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CONTENTS.
PREFACK ...
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF ANCIENT DEEDS :
Series A. -
Series B. - -
Series C. -
ERRATA
INDEX or PLACES
INDEX OF PERSONS
INDEX OF SUBJECTS, &c.
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PREFACE.
AMONG the varied contents of the Public Record
Office, there is a vast quantity of Ancient Deeds, the
great majority of which are entirely unknown to students,
for want of a catalogue. They consist for the most
part of conveyances of land, but there are also agree-
ments, bonds, acquittances, wills, and other documents
concerning private persons, from the twelfth century
to the sixteenth.
Until the concentration of the national archives
during the present reign, these deeds were scattered in
different repositories in the Chapter House at West-
minster, in the offices of the Court of Augmentations
and the Queen's Remembrancer, in the Rolls Chapel,
at the Tower of London, in the State Paper Office, in
the Land Revenue Office, in the Office of the Duchy
of Lancaster, and elsewhere, and they continued scattered
long after their removal to the Public Record Office.
Some have been preserved in the boxes known as the
" County Bags," while others have been labelled as
" Deeds Domestic," " Deeds Undescribed," " Miscellaneous
Deeds," and the like, there being at least three different
sets of " Deeds Various." Very many ancient deeds
were, moreover, discovered in 1886 and the two fol-
lowing years, in huge sacks of Chancery Miscellanea,
while others had been misplaced among the so-called
" Paper Documents," " Royal Letters," " Parliamentary
Petitions," and in other recognised classes. In the
V1 PllEFACE.
absence of any systematic numeration, it was impossible
even for the officers of this Department to form the
roughest estimate of the actual number of the deeds,
and such as had been arranged before 1886 were
arranged according to different methods. Those of one
series had been placed in chronological order, those of
another had been sorted according to counties, and
those of a third alphabetically under the names of
manors and parishes. Thousands were in no order
whatever. Such Calendars or Lists as had been
attempted were in every case imperfect, and in most
cases practically useless.
Some of the deeds relate to the ancient estates of
the Crown, others to monastic lands confiscated in the
middle of the sixteenth century ; some seem to have been
brought into courts of law as evidences of title, others
to have been deposited in the Chancery for enrolment
on the . Close Rolls. If the various parcels had been
preserved intact, the deeds relating to a particular
estate, being thus kept together, it would have been
easy to draw up a general catalogue of them sufficient
for practical purposes. The task, however, of attempting
to replace them in their original order, without any
certain clue, would have been difficult as well as lengthy,
and it has been thought simpler and more satisfactory
to number them consecutively, and to give a brief
description of each document.
The present volume is the first instalment of a
Catalogue of all the Ancient Deeds preserved in the
Public Eecord Office. It deals with
Nos. 1-1819 of the A. series, consisting of deeds of
the Treasury of the Eeceipt of the Exchequer,
formerly preserved in the Chapter House at
Westminster.
PREFACE. Vii
Nos. 1-1798 of the B. series, consisting of deeds
formerly preserved in the Court of Augmentations.
Nos. 1-1780 of the C. series, consisting of deeds of
the Court of Chancery, formerly preserved in the
Tower of London and the Bolls Chapel.
Each series above mentioned will eventually extend
to a very much higher number, and another series is
being formed of deeds of the Queen's Remembrancer's
Department of the Exchequer formerly preserved at
Carlton Ride.
The Catalogue professes to give the general purport
only of every deed described in it. To have inserted
minute particulars about lands and services, and the
names of all the witnesses would no doubt have made
it more satisfactory to some students, but would have
greatly retarded its progress and increased its size,
considerations which could not be overlooked in the
preparation of a scheme for dealing with so vast a
number of documents. Moreover, the legal and historical
value of ordinary conveyances of land is hardly such
as would justify a treatment of them as full as that
accorded to documents relating to public affairs. The
originals can be readily produced in the Search Rooms
of the Public Record Office.
Unless specified as French or English, the ancient
deeds described in this Catalogue are written in Latin.
The names of counties given in them have been printed
in the margin and not in the text, but the names
of counties printed within brackets do not occur in the
documents.
The Catalogue of deeds of the A. series has been
prepared under my superintendence by Mr. E. Salisbury,
B.A., a Junior Clerk in the Public Record Office; that
PREFACE.
of the B. series has been prepared by Mr. G-. F. Hand-
cock, a Senior Clerk; that of the C. series has been
prepared by Mr. C. H. Woodruff, B.C.L., with assist-
ance from Mr. Salisbury. Most of the proof-sheets
were examined by the late Mr. W. D. Selby, and other
officers of the Department have given assistance in
various ways.
The three Indexes have been compiled by Mr. Woodruff.
The first, dealing with the names of places, gives most
of them under their modern form. Field-names have
not been indexed. The second, dealing with the names
of persons, follows the spelling of the Catalogue, without
attempting to bring together particular surnames spelt
in various ways, unless they occur consecutively in
the alphabetical arrangement. Christian names have
been omitted from it, in order to keep the Index within
reasonable limits, but it is hoped that any inconvenience
thus caused will be counterbalanced by the fact that
the references are given to short numbered paragraphs,
and not to large pages full of proper names.
H. C. MAXWELL LYTE.
Rolls House,
September 12, 1890.
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
OF
ANCIENT DEEDS.
Series A.
(EXCHEQUER: TEEASURY OF THE RECEIPT.)
[Bucks ] A. 1. Grant by John le Chapman, of Newport Paynel, to John de
Swonton and Emma his wife, of land in ' le Longegoselond,' in Chechelee.
Witnesses : Roger Hodelyve, William Gully, of Newport, and others
(named). Newport, the first Sunday in Lent, 3 Edward III.
[Bucks ] A. 2. Grant by William, son of Robert the Beadle (Bedelli), of
Angmodesham, to Jerisia, his sister, of land in Angmodesham, at the
yearly rent of a rose. Witnesses : Walter de Ran, Adam Eddred,
William le Dispenser, and others (named). Much injured.
[Bucks ] A. 3. Grant by Simon Russell, of Dachett, to his sons, John and
William', of his tenements in Dachett, with his goods and chattels, subject
to a clause of maintenance for himself, Isabella his wife, and their children,
and to a yearly payment of 20s. Windsor, 1 August, 16 Edward III.
Seal.
[Bucks 1 A 4 Grant by John de la Penne, of Dachette, to Walter Weylond
and Isabella his wife, of Windsor, of land on Ramforlong, in Dachette.
Witnesses : John Meyn, John Eylwyne, John de Dachette, and others
(named). Seal.
[Bucks 1 A 5 Grant by William Roger, of Dachette, to Simon Tholi, of that
place', of land in 'la Flete,' in Dachette. Witnesses : Henry de Ponte,
John de la Penne, Richard Alayn, and others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 6. Grant by Walter Tappelhawe, of Chalveye, to William le
Tyelere,' of Uptone, of land in Bousemed, adjoining Morforlong, in
Dachette. Monday before St. George the Martyr, 17 Edward III. Seal.
[Bucks] A. 7. Bond between John atte Pleystouwe, of Langeleye, and Simon
Russel, of Dachette, relative to land in Ramfnrlang and Westmide-
furlong, in Dachette. 4 October, 6 Edward III. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 8. Grant by Andrew de Blakewelle to Sir Hugh son of Otho, of a
meadow in Cestresham, at Blakewelle, adjoining the bank called ' Pyhtles-
burne' on the road from Bovendon to Blakewelle Mill, paying a clove
yearly. Witnesses : Sirs Roger de Becheworthe, John de Cheyney,
Stephen de Cheyndut, the younger, and others (named).
Endorsed: Land at Blakewelle Melne, in the parish of Chessham, at
Jselhamsted, unjustly detained by the Earl of Oxford.
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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
Bucks.
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
' ! T y John Lamb erd to Walter Toly, of Dachette of land
Hurf) ,' heir of Sir Ko^ d <> Pinkenie,
Hugh le Despenscr, of the manors of Foulemere and Daohpf
*""'
Kalph de
[Bucki.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
Russel,
Saints,
A. 19. Copy of A. 29. [15th century.]
ANCIENT DEEDS.
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
A. 20. Grant by Warin de Walecot to his brother Roger, in exchange
for land in Walecot held by the latter, of land in Langeley. Witnesses :
Sir Ralph de Cheindut, Geoffrey de Ardena, Nicholas de Wavendon,
Thomas de Cheineduit, Alexander de Greinvil, and others (named).
A. 21. Grant by Richard, son of Peter Attemerende, to Simon Tholy,
of Dachette, of land in the vill of Dachette. Witnesses : Sir Thomas de
Fonte, of Wyradesbury, Henry de Eyton, of the same place, Richard de la
Merke, and others (named).
A. 22. Grant by Awyn atte Aldre, and Juliana his sister, to Richard
Kenebalcl, of Dorneye, of lands and tenements in Dorneye. Sunday after
the Annunciation, 33 Edward III. Two seals.
A. 23. Release by John atte Pleystouwe, of Langele, to Simon Russel,
of Datchet, of land upon Ramfurlang, in Datchet. 8 June, 8 Edward III.
Seal.
^ 24. 'Letters of attorney by Richard atte Liente, of Burnham, to
Thomas "'in the Lane," the younger, of Datchet, to deliver to Simon Russel,
of Datchet, seisin of the fishery in the foss next the meadow called
'Menemed.' 18 February, 15 Edward III. Seal.
A. 25. Grant by Richard, son of John de Dachette, tanner, to John
de Elvetham and William Bucke, of land at Gateweye, extending to
Gatebruge, in Dachette. Sunday after St. Gregory, 22 Edward I. Seal.
A. 26. Grant by Richard, son of Peter Attemerende, to Simon Tholy,
of Dachet, of land in Datchet. Witnesses: Sir Thomas de Ponte, of
Wyradesbury, Henry de Eyton, of the same place, Richard de la Merke, of
Upton, and others (named). Seal.
A. 27. Release by William de Medmenham to Simon Tholy, of
Datchet, of the land held by him of Richard, son of Peter Attemerhende,
in the field called ' le Linche,' at Datchet. Witnesses : William Adam,
of Horton, Richard Alayn, of the same place, John de Subtle, and others
(named). Seal.
A. 28. Grant by John de Hoding to St. Mary of Wykes, of half a
marc of annual rent issuing out of land in Bechenefeld. Witnesses:
Hugh de Goldingham, William de Hoding, Matthew de Braham, and
others (named). Seal.
A. 29. Grant by Dunecan de Lascelles, and Christina his wife, to the
House of St. Mary of Wykes, and I[donea], the prioress, of the homage of
Alard, son of Aldwin de Bosco, of land in Bekenesfeld, of that moiety of
land there called ' Deue,' and a moiety of the park of Walter de
Windleshores, in frankalmoign, in exchange for land granted by Christina,
daughter of Ralph de Windlesores, to that house. Further grant of a
moiety of the church of Burnham. Witnesses : Richard de Gosfeld,
Ralph de Holdeng, John de Aiewill, and others (named). [Henry III.]
A. 30. Release by William, son of John de Hoding, to the House of
St. Mary of Wikes, of the rent and homage which Richard de Camera owes
them in Bekknefeud. Witnesses : Master Roger de Gosebek, Sir Geoffrey
the Canon (Canonik'), prior of Lattimer, Sir Matthew de Braham, vicar of
Wirmundeford, and others (named).
A. 31. Release by John Durdaunt, of Denham, to Simon Russel, of
Dachette, and his brother John, of land and a messuage in Dachette.
Witnesses : John Merre, William Wylee, John Aylrihc, and others
(named).
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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
[Bucks.] A. 32. Release by Simon le Nappere, of Datchette, and Isabella his
wife, to Adam, son of William Wodiat, of the same place, of a cottage with
curtilage in Dachette. 11 May, 22 Edward III. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 33. Grant by John, son of Robert le Fysschere, of Dachette, to
Adam Wodeyet, and Alice his wife, of a messuage and land situate at
Estlongforloug, Rampforloug, Chelt, Wilbaldesham (qua est forera),
' le Newemed,' ' le Lenge mersch,' Balmerescroft, ' le Flete,' ' le Northmed,'
and Bousemcd, in Dachette. 7 June, 23 Edward III. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 34. Grant by William Wodiet, of Dachette, to Adam his son, of
land at Balmerescroft, in Dachette. Sunday after St. Luke the Evangelist,
2 Edward HI. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 35. Grant by Simon le Neppere, of Dachette, to Adam, son of
William Wodiet, of the same place, of a messuage and curtilage in Dachette.
2 June, 10 Edward III. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 36. Release by Christiana, relict of Peter le Chapman, of Neuper
Paynel, to John, her son and heir, of land in Longegoselond, in Chich[eley].
Neuport, the first Sunday in Lent, 3 Edward III.
[Bucks.] A. 37. Grant by John Lambard, of Dachete, to William Wodiet, of
the same place, of land in Balmerescroft, in Dachete. Friday after St.
Augustine, 34 Edward I. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 38. Grant by Nicholas Brond, of Datchet, to Robert, sou of Robert
Est, of land in Dachet. Witnesses : John de Penna, John Meyn, and
others (named).
[Bucks.] A. 39. Grant by Henry the Fisher (Piscator), of Boveneye, to
Walter, sou of Walter son of Robert de Dorneye, of land in ' le Sterte ' and
' le Ruwemore ' of Dorneye, in Boveneye. Witnesses : Henry Louvel,
Simon de Werthingpole, Robert, son of Thomas Robin, and others (named).
Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 40. Release by William Giffard, of Burstalle, to Thomas Horold,
of the same place, of the rent lately purchased by him from Robert Spvr, of
Burstall. Friday after St. Gregory, 48 Edward III. Seal.
[Bucks.] A , 41. Grant by William de la Brok to Geoffrey, son of Adam
Terwast, of land in the field called ' Heldefeld,' in Burnham. Witnesses :
Adam de Burnham, Ralph Guiun, Richard de Sippeham, Richard de
Sancto Neotho, and others (named).
[Bucks.] A. 42. Grant by Nicholas Blund, of Bolesrope, to Adam the Smith
(Fabro), of land on the road leading from Weston to Burnham church
by Obindelle and ' la Batme,' in Burnham. Witnesses : Adam de
Burnham, Richard de Sancto Neotho, Ralph Guiun, and others (named).
[Bucks.] A. 43. Grant by John Meyu, of Suthle, to William Emming, of
Dachette, of land in Dachette. Witnesses: Simon Amant, John de la
Penne, William Pynkene, and others (named), fragment of seal.
[Bucks.] A. 44. Release by Juliana de Muryfeld to Walter, son of Walter de la
Doune, of land in Great Kynebell. Monday after Trinity, 9 Edward I.
Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 45. Inquisition taken relative to waste committed by Ela, Countess
of Warwick, upon the manor of Aston Clynton. [14-16 Edward I.]
Seal.
ANCIENT DEEDS.
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[Buck?.] A. 46. Undertaking given by Basilia, prioress of Wikes, to levy from
Richard, son of Benedict Beknesfeud, only 4*. Sd. yearly, during the minority
of the heir of John de Hoding, for heath held by him in the parish of
Beknesfeud. Witnesses : The parson of Prating, Richard de Broma,
Thomas Lightwing, Matthew, vicar of Wirmundeford, and others (named).
[Bucks.] A. 47. Grant by John Brute, of Chechele, to Laurence Culpin, of
Neuport 1'aynel, and Giliana, his wife, of land at Goslond over against
Portwey, in Chechele. Witnesses : Sampson Maunsel, John Maunsel,
Robert Randulf, Rannlf ad Fontem, and others (named). Fragment of
seal.
[Bucks.] A. 48. Grant by Robert de la Lente, of Burnharn, to Adam Averil, of
land in the parish of Burnham. Witnesses : Ralph Goiun, Richard de
Kantelu, Richard de Grava, Richard de la Brome, aud others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 49. Grant by Nicholas Ruffus to Adam the Smith (Fabro) of land
[in Burnham]. Witnesses : Adam de Burnham, Richard de Saiicto Neotho,
Amyse de Lalente, Ralph Guiun, and others (named).
[Bucks.] A. 50. Grant by Simon Amant, of Dachette, to Simon, son of Simon
the Tanner ( Tannatnris) , of Windsor, of land in the field called ' la Linche,"
in Dachette. Witnesses : John de Subtle, John Eylwyne, Walter Tholy,
and others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 51. Release by John Est, of Dachette, to Simon Russel, of the
same place, of land at Longehegge, in Dachette. 31 March, 10 Edward II U.
Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 52. Grant by Richard atte Lente, of Burnhara, to Simon Russel, of
I)a< hette, of the fishery in the foss next the meadow called ' Menemed,' in
Dachette. 18 February, 15 Kdward III. Seal.
[Buck*.] A. 53. Grant by Robert called " le Budel," of Agmodesham, to
Sir Hugh son of Otho, knt., of land in Agmodesham. Witnesses :
Sirs John de Cheyney and Stephen de Chendut, the younger, knts., Thomas
de Bulstrode, and others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 54. Grant by Berner de Rothoinago and Beatrice his wife to
Wai in de Walecot, clerk, in exchange for land of the latter, of land in
Laugley [see A. 56]. Witnesses: Sirs Ralph de Cheinedut, Ralph his
son, Geoffrey de Ardena, Nicholas de Bolestrode, and others (named).
[Bucks.] A. 55. Grant by Ralph de Cheynedut to Roger de Walecot, upon the
marriage of the said Roger and Alice his wife, of land in Langeley.
Witnesses : Sir Hugh de iMelsa, parson of Middilton, Robert the Chaplain
of Middilton, William the Chaplain of Langele, Thomas de Cheynedut,
Nicholas de Wavendon, William Basset, and others (named). Fragment
of seal.
[Bucks.] A. 56. Confirmation by John, son and heir of Dame Beatrice de
Langeley, to Roger de Walecothe, of the grant of land which the said Roger
had in Langeley of the gift of Berner de Rothomago and the above-men-
tioned Beatrice, in exchange for other lands in Langeley. Witnesses :
Nicholas de Bolestrede, Roger Harding, Roger de Blakeville, and others
(named).
[Bucks.] A. 57. Grant by Adam Wodyet, of Dachette, to John, son of Robert
le Fischere, of a messuage and lands in Dachette. 24 May, 23 Edward III.
Seal.
[Back*.] A. 58. Grant by Agnes, late wife of Robert le Fyssher, of Dachette, to
her son Robert and her daughter Margaret, of land in the field of Southlee,
in Dachette. 1 May, 17 Edward III. Seal.
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[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
. ^r 9 ' TT Grant b 7 Jobn Fentone and Margery his wife, of Dachette,
,o Walter Hunte and Isabella his wife, of the same place, of land abutting
" nkynnereriane, in Dachette. Saturday after St. Gregory, 3 Richard if
Much injured. Seal.
A. 60. Grant by John Baldewyne, of Windsor, to Simon Tholy, of
3tte, of the land urchased b
. . , nsor, o mon oy, o
3tte, of the land purchased by his father from Simon the Fisher
Ma Nortmed,' called < Halfeyerdedel,' in Dachette.
(fiscatore) in , cae aeyeree, n acette.
isses : John Mem, John de la Penne, Henry de Merke, and others
(named). Seal.
w A; Q \ Ind enture between Richard Bergholte, of Colchester, and
vyimam Kerdy attormes for the prioress and convent of Wykes, and
homas Fraunkeleyn, of Bekenesfeld, relative to his arrears of rent for
tenements m Bekenesfeld. Sunday before St. Barnabas the Apostle,
June, 43 Edward III. Seal.
A. 62. Grant by William Queinterel, of Dachete, to Robert, son of
Robert the Fisher (Piscator') and Agnes his wife, of the same place, of
and at Southle abutting on Tamesforlong, in Dachete. Wednesday
before St. Lucia, 9 Edward II. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 63. Release by Sybil, formerly wife of Richard de Dachette, to
.on Russel, of the same place, of land at Parkusende and Gateweye fin
Dachette]. Sunday before the Exaltation of Holy Cross, 10 Edward II
Bucks.
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
A. 64. Grant by William Meyn, of Dachette, to Walter Tholi, of the
P ' D m Dachette ' Sunda y before Christmas, 4 Edward II.
[Bucks.]
Bucks.
A. 65. Release by Peter de Boxstede, with the consent of Isabella his
wife, to Henry, son of the said Isabella, of a wood in the parish of Burnham,
f annual rents issuing out of tenements in Prestore, and at ' le Mul-
ZbT/ * W ' tne ? SeS : ,r Sir , *> Vicar of Bham, William de Rolleburi,
Seab Brutewelle, clerk, Walter de Burnham, and others (named)!
A. 66. Grant by William Crees, of Boveneye, in Burnham, to William
ms son, of lands in Boveneye, of the fee called ' Cretnpehide,' and also of
certain annual rents. 4 February, 22 Edward III <*--
Seal.
A. 67. Grant by William Tuchet, knight, to Sir Hugh le Despenser,
of the manor of Lutegareshale, and also of the reversion of a rent outof the
for hl^T gai W'^ ale ' hel<J b j M bel > fomerl y Wife of William Grymbald,
- Witnesses :-Sirs Hugh le Despenser, the younger, John de
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[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
A. 68. Grant by Thomas Cratoun, of Burstall, to John de Cleyd
HL 1SSUmg Ut land ^ Bur8taU
of
f i A ^ 6 - 9 'n G Z[ a ? t b ^^ hn de la Penne ' to Robert Est ailfl Joan his wife,
of land ,n Dachet. Witnesses :-J hn Mein, Simon Amant, John Eylrihc
Walter Iholy, and others (named). *
p'p'T.u y Henr y de P'nkeny to Simon, son of William le
Passur, of Dachente, of land and water in Dacch[ette]. Witnesses :_Cer
(named) Burnham, Richard de la Merke, and others
ANCIENT DEEDS.
< < A3&s*2ttgg^&
Sachet. [4 or 5 Edward III.] Much injured. Two seals.
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
, [Bucks.]
[Bucks.]
72
[Bucks.]
by John de Cheyne, son of Alexander de Cheyne,
Brok', Sard 'de la Vache, Roger de Bechesworthe, Adam Aynel, kuts.,
and others (named). Seal.
A 73 Grant by Avelina de Brokea, widow and Geoffrey her son to
Adtm del Turfpit and Margery his wife of land m Burstalle. May,
17 Edward I. Two seals.
by William Hemmyng, son and heir of Richard Hem-
f^Tt^VJBf K
feast of St. Andrew, 17 Edward III. Seal.
Release by William, son of Robert le Budel, the younger, of
gon^ to Robert le Budel, his father, of land in Agmodesham.
Sunday, the close of Easter, 8 Edward I.
Endorsed: Quit-claim of Robert le Bedel, the son, against Sir H[ugh]
son of Otho.
A 76 Confirmation by Roger Dakeny, lord of Lathebury, of the
[Bucks.]
Bucks.
[Bucks.]
Bucks.
lomew, 19 Edward II.
A 77 Grant by Walter Reynild, of Dorneye, to Thomas his son, of
land "in <la Southfelde,' called < Tordelond,' [in Dorney]. Tuesday after
St. Barnabas, 10 Edward II. Injured.
A 78 Grant by Edward II. to Hugh le Dfcpenser the younger, of
HameS manor, wMch belonged to Bartholomew de Badelesmere, a rebel.
Pontefract, 12 February, 16 Edward II. Great Seal.
A 79 Mandate by Stephen de Chenduth to the tenants of the manor
of telha 9 mstede to be SS to Sir Hugh son of Otho, to whom he has
granted the same manor and the whole tenement he had of J^n le Ran
in the yill of Aumondesham. London, the feast of the
4 Edward I. Fragment of seal.
A 80 Grant of protection to Hugh son of Otho, to whom Stephen de
Chtndu^ hadgtntedV manor of Isjlhamsted agamst the ^jn , re^Uye
to any debts contracted by the said Stephen with them in lespect ^o the
said manor of Iselhamsted. Westminster, 27 December, 6
Portion of Great Seal. ,
Endorsed- The King's writ to the Justices of the Jews relative to the
maSr^rolled at thlExchequer of the Jews among the Memoranda of
Easter Term, 6 Edward I.
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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
Bucks. A. 81. A similar protection to the same purport and for the same
reason as specified in A. 80, granted by the King to Hugh sou of Otho,
relative to the manor of Iselhamsted". 27 December, 6 Edward I.
Injured.
[Bucks.] A. 82. A copy of A. 80. Fragment of Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 83. Another copy of A. 80.
[Coraw.] A. 84. Grant by Robert Brito, son of Reginald de Trelan, to Robert,
son of Stephen de Trelanbigan, of all the land in Trelanhigan that the said
Stephen held of the said Reginald, rendering therefor 30d. yearly and the
services specified. Witnesses : Hervey son of Gilbert, John de Tregod,
Robert de St. Melan, and others (named). [13th century.]
[Bedf.] A. 85. Grant by Robert Pefot, of Aspeley, to Hubert de Burgh, Earl
of Kent, and Margaret his wife, of land on ' le Knol,' in the vill of
Aspeley. Witnesses : Hugh de Saleford, Walter, son of William de Lecton,
Nicholas de la Mare, of Saleford, and others (named). [A.D. 1226-1243.]
[Essex.] A. 86. Demise, for 10 years, by William de Mora to Richard, the
prior, and the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of two of his men, with their
services, &c., in Apsdene. Witnesses: Robert de Rokel', Thomas de
Bordesden, Warin, son of William de Walker, and others (named). [A.D.
1238.]
Berks. A , 87. Mandate by Geoffrey de Pycheford, steward of Queen Eleanor,
to the tenants of the late James Rossel, of Upton, to be respondent to Sir
Adam de Stratton, to whom the Queen, by reason of her having the custody
(during the minority of the heirs) of the lands of the said James Rossel,
had demised land in the vill of Upton. London, the feast of St. Catharine,
9 Edward I.
[Bertf.] A. 88. Grant by William, abbot of Ramsey, to Nicholas de la Penne,
of Great Gravenhyrst, of land formerly belonging to Ralph de Tyvelle.
Witnesses : Sir Bartholomew le Jovene, sheriff of Bedfordshire, Henry
de Meperteshale, Bartholomew de Bray, and others (named). [51-54
Henry III.]
Bedf. A. 89. Letters of attorney of Henry de Penkeny, knt., authorising
Thomas de Wyncelade to deliver to Hugh le Dispenser all his fees which Sir
Water le Fit Robert (sic) held of him in Tengery. Alnewik, Wednesday
after the Purification, 30 Edward I. Norman French. Fragment of seal.
[Bedf.] A. 9Q, Grant by John, son of Nicholas the Miller (Molendinar') of
Bedford, TO Robert the Sadler (Scellar'), and Amice his wile, of land in
the field of Bedford. Monday after St. Laurence, 47 Henry III. Seal.
Bedf. A. 91. Release by Emma, widow of the late William de Undewode, to
William Whyte, of Overton, and Walter de Chateriz, of her claim to lands,
tenements, &c. in the parish of Barton. Monday after St. James the
Apostle, 23 Edward III.
[Bucks.] A. 92. Grant by Thomas Freesel, of Bledelawe, to William de Catesby
of lands and tenements in the vills of Hameldone and Falle. Hameldon,
the feast of the Apostles Philip and James, 22 Edward I. Seal.
[Bedf.] A. 93. Grant by William, son of Lambert de Farndon, chaplain, to
Sir Hugh son of Otho, of all those lands which he held of the feoffinent of
Thomas de Flaunden and of John de Chene, respectively, in the vills of
Flaunden and Isenhamstede Cheyne. Witnesses : Sirs Roger de Baches-
werthe, John de Cheyne, Stephen de Cheyndut, the younger, knts., and
others (named). Seal.
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Bucks,
Somers.,
Oxf., &c.
[Bucks.] A. 94. Grant by Sav.iric de Clovyle to William, son of John tie Bracy,
of land in the fields of Hertewelle and Staines, part of which bordered on
land held in dower by Matilda de Clovile of the land of the said Savaric,
and of meadows and pastures in ' le Inmede,' Meynotesham, ' Lagrantfeld-
mede,' and Hultendon. [Henry III.]
Endorsed: Grant by S[avaric] de Clovile to William, son of John de-
Bracy, of land which Lucy, his mother, had held in dower in the field of
Hertwell. [Henry III.]
A.. 95. Indenture, being a memorandum that, in the presence of
W. bishop of Worcester, Treasurer of England, Walter de Gloucester, the
escheator " citra Trentam," delivered to Hugh le Despenser the custody of
two parts of lands in Middelcleydon, in the King's hand by reason of the
minority of William, son and heir of William de Cantelupe, deceased,
together with the marriage of the said minor ; also the custody of lands in
Meriet, in the King's hand by reason of the minority of John, son and
heir of John de Meriet, deceased (over and above those assigned for the
dower of Margaret, late the wife of John de Meriet), together with the
marriage of the said minor ; also the custody of two parts of lands in
Norton Brun, in the King's hand by reason of the minority of Ralph, son
and heir of Richard de Fretewell, deceased, together with the marriage ot
the said minor ; also the custody of two parts of divers manors and lands
" citia Trentam," in the King's hand by reason of the minority of Peter,
son of Robert de la Mare, together with the marriage of the said minor ;
all which lands and marriages are assigned to the aforesaid Hugh, in part
payment of 2,000/. due to the said Hugh on account of monies lent to the
King. 19 November, 2 Edward II. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 96. Release by Nicholas Murdoc to Sir John de Haversham of a
pasture and rent [in Haversham]. Witnesses : Sirs John Drueel, William
deNodario, Richard de Borard, of Clifton, and others (named). [Henry III.]
[Cornw.] A. 97. Release by Richard Franceis, of Truveru [? Truro], to Drew
de Penhal of a messuage in Truveru, situate as described. Witnesses :
Bernard Keustock, Robert Keustock, Drew de Truverbicham, Philip Eliot,
Deui de Truveru, and others (named). [13th century.] Injured.
[Bedf.] A. 98. Grant by King Edward II. to Hugh le Despenser, the younger,
and to Eleanor his wife, of the reversion of the manors of Stotfold, Haime,
and Wilton, held for life by William de Braose after forfeiture by John de
Moubray. Rothwell, 1 June, 15 Edward II.
[Cornw.] A. 99. Grant by Robert, son of Gilbert de Detwode, to Stephen de
Dynesel, of all his land in Trederf [Tretherf] and Goynrytir " in sicco et
humido." Witnesses : Robert and William le Brun, William de Trenael,
and others (named). Saturday after St. Mark the Evangelist, 25 Edw. [I.].
[Bedf.] A. 100. Grant by Philip de Ho to Christiana Walerond his wife, as
her dower, of lands in Grethamstede in the parish of Luton, formerly held
in dower by his mother, Ellen de Ho, after the decease of Richard de Ho,
his father. Witnesses : Sirs Hugh le Despensyr, Gilbert de Elsefeud,
William Devyle, Robert Colewerth, Richard de Thorp, knts., and others
(named). [Edward I.] Seal.
Bedf. A. 101. Letters patent of William de Brewose as to the manors of
Stotfold, Haime, and Wyliton. 28 November, 16 Edward II.
[Bedf.] A. 102. Release by Nichoks Pig, of Bedford, to Gregory de Sancto
Albano, clerk, of a messuage and curtilage upon Berdesstapel in Bedford,
rendering for "hagablnm" Jrf. at "Hokeday." Witnesses: John
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Brodeye, Alan de Caudewelle, James, son of James Folebrit, John le
Noreis, Ralph de Statsand.
Endorsed: Sealed in the chamber of Gregory the clerk at the Hospital
of St. John's, Bedford, on the vigil of All Saints, 44 Henry III. [ The last
four witnesses are noted " obiit."]
fBedf.] A. 103. Grant by Richard de Shevingdou, abbot of Ramsey, to
William de Risceby, the elder, for his life, of the rent issuing from lands
demised in fee farm by Hugh [de Sulgrave], abbot of Ramsey, and his
convent to William Waleys and Joan his wife, in the fields and meadows
of Great Gravenhirst. Ramsey, 23 February, 49 Edward III. Norman
French.
[Bedf.] A. 104. Grant by Ralph de Tyvill to Hugh, the abbot, and the
convent ot Ramsey, of a tenement with appurtenances in Gravenhurst, Eye
buthlmgdon, and Pekesden, and the tenement which Elena, relict of Hugh
de Tyvill, uncle of Ralph, held in dower in the same places (except one
acre of land farmed to Roger Wythbred before this agreement), for ten
years or until the abbot and convent have received ten complete crops
therefrom, stubble not being counted a crop. For which grant they have
paid Ralph 74 marcs "in his urgent necessity." Witnesses : Master
Gilbert de Wepsted, Eustace de Caunville, and others (named) The
morrow of St. Brice the Bishop, 50 Hen. HI.
[Bedf.] A. 105. Obligation of Nicholas de la Penne, of Gravenhyrst to pay
the abbot of Ramsey the yearly rent of 8*. he owes for eight acres of land
he holds of the fee of Robert Bryan in Gravenhyrst Parva, and to quit-
claim all the land the abbot and convent have bought of Ralph de
Tyvylle, of the fee of Robert Bryan, of all demands that could be made
thereupon. Witnesses : Nicholas de Mapertishale, Richard Gabyun
Richard de la Bere, and others (named). [50 Hen. III.] Seal.
[Bedf.] A. 106. Confirmation by William de Cantilupe to the chapel in his
court of Eyton, of the grant made to it by his father, William de Cantilupe'
of a messuage and 12 acres of land in Eyton, 6 measures of wheat yearly'
and 22 solidates of annual rent; with a further grant of 50*. yearly to
support a second chaplain, and of a croft to keep a lamp burning in the
chapel ; with stipulations as to the appointment and support of the two
chaplains. Witnesses : Sir John son of Geoffrey, William de Warnevill
and others (named). [Edw. I.]
Endorsed: " Eytona com. Bedf. nunc Eton. It appears that Cantilupe
had fcyton and it was settled on Millecent, married to Ive Zouche
Claus. 2 E. I. dorso m. 12. Scr. P. L. [Le Neve]."
[ ] A. 107. Grant by William de la More to the canons of Holy Trinity
AMu d T'T,L th ^ , h . om ^ e and service of Ailbod Rufus, and all the land
Ailbod holds of him in Langeport, at a yearly rent of two white gloves
saving the King's foreign rent appertaining to three acres of the same fee'
Witnesses : Richard de Satesbir', Adam de Bracking, and others (named)!
\_c. A.I). 1238.J Scctl,
[Herts.] A. 108. Grant by Theobald, son and heir of William de Mora to
Richard, the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity, London of the
tenement that John Plume and Reginald Scherewind held at Apseden at a
yearly rent of Id. to himself, and 4rf. to the lord. For this grant the osnoas
have paid four silver marcs. Witnesses : Robert de la Rochele, John des
Eschalers, Thomas son of Wi, John de Lesnes, Nicholas de Anesti, Oliver
de Sandon, Walter Hacon, John de Marines, Peter Bussel, John de Tefonte
and others (named). The day of St. Peter in Cathedra, 1240[-1]
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Bucks.
Bucks.
Bucks.
Bucks.
Bucks.
Bucks.
Bucks.
[Bucks.]
Bucks.
[Bucks.]
Bucks.
A 1O9 Grant by Nicholas, son of Richard the Merchant (Mercatoris),
of Doiney'of the half of a messuage and all his laud and rents in Dorney,
I Jol n son of Richard in la Lane, of Windsor, upon the marriage of the
latter with his daughter Matilda, at an annual rent of 2j. llrf., the premises
to revlr to Nicholas and his heirs after the death of the said John and
Matilda. Witnesses s_Richard de Suthore, Ralph de la Hyelde, and others
(named). Seal.
A 11O Grant by Nicholas, son of Walter the Smith (Fabr'), of
Doraev to Walter, son of Walter son of Robert de Cippeham, of three acres
Sand'in Dorney at a yearly rent of 12A Witnesses -Robert de Brute-
welle, clerk, Walter de Dorneye, clerk, and others (named). [Edward I.]
Seal.
A 111 Grant by Thomas, son of Walter Reynild, of Dorney, to
Thomas son of Walter, of the same, of half an acre in Dorney, to be held
bv the services due to the chief lord of the fee Witnesses :-Will,am
Lovel, Nicholas le Cave, and others (named). Monday next before St.
Matthew the Apostle, 19 Edward II.
A 112 Grant by Robert called ' le Priour, 1 of Chepyng Farndon, to
Robert le Grete, for a certain sum of money, of a messuage and curtilage
in Dorney, which he had by gift from Alice Davers. 4 July, o Edward 1 II.
A 113 Grant by Robert atte Sawegere to William, son of Richard
son of Walter de Dorney, of the cottage and curtilage in Dorney he
formerly had by feoffment of Robert le Priour. Tuesday, the feast of
St. Thomas the Martyr, 6 Edward III.
A 114 Grant by William, son of Richard son of Walter de Dorney,
to Robert atte Saugere and Matilda his wife, of a cottage and curtilage m
Dorney. Thursday next before St. Valentine, 7 Edward III. Seal.
A 115 Grant by Matilda, formerly wife of Robert atte Saugere, to
Robert le' Heir, of Frymelee, and Matilda his wife, of a cottage with
curtilage in Dorney. Tuesday, the feast of St. Peter ad Vmcula,
9 Edward III.
A 116 Grant by Thomas Fizwater, of Dorney, to John Michel, of
Burn'hain,'of arable land in Burnham, from the present time till next
Michaelmas and for 14 years from then free of rent The said Thomas
binds himself to observe these covenants under penalty of 20*. to the said John,
to be levied on his goods if he infringe them. 24 March, 21 Edward ]
Fragment of seal.
A 117 Release by Richard Lovel, son and heir of William Lovel, of
Bove'neye.'to Richard, son of Thomas Fizwater, of Dorney, of an acre of
land in < le Southfelde.' Dorney, 6 March, 26 Edward III
Endorsed : " Carta de 1 acra terre in ' le Suthfeld super Wethull.
A 118 Grant by Symon Saffrer, of Dorney. to his son Richard and
his lawful heirs, of an acre of land lying on the < Heywey ' [in Dorney]
with reversion to Symon and his heirs in case of the decease of Richard and
his lawful heirs. Dorney, Saturday next before St. Perpetua the Virgin,
22 Edward III. Seal.
A 119 Grant by Walter to Richard .... of the moiety of
a messuage and some land in Dorney. 29 [Edward III.] Decayed, only
half the document remaining.
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Bucks. A. 120. Grant by Simon de Worthyngpole, of Dorney, to Thomas
William, of Dorney, of a piece of his garden in Dorney, containing
13 ft. by 63 ft. 12"October, 13 Edward III. Fragment of seal.
Bucks. A. 121. Grant by Margery, daughter of Ralph Elys, of Dorney, to
Walter, son of Walter son of Robert, of a cottage with curtilage and three
acres of land in Dorney. Witnesses : Robert the Clerk (Cleiico), of
Dorney, and others (named).
Bucks. A. 122. Grant by Henry Lovel, of Boveneye, to Walter, son of Walter
de Dorney, of two acres of land in Dorney, at a yearly rent of one clove.
Witnesses : Robert le Clerk of Dorney and others (named.). [Edward I.]
Endorsed: " Carta de duabus acris terre in ' le Suthfeld ' super ' le
Wetlmlle.' "
Bucks. A. 123. Grant by Geoffrey Maister and Juliana, his wife, to Walter
son of Robert, for 16 rnarcs of silver, of a messuage and 13 acres of land in
Dorney, coming to them by the death of Richard son of Alexander, father
of the said Juliana, a yearly rent of 4*. 2d. issuing from a tenement
which Nicholas Culp holds of them, and a rent of 2*. 5d. issuing from
other tenements in Dorney, at a yearly rent of one clovi'. Witnesses :
Ralph le Roter and others (named).
Bucks. A. 124. Grant by Nicholas Fitz Water to Robert Scot and Richard
Plemell, all of Dorney, of all his lands, tenements and other possessions in
co. Bucks, viz., in Dorney, Boveney and Burnham. Wednesday the
feast of the Apostles Philip and James, 21 Richard II. Seal.
Bucks. A. 125. Grant by Nicholas William to Nicholas Fitzwater, both of
Dorney, of all his lands and tenements in Dorney and Boveuey, which
formerly belonged to Thomas William, of Dorney, except one house and
garden adjoining, and of annual rents of 12rf. issuing from a certain cottage,
Wd. from tenements specified, and 4d. from an acre of land at Warnyngpole,
the situation of all the premises being clearly defined. Sunday, the morrow
of Michaelmas, 10 Richard II. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 126. Grant by Nicholas Dent, of Dorney, and John Webbe, of
New Windsor, to Magota, late wife of Richard Kenebolde, of Dorney, of a
messuage with curtilage and six acres of land in Dorney, for her life, with
reversion to the right heirs of Richard Kenebolde. Witnesses : Nicholas
Fewater and others (named). Friday, the feast of St. Gregory the Pope,
18 Richard II. Two seals, one a fragment.
[Bedf.] A. 127. Grant by Peter de Buelles and Mary his wife, to the church
of St. Benedict at Ramsey, the abbot Hugh, and the convent there, of
land in Gravenhurst, in exchange for the same quantity of land belonging
to the abbey granted to them by charter under the abbot's seal. Witnesses :
Sir Richard, son of Ralph de Smelhesho, knight, Bartholomew de Bray,
John de la Mare, Roger de Akholt, Thomas de Grauntcurt, and others
(named). [A.D. 1254-1267.]
[Bedf.] A. 128- Release by Ralph de Tyville to the church of the Blessed
Mary and St. Benedict of Ramsey, and the abbot and convent there, of all his
manor of Gravenhurst, with its appurtenances in Suthlingdon, Gravenhurst,
Pekesden, and Meparteshale, on payment to him of Id. [yearly] at Easter.
For this grant the abbot and convent have paid him 250 marcs of silver.
Witnesses : Bartholomew le Juven', then sheriff of Bedford, Master
Gilbert de Wepstede, then steward of Ramsey, William de Stowe, John de
Sulegrave, John de Beaines, Eustace de Caumvill, John do Bray, and Geoffrey
Bolond. [A.D. 1266-1270.] Seal.
Endorsed : " Carta de manerio de Gravenhyrst dupplicata."
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[Bedf.] A. 129. Duplicate of the above release to Ramsey Abbey. The same
witnesses, the last only being omitted. [A.D. 1266-1270.] Seal.
[Bedf.] A. 130. Grant by Ralph de Tyvile to the church of St. Marv ami
St. Benedict at Ramsey, Hugh, the abbot, and the convent there, of 1 6 acres
of land in a field called ' Sudgrave,' in frankalmoign. The position of the
land is accurately defined. Witnesses: Sir William le Moneye and Sir
Berengar le Moyne, knights, Master Gilbert de Welpsted, then steward
of Ramsey, Thomas de Granteurth, Eustace de Caumville, William the
Clerk (Cl'ico) of Pekesdene, John de Sulgrave, John de Benmeys, au.i
William de Stowe. [c. A.D. 1270.]
[Bedf.] A. 131. Grant by Ralph, called ' the Marshal ' (Marescallus), of Craun-
feld, to John de Sutton, clerk, for 40*., of his wood called ' Brechgrove,' iu
Craunfeld. Saturday next after the Nativity of John the Baptist,
22 Edward [I.]. Seal.
[Bedf.] A. 132. Grant by Nicholas de la Dole to the church of St. Benedict at
Ramsey, Sir Ranulf, the abbot, and the convent there, of all his land of ' la
Dole ' in Cranfeld. Witnesses : William de WassingeP, Geoffrey SOB of
Rodlaund, Roger de Hacolt, and others (named). [A.D. 1231-1253.]
[Bedf.] A. 133. Confirmation by H[ngh], abbot of Ramsey, of the grant by
Geoffrey tlie Cook (Cod), brother of Gervase de Hokes, of Cranfeld, to
Thomas the Mason (Cementar'), of Wuburn, of the tenement in which
Gervase de Hokes died seised in demesne as of fee to be held of the abbot
and his successors on payment of half a marc of silver yearly at the same
three terms as the other tenants of the abbey in Craufeld. Witnesses :
Geoffrey'Rodland, William de Wassingele, Ralph the Marshal (Mariscallo),
of Cranfeld, and others (named). [A.D. 1216-1231].
[Bedf.] A. 134. Release by Ralph, called ' the Marshal,' of Craunfeld, to John
de Suttone, clerk, of the wood in Craunfeld, called ' Brechgrove,' which he
has granted to the said John by charter [see A. 131]. Witnesses : Richard
Rodlaud, Robert de la Bourne, Philip Rycher, William de Wassingle, and
others (named). Wednesday next before St. Mark the Evangelist,
23 Edward I. Fragment of seal.
[Bedf.] A. 135. Release by John de Sutton, clerk, to John, abbot of Ramsey,
of the wood called ' Brechgrove ' [in Cranfeld], which he had by grant and
feoffment from Ralph called ' le Mareschal,' of Craunfeld. Witnesses:
John de Clervaus, Ralph de Clervaus, Alexander de Rypton, William de
Wassingle, Richard Rodlaund, Philip Richer, Robert de la Burne. [A.D.
1285-1316.] Fragment of seal.
Bedf. A. 136. Letters of attorney of John, abbot of Ramsey, authorising
Stephen de Deneford, his fellow-monk, to receive the seisin, by feoffment of
William de Wassingley, the elder, of a messuage and land in Craunfeld which
formerly belonged to Elias de Hokes. Ramsey, Tuesday next before
St. Hilary, 4 Edward II. Fragment of seal.
[Bedf.] A. 137. Grant by William, son of William sou of Robert de Craunfeld,
to William, son of William de Wassyngleye, of Craunfeld, for 20 marcs, of
all his land and tenement in Craunfeld, with all appurtenances and the
homage and service of free tenants, many of whom are named, the said
William paying the grantor annually, for term of his life, six marcs of
silver. Witnesses: Roger Hermer, of Merston, Philip Richer, of Wrox-
hulle, and others (named). Tuesday, the vigil of St. Ambrose the Bishop,
in April, 24 Edward I. Contemporary transcript.
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[Bedf.] A. 138. Grant by John de Suttone, clerk, to the church of St. Benedict
of Ramsey, to John, the abbot, and the convent thereof, of all his wood called
' Brechgrove ' in Craunfeld. Witnesses : Richard Rolland, Philip Rycher,
William Robert, and others (named). Tuesday next after St. Nicholas,
33 Edward I.
[Bedf.] A. 139. Demise by Simon, the abbot, and the convent of Ramsey, to
Sir William de Herle, knight, Robert de Sadyngton, and Master Robert de
Burgh, rector of Houghton, of the manor of Schutlyngdon, with the hamlets
of Pekesdene and Gravenhurst, the manors of Barton and Craunfeld,
with the appurtenances, saving the advowsons of the churches of all the
manors, at the yearly rent of 113/. 6*. 8d. for the manor of Shutlyngdon,
for Barton 50/., and for Craunfeld 1001. of silver, with right of re-entry
upon the premises in case of failure of payment. Witnesses : Sirs William
le Moigne and John de Deen, knights, and others (named). Ramsey,
3 February, 11 Ed w. III.
[Bucks.] A. 140. Grant by Roger de Walecote, and Alice his wife, daughter of
William Bataile, to Richard, the prior, and the canons of Holy Trinity,
London, of all land with appurtenances which they held in Langeley of the
fee of Sir Ralph de Cheyndedut, paying 8*. yearly to the lord of the soil
(domino fundi). Witnesses: Reiner de Bungeye, then Mayor of London,
John de Gisortz, Michael Tovy, then sheriffs of London, John de Chodres,
sheriff of Middlesex, William de Paris, John Harding, Roger de Blakevile,
Ralph le Tailur, and others (named). [23 or 25 Hen. IIT.] One of the
two seals remaining.
[Bucks.] A. 141. "" Confirmation by Ralph de Cheyndedut to Richard, the prior, and
the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of the above grant, the property being
described as " the tenement with houses and appurtenances which Roger de
Walekote, and Alice his wife, held in Langley ; " the rent of 8*. being
reserved, and the prior and convent] giving 20 marks of silver for this
confirmation. Witnesses : Sir Geoffrey de Arenden, Alexander de Chesney,
Geoffrey de Childewik, Hugh Pirun, knights, Nicholas de Bulstrode,
Ralph le Tailur, and others (named). [A.D. 1223-1252.] Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 142. Grant by Ralph de Cheyndedut to Richard, the prior, and the
canons of Holy Trinity, London, of 3 ferthings (ferthingos) of land
with messuages, &c. in Langele, at the yearly rent of 2s. Witnesses : Sir
Geoffrey de Arendene, Nicholas de Flaumdene, Reginald Rudifat, Nicholas
de Bruera, Nicholas de Bulestrode, and others (named). [A.D. 1223-1252.]
[Bncks.] A. 143. Confirmation by Stephen de Cheyndedut, son of Ralph de
Cheyndedut, to Richard, the prior, and the canons of Holy Trinity, London,
of all lands granted them by his father Ralph in Langele, to be held
according to the tenor of charters of the said Ralph. Witnesses : Philip
Basset, Richard de Banstede, clerk, Peter de Tany, John de Esenefeld. and
others (named). [A.D. 1223-1252.]
[Berks.] A. 144. Grant by Thomas, son of Thomas son of Adam de Denehes-
worth, to Sir Adam the Clerk (Clerico) of Stratton, of all his land in
Dencheswurth except what Alice his mother holds as her dower ; at an
annual quit-rent of Id. For this grant the said Adam has paid him
27 marcs of silver. Witnesses : Walter de Ripariis, of Hanney, John
de Gopsulle, William de Semmor, of Hanney, William de la More, and
others (named),
[Berks.] A. 145. List of a jury, headed " Inquisicio de Henrico de Chokes."
Fifteen of the names have the word " Jur' " against them. Damaged.
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[Berks.] A. 146. Letters of attorney of William de Wykhani, archdeacon of
Lincoln, John do Estburi, and Thomas Temese, appointing Robert
Northward to receive seisin of the manor of Wadolee and Wykyngesham,
granted them by Sir Richard de Penbrugg. Wadelee, 3 February,
38 Edward III. Fragments of three seals.
[Berks.] A. 147. Release by Rosa, relict of John de Horsull, of New Windsor,
deceased, to John, son of Simon Russel, of Datchet, of three acres of old
inclosure at Barndestone by ' le Knappes,' in Old Windsor, according to a
grant thereof made by the said John Horsull \_sic~] to the same Russel.
Thursday, the morrow of the Conception, 18 Edward III.
[Berks.] A. 148. Release by John [de Estbury ? See Inq. p.m., 48 Edward III.,
No. 22] to Fulk of a burgage in Spenhamland recovered by writ
of right in Berkshire against David Lakefat. For this quitclaim Fulk
has given him 20*. Witnesses : Elias de Bagenore, Roger Walerond,
Ralph Fitele, Roger de Loges, then steward, and others (named).
Decayed.
[Berks.] A. 149. Grant by Sir John Brocas to the King of all his lands and
tenements in Clewer, Bray, Dydeworth, and Windsor. Witnesses : Simon
bishop of Ely, John bishop of Worcester, William de Wykeham, arch-
deacon of Lincoln, John de Foxlee, John Syfrewast, and John atte Lee,
knights. Windsor, 25 February, 38 Edward [III.]. Seal of arms
broken.
[Berks.] A. 150. Release by Peter de Brumpton, clerk, to King Edward III.,
of all his lands and tenements in Windsor Park. London, 1 June,
50 Edward III. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 151. Grant by John Smyth, of New Windsor, to King Edward III.
and his right heirs, of an acre of land in the field called ' Lydecroft,'
below Windsor Castle. Witnesses : John Cyfrewast, knight, and others
(named). Windsor, 1 March, 42 Edward III. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 152. Grant by Isabel Hertle, of New Windsor, to the same, of an
acre of land in the field called ' Lydecroft.' Same witnesses named as in
A. 151. 1 March, 42 Edward III. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 153. Grant by William Trussel, knight, of Cublesdon, to Edward
King of England and France, of his lands and tenements of " Fobye Johan,
Hiremere and Wicchemere," assarted from the soil of the forest of Windsor,
and his possessions in Old Windsor, New Windsor, Wynkefeld, and Ascot,
which are parcel of the castle and manor of Windsor, and which Oliver de
Burdeux held by grant from Edward, father of the present King ; also of the
lands which the said Oliver had in Eton by Windsor, and which William de
Stratton, knight, holds for the term of Oliver's life, after whose death they
ought to remain to Trussel, but such remainder he transfers to the King.
This is in exchange for the manor of Eton Hastyngs, co. Berks, and the
advowson of the church of the same manor, which the King has granted
Trussel by his charter. Witnesses : William bishop of Winchester,
John bishop of Rochester, Richard, Earl of Arundel, and Roger de
Mortimer, Earl of March, Geoffrey de Say, John de Gray, of Retherfeld,
Richard la Vache, and John Brocas. New Windsor, 2 January, 1348[-9],
32 Edward III.
[Berks.] A. 154. Release by Roger Monfort, called ' Hunte,' of Reading, to
Richard atte Stonyforde, of the lands and tenements formerly the property
of John le Foughlere, in Wood Street, Reading. Witnesses : Richard Budel,
mayor of Reading, and others (named). Reading, Thursday next before
St. George, 3 Richard II. Seal.
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[Berks.] J^ t 155. Grant by Adam Caperon, of New Windsor, to the King, of an
acre of land in the field called ' Lydecroft.' Same witnesses named as in
A. 152. 1 March, 42 Edward III. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 156. Grant by William de la Wysaude to Hugh le Dispenser
(Dispensatori), son and heir of Sir Hugh le Dispenser, of a messuage and
curtilage in St. Giles' parish, Reading, at a yearly rent of 18rf. silver ;
the said Hugh having paid 5 marcs of silver for this grant. Witnesses :
Gilbert le Blunt, Nicholas de Didenham, William de la Gaston', and others
(named).
A. 157. Release by John le Foughlere, son and heir of the late
Gilbert le Foughle [sic], of Reading, to Richard atte Stonyford, of lands
and tenements formerly belonging to John le Foughlere, his uncle, in
Wood Street, Reading. Witnesses : Richard Budel, mayor of Reading,
and others (named). Reading, Wednesday next before St. George,
3 Richard II. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 158. Release by Walter Strode, of Reading, to Richard Stonyng-
forde, of Birefilde parish, of a tenement called ' Stonyngfordes place,' in
Wood Street, Reading. Tuesday next belore St. Laurence, 17 Richard II.
[Berks.] A. 159. Grant by John Foughlere, son and heir of the late Gilbert le
Fougblere, to Roger Hunte, and Isabel his wife, of a tenement in Wood
Street, Reading, which came to him at the death of John le Fonghlere, his
uncle, during the life of each of them, and for a year after their decease, at
a yearly rent of 12*. Reading, Monday next after Michaelmas, 3 Richard II.
Seal.
[Berks.] A. 160. Grant, by John le Foughlere, son and heir of the late Gilbert
le Foughlere, of Reading, to Richard atte Stonyford, of all the lands and
tenements in Wood Street, Reading, which came to him on the death of
John le Foughlere, his uncle. Witnesses : Geoffrey Budel, mayor of
Reading, and others (named). Reading, Tuesday next before St. George,
3 Richard II. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 161. Grant by John de Olney to King Edward III. " and his right
heirs of England," of 5 acres in the field called ' Lydecroft,' below Windsor
Castle. Witnesses : John Cyfrewast, knight, and others (named). Windsor,
1 March, 42 Edward III. Seal of arms.
[Berks.] A. 162. Declaration by John Marner and John Sly, executors of the
will of John Tumour, of Reading, that the latter by his will, dated Tuesday
next before the feast of St. Laurence the Martyr, 1397, having left a certain
messuage in London Road, Reading, to Margaret his wife, for her life, and
directed that after her death it should be sold by consent of the mayor for
the time being, and the proceeds given to the support of the work in the
nave of St. Giles* Church, Reading ; with the assent of William Skoryare,
this year mayor of Reading, they have granted the said messuage to John
Merham, of Reading, and Matilda his wife. Witnesses : William Skoryare,
this year mayor of Reading, John Barbour. and William Norhampton,
bailiffs, and others (named). 8 April, 21 Richard II. Two seals.
