St. Peter's church, rector of.

See WiUoughby, William de.
streets :

Bereworde gate, 62.
Chapelbarre, 97, 281, 391.
Wheelergate or Baxtergate, 77,
77n.
Thurland House, Thorlande, Thor-
lon, Thyrlandes Place, 314, 418,
455, 457, 499.
Trent Bridges, 171, 172, 443.

, coal carried to, 171-173,

183, 501.

, coal sold at, 169, 177.

, wharfage at, 501.

Wall, the, 97.
pleas of the forest held at, 242, 243,

245.
pound weight of, 70.
presentments by jurors of, 279.
proclamation made at, 389.
quarter sessions at, 388, 390, 391.
rental of land In, 314.
riotous conduct of lord Lisle at,

118-120.
Serjeants of, payment to, 391.
sessions at, 119.
for loan at, 389.

703

Nottingham, sessions — coni.

of commissions at, 340, 430.

sheriffs of, gift of wine by, 417.

tanner of, 397.

town clerk of. See Easingwold,

William,
waits of, 335, 423, 424, 430, 441,

450.
works at, 20n, 40n.
Nottingham, county of :

attempt to found woad industry

in, 498-501.
disafforestation in, 241.
disclaimer of arms in, 178-179.
lord lieutenant and cuatos rotu-
lorum of. See Pierrepont,
William,
musters in, 152, 156, 158, 159,

177, 187, 193, 512.
oath of supremacy administered

in, 160.
sheriff of, 119. See also Marc,
Philip; Talbot, Gilbert; Wil-
loughby (W).

■ , court of, 309.

, papers relating to ofBce of,

284.
soldiers of, 349.
surveys of chantries in, 284.
Nottman See Notman.
NottoU. See Nuthall.
Nottynggam, Nottyngham, Notyngam,

Notyngham. See Nottingham.
Novo Biu'go. See Newburgh.
Nowwarke. See Newark.
Nuers, Sir Amaury de, 62.
Nuname, Newnam, wife of Captain,

whipped, 158, 568.
Nuneaton, None Eton, Nwnhetun priory
[CO. Warwick], children boarded
at, 346, 363.
Nunneries, indulgence of access to, 138,

139.
Nuport. See Newport.
Nuport, buttons delivered to, 604.
Nuthall, Nottoll, co. Notts, Hempshall
in, 42, 42m.
park at, 368.
Nuthall, Nutehale :
Hugh de, 42.

Margaret, bequest to, 123.
Nwnhetun. See Nimeaton.
Nyckes, Mr., of Nottingham, pew-rent
paid to, 428.
Cf- Nyxson.
Nycols. See Nicholles.
Nydenynch. See Lydlinch.
Nyxson, son of Nyxe, collier, 493.
payments to, 431, 438, 440.
C/. Nyckes.

Oadby, Outheby, co. Leicester, deeds

relating to, 625.
Oakamoor, Okemore [in Alton, Cheadle
and Kingsley, co. Stafford], ac-
counts of iron and coal at, 497.
Oakerthorp, Ulgerthorp [in South Wing-
field], CO. Derby, deeds relating
to, 624.
Oakley, Aclee [co. Stafford, parish of
Croxall, CO. Derby], bequest of
land at, 255.
Oaten cakes, the children of the Chapel

fed on, 185.
Oath:

of Supremacy, administration of, 160,
taken by abbot, on election, 252-
253.

by councillors under Provisions

of Oxford, 69, 69n.

by foresters, woodwards, etc.,

246.
Obits, calendar of, 236-237.
Observant Friars of Mount Sion, guar-
dian of. See Masius, Brother
Zenobius.
Oche, John, indulgence granted to, 137.
Octavian, not the subject of a homily,

238.
Oddyngseles, William de, 97.
Odhurst, CO. Warwick. See Hodhurst.
Odo, Hodo, Hode :

Geoffrey son of, 26, 27, 29.
Hugh son of, constable of the Tower,
74.
Ody, Hody, Henry, of Ashbourne, in-
dicted for offences in co. Derby,
272-273, 276, 277, 278, 281.
Offa, king of Mercia :
gift of bible by, 196.
grants by, 197, 197n, 201-203.

, reference to, 269.

Offcote, Offodecot [in Ashborne], co.

Derby, deeds relating to, 624.
Oftfor, bishop of Worcester, 201.

grant to, 199-200.
Ogbury, Okebury, in Dumford, co. Wilts,

deeds relating to, 627.
Ogden, 454.

Oggeston. See Ogston.
Ogle:

Margaret Lady, agreement by, 132.
Mr., at Wollaton, 458, 462.
Ogston (Hall), Oggeston [in Brackenfield,
parish of Morton, co. Derby],
bequest of, to Burton abbey, 2.57.
Oil de Buef. See Wellebef.
Okeford, Child. See Child Okeford.
Okeford Pitzpain, Acford Alfredi [co.
Dorset], Henry rector of, 31.

704

Otemore. See Oakamopr.
OkeoTer, Acofere [co. Stafford], bequest
of land in, to Burton abbey, 256n.
Oker, Thoraas, depositions taken before,

259.
Oldercar, See Aldercar.
Oliver :

Jordan, 62.

, sale of land to, 270.

Eosamuud, 270.
Olivet, Mount, pilgrimage to, 140.
Ollerton, co. Nottingham, 592n.
Omuling the abbot, 201.
Oneale, Serjeant-major Daniel, charge of,

193.
Onheld, Gilbert del, 80.
Opton. See Upton Grey.
Ordnance, delivery of, 128-130.
Orf evre :

Michael le, bailiff of Nottingham,

79, 79m.
Roger le, beaten, 282.

, of Nottingham, indicted, 282.

Cf. Goldsmith.
Oriad6s, character in poem, 223.
Oriebrant, 226.
Orm (witness), 20, 20n.
Ormeshi, Richard de, 14, 14n.
Orpheu."!, the Thracian bard, reference to,

219.
Orton, Mr., at WoUaton, 462.
Osbern, Osburne :
Henry, 81.
Ralph, 86, 415.
Richard, 81.
Osbernehi [Osbournby, co. Lincoln],

Peter de, the king's servant, 14.
Osborne, Peregrine, earl of Dauby,

keeper of Sherwood forest, 501.
Osbournby. See Osbernebi.
Osburne. See Osbern.
Osfrith (witness), 200.
Osilyur, Robert le, 64.
Osland, Outheslond, Owthesland wood
[in Perlethorpe, co. Notts]:
boundaries of, 241.
forest offences in, 246.
Osmaston, Osmundeston [co. Derby],
278.'
deeds relating to, 624.
Ospreys, hosprayse, reward for killing,

366.
Ostenhanger, Ostrynhanger [in Stan-
ford], CO. Kent, action concerning
land in, 283.
Osthritha consort of .^Sthelred, king of

Mercia, 200.
Ostrevant [Prance, dep. Nord], mentioned

in fabliau, 230.
Ostrice. See Austria.
Ostrynhanger. See Ostenhanger.
Oswald, bishop of Worcester and arch-
bishop of York, demises by, 198,
209-212.
Oteby [Otby in Walesby, co. Lincoln] :
Jordan de, 32.
Robert de, 82.
Otten. See Van Otten.

Otterford, Oterford [co. Somerset],

minister's account, of, 318.
Outheslond. See Osland.
Overtheman, Edward, wages of, 449.
Overton. See Cole Orton,
Overton, Market, Marketoverton [co.
Rutland], minister's account of,
293.
Overton, Robert de, grant of forfeited

lands of, 72.
Ovingham, co. Northumberland, Prud-

hoe in, 132.
Ownesby, Robert, monk of Burton :
intrigues for election of, as abbot,

248-250.
resignation of abbacy by, 251.
Owthesland. See Osland.
Owthorpe 1 Hastorp [co. Notts], grant of

rent in, 27.
Oxford, Oxeforth :

dean of Christ Church. See Pointer,
education of Sir Percival Willough-
by's sons at Trinity College, 609,
610.
friar going towards, 386.
poor scholar going to, 429.
provisions of, 69n.
queen Elizabeth at, 528, 528«.
wood for building Christ Church,
514.
Oxford, lord of. See Veer, John de.
Oxton, John de, clerk, 86.
Oyzell :

Richard, grant to, 244.

•, waste of forest arrented by,

244-245.

P., John, wages of, 542.
Packington [co. War-nick], 555.

letters dated at, 577, 604.
Padget. See Paget.
Padleye, Henry de, 279.
Padua University, matriculation of Fran-
cis Willoughby at, 194.
Page, Philippa, wife of Robert Pargiter,

606.
Pageants held idolatrous in Scotland,

185.
Paget, Padget, Pagett, Pegett :

lord, 494, 496, 522, 523.

, marriage of his daughter, 528.

, relations of, with George

Medley, 523.

Mr., at Wollaton, 462.
Paine. See Payne.
Palfreyman, Henry le, indicted, 274.
Palmer, palmaritis, Paumer :

Adam le, 64.

, mayor of Nottingham, 626,

John le, 64.

705

Palmer, John le — cont.

, junior, mayor of Nottingham,

626.
Lawrence, clerk, 608.
Nicholas brother of Thomas, 43.
Bichard the, 20.
Thomas, 43.
Sir Thomas, mention of letter of,

516.
Mr., at WoUaton, 458.

, payment to servant of, 382.

Palterton [in Bolsover, co. Derby], be-
quest of laud at, 256.
Panelle, Isabel, 314.
Panhekoe, Sachem of the Mohegan In-
dians, letter from, 194-195.
Pardia, servant of Sir Francis Wll-
loughby, defamation of lady
WiBoughby by, 533.
Pardoners, gifts to, 327, 342, 348, 354, 369.
Pare :

William de, death of, 272-274.

, Indictment of, 273.

Parelby. See Parleby.
Pargiter :

WilUam, of co. Northampton, 605,

608.
, Abigail (Hickman) his daugh-
ter, 606.

, Abigail (Willoughby) his wife,

605.
, Dorothy (Kirby and Washing-
ton) his daughter, 605.

Elizabeth (Smith) his daugh-
606.

Ezekiel his son, 606.
Francis his son, 606.
Grace (Stratford) his daugh-
605, 606.

, Theodore his son, 606.

, William his son, 606.

Robert sou of William, 606.

— — , Philippa (Page) his wife, 607.

Sir William son of Robert, 606, 607.

(Dearing) his daughter,

607.

(Washington) his wife,

607.
Paris, Parys :

book printed at, 622.
candles of, 324, 326.
university of, 398, 523.
Parker, John, of Blakedon, legacy to, 104.
Parleby, Parelby :

Margery, payments by, 446, 449.

, purge for, 445.

. wages of, 439, 449, 541.

Paries :

WUllam de, 33n.

, knight, indicted and hanged,

271-272.
Parott. See Perot.
Parpoynt. See Pierrepont.
Parramore, chancery action against, 579.
Parson :

Hugh the, 57.
Richard son of the, 57.
Thomas the, 4.

ter.

ter,

Part, lo. See Lopart.

Partition of lands, 79-81.

Parvyng, counsel, 247.

Parwich, Peverwych, co. Derby, deeds

relating to, 624.
Parys. See Paris.
Parys, John, brother of Burton Lazars

robbed, 278.
Pasci, Elias de, 5, 11.
Passeys, Passeis [Passais, dep. Orne] ;
Alan son of Robert, of Sutton, grant

by, 64.
Alice wife of Alan son of Robert, 64.
Robert de, 40, 40n.
Pate:

Mr., money won at bowls by, 447.
— ■ — , payments to servant of, 433,

444.
Mrs. Anne, departure of, 425.
PateshuU, Simon de, 51.
Pathlow, in Aston Cantelow, co. War-
wick, deeds relating to, 627.
Paul III., pope of Rome, detestable

doings of, 509.
Paul v., pope of Rome, Nuncio of, at

Spanish Council, 188-189.
Paulet, William, marquis of Winchester,

high treasurer of England, 618.
Paumer. See Palmer.
Pauncefote, Grymballd :

agreement by, 499-500.
statement of cost of glass works
by, 500.
Paunton, Hugh de, 91.
Pavelly, Richard de, knight, 82.
Paxson, Sir John, sexton of the close of

Lichfield, executor of will, 122.
Paygyon, child of, christened, 367.

soldier from, Powgyon soldier, re-
wards to, 341, 353.
Payn :

Nicholas son of, 6.
Robert son of, 17.
Payne, Paine, Peyn :

Elizabeth (Willoughby) daughter of

Robert, of Basingstoke, 608.
Robert, 82.

, alleged peculation by, 499.

, cultivation of woad by, 498-

499.

, exhibition of articles against

Sir Francis Willoughby by, 567.
— -, letter to, 498.

, treatise of, on preparation of

woad, 497-498.
Thomas, money lent by, 571.
Payngkryge. See Penkridge.
Peak castle, co. Derby, ^n.

See High Peak.
Pearson, Bartholomew, letters from,

reference to, 284.
Pearss, Mary, daughter of Robert Strat-
ford, 605.
Peaworth, Richard, legacy to, 104.
Fech6, Peck :

Richard, bishop of Coventry, 8, 8n, 9,

, , grant confirmed by, 9,

270.

M 45

706

Peckham :

Sir George, 591.
Lady, 590, 591.
Peckleton [co. Leicester], Basset in, 382.
Pad., Edward, letter signed by, 602.
Peek, Robert of, 110.
Peerse, payment to wife of, 401.
Pegett. See Pagett.
Pellvparius. See Skinner.
Pembrolce, Penbroc, earl of. See Herbert,

Henry lord.; Marslial, William.
Pen, Penne :

John, wages of, 439, 449, 542.

[John], 547.

. . . . , butler at Wollaton, duties of,

540-541.
.... [tutor of William Arundell],
554.
Penbroc. See Pembroke.
Peuiggeston [Penistone, co. York], Master

John de, 94.
Penkridge, Payngkryge, Pyngkaryge,
Pyngkeryge, co. Stafford, fair at,
347, 361, 368.
places named in, 57, 255, 255n.
Penmaen, Penmayn [co. Glamorgan],
rector of. See Sweyneae, Sir Philip
de.
Penshurst, Pensherst [co. Kent], 474.
bequest of land in, 150.
deeds relating to, 625.
inventory of goods at, 485.
rental of, 304.
Reinsleigh in, 302.
Pentrich, Pentrych, Pentryche, co. Der-
by, 124, 125.
vicar of, 125.
Percehaie, Adam, 32.
Perche, John, clerk, commissary of the
archbishop of Canterbury, 102, 617.
Perci. See Percy.
Perckenes, Oliver, 169.
Perckines, Mr. and Mrs., at Wollaton,

463.
Percy, Perci :

Anne (WiUoughby) daughter of

Thomas, lord Egremont, 508.
Geoffrey de, 71.

Henry, Dathell, knight, manorial
records of, 297.

de, friend and ally of Richard

earl of Gloucester, 68.
Mary compagne of Sir WiUiam, 617.
William de. In.
William, knight, will of, 617.
Percy, sword called, 104.
Periton, Peryton [in Minehead, co. Somer-
set], minister's account of, 299.
Perlethorpe, co. Notts, Osland wood in,

241, 246.
Pernell, payments to, for fasting, 332,

352, 364.
Perot, Parott, Perote, Perrot :
Henry son of, of Cossal, 75.
John, of Woodborough, will of, 270.
Robert, accounts rendered by, 314-

316.
, chaplain, 314-316.

Perot — cont.

Thomas, bailiff of Guuthorpe and
Lowdham, 307.
Perpoint, Perpontte, Perpount, Perpoynt.

See Pierrepont.
Perrot. See Perot.
Perrs, one of the black guard, payment to,

391.
Perry Bar, Purybar, Pyrybar [co. Staf-
ford], court rolls of, 310.
minister's account of, 311.
Pershore abbey [co. Worcester], Simon

abbot of, 16, 16n.
Persita, Robert de, 9.
Perton, Walter de, indicted by jury of

Repton wapentake, 273.
Perwych, John de, 97.
Peryton. See Periton.
Pet, William, 65.
Peter :

Adam son of, reeve of Worcester,

65.
Geoffrey son of, earl of Essex,
51.
Petra, William de, grant to, 30.
Petworth, Petteworth, Richard, master
of Wilkswood chantry, secretary
of Henry bishop of Winchester,
103, 102n.
Peverel, Peverell, Peveril :
fee, 154.
honour of, bailiwick of, 93, 502.

, grant of High stewardship of,

503.

, tenure of, 87, 89.

Peverell :

Joan daughter of Richard, marriage

of, 97.
Richard, 97.
Peveril. See Peverel.
Pew-rent, payment of, 428.
Pewter, sale of, 615, 616.
Pewtrell. See Powtrell.
Peyn. See Payne.
Pheney, Geoffrey, miller, wages of,

450.
Philip II., king of Spain, directions of,

to his son, 192.
Philip III., king of Spain, meeting of
the council of, 187.

, universality of kingdom of,

190.
Philip duke of Burgundy, marriage of,

260, 612.
Philip, Philip sou of, 12.
Philippa, Queen, jewels of, 90.

, letter from, 90.

Phytheherberd. See Pitzherbert.
Picard dialect, fabliaux in, 221-235.
Piccolommi, Francis, archbishop of Siena,
my lord cardinal of Seen', 261.
Pickerell, John, abstract of letter from,

563.
Pickpockets, 166.
Pic kweU, ? Pychavilla [co. Leicester],

grant of land in, 35.
Picot, 20.
Pieres, character in fabliau, 230,

707

Pieirepont, Parpoynt, Perpoint, Per-
pontte, Perpount, Perpoynt :
Robert de, keeper of the peace and
justice of oyer and terminer in
Notts, proceedings before, 272-
282.
Sir William, letters of the signet to,

512.
William, earl of Kingston-upon-
Hull, lord lieutenant and custos
rotulonim of Notts, lord lieutenant
of the East Riding, and chief
justice of the forest north of Trent,
501.
Lady, reward to servant of, 369.
Mr., at Wollaton, 462, 463.
Piete. See Pite.
Pigun, Henry, 57.
Pilgrimage, payment for, 351.

to Jerusalem, will made prior

to, 124.
Pilgrimage of Grace, services of Sir
Edward WUloughby in suppres-
sion of, 147, 147n.
Pilkington, Pylkyngton :

Henry, godson of Sir Henry WU-
loughby, 376, 388.
. . . . , consul at Aleppo, marriage of
Abigail Stratford to, 605.
Pillaton Hall, PUleknoU [in Penkridge,

CO. Stafford], 255n, 495.
Pllsley, Pyllege [in North Wingfield, co.
Derby], bequest of land in, to
Burton abbey, 257.
Piucerna :

Geoffrey, 52.
Richard, 53.
Robert, 53.
Simon, 47.
Pinchbeck, Pynchebeck [co. Lincoln],

446.
Pinel, Walter, 8, 9.
Pinipedun, Adam de, bailiff of New-

castle-on-Tyne, 75.
Pinley, co. Warwick, deeds relating to,

627.
Pinnere, Henry, of Chilwell, disclaimer

of arms of, 179.
Pinson, Pynson, Richard, king's printer,

printing by, 133, 136.
Pinzard, Robert, 55.
Pipard, Gilbert, 24.
Pipe, acquittances of the, 152, 159, 160, 194.

rolls, extracts from, 244, 245.
Pirgo, CO. Essex, Sir Henry Grey of, 519.
Pisscatar. See JFisher.
Piib^, Piete, Pitei :
Richard, 63.

, grant by, 29.

Roger, 19n, 20, 26, 27.

, grant by, 25.

, , confirmed, 32, 33.

, grant confirmed by, 17, 18.

, seal of, 18, 25.

William, 18, 26, 27, 29, 56.

, grant by, 19.

, , confirmed by, 26.

, seal of, 21.

Pitton, Putton in Gower [co. Glamorgan],

91.
Pius II., pope, 133.
Placard, letters of, 131.
Plantageuet :

Arthur, lord Lisle, f Arthur Lile,
abstract of letter from, 515.

, reward to minstrels of, 377,

, to soldier of, 349.

, Elizabeth his wife, 508.

Plashes, Plessy [in Standon, co. Herts],

manor of, 86.
Plaunch, de la, connection of family of,

with family of Previle, 506.
Players and musicians, rewards to, 334,
337, 338, 342, 350, 351, 384, 379,
386, 387, 420, 422, 424, 427, 436,
440, 442, 446, 447, 449, 451.
Plesele [Pleasley, co. Derby], Roger de,

grant by, 56.
Plesseiaoum, name of town in Prance, 236.
Plessetis, John de, earl of Warwick, 70.
Plessy. See Plashes.
Plumberrow, Plumbergh, in Hockley, co.

Essex, deeds relating to, 625.
Plumbifaber. See Leadsmith.
Plumptre :

Henry de, 100.
John de, 100.

, mayor of Nottingham, 627.

Plumton. See Plympton.
Plumton, Plumtun, Pluntun :

Robert de, 17, 21, 47, 48, 49.
Walter de, 4, 17.
Plumtree, Plumtre, co. Notts, 18.
Pluntun. See Plumton.
Plymouth, Plymmouth [co. Devon], ship

of, 128, 129.
Plympton, Plumton priory [co. Devon],
prior of, deputy of the mayor of
the staple in the West Country,
266, 617.
Pocklington, William, of South Scarle,

disclaimer of arms of, 179.
Podyngton. -See Putton.
Poems :

alphabetical, 267-268.
amorous, 558-559.
modiajval, 213-235, 622-623.
See also Books.
Pointer, Rebecca (WUloughby) daughter
of Theophilus, son of John Pointer
dean of Christ Church, 603, 603n.
Pointon [co. Lincoln], 14.
Poker, Joan, John, wages of, 439, 449,

541.
Pole:

name of counsel, 247.
payment to, for driving a shaft, 493.
Cf. Poole.
Pole, de la, Delapole :

Alice wife of William, duke of Suf-
folk, 283.
John, earl of Lincoln, abstract of

letter from, 514, 514n.
Richard, keeper of the peace and
justice in co. Derby, proceedings
before, 272-282.

708

Pole, de la — cont.

William, duke of Suffolk, foundation
of almshouse by, 283.
Polehanger, in Meppershall, co. Bedford,

deeds relating to, 624.
Polesworth, Polesworde, Poleswrthe,
PoUisworda, Polseworth, Pols-
worth, Poulesworth, Powlseworth,
Powlsseworthe, Powlsworth [co.
Warwick], 348, 349.
abbey of St. Edith, abbess of, pay-
m.ents to servants of, 350, 357,
373, 378, 385.

, grants to, 8, 15-17.

, — — , confirmed, 9, 270, 271.

, prioress of, 335.

anchoress of, reward to, 384.
boys and maids of, 335.
hermit of, money given to, 331, 381.
Pooley Park in, 114, 346.
Poley. See Pooley.
PoUesworth, Richard de, 99.
PoUisworda. See Polesworth.
Polonian Jesuits reputed to be of the

Spanish faction, 191.
Polseworth, Polsworth. See Polesworth.
Polteneye. See Pulteney.
Pomfret. See Pontefract.
Ponsot, Punsholte :

Nicholas de, 54, 54n.
Robert de, 54n.
Pontefract, Pomfret, Pountfreyt [in
Stepney, co. Middlesex] :
ferry at, 110, 02.5.
manor of, 625.
Ponyuges :

Robert de, 617.

William, fits monser de, bequest to,
617.
Ponyngg. See Poynings.
Poole, PooU :
John, 388.
William, remedy of, for coal-damp,

193.
Mr., 430.

— — , of Dalby, payment to, 434.
Cf. Pole.
Pooley, Park, Poley, Powlay [in Poles-
worth, CO. Warwick], 114.
reward to keeper of, 346.
Pordy, payment by the hands of, 418.
Port, Sir John, of EtwaU, marriage of

daughter of, 587.
Porte, Roger de la, character in fabliau,

230.
Porter :

cornet Charles, death of, 193.