[Berks.] A. 163. Release by Marion Barr', late wife of Adam Barr', of Old
Windsor, to Richard atte Wodde, of the same place, of nil the property in the
parish of Old Windsor formerly belonging to her husband. Witnesses:
- Thomas Gooldchoppe and Robert Ward, of Aylesbury, and others (named).
Sunday next after the Annunciation, 21 Richard II.
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[Berks.] A. 164. Letters Patent containing the grant to Isabel Queen of England,
"our Consort," of the castles, boroughs, and honours of Walyngforcl and
St. Valery (de Sancto JFalerico), with their appurtenances, for her life; all
clues that could or ought to be levied therein for the use of the King or
his heirs to be levied for the Queen's use. Westminster, 22 April,
10 [Edward II.].
Endorsed: " be Castro et Manerio de Wallingford." Duplicate.
Fragment of Great Seal.
[Berks.] A. 165. Letters Patent confirming the grant to Richard de Pene-
brugge, knight, by the abbot and convent of Stanley Abbey, Wilts, of
their manor lately called ' Worda,' but now called the manors of Wadele and
Wykyngesham, together with the knights' fees, advowsons of churches, and
all other appurtenances, although the Abbey had those manors from the
King's ancestors in frankalmoign. Westminster, 4 July, 37 Edward [III.]
Great Seal, slightly damaged.
[Berks.] A. 166. Release by John Bryth', of Old Windsor, to John Warde, of
the same, of an acre of land in Crokkerescroft, in the same town, of which
he has made Warde a grant. Old Windsor, Tuesday, the feast of the
Annunciation, 5 Henry IV.
[Berks.] A. 167. Grant to Richard de Pembrugg of two fairs yearly in his
manors of Wadelee and Wykyngesham, on Ascension Day and Mary
Magdalene's Day, respectively, under certain restrictions specified ; and
also licence to impark 200 acres in the manors aforesaid. Witnesses:
S[imou] bishop of Ely, Chancellor, J[ohn] bishop of Worcester, Treasurer,
John, Duke of Lancaster, and Edmund, Earl of Cambridge, "our most dear
sons," Richard, Earl of Arundel, William de Monte Acuto, Earl of Salisbury,
Thomas de Veer, Earl of Oxford, Edward le Despenser, and John atte Lee,
Steward of the Household. Westminster, 10 February, 38 Edward [III.].
Fragments of Great Seal in leather bag.
[Berks.] A. 168. Grant by William de Wikham, archdeacon of Lincoln,
John de Estbury, and Thomas Temese, by royal licence, to Richard de
Pembrugge, knight, of the manor \_xic] of Wadelee and Wykingesham, which
they had by grant of the sanu; Richard ; with remainder to Edward, King
of England, and his heirs if Pembrugge die without heirs. Witnesses :
Almaric de St. Ainuml, Robert de Corbet, and Thomas de Besils, knights,
Gilbert de Schotesbrok, John Clet, John de Eketon, and others (named).
Wadelee, 18 February, 38 Edward III. Two seals of arms, and one with
a device.
[Berks.] A. 169. Grant by Richard de Penbrugge, knight, by royal licence,
to William de Wykbam, archdeacon of Lincoln, John de Estburi, and
Thomas de Temese, of his manor of Wadelee and Wykyngesham, which
he had by grant of the abbot and convent of Stanlegh [co. Wilts].
Witnesses as in A. 168. Wadelee, 13 February, 38 Edward III. Seal
of arms.
[Berks.] A. 170. Letters patent licensing John, abbot of Stanley, co. Wilts,
and the convent of the same abbey, to enfeoff Richard de Penebrugge,
knight, with their manor, lately called ' Worda,' but now known as the
manors of Wadele and Wykyngesham, with its knights' fees, advowsons,
and all other appurtenances, and giving permission to Penebrugge to hold
the same. Westminster, 1 June, 37 Edward [III]. Portion of Great
Seal.
Endorsed : " Irrotulatur in memorandis Scaccarii, videlicet, inter
Recorda de termino Sancti Michaelis, anno xlviii Regis Edwardi tertii,
ex parte Reinemoratoris Regis, in quodam proccssu tangente Ricardum de
Penebrugge infrascriptum."
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A. 171. Grant by John Pope, of Old Windsor, to Adam Ban-', of
half an acre of land bordering on the Thames in Old Windsor parish,
formerly belonging to John Causere, in a meadow called ' Quenegrove.' Old
Windsor, Thursday next after St. Barnabas the Apostle, 28 Edward III.
A. 172. Grant by Thomas de Tyle, of Old Windsor, to Adam Ban-'
and Marion his wife, of the same place, of a tenement and croft adjoining,
and 7^ acres of land in ' la Northfeld,' ' le Walks,' ' le Hnme,' and elsewhere
in the fields of Old Windsor, as herein specified, at yearly rents of 2s. Qd. to
himself, and Qd. to the prioress of Ankerwyk. The morrow of St. Julian
the Bishop, 37 Edward III. Seal.
A. 173. Release by William Howeman, of Aylcsbury, and Cristinu
his wife, to Richard atte Wodde, of Old Windsor, of all lands and
tenements in Old Windsor parish, formerly belonging to Adam Barr',
father of the said Cristina. Witnesses : Thomas Goldehoppe and Robert
Ward, of Aylesbury, and others (named). Old Windsor, 2 April,
21 Richard II. Two seals.
[Berks.] A. 174. Letters of attorney of Marion Barr, relict of Adam Barr,
of Old Windsor, authorising Thomas Mulleward, of New Windsor, and
John Ward, of Old Windsor, to give seisin to Richard attc Wodde, of
Old Windsor, of all her lands and tenements [in Old Windsor, see A. 175],
as in a grant of fee simple thereof made to the said Richard is more
fully contained. Old Windsor, Sunday next before the Annunciation,
21 Richard II. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 175. Grant by the same to the same of all her lands and tene-
ments in Old Windsor. Witnesses as in A. 174. Old Windsor, Sunday
next before the Annunciation, 21 Richard II. Fragment of seal.
[Bucks.] A. 176. Grant by William de Kenebell to Warin de Monte Canesy of
seven solidates of rent due to him annually from Ralph, son of John de
Wendover, and John his father, for land in Massenden Magna (Missenden),
and 25 denariates of rent issuing from a croft in Stokes parish ; for which
grant Warin has paid him 100*. fine. Witnesses : Sir Milo Neirnuit,
Sir William de Huptun, Alexander his son, Sir Jordan de Arches,
Sir Andrew de Hengham, Sir Thomas de Fossa, Gilbert de Bracy,
William Neirnuit, Sir Gilbert de Bolebec, and others (named), fortiori
of seal.
[Bucks.] A. 177. Certificate by William, son of Robert de Verdonn, of Schenley
Maunsell, that he has restored the manor of Schenley Maunsell to his
brother Robert, which he had for term of his life by grant from the said
Robert, together with all his goods found therein. Witnesses : John de
Peyto, the younger, John Comyn, the elder, John de Middelmor, John
Comyn, the younger, and John de Conyngesby. Thursday next after the
Octaves of St. Hilary, 13 Edward III. Seal of arms,
[Bucks.] A. 178. Grant by Hugh Dispenser (Dispensator) to Robert de
Fornham, for term of his life, of a water-mill in Querendon, called ' le
Middelmulne,' with millpond and all appurtenances (reserving the right of
free grinding therein for his own family), on condition of his keeping it
in repair, and that after his death his heirs restore it, in as good condition
as he received it, to Dispenser or his heirs. Witnesses : Serle de Thorp,
Gilbert Petimon, of Barewe, and others (named). Lutteburg (Lothbury),
St. Vincent the Martyr's day, 8 Edward [I.]. Portion of seal.
ANCIENT DEEDS.
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A. 179. Grant by John ntto Ok, of Haversham, baker of Tykcford
priory, to Alexander Wocche, porter of the same, of a messuage in
Tykefonl, paying 6il. yearly towards the lamp of St. Peter in the chancel
of Newport Pagnell. Tykeford, Tuesday next after St. Alban the Martyr,
23 Edward III.
A. 180. Release by Amabil, relict of Walter, son of Miles de
Tykeford, to John, son of Alan de Haversam, of a small house in Tykeford.
"Witnesses : Laurence Culpyn, and others (named). Tykeford, the sixth
day from Christmas, 30 Edward [I.].
A. 181. Grant by William de Wenrych, vicar of Aston Rohand [co.
Oxford], to Robert de Wenrych, clerk, of a tenement in Tykeford,
extending from the foot of Tykeford bridge to the garden of the vicar of
Newport, which he had by grant of Walter de Crawele. Witnesses:
John de Crawele, John le Bareker, and others (named). Tykeford,
Wednesday, the feast of St. Margaret, 8 Edward III. Portion of seal.
A. 182. Grant by Eoger, son of Roger Terri, of Newport Payne, to
Walter, son of John Grikke, of the same place, for a fine 'of a marc of silver,
of a curtilage in Tykeford " ad pontuin australem," abutting on the Castle-
mead. Witnesses: Robert Terri, Henry Grikke, and others (named).
A. 183. Grant by Ralph de Arundell to Oliver do Arundell, his son,
of land in Bodvaluc, rendcring'yearly a pair of gilt spurs or fid., and the
service due from himself to the lords of Kardynan. Witnesses : Sirs
Thomas le Arcedeakene and John de Treiagu, John de Beaupri, Stephen de
Podiford, and others (named). [13th century.]
A. 184. Grant by John Golaffre, of Certeden, by consent of Alice
his wife, to John de Hinton, upon the latter's marriage with Matilda his
daughter, of all his property in Saunderdon. Witnesses : Sir William
do Beauchamp and Sir William de Saunderton, knights, Henry Dayrel,
Ralph Broun, and Hugh de Colverdon. Portion of seal.
A. 185. Grant by Agnes, late wife of John Bartelot, of Tykeford,
to John, son of Huinfry, and Alice his wife, of the same place, of land iu
Tykeford, adjoining land belonging to the prior of Tykeford, abutting on
Smethehull and in Stremmede and Watermedc. Witnesses : Roger
Hodelyve, William Gully, Roger le Marchal, and others (named). Neuport
Paynel, Friday, the feast of St. James, 20 Edw. II.
A. 186. Grant by John Batayle and John Hunte, of Brykhull Parva,
to Joan late wife, and Joan daughter of Thomas Stubbes, of all lands and
tenements in Ravenston, which they formerly had by feoffment of the said
Stubbes. Witnesses : John Barkere, of Weston, and others (named).
Rauneston (Raveuston), 6 March, 22 Richard II. Fragment of seal.
_ A. 187. Certificate by Alan Plokenet that whereas he had granted to
Sir Hugh le Despenser, the elder, his manor of Pydintone in cos. Bucks and
Oxon, he now grants him all chattels and other his moveables in the said
manor, except the ornaments of the chapel. London, 14 June, 2 Edward II.
Portion of seal.
A. 188. Demise by Hugh le Despenser, the younger, to Isabel atten
Okc, for her life, of all the lands and tenements in Merlawe Magna, which
he had by demise from the same Isabel ; granting her also yearly four
quarters of wheat out of his manor of Merlawe, and two cartloads of wood :
after her death her executors to have free administration of all her goods
nnd chattels. V" " ' ' ' " T ' "" ' ' " ' "
Wednesday next
Witnesses : Robert de West Wicombe and others (named).
:t before St. Peter in Cathedra, 14 Edward II. Seal.
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[Bucks.] A. 189. Release by Isabel atten Oke, of Merlawe Magna, to Sir Hugh
le Despenser, the younger, of all lands and tenements she held in Merlawe
Magna, with all chattels therein. Witnesses as in A. 188. The feast of
St. Valentine, 14 Edward II. Seal.
[Chesh.] A. 190. Release by Alice de Kenyan, late wife of William de
Derisbury, to Hugh de Derisbury and his heirs, of all the portion coming
to her as dower on the death of William her husband, of his land in
Derisbury, for term of her life, paying her therefor 3s. yearly. Witnesses :
Sir Hugh de Dutton, Ralph de Derisbury, Adam de Hatton, Henry le
Norrays, Henry de Kenyan, and others (named).
[Chesh.] A. 191. Demise by Thomas, son of Richard son of Michael de Medio
Wico, to William Swan and Joan his wife, of a messuage in Middlewich,
for twelve years from Christmas, 1339. Witnesses : Richard de Bulkelegh,
Richard del Shawe, Richard Haregreve, and others (named). Middlewich,
the morrow of the Purification, 1339[-40]. Portion of seal.
[Chesh.] A. 192. Grant by Simon the Chaplain (Capellanus), of Middlewich, to
John de Luchteburgh, and Felicia his wife, of all lands and tenements
he held by grant from the said John in Middlewich, and " in territorio de
Neuton." Witnesses : Robert de Bulkylegh, John de Coton, Adam le
Parker, Richard de Warihul, and Peter Calvilegh. Middlewich, Tuesday
after St. Matthias the Apostle, 1324.
[Chesh.] A. 193. Release by Isabel de Derisburi, relict of Alan de I-ascelis, to
Henry le Norreys, and Margery his wife, of her third part of the whole
vill of Derisburi, in Halytonsire ; they giving in exchange to her and
Henry de Bechinton and Alice his wife all their land in Pulton in Waley,
Lisecare, and Secumbe. Witnesses : Sir Geoffrey de Chedle and Sir
Geoffrey de Werburton, knights, Adam de Huttou, and others (named).
Seal.
[Chesh.] A. 194:. Grant by Beatrice'de Deresburi to William her son, of the
land William de Mara formerly held of her in Deresburi, and all her new
assarted land, with incident privileges, at a yearly rent of 1 Ib. of pepper
during her life. Witnesses : Sir Thomas de Dutton, Sir Geoffrey de
Clifton, and others (named). Slightly damaged.
[Chesh.] A. 195. Letters patent containing grant to William Danyell, of
Deresbury, whom the King has retained by him for his life, of 100*. yearly,
to be paid out of the Exchequer at Chester during his life, or till the
King direct otherwise. Sealed with the seal of the Exchequer at Chester.
10 October, 21 Richard II. No seal.
[Chesh.] A. 196. Grant by Hugh, son of Walter de Middlewich, to Roger his
son, of all the moiety of the whole moiety (totam medietatem totius
medietatis) of land called ' Stamfurlong ' [? in Middlewich], which John
Kiel (?) formerly held of him, with reversion to his younger brother Henry
if he should die without heirs. Witnesses : Sir W. de Venables, Ralph do
Vernun, Richard de Soubache, knights, William de Sporeston, then sheriff
of Cheshire, Alexander de Banvile, Roger de Faunscroft, Richard lord of
Croxton, and others (named).
[Stuff.] A. 197. Grant by Ralph, son of John Norman, of Chester, to Robert,
son of Henry le Mercer and Felicia his wife, of a "placea" of land in
Newcastle, with remainder to the nearest heirs " ex parte patris et matris
dicte Felicle genitis," paying 4s. yearly at Chester at Robert's expense,
who has given five marcs of silver for this grant. Witnesses: Ralph de
Thiknesse, then mayor of Newcastle, Thomas Forestar, Ralph Baker,
then bailiffs, Adam son of Juliana, William de Stobleye, and others (named).
ANCIENT DEEDS.
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Chesh. A. 198. Grant by Alesia, who was wife of Thomas late Earl of
Lancaster, and daughter and heir of Henry de Lascy, late Earl of
Lincoln, to_ her kinsman Hugh le Despenser, the younger, of the remainder
of the manors of Congelton, Wyteleye, Ronkore, and of the constabulary of
Chester, with all advowsons, and other their appurtenances iu co. Chester
(which Joan, who was wife of the aforesaid Henry, holds in dower, of
Alesia's inheritance, to revert to her on Joan's decease) from and after the
death of the said Joan. Witnesses : John de Britannia, Earl of Richmond,
Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, Edmund, Earl of Arundel, Ralph
Basset, of Drayton, William de Beauchamp, John de Barton, of Fryfon,
and Roger Beier. Barlingges, 27 July, 16 Edward II. Seal of arms.
Chesh. A. 199. Demise by Sir Laurence de Saunford to Sir James de
Aldatelesj for his life, of all land he held at Wymabank, Newhall, and
Hesinglinton, for 201. yearly, to be paid at Burncester at Sir James* cost,
the first term to begin at Easter, 41 Henry III.; and for this demise
Sir James has paid 1M. Witnesses : Sirs Philip Basset, William
Lunffspejie, Henry de Baton, Henry de Mar, Hugh Dispenser, William de
liTsula, William de Gorham, and others (named). 41 Hen. III.
Endorsed ; Inter Lain 1 ' de Samford et Jacob' de Audel'. Seal of arms.
Chesh. A. 200. Grant by Hugh de Wyvinton, and Matilda his wife, to the
abbot and convent of Darenhale of a half saltpit in Nortwych that Agnes,
daughter of Richard son of Stephen, gave him on his marriage with the said
Matilda, and of which the abbot of Darenhale recovered the other half
from Kandulf Suethebrond. Witnesses : Sir Gossellin de Badeleemei-e,
then Justice of Chester, Rond' de Oldeton, then sheriff of Cheshire, Hugh
de Dutton, William de Venables, Thomas de Lostoke, John de Wetenhale,
Robert dc Wyvinton, and others (named). [15 Edw. III.]
Chesh. A. 201. Counterpart of A. 199.
[Chesh.] A. 202. Grant by Agatha, daughter of Gilbert le Pede, of Tydryng-
tone, to Roger le Freman and Edith his wife, of all her lauds and tenements
in Tydryntone ; with reversion to herself if they die without children.
Tydryntone, 10 May, 45 Edw. III.
Ch*sh. A. 203. Confirmation by Ranulf, Earl of Chester, to the church of
the Blessed Mary of Norton, and the regular canons there, of whatsoever
William son of Nigel, Constable of Chester, and his heirs gave them, as
their charters testify ; also of two mansions (mansuras) in Chester of his
fee, which the Canons bought, adjoining St. Michael's Church. He also
wills the said Canons and their men to be quit of shires, hundreds, pleas, Ac.,
in his bailiwick, and prohibits his servants seeking food or hospitality on
their lands or in any way vexing them. Witnesses : Philip de Horrebi,
Justiciar of Chester, Gwar' deVernon, John de Preaus, Thomas Despenser,
Henry his brother, Norman__aqtpv, William de Heseleie, Thomas de
Horrebi, Peter, the clerk oTEarl Ranulf, parson of Frodesham, Thomas,
the clerk of Earl Joceram, of Helhesbi, Richard de Kingesleie, and Ralph
de Suleni. [A..D. 1181-1232.]
Endorsed : Confirmatio Ran' Com' tertii super libertatibus domui de
Norton concessis.
[Chesh.] A. 204. Grant by John de Barra, and Eleanor his wife, to Robert
de Ruton and Margery his wife, of land in Heppysford, which Herbert
Ptitout gave to Eleanor his sister, before bis departure for the Holy Land.
Witnesses : Geoffrey de Wylnhale, Thomas de Kerisleg, Robert de
Buschervill, and others (named).
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A. 205. Grant by Kobert de Boveton, of Wythibroke, chaplain, to
Richard de Corley, of Happysford, Auabilla his wife, and Simon their son,
of all tenements and rents he held by grant from the said Richard in the
town and fields of Happysford. Witnesses : Master Robert de Kyrkeby,
rector of the church of Wythybroke, John de Normauton, Henry, son of
Ralph de Corley, John Carpenter, and John Hancock, of Happysford.
St. Aldelme's day, 45 Edward III.
A. 206. Release by Alice, relict of Robert le Barn, formerly citizen
of Chester, to the abbot and convent of Vale Royal (de Valle Regali),
for 100*. paid down, of her right by way of dower to the lands and tene-
ments her former husband sold them in Chester, except one shop which
she cannot alienate during her life, but which shall revert to the convent
immediately on her decease. Witnesses : Sir John de Wethenhale, Gode-
frey, clerk of the castle (clerico castri), then chamberlain of Chester, and
others (named).
A. 207. Grant by John Jolif, of St. Probus, to Ivo de Tregoys, of
land in Trederf, extent and situation described, and common of pasture in
Restyr. Witnesses : Reginald de Trelouthas, Richard de Tresawel, and
others (named). Tregoys, Saturday after St. Mary Magdalen, 17 Edward II.
A. 208. Licence from Nicholas Joel, perpetual vicar of the church of
Saham, to Sir Philip Basset, as far as he is concerned, to build a chapel in
Sahara, and to hear service therein, provided the chaplain appointed swear
to indemnify the mother church of Saham in all things. Witnesses :
Master William de Clare, archdeacon of Sudbiri, Ralph de Arden, Master
William de Brunford, and others (named). [A.D. 1243-1266, probably
1245.]
A. 209. Grant by Richard, son of William Sweyn, of Sutton, to
Roger Sweyn, son of Robert his brother, of a tenement in Huneton. The
Circumcision, 4 Edw. III.
A. 210. Letters patent directing the knights, freemen, foresters, and
others on the honor and castle of [Peverel] and forest of High Peak to
be respondent to John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, to whom the King has
granted the said honor, castle, and forest for life as fully as they were hold
by William Peverel before they escheated to the Crown, at a yearly rent
of 437 marcs, 6*. 8d. [19 Edw. III.] Defaced. Fragment of seal.
A. 211. Indenture between the King and Henry de Burton con-
cerning a gold mine discovered by the latter in [Cornwall, Devon, and
Somerset], as to which some arrangement is made for two years. The
arrangement cannot be ascertained, as only one-half of the document
remains. 1 [Ric. II. Cf. Rymer, Record Edition, Vol. IV., p. 26.]
A. 212. Final concord whereby the King, by John Gaunt, his attorney,
demands and receives from Almaric de Nowers the manor of Saldon,
paying 200 marcs for this said fine. Westminster, 18 November,
25 Edward III.
Annexed : Note of the above fine.
A. 213. Grant by Martin the Parson of Maperton, by consent of
James de Novo Mercato, patron of the church of Maperton, to William de
St. John, clerk, of the chapel of Blakeford, " in puram et perpetuam
vicariam," paying therefor yearly to the mother church of Maperton 10*.
by way of pension. Witnesses : Master John de Hikeford, Richard and
John, chaplains, Peter de Punttinton, knight, Roger de Weston, knight,
Walter de la Crave, Clement de Beauchamp, and others (named).
Dors.
Seal.
Dors.
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ANCIENT DEEDS.
A 91 A Letters of attorney of John de la Mare, authorising Seman
g^S3^^-53
(named). [London, 17 June, 3 Edward II.J
~
8 Edward III. Seal.
[Dors.J
I I I I 1 I J , L1-HJ JJ-*- -
[A D. 1226-1236.] Damaged.
named). [A.D. 1246.]
[Dors ] A. 219. The counterpart of the chirograph containing the i
A'. 220. Another copy of the above grant, A. 218. Seal of arm,,
J J? 3
[Cornw.]
J J?
A 991 Grant by Richard, son of Henry de Tregeryek, to John his
1 Edward III
[Cornw.j
into his own hands again. Westminster, 1 March, 1
of seal.]
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
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f
W iu S 100*. for this quit-claim.
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[Cornw.]
[Cornw.]
A. ZZ5. Final concord made at Westminster, between Master Thomas
aft, and John de Cobbeham and Amice his wife
acknowledge Hilton manor to belong to Thomas, who'
them two parts thereof, und that I he third part, now held
e Tho i ameS de Boule y> in dow er, of the inheritance of the
renmin wZ a iv ( t T T !t r f v f ts at hei ' d <^), shall, after her decease,
children to Z tl M " < ^ CG> With remainder . if they die without
10 right heirs of Amice. Easter. 5 Edward II.
, A, 226. Grant by Eobert le Bruy to Pascasius de Terredenec of all
through Isabella his
[Devon.]
Devon.
Cornw.
Glouc.
Berks, & c .
de J
two acres of
'
Stephen de Desel, and othes (uamed) [Edwad I ]
i0nisia> relict f John Chal peneis, the elder, in
aS le Weten ' citizen of E ^ter of
f Exeter " W ^<* --Alured
de Gatepatl "
f , libe f rties / nd Privileges claimed by the abbot of
John
Stert
Ewtor
Jnd al
J hn * the Rbbot and m nks of Ford of
> in Which P arish tlle monastery is shuate
' Colebrok e. Jand called Tumbritteford ' in
Called 'Coresturnan' in Cornwall, &c!
onthem bthe g rants f iii
[Devon.]
2-
on, Cokflete, and Wynneston, at a yearly rent of 12* with li
f araen Witnesses :_Ralphd^ .
*
ANCIENT DEEDS.
25
[Devou.]
[Devon.]
Cornw.
Devon.
[Devon.]
Devon.
[Suff.?]
[Dors.]
A. 230. Grant by Roger, called ' le Arbalestre,' to Thomas tie Ayttelegh,
for 20*., of his tenement in St. Mary Magdalen Street, without the south
gate of Exeter, situate as described, at a yearly rent of 3*. Witnesses :
John Soth, then mayor of Exeter, and others (named). Exeter, Thursday,
the feast of St. Nicholas, 20 Edward I.
A. 231. Confirmation by Henry [I.] to the canons of Holy Trinity,
London, of the grant to them by Queen MatiJda his wife of 251. out of the
farm of the city of Exeter, which sum he directs Roger bishop of Salisbury
and the Barons of the Exchequer to compel the sheriff to pay them.
Witness : Geoffrey de Glint'. Winchester, [A.D. 1103-1135.] Fragment
of Great Seal.
A. 232. Confirmation by Richard, son of Thomas de Rosmodres, of
the grant (herein recited) by Thomas lord of Rosmodres, his grandfather,
to Robert, son of Thomas de Tredeny, upon his marriage with Margery, the
grantor's daughter, of land in Legh and a yearly rent of 3d. issuing out of
the fulling mill of Legh, paying therefor I2d. yearly and a pair of white
gloves for all services, saving the common tallage of the county of Cornwall.
Monday before St. Peter in Cathedra, 10 Edw. II. Seal.
A. 233. Grant by Richard Goodyer and Grace his wife to John
Sydenham,'for 111. $s. 6d., of all their messuages, lands, woods, &c., in
Faryngdon, Wodbury, Pyn, Alysbere and Honyton Clyst. 28 Juiy,
22 Henry VIII.
A. 234. Grant by Joan, relict of Gilbert de Brunardeston, to the
abbey of St. Mary of Buckestre (Buckfastleigh) of a meadow belonging
to her tenement in Brunardeston, situate as described. Witnesses :
Ralph de Cumbe, Thomas de Muthccumbe, and others (named).
A. 235. Certificate by John Holand, Duke of Exeter, Earl of Hun-
tingd'on, and Chamberlain of England, that William Beauroound has done
homage to him for lands in Asshewater, Aylescote, and elsewhere in Devon
held of him in chief by knight service, as of the castle and borough of
Barnstaple. " In our hostel at London," 4 November, 21 Richard II. Seal.
A. 236. Release by Matilda, formerly wife of Fulk de Tosstoke, to
Nicholas Fareman, of Lausell, of the tenement her late husband sold to
William Fareman, father of Nicholas. Witnesses : Sewell de Haningfeld,
Walter de Styvele, John Rodlod, and others (named).
A. 237. Grant by Henry de Erdington, heir of Giles de Erdington, to
Sir John de Kirkeby, dean of Wymburn, of the homage and service of
Jordan Loky and an annual rent of \2d. he pays for a tenement in
Wymburn. Witnesses : Walter de Wymburn, Walter de Odyham, and
William de Hamelton, canons of Wymburn, Jordan de Lunger, sacristan of
the church of Wymburn, Walter de Augmodesham, Thomas de Stagno,
and Roger Edelof. Seal.
A. 238. Agreement whereby Bartholomew de Quemerford grants to
Adam, son of Walter Chamberlong, 6^ acres of land at Whetindon (in
Langhelond, Maltelond, Wulvruneimere, Frogghefurlanghe, Gorfurlange,
Brumelfurlang, Ellescubbe, and Holeweie), for 10 years, with power to
sublet, to any but " religiosi " or Jews. The said two parties made affidavit
to observe this agreement " in manu Wnlteri de Kalest, capellani, coram
viris diseretis." Witnesses : Osbert the chaplain of Cain', Simon de Cain',
chaplain, Henry de Quemerford and Philip his son, William Luvel,
Alexander de Tesewurthe, Richard de Calu', clerk. " Facta ad Hockedai,"
1525. Seat.
26
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
Dors. A. 239. Letters of attorney of Walter, prior " de Wasto," appointing
Somers. the prior of Rumilliac and Walter his own servant, the bearers, his
proctors to receive from Adam de Stratone, clerk, 1\ marks he owes for
the manor and advowson of Winterburn and manors of Bochampton and
Swanwich. The feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul, 1280.
[ ] A. 240. Alice, widow of Simon Hocchede, declares that she has
agreed with Gilbert Basset that she will not let to farm or otherwise sell or
alienate her jointure of the land of the said Simon to any one but him,
except with his goodwill and assent, nor can she marry except by his
consent. Witnesses : William Walder, Walter do Puderigge, Simon de
Scauham, Geoffrey de Hugenden, and John the Clerk.
[Hants.] A. 241. Lease by Adam le Vezie to Alan Basset, his lord, of 20 acres
of land in Mapedrewell for 11 years from Michaelmas, 12 John. Witnesses :
Gervase, prior of Anedewell, Hugh de Arundel, Reginald de Calne,
Robert de Sancto Manueo, William de Medineham, and Thomas de Hokin-
tone. [12 John.] Seal.
[ ] A. 242. Agreement whereby Isabel, formerly wife of William de
Montacute, receives from Alan Basset by way of dower the manor of
Gerlingtune and right of patronage of the church there, and Turlcbere manor,
except the right of patronage of its church ; saving 61. rent which the said
Isabel is bound to pay to Alan Basset or the heir of the aforesaid William,
or whoever has custody of the land and heir till he is of age. Witnesses :
Gilbert Basset, Warm Basset, Roger de Dantesie, Reginald de Calne,
Richard de Husseburne, Master John de Childewic, and others (named).
Dors. A. 243. Acquittance by Richard de Portees for 40/. received from
Richard de Brunkescoumb for the rent of the manor of Wynterbourne
Stepilton, for two years to come from the present date. Witnesses :
Sir John Mauduyt, knight, Roger de Colyngbourn, Roger Roddes,
Nicholas de la Lee, and John de Grantham. Somerford Mauduyt, 30 July,
17 Edward II. Seal of arms.
[Dors.] A. 244. Grant by Walter de Donestanvill to Reginald de Daienvill,
on account of his service, of 162 acres of land in Wintreborn, six men in
the same vill, two " virgarii " and four " cocharii " in the meadow towards
Hamton, and pasture for two team of oxen, two bullocks and two cows,
to be held by the service of half a knight's fee. Witnesses : Thomas
Basset, Alan Basset, William the Clerk, and Reginald de Hamtona.
[Dors.] A. 245. Grant by Walter de Dajville to Alan Basset and his heirs of
all his land in Winterburn, which William de Frayino held, for a term
beginning at the feast of St. Margaret [before ?] " the agreement made
between our lord the King and his barons at Rinningmed," to the next
Easter following thereafter : the land then to remain to Walter and his heirs
in the same state as he grants it, that is, seven acres ploughed and the
meadow " ad falcanduni," saving Alan's aforesaid crop to the Michaelmas
next following. Witnesses : Thomas Basset, Thomas de Estlegh, Hugh
Dispenser, Walter de Coventry, Stephen de Segrave, Richard de Turribiis
and others (named). [17 John.]
[Dots.] A. 246. Confirmation by Thomas the Clerk of Eimville, of the quit-
claim made by Waiter de Eimvilla, his brother, to Alan Basset, of the said
Walter's land in Winterburn. Witnesses : Peter son of Herbert, Matthew
son of Herbert, JohnXuvel, Thomas Basset, Fulk Basset, Reginald de Calne,
Hillary de Bathamtunc, and others (named). [John.]
ANCIENT DEEDS.
27
, i
[John.]
Grant by Nicholas Heunelade, with consent of Hemmecina
(named). [c. 9 John.]
Sea/ o/ cms, defaced.
A 950 Release by John Giffard, son of Sir Osbert Giffard, to
' Sir HuSPV Despenser 7 of all his right to the manor of Winterbourne
Heuton Witnessed :-Sirs Walter de Pavely, John de Holt, and Simon de
Thorny, knights, and others (named). Fasternam, Saturday next after the
Annunciation, 30 Edward [I.] Seal.
A 251 Release by the same to the same, "domino meo," of the said
JT and meadow cafled 'Hod' in OkfordskeUing pansh WUnesscs :
-Sirs Ralph de Hengham, William de Bereforde, John le Blound, then
Mayor of London, Peter de Bosenho, Robert le Callere, then shenffs of
SdonTRobert de Harwedone, and John de Wyngrave. London, 1 April,
30 Edward [I-] Seal.
A 252 Certificate by Osbert Giffard, knight, that he has enfeoffed
SirHu-ht Despenser with his manor of WynterbourneHuetone for 50/.
yearly and it is agreed, that Sir Hugh having full seism thereof, a true
^nVshaUbemade'of the manor by good men of U je ^^ or neigh-
bourhood of Wynterbourne, and Sir Hugh will lease to Sir O.bert loi I
E lands and 'tenements in co. Northampton or Southamp on (whichever
Sr Osbert shall choose) to the value of such extent : provided the extent
nd lease be made before the feast of the Apostles Philip and James,
30 Edward fl-T On assignment of such lands to Sir O.bert, payment of
the aboTe 5tl J ye-ly by Sir Hugh shall cease Other tajrilil
Fasternam, Monday next after St. Gregory the Pope, 30 Edwaid [LJ.
Seal of arms, defaced.
A 2 53 Release by Osbert Giffard, knight, to Sir Hugh le Despenser,
D0r8 ' of Annual rent* he w'as bound to pay for the manor of Wynterbourne
Houtone, according to the charter of feoffment [* A. 252 j. Witness^ .-
Sir Ralph de Rochford, Sir James de Trowe Sir Ralph de Hulle Aclam
Herteley John Gerveys, of co. Dorset, Sir Richard Daumery, Sir Robert
oys y Sir John drElesfekl, Sir Thomas dc Gardyns, Sir Giles do Insula,
IirW lliam de Scalebrok, ^ Walter de Wythulle ^twy Porcelrfota
(named), of co. Oxon. Brackele, Saturday, the translation of St. Edward,
King and Confessor, 30 Edward [I.]. Seal of arms, defaced.
[Dors.] A, 254. Duplicate of A. 252.
28 DESCEIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
[Dors]. A. 255. Letters of attorney of Osbert Giffard, empowering Adam de
Abbotesburi to put Sir Hugh le Despenser in full seisin of his manor of
Wynterbourne Huetone. Fasternam, Monday next after St. Gregory
the Pope, 30 Edward [I.].
Dors. A. 256. Letters of attorney of Hugh, prior "de Vasto," appointing
John de Olneye his attorney to put Sir Adam de Stratone, clerk, in full
seisin of the manor and advowson of the church of Winterbourne, and of
all lands he has granted to Sir Adam in Bochampton and Swanewich
[see A. 239]. London, Thursday, the vigil of All Saints, 54 Hen. III.
Portion of seal, good.
[Cornw.] A. 257. Bond of William de Tregod to pay Richard de Reskemmer
100/. if he sell or alienate any of the 24 messuages and 12 acres wherewith
the said Richard has enfeoffed him and Mabel his wife, being the whole of
his lands, &c. in Treuing, Kolter, Chienhalls, Trebyhan, Chienurian,
Tregellost, Chienhal, Aranon, Boskelly, Tregod, Tremanhyr, Treverven,
&c., together with the services of the tenants (named) of the lands herein
specified. Reskemmer, Monday, the vigil of St. Mark the Evangelist,
5 Edward II.
[Cornw.] A. 258. Release by Marina, daughter of Oliver Lombart, to Richard
lord of Reskemmer, of all land to which she has or could have claim by the
King's writ of mart d'ancestre in Treles, which was formerly her father's.
Witnesses : Sir Randulf de Tregot, Mathew de Henleston, clerk, and
others (named). Lauzaston, Thursday after St. John ante Portmn
Latiuam, 12 Ed ward I.
York. A. 259. Release by Alice, daughter of Ralph Bernard, widow, to
Thomas, son of Robert de Bolton, and Eleanor his wife, of all lands and
possessions pertaining to the seijeanty of the gate of York Castle. Wit-
nesses : Robert de Fratribus, Sir Walter Guher [noted " obiit ''], Master
Robert de Kyrkeham, and William de Barton.
[Dham.] A. 260. Grant by Ralph de Nevill, knight, lord of Raby, to Roger de
Lonesdale, William de Elwyk, and two others, chaplains in the parish
church of Stayndrop, Durham diocese, of 20 marks of annual rent issuing
from his manors of Stayndrop and Raby, for daily masses at the altar of
the Virgin Mary in the south part of the said church for the souls of
Sir Ranulpb. de Nevill his father, lady Eufemia his mother (whose body
lies buried there), himself, and Alesia his wife, after their decease ; with
right of distress upon those manors if that sum be not paid. This grant is
made by consent of the bishop of Durham and the prior and convent of
Durham, and contains clauses regulating the presentation of new canons
when vacancies occur, which is vested first in Sir Ralph and his heirs, then
in the prior and convent, and finally in the bishop. Witnesses : Sire John
de Euro, Thomas Surtays, Thomas de Rokeby, and Roger de Essh, knights,
and others (named). Stayndrop, Friday before the nativity of the Virgin
Mary, 1343.
Quadripartite indenture, this being noted as " Pars Prioris," and
sealed with the seals of the canons, the bishop, and Sir Ralph. The last
alone remains, seal of arms, defaced.
[York.] A. 261. Release by John Seele, son of Richard Seele, of Fourneys,
to Thomas de Heseldene of all lands, &c., in Wakefield, Sandale, and
Crigeleston that he inherited on the death of Thomas Seele. Wakefield,
Monday after Michaelmas, 50 Edward III. Seal.
ANCIENT DEEDS. 29
[Dham.] A. 262. Grant by William del Hall, of Stayndrop, to Sir Ralph de
Nevill, of Raby, of all his lauds and possessions in Keverstone. Raby,
6 October, 1361.
[York.] A. 263. Release by Nicholas, son of William son of Wymark de Wartre,
to John, son of William de Lepington, of Wartre, of two tofts with a croft
in Lepington. Witnesses: John Bell, of Hay ton, Edward Fanecourt, of
Brunbi, and others (named). Wartre, St. Laurence the Martyr's day, 1355.
[York.] A. 264. Release by William, son of Reginald de Captoft, of Leping-
ton, to Sir John de Melsa, of two bovates of land (forming a fourth part
of a carucate), and a "divisa" in Lepington. Witnesses: Sir Robert
de Friyeby, knight, Roger Trussebut, Richard de Bernwyle, John Brun, of
Acclum, Richard le Walays, and others (named) .
[York.] A. 265. Grant by William de Capetoft to John de Melsa of a bovate
of land in Lepington, situate on the west next to the land he gave to
William de Fraunceys with his daughter Lecia on her marriage ; paying
therefor yearly one rose at the time of roses. Witnesses: Sir Thomas
de Chauncy, Thomas de Hirton, Rocelin de Scrayngham, John Brune, of
Ackelum, William Fraunceys, and others (named). Seal.
[York.] A. 266. Demise by John, son of Robert Breton, of Lepington, and
Emma his wife, to Scolastica, formerly wife of Sir Godfrey de Melsa, knight,
of a bovate of land in Lepington, which she surrendered to them for ever, and
which William the Smith (Faber),of Lepington, held tLa day of the making
hereof for three years from Pentecost next ; paying therefor yearly 6s. 8d. in
two portions, the first term of payment to begin at Pentecost, 1339. Wit-
nesses: Nicholas de Langton, William Gra, John de Ilousuni, citizens
of York, William de Belkthorp, John Fraunceys, and Roger Trussebutt.
Lepington, Sunday next before the Apostles Simon and Jude, 1337,
11 Edward III.
[York.] A. 267. Release by Joan, called Slryis, daughter of Walter Breton,
of Lepyington, to Sir John de Meux, knight, of all lands which formerly
belonged to John Breton, of Lepyngton, in Lepyngton. Witnesses :
Thomas Chauncy, William de Belkthorp, and others (named). Wednesday,
the feast of All Saints, 1363. Seal.
[York.] A. 268. Grant by William de Parcho to Emma his wife, by way of
dower, of a tenement in Lepington, with an acre of land towards the north
part, and half an acre towards the south part of the same place, paying
2*. yearly. Witnesses : Godfrey de Melsa, Richard Trussebut, Reginald
de Cappetoft, John Brun, of Acclom, and others (named). [Edward III.]
[York.] A. 269. Release by William de Capetoft, dwelling in Lepington, to
Sir John de Melsa, of two bovates of land in Lepington, part of 10 bovates he
holds of Sir John, and which lie between " my carucate " and the land
that Sir Reginald, his father, formerly gave to Sir Godfrey de Melsa.
Witnesses : Sir Richard Trussebut and Robert de Frithebi, knights,
Richard de Bernevile, William de Barkertorp, Walter his brother, John
Brun, of Aclom, and others (named). [Edward III.]
[York.] A. 270. Grant by Robert de Lepington to Richard, son of Ralph de
Lelling, and Cecilia his daughter, on their marriage, of a toft with a croft
in Lepington (size and position accurately specified) at a yearly rent of
a garland of roses on 24 June. Witnesses: William de Husom, John
del Parke, Simon de Rouzeclive, Hugh the Clerk (Clerico), of Scraingham,
and others (named).
30 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
[York.] A. 271. Demise by Lecia do Capetoft, of Lepington, to Sir John de
Melsa, of the same, of the bovate of land in Lepington that Sir John had by
gift from her, for six years from the present day. Witnesses : Sir Thomas
de Chauncy, Thomas de Metham, William de St. Quintin, Ralph de
. Barkthorp, William de Husom, and others (named). Feast of the
Purification, 21 Edward [I.].
[York.] A. 272. Grant by John de Melsa to William de Capetoft, of Lepington,
of the toft in Lepington called ' Cuthbertcroft,' which he had by quitclaim
of the same William, in exchange for the messuage the latter quitclaimed
to Melsa. If, after William's death, his wife Joan obtain possession of
such messuage from Melsa or his heirs, he shall forthwith repossess
' Cuthbertcroft ' till the messuage he restored. Witnesses : Sir William de
Botehale, Sir Robert de Friyeby, Sir Richard Trussebuth, Richard de
Bcrnevyle, Walter de Barketorp, John Brun, of Akelun, and others
(named).
[York.] A. 273. Release by William de Capetoft, of Lepiuton, knight, to
Sir John de Melsa, knight, son of Godfrey do Melsa, of two tofts with
crofts in Lepinton, and of all his right to two bovates of land with a
toft in Lepinton, which Thomas le Cornwalays formerly held of him.
Witnesses : -Sir Richard Trussebut, Sir Robert de* Fryebi, knights,
Richard de Bernevil, in Leghening, John Brun, of Acclum, and others
(named).
[York.] A. 274. Grant by William, son of Simon de Lepington, to William
the Smith (Fabrd), of Lepington, of a toft in Lepiugton, which he had by
feoffment of John do Lepington, of Wartce, at a yearly rent of one rose, if
asked. Witnesses : Geoffrey Trussbutte, John de Lethings, and others
(named). Damaged.
[York.] A. 275. Grant by Lecia, daughter of William de Capetoft, widow, to
Sir John de Melsa, son of Sir Godfrey de Melsa, of two bovates of land in
Lepington she had by grant from her father. Witnesses : Thomas de
Chauncy, Thomas Burdon, Roger Grimet, knights, Ralph de Barkethorp,
and others (named). York, Monday next after Mid Lent, 20 Edward [I].
[York.] A. 276. Release by Robert, son of Robert Croc, of Lepington, to
Sir Godfrey de Melsa, of a bovate of land in Lepington he formerly held
of Sir Godfrey, a toft with croft excepted. Witnesses : Richard Trusse-
but, Robert de Berville, Thomas de Harom, William son of Otho, Thomas
Coruubiensis, of Acclom, John de Barkertorp, and others (named).
[York.] A. 277. Demise by John de Meaux, of Bewick in Holderness, knight,
to William de Bulmar, of Skrangham, of the messuage and two bovates of
land with croft that Robert son of Amand held of him in Lepyngton, for
12 years from the present time, at a yearly rent of 17s. 4d. ; the term of first
payment for the messuage and croft to commence next Whitsunday, and for
the bovates of land, Whitsunday 1365. The said William is to maintain the
tenements in good condition, as to houses and other necessaries therein,
at his own cost. Lepyngton, Monday next after Palm Sunday, 1363.
[York.] A. 278. Indenture whereby Sir Robert Hanlay, knight, Sir John de
Acorn, clerk, Sir Henry de Hull, vicar of the church of Killyngwyk, John
de Boynton, William de Clifton, William de Weston, chaplains, William
Henrison, William Brews, and Richard de Lound, lease to Sir Thomas
Ugbtred, knight, the manor of Lepyngton, with all its appurtenances in the
vills of Barthorp, Levenyng, Acclom, Fangfose, and Gouthorp, for 10 years
from the present date, at a yearly rent of 201. Lepyngton, 20 January,
20 Richard II.
Five out of the nine seals of the parties to the indenture of the first part
remain.
ANCIENT DEEDS. 31
[York.] A. 279. Release by Thomas de Meaux, knight, to Robert de Hanlay,
knight, and the other eight as above [see A. 278], of the manor of Lepyng-
ton and its appurtenances in the vills of Barthorp, Levenyng, Akolum,
Fangfosse, and Gowethorpe, formerly belonging to John de Meaux, knight,
son and heir of Godfrey de Meaux, knight. Witnesses : Peter, sixth lord
of Maulay (domino Pctro de malo lacu sexto}, Sir Ralph de Hastyng, John
Bygod, John Conestable, of Halsham, John de Hothum, knights, and
others (named). Lepyngton, Tuesday in the second week of Lent,
2 Richard II.
Portions of two seals of arms.
[York.] A. 280. Release by Thomas de Meaux, knight, to Sir Thomas
Ughtred, of Lepyngton manor, and all lands formerly belonging to Sir
John de Meaux, knight, son and heir of Sir Godfrey de Meaux, knight,
deceased, in Gouthorp, Barthorp, Levenyng, Akelpin, Fangefos, York,
Migeleye, Sutton in Holderness, Dripehull, Stanfery, and Lopholme.
Witnesses as in A. 279. Lepyngton, Tuesday in the second week of
Lent, 2 Richard II.
[York.] A. 281. Indenture whereby Adam de Trentham having agreed with
Sir Thomas Ughlred, knight, to be bailiff, serjeant, and keeper of Lepyng-
ton manor and all the lordship thereof, acknowledges having received into
his charge all the stock, implements, tools, &c., herein described. Kexby
manor, 29 September, 12 Richard II.
[York.] A. 282. Release by William Barton, of Wystowe, to Robert Ughtred,
knight, of a messuage and two bovates of land in Lepyngton. Lepyngton,
2 October, 13 Henry VI. Fragment of seal.
[York.] A. 283. Grant by John de Grantham to Sir John de Melsa, lord of
Lepington, of a toft with a croft and 1^ bovates of land in Lepington,
situated, and acquired by him, as specified herein. Witnesses : Sir
Robert de Percy, Thomas de Chauncy, Thomas Burdon, Roger Griinet,
German de Hay, Walter Perchehay, Thomas de Metham, William de
St. Quintin, Robert Uhtthred, knights, and others (named). York,
Wednesday, the feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle, 20 Edward [I.].
[York.] A. 284. Grant by John de Graham to Sir John de Melsa, lord of
Lepington, of one "placea" of land in Lopington, which belonged to the
capital messuage of Stephen, son of William de Parco, in Lepington, and a
bovate and a half of land which he had by feoffment of Bartholomew de
Galeway, formerly living in Lepington. Witnesses as above, A. 283.
St. Barnabas day, 20 Edward [I.].
Endorsed : " Carta Johannis de Grantam de feoffamento de
Lepington."
[York.] A. 285. Grant by Robert de Levenyng, living in Acclom, to Sir John
do Meaux, of Bewyk in Holderness, knight, of his wood with meadow
belonging, in the field of Acclom, and one 'flat' of land reaching in length
from the wood to 'le Northbeke,' of Lepington, and in width between
the flats of the prior of Bridyllington and the said Sir John ; paying
yearly a rose (if asked) in time of roses for the first 10 years, and after
that 101. a year. The term is to commence at the feast of St. Martin
next. Lepington, Monday the vigil of Michaelmas, 1366.
[York.] A. 286. Release by Sir Reginald de Capetoft to Sir Godfrey de Melsa,
of one half carucate of land in Lepinton, three tofts and crofts lying towards
the south next the close of the prior of St. Andrew, and a pasture called
' the wood,' except the " cultura " which is called ' Estflat,' and a meadow
called ' Gayris.' For this quitclaim Sir Godfrey is bound to find Sir
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Reginald, lady Helewisa his wife, their groom (garcifer) and maidservant in
all necessaries food, clothing, &c., as herein specified, for their Jives. If
lady Helewisa ever demand part of the said land as dower, this agreement
to be void. Other clauses follow. Witnesses ; Sir Richard Truesebut,
Sir Gilbert de Briddeshale, Walter Wacellin, Thomas Cornubiensis, of
Acclum, and others (named).
[York.] A. 287. Release by William, son of William de Capetoft, of Aldeburgh,
to John Frauncys, of Lepington, of the messuage the latter lives in, and
two bovates of laud in Lepington. Witnesses: Robert del Wald and
Robert le Vaus. of York, and others (named). York, Wednesday next
before Palm Sunday, 17 Edward II.
[York.] A. 288. Agreement between John Fraunsays, of Lepington, an.I
Robert son of John, of the same, that as soon as the said John shall
be in peaceable possession of 1 bovates of land in Lepington, which lie
had by grant from John, son of the said Robert, the bond in 10 marcs
wherein Robert is bound to him shall be void, into whouisoever's hands
t may come; and the said Robert covenants that from the moment
he or his heirs implead John or his heirs so that they lose the said tene-
ment, the bond for 10 marcs shall be in full force. Witnesses : John de
Melsa, John de Bernevile, Roger Trussebut, John de Barkethorp, and
others (named). Lepington, the feast of the Annunciation, 1326.
[York.] A. 289. Grant by Sir Godfrey de Melsa to John de Parco, of Lepin"-
ton of a toft with croft in Lepington, formerly belonging to John's father
William de Parco, for six years at 4*. per annum, the first term of payment
to commence at Whitsunday next. If at anytime the rent be lo days in
arrear Sir Godfrey may re-enter and retain the premises, with all goods
and chattels therein, according to the form of seisin he had thereof by the
King's writ based ou the statute of Acton Burnell. Witnesses : Ralph
de Barkethorp, Hugh Broun and Thomas le Cornwaleys, of Ackelom, and
others (named).
[York.] A. 290. Grant by John, son of Godfrey de Melsa, knight, to Simon
laillour, of Lepyngtou, and William son of Simon, of the same, of his
manor of Lepyngton for ever, at an annual rent of 1601. "Witnesses
Sirs Ralph de Hastynges, William Plaice, the elder. Walter de Heslarton,
,0-*! o', a ^ d thers ( Ilamed )- Lepyngton, Monday next after All Saints,
looo, 32 .Ldward III.
[York.] A. 291. Grant by William, late son of Robert Young, of Lepingtou,
to lady Isabel de Melsa, formerly wife of Sir Godfrey de Melsa, of a toft with
croft in Lepington, between land of the convent of Thicheved and William
de Capetoft. Witnesses: Sir William de Boxal, Sir Richard Trussebut,
of Leghening, Sir Robert de Fryebi, knights, Gilbert de Melsa, and others
(named).
[York.] A. 292. Demise by John, son of Robert Breton, of Lepington, and
^mma, his wife, to Scolastica, late wife of Sir Godfrey de Melsa, knt., of
a bovate of land in Lepington, which Scolastica surrendered to the said
m and Emma for ever for three yeai-s from Whitsunday next, at
6s. Sd. yearly; the first term of the aforesaid payment commencing Whit-
sunday, 1339. Witnesses : Nicholas de Langton, William Gra, John de
Housum, citizens of York, and others (named). Lepington, Sunday next
before the Apostles Simon and Jude, 1337, 11 Edward III.
[York. ] A. 293. Grant by John de Lepyngton, of Wartre, to Robert de la More,
chaplain, of a toft built over in Lepyngton, for term of the said John's
hie at a yearly rent of 6*., with right of distress therein, into whomsoever's
banns it may come, if the rent be 30 days in arrear. Lepynjnou, Sunday,
the feast of St. John of'Beverley, 1357.
ANCIENT DEEDS.
TYorkl A 294 Release by William Bond, of Lepington, to Sir Thomas
U-htred, knt., of all actions or claims on account of a debt for the purchase
of" grain within the demesne of Lepington. Wednesday next after St.
Barnabas, 3 Richard II. Seal.
FYork 1 A 295 Release by William de Capthoft to John de Melsa, son of the
late Sir Godfrey, of two bovates of lund in Lepington which he had by grant
from his sister. Witnesses : Sir Richard Trusbutte, Sir Robert de Frithebi,
William de Boscale, knt., Sir William de Belqethorp, Sir William son ot
Ralph, and others (named).
[York 1 A 296 Urant by William, son of William de Parco, of Lepington,
to Emma his mother, of a toft, a croft, and 5 selions of land in Lepington,
which his father bought of Robert le Jeven ; at yearly rents to him ot a
clove, 2s. to Sir Geoffrey Agillun, and a pair of gloves to William son
of Robert de Lepington. Witnesses : Sir Geoffrey Agelun, Sir John de
Melsa, William de Capetoft, Rocelin de Scrayngham, and others (named).
[c. A.D. 1281. See A. 208].
[York 1 A 297 John de Lepington appoints William de Husom, his attorney,
to deliver seisin to Godfrey de Melsa of half a bovate of land in Lepington,
in accordance with his charter of feoffment. York, Tuesday next after
St. Nicholas, 28 Edward I.
[York 1 A 298 Demise by John, son of William de Parco, of Lepington,
to Emma his mother, relict of the said William, of a toft and croft and
an acre and a half of land in Lepington for her life, with reversion to him
at her decease. Witnesses : Sir John de Melsa, William de Capetofte,
Rocelin de Scrahingham, and others (named). Christmas, 1 28 1 . Fragment
of seal.' [Cf. A. 296].
[York ] A 299. Release by William, son of William de Parco, of Lepington,
to John his' brother, of his right to a tenement that belonged to William
their father in Lepington, as is contained in a grant to his mother.
Witnesses : Sir John de Melsa, William de Barketorp, Rocelin de
Scrayingham, and others (named), [c. A.D. 1281].
[York ] A 300. Grant by Richard Skynner, of Lepington, to Scolastica, late
wife of Godfrey de Melsa, of a toft with croft in Lepington which he had
by gift of Alice his mother. Witnesses : William de Housum, John
Franceys, and others (named). Lepington, Friday before Michaelmas,
10 Edward II.
[York ] A. 301. Release by John, son and heir of Bartholomew de Lepington,
to R'ichard' Skynner his brother, of his right to a toft with croft in
Lepington, which the said Richard has by feoffment "of Alice del
Park my mother." Witnesses : Robert de Lepington, William de Housum,
and others (named). Lepington, Friday next after St. Bartholomew,
10 Edward II.
[York ] A. 302. Grant by Alice, formerly wife of Bartholomew de Lepington,
to her son Richard Skynner, of a toft with croft in Lepington which she
had by gift from Stephen del Park, her brother. Witnesses as above
[A. 3OO, 301]. Lepington, Friday next after St. Peter ad Vincula,
10 Edward II.
[Herts.] A. 303. Confirmation by Alice, late wife of Miles de Westmell, to John
de Marines, of the grant made him by her late husband and herself.
Witnesses : Walter Hacun, Walter de Hertfort, Peter Boiseel, and others
(named). St. Martin's day, 46 Henry III.
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[Herts.] A. 304. Grant by Geoffrey, son of Ealph the Clerk of Westmeln, lo
John de Marines, at a yearly rent of 4*. 7d., of the land in Westmeln he
had by grant of William, son of William son of Benedict, which the said
William held of the tenement of John Troteman ; and the land and what-
ever else the same John had, at the time he held of Hugh de Marines,
belonging to the said tenement. Witnesses : Walter Hakun, Nicholas
Tayllard, Miles de Standon, and others (named). Seal.
[York.] A. 305. Release by Richard de Stubbes, son and heir of Alexander
de Stubbes, to Sir John, Earl of Warenne, of the homage and service of
Robert Curtou, by reason of the land he sold to the said Robert in
Warneswurthe, with licence of the said Earl ; anil attorument for the same
Robert to do homage and suit of court [to the Earl in his stead] for the
said land. Witnesses : Sir Ralph de Horebiri, William de London, William,
son of William de Stanton, and others (named). Seal.
[Herts.] A. 306. Grant by Geoffrey, son of Ralph the Clerk of Westmeln, to
John de Marines, of one half of all his land in the field of Rowenhofeld, in
Westmeln, which he had by gift of William, son of William son of Benedict,
the messuage of Michael de Aqua, and the tenement of Richard Wolwuh.
The parcels of land are accurately described, and the canons of Holy Trinity,
London, and many others are mentioned as holding land adjacent.
Witnesses : Walter Hakun, Nicholas Tayllard, Miles de Standone, and
others (named). Seal.
[Herts.] A. 307. Grant by Geoffrey, son of Ralph the Clerk of Westmelne, to
John de Marines, of land in Westmelne, abutting on ' Brademed,' and a
pasture 'super ;Purtewellehul.' Witnesses: Walter Hacun, Gilbert
Hacun, Henry le Chevaler, Miles de Standune, and others (named). Seal.
[York.] A. 308. Grant by Robert son of Pain, formerly " Marrarius," of Torn,
to Ranulf, chaplain of Torn, of the messuage that was his father's in Torn,
20 acres of land in the fields of Fisclache with appurtenances in the place
called ' Spinete,' and 3 acres in the fields of Torn ; to be held of the Templars
of Jerusalem, paying them 3s. Sd. yearly. For this grant Ranulf the priest
(Saecrdos) has paid 9 marcs. Witnesses : Adam de Novo Mercato, Thomas
de Bosevill, Adam and Richard, chaplains of Hacck[un], Richard the Clerk
of Stamford, Roger de Londoniis, and others (named). Seal.
[York.] A. 309. Grant by Roger, son of Henry de Salicis, to Odo the Merchant
(Mercatori) of Scotton, of all land in Scot' (Scotton), he held of Fulk sou
of Camel, of Scotton, and a toft he held of Robert de la Place, of Scotton.
Witnesses : Sir Philip de Neville, Sir John de Saunton, Martin Merchant,
of Scotton, Sir John, then chaplain of Scotton, Robert Fauvel, Richard dc
la Place, of Section, Martin de la Place, and others (named). Seal.
[York.] A. 310. Indenture witnessing that whereas William de Nessefeld,
of Scotton, and Ismania his wife, have by their grant indented enfeofled
Richard Ernys, chaplain, and John Warde, of Farnham, for ever of their
manors of Scotton and Brerton, with their appurtenances in Scotton,
Brerton, Thorp juxta Scotton, Knaresburgh, Ripplay, Mynskipp, Lynton,
Whitewell, Hewik juxta Ripon, Maunby, Thoruhor, Munkton juxta Ripon,
Kirkeby super Wisk, Burton St. Leonards, and Katelmer at a yearly rent
of 200 marcs, and all their estate in the grange of Ramesgill, and the lead
mine of Niderdale : the aforesaid Richard and John have nevertheless
demised the above premises to the aforesaid William and Ismania for three
years from the present date at a yearly rent of one pepper-corn, provided
that the aforesaid rent of 200 marcs cease for the said three years. Scotton,
Friday before Michaelmas, 36 Edward III.
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[York.] A. 311. Grant by William de Nessefelcl, of Scotton, and Ismania his
wife, to Sir Robert Fossard, parson of the church of Coppegrave, Kichard
Ernys, John Cort, John Fox, chaplains, William Gascoigne, Thomas de
Brocby, and John Warde, of Farnham, of their manors of Scotton and
Brerton with appurtenances as above [A. 31O] for ever, at an annual
rent of 200 marcs. Scotton, Sunday next before Michaelmas, 35 Edward III.
[York.] A. 312. Eelease by Robert Fossard, parson of the church of Coppe-
grave, John Cort, chaplain, John Fox, chaplain, William Gascoigne, of
Harewood, and Thomas do Bretteby to Richard Ernys, chaplain, and
John Warde, of Farnham, of all their right in the manors of Scotton
and Brerton and their appurtenances as above [A. 31O], which they had
conjointly with the said Richard and John by feoffment of William de
Nessefeld, of Scotton, and Ismania his wife [sec A. 311]. Scotton, Friday
next before Michaelmas, 36 Edward III. Two seals and two fragments.
[York.] A. 313. Release by Ralph le Bygot to John, Earl of Warenne, of
his messuage, lands, and other possessions in Thorne, and in Balne in the
parish of Fislako. Witnesses : Sirs Henry Tregor, Gerard de Hedone,
John de Percy, William Graundyn, Richard de la Vache, John de Haver-
sham, knights, Thomas Cok, and William de Redmede. Portion of seals.
[York.] A. 314. Grant by John, son of Ralph le Bygot, to John, Earl of
Warenne, of the same premises as above [A. 313]. Witnesses as above.
Seal.
[York.] A. 315. Grant by Matilda Bigot, Countess of Norfolk and Warenne,
to Richard de Ottcle, her chaplain, of the tenement with its appurtenances
which she bought of Ranulf the Chaplain of Torn, in Torn and Fislac, to
be held of her and her heirs, paying therefor yearly 3*. Sd. to the Knights
Templars at Hurst. For this grant the said Richhrd has paid 15 marcs.
Witnesses : Sir Adam de Neyreford, Sir John Lemveyse, Sir Roger de
Lund [on], Master Richard de Freyssinfeld, Alexander de Stubbes, Thomas
de Stcynford, and Thomas de Mortemer, of Aitfeld. Fragment of seal.
[York.] A. 316. Grant by Ranulf the Chaplain of Torn, to Matilda Bigot,
Countess of Norfolk and Warcnne, of his tenement and appurtenances in
Torn and Fislake, paying therefor yearly 3*. 8(/. "Fratribus Milicie Templi
Salornouis," at Hirst. For this grant the aforesaid Matilda has paid
20 marcs. Witnesses : Sir Roger de Lund[on], Sir John Lenveyse,
Richard de Castro, and others (named) .
[York.] A. 317. Grant by John de Thornhull to William, Earl of Warenne,
and his heirs, of all beasts and birds taken on all his land in Sourebiresire,
to be kept (custodiendas) by the Earl's foresters, provided the latter do
no injury to the said John nor exact food or hospitality from his men;
and the Earl grants to John and his heirs for ever to do what they like in
all his lands and woods in Sourebisire, and to take freely every year five
fat stags and five hinds in season (in ferinisione) within his own fee in
Sourebisire, by view of the Earl's foresters. Moreover, if John's dogs in
hunting wild beasts shall pass the bounds, the said John and his heirs
shall stop at the bounds and recall their dcgs. Witnesses : Sir Richard,
then abbot of Rupe, Sir Walter, then abbot of Sallay, John de Stutevill,
and others (named). [A.D. 1238-1254.] Seal, defaced.
[York.] A: 318. Release by Ralph de Horebiri and Thomas de Horebiri to
W., Earl of Warren, of all chases they claimed in Sorbesire of all wild
beasts ; and demise of all eyries of birds settling anywhere in their woods.
For which the Earl grants them three acres of newly assarted land in
Saltunestal, and to do with their lands and woods in Sorbesire in all things
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as their predecessors were wont to do. They also quitclaim to the Earl
their claim against him for herbage in his woods of Wakefeud (Wakefield),
for which quitclaim the Earl grants them herbage for their cattle, except
pigs, in the wood of Wakefeud. from the vill of Horebiri to the highway.
All wood and fishing remain to the Earl ; and if he or his heirs shall wish
to assart, grant, or settle the said woods, they shall do so, giving to Ralph
and Tliomas in exchange herbage for their cattle in a suitable place. Two
seals.
[York.] A. 319. Letters of attorney of Adam de Nessefeld and Robert de Wyclif,
clerks, authorising William de Spaigne and John de Shirburn, clerk, to deliver
seisin to William dp Nessefeld and Christiana his wife, of their manors
of Scotton, Brereton, Thorp juxta Scotton, and all their lands, &c., in
York, Burton Leonard, Scotton Stanelay, Brereton, Mynskipp, Thorp
juxta Scotton, Erkenden, Knaresburgh, Eskilby, Maunby, Kirkby super
Wysk, Stockeld, Hoton, Wandeslay, and the fourth part of Kirkestaynelay
manor. York, Sunday next after Michaelmas, 44 Edward III. Fragment
of seal.
[York.] A. 320. Grant by William the Smith (Faber), of Lepington, to Master
Simon de Bekyngham, chancellor of the church of St. Peter at York, and
Sir John de Cotyngham, rector of the church of Brunnun, Robert de
Neuton, Thomas Osgodby, and Martin de Cokermouth, of a toft in
Lepington, paying a rose yearly if asked. Lepington, Friday, 15 July,
1362. Seal.
[York.] A. 321. Thomas de Ros, lord of Hamelak, directs his stewards and
bailiffs not to distrain upon the fees of Thomas Ughtred, kill., in the manor
of Lepington and lands in Acclom, Barthorp and Levenyng, by reason of
the aervice due to him from such lands, from the present date till the end
of two years from Whitsunday next. " At our manor of Tournamhall,"
22 February, 3 Richard II.
[York.] A. 322. Grant by Richard de Husom, of Lepington, son of William
Burdet, to Sir John de Meaux, of Bewyk in Holderness, knt., of all the
land William Burdet his father had by grant of Sir Peter de Rooe, knt.,
in Lepington. 13 May, 1373. Fragment of seal.
[York.] A. 323. Release by William de Capetofth to Sir John de Melsa of a
pasture "cum co-hoperto," called ' le Wude,' in Lepington. Witnesses:
Sirs Richard Trussebut, William de Bozale, Thomas de Chauncy, Robert dc
Fritheby, knts., Richard de Bernevill, Roscelin de Scrahingham, and others
(named).
[York.] A. 324. Assignment by John Frauncays, of Lepington, to Emma, late
wife of John Breton, of Lepington, by reason of dower, of a third part of
a bovate, and a third part of a third part of a bovate of land in Lepington,
which he had bv grant of the said John her late husband. 12 May,
20 Edward III. "Seal.
[York.] A. 325. Demise i>y Sir John de Melsa to William, son of Reginald de
Captoff, for his life, of a bovate and "divisa" of land in Lepington,
without power of alienation, at a yearly rent of 5s., the said William each
year fitly to cultivate n quarter of an acre from which the ferm may be
levied, or, if not, or he bi'eak this agreement in any other way, Sir John
may resume possession of the said tenement. Witnesses: Sir Robert
de Fritheby, knt., Roger Trassebut, Richard de Bernvile, and others
(named).
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[York.] A. 326. Grant by John de Melsa, knt., that whereas Godfrey his son
is bound to him in 20 marcs of annual rent for lands held of his father in
Lepyngton, if the said Godfrey for him or his debts is distrained by the
King or his ministers, whereby he is compelled to the payment of any sum,
the 20 marcs shall be returned in full to the said Godfrey. York, Friday
next after the Invention of Holy Cross, 26 Edward [I.].
[York.] A. 327. Grant by Robert de Eouceby to Sir Godefray de Meals,
of the fifth part of two solidates (sodees) of rent he has received from a
toft and arable land that John del Parck, of Lepington, holds in Lepington,
which rent came to him by inheritance of Emma his late mother after the
death of Sir Geffray Aguilloun. Witnesses : Eauf de Barckethorpe,
Clement del Grene, of Seterington, and others (named). French.
[York.] A. 328. Release by Letia, late wife of William Fraunceys, of Lepington,
to Scolastica, late wife of Godfrey de Melsa, of two bovates of land in
Lepington, which she granted to Sir John de Melsa, knt., and which she
had by grant of William de Capetoft, her father. Witnesses : William de
Chauncy, John de Bernevill, and others ^named). Lepington, Tuesday next
before the Annunciation, 1317[-18], 11 Edward II.
[Yoik.] A. 329. Release by John de Parco to Godfrey de Melsa, son of
Sir John de Melsa, of a bovate of land in Lepington that the same Godfrey
had by grant of Alice his mother [see A. 33O]. Witnesses : Sirs Gilbert
de Bridesale, Thomas de Chauncy, Peter du Lund, knts., and others (named).
Lepington, Thursday next after St. Oswald the King, 28 Edward I.
[York.] A. 330. Grant by Alice de Parco, late wife of Bartholomew de
Galeway, to Godfrey de Melsa, son of Sir Godfrey de Melsa, of a bovate of
land in Lepington, which she had by grant of Stephen de Parco her
brother. Witnesses : Sirs Gilbert de Bridesale, Thomas de Chauncy,
Peter du Lund, knts., and others (named). Lepiugton, Sunday next after
St. Oswald the King, 28 Edward I.
[York.] A. 331. Grant by Alice, formerly wife of Bartholomew de Lepington,
to John, her eldest son, of half a bovate of land in Lepington, which she
hud by grant from her brother Stephen, on her marriage. Witnesses :
Geoffrey Stoulle, Ralph de Vernon, of Brigthorp, William de Thoraldby,
Roger Bacil, of Schirpenbek, and others (named). Lepington, Tuesday next
after St. Dunstan, 26 Edward I.
[York.] A. 332. Release by William, son of William de Capetoft, to Lecia his
sister, of two bovates of land in Lepington, which he formerly granted to
Sir John de Melsa. Witnesses : Thomas de Chauney, Thomas Burdon,
Roger Grymet, Ralph de Vernon, and others (named).
[York.] A. 333. Release by Reginald de Capetoft to Godfrey de Melsa of
half a carucate of laud, the pasture called ' the Wood,' and three tofts with
crofts in Lepinton, except a " cultura " called ' Estflat,' aiid the meadow
called 'Gayres.' Witnesses: Sir Richard Trussebut, Sir Gilbert de
liriddeshale, and others (named).
[York.] A. 334. Release by Antony de Spanby to Sir Thomas Ughtred, knt.,
of the manor of Lepyngton, and all lands, &c., formerly belonging to Sir
John de Meaux, chivalcr, son and heir of Sir Godfrey de Meaux, chivaler,
deceased, in Gouthorp, Barthorp, Levenyng, Akclom, Fankefosse, York,
Sutton-in-Holderness, Dryphull, Stanfery, and Lopholm. Witnesses:
Peter sixth lord of Maulay, Sir Ralph de Hastyngs, John Bygod, John
Conestable, of Halsham, John de Hothom, knts., Thomas de Maulay,
and others (named). Lepyngton, Palm Sunday, 2 Richard II.
Endorsed: " Irrotulatur in Banco rotulo prime de cards et proteccion-
ilms de termino Pasche anno regnorum Regis Ricardi Anglie et Francie
sci-undo ;" ami, "Kepe well this release."
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[York.] A. 335. Grant by Walter de Brambre, of Scrayngham, to Simon the
Smith (Fabcr), of Lepynglon, and Alice his wife, of 5 selions of land in
Lepyngton, containing one acre and one rood, lying between land belonging
to Scrayngham church and the lady of Lepyngton, and abutting on Wynes-
towsik; paying a rose yearly in time of roses, if asked. Lepyngton,
Monday next before Whitsunday, 1331.
[York.] A. 336. Deed of release by William de Captoft, of Lepington, to Sir
John de Melsa, of a place in the middle of the pasture of Lepington, called
' le Wode,' extending from Sir John's manor to Wodekeldsik, and from
Legenink to the north ansle of the said manor, which is called 'le Park,'
saving what is herein exccpted ; and all lopping of twigs of thorn or other
trees growing in all the pasture called ' le Wode,' as well without as within
the enclosure. Witnesses : Sir Richard Trussebut, Sir Robert de Fritheby,
Richard de Bernevile, of Legening, -and others (named).
[York.] A. 337. Release by Lecia, daughter of William de Captoft, widow, to
Godfrey, son of Sir John de Melsa, of the two bovates of laud in Lepington
she had by gift of William de Captoft her father, and which Sir John held
of her gift. Witnesses : Sirs Thomas de Chauncy, Robert de Bolton,
Thomas Burdon, knts., Bryan Burdon, Geoffrey Stulle, of Setrington, and
others (named). Lepington, 6 August, 1305, 33 Edward I.
[York.] A. 338. Grant by Robert, sou of John Bretoun, of Lepiugton, to
Scolastica, late wife of Godfrey de Melsa, of a messuage and two bovates of
land in Lepington, situated as described. Witnesses : William de Chauncy,
John de Altrive, and others (named). Lepington, Wednesday next before
the Apostles Symon and Jude, 1328.
[York.] A. 339. Grant by [Ada]m de Reinevill to Matilda Bigote, Countess of
Warenne, of the homage and service of Agnes, daughter of Jordan de la
Felde (i.e., 5 solidates of rent per annum), Richard son of Elyas, Humfrey,
son of Robert Palmer, William, son of Robert Palmer (i.e., 2 solidates of
rent and two sticks of eels per annum), William de Marisco and Constance
de Reinevill, for tenements they held of him in Bramwich and Bruint-
hund[des], the services (which are all expressed in solidates and denariates)
being due at Whitsunday and the feast of St. Martin, and the eelfi at
Mid-Lent ; also all his water called ' Brainthunddesmere ' and the right
of fishing therein, and all right he has in the water of Don ; paying
yearly a pair of gloves or Id. at Easter, and saving to him and his heirs
the scntage of the said tenements when it falls due. For this grant the
Countess has paid 100*. Witnesses : Adam de Newmarket, Richard Foliot,
Thomas de Polington, William de Mortimer, Adam de Neireford, and others
(named). Portion of equestrian seal.
[York.] A. 340. Grant by Robert Brito, of Deneby, son of Mathew Brito, of
Deneby, with consent of Avitia, his mother, his brother William, and the
rest of his brothers, to the monastery of St. Paucras of Lewes, of land in
the fields of Cunnigisburg, called ' Ravennis cros wang.' This charter
the said Avitia witnesses and seals. Witnesses : Richard the Chaplain, of
Cunigisbnrgh, Henry Pichot, William de Stainvilla, Reginald de Bosco,
Adam del Mareis, Walter de Sancta Margareta, and others (named).
[York.] A. 341. Grant by Alan son of Turfin to Roger de Ardena, with
his daughter, of three carucates of land in Burton, of the feo of
Roger de Molbr', and 28 acres therein of the fee of our lord the King
(whereof 20 acres are in Holmis, seven in Scatoreberga, and one " sub
domo Hethne "), two acres of meadow called ' Scletengra,' and a bovate of
land in Blant, in free marriage. Roger has given to Ralph, son of the afore-
said Alan, for his consent, a gold ring. At the Exchequer, London, before
Sir Richard de Luci and Richard archdeacon of Poitou, Guy dean of
Waltham, Reginald de Warenne, Oger Senescal, and others (named).
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[York.] A.. 342. Demise by John, son of Henry son of Alexander de Laysingby,
to Geoffrey the Scot (Scoticum), of Wyteby, of an annual rent of eight marcs
in Uplithum, Lackenby, and Laysingby, viz., from his brother Alan, 40*.
for land in Lackenby, 40s. from his brother Hugh for land in Uplithum, and
two marcs from the same John de Laysingby for land in the same place,
for 11 years and until the said Geoffrey shall have been 11 times satisfied
for the said eight marcs; the first payment to be at the feast of St. Martin,
1280. Witnesses : Sir William de Rosels, Eobert de Scutherscelf, Robert
de Colleby, Richard de Clyf, clerk, and ethers (named).
[York.] A. 343. Grant by Thomas de Bordesdene, son of Johnde Bordesdene,
to Walter Luvel, son of Henry Luvel, for his homage and service, of the
dwelling-house the said Henry held of the said John, with land in the vill
of Bordesdene and parish of Brachiug, at a yearly rent of 18^., the said
Walter to find the said Thomas three reapers in August (the latter pro-
viding them meat and drink thrice a day), when he shall wish to cut his
crops. For this grant Walter has paid 20s., and provided Thomas and
his wife Agnes with fair shoes of cordovan leather (de corduavan).
Witnesses : Geoffrey Dean, Richard son of Thebald, Robert Luvel, and
others (named). Portion of seal.
[Line.] A. 344. Grant by Thomas Blyssott, of Morton, and Matilda his wife
to John Hamson, of Lee, the elder, of the lauds and tenements he had by
feoffment of William Fox, rector of the church of Lee, in Knayth.
Witnesses : John Denay, of Knayth, and others (named). Knayth, Sunday
after St. Mark the Evangelist, 40 Edward III. Fragments of two seals,
[York.] A. 345. Release by Mary, daughter of Roger de Marley, to lady
Isabel, late wife of Roger de Marley, her father, of the messuage in
Farlingetone, which she sought in the King's Court as her right and
inheritance against the same Isabel. Witnesses : Sirs Thomas de Geinith,
John le Faukenir, William le Faukenir, his brother, Geoffrey de Belmont,
and others (named).
[York.] A. 346. Grant by Geoffrey le Scot, son and heir of Roger le Scot, of
Lokynton, to John le Scot his grandson, of the same, of a messuage with
curtilage he inherited from his mother, a close called ' la Clyve,' the rent
and reversion of a cottage with curtilage held by Edith his sister and
Adam his brother for life, pasture for one beast over the Donne, and
6 | acres and a rood of land in Lokynton. The land is accurately described,
and many names of persons and places occur. Witnesses : Osbert Rufyn,
John Rufyn, Syrnon Elys, Roger de Pedeworth, and Adam Clerk.
[Line.] A. 347. Grant by Thomas Pasmer, of Lee, to William Fox, rector of
Lee, of land in Knayth and Knayth marsh, paying a pound of pepper
yearly. Witnesses : John and Robert de Trehampton, Adam de Swyne-
ford, of Lee, and others (named). Knayth, Friday next before Holy
Trinity, 24 Edward III.
[York.] A. 348. Release by Eva, formerly wife of Nicholas de Seton, to John
de Warrenne, of all lands and tenements in Horbiry that belonged to
Henry Cheward. Witnesses : Thomas de Whyteley, and others (named).
Wakefeud, 20 October, 32 Edward [I.].
[York.] A. 349. Release by John, son of Roger Cok, to Sir John, Earl Warenne,
of all lands and tenements descended to him from Thomas Cok his uncle,
and Robert Cok his brother, in Steynford, Fithlake, and Conesburgh.
Witnesses : Sir Gerard de Hedone, Sir Francon le Tilis, Sir Robert de
Balliol, Sir Anselm de Gyse, Peter de Lound', Robert le Breton, John
Petipas, and others (named). Heitfeud (Hatfield?), Monday next after the
Octaves of All Saints, 22 Edward I. Seal.
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[York.] A. 350. Release and surrender by Thomas and Esmon, sons of William
dela Pole, the elder, to Edward King of England and Frsuice, of the manor
of Kayngham, in Holderness, which tlioy had by gift of the same King.
" Weymouster," 20 October, the year of the reigu of the said King
[Edward III.] over England 28th, and over France 15th. Two seats of
arms. French.
Endorsed: "Reddicio facta Regi per Thomam et Edmundum filios
Wilhelmi de la Pole de jure suo in manerio de Kayngham." " Irrotulatur
dorso Clausi Cauccllarie Regis infrascripti inense Marcii anno regni
ejusdem Regis Anglic vicesimo none ; et in rubeo libro de Scaccario,
folio ccexix ."
[York.] A. 351. Release by Henry, Earl of Lancaster and Leicester, to John de
Warenne, Earl of Surrey, of the castles of Conyngesbourgli and Saudale and
their appurtenances, the manors and vills of Wakefeld, Horbury, Halifax,
Hiperoun, Sourby, Holmfrithes, Haytfeld, Thorn, Fisshlak, Staynthorp, and
Donsthorp, with all lands, advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, hospitals
and other their appurtenances, which Thomas, late Earl of Lancaster, his
brother, had by grant of the said Earl of Surrey. York, 2 March,
2 Edward III. Seal of arms.
[York.] A. 352. Release by Robert, sou of Saher de Fancote, to Walter de
Stok, rector of the church of Grendon, for the sum of 40*., of a messuage in
Fancote (Fencotes, co. York), with the homage and services thereof;
paying therefor yearly 8*. to the brethren of the hospital of St. John of
Jerusalem at Hogessawe. Witnesses : Sirs Roger Damary, Ralf de
Cestertonea, Peter Carbonel, knts., Ralph Dauudeli, Guy de Tursmerea, and
others (named). Seal.
[York.] A. 353. Grant by Robert, son of Siger de Fencote, to Walter de Stoke,
deacon, of 40^ acres of land in Stoke and Fencotn, and meadow in Stanling
and ' la Westmore.' The position of every piece of land is most accurately
defined, and very many local names occur, e.g., half an acre at ' the
iledemanue,' half an acre at Heldefelde Cross, &c. Witnesses: Giles de
Insula, Otuel Purcel, Ralph Daundeli, Wido de Tursmere, William abbot
of Fencote, and others (named). Seal.
[York.] A. 354. Grant by King John to William, Earl of Warenne, of a fair at
Wakefield, yearly, for three days, the vigil, feast, and the morrow of All
Saints. Witnesses: W. bishop of Lincoln, G. bishop of Hereford,
G. fitz Peter, Earl of Essex, R. Earl of Leicester, R. Earl of Chester,
Earl W. Marshal, W. Earl of Salisbury, W. Earl of Warwick, H. Earl of
Hereford, William de Brausa. By the hand of the provost of Beverley and
archdeacon of Wells, at Brug', 15 March, 5 John. Fragment of Great
Seal.
York. A. 355. Indenture between Edward, King of England and France, and
Notts. William de la Pole, the elder, knt. Whereas the latter has granted the King
two annual rents of 1,000 marcs, for term of the life of Katherine his wife,
and 200Z. in fee simple, on all his possessions in co. York and elsewhere, the
King agrees that if Katherine die in the said William's lifetime, or survive him,
and after his decease make a release to the King of her dower in the manor
of Brustwyk in Hoklerness, and the manors and vills of Cleton, Little
Humbre, Burton, Pidse, Outhorn, Wythornse, Sheftelyng, Kilnese, Esyngton,
Preston, Bondebrustwyk, Ravensere, Hedon, Barowe, Paghelflete, Sprotleye,
Lelle, Dyke, Elstanwyk, with the wapentak of Holderness and a farm
called the Serjeanty of the Crown, and demesne lands of Brustwyk manor
in Skeklyng, Lelle, Dyk, Elstanwyk, and other places named in co. York,
and in the manors of Gryngelye and Wheteleye, co. Notts, and of an annual
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rent of 260 marcs, which the said William receives from the custom on
wools, skins, and wool-fells, at the port of Kingstou-on-Hull, and all other
possessions which William had by grant from the King, and has surrendered
to the King : then the said writing for 1,000 marcs shall be null and void,
and the lands of the said William discharged therefrom. If Katherine
survive William, and recover her said dower, the said annuity of 1,000 marcs
shall be levied on the lands of said William till her death. Also if Esmon
de la Pole, son of the said William, die before he is of age, without making
suit to the King for recovery of Kayngham manor, which he and his brother
Thomas had by grant from the King, and have surrendered to the King for
ever, or within three years from coming of age make release to the King of
the said manor, the writing of 200/. shall be void and the lands of the said
William discharged therefrom. Other covenants follow. The said William
also promises that Katherine and Esmon shall come before the King's
Council and take oath to perform the premises. " Weymouster," 4 March,
29 Edward I. French.
Endorsed: " Irrotulatur dorso Clautd Cancellarie Regis infrascripti,
menseMarcii anno infrascripto, et in rubeo libro de Scaccario fol. cccxviii. "
Fragment of seal.
fYork 1 A. 356. Release by Robert de Hanlay, knt., John de Akum, clerk,
Henry de Hull, vicar of Killyngwyk, William de Clifton, William de
Weston, chaplains, William Henrison and Richard Lund, to John de
Boynton, chaplain, and William Brews, of Lepyngton manor and of lands
in Barthorp, Levenyng, Acklom, Fangfosse, and Gowthorp. Witnesses :
Peter, sixth Lord of Maulay, Sir Ralph de Hastynges, John Bygod, John
Conestable, of Halsham, John de Hotham, knt., and others (named). Lep-
yngton, Saturday in the second week of Lent, 2 Richard II. Seal and
fragment.
[York.] A. 357. Grant by John de Boynton, chaplain, and William Brews, to
Sir Thomas Ughtred, knt., of Lepyngton manor, and their lands in
Barthorp, Levenyng, and Acklom. Witnesses as above, A. 356. Lep-
ington, Monday in the third week of Lent, 2 Richard II. Two seals.
[York ] A. 358. Release by Ajitony de Spangeby to Robert de Hanlay, knt.,
John* de Akom, clerk, Henry de Hull, vicar of Killyngwyk, John de
Boynton, William de Clifton, William de Weston, chaplains, William
Henrison, William Brews, and Richard Lounde, of Lepyngton manor
and lands in Barthorp, Levenyng, Akclum, Fangefosse, and Gowethorp, all
of which formerly belonged to John de Meaux, knt., son and heir of
Godfrey de Meaux. Witnesses as above, A. 356, 357. Lepyngton,
Thursday next before St. Gregory the Pope, 2 Richard II.
[York 1 A. 359. Release by Thomas de Meaux, knt., to Sir Thomas Ughtred,
knt.,' of the manor of Lepyngton, and all lands and other possessions
formerly belonging to Sir John de Meaux, knt., son and heir of Sir Godfrey
de Meaux, knt., deceased, in Gouthorp, Barthorp, Levenyng, Akclom,
Fankefosse, York, Migeleye, Suttou-in-Holderness, Dripehull, Stanfery,
and Lopholtne. Witnesses as above, A. 358. Lepyngton, Tuesday iu
the second week of Lent, 2 Richard II. Portion of seal of arms.
[York.] A. 360. Duplicate of A. 358. Seal.\
[York.] A. 361. Grant by Robert, son of John de Levenyng, living in Acclum,
to John de Meaux, of Bewik in Holderness, knt., of land called ' Acclum
Akerslede,' reaching from Sir John's wood, in Lepyngton, to ' le Morebek,'
and from the " flattum " he has of Robert Croke to Morebekwath.
Witnesses : Sirs Ralph de Hastynges, Walter de Heslerton, Simon de
Heslerton, John Bygod, knts., and others (named). Lepyngton, Sunday
next after Corpus Christi, 1 305. Seal.
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[York.] A. 362. Demise by Sir John de Melsa, lord of Lepyngton, to Beatrice
his sister, of laud in Lepington (for the sum of til., in which Sir John is
bound to her by the will of lady Isabel, their mother), for a term of six
years, or until she has received six complete harvests, of which she shall
have the first in the year 22 Edward [I.]. Monday, the feast of St.
Laurence, 21 Edward [I.]. Seal.
[York.] A. 363. llelcase by Aubreda, daughter of William de Capetoft, to
lady Isabel de Acun, formerly wife of Sir Godfrey de Melsa, knt., of a
toft and croft in Lepington given her by William de Capetoft her father,
for a sum of money given her by the same Isabel in her necessity. Wit-
nesses : German Hay, Walter de Barthethorp, William de Lepington,
chaplain, and others (named).
[York.] A. 364. Grant by Robert de la More, of Wart[re], chaplain, to Sir
John de Meaux, knt., of a messuage in Lepington, herein accurately
described. Lepington, Tuesday next before Michaelmas, 1365. Seal.
[York.] A. 365. Grant by Thomas Ughtred, knt., to Sir Robert Hanlay, kut.,
Sir John de Akom, clerk, Henry de Hull, clerk, John de Boynton, William
de Clyfton, William de Weston, chaplains, William Henrison, William de
Brews, and Eichard de Lund, of his manor of Lepyiigton and lands in
Barthorp, Levenyng, Acclom, and Gouthorp. Witnesses : Sir Henry de
Percy, Earl of Northumberland, Peter sixth Lord of Maulay, and others
(named). Lepyngton, Friday next after St. Martin in Yeme, 2 Eichard II.
[York.] A. 366. Grant by Henry le Sporier, son of Nicholas de St. Leonard,
of York, to Sir John de Meaux, lord of Bewyk in Holderness, knt., of
lands and tenements in Lepyngton, formerly John Breton's, of Lepyngton.
Wednesday next after the Exaltation of Holy Cross, 1363, 37 Edward III.
Seal.
[York.] A. 367. Agreement between Lecia, daughter of William de Capetoft,
and Sir John de Melsa. Sir John having granted her for life land in Lep-
ington, and ploughing and seed of wheat and oats sufficient to sow it, and quit-
claimed the suit of court for the two bovates she holds of him in Lepington,
for the two bovates wherewith she has enfeoffed Sir John by charter ; the
said Lecia agrees that if Sir John by plea or default of warranty lose the
said bovates, he may enter upon and hold the said land for ever without
contradiction on her part. Witnesses : Thomas de Chauncy, Thomas
Burdon, Eoger Grymet, knts. s and others (named). York, Monday next
after Mid Lent, 20 Edward [I.]. Seal and fragment.
[York.] A. 368. Release by Joan, relict of William de Capetoft, who lived
in Lepyngton, to Sir John de Melsa, of all lands in Lepyington, to
which she has right by way of dower or otherwise. Witnesses : Ralph
de Vernon, Nicholas de Hoton, living in Barkethorp, William de Housum,
living in Lepyngton, and others (named). Seal.
[York.] A. 369. Release by William de Capthofft to Sir John de Melsa of a
toft and croft called ' Cudbeit Croft,' in Lepyngton. Witnesses : Sir
Eichard Trusbud, knt., Richard de Bernewille, of Leging', Eichard Walays,
of Aclom, and others (named).
[York.] A. 370. Counterpart of A. 362. Seal.
[York.] A. 371. Grant by John, son of William de Lepington, of Wartre, to
Simon the Smith (Fabro), of Lepington, and Alice his wife, of a toft in
Lepington. Witnesses : Eoger Trussebut and John Bernevile, of Lething,
William Croke, of Acclom, and others (named). 1
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[York.] A. 372. Deed of sale by Sir Thomas Ughtred, knt., to Hugh Gar-
dyner, citizen of York, of all wood and underwood growing in the north
part of Lepyngton Wood, within the limits herein specified (except an oak
called ' le Brade Ake '), together with eight ash-trees, the best he can find
in the lordship of Lepyngton, with right of cutting such wood for two
years from Michaelmas, 1395, provided it be completely removed from the
soil where it grew before Michaelmas next ; the said Hugh to have sufficient
room in ' le Cotegarth ' to store his cut wood for a year from Michaelmas
next, to cany it thence, with free entry and egress whensoever he pleases.
York, Thursday next after Michaelmas, the year abovesaid, 19 Richard II.
Seal. French.
("York.] A. 373. Release by William, son of William de Capetoft, to John de
Melsa, of a messuage, 10 bovates, an acre called ' le Croft,' a " placea " of
meadow called ' le Gayris,' and common of pasture called ' le Boys,' in
Lepington, and of the homage and service of John le Breton fora messuage
and land in the same place, which William his father granted the said John.
Witnesses : Thomas de Chauncy, Roger Grimet, knts., and others (named).
Whitsunday, 1285. Seal.
[York.] A. 374. Release by John de le Ryver, of Brandesby, John Fayrfax,
clerk, Thomas de Etton, the elder, Antony Seyntquyntyn, clerk, Robert
Boulot, Alan de Kyrkeby, chaplain, and Geoffrey de Brandesby, to Thomas
Ughtred, knt., of the manors of Lepyngton and Migelay, and lands in
Sutton in Holderness, Levenyng, Acclom, Barthorp, Gouthorp, Fangfosse,
and York, and in Stanfery, Dripole, and Topholme, which formerly
belonged to Sir John de Meux, of Bewyk, knt., lately deceased. Lepyng-
ton, 30 September, 2 Richard II. Portions of three seals.
[York.] A. 375. Grant by Godfrey de Meaus to Stephen, son of John Brown,
of Ackelom, of pasture in Lepington. Lepington, Monday after St. Thomas
the Apostle, 27 Edward [I.]
[York.] A. 376. Agreement whereby Reginald de Kapetoft, with consent of
Elewisa his wife and Stephen his father, grants to S., archdeacon of
Cliveland, the marriage of his son William do Kapetoft with Margery,
granddaughter, and of his daughter Aubrea with Peter, grandson of the
said S., and land in Lepington upon such marriage till his son or daughter
be of lawful age ; and under penalty of 30 marks ho has sworn not to
mortgage his inheritance jn Lepington and Barneby to the prejudice of his
heirs. If such marriages are not completed he grants the said land to the
same S. till he has received therefrom the sum of 40 marcs now paid him
by the archdeacon. Witnesses: Sir Stephen Deinevil, Walter Deinevil,
Richard Deinevil, Master J., then official of Cliveland, Paulin, vicar of
Saham, Thomas, parson of Queldriz, William de Baiocis, and others (named) .
[York.] A. 377. Grant by John de Melsa, lord of Lepington, to Lecia,
daughter of William de Capetoft, of land in Lepington, which he will
plough and find her in sufficient seed of wheat and oats for yearly crops.
Witnesses: Thomas de Chaunci, Thomas Burdon, Roger Grimet, knt.,
and others (named). York, Monday next after Mid Lent, 20 Edward I.
Seal.
[York.] A. 378. Letters of attorney of John de Meaux, son of Sir Godfrey de
Meaux, knt., appointing Nicholas de Cotom to receive full seisin in his
name and the name of Matilda his wife of all lands, &c., he granted to
Symon Tailour, of Lepington, and William son of Symon, of the same.
Lepington, Sunday next before St. Thomas the Apostle, 1358.
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[York.] A. 379. Release by John de Melsa to his son Godfrey of aii annual
rent of 20 marcs issuing from Lepyngton manor. York, the morrow of the
Conversion of St. Paul, 31 Edward I.
[York.] A. 380. Release by Reginald de Capetoft to Godfrey de Melsa,
" domino meo," of a carucate (eight bovatos) of land in Lepington which he
held of the said Godfrey's fee. Witnesses : Ralph de Fritheby, Robert de
Chancy, Richard Trussebut, Gilbert de Briddeshal, knts., Peter de Melsn,
and others (named).
[York.] A. 381. Grant by Robert de Melsa to Reginald de Capetot, son of
Reginald, of five carucates of land in Lepington and two " mansure" in York,
and two carucates in Folchertorp, paying for this latter piece one marc
yearly ; all which land Hugh, Camin gave to his sister Alice on her marriage.
Witnesses : William de Stutevill, Eustace de Vescy, Roger de Croceslai,
William the Clerk, of Cottingham, Walter de Wintertorp, and many others
(named).
[York.] A. 382. Release by William de Capethof to Ysabel, formerly wife of
Sir Godfrey de Melsa, of the toft and croft of Albreda her daughter, in
Lepington, and the annual rent of Id. issuing therefrom. Witnesses : Sii
Robert de Fritby, knt., Walter de Barkethorp, Thomas le Paumer, of the
same, Richard le Walays, of Aclum, and others (named).
[York.] A. 383. Demise by Scolastica, late wife of Godfridy (Godfrey)
de Melsa, for her life, to John Fraunceys, of Lepington, of land in
Lepington which Guliana, called Houesom, held at will, at a yearly rent
of (5*. 8d., he appearing twice a year at Scolastica's court of Lepington,
and paying the fines of the wapentake according to the custom of the vill.
The vigil of St. Andrew the Apostle, 1336.
[York.] A. 384. Release by Sir John de Melsa to John Bretun, of Lepington,
of the bovate of land and toft in Lepington which Godfrey de Melsa his
father had by grant of Beatrice Bretun, mother of the said John, and a toft
with buildings and free egress and ingress wherewith his mother was
dowered : paying a pair of gloves yearly. Witnesses : Sir Peter de Ros,
Sir Richard Trussebut, of Levenyng, knts., William de Capetoft, and others
(named).
[York.] A. 385. Grant by Simon de Bekyngham, chancellor of St. Peter's,
York, John de Cotyngham, rector of the church of Brunnun, Robert de
Neuton, Thomas de Osgodby, and Martin de Cokermouth to John de
Meaux, lord of Lepyngton, of a toft in Lepyngton they had by gift of
William the Smith (Fnbri), of the same. Lepyngton, Friday next after the
Decollation of St. John the Baptist, 1363. Portions of four seals
remaining.
[Bucks.] A. 386. Indenture tripartite containing the agreement made between
the Earl Dulvestere (of Ulster) on the one part, and Sir Hugh le Despencer,
the father, and Sir Roger Damory on the others. Sir Roger having
demanded Stepul Cleydon manor from Sir Hugh by writ of novel
disseisin, it is agreed, by command and request of the Earl, that
Sir Hugh hold the said manor in peace according to the Earl's grant to him
thereof, and that the Earl grant to Sir Roger and Elizabeth his wife
the reversion of Whaddon manor for ever. If the Earl think this
demand excessive for Stepul Cleydon manor, Sir Roger and his wife are
willing to grant him Lyssethorethragh and Esclon manors, and also the
manor of Grallagh [Ireland] to be held for the Earl's life, rather than lose
this bargain, provided that those three manors return to Dame Elizabeth
at the Earl's death. If the Earl will not agree to this bargain it is to be
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proposed that he give 500/. silver to Sir Roger for Stepulcleydon manor
or 400/. or 500 marcs silver at least, to be paid at the Octaves of St. Hilary
next in the house of Sir Hugh at London. If the earl is willing to grant
the said reversion and entail it on the children of Sir Roger and Dame
Elizabeth, then Grallagh manor shall remain in their hands. If the
Earl agree to perform one or other of the above points, let him give lit
security to perform it within reasonable time ; otherwise he shall be trusted
and his good faith, but let him inform Sir Hugh, by letter under his seal, fully
his will herein, and within what time he will do so, and let him inform
Sir Roger in the same way. For this end the " vadletz " of Sir Hugh and
Sir Roger John de Cromhale, Robert de Knaresburgh, and Henry do
Lucy shall go to Ireland and show the Earl the above business, taking one
part of this indenture, another part being with Sir Hugh, and the third with
Sir Roger. Reading, 25 August, 14 Edward [I.]. French.
[Bucks.] A. 387. Release by John, son of John de Nowers, of Gothurst, to
[Surr.] Edward King of England, and Sir Ingelram Coucy, Earl of Bedford, and
[Beds.] Lady Isabella, his consort, daughter of the same King, and the heirs of the
said King, of the manors, &c,, of Salden, Mnrreslee, Zistele, Kymbell,
Weston, Turnvill, Wendovere, Wycombe, Horewode Magna, Horewode
Parva, Hoggeston, Bechehampton, Ewell, and Luton. Witnesses :
W. bishop of Winchester, J. bishop of Ely, Sir William de Latymer,
Robert de Thorp, John Knyvet, John Delves, and William Croiser, knts.
Westminster Palace, I March, 43 Edward III. Seal of arms.
Endorsed : Enrolled on the Close Roll, 43 Edward III.
[Bucks.] A. 388. Certificate by Richard de Terri, steward of Robert de Veteri
Ponte (Vipont), that Alan Basset is surety for the said Robert that the
latter will affix his seal to a deed to be executed between the same Robert
and Alan Basset on the one part, and the men of the visne of \V icumb,
who seek common of pasture in Wicumb manor, on the other ; such seal to
be affixed within a month after the feast of Michaelmas next after the
consecration of Ralph de Nevile, bishop of Chichester. If it be not done by
that time Terri promises the said Alan shall take into his hands his land in
Wicumb, to be given to the men of Wicumb, who shall retain it till the deed
is sealed. Witnesses: Robert de Croindene, Adam Wander, William de
Stanes, and others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 389. Obligation of Ralph de Widendon and his heirs to pay Sir
Alan Basset 10*. a year for the marsh in Wicumbe, extending from the mill
which belonged to William sou of Hervey to the meadow of St. Giles'
Hospital, under a penalty of a marc for each failure of payment.
Witnesses : Reginald de Calna, John de Chireburg, Robert de Croendene,
Bartholomew, clerk of Alan Basset, and others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 390. Release by Edith, late wife of Adam le Mercer, of Wicumbe,
to William Tabbe, of a messuage in Wicumbe for 100*. Witnesses:
Walter de Puderuge, Gervase Draper, William de Luda, and others (named).
Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 391. Demise by William de Wydendon to Sir Philip Basset of his
land in Okregge, in the parish of Wycumbe, for seven years from
Michaelmas, 36 Hen. III., paying the chief lords of the fee 8s. yearly ;
Sir Philip undertaking to keep the said William in his service if he wishes,
or procure him service in the house of " some good man " for that time,
providing him with food and clothing as one of his own esquires, and
supplying him with another horse if his own die. Witnesses : William
and Thomas Waudcre, Robert de Eselberg, Walter de Pudreggc, and others
(named). 36 Hen. III. Seal.
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[Bucks.] A. 392. Final concord made on a plea of " warrantia carte " whereby
William tic Wydendou acknowledges two parts of 54 acres of wood and
onu acre of meadow in Wycumbe to belong to Philip Basset, to be held of
tho said William on payment of Id. yearly, William also granting that the
third part of the premises which Margery his mother holds in dower,
with reversion to himself, shall remain to the same Philip at her death.
Three weeks from Easter Day, 3[8] Hen. III. Damaged.
[Bucks.] A. 393. Grant by [William do Wy]dendon to [Philip] Basset of his
wood called ' Ocregge,' in Wycumbe, at a yearly rent of \d. Witnesses :
Thomas Wander, William de la Lude, Simon de Santerdon, Nicholas
Hochede, and others (named), [c. 36 Hen. III., cf. A. 391.] Seal.
Damaged.
[Bucks.] A. 394. Grant by Osbert de Santerdune to Sir Philip Basset, for
3| marcs, of an annual rent of a marc due from Walter Fuller for the mill
that formerly belonged to William de Stancs^in Wicumbe parish, without the
borough. Witnesses : Sir Eobert Brand, Sir Ralph de Averiis, Sir Ralph
de Bee, William de Luda, Simon de Santerdune, and others (named).
Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 395. Grant by Philip Basset to Thomas de la Lude of permission
to build a fulling [mill in the tenement he holds of him at ' la Ludwatere,'
in Wycumbe, paying one marc yearly rent : provided that at no time cloths
made in Wycumbe, or delivered to be fulled to fullers living therein, are
received into the said mill. If they are received, or the above rent is
unpaid, the said Philip may distrain on the mill or other possessions of the
said Thomas till he have recovered the rent or the damages so inflicted on
him. Witnesses : Sirs Henry de Pynkenny, Thomas le Blund, knts., and
others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 396. Grant by Robert Butevileyn, knt., to Sir Philip Basset, for
50 marcs paid him, of six marcates of annual rent in Wycumbe, which is
called ' Eltres ' of Wycumbe, which he had by gift from Fulk Basset,
bishop of London, in free marriage with Alina, his granddaughter,
Sir Robert's former wife. Witnesses : Sir Henry de Bathonia, the King's
Justiciar, Sir William de Insula, Sir Richard de Rcyli, knts., Adam Pig,
William de la Lude, and others (named).
[Bucks.] A. 397. Demise by Sir Philip Basset to Richard, son of John Fuller,
for life, of the moiety of the mill that was William Robyn's, in Wycumbe,
with all the watercourse in the pool thereto belonging, for six marcs yearly,
in case of non-payment of which the said Philip to have right of entry into
a messuage Richard bought of William Wandere in the borough of Wycumbe,
to hold it till such rent is satisfied. Witnesses : William and Thomas
Wandere, William de la Lude, and others (named). Thursday next after
Easter, 38 Hen. III. Seal,
[Bucks.] A. 398. Release by Nicholas Hachedee to Sir William Basset, for
12s. 6d., of land in Wycumbe, part of which he held of land formerly
belonging to Richard de Rothomago, and part of Sir Philip by fee and
inheritance. Witnesses: Walter de Puderrugge, William de la Lude,
and others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 399. Demise by Walter Pinel to William Tabbe, for 20 years from
the present date, of all his property [in Wicumbe], the said William
undertaking for that term to provide with food and clothing the said
Walter, who will serve him as a free servant. If William be impleaded
and put to expense on account of such land, all costs he can prove Walter
will repay at the end of the term ; except that he shall release Walter from
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the dispute between himself and Stephen de Eswell. If William build on
the fee he shall be allowed to remove the houses put up unless Walter
satisfy him their cost. If he infringe this agreement Walter will pay
Earl Richard 40s., the lord of the fee 2 marcs, and William 2 marcs ;
and William the like penalty if he infringe it. Witnesses : Sir Robert
Brand, William and Thomas Wander, William de Luda, John de Croendene,
and others (named). The feast of the Annunciation, 32 Hen. III.
Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 400. Grant by Thomas, son of Richard de Sobintun, to Sir Philip
Basset, of the share he has inherited from Richard his father of the mill
formerly belonging to William de Stanes in Wicumbe parish without the
borough, with all the watercourse and meadow below the mill (belonging to
that share) called ' Mulcroft.' Witnesses : Sir Robert Brand, Sir Ralph de
Averiis, Sir Ralph de Bee, William and Thomas Wander, William de Luda,
and others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 401. Grant by Sebricht Carpenter, to Gervase Draper, of Wicumbe,
for 12 marcs, of three parts of the mill that belonged to William son
of Robert, in Wicumbe parish, paying 40*. 4d. yearly. If Sebricht
cannot warrant the three parts of the mill to Gervase or his heirs, he
undertakes to make them a reasonable exchange to the same value from his
property elsewhere. \Vitnesses : Sir Robert Brand, William Wander,
William Tabe, Walter de Puderuge, and others (named) . Fragment of seal.
[Bucks.] A. 402. Demise by William de la Lude to Sir Philip Basset of all the
land William Mogge held of Reginald de Alneto in Wycombe and a certain
messuage, except the dower of Emma, who was wife of William Mogge,
for 21 years from Michaelmas 37 Henry III., paying 2s. 8d. yearly and
scutage when levied. If Emma die within that term the land she holds
will be included in this demise. If Sir Philip be not completely acquitted
against the chief lords and others by the said William, he may distrain on
the latter till he have recovered his damages, &c. Witnesses : William
and Thomas Wander, (Jrervase Draper, and others (named). [37 Henry III.]
Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 403. Confirmation by Henry III., by Inspeximus, of the grant of
King John dated Aurival!, 16 June, 5 John, to Alan Basset of the manor
of Wicumbe, except what Robert do Vcteri Ponte held there, paying
therefor yearly 20/. into the Exchequer, and doing the service for one
knight's fee. Witnesses : H. de Burgh, Earl of Kent, Justiciar of
England, Geoffrey Dispenser, and others (named.) By the hand of R. bishop
of Chichester, Chancellor. Merleberg, 26 March, 13 Henry III. [See
Charter Roll, 5 John, m, 24 ; 13 Henry III., m. 8.]
[Bucks.] A. 404. Indenture between Robert de Veteri Ponte (Vipont) and
Alan Bassat of the one part, and Richard de Terre, Robert de Croindon,
William de Staines, Roger le Eir, and Richard de Rouen, and many others
seeking common of pasture in Wicumbe against Robert and Alan, of the other.
The former acknowledge the pasture to be the common pasture of the latter
both in the woods and their pannage, provided that all hogs from Wicombe
which have been fed in Wicombe woods if they be found in Penn woods
be quit of pannage in the same way as hogs from Penn ; with this addition,
that if Robert and Alan wish to sell their woods in which there was
pannage, they be not hindered thereby: the commoners holding the pasture
aforesaid of the said Robert and Alan. For this acknowledgment the
commoners grant to Robert de Veteri Ponte all assarts made between
Heselmere and the land Robert de Croindon held of Thomas de Auno,
and to Alan Bassat all the land he cultivated with his ploughs in Heselmere
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and Russemere ; such lands to be so ditched and enclosed that the commoners'
beasts may not enter there, or if perchance they shall stray therein for
want of enclosure the said Robert and Alan shall not impound them.
Witnesses' : Robert de Lexentune, Henry de Braibroch, William de
Panewurthe, and others (named). Three seals remaining, one equestrian.
[Bucks.] A. 405. Grant by Walter Pynel to Sir Philip Basset of all his land
in VVyeumbe. Witnesses : Sir Richard de Amundevil, William de Insula,
Roger de Sanford, Laurence de Sauford, Ranulf de Amundevil, knt*.,
Walter de Putheregge, of Wycumbe, and others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 406. Grant by Alice, daughter of Geoffrey son of Angod, widow,
to Sir Philip Basset of the fish-ponds (vivaria) without the borough of
Wicumbe, at a place called ' la Pande,' which have descended to her by
inheritance, and the land between the ponds and the King's highway.
Witnesses : William Tate, Walter de Puderuge, G-ervase Draper, and
others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 407. Demise by Reyner le Weyte, for half a marc, to Sir Philip
Basset, of two acres of land in Wycurabe parish (which he held for a term
of Walter Pinel) for 14 years from Sunday next after Michaelmas,
35 Hen. III. Witnesses: Walter de Poderruge, William de la Lude,
and others (named). [35 Henry III.] Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 408. Release by John de Cronden to Sir Philip Basset of 1 1 acres
of land [in Wycumbe] that Robert de Cronden his father formerly held
by grant of Sir Alan Basset, father of Sir Philip. Witnesses : Walter
de Pudderuge, William Tabbe, Robert de Esselburg, and others (named).
Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 409. Grant by John de Croendene to Sir Philip Basset of three
acres of land in Wicumbe parish, by the highway from Wicumbe to
Berchamsted, herein described. Witnesses : Sir Robert Brand, Sir Ralph
de Averiis, William and Thomas Wander, and others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 410. Agreement between Robert de Croindene and Alan Basset,
that if any of their neighbours of Wicumbe seek common of pasture in all
assarts before the croft that was Richard le Ned's, and in which Alan has
granted Robert 1 1 acres, " et idem Alanus per consilium smim et per
consilium meum non possit se defendere, set pastura per consuetudinein
regni fuerit versus eundem Alanum dirationata ;" from that moment Alan
shall not be bound to warrant to Robert the said 1 1 acres, but the grant
thereof shall be annulled. Witnesses : Mathew de Bigestrop, Richard de
Turre, of Bledelawe, Richard de Turre, then steward of Robert de Veteri
Poute, and others (named). Seal.