Humphrey le, 27.

Robert, of Bingham, disclaimer of

arms of, 179.
Thomas, payment to, 340.

, reeve of Middleton, 307.

William le, of Callow, indicted, 275.

son of Henry le, indicted, 273.

Portsea, co. Hants, deeds relating to, 625.
Portugal, Portugal!, president of the
council of, 187.
Spanish confidence in natives of , 191.

Portun', Robert de, 61.

Posies, presents of, 331, 332, 333, 336.

Potkyn, Peter, doctor of laws, 136.

Pott. See Spott.

Potter, Thomas, letter to, 162.

Poudrell. See Powtrell.

Pouleswortb. See Polesworth.

Poulet:

Anne (Pyllol) wife of John, 315.

John, rental of possessions of, 315.
Poundisf ord , Poundesf ord [co. Somerset],

minister's account of, 318.
Pountfreyt. See Pontefract.
Powdrell. See Powtrell.
Powgyon. See Paygyon.
Powis, Powys, lord of. See Cherleton, Sir
John de ; Grey of Powis, Edward
lord.
Powlay. See Pooley.
Powlseworth, Powlsseworthe, Powls-

worth. See Polesworth.
Powtrell, Pewtrell, Poudrell, Powdrell,
PowtryeU :

Nicholas, Mr. Serjeant, payment of
annuity to, 317, 433.

, payments to, 433.

Mr., at Wollaton, 458, 462.

, reward to servant of, 432.

Cf. Puterel.
Powys. See Povris.
Poyne, WiUiam, 63, 70.
Poynings, Ponyngg [co. Sussex], Roger

rector of, 617.
Pratellis, Peter de, 51.
Preke, Henry, 58.

Premonstratensian religious hoiise, pro-
posed foundation of, at Tamworth,
77.
Prenloue, Ralph, 5.
Presbiter. See Priest.
Prestclyve. See Priestcliffe.
Prestedene, Walter de, 51.
Preston [in Penkridge, co. Stafford], 57.
Prestwald, Prestwalt :

Randolph de, 18.

Walter de, 18n.
Prestwod, of Leicester, 112.
Prestwold, Prestwood [co. Leicester], 545.

letter dated at, 537.
Price, Prancifi, defendant in action of,

trespass, 621.
Priest, presbiter, sacerdos :

Costus the, 41.

Geoffrey the, 17.

Ivo the, 25.

Peter the, 8.

Ralph the, of Haugham, 19.

, of Lincoln, 19.

Robert son of the, 89, 55.

Serlo the, 8.

Siward the, 17.

WiUiam the, 17.
Priestcliffe, Prestclyve [in Taddington,

CO. Derby], 275.
Prince's chamber, the, at Wollaton, 486.
Prior, Priour :

John, 87.

, citizen of Ijondon, 89.

709

Prior — conl.

Philip the, of Basford, 41.
Priscian, 214.
Proclamation prohibiting malting of

glass with wood, 182.
Proctour, payment to, for bellows, 401.
Procuratour :

Hugh (de Gunston) le, of Bakewell,
harbourer of felons, 272, 274, 276.
Thomas le, indicted for offences in
CO. Derby, 276.

son of Thomas le, indicted for

offences in co. Derby, 274.
Prognostications :

of Alphonse Frysaunoe, 263, 613.
payments for, 332, 365.
Proudowe. See Prudhoe.
Proverbial expressions, quotations, etc. :
cricle cricle, 158.

Iidbent mel in ore et fel in corde, 176.
Latin equivalents to ' coals to New-
castle ', 216.
shoot at rovers, 569.
silence maketh guiltie, 175.
tied by the leg, 159.
tied to a broken mast, 159.
unus oculatus testis valet mille

auritos, 176.
Veritas non querit angulos, 175.
Provour, John, reeve of Woodland, 291.
Prowre, Robert, reeve of Woodland,

290.
Prudhoe, Proudowe [in Ovingham, co.

Northumberland], 132.
Psalter, Latin, purchase of, 411.
Pseustis, an Athenian shepherd, 218.
Puckeridge, co. Hertford, deeds relating

to, 625.
Pudsey, Pudsie, Pudsy :
George, esquire, 167.

, at WoUaton, 454.

Richard, letter from, 600.
[? Richard] son of George, 454.
Pugeys, Imbert, 70.
Puinnant, Geoffrey, 13.
Puintraut, Geoffrey, 14.
Pulteney, Polteneye :

John de, mayor of London, 89.
William, nephew of Elizabeth Smeth-
wick, 148.
Pulter, Payn, and his wife, bequest to,

102.
Pump for drawing water out of mine,

173-175.
Punsholte. See Ponsot.
Punz, Joscelin de, 29.
Purbik [Isle of Purbeck, co. Dorset],

Roger de, 76.
Purford, letter dated at, 554.
Pursecutters, 167.
Purston, CO. Northampton, deeds relating

to, 625.
Purybar. See Perrybar.
Puterel :

Henry son of Henry, of Thrumpton,
63.

, release by, 64.

, seal of, 63.

Puterel— eowi.

Sibyl de Bello Campo wife of Henry,
of Thrumpton, grant by, 63.

, seal of, 63.

Cf. PowtreU. "
Putton, Podyugton [in West Chickerell,
CO. Dorset], minister's accounts of,
298, 299, 301, 307.
See Pitton.
PychavUla. See Pickwell ?
Pydelivere, John, 76.
Pylkyngton. See Pilklngton.
Pymme :

Lecia, of Sutton Bonnington, in-
dicted, 280.
William, outlaw, 279, 280.
Pymne, Thomas, servant of Sir Henry

WiUoughby, slain in riot, 117.
Pynchebeck. See Pinchbeck.
Pynder, Ralph, grocer of London, chan-
try house at WoUaton sold by,
417.
Pyngkaryge, Pyngkeryge. See Penk-

ridge.
Pynnock, Mr., arrival of, 395.
Pynsou. See Pinson.
Pype, Humpiirey, 186».
PyTyi)ar. See Perrybar.

Quare impedit, case of, reported in Year

Book, 247.
Queen's chamber, the, at WoUaton, 488.
Queruby. See Kwernby.
Quinci, Quenci, Seer de, 2, 24.
Quiutin, William, 76.
Quo Warranto :

delivery of rolls of, 92.

plea of, 246.

statute of, lecture upon, 268.
Qwelar, Qweler, Brother Walter, monk
of Burton, 250-252.

Radeclive, Badeclyve. See Ratcliffe.
Radford, Radforth, Rodefort [Co. Notts],
121.
chartulary of lauds in, 196.
constabulary of, 621.
deeds relating to, 626.
ministers' accounts of, 296, 307-
309.

710

Badford — cont.

parisli of, extent of, 621.
rentals of, 300, 314, 317.
vicar of, tithes paid to, 313, 375.

. See Notingeham, Silvester son

of Silvester de.
Aspley in, 12, 397, 530.
Radford, Eadforthe:

Ellen, house of, 456.
Henry, payment to, 430.

, wages of, 439, 449.

Radmauthwaite, Bedmerthweit, Bod-

merthweyt [in Mansfield, co.

Notts], false money coined at,

280.

Baggede, Yevan le, indicted for ofEenoes

in CO. Derby, 273, 274.
Bails for delivery of coal, 169.
Baleghe, Joan de, wife of Robert de
Bingham and executor of his
will, 84.

, bequests to, 83, 84.

Balph :

Athelicia [t wife of Peter son of],

grant to, 271.
Geoffrey son of, 24.
Peter son of, grant to, 270.
Ralph son of, 9, 49.
Richard sou of, 21.
Eicher brother of Balph sou of, 9.
Bobert son of, 17.
Boger son of, sale of woodland to,
13, 242.

, de Beeston, 64.

William son of, 24.
Rameham [Remeuham, co. Berks], Wil-
liam de, 36.
Bameseye, John de, 87.
Bamneswath. See Eavens worth.
Eandall, payment to, for crying a,

wether, 430.
Eaudolf, witness, 36.

, Beimbald his brother, 36.

Bandolph arms, 237.
Ranulph, Boger son of, 10.
Raoul, irouvere, poem of, 226-227.
Raper, payment to, 443.
Ratcliffe-on-Trent, Badeclive on Trente
[CO. Notts], 83.
deeds relating to, 626.
Batcliffe, Badeclive, Badeclyve , Batte-
clyff:
Thomas de, 325.
Thomas, earl of Sussex, payment to

players of, 447.
Walter de, 62.

William de, proctor of the abbot
and convent of Beauchief, 106m,
109.

, vicar of Buddington, 82, 82n.

Batkiller, reward to, 391.
Batteclyfl. See Batcliffe.
Baveuingham, Ravenigham i

Andrew son of Bobert de, 55.
Robert de, 39, 55.
William son of Bobert de, 55.
Bavenshead waste, co. Notts, boundaries
of, 241.

Ravens worth, Bamneswath, Eavens -
wath [in Kirkby Bavensworth, co .
York], 247.
minister's account of, 306, 307.
Bavishment of ward, action for, 247.
Baworth, Henry, assessor of poll-tax,

194.
Bawson, father, reward to, 360.
Bay, John, friend of Francis Willoughby,
269.
reference to letters of, 504.
transcripts, etc., by, 37, 271.
Baynor, Bobert, shepherd of Arnold,

418.
Beanor, John, assessment of, 194.
Eeason, William, of Skegby, disclaimer
of arms of, 179.
Cf. Beson.
Bebercy [Bubercy, Normandy], Bobert

de, 70, 70m.
B^bceuf. See Bibof.
Bed {Buffiis), William son of Osbert the,

of Nottingham, grant by, 62.
Beddeswell, B. de, archdeacon of Chester,

probate of will before, 86.
Bede [in Bridge, co. Kent] ?Eedhe, 36.
Bede:

Bobert, appointed King's Serjeant

at law, 124.
, inheritance of Bridget (Wil-
loughby), his daughter, 150.
Redhe. See Rede, Eeed.
Redhyll, Richard, in the kitchen at

Wollaton, 169.
Redinges, Richard de, 70.
Bedmerthweit. See Badmanthwaite.
Beed [in Marton, co. Kent] ?Bedhe, 36.
Eeeve :

Eustace the, 76.
Orm the, 20n.

Peter son of William the, grant to,
49.
Bef ham, Eicher de, mayor of London, 87.
Beigate, William de, chaplain, grant by,

30.
Beinfrid, Boger son of, grant to, 5, 5m.
Beinsleigh, Eenneslegh [in Penshurst,
CO. Kent], ministers' accounts of,
302.
Eemeuham, co. Berks. See'Eameham.
Bemmesle. See Bomsley.
Eempston [co. Notts], Bempeston,
Bempiston :
Hugh de, 62.
Bobert, 105, 106, 109.

de, 59.

Bempstoue, co. Notts, deeds relating to,

626.
Benes, Thomas de, sequestrator of W.

archbishop of York, 86.
Eenesleye, John de, 86.
Eenneslegh. See Beinsleigh.
Bepindon. Bepingdon. See Repton.
Repington, Reppington, Reptiugton,
Bepyndon, Eepyugton, Eyping-
ton :
Balph son of Gteoffrey de, notorious
thief, 277.

711

BepingtoA — cont.

William, payment to, 399.

Mr., at WoUaton, 454, 456, 457, 462,

463.
, commissioner to hold inquisi-
tion, 428.

, payment to, 555.

, to servant of, 373.

, son-in-law of George Wil-

loughby, abstract of letter to,
531.
Repton, Bepiudon, Repiugdon [co.
Derby], prior of, commission to,
252-253.
Denewalehay in, 277.
Repton wapentake [co. Derby], present-
ment by jurors of, 273.
Repyndon, Bepyngtou. See Repington.
Requiem mass, payment for offering at,

473.
ResUe. See Risley.
Reson, John, legacies to, 103, 104.

Cf. Reason.
Reston, Ristunia [oo. Lincoln], grant of
land in, 19.
See Ristunia.
Retainers of military service, 98, 99.

statute of, 131.
Retford, co. Notts, disclaimer of arms

at, 179.
Retford, West, co. Notts, 179.
Retheley, William, of Dartford, demise

by, 110.
Reuel, Henry, 25.
ReveU, Hugh, grant by, 502.
Reyvall. See Bievaulx.
Rhine, Reynyshe wine, 456.
Rhodes, the Rodes, Roodes, baptism
received at, 263.
predictions written at, 266.
Rhodes, William, payment to, for thack-
ing at the woad-house, 459.
Cf. Rodes.
Rhuddlan, Rothelan castle [co. Flint],
constables of. See Saxton,

Nicholas ; Trowtbek, William.
Ribble, Rybell, and Mersey, rivers, be-
quest of land between, 254.
Ribof, Ribeof [Riiboeuf, dep. Seine In-
f^rieure] :
Walter de, 18n, 41.

, grant by, 39, 39n.

, Walter his servant, 40.

Riby [co. Lincoln], minister's account of,

289.
Ricars, mentioned in fabliau, 232.
Bice, Ryce, Byse :

Griffith, 232, 440, 542.

, expenses of, paid, 443.

, payment by, 430.

, wages of, 439, 449, 542.

L., payment to, 432.

, wages of, 439, 449, 542.

William, payments to, 423, 426-428.

, of Cossall, disclaimer of arms

of, 179.
book of accounts of, 496.
Richard II., coronation of, 506.

Richard :

Heminciis son of, 5.
Herbert brother of Simon son of, 7.
Juetta wife of Simon son of. In.
Balph son of, 27.
Bichard son of, 57.
Simon son of, 7, In, 33.
the falconer at WoUaton, 169.
Bichardes, Henry, collier, 493.
Richmond [co. York], minister's account

of, 307.
Ridale [Ryedale, co. York] :

Acilia (de Steinesgrife) wife of An-
sketil de, confirmation by, 3.

, grant by, 1, 2.

, seal of, 4.

Ansketil de, grant by, 1, 2.

, seal of, 2.

Maud daughter of Ansketil de, nun

of Watton, 1, 3.
Patrick de, 22, 22«.
Walter son of Ansketil de, 1, In, 3.
Wilham son of Ansketil de, 1, In, 3.
Ridel, Geoffrey, bishop of Ely, 24.
Rie. See Rye ?

Rievaulx, Beyvall, abbey [co. York],
foundation of, Ira, 2n.
grant to, 241.
Biggehall, co. Worcester, deeds relating

to, 627.
Right. See Wright.
Rigley. See Wrigley.
Rimpton, Rympton [co. Somerset],

minister's account of, 318.
Ringstone, Byngesdon [in Bippingale, co.

Lincoln], 76.
Riugwode, William de, of West Stafford,

84.
Riot, alleged, at Nottingham, 118-120.

, at Tamworth, 116.

Ripley [co. Derby], Hartshay in, 497.
Bippingale [co. Lincoln], Ringstone in, 76.
Rise. See Risses.
Biseley, Joan of, mistress of Hugh Wil-

loughby, priest, 505.
Rislep, Hugh de, executor of the will of
Henry de Grey, 86.

, bequest to, 85.

Bisley, Reslie, Byseley, co. Derby, 420,
462.
chartulary of WUloughby lands in,

269.
court rolls of, 286, 289, 292.
deeds relating to, 624.
pedigree of Willoughbys of, 505.
sale of wood at, 317.
See Byseley.
Risses [Rise, co. York], John de, 61.
Biston. See Bushton ?
Bistune. See Tarrant Bushton.
Bistunia. Sec Bestou.
Bistunia [Reston, ixi. Lincoln], Bicliard
son of Jollan de, grant by, 19.

, seal of, 19.

Rives :

Sir John, 590.

Mrs., daughter of Henry Hastings,
591.

712

Rives, Mrs. — cont.

, iU health of, 592.

Cf. Ryves.
Kobarts, John, waiter at WoUaton, 168.
Bohers, character in fabliau, 229.
Robert :

Adam son of, de Coshale, grant by,

75.
Alan son of, del Wal, grant to, 55, 56.
Hugh son of, de Wilgheby, 46.
John son of, de Beston, 42, 64.
Mary (de Sanoto Sepulcro) wife of

Ralph son of, 23, 24.
Ralph son of, 23, 24.
Robert son of, 39.
Silvester son of, chaplain of Beeston,

grant to, 41.
Simon son of, 14, 14n.
Thomas son of, 39, 43, 55.
William son of, earl of Gloucester,
270.
Robert, Friar, trees sold to, 242.
Robert of the stable, 455.
Robin Hood's WeU [St. Anne's Well in
Nottingham, or in Beauvale, co.
Notts], payment to keeper of, 444.
Robinson, 495, 552.
Robson, payments to, 438, 442.
Roches, Sir John de, knight, 92.
Rochester [co. Kent], bishopric of, offi-

cial of, 86.
Rochford :

Eudo de, knight, 76.
Henry de, 76.
Roculf, William, reeve of Worcester, 65.
Rodefort. See Radford.
Boderam. See Rotherham.
Rodes. See Rhodes.
Rodes, William de, 70.

Cf. Rhodes.
Rodeyerde :

John de, indicted, 274, 276.
Thomas de. Indicted, 274, 276.
Rodington, co. Hertford, deeds dated at,

625.
Rodmerthweyt. See Badmanthwaite.
Roger :

Andrew son of, 39.
Elizabeth fitz, release to, 99.
John son of, 75.
Robert son of, 11, lln.
keeper of the still, 389.
payment to,. 434.
Rogers :

Christopher, inventory taken by, 485.
James, esquire, 150.
Sir John, 145.

, fishery of, at Blandford, 144.

Roimondins, character in a fabliau, 228.
Roke, John, tenant of Sir Edward Wil-

loughby, indictment of, 143.
Roland, RoUant, 226.
Boley, Thomas de, bailiff of Nottingham,
100.
Cf. Rowley.
RoUeston, Bolston :
CO. Notts, 179.
CO. Stafford, bequest uf land at, 255.

Bolveston, Roger de, dean o£ Lincoln,

43.
Romald Kirk [co. York], Ootherstone

and Mickleton in, 807.
Roman Empire, Holy, Spanish applica-
tion of theory of, 189-191.
Romanus, Roman, John, archbishop of

York, 243.
Rome, Rowme, 335, 336.

agent of Henry VII. at, letter from,

260, 612.
church of Santa Croce di Gerusa-
lemme, relic foundin, 261, 612,613.

St. James, Te Deum sung in,

262.
St. Peter ad Vincula, car-
dinal of, 261.
churches of, named, 138.
empire of, local, 190.
indulgence dated at, 140.
pilgrimages to, 136, 137.
runner, Rowme roner, reward to,

358.
seat of pope necessarily at, 191.
Romney Marsh, co. Kent, deeds relating

to, 625.
Romsley, Bemmesle [in Alveley, co.
Salop], bequest of land in, to
Burton abbey, 256, 256«.
Bonfeugeray, dep. Orue. See BunfugereL
Boodes. See Rhodes.
Rooke, Mr., house of, in Drury Lane, 175.
Boomwood, Bumwode [in Sherwood
forest], CO. Notts, forest offences
in, 246.
Roos :

T., abstract of letters from, 515.
Thomas lord de, manorial records of,
300.
Roose, Peter, esquire, commission to,

160.
Ros :

Everard de. In, 2n, 59n.
Robert de, 1, In, 2n, 3.

son of William de, grant by, 63.

William de, deUvery of, bag of, 93.
Rosel .■

John, coroner, 281.
Patrick de, 41.
Thomas de, 41.
EoseU, Mr., 181.
Cf. Russell.
Bolarius. See Wheelwr^ht.
Rothelan. See Bhuddlan.
Rotherham, Boderam [co. York], 393.
Botherom, George, reward to, 424.
Bothomago, Rotomago [Rouen, Nor-
mandy] :
Martin de, 7.
WilUam de, 27.
Rotington'. See Ruddiugtou.
Rotomago. See Rothomago.
Rotundo Fulgereto. See Runfugerei.
Rouelent, king Arthur at, 227.
Rouen, Normandy, charter dated at, 37.

See Rothomago.
Rowe, John, 80.
clerk, 474.

713

Rougby. See Rugby.
Rowley, Thomas, of Bristol, reference to
letters from, 284.
Cf. Roley.
Rowme. See Rome.
Rowthall, Thomas, bishop of Durham, 126.
Rubei'cy. See Rebcicy.
Ruddtngton, Rotingtou', Rutintona, co.
Notts:
deeds relating to, 026.
demise of vicarage, etc., from com-
munity to vicar, 82.
sale of wool from, or, in default, of

land in, 69, 70.
vicar of. See Hemmingf ord, William
de ; Ratcliffe, William de.
Rudgare. See Rudyard.
Rudingtun, Rutinton. Rutintona [Rud-
dington, oo. Notts] :
Coste son of Hugh de, sale by, 69.
Hugh de, 70.
Robert de, 62.
William de, 28.
Rudyard, Rudgare [in Leek, co. Stafford],
bequest of land in, to Burton
abbey, 256.
Rufford abbey [co. Notts] :
foundation of, 241, 242.
grant of forest rights to, 242.
grant of licence to enclose to, 245.
pleas concernii^ forest rights of,

242.
woods and wastes of, bounds of,

243.
WUliam forester of, 245.
Ruffus. See Red.

Rugby, Rowgby [co. Warwick], dinner
of commissioners at, 345.
education of Sir Percival Willough-
by's sons at, 609.
Rugley. See Wrigley.
Rumwode. See Roomwood.
Rumney wine, purchase of, 375.
Runfugerei, Rotundo Fulgereto [Ron-
feugeray, dep. Orne], Brother
Richard de, chaplain of the knight£
hospitallers, 38, 3Sn.
Rushall, Russale, co. StafEord, deeds

relating to, 627.
Rushcliffe, RysecUve wapentake [co.
Notts], presentment by jiu^ors of,
280.
Rushton in East Stoke I Riston, co.

Dorset, grant of land in, 53.
Rushton, Grace (Stratford ) wife of Mr., of

Floorc, 605.
Russell, Russel :

Sir Francis, in the company of the

duke of Anjou, 553.
Robert, grant conditional on con-
viction of, 73.
WiUiam, indicted, 276.

, steward of Sir Francis Wil-

loughby, 573, 579, 580, 598, 604.
, , abstract of letter from,

578.
J , mission of , to seek a wife

for his master, 574.

Ruasell — cont.

Cf. Rosell.
Russia, empire of, only local, 190.
Rutinton, Rutintona. See Ruddington,

Rudingtun.
Rutland, countess, earl of. See Manners.
Rybell. See Ribble.
Ryce. See Rice.
Rychmouut, William, of Leicester, slater,

agreement by, 109.
Rydgeley. See Wrigley.
Rydware, Joan wife of Nicholas de. In-
dicted, 275.
Rye [co. Sussex] ? Rie, 157.
Ryedale, co. York, 1.

See Rid ale.
Rygley. See Wrigley.
Ryme, co. Dorset, deeds relating to, 625.
Rympton. See Rimpton.
Ryngesdon. See Ringstone.
Rynggesthorp, co. Warwick, deeds re-
lating to, 627.
Rypington. See Repiugton.
Rysbergh, Thomas de, indicted, 274,

276.
Ryse. See Rice.
RysecUve. See Rushcliffe.
Ryseley. See Risley.
Ryseley [Risley, co. Derby], Robert de,

83.
Ryver, Richard, bequest to, 102.
Ryvers, payment to, 329.
Ryves, expenses of, paid, 447.
Cf. Rives.

Sabaean, to give incense to a, proverb,

216.
Sabbath, the Scottish, 187.
Sacerdos. See Priest.
Sacheverell, Saucheverell, Saufcheverel,
Saychewerell, SaycheWeryl, Seche-
verelle, Sowcheverell, ZachevereU :
Henry, abstract of letter from, 515.