[Bucks ] A. 411. Release by William de Pudregge to Sir Philip Basset of the
mill in Wycumbe which came to him as the dower of Albrea his wife,
and was formerly William Robyn's. Witnesses : William Wander,
William de la Lude, and others (named). Wycumbe, Thursday next before
Palm Sunday, 38 Henry III. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 412. Release by Alice, late wife of Walter Pinel, to Sir Philip Basset
of all her late husband's land in Wycumbe. Witnesses : Randulf de
Mundeville, Walter de Pudderegge, and others (named). Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 413. Demise by Simon Hochede to the canons of Messenden of
his meadow ot Nnnnewell [Wycombe], from Whitsunday in the fifth year
of the interdict of the Anglican church to the Whitsunday following ; on
condition that if Simon or his heirs pay the said canons 6 marcs within
that time he shall receive back the meadow from them at the term aforesaid,
otherwise it shall remain to the canons for i-vcr at a yearly rent of 6rf.
Witnesses : Mathew Brand, James de Penua, William son of Hervey.
William de Stance, and others (named). Seal.
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[Bucks.] A. 414. Grant by Robert White (Albits) to Roger Mowin of the
messuage he held in Wicumbe, beyond the bridge by ' the little water,'
at 2s. yearly rent. If he cannot warrant such messuage to Roger he will
give au equivalent exchange. Witnesses : William de Tilebroc, Walter
his brother, Heliasde Wimbilville, Simon de Maidewell, and others (named).
Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 415. Grant by Simon Hochede to St. Mary's church and the
canons of Messenden, of his meadow of Nunnewell [Wycombe], at 6rf.
yearly rent. Witnesses : Mathew Brand, James de Penna, William son of
Hervei, William de Stanes, and others (named). Seal.
[York.] A. 416. Grant by John de Neville, knt., lord of Rsiby, to Thomas
Surtays, knt., John de Broghton, parson of Horsley church, Thomas de
Hexsham, and William de Blakdene, of all lands and tenements he holds
in Raskelf, together with the reversion of Raskelf manor, which Alesia
de Nevile his mother holds in dower of his inheritance, and which will
remain to him at her decease. Witnesses : Robert de Rowclyf, William
Bruys, Thomas Colwill, knts., Richard Bernard, and others (named).
Tuesday, the feast of St. Margaret the Virgin, 46 Edward IIJ. Seal
of arms.
[York.] A. 417. Grant by Thomas Surteys, knt., John de Broghton, clerk,
and William de Blakedene to John de Gysburn, citizen and merchant of
York, for his life, of Raskelf manor, a meadow called ' Halleker,' and four
closes there, Halleclose, Northintak, Westclose, and closes called ' Kerclose,'
' Cotebuskes,' 'Closeker,' ' Entirclose' with 'Birkereng'; also sufficient timber
there for the building and repair of the manor buildings ; sufficient firewood
for his wants at Raskelf and York ; free licence to hunt and take all manner
of beasts of venary within their demesne there whenever he pleases, and
common for his cattle, and a yearly rent of 101. is&uing from their property
there. Witnesses : Thomas Colville, Robert de Rouclyf, knts., and others
(named). 2 November, 1 Richard II. Portion of seal of arms.
[York.] A. 418. Grant by John Seele, son of Richard Seele, of Fourneys, to
Thomas de Heseldene, of all the lands, &c., in Wakefield, Sandale, and
Crigeleston he inherited on the death of Thomas Seele. Wakefield,
Friday after the nativity of the Virgin Mary, 50 Edward III. Seal.
York. A. 419. Indenture witnessing that whereas Christopher Clapham, of
Demesley, co. York, by indenture dated 20 February, 31 Hen. VIII.,
demised to Cristofer Mawde, of Holynhall, co. York, the manor of Over
Lunde, and lands, tenements, rents, &c., in Lunde, Thornton, and Burton
in Lonnesdale, and elsewhere in Lonnesdale, for 60 years from that date,
paying a red rose only yearly during the lives of certain persons named in
the demise, and after their decease the rents specified therein : the said
Mawde has granted and sold to Brian Robynson for a certain sum of
money, the receipt whereof he hereby acknowledges, all his claim, title,
and interest in the premises for the residue of the said term, saving any
leases Mawde may have granted by force of the above demise. 3 Dec.,
36 Hen. VIII.
[York.] A. 420. Release by Thomas de Meaux, knt., to Sir Thomas Ughtred,
knt., of Lepington manor and all lands formerly belonging to Sir John do
Meaux, knt., sou and heir of Sir Godfrey de Meaux, deceased, in Goulhorp,
Levenyng, Akclom, Fankefosse, York, Sutton in Holderness, DriphuD,
Stanferry, and Lopholm. Witnesses : Peter, sixth lord of Maulay, Sir
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Ralph de Hastynges, John Bygod, John Conestable, of Halsharn, John do
Hothom, knts., Thomas de Maulay, and others (named). Lepington, Palm
Sunday, 2 Richard II. Portion of seal.
Endorsed: " Irrotulatur in dorso Clausi cancellaric Regis infrascripti
mense Mali anno infrascripto."
[York.] A. 421. Grant by Richard de Barucby to John de Warennia of the
entire warren of all his lands in the parts of York, which warren the King
granted him by a charter the said John has in keeping. Witnesses :
Sir Hugh le Bigoth, Sir Peter de Anesie, Sir Nicholas Dewias, Sir Richard
Folioth, knts., William de London, and others (named). [?37 Henry III.
Cf. Cal. Patent Rolls ii. 267 b.]
[York.] A. 422. Confirmation by Alexander, archbishop of York, by In-
speximus, upon a licence obtained by William Fitz William, knight, to
assign 17 marcs annual rent issuing from his manor of East, Midel, and
Westhathelsay, held of John, King of Castile and Duke of Lancaster, as
of the honour of Pontefract, to two chaplains to celebrate divine service
daily for the soul of Thomas de Stapilton, formerly lord of the manor
aforesaid, dated 10 Nov. 9 Richard II., of two grants appointing William
de Byrkyn and William de Sprotburgh chaplains as above, dated Estha-
thelsay, 1 Jan, 1385[-6.] Clauses are inserted regulating the appointment
of chaplains in future. Redmanor, 27 January, 1387 [-8.] Fragment of
seal.
[Suff.] A. 423. Release by Robert, son of Richer de Belstede, to William,
son of Hugh de Belstede, of the land that Richer, his father, and Avicia,
his mother, held in Belste (Belstede, Suffolk). Witnesses: William, son of
John de Spornton, Roger son of Warin, John, son of John the Chaplain
(cap' II'), of Felcherche, and others (named).
Endorsed : " Belstede, Essex."
[Essex.] A. 424. Grant by Thomas de Bordesdene to the church and canons
of Holy Trinity, London, of land in Bordesdenefeld. Witnesses : John
de Lesnes, John Bel, Richard son of Estmund, Simon de Melkel', and
William de Strate.
[Essex.] A. 425. Grant by William do Reymes to Sir Fulk Basset, provost of
Bevcrley, of laudjcalled ' Brighelond ' and ' Dernulvesland ' in Finchingfeld,
and pasture for two oxen and two horses, paying a pound of pepper yearly.
For this grant Sir Fulk has given 28 marks, and a red palfrey worth
4 marcs to Joan, William's wife. Witnesses : Hamo son of Richard,
Nicholas Peche, Robert Inkel, and others (named). Seal.
[Essex.] A. 426. Graut by William de Reymes to Sir Fulk Basset of land
called ' Boytune Wode ' in Finchingfeld, paying yearly a pair of gilt
spurs or 4d., besides scutage to the value of Id. when imposed. Witnesses :
Hamund son of Richard, Nicholas Peche, William de Hyspania, and
others (named). Seal.
[Suff.] A. 427. Release by John le Ginnor, of Belstede Magna, to William,
son of William le Terre, of land and a messuage in Belstede Magna, adjoin-
ing the fee of the abbot of Albemarle. Witnesses : William de Humforde,
Symon Miller, and others (named). January, 56 Henry III.
[Essex.] A. 428. Grant by Robert le Pestur, of Borham, to Philip le Taylur,
of co. Stafford, of the whole service of annual rent with foreign service,
which Roger Beriman owes him for a tenement in Borham. Witnesses :
John Maudwyt, Robert de Walcfare, John de Mandevile, and others
(named). Seal.
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[Essex.] A. 429. Grant by William do Reimes, knight, to Sir Philip Basset,
of all his outer court in Boitune, in Finchingefeld parish, with the house
situated therein ; saving the right of entry to and exit from the inner court.
(The boundaries are clearly defined.) Witnesses: Sir Nicholas Pecche,
William de Northtoft, William de Gehlham, and others (named). Portion
of seal.
[Essex.] A. 430. Grant by Richard, son of William de Badewe, to Sir William,
son of Sir Warin do Montchesney, of the homage and service of the daughters
and heirs of Lady Isabel de Benlestaple, with 20s. annual rent which she paid
for a tenement in Nevendene and Berdestaple (Barstable). Witnesses :
Sirs William de Sancto Claro, William de Watevile, Eobert de Hegham,
knights, Ralph de Coggeshal, Richard le Brun.
[Essex.] A. 431. Grant by Katherine, daughter of Richard de Mouasterio, to
Henry de Borham, of 16rf. annual rent due from Robert Marshal, Richard
ate Crouch, and Sybil, maid of the recluse of Borham, for tenements in
Borham. Witnesses : Robert de Walkefare, Geoffrey de Rykham. Richard
de Lindwode, and others (named). Seal, damaged.
[Essex.] A. 432. Grant by Geoffrey le Spec to Philip le Taylur, and Roys[ia] his
wife, of land in Borhara and an annual rent of 5^d. due from Hervey Fulke
and John de Marisco. Witnesses : John de Walkefare, Richard de Lind-
wode, and others (named). Seal, defaced.
[buff.] A. 433. Demise by Robert de Berefeud to John Costin, of Leyham,
the younger, of land in Belsted Magna, for 13 years from Michaelmas,
26 Edward [I.] Witnesses : John and Robert de Belsted, Geoffrey and
John del Slade, and others (named). Belsted, Monday next after Holy
Trinity, 26 Edward [I.] Seal, damaged.
[Essex.] A. 434. Release to Master Thomas de Wymundeham, rector of
Brumfeld church, and the rectors his successors, by William Smith his
parishioner, of a hedge planted between the field called ' Homfeld,' belonging
to the church, and William's land in Wellfeld ; on condition of the rector's
making a ditch beyond the hedge, on William's land, four feet wide by
three deep, and that he and his successors keep the hedge and ditch in
repair at their own cost. Witnesses: John de Mandeville, John de
Appeltrefeld, William de Sancto Claro, and others (named). Portion of a
seal.
[Essex.] A. 435. Grant by Edric the Carpenter, of Braidwell, to Ralph de
Bramelai and Claricia his wife, of land in Braidwell, paying him 4s. yearly,
and to the house of Fallay 3d. for one acre Edric granted the said house.
Witnesses : Richard de Havil, Ralph de Telebi, William the Clerk of
Braidewell, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 436. Grant by Simon le Cupere, of Bromfeld, to William de
Pacehyng and Alice his wife, of land in Pachchyug Clovill, in the vill of
Bromfeld. Witnesses : William Sparkes, Ranulf le Warenne, John ate
"Melle, of Bromfeld, and others (named). Bromfeld, Saturday next after the
Decollation of John the Baptist, 1 Edward III.
[Essex.] A. 437. Grant by Adam the Weaver (Tixtor : sic), of Burested Parva,
to Robert de Frekeber, and Joan his wife, cf 2\d, annual rent due from
Thomas Rock for a field called ' Boussefeld,' in Burested Parva. Witnesses :
William Ame, William de Eyr, Thomas le Rock, and others (named.)
[Essex.] A. 438. Grant by Gilbert de Hendune to Lucia Waleraun of 30 hogs
in the wood of Boreham, which is of the fee of the abbot of St. Albans,
which he granted to John her brother ; paying therefor yearly half a pound
of cummin in London. Witnesses : Henry Bocquointe, Roger de la Dune,
Reginald Cabus, and others (named).
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[Essex.] A. 439. Release by John, called le Man,' of Belsted Magna, to
Laurence le Fre, of the messuage he held of the said Laurence, in Belsted
aforesaid, situated as described. Belsted, Wednesday next after St. Gregory
the Pope, 7 Edward II. Seal.
[Essex.] A. 440. Release by Thomas, son of William Sarjaunt, of Brumfeld,
to Master Thomas de Wymundeham, parson of Brumfeld, and his successors,
of a messuage and eight acres of land in Brumfeld that his father once held
of the said church. Witnesses : William de Graundcurt, Robert de Borham,
John de Maundevile, and others (named). [46 Henry III.]
Annexed :
(i.) Final concord between Master Thomas de Wymundham, parson of
Brumfeld church, plaintiif, and Robert le Burser, tenant of 23 acres of
land in Brumfeld, which Robert acknowledged to be the right of Thomas
and his church of St. Leonard, of Brumfeld, and quitclaimed to him and
his successors for ever. Chelmereford, the morrow of St. John the Baptist,
46 Henry III.
Endorsed: "Pars Robert! le Burser quam habere nou curavit quia
nichil retinuit."
(ii.) The like between Thomas, son of William Sergaunt, of Brumfeld,
and the same Master Thomas, tenant of eight acres of land in Brumfeld,
whereupon an assise of mart d'ancestor was summoned, and Thomas son of
William quitclaimed the land to Master Thomas and his successors, parsons
of the church abovesaid. Dated as above.
Endorsed: "Pars Thome filii Willielmi Serjand quam habere non curavit
quia nichil retinuit."
(iii.) Counterpart of ii., probably the part left with Thomas de
Wymundeham. Dated as above.
[York.] A. 441. Grant by Sir Hugh le Despenser to Warin le Grys, of
Burndesle, of eight acres of land in the west field of Barndesle, situated as
described, in exchange for which Warin grants Sir Hugh eight acres and a
rood of land in Wysessherde, in the field of Barndesle. Witnesses :
Sir John de Hanlo, Sir Ingram Belreger, John de Mareys, and others
(named). Barndesle, feast of St. Hilary, 6 Edward II. Seal.
[Essex.] A. 442. Grant by Isabella de Cloville to William de Pacchingg, her
son, of land in a croft called ' Kykoscroft,' in Pacching Clovill, in the vill of
Bromfeld, and in a meadow called ' Hammemad.' Witnesses : Jordan
de Maundeville, and others (named). Bromfeld, Saturday next after
Michaelmas, 20 Edward II.
[Essex.] A. 443. Grant by William de Reymes, knt., to Sir Philip Basset, of all
his land in the field called ' Speltewellefeld,' in Boy tune, in Finchingfeud
parish, viz., lands called ' Hueloteslee ' and ' Eldewelle,' <fcc., to be held with
another tenement Sir Philip holds of him in the same vill by the service of
half a knight's fee. Witnesses : Sir Ralph de Saham, Sir Nicholas Pechc,
and others (named). Seal.
[Essex.] A. 444. Grant by William de Reimes, knt., to Sir Philip Basset, of
a croft called ' Bantone ' in Boitone, in Finchingefeld parish, as herein
described, paying for this and other land held of Sir William in the same
vill a pair of gilt .spurs or 6d. yearly. Witnesses : Sir William Dod-
(lingeseles, Sir Nicholas de Sanford, Sir Laurence de Sanford, Geoffrey
Foliot, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 445. Release by William, son of Sir William de Reymes, of Finch-
ingfeud, to Sir Philip Basset, of 6s. 2d. annual rent he was wont to receive
from Simon Cusin, for 20 acres in Finchingfeud ; paying therefor yearly 6^rf.
Witnesses : Simon son of Richard, Roger de Omnibus Sanctis, Thomas de
Yspaunia, and others (named).
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[Essex.] A. 446. Release by Avicia, formerly wife of Peter le Herde, of
Chelmerefbrd, to William de Cogeshale, of her third part in a croft called
' Clobbiscroft,' in Chelmereford parish, which came to her as dower after
her husband's death, paying therefor IGd. yearly during her life.
Chelmereford, Monday next after the Ascension, 17 Edward II.
[Essex.] A. 447. Agreement in settlement of a dispute between Sir William
de Wydihulle; rector of Bromfeld church, London diocese, and Thomas de
Maundeville, over the fairs of St. Leonard's in Bromfeld, whereby the
latter quit-claims the said fairs to Sir William and his successors in the
said church, to hold as freely as Master Walter, archdeacon of Norfolk,
Master Thomas de Wymundeham, and Sir Adam de Stratton, his pre-
decessors as rectors, held them, as appears by the charter of Thomas de
Maundeville, ancestor of the same Thomas. Witnesses: Sirs Adam de
Stratton, Ralph Basset, Robert de Walmesford, Robert de Kyngton, clerks,
and others (named). London, the feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle,
12 Edward I. Seal of arms, damaged.
[Essex.] A. 448. Grant by Nicholas le Wulf, of Burstede Parva, to Robert
de Frekeberwe, Joan his wife, and John his son, of annual rents of a
pound of cummin and \d. issuing from lands herein specified, in Burstede
Parva, in the tenure of John le Tannur, and Anice his wife, and William
le Wulf, with reversion to Robert and his heirs if John die without
children. Duntone, Sunday next before St. Gregory the Pope, 24 Edward I.
Seal.
[Essex.] A. 449. Grant by Isabella, daughter of the late William Freman,
widow, to Dionisia de Monte Caniso, lady of Braxstede Magna, of the
homage and service of Sir Ralph de Monte Caniso and lady Albreda his
wife, and 14rf. annual rent from a tenement the latter hold in Braxstede
Magna. Witnesses : John de Kelleveden, Roger de Schaldeford, William
Quoynterel, and others (named). Braxstede, Tuesday in Whitsuntide,
27 Edward [I.].
[Essex.] A. 450. Grant by William de Reymes, knight, to Sir Philip Basset,
of land called ' Aiswell,' and meadow between this and Aiswell bridge, in
Boitune, in Finchingefeld parish, to be held by the same service of half a
knight's fee whereby he holds another tenement in the same vill.
Witnesses : Sir Richard Foliot, canon of St. Paul's, London, Henry de
Seint Pol, Ranulf de Amundeville, and others (named). Seal.
[Essex. j A. 451. Grant by Robert le Hwite, clerk, of Burstede Parva, to
Robert de Frekeberwe, and Joan his wife, of various rents arising from
lands called ' Diringes Dale," 'Longelond,' ' Middelfeld,' ' Beneites Feld,'
' West Feld,' ' Hellond,' &c., in Burstede Parvn, the situation of the lands,
&c., and by whom held being clearly specified. Witnesses : Hubert de
Brumford, John Male Greffe, and others (named). Duntone, Wednesday
next after the Purification, 23 Edward I. Seal.
[Essex.] A. 452. Grant by William de Reimes to Sir Philip Basset, of land
in Boitune, annual rents issuing from lands therein, and all his granges
at Boitune, to be held by the service of half a knight's fee he already owes
the said William. (The lands are accurately described, and the names of
the tenants specified.) Witnesses : Sirs William de Dodingescles, Richard
Fillol, Matthew de Leiham, Roger de Reimes, and others (named)
Portion of seal.
Essex. A. 453. Grant by Henry Cokham, parson of St. Mary atte Hille,
London, and John Sibille to Thomas Drapere and John Matheu, clerks
of Dedham manor, and a messuage and eight acres of meadow in
Dcdham, which they lately had by feoflment of Nicholas Exton, and
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Joan his wife, by fine levird :it Westminster on the morrow of [All]
Souls, 15 Richard II., together with Richard Gylle, who has released to
them his claim thereto. Dedham, 10 August, 16 Richard II. Seal and
fragment.
[Essex.] A. 454. Grant by William de Reimes, knight, to Fulk Basset,
provost of the church of Beverley, for 100/., of the moiety of all his land
in Boitunc, and of 27 acres of meadow, and some wood, " for the sake of
having entire the crofts next to my court," and the services of the freemen
(whose names are given) belonging to the said lands ; doing, therefor, the
scutage pertaining to half a knight's fee when required. (The extent and
situation of the lands clearly specified.) Witnesses : Sir William de Ebor,
Sir Henry de Batun[ia], the King's Justices de Banco, Sir Hamo son of
Richard, Sir William de Hispania, Sir Nicholas Peche, Sir Robert Inkell,
Gilbert de Dantesey, chancellor of Beverley, and others (named). [A.D.
1213-1234.] Portion of seal.
[Essex.] A. 455. Acknowledgment at Westminster in the quinzaine of
St. John the Baptist, 12 Edward I., by Thomas de Arderne, son and
heir of Ralph de Arderne, that he has quit-claimed to Anice, who was
wife of John Horn, the manor of Ovesham, with the advowson of the
chapel and 10/. yearly, to be held of Earl Warrenne, chief lord of the
manor. Witnesses : Henry le Waleis, then Mayor of London, Stephen
de Cornhull, Adam de Fulham, the elder, and the younger, and others " in
carta contentis." 12 Edward I.
[Essex.] A. 456. Grant by Alice, widow of John Edmund, of Alvithele, to
Stephen Cook and Agnes his wife, of the tenement in Alvithele formerly
belonging to Richard Edmund. Witnesses : Thomas Belhous, and others
(named). Alvithele, Monday, the vigil of St. Bartholomew the Apostle,
35 Edward III.
Endorsed : " Carta Alicie quondam uxor Emundi, pertin' ad mansionem
vicarii." Seal, imperfect.
[Essex.] A. 457. Grant by John atte Welle, of Stanford, to John Arnold, and
Joan his wife, of the same tenement in Alvythele as above [A. 456],
formerly belonging to John Edmund. Witnesses : Thomas de Belhous,
and others (named). Alvythele, Sunday after the Conception, ] Richard II.
Endorsed similarly to A. 456. Seal.
[Essex.] A. 458. Grant by Robert Arnold, citizen of London, son of John
Arnold, of Alvithele, to Sir John de Thorzsby, vicar of Alvithele, and
Sir John Est, of Greynesby, chaplain, of a messuage with curtilage in
Alvithele, herein described. Alvithele, Monday next before St. Nicholas
the Bishop, 8 Richard II.
[Essex.] A. 459. Grant by John Thorsby, vicar of Alvetheley, to Sir John
Maukyn, rector of Wenyngton, William Orlton, "glacier"' of Sonthwark,
and John atte Welle, of Alvetheley, of his " placea " in Alvetheley, which
he had by feoffment of John de Thorok, situate as described. Witnesses :
Henry Bailly, of Southwerk, Thomas Solace, Henry Boerne, of London,
John Salesbury, Reginald Spencer. Alvetheley, 5 Dec., 9 Richard II.
Endorsed in a later hand : " Thise came owte of Lesnnes, but they
perteyne not to the place."
[Essex.] A. 460. Release by William to John Ive, rector of
St. Michael's, Wood Street, London, of the " placea " of land built over
with its appurtenances in Alvythelee parish, which he and the said John
lately acquired from Henry Stoghmnn, of that parish. Sunday next before
the nativity of the Virgin Mary, 16 Richard II. Damaged.
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Essex. A. 461. Grant by Robert Wolf, citizen and skinner of London, to
Thomas Bedyngham, of Berkyng, gentleman, (besides a tenement with
curtilage in Bakerstrete, Berkyng, which he granted Bedyngham by charter
dated 24 April, 7 Henry VII.,) of two acres called ' Crabbelond' in the
Eastmarsh of Berkyng, which tenement and land he with Joan his
wife, now deceased, received by demise from Thomas Mogge and Agnes
his wife, John Frost, Edmund Saunder, and Richard Broke, dated
23 February, 1 Richard III. : on condition that the said Thomas pay him
101., in the parish of St. John by Walbroke, London, in instalments of 40*.
yearly, the first payment to be made the Vigil of the Annunciation,
1492[-3], with right of re-entry in case of failure of payment. The first
instalment due last March not having been paid, Wolf herein names
attorneys to enter the premises and continue possession thereof in his
name. 20 June, 8 Henry VII.
[Essex.] A. 462. Demise by John Cok, of Bromfeld, and Margery his wife,
to Walter Paching and Alice his wife, of that portion of a tenement in
Bromfeld which came to Margery on the death of Robert and Sabina
Atewell, her parents, for six years from Michaelmas next, at 5s. yearly rent.
Walter and Alice shall cut no wood except for " hayebot," and all damages
committed by them shall be allowed to John and Margery by view of
trustworthy men. (Other clauses follow.) Bromfeld, Sunday before St.
Peter ad vincula, 15 Edward III. Seal.
Ksaex. A. 463. Grant by Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester, to his
clerk, Master John dc Stanton, for life, of all his possessions in Peldon and
Aldebourghton, which Thomas de Wyndcslade formerly held for term of
his life. Witnesses : Sirs John de Haulo, Ingelram Berenger, Walter de
Pateshnll, Philip de Vyrili, knts., and others (named). Kenyngton near
London, Monday the morrow of Holy Trinity, 17 Edward II.
Endorsed : " Carta de Leyre indentata." Fragment of seal.
[Essex.] A. 464. Grant by John Moneron, of Fratyngge, to John Knygth and
Margery his wife, of Great Brumley, of a messuage and three acres of land
iu Great Brumleye, to be held by knight's service, as herein specified.
Brumlegh, Monday next before All Saints, 31 Edward III.
[Essex.] A. 465. Release by Felicia, late wife of Thomas le Yonge, of Reynham,
to John atte Chaumbre of land in the marsh of Alvithele, situate as
described, which came to her as dower after her husband's death, who
acquired it by grant from the said Thomas. Witnesses : -Robert de
Bolynton, John atte Hale, and others (named). Reynham, Sunday next
before St. Giles the abbot, 4 Edward III.
[Essex.] A. 466. Will of John do Welde, of Aungre (Ongar), containing the
following legacies : His body to be buried in St. Martin's, Aungre, 5/. for
expenses of burial, a brown " turthel " cow with its calf to be led before
the body on the day of burial for the mortuary ; a cow and 3 Ibs. of wax
to maintain a candle burning daily at mass in St. Martin's parish church
before the altar of St. Mary and St. Margaret ; a cow called " turtel "
with its calf, to maintain a candle on every double festival of the year
before the great altar in High Ongar church, &c. Legacies_to the members
of the family and others follow.
Endorsed: Note of probate and publication in Aungre church, Kalends
of April, 1337.
[Essex.] A. 467. Release by Agnes, late wife of Stephen Cook, of Alvythele, to
John atte Welle, of Stanford, of a tenement formerly belonging to John
Edmund, in the market place, and a piece of land in Alvythele situate
as described. Witnesses : Thomas de Belhous and others (named).
Alvythele, Easter Monday, 51 Edward III.
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[Essex.] A. 468. Release by Richard Herewanl, dork, of Aljihemeston, and
Alice his wife, to Richard le Meysy, rector of Lainmersch, of land in a
field called ' Cotfield ' and elsewhere in Alphemeston. Witnesses : Nicholas
de Nowers, Richard de Reshey, and others (named). Alphemeston, Sunday
next after St. Gregory the Pope, 1 1 Edward II. Two seals.
[Essex.] A. 469. Grant by Thomas le Yonge, of Reynham, son and heir of
Serlo le Yonge, to John atte Chambre, servant of the abbot of Lysne, of a
messuage and land in the marsh of Alvithele bounded on the south by the
river Thames. Witnesses: William Ithe Hale, Benedict de Dittone,
and others (named). Alvithele, Thursday next before the Purification,
18 Edward II.
Esex. A. 470. Release by Matthew Smart to John Serle of the land the
lutter acquired from William Smart, father of Matthew, in Dodenofed,
in Arkisdene parish. Witnesses: Thomas Lanney and others (named).
Arkisdene, Sunday next before the Purification, 12 Edward III. Seal.
[Essex.] A. 471. Release by William de Reymes, knt., to Sir Philip Basset,
of the service of half a knight's fee he owes for a fee and tenement he holds
in Boytune, Finchingfeud parish, paying a pair of gilt spurs yearly.
Witnesses : Sir Nicholas Peche, Sir William de Yspania, William de
Northtoft, and others (named). Fragment of seal.
[Essex.] A. 472. Release by Hugh the Baker (Pistor) to William bishop of
London, for four marcs, of all his land in Alethorn. Witnesses : William
archdeacon of London, Master Roger, archdeacon of Colchester, Master
William de Purle, William Anjou, Maurice de Herlawe, canons of St. Paul's,
London, Martin de Bockingg, Stephen de Eseleya, Ralph de Herlawe, clerks,
[c. A.D. 1220.]
Essex. A. 473. Grant by John Ive, rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street,
London, to Thomas Totenham, of Alvythelee, of a " place " of land built
over in Alvythelee, which he himself and William Rykhill lately had
by feoffment of Henry Sloghman. Alvythelee, 13 September, 16 Richard II.
Seal.
[Essex.] A. 474. Grant by Walter, sou of Ranulf Ramet, son of Gerard, to
Philip Basset, of land in Alwiueheye, and lands that Thomas Parmentar'
and Moses son of Heldiard, held, paying yearly 6d., or a pair of gilt spurs
worth 6d. Witnesses : Hubert de Ruily, Walter, rector of Aclee Magna,
Roger de Reymes, Geoffrey de Sunderland, and others (named).
Endorsed: Wikes. Seal.
Essex. A. 475. Grant by William Orltone, " glasyere," of Sonthwerk, to
Henry Sloghman, of a "place" of land built over in Alvythele, formerly
belonging to John Thoresby, vicar of Alvylhele, situate as described.
Alvythele, Sunday next before the Apostles Philip and James, 9 Richard II.
Seal.
[Essex.] A. 476. Grant by Richard Herward, of Alphemeston, and Alice his
wife, to Richard de Meysy, rector of Lammersch, of land in a field palled
Cotfeld ' and elsewhere in Alphemeston. Witnesses : Nicholas de Nowers,
Richard de Reshey, and others (named) . Lammersch, Thursday, Ascension
Day, 10 Edward II. Fragment of seal.
[Essex ] A. 477. Grant by William de Reimes, knt., to Sir Philip Basset, of all
lands Fulk Basset, then dean of York, held of him in Boitune and Finching-
feud, and^ delivered to Sir Philip as his assignee ; paying therefor scutage of
half a knight's fee when required. Witnesses : Sir Willfam de Dodingescles,
Richard Fillol, Hugh Gross, knts., Roger de Raimes, and others (named).
[A.D. 1239-1242.]
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[Essex.] A. 478. Grant by Robert, son of Robert Goyet, of Dwldenho, to
Thomas Burgeis, of Christeshall, of land in Duddenho, Arkesden parish,
in a meadow called ' Langemad,' situate as described. Witnesses : Peter
Kardun, Philip'Louth, William de Chesewit, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 479. Duplicate of A. 474.
[Kssex.] A. 480. Grant by William, son of John Faucelun, to Katherine,
formerly wife of Robert Faucelun, of 6s. 8d. annual rent issuing from a
certain fulling mill called ' Fotesmelne,' in Westhamme parish. Witnesses :
Geoffrey Boquointe, William de Alneto, Gerard de Bramford, and others
(named). Fragment of seal.
[Essex.] A. 481. Grant by Sabina de Bemflet, late wife of John Faucilun,
to William Faucilun, her son, of 9*. 6d. annual rent she receives from
the master and brethren of the hospital of St. Thomas of Acre, for a
certain fulling mill in Stratford, paying therefor yearly Id. or a pair of white
gloves, and half a marc to Sabina during her life. Witnesses : Alexander
de Beuflet, John del Broc, Gilbert and Richard Faucilun, and others
(named) . Seal damaged.
[Essex.] A. 482. Grant by Benedict de Ditton to Richard Edmund and Alice
his wife, of the tenement he had after the death of John de Sunning, with
land adjoining in Alvithele, situate as described. Alvithele, Monday
before All Saints, 6 Edward III.
Endorsed : " Carta Benedicti de Ditton pertinens ad mansionem vicarii."
[Essex.T A. 483. Release by Simon Colin, of Finchirigefeld, to Sir Philip Basset,
of an annual rent of 2d. for pasture of a certain way in Birtone, Finchinge-
feld parish, between fields called ' Speltewellefeld ' and ' Alleboitone.'
Witnesses : Nicholas Peche, William de Northtoft, Richard de Ruly,
William and Walter de Reymes, and others (named). Seal.
[Essex.] A. 484. Grant by William de Reimes to Sir Philip Basset of the
portion of his outer court at Boytun, in Finchingefeld parish, situate as
described. Witnesses : Sir Nicholas Pecche, Richard de Ruylli, and
others (named). Seal.
[Essex.] A. 485. Grant by Alexander son of Osbert to William de Colum, of
all la'nd he holds of the fee of St. John of Colchester, in Adburgeton
parish, except a messuage by the bridge on the west, at a yearly rent of 10s.
Witnesses : William de Rocheford, Richard de Pettindon, and others
(named) . Seal.
[Essex.] A. 486. Grant by Robert de Badua to Stephen son of Code, of 15
acres, which Godic Cobbe and Walter Constable held [in Bacldow ?], paying
4s. yearly; Stephen defending such land against the King "pro quinde-
cim acris de Ware," and paying Robert 20.. and his son Walter I2d.
Witnesses : Walter de Badua, Walter son of Ranulf, Robert de Fordia,
Richard de Rameseia, and others (named).
Essex. A. 487. Licence to John de Bohun and Cecilia his wife, for a fine
of 221. 7s. 4rf., to enfeoff with their manor of Kelleveden, Griffin de Sutton,
Richard Laxman, and Richard le Graunt, chaplain ; and also to the latter,
having obtained full and peaceable seisin thereof, to grant it to the said
John and Cecilia, with remainder, if they die without children, to Cecilia,
then to Ralph Filiol, to William, sou of John de Sutton, knt., to Richard
his brother, and to John Ms brother, in succession. " Teste, Leonello tilio
nostro carissimo, C'ustode Anglie." Eltham, 16 January, 20 Edward III.
Endorsed: " Irrotulatur termino Sancti Hillarii anno regni E. Regis
Auglie tercii a conquestu vicesimo primo, regni vero sui Fiancie octavo.
Ro. cclxxx. ;" and in a later hand: "Licentia data Johanni de Bohun
alieuandi ' Filiol's hall,' anno 20 E. III."
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[Essex.] A. 488. Grant by William de Reymes, knt., to Philip Basset, of all
his lands in Boytone, in the parish of Finchiggefeld, consisting of a
messuage and lands called ' Tenacre,' ' Ruleye,' ' Aswelle,' ' Aswellemede,'
< Stokilondfeld,' ' Walewurth,' ' Speltewellefeld,' ' Brugelond,' and ' Boytone-
grene,' and the homage and service of the tenants (named). Witnesses :
Sirs Gilbert de Saunford, Ralph de Arderne, Nicholas de Saunford,
Roger de Saunford, Laurence de Saunford, Nicholas Peche, and Richard
son of Hugh, Richard de Ruily, and others (named). Seal.
[Essex.] A. 489. Grant by Robert de Bromfeld to the church of the Virgin
Mary at Begeham, and the abbot and convent thereof, of the marl found
upon his land in the parish of Fernthe, within the space of half an acre
in a place called ' Vifacres,' next a wood called ' Bechenewode,' belonging
to the convent, for 60 years from St. Andrew's Day, 14 Edward III., with
right of free entry over his land to dig such marl when they please.
Begeham, St. Andrew's Day, 14 Edward III. Portion of seal.
[Essex.] A. 490. Grant by Thomas Harpur to Warin de Muncansi, for 9
marcs, of land called ' Pirifield,' in Fordham parish, paying 3s. yearly.
Witnesses : Alan and Reginald de Cropping, Robert Cause, Michael de
Fordham, and others (named). Portion of seal.
[Essex.] A. 491. Grant by Matilda, daughter of Stephen de Beauchamp, to
Aline de Beauchamp, her sister, of all the land the former inherited
through her sister Idonea, in Bradefeld, Sevenacre, Lambecroft, and
Helmalle in Fairstede, and in Wroseneye in Borham parish; save all
those lands " which the men who descended to me by inheritance of the
aforesaid Idonea hold, with their homage and rents," and with the wood
that came to her in the same way. Witnesses : Sir Ralph de Glanville,
John de Suthberi, Robert de Resheye, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 492. Release by James the Clerk of Faierstede, to Ralph de
Hastings, of all his lands in Faierstede, for four marcs and for the land
of Smethedale, with the messuage of that land in Faierstede. Witnesses :
Robert and John de Hastings, William Carbunel, William, son of Robert de
Hastings, Aelard de Graven!, Master Roger de Clare, Roger de Rainies,
Peter de Ramesia, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 493. Release by Walter Hervi, of Boiton, to Sir Philip Basset, for
eight marcs, of seven acres of land in Finchingefeld, called ' Leessart/ which
he bought of Sir William de Reymes, provided he be quit of 7d. rent he
owed the said Sir Philip from the said lands. Witnesses : Sir Richard de
Rull', Sir Richard Espannia, Walter Peche, William de Gelham, Walter de
Reymes, and others (named).
Essex. A. 494. Release by John Sibille, Peter Exton, William Glanville,
citizens of London, John Curteys, William Bright, and William Lokha,
clerk, to Henry Cokham, parson of St. Mary's atte Hille, London, John
Wade, citizen of London, and Henry Dalby, of Dedham manor, and of a
messuage and eight acres in Dedharn, which they, together with Cokham,
Wade, and Dalby, lately had by feoffment of Thomas Drapere and John
Matheu, who received them by feoffment of Cokham and Sibille. London,
10 March, 17 Rich. II. Portions of Jive, out of six seals, remaining.
[Essex.] A. 495. Grant by Walter Wygeyn, of Dunton, to Sir Humfry de
Waleden, knt., of 15 acres in Dunton, adjoining the Abbot of Stratford's
land. Witnesses : Sir Walter le Baud, knt., and others (named).
Dunton, 24 September, 4 Edward II. Seal.
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[Essex.] A. 496. Grant by John, son of Hugh de St. Denis, to the church
and cations of Holy Trinity, London, of two solidates of quit rent in East
Ham, which Alexander the Clerk was wont to pay for land called ' Edgares-
brom' he holds of him there. Witnesses: Ralph de Hosdeng, Ralph
Ursonis, John de Ilesford, Simon de Crar.ebroc, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 497. Grant by Henry, son of Henry Biweston, of Elmeden, to the
church and canons of St. Thomas the Martyr, of Westwode in Leysnes, of
a piece of his croft in Elmeden. Witnesses : Robert and Henry de la
Rokell', William de Chesewic, Richard Wymaric, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 498. Duplicate of A. 495.
A. 499. Grant by Henry de Lega to William son of Osmund, of
three acres in Estbiri, at Vosteshulle, Haidune, and Thornhulle, and land
called ' Kenesore.' Witnesses : William de HadeF, Alexander de Lamburno,
and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 500. Release by Stephen, son of Ralph Trichet, and Armengerda
his mother, to the canons of Holy Trinity, [London], of land in Barche-
dene, for which the canons have given Stephen two marcs and land in
Barchedene to hold in fee for 2s. yearly, which Stephen shall defend
against the lord of the fee and the King; and he has done homage and
fealty to Ralph the prior and the chapter. Witnesses : Simon the Priest
(P'b'r), of Mundam, Hugh Anglicus, William son of Alured, Robert
the Clerk of Brachinge, Bartholomew son of Reneward, William son of
Matilda, Henry and John, sons of William Facet, William de Bromfeld, and
others (named). [A.D. 1148-1170.]
[ ] A. 501. Grant by William, the prior, and the canons of Blakemore.
The late Alan de Sanford, son of the late knt. their patron, Sir John de
Sauford, had elected to be buried in their church near his forefathers, and
Sir Gilbert Basset, uncle (advunculus) of the same Alan, had converted to
tlieir use 30 acres which lady Alice de Sanford held of them in Alfladewike,
for the " remedium " of his said deceased grandson and knt. ; and by this
and other largesses the said Gilbert, with their said patron and lady Alice
his wife, have caused their church to have perpetual memory of the deceased.
Wherefore they grant to Gilbert and his heirs the right of presenting one
canon, whom they shall be bound to admit ; such canon to be called the
' Basset ' canon. Witnesses : Sir Fulk Basset, provost of Beverlev,
Sir John de Sanford, Sir Thomas Basset, and Sir Warin, brothers,
Sir Adam de Periton, Sir Robert de Wattevile, Sir Thomas de Gulafre,
Sir Geoffrey de Bideford, Gilbert de Sanford. [A.D. 1213-1234.]
[Essex.] A. 502. Release by Alditha, daughter of William de la Felde, to
Ansith de Heye and Godeva his wife, her sister, of land in Havering.
Witnesses: Elyas son of Roger, Norman de Bruera, Stephen de Lega,
and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 503. Grant by Philip de Columbariis to Ralph de Hastings " of all
that land of Horisselle which his ancestors held of mine." Witnesses :
William Crues, Geoffrey de Bosco, Hugh son of Warin, Ralph son of
Osbert, William, son of Wall' Brainel, Roger his son, Geoffrey de Nerreford,
Hugh de Sancta Cruce, Jurdan the clerk. [Hen. II. ?]
[Essex.] A. 504. Release by Robert de Tyllindon to William de Montek', of
an annual rent of Id. he was wont to receive from Robert de Camera for
an acre of land in Westhaningefeld, next the meadow formerly belonging
to Mathew de Gurnay. Witnesses : William de Sancto Claro, John de
Boun, William de Clovile, and others (named). Seal.
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[Essex.] A. 505. Grant by Baldwin, Count of Ghisnes, to his brother Robert de
Ghisnes, knt., of all the manor of Hoylande. Witnesses : Sir Stephen
Longespee, Anselm Marshall, Richard de Montfichet, Richard de Clara,
and others (named). October, 1241.
[Essex ] A. 506. Release by John de Ginge, son and heir of Sir Reginald
de Ginge, to Robert de Frekebere, Joan his wife, and John his son, of
an annual rent of 5s. and suit of court paid by Robert for a tenement and
field called ' Kingesland,' and a rent of 3*. and suit of court paid by Alice de
Sepe or John her son for another tenement, in Ginge Ruuff parish.
Witnesses :- Hubert de Brunford, Richard Travers, William Waleis,
William de Goldhord, and others (named). [Edw. I. See A. 511. Cf.
Cat. Inq.p.m., Vol. I , p. 72.]
[Heris?] A. 507. Release by Amfelisia, late wife of Walter de Furches, to
Sir Fulk Basset, bishop of London, of the tenement she held in dower of
Alice de Furches her daughter [in Hadham]. Witnesses : Sirs William
de Graundcnrt and John de Patemere, knts., and others (named). [A.D.
1242-1259.]
[Essex.] A. 508. Certificate by R[obert] de Ghynes, knt., to his freemen and
villeins of Hoyland Parva, that he has granted that manor to Sir F[ulk],
bishop of London, to whom they are to perform their services ; and has
appointed Michael, the bearer, his attorney to give full seisin thereof to the
bishop. Witnesses : Sir William, abbot of St. John's, Colchester,
William, prior of Hatfiekl Regis, Sir Philip Basset, Master Robert,
precentor of St. Paul's, London, Sir Peter de Anesye, John de Nevile,
canon of Chichester, Robert le Moyne, canon of St. Paul's, John de Angre,
clerk. Tholeshunte, xvi. Kalends of September, 1248.
[Essex.] A. 509. Grant by Robert le Shereve, of Shamelherst, to William, the
prior of Lewes, of the land in Hatfield parish he once held of the prior, and
the service of Walter le Porter for land in the same parish. Witnesses :
Andrew de Michelham, Robert de Brethurst, Richard de Bikestrode, and
others (named).
[Essex.] A. 510. Release by Helias Crol to Sir John Dispenser (Dispensator}
of his water and fishery in Kingesbrugge. Witnesses : Nicholas de
Didenham, John de Ludewelle, William de la Wifaude, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 511. Grant by Adam Burre, of Ramesdon Belhus, to Robert de
Frekbere, Joan his wife, and John his son, of the rents and services in
Ginge Rauff which John de Ginge, son and heir of Sir Reginald de Ginge,
released to them \_see A. 506]. Witnesses : William Anne, Geoffrey le
Pech, William le Eyr, Thomas Roch.
[Essex?] A. 512. Grant by William Stapelford and Matilda his wife to Adam
de Stratton, clerk, of land in Harenhull. Witnesses : Robert de Abindon,
John Aylmer, Jaines de Grundewell, Robert Chaneu, and others (named).
One seal, imperfect.
[Essex.] A. 513. Grant by Walter le Wylere, of Broumfeld, to Laurence de
Pacchyng, of a croft called ' Shortcroft,' in the vill of Broumfeld and
hamlet of Pacchyng Pycot. Broumfeld, Saturday next before Christmas,
22 Edw. III. Seal.
[Essex.] A. 514. Grant by Robert de Ghynes, knt.. to Sir Fulk Basset, bishop
of London, for 460/., of his manors of Tole&hunte and Hoyland. Witnesses :
. Sir William, abbot oi St. John's, Colchester, William, prior of Hatfeld
Regis, Sir Philip Basset, Master Robert, precentor of St. Paul's London,
Sir Gilbert de Saunford, Richard Fyllol, Roger de Hardeb[u]r', Hugh le
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Gros, Robert de Sevaunz, knts., John de Neville, canon of ChiehesLer,
Robert le Moyne, canon of St. Paul's, John de Aungre, clerk. [A.D.
1246-1256.]
[Essex.] A. 515. Grant by Ralph de Siflewastto William de Paris, son of Robert
de Paris, of laud iu Ileford, in a meadow called ' Tumiwnneniatl.'
Witnesses : William Dun, John de Witifeld. Reginald de Claia, and others
(named). Seal.
Essex. A. 516. Release by Sir Ralph son of Simon, and Tvecta his wife, to
Sir Philip [Basset], of all their right to the lands granted to Sir Philip by
the late John de Subiry, in Lammers, Henye, Clapton, and Twinstede, of
which they promise to have a chirograph made before the King's Court when
next the Justices in Eyre come into Essex : Sir Philip granting Ralph and
Ivecta all lands he had by grant of the aforesaid John in Middelton and
Subyry, paying two marcs yearly, and the services due to the abbot of
St. Alban's as chief lord of the fee. Fragment of seal. Damaged.
[Essex.] A. 517. Demise by Lady Alice Marmyon, prioress of Wykes, to John
Maunche, of their marsh by Maldon, with 100 ewes, 5 rams and
20 lambs (worth 12</., 3*.,and6rf. a piece respectively), for three years from
Michaelmas, 31 Edw. III., at a yearly rent of 100*., the said John under-
taking to restore the land and stock in good condition at the end of the
term, marked with the prioress's mark, and allowing tho steward of the
convent to inspect such stock once a year at Michaelmas. Wykes, Saturday
next after St. Laurence the Martyr, 31 Edw. III.
Essex. A. 518. Grant by Guy the Clerk (Cl'ictis), to John, son of Auselm
de Claindone, of the land in Lemdon he held of Richard de Berdestaple,
which belonged to Hugh de Lemdon, save a third part which Cecilia, last
wife of the said Hugh, holds in dower for her life, with remainder to the said
John ; and also of land adjoining Lemdon church : paying 6*. yearly and a
pair of gilt spurs. Witnesses : John de Langdon, knt., Geoffrey de Lale,
John the Clerk, of Langedon, and others (named). Damaged.
[Essex.] A. 519. Grant by John de Burgh, son and heir of the late Sir Hubert
de Burgh, Earl of Kent, to Peter de Huntingefeld, of the land called ' Wyke-
land ' that he bought of Ralph, son of Oliver de Stanweye, in Lexendene
and Stanweye, land in Lexendene called ' Westmeres,' and Walter de le Broc
his nativus there ; together with free fishing in his river of Lexendene
from the new bridge to the mill, right of way over his land, and other
privileges. Witnesses : Sirs Guy de Recheford, Anselm de Gyse,
Richard de Suthirehe, knts., Hubert de Botingham, and others (named)
[A.D. 1243-1248.]
[Ewex.] A. 520. Release by Agnes, daughter of Alan le Taylur, widow, to
Sir Philip Basset, of the land she held of him in Lamerss in the field
called ' Smerdeslond.' Witnesses : Sir Ralph de Waskeyl, John de
Frithe, Richard Turgis, William de Reymes, and others (named).
[Eisex.] A. 521. Grant by Brian [rector of Lamersh], to Sir Ralph deArderne
and Alina de Beuchamp his wife, and the heirs of Alina, of licence to
bnild a chapel in their court of Lamersh, saving the rights of the
mother church of Lamersh, and provided the chaplains appointed to
the said chapel take an oath to the rector to indemnify his church and
pay over to it all offerings made to the chapel ; such chapel to cease
to exist if the said Ralph and Alina, or their heirs, grant their manor of
Lamersh to any religious house. Witnesses: Sir Philip Basset, Masters
Thomas and William de Brainlbrd, Sir Robert de Andretune, chaplain,
Simon do Benuchamp, and others (named). Damaged.
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[Essex.] A. 522. Agreement between Ralph, the prior, and the convent of Holy
Trinity, London, and Master Edmund de London, the master, and the
brethren of the house of St. Thomas of Aeon, London, concerning an
annual rent of 9*. 6d. the prior and convent were wont to receive for a
mill in Stratteford, now destroyed, which the master and brethren held,
and the site whereof they still hold. The latter agree that the convent
shall receive yearly 9*. 6d. of their rent issuing from the tenement
William Poyntel holds of them without Bisshopesgate, London, for five
years from Michaelmas next, the prior and convent having released to
them all arrears of the said annual rent up to Michaelmas last. The
master has also paid the prior 9*. Gd. for the rent between last Michaelmas
and next. London, St. Valentine's day, 1305 [-6], 34 Edward [I.].
Essex. A. 523. Grant by Hugh le Despenser to his " vadlettus," Thomas de
Wydeslade, for life, of all his lands and tenements in Leyre, which Sir
Thomas de Twynstede held for term of his life. Witnesses : Sirs Ralph
de Coykyn, Ralph de Camoys, Robert de Echingham, Henry de Podringan,
Ingerarn Bereuger, knights, and others (named). London, 1 November,
1 Edward [I.].
[Essex.] A. 524. Grant by Thomas Gernun, of Pebners, to Sir Hugh le
Despenser, of a wood lying within ' le Park ' of Lammers. Witnesses :
Sirs Alan de Goldingham, John de Wascoyl, William de Haningfeud,
knights, Thomas de Twynsted, and others (named). Seal.
[Essex.] A. 525. Release by Joan, late wife of Benedict Gernon, of Peberners,
to Sir Hugh le Despenser, of the wood she formerly held in dower, which
Sir Hugh has by grant of her son Thomas Gernun [sec A. 524], lying
-within Sir Hugh's wood called ' le Park ' of Lammers. Witnesses as
in A. 524. Seal.
[Suff.] A. 526. Release by Stephen le Calicer, of Stokes "juxta la Eylonde,"
to Sir Hugh le Spenser, of the homage and service due from John le
Holebrook for a certain tenement in Leyham that Sir Richard le Holebrook,
knight, father of the said John, had by feofiment of Stephen. Witnesses :
Sirs Walter de Fanacurt and Richard de Cokefeld, knights, Robert de
Pereres, Nicholas de Lapham, Roger de Aldham, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 527. Release by John le Bretun to Sir Hugh le Despen.ser, of land
called ' Buggelond,' formerly belonging to Ralph de Belencumbre, lying
within Sir Hugh's wood, called ' le Park ' of Lammersh. Witnesses :
Sirs William, son of Ralph de Pebenersh, Alan de Goldingeham, John de
Wascoyl, knights, Thomas de Twynstede, and others (named). Seal of
arms, defaced.
Essex. A. 528. Grant by Hugh le Despeuser to Sir Ralph Pyppard, of the
whole manor and advowson of the church of Lammersse for his life, with
remainder to himself and his heirs. Witnesses : Sirs William son of
Ralph, Alan de Goldyngham, John de Wascoyl, Thomas de Twynstede,
knights, and others (named). London, 6 June, 29 Edward I.
[Essex.] A. 529. Grant by Hugh le Despenser to Thomas de Twynstede, of
his messuage and tenement of Leghere for life, paying the usual services
to the chief lords of the fee, and a rose to himself and his heirs in his
manor of Lammers, to whom the premises shall revert on decease of Thomas.
Witnesses : John de Wascoyl, John de By, John Brian, and others
(named).
[Essex.] A. 530. Release by Petronilla, relict of Nicholas Heved, to Nicholas,
the rector of Misteley church, of a capital messuage, formerly her
husband's, at Manitre in Mieteley parish. Witnesses : Edmund son of
Thomas, Roger de Reimes, John Dispenser, and others (named).
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[Essex.] A. 531- Grant by Henry, son of Robert do Aiswelle, to Sir Philip
Uiissot, for 10 marcs, of the land Algard de la Heyse formerly held in
Stapelford, and the increment of three acres of assart, he paying
6d. yearly and finding a man for one day within the Octaves of Christmas
to repair the hedge of Havering Park, &c. He also grants Sir Philip three
hogs free of pannage in Stapelford wood. Witnesses: Elyas del Frith,
Gilbert del Eyt, Ranulf de Monte Vironis, and others (named). Seal.
[Essex.] A. 532. Release by Alice, daughter of Ralph Carpenter, and Joau
her sister, for 40s., to Roger le Bigod, Earl Marshal, of a mill with land
adjoining in Lammers. Witnesses : Sir Laurence de Sciiccario, Sir Ralph
de Wascoyl, John de Wascoyl, Peter de Pelham, and others (named).
[A.D. 1225-1270.]
Endorsed : " Carta de molend' full' de Quenebrak."
[Essex.] A. 533. Release by Katherine, late wife of Sir William Giftard,
knight, to Sir Hugh le Despenser, the younger, of the yearly pension of
101. he granted her for life out of his manor of Lammersch. London,
Saturday next after the Purification, 14 Edward II.
Endorsed: " Istud scriptum irrotulatur dorso Clausarum in Cancellaria
domini Regis E., filii Regis E., mense Octobris, anno &c., xiiij ."
[Essex.] A. 534. Grant by William de Crikeshire, and Alice his wife, to
Sir Fulk Basset, bishop of London, of 120 acres of land in Leyndune,
Estle, and Berdestaple. Witnesses : Richard de Seintowayn, Robert
Oswald, Walter the Clerk of Horningdune, William de Grancurt, and
others (named). [A.D. 1242-1259.] Seal, damaged.
Essex. A. 535. Grant by Hugh le Despenser to Sir Ralph Pippard of the
manor of Lamersse, and the advowson of the church of the same manor, for
his life, with reversion to the said Hugh at his decease. Witnesses : Sirs
William son of Ralph, Alan de Goldyngham, John de Wascoyl, Thomas
de Twynsted, knts., and others (named). London, 6 June, 29 Edward I.
[Essex.] A. 536. Grant by John de Subery to Sir Philip Basset of all his land
[Suff.] in Lammers, Heny, Middeltone, and Clopton, with advowson of the church
of the vill of Lammers. Witnesses : Sir Henry de Bathon", Sir Henry de
la Mare, Sir John de Wyvil, Justices of the King, Sir Ralph de Arden,
Sir Thomas le Blunt, Sir William de Insula, Sir Ralph de Glannvyle, Sir
Ralph de Wascoyl, Richard de Kacstone, and others (named). 38 Henry III.
Damaged.
Annexed : Certificate that John de Wyvile and Ralph de Arderne, sent
by the King's Council to John de Subiry detained by infirmity in the city of
London, on Monday next after the Invention of Holy Cross, come and say
that the same John was detained by infirmity, but was of good and sound
memory, and quite understood and willingly agreed to the grant of lands
he made to Philip Basset, who has the charter thereof, which was read
before the said John and Ralph. It was therefore enrolled before the
Council of our lord the King at Westminster, Monday next after the
Invention of Holy Cross, in the year 38 [Henry III.]. Damaged.
Essex. A. 537. Release by Nicholas de Reshey to lady Alyne la Despensere,
Countess of Norfolk, of the common of pasture he claims for all beasts in a
certain iield the Countess holds in demesne, called ' Reshey,' which was
sometime a grove. Witnesses : Sir Ralph, son of William de Pebeners,
Sir Ralph de Wascoyl, John his son, John de Ry, and others (named).