, reward to minstrel of, 335.

Joan wife of John, abduction of,

120.
Ralph, at Wollaton, 454, 457-459.

, party to agreement, 120.

Robert, bequest to, 85.

Jlr., at Thurland House, 455.

, at WoUaton, 462.

, reward to soldier of, 347.

, suggested bond of Mr. Beau-
mont to, 183.
Cf. Salto Caprioli.
Sackeville, Robert, abstract of letter

from, 572.
Saethryth, queen of Menia, 209.

714

Saffron Walden, Walden [co. Essex],
401, 521.
school at, 409, 410, 411, 412.
tailor of, 400.
St. Albans, Saint Tawbons, Saynt Taw-
bunse, Sent Talbonse [co. Herts],
354, 377, 447, 555, 556.
battle of, 508.

reward to anchoress of, 357.
St. Amand, St. Amant [Prance, dep.
Nord], mentioned in fabliau, 230.
St. Anthony. See Kirklington, Lenton ?
St. Augustine, 621.

De Confliciu Vitiorum of, 268,
St. Bridget, metrical life of, 622-623.
St. Catharine, proctor and brotherhood

of, 366.
St. Cornelys, 365.

St. Cuthbert of Durham, book of, 221.
St. Davids, Dewies Stow [co. Pembroke],
bishop of. See Grower, Henry,
episcopal see at, 198.
St. Edmund, delivery of bag of, 93.
St. George, Richard, Norroy king at arms

disclaimer by, 178-179.
St. Germans, Christopher, Doctor and

Student by, 403ji.
St. James. See Compostella ; West-
minster.
St. John, friary, brotherhood of, 366.

, pardoner of, 342.

St. John of Jerusalem, hospital of, 29.
brethren of, 86.
church of St. Bartholomew, 74.
grant to, 270.
prior of, grant by, 270.
priors of, 37m. See also Diva,
Robert de ; Tothale, Brother
William de ; Vere, Roger de.
treasurer of. See Puleburn, Stephen
de.
St. Michael's Mount, Sent Mykylse
Mowutt [co. Cornwall], friars
going to, 335.
St. Paul, words of, quoted in preamble

of charter, 199.
St. Peter, fabliau relating to, 231.
St. Peter ad Vincula, cardinal of the
church of, legate of Avignon, 261.
Saint Tawbons. See St. Albans.
Sainte Maure, Benoit de, Romance of

Troy of, 222.
Saints, lections on, 212.
Sakespee :

Alice sister of Muriel, nun of

WUberfoss, 43.
Emma sister of Muriel, nun of

Wilberfoss, 43.
Isaac brother of Muriel, 42, 43.
Juliana sister of Muriel, nun of

Wilberfoss, 43.
Muriel wife of Simon, 42, 43.
Robert brother of Muriel, 42.
Simon, 42.
Sale, Robert de la, 80.
Saltord Priors, co. Warwick, Wood Bev-

ington in, 130.
Salicosa Mara. See Saucusemar.

Salisbury [co. WHts], cathedral church of,

bequests to fabric of, 83, 101, 103.

Salisbury, Sarisbyr', earl of. See Longe-

spee, William de.
Salle [Sail, co. Norfolk], Robert de, 50.
Sallowe [Sawley, co. Derby], Robert de,
executor of the will of Henry de
Grey, 86.

-, bequest to, 86.

Salmon, Samon, Sawmon ;

Anthony, to provide horseman for

his hundred, 152.
John, 99, 100.

, at WoUaton, 458.

Richard, 99.
Salopesburi, Master Robert de, 16.
Salopesburs. See Shrewsbury.
Saltley in Aston, co. Warwick. See

Sautlega.
Salto Caprioli, Robert de, 45.

Cf. Sacheverell.
Salvage, Salvagius. See Sauvage.
Samon. See Salmon.
Sampson, William, indictment and
acquittal of, 143.
Cf. Saunson.
Sana, Nicholas de, 35.
Sancta Barba, Henry de, 76.
Sancta Cruce, Alan de, prior of the
knights hospitallers in England,
37ra.
Sancta Maria :

German brother of Helias de, 20, 26.

Helias de, 20, 20n, 26.

Reginald brother of Helias de, 20,

20«, 26.
Roger de, 40.
Sancto Johanne, Sir Edward de, knight,

92.
Sancto Laurencio, Brother Adam de,

knight hospitaller, 38.
Sancto Lupo, William de, 36.
Sancto Martino, William de, knight, 76.
Sancto Petro, Richard de, 14.
Sancto Quintino, Walter de, 30.
Sancto Sepulcro :

Laurence de, 23, 24.
Mary daughter of Laurence de, 23,
24.
Sancton. See Santon.
Sanders, M., 197.
Sanderson, gamester, 151.
Sandes. See Sands.
Sandiacre, Sandyacre [co. Derby], sale

of wood at, 317.
Sandiacria, Saundiacre, Seint Diacre
[Sandiacre, co. Derby] :
Peter de, 45, 45)i.
Richard de, 85.
Sands, Sandes :

Edwin, archbishop of York, at

Thurland House, 457.
— — , bishop of London, 531.
William, knight, trea/Surer of wars,
128.
Saudwell, Sandwalles priory [in West
Bromwich, co. Stafford], prior of,
payment to servant of, 373.

716

Sandwich, co. Kent, deeds relating to,

625.
Sandwico, Sandwyco :

Henry de, bishop of London, Dover

castle received by, 71.
Ralph de, grant of forfeited lands
of, 71.
Sandy [co. Bedford], letter directed to,

598.
Sandyacre. See Sandiacre.
San Leone, bishop of. See Julian.
Sant Tawbous. See St. Albans.
Santon [Sancton, co. York] ;
Alexander de, 4.
Peter de, 64.

— — son of Alexander de, 4.
Sapcote, Sapecote, co. Leicester :
chantry of St. Mary of, 99.
deeds relating to, 625.
minister's account of, 298.
Sapurton, Thomas, chaplain, scrutineer
at election of abbot of Burton,
248.
Saracens, Granada delivered up by the,

262.
Sarezinus, Ivo, 27.
Sarisbyr'. See Salisbury.
Sarum, use of, 112.
Saturn, 218.

Saucheverell. See Sacheverell.
Saucusemar, Salicosa Mara [Sausseuze-
mare-en-Caux, Normandy], Roger
de, 58.
Saufcheverel. See Sacheverell.
Saundiacre. See Sandiacria.
Saunson, William, 109.

Cf. Sampson.
Sausseuzemare-en-Caux. See Saucusemar.
Sautlega [Saltley in Aston, co. Warwick],

Godfrey de, 9.
Savage, Salvage, Salvagius, Sauvage,
Sawyge, 579.
Agnes le, 53.
Geoffrey, 10.
James, 36.
Ralph, 213.

Roger, indicted, 272-274, 276-281.
Mr., servant of, 342.
Savages, gents, society of, la compaignie

sauvage, 279, 281.
Savoy. See London, places named.
Savoy, Boniface of, archbishop of Can-
terbury, curse pronounced by,
241.
Sawley, co. Derby, 450.
ferry at, 426, 427.
See SaUowe.
Sawmon. See Salmon.
Sawyge. See Savage.
Saxton, Nicholas, esquire, constable of

Rhuddlan castle, 110.
Say, WUliam de, friend and ally of
Richard earl of Gloucester, 68.
See Clinton.
Saychewerell, Saycheweryl. See Sache-
verell.
Saydon, John, bequest to, 102.
Sayut Tawbunse. See St. Albans.

Scala Caeli, chapel of, 135.

Guild of Our Lady of, at Boston,
133m.
Scalys Malys. See Cadiz.
Scanderbege, prince of the Bpirots, on

the Turkish wars, 422, 422re.
Soapaie. See Sheppy.
Soarington. See Scarrington.
Scarle, South, co. Notts, 179.
Scarrington, Scarington, co. Notts, 179.
Scarsdale, Searvesdale wapentake [co.
Derby], presentments by jurors
of, 273, 274, 280.
Scegebi. See Skeggeby.
Scegth, land bequeathed by, 255n.
Scheldon. See Sheldon.
Schelton. See Shelton.
Scheypert, Sir Robert, bequest of book

to, 137.
Schirard :

Adam, 611.
Henry, 93.
Schirfeld, John de, bequest to, 85.
Schirlaunde, Robert de, 85.
Schirmissur, Arnold, 34.
Schools and scholars, 409.

fees for board, etc., 352, 359, 383,

385, 409, 411, 412, 413.
gifts to scholars, 334, 338, 348, 364,
365, 366, 429, 433.

to school children, 335, 346,

369.
inscriptions by schoolboys, 218.
payments for school books, 353.
Scopwick, Skopwyk, co. Lincoln, deeds

relating to, 625.
Scot :

Henry le, 75.

Isabel daughter of Isabel, chancery
suit of, 283.

widow and executrix of Sir

WUliam, 283.
John, wages of, 440, 542.
Nicholas le, mayor of Newcastle-on-

Tyne, 75.
Roger, canon of Lincoln, 44.
Walter, indicted, 274.

le, 46.

Cf. Scott.
Scoteny, Thomas de, 52.
Scotland, Scottland, Skowtland, 123,
361, 429.
defensive measm-es against, 512,617,

618.
king of. See James IV.
lieutenant of the border of. See

Howard, Thomas,
men set forth towards, 530.
queen of. See Mary,
reception of James I. in, 185-186.
satirical description of, 184-187.
soldiers from, 358.
Scots, movements of the, in Galloway, 95.
Scott :

Thomas, B.D., pamphlet written

by, 192.
William, mayor of Nottingham,
certificate signed by, 498.

716

Scott — conl.

Mr., payment to, 444.
Cf. Scot.
Scottish troops, skirmish of, near New-
castle-upon-Tyne, 193-194.
Scottland. See Scotland.
Scribes of charters :

Henry the clerk of Aston, 16.
Peter the clerk, 36.
Richard, 5.
Scrivelshy, Scrivelby [co. Lincoln],
grant of rights in, 270.
manor of, 98.
Scroin, Scrowin, Mary, wages of, 440,
449, 541.
See also Mary.
Scrooby, co. Notts, deeds relating to, 626.
Scrop, Escrop, Geoffrey, 11.

le, chief justice of the

King's Bench, 92.
Scrowin. See Scroin.
Sculecotes [Sculcoats in Kingston-upon-

Hvdl], Benedict de, 6.
Seabrook, North America, divine tobacco

pipe found at, 195.
Seals, 1-64 passim, 69-76, 86-88, 95,
96, 98, 99, 124, 128, 136, 142.
counterfeit, dehvery of, 93.
Seamer. See Seymour.
Sebastiane. See Gigliis.
Secheverelle. See Sacheverel.
Sedgwycke :

Henry, 168.
Baphael, 167.
See, Thomas atte, 93.
Seen'. See Siena.
Sefare, Hamo son of, 16.
Segrave, co. Leicester, deeds relating to,

625.
Segrim, Alan son of, 50.
Seint Diacre. See Sandiacria.
Seletord. See Shelford.
Seles, Richard de, knight, 31.
Selford. See Shelford.
Sellinge, Selling [co. Kent] :

action of trespass concerning land

in, 283.
chancery suit concerning manor of,

283.
court rolls of, 303, 306, 310, 311.
deeds relating to, 625.
ministers' accounts of, 310, 311.
rentals, etc., of, 283.
Harringe in, 283, 310, 311.
Selston, William de, 96.
Sempingeham [Sempringham, co. Liu-
coin], Master GUbert de, 2, 2n.
Sempringham, Sempingham, Sepingham
[CO. Lincoln] :
chaplains and clerks of, named, 13-

14.
order of, 2/i.
priory, grant to, 13.

, , confirmed, 13, 14.

, lands of, 323.

Senatus prior of Worcester, letter of, 196.
Sene [Siena], Master Roland de, advo-
cate, demise to, 74, 75.

Sent MykylseMowntt. See St. Michael's

Mount.
Sent Talbonse. See St. Albans.
Sepeia [Sheepy, co. Leicester] :
Geoffrey de, clerk, 9.
Simeon de, priest, 9.
Sepingham. See Sempringham.
Sepulchre, Holy, knights of, 140, 508.
Serdbege. See Charborough.
Sergius III., pope, 127.

v., pope, 127.
Serlo :

William son of, 70.
verses of, 215, 217.
witness, 17.
Servants, apportionment of duties of,

538-541.
Service-books, 236, 240, 351, -419.
bequest of, 112.
gift of, 110.

the New, purchase of, 406.
Sessions of the Peace, estreats of, 132,

133.
Setter, Simon, slaughter-man at Wolla-

ton, 169.
Seveuoaks, Sevenoke, Sevnocke [co.
Kent:
bequest of land in, 150.
deeds relating to, 625.
soldiers trained at, 284.
SewaU, Ralph son of, of Nottingham,

grant to, 62.
Seymour :

Sir Edward, baron Beauchamp and
earl of Hertford J lord Edward
Seamer, 444.
Jane, the queen. See Jane.
Katherine (Grey) wife of Edward
lord, 518.
Sf orza :

Ascanius, cardinal, bishop of Pavia
and Cremona, my lord of Aska-
neus, 261.
John, duke of Milan, ally of king of
Prance, 260, 261.
Shacklow (wood), Shakelowe [in Bake-
well, CO. Derby], outlaws har-
boured at, 276.
Shaftesbury, Shaftbury, Shaaton [co.
Dorset] :
Amicia abbess of, demandant in final

concord, 76.
deeds relating to, 625 .
Joan abbess of, release by, 99.
Juliana Bauzeyn, abbess of, settle-
ment of arrears claimed by, 76.
letter dated at, 529.
Shakelowe. See Shacklow.
Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, Chessel in, 124.
Shangton, Shenton [co. Leicester], be-
quest of land in, to Burton abbey,
256.
Shardelowe, [John de], justice, 247.
Sharnford, Shernforde [co. Leicester],
bequest of land in, to Burton
abbey, 257.
Sharnhill, Isle of Wight, manor of, 124.
Sharpc, Richard, 167.

717

Sharpels, servant of Lord Lisle, 119.
Sharplow, Sharpelow [in Tissrngton, co.

Derby], 258.
Sharschulle, counsel, 247.
Shaston St. Rumbold, Shaston [in Camm,
CO. Dorset], minister's account
of, 302.
See Shaftesbury.
Shavaldour, William le, indicted, 274.
Shaw, Shawe :

Alexander, depositions of, 163, 164.
H., collier, 492.

Huntingdon, assessor of poll-tax,
194, 194n.

, plaintiff in action of trespass,

621.
Robert, depositions of, 163, 164.
Thomas, account rendered by, 421.

, book covered by, 423.

, expenses of, paid, 429.

, wages of, 440, 449, 542.

[! Thomas], payments to, 426, 435.
payment to son of, 363.
Sheen, Shene [eo. Surrey], letters close

dated at, 92.
Sheen, Bast, in Mortlako, co. Surrey,

deeds relating to, 627.
Sheepy, co. Leicester. See Sepeia.
Shelifield [co. York], letter dated at, 155.
the countess of Shrewsbury to go
to, 154.
Sheffield House [in Sheffield, co. York],

153.
Sheffield, Edmund lord, in company of

duke of Anjou, 553.
Shefford, co. Bedford, deeds relating to,

624.
Sheldon [co. Warwick], 373.
court rolls of, 305.
wood sent from, for building Christ
Church, Oxford, 514.
Sheldon, Scheldon :

Henry de, knight, 78.
Richard de, 78, 81.
Shelford, Chelforde, Seleford, Selford [co.
Notts], 58, 429, 441, 545.
deeds relating to, 626.
ferry at, 441.
places named in, 58.
priory, 58.

, Laurence prior of, 57«.

, prior and convent of, grant

by, 57.

, prior of, reward to officers of,

369.

, William brother of Laurence

prior of, 58.
Shelton, Schelton [co. Notts], court rolls

of, 288, 289.
Shelton, Margery, of the household at

WoUaton, 168.
Shene. See Sheen.

Shengleton, expenses of, paid, 338, 345.
Shenton. See Shangton.
Sheperd, Shepherd, Sheppard :

Richard le, sheep stealer, 281.

WiUiam le, 167.

of Arnold, wages of, 642.

Sheperd — eont.

of Basford, wages of, 542.
Sheppy, Scapaie [co. Kent], grant of

marsh at, 36.
Sherborne, Shirboru [co. Dorset], abbot
of, bequest to, 101.
sessions at, 145.
Sherbrooke, Mr., payment to, 423.
Shore. See Sherry.
Sherfield [? co. Hants], 574, 579.

letters dated at, 574, 578, 604.
Sheriff, payment for office of, 340.

Richard clerk of the, 40.
Sheringham, Shiryngham [co. Norfolk];
deeds relating to, 625.
manor of, 91.
Shermanbury [co. Sussex], Morley in,

307-309.
Shernforde. See Sharnford.
Sherold. See Shirrall.
Sherratt, Henry, 167.
Sherry, Share, Richard, " A treatise of
the figures of grammar and rhe-
torike ' by, 413, 413m.
Sherwood forest, co. Notts :

translation of Forest Book of, 240-

246.
grants relating to, 501, 502.
keeper of. See Osborne, Peregrine.
Sherwood, John de, bishop of Durham,

613.
Sherwynd, John, servant of Nicholas

Coterel. indicted, 279.
Shestoke. See Shustoke.
Shether, Richard, at brotherhood of

Our Lady, 356.
Sheyle, Henry do, maintainor of felons,

272.
Shiefelde, sheets from bed-chamber of, 476.
Shipley, Shypley Park [in Heanoc, co.
Derby], squaring of timber at, 375.
Shipley [in Claverley, co. Stafford]
? Stypley, bequest of land in, to
Burton abbey, 256.
Shipman, Thomas, of Scarrington, dis-
claimer of arms of, 179.
Ships, etc., named :
le Beggare, 96.
the Anne, 173.
- the Bartholomew, 173.
the Constance, 173.
the George, 130.
the Grace of God, 173.
the Henry Maria, 173.
the James, 129.
the James Ilcombe, 128, 129.
the John, 173.
the John Evangelist, Avangelliat,

128, 130.
the Mary WyaUsyngham, 130.
the Speedwell, 173.
the Trinitie, 173.
the William, 173.
Shipton, John, bequest to, 114.
Shirborn. See Sherborne.
Shirbourne, John, 103.
Shirford [parish of Burton Hastings, co.
Warwick], 526.

718

Shirley :

Eleanor (Willoughby) wife of Sir

John, 507.
Nicholas, supervisor of will, 125.
ShirraU Hall, Sherold [in Drayton Bassett,
CO. Stafford], reward to keepers
of, 359.
Shiryngham. See Sheringham.
Shoemakers, tricks of, 165.
Shoreham [co. Kent] :

dean of. See Cook, William,
deeds relating to, 625.
Shoreham, Shorham [co. Sussex], priory

of, bequest to, 617.
Shortred, Sir John, payment to, 343.
ShorweU.IsIe of Wight, Atherfield in,124.

Sutton in, 124.
Shrewsbury, Salopesburs [co. Salop] !
deeds relating tcf, 627.
defence of, against Owen Glen-
dower, 101.
grant of tenement in, 95.
Shrewsbury, Shrouesbury, Shrowesbury,
earl and countess of. See Talbot.
Shustoke, Shestoke [co. Warwick],
court rolls of, 309-311.
soldiers of, 341.
Shypley. See Shipley.
Shyrard :

Nicholas, of Porde, indicted for

ofEences in co. Derby, 274.
Richard brother of WiUiam, in-
dicted, 274, 276.
WiUiam, of co. Stafford, indicted,
274, 276.
Shyrley. See Shirley.
Sibetorp, Sibethorp, Sybetorp [Sibthorpe,

CO. Notts], William de, 39, 55.
Sibily, Sybily, John, 80.
Sibthorpe, co. Notts. See Sibetorp.
SiccaviUa, Herbert de, 27.
Sidetun [Syston, co. Lincoln], Simon de,

44.
Sidney, Sir Philip, in the company of

the duke of Aujou, 553.
Siena, Seen', my lord cardinal of. See
Piccolomiui, Francis.
See Sene.
Sigered, dux, 209.
Sigewald, witness, 200.
Signet, clerk of the, payments to, 398,

523.
Silingeholde, John de, 36.
Silver mines, 614, 615, 616.
Silvester :

Gervase son of, 64.

, de Bestun, 63.

Ralph son of, de Bestun, 63.
Robert son of, 64.
Roland son of, lln.
Master, 20, 20n, 26.
Simnel, Lambert, 508.
Simon :

Robert sou of, 21.
Simon son of, 39.
Sion, Mount, guardian of the Friars
Observant of. See Masius,

Brother Zenobius.

Sion, Mount — cont.

pilgrimage to, 140.
Sire, John, indicted for ofEences in co.

Derby, 273.
Sixtinus, John, doctor of canon and civil

law, 136.
Sixtus rV., pope, privileges granted by,

117, 133.
Skalgaynes, Master, predictions of Alfons

Frysaunce, his clerk, 263-266.
Skefington, Mr., 496.
Skegby [in Marnham, co. Notts], 179.

deeds relating to, 626.
Skeggeby, Scegebi :
Richer de, 11.
William de, beaten, 282.
Skelton, co. York, deeds relating to, 627.
Skinner {Pelliparius) :

Alderman, imprisoned and fined for
whipping gentlewomen, 158, 588.
Robert the, 75.
Skowtland. See Scotland.
Slade, Sladde :

Leonard, payment to, 346.
Thomas, executor of will, 122.

, payment to, for holy water,

379.
William, marriage of, 378.
Mr., christening of child of, 344.
ale taken at house of, 342.
payment to, 373.

wife of, payment to, for watching by
gibbet, 382.
Slaney, John, reference to letters from,

284.
Slately, Slaughteleye [in Kingsbury, co.
Warwick] :
deeds relating to, 627.
rental of, 305.
Smales, payment to, 446.

Cf. Smawle.
Smaley, See Smaly.
Smalley, co. Derby, deeds relating to, 624,
Small-pox, death from, 412.
SmaUwood [in Astbury, co. Chester], 425,
427.
court rolls of, 288, 289, 291, 311,

312, 317.
deeds and papers relating to, 318,
320, 624.
Smaly, Smaley, John, waiter at WoUa-
ton, 168.
Richard, payments to, in coal
account, 493.
Smawle's tenement, 154.

C/. Smales.
Smeeth, Smethe [co. Kent], 283.
Smethswick, Smethsewyke :

Elizabeth, letter from, 148.

, Elizabeth, her sister, 148.

Smith, Paber, Pevre, Smythe :
Adam le, 81.

Anne daughter of Francis, of Wor-
cestershire, 606.
Averey, payment to, 415.
Elizabeth (Pargiter) wife of Pi'ancis,

of Worcestershire, 606.
Francis, of Worcestershire, 606.

719

Smith — cont.

Henry father of Richard, rector of
Wollaton, obit of, 236.

, Joan his wife, obit of, 237.

John, wages of, 449, 542.
Peter the, 21.
Ranulf the, 17.

Richard, parson of Wollaton, 137,
236.

son of Sir Walter, of Shirford,

526.
William, depositions of, 259.

, de Capella, indicted, 2T5.

the, 70.

Sir William, 344.
Doctor, 447, 448.

, abstract of letter to, 536.

, payments to, 431, 450.

, present for, 574.

Mr., 389.

, at Wollaton, 462.

swans kept by, 353.
Smithson, Smithston, Smythson :

John, plan of glass-house by, 500.
Robert, 452.

' architect ' of Wollaton Hall, 269.
Smythe. See Smith.
Smythson. See Smithson.
Sneinton, co: Notts, deeds relating to, 626.
Snowdeswyke [co. Derby?], bequest of

land in, to Burton abbey, 257.
Soire, Baldwin de, 228.
Soldiers, pavments and gifts to, 334,
341, 344, 345, 347-351, 353, 358,
359, 364, 447,
Solihull, Solyoll, Sowlyold, SowlyoU,
Sylyold, SylyoUe [co. Warwick],
348, 353.
rewards to players of, 338, 364.

to soldiers of, 341, 350, 358.

Somerby [co. Lincoln], 517.
Somerden, co, Kent, deeds relating to,

625.
Somerdeby, Brother Robert de, 86.
Someri. See Sumery.
Somershall, Ralph, of Mansfield, dis-
claimer of arms of, 179.
Somerset, William, earl of Worcester,
my lord of Woster, rewards to
players of, 424, 440.
Somervill, Sumerville :

Alice (Willoughby) daughter of

Roger, 505.
Hugh de, 20.

Robert son of Walter de, 10.
Roger son of Walter de, 10.
Walter de, 10.
Somery. See Smnery.
Sommers, WiUiam, imposture by, 165n,

166.
Sondressb, Sondresshe, Sondriche. See

Sundridge.
Songar Grange, Soungre [in Claverdon,
CO. Warwick], deed dated at, 97.
manor of, 97.
Sonning, Sonnyng [co. Berks], St. An-
drew's church, burial in, 101.
Sopley, Sople, co. Hants, manor of, 124.

Sore, William, furniture In bed-chamber

of, 490.
Somes, Henry de, 36.
Sothewell, Sothwell. See Southwell.
Souch. See Zouche.
Soudan, Stephen, grant of forfeited lands

of, 71.
Soungre. See Songar Grange.
Southampton, Sowthamton, Hamton :
delivery of ordnance at, 129.
staple of metals at, 614,
Southcombe, Sowthcombe [co. Dorset] :
court rolls of, 306, 307, 309.
ministers' accounts of, 296, 306.
Southron, Sir Thomas, priest, executor of

will, 126.
Southwell, Sothewell, Sothwell, Suth-
well, CO. Notts, 388.
barony of, 243.
canons of, named, 95. See also

Curtemajori, Master Simon de.
chapter of, deed dated in, 95.

, renewal of charter by, 93.

collegiate church of St. Mary, be-
quest to, 113.

, burial in, 113.

, St. Peter's chapel in, 112.

manor of, customs of, 247.

woods and wastes of, boundaries of,

243.
See Sueir,
.Southwold, South wolld, Suffold [co. Suf-
folk], ship of, 129, 130.
Sowcheverell. See Sacheverell.
Sowlyold, Sowlyoll. See Solihull.
Sowthamton. See Southampton.
Sowthcombe. See Southcombe.
Spain, Hey Spayne :

king of. See Ferdinand V.
proceedings upon return of Gondomar

to, 187-192.
Sir Edward Willoughby's servi ces

in, 146.
Sir Henry Willoughby's services in,

508.
universality of kingdom of, 190-191.
Spalding, Spawldinge [co. Lincoln], 446.
Spaniard, action the proper sphere of, 189.
Spanish Armada, the, 567.
Spanish silk, 399, 401, 421.
skin, payment for, 406.
Sparham, Nicholas de, indicted, 277.
Sparry, John, 97.
Sparwe, William, indicted, 275.
Spawldinge. See Spalding.
Spayne. See Spain.
Spayne, Ralph de, bailiff of the High

Peak, indicted, 275.
Spectacles, pans of, bought, 460.
Spcde, J., coUier, 492.
Speede, note by, 495.
Speid, John, 452.
Speldhuist [co. Kent]:

deeds relating to, 625.
Bwhurst in, 315.
Spencer :

Sir John, abstracts of letters from,
598, 599.

720

Spencer, Sir John — cont.

, his wife, abstract of letter to,

598.
Katherine, daughter of Robert

Stratford, 605.
Robert, son of Sir John, 457, 566-
568, 608.

, abstract of letter from, 571.

, at Thurland house, 455.

, at Wollaton, 456, 458.

, created lord Spencer of Worm-

leighton, 566.

, marriage of, to Margaret Wil-

loughby, 566, 592, 598.

, reference to letters from, 599.

Thomas, wife of, slandered, 576.
old, evil designs of, 568.
payment to, 363.
Spetchley, Spechesleg, co. Worcester,

deeds relating to, 627.
Sphyherber, Sphyherberd. See Fitz-

herbert.
Sphyweylliam. See Pitzwilliam.
Spicere, Hugh le, mayor of Nottingham,

97, 99.
Spicfat :

Reginald, brother of William, of

Caythorpe, 38.
William, of Caythorpe, grant by,
38, 38n.
Spien, Hugh, 13.
Spillemort, William, 15.
Spondon [co. Derby], robbery at, 278.

sale of wood at, 317.
Spondon :

Robert de, 79.
William de, clerk, 9.
Sporting licence, 501-502.
Spotland in Rochdale, co. Lancaster,

deeds relating to, 625.
Spott, Pott, WuUric, founder of Burton

abbey, will of, 253-257.
Sprey, wages of wife of, for washing,

450.
Spure, Richard, 58.
Spylman, lecture of, upon statute of Quo

Warranto, 269.
Spyne, William atte, 97.
Squire :

John, glassmaker, 500.
servant of Sir Francis Willoughby,
abstracts of letters from, and
notes by, 533, 534, 535.
Squire (armiger), Nicholas the, 18.
Stabul, Robert a, payment to, 327.
Stabularius, Ulf, 14.
Stafford [co. Stafford], archdeacon of, 251,
Stafford, West, Stalord [co. Dorset], 84,
105.
chapel of, bequest to, 83.
deeds relating to, 625.
minister's account of, 319.
Stafford :

Edward, duke of Buckingham, re-
wards to minstrel of, 351, 361.

, , , to players of, 334.

John, bishop of Bath and Wells,
chancellor, 104.

Stafford — cont.

Muriel (Grey) wife of Henry, earl

of Wiltshire, 508.
Thomas de, bailiff of Nottingham,

97.
Walter de, indicted, 274, 276.
Stainforth, Thomas de, bailiff of Riby,
289.
Cf. Staumforth, Staunforth.
Staingrive, Stayngreve, Steinesgrife,
Steingrive [Stonegrave, co. York] :
Acilia (de Ridale) daughter of Wil-
liam de, 1, 2.
Adam de, clerk of Geoffrey le Scrop
chief justice of the King's Bench,
92, 93.
Simon de, 4.
William de, 2, 2n, in.
Stainsby. Stannesby, Steynesby [in Ault
HucknaU, co. Derby], 281.
deeds relating to, 624.
outlaws received at, 273, 280.
Stainton-le-Vale, Staintun [co. Lincoln] :
deeds relating to, 624.
grant of land in, 32.
Stamford, Estaumford, Estaunford [co.
Lincoln], 85.
documents dated at, 90.
Stamford, earl of. See Grey ot Groby.
Stana, Robert de la, 62.
Stanberewe [in Standon], co. Herts, 86.
Stanbrigg', Geoffrey ad, 58.
Stanclyf, John de, seizure of, 279.
Standlow, Stanlow [in Newton Grange,

CO. Derby], boundaries of, 258.
Standon, Staundon, Stondon [co. Herts] :
deeds relating to, 625.
grant of land in, 86.
preceptor of. See Cosyn, Brother

William,
rental of, 309.

Marshalls at High Cross in, 297.
Plashes and Stanberewe in, 86.
Standon :

Pinianus, de outlaw, 275.

Joan Wife of William de, grant to,

86.
Walter de, 73.

William de, clerk, grant to, 86.
Stanford, co. Kent, Ostenhanger in,

283.
Stanford-on-Soar [co. Notts], 179.
deeds relating to, 620.
Reginald the priest of, 14.
Stanford[-on-Soar, co. Notts] :

Alice, sister of Godfrey de, 14.
Godfrey de, 14.

, grant confirmed by, 13.

, seal of, 14.

Hawisa wife of Robert de, 14.
Maud wife of Godfrey de, grant

confiiTned by, 13, 14.
Peter de, 59.

Richard de, chaplain, grant to, 98.
Sfcanforda, 210.

Stanhope, Stannope, Stanope :
Edward, a proud fool, 552.
, at Thurland House, 457.

/

721

stanhope — cont.

Sir Thomas, T., 423, 424, 427, 442.

, abstract of letter from, 545.

. to, 552.

. at Thurland House, 455.

. at WoUaton, 454.

, character of, 552.

, commission to, 160.

— — > , to hold inquisition, 428.

, jevfel containing portrait of,

545.

, order issued by, 152.

, rewards to servants of, 428.

432, 441, 442.

. to waits of, 433.

Lady, Mistress [wife of Sir Tliomasl,
164, 534, 544, 545.

, at WoUaton, 361.

, gifts to, 442.

, reward, to servant of, 431.

Stanley, oo. Derby, deeds relating to, 624.
Stanley :

Edward, earl of Derby, rewards to
minstrel of, 376, 383.

-, lord Monteagle, Mowntt-Egle,

reward to minstrel of, 337.
William, earl of Derby, reward to
players of, 463.

, lord Monteagle, Mounteigle,

reward to players of, 446.
Stanlow. See Standlow, Whalley.
Stansted Mountfichet [co. Essex]

402.
Stanton [co. Leicester], minister's ac-
count of, 298.
Stanton-by-Dale, Stanton [co. Derby]:
sale of land in, 45.
sale of wood at, 317.
Stanton, Stantuu :
Henry de, 6.
Richard de, 27.
Cf. Staunton.
Stapelford, Stapilford [Stapleford, co.
Notts] :
Hugh de, 56, 64.
Robert dc, 34.
Stapelgrove. See Staplegrove.
Stapelhoe, Stapelho [in Eaton Socon, co,
Beds], grant of messuage in, 56.
Stapelton, Thomas de, action brought

against, 247.
Stapilford, Stapiltorthe. See Stapelford,

Stapleford.
Staple of metals, commission concerning,

266, 613-617.
Stapleford, Stapleforde, Stapilford,
Stapilforthe [co. Notts], 8n, 388.
sale of wood at, 317.
Staplegrove, Stapelgrove [co. Somerset],

minister's account of, 318.
Stapunhuir, Brother William, monk of

Burton, 249, 252.
Star Chamber, Ster Chamber, complaints
in, before the king's council, 144,
145.
Statins, AchUleis of, 219.
Statutes of the Realm, English translation
of, 240.

Staumforth, Mr. Stanhope's servant,
reward to, 441.
Cf. Stainforth, Staunforth.
Stauudon. See Standon.
Staunforth, Mr., 426.

Cf. Stainforth, Staumforth.
Staunton [oo. Notts] :

court rolls of, 288, 289, 301.
deeds relating to, 626.
Staunton Harold, Staunton [co. Lei-
cester], 390.
? Stouton Parke, 346.
Staunton, White [co. Somerset], Holv in,

318.
Staunton, Geoffrey, chaplain, 115.

Cf. Stanton.
Staveley [co. York], Adam de, 6.
StaweU [? CO. Somerset], court rolls of,
290, 300, 301, 303.
minister's account of, 303.
Stayngreve. See Staingrive.
Staythorpe, Sternethorp, Stlresthorp,
Stirestorp [in Averham, co. Notts],
grant of land in, 10, lln.
Steele, Stel, Stell :

Roger, payment to, 428.

, supper taken at house of, 354.

-, wife of, payment to, 358.

Steeple, co. Essex, deeds relating to, 625.

Steeple Aston. See Aston.

Steeple Hall, proposed sale of, 571.

Steinesgrife, Steingrive. See Staingrive.

Stel, Stell. See Steele.

Stephen, king, confirmation of grant by,

242.
Stephen V., pope, 127.
Stephen :

Ralph son of, grant of custody of

Sherwood forest to, 241.
William son of, de Levedale, grant

to, 57.
Master, 2.
Stepney, co. Middlesex :
deeds relating to, 625.
ferry at, 110, 110m, 625.
Sterbredge. See Stourbridge.
Ster Chamber. See Star Chamber.
Sterlei, Sterley. See Strelley.
Sternethorp. See Staythorpe.
Stevens, Doctor, water distilled for, 448.
Steward, Lord. See Talbot, George, earl

of Shrewsbury.
Steward, Richard son of Adam the, 65.
Steynesby. See Stainsby.
Stikelawe, oo. Northumberland, deeds

relating to, 626.
Stillington, Thomas, depositions of, 184.
StipershiU, StipreshuU [near Polesworth,

CO. Warwick], rental of, 294.
Stirchley [co. Salop] ! Styrley, bequest

of, to Burton abbey, 256.
Stlresthorp, Stirestorp. See Staythorpe.
Stirling [Stirlingshire], charter dated at

242, 245.
Stoakes. See Stokes.
Stoburgh. See Stowborough.
Stoka. See Stoke.
Stock, Stockes. See Stokes.

M 46

722

Stockland [co. Dorset], minister's account

of, 314.
Stookley, Stockle, Steele, Stokle [in
Bare Regis, co. Dorset], minister's
accounts of, 296, 298, 299, 301,
306, 307.
Stodleg. See Studlev.
Stoek. See Stoke.
Stoekes. See Stokes.
Stoile, Hugh, beaten, 282.
Stoke, Stoek :

ferry at, 427.
CO. Notts, 179.

, battle of, 508, 514n.

CO. Warwick, deeds relating to, 627.
Bishops, Biscopes Stoc [in Westbury-

upon-Trim, co. Gloucester], 210.
East, CO. Dorset, Bestwall in, 124.
Gaylard, Stocke, Stoke CoyUard, co.
Dorset, 97.

, deeds relating to, 625.

Lee, CO. Dorset, deeds relating to,
625.
Stoke, Stoca [co. Notts] :
Robert the priest of, 11.
Walter de, 52.
Stokeley, co. Dorset, deeds relating to,

625.
Stokes, Stoakes, Stoekes, Stoekes, 454.
Bernard de, 20.

Christopher, of Nottingham, 393.
Henry de, 32, 32ri, 59.
Jane, wife of William Willoughby

603.
Scher de, 21.

Thomas, wages of, 420, 439, 449, 542.
William, payment by, 451.

, wages of, 426, 439, 449,

542.
payment by, 435.
Stokesley, Robert de, 75.
Stokle. See Stockley.
Stole -wTought with gold, 377.
Stolp, Ralph, 279.
Stoltun. See Stoulton.
Stondon. See Standon.
Stone [CO. Stafford], 426.

bequest of land in, to Burton abbey,

257.
prior of. See Helygeve, Thomas.
Stonegrave. See Staingrive.
Stonton. See Staunton Harold ?
Stony Stratford, Stonystretford. See

Stratford, Stony.
Storbridge. See Stourbridge.
Storlay. See Strelley.
Stortford [co. Herts], inquisition taken

at, 283.
Stotard, Alan, death of, 274.
Stoue. See Stow.

Stouer Prewes. See Stowcr Provost.
Stouford, counsel, 247.
Stoulton, Stoltun [co. Worcester], grant

of land in, 207.
Stourbridge, Sterbredge, Storbridge,
Sturbrege, bturbrydge, Sturbryge,
Sturburge [co. Cambridge], 447.
fair, 432.

Stourbridge, fair — coni.

, fish, etc., bought at, 315, 316.

362, 372, 387.

, grey sope bought at, 404.

Stourmynster. See Sturminster.

Stow Nine Churches, Stoue [co.

Northants], 377.
Stowborough, Stoburgh, co. Dorset,

manor of, 124.
Stower Provost, Stouer Prewes [co.
Dorset], minister's account of,
303.
Stowrlay, Stradlega. See StreUey.
Straetford. See Stratford-on-Avon.
Strangways :

Sir Giles, misdemeanours of, 142-

146.
Henry, supervisor of vrill, 124.

son of Sir Giles, assault of,

upon Sir Edward Willoughby,
145-146.

, justice of the peace,

145.
Stratford :

John de, 87.

Grace (Pargiter) wife of , of

Mere vale, 605.
, Abigail (Trotman) her daugh-
ter, 605.

. , Dorothy (Hood) Jher daughter.

605.

, Edward her son, 605.

, Francis her son, 606.

, Grace (Rushtou) her daugh-
ter, 605.

, Theodore her son, 606.

, William her son, 606.

John son of Grace, 605.

(Coomes) bis wife, 605.

, Abigail (Pilkington) his daugh-
ter, 605.

, Grace his daughter, 605.

Robert son of Grace, 605.

, Mrs. Welsh his wife, 605.

, Abigail (Canning) his daugh-
ter, 605.

, Anne (Eyre) his daughter,

605.
, Catherine (Spencer) his daugh-
ter, 605.

, Elizabeth (Hickman) his

daughter, 605.

, Francis his son, marriage of,

606.

, Grace (Burton) his daughter,

605.

, Jane (Carlton) his daughter,

605.

, Mary (Pearss) his daughter.

605.
Edward son of Robert, 606.

, Mrs. Beasly his wife, 606.

, .'. .. (Eustace) his wife, 606.

Stratford Lee, co. Wanvick, deeds re-
lating to, 627.
Stratford-on-Avon, Straetford, Stretford
[CO. Warwick], 345.
grant of land at, 200-201.

723

Stratford, Stony, Stonystretford [co,

Buckingham], 354.
Stratlee, Stratleie. See Strelley.
Strawberry water, 366.
Strelley, Sterley, Streley [co. Notts!
508, 533, 591.
coal at, 176.

sold at, 177.

foul condition of road at, 177.
letter directed to, 197.
payment to keeper's wife of, 446.
Strelley, Sterlei, Sterley, Storlay, Stowr-
lay, Stradlega, Stratlee, Stratleie,
Streeley, Strellay, Strcleia, Stre-
ley, Strelleyp, Stretle, Stretlega,
Stretlei, Stretleio, Stretleyhe,
StrUley, Strylley, Sturle, Stwrlav,
Sturley l :
Sampson de, 12, 12n, 13, 14, 18, 20.

son of Sampson de, 12n, 29.

29, 33, 34, 40, 41, 46.
Walter son of Sampson de, 12n, 34,
Eobert de, 63.
Eobert son of Robert de, knight, 96.

, release in favour of, 83.

, Elizabeth his wife, release in

favour of, 83.
Hugh de, 56.
Peter de, 100.
Philip de, 56, 56n.
Roger de, 29.
John, 118-120.

, executor of wUl, 122.

, Sancbia (WiUoughby) wife of,

508.
Sir Nicholas, of Bilborough, agree-
ment by, 148, 149.
, Jane (Willoughby) his daugh-
ter, 511.
Sir Anthony, son of Sir Nicholas,
418, 533.

, at Wollaton, 456, 458.

, payment to gardener of, 433.

, to provide horsemen for his

hundred, 152.

[Joan] his wife, 456.

, . reward to servant of,

431.
Sir Philip son of Sir Anthony, at

Wollaton, 458.
Philip son of Sir Philip, proposed

marriage of, 621.
Mr. John, reward to servant of, 431.
Mr., goldsmith, 461.

, payment to, for bricks, 424.

, rewards to servants of, 336,

358.
Master, reward to nurse of, 358.
Mrs., furniture in bedchamber of,
489. ■
Stretford. See Stratford.
Stretle, Stretlega, Stretle, Stretleio,

Stretleyhe. See Strelley.
Stretton [in Burton-upon-Trent, co. Staf-
ford], bequest of land in, to Bur-
ton abbey, 256.

Stretton [in North Wingfteld, co. Derby],

bequest of land in, 258.
Strettona :

Henry de, 56.
William de, 56,
Strey, Nicholas, of Beeston, disclaimer

of arms of, 179.
Strilley. See StroUey.
Stringer, wheel for pump made by,

439.
Strylley. See Strelley.
Stubton, CO. Wai-wick, deeds relating to,

627.
Studlcy, Stodleg priory [co. Warwick],
A prior and convent of, grant of
presentation to canonry by, 67.
Sturbrege, Sturbrydge, Sturbryge, Stur-

burge. See Stourbridge.
Sturle. See Strelley.
Sturminster :

Marshall, Stourmynster Marchall

[co. Dorset] :
deeds relating to, 625.
minister's account of, 302.
Newton [co. Dorset], minister's
account of, 302.
Sturtevaunt :

William, of Carlton, disclaimer of
arms of, 179.

, of Norwell, disclaimer of arms

of, 179.
Sturton, CO. Notts, 179.
Sturton, Mr., at Wollaton, 458.
Stuteville, Estotevill, Estoutevill, Estute-
villa :
Bartholomew de, 6, 6m.
Bstout eon of Nicholas de, agree-
ments by, 89, 90.
Balph de, 89.
Robert de, 6w, In, 89.
William de, 6m.

, grant to, 6.

, licence to, to fortify, 57, 271.

, market granted to, 37, 271.

StwrJay. See Strelley.

3tyle, young, at Tiltey, 399.

Stypley. See Shipley.

Styrley. See Stirchley { 7 ), Strelley.

Suabi [Swaby, co. Lincoln], Vincent de,

29.
Subsidy rolls, 283, 284.
Suclyng, Giles, indicted, 276,
Sudlee, Godfrey de, 16.
Sueir [Southwell, co. Notts], Hugh de,

77.
Suffold. See Southwold.
Suffolk, Swfloko, SwfEolk, duke of. See
Brandon, Charles ; Grey, Henry
(E) ; Polo, WiUiam de la.
earl of. See Bigod, Roger le.
Sumerville. See SomsrviU.
Sumery, Somori, Somery :

Lucy de, bequest to, 85.
— — , gift to, 327.
Roger de, friend and ally of Richard
earl of Gloucester, 68.

Entries arranged genealogically (as far as possible).

724

Sundridge, Sondressh, Sondresshe, Son-

driche, Sunderesse, Sundrysshe

[CO. Kent], 150.
bequest of land in, 150.
court roUs of, 300.
deeds relating to, 625.
rentals of 285, 294, 304.
rents and services in, 271.
subsidy roll of, 283.
Supremacy, oath of , administration of,160.
Surrey, earl of. See Howard, Thomas :

Waronne, John do.
Sussex, my lord of. See Eatcliffe,

Thomas.
Suthtauton. See Tawton, South.
Suthwell. See Southwell.
Sutton :

[co. Derby], bequest of land in, to

Burton abbey, 257.
[in Shorwell], Isle of Wight, 124.
-at-Hone, oo. Kent ? grant of land in,

36.
hundred, co. Kent, men fur-
nished in, 159, 284.

, names of men in, 158.

, pioneers from, 160.

Bonnington, Bonyngton, Bonyton

[Co. Notts], 280.

■ , William chaplain of, 279.

Coldfield, Cofilde, in Cofllde, in Col-

fleld, Swtton [co. Warwick], 49,

170, 382, 341, 514.
, bailiff of, reward to servant of,

373.

, chace, 116.

, court rolls of, 293, 294, 296,

298, 304, 306-308, 311.

, deeds relating to, 627.

, grant of land in, 157.

, hall held at, 167.

, keeper, warden of. See Geb-

bens, Thomas ; Veysey, Simon.
, master of the game in. See

Berkeley, William.

■ , mill in, 156.

, minister's account of, 308.

, sale of, 581.

, school at, 335, 346, 352, 359.

■ , Serjeants at mace of. See

Houghe, Richard ; NichoUes,

James.
, steward of. See Willoughby,

(Q).

, Bracebridge Pool in, 156.

, Le Mote Hawle at, 156.

, Little Sutton in, 345.

, Swarsdale in, 168.

, the Pool in, pike from, 342.

-cum-Lound, co. Notts, deeds re-
lating to, 626.
-on-the-HiU, Sutton [co. Derby],

bequest of land in, to Burton

abbey, 256.
Passeys, Passes, Passis, Passus,

Passys, parish of Radford and

constabulary of WoUaton, co.

Notts, chantries in chapel of St.