Sunday next before the Apostles Philip and James, 8 Edward I.
Endorsed: Lammersh, Essex.
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[Essex.] A. 538. Grant by Emma, late wife of Gilbert Lynn, to Arnulph, son
of Henry de Panfeld, and Fina his wife, for 40s., of two acres in Legh
Magna, which she holds of the bishop of Norwich's fee, and a message
that Gerald Clovelec had on his marriage with Alice her daughter, which
they have released to her; paying I4d. yearly. Witnesses: Sir Kobert
de Borham, knt., Robert de Halesdon, and others (named). Seal.
[Essex.] A. 539. Grant by Richard, son of Peter de Binesle, to Sir Philip
Basset, of 12 denariates of annual rent in Bolemere parish, issuing out of
two acres in the field called ' Snoudtine.' Witnesses : Sir Ralph de Was-
cuil, and Sir R. de Glanville, John de Subiry, Stephen de Beauchamp, and
others (named).
[ ] A. 540. Acknowledgment by Matilda de Rotliing' that she is bound
to restore to Hugh Dispenser or his heirs, on payment of 20 marcs, the
messuage and virgate of land in Luttheburgh she had by grant of the same
Hugh for term of her life. Witnesses : Sir Henry de Chykehull, knt.,
Sir Stephen de Ruston, rector of Cosinton church, Richard Pendorajl, and
others (named). Seal.
[Essex, &c.] A. 541. Duplicate of A. 536. Seal.
[Essex.] A. 542. Grant by Henry Sad to Cristiana his sister of all the land [in
Lamburn] his father gave her on her marriage, to be held of William
Wastinel at a yearly rent of 12d. Witnesses : William Wastinel, William
de Hatfeld, William de Lamburne, and others (named). Seal.
[Essex.] A. 543. Letters of attorney of John de Subiry, empowering the bearer,
[Suff.] Simon his valet, to deliver to Sir Philip Basset full seisin of all the land the
said John held in Lammers, Heny, and Cloptone, so that Robert de Buros,
Sir Philip's steward, may receive such seisin. [38 Hen. III. See A. 536,
541.]
Kssex. A. 544. Release by Ralph de Wascoyl to Sir Philip Basset of the
Suff. advowsons of the churches of Lammers and Cloppton, in return for the
release to him by Sir Philip of the advowson of the church of Great Henny .
Witnesses : Sir Ralph de Arderne, Sir Walter de Creppingg', Sir Augeler
de Cantelupe, Sir Peter de Mareville, Sir Mathew de Leyham, Sir Robert
de Leyham, Sir Geoffrey de Badel, Sir William de Onhus, knts., Stephen
de Beauchamp, and others (named). Angre (Ongar), Sunday next after
the Apostles Philip and James, 41 Hen. III.
Cornw. A, 545. Grant by Thomas Lovell, knight, of the King's body guard, to
Nicholas Crowmere, esquire of the same, of an annual rent of 50 marcs
issuing out of his lordships and manors of Bodrugan alias Bodrigan,
Tremodret, Trevelen, Pentrasawe, Trethek, Tregrian alias Tregrehan,
Trelowthe, Trevorrok, Cosawys, Trevagh, Resogowe, Dorset Tucoys,
Penryn borough, Pencoys, Huntyngdon and Castell, Trebullok, Cruke-
vallaunce, Trevisethek, and Treruborough, with reversion to the King if
the said Nicholas and his sons die, 6 May, 3 Hen. VII.
York. A. 546. Letters of attorney of William Batman, son and heir of
Thomas Batman, of Lonesdalefele, authorising John Proctor, the younger,
son of Thomas Proctor, to deliver Richard Redmayn, son of William
Redmayn, of Thorneton, possession of a messuage and tenement in Thorueton.
5 April, 4 Henry VII.
Derby, A. 547. Indenture between Sir John St. John and Sir Henry
Notts. Willoughby, knts., and Thomas Leeke and Roger Johnson, recoverers of
Line. divers lands, &c., of the late Henry Lord Grey. A bargain was made
Kent. between Lord Grey and John Zouclie for sale aud purchase of the manor
Essex. and castle of Codnore, and the manors and lordships of Henor, Losco, and
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Langley, co. Derby, and of Estwayte, co. Notts, all which Zouche was to
have immediately on the decease of Lord Grey ; and of the reversion of his
lands in Bitame and Castle Bitame, co. Lincoln, and of lands in Essex and
Kent worth 100/. yearly, belonging to the said lord, which Zouche was to
have on the decease of Katherine, wife of Lord Grey : paying therefor
600 marcs, of which 100/. is paid to Dame Katherine, executrix and late
wife to Lord Grey, and to the said Thomas Leeke. Thomas and Roger
now agree to make to Sir John and Sir Henry (at the cost of the latter) a
sufficient and lawful estate of the premises in cos. Derby and Nottingham,
and a grant of reversion of the premises in cos. Lincoln, and of the
reversion of lands in Kent and Essex, to the yearly value of 100/., to have
to them after the decease of the said Katherine ; Sir John and Sir Henry
paying them 300/. therefor. 18 August, 15 Henry VII.
Signed : " T. Leeke." Portions of two seals.
Derby, &c, A. 548. Counterpart of the above indenture, signed " per me Henricum
Wyllughby." Two seals.
Bedf. A. 549. Grant by Thomas Lee and William Marten, clerks, to John
Bucks. Duke of Suffolk of the manor of Grovebury and Leigh ton Busard with
appurtenances in cos. Bedford and Bucks, or elsewhere, (which they lately
had by feoffment of the Duke) for his life, without impeachment of waste ;
with remainders to Elizabeth, Duchess of Suffolk, William Hastyngs, of
Hastyngs, knt., and others named, and after the Duchess's death to the right
heirs of the Duke. They also appoint attorneys to give the Duke full
possession of the premises. 20 October, 16 Edward IV. Portions of two
seals.
Bedf. A. 550. Indenture between Thomas, abbot of Ramsey, and the
convent there, and Dame Sybil, late wife of Sir Thomas de Dale, knt.,
touching the manor of Berkeford, called ' Dalys,' otherwise ' Leyham,'
which Thomas, son and heir of the above Thomas, lately held of the abbey,
and left to Sybil for her life, with reversion to himself and his heirs, and
afterwards died, leaving a son and heir Thomas within age, whose wardship
and marriage belong to the abbey ; by whom they are hereby granted to
Sybil for 100 marks, to be paid in the course of the next 20 years, upon
conditions and covenants hereinafter specified. Ramsey, in the chapter
house of the abbey, 1 July, 10 Henry IV. French.
Bedf. A. 551. Final concord between Thomas Lucy and Henry Grey, knts.,
William Lucy, Richard Catesby, William Spencer, and others (named),
plaintiffs, and Richard Humfrey and Joan his wife, deforciants, concerning
the manor of Sharpenho alias Bekeryngis, and messuages and lands in
Sharpenho. Bekeryngis, Sedgynho and Regmond. Westminster, Easter,
1 7 Hen. VIII. Paper copy.
Bedf. A. 552. Demise by William Pecke and John his son to John, prior of
Newenham, of all their lands and tenements in Bedford, Goldyngton, and
Clopham, reserving to themselves, however, all chambers in the east end of
their principal hall in St. Cuthbert's parish, Bedford, and the stable there
with the house over it, and free entry into the garden on the north of the
hall to walk there for recreation ; except also a tenement called ' le Cok '
with garden opposite, a tenement in which Richard Cours lives, a tenement
in Goldyngton, and another in Bedford called ' Bysshope's House ' ; to be
held for eight years from Christmas 1477, paying 8/. at once, and 40s.
each year of the said term. 8 September, 16 Edward IV. Portion of
seal.
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[Berks.] A. 553. Grant by Richard Stonyforde, of Burefcldc, to John Caylok
and Joan, daughter of Richard, of his lands and tenements in Wood-
street, Reading, situate as described. Witnesses : John Whyte, mayor of
Reading, and others (named). St. Stephen's day, 26 December, 5 Henry IV.
[Berks.] A. 554. Grant by Joau, relict of Nicholas Croydon, of Reading,
to John Caylok and William Hicches, of all her lands and tenements in
' le Wodestret ' of Reading, between the grange Roger Hay holds of the
abbey, and the tenement John Thedrych inhabited, which Richard Stony-
ford her father had by gift of John Foughlere, of Reading, and which she
and John Caylok had by grant from her father. [See A. 553.] Wit-
nesses : John Whyte, mayor of Reading, John Kent, Richard Glovere,
Roger Hay, Richard Stour, bailiffs of the borough of Reading. Saturday
next before St. Barnabas the Apostle, 5 Henry IV. Seal of arms.
[Berks.] A. 555. Release by the same to the same of the above premises.
Witnesses as in A. 554. Sunday next before St. Barnabas, 5 Henry IV.
[Berks.] A. 556. Release by Matilda Hunte, late widow [sic] of John Hunte,
of Reading, butcher, to Peter Vincent, a burgess, of the messuage he latc.ly
acquired of her by charter of feoffment. Witnesses : William Wylton,
mayor of Reading, and others (named). 20 January, 10 Henry IV. Portion
of seal.
[Berks.] A. 557. Grant by John Cailok, the elder, of Hertle, to William
Stappere, of Reading, of his tenement, called ' Fowleres place ' in ' le
Wodestret,' Reading, extending from the said street on the east to Batayle
Lane on the west. Witnesses : Robert Kaynes, mayor of Reading, John
White, Nicholas Barbour, Richard Farle, bailiffs, and others (named).
11 March, 5 Henry VI. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 558. Grant by William Stappere, of Reading, to John Say, clerk,
John Whyte, and John Veyre, of his tenement 'Fowleres place,' in
Wodestret, Reading, situate as described. Witnesses : Robert Morys,
mayor of Reading, Robert Godewyne, Robert Kaynes, William Huntyndon,
Nicholas Barbour, and Richard Farle, bailiffs. Tuesday next before the
Nativity of John the Baptist, V Henry VI. Portion of seal.
A. 559. Grant by William Stapper, of Reading, to Richard Pake, and
Agnes his wife, of all the property in ' le Wodestrete,' Reading, which he
had by feoffment of John Caylok, of Shenyngfeld. Witnesses : Simon
Barbour and Richard Farle, bailiffs of
The Nativity of John the Baptist, 8 Hen. VI.
A. 560. Release by William Stapper to William Baron, both of
Reading, of the lands in 'le Wode stret,' Reading, he lately held by
feoffment of John Caylok, of Shenyngfeld, herein specified. Witnesses :
John Vayre, mayor, Nicholas Barbour and Richard Farle, bailiffs of
Reading, and others (named). 12 September, 10 Hen. VI.
A. 561. Grant by Agnes Pake, of Reading, late wife of Richard
Pake, to John Barnet, of the same, groom of the King's Household, of the
tenements she lately had by feoffment of William Baron, situate as described
in ' le Wodestrete ', Reading. Witnesses : William Parvecote, mayor,
William Baron, John Erode, and William Blewet, bailiffs of Reading, and
others (named). 5 October, 34 Hen. VI. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 562. Release by William Baron to Richard Pake, and Agnes his
wife, all of Reading, of the tenements he lately held by feoffment of the
same Richard and Agnes in 'le Wodstret.' Reading, 24 December,
10 Henry VI. Seal.
[Berks.]
[Berks.]
[Berks.]
Kent, mayor, and Nicholas
Reading, and others (named).
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[Berks.] A. 563. Demise by Sir Richard Beauchamp, rector of Amotcsham, to
Richard Pake, of Reading, mason, and Agnes his wife, of the lands and
tenements in ' le Wodstrete,' Reading, which he lately had by feoffment of
the same Richard and Agnes, for 16/. paid them ; paying therefor 20*. at
Michaelmas next, and 20s. yearly till the sum of 16/. be fully paid, they
also doing repairs during those years. 21 October, 19 Henry VI. Damaged.
Portion of seal.
[Berks.] A. 564. Grant by Richard Whytyngton, of Reading, to Nicholas
Langeford and Elizabeth his wife, of Caversham, Oxon, of his tenement in
Wodestrete, Reading, situate as described, if they pay him five marcs on the
morrow of St. Peter ad Vincula next. Witnesses : Robert Morys, mayor,
Richard Farle and Bartholomew atte More, bailiffs of Reading. 5 June,
19 Henry VI. Portion of seal.
[Berks.] A. 565. Grant by John Mereham, of Reading, shoemaker, to Robert
Sawier, of Stratfeldsay, and Alice his wife, of his messuage in London
Street, Reading, situate as described, which he and his wife Matilda lately
had by feoffment of John Morner and John Sley, executors of the testament
of John Tumour, of Reading. Witnesses : Simon Porter, mayor, Richard
Farle and Bartholomew atte More, bailiffs of Reading, and others (named).
13 January, 20 Henry VI. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 566. Release by Matilda, relict of John Mereham, of Reading, to
Robert Sawier, of Reading, and Alice his wife, of a tenement in London
Street, Reading, situate as described, of which they are already in full
possession. Witnesses : Edward Lynacre, mayor, Richard Farle and
Bartholomew atte More, bailiffs of Reading, and others (named). 31 Decem-
ber, 22 Henry VI. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 567. Release by William Bryght, of Reading, Christina his wife,
William Skathelok, and Margaret his wife, daughter of the said William
and Christina, to Alice, relict of Robert Sawyer, of Reading, of the messuage
in London Street, Reading, which she and her husband formerly had by
feoffment of John Mereham [see A. 565]. Witnesses : William Rede,
mayor of Reading, and others (named). 23 March, 31 Henry VI. Four
seals.
[Berks.] A. 568. Grant by Alice, late wife of Robert Sawyer, of Reading, to
John Stokes, esquire, of Brympton, and John Sawyer, of Reading, draper,
of her messuage in London Street, Reading. Witnesses : William Reede,
mayor of Reading, and others (named). Saturday next after the Decollation
of John the Baptist, 32 Henry VI. Seal, defaced.
[Berks.] A. 569. Letters of attorney of Richard Beauchamp, bishop of
Salisbury, empowering William Philip, of Reading, to deliver to Richard
Restwold, esquire, Robert Mildenale, of the King's Exchequer, and William
Barnet, of the Queen's household, full possession of the lands and tenements
in ' le Wodestrete,' Reading, which he had by feoffment of Richard Pake,
of Reading, and Agnes his wife. 20 April, 35 Henry VI.
[Berks.] A. 570. Release by Richard Beauchamp, bishop of Salisbury, to the
three persons above named, of the above premises in 'le Wodstrete,'
Reading. Witnesses : William Rede, mayor of Reading, and others
(named). 21 April, 35 Henry VI. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 571. Grant by the same to the same three persons of the above
premises in ' lo Wodstrete,' Reading. Witnesses : William Rede, mayor
of Reading, John Sayer, Thomas Clerk, draper, William Blewet and John
Erode, bailiffs. 21 April, 35 Hen. VI. Seal.
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A. 572. Will of Agnes, wife of John Barnet, of Reading. Leaves
2rf. to the mother church of Sarum; to the table of the high altar of
St. Mary's, Reading, a silver ring worth 6d. ; and tin; house she had by
feoffment of Edward Lynacre, William Barnet, and Thomas Goldare,
situate in London Street, Reading, to John Barnet her husband, on con-
dition of his providing her sister Matilda with a room for life. Other
legacies of articles of clothing. 2 January, 1456[-7],
Endorsed: Proved before the official of the archdeacon of Berks,
13 March in the year above said. Seal, defaced.
A. 573. Certificate that Agnes Pake, of Reading, widow, on 5 October,
34 Hen. VI., gave John Barnet, the King's servant, possession of all her
property in Wodestrete, Reading, situate as described, in presence of
William Parvecote, then mayor, John Erode and William Blewet, " baylyes,"
Edward Lynacre, and Micholas Smyth, town clerk ; and on 20 October,
34 Hen. VI., came into Reading Guildhnll, and before the said mayor and
many burgesses (some named) reported the above, and said her husband
John Barnet should have and " rejoyse " the above premises. Reading,
24 April, 35 Hen. VI.
Strings of seals of the burgesses above-named attached : portions of 13
seals remain.
A. 574. Letters of attorney of Richard Restwold, esquire, empowering
Thomas Restwold, the elder, esquire, and John Oughain to deliver to John
Chamberleyn, of Reading, cutler, Isabel his wife, and William Baron, esquire,
full seisin of the premises in le Wodestrete,' Reading, which he lately had
by grant of Richard Beauchamp, bishop of Salisbury, according to the grant
thereof made by him to the above. 4 March, 39 Hen. VI. Seal.
A. 575. Release by Richard Restwold, esquire, to John Chaumbyrleyn,
cutler, of Reading, Isabel his wife, and William Baron, esquire, of the
premises in 'le Wodestrete,' Reading, mentioned above [A. 574.]
Witnesses : Thomas Clerk, hosier, mayor of Reading, and others (named).
3 March, 39 Hen. VI. Portion of seal.
A. 576. Grant by the same to the same of the above-mentioned
premises. Witnesses as in A. 575. Reading, 26 February, 39 Hen. VI.
Seal.
A. 577. Release by William Blewet, of Lymestre, and Isabel his wife,
daughter of Richard Tumour, of Reading, to John Parson, of Reading,
mason, of a tenement in High Street, Reading, situate as described.
Witnesses: Edward Lynacre, mayor of Reading, and others (named).
15 February, 22 Hen. VI. Two seals.
A. 578. Release by Robert Langford to Thomas Cokcettur, of a
tenement in'le High strete,' Reading, situate as described. 31 October,
7 Edward IV. Seal.
A. 579. Release by Robert Porter, of Reading, to Robert Cockoestur,
of a tenement with garden in Reading High Street, situate as described.
10 June, 1 Edward V. Seal.
A. 580. Grant by Stephen Cokeetre, late of Causham (Caversham),
Oxon, husbandman, son and heir of Robert Cockcetre, of Mapledereham,
deceased, to John Williams, of Esthamstede, Berks., of a tenement
(mentioned above [A. 579] as in the High Street) in Reading, between
' the Cocke ' and the tenement Ralph Taillour inhabits ; which came to
him on his said father's decease : appointing Thomas Wall and Thomas
Playttys his attorneys to give peaceable possession thereof to Williams.
18 July, 7 Hen. VII. Seal.
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[Berks.] A. 581. Release by John Williams, esquire, to Thomas Carpynter,
mercer, of Reading, of a tenement with garden in High Street, Reading,
situate as described. 22 May. 12 Hen. VII. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 582. Release by Stephen Cockecetere, son and heir of Robert
Cockecetere, of Caversham, Oxon, deceased, to John Williams, esquiro, of a
tenement and garden in High Street, Reading [see A. 580, 581], situate
as described. Reading, 22 April, 12 Hen. VII. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 583. Grant by John Williams, esquire, to Thomas Ca[r]pynter,
mercer, of Reading, of a tenement in High Street, Reading, situate as
described, which he himself had by feoffment of Stephen Cockecetur
[see A. 580], appointing Ralph Millinton and William Buck his attorneys
to take possession thereof in his name and deliver the same to Carpenter,
according to the grant he has made to the latter [see A. 581]. Witnesses :
John Baxster, Master of the Gild of the said borough, John Derling,
Thomas Heot, bailiffs, John Sevar, Thomas Kelsall, constables, and others
(named). Reading, 21 May, 12 Hen. VII. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 584. Grant by Joan Cockcestur, of Caversham, Oxon, relict of
Stephen Cockcestur, to Richard Cleche, Robert Porter and John Turner,
of her tenement called Me Cok ' in High street, Reading, situate as
described. Witnesses: John Bakester, mayor, John Derlyng, Henry
Justice, bailiffs of Reading, and others (named). 20 January, 1 Richard III.
Seal.
[Berks.] A. 585. Release by John Stokes, of Brympton, esquire, to John Sawier,
of Reading, draper, of the tenement in Londonstrete, Reading, situate as
described, which he formerly had together with Sawier, by feoffment of
Alice, widow of Robert Sawior, late of Reading. 8 April, 1 Edward IV.
Seal.
[Berks.] A. 586. Letters of attorney of John Chaumberleyu, of Reading, cutler,
empowering Thomas Aleyn to deliver possession to William Barnett, of the
King's household, and William Rede, mercer, of Reading, of the premises
in ' le Woodestret,' Reading, situate as described, which he, together with
Isabel his wife and William Baron, esquire, lately had by feoffment of Richard
Rastewold, esquire, see [A. 575.] 29 November, 4 Edward IV. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 587. Release by John Chaumberleyn, of Reading, Isabella his wife,
and William Baron, to William Barnett, of the King's household, and
William Rede, of Reading, of the premises iu Wodestrete, Reading,
mentioned above [A. 586.] Witnesses : William Blewet and John
Erode, bailiffs of Reading, John Uppstone and Henry King, constables,
and others (named). 29 November, 4 Edw. IV. Three seals.
[Berks.] A. 588. Release by John Sawier, draper, of Reading, to Thomas
Goldore, Stephen Dunster, and Joan, wife of Gilbert Sawier, of a
messuage in Londonstrete, Reading, situate as described, " which we lately
had together with John Stokes, esquire, deceased." Reading, 10 March,
6 Edward IV. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 589. Release by same to the same and William Bray, clerk, of
a messuage in Londonstrete, Reading, situate as described, lately held as
above. Reading, 10 March, 6 Edward IV. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 590. Demise by Gilbert Sawyer to John Body, for life, of a
tenement in Londonstrete, Reading, situate as described, on payment of a
red rose yearly, if required, Sawyer doing the repairs, excepting any
damages that Body or his servants shall cause, which the latter shall
remedy at his own cost. Reading, Michaelmas, 6 Edward IV.
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[Berks.] A. 591. Grant by Jolin Parson to Thomas Cokcettur, of a tenement
in the Highstrele, Reading, situate as described, which he had by feoffment
of William Brussele. Witnesses : William Rede, mayor, William Blewett
and John Erode, bailiffs of Reading, and others (named). 3 October,
7 Edw. IV. Seal, defaced.
[Berks.] A. 592. Grant by Thomas Cokcestur, of Caversham, to John Leche,
esquire, Robert Porter, and John Frethorn, of a tenement in Highstreet,
Reading, situate as described. Witnesses : John Uppston, mayor, Thomas
Rastrik, Thomas Blewett, bailiffs of Reading, and others (named).
20 March, 14 Edward IV. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 593. Demise by William Rede, of Reading, mercer, to John
Mundes and Agnes, his wife, William Britayne, citizen and woolpacker of
London, Robert Rede, and Robert Swane, of all his tenements in ' le Wode-
strete,' Reading, situate as described, which he and William Baruet, of the
King's household, deceased, had by feoffment of John Chamberleyne and
Isabel, his wife, deceased, and John Baron, esquire. Witnesses : William
Pervecot, mayor, Thomas Blewet and Thomas Rastrik, bailiffs of Reading,
and others (named). G September, 15 Edward IV. Portion of seal.
[Berks.] A. 594. Grant by Joan Tokehill, of Hungreford, widow, to William
Aspull, Richard Cleche, John Peytowe, and Thomas Carpenter, of ft
tenement in Londonstreet, Reading, situate as described, which she had,
together with Stephen Dunster and Thomas Goldore, deceased, by grant
from John Sawier, of Reading, deceased : also appointing John Feithfull and
Richard Plecy her attorneys, to put the grantees in possession of the
premises. Witnesses : Stephen Dunster, mayor, John Derlyng and Henry
Justice, bailiffs of Reading, and others (named) . 25 February, 22 Edward IV.
Seal.
[Berks.] A. 595. Release by Stephen Dunster to Joan, relict of Robert Toke-
hill, late of Hungreford, and formerly wife of Gilbert Sawier, of Reading,
deceased, of the tenement in Londoustrete, Reading, which he had together
with Thomas Goldore, deceased, and the aforesaid Joan. 20 February,
22 Edward IV.
[Berks.] A. 596. Release by John More, of Gluey, Bucks, and Matilda his
wife, to John Denys, of Reading, of a tenement in Londonstrete, Reading,
situate as described, which descended to the said Matilda on the death of her
brother Gilbert Sawyer. Witnesses : John Baxster, mayor of Reading,
and others (named). 19 April, 6 Hen. VII.
[Bcrku.] A. 597. Release by Sir William Bray, prior of St. Bartholomew's,
Newbury, to John Denys, of Reading, cook, of a tenement with garden
in Londonstrete, Reading, situate as described. Witnesses : John Elis,
bailiff of Newbury, and others (named). 2 March, 12 Henry VII.
[Berks.] A. 598. Bond of William Pyry, of Bryghtwell, Berks, husbandman,
to John Carpynter, of Caversham, Oxon, husbandman, in 20/. if he and his
wife Joan fail to deliver to Carpynter possession of " a tenement set
in Redyng, called ' the Cok,' with a shopp in the Bocher row," by the feast
of the Annunciation next. 23 December, 20 Hen VII. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 599. Release by John Aspull, of Reading, gentleman, to John Denys,
cook, of a tenement with garden in Londonstrete, Reading, situate as
described. 4 December, 1 3 Henry VII.
[Berks.] A. 600. Grant by William Pyry, of Bryghtwell, Berks, and Joan his
wife, to John Carpynter, of Caversham, Oxon, and Helen his wife, of a
tenement called ' le Cok ' in Highstreet, Reading, and a shop in ' le Bocher
row,' paying therefor 12*. yearly to the said Joau. Reading, 23 December,
20 Hen. VII. Two seals.
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[Berks.] A. 601. Demise by Richard Cleche and John Tumour, to John
Carpenter, of Caversham, and Helen his wife, of the above premises
[A. 6OO] which they, together witli Robert Porter, now deceased, had by
grant of Joan, formerly relict of Stephen Cockestur, of Caversham, now
deceased, dated 20 January, 1 Richard III. [see A. 584]. Reading,
23 November, 22 Hen. VII.
Endorsed: Seisin and possession were openly delivered the day and
year within written before Thomas Carpenter, mayor, Henry Sutton, a
constable, John Cokk, clerk of the within named borough, and others
(named). Two seals.
[Berks.] A. 602. Grant by John Butler and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of
John Carpenter, of Caversham, deceased, to William, son and heir of the
said John Carpenter, of the tenement in High street, Reading, left her by
her father's will. Reading, 18 May, 35 Hen. VIII.
Endorsed: Possession delivered the day and year within written
before William Edmunds, recorder of Reading, and others (named).
Two seals.
[Berks.] A. 603. Release by the same to the same of the above-named
tenement. Reading, 21 May, 35 Hen. VIII. Two seals.
[Berks.] A. 604. Release by Agnes Clemens, widow, daughter and heir of
John Denys, to John Carpenter, for the sum of 40*., of a tenement in
Londonstrete, Reading, situate as described. 7 October, 28 Henry VIII.
Seal effaced.
[Berks.] A. 605. Demise by Richard Cleche, of Reading, to Thomas Carpenter
and Margaret his wife, for their lives, of a tenement in Hyghstrete, Reading,
situate as described, which he and John Punsar, deceased, had by grant
of the aforesaid Thomas, dated 9 October, 17 Henry VII. ; with remainder
after their decease to the mayor of Reading and the proctors or guardians
of the parish church of St. Laurence, Reading, for the perpetual support
of a chaplain for a chantry founded in that church. 10 November,
10 Henry VIII. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 606. Release by John Brown, of Barton (Earls), and Joan his
wife, to John Payn, of Asscheby Mars, and Marjorie his wife, of certain
land which they lately delivered them by deed indented. Ashby Mars, the
feast of St. Philip and St. James, 3 Henry IV. Two seals, damaged.
[Berks.] A. 607. Grant by Nicholas Bakere, of Stanes, to Henry Warde, of
Old Windsor, of an acre of land called ' Crockerescroft,' hi Windsor
aforesaid, extending between lands called ' Crockereshaw ' and ' Garstones."
Sunday after the Purification, 1 Henry V. Portion of seal.
[Berks.] A. 608. Grant by John Spencer, the elder, Philip Meyr, and Wm.
atte Brook, t& John Hardwyne, all of Old Windsor, of a croft, formerly
Richard Hardwyne's, called 'Leeryde,' in Old Windsor, situate as
described. Windsor, 12 December, 5 Henry V. Portions of two seals.
[Berks.] A. 609. Grant by Agnes Tyle, widow, and John, son and heir of
Thomas Tyle, late of Old Windsor, to Thomas Godard, citizen and mercer
of London, of 18| acres of land in Old Windsor parish, in a field called
' le Hamme,' paying therefor \ Ib. of pepper yearly. Old Windsor,
6 December, 1 Henry VII. Portion of seal.
[Berks.] A. 610. Release by Thomas Walton, of Old Windsor, gentleman, to
John Seymour, clerk, a canon of the royal free chapel of St. Mary and
St. George within Windsor Castle, of the lands and tenements in Old
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Windsor which he had by feoffment of Thomas Goddard, mercer, and
William Hamlyn, tallowchandler, of London. Old Windsor, 21 August,
2 Henry VII. Seal defaced.
[Berks.] A. 611. Receipt by Thomas, abbot of the monastery of St. John the
Baptist by Colchester, for 40s. received from the abbot of Reading as
annual pension for tithes in Aston, let to the latter in perpetuity, for the
year ending 24 June, 20 Henry VIII. 2 December, 21 Hen. VIII.
[Berks.] A. 612. Release by Agnes, late wife of Thomas Tile, of Old Windsor,
to John Seymour, clerk, a canon of the royal free chapel of St. Mary and
St. George, in Windsor Castle, of a close called Madgrove,' in Old Windsor
parish, situate as described. Old Windsor, 1 1 April, 3 Hen. VIII. Seal,
design effaced.
[Berks.] A. 613. Release by Richard Bucknell, of Chepyngwycombe, Bucks,
to the same, of the above-named close. Old Windsor, 19 May,
2 Hen. VII.
[Berks.] A. 614. Release l.y William Withley, the elder, of Old Windsor, to
Thomas Goddard, citizen and mercer of London, of six acres of land in Old
Windsor, in a field called ' Eldesworth,' which he lately had by feoffment of
Nicholas Walton. Old Windsor, 21 February, 2 Hen. VII.
[Berks.] A. 615. Grant by Thomas Goddard, mercer, find William Hamlyn,
tallow chandler, of London, to John Seymour, clerk, a canon of the royal
free chapel of St. Mary and St. George in Windsor Castle, of three crofts
called ' Lyryd,' ' Crokkers,' and ' Archersryd ' respectively, a little wood
called ' Archer's grove,' and other lands, all situate, as described, in Old
Windsor, which they lately had by feoffment of Thomas Walton, gentleman,
of Old Windsor; appointing John Tile, gentleman, and Robert Gode,
husbandman, of Old Windsor, their attorneys, to give the said John
peaceable possession of the premises. 21 July, 2 Hen. VII.
[Berks.] A. 616. Indenture witnessing that whereas John Tile, of Old Windsor,
gentleman, by grant dated at Old Windsor, 28 May, 1 Edward V., enfeoffed
Thomas Goddard in 18| acres of land in Old Windsor, the said John
hereby warrants and acquits such land against the lords of the fee and
all others to the said Thomas, who in return will pay \ Ib. of pepper
yearly for the same. 1 February, 2 Hen. VII. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 617. Release by Lucy, late wife of Richard Bucknell, to John
Seymour, of the close released to him [see A. 612.]. Old Windsor,
9 November, 3 Hen. VII. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 618. Grant by John Hardwyne to John Spencer, of Old Windsor,
of a croft, formerly John Godale's, called ' Leerydynge,' in Windsor afore-
said, situate as described. Old Windsor, 2 August, 9 Hen. V. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 619. Grant by Philip Meyr to John Spencer, of Old Windsor, of
land in Old Windsor, viz., a croft called ' Archeresryde,' two acres in
Burghfeld, and one in ' le Hamme,' situate as described, which he, together
with John Spencer, the elder, and William *atte Brook, deceased, had by
feoffment of Richard Hardwyne. Old Windsor, the feast of the Apostles
Peter and Paul, 9 Hen. V. Seal.
[Berks.] A. 620. Release by Joan, late wife of Richard Hardwyne, of Old
Windsor, of the above land [A. 619.]. Old Windsor, 2 July, 9 Hen. V.
Seal.
[Berks.] A. 621. Grant by John Page, John Avelyn, of New Windsor, and
Richard West, of Old Windsor, to John Spencer, of the same, of two acres
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in Old Windsor in a place called ' Crockerescroft,' situate as described. Old
Windsor, Sunday next before St. Clement the Pope, 3 Hen. VI. Three
seals, two broken.
[Berks.] A. 622. Demise by Roger Wayte, of Windsor, and William Boylond,
of Wyrardesbury, to Isabel Spencer, of Old Windsor, late wife of John
Spencer, deceased, of the lands and tenements in Windsor they lately had
by feoffment of the said John, for term of her life : with remainder to Joan,
her daughter and heir, of a tenement in which the said John dwelt, a house
called ' Tylehous,' crofts called ' Horsellrydes,' ' Byshoppisryde," and
' Garstons,' and land in Shepardesryde and elsewhere ; and to Helen
her daughter crofts called ' le Ryde,' ' Archerryde,' Crokkerscroft,' and
other lands. Windsor, Friday before St. Luke the Evangelist, 30 Hen. VI.
Berks. A. 623. Release by William Noreys and Thomas Delamare, knts., to
Edward IV. of all the lands and tenements in New and Old Windsor, lately
John Thorp's, which they, together with Thomas, cardinal archbishop of
Canterbury, Henry Earl of Essex, and Reginald Bray, and with William
Earl of Pembroke, John Bourghier, knt., lord Berners, and Humfrey
Bourghier, knt., deceased, held conjointly to them and the heirs of Bray
aforesaid by grant of Henry Stafford, knt., son of Prince Humphrey, late
Duke of Buckingham. 30 June, 20 Edw. IV. Two seals.
[Berks.] A. 624. Final concord between the King, plaintiff, and Thomas
cardinal archbishop of Canterbury, Henry Earl of Essex, and Reginald
Bray, deforciants, concerning the above lands in Old and New Windsor,
herein specified. Westminster, the quinzaine of Holy Trinity, 22
Edward IV.
[Berks.] A. 625. Grant by Thomas Walton, of Old Windsor, to Thomas Groddard,
citizen and mercer of London, of six acres in a field called ' Eldsworth,'
in Old Windsor, which he had by grant of William Arthley, the elder,
paying therefor yearly 18rf. to Agnes Tyle during her life, with remainder
to John Tyle. Windsor, 6 March, 23 Edw. IV.
[Berks.] A. 626. Indenture witnessing that Agnes Tyle, widow, and John,
son and heir of the late Thomas Tyle, of Old Windsor, have granted to
Thomas Goderd 18^ acres of land in Old Windsor, on condition that if
they pay the said Goderd 12/. on the Vigil of Whitsunday, 1485, he shall
re-deliver the land to them with all grants and muniments relating thereto.
Old Windsor, 2 June, 1483, 1 Edw. V. Two seals, broken.
[Berks.] A. 627. Grant by the same to the same of the above 18 acres in ' le
Hammefield,' Old Windsor, at a yearly rent of 12d. Old Windsor, 28
May, I Edw. V. Two seals.
[Berks.] A. 628. Grant by Roger Norres, of Cokhnm, Berks, gentleman, and
Thomas Babham, citizen and grocer, of London, executors of the will of
Richard Babham, late of Cokham, to John Seymour, clerk, of all swans,
white or grey, on the Thames or its tributaries, marked with the sign here
given. 1 September, 1 Ric. III. Seal of arms.
[Essex.] A. 629. Letters of attorney of John Sergeant, of Hatfield Peverell,
empowering Walter Maynard, otherwise called Smyth, to give full seisin to
John Fynch, of Ultyng, Thomas Fuller, and eight others (named), of
Hatfield" aforesaid, of land in Borham, according to his grant to them
thereof [see A. 63O.] Borham, 2 July, 14 Hen. VI.
[Essex.] A. 630. Demise by John Sergeant, of Hatfield Peverell, to John
Fynch, of Ultyng, Thomas Fullere, and eight others (named), of Hatfield
aforesaid, of land in Borham which he, together with Thomas Mersch,
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John Hoxun, and William Dungesell, deceased, bad by feoffment of Robert
Bounde and Thomas Hoxun [see A. 629]. Borham, 2 July, 14 Hen. VI.
Seal.
[Essex.] A. 631. Indenture witnessing the grant by Collet Rawlyn, of Hatfelde
Peverell, Essex, widow, John Rawlyn, of Estwode, and William Rawlyn,
of Hatfield, her sons, yeomen, to William Copyldyk and Agnes his wife, of
Chelmesford, of three acres in a meadow called 'Culvermede,' in Borham,
for five years from Michaelmas last, for a certain sum, of which they
acknowledge the receipt ; they also promising that if the mead be sold,
Copyldyk, " if he will buy it, shall have it before any other man, giving as
another man will therefor." 10 Dec., 17 Hen. VII. Damaged. Seal.
[Essex.] A. 632. Counterpart of the above. Portion of seal.
Essex. A. 633. Indenture witnessing that William Bastwyk, of Boreham,
husbandman, for the sum of 5G/. (whereof he has received 53*. 4d.) has
bargained and sold to Sir Thomas Boleyn his tenement called 'Bullys,' in
Boreham parish, and will hand over all muniments relating thereto at
Michaelmas next, when the rest of the 56/. shall be paid, and till which
time Bastwyk shall retain possession of the tenement. 18 January,
7 Hen. VIII. Seal.
Essex. A. 634. Bond of Reginald Heygate, of Feryng, Essex, in 200/., to
obey the award of Sir Thomas Awdeley, Keeper of the Great Seal, and
Thomas Crumwell, arbitrators in a suit between him and Richard
Southwell, concerning the title of certain land and tenements called ' Mores,'
' Haynes,' and ' Cornett's ' crofts, within the manors of Keldon and
Revenhale, which Heygate claims by just course of inheritance, provided
such award be made before All Saints' day next. 18 September,
24 Hen. VIII.
Essex. A. 635. Demise by John Legett, chaplain, to Thomas Bourgchier, John
Durward, the elder, Simon Heygate, and five others (named), of his manor of
Kelveden, alias Fillolleshall, in Braxstede, Inworth, and Esthorp, and his
manor of Little Baddow. 12 January, 39 Hen. VI. Seal.
Essex. A. 636. Grant by William, abbot, of the monastery of St. Mary anil
St. Thomas of Lesenes, Kent, to William Warham, Roland Lee, Thomas
Ilorslay, Henry Tomson, Walter Sparry, clerks, and six others (named), of
the advowson, presentation, nomination, and free disposal of the perpetual
vicarage of Elmedon, on its next vacancy, for that time only. " In our
chapter house, 14 September, m m ccccc mo quarto decimo nono " (sic).
Essex. A. 637. Indenture containing the award of the archbishop of Canter-
bury and the bishop of Norwich, acting on the advice of Sir John Fortescu,
Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and William Yelverton, a Justice of the
same Bench, in a dispute between William, Duke of Suffolk, and Sir John
Fastolf, knt., as to the title to Dedharn manor, to the effect [that Fastolf
by law and conscience hath right and title to the possession of the manor,
which he shall enter accordingly, and the Duke depart therefrom.
16 February, 28 Hen. VI. One seal remaining.
Essex. A. 638. Memorandum for Sir Bryan Tuke, that the manor of Har-
lowebury, parcel of the late monastery of St. Edmondsbury, with the
parsonage (estimated to be worth nearly 30/. a year), and with the per-
quisites of the courts, &c., is let for almost 80 years at 100 marcs yearly.
[Hen. VIII.l
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Essex. A. 639. Grant by John Bohun, esquire, to Edward Goldesburgh, third
Baron of the Exchequer, William Paston, John Tyrell, Robert Lovell,
Richard Harpur, and Wm. Cope, esquires, and Thos. Ayleward, yeoman, of
all his manors and lands in Essex, except those held of the King in capite ;
appointing John Mille and Gilbert Lambard his attorneys, to deliver the
grantees peaceable possession of the premises. Witnesses : Thomas
Tyrell and Richard* Lewes, knts., and others (named). 8 October,
4 Hen. VII. Seal damaged.
[Herts.] A. 640. Demise by Robert, the abbot, and the convent of the exempt
monastery of Waltham Holy Cross, to John Rodes, of Stansted Abbatt,
Herts, for 57 years from Michaelmas last, of their tenement or lodge in
Isney Park and lands belonging, the Lady Grove in Stansted, Stansted
Grove, otherwise called ' Almond's Frith,' and all woods within the lordship
and manor of Stansted Abbatt, with right of cutting wood, &c., as herein
specified, at a yearly rent of 51. 6s. Sd. Other covenants specified.
24 October, 18 Hen. VIII. Seal.
Essex. A. 641. Exemplification of a recovery of the manors of Fyllolleshall
(alias Kelvedon), and Little Badow ; suffered at the suit of John Sturges
and Simon Damme against Nicholas Shelton and Richard Bradbrige. West-
minster, 12 May, 9 Hen. VII. Portions of the Great Seal used in Banco
remaining.
Essex. A. 642. Demise by Thomas Bourgchier, knt., and six others (named),
to Humfrey Bohun, knt., and Richard Norfolk, clerk, of the manors of
Badowe and Kelveden, alias Fillolleshall, in Braxstede, Inworth and Little
Estthorp, which they, with John Durward, the elder, deceased, lately had
by demise of John Legett, chaplain [see A. 635], appointing two of their
number to put the grantees in peaceable possession thereof. 25 April,
8 Edw. IV. Seven seals, more or less injured.
Essex. A, 643. Grant by Richard Sowthwell, of Woodrisynge, Norfolk, to
Thos. Awdeley, knt., Keeper of the Great Seal, William Pawlett, knt..
Comptroller of the King's Household, Cristofer Hales, Attorney-General,
Thomas Crumwell, Master of the Jewels, and William Brabazon, of the
manors of Fyllolles Hall and Coggesall Hall, to be held by them of the
chief lords of the fee to the King's use ; empowering John Wyborowe and
John Pygrym to put the above named, or one of them, in peaceable posses-
sion of the said manors. 20 September, 24 Hen. VIII.
Endorsed: Certificate of seisin of the said manors having been delivered
to Brabazon, in presence of the witnesses named. Seal.
Essex. A. 644. Letters of attorney of Nicholas Sheltou and Richard Brad-
Heru. brigge, empowering John Chauncy and William Colt, clerk, to receive
Mddx. possession in their name from Robert Southwell and Ursula his wife, of
SUIT. the manors of Fillolles Hall and Little Badow, Nethirhalle, alia* Godelistoii,
and Wodyngton, alias Wotton, and of two tenements in the parish of
St. Magnet ' (sic), London, called ' the Signe of the Gunne ', a tenement without
Crepilgate called ' the Popyngjay Aley,' and a tenement in Lumbard Street
next ' the Popished,' formerly belonging to William Estfild, knt., deceased.
26 April, 9 Hen. VII.
Essex. A. 645. Demise by Richard Norfolk, clerk, to Thomas Bourgchior
and Thomas Mongomery, knts., and six others (named), of his manors ot
Kelveden, alias Fillolleshall, in Braxstede, Inward and Esthorp, and Little
Badowe, which he with Humfrey Bohun, knt., deceased, had by demise
from Thomas Bourgchier, knt., and six others (named) [see A. 642], in
fulfilment of Sir Humfrey Bohun's will. 26 Nov., 8 Edw. IV. Seal.
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Essex.
Essex.
Essex.
[Essex.]
Devon.
Devon.
Devon.
A. 646. Letters of attorney of John Legett, chaplain, empowering
Win. Matrasmaker and Richard Pynde to deliver possession to Thos.
Bourgchier, esquire, and seven others (named), of his manors of Kelveden
alias Fillolleshall, in Braxstede, Inworth and Esthorp, and Little Badowe,
according to his grant of the same [A. 635]. 12 Jan., 39 Hen. VI. Seal.
A. 647. Release by Robert Southwell, knt., to Thomas Lovell, Robert
Lovell, and Edmund Jeuney, knts., and four others (named), of the manor
of Fillolleshall, with appurtenances in Kelvedon, Esterford, Tolleshunt,
Cokeshall, and Great Braxstede. 31 Aug., 24 Hen. VII.
A. 648. Demise by John Berney, William Wotton, and Robert
Southwell, the younger, to Henry Owen as well son and heir of Mary, late
wife of David Owen, knt., a daughter and heir of John Bohun, as kinsman
and heir of Ursula, late wife of Robert Southwell, another daughter and
heir of John Bohun, of Filolles Hall, with appurtenances in Kelveden,
Esterford, Tolleshunt, Coggeshale, and Great Braxstede, with remainders in
succession to Jasper Owen, brother of Henry, Anne wife of Arthur Hopton,
sister of Henry, and the right heirs of the said Henry Owen ; empowering
John Sheffield aud Richard Keble to give Owen possession of the said
manors. 1 May, 5 Hen. VIII. Two seals, one broken.
A. 649. Letters of attorney of Henry Owen, empowering Stephen
Marlei and Henry Derby to receive possession in his name of the above
manor and lands from John Barney and others named above [see A. 648].
10 May. 5 Hen. VIII. Portion of seal.
A. 650. Grant by John Sturges of the manors of Fylolleshall and
Little Badowe (which he, together with Simon Damme, deceased, recovered
against Nicholas Shelton and Richard Bradbrigge [see A. 641]), to
Thomas Lovell, William Boleyn, Henry Heydon, John Fasten, Philip
Calthorp, and Robert Lovell, knts., Robert Southwell, and six others
(named), to the use of the aforesaid Robert Southwell and his heirs, and
to fulfil his will ; empowering Thomas Hoo and Henry Palmer his attorneys
to give seisin of the premises to the said grantees. 19 March, 14 Hen. VII.
Seal.
A. 651. Indenture witnessing that whereas Edmond Worth and George
his son, son and heir of Elizabeth late wife of the said Edmond, have by
deed dated 2 May, 21 Henry VIII. [see A. 652], bargained and sold to
Henry Marquis of Exeter, for 300 marcs, the manor of Grylston, and 1 ,250
acres of land therein, the Marquis promises as soon as he is in peaceable
possession of the premises to satisfy them such sums or lands of such yearly
value (not exceeding 10/.) as shall be assigned by John Rowe, serjeant-at-
law, Baldewyn Malett, John Chamon and Richard Haydon, or the most
part or survivor of them. 8 May, 21 Hen. VIII. English.
A. 652. Grant by Edmund Worth, and George Worth, son and heir
of Edmund aud Elizabeth his late wife, to John Chechester, Anthony
Harby, Richard Haydon, and Thomas Spurway, of their manor of Grylston,
with its appurtenances, to the use of Henry, Marquis of Exeter, appointing
attorneys to give the grantees possession of the same. 2 May, 21 Hen. VIII.
Seal of arms and portion of another seal.
A. 653. Indenture between Henry, Marquis of Exeter, and Edmund
Worth and George his son, to the same effect as A. 651. In presence of:
John Roo, saijcant-at-law, Baldewyn Malet, and others (named). 2 May,
21 Hen. VIII. Two seals, otic of arms.
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Devon. A. 654. Indenture between King Henry VII. and the commonalty
of the borough of " Clyfton Dertmouth Hardenesse," otherwise called
Dartmouth. The latter having begun, for defence of the town and port,
to make a tower and bulwark of stone adjoining the Castle, promise to
finish ihe same as speedily us possible, to furnish and keep it furnished
with guns and sufficient ordnance, and to find a chain of sufficient strength
and length to stretch across the mouth of Dartmouth haven from one tower
to another ; the King assigning to them 40/. yearly out of the customs and
subsidies levied in the ports of Exeter and Dartmouth. 16 January,
I Hen. VII. Portion of the common seal of Dartmouth.
[Devon.] A. 655. Release by Thomas, son of Hugh Popham, to Robert Hulle,
[Somers.] lord of Spaxton, and Isabel his wife, of Posterygge manor, and of lands
and tenements in Eat Posterygge, Canyngton, Cherdelynche, Asscheholt,
and Gotehurst, or in the hundred of Canyngton, which they hold, and that
lately belonged to Hugh his father. Witnesses : Sir Baldewyn Malet,
knt., and others (named). Spaxton, Tuesday, the feast of St. Nicholas,
9 Hen. IV. Seal.
Devon. A. 656. Release by Thomas, son and heir of Gilbert Oseborn, of
Trill, Devon, to William Trill, of the same, of all his lands, &c. in Trill,
that Leticia his mother, widow, holds for her life, and which will descend
to him at her death. Trill, Monday next before the Conception, 1 Henry IV.
Seal.
[York.] A. 657. Release by William Wodde, of Wakefield, to Robert de Stanlay,
of the same, and Agnes his wife, of the tenement in Westgate Street,
Wakefield, which he together with Sir Stephen de Ockeleshill, vicar of
Bradford, Robert de Welles aud Adam de Lepton, of Wakefield, lately had
by feoffment of Richard Bulter " my father." Monday after the close of
Easter, 6 Ric. [II.] Seal.
[Durham.] A. 658. Grant by Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, to
[York.] Richard de Beauchamp, his son and heir apparent, of the castle and lord-
ship of Bernardescastell, in Sadbergh wapeiitake, within the ' Corpus
Comitatus ' of Northumberland, with the appurtenances and privileges
enumerated ; and a water mill acquired of Thomas Bland, in Stratford vill,
co. Richmond ; with reversion to the said Earl if Richard die childless.
Witnesses : William de Beauchamp, lord of Bergeveney, Hugh lord of
Burnell, Nicholas Lyllyng, Henry Fitz Hugh, and Ralph de Ever, knts.
London, the feast of the Apostles Simon and Jude, 1 Hen. IV. Seal.
[Cornw.] A. 659. Grant by John de Treiagu, knt., to John Nantyan, of Truru,
Robert Gerson, John Melior, and Henry Maynard, of all his land in
Tredenek and Won juxta Nanscolleth. Lancolleth, Friday next after St.
Denis, 3 Edw. III.
[SUIT.] A. 660. Surrender by Joan, widow of John Sadelere, at a court
held at Ocle Magna, of a tenement with curtilage in Ocle market place
called ' Wy . . . sores,' with re-grant of the same to her for life, with
remainder to Roger Gosse and Joan his wife, daughter of the said Joan.
The feast of St. Gregory the Pope, 27 Hen. VI.
[Bucks.] A. 661. Final concord between the king, plaintiff, and Richard Illyng,
of Wynslowe, deforciant, concerning land in Powekesley. Westminster,
the quinzaine of St. Hilary, 7 Hen. VII.
Bucks. A. 662. Grant by Richard, son and heir apparent of John Smyth,
son and heir of Isabel Smyth, daughter of John Anlewe, late of Great
Missenden, to Edmund Shaa, of London, haberdasher, and Alice his wife,
Richard Silcok, goldsmith, and Thomas Herdgrave, haberdasher, of a
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Bucks.
Bucks.
Bucks.
Bucks.
[Bucks.]
Bucks.
Bucks.
Bucks.
[Bucks.]
messuage and garden in Missenden, adjoining the chapel of the Virgin
Mary, to the use of the said Edmund and Alice. 20 July, 10 Hen. VIII.
Seal.
A. 663. Release by the same John Smyth, and Richard his son, to
the same, of the same messuage in Missendeu Magna. 5 August,
10 Hen. VIII. One seal remaining.
A. 664. Indenture witnessing that Richard Smyth abovesaid, for
30/., which he hereby acknowledges to have received, has bargained and
sold to Edmund Shaa the above-named messuage in Missenden Magna,
and undertaken to make sufficient estate in law to him and the other parties
named above, to the use of him and Alice his wife; with other covenants.
18 July, 10 Hen. VIII.
A. 665. Grant by John Smyth to Edmund Shaa, of London, haber-
dasher, and Alice his wife, and to others above-named [see A. 662] for
their use, of his cottage with garden in Misseuden Magna, called ' the
Wyne Celer.' 20 July, 10 Hen. VIII. Seal.
A. 666. Release by the same John Smyth, and Richard his son, to
the same, of the above cottage and garden. 5 August, 10 Hen. VIII.
Two seals.
A. 667. Grant by John Fysshere, of Bury Street, Datchet, to William
Aylwyne and William Hale, of the same, of all his lands and tenements in
Datchet. Wednesday next before the nativity of the Virgin Mary,
VHen.V. Seal defaced.
A. 668. Indenture witnessing that Roger Hunte, alias Sharman, has
sold to David Selly and William Est lands called ' Fisshers lands ' in
Datchet, for a certain sum whereof he has received 12 marks ; and if he
fail to pay those 12 marks on " Shrofsondaye " next at the Bell tavern,
Westminster, to David and William, he grants that they shall receive the
lands to their own use, and then they shall pay him 11 marks so that
the said Roger, as soon as process of law may be had after this present
date, recover 9 acres that John Lincoln, of Datchet, occupies, parcel of
'Fishers lands,' and thereafter make lawful estate thereof to David and
William. 2 October, 39 Hen. VI.
A. 669. Grant by David Selly, of Westminster, merchant, and
Cecilia his wife, to Robert Whytle, of Dachet, and Agnes his wife, of
land in Dachet, situate as described, which they had by feoffment of
John Newland and Isabel his wife. 16 March, 33 Hen. VI. Two seals
of arms.
A. 670. Release by John Mervyn to King Edward IV. of the manors
of Datchet and Ditton, and the advowson of Ditton chantry, which with
other property Mervyn, together with William bishop of Winchester, and
John Touke, still living, and Peter Ardern, knt., John Baynton, and
Gregory Westby, deceased, and John Wynge (who has released his right
therein to the others aforenamed), had by acknowledgment of Robert
Hungerford, knt., lord Hungerford and Molyns, deceased, and Eleanor,
his wife, dated Easter term, 38 Hen. VI. 13 November, 12 Edw. IV.
Seal.
A. 671. Letters of attorney of Henry Payne, of Great Marlow,
empowering Richard Smyth to receive seisin of two crofts called ' Bromy-
croft' and ' Rykenhampscropte,' in Burnham parish, from Alice Walter,
widow, and deliver his estate therein to Roger Osbarne, of Great Marlow,
and the aforesaid Alice. Great Marlow, 18 December, 19 Hen. VI.
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[Bucks] A. 672. Grant by Matilda Fysshcre, of Datchct, widow, to Alice
atte Nokc of a toft in Skynnereslane, Datchet, which came to her on the
death of Thomas atte Hacche, her father. Datchet, 25 February,
6 Hen. V.
Bucks. A. 673. Grant by William FitzWater, of Wendilbury, Oxon, to
William Walter, of Burnham, of two crofts called ' Bromycrofte ' and
' Rykenhamscrofte ' [in Burnham], situate as described. Burnham,
28 February, 12 Hen. VI. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 674. Grant by Alice Walter, of Burnham, Bucks, relict of
William Walter, to John Chese, of Burnham, Henry Payne and Richard
Smyth, of Great Marlow, of the above two crofts in Burnham.
19 December, 19 Hen. VI. Seal.
Bucks A. 675. Grant by Robert, son and heir of William Fysshere, of
Datchet, to John Norys, William Faukener, William Perkyns, and William
Tulle, of Wolhampton, of all the lands, &c. in Datchet, Sutton, and
Iver, which came to him on his father's death. Datchet, Sunday after
St. Bartholomew, 19 Hen. VI. Seal.
Bucks. A. 676. Grant by William Kebell and John Chese, of Burnham, and
Henry Payne and Richard Smyth, of Great Marlow, to Roger Osbarn,
of Great Marlow, and Alice, widow of William Walter, of Burnham, of
Bromycrofte and Rykenhamscropte in Burnham, which they lately had
by feoffment of the said Alice. 20 Dec., 19 Hen. VI. Four seals, one
without any impression.