Mary, foundation of, 96, 98.

Sutton Passeys— con<.

, chantry at, tenements of, 119.

, chartularies of lands in, 196.

197.

. deeds relating to, 626.

, fine of manor of, 531.

, grants, etc., of land in, 55, 56,

64, 89.

, locality of, award relating to,

621.

, ministers' accounts of, 311,

313-316.

, pastures of, 397.

, payment of subsidies in, 236

, places named in, 621.

, settlement of, on Sir Perciva).

Willoughby, 583.

, tithes of, 313, 375.

Scarsdale [In Sutton-cum-Duck-
manton, co. Derby], bequest of
land in, to Burton abbey, 256.
-upon-Trent, near Suthemarneham,
CO. Notts, 126, 456.

, court rolls of, 301, 304.

, deeds relating to, 626.

, ministers' accounts, 308, .309,

315, 316.
Sutton, Sutunia :

Sir Edward, 552.

Geoffrey the knight of, 11.

John de, bailiff of Nottingham, 97.

— ■ — son of Robert de, 96.

Robert de [Sutton Coldfield], 17.

[co. Kent], 36.

Roger de, bailiff of Nottingham, 626.
Serlo de, 9.
SUvester de, 11, lln.
William, bishop of Pavada in par-
tibus for diocese of Coventry and
Lichfield, 349.
Mr., wedding gloves for, 574.
Swaby, co. Lincoln. See Suabi.
SwallowclifEe, Swalclyf, co. Wilts, manor

of, 124.
Swansea, Swaneseye, Sweynese [co.
Glamorgan], 91.
court rolls of, 297.
Swanwick, co. Derby, deeds relating io,

624.
Swarsdale in Sutton Coldfield, co. War-
wick, 167.
Swavetorp. See Swaythorpe.
Swayfield, co. Lincoln:

deeds relating to, 625.
? Wafeld, minister's account of, 298.
Swaythorpe, Swathorp, Swavetorp [in
Kilham, co. York :
deeds relating to, 627.
grant of land in, 60.
Swebsun, Richard, reward to, 337.
Sweets, educational use of, 400.
Sweet water, 166.

Swenfen, Swenfeyn, Swynfayn, Swynfen:
Robert, 368.

• , marriage of, 376.

— — , payment of expenses of, 361,

369.
, reward to, 366.

725

Swonten, Robort — coni.

, shoes for, 347.

, ■wages of, 371.

Mr., payment of expenses of, 378.

, to servants of, 350, 390.

, to soldier of, 341, 353.

Sweoperlan [near Stoke Bishop, co.

Gloucester], 211.
Swethman, Peter son of, 59.
Sweynese. See Swansea.
Sweynese, Sir Philip de, rector of Pen-

maen, 91.
Swffoke, SwfEolk. See Suffolk.
Swineshead [co. Lincoln] :

deeds relating to, 625.

minister's account of, 311.
Swinstead, Swynsted [co. Lincoln],

minister's account of, 298.
Swote, Bobert, citizen of Loudon, 92.
Swynfayn, Swynfeu. See Swenfen.
Swynscow, payment to wife of, 362.
Swynsted. See Swinstead.
Swtton. See Sutton Coldfield.
Sybetorp. See Sibetorp.
SybUy. See Sibily.
Sye:

Henry, of WoUaton, husbandman,
depositions of, 119.

John, of Nottingham, yeoman and
burgess, depositions of, 120.
Sylcok, William, of Derby, offences com-
mitted by servant of, 273.
Sylyold, Sylyolle. See So,lihull.
Symon', Master Alfred de, 53.
Symondes, Symons, Raphael, 166.

wages of, 426.
Synonyms treated metrically, 215-216.
Syreford :

Henry de, 58.

Robert de, 58.
Syston, CO. Lincoln. See Sidetun.
Syward :

Nicholas, of Chelmortou, indicted,
275, 278.

, the younger, indicted, 276.

Tabarie. See Tiberias.

Taddington, co. Derby, Priestcliffe in,

274.
Taddington, Tadyngton, Tatyngton [co.
Derby] :

Henry son of Ivo de, 273, 274.

Nicholas son of John do, 276.

Richard son of Ivo de, 275.
Tadley, co. Hants, deeds relating to, 625.
Tadyngton. See Taddington.
Tailer, TaiUour. See Taylor.
Tailors, deceitful manners of, 165.

Talbot, Talbott, Tawboter*

[Francis], lord, 551.

, reward to players of, 436.

George, 4th earl of Shrewsbury, Lord
Steward, 359.

, , payment to minstrel of,

328.

, , supervisor of will of Sir

Henry Willoughby, 122.

, 6th earl of Shrewsbury, 153.

, — — , frantic speeches of, 155.

, -, quarrels of, with his

wUe, 152, 153.

, Elizabeth his wife, ' Bess,

of Hardwick,' 152, 153, 576.

, -, . letter from, 161.

, , , mine hired from,

497.

Gilbert, earl of Shrewsbury, High
Sheriff of Nottingham, 160.

Simon, 105, 106.

, executor of will of William

Fillol, 104.

, bequests to, 103, 104.

William, warden of Wilkswood chan-
try, 102«.

lord, 562.

Mr., reference to letter to, 579.
Talun, Godfrey, 23.

Tamworth, Tamwrtb, Thameworth,
Thamworth, Tomweorthin, Tom-
worth; Tome(7) [cos. Stafford and
Warwick], 78, 90, 98, 116, 208,
335, 344-346, 506.

bequest of land in, 255.

bridge of Our Lady at, 386.

castle, court rolls of, 286.

■ , lord of. See Marmion, Philip.

chapel of St. James at, offering at,
366.

Convent at, bequest to, 257.

dean of. See Whytney, Sir Baldwin
do.

deeds relating to, 627.

hospital of St. James at, 77, 78.

payment to carrier of, 408.

. to ofScers of my lord of, 377.

to players of, 337.

to prebender of, 353.

places named in, 77, 98, 115, 118,
359.

Premonstratensian house at, pro-
posed foundation of, 77.

roads to, 80, 167.

sessions for musters at, 339.

soldier of, 344.

survey of, 294.

See Thameworth.
Tamworth, Dorothy (Willoughby) widow

o* John, 574.
Tankarville :

^V'illiam de, the chamberlain, 23,

, his father, 2-1.

, William the chamberlain his

grandfather, 23.
Tannesloy, John de, 100.
Taplow, Tappelewo [co. Bucks], rental
of, 297.

726

Tarrant [Crawford] abbey, Locus Regine
super Taranie [co. Dorset], Maud
de Brydone, abbess, and convent
of, grant by, 76.
seal of abbess of, 76.
Tarrant Bushton, Ristune [co. Dorset],
St. Leonard's hospital, brdthers of,
44.

, grant to, 44, 44n.

Tasley, Tasseleye [co. Salop], 277.
Taterington [co. Gloucester or Worces-
ter?], grant of laud in, 207-208.
Tathwell, Tathwyll [co. Leicester], be-
quest of land in, to Burton abbey,
257.
Tatyngton. See Taddington.
Taunton [co. Somerset], ministers' ac-
counts of castle, borough and
libery of, 318.
Tauton. See Toton.
Taup, Henry son of Hugh, of Ashborne,

indicted, 274, 278.
Taverbam [co. Norfolk], William de, 35,

35n.
Taverner :

Ralph le, 79.

Richard le, malefactor, 282.
Stephen le, bailiff of Nottingham,
97, 626.

, of Nottingham, indicted, 281,

282.
Taw, river [co. Devon], account of fishery

on, 291.
Tawhote. See Talbot.
Tawstock [CO. Devon], minister's account

of, 291.
Tawsyttwr. See Towcester.
Tawton, South, Suthtauton, co. Devon,

manor of, 124.
Taykylle. See TickhUl.
Taylor, Cissor, Taller, Taillour, Tayler,
Taylior, Tayllour, Taylour :
George, payments to, 401, 402.
John, furniture in bedchamber of,

479.
Richard, 79.
Robert son of Robert le, of Castleton

indicted, 276.
Thomas, 167, 433.

, expenses of, paid, 431, 436,

44,2, 447.

, wages of, paid, 439, 449, 542.

Walter, payment to, 444.
William, payment to, 402.
Mrs., of Anstey, marriage of, to
Edward Stratford, 605.
Teddington, Teottingtun, Tredinglun [co.
■Worcester], grants of land in, 201,
202.
Tedric. See Theodoric.
Tcersall. See Teversall.
Teeth, payment for trimming, 447.
Tegularius. See Tyler.
Teigh, Ty [co. Rutland], parson of. See

Folevill, Richard de.
Temes :

Hugh de, 42.
Walter de, 52.

Temper, William, chamberlain of guild

of St. Mary of Boston, 136.
Temple Bruer, co. Lincoln, deeds relating

to, 625.
Templer, Robert le, 80, 81.
Tenbury, Temedebury, co. Worcester,

deeds relating to, 627.
Tenche, Randall, of Leeds, dyer and
clothier, 499.

, letter from, 498.

Teottingtun. See Teddington.
Terence.works of, and relating to, bought,

411, 412, 413.
Terry, Joan, legacy to, 83.
Teversall, Teersall [co. Notts], 423.

deeds relating to, 626.
Tevery, 454.

Teviotdale, Tividale [Roxburghshire],

sheriff of. See Douglas, William.

Tewcke, George, of the household at

WoUaton, 168.

CI. Tokke.

Teynterel, Nicholas, canon of Lichfield,

indicted, 275.
Teynturer, Robert le, 79.
Thakar, payment to, 350.
Thames, river, chain pump employed on,

174.
Thameworth, Thamworth :

Geoffrey ad Crucem de, 78.
See Tamworth.
Thaxsted, Richard of, teacher of vir-
ginals, 413.
Theadoce. See Willoughby (H H).
Thedris, Adam, 15.
Theenne. See Thynne.
Thegenthorp, bequest of land at, 255.
Thelveton, co. Norfolk, deeds relating to,

625.
Theobald archbishop of Canterbury,
required to confirm grant, 271.
See Tiebaut.
Theobalds, Tybbals [co. Hertford], letter

dated at, 598.
Theodoric, Tedric ;

Hugh son of, grant by, 12, 12?i.
Margaret wife of Hugh son of, grant

by, 12.
William son of, 21.
Theodosius, Margaret daughter of, 212.
Theodulus, poems of, 218.
Therwyke. See Newton ?
Thichehale [Ticknall, co. Derby], Alan

do, 6.
Thitrasche, La Tierasce [Prance, dep.
Aisne], mentioned in fabliau, 230.
ThikehU. See Tickhill.
Thirkleby, co. York. See Turgilisbi.
Thomas :

Hugh son of, de Cozale, grant by, 42.

, , seal of, 42.

John son of, de Mamesfeld, 280.
Philip son of Thomas son of, 32.
Richard son of Robert son of, 32.
Ris ap, Rysewpp, Sir, 338.

, , reward to servant of,

360.
Robert sou of, 82, 52, 53.

727

Thomas — cont.

Thomas son of, 82, 52, 53.

son of Robert son of, 32.

Thorganby, co. Lincoln. See Turgrimbi.
Tborgrimthorp [Thomthorp in Bury-
thorp, CO. York], William de, 23.
Thorlaston. See Darlaston.
Thorlaxton. See ToUerton.
Thomthorp in Burythorp, co. York.

See Tborgrimthorp.
Thornys, Hugh, account rendered by,

307.
Thoroton, Thurverton [co. Notts], court

rolls of, 288, 289.
Thorpe :

[co. Derby], Hanston Grange in,
boundaries of, 258.

, places named in, 258.

in Kilton, Thorp Kilton [in Brotton,

CO. York], 222.
[in the Glebe, co. Notts], 505.
See Algarthorpe.
Thorpe, 454.

R., counsel, 247.
Richard, debt owed to, 472.
Robert de, 70.
Thoutton. See Toton.
Thracian bard, Orpheus the, 219.
Throgmorton, Progmorton :
Sir John, knighted, 528.
Sir Robert, 415.

members of family of, at WoUaton,
395.
Thrumpton, Thrumpstou, Thurmunston,
CO. Notts, 63, 64.
court rolls of, 291, 295, 297.
Tburbom, John, legacy to, 102.
Thurgartou, co. Notts, 179.

See Turgarton.
Thurland, Thurlond, Thwrland :
James, 388.
Jane (Willoughby) wife of Thomas,

507.
Thomas, 118-120.

, of Gamstou, will of, 124.

Mr., payment for children of, 363.

, rewards to servants of, 339,

359.
Thurland House. See Nottingham.
Thurlaston, co. Leicester, deeds relating

to, 625.
Thurlaston [in Dunchurch, co. Warwick] :
court rolls of, 295, 304-306, 310-

312, 315, 317, 321, 322.
deeds relating to, 627.
Thurlond. See Thurland.
Thurlstone [in Blvaston], co. Derby,

deeds relating to, 624.
Thurmunston. See Thrumpton.
Tburstan, Alice daughter of, sale by, and

marriage of, 55.
Thtirverton. See Thoroton.
Thuscheyt, Matthew, 45.
Thwrland. See Thurland.
Thynne, Theenne, Mr., at WoUaton, 462.
Tibben. See Dibbene.
Tiberias, Tabarie [Judaea], mentioned
in fabliau, 231.

Tibetot, Payn, 85.

Tioehurst, co. Sussex, Hamerden in, 303,

307, 309.
TickhiU, Taykylle, Thikehil, Tikehil,
Tikehul' [co. York], 18, 25, 33.
castle, 20.
friar of, 336.
honour of, 8n, 27.
Ticknall, Tycknall, Tykenhall [co.
Derby] :
bequest of land in, to Burton abbey,

256.
pots from, 440.
See ThichehaJe.
Tideswell, Tiddeswall, Tyddeswelle,
Tydiswell, co. Derby, 273.
church of, gift of service-book to,

110, 111.
outlaws received at, 275.
vicar of, 110.
Tiebaus, a covetous man, character ia

fabliau, 228.
Tiebaut, Count, character in fabliau,

224.
Tierasce. See Thi^rasche.
Tietrut, Evrars son of, 229.
Tighler. See Tyler.
Tikebroc, William de, 22.
Tikehil, Tikehul'. -See TickhiU.
TUhere, bishop [of Worcester], 203.
Tilisbiria, Walter de, 10.
TUl,' Hugh de, 18.

Tilty, Tyltey, eo. Essex, 396-400, 402,
404, 409, 410, 414, 519, 520.
account of company at, 520, 521.
letter dated at, 524.
Tin, workers of, 615.
Tirle Brook, River Tyrl [co. Gloucester],

201, 202.
Tissington, Tyssyngton [co. Derby],
boundaries of, 258.
Moor, 258.
Titheby [Tythby, co. Notts], Robert son

of Hugh de, 27.
Tividale. See Teviotdale.
Tobacco pipe, not made by man, 195.
Tochet. See Tuchet.
Tokke, Richard, wages of, 371.

Cf. Tewcke.
Tole, James, payment to, for sinking coal
pit, 493.
Cf. TowUe.
ToU. See Towlle.
ToUer, Tolr' [co. Dorset] :

church of St. Andrew, bequest to
fabric of, 83.

, burial in, 83.

— — , Henry rector of, executor of
the will of Robert de Bingham, 84.
ToUerton, Thorlaxton, Torlarton [co.
Notts], 83, 123.
deeds relating to, 626.
Tolr'. See ToUer.
Tom, Deaf, Delfc Thorn, of the household

at WoUaton, 169.
Tome. See Tamworth !
Tomlenson, Mr. and Mrs., at WoUaton,
462.

728

Tomlyn, payment to, 493.

John, payment to, 432.
Tomson, William, rat-killer, 391.
Tomweorthin, Tomworth. See Tarn-

worth.
Toneworth. See Tunworth.
Tonga [co. Salop], bequest of land in, 255.
Too, Richard, mention of letter from,

516.
TopclifEe, Topolyfe, Richard, of Somerby,
517, 531.

■ Jane (Willoughby) his wife,

530, 531.
Toreaz, Geoffrey, 19n.
Torhtwald the earl, 200.
Torlarton. See ToUerton.
Torlarton :

Robert, servant of Lord Lisle, 119.
Roger son of Robert, 119.
Tornay, Nichola de, wife of Robert de

Bingham, tomb of, 83.
Torp, Walter son of Walter de, 60.
Tors, Lambert li, Alexander, romance of,

225-226.
Tothale, Brother William de, prior of the
hospital of St. John of Jerusalem
in England, grant by, 86.
Toton, Tauton, Thoueton, Thoutton,
Toueton, Toveton, Towton [parish
of Attenborough, co. Notts], 118,
119, 120, 326.
court rolls of, 285, 287, 288, 292,

293.
deeds relating to, 626.
ministers' accounts of, 296, 308.
Toueton, Richard de, of Nottingham, 97.
Toulouse, king of. See Hunald.
Tourgys, Simon, 87.
Tournai, Tournay, Domick [Hainault],
cloth from, dornix, 475, 478.
silk made at, 403rj.
Towcester, Tawsyttwr [co. Northants],

354.
TowUe, ToU, Towle, payments to, 424,
431, 438, 451.
pilgrimage of, to Garendon, 384.
Cf. Tole.
Towneshend, Townesend, Towuysende :
WUliam, bond of, to William

Auberey, 147.
Mr., 461.
payment to, 362.
Towton. See Toton.
Trawelyon. See Trewelyon.
Tredingtun. See Teddington.
Trenchard :

Henry, feoffee for execution of will,

313.
John, esquire, will of, 124.
Thomas, knight, manorial records of,
312, 313.
Trencheloill, John, bequest to, 104.
Trent, river:

bridges, weirs, etc., on, IGU.
buck carried out of, 389.
coal carried by, 171.
coutmually in full stream, 183.
navigation of, 171, 530.

Treppes, Mr., of OlulweU, 418.
Trewelyon, Trawelyon, Mr., rewards to

servants of, 346, 357, 361.
Trikyngham, Theobald de, grant of for-
feited lands of, 72.
Trotman, Abigail (Stratford) wife of Mr.,

of Warwickshire, 605.
Trowbridge [co. Wilts], school at, 609.
TroweU [co. Notts], 45n.

chartulary of lands in, 197.
coal-mine at, 173.

, account of, 323.

— — , demise of, 100.
deeds relating to, 626.
grant of mill in, 13.
— — , confirmed, 14.
secured to Sir Percival Willoughby,
571, 573, 581, 583.
TroweU, Trowall :

Geoffrey de, 45n.

Maud daughter of Geoffrey de, sale

to, 45.
Nicholas son of William de, grant

by, 13, 13n, 14.
Roger son of Geoffrey de, 45n.
Trowtbek, William, esquire of queen
Katherine, constable of Rhuddlan
castle, 110.
Trubelvill', William de, 70.
Truman, John, of Stoke, disclaimer of

arms of, 179.
Trumipeter, payment to, 555.
Trusley [co. Derby], Coke of, 610.
Trussebut, William, knight, enfeoffed of

manor, 280.
Trussell :

Henry, abstracts of letters from, 551,

553.
John, 396.

, accounts rendered by, 315,

316, 388, 396.
[John], bailiff at Wollaton, 524.

, goods appraised by, 474.

Mrs., gift of chicken by, 420.
proposed exchange of land by, 515.
Trybald :

Henry, heir of, a miuor, 109, 114.
WUliam, 110, 114.
Tu, Thomas, rector of Wollaton, 115.
Tuchet, Tochet:

Edm.und, parson of Mackworth,

maintainer of outlaws, 277, 278.

EUzabeth daughter of John, lord

Audley, marriage of, 115.
John, lord Audley, 356.

, . abstract of letter from,

514.
Mary wife of John, lord Audley, 401.
Robert, lord of Markoaton, main-
tainer of outlaws, 277, 278.
Thomas, 100.
Tuddul, witness, 200.
Tumby, John de, mayor of Nottingham,

97, 626.
Tunworth, Toneworth [co. Hants], court

rolls of, 286.
Turgarton [Thurgarton, co. Notts], Man-
fred de, 6.

729

TurgUisbi, Turgelisbi [Thirkleby, co.
York]:
Gerard de, 61.
Walter de, grant to, 60, 60n.
Turgisius, Thomas son of, 43.
Turgrimbi [Thorganby, co. Lincoln] : .
Matthew de, 32.

Thomas brother of Matthew de, 32.
Turk, Richard de, prior of the knights

hospitallers in England, 37n.
Turkety, Master Kichard, demise by, 77.
Turkey, emperor of, his title not uni-
versal, 190.
Turkey, Twrky, carpets, 489, 490.

stools, 486, 488, 489.
Turkish wars, work of Scanderbege on,

422, 422m.
Turks, the, prophecy of prosperity of,

264.
Turnor :

Henry, 167.
John, 167.

William, waiter at Wollaton, 168.
Turonia, Gilbert de, 32.
Turvyle, Turvill, Philip de, canon of
Lichfield, receiver of outlaws, 275,
277.
Turpen, Thomas, of Cotgrave, payment

• to, 427.
Turpin, Sir George, sheriff of Warwick

and Leicester, knighted, 528.
Tutbury, Brother Bernard, monk oi

Bxirton, 251, 252.
Tutsainz, William, 58.
Tuxford, Tuxforth [co. Notts], 446.
Twenge, Robert de, 70.
Twrky. See Turkey.
Twrlay, Twrnlay :

Elys, payments to, 342.

, soldiers brought by, 341, 344.

Twyford, John de, keeper of the peace
and justice of oyer and terminer
in CO. Derby, proceedings before,
272-282.
TwyttcheU, payment to, 441.
Ty. See Teigh.
Tybbals. See Theobalds.
Tycknall. See Ticknall.
TyddesweU, TydisweU. See Tideswell.
Tye, C, metrical translator of Acts of

the Apostles, 412n.
Tykenhall. See Ticknall.
Tyler, TegvXarius, Tighler:

Cecily wife of Hugh le, 96.
Hugh le, of Lincoln, grant by, 96,
97.

the, 14.

Richard, payment of expenses of,

365.
Roger, payment to, for tiles, 442.
Tyltey. See Tilty.
Tyre, siege of, 225-226.
Tyrer, Tyror, John :

account rendered by, 320.
letter from, 494-495.
payment to, 445.
Tyrl. See Tirle.
Tyror. See Tjter,

Tysoe, Tyshou [co. Warwick], court rolls

of, 306.
Tyssyngton. See Tissington.
Tyssyngton, John de, death of, 273.
Tyste, Walter, death of, 273.
Tythby, Tytheby [co. Notts], court rolls

of, 288.
See Titheby.

u

Udall, Nicholas, work ascribed to, 413.
XJeligheham [Wellingham, co. Norfolk],

, David de, 35.
TJeseham. See Weseham.
TJHeton [TJfton Fields in South Wingfield,

CO. Derby], Adam de, 25, 25n.
Ufton Underwood [in Ashborne], co.

Derby, deeds relating to, 624.
TJghtred, Alexander son of de, Hemdes-

hill, grant to, 42.
Ulecotes, Philip de, 28n.
Ulf :

^ Adam son of, 20, 26.
Bartholomew son of, of Nottingham,

grant to, 19, 20, 20n.
witness, 13.
TTUenhall in Wooton Wawen, co. War-
wick. See Hulejiale.
DUoghby. See WUloughby.
Ulvestorp, Hulvestorp, Uulvcstorp
[Woolsthorpe in Lowdham, co.
Notts] :
Hugh de, 55.

Roger son of Robert de, 39.
William de, 39.

brother of Hugh de, 55.

Underne :

William, rector of Wollaton, infor-
mation, etc., concerning gaming
and other offences of, 150-152.
Mrs., chair for, 437.

, payment to, 440.

, to servant of, 442.

Under-sheriffs, rigorous action against,

158.
United Provinces, pamphlet written to

warn, 192.
Uphtunie, Philip, 8.
Up John, Uppejohn. See John.
Upton :

Richard de, 04.
Roger de, 38.
Upton Grey, Optou [co. Hants], court

rolls of, 286.
Upwymbourn. See Monkton-up-Wim-

borne.
Ursinus, Francis, cardinal deacon of the

church of St. George, 139.
Urticis, Ralph de, 32.

730

TTston :

Nicholas de, receiver of outlaws, 274.
Walter servant of Walter de, indicted

for robbery, 274.
William de, indicted, 274, 281.

, taker of royal prises without

warrant, 279.

son of John de, indicted for

robbery, 280.

son of Roger de, indicted for

robbery, 274, 281.
TJuelingeham. See Wellingham.
Uulvestorp. See Ulvestorp.
Uxbridge [co. Middlesex], 432,

Vagge, Robert, of Smeeth, yeoman,
action brought against, 283.
Cf. Wagge.
Vaisy, Dr., payment to, 328.

Cf. Vescy, Veysey.
Valeie, William de la, 25.
Valence, Thomas, of Lincoln's Inn, lease

to, 322.
Valence sugar, 422.

Valenciennes, Valencicnes [Prance, dep.
Nord], mentioned in fabliau, 230,
381, 442, 451.
Valentines, payments for, 353, 365, 376,

381, 442, 451.
Valla, Lorenzo, De eleganiia lingucB

Latinoe of, 413, 413n.
Valoiniis, Valunniis :
Geoffrey de, 2.
Werresius de, 39.
Vane, Captain George, charge of, 193.
Van Otten, Mr. Feames, teacher of Music,

Physic and Surgery, 609, 610.
Varneham, at Tiltey, 399.
Vaughan. See Vohone.
Vans :

John de, friend and ally of Edward

[I.], the king's son, 68.
Robert des, executor of the will of
Henry de Grey, 86.

, , bequest to, 85.

Vavaser, Mr., at Wollaton, 462.

Vavassor, Vavasur, Robert le, 56, 58.

Veel, Robert, of Dorset, 110.

Veer. See Vere.

Vegetius, Vegosias, book of, bought, 422.

Veiron, Ralph, 28, 29.

Venator. See Hunter.

Venddme, Matthew of, poem assigned

to, 216.
Venella. See Lane.
Veni Creator Spiritus sung at election of

abbot, 252.
Venia, Philip de, merchant of Florence,
261.

Venice, policy of, doubtful, 260.

Venice Spanish silk, 400.
Venour. See Hunter.
Verdenel, Adam, 43.
Verdon, Sir Henry, accompanies Henry

VII. into France, 267.
Vere, Veer :

John de, earl of Oxford, players of,

521.
Roger de, prior of the hospital of
St. John of Jerusalem in England ,
37«, 74.

, , seal of, 74.

Verjuice, 330, 374, 380, 459.
Verli, Robert de, 35.
Vern, the, Peren, Perne, La Feme [in
Bodenham, co. Hereford] :
court rolls of, 287.
deeds relating to, 625.
inventory of cattle at, 466.
manor of, 506.

ministers' accounts of, 285-287,
307-309.
Vernon, Richard, knight, intrigues of,
at election of abbot of Burton,
248-249.
Vernun, Gilbert, 60.

Verwood, Fayrewood [co. Dorset], minis-
ters' accounts of, 296, 298,
299, 301, 307.
7 Bearewood, court roUs, etc., of, 320.
Vescy, Vesci, Vessy :
Warin de, 2, 2n.
William de, 2, 2n, 4.

, justice in eyre for pleas of

the forest, 242, 243, 245, 246.

, justice of the forest north of

Trent, 244.
Cf. Vaisy, Veysey.
Vestments. See Church goods.
Veysey, Simon, warden of Suttou Cold-
field, 167.
Cf- A'aisy, Vescy.
Vicars, Brother Thomas, of the Carmelite

order, 128.
Vice-chamberlaiue, Mr., 157.
Vildebef. -See WeUebef.
ViUa Hermosa, Duke of, president of the

council of Aragon, 187, 188.
ViUe Dieu, Alexander de, Doctrinale of,

214.
Villers, Vylers :
Hugh de, 79.

Robert son of Matthew de, indicted,
277.
Villughby. See WiUoughby.
Vincent, Vynsent, Sir, payment to, for

prayers, 473.
Vinesauf, Geoffrey de, poem assigned to,

216.
Virgin Jlary, pilgrimage to tomb of, 140.
Visitation of co. Nottingham, 178-179.
Vives, J. L., Exercitatio Lingum Latince,

41 In.
Vohone [Vaughan ?], Richard, in the

kitchen at Wollaton, 169.
Vylers. See Villers.
Vynsent. S»e Vincent.

731

W

W. ;

Henry son of, 35.
Hubert brother of Henry son of, 35.
Wacelin, Waeelyn. :
Ralph, 23.
Robert, 32.
Thomas, 59.
Walter, 59.
William, 59.
Wadden, bequest of, to Burton abbey,

256.
Waddon. See Whatton.

See Whatton.
Wadewrth [Wadworth, co. York], Robert

de, 11.
Wadington, Wuldingdune, William de,
Manuel des PecUi's of, 220-221.
Wadley [in Faringdon, co. Berks], letter

dated at, 588.
Wadworth, co. York. See Wadewrth.
Wafeld. See Swayfield !
Wagge, George, depositions of, 163.

Cf. Vagge.
Waite, Henry le, 62.
Wal, Alan son of Robert del, grant to,

55, 56.
Walcourt, Walecort [in Flemish Hain-

ault], 229.
Walden. See Saffron Walden.
Waldeshilf [Waldershelf in Bradfield, co.

York], Robert de, 19.
Walecort. See Walcourt.
Waleis, Walensis. See Waleys.
Waleis. See Waleys.
Walerand, WaUeraund, Walrand, Wal-
rond :
Humphrey, executor of will, 150.
^Robert, 71, 72.

, friend and ally of Edward [I.],

the king's son, 68.
Wales, Walse, 338, 365, 378.
Waleys, Waleis, Walensis, Walssh :
Nicholas, 36.
Ralph, legacies to, 104.
Robert, 21, 22.
Roger le, marriage of, 97.
William le, 48.

, grant of forfeited lands of, 72.

Cf. Wallys, Wealch, Welsh.
Walhampton, Wolhampton, co. Hants,

manor of, 124.
Walkelin :

Heni-y son of, 6.
John son of, 26.
Walker :

Ralph, depositions taken before, 259.
William, account of, 329.

, wages of, 371.

Mr., at Wollaton, 462.

Walkingham, John de, 52.
Walkingstead, parish of Qodstone, oo.

Surrey, deeds relating to, 627.
Wallay Park. See Wooley.
WaUeraund. See Walerand.
Walley, Thomas, ward of, 122.
Walling wells, Wallinge Wells [in Carl-
ton-in-Lindrick, co. Notts], 186,
186n.
Walo. See Galo.
WaUop, CO. Hants, manor of, 124.
Wallys :

Anne daughter of WiUiam, marriage

of, 130.
William, of Ledbury, 130.
Cf. Waleys.
Walrand. See Walerand.
Walrend Trencharde, Isle of Wight,

manor of, 124.
Walrond. See Walerand.
Walsall, Walshall, Wolsoll, Wossall [co.
Stafford], 369, 376, 494, 496.
bequest of land at, 255.
coals delivered at, 495.
court at, 368.
deeds relating to, 627.
letters brought from, 367.
Walse. See Wales.
Walshall. See Walsall.
Walshelond, minister's account of, 289.
Walsingham, Walshyngham [co. Nor-
folk], charter dated at, 245.
offering at Our Lady of, 367.
Walsingham :

Sir Francis, lady Willoughby's case

heard by, 551, 552.
Sir Thomas, letter from, 162.
Walsoken, Walsokyn, co. Norfolk, master
of the chapel and hospital of Holy
Trinity at. See Honyter, Thomas ,
Walssh. See Waleys.
Walter :

Amabilis wife of Robert son of,

grant by, 8, 9.
Hubert, archbishop of Canterbury,

the chancellor, 36.
Robert son of, grant by, 8, 0.
Walter son of, de Torp, 60.
Brother, monk of Burton, 249.
Walton, CO. Derby, 277.
grant of rent in, 87.
See Warton ?
Walton, Brother John, monk of Burton,

250-252.
Waltones, inventory of cattle in manor

- of, 466.
Wambrook, Wambroke [co. Dorset] :
court rolls of, 288, 296, 303, 309-313,

316, 318-320.
deeds relating to, 625.
ministers' accounts of, 297-299, 306,

307, 314, 319, 320.
rental of, 320.
Wandesley [in Annesley, co. Notts],
Wandeleia, Wandeslee, Wandes-
lega, Wandesleia, Wandesleyo :
Ralph de, 33, 34.
Randolph de, 18, 40.

732

Wandesley — conf.

Eauulpli de, 83.

Roger de, indicted, 273.

, robbed, 272.

Wantyng', William de, appeal of, delivery

of record of, 93.
Wapplode, John, 213.
Ward, refusal of, to give evidence for

less than forty shillings, 515.
Warda, WiUiam de, 9.
Warde :

Brother Nicholas, monk of Burton,
proceedings of, at election of
abbot, 249-252.

, , proctor to present the

abbot elect to the bishop, 252.
William de la, the younger, indicted,
277.

entertained at breakfast, with

his company, 394.
Wards, court of, 620.
Ware and Ware Park [co. Herts], sale of,

by lord Huntingdon, 587.
Wareham, co. Dorset, deeds relating to,

625.
Warenbaus, character in fabliau, 229.
Warenbers, character in fabliau, 229.
Warcnne :

Hamelin de, earl of Ware^ine,

William his son, 35.
John de, earl of Surrey, 72.

, earl of Wareune, friend and

ally of Edward [I.], the king's
son, 68.

— — , ■ , seal of, 69.

Waringe, Mr., scholar, payment to,

433.
Warmon, William, of Tamworth, 78.
Warmwell [co. Dorset], John de, 93.

Warner, B. 213.

Warrewyk. .See Warwick.
Warryner :

John, the warrener, expenses of,
paid, 434.

, wages of, paid, 440, 449,

542.
Warsop [co. Notts], customs of manor

of, 247.
Warter, co. York, fee of. In.

See Wartria.
Warton, Waverton [co. Warwick] ? Wal-
ton, grant of manor of, to Poles-
worth abbey, 270.
survey of, 294.
Wartria [Warter, co. York], Walter de,

61.
Warwick, Warrewyk, Warwik, Werweke,
Werwyke [co. Warwick], 339, 342,
353, 415, 528.
book published at, 609.
castle, letters of the signet dated

at, 127.
church of St. Mary, lOn.
payment to friars of, 346, 364.

to waits of, 346.

prison at, 601.

sessions of the peace at, 132,
133.

Warwick, county of :
lieutenant of, 618.
lists of able-bodied men, etc., in,

283.
musters in, 156.

sheriff of. iSee Turpin, Sir George ;
WUloughby (JJ).
Warwick :

countess of. See Bello Campo, Isabel
de ; Dudley, Anne ; Newburgh,
Alice de.
earl of. See Dudley, Ambrose
Newburgh, Walerande, William
de ; Plessetis, John de.
Guy earl of, not fit subject for a
homily, 238.
Washboume, Wassaburnau, Wasseburne
[CO. Gloucester], grants of land
at, 201, 202.
places named in, 202.
Washington :

Dorothy (Pargiter) wife of Sir John,

of Northants, 605.
Mr., of Wiltshire, marriage of his
widow to Sir William Pargiter,
607.
Wasnasch, Joan, debt owed to, 472.
Wassaburnan, Wasseburne. See Wash-
bourne.
Wasshebourne, Capt. William, petition

of, 170-171.
Wastneis, the physician, payment to, 451.
Watenowe. See Wattenhou.
Water :

strawberry, 366.
sweet, 166.
Water-works, models of, 175.
Watnall in Groasley, co. Notts. See

Wattenhou.
Watson :

John, reward to, 344.
expenses of, paid, 427.
Watt, Francis, 496.

Wattenhou, Watenowe [Watnall, in
Greasley, co. Notts] :
John de, licence to, to alienate, 89.
Simon de, 42.
Watton, Wattun priory [co. York],
grants to, 1, 22, 59, 63.

, confirmed, 3.

Watton, Stephen de, 77.

Cf. Whatton.
Waverton. See Warton.
Wdburc. See Woodborough.
Wdehus. See Annesley Woodhouse J
Wealch, John, account rendered by, 322.

Cf. Waleys, Welsh.
Woarmouth [co. Durham], abbot of. See

Oeolfred.
Weasenham, Weseham [co. Norfolk] :
deeds relating to, 625.
grant of land in, 49, 50.
places named in, 50.
See Weseham.
Webster, Webbe, Webbestar, Webstar :
Richard le, indicted, 275.
William, chaplain. Sir William,
glasses bought for, 366.

733

Webster, Wllllani — cont.

, payments to, 313, 347, 370.

, sugar bought by, 385.

Weddoson. See Widdowson.
Wedon. See Weedon.
Wedoson, Wedowsuu. See Widdowson.
Weedon, Wedon [co. Northampton], 354.
Weeford, co. Stafford, 115«.
Welbeck, Wellebec abbey [co. Notts},
abbot of, proceedings upon plea
of Quo Warranto against, 246.
Richard abbot of, 46, 46n.
Welberca, Adam de, 9.
Welburne, coroner of co. Chester, reward

to, 368.
Weldeboef. See Wellebef.
Weldon [co. Northampton], arms of

Basset of, 237, 238.
Welesburnan. See Wellesbourne Hastings.
Welford, Welforthe [co. Northampton],

430, 447.
Welingham. See Wellingham.
Well', Master Walter de, 53.
Wella :

Andrew de, 19.
GUbert de, 19.
Cf. Welle.
Welldon, Sir Anthony, 184n.
Welle, Eustace de la, 58.

Cf. Wella.
Wellebec. See Welbeck.
Wellebef, OU de Buef, VUdebef, Welde-
boef, Wellebuef, Wildebef :
Geoffrey de, 64.

le, of Chilwell, 63.

Godfrey son of Henry, grant con-
firmed by, 34.
Henry de, 33n, 34, 34n.
Oliver de, 33n.
Ralph de, 33, 33n, 34.
Welles :

Edward, debt owed to, 472.
Thomas, depositions taken before,
259.
Wellesbourne Hastings, Welesburnan [co.
Warwick], the king of Mercia at,
208.
Welley Hay, in Sherwood, co. Notts,

boundaries of, 241. '
Wellhaw. See WeUow.
WeUigovere. See Wellingore.
Wellingham, XJuelingeham, Welingham
[CO. Norfolk], 49.
deeds relating to, 625.
grant of land in, 34, 35.
See Uelingham.
Wellingore, WeUigovere, WeUyngovere
[co. Lincoln] :
deeds relating to, 625.
minister's account of, 289.
Wellom, Adam de, rector of Wollaton,

98.
Wellow, Wellhaw, co. Notts, 179.
WeUs [CO. Somerset], bishop of. See Bath.

Simon archdeacon of, 51.
Weloghby. See WUloughby.
Welsh, Mrs., wife of Robert Stratford,
605.

Welsh priest, reward to, 337.
Wenlook, Much, Wonlocbia [co. Salop]:
abbey of, wall of, 50.
deeds relating to, 627.
grant of land in, 50, 50n.
Wenloke,Thomas,vicar of Kingsbury,131.
Wenyngton :

Christopher, bequest to, 115.
Isabel mother of Joan wife of Ralph,

115.
Joan wife of Ralph, executrix of bis

will, 115.
Ralph, will of, 115.
Werdesford [Woodsford, co. Dorset],

Theodoric de, 12n, 54.
Wermewelle, Robert de, 611.
Wernbeorht, Werenberht, bishop [of

Leicester], 205.
Werthe. See Worth Matravers.
Werweke, Werwyke. See Warwick.
Weseham. See Weasenham.
Weseham, Ueseham [Weasenham, co.
Norfolk] :
Roger son of Alan de, 35.

son of Ascilia de, 50.

Wesehamtorpe [Weasenham, co. Norfolk],
Adam son of Alan de, grant by,
49, 50.
Westaforde Knyghtetone. See Knighton,

West.
Westan stoce [near Stoke Bishop, co.

Gloucester], 210.
Westchekerell, WestchykereU. See

ChickereU, West.
Westcot, Edmund, delivery of ordnance

to, 130.
Weste, William, of Wollaton, 151.
Westeres. See Westreys.
Westhalam, Westhalom. See Hallam,

West.
Westhwerst. See Ewhurst, West.
Westhythe. See Hythe.
Westminster, Westmynster :

documents dated at, 72, 91, 334, 355.

fine levied at, 76.

Henry VIII. at, 328.

manor of St. James, document dated

at, 618.
parliament at, 131.
school, master of. See Friend, Robert.
Westminster, Thomas of, monk, 8.
Westmoreland, wardens of the Scottish
marches in. See Berkeley, Thomas
de ; Lucy, Anthony de.
Westmynster. See Westminster.
Weston, Westonne [co. Bucks], rental of

land in, 297.
Weston-on- Trent, Weston [co. Derby], be-
quest of land in, to Burton abbey,
257.
Weston, Thomas son of Leticia de, in-
dicted, 274.
Westreys, Westeres, Westrin :
Robert le, sale by, 45.

, seal of, 46.

William son of Robert le, 45, 45n.

, grant confirmed by, 46.

, seal of, 46.

734

Wethens, Robert, wages of, 371.
Wetherby, William, called Derby, notary
of diocese of Coventry and Lich-
field, 251.
WhaHey, Stanlow abbey [co. Lancaster],

foundation of, lOji.
WbaUey, Mr., land sold to, 398.
Wbartoh, Dorothy (Willoughby) lady,
583, 583n, 584. See also Willough-
by (X).
Whateley, in Kingsbury, co. Warwick,

deeds relating to, 627.
Whatton, Long, Waddou [co. Leicester],
bequest of land in, to Burton
abbey, 257.
Wliatton, William de, tailor, beaten, 282.

Cf. Watton.
Wheatley, North, co. Notts, 179.
Wheeler. See Qwelar.
Wheelwright [roiarius) :

Gonnilda wife of Roger the, of Bot-

lisford, 77.
Roger the, of Botlisford, demise to,

77.
Thomas, wages of, 450.
Whilebi. See WUloughby-on-the-Wolds.
Whiston, Wyteston [in Penkridge, co.
Stafford], bequest of, to Burton
abbey, 256.
Whitacre, co. Warwick, deeds relating
to, 627.
Interior [co. Warwick], court rolls

of, 312.
See Witacra.
Whitchurch, Whitechurch, Whytchirche
[CO. Dorset], court roHs of, 320.
ministers' accounts of, 296, 306.
White, Albus, Whyte :

Basilia daughter of Simon the, of

Lynne, grant by, 59.
Charles, ofSturton, disclaimer of

arms of, 179.
Edward, letter of fraternity for, 125.
William, 110, 114.

, son of Walter Berte, 58.

Whitechurch. See Whitchurch.
Whitefeld, Sir William de, knight, 93.
Whithe Honne, Henry, of Nottingham,

beaten to death, 282.
Whitnash, Whitnasshe, Wittenasshe [co.
Warwick], 122.
court rolls of, 313.
manor of, 506.
Whitwell, Whytwyke [co. Derby], be-
quest of land at, 255.
Whorlton-in-Craven castle [co. York],

60«.
Whytchirche. See Whitchurch.
Whyte. See White.
Whytmore, Mr., 428.
Whytney :

Sir Baldwin de, dean of Tamworth,

465.
little, servant to carry, 519.
Mistress, payment to, 402.
Whytwyke. See Whitwell.
Wibtoft [in Claybrooke, co. Warwick],
bequest of land in, 256.

Wicga, minister, 209.

Wichnor, co. Stafford, 389, 507.

Wick, CO. Worcester, deeds relating to,

627.
Wicken. See Wyken.
Wicomb. See Wycombe.
Wicsah. See Witsah.
Widdowson, Weddoson, Wedoson,
Wedowsun, Widdoson, Wyddoson,
Wydowson :
Bartholomew, 399, 421, 432, 437,
440, 447.

, defamation of lady WiUough-

by by, 533.

, expenses of, paid, 426, 431,

441.
beer taken at house of, 347.
Wido, Master, 8.
Widow :

AscOia the, 50.
Moke the, 64.
Widmerpool, John de, 97.
Wiesendanger {Ceporinus, Ceporivs),
James, Compendium Grammaiicoe
GrcBccB by, 414«.
Wiggington, in Tamworth, co, Stafford,

deeds relating to, 627.
Wigston, Little, Wygeston [in Clay-
brooke, CO. Leicester], bequest of
land in, to Burton abbey, 256, 257.
Wigtoft, Wygtoft [co. Lincoln] :
chartulary of lands in, 196.
deeds relating to, 625.
ministers' accounts of, 296, 307, 308,
311.
Wikin. See Wyken.
Wilberfoss, Wilberfosse [co. Tork] :
grant of land in, 42.
priory, Laurence brother of, 43.

, release by Christiana, prioress,

and the convent of, 42.

, seal of the prioress of, 43.

Wilbi. See Willoughby.
Wilchuswede. See Wilkswood.
Wildebef. See Wellebef.
Wileby. See Willoughby-on-the-Wolds.
Wiltord, CO. Notts :
ferry at, 429.
manor of, 123.
Wilford, Wileford, Willeford :
Osbert de, 26.
Thomas de, 62.
Mr., of Rye, 157.
Wilgebi, Wilghebi, Wilgheby, Wilhebi.
See Willoughby. Willoughby-on-
the-Wolds.
Wilileia [Willey, co. Salop], Warner do,

61.
Wilkswood, Wilchuswede, Wylcheswod
[in Langton Matravers, co. Dorset]:
deeds relating to, 625.
free chapel or priory of St. Leonard,
102.

, grant to, 30.

, transcripts of grants, etc., to,

283.
Will, payment for probate of, 473.
See also Wills.

735

Wlllam. See WiUiam.
WiUaton. See WoUaton.
Willeford. See Wilford.
WiUey. See Wilileia.
William, Willam :

Aucher son of, son of Prone de

Boneye, grant by, 59.
Geoffrey son of, 64.
German son of, 40.
Henry son of, de Wodeburgh, eman-
cipated, 93, 94.
Hugh son of, 59.
Peter son of, de Derbia, 45.
Richard, bequests to, 102, 103.

sou of, de Birtun, 38, 38n.

Robert son of, 52.
Roger, bequest to, 103.
Thomas son of, 29.
William son of, bequest to, 85.

, parson of Leuton, grant by,

70.
Williamson, Luke, of Rolleston, dis-
claimer of arms of, 179.
WUlmecote. See Wilnecote.
WUlmott, Colonel, charge of, 193.
Willoughby, UUoghby, Villughby, Wel-
oghby, Wilbi, Wilghobi, Wil-
heby, Willeby, Willoughbe, Wil-
loughbie, WUloughbye, Willowgh-
by, WUlughbey, Willughby,
Willybe, WUobi, Wiloby, Wil-
ughby, Wilwebi, Wyleby, Wyl-
geby, Wylgheby, Wyllobe, Wyl-
loghby, WyUoughby, WyUough-
bye, Wyllowghby, WyUughby,
Wylooghby, Wyluby, Wylughbye
and Buggel :

(A) Ralph (Bugge), 62.

, of Nottingham, confirmation

of grant to, 62.

, , wood belonging to, 248.

Margaret wife of (A), confirmation

of grant to, 62.
Ralph sou of (A), 62. '

(B) Richard (Bugge) son of (A), of
Nottingham, 62.

, grant to, 65.

, sale of wool to, 69, 70.