Bucks. A. 677. Release by John Norreis and William Faukenner to William
Tulle, of Wolhampton, of the lands, &c., in Datchet, Sutton, and Ivyr,
formerly belonging to William Fissher, which they, with the said Tulle
and William Perkyns, deceased, lately had by feoffment of Robert, son
of the said William Fissher [see A. 675]. Datchet, 20 November,
21 Hen. VI. Portion of seal.
[Bucks.] A. 678. Grant by William Tulle, of Wolhampton, to Roger Hunt,
alias Scherman, of New Windsor, and Alice his wife, of all the lands, &c.,
he lately had by feoffment of Robert, son of William Fyschere, of
Datchet, co. Bucks. Datchet, the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle,
27 Henry VI. Seal.
[Bucks.] A. 679. Demise by William Bullstrode, late of Upton, and John
Millewarde, the elder, of Bekenisfelde, to Richard Lovell, of Boveney,
Burnham parish, Philip Agmondesham, citizen and mercer of London,
Henry Aleyn, late of Taplow, Thomas Garston, and Thomas Turner, of
Bekenisfelde, of a croft called 'Rydynges,' in Bekenisfelde, situate as
described ; certain attorneys being appointed to deliver seisin thereof to
the same. Witnesses : John Botteler, knt., and others (named). 18 March,
1471, 12 Edward IV. Fragment of one seal remaining.
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Bucks. A. 680. Demise by William Sherman, of Windsor, and William
Aylewyn, of Southeley, in Datchet parish, to Robert, son and heir of William
Fyssher, of Datchet, of the lauds, &c., in Datchet they lately had by
feoffment of the said Wm. Fyssher, and which Henry Pynkeney, lord of
Datchet, of old granted to Simon, son of William the Fisher, of Datchet,
otherwise called William le Passour. Witnesses : Hugh Harvyscombe,
vicar of Datchet, and others (named). 22 February, 17 Hen. VI.
Bucks. A. 681. Grant by Thomas fitz Waulter to John Faryngton and Robert
Browne of all his lands, &c., in co. Bucks. 10 February, 13 Hen. VI.
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Bucks. A. 682. Grant by Thomas FitezWater, and Margaret his wife, of
Dorney, to William Noreys, of the same, of a piece of land, 146 feet by
54 feet, in ' le Sowthefeld,' by Dorney Green, at 4d. yearly rent.
26 September, 26 Henry VI.
Bucks. A. 683. Grant by Thomas Longevile, knt., a founder of the monastery
of the Virgin Mary, Bradwell, Bucks, of the said monastery and all its
possessions to William Holgyll and three others to the use of Thomas
cardinal archbishop of York, and for performance of his last will. 28 July,
16 Henry VIII.
Endorsed: Enrolled on the Close Rolls. Printed in Dugdale's
Monasticon, iv. 509.
Backs. A. 684. Indenture witnessing that whereas Sir Thomas Tresham sold
to William Staveley, for 600 marcs, the manor of Broughton beside Ayles- .
bury, as appears by deeds of release dated 12 May, 6 Edward IV., and
14 August, 8 Edward IV., to George archbishop of York, Ralph Verney,
citizen and alderman of London, Richard Danvers, and the said Wm.
Staveley ; the last-named covenants, that if Sir Thomas, within three years
from this date, pay him the said 600 marcs or as much thereof as he shall
receive from Staveley, he will release, and cause the above-named grantors
to release the said manor to Sir Thomas. 20 August, 8 Edw. IV. Seal.
Bucks. A. 685. Grant by Roger Osbarn and Alice his wife, of Great Marlow,
to William Gardyner, of Bekenysfeld, of crofts called ' Bromycroft ' and
' Rykenhamcrofte,' in Burnhnm, situate as described, which they lately had
by feoffmeiit of William Kebell and others (named) [see A. 676]. Burnham,
16 May, 18 Hen. VI. Two seals.
[York.] A. 686. Grant by John lord Darcy, knt., to William Scargill, the
elder, of lands, &c., called ' Jurdanflat,' ' Brueryng,' ' Thistilflat,' ' Temple-
bank,' &c., in Swillyngton, and Preston Parva, and common of pasture
belonging to his manor of Temple Newsoin, at a yearly rent of 21s. 7\d. ;
appointing attorneys to deliver possession thereof to Scargill. Witnesses :
Ralph Graystok and William Gascoigne, knts., and others (named).
5 December, 31 Hen. VI. Seal, broken.
[York.] A. 687. Acquittance of Robert Cokesforth, of Dokyng, Norfolk, tailor,
for 40*., received from Thomas, lord Darcy, for one half of a messuage and
lands he lately held by copy of court-roll in the lordship of Temple Newsoin,
in right of Alice his wife, a daughter and heir of Thomas Robynson,
deceased. 16 January, 25 Hen. VIII. Seal.
York. A. 688. Notarial instrument containing the deposition of Philip
Darcy, about 80 years old, on behalf of Thomas Darcy, lord Darcy, taken
in the house of Philip Darcy, without Walmergate, in the city of York.
That about 20 years since his mother Joan lady Darcy, being " in
extremis" at Watyrhall, in Rothwell parish, declared to him, John his
brother, Sir Robert Clay, and others, that whereas it was publicly
rumoured she had made charters of release of the hamlet of Skelton, in
Temple Newsome lordship, she had made no such release, and so she
required them to testify when need arose. Moreover, he knows well his
mother never made such grant, for she had such confidence in him she
was unwilling to do such a thing without his advice. Witnesses : Sirs
William Clercson, vicar of St. Laurence parish church, Thomas Robson,
parish chaplain of St. Nicholas, York, and Wm. Bullok. 5 November, 1505.
[York]. A. 689. Grant by Richard Ernys, chaplain, and John Warde, of
Farnham, to William de Nesseld, of their manors of Scotton, Brerton, and
Thorp juxta Scotton, and the lands, &c., they had by feoffment of the said
ANCIENT DEEDS. 81
William or others in Scotton, Brerton, Knaresbnrgh, Burton- Leonard,
Mynskipp, Erkenden, Staynelay, Stavelay, Kirkeby super Wyske, Rippelay,
Thornoro, Manneby, Eskelby, Roudon, and Katelmer. Witnesses :
Richard Brennand, then bailiff of the liberty of Knaresburgh, and others
(named). Scotton, 7 October, 41 Edw. III. Two seals, one broken.
[York]. A. 690. Certificate of a fine of 8*. paid by Margaret, Alice, Joan, and
Anne Robynson, daughters and heirs of Thomas Robynson, deceased, at a
court of Temple Newson manor, held by Thomas lord Darcy, for licence of
heriot and for a messuage and lands in Temple Newsom after their father's
decease, and of 5*. paid for his obit ; Thomas Dawson being admitted
tenant of the premises till the heirs are 14 years of age. 13 January,
22 Henry VI.
[York]. A. 691. Confirmation by John, lord Darcy, to William Scargill of two
former grants to him, dated at Thorp Stapilton, 1 June, 9 Hen VI., of land
culled ' Clarvathbrekes ' and ' Sevarcliff,' in Temple Newsom, and 1 August,
9 Hen. VI., of lands, &c. in Shelton within the same manor (except the
nativi, their seqriela, and goods and chattels, and obits of all tenants) ;
to be held at yearly rents of 41. and 9/. respectively. 1 October,
29 Hen. VI.
York. A. 692. Demise by Cristopher Conyers, lord Conyers, knt., to William
Holgell, clerk, John Skuyse, Thomas Crumwell, and Thomas Alverde, of
an acre of land belonging to Skelton manor, and the advowson of the church
of Rudby, in Clevelonde, to the use of Thomas, cardinal archbishop of
York, Ac. ; appointing certain attorneys to deliver them possession of the
premises. 17 June, 20 Hen. VI11.
Endorsed: Certificate that livery of seisin of the premises was made
July 18, in presence of the witnesses here named, and that the deed was
enrolled on the Close Roll, 20 Hen. VIII. Seal.
York. A. 693. Demise by Master Thomas Bedyll, clerk, prebendary of
Massani, in St. Peter's Cathedral, York, to Master John Gostwyke, treasurer
of the first fruits and tenths of the spiritualty, of his prebend of Massani,
with all housings, lands, &c. (except all woods, the mansion place in York,
and the gift of the vicarage) for 50 years, from the feast of St. Mark the
Evangelist next, at the yearly rent of 136/. 13*. 4rf. ; the first payment to
be on 3 Nov. 29 Hen. VIII., and the second on 3 May 30 Hen. VIII., on
the font stone in the body of St. Paul's Cathdral, London, between the
hours of 9 and 11 before noon, and so yearly thereafter; with provisions in
case of non-payment of rent and as to repair of the housings, Ike. 3 July,
28 Hen. VIII. English.
[Glouo.] A. 694. Will of John Edward, of Thornbury, disposing of his property
in Thornbury, &c. Executors appointed, Alice his wife, John Thornbury
his son, canon of Keynsham, and two others. 23 May, 1415.
. Endorsed : Note of probate, made 24 Jan. 1415[-6], in Dursley parish
church.
[York.] A. 695. Grant by John Merkyngfeld, lord of Merkyngfeld, to John
Meleton, knt., and Wm. Sharrowe, clerk, of Wynkeslay manor, the
advowson of his chantry of the altar of St. Andrew, in the collegiate church
of St. Wilfrid, Ripon, and his lands, &c. in Wynkeslay, Wodhouses, and
Sharrowe. juxta Ripon. Witnesses : William Tempest, knt., and others
(named). Wynkeslay, 6 April, 9 Hen. VI.
York. A. 696. Grant by Richard York, knt., to George Darcy, knt., Arthur
Darcy, and Thomas, son of Guy Fairfax, knt., of all his lands in Stedmere,
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to the uses specified in the schedule hereto annexed ; appointing attorneys
to put them in possession thereof. 5 November, 9 Hen. VIII.
Endorsed : Certificate that seisin of the premises was delivered,
3 December, 9 Hen. VIII.
Annexed: Schedule witnessing that the above feoffment is to the intent
that Thomas Darcy, knt., lord Darcy, shall receive yearly 20/. of the
issues of the above land still he has received 120/., which sutnshall be paid to
Thomas Mirfyn, citizen and alderman of London, in full contentation of the
debts owed by Sir llichard Yorke, Sir Roger Hastynges, and Fraunces [sic]
to the said Mirfyn, after which the lauds to remain to Sir Richard's use.
Under one seal. English.
York. A. 697. Indenture of bargain and sale by Sir Thomas Ugthred to
Thomas, cardinal archbishop of York, for 366/. 13s. 4d., of the manors of
Lepington and Barthorpe, the advowson of Lepington church, and his other
lands, &c., in Lepington, Barthorpe, and Northdalton, (which are of the
clear yearly value of 40 marcs), and the charters and muniments relating
thereto ; promising before 24 June next to make sufficient and lawful estate
in the premises to Masters William Frankelyn and William Holgill, clerks,
Sir Wm. Gascoigne, of Cardington, Robert Toneys, clerk, and Thomas
Hemedge to the use of the said Archbishop ; except only the dower of
dame Agnes Percye, now wife to Sir William Percye. Other covenants
specified. 25 May, 18 Hen. VIII. Counterpart signed by Wolsey.
Fragment of seal. English.
[Line.] A. 698. Release by Sir Robert, rector of Lee, Sir William Swanne,
chaplain, and John Allott, of Spryngthorp, to John Hamson, of Lee, of
land in Knayth, which they had by feoffment of the said Hamson. Lee,
the Conversion of St. Paul, 3 Hen. IV.
York. A. 699. Will of Robert de Bylton, perpetual chaplain of the chantry
of the Virgin Mary in the church of St. Saviour, York. Executors
appointed, "Master Adam Wygan, rector of my parish church, and
Sir Robert de Askham, my grandson." 19 July, 3 Hen. IV.
[York.] A. 700. Grant by William Barton, of Wystowe, to Robert Ughtred,
knt., of a messuage and two bovates of land in Lepyngton. 2 October,
13 Hen. VI. Seal.
[Line.] A. 701. Grant by Simon Miriote, of Knayth, to Richard, his son, of
half a toft and croft in Knayth, situate as described, paying therefor I2d.
yearly during Simon's life. Witnesses : William Andrew, rector of
Knayth, and others (named). Knayth, the feast of the Decollation of
John the Baptist, 1400.
[Line.] A. 702. Grant by John Hamson, of Lee, to Richard Ward, of
Knayth, and Alice his wife, of a bovate of land in Knayth, which he had
by feoffment of Thomas Blissott and Matilda his wife. Lee, Tuesday next
before the Purification, 3 Henry IV.
Endorsed : Note that this bovate of land ought to pay the lord of the fee
a pound of pepper yearly. Seal.
York. A. 703. Grant by Thomas Sotehyll to his kinsmen Thomas Gryce,
Master William Gryce, clerk, and Oswald Gryce, of the next advowson or
presentation to his chantries in St. Philip's chapel in Haddilsay or elsewhere
in co. York. Sotehyll Hall, 18 February, 13 Hen. VIII. Seal.
York. A. 704. Indenture between Sir Robert Ughtred, knt., and Thomas
Hennege, whereby the former confirms his indenture of sale (dated
12 March, 15 Hen. VIII.) to Sir Anthony Ughtred, of the manors of
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Kylnweke, Tolthorp, Fymour, and Hollesthorp, and corroborates such
bargain and sale of the premises to the use of Thomas Hennege, and also
bargains to the same all his lands, &c. in the above-named places, not
parcel of those manors, with other covenants. English.
Note : That before William Burbanke, one of the clerks of Chancery,
Sir Kobert Ughtred requested this indenture might be enrolled as his act
6 June, 16 Hen. VIII. Seal.
York. A. 705. Indenture whereby Thomas Sotehylle, of Sotyll Hall,
co. York, being tenant " by the curtesye of Ynglond " of East Hadilsay
manor, of divers woods, and fishings, &c.. in East, Middle, and West
Hadilsay, and of the patronage of three chantries in East Hadilsay,
hath demised the same to Thomas Darcy, knt., lord Darcy, for 40 years
from the feast of the Annunciation next at a yearly rent of 261. 13s. 4d.,
with other covenants. 21 December, 21 Hen. VIII. Seal. English.
York. A. 706. Indenture between Edward IV. and George, archbishop of
York, master of the hospital of St. Leonard of York, reciting that the
brethren of the hospital, from time immemorial, had housebote and haybote
in the King's forest of Galtres, for repair of all their messuages, supply
of firewood, and enclosing of their closes ; the King now, for preservation
of the forest and the beasts therein, by the grant of the hospital, wills that
in future they have haybote only for their closes therein called ' Lesmer,'
' Kelsthwayt,' and ' Grenthwayt,' and for compensation grants them all his
water mills by York Castle, called ' Castelmylnes.' Westminster, 19 Novem-
ber, 5 Edward IV. Seal of the hospital of St. Peter, York, attached.
Enrolled on the Patent Roll, 5 Edward IV., pt. 2, m. 10.
York. A. 707. Inspeximus by the mayor and bailiffs of Kingston-on-Hull of
Dham. a grant entered in the town register, by Michael de la Pole, Earl of
Line. Suffolk, to Edmund de Stafford, bishop of Exeter, Ralph de Nevyll, Earl
of Westmoreland, Thomas Erpyngham, and Edmund de la Pole, knts., and
nine others (named), of a messuage called ' Courthall Manor ' in Kingston-
on-Hull, Rymeswell manor, and all other lands, &c. held in dower or for term
of life or years in Kingston-on-Hull, Beghorn, Dripole, Newland, Anlaby,
Oustemersk, and Cotyngham, lands called ' Atonfee' in Mitton, the manors
of del Isle and Braddebury, all his lands, &c. in Braddebury, Preston-on-
Skyern, Chilton Magna, Foxden, Stilyngton, Fishburn, and Belom in the
bishopric of Durham, and the manor of Westmod in the Isle of Axiholm.
Witnesses : Ralph de Yver, Peter de Bukton, John de Routhe, knts.,
John Leversegge, then mayor of Kingston-on-Hull, and others (named).
Dated 1 June, 9 Hen. IV.
Line. A. 708. Release by Thomas, son and heir of Richard Restwold, to
Notts. John Duke of Suffolk, and Elizabeth his wife, William Hastyngs, of
York. Hastyngs, Robert Chamberlayn, James Tyrell, and William Knyvet, knts.,
and eight others (named), of the manors of Blybourgh and Westwode; the
manors of Myton and Rymeswell, and lands, &c., in Kingston-on-Hull,
Myton, Beaugham, Rymeswell, Drypole, Cotyngham, Newlond, Awelaby, and
Oustemerk ; and the manors of Gresthorp and Normanton, and lands, &c.
in Gresthorp, Normanton, Sutton, and North Clifton ; whereof his father
was seised with others whom he survived, and upon whose death they
descended to the said Thomas. 12 November, 16 Edw. IV. Seal.
York. A. 709. Indenture whereby Thomas Sotehill appoints Oswold Grice,
his kinsman, to the office of surveyor . and bailiff of all his lands, &c., in
Middle, East, and West Haddilsay for 24 years from the present date, he
paying therefor 56/. yearly, and receiving 13s. <id. yearly as his fee, and
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having the right before all others (except Lord Darcy) to farm any lands
that may fall in to the said Thomas, paying therefor the same price as any
other man would. 23 January, 13 Hen. VIII. Seal. English.
York. A. 71O. Grant by Thomas, William, and Oswald Grice to Thomas
lord Darcy, of the next advowson or presentation to the chantries in
St. John's chapel, Haddesley, and elsewhere in co. York, which they had
from Thomas Sotehill, by grant dated 18 February, 13 Hen. VIII.
[See A. 7O3]. 24 December, 18 Hen. VIII. One seal remaining.
York. A. 711. Grant fay Oswald Grice, at the instance of Lord Darcy, to
Kdmond Seynter, of the offices of surveyor and bailiff of all lands, &c. in
Middle, East, and West Haddelsey, belonging to Thomas Sotehill, as the
same were granted to him by the said Thomas for 24 years from 23 January,
13 Hen. VIII. [see A. 7O9]. 20 December, 18 Hen. VIII. Seal.
English.
York. A. 712. Paper draft of the greater portion of A. 7O5. 21 December,
21 Henry VIII. English.
[ The name of Sir George Darcy occurs instead of that of Thomas Lord
Darcy. In A. 705 Sir George Darcy was named at first, but his name
has been cancelled wherever it occurred, and that of Lord Darcy put in
its place.]
York. A. 713. Indenture of bargain and sale by John Ardern, of Kelyngthorp,
to Thomas Perpoynte, citizen and draper of London, for 5001., of the
manor or grange of Belthorp, which he assures him shall be of the clear
yearly value of 40/. beyond all reprises ; with covenants as to warranty, &c.,
the said Thomas having paid Ardern 2501. in good damasks and satins at
the rate of 5s. 4d. a yard, and undertaking to pay the other 250/. in the
same way within a month of good estate in the premises being made to him.
18 June, 13 Hen. VIII. Fragment of seal. English.
York. A. 714. Grant by Thomas Darcy, knt., Lord Darey, to John Husey,
kut., Lord Husey, William Fitz William, knt., Treasurer of the King's
Household, William Husey, William Eure, and Robert. Nevyll, knts., of his
manors of and other possessions in Bekhey, alias Bekhawe, and Roundhey,
alias Roundhawe, in fulfilment of the testament and last will of the said
Thomas Lord Darcy; appointing attorneys to deliver possession thereof
to the grantees. 15 November, 23 Henry VIII. Seal.
Endorsed: Certificate of livery of seisin of the premises having been
made 15 April, 23 Hen. VIII., in presence of the witnesses named.
York. A. 715. Exemplification of recovery, dated Michaelmas term, 22
Henry VIII., by Edward Earl of Derby, Robert Earl of Sussex, Francis
Talbot Lord Talbot, Henry Fitzwater Lord Fitzwater, Francis Hastyngs
Lord Hastyngs, William Hussey, Richard Walden, and Robert Nevyle, knts.,
and four others, against Thomas Darcy Lord Darcy, of the manors of Temple
Newsom, Rothewell, Rothewell Haye, and Beckenhawe alias Beckenhaye,
with 60 messuages, watermill, &c. in Temple Newsom, Rothewell manor,
Rothewell Haye, Beckenhaye, Halton, Skelton, Cotton, Nusom, Ossynthorpe,
Calcottys, Kelyngbek, and Whitkyrke. Westminster, 18 November,
22 Hen. VIII. Seal "pro brevibus coram Justiciaries, " slightly damaged.
York. A. 716. Indenture of sale by Thomas Crumwell, of London, to Sir
Peter Vavasour, of Spaldington. co. York, for the sum of 120Z.,of Baddisworth
manor, with its appurtenances and all charters and muniments relating
thereto, which manor Crumwell acquired of William Banke, of Baddis-
worth, for 100/., by indenture of sale dated 21 June last, to the use of
Thomas cardinal [Wolseyj. 11 March, 20 Hen. VIII. English.
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York. A. 717. Transcript of a fine whereby John de Camoys, knt., and
Margaret his wife, acquire of Thomas de Burwell, parson of Stanfeld.
Master Matliew de Wygenale, parson of Elsyng, and Nicholas de Latumere,
parson of Briselee, the manor of Cowesby and advowson of the church
there, and messuages and lands in Moseleye, Brantyngham, and Reply ngham,
with remainder to Hugh de Hastyugs, knt., and Margery his wife, and the
heirs of the latter. Westminster, the quinzaine of St. Hilary, 18 Edw. III.
Annexed: (1.) Writ to the Treasurer and Chamberlains to return a
transcript of the above fine into the Chancery. Westminster, 20 October,
33 Hen. VI.
(2.) Writ to the Justices de Banco, forwarding the above transcript, and
directing them to act thereon at the suit of John Hastings, heir of the
above Margery. Westminster, 22 October, 33 Hen. VI.
Essex. A. 718. Grant by Henry Lokwood, clerk, master or warden, and the
Herts. fellows and scholars of Christ's College, Cambridge, to Henry VIII., of the
manor of Roydon, with its appurtenances in Essex and Herts, except a
certain messuage with croft adjoining. Christ's College, 1 November,
23 Hen. VIII. Portion of seal.'
[Essex.] A. 719. Grant by Richard, son of Ralph de Roheng' Abbatissa, to Sir
Robert Leydet, lady Margery his wife, and Walter Leydet, their son, of land
called ' Baconnesredene,' in Roothing Abbots, at a yearly rent of 4d.
Witnesses : Richard son of Geoffrey, Geoffrey de Litlinthon, William
the Clerk of Roothing Abbots, Oliver Morel, of White Roothing, and others
(named). Fragment of seal.
[Essex.] A. 720. Grant by Robert de Crofte to Roger de Lucy, and Lucy his
wife, of a messuage and land in Renham, in a place called ' Boldhodes,"
paying yearly to Robert, Stephen, and John, his sons, a seam (summam)
of wheat at Michaelmas, in exchange for land in Opechre parish, in a place
called ' Suhtfeld,' and 8 marcs sterling. Witnesses : Luke de la Gare,
Joce de Crofte, Jumes de Gravesende, Ralph de West Renham, and others
(named).
[Essex.] A. 721. Confirmation by Thomas, son of Symon, of the grant [A. 723]
made by his father Symon to the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of
land in Radwinter, with the messuage of Peter son of Sabern. Witnesses :
Solomon de Benedis, Alan son of Turstan, William de Stratura, and
others (named).
Essex. A. 722. Release by Robert Brown, Philip Jostlyn, John Antony,
George Feton, clerk, John Tumour, Robert Spety, and John Rede, to
Cristina Tenche, late wife of Edward Brokman, of all lands and tenements
anciently called ' Davies,' in High Roding, Hatfield, and Aythorp. Monday
next after Easter, 22 Edw. IV.
[Essex.] A. 723. Grant by Symon, son of Serlo de Radwintre, to the canons of
Holy Trinity, London, of land in Radwintre and the messuage of Peter
Sabern, which the canons have granted the said Peter for his life at a
yearly rent of 4d., to re veil to them absolutely at his death. Witnesses :
Solomon de Benedis and others (named). Portion of seal
[Essex.] A. 724. Grant by Richard, the prior, and the convent of Holy
Trinity, London, to Adam de Essendun of the messuage in Radwintre
that Simon son of Serlo granted them [see A. 723], except the messuage of
Peter son of Sabern, and the spot within the aforesaid messuage which
they have set apart to erect a certain barn on, with free way thereto, at a
yearly rent of 2s. Other covenants specified. Witnesses : Solomon de
Benedisse, Peter de Hecham, Simon son of Serlo, and others (named).
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[Essex.] A. 725. Grant by John Bette, the younger, of Danseye [? Dengie]
and Robert Smyzth, of Southmynster, to John Batayle and Emota his wife,
of Danyseye, of all lands called ' Holcwellys ' and ' Richard's lond ' in the
vill aforesaid, which they lately had by feoffment of the same John.
Suthmynstre, Monday next after Holy Trinity, 6 Hen. IV. Two seals,
damaged.
Essex. A. 726. Grant by William Bensted to William Parre, knt., William
Paston, John Russho, and Thomas Lovell, of the manor of Great Stan-
brygge, which descended to him on the death of John Bensted, knt., his
father : appointing attorneys to deliver them seisin of the premises. 28 June,
20 Edw. IV. Fragment of seal.
[Essex.] A. 727. Release by Robert le Mareschal, of Adleye, and Juliana his
wife, to Sir William de Monte Canisio, son of Sir Warren de Monte
Canisio, of all lands in Stanford, formerly belonging to William Fynch, of
Stanford, husband of the aforesaid Juliana. Chelmsford, before Solomon
de Rochester and his colleages, Justices in Eyre in Essex, Wednesday next
after St. Luke the Evangelist, 13 Edw. I.
[Essex.] A. 728. Confirmation by Americ Pecche of all grants of land made by
Ralph son of Brien, and others his ancestors, to the house of St. Mary
Magdalene, of Stansgate. Witnesses : Richard and Robert de Gybetrak,
Hubert le Waleis, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 729. Grant by Peter, son of Richard de Stanford, to Sir Philip
Basset of all lands, &c. in Stanford formerly belonging to his father
Richard, and which William de Haverhulle, Treasurer of the King,
formerly held of him. Witnesses: Sirs Baldwin de Ripariis, Roger de
Sanford, and Simon de Stanford, knts., Elyas del Frith, Thomas de
Bechesor, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 730. Grant by Henry son of Gerold to Ralph son of Elmaud,
of London, his creditor, of the yearly rent from Saudre of 4.I., and 1 Ib. of
pepper, which Robert Mantell paid him, with the relief issuing from the
marsh in Saudre, in Burghstede parish, paying therefor yearly 1 Ib. of
pepper at London in the Octaves of Michaelmas, and 50 marcs of silver and
a cask of wine out of hand. Witnesses : Robert Mantell, William Talbot,
and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 731. Grant by William Wastinell to Henry, son of Robert
de Aswelle, of the land Algar de la Heyse held in Stapelford, some
assarted land, and the increment of three acres of assarted land opposite
the entrance of the aforesaid land, paying 6d. yearly and the other services
specified. Witnesses : Nicholas de Barenthon, William de Lamburne, and
others (named).
[Essex.] A. 732. Grant by John, son of Thomas de Waleton, to Sir Humfrey de
Waleden of an annual rent of 4Od., a cock, and four hens, payable by John
Bode, of Bunton, and Alexander, the parson of East Thorndon, for 15 acres
in East Thorndon, called ' Scottesland,' held by them of the grantor.
Witnesses : John de Gyng and others (named). Dunton, Friday before
the Annunciation, 5 Edw. II. Portion of seal.
[Essex.] A. 733. Grant by William Bataile, son of Richard Bataile, to the
canons of Holy Trinity, London, of all tithes of his demesne in Stapleford,
except those divided between the churches of Stapleford and Lanburn.
This grant he has made by placing a gold ring on the altar of Holy Trinity,
London. Witnesses : Hugh de St. Clare, Richard Wastinel, Peter arch-
deacon of Evreux (Ebroicensf), and others (named). Damaged.
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[Essex.] A. 734. Grant by Peter, son of Richard, son of Luke de Stanford, to
William de Haverliull, clerk, of all his lands, &c., in Stanford, except the
rents he holds in Angre and a rent of 12d. in Stanford due from Walter de
Royng'. Witnesses : Sir William de Ebor, provost of Beverley, Richard
[de Barking], abbot of Westminster, Alexander de Swereford, John de
Fraunceis, Ralph de Ely, then Barons of the King's Exchequer, Jollan de
Nevill, John de Cobeham, then Justices of our lord the King " in Banco,"
William de Sancto Edmundo, Thomas de Newerk, then Justices of the Jews,
Ralph Eswy, then Mayor of London, Adam de Basing and Hugh Blund,
then sheriffs, Roger son of Roger, John de Condre, Peter de Wakering,
William, son of Richard de Stapelford, Peter de Tany, Simon, son of Gilbert
de Stanford, John de Bernes, Baldwin de Ripariis, knights, and others
(named). [28 Hen. III.] Seal.
[Essex.] A. 735. Grant by John, son of Robert Faucilon, to John, the prior,
and the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of an annual rent of 9*. 6d., issuing
from a mill in Stratford, which the brethren of St. Thomas of Acre once
held. Witnesses : Nicholas de Wildeland, Roger Hode, Geoffrey de Wide-
feld and others (named). [A.D. 1252-8.]
Annexed: Final concord made at Chelmsford on the morrow of
Michaelmas, 13 Edw. I., between William, prior of Holy Trinity, London,
plaintiff, and Richard, master of the church of St. Thomas of Acre,
London, deforciant, concerning 4/. in arrear to the former of the annual
rent of 9s. 6d. for a mill in Stratford. The said Richard for himself and
his successors undertook to pay the rent of 9s. (5d. to the prior and his
successors in future, and also paid the 41. arrears.
[Essex.] A. 736. Grant by Hubert Bataile, knt., for the souls of himself, his
wife, and William and Matthew his sons, &c., to Norman, the prior, and
the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of all tithes of his demesne of
Stapleford, except of two acres tithable to the churches of Stapelford and
Lamburne. Witnesses : Richard de Luci, Hubert de Anesti, R. de Man-
davilla, and others (named). [? A.D. 11081147.]
[Essex.] A. 737. Grant by Henry, the abbot, and the convent of St. Osith, to
Sir Philip Basset that though he has made the convent a quitclaim of the
lands of Robert de Saldeford, yet they will not thereupon require from him
or his heirs any warranty " nee per breve nee per os," even if they be
impleaded for the said lands.
[Essex.] A. 738. Release by Richard Pig, to Sir Philip Basset, of the land in
Stamford he holds of Sir Philip. Witnesses : Sirs William de Insula,
Hubert and Richard de Ruyly, Robert le Chamberleing, knts., and others
(named).
[Essex.] A. 739. Grant by William Bataille to the House of the Holy Trinity,
London, of 3 acres of land in Teidena, viz., 3 acres of Smithesbroc, for the
souls of Sybil his wife and his ancestors. Witnesses : Nicholas Vic',
Walter de Hetfeld, Roger Furre, Edmund, son of William the Bordar
(Bordarii).
Essex. A. 740. Indenture tripartite between Sir William Fyndern, Bridget
Fyndern, widow of William, son of the said Sir William, and John Wode and
John Parker. Wode and Parker having in Hilary term, 2 Hen. VIII., re-
covered the manor of Overhall in Gestyngthorp, and the advowson of the
church there, &c., are to be seised thereof to Sir William's use for his life, and
on his decease shall make a grant of 18 marcs yearly, and the advowson to
his executors they standing seised of the premises to the yearly value of
18 marcs to the use of the said executors, and for performance of the will of
Sir William for 16 years ; and being seised of the residue to Bridget's use
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for her life. If the church fall vacant during the executors' interest therein,
and they cannot agree as to the presentation, the Master of Clare Hall, Cam-
bridge, shall have one presentation for one of the Fellows there on each such
occasion ; at the end of the 16 years the heirs of Sir William's body lawfully
begotten to present, or in default of such heirs, the right heirs of Dame Jane
Swymborne. If the church fall not vacant during the executors' interest
therein, but afterwards, the Master of Clare Hall shall have one presenta-
tion thereto for one of the Fellows, if it fall vacant within 7 years after the
executors' death. After the deaths of Bridget and the executors, and per-
formance of Sir William's will, the recoverers to be seised of the premises
and advowson to the use of (he heirs of Sir William as above, with
remainders to the heirs of Sir Robert and Dame Jane Swynborne, and of
Sir William Waldegrave in succession. 12 May, 3 Hen. VIII. Two seals,
effaced. English.
[Essex.} A. 741. Grant by Symon Kory, of Orsete, to Fulk Basset, bishop of
London, of his meadows called Middelfen ' and ' Estfen,' in Orsete, and
three perches of arable land in breadth to make his own way, and, according
to the said breadth, in length from the old exit for carts (a veteri exitu
carriagii) of the said meadow to the way called ' Hamweye.' Witnesses :
Sirs William de Graundcurt, William de Wokindon, Richard de Tylleburi,
and William Terel, knts., and others (named). [A.D. 12421259.]
[Essex.] A. 742. Demise by Symon de Cory to Sir Fulk, bishop of London, of
a fen in Orseth, called ' Hotfan,' adjoining Frithfan on the east, for six
years from Michaelmas, 37 Henry III., Symon undertaking to sustain any
damage the bishop may incur through default of warranty on his part.
Witnesses : Sir Stephen, vicar of Orseth, Gilbert de Wemfall, and others
(named). 37 Hen. III.
[Essex.] A. 743. Demise by Symon de Cory to Sir Fulk, bishop of London, of a
fen in Orset, which is between two other fens, for four years from Michaelmas,
35 Hen. III., with clause Cor indemnity of the bishop in case of failure of
warranty by the said Symon. Witnesses : Sir Stephen, vicar of Orseth,
and others, as in A. 742. 35 Hen. III.
[Essex.] A. 744. Grant by Ralph le Treyer, citizen of London, to Fulk, bishop
of London, of a meadow called ' Ellfey ' in his manor of Orseth, which he
formerly held of Simon Cori, to be held by the bishop for a term of seven
years, according to the instruments of the said Simon made to him here-
upon, which he has resigned into the bishop's hands. Orseth, iii. Kalends
of August, 1248.
[Essex.] A. 745. Grant by Simon de Cury to Ralph Trey, citizen of London,
of a marsh in Orsett, called ' Estefanne,' situate as described, for 10 years
from 28 Oct., 30 Hen. III., with clause of indemnity to the said Ralph.
Witnesses: Sir Robert the vicar (vicario), Gervase de Garschurch, Mark
de Garschurch, William the Constable, and others (named). 30 Hen. III.
Fragment of seal.
Essex. A. 746. Indenture of sale by James Bowen, of Tyllingham, to
Thomas Burre, of Norton Manndeville, of a messuage, 56 acres of land,
and two crofts called ' Gorellys ' and ' Esteyscroft,' in Norton and Ongre,
late belonging to John Colyn, the younger, of Norton, for 42/., payable
as recited herein. Other covenants specified. 4 March, 12 Hen. VIII.
Seal. English.
Essex. A. 747. Grant by Walter Rede and Elizabeth his wife, late wife of
William Quysdene, the elder, of Quysdene, to John Bampton, of all lands in
Quysdene, late belonging to the said William, which came to the said
Eli/.al>etli, both as dower and by reason of the minority of William Quysdene,
the younger. 30 July, 7 Hen. V.
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[Essex.] A. 748. Grant by Walter de Maundeville to Sir Robert, rector of
Black Nottele, of land in the field called ' Hamstallecroft,' situate as
described, in exchange for as much land in the field called ' Watecroft.'
Black Nottele, Sunday, the feast of St. Vincent the Murtyr, 8 Edw. III.
[Essex.] A. 749. Grant by Isabella de Cloville, formerly wife of John de
Coggeshali-, to William de Coggeshale, her son, of an acre of land in
Pacching Cioville, situate as described. Pacching Cloville, Saturday next
after the Apostles Peter and Paul, 13 Edw. II.
[Essex.] A. 750. Grant by Hugh le Despenser to John, son of Laurence le
Mareschal, of Laufar, clerk, of land in Northweld which the said Laurence
once held of him, at a yearly rent of 40s., the said John agreeing that if the
rent be in arrear, not only this land but his property in Laufar Magdalen
may be distrained. Witnesses : Sir John Peyvre, Sir Adam de la Forde,
and others (named). London, Tuesday next before the Annunciation,
28 Edw. I.
[Essex.] A. 751. Grant by Walter, rector of Black Nottele, to William, son of
Roger de Nailyngherst, of land in Black Nottele situate as described.
Witnesses : Sir Thomas Maundevylle, knt., Jordan le Maundevylle, and
others (named) . Black Nottele, Sunday next after the Epiphany, 19 Edw. II.
Annexed : Grant by Henry, son of Henry de to the prior
of Wykes of the island of Sydricheseye and all the tithe of Purley.
Witnesses : Roger de Samford and Laurence his brother, knights, the prior
of Lattun, and others (named). Fragment only.
[Essex.] A. 752. Grant by Isabella le Clovyle, formerly wife of John de
Cogeshale, to William de Cogeshale, her son, of lands called ' Berghfeld '
and ' Hammelase,' in Pachching Clovyle, situate as described. Witnesses :
Jurdan Maundevyle and others (named). Pachchingg Clovyle, Monday
next after Holy Trinity, 15 Edward II.
[Essex.] j^ 753. Letters patent of Edward I. approving the grant made by
Roger le Bygod, Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England, and Alina his
wife, daughter and heir of the late Philip Basset, to Hugh de Essex of
the manor of Toleshunt; which grant has been made to remove the
ambiguity in a demise of Northwelde manor made by the said Hugh to
Philip Basset in the latter's lifetime, and in order that the said manor of
Northwelde may remain to the Earl and Alina without challenge of
Hugh or his heirs. Winchester, 4 January, 8 Edward I. Fragment of
Great Seal.
[Essex.] A. 754. Grant by Isabella de Cloville, formerly wife of John de
Coggeshale, to William de Cogge[s]hale her son, of land in Pacchingg
Cloville, situate as described. Witnesses : Jordan de Maundeville and
others (named). Pacckingg Cloville, Monday next after St. Laurence,
14 Edw. II.
[Essex.] A. 755. Grant by John de Ripariis to Hugh le Despencyer of the
view of frankpledge of all men in his manor of Northwelde, within the
precinct of the said John's hundred of Angre, with all incidents thereto
belonging, as waifs, assize of bread and ale, &c., at a yearly rent of 2*. ;
exempting Hugh and his heirs from all tourns and suits belonging to the
hundred. Witnesses : Sir John de la Mare, of Perendone, Edmund
Spygernel, John de Tracy, Gilbert de Stanford, knts., and others (named).
Seal of arms, defaced.
[Essex.] A. 756. Grant by Constance, the prioress, and the convent of Wykes to
Sir Philip Basset of certain offerings in their chapel of Wykes for his life,
they also promising to provide a chaplain to celebrate divine service there
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three days a week as hitherto : Sir Philip undertaking not to ask for suit
from them in his court of Wykes, nor to seek the levelling of the ditch
separating his fields from theirs, nor the appointing of any nuns in the
priory upon pretext of superior jurisdiction. Witnesses: Sir Benedict,
prior of Typeltre, Sir Hubert de Ruyli, Sir Thomas le Blund, Sir Walter
the parson of Great Hacle, Sir John de Hoding, Sir Nich. de Misteleye,
and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 757. Grant by Reginald de Gynges, son of Sir Ralph de Gynges,
knt., to the prior and canons of Holy Trinity, London, of an annual
quitrent of one marc received from the lords of Wansted and issuing from
their manor there. Witnesses : John de Middeltone, Thomas le Braceur,
of Stratford, Roger Ode, and others (named). [3 Edw. I.]
Annexed : Letters of attorney of Reginald de Ginges, appointing the
prior of Holy Trinity his attorney to receive the above yearly rent of one
marc from the lords of Wansted. Wansted, Friday next after St. John
ante Portam Latinam, 3. Edw. I. Seal.
[Essex.] A. 758. Duplicate of A. 774. Fragment. Seal.
("Essex.] A. 759. Grant by Ralph de Siflewall to Lucy Gerlande, of land in
I leford called ' Tunmannemad.' Witnesses; William Dun, Ralph son of
Stephen, Solomon son of Ralph, John de Witifeld, and others (named).
Seal.
[Essex.] A. 760. Grant by William, son of Odo de Wicham, to Warin de
Monte Kanesy, of an annual rent of 9d. in Wicham, payable by the persons
named herein. Witnesses : Nicholas de Berch, Robert Besont, John, son
of Rembald de Hertel, Odo de Wicham, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 761. Grant by William Setmell (de Septem Molendinis) to Sir
Fulk Basset, bishop of London, of Warle manor, paying therefor G marcs
yearly as long as the said William lives, who is to have the bishop's
counsel, aid, and protection for his life ; and after his decease the yearly
rent shall cease to be paid, and his heirs shall come before the King's
Justices and warrant the charter of the sale of the manor. [A.D. 1242-
1259.]
[Essex.] A. 762. Grant by Richard, the prior, and the canons of Holy Trinity,
London, to William the Smith (Fabro) of land in Welcomestowe, at a
yearly rent of I2d. Witnesses : William Dun, Geoffrey de Cranbroc,
Reginald de Claie, Peter de Kakeport, and others (named). Seal.
[Essex.] A. 763. Indenture of agreement whereby Robert, son of John de
Glindle and Margaret his wife, daughter and heir of Solomon de Hodleghe,
grant to Reginald, son of Herbert de Berghers, the moiety of all the
land of which Solomon de Hodleghe died seised in Westhamme, the cost
of securing such land to the said Reginald to be entirely defrayed by him
or divided between the parties according to the method adopted.
Witnesses: Sir Stephen de Penescestre, knt., Ralph and William de
Heavere, William Franceys, and others (named). The morrow of the
translation of St. Edmund the Confessor, 43 Hen. III.
[Essex.] A. 764. Certificate of the grant by Reginald de Gynges, son of
Ralph de Gynges, knight, to E., the prior, and the convent of Holy
Trinity, London, of an annual rent of one marc he and his ancestors were
wont to receive of the lords of Wanstede, out of their manor there.
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A. 765. Release by Ralph de Hotot to Sir Waryn de Montecaniso,
for 20*. paid down, of an annual rent of 2*. Walter de Ruheney was wont
to pay him for a tenement in West Haningefeld. Witnesses : Robert de
Borham, Sawal de Haningefeld, Thomas de Maundeville, Ralph de
Heyrun, Michael de Chereville, Hamo Peverel, and others (named;. Seal.
A. 766. Confirmation by William, son of Ralph de Niweland, to the
church of St. Laurence of Blakemore, and the canons there, of all the
lands in Niweland they hold by grant from his brother John. Witnesses :
Sir William de Hispannia, Geoffrey de Bidiford, Roger de Wennewist',
Robert de Murteny, and others (named).
A. 767. Certificate of Henry, the prior, and the convent of St. Saviour,
Bermondsey, to their tenants of the manors of Wydeford, Rychemound,
Couwyk, and Hallingebury, that they have appointed their fellow monks,
John de Kent or Ralph dc Derby, their attorney, to put Sir Adam de
Stratton in possession of the aforesaid manors, which they have granted
by charter of feoffment to the said Adam, to whom the tenants are to be
respondent. Bermondsey, Thursday next after St. Martin, 1274. Portion
of seal.
A. 768. Grant by Baldwin, son of Hugh de Essex, for 100 marcs, to
Sir Philip Basset, of his manor of North Waucle [North Weald], formerly
his father Hugh's, the advowson of the church there, and five knights' fees
to it belonging, whereof Sawhal de Springgefeld holds one in Springgefeld,
William de Monte Caniseto one in Legere de la Haye, the Knights Templars
of Jerusalem two in Suttou, Rocheford Hundred, all in Essex, and lady
Isabella de Berninggeham one in Berninggeham, Norfolk. Witnesses :
Sir Richard de Thaney, Sir Roger de Sanford, Sir William de Grancurt,
Robert de Bures, Roger de Loges, Henry de Wycham, and others (named).
[Cf. A. 758, 774.] Seal.
A. 769. Grant by William Sonnepany, of Warle Abbesse, to John
Pyrie, of Ronewell, the elder, of a rent of 6s. 8d. issuing yearly from his
lands in Warle Abbesse. Chelmsford, Sunday after Michaelmas,
49 Edw. III. Seal.
A. 770. Confirmation by William, called abbot of Albermarle, by
advice of Osbert and Walter, " our monks," and the whole convent, to
Ydonea, the prioress, and the nuns of St. Mary of Wikes, of the sale Robert
de Glowcestria and Ralph son of Ailaf, made them, paying the abbot
the service due yearly from the land, as Roger's grant witnesses.
Witnesses : Master Denis, monk of St. Edmund, Master Alan, William de
Fraxino, Robert his brother, Eustace de Braham, Miles le Enveise,
Robert de Coppedoc.
A. 771. Grant by Ralph de Bildeston, of Wychermundeford, to John
de Bovile, of the same, of land called ' Valhahe ' in the parish of Wycher-
mundeford, at a yearly rent of 147. Witnesses: Philip de Horbelee,
Nicholas Betel, and others (named). 11 Edw. I.
A. 772. Release by William de Septem Molis [or Setmeles] to Sir
Fulk Basset, bishop of London, of Warle manor and the advowson of the
church there, for which Fulk has paid him 20 marcs, to his eldest son
William one marc, and to Joan his wife 40*., " ad robam sibi coin-
parandam." Witnesses : Sirs Roger de Stanford, Yngelram de Mert,
Robert dc Amundevil, Henry de Wycham, and others (named).
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[Essex.] A. 773. Grant by John, the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity,
London, to Sir Philip Basset, of their tenement of Warle with its
appurtenances, performing the service due yearly to the lords of the fee,
viz., to the lords of Warle Setmoles Id., to the abbot of Coggeshale, for
the land they hold of the fee of Robert Hovel, 3ld., imd to Sir Thomas
de Ramesdene 13d. ; with remainder to the convent after his death.
Witnesses : Sir Roger and Sir Laurence de Saumford, Sir Hubert and
Sir Richard de Ruyly, knts., Henry de Wichain, and others (named).
[A.D. 1252-1258.]
Essex. A T 774. Grant by Baldwin, son of Hugh de Essex, to Sir Philip
Basset and lady Ela, Countess of Warwick, his wife, for 100 marcs, of
the manor of North Watule [North Weald], formerly belonging to Hugh
his father, with advowson of the church and five knights' fees belonging
thereto, held as specified in A. 768, with remainder to the next heirs of
Sir Philip, if lady Ela die without issue. Witnesses : Sirs Ralph de
Arden', Hubert de Moutecaniseto, William de Grancurt, Gilbert de
Breaut', William le Baud, Thomas de Rammesden, Richard de Herlawe,
knts., and others (named). Seal.
Essex. A. 775. Grant by Joan Pyriman, of Westhurrok, Essex, widow,
daughter of the late. Thomas Blundel, to Henry Bate, clerk, of West
Hurrok, John Bate, clerk, of Alvythele, and John Oldeman, of Wenyng-
ton, in Essex, of all her lands, &c. in West Hurrok and Styfforde. West
Hurrok, 3 April, 10 Hen. IV. Seal.
[Essex.] A. 776. Grant by Nicholas Eustace, son of Warin Eustace, of Waltham,
to Master John de Cadomo, of a meadow called ' Fretheie,' lying between
a meadow formerly belonging to Sir Henry son of Aucher, on the north,
a meadow of John Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond on the south,
and other lands specified. Witnesses : Walter de Habfeld, Nicholas
Oliver, Robert de Kersebrok, and others (named). Portion of seal.
[Essex.] A. 777. Grant by John de Stevenach, of Cestrehunte, and Amice
his wife, to Master John de Cadomo, ot land in a meadow called ' Fritheye,'
in Waltham parish, situate as described. Witnesses : Robert de Kersebrok,
Nicholas le Bran, and others (named). Seal.
[Essex.] A. 778- Grant by Geoffrey de SonderLmd and Anastacia, his wife, to
Sir Philip Basset, of land in a field called ' Gokiesdone " and elsewhere,
and a croft called ' Gokyespittel.' Witnesses : Anselm de Cheleswith,
Henry de Wrabbenas, Gilbert Braynel, Robert de Badewe, and others
(named). Portion of seal.
Essex. A. 779. Release by William Skryne, the elder, and John Martyn to
William Lewyn and John Eylysford, of all lands, &c. they lately had by
feoffment of John Charteseye and Simon Outelaw, in Waltham Holy Cross.
1 February, 7 Hen. IV. Two seals.
Essex. A. 780. Demise by John Charteseye and Simon Outelawe to William
Skryne, the elder, John Martyn, Willian Lewyn, and John Eylysforde,
clerk, of all their lands, &c. in Waltham Holy Cross. 19 February,
7 Hen. IV. Two seals.
Essex. A. 781. Letters of attorney of John Mathew, vicar of Nasyng, Robert
Neweport, Thomas Morice, John Pentrye, and W T illiam Lewyn, of Waltham
Holy Cross, authorising Adam Launde to deliver seisin to Adam Bamme,
John Forster, Robert Watevylle, citizens and goldsmiths of London, and
John Ive, clerk, of the land, &c., in Waltham aforesaid, and hamlet of
Hplyfield, winch they had by feoffment of John Couper, chaplain, John
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Maundevylle, the younger, Roger Herrauf, and Richard Sherynggo, and
which formerly belonged to Mathew Langryche and Margaret his wife.
1 April, 14 Ric. II. Four seals.
Essex. A. 782. Demise by John Mathew, vicar of Nasyng, and others to
Adam Bamme and others, as above, of the above-mentioned lands in
Waltham and hamlet of Halyfeld [see A. 781]. Walthara, 1 April,
14 Ric. II. Five seals.
Essex. A. 783. Grant by John Forster and Robert Watevyle, goldsmiths and
Herts. citizens of London, and John Ive, clerk, to John Charteseye and Simon
Outelawe, of all their lands, Ac., in Waltham Holy Cross, Halyfield, and
elsewhere, in Essex, with their appurtenances in Chesthunte, Herts.
24 February, 1 Hen. IV. Three seals.
[Essex.] A. 784. Grant by Kanulf son of Gerard, to Ralph de Hasting, of
the land of Cochenheie and Fogeleslonde, to be held as Alexander de
Walia, Ranulfs uncle, formerly held them, paying 13*. 4d. yearly. If
Ranulf or his heirs give five marcs or more as a relief from their land,
Ralph or his heirs shall give 10*. ; if less than five marcs, they shall give
half a marc. If Ranulf makes his eldest son a knight, Ralph will give 3s.
towards it, and 2*. towards marrying the eldest daughter, &c. Witnesses :
Robert de Hastings, Peter de Kerteling, Maurice de Dodenalle, William de
Spineto, and others (named) . Much damaged.
[Essex.] A. 785. Grant by William Treisdeners, son of Robert Treisdeners, to
Sir Philip Basset, of the homage and service Hc.-vy the Miller (Molendi-
narii), of Maneston, owes for the tenement he holds in the parish of
Bradfeld. Witnesses : Geoffrey de Sunderland, Rimulf de Mundeville,
and others (named). Portion of seal.
Essex. A. 786. Grant by William de Chivill to Serlo, his son and heir, of a
moiety of all his land in Waltham (except the chief mansion house, which
he retains to his own use), and elsewhere, Serlo paying him 23^ marcs, and
to Leticia, his mother, a gold ring. Witnesses : William son of Fulk,
Aitrop son of Hugh, Ralph Morel, William Runcilluu, and others (named).
Seal.
[Essex.] A. 787. Confirmation by Walter, son of Randulf Ramet, son of
Gerard, of the grant by his father to Alan Basset of the land of
Alwineheie. Witnesses : Robert Mauduit, William son of Fulk,
John de Sanford, William de Spaine, Hugh de Bello Campo, and others
.(named).
[Essex.] A. 788. Release by Baldwin de Essex to Sir Philip Basset of all
agreements and obligations made between them ou account of the manor of
North Waude. Witnesses : Henry de Wycham, Henry Dispenser, and
others (named).
[Essex.] A. 789. Grant by John, the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity,
London, to William de Thachewrthe of two acres of land " que jacent
sub domo Henrici de Lefstancherche," in Wydiale parish. Witnesses :
Walter Clement, Oliver de Saundon, Nicholas Baysebolle, and others
(named). [A.D. 1252-1258.]
[Essex.] A. 790. Demise by Ranulf son of Gerard, to Ralph de Hastings of
all [the land called] ' Alfwinhei,' as well his own as his mother's share
(except the rent of Thoncas and Helda Hiard for two crofts), for 14 years
from Michaelmas next in the fourth year after the first coronation of
King John, for 3| marcs paid to the said Ranulf and half a marc to his
mother ; with a covenant as to the woods. Witnesses : William de Spineto,
Sawal his son, Roger de Reim', Walter Wastinel, and others (named).
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A. 791. Grant by Master John, son of William Eustace, of Waltbam,
to Scolastica, the prioress, and the nuns of St. Helen, London, of meadow
in Fritheye, [Waltham], "ad vestur' dictarum Monialium," paying 2s.
yearly to the abbot of Waltham as chief lord of the fee. Witnesses :
Sir Thomas son of Thomas, then Mayor of London, Sirs Edward Blund
and Peter Aunger, then sheriff's of London, Sir Philip le Taillur, then
alderman and citizen of London, Sirs Thomas de Basingge and Richard de
Condre, citizens of London, and others (named). [49 Hen. III.]
A. 792. Grant by John, the prior, and convent of Holy Trinity,
London, to Reginald, son of Thomas de Stondone, of the land and the
buildings on it formerly belonging to Walter le Gilur in Welcomestow.
If he or his heirs wish to sell the said land, the convent to have an
advantage of lid. over other buyers. [A.D. 1252-1258.]
A. 793. Release by Robert .... to Richard, the prior, and the
convent of Holy Trinity, London, of land in Widyhale. Witnesses :
John de Lesnes, Richard son of Ostmund, Ralph Luvel, and others
(named). [A.D. 1316-1325 ?]
A. 794. Grant by Richard, the prior, and the canons of Holy Trinity,
London, to Robert Scot, of Welcumstow, of their land called ' Purtemere,'
in Welcumstow. Witnesses : Herbert del Mert, Ralph son of Urse,
Adam de Lutun, Richard Wiard. [A.D. 1223-1252.]
A. 795. Release by Henry de Wikhain to Sir Philip [Basset] and
lady Ela [Countess of] Warwick his wife, of all the land [that formerly
belonged to] Baldwin de Essex in Welde. Witnesses: Sir William de
Insula, Sir Richard de Roilii, knts., and others (named). Portion of
document only. Seal.
A. 796. Indenture witnessing that Reginald de Gynges has received
from the prior and convent of Holy Trinity, London, their house at
Warlee at the prices specified herein, viz., the hall with chamber for
5 marcs, the chapel 30s., &c. Also, he has received the articles herein
specified. Present : E[ustace] the prior, brethren William Aygnel and
Philip the canon, the said Reginald de Gynges, Reginald de Fonte, and
others (named). All the premises or their price to be restored after the
death of the same Reginald. [A.D. 1264-1280.]
A. 797. Grant by Richard son of Wyard, to Holy Trinity, London,
of four acres of land in Welcumestowe in fields called ' Sevenacre Meadow '
and ' Thystelfeld,' and confirmation by the same to the same of the grant
of half an acre in Thistelfeld made them by Richard de Burewell.
Witnesses : Ralph de Hodeng', Henry de St. Helena, Elias de Flamsted,
Richard de Burewell, and others (named).
A. 798. Acknowledgment by Baldwin de Essex that whenever
Sir Philip Basset shall summon him he is bound to go to prosecute
concerning Waude manor, if Sir Philip be impleaded for the same, at the
latter's cost ; if he fail to do so (except in the case of grave infirmity), he
will permit Sir Philip to enter on and hold his land of Westle.