Agnes daughter of (B), grant by, 79.
(C)2 Richard (Bugge) son of (B),
of Willoughby, 83, 504n.

(D) Richard (Willoughby) son of
(C)2, 82, 504, 504n.

, captured by outlaws, 276.

, celebrations for soul of, 98.

, justice in eyre, 504n.

, licences to alienate laud to,

87, 89.

(E) Richard son of (D), 504.

, chantry founded by, 98, 119.

, counsel, 247.

, C.J.K.B., 272, 504n.

, , delivery of rolls to, 92-93.

Willoughby, Richard son ot (D) — cord.

, demise to, 87.

. grants by, 98.

. grants to, 91, 97.

, inq. p. m., 99.

, knight, 91, 97, 98.

, licence to alienate land to, 89.

, lord of Cossal, demise of coal

mine by, 88.
— — , money stolen from, 276, 277.
Elizabeth wife of (E), 99.
Isabel wife of (E), 89, 504.
Nicholas sou of (E), grant to, 91.
(P) Richard son of (E), 99, 505.
Joan (Grey) wife of (P), 505.

(Monboucher) daughter of (P),

505.
Margery (MaUory) daughter of (P),

505.
Roger son of (P), 505.
Thomas son of (P), 505.
(G) Richard son of (P), 505.

Matilda (Grey) wife of (G), 505.
(H) Hugh, priest, son of (P), 505.
Felice (Armstrong) daughter of (H),

505.
Joan of Risley, mistress of (H), 505.
(J) Hugh son of (H), 505.

Joan (Dabridgecourt) wife of (J),
505.
(K) Hugh (of Risley) son of (J), 505.
Isabel (Clifton) wife of (K), 505.
(L) Edmund de, knight, son of (F),
505.

, lord of Dunsby, manumission

by, 101.
Alice (Sumervill) wife of (L), 505.
(M) Edmund son of (L), 505.

Isabel (Annesley) wife of (M), 505.
(N) Hugh de, son of (M), 106n, 109,
505.

, gift by. 111.

, will of. 111.

Baldwin, of Greudon, sou of (N),

507.
Eleanor (Shirley) daughter of (N),

122, 507.
Isabel (Boteler) daughter of (N),
507.

(Polejambe) wife of (N), 505.

Jocosa (Bracebridge) daughter of

(N), 507.
John [?sonof (N)], will of, 114-115.
Margaret (Previll) wife of (N), 505,
506, 507.

, subsequent marriage of, 507.

Maud (Hertwell) daughter of (N),

507.
Rodolph son of (N), 507.
Thomas son of (N), 507.
.... (Bosomby) daughter of (N),

•507.
(Hilton) daughter of (N), 507.

1 The following entries are arranged genealogically. Letters (A) to (X) deal witti the ascendants of
Bridget daughter of Francis Willoughby ; letters (AA) to (QG) deal with the ascendants of Percival
Willoughby; (HH) and the subsequent entries deal with PerciTal and Bridget Willoughby and the
issue of their marriage ; and unassigned entries are placed at the end in alphabetical order,

2 It is possible that (B) and (0) are identical.

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Willoughby — eoni.

.... (Marmion) daughter of (N),
507.
(O) Richard son of (N), 505.

Anne (Leek) wife of (O), 505.
(P) Robert son of (N), 507.

— — , bequest to, 114.

, executor of will, 115.

, obit of, 237.

Alice (Curzon) daughter of (P), 507,
508.

Jane(Thurland)daughterof (P), 507.

Margaret (Griffith) wife of (P), 507.
See also Leghe.

Richard son of (P), 508.

, annuity for, 122.

. divorce of, 120.

. grant of fraternity to, 121.

, marriage of, 121.

— — (?), obit of, 237.

Sanchia (Strelley) daughter of (P),
508.
(Q) Henry son of (P), 508.

, executor of will, 115.

, knight, accounts signed by,

329, 337, 351, 361, 370, 379.

, , agreementsby, 120, 121,

123, 125, 132.

, , answer of to bill of com-
plaint, 115-117.

, — ■ — , at battle of Stoke, 508.

, , book for, 622.

, 1 ■ • given by, to St.

Thomas' chapel, 622.

, , burial of, 237, 516.

, , clothes for, 346.

, , commissions to, 141,

508, 514.

— — , , depositions of witnesses

of, 118-121.

, , grant of fraternity to,

127.

, , grant to, 124.

, , hoiisehold accounts of,

330-387.

, , indulgence for, 132.

, , knight of the Holy

Sepulchre, 508.

, , letters to, 126-127, 131,

132, 512-516.

, . marriages of, 122, 328,

511.

. , master of ordnance, 128.

, , , delivery of ord-
nance to, 128.

. , military services of, 508.

. , obit of, 236.

— — , , petition of, 132.

, ■ , prayers for, 516.

, , sheriff of Leicestershire,

515.

, , soldiers furnished by,146.

, , steward of Lenton ab-
bey, 515.

, , of Sutton Cold-
field, 514.

, , wills of, 122, 123, 126,

128, 130.

Willoughby — cont.

Alice (Draycott) daughter of (Q),
381.

, bequest to, by her brother

John, 136.

, brought from Polesworth, 378.

, clothes for, 330, 385, 386.

— — , household account of, 337.

, marriage of, 357.

, side saddle for, 373.

, stole worked by, 377.

Dorothy daughter of (Q), 121, 123.

, marriage of, 125, 508.

Elizabeth wife of (Q), 511.

, funeral of, 364.

, grant to, 124.

, horse for, 331.

, payments for, 332.

Helen (Egerton) wife of (Q), 511.

Henry son of (Q), clothes for, 348.

Isabel daughter of (Q), shoes for,
344.

Jane daughter of (Q), 121, 508.

, clothes for, 376, 378, 385, 386,

Margaret daughter of (Q), 121, 508,

(Markham) wife of (Q), 121,

508.

— • , executrix of his wiU, 122.

(R) Hugh son of (Q), arrows for, 382.

, bequest to, by his [half-]

brother John, 137.

, book for, 353.

, clothes for, 348, 350, 358, 384.

, inkhorn, etc., for, 383.

, knight, 415.

, , Arctic explorer, 397,

397«, 511.

, , departure of for Mus-
covy, 398.

, schooling of, 346.

, shoes for, 346.

Henry son of (R), 511.

Jane (Strelley) wife of (R), 511.
(S) John son of (Q), 122, 123, 126,
131, 338, 343, 374, 508, 517.

, account signed by, 388.

, agreement by, 148-149.

, at Cole Orton, 550.

, created knight of Holy Sepul-
chre, 140.

, furniture of bed-chamber of,

477.

, grant to, 124.

, inq. p. m., 149.

1 inventory of goods of, 474.

, knight, 397}i.

, , letter to, 148.

, lands of, in co. Warwick, 149.

, letter of fraternity for, 125.

, letter of, from Rome, 335.

, letters to, 509-511.

, marriage of, 121, 123.

, pilgrimage of, to Compostella,

132.

, , to Holy Land, 140.

, , to Rome, 136.

, released from Order of Bath,

125.

737

Waioughby, John son of (Q)—cont.

, will of, 149.

Anne (Grey) wife of (S), 123, 508.

, letter of fraternity for, 125.

(T) Edward son of (Q), 121, 122, 338,
342, 343, 349, 351, 352, 508, 517,
550.

bequest to, 123.
captured by Scots, 146.
funeral expenses of, 473.
inventory of goods of, 473.
journey of, across the sea,
346.

knight, assaulted, 145-146.

, manorial records of , 3 1 9,

, servants of, assaulted,

143, 144.

knighted, 146.

letter from, abstract of, 515.

received from, 364.

to, 517-518.

letters carried to, 348.
payment to servant of, 356.
petition of, setting out his
military services, 146-148.

reward to children of, 348.
Anne (PiUiol) wife of (T), 517.

, bequest to, 187.

wife of (S) or (T), obit of, 237.

, pUlion for, 359.

Dorothy, daughter of (T). See (CC)

below.
Jane (TopclifEe) daughter of (T),
517, 530.
(V) Henry son of (T), 518, 550.

. , agreement by, 148-149.

, bequests, etc., to, 137, 474.

, epitaphs on, 155-156.

, executors of. See Berwyke,

Hall, Medley.

, grant to, 502.

, heir of (S), 149.

, inq. p. m., 149-150.

, inventories of goods of, 474.

, marriage of, 514, 518.

, sale of the Castle in Holborn

to, 322.

, slain by Kett's rebels, 155,

396, 492, 519.

, will of, 149, 396, 398.

Anne (Grey) wife of (V), 509, 520,
550.

, death of, 394, 394n.

Margaret (Lady Arundell) daughter
of (V) and ward of George Medley,
399-401, 405, 519, 521-523, 557,
598.

, abstracts of letters from, 525-

533, 549-554, 565.

, to, 527, 531, 532, 535.

, account drawn up by, 406-

409.

, at court, 522, 526, 529-533.

, at the Minories, 412, 415, 521.

, blameworthy conduct of, 534,

551.

, clothes, etc., for, 401, 402,

404, 406.

Willoughby, Margaret (Lady Arundell)
daughter of (V) — cont.

, jointure of, 414.

— • — , marriage of, 522.

, payment for board of, 403.

, visit of, to princess Elizabeth,

409.
Thomas son and heir of (V), 149,

398, 399, 519.
, at university of Cambridge,

477, 520.

, of Paris, 398, 523.

, board of, 402.

, death of, 524.

— — , marriage of, 523.
(W) Francis son of (V) and ward of

George Medley, 163, 165, 397, 399,

405, 407, 519, 521, 523, 560, 594,

608.
, accounts of, 420, 452, 496,

497, 541, 554, 535.
, accused of assisting Spanish

invasion, 567.

, board of, 403, 415.

, books for, 403, 406.

, chancery actions of, 499, 579,

581, 596.

, character of, 544, 584.

, clothes, etc., for, 400-402, 404-

407, 413, 414, 477.

, commission to, 160.

, conspiracy of servants of, 561-

563, 585.
, cultivation of woad by, 497-

501.
, date of birth of children of,

542.

, death of, 582, 619.

, death of his son, 553.

, domestic infelicities of, 543-

547, 550, 564, 585.

, fame of, 608.

, financial difficulties of, 567,

598, 620.
, household orders drawn up

by, 547-548.

, Illness of, 582.

, inquisitions post morlem, 619.

, J.P., charges by, 284.

, for Warwickshire, 533.

, letter from, 157.

, letters from, abstracts of 525,

527, 531, 532, 534-537, 543, 544,

546, 547,, 561, 552, 566, 571-575,

578-581, 588, 595, 597, 604.
, letters to, 152-153, 161-163,

494-495, 538, 579-580, 585-586,

588.
, , abstracts of, 524, 526-

529, 531-533, 535, 537, 538, 544,

548-551, 553, 554, 557, 558, 564,

569, 570, 578, 580, 581, 587-589,

595, 597-601, 604.

manorial records of, 319, 321.

,marriage of his daughters, 157.

, marriage of, to Elizabeth Lyt-

tleton, 525.
, , to Mrs. Tamworth, 574.

M 47

738

Willoughby, Francis son of (V) — eont.

, notes by, as to iron, 495-

496.

, picture of, and of his -wife, 432,

432n.

, presents given to, 420.

, quarrel of, with Sir Percival

Willoughby, 573-575, 577, 578,
585, 595.

, queen Elizabeth entertained

by, 538.

, reconciliation of, to his wife,

568.

, release by, 284.

, rent received from, 322.

, retinue of, 584, 585.

, schooling of, 409-413, 522.

, sheriff of Notts, 158.

, , acquittances of the Pipe

of, 159, 160.

, to provide horsemen for his

hundred, 152.

, virginals for, 408.

, WoUaton Hall built by,

565.
Elizabeth (Lyttleton) first wife of
(W), 561.

, at Buxton, 537.

, at Hoxton, 564.

, catalogue of faults of, 552.

, cause of, to be heard, 551.

, clothes of, 572, 573, 579.

, death of, 572, 573.

, exclusion of, from control of

Uer husband's house, 548.

, friendship of, \rith Thomas

Willoughby, 563.

, illnesses of, 524. 535, 536, 569-

571, 600, 604.

, jointure of, 161.

, letters from, 568, 595-596.

, , abstracts of, 532,

535, 537, .548, 550, 561, 564, 565,
569, 570.

, to, 534, 564, 571, 601.

, plot to defame, 533, 534.

, reconciliation of, to her hus-
band, desired, 549, 555, 565.

, , , effected, 567,

568.

, separate maintenance of,

552.

, severity of, to her daughters,

599, 600, 607.
— — , unreasonable conduct of, 532,
543-547, 562.
(X) Dorothy (Tamworth) second wife
of (W), 574, 578, 618.

, abstracts of letters to, 579,

580.

, birth, death and wardship of

a daughter of, 582, 583, 620.

, estate of, 583, 608.

. influence of, 581, 585.

, subsequent marriage of, to

Lord Wharton, 583, 608, 620.
Bridget (sister of X!), 579.
Henry son of (X), 605.

Willoughby — eont

Abigail daughter of (W), 462.

, abstracts of letters from, 572,

580, 604.

, to, 170, 604.

, confinement of, 601, 602.

, in charge of her father's house,

604.
— ^, marriage of, 604, 605.
Bridget daughter of (W). -See under

(HH).
Dorothy daughter of (W), 554, 585.

, abstracts of letters from, 592.

, m-health of, 590-592.

, ill-usage of, by her husband,

589-592.

, letter from, 590.

;-, marriage of, to Henry Hast-
ings, 566, 586-588.
Frances daughter of (W), abstracts
of letters from, 607.

. , at Mr. Drake's house, 607.

, evil behaviour of, 170.

, marriage of, to Montague

Wood, 607.

, misfortunes of, 607.

Margaret daughter of (W), abstracts
of letters from, 594, 596, 597.

. to, 594, 597.

. , children of, 599.

, letters to, 593-596.

, marriage of, to Robert Spen-
cer, 566, 567, 592, 598.
, proposed marriage of, to Grif-
fin Markham, 562, 592, 595-597.
Winifred daughter of (W). See under
(EE) ielou:
(AA) Christopher lord Willoughby of

Eresby, 517, 553.
(BB) Sir Thomas son of (AA), of
Bore Place, 517.

, accouni; of cattle of, 329.

, justice of Common Pleas, in-
ventory of goods of, 474.

, letter of fraternity to, 133-

136.
Bridget wife of (BB), letter of frater-
nity to, 133-136.

, will of, 150.

Christopher son of (BB), bequest to,
150.
(CC) Bobert son of (BB), 517, 597.

, executor of his mother's vrill,

150.
— -, will of, 150.
Dorothy wife of (CC) and daughter
of (T), 517.

. , divorce of, 150.

Henry son of (CO), 150.
(DD) Thomas son of (CC), 150, 322,
430, 535, 553, 555, 567, 599.

, captain of militia in Kent, 284.

, inventory of goods of, 485.

, J.P., bonds taken before, 152.

, letters from, abstracts of, 560-

564, 572.

, letters to, 157-158, 162.

, . abstracts of, 572, 581.

739

WUloughby, l^homas son- of (CC)— con<.

. Loudon house of, 555.

. second marriage of, 601.

, sheriff of Kent, acquittances

of the Pipe of, 152, 159.
Lady, [? wife of DD], 159.
(EE) Edward son of (DD), 458, 608.

, abstracts of letters from, 567,

568, 578, 599, 600, 602.

, at Wollaton, 168.

, committed to Warwick gaol,

601, 602.

, lawsuits of, 601.

, marriage of, to Winifred WU-
loughby, 600, 601.
Winifred wife of (EE) and daughter
of (W), 462.

, abstracts of letters from, 600-

603.

, to, 600.

, at Wollaton, 168.

, farthingale for, 437.

, severity of her mother to, 599,

600.

, unfortunate circumstances of,

601, 602.
Elizabeth daughter of (EE), 602.

, at Wollaton, 168.

Mrs. Hannam daughter of (EE), 603.
Mrs. Swift daughter of (EE), 603.
(FP) Thomas son of (BE), death of,
603.

, Hamburg merhant, 603.

, travels of, 602, 603.

Elizabeth (Payne) wife of (FP), 603.
Anne (Lassoe) daughter of (FP), 603.
Edward son of (FP), 603, 608.
Elizabeth (Dards) daughter of (FP),

603.
Mrs. Carpenter, daughter of (PP),

603.
William son of (FP), 603.
(GG) Hugh son of (PP), doctor of
medicme, 603.
Elizabeth, second daughter of (GG),
603.

(Wright) third daughter of

(GG), 604.
Rebecca daughter of (GG), 603.

(Pointer), wife of (GG), 603.

Robert son of (DD), 454, 455, 458,
461.

, his wife, 461.

(HH) PercivaJ son of (DD), 454, 456-
459, 517, 579, 591.

, accounts in writing of, 460.

. agreements by, 172, 500.

, allowance for, 159.

, at WoUaton, 560, 573, 574.

, boats belonging to, 172-173.

. , coal mine let to, 173.

, delicate health of, 553.

, estate of, 583, 584.

, financial difficulties of, 584,

589, 609, 619.

, his brother. See Adams, John.

, in charge of Sir Francis WU-

loughby's afiairs, 571.

Willoughby, Percival son of (t)D) — conl.

, inventory taken by, 572.

, knighted, 560n.

, law suits of, 581, 582, 583n,

584, 618.
— — , letters from, 558, 559, 589-

590, 618-621.
, , abstracts of, 556, 557,

564, 574, 578, 581, 582.
, letters to, 158-159, 175-177,

180-183, 576.
, , abstracts of, 560-563,

567-571, 573, 574, 578, 599, 600,

607.

, , reference to, 284.

, manufacture of glass by, 500.

, plot against, 561, 595.

— — , quarrels of, with Sic Francis

Willoughby, 573-575, 577, 578,

581, 585, 599.

, , with the Markhams,

562, 595.
, recommended to Fleet prison,

589.
, to make pool heads at Sutton

Coldfield, 168.
, travels of, 553, 554, 557-

560.
Bridget wife of (HH) and daughter

of (W), 437, 564, 583, 585, 596,

599.
, letters from, 180-181, 576-

577.
, , abstracts of, 557, 558,

573, 575, 592.
, letters to, 558, 559, 577,

500.
, , abstracts of, 554, 556,

557, 569, 570, 572, 575, 578, 580-

582, 592, 600, 601.

, marriage of, 451, 553, 555.

, ointment for, 449.

Bridget daughter of (HH), 602.
— ■ — , marriage settlement of, 621.
Edward son of (HH), 608.
Henry cousin of (HH), 458, 462,

463, 570, 582.
— — , at Wollaton, 168.
, cousin of Elizabeth, countess

of Shrewsbury, 161.

, payment by, 446.

, to man of, 433.

, plot of, 577.

, queries as to parentage of,

543, 586.
, suitor for the hand of Dorothy

Willoughby, 585, 586.

, wages of, 439, 542.

Henry son of (HH), education and

life of, 609, 610.
JeU daughter of (HH), 181.
Percival son of (HH), education,

marriage and professional liCe of,

609, 610.
, marriages of his daughters,

610.
, Observations in Midwifery, etc,

by, 608, 609.

740

WUlonghby — eora.

Robert cousin of (HH), 562, 579.

, abstract of letter from, 596i

, evil designs of, 568.

, liberal offer of, 609.

, query as to identity of, 597.

Rosse sister of (HH), 159.

Storley daughter of (lilH), behaviour

of, 180, 181.
Theodosia (Mynors) daughter of
(HH), 168.

, behaviour of, 180.

Thomas son of (HH), education of,
609.
(JJ) Francis son of (HH), agreement
by, 194.

, birth of, 569.

, legal controversies of, 621.

, sheriff of Warwick, 194.

(KK) Francis son of (JJ), naturalist,
agreement by, 194.

, notes by, 269-271, 507n.

, publication of letters of, 504.

Thomas son of (KK), 504.

, grants to, 501-503.

, high steward of the honour of

Peverel, 503.

, lord Middleton, 504.

, petition of, 502.

Cassandra daughter of (KK), ex-
tracts from collections of, 504-
610.
Henry, lord Middleton, 197.

Ambrose, ship hired by, to oppose

Armada, 567.
Baldwin, payment to, 330.

, soldiers from, 347.

, going to, 350.

. , wife of, 360.

George, 398, 430, 433, 521, 535.
, abstracts of letters from, 531,

538, 543.
, crafty designs of, 525-526,

543.

, reward to servant of, 421.

, son-in-law of. See Repington.

Hugh son of Robert de, 46.
Richard, 454.

, wages of, 449.

William de, rector of St. Peter's

Nottingham, 282.
lord, 450.
■ , rewards to musicians of, 422,

433.
Mr., of Risley, at WoUaton, 462,

463.
, , reward to servant of,

420.
Willoughby, arms of family of, 505, 506.
spelling of name of, 543.
union of Dorset and Kent branches

of family of, 619.
Willoughby d'Eresby, family of, 504, 608.

See also Bertie.
Willoughby Brook, Wyloughby-broke [in

Willoughby - on - the - Wolds, co .

Notts], 106.

Willoughby Farm, payments for, 375.
Willoughby House [in London], lease

of upper rooms in, 322.
Willoughby lands, chartularies of, 196-
197, 268.
manorial records of, 294.
Willoughby-on-the-Wolds,Whilebi, Wile-
by, Wilgebi, Wilghebi, Wilgheby,
Wilweby, Wylgeby, Wyllughby,
Wyluby [co. Notts], 19», 83, 362,
424.
church of, burial in, 505, 507.

, land held of, 29.

, monuments in, 507.

court rolls of, 288-290, 292-294,

300, 317-323.
deeds relating to, 624, 626.
farmer of, gift by, 420.
grant of chantry at, 65.

of homage in, 46.

grants of land in, 19, 20, 25-27, 29,
56, 270.

, confirmed, 17, 18, 26, 32, 33, 62.

land held in socage in, 83.

manor of, 123, 161.

ministers' accounts of, 292, 296, 308,

311, 313-316.
places named in, 29.
sale of, 584.
tenants of, 455, 462.
Wills of:

Alfegh, John, 121.

Arches, Joan wife of Richard, 104-

106.
Bagshawe, Robert, 124-125.
Bingham, Robert de, 83-84.
Bracebridge, John, of Kingsbury,

131.
Dygby, Simon, 131.
FiUol, WiUiam, 103-104.
Prome, John, 101-102.
Grey, Henry de, lord of Codnor, 84-

85.
Hede, John, 111.
Loudham, William, 111.
Percy, Sir William, 617.
Perrot, John, 270.
Spott, Wulfric, 255-257.
Thurland, Thomas, 124.
Trencbard, John, 124.
Wenyngton, Ralph, 115.
Willoughby, Bridget, 150.

, Henry, esquire, 149-

, Sir Henry, 121-123, 126, 128,

130.

, Sir Hugh, 111.

, John, 136.

, Sir John, 149.

, Robert, 150.

Zouche, John la, 112.
Willughboy, Willughby, Willybe. See

Willoughby.
Wilnecote, Willmecote, Wilmcott, Wilu-
cote, Wylmyncote [co. Warwick],
court rolls of, 311, 317, 321.
deeds relating to, 627.
ministers' accounts of, 289, 296, 307-
309, 311, 314-316.

741

Wilobi, Wiloby. See Willoughby.
WUsford, CO. Wilts, Lake in, 124.
Wilson, Wylson, James, collier, 492.
payment to, for making charcoal,
442.
WUsthorpe, Wivelsthorpe [in Sawley],
CO. Derby, deeds relating to, 624.
Wilton [CO. Wilts], letters dated at, 528,

530.
Wilton :

Serlo de, poem by, 215.
Walter de, 76.
Wilughby, Wilwebi. See Willoughby,

WiUoughby-on-the-Wolds.
Wimbledon, co. Surrey, deeds relating to,

627.
Wimbome Minster, Wymborne Minster
Wynburne, co. Dorset :
deeds relating to, 625.
manor of, 124.
minister's account of, 302.
places named in, 302, 624.
riot at fair at, 148-144.
Kingston Lacy In. See Kingston
Lacy.
Wimborne St. Giles, Wimbome Pleoy

hiindred, court of, 292.
Wimbome, Up, hundred. See Moukton-

up-Wimbome.
Wimbotsham, co. Norfolk, 49n.
Wimeswould, Wymeswold, Wymondes-
wold, Wymundeswold, Wymund-
wold, Wymyswold [co. Leicester],
89.
agreement as to conunon fields in,

106-109.
court roUs of, 296, 317, 319.
deeds relating to, 625.
licence to alienate land in, 89.
manor of, 123.
ministers' accounts of, 297, 308,

311, 314.
places named in, 106, 107.
Wtnborn', Peter de, 59.
Wincescumbe. See Winchcombe.
Wincestre. See Winchester.
Winchcombe, Wincescumbe, Wynes-
combe [co. Gloucester], 212.
deeds relating to, 625.
St. Kenelm's abbey, 349.

, ofierings made at, 341, 343,

384.
Winchester, Wincestre, Wyuchestre, 225.
bishop of. See Beaufort, Henry.
marquis of. See Paulet, William,
palace, letter dated at, 103.
tester made at, 102.
Windmerpool [co. Notts], 8n.
Windsor, Wyndesore castle [co. Berks],
574.
letters of the signet dated at, 132.
Windsor, Frederick lord, in the com
pany of the duke of Anjou, 553.
Winemer, William son of, de Gunolves

tune, 55.
Winfield, Wynfelde [co. Derby], bequest
of land in, to Burton abbey, 257
Winnlngton, name in school-book, 213.

WinshiU, Wynshull [in Burton-upoh-
Trent, co. Stafford], bequest of,
to Burton abbey, 256.
Winter, William, 20, 20n.
Winterborne, Wiuterbum' :

Andre-wde, 30, 52.

Matthias de, chaplain, 59.

Bobert de, 32.

Walter de, 32, 59, 62.
Winterborne ;

Came, Cane, Cribton, Wyntrebom
Caam, Wynterboume Houndyng-
ton [CO. Dorset], 105.

— — •. church of, bequest to, 101.

, minister's account of, 819.

, proposed sale of, 588.

Herringston, Heryngeston, Wynter-
borne. Herring, Heryng [co.
Dorset], 103.

, deeds relating to, 625.

, ministers' accounts of, 296,

301, 306, 307, 309.

Kingston, Kingston juxta Byre,
Kyngeston Wynterboum, Wyn-
terboume Kyngeston, co. Dorset,
105.

, court rolls of, 288-290, 292-

294, 296, 302, 303, 806, 809-312,
318-820.

, ministers' accounts of, 296,

298, 301, 305, 307, 319, 320.
, rental of, 320.

, Abbot's (3ourt in, 591.

Steepleton, Wynterborn, Wynter-
boume Belet, Belette, Billet, co.
Dorset, 103.

, court rolls of, 292, 298, 300, 301.

, deeds relating to, 625.

, exchange of land in, 53.

, manor of, 104, 105.

, ministers' accounts of, 296,

301, 306, 307, 309.

, rentals of, 290, 291.

Turbervill, Musterston, Musterton,
Turbervileston, Turbervyle, Tur-
bervyleston, Wynterburne Musters
[in Bere Kegis, co. Dorset], court
rolls of, 290, 293, 295, 297, 298.

, deeds relating to, 625.

, grant of land in, 76.

, ministers' accounts of, 296,

299, 301, 306, 807.
Whitechurch, co. Dorset, deeds re-
lating to, 625.

Zelstone, Malreward, Marwood,
Mawreward, Seleston, Selston,
Winterburne [co. Dorset], court
rolls of, 288, 291, 294, 296, 300,
303, 306, 307, 309-313, 315, 318-
320.

, deeds relating to, 625.

, grant of land in, 30.

, to St. Peter's church, 12.

, ministers' accounts of, 296,

298, 305, 319, 320.

, rentals, etc., of, 296, 306, 320.

Winteringham, Wintringham [co. Lin-
coln] grant of, 270.

742

Wirksop. See Worksop.
Wirksworth, Wyrkesworth [co. Derby],
275.
Callow in, 274.
Wirkswortli, Wjrrkesworth wapentake
[CO. Derby], presentments by
jurors of, 273, 278.
Wirrall peninsula [co. Chester], bequest

of lands in, 25in.
Wirtenburgh. See Wurtemburg.
Wise, George, of Rollestou, disclaimer

of arms of, 179.
Wifihaw, Wishaue, Wissall, Witsahe,
Wyschaw [co. Warwick] :
deeds relating to, 627.
grant of land in, 24, 271.
payment to piper of, 371.
terrier of, 318.
See Witsah.
Wistan the priest, 211, 212.
Witacra, Witacre [Whitacre, co. War-
wick] :
Maneser de, 16.
William de, 9.
Witham, Withom, South [co. Lincoln],

minister's account of, 208.
Witchampton, co. Dorset, deeds relating

to, 625.
Withevcd, William, 77.
Withom. See Witham.
Wltintun, Serlo de, 21, 22.
Witsah, Wicsah [Wishaw, co. Warwick] :
Hamo de, 25.
Baenald de, 25.
Ralph son of Raenald de, 25.
Witsahe. See Wishaw.
Wittenasshe. See Whitnash.
Wiverton [Bingham, co. Notts], with
Tithby, near :
arms of Brett and Chaworth of,

237-238.
court rolls of, 288.
deeds relating to, 626.
Wiverton [co. Notts] :
Gervase de, 20n.
Richard de, 20, 20n.
Sir Richard de, 62.
Wlfputtelee, ^\^fputelee, Wlputl' :
Jordan brother of Ralph de, 16.
Ralph de, 15, 16, 17.
Wlfred. See Wulfred.
Wlputl'. Sec Wlfputtelee.
Wltertune [A^'olterton, co. Norfolk], John

de, 35.
Wlviva, Ralph son of, 20.
Woad, cultivation of, 459, 497-501.
\\"od. Sec Wood.
Wodborn, Richard, servant of Lord Lisle,

118, 119, 120.
Wodcokke, payment to servant of,

374.
Wode. See Wood.
Wodeburgh. See ^\■oodborough.
Wodeburgh ,:

Henry son of William de, emanci-
pation of, 93, 94.
William de, bailiff of Nottingham,
626.

Wodegete, Wodeghete, Wudiete [Wood-
yates co. Dorset] :
William de, 54, 54n, 62.

, knight, 31.

Wodehall, Sir Thomas, chaplain. 111.
Wodeham :

John, 110.

, executor of will of William

PiloU, 104.

, manorial records of, 293.

Wodeland, Wodelond. See Woodlands.
Wodemancote [co. Dorset], coiirt rolls of,
310.
See Woodmaucote.
Wodestok, counsel, 247.
Wodeward, Geoffrey le, of Markeaton,

receiver of outlaws, 277.
Wodnett. See Woodnet.
WodrofE, Robert, 110.
Wodyl, 213.

Wokinden', Thomas de, bequest to, 85.
Wolarton, Wolaton, Wolatton. See

WoUaton.
Wolf. See Wulf.
Wolhampton. See Walhampton.
WoUartoun. See Wollaton.
WoUaston, Wollaveston [co. Northants],

grant of market and fair at, 70.
Wollaton, Willaton, Wolarton, Wolaton,
Wolatton, WoUartoun, WoUatton,
Wollatun, AVollerton, WoUoghton,
WoUoton, Wollowrton, WoUowgh-
ton, WooUarton, Wullerton, AVyl-
larton, Wylloghton [co. Notts],
118, 120, 148, 149, 151, 153, 161,
327, 328, 335, 336, 338, 339, 344,
353, 357, 360, 361, 363, 367, 369,
374, 385, 387, 388, 390, 395-397,
414, 415, 418, 422, 426, 429, 430,
431, 435, 445, 446, 448, 453-456,
459, 461, 462, 504, 507, 524, 543,
560, 561, 570, 573, 574, 575, 599,
601, 604, 609.
account books of, 351-462 passim,

522.
accounts of chantry at, 313.

of coal at, 309, 311, 314-316,

320, 495.

of herbage, etc., at, 319,

320.
bailiff at. See Trussell, John,
beyd-house at, bequest to, 137.
blind wom.an of, 385.
chantry at, 454, 456-458, 570.

, priest of. See Belshaw, Sir

Henry.

, purchased by George Medley,

417.
chartulary of lands in, 197, 269.
Chrowood in {?), 161.
church, advowson of, 87, 89.

, bequest to, 137.

, burials in, 236, 505, 516, 519.

, chalice for, 378.

, dedication of, 237.

, epitaphs in, 156, 269.

, lauds of rector of, 323.

, monum.ents in, 505.

743

Wollaton, church— coni.

, rectors of. See Husse, William;

Ilkston, Robert ; Kendall, Samuel ;

Lawrans, Robert ; Smith, Richard ;

Tu, Thomas ; Undeme, William ;

Wellom, Adami de.

. service book belonging to, 236.

, wardens of. See Calton,

Thomas ; Hudson, Hugh,
clothes in wardrobe at, 572, 573.
coal mines at 121, 123, 149, 161,

169, 171-176, 182, 398.

, produce of, 169, 416.

court rolls of, 308.
deeds relating to, 626.
DobsnoUe in (?), 163.
documents dated at, 100, 162, 170,

183, 574, 578-580, 592, 595, 597.
in library at, 509, 522, 526, 532,

536, 543, 544, 547, 554, 555, 561,

564, 566, 567, 569, 571, 572, 583,

588, 593, 597, 598, 601, 607, 608.
Dofcote Close in (?), 161.
flocks marked at, 418.
glass-making at, 182, 499-501.
Hall, House (Old), 154.
, furniture and rooms at, 474-

485.

, position of, 565.

Hall, New, the Hall, 159, 284, 454,

456, 458, 500.
, building and works accounts

of, 289, 451, 460.

, description of, 565-566.

, furniture and rooms at, 485-

491.

, pictures at, 432n.

highway made at, 368.
household at, 168-169.
implements, etc., at, 396, 523.
iron-works at, 583.
list of horses at, 397.
manor of, fine of, 531. .

, licence to alienate, 89.

miner killed at, 429.

ministers' accounts of, 296, 307-309,

311, 313-316.
model of waterworks at, 175.
muniments found at, 269.
orchard at, 340.
orders observed by servants at, 538-

541.
park, 148, 149.
places named in, 161, 163, 427, 442,

454.
poU-bill of, 194.
present given by wives of, 420.
priest of. See Herott, Sir John.
Redfeeld in (?), 163.
scholars of, reward to, 369.
secured to Sir Percival Willoughby,

571, 573, 581, 583.
subsidy for, receipt for payment of,

236.
the queen at, 463, 538.
woad culture at, 459, 497-499.
wood in, 87, 89.
sold at, 580, 581.

Wollaton, Ralph de, 97.

Wollatton, WoUatun. See Wollaton.

Wollaveston. See WoUaston,

WoUerton. See Wollaton.

Wolley, Adam, antiquary, letter from,

197.
Wolloghton, Wolloton, Wollowghton.

See Wollaton.
Wolnawle, Mr., payment to, 346.
Wolsey :

Thomas, ' my lord cardinal,' 377.

, , building of Christ

Church, Oxford, by, 514.

, , reward to porter of, 384.

WolsoU. See Walsall.
Wolterton, See Wltertune.
Wolverhampton, co. Stafford, coal ac-
counts of, 495.
Wolveton [in Charminster], co. Dorset,

manor of, 124.
Wonlochia. See Wenlock.
Wood, Wod, Wode :

Atuell, payments to, 437, 441.
Montague, 608.

, bad character of, 590, 591, 607.

, letters from, 170.

, Prances (WiUoughby) his wife,

607.

, Abigail (lady Darcy) his

daughter, 608.

, Edward his son, 608.

, Elizabeth his daughter, 608.

, Frances his daughter, 608.

, Henry his son, 608.

, John his son, 608.

, (7), sale of land to, 608.

, Mary (Wright) his daughter,

608.
Roger atte, bequests to, 102, 104.
WiUiam, pilgrimage of, 351.

, of Blyth, disclaimer of arms

of, 179.
Woodborough, Wdburc, Wodeburgh [co.
Notts], 270.
deeds relating to, 626.
grants of land in, 5, 94.
ministers' account of, 296.
prebendary of. See Curtemejori,

Master Simon de.
See Wodeburgh.
Woode Bevyngton. See Bevington.
Woodlands, Wodeland, Wodelond, co.
Dorset, 103, 473, 517, 529, 578,
588.
court rolls of, 287, 288, 293, 296,
298, 301-304, 306, 307, 309-313,
318-321.
deeds relating to, 62 5.
hunting at, 528.
letters dated at, 591, 592.
manor of, 105, 589.
- — , flue of, 531.
ministers' accounts of, 290, 291, 296

298, 299, 306, 311, 319, 320.
reeves of, 290, 291.
rentals of, 289, 308, 320.
will dated at, 106.
Knowlton in. See Knowlton.

744

Woodmancote, Wodemancote [oo. SuiS-
sex], church of :
bequest to, 617.
burial in, 617.
will proved in, 617.
William, parson of, 617.
window in, 617.
Woodsford, co. Dorset, deeds relating to,
62.5.
See Werdesford.
Woodnet, Wodnett :

Gabriel, payment to man of, 435.

, wages of, 427.

Lawrence, payment to, 354.

, wages of, 371n.

William, wages of, 371.
Woodshawe, Thomas, expenses of, paid,

435.
WoodviUe, Elizabeth, 508.
Woodwas, Richard, basket-maker, 432.
Woodyates, co. Dorset. See Wodegete.
Wool, sale of, 69.

Woolaston, TJllaston, in Bradley, co.

Stafford, deeds relating to, 627.

Wooley [in Morton, co. Derby] ? Wallay

Park, keeper of, 338.
Woollarton. See WoUaton.
Woolsthorpe in Lowdham, co. Notts.

See TJlvestorp.
Woolwich, oo. Kent, deeds relating to,

625.
Worcester, Wyssyter, 65.
archdeacon of, 67.
Bedwardine county in, 65, 66.
bishop of. See Cantilupe, Walter de ;
Deneberht; Ecgwine; Gigliis, John
de ; Heaberht ; Oftfor ; Oswald ;
Tilhere; Wulfstan.
cathedral, MSS. from, 196.
deed dated at, 67.
deeds relating to, 627.
Our Lady of, offering at, 384.
places named in, 65.
priory, 210.

, gifts to, 196.

, grants to, 197, 203-209.

, MSS. from, 197.

, prior and convent of, 66.

, prior of. See ^thelstan, Sena-

tus.

, reversion of grant to, 200-

201.
reeves of. See Peter, Adam son of

Boculf, William.
St. Helen's church, vicar of, 66.
the French Meadow in, 65.
Worcester, Woster, my lord of. See

Somerset, William.
Worcetur, Wurcetur, Brother John, monk

of Burton, 250-252.
Words, list ot. See Glossary.
Worksop, Wirksop, Worsope, Wyrke-
sop' [CO. Notts], 179, 446, 464.
deeds relating to, 626.
prior of, proceedings in Quo War-
ranto against, 246.
Walter, prior, and convent of, grant
by, 65.

Worldende [co. Hereford], inventory of

cattle at, 466.
Wormleighton [co. Warwick], Spencer of,

566, 592.
Worsope. See Worksop.
Worth Matravers, Werthe [co. Dorset],
grant of land in, 30.
marble quarry at, 30.
Worthe :

Mr., reward to children of, 335,
367, 385.

, schooling of children of, 346.

Worfchington, co. Leicester, deeds relating

to, 625.
Worthingtou :

Ralph, cultivator of woad, 498, 499.

, legal proceedings of, 499.

Wossall. See Walsall.
Woster. See Worcester.
Wotton :

Sir Robert, advice of, as to his sis-
ter's proposed marriage, 516-517,
516m.

, Margaret (Grey) his daughter,

518.
Wrawby, Wraby [co. Lincoln], minister's

account of, 289.
Wright, Right, Wryght :

Geoffrey, burglary at house of, 272.
Henry, of Egmanton, disclaimer of

arms of, 179. ~
Humphrey, 169.
John, payments to, 426.

, of Staffordshire, payment to,

350.
William, Welsh judge, 604.
Wilsley, marriage of, to Mary Wood,

608.
Mr., the king's painter, 473.
Wrigley, Rigley, Bugley, Rydgeley, Byg-
ley, Wrightlye :
[Richard], 455.
— T-, payments to, 428, 431.

, of the household at Wollaton,

168.
Richard, wages of, 440, 450, 542.
Master, and his bedfellow, 394.
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John son of Richard le, marriage of,

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Richard, 109, 114.
le, of Pitton in Gower, agree-
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Wulfcliff in Sherwood forest [co. Notts],

trees in, 242.
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WnUrio the clerk, 211, 212.

Wulfetan, bishop of Worcester, chartu-

lary compiled by order of, 198,

199.
Wnlfweard the deacon, 211, 212.
Wulfwina the clerk, 211, 212.
Wulgare, knight of Wulfric Spott, be-
quest to, 256.
Wnllerton. See WoUaton.
Wulnoth the clerk, 211, 212.
Wurcetur. See Worcetur.
Wurtemburg, Wirtenburgh, duke of. See

Lewis.
Wybarnys chamber, furniture in, 469.
Wychynore, Stephen, bequest to, 103.
Wycke, Wycken. See Wykeu.
Wycombe, Wicomb, co. Buckingham,

bad repute of Robert Payne at, 499.
Wyddoson, Wydowson. See Widdowson.
Wygeston. See Wigston.
Wygeton, Gilbert de, clerk, grant to, 86.
Wygtoft. See Wigtoft.
Wyke, John, supervisor of will, 124.
Wyken, Wicken, Wikin near Coventry,

Wycke, Wycken, Wykyn [co.

Warwick], 414, 415, 425, 428,

573, 595.
court rolls of, 311, 317, 321.
deeds relating to, 627.
lordship of, 122.
manor of, 506.
minister's accounts of, 296, 307-309,

311, 314-316.
sale of wood at, 554.
soldiers of, 341.
La Boxe in, 270.
Wykham, Brother Hvmiphrey de, 86.
Wykyn. See Wyken.
Wylcheswod. See Wilkswood.
Wylde :

Edward, 455.
Roger, 455.

of Tamworth, reward to, 335.
Wyldebore, Thomas, debt owed to, 472.
Wyldycotes, Thomas, gentleman, agree-
ment by, 121.
Wyleby, Wylgeby, Wylgheby. See WU-

loughby.
Wyllarton. See WoUaton.
Wyllobe, Wylloghby. See WUloughby.
WyUoghton. See WoUaton.
WyUoughby, WyUoughbyo, WyUowghby.

See WiUoughby.
Wyllowholme [? in WoUaton, co. Notts],

tithes of, 313.
WyUughby. See WUloughby, WU-

loughby-on-the-Wolds.
Wylmyncote. See Wilnecote.
Wylooghby. See WiUoughby.
Wylson. See WUson.
Wyluby, Wylughbye. See WiUoughby,

WiUoughby -on-the-Wolds.
Wyluowr', Mistress, bequest to, 137.
Wymborne Minster. See Wimborne

Minster.
Wymondesold, WUliam, 125.
Wymondeswold. See Wjmeswould.
Wymund, Henry, citizen of London, 92.

Wymundeswold, Wymundwold, Wymys-

wold. See Wimeswould.
Wynburne. See Wimborne Minster.
Wynchestre. See Winchester.
Wyncturmaster, Brother John, monk of

Burton, 252.
Wyndesore. See Windsor.
Wyndesore, Nicholas de, baUifl of

Nottingham, 627.
Wynfelde. See Winfield.
Wynfilde. See Wyngfeld.
Wyngate, Deodatus de, 60.
Wyngfeld, Wynfilde, Wyngfyld :
Mr., 394, 395.

, reward to servant of, 391.

Wynkeburn, H6nry de, indicted, 279-

281.
WynshuU. See WinshUl.
Wynsige the priest, 211.
Wynster, John, parker of West HaUam,

111.
Wynterborne, Wynterbourne, Wynter-

burne. See Winterborne.
Wyntersyck [ ?iu WoUaton], moles caught

at, 427.
Wyntreborn. See Winterborne.
Wyott of Drayton Basset, payment to,

345.
Wyrkesop'. See Worksop.
Wyrkesworth. See Wirks worth.
WysaU [CO. Notts], 363.

deeds relating to, 626.
Wyschaw. See Wishaw.
Wyssyter. See Worcester.
Wystow, John, account rendered by, 307.
Wyteston. See Whiston.
Wythyham [co. Sussex], cattle bought

at fair of, 329.
Wyverton. See Wiverton.

Yamsws. See James.

Yarborough [co. Lincoln], rental of, 319.

Yardley :

Kenelm, 167.

Thomas, 167.
Yate, Richard atte, of BakeweU, indicted,

276.
Yatesbury [co.Wilts], survey of, 294.
Year Book, outer leaves of, 247.^
Yereland. See Ireland.
Yerle, Yerhe :

B., coUier, 492.

Bodd husband of Grace, death of,
181.
Yerton, See Ireton.
YUes, emperor of Rome, 223.
Ylkeston. See Ilkeston.
Ynde. See India.
Yngulby. See Inggelby.
Yolgreve. See Youlgreave.
Youman, John, indicted, 276.

M 48

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York, 530, 685.

archbishop of, lands of, 243.

, presentation by, 96.

. See Greenfield, William ;

Melton, WiUiam de ; Oswald s
Komanus, John; Sajids, Edwin,
cathedral church of, bequest to, 85.
commissary of the Checker at. See

Jones, Walter,
coverlet made at, 469.
dean of. See Apulia, Simon de.
delivery of rolls of the Eling's bench

at, 92.
deputy mayor of the staple at,
266.

, mayor of, to act as, 617.

documents dated at, 51, 98, 588.
prison at, 516.
staple at, 266, 614.
trea.surer of. See Mansell, John.
York, Bast Biding of, lord lieutenant of.

See Pierrepont, WiUiam.
York, Ralph son of Paulinus of, 7.

Sir Richard, 617.
Youlgreave, Yolgreve [co. Derby], vicar
of, 279. See also Lekeburn, Hugh
de.
Young, Juvenis :

GeoHrey son of Thomas the, 60.
Thomas the, 60.
Yoxhale, Brother John, monk of Bur-
ton, 252.
proceedings of, at election of
abbot, 248, 251.
Yreland, N., coUier, 492.
Yrelond :

Adam de, 80, 81.
John le flz Adam de, 80.
Yrewis. See Erewash.

Ysambrace, not the subject of homily,

238.
Ytayle. See Italy.
Yvo. See Ivo.

Zacheverell. See Sacheverell.

Zhuche. See Zouche.

Zoellis, John Andrew de, archdeacon of

Bertinorio, 140.
Zouche, CShowche, Souch, Zhucbe,
Zowche, Zuch :
Eudo la, 70.

John la, will of, 112-114.
[John, of Codnor], brother of John

Willoughby, bequest to, 136.
Sir John, commissioner to hold in-
quisition, 428.

, illness of daughter of, 340.

Margaret (Willoughby) Wife of John
la, 508.

, bequests to, 118.

, executrix of his will, 114.

William, agreement by, 120.

la, friend and ally of Edward

[I], the king's son, 68.

lord, 113.

Mr., 458.

, ironworks of, 496.

, letter from, 515.

Zouche, connection of family of, With
family of Fievile, 606.

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