Witnesses : Henry de Wycham, Ranulf de Muntrirun, Henry and Philip
Dispenser, and others (named).
A. 799. Release by Thomas, son of Robert Beaubelet, to lady
Isabella, the prioress, and the convent of Wikes, of the land his father held
of the house of Wikes, in Misteleye parish. Witnesses : Sir Hubert de
Ruly, Adam de Dickeleye, Gilbert de Brumlege, and others (named).
Seal.
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Essex. A. 800. Release by John Forster to William Skryne, the elder,
John Martyu, William Lewyu, and John Eylysford, clerk, of all lands,
&c., in Waltham Holy Cross, which ought to remain to himself and John
Charteseye after the death of Walter Merewe and Elizabeth his wife.
5 January, 7 Hen. IV. Seal.
Essex. A. 801. Release by William Bonjour, of Little Waltham, to John
de Dodebrok and Ettheldrede his wife, of an annual rent of 4d. due from
them for a croft, called ' Odecroft,' in Little Waltham. Tuesday, the Vigil
of St. Katherine the Virgin, 33 Edw. I.
[Essex.] A. 802. Grant by the prior and convent of Holy Trinity, London,
to Peter le Wynd, of Welcomestow, of land in Welcomestow, situate as
described. London, the day before the Nones of July, 33 Edw. 1. Seal.
[Essex.] A. 803. Demise by Mary Henyngham, the prioress, and the convent
of Wykes to John Martyn, of Fratyng, of their tenement in Fratyng, with
lands called ' Wasselyns ' belonging thereto, for five years from Michaelmas
next, at a yearly rent of 28s. id. ; Martyn paying the King's fifteenths, &c.
In the chapter house at Wykes, 20 September, 7 Hen. VIII. Seal.
Essex. A. 804. Indenture of sale by Thomas Philpott, of Barkyng, Essex,
to Thomas Marowe, the elder, of London, of all his lands, &c., called
' Shanks,' in Essex, for the sum of 50 marcs. Other covenants speci6ed.
17 April, 14 Hen. VII. Seal, defaced. English.
[Essex.] A. 805. Grant by Walter of the Mill (de Molendino), for 50 marcs,
to Adam de Stratton, clerk, of his water mill of Cowyk, in the parish of
Sheving, a " vivarium," and 2^ acres of meadow adjoining the mill.
Witnesses : John, son of Hubert de Herlawe, Hubert de Ovesham, and
others (named).
[Essex.] A. 806. Grant by Peter, son of Richard de Stanford, to Sir Philip
Basset, of all messuages, &c., in Stanford that William de Haverhille,
Treasurer of the King, formerly held of him, and which formerly belonged
to his father Richard. Witnesses : Sirs Baldwin de Ripariis, Roger de
Sanford, Simon de Stanford, knts., Elyas del Fryth, and others (named).
Seal.
[Essex.] A. 807. Grant by Agnes de Canvylla to Sir Philip Basset, for term
of her life, of the manor of Schenefeld and advowson of the church there,
at a yearly rent of 6 marcs. If she survive Sir Philip the premises to
revert to her at his death. Witnesses : Sirs Roger de Sanford, Ranulf
de Amundevil, and Gilbert de Osefeld, Elyas and William del Fryth, and
others (named).
[Essex.] A. 808. Grant by Richard son of Ranulf, and Hawis his wife,
daughter of Ralph de Munvirun, to Thomas Loc and Sabina his wife,
of their mill of Straford [Stratford], the said Thomas becoming "our
man " and paying 10 marcs, and to Serlo their son and heir for his assent
to this grant a measure of wheat. Witnesses : William Tresgoz, Gilbert
de Meaulinges, William Faucilun, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 809. Mandate of Simon, abbot of St. Edmund's, to the freemen and
serfs of Stapelford manor to be respondent to Sir Philip Basset, to whom he
has granted the said manor for life. Beurepeir, Friday next after the
Assumption, 1260.
[Essex.] A. 81O. Agreement by Gilbert, son of Henry de Halstead, that if he
or his heirs be impleaded for the land he holds of Sir Philip Basset, in
Schaudeford, they shall not exact other warranty or acquittance from
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Sir Philip than that which the latter shall receive or can obtain from
Robert Jacob, of Schaudeford. Witnesses : Sir Roger de Samphord,
knt., and others (named). Seal, " Secretum Gilbertifif ffenrici."
[Essex.] A. 811. Release by Peter, son of Richard de Stanford, to Nicholas
de Hastingges, of the messuages, &c., formerly belonging to his father in
Stanford, which William de Haverhulle, the King's Treasurer, formerly
held. Witnesses as above, A. 8O6. Fragment of seal.
[Essex.] A. 812. Grant by Peter le Maresehal to the abbot and convent of
Waltham Hoiy Cross, of the pasture in Spryngefeld, situate as described,
which he had by grant of Gilbert Wolnet, of Spryngefeld. Witnesses :
Robert aod Nicholas del Frith, Viiiceut de Hetford, and others (named).
Seal.
[Essex.] A. 813. Grant by Henry, son of John de Wendovere, to the canons
of Waltham Holy Cross, of pasture in Springefeud, situate as described.
Witnesses : Sirs Peter de Besevile, Hugh and Richard de Colewrth, knts.,
and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 814. Grant by Peter le Maresclial, called ' de Ho,' to the abbot and
convent of Holy Cross, of the pasture in Springfeld he had by grant of
Gilbert Wolniet [see A. 812], for 40 years from the feast of St. Barnabas,
15 Ed w. II. Waltham, the feast and year abovesaid. Portion of seal.
[Essex.] A. 815. Grant by Richard Wastinell to Robert de Aeswell of the
land Algar de la Heyse held of him in Stapelford, &c., and of the increase
of three acres of assarted land opposite the gate of the above ; he paying
therefor 12c/. yearly, finding a man for one day in the octaves of Christmas
to put up the hedge of Havering park, and an aid for the sheriff, &c.
For this grant Robert gives 20*. to Richard, to Cecil his wife a cap worth
5*., and to William and John his brothers 12d. each. Witnesses:
Nicholas de Barenton, Richard Batayle, John de Lamburne, and others
(named).
[Essex.] A. 816. Grant by Adam de Stratton, clerk, to Syiuon Gubiun, of
land in Stapelford, which he formerly had by gift of the prior and convent
of Bermondsey, who held it before of the fee of the said Symon ; at a yearly
rent of 8s. 3d. Witnesses : Sirs Walter de Meriden, William de Aece, and
Luke de Tany, knts., and others (named). Feast of St. Gregory, 1274.
Seal.
[Essex.] A. 817. Grant by John le Moyne, of Stapelford, for the sum of
eight marcs, to the prior and convent of Bermondsey, of land in Stapelford,
for 15 years from Michaelmas, 51 Hen. III.; they paying at the end of
that term a yearly rent of 40s. if they continue to hold the land. Wit-
nesses : William Loreng, Geoffrey de Laufare, Osbert Gladefon and others
(named). 50 Hen III. Seal.
[Essex.] A. 818. Award of Walter Stone, LL.D., and Richard Broke, Serjeant-
at-law, in a dispute between Richard bishop of London, and Master
Anthony Darsy, founder of Tiptre priory, as to the appointment of a prior
to the said priory. Darsy affirmed the priory had been founded by the
lord of the lordship of Tolson Tregos, which now belonged to him, and
that the lords of the lordship had been wont to appoint in all times of a
vacancy, and without further process by the ordinary such nominee entered
into the priory; while the bishop affirmed he and his predecessors
were entitled to make provision, on a vacancy occurring, from the lack of
electors, there being in the priory only one regular canon beside the prior
for the time being. The arbitrators decide that Darsy, and his successors
in the lordship of Tolson Tregos, shall present to the said priory at every
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vacancy for ever, and that the bishop and his successors shall immediately
institute the person so presented ; but out of respect for the bishop, Darsy
consents to his presenting to the next two \acancies that occur in the
priory. 31 January, 1515. Darsy and the Bishop approve this award, and
affix their seals hereto. 20 February, 1515, 7 Henry VIII. Darsy' s seal
and a portion of the Episcopal seal remaining.
[Essex.] A. 819. Release by Walter de Meduana, and Cecilia the Countess
(Comitissa) his wife, to Hamo de Scotot, of 61. of silver very often
exacted from him for Torinton; nnd confirmation to the same of all
Torinton by service of one knight, except the fee of Amalric de Semanetonia.
For this quittance Hamo gives Walter 20 marcs and a sparrow-hawk, and to
Cecilia 5 marcs and a gold ring. Witnesses : Walter the Priest (Sacerdote)
Mnnesser de Dammart', Ralph son of Gerokl, Robert de St. Clare,
William and Ralph de Cloevilla, Reginald de Ginges, and many others
(named).
[Kent?] A. 820. Grant by Stephen, son of Robert de Crofte, to Adam de
Quercu ["ate Nokes "] of 2 acres and 5 "deywerkas" of land in
Upecherche, in the field called ' Berecoppesfeld,' at a yearly rent
of 3 measures of barley " palmal'." Witnesses : Ralph, John, William,
Gervase, Brice, and Roger de Quercu and others (named). Ascension
Day, 22 Edward I.
[Essex.] A. 821. Grant by Hamo, son of Richard de Esketot, to Hugh, son of
Richard de Elmestude, for 100 marcs, of the manor of Thuriton and
advowson of the church there, paying therefor 12*. yearly for Hamo and
his heirs to Sir Warin de Montechanesio, for the wardship of Rochester
Castle. Witnesses : Sirs Richard de Tany and Robert le Butiler, knts.,
John de Marines, Ralph Martel, Simon Bataile, Gilbert Fucher and others
(named). February, 34 Henry III., xi. Kal. Marcii. [See A. 825.]
[Essex.] A. 822. Grant by John de Sutton, of Wyvenho, to the prioress and
convent of Wykes, for the souls of himself and Margery his wife, of land in
Tendryngge, and the advowson of the church there. Witnesses : John de
Braham, William Brun, and Richard de Sutton, knts., and others (named)
Monday next after All Saints, 37 Edward III.
[Essex.] A. 823. Grant by William, son of William le Flemeng, to Laurence,
son of Nicholas, of land in Tholeshunt, situate as described, at a yearly
rent of 6d. Witnesses : Richard the Monk (Monacho), Philip de Bovile,
Nicholas de Bohun, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 824. Grant by Richard de Laraare to Richard de Beaucbamp, of
the land the latter's uncle, Geoffrey de Beaucharnp, held of him in Twinsted,
by a free service of 2s. yearly, &c. Witnesses : Richard son of John)
John son of Richard, Adam and William de Ponte, Walter de la Mare
Walter and William, his sons, Robert de Beauchamp, and. others (named)!
Seal.
[Essex.] A. 825. Release by Hugh de Elmestede to Sir Warin de Monte
Kanesio, for 100 marcs, of the manor and advowson of the church of
Turinton. Witnesses : Sirs Hubert de Ruylly, William de Feryng,
Ralph de Basinges, Ralph de Chalonibus, Richard de Rully, and others
(named).
[Essex.] A. 826. Presentment by the jury at the Court held at Tyllyngham
on Wednesday next after the feast of St. Anne, 3 Henry VIII., of the
surrender by Thomas Herde, deceased, to the lord, of a tenement, 30 acres
called ' Prykkys, and land called < salvages,' to the use of Margaret his
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wife, and John Boker, executor of bis will, to be sold and the money
applied to pay his debts, and to works of charity. Seisin of the premises
was delivered to Margaret and John, to be held by a twig at the lord's
will, &c. 3 Henry VIII.
[Essex.] A. 827. Grant by Hubert, the Queen's chamberlain, to Edward,
brother of Haghen de Stanford, of the land in Tey that Leowin Walter
held, at a yearly rent of 20*.; to be held by him as "my man" and as
one who for a long time has served him well and faithfully. Witnesses :
" Agnes, my wife, Aluered, my clerk," Haghen de Stanford, Adam de
Coccheshal, Osbert de Lundon, Leowin de Feringis, and Alfwin, brother
of the wife of Edward abovesaid.
[Essex.] A. 828. Grant by Theobald, the prior, and the monks of Stanesgate,
to Richard de Gybecrake of a piece of their heath in Little Totham, in
exchange for a release to them by the said Richard of a corner of wood
in Great Totham. Witnesses: John de Cantelupe, Sewal de Mora,
Hubert le Waleys, Roger de Uwescye, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 829. Grant by John the Porter (Janitor), of Tykeford, with
consent of Alice, his wife, to Henry de Ardern of a curtilage in Tykeford,
situate as described. Witnesses : William Engleys, Martin his son,
Thomas Engleys, Geoffrey de Rokeby, and others (named).
[Essex.] A. 830. Grant by Stephen, the prior and the convent of Holy Trinity,
London, to Brichmar de Haverhull of land in the soke of Ralph de Toeni,
which Osbert Torneis gave to the said church when he was made a canon
there, at an annual rent of 4s. ; the aforesaid Brichmar having sworn on
the hand of the prior, in the chapter of canons, to keep faith with them
concerning the land and tribute mentioned above. The land is 50 feet
long by 45 wide. Witnesses : Nicholas de Tilebury, and Walter his
clerk, Richard, chaplain of St. Mary Magdalen, Terric, son of Alberic,
who is alderman of that soke, William de Coveham, and many others
(named). [A.D. 12941302.]
[Essex.] A. 831. Grant by William Flandrensis to Sir Fulk Basset of all
land in Toleshunte Treigoz he holds of the fee of the prior and canons of
Tippetre, with a messuage and appurtenances ; paying therefor 6s. 6d.
yearly to the said prior and canons. Witnesses : William de Hobrige,
Philip de Bovil, Richard de Wyremundeford, and others (named).
Essex. A. 832. Release by John Rolff, son and heir of John Rolff, late of
Wrytell and Margaret his wife, late wife of John Morkyn, and after that
wife of William Strutt, late of Kelveden, deceased, to Robert Southwell,
knt., Robert Southwell, gent., and Stephen Marler of the messuage, &c.,
in ' le Tye ' Street, Kelveden, which came to him on the death of his mother,
Margaret, and which he has sold to Robert Southwell, knt., for 8/. 13*. 4</.
4 October, 3 Henry VIII. Seal.
Essex. A. 833. Grant by Humfrey Bohun, knt., and Richard Norfolk, clerk,
to William Pestyll and Matilda, his wife, of a messuage and garden, late
Etheldred Algore's, and before that Margaret Lytell's, in Kelveden,
situated as described, which Elgore lately held of them by twig tenure as
of their manor of Fyllolleshall. Kelveden, Wednesday the feast of St.
Bartholomew, 8 Edward IV. Fragments of two seals.
[Essex.] A. 834. Demise by Henry Wentworth, John Hevenyngham, and
John Paston, knts., Philip Calthorppe, Henry Teye, Thomas Sampson,
Robert Tyrell, Thomas Huntyngdon, John Brewode, Thomas Hevenyng-
ham, John Loveday, Richard Botry, clerk, John Paycok, of Coggeshale, the
younger, and Thomas Maldon, of Sudbury, mercer, to Margery Doreward,
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late wife of John Doreward, of Coggeshale manor vrith appurtenances, two
water mills called 'Poyntell' and 'Esterford' mills, and all the property
of her late husband, in execution of his will ; with remainders to Ralph
Chambcrleyn, of Kyngston, Camb., and then to his brother Edward, they
paying an annual rent of 107. Coggeshale, 10 November, 1 1 Henry VII.
Twelve seals or portions of seals.
Essex. A. 835. Demise by Master William Carpenter, vicar of All Saints,
Wrytell, Thomas Fyge, of the same, and Robert Eyn, of Bromfeld, at the
special request of John Rolff, son and heir of John Rolff, late of Writell,
and Margaret his wife, to Robert Southwell, knt., Robert Southwell and
Stephen Marler, of the above messuage in ' le Tye ' Street, Kelveden [see
A. 832] which they lately had, together with the late William Strutt and
the said Margaret his wife, Robert Spety, late of High Rothyng, Stephen
Wode, late of Roky swell, and Thomas Rolff, son of the said Margaret, now
deceased, to the sole use of Margaret and her heirs, by demise of John, son
of Simon Heigate, late of Kelveden, dated 20 November, 15 Henry VII.
21 September, 3 Henry VIII.
Endorsed: Note of livery of seisin of the premises, 14 October,
3 Hen. VIII. Fragments of three seals.
Essex. A. 836. Deed of sale by Reginald Heygate, of Ferynge, Essex, for
100 marcs, at the instance of Richard Southwell, to Thomas Awdeley,
knt., Keeper of the Great Seah, William Pawlett, knt., Controller of the
King's Household, Cristopher Hales, Attorney-General, Thomas Crumwell,
Master or Treasurer of the King's Jewels, and William Brabazon, to the
King's use, of all lands, &c., called ' More's,' ' Hayne's,' and ' Cornett's '
crofts in the manors of Keldon and Revenhale. 4. October, 24 Hen. VIII.
Endorsed: Enrolled on the dorse of the Close Roll of the above date.
Bucks. A. 837. Undertaking by Thomas de Luda that whereas lady Alina la
[Despjenser, Countess of Norfolk, has granted him a virgate of land and
two water mills in Wycuinbe, if he or his heirs are impleaded by the neir
of lady Amabilia de Segrave, deceased, or by John Perceval, of Somery, or
his heirs, for the said land and mills, they will not call lady Alina to
warranty ; and if they do so call her, she shall not be bound to make such
warranty, <fec. Witnesses : Sir Henry de Chykehull, knt., Reginald de
Beauchamp, William de Anvers, and others (named). Much damaged.
[Essex.] A. 838. Release by Gunild, late wife of Alan le Tailur, of Bures, to
Sir Philip Basset, of certain land in Lamersh which he had granted to Agnes
[her ?] daughter. Witnesses : Waskeyl, Stephen de Beauchamp,
John de Frith, Richard Turgis, and others (named). Much decayed.
[Essex.] A. 839. Grant by William de Reimes, knt., to Sir Philip Basset, of
his messuage in Boiton, in Finchingefeld parish, of lands adjoining the
said messuage and Ayswellemede, and of land in Stockilondthorn, &c.
Witnesses : Sir Nicholas Peche, Sir William de Yspania, Sir Richard de
Yspania, Richard de Ruilly and others (named). Seal somewhat defaced.
Much damaged.
[York.] A. 840. Grant and quitclaim by John de Parco, of Lepington, to
Scolatia, relict of Sir Geoffrey de Melsa, of all his land in Lepington.
Witnesses : William de Cha , lord of Skerkenbec, Thomas de
Barkethorp, John le Fraunceys, of Lepington, and others (named).
Damaged.
A. 841. Grant by Peter de Malolacu (Morley), the fourth lord of
, to William de Wyxebridge, and Alice his wife, of a messuage
and land in Ascote, at a yearly rent of 26s. 8d. 1 1 Edward II. Portion of
a document. Fragment of seal.
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[York.] A. 842. Release by Alice and Helewisia de Albrede, daughters of the
late Walter Catunet, of Lepyngton, to Sir John deMelsa, lord of Lepvngton,
of land in Lepyngton. Witnesses: Sirs Thomas de Chancy and William
de Aton, knts., and others (named). York, [Sunday] after St. Swithin,
21 Edward I. Much damaged.
[York.] A. 843. Release by William Breton, of Lepyngton, chaplain, to Sir
John de Meaux, lord of Bewyk in Holderness, knt., of all lands and
tenements in Lepyngton which Sir John had by feoffment of Henry lc
Sporier, son of Nicholas de St. Leonard, of York, and which descended to
William on the death of John Breton his father. Witnesses : Thomas
Chauncy, William de Beltliorp, and others (named). Lepyngton, Thursday,
the feast of St. Matthew, 1363, 37 Edward III. Damaged.
[Essex.] A. 844. Grant by William ... to Sir Philip Basset, of lands
called ' Ayswelle,' ' Tenakeresh[e]gge,' &c., in Boytun, in Finchingefeld
parish. Witnesses : Sir Gilbert de Sanford, Master Fulk de Sanford,
treasurer of St. Paul's, London, Sir Ralph de Ardern, Sir Geoffrey
Neirenut, and others (named). [A.D. 1245-1259.] Much damaged.
[Essex.] A. 845. Release by William Capell, knt., to Richard, bishop of
Winchester, William, bishop of London, Giles Dawbeney, lord of Dawbeny,
knt., Thomas Lovell, knt., Treasurer of the King's Household, Charles
Somersette, Edward Ponynges, Thomas Brandon, Robert Lovell, and
Richard Fylzlewes, knts., Simon Digby, Thomas Lovell, and John Thomson,
of the manors of Dagenhams and Kekerells, in Havering atte Bowre, and
of all lands in Havering lately belonging to William Husy, knt, Chief
Justice "ad placita coram Rege." 20 November, 19 Henry VII. Portion
of seal, defaced.
[York.] A. 846. Release by William, son of William de Capetoft, to Sir John
de Melsa, of land in Lepington. Witnesses : Roger Grymet, knt., and
others (named). Much decayed.
Bucks. A. 847. Grant by ... atte Aldre to Richard atte Aldre, his
brother, of a messuage and lands in Dorney, situate as ( described. Dorney,
16 February, . . . Ed. III. Much torn and damaged.
Cornw. A. 848. Release by Robert son of Hilgar, to Richard, aon of John de
Reskerner, of the land in Tregors he claimed against the said Richard in
co. Cornwall by the King's writ. Witnesses : John son of Richard, then
sheriff of Cornwall, Durand son of Richard, Richard Bloyou and others
(named). [11-17 John.] Injured.
[Bucks.] A. 849. Petition of John fitz Richard, of Olneye, tenant of Olneye
[Herts.] manor, to [Henry IV.]. Recites his title to the said manor, how he was
disturbed in the possession of the pastures thereto belonging by the King's
ministers, and his proceedings before the King's Council to recover pos-
session of the same. Prays restitution of the said pasture according to the
award of the King's Council. Much damaged and faded. French.
Annexed: King Henry IV. to the archbishops, bishops, barons, &c.
Instructs them to see that all men and merchants of Wallyng[ton] and
Berkhamsted keep his peace in England and Normandy, and informs them
he has confirmed and enlarged to the merchants the privileges they had
in the time of King Edward [III.]. Much damaged.
Glouc. A. 850. Grant by Isabella Gwyney to Thomas Clerk, both of Thorn-
bury, of land, and a house thereon adjoining a certain corner house towards
Chepyngstret. also belonging to her, in Thornbury aforesaid, which laud
Simon Seuthmede hor late husband had by grant of Agnes Dyer; paying
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therefore yearly to the chief lords of the fee rent of 6d. formerly paid
for the corner house, which in future is to be quit of it. In the time of
John Stanburne and John Janyns, bailiffs of the borough. Thornbury,
30 May, 11 Henry VI. Seal.
[Glouo.] A. 851. Grant by John Pengersyk to John Rolves and Robert Parker
of all the lands, tenements, &c., in Thornbury manor, that John de Morle-
wode, and Agnes his wife, had by demise of Elizabeth Daan, and by
feoff ment of Drugo Daan her son [see A. 877]. Thornbury, 9 October,
10 Henry IV. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 852. Grant by William Stoyt, and Agues his wife, to John Danyell,
of a moiety of a burgage in Thornbury, situate as described. Witnesses :
Simon Southmede, bailiff of the borough, and others (named). Thorn-
bury, 10 November, 5 Henry V. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 853. Grant by Thomas Clerk, of Thornbury, co. Gloucester, to
William Adams, of Moreton, the elder, and Agnes his wife, of u house
with curtilage in Thornbury, situate as described, which he had by grant
of Isabella Gwyney, paying 6</. yearly to the lord of the fee as above
arranged [see A. 85OJ. 20 September, 11 Henry YI. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 854. Grant by John Erneburgh, of Thornbury, and Thomas
. . . . , to John Ad .... of a messuage with curtilage in
Thornbury, which they had by feoffment of William Adam, situate as
described. Witnesses: John Baker, a bailiff of the borough, and others
(named). 30 May, 30 Henry VI. Very much decayed.
[Glouc.] A. 855. Grant by Walter Wrenche, of Oldebury, to Matilda Whyte,
and Walter and Alice her children, of 8s. yearly rent issuing from the
moiety of a burgage in Thornbury, together with the reversion of the
aforesaid moiety after the decease of John and Agnes Sherman, and
Joan their daughter, who hold the said moiety for term of their lives ;
with remainder to the said Matilda and Marjory her daughter, and with
reversion to Wrenche and his heirs. Thornbury, 10 June, 7 Henry IV.
Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 856. Release by Thomas Mathew, of Wotton, brother and heir of
Richard Spryngot, chaplain, to Robert Southmede of a half burgage in
Thornbury, which his brother Richard had by feoffment of William West-
broke. Thornbury, Wednesday after the translation of St. Thomas the
Martyr, 29 Edward III. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 857. Grant by Walter Grinnard, of Thornbury, and Matilda his
wife, to Thomas Diegh, of land, with the closes adjoining, in Thornbury.
Witnesses : John Chese, then steward there, and others (named). Thorn-
bury, Sunday the feast of the Apostles Philip and James, 7 Richard IF.
Two seals.
[Glouc.] A. 858. Grant by the lord of the manor, at a court held at Thornbury,
to John Pyccher, the elder, of Over Mourton, of a messuage, &c., in
Mourton, lately in the tenure of John Piccher, his father, and now of John
Pyccher, his son, and lands in the west field of Mourton, called ' Pykyd-
croft,' in Ewlonde, &c., for entry into which he paid a fine of 33s. 4rf.
Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, 20 Edward IV.
Glouc. A. 859. Grant by Thomas Excestre, of Bristol, and Agnes his wife, to
John Danyell, of Thornbury, of the tenement in Thornbury that Nicholas
Hert lately inhabited, the tenement in which William Webbe dwells, and
two tenements that David Dee and Joan Langlege inhabit, for 22 years from
to-day. Michaelmas, 7 Henry VI. Two seak.
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A. 860. Letters of attorney of Thomas Laurence, of Marsfelde,
authorising William Perys, of Thorn bury, to deliver to John Pengrisell
seisin of all lands, &c., they lately had by feoffment of the said John in
Thornbury and in Oldebury marshe within Thornbury lordship, according
to a grant thereof made to him by the said Thomas and William. Mars-
felde, 20 October, 6 Henry V. Seal.
A. 861. Grant by John Adys, of Oldbury, to John Foort and Thomas
Clerke, of Thornbury, of a tenement consisting of a half burgage and the
third part of a whole burgage in Thornbury, situate as described, which he
had by feoffment of John Stanburne. In the time of John Cockys and
William atte Were, bailiffs of the town. Thornbury, Thursday next before
the Epiphany, 16 Henry VI. Seal.
A. 862. Grant by John Selwyu, clerk, to John Foort, of all the lands>
&c., he lately had by feoffment of the said Foort in Thornbury hundred.
Thornbury, Monday next after the Assumption, 28 Henry VI. Seal.
A. 863. Grant by William Adams alias Buggegoode, of Moreton, to
Thomas Note, of Cowhull, and Richard Note, of Moreton, of all lands, &c.,
which lately belonged to Thomas Williams and Adam Buggegoode, in
Moreton or elsewhere within Thornbury manor. Moreton, Tuesday next
after the Epiphany, 33 Henry VI. Seal.
A. 864. Grant by Thomas William, of Morton, to Geoffrey Man, of
Morton, and Agnes his daughter, upon their marriage, of a messuage with
appurtenances in Morton, within the manor of Thornbury, with remainder
to the survivor of them. Morton, the feast of St. Thomas the Martyr,
within the week of Christmas, 4 Henry VI.
A. 865. Grant by Roger Tiler, of Hoope, co. Gloucester, to John Adams,
and Richard Noote, of the tenement with appurtenances in Hoope which he
lately acquired of John Danyell, the younger, of Thornbury. Hoope.
St. Thomas the Martyr's Day, 10 Edward IV. Seal, defaced.
A. 866. Admission of John Pynchune, at a court of Thornbury
manor held before Robert Poyntz, then steward, to two acres of the lord's
demesne that John Marchall held before, in 'le Inlonde' of Thornbury,
adjoining ' le churchegreue,' for which he gave 6s. 8d. as a fine for entrance.
27 February, 17 Henry VI., and 1 Humfrey, Earl of Stafford.
A. 867. Admission of William Buggegoode, otherwise called Adams,
at a court of Thornbury manor, in accordance with a presentment made at
a court held in the time of John Twynyho, steward, to 2^ acres of land in
Uiddlefurlong, held at will, at a yearly rent of 20d., vacant by the death of
Margaret Burnell. The lord excused him a fine on account of his faithful
service. 18 September, 1 Richard III.
A. 868. Will of John Fleshewer, of Thornbury. Gives 2*. to the
fabric of Thornbury church, 4d. to each chaplain celebrating there, and 3d.
to each parish clerk. Appoints Alice his wife, Robert att Nelme, and
Richard Smyth his executors, and directs them to sell the messuage called
' Patisplace,' in Thornbury, to pay his debts, &c., and leaves the rest of his
property to Alice his wife. The feast of Holy Cross, 1388. Portion of
seal.
Endorsed: Note of probate of this will being taken in Thornbury parish
church, before John Barell, clerk, Commissary and Sequestrator-General of
Henry bishop of Worcester, who granted the executors administration of
the same, 3 October, 1388.
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[Glouc.] A. 869. Grant by John Foort to William Saysell, Isabella his wife,
and Joan their daughter, of a messuage and appurtenances in Oldbury,
within Thornbury manor, at a yearly rent of 14s. and a capon. Oldbury,
20 June, 5 Henry VI. Seal, defaced.
[Glouc.] A. 870. Indenture of sale by William Whyte to Adam Usscher, and
Alice his wife, of his burgage in Thornbury, situate as described, for the
sum of 10 marcs, to be paid in five years at the rate of 26*. 8d. a year.
Thornbury, 20 September, 1 Henry IV. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 871. Letters of attorney of Thomas Bartelot, of Thornbury, em-
powering William Slymbrigge to put Thomas Fideler, of Bocovere, in
possession of a half hurgage in Thornbury, situate as described. Tuesday
in Whitsuntide, 12 Henry VI.
[Glouc.] A. 872. Release by John Fidelarre, of Bokeover, son and heir of the
late Thomas Fidelarre, to Isabel Adams, of Thornbury, co. Gloucester,
of the half burgage in Thornbury, he had by feoffment of his said father.
Bokeover, 21 October, 13 Edward IV.
[Glouc.] A. 873. Grant by Agnes Fidelarre, late wife of Thomas Fidelarre,
of Bokeover, to Isabel, late wife of John Adams, of Thornbury, of the
half burgage mentioned above [see A. 872], situate as herein described.
Bokeover, 20 October, 1 3 Edward IV. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 874. Grant by William Slymbrigge, of Thornbury, to Thomas
Fitheler, of Bocovere, and Agnes his wife, of the half burgage in Thorn-
bury, that Thomas Bartelot by his last will assigned to him, to be sold
to the highest bidder, situate as described. " In the time of John Danyell
and William Stoyt, then bailiffs of Thornbury." 10 February, 13 Henry VI.
Seal, broken.
[Glouc.] A. 875. Grant by John Adys, of Oklebury, the elder, to John Foort
and John Erneburgh, of all his lands, &c., in Thornbury. Wednesday
next after the Epiphany, 21 Henry VI., "and in the time of the above-said
John Erneburgh and Thomas Hulpe, bailiffs of the borough aforesaid."
[Glouc.] A. 876. Release by William Stoyt, of Thornbury, to John Mourton,
rector of Cromhale, of all lands, &c., he had by feoffment of the said John,
situate as described in Thornbury, opposite Patyesnelme. Thornbury,
1 July; 1 Henry V.
[Glouc.] A. 877. Release by Drugo Dan to John de Morlewode of all lands,
&c., the latter has by demise of Elizabeth Dan, his mother, in the manor
of Thornbury, which Elizabeth had as dower on the death of Gilbert Dan
his father, and which ought to revert to him at her death. Thornbury,
Friday, the morrow of the Epiphany, 30 [?] Edward III. Much damaged.
[Glouc.] A. 878. Release by John Yonge and Alice his wife, to John Stan-
borne, of a moiety and fourth part of a burgage in Thornbury, which the
said John had by feoffment of William Clived, who had it by feoffment of
Richard Kyng. Witnesses : Robert Perys, a bailiff of the town, and
others (named). Thornbury, 20 . . . , 1 Henry V. Much damaged.
Seal.
[Gloue.] A. 879. Will of Alice Fort, [of Thornbury]. Gives to Thornbury
Church 6 lead vases called ' stondes,' to the vicar 1 ' trental,' to the four
houses of friars of Bristol 4 ' trentals,' &c. ; to Thomas Fort her husband,
all her burgages, with remainder to John and Thomas her sons, then to
John, son and heir of Simon Pengresek, then to be divided one part to the
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chantry of the fraternity of the Assumption of the Blessed Mary, and the
other to the uses of [Thornbury] church, &c. 2 August, 1382.
Endorsed: Mem. of probate of the will, 1 Sept., 1382. Portion of seal.
[Glouc.] A. 880. Bond of Walter William, of Mortone, in Thornbury parish,
to Adam Beggegood, of the same, in 201., to be paid if the latter do not
peaceably possess certain lands in the field of Mortone. Tuesday next
after St. David the Bishop, 20 Richard II. Seal, defaced.
Glouc. A. 881. Release by Henry Parmyter, of Thornbury, to Isabella
Gwyney, of the same, of a house with curtilage in Thornbury, situate as
described. 25 May, 11 Henry VI. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 882. Release by William Pyers, of Thornbury, to John Fort, of
the same, of all lands, &c., within the lordship and hundred of Thornbury
which he had by grant of John Pengryssel. Tuesday next before
Michaelmas, 24 Henry VI. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 883. Grant by William, son of Robert le Mareschal, citizen of
London, to Simon de Merlawe and Alice his wife of a messuage with
curtilage in Thornebury, situate as described. Thornebury, Thursday,
the Exaltation of Holy Cross, 14 Edward III. Seal.
Glouc. A. 884. Bond of William Steyt, of Thornbury, to John Morton,
clerk, in 201. 21 November, 8 Henry VI. Fragment of seal.
[Glouc.] A. 885. Grant by John Foort and Joan Andreux to John
Laderugge and Alice his wife, for term of their lives, of a shop (opella), with
houses and rooms annexed, in Thornbury, which they had by grant from
the said John and Alice. Wednesday next after the Nativity of the
Virgin Mary, 28 Henry VI.
Glouc. A. 886. Acquittance by Walter Myldemay, keeper of the park of
Morlewoclo, for 30s. 4d. received from William Stanley, knight " for the
King's body," by the hands of William Adams, receiver of Stanley's
lordship of Thornbury, for his fee as keeper of the park. 12 June,
1 Richard III. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 887. Grant by William Whyte, of Thornbury, to Adam Usscher,
and Alice his wife, of a messuage, with curtilage and croft adjoining, in
Thornbury, situate as described. 2 September, 1 Henry IV. Much
damaged.
Glouc. A. 888. Demise by Thomes Excestre, of Bristol, and Agnes his wife,
daughter and heir of Walter Nelme alias Brytte, to John Danyell, of
Thornbury, co. Gloucester, of a croft called ' Gylmynescroft,' in Oldevelde
stret, and land in Inland by Thornbury, for 40 years from the feast of the
Annunciation next. Thornbury, Thursday, the feast of St. Gregory the
Pope, 11 Henry VI.
[Glouc.] A. 889. Grant by William Clyvedon. of Thornbury, to John Stanburn
of the moiety and fourth part of a burgage which he had by feoffrnent of
Richard Kyng [see A. 904] in Thornbury. Witnesses : Robert Pieres
and William Tanner, bailiffs of the town, and others (named). Thornbury,
31 October, 1 Henry V. Seal.
[Gloue.] A. 890. Indenture of demise by John Hylpe and William Wayte,
proctors of the fraternity of the Assumption of Blessed Mary of Thorn-
bury, with consent of the brethren and sisters of the fraternity, to John
Kynwortlu and Christiana his wife, for their lives, of a burgage in the High
Street, Thornbury. 20 November, 18 Edward IV. One seal remaining.
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[Glouc.] A. 891. Will of Nicholas Parker. Bequests to priests and clerk ; to
Thomas Framan a coat of green ; to the lights before the Holy Cross in
St. Mary's, Thornbury, 3d. ; to the lights of St. Mary called ' Candilstyke
lyght,' 3d. ; to Isabella his wife he bequeaths his tenement in Thornbury,
which, after her death, is to be sold by Nicholas Poyntz and William Peers,
his executors, and the money devoted to pious uses. Also bequeaths to
his wife the half burgage called ' Pateesplase,' in Thornbury, and after her
decease to Joan his daughter. 1 December, 1444. Paper.
Underwritten : Note of. the proving of this will in Tedrinton parish
church, 7 December, 1444.
[Glouc.] A. 892. Transcripts of the following royal grants :
[Somers.] (1.) Grant [by King John to Robert], son of Maurice de Berkeley, [of
the manor of Berkeley and Berkeley Harness, which King Henry II. gave
to Robert son of Harding, in such wise as it was in the time of King
Henry I., and of the manor of Bedminstre.] Witnesses : Geoffrey son of
Peter, Earl of Essex, and others (named). By the hand of H[ubert]
archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor. Westminster, 18 April, 1 John.
[Fragment. See Charter Roll, 1 John, pt. 2, m. 8, from which the sentences
in brackets have been supplied.]
(2.) Grant by Hen. III. to Joan de Berkeley, for life, and Maurice
de Berkeley her son, of free warren in their manors of Wotton and
Kamme, a weekly market at Wotton on Fridays, and a yearly fair of three
days. Woodstock, 2 August, 36 Henry III. [See Charter Roll, 36
Henry III., m. 6.]
(3.) Grant by Edw. I. to Maurice de Berkeley, of free warren in
Berkeley Herness and in Portbury. Westminster, 12 November, 8 Edw. I.
[See Charter Roll, 8 Edward I., m. 11.]
Glouc. A. 893. Grant by William Adam, alias Buggegood, of Moreton, to
John Erneburgh, of Thornbury, and Thomas Note, of Cowhull, of the
messuage with curtilage which he had by feoffment of Thomas Clerk in
Saint Mariestret, Thornbury. Witnesses : William Piers and Richard Stoke,
bailiffs of Thornbury, and others (named). 10 May, 33 Henry VI. Portion
of seal.
Glouc. A. 894. Grant by Thomas Excestre, of Bristol, and Agnes his wife,
daughter and heir of Walter Nelme, late of Thornbury, to John Danyell,
of Thornbury, of four messuages, two closes, and 2^ acres of land, which
Agnes inherited on the death of her father, situated as described within and
without Thornbury. " In the time of William Slymbrugge and Thomas
Hulpe, bailiffs of the town." 26 August, 31 Henry VI. Two seals.
Glouc. A. 895. Release by William Berkeley, of Beverstone, " Esquire of
the King's body," to Cecilia, late wife of John Forte, of Thornebury,
of all lands, &c., that Maurice Berkeley, of Beverstone, knt., his grand-
father, had jointly with John Selwyn, clerk, by feoffment of the said John
Forte, within Thornbury lordship. " Within my manor of Battesthorne, iu
co. Southampton," 14 December, 21 Edward IV. Seal defaced.
[Glouc.] A. 896. Indenture witnessing that William Whyte has sold his
burgage in Thornbury, situate as described, to Adam TJsscher and Alice his
wife, for 10 marcs, to be paid in equal instalments of 26*. 8d. in the course
of the next five years. Thornbury, 22 September, 1 Henry VI. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 897. Grant by Adam Buggegoed, of Mourton, to William his son,
of the six acres he lately acquired of John Mareys, son and heir of Waller
Mareys, formerly of Hulle, situate as described in the fields of Mourton,
within Thornbury manor. Mourton, 1 April, 2 Henry V. Seal..
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[Glouc.] A.. 898. Indenture witnessing the conditions of the feoft'ment made
to John Fort, John Catour, John Vale, and John Capelnor, by John
Rolvys. If Joan his wife satisfy his creditors, and pay the legacies made
by him, and remain a widow for life, she shall have all utensils, lands, and
rents of the said John in Thornbury hundred. Morice de Mereks and
Joan his wife shall have the reversion of the new tenement in Thornbury,
&c., on payment of 20 marcs to the use of John Rolvys, &c., &c.
[Glouc.] A. 899. Will of Agnes Dyere, of Thornbury. Bequeaths her best
brass pot to the fabric of Thornbury church ; 20d. to Alneston chapel ;
12d. to John, perpetual vicar of Thornbury ; a burgage towards the upper
end of the High Street in Thornbury, to John Foort and Agatha his wife ;
a portion of a curtilage, situate as described, to Symon Southmede and
Agnes his wife, &c. 10 June, 1404.
[Glouc.] A. 900. Will of William Clevedon, of Thornbury. Bequeaths 3s. 4d.
to Thomas, perpetual vicar of Thornbury ; to the fabric of the church,
four bushels of wheat and four of beans ; to Alice his wife, two lead
furnaces and all his vessels called " bruyng fessels," one best brass pot
and three silver spoons which were Symon Hagge's, and another pot with
iron feet ; to William Janyns, four bushels of wheat and four of beans, and
to John his son, one cup bound with silver, a flute, with a belt (baudrey),
and a small dagger (basilardo), &c., &c. Appoints as his executors John
Morton, rector of Cromehale, and Alice his wife. 9 November, 1423.
Endorsed: Proved, 10 Dec., 1423.
[Glouc.] A. 901. Grant by John Stanburne, of Thornbury, to John Adys,
of Oldebury in the Marsh, the elder, and Margaret his wife, of the moiety
and fourth part of a burgage in Thornbury, which he had by feoffment of
William Clyvedon. Witnesses : John Erneburgh and William Taillour,
bailiffs of the town, and others (named). Saturday before the Ascension,
10 Henry VI. Seal.
Glouc. A. 902. Release by Joan, late wife of John Danyell, late of Thorn-
bury, co. Gloucester, and John Danyell, of London, their son and heir, to
John Adam, alias Buggegood, and Isabel his wife, of Thornbury, of a
messuage called ' Colyns,' and lands adjoining in Thornbury, which they
had by f eoffment of Thomas Bartelot, alias Forster, son and heir of Nicholas
Forster. Thornbury, 4 March, 38 Henry VI. Two seals.
[Glouc.] A. 903. Grant by John Pengirsek to Richard Monke, Matilda his
wife, and John their son, of a third part of a croft called ' Margerycroft,'
adjoining the Chyrcheweye, in Oldbury, within the manor of Thornbury, at
a yearly rent of 4*. Thornbury, 20 October, 13 Henry IV. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 904. Grant by Richard Kyng to William Clevedon, of two
tenements in Thornbury, with curtilages adjoining, situate as described.
Thornbury, 20 June, 9 Henry IV. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 905. Duplicate of A. 855. Seal. Damaged.
[Glouc.] A. 906. Grant by Robert Nelme and Alice Fleshewar, of Thornbury,
executors of John Fleshewar, to Sir John Brompton, clerk, of the half
burgage in Thornbury, which they had by feoffment of the aforesaid
John Fleshewar to dispose of as is contained in his will [see A. 868].
Witnesses : William Sely and Walter Broun, bailiifs of the town, and others
(named). Monday next after Michaelmas, 13 Richard II. Two seals.
Glouc. A. 907. Acknowledgment by Richard Knight (Miles), of Tewkes-
bury, merchant, that he owes William Adams, the elder, of Moreton in
Thornbury hundred, husbandman, 100s. for a loan, to be paid at Easter
next. The Conception, 13 Hem-y VI. Seal.
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[Glouo.] A.. 908. Grant by David Smalleombe and Joan his wife, to
William Champeneys, of Aylberton, Joan's kinsman, of the reversion
when it falls in of a half burgage called ' Pattesplase,' in Thornbury, which
Isabella, late wife of Nicholas Parker, holds for her life, with remainder to
the said Joan, his daughter, by the terms of his will [see A. 891].
30 September, 36 Henry VI. Two seals.
[Glouc.] A. 909. Grant by Walter, son of Matilda Whyte, to the said Matilda,
for her life, of the parcel of a burgage with curtilage and croft adjoining iii
Thornbury, which he acquired of Nicholas Pennok. Witnesses : Thomas
Bartelot, William Rogers, bailiffs, and others (named). Thornbury, 10 June,
5 Henry IV. Seal.
[Glouc.] A.. 910. Grant by Henry III. to his eldest son Edward of the manor
and castle of St. BriavelFs, with the forest and other appurtenances.
Westminster, 8 February, 50 Henry III. Fragment of Great Seal.
Glouc. A. 911. Grant by Edward II. to Hugh le Despenser of free warren in
Wynston. Witnesses: W. bishop of Worcester, Chancellor, J. bishop of
Chichester, Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, Thomas Earl
of Lancaster, and others (named). London, 26 August, 5 Edw. II. [See
Charter Roll, 5 Edward II., no. 40.] Portion of Great Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 912. Grant by William, son of Richer de Thimelthorp, with consent
of Beatrice his wife, to Sir Philip Basset, of land called ' Coccelhale croft/
situate as described, and the land he held of Weevilda, of the fee of
Matilda de Wascuil, in Charffeld. Witnesses : Robert de Roingges,
William le Bastard, Nicholas de Hastingges, and others (named). Two
seals.
[Glouc.] A. 913. Release by Robert le Croise, of Eddeworthe [Edgeworth ?]
son of William de Eddewortli, to Philip Basset, of land in the close of
Oxecroft. Witnesses: Sir Thomas le Blund, Master Henry de Hyntun,
Philip Rikespaud, and others (named). Seal, slightly damaged.
[Glouc.] A. 914. Demise by Henry, son of William le Fox, to Sir Philip
Basset, of land in the fields of Chareffeld, called ' Middelvente,' for eight
years from Michaelmas, 37 Henry III. Witnesses : William, Henry and
Roger Crisping and others (named). 37 Henry III. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 915. Assignment by Stephen, vicar of Charsfeld, to Sir Philip
Basset of land in Cbarsfeld, in exchange for the dower made by Sir Philip
on his behalf to Olive, late wife of Robert de Windervile; the said laud to
revert to the said Stephen when that granted by Sir Philip to Olive reverts
to him at her death. Witnesses : Sir Ralph de Ai'den, Gilbert de Halsted,
Nicholas da Misteleg', and others (named).
[Glouc.] A. 916. Grant by Beatrix, late wife of William Fox, to Sir Philip Basset,
of pasture at Charsfeld, for seven years from Michaelmas, 36 Henry III.
Witnesses : William Bastard, William de Cloptune, William, Alexander and
Roger Crisping, and others (named). 36 Henry III. Seal with leaend
" S' BeatrinsfiV Henrici Cock."
[Glouc.] A. 917. Grant by Beatrix, late wife of William Fox, of TymeJtorp, to
Sir Philip Basset, of the land and tenement, meadow and pasture that the
said William formerly sold him. Witnesses: William Bastard, William
de Brendehalle, of Cloptone, and others (named). Seal as above
A. 916.
[Glouc.] A. 918. Grant by Beatrix le Pox to Sir Philip Basset, for 40s., of
five acres of land in Chasfeud, adjoining the Earl of Aubemarle's land,
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in the field culled ' Munkeswde.' Witnesses : Sir William de Honhuz,
William de Thisteldene, William de le Brendehall, William, Roger, and
Alexander Crisping, and others (named). Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 919. Release by John de Pinchinni, son of Hubert Gernegan, to
Sir Philip Basset, of the land he had by feoffment of Robert de Windervill
in Charsfeud. Witnesses : Sirs Ralph de Ardene, Hugh de Ardene,
William de Insula, William de Holebroc, Master William de Bruinford,
and others (named). Portion of Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 920. Grant by William, son of Robert son of Walter, to Emma,
wife of Richard de Winervull, of all the land her husband held of him and
gave her as dower. Witnesses: Adam, Pain, and John, clerks, Hervey
son of Peter, Robert son of Peter, Ralph de Nueris, and others (named).
Endorsed: "Charsfeud." Seal damaged.
Glouc. A. 921. Grant by John son of Reginald, knight, to Sir Hugh le
Despenser, of the manor of Bardeslegh, with park, &c. Witnesses :
Sirs Henry Tyes, Richard Amary, and John Hastang, knts., Sirs Robert
de Harwedon, Philip de Say, and Adam de Shortecumbe, clerks, and others
(named). Seals.
[Glouc.] A. 922. Grant by Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford,
to Sir John Giffard, of Begc3worthe manor, with a knight's fee that John
de Mucegros, Henry de Boruhulle, and Ralph de Wyletone hold in Dun-
hatherleie, and the fifth part of a fee that John Cropet holds in Sourdinton.
Witnesses : Sirs Almaric de St. Amsnd, Thomas son of Otho, Thomas
de Berkeley, William de Monte Kaniso, of Edwardeston, Walter de Hyda,
Philip de Colevile, William de Derueford, of Derhurste, knts., and others
(named) . Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 923. Grant by Henry, son of William Fox, of Thimbelthort, to
Sir Philip Basset, of land in Charsfeld called ' Crowespet,' situate as
described. Witnesses ; Sirs William Dyne, Roger de Sanford, Ranulf de
Amundevil, Ernulf de Ketelberg, and others (named). Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 924. Grant by Henry, son of William le Fox, of Letheringeham,
to Sir Philip Basset, for 8*., of the homage and rent of 8d. yearly paid
him by Stephen, vicar of Chasfeud, for land held of him in Chasfeud.
Witnesses : William le Bastard, William, Alexander, and Roger Crisping,
and others (named). Seal as above, A. 923.
[Glouc.] A. 925. Indenture witnessing the grant by John Mountague, Earl of
Salisbury and lord of Mountehermer, to William Grevel, of Campeclen, of
Chedworth manor, and lands, &c., in Gothurst, for 12 years from Michaelmas
last, at a yearly rent of 1 71., with the right to cut timber for repairing the
manor in Gothurst Grove, Conyng, and Stayresty ; the Earl supporting him
against Walter Power, &c. 20 March, 21 Richard II. Seal.
Glouc. A. 926. Letters Patent of Edward II. containing grant to Hugh le
Despenser, the elder, in part payment of what he owes him, of the custody
of the manor of Cheddeworth, which was Guy's, late Earl of Warwick, who
held it in capite, and which is in the King's hands from the minority of
the heir; it being worth 1QI. 10*. \^d. yearly, and being granted till the
heir is of age, saving the property of the executors of the Earl's will therein.
Westminster, 10 June, 10 Edward II. Great Seal, imperfect.
[Glouc.] A. 927. Grant by Malcolm Musard to Sir Hugh le Despenser of his
manor of 'La Musadere' [alias Grenehamstede] with the site of the castle,
the park, and advowson of the church of the said manor, which he had by
gift of his father, Nicholas Musard, and of which his mother, Christina
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Musard, holds a third part as dower; which third part he grants in
reversion. Witnesses : John Peyner, John Hastang, Peter Malore,
John de Holte, Eobert de Estanegrene, knts. London, the Vigil of
St. James the Apostle, 25 Edward I.
GIouc. A. 928. Release by Malcolm Musard, son of Nicholas Musard, to
Sir Hugh le Despenser, of the manor of Grenehamstede, " which manor by
some is called ' La Musardere,' " with advowson of the church and other
appurtenances. Witnesses : Sirs Nicholas de Bosco and Walter Haket,
knts., and others (named). London, Friday, the feast of St. Dunstan,
29 Edward I. Seal.
Glouc. A. 929. Letters of attorney of John Giffard, of Brymesfeld, empowering
William de Brotton, clerk, to deliver to Sir Hugh le Despenser, seisin of
the land, &c., granted in A. 931. Seal.
Glouc. A. 930. Letters of attorney of Nicholas, sou of Hugh de Grossmont,
empowering John de Cestre to deliver seisin of the manor of ' La Lee,' to
Sir John Inge, knt., which Nicholas has for his life by feoffment of
Sir John ap Adam. Gloucester, 2 January, 19 Edward II. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 931. Grant by John Giffard, lord of Brymmesfeld, to Sir Hugh lo
Despenser, of land and wood called ' Kalvelegh,' in Brymmesfeld parish,
situate as described. Witnesses : Sirs Henry de Penbrugge, Richard de
Croupes, John de la Rtvere, William Mansel, William de Walton, Nicholas
de Kyngeston, John Tany, knts., and others (named). Brymmesfeld,
Thursday the feast of St. Edmund, King and Martyr, 3 Edward II.
Portion of seal.
[Glouo.] A. 932. Grant by John le Longe, of Coulestone, to Sir Hugh le
Despenser, for 10/., of a messuage and land in the " villata " of LaMusardere,'
at Suthgrave. Witnesses : Sirs Thomas le Botyler and William Mauncel,
knts., and others (named). 29 September, 1 Edw. II. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 933. Grant by Osbert Gyffard, knt , to Sir Hugh le Dispenser, of
his waterinill called ' Bobbenhullesmulle,' in Dadington, and the advowson
of the church there, &c. Witnesses: Sirs Richard Damary, Thomas de
Jardyn, Walter de Wythille, knts., and others (named). Seal of arms,
defaced.
[Glouc.] A. 934. Release by Nicholas Musard, lord of Seinbury and Stanelei,
to Sir Hugh le Despenser, of the whole manor of Musardere, with site of
the castle, advowson of the church, &c., in Bisleye hundred, viz., whatever
is contained in a certain charter made in his name to his son Malculm, by
grant from whom Sir Hugh has the premisses. Witnesses : Sirs John
Giffard, Ralph de Freskenvile, Thomas de Gardinis, and John de Holte,
knts., and others (named). Alcestre, Sunday next after the Ascension,
26 Edward I. Seal.
Glouc. A. 935. Indenture of demise by John Grevill, of Milcotes, co. Warwick,
to Richard Emson, of Sesoncote manor, saving to the said John knights
fees, advowsons of benefices, chapels, and chantries, the manor place and
some housing thereof, for 20 years from the Annunciation next, at a yearly
rent of 51 /. ; provided that if lady Grey, late wife of Sir Thomas Cokesey,
recover any part of the manor as dower, so much shall be allowed the said
Richard yearly. 26 November, 14 Henry VII. Seal damaged.
[Glouc.] A. 936. Demise by Philip and Robert, sons of William de Witschelde,
to Jordan the Clerk, son of Hutlage de Wrmedale, of an annual rent of
12d. issuing from three messuages in Newcnt, situate and occupied as
described. Witnesses : William de la Haya, Wibert le Palmer, and others
( named) .
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[GIouc.] A. 937. Grant by Edward II. to Hugh le Despenser, the younger, of
Rokhampton manor, escheated to the Crown through the rebellion of John
Giffard, of Brymuiesfeld. Witnesses : W. archbishop of Canterbury,
primate of all England, and others (named). Westminster, 10 March,
17 Edward II. [See Charter Roll, 17 Edward II., No. 22.] Portion of
Great Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 938. Grant by Hugh le Degpenser, lord of Glamorgan and
Morganno, to William, son of Paulyn do Kerdyf, of Rokhampton manor
with appurtenances, except the advowson of the church, to be held by
service of one knight's fee and doing suit at his court of " Teukesbirs," in
exchange for Waleton manor. Witnesses : Sir Robert dc Mohant,
Robert de Watevill, John de Bek, Richard Talbot, Robert Sapy, John
Sapy, and Edmond Gascelyn, knts., and others (named). Bury St. Edmunds,
27 December, 19 Edward II. French.
Glouc. A. 939. Receipt by John Grevile for 231. received of Richard Emsoii
for rent reserved of Sesoncote manor, due at Michaelmas last according to
the lease thereof granted the said Richard [see A. 935], 23 October,
16 Henry VII. Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 940. Grant by John Fort John Catour, and Sirs John Vale and
John Capelon, chaplains, to Margaret Walweyn, widow, daughter and
heir of John Rolvys, of Hope, of their manor of Phelpattys, &c., in
Thornbury hundred, which they had by feoffment of the said John Rolvys,
with remainder to the right heirs of the said John. Phelpattys manor,
Tuesday the feast of SS. Nereus, Achilleus, and Pancratius, 22 Henry VI.
Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 941. Grant by John Foort, of Thornbury, to Thomas Payn, of
Oldbury, Joan his wife and John their son, for their lives, of his share
of a croft called ' Margeriecroft,' and the meadow John Erneburgh lately
held of him in ' le Hamme ' and Sparpull in Oldbury, paying 4s. 8d. yearly
and keeping the croft paling in good repair. Oldbury, 24 September,
5 Henry VI.
[Glouc.] A. 942. (1.) Grant by Robert son of Heymo to St. Mary's of
Tewkesbury, of as much liberty in any land they hold of his fee as he
himself has from his lord, viz., sac and soc, tol and teym, &c. Witnesses :
Geoffrey de Meyseo, Ascio the Constable, Robert the- Chaplain.
Transcript.
(2.) Confirmation by William, Earl of Gloucester, to the Church of
St. Mary, of Tewkesbury, of all churches, lands, tithes, &c., granted them
by Robert son of Hamo, his grandfather, and Robert 'Consul' his father.
Witnesses : Reginald de Chaiun', Fulk son of Warin, Roeland de Valoniis,
Roger de Guvyz, Pykard the Clerk, Peter de Saltemar, Agellyn de Purbyk,
Ernald Brytho. Warham, 1140, ii. Id. Januar. Transcript.
(3.) Confirmation by King William to St. Mary's monastery, Tewkesbury,
of the grant to them by Robert son of Hamo, of the fishing of the town
with free stream, mills, a meadow for tithes, a meadow for pasture which
is by the fishery, the meadows of Edmundeshulla and Seldena, the land of
Roger " vinitor," and the churches of Walys, a " beyd " with a fishery where
an island divides the " beyd," &c. Witnesses : William the Chancellor,
Robert son of Heymo, Roger son of Gerold, Water Gyffard. Transcript.
[See Charter Roll, 28 Edward I., No. 28 ; Deputy Keeper's 29th Report.
App. p. 37].
(4.) Confirmation by Henry I. to the abbot and monks of St. Mary, of
Tewkesbury, of all their possessions in churches, tithes, lands, &c., aa
freely as when they were the demesne of Robert son of Heymo, the founder
ANCIENT DEEDS. Ill
of the church, and as -when in the demesne of King William and Queen
Matilda, his father and mother, quit of shires and hundreds, gelds and
danegelds, &c. Witnesses : Roger, bishop of Salisbury, Robert, bishop
of Lincoln, Robert, Earl of Mellent, Robert, Earl of Gloucester, Bryen, son
of the Earl, Hamo Dapifer, Walter of Gloucester. Winchester [A.D. 1119-
1123]. Transcript. [See Charter Roll, 28 Edward I., No. 16; Deputy
Keeper's 30th Report, App. p. 203.]
Glouc. A. 943. Grant by Henry de Penbrugge, knt., for 100/., to Sir Hugh
le Despenser, of a wood and land in Wynestan, contiguous to Sir Hugh's
wood and castle of ' la Musardere ' ; the bounds of such wood and land being
very accurately specified. Witnesses : Sirs Walter de Paveli, Ingeram
Berenger, John de Actone, John de Langeleie, knts., Master William de
Apperle, and others (named). Wynestan, Wednesday the feast of the
Apostles Philip and James, 31 Edward I. Seal of arms.
[Glouc.] A. 944. Agreement whereby Roger de Toketon and Lucy his wife
release to Stephen, son of Robert de Crofte, all lands and tenements they
had in the hundred of . . . ., as the said Lucy's dower after the
death of William de Toketon her late husband, in exchange for a grant
of 18 acres of Stephen's land. Witnesses: John Savage, John Elys,
John and Walter, sons of John de Tenent, Ralph de West Renharn, and
Peter his son, and others (named). Damaged.
[Glouc.] A. 945. Release by Henry, son of William le Fox, of Thimeltorp,
for 20*., to Sir Philip Basset, of a meadow his father held in Wycham
parish, called ' Redmedwe.' Witnesses : Sir William de Anhor, William
del Brendehaulle, of Clopetune, William and Henry Crisping, of Chasfeud,
and others (named). Seal.
[Glouc.] A. 946. Grant by Geoffrey de Pulhani, lord of Wyneston, to Sir
Hugh le Despenser, of Wynestone manor, with the advowson of the church,
&c. Witnesses : Sirs Peter de Breouse and Ingeram Berenger, knts., John
de Ratyndene, Thomas le Butiller, and others (named) . Seal.
Glouc. A. 947. Grant by Malculm Musard to Sir Hugh le Despenser, the
elder, of all his rent, as well of freemen as villain?, &c., which he had by
grant of Alexander de Apetot, in Tettebury, Upton, Aughton, and
Cherleton. Witnesses : Sirs John de Langelee, Milo de Reddebergh,
knts., Thomas de Peddewith, and others (named). Seal.
[Glonc.] A. 948. Release by Henry Bovet, of Wyneston, to Sir Hugh le
Despenser, of that part of his land between the boundaries settled between
Sir Hugh and Sir Henry de Penebrugge [see A. 943] on Tuesday the
Vigil of the Apostles Philip and James, 31 Edward I., together with the
common of pasture he has in the wood and tenement with which the
said Hugh was enfeoffed by the said Henry. Witnesses : Sir William
Mauncel, knt., Richard le Eyr, of Byseleye, and others (named).
31 Edward I. [ United to A. 949-955 by a strip of parchment endorsed :
" Quitclaims of the men of Wyneston of lands and pastures included within
the park of La Musardere."
[Glouc.] A. 949-955. Similar releases by John de Conlegh, William atte
Hulle, of Weneston, John le Noble, John de la Hyde, John le Clerk, of
Syde, Henry le Coock, of Weneston, and Simon son of Gilbert, respec-
tively. All witnessed as above (A. 948). 31 Edward I. Seals to A. 949,
953, and 955.
[Herts.] A. 956. Release by Geoffrey de Scalariis, knt., to Richard the prior
and the convent of Holy Trinity, Alegate, London, of the annual rent
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of 10*. they were wont to pay him for certain land they held of him in
Widihale. Witnesses : Sirs John de Scalariis, John de Gatelbiry, John
de Novavilla, knts., and others (named). Seal nf arms, broken.
[Herts.] A. 957. Grant by the same to the same of 32 acres of land in
Widihale, situate as described. Witnesses as in A. 956. Seal of arms,
broken.
[Herts.] A. 958. Grant by Geoffrey de Scalariis, son of Hugh de Scalariis, to
Holy Trinity, London, of 30 acres of land in Wydyhale, situate as described,
at a yearly rent of 10s. [see A. 956.] Witnesses : Ralph de Bradefeld,
Richard Muschet, William Flatnbard, William de Mora, Nicholas Tailard,
and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 959. Acquittance by David Zoche and Dame Margaret Bryan his
wife, for a pipe of wine received from John Husee, knt., chief butler of
England, by the hands of Roger Dele, his deputy in the port of London,
towards the tun of wine granted her yearly at Michaelmas by the King.
18 December, 17 Henry VIII. Two seals.
[Herts.] A. 960. Grant by John, son of John de Tyteburst, for 10 marcs
paid him, to Adam de Stratton, clerk, of his land in the field called
'Echenefeld' in Tyteburst, in Aldenham parish. Witnesses : Ranulph de
Mimmes, John Talyeboys, and others (named). Seal.
[Herts.] A. 961. Grant by Thomas son of Adam de Wrobele, to Saer son of
Henry, for 91., of land in Senle, paying therefor yearly i Ib. of cummin
and 2s. Witnesses : Helias de Sunning', William de Ladon, then sheriff
of Middlesex, Peter son of Alan, John his brother, " William the clerk,
son of John de Grenewiz, who composed this grant," and others (named).
Before Christmas, 18 Henry III. Seal.
[Herts.] A. 962. Grant by Robert White (Albus) of Northwydihull, to William,
eon of Ayluard de Wyhihull, of half a half virgate of land in West Wydihull,
with half the croft and messuage that William Carter formerly held, at a
yearly rent of 2s. Witnesses : William Malenard, of Wydihull, and others
(named). Seal.
[Herts.] A. 963. Acquittance by Richard de Thewinge, clerk, for a yearly
farm of 6 marcs received from the prior and convent of Holy Trinity,
London, for land they hold of him in Thewinge and Hertfordingebury, so
that they are quit of such yearly payment till the feast of St. Andrew the
Apostle, 1273. London, Sunday next after the translation of St. Edward,
1273. Seal.
[Herts.] A. 964. Grant by William Wayte, son and heir of the late Thomas
Wayte called Swon, of St. Alban's, to John Radeslo, of the same, shoemaker,
of all his lands, &c., in St. Alban's, in the parishes of Rykemeresworth and
Northhawe. Witnesses : William Nonny, then bailiff of St. Alban's, and
others (named). Friday before Holy Trinity, 41 Edward III. Seal.
[Herts.] A. 965. Grant by John, son of Alan de Tythebyrste, to Hugh son of
Alan, of lands in Tythebyrste called ' La Wouderidinge ' and ' Jordan's
field,' situnte as described, paying therefor 2s. yearly. Witnesses : Guy
Taylbois, John Durant, and others (named). Damaged.
[Hrts.] A. 966. Release by Juliana, late wife of Robert Grymbald, of Ware,
to John, son of William Attewatere, of a moiety of a messuage in Ware,
situate as described. Ware, Sunday next after the Conception, 27 Edward III.
Seal.
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A. 967. Grant by William, son of William de London, clerk, to Sayer
son of Henry, of lands, &c., in Wal[tham.] Witnesses : Sir John de
Lamfare, Ralph de Moriwal, and others (named). Seal. Fragment.
A. 968. Grant by Milo de Westmelle and Alice his wife, formerly
wife of Hugh de Manny[ng], to John de Man[nyng] of land in Thun-
mannemade, situate as described. Witnesses : Sir John le Moyne, Sir
Robert de la Rokele, and others (named). Seal. Very much damaged.
A . 969. Certificate of John le Despenser and Alice his wife, to their
tenants of Wydihull, that they have appointed John de la Morewelese, their
attorney, to put Sir Adam de Stratton in possession of rents of 7s. 6d.,
% Ib. cummin, and J Ib. of pepper, which the tenants pay for the lands, &c.,
they hold, and which they have demised to the said Adam in perpetuity.
London, Sunday after St. Gregory the Pope, 4 Edward I. Seal.
A. 970. Grant by William Sandresshe, of Erdele, co. Hertford, to
John Clerk, John Scot, of the same, William Hooge, of Wattone atte Ston,
and William Marchal, of Ware, of a tenement in Ware, formerly John
Parker's, situate as described. Ware, Thursday before St. John ante
Portam Latinain, 4 Henry IV.
A. 971. Grant by John Scrippe, son of the late Symon Scrippe, of
Sabritew[o]rthe, to John Horn, citizen of London, and Anice his wife, of a
quit rent of \d. he receives of Richard le Ger for land in ' la Hyde ' in
Sabritew[o]rthe parish. Witnesses : John le Blund, Geoffrey de Matham,
Henry de Savecompe, and others (named) . Portion of seal. Damaged.
A. 972. Release by Cecilia, late wife of John Mauveis, of Hertford,
to Richard de Tewinge, clerk, of the dower land, &c., she has of the
tenement of Ealdbury, formerly her husband's, in Hertfordingebury.
Witnesses: John son of Norman, Alexander Clobbe, Alexander, provost
of Hertford, and others (named). Market Place of Hertford, St. Scolastica
the Virgin's Day, 1251. Seal.
A. 973. Surrender by Alice, late wife of Henry de Erdelee, to John
Dodebroke, of Borham, of a messuage and 26 acres of land in Borham,
for ejection from the wardship of which she had been impleaded by Dode-
broke, before Geoffrey de Scrope and his companions, the wardship belong-
ing to him by reason of the minority cf John, son and heir of Henry
de Erdelee, the premises being held by knight's service : she having
acknowledged before the Justices at Northampton, at Easter, 2 Edw. III.,
that the wardship thereof belonged to Dodebroke till the heir was of age.
Witnesses : Edmund de Baduwe, Roger de Cliftone, Hamo Peverel, and
others (named). Borham, Tuesday the feast of St. Petronilla the Virgin,
2 Edward III. Seal.
A. 974. Grant by John Bolom to Roger ate Dore of a tenement in
St. Albans parish, in Sopwell Lane, situate as described. St. Albatis,
St. Mark the Evangelist's day, 20 [?] Edward III. Seal. Much damaged.
A. 975. Licence by Laurence de Hastynges, Earl of Pembroke, lord
of Weysefbrd and Bergeveney, to Thomas de Cheddesworth, clerk, to
assign to the prior and convent of Anglesey the lands he holds in Brahyng,
which formerly belonged to Sir Robert de Chalers. London, 3 May,
21 Edward III. Portion of seal. Much damaged.
A. 976. Grant by Elias Trussel to Adam de Stratton, clerk, of an
annual rent of 2d. issuing out of lands called ' Horemede,' &c., in ....
Witnesses : Gregory de Wrobbelc, Ranulph de Mimmes, John Tayleboys,
and others (named). . . May, 1 Edward I. Seal. Portion of the
document gone.
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[ ] A. 977. Fragment of document, undecipherable. Seal: " Roberti
fiV Roberti Blis [?]."
[Herts.] A. 978. Bond of Simon Hagar, of Ware, Herts, to David Hagar, of
the same, in 40/., to be paid if he fail to pay the said David yearly, during
his life, the sum of 41. 6s. 8d. for a messuage called " the Kateryn Whele "
in Ware, wherewith the said David and Thomas Mershe, of Stansted, Herts,
have enfeoffed Simon, and Thomas Birche, Charles Bull, Nicholas Thorne,
and others, to Simon's use, by deed of the same date as this bond. 29 April,
21 Henry VIII.
Herts. A. 979. Grant by [Thomas] bishop of Durham, Eobert Bothe, clerk,
Essex. Thomas Portyngton, and others, to Thomas bishop of Lincoln, William
Hastynges, Thomas Vaughan, knt., Richard Pigot, serjeant-at-law, William
Huse, and others, of the manors of Hunnesdou and Estwyk, and all other
lands, &c., in cos. Herts and Essex, lately belonging to William Oldhall,
knt. : appointing attorneys to deliver them possession of the premises
[A.D. 1514]. four seals remaining. Fragment, much damaged.
[Herts.] A. 980. Grant by Ranulph de Mimmes, and Mary his wife, to Walter
de Camera and Emma his wife, of seven acres of land in .... called
' Wlfordingemere.' Two seals. Very much damaged.
[Herts.] A. 981. Grant by Thomas de Flaunden to William Lambert, of a
messuage, curtilage, and garden, &c., in Flaunden. Seal. Fragment.
[Herts.] A. 982. Release by Geoffrey the Clerk, of Great Hormead, and Avelina
his wife, to Sir Denis de Montekensio, of two acres of land in Little
Hormead. Witnesses : Sir William le Baud, Sir John Bard, Sir Peter
Cardun, and others (named). Portion of seal. Much injured.
[Herts.] A. 983. Grant by John de Brutewell to Adam de Stratton, clerk, of
a messuage and land in Harpesfeld. Witnesses : Walter de Meriden,
Walter le Blound, John le Bretun, and others (named). London, Saturday
before St. Mark the Evangelist, 56 Henry III. Seal. Very much
damaged.
[Herts.] A. 984. Release by Robert le Eyseler to Adam de Stratton, clerk, of
14 acres of land which he held, at a yearly rent of 8*., in Titeburste, in
Aldenham parish, which the said Robert had by grant of John de Wauton,
knt., whose charter thereof he delivered to the said Adam on Friday the feast
of St. Matthew the Apostle, 52 Hen III. Witnesses : John Taileboys,
Richard le Bokelere, John de Bretun, and others (named). 52 Henry III.
Seal. Damaged.
[Herts.] A. 985. Grant and bond of Richard le Bokelere to Adam de Strattone,
clerk, to pay him 6s. Sd. yearly rent, to make suit of court, and perform
other services to him in Titeburste, which he has been wont, to pay to John,
son of John de Titeburste, for the lands, &c., he holds of him there : which
services the said John has sold to the said Adam. London, Tuesday the
vigil of St. Mary, 52 Henry III. Seal.
[Herts.] A. 986. Release by Joan, late wife of Walter de Wald, to the prioress
of the cell by St. Albans, and the convent of the same place, of land in
St. Stephen's parish, iu ' le Park ' soken, in the meadow called ' Lakerssete.'
Witnesses : William de Bolum, then steward of the liberty of St. Albans,
John Kenelm, and others (named). April, 1283.
[Herts.] A. 987. Grant by William, the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity,
London, to John Symund, of Wadesmelne, for 60s., of land in Aspedene, in
the field called ' Reefeld,' situate as described, at a yearly rent of 3*.
Witnesses : Roger Bryen, Peter de Thany, Simon Trenchefoil, and others
(named).
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[Herts.] A. 988. Release by Thomas Umfrey, butcher, of St. Albans, to
William Newelond, the like of the same, of a shop in the Butchery of
St. Albans, situate as described. Witnesses ; William Nony, then
bailiif of St. Albans, and others (named). 20 February, 44 Edward III.
[Herts.] A. 989. Grant by Hysouda, daughter of Ralph Burel, to Nicholas
the Tailor (Cissor'), son of Nicholas Belemeyns, and Christiana his wife,
for 10*., of a messuage in Fispoll Street, St. Albans, situate as described,
they paying her d. yearly, aud to the prioress of Sopwell28rf. Witnesses :
Thomas Benet, then provost, Alexander le Taylur, Thomas le Prestere,
and others (named).
[HerU.] A. 990. Grant by William Throwere, of Redburne, Herts, to William
Cok, butcher, of St. Albans, and John Pryour, of Barnet, of a shop in the
Butchery, St. Albans, situate as described. Witnesses : William Todde,
bailiff of St. Albans, John Valnntyne, and others (named). Tuesday
the feast of St. Gregory the Pope, 4 Henry VI.
[Herts.] A. 991. Release by Margery, late wife of Peter cle Beuchamp, to
William Poleys, of Buntyngford, of all lands, &c., which the latter has by
grant of her said husband and John his son, in Alfledowyk. Witnesses :
John de Beuchamp and others (named). Buntyngford, Saturday next after
Michaelmas, 19 Edward II.
[Herts.l A. 992. Grant by Roger, sou of Sir William de Ayete, knt., and
Juliana his wife, to John le Tannur and Agnes his wife, for 40*., of a
tenement in Fisshpolestrete, St. Albans, situate as described, paying
therefor yearly 2s. to the nuns de Pratis. Witnesses : William de Bullun,
marshal of the liberty of St. Albans, Adam de Nedham, and others
(named).
[Herts.] A. 993. Grant by Sir John de Walthon, knt., to Robert le Sollere, of
land in Titeburste, in the parish of Aldenham, formerly Alan le Lanediman's,
at a yearly rent of Ss. Witnesses : Roger de Heydene, Henry de Freme,
John Tailleboys, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 994. Release by Richard, the prior, and the convent of Holy
Trinity, London, to Walter Hakun, son of Roger Hakun, of 3s. annual rent
he owed them for 10 acres which the canons granted to Henry de Hichintone,
Roger's great-grandfather (proavo) ; in exchange for which Walter has
granted the prior and canons 2 acres in Apsedene. Witnesses : Sir
Henry de Boclond, John de Scalariis, and others (named). Hertford, at
the itinerary of the Justices in Eyre, viz., Henry de Baton, Alan de
Wassand, Reginald de Cobbeham, William Brito, and William de Wilton,
32 Henry III.
[Herts.] A. 995. Confirmation by Aubrey de Marines of the grant made by
John de Marines, his brother, to Richard, the prior, and the canons of Holy
Trinity, London, of 49 acres and a meadow in Ayshesaldwyk. Witnesses :
Ralph son of Fnlk, Richard Muschet, Luke de Tany, Oliver de Sandnn,
and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 996. Grant by Agnes daughter of Robert, to the nuns of St.
Mary of Sopwelle, of an annual rent of 3. issuing from a shop in
St. Albans, situate as described, and of a stall in the market-place there,
paying yearly ^d. to Godfrey Rufus, und for the stall Id. to Ralph Rop,
and 1*. to Thomas, son of Richard Astmar. Witnesses : William de
irussoburv, then steward, Geoffrey de Gildewich, and others (named).
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Cornw. A. 997. Grant by John Stubulwas, of Trederf, to Ivo his son, of a
moiety of all his land in Trederf that Ralph de Trederf, his father, held, to
be held in capite, paying 4s. yearly to Sir Ralph de Tregotl, chief lord of
the fee, and tallage of county Cornwall. Other covenants specified.
Trederf, Saturday after Scolastica, 16 Edward I.
Herts. A.. 998. Grant by Alice Long, of Aspeden, Herts, late wife of John
Long, to Roger Bylle, rector of Aspeden, Luke Long, Henry Reymond, of
Buntyngford, William Archer, and John Howe, of the same, of all her
lands and possessions in Aspeden, Leyston, Wakele, and Alsewyk, or
elsewhere in co. Hertford. Sunday next after St. Martin, 15 Henry VI.
[Herts.] A. 999. Release by Katherine, daughter and one of the heirs of John
Poley. of Buntyngford, of certain lands and tenements that Nicholas de
Langeleye and Alice her mother hold for the latter's life in Aspeden,
Alfiadewyk, Bokolonde, Wydihale, Throkkynge, Westmelne, and Wakele,
the reversion whereof belongs to her sisters and herself; releasing her right
therein to the said Nicholas and Alice and the heirs of the former. Feast of
St. Marcellus the Martyr, 31 Edward III.
[Herts.] A. 1000. Release by Robert Street (de Strata) and Felicia his wife to
John, the prior, and the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of a messuage and
land in Aspeden, situate as described. Witnesses : Sir Robert de Rupell,
John de Marinis, and others (named). [A.D. 1252-1258.]
[Herts.] A. 1001. Grant by Richard le Chamberleng, of Hallingeby, and Juliana
his wife, to John, the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of
land in Brock and Gatesberi, situate as described, &c., paying yearly lid.
to the chief lords of the fee. Witnesses : John de Scalariis, Sir R. de
Rupell, knts., and others (named). [A.D. 1252-1258.]
[Herts.] A. 1002. Grant by John Wodecok, and Juliana his wife, to William
de Middelton, clerk, of 3 acres in Aldenham parish, situate as described,
paying therefor \%d. yearly to Thomas de la Forde and his heirs. Wit-
nesses : Ranulf de Mimmes, John Tailleboys, and others (named).
Damaged.
[Herts.] A. 1003. Grant by Payn, son of Adam, son of Payn de Terefeud,
to Alan de Bradenache, son of Henry de Bradenache, of land at Astanes-
hulle, situate as described. Witnesses : Sir Henry de Boclande, kut.,
John de Gledes', Warin de Bradenache, clerk, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1004. Grant by Nicholas de Anesty to the canons of Holy
[Essex.] Trinity, London, for the souls of himself, Margaret his wife, and others, of
the land the canons held of Richard his grandfather and Hubert his father
at Berkedene ; of the 4 librates of land Hubert his great grandfather gave
them in Bracking manor (Braughing) ; release of any right he may have
to present to Bracking church ; and grant of 20 solidates of land in
Teye, which his grandfather gave them. Witnesses : Robert Walsh
(Walense), William de la Mare, William Flambard, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1005. Grant by Hubert, son of Richard de Anesti, to the canons
[Essex.] of Christchurch, London, of the land in Berkedene which his father
Richard granted them ; of four librates of land which his grandfather
Hubert granted them in the manor of Brackinges (Braughing), part of the
16 librates that King Stephen and Queen Matilda gave the said Hubert,
with a proviso that if the heirs of Stephen and Matilda give him or his
heirs 16 librates elsewhere in exchange, the canons shall have 4 librates of
such exchanged land ; of the land they had of his fee of Brackinges in the
.time of his father, and are to hold to the day he is made a knight ; and
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of 20 solidates of land in Teye, which Hubert his graiidfather gave them.
Witnesses: Sir Philip the Priest (Sacerdote) of Hormade, Eobert the
Priest of Anestey, Michael de Munteni, Richer de Marci, knt., and many
others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1006. Grant by Eobert le Stacker, of Apseden, to brother
Eustace, the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of land in
Russewellemade, situate as described. Witnesses : Ralph Muschet,
Simon Treuthfoyle, and others (named). [A.D. 1264-1280.]
[Herts.] A. 1007. Grant by the prior and convent of Holy Trinity, London,
to William called Prest, of Bouclonde, and Margery his wife, of land in a
field called ' Monefeld ' in Bouclonde, at a yearly rent of 3s. Witnesses :
Henry and John de Bouclonde, William de Polhey, and others (named).
Endorsed : " Vacat quia dimittitur per copiam cuidam Roberto Prentys."
Very much damaged.
Herts. A. 1008. Grant by Adam de Stratton, clerk, to Osbert de Waterford,
of land of the fee of Richmond in Beneggho, which Adam had by gift of
the prior and convent of Bermundesey, at a yearly rent of 9*. 9d., with clause
for distraint on the said land and other possessions of Osbert in co. Hertford,
in case of non-payment of rent. Witnesses : Sirs Walter de Meridon,
William de Aete, Luke de Taney, knts., and others (named). Richemund,
the Annunciation, 1275.
[Herts.] A. 1009. Grant by Robert Cosin, of Gatesbery, to Sir Nicholas de
Kavenedis, chaplain, of land in Brackynge (Braughing), in the field called
' Brackyngefeld,' in the citltura called ' Syxaker,' situate as described.
Witnesses : Richard de Gatesbery, Richard de Rupell, and William his
brother, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1010. Grant by Richard, the prior, and the canons of Holy Trinity,
London, to Robert de Sandon, smith, of a messuage and land that Hugh
Smith formerly held in Brakking (Braughing), situation accurately
described, on payment of 6d. yearly and performance of various smith's
services herein specified. Witnesses : John de Scalariis, Robert de Rokele,
Thomas de Bordesden, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1011. Indenture of agreement whereby Thomas le Verly, of Little
Hadham, and Alice his wife, demise to John de Melkleye certain land, a mes-
suage in New Street,[Staundon: see A.. lO13],landin 'le Holme,' Monemad
and Wychemers, and a yearly rent of 3s. l^d. in Staundone, if they do not
by sunset on the morrow of Michaelmas, 13 Edward I., pay him the price of
12 quarters of wheat wherewith he has accommodated them : the grant of
the premises, by consent of the parties, being placed in the hands of
Benedict Bolt till the above-named date. Witnesses : Sir Robert de
Melkleye, knt., Benedict Bolt, and others (named). Ascension Day,
13 Edward 1.
[Herts.] A. 1012. Grant by Roger ate Dore to Nicholas le Sawyere, both of
St. Albans, of a tenement in Soppewelle-lane, St. Albans, next the mill of
Soppewelle. Witnesses : John Wynslowe, then bailiff of St. Albans, and
others (named). Sunday next after the Invention of Holy Cross,
26 Edward III.
[Herts.] A. 1013. Grant by Thomas le Verly, of Little Hadham, and Alice
his wife, to John de Melkeleye, of Staundon, of a messuage in Staundon
formerly belonging to John Pake, father of the said Alice, situate at the
head of New Street. Witnesses : Sir Robert de Melkeleye, knt., and many
others (named). Sunday next after St. Dunstan the Bishop, 15 Edward J.
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[Herts.] A. 1014. Graiit l.y Thomas, sun of Adam ilc Wiobele, to Saer son ot
Henry, of land in Senle, paying him therefor yearly ^ Ib. of cummin,
and 2*. to the chief lord of the fee. Witnesses : Helias de Sunning,
William de Ladon, then sheriff of Middlesex, Peter son of Alan, and John
his brother, and many others (named). Christmas, 19 Henry III.
[Herts.] A. 1015. Grant by Hugh de Marines, son of Gwerric de Marines, to
Holy Trinity, London, of land in Westir.eln, at Sudpurtewelle, Sefledelee,
Stocking, and Ruwenhofeld. Witnesses : Richard de Gate[s]bury, Adam
de Bracking, Richard de Melcleghe, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1016. Grunt by Thomas le Verly, of Staundoii, and Alice his wife,
daughter of John Pake, to John de Melkeleye, of all their claim to the dower
that Agnes, formerly wife of the said John Pake, holds ai'ter his death in
Staundon : Alice making oath on the high altar at Staundon never at or
after the decease of the said Agnes to make any claim thereto. Witnesses :
Sir Robert de Melkeleye, knt., and others (named). Wednesday after the
Purification, 16 Edward I.
[Herts.] A. 1O17. Grant by Nicholas Sawyere, of St. Albans, to Richard le
Houte and Nicholas Smyth, of the above tenement in Sopwel-lane,
St. Albaus. [See A. 1012.] Witnesses: John Baldewyn, bailiff of
St. Albans, and others (named). Maundy Thursday, 36 Edw. III.
[Herts.] A. 1018. Grant by Henry Cnstaunce, of Mundane, to John Baker
(Pistor'), of Ware, and Joan his wife, of a messuage with a garden and
little holm in Stanstede of the abbot of Waltham Holy Cross, and a holm
in the same place containing three acres of meadow, and held in capite of
the abbot of Holy Cross by a yearly service of 5*. Stansted Abbots,
Thursday next before St. Barnabas the Apostle, 4 Edward II.
[Herts.] A. 1019. Grant by Thomas le Verly and Alice his wife, to John de
Melkelegh, of Stauudon, of their messuage, formerly belonging to John
Pake, deceased, father of the said Alice, situate at the east head of New
Street, Staundon. Witnesses: Sir Robert de Melklegh, knt., Roger and
Harno Brian, Benedict Bolt, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1020. Grant by Silvester sou of Walter, to W. de Cleresvaus, of
the land his father Walter held in Senly, with the dower his mother
Matilda sold him for 20*. in the court of Alan de Sumer, for 40 years,
paying yearly half a marc to the said Alan. Witnesses : Gilbert de Hi,
Thomas del Wald, Geoffrey le Bretun, and others (named). Michaelmas
next after the first interdict made throughout England for Stephen de
Langethon, archbishop of Canterbury, in the reign of John, son of Henry
son of Matilda, King of England.
[Herts.] A. 1021. Grant by Thomas le Verly, of Little Hadham, and Alice
his wife, to John de Melkeley of their share of a messuage in New Street,
[Staundon], land in Staundon situate as described, and a yearly rent
of 3*. l^d. issuing out of Staundon and payable by the tenants whose
names are mentioned herein. Witnesses: Sir Robert de Melkeley, knt.,
William Teobald, of Westmeln, Benedict Bolt, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1022. Grant by William de Ardern in Rodborne, to Thomas
Willyams, of Molynton, Margery his wife, and William their son, for term
of their lives, of a messuage and land in Eodborne, situated as described,
paying therefor 6s. yearly and performing the services specified. Monday
the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist, 19 Edward III.
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[ Herts.] A. 1023; G rant by William, son of John de Hertfordingburi, to Richard
de Tewinge, clerk, for 30s., of land in Pleswellevelde [Hertfordingbury],
situate as described. Witnesses : Godfrey and Simon de Tewinge, J. le
Moine, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1024. Grant by Hugh de Broke, son of Sir Hugh de Broke, to
William de Montagu, Elizabeth his wife, and the heirs of William, of all
his lands and tenements of ' La Hide ' in Langley Abbots. Witnesses :
Sirs Simon de Montagu, Robert de Caygnes, Humfrey de Beauchamp,
John de la Mare, of Gersindon, Nicholas Turvile, William de Beauchamp,
knts., and others (named). Carsinton, co. Oxon, Monday next after
St. Hilary, 30 Edward I.
[Herts.] A. 1025. Grant by Peter de Beuchamp to William, son of Thomas
de Bordesdene, of all that part of a tenement in Lestonecherch parish
which he bought of Cyprian de Wodemade, situate as described.
Witnesses : Henry de Bokelaund, Clement de AJsewyk, Walter Jurdon,
and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1026. Release by Laurence de Brok. son and heir of the late
Sir Hugh de Brok, to Elizabeth, late wife of Sir William de Montagu, knt.,
of all lands, &c., formerly belonging to his said father in ' la Countessehide,'
in Lanjrley Abbots. Witnesses: Sirs Giles de Trompeton and Robert
Malet, knts., Mathew de la Vache, and others (named). Aston Clynton,
Thursday before St. Gregory the Pope, 17 Edward II.
[Herts.] A. 1027. Grant by Roger de Buutingford to Holy Trinity, London, of
1^ acres of land which he had of the said canons at 3d. yearly, in the parish
of Lefstonecherche, situate as described. Witnesses : Sirs John Baard,
John de Patemere, Robert de la Rokele, William de Horsedene, and
Henry de Boclonde, knts., John de Marines, Brian de Trokkinge, and
others (named).
Herts. A. 1028. Grant by John le Bel, son of John le Bel, to John, the
prior, and the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of a messuage and land
at Rifford in Lefstanecherch parish ; of any right he has to the dower that
Albretha, his father's wife, held of his fee ; of several annual rents due
from the people specified herein for lands in Apsedene, Wakele, and
elsewhere in co. Herts. ; and of land in Refold called ' Pyridune ' : for which
grant the canons have given 15s. to pay his debts, and will give to him
or his assigns daily, as long as he lives at London, a white loaf and a
gallon of ale, such as they receive in the refectory, either daily or twice
or thrice a week, as he requires. Witnesses : John de Marines, Brian
de Trokkinge, Robert de Rokele, und others (named). [A.D. 1252-
1258.J
Herts. A. 1029. Grant by John de Rocheford, son of Geoffrey, to Richard,
the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of the service Roger de
Esenden does him for the fee he held of him in Hertlbrdtingebiry, for
land in Birchholt and Ho. Witnesses : William de Piro, William de
Bordesden, and others (named). [A.D. 1316-1325.] Damaged.
Herts. A. 1030. Grant by Richard de Ware to Sir William de Valence, lord
of Pembroke, for 8 marcs, of a yearly rent of 6*. 9t/. that John le Sarmoner
pays for a tenement in Hodesdone. Witnesses : Stephen de Bassingge-
burn, knt., Robert de Gravele, Richard Kaerdyn, and others (named).
St. Laurence's Day, 4 Edward 1.
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[Herts.] A. 1031. Release by Robert, sou and heir of the late John le Moyne,
of Hertfordingebery, to the prior and convent of Holy Trinity, London, of
a yearly rent of 6*. 3d. which they pay him for lands and tenements they
hold in Rokefford, in Hertfordingbery. Witnesses : John de Northawe,
John de Berkingg, and others (named).
[Mddx.] A. 1032. Grant by Adam le Tailur, of Edelmeton, for 15*., to Richard,
the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of two acres in Edel-
meton, in Goldfeld, situate as described. Witnesses : William and
Laurence de Forda, Hugh Peverel, and others (named). [A.D. 1223-
1252.]
[Herts.] A. 1033. Indenture between Henry Elveden, son and heir of Thomas
Elveden, and heir of John Elveden, his grandfather, and the convent of
Holy Trinity, London. After reciting a grant by Richard de Gatesbury
to St. Peter's church of Bracking, which belongs to the canons of Holy
Trinity, of the chapel of St. James in Gatesbury, with all tithes in the said
parish (except the tithe of 40 acres in the field called ' Litelredyng," which
the nuns of Halywell hold of Richard), ou condition of the canons cele-
brating four masses weekly in the chapel of Gntesbury, Elveden agrees
with the canons to commute the four masses for two, to be celebrated
weekly in the chapel of Holy Trinity, within the nave of the conventual
church. The Chapter House of the convent, 14 September, 1487,
3 Henry VII.
[Herts.] A. 1034. Grant by Thomas de Flawenden, son of Nicholas de Flaw-
enden, to Sir Hugh son of Otho, knt., of 20 acres of wood in Flawenden,
situation accurately described. Witnesses: Sir Roger de Becheworthe
and John de Chenne, knts., Sir Stephen de Chendut, the younger, William
de Flawenden, clerk, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1035. Grant by John Cawmvyll to John Rothwell, clerk, parson of
Wymyugton, John Adam, of St. Albans, William Basely and William Lode-
ford, of all his lands, &c., in Essenden, Bishops Hatfelde and Herteford.
20 August, 6 Henry V.
[Herts.] A. 1036. Mandate of Malcolm Musard to Robert, called Acard, son
of Nicholas de Coleshulle. Has granted to Sir Hugh le Despenser the
annual rent of a marc which the said Robert was wont to pay him, and the
knight's fee he held of him in Coleshulle, and therefore directs him to answer
for the said rent and fee to the said Sir Hugh. Fasternam, Thursday next
after St. Vincent, 31 Edward I.
[Herts.] A. 1037. Grant by Thomas, the abbot, and the convent of St. James',
Northampton, to Yseudia de Lichesbarewe, of land in Cristeshale, land and
a messuage in Helmedon, land in Luffenhalegrave, Crawelefield, Linch, and
Fulberue, situate as described, at a yearly rent of 2s. Witnesses : Unfrey
de la Rokele, Reinbald de Chesewic, William de Lankelei, and others
(named). [A.D. 1205-1220.]
[Herts.] A. 1038. Demise by William, abbot of Ramsey, to Plesencia, late, wife
of Geoffrey, called the Vintner (Vinitar'), of Cruce Roys,, for term of
her life, of a messuage in Terefeld, and 12 acres of land forming half a
cultura, called ' Oldefelde,' in the same parish, next to Cruce Roys, paying
10e?. yearly and doing suit twice a year in the court at Terefeld for the
same. Witnesses : John de Harpesfeld, John de Gledeseye, and others
(named).
[Herts.] A. 1039. Grant by Fulk, son of Hugh de Riford, to the prior and
convent of Holy Trinity, London, for 12s., of land he holds of them in
Berkeden, situate as described. Witnesses : Simon and Richard de
Melkelle, William de Corneya, and others (named). "Damaged.
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[Herts.] A. 1040. Release by John, the warden, and the brethren of the
House of St. Mary of Anestey, to lady Dionisia cle Montchesny, of two acres
and half a rod of their land in a field called ' Berdene,' situate as described,
in exchange for land which John de Benden held of the same lady.
Witnesses : Sir Simon de Fourneus, Richard Bideford, knts., Henry
de Braghing, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1041. Grant by Ralph de Aqua to Geoffrey the Chaplain (Capel-
lano) of Brnckinges, of land in Nordfeld, Witnesses : Henry de Furnell,
Teobald son of Alan, Richard de Monasterio, Simon, Reginald and
Stephen his sons, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1042. Certificate of King Stephen to the bishop of London,
justices, sheriffs, barons, ministers, and all his faithful people of Hertford-
shire, that he has confirmed the grant made by Hubert, the Queen's Cham-
berlain, to the Church of Holy Trinity [London] Fragment.
[Herts.] A. 1043. Grant by Hubert, the Queen's Chamberlain, to the canons
of Christchurch, London, of four librates of land in Braching manor, by
gift of Agnes his wife and Richard and John his sons, portion of the 16
librates that King Stephen and Queen Matilda gave him in exchange for
his land of Benedis. If however the King and Queen give him land else-
where in exchange for the 18 librates, the canons shall have four librates
of such exchanged land. Witnesses : Matilda the Queen, Eustace the
King's son, William de Ipra, Balderic de Sigillo, Thomas the Chancellor,
Peter the King's clerk, Robert de Furnell, and others (named) FA D
1135-1153.]
A. 1044. Grant by Gilbert, the prior, and the convent of Holy
Trinity, London, to Robert the Carpenter (Carpentaria), of Erdeley, for
10*. and a pittance of 2*., of land in Bracking situate as described, at a
yearly rent of 18d. Witnesses : Henry de Bracking, Theobald the Clerk
Richard le Meltre, and others (named). [A.D. 1260-1268.]
A. 1045. Indenture witnessing that Sir Thomas de Maundevile, knt.,
lord of Brumfeld, has enfeoffed Simon the Marshal (Marescallum) of the
New Temple, London, in his water-mill of Brumfeld, and the same Symon
has delivered the mill to Sawal de Brumfeld and Ralph le Despenser, for
three years from the quiudene of Easter, 24 Edward I. ; and that Sir Thomas
has granted Sawal and Ralph timber and carriage for all necessary purposes
for Ihe mill, on condition of their restoring the mil! in as good condition as
they found it at the end of the three years, if they do not wish to hold it
longer. Witnesses : Sir Walter de Wyduhelle, rector of Black Notele
church, and others (named). Brumfeld, the Annunciation, at the beeinnin?
of 1296.
[Herts.] A. 1046. Confirmation by Alan, son of Richard de Faversham, to
the prior and canons of Holy Trinity, London, for 6., of the release that
Richard de Melcleia, son of Robert, made them of 15 acres in Bracking ;
and release by the same, to the same of the whole half virgate of landln
the same place that his father Richard held of the priory, of which the
15| acres are a portion. Witnesses : Philip de Audebir', Richard Perdice,
Turgis, Stanhard, and others (named).
[HertB.] A. 1047. Grant by Beatrix, daughter of Ralph Tioch, to John
Parinentar, of Brackinges, of the land in Brackinges he had held before of
her father. Witnesses : Geoffrey the Priest (Presbitero) of Brackinges,
Gervase the Chaplain of Hormead, Warin the Provost of our lord the King
and others (named).
[Herts.]
Essex.
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[Herts.] A. 1048. Grant by Adain de Bracking, son of Teobald, for the souls
of himself, Margaret his wife, and his ancestors, to Richard, the prior, and
the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of two dole of land in Bracking,
situate as described. Witnesses : Richard, vicar of Bracking, Thomas and
Ralph, chaplains, Robert de la Rokele, Robert Luvel, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1049. Grant by John de Laungeford, of Braughing, to Henry
Sieve, of the same, of land in a field called ' Netherstokkyng,' in Braughyng,
situate as described. Witnesses : Richard de Gatesbury, Simon le Rokele,
and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1050. Confirmation by Matilda, Queen of England, of the grant
made by the King to the canons of Holy Trinity, London, for the souls of
Matilda her daughter, and Baldwin her son, who are buried in the said
church, of 100 solidates of land in Bra6king. Witnesses: Eustace the
King's sou, William de Ipra, Richard de Luci, and Warin de Lisoriis.
[A.D. 1135-1153.]
[Herts.] A. 1051. Certificate by Stephen, King of England, to the bishop of
London, the justices, sheriffs, and others, of Hertfordshire, of his grant to the
canons of Holy Trinity, London, for the souls of Mathilda his daughter and
Baldwin his son, of 100 solidates of land in Braching, as freely as they
were held by Queen Matilda and himself. Witnesses: 'M[atildaj my
Queen, E[ustace] my son,' W. de Ipra, W. Mart', Richard de Luci, Richard
deCanvill, and Warn' de Lusor[iis]. London. [A.D. 1135-1153.]
[Herts.] A. 1052. Grant by Henry de la W r odecroft to Sir Ewstace, the prior,
and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of land in Brackyng, in the field
called ' Chyrchfyld.' Witnesses : Robert de Melkley, Richard de Rupellis,
and others (named). [A.D. 1268-1280.] Fragment, half the document
irantinff.
[Herts.] A. 1053. Eelease by Felicia, late wife of Robert de Strata, to John,
the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of land in Berkeden in
fields called ' Refeld ' and ' Meldfeld,' and of land they had from her late
husband in Cornee and Wydihale. Witnesses : John de Marins, Milo de
VVestmelne, Henry de Bracking, Master John le Fraunceys, and others
(named). [A.D. 1252-1258.]
[Herts.] A. 1054. Grant by Thomas, son of Geoffrey de Bordlesdene, to
William the Chaplain (Capellano) of Gerdile, of a messuage with appur-
tenances in Bordlesdene, situate as described. Witnesses : Sir Robert de
Ripella, knt., Henry de Bracking, Simon de Aldebery, clerk, and others
(named).
[Herts.] A. 1055. Grant by William, son of Robert the Dean (Decant), of
Audeberi, to Walter the Chaplain of Brackinges, of land in Sparkewelle,
situate as described. Witnesses : Geoffrey the Chaplain, Robert Luvel,
Theobald Frar.kelein, Robert de Mechegros, and others (named). Much
damaged.
[Herts.] A. 1056. Confirmation by Richard I. to the abbot and monks of
St. Albans of all liberties and privileges as herein recited on all lands they
hold, prohibiting from entering on such lands any minister steward, butler,
chamberlain, " dispensator," porter or provost against the will and consent
of themselves or their successors. Witnesses : B[aldvvin] archbishop of
Canterbury, H[ugh] bishop of Lincoln, Earl William de Mandeville,
William Marshal. Ga[rc]inton, 17th September, 1 Richard I., by the hand of
William the Chancellor. " This was the tenor of our charter under our first
" seal; which, because it has since been lost, and while we were captive in
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" Germany was given into the power of another, has been changed. These
are witnesses however of this renewal (iunovationis), H[ubert] arch-
bishop of Canterbury, [ bishop] of Evreux, R. archdeacon of
Richmond and S. of Wells, Robert and Joell, chaplains, Robert de
Harecurt. Given by the hand of Master Roscelin, then vicegerent.
. . . [Isle of] Andely, 12 November," [7 ?] Richard I. Much torn
and damaged.
A. 1057. Grant by Peter the Chaplain to Robert, son of Robert de
Senleia, of a croft between the land of Sarich and the way going eastward,
at a yearly rent of 12d. Witnesses : Thomas de Waldo, Adam de Suraeri,
Philip de Titeburste, Walter de Faleise, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1058. Grant by Thomas le Verly and Alice his wife to John de
Melkekye, of Staundon, of a messuage at Staundou, formerly John Pake's,
deceased, father of the said Alice, situate at the east end of New Street ;
except the hall and a room, which they retain. Witnesses : Sir Robert de
Melkeley, knt., John called ' Mareshal,' and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1059. Grant by Peter the Chaplain to Robert, son of Robert de
Senlea, of land in Senley, formerly Walter Neuman's, situate as described,
at a yearly rent of 2*. Witnesses : Thomas de Waldis, Adam de Sumeri,
son of Alan, Walter de Faleise and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1060. Grant by [Peter ?] the Chaplain, of Ipswich, to Sir Hugh,
son of Otho, for 10 marcs, of a yearly rent of 3*. 6d. in Flaundeu, issuing
out of the tenements, &c., herein specified; and of a tenement, &c., in the
same place. Witnesses : Sir John de Cheyne, Sir Stephen de Cheyndut,
Sir Roger de Beseheswrthe, and others (named). Much damaged,
[Herts.] A. 1061. Grant by Henry, son of Reimer de Loudon, to Walter son
of Adam, for 5s., of the land that Huchtred held of him in Senle, and eight
acres that were Hereward Cobbe's. Witnesses : Adam de Sumeri, Hugh
his son, Alan de Sumeri, John his son, Walter del Faleis, and others
(named).
[Hertg,] A. 1062, 1063. Letters of attorney of Thomas Bolyngton, of Storte-
ford, appointing attorneys to deliver seisin of certain lands, rents, &c., in
Storteford to Nicholas Bolyngton, John Trotte, and William Mayner of
the same, and John Bolyngton, of Farnham. Storteford, 2 January,
o Edward IV. Damaged.
[Herts.] A. 1064. Release by Symon le Poter and Alice his wife, daughter of
Payn de Therefeud, to Sir William, the abbot, and the convent of Ramsey,
of land in Therefeud, for the sum of nineteen marcs paid them. Witnesses :
Henry de Bokland, Brian de Throckinge, John de Harpefeud, William de
la Mare, and others (named). [A.D. 1267-1285.]
[Herts.] A. 1065. Demise by Guy de Tywinge to Richard Ayswy, draper, of
London, for 10/., of all lands, &c., that Amabilia, who was wife of John
his brother, holds by way of dower in Tywinge, to be held of him by the
said Richard after Amabilia's death. Witnesses: Sir John son of Simon,
Robert de Gtavele, William de Aece, Stephen de Bassingeburn, knts., and
others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1066. Giant by Geoffrey Smith (Faber), " de Parco." to
Walter de Camera and Emma his wife, of all his lands in the field called
' Leuwardescroft ' in Tyteberste. Witnesses : Ranulf de Mimmes, John
Taylebois, Gilbert, then Sergeant of Audenham, William de Tyteberste,
and others (named). 45 Henry III.
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[Herts.] A. 1067. Grant by Simon Starling, of Terfeud, to Richard his son of
a tenement in Terfeld, paying therefor yearly Sd. to Ramsey Abbey, and a
pair of white gloves, value ^d , to the said Simon. Witnesses : Henry de
Buclancle, Richard le Chamberlein, of Sandon, John de Gledeseye, and
others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1068. Grant by Ralph de Canieis, at the petition of Hubert de
Anesti, to the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of Hugh Smith his
iiativiis, with all his sequela. Witnesses : Robert Walensis, William Gardin,
Richard de Bemden, William Dogeth, Turgis the bellringer (Campanar'.)
[Herts.] A. 1069. Grant by Hugh de Marines to Holy Trinity, London, of an
annual rent of (id., paid by Hugh the Chaplain for 10 acres he holds of
him in Westmeln. Witnesses : John and Alexander de Leslies, Roger de
Beuchodrey, John de Bemden, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1070. Grant by Hugh de Marines, son of Werric de Marines, to
Holy Trinity, London, of a rent of le?. that Richard, son of Estmund de
Melklle, is wont to pay out of the rent of I2d. which Richard de Westmelne,
baker, pays for land in Westmelne Parva. Witnesses: Roger Hacun,
John de Lyesnes, Simon de Melklle, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1071. Deed of sale by John Mylys, and William Mylys his son,
husbandmen, witnessing that whereas Thomas Pomeroy, the prior, and
the convent of Holy Trinity, London, by indenture dated in their Chapter
House, 7 November, 33 Henry VI., demised to them the manor ofBerkeden,
with rents and tithes in Westmell parish, &c., thereto belonging, with certain
exceptions, for 30 years from the previous Michaelmas, at the yearly rent
of 17/. 6s. 8d. ; they have sold and granted the premises to Ralph Joselyn,
alderman, and now Mayor of London, for the portion of the term of 30 years
still unexpired, he paying the above rent to Holy Trinity. London,
8 February, 4 Edward IV. Damaged.
A. 1072. Grant by John, son of Richard de Westmeln, to Richard
son of Estmund, of land at Mannefeld in Westmeln. Witnesses : Thomas
de Rapvilla, John de Lesues, Simon de Mellecleia, and others (named).
A. 1073. Release by William atte Wattere, of Ware, Herts, to Roger
Brantefelde, citizen and cordwainer of London, Nicholas Tanner, of Ware,
and the assigns of Nicholas, of a tenement in Ware, situate as described,
which he and Brantefelde lately had by feoffment of the said Nicholas.
St. Gregory the Pope's day, 7 Henry V.
[Herts.] A. 1074. Grant by John de Marines, son of Werric, to Richard, the
prior, and the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of land in Westmelne and
Ayshesaldwyk, for 20 marcs. Witnesses : Ralph son of Pulk, Luke de
Tany, Brian de Trekking, John de Lesnes, and others (named).
[A.D. 1223-1252 ?]
[Herti.] A. 1075. Agreement whereby John le Moyne undertakes to find food
and clothing and all necessaries for John de Marines and Amabilia his
wife, in his house, as long as Marines lives, or, if the latter prefers it, to
pay him 12 marcs yearly, beginning at Michaelmas, 49 Henry III., for
the same term, with right of distress if they fail to receive such necessaries
or such sum ; and in return Marines releases to le Moyne, the tenement
he held of him for life in Westmelne. Witnesses : Sir William de
Horseden, Brian de Troking, Walter Hacun, and others (named).
49 Henry III.
[Herts.]
Herts.
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[Herts.] A. 1076. Grant by Peter, son of Thomas de Saunford, to Richard,
the prior, and the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of the land which he
had by gift of Richard Baker (Pistoris) in Westmeln, and which the
latter had by gift of Thomas his father. Witnesses : John de Marines.
Peter Bussel, Henry de Brakking, and others (named). ' Brakking,'
St. Nichomedes the Martyr's day, 1248.
[Herts.] A. 1077. Release by Cristina, daughter of Alice de Quentone, to
Gilbert, the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of the five
acres of land, &c., she held of them, called ' Wellemad,' in Westrnelne.
Witnesses : John de Marines, Henry de Bracking, Theobald de Marines,
and others (named). Berkeden, Tuesday next before St. Luke the
Evangelist, 47 Henry III.
[Herts.] A. 1078. Grant by Theobald de Westmelne to Gilbert, the prior, and
the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of land in Mannefeud field in
Westmelne. Witnesses: Sir John Bahard, Sir John de Scalariis, Sir
Robert de la Rokele, knts., Walter Hacun, Richard de Gatesberi, and
others (named). [A.D. 1260-1264.]
[Herts.] A. 1079. Grant by William de Horsedenden to Holy Trinity,
London, of land in Wydihale. Witnesses : Sir John Baard, Sir Robert
de la Rokele, Sir John de Patemere, knts., John de Marines, Brian de
Troking, and others (named),
[Herts.] A. 1080. Grant by James de Burtun, and Elena his wife, to John,
the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of land in Westmelne,
and Ralph their villain ; and release of an annual rent of 6d. they were
wont to receive from the said convent. Witnesses : Sir Robert de la
Rokele, John de Marines, Brian de Trocking, and others (named).
[A.D. 1252-1258.]
[Herts.] A. 1081. Grant by William, son of Godfrey de Aspeden, to Richard,
the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of land in Wakley.
Witnesses : Michael Master, Richard de Witebi, John de Lesnes, and
others (named). [A.D. 1223-1252.]
[Herts.] A. 1082. Grant by William, son of Jordan de Alsewyc, for 10s., to
Richard, the prior, and the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of an annual
rent of 12<?. that Bartholomew Holle, and Cristina his wife, pay for a
messuage and land in Westmeln, whereof Id. yearly is to be paid the heirs
of Hugh de Marines on behalf of the said William. Witnesses : Richard
Musket, Aubrey de Marines, John de Leshes, and others (named). [A.D.
1223-1252.]
[Herts.] A. 1083. Grant by Alice de Overton to Cristiana her daughter,
of land called ' Wellemed ' in Westmeln, the latter maintaining a lamp
burning in Westmeln church for the celebration of mass, and paying 2d.
yearly to the prior of Holy Trinity, London, and a halfpenny towards the
sheriffs aid. Witnesses : John de Marines, Peter Bussell. and others
(named).
[Herts.] A. 1084. Release by Amice de Zoyng, late wife, of Geoffrey de
Zoyng, to the prior of Holy Trinity, London, of the third part of land
and a messuage in Westmelne, which she acquired as dower before the
King's Justices at Westminster, Sir Robert de Lexenton, Sir William de
Coleworthe, and Sir Roger de Thurkerby. Witnesses : John de Scalariis,
John and Werric de Marines, and others (named).
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[Herts.] A. 1085. Grant by Hugh, son of Werric de Marines, to the canons
of Holy Trinity, London, of Stephen la Weite, his man, with the land he
holds of him in Westmelne. Witnesses : Roger Hacun, John de Lesnes,
and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1086. Grant by Margaret, Countess of Winchester, widow of Earl
Saer, to the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of free carriage for their corn
by ship from Ware to London, at the same price as they were wont to pay
in the time of Robert the Earl her father, or Petronilla the Countess her
mother, viz., at Id. the quarter of hard corn, London measure.
Witnesses : Saer de Sancto Andrea, Peter de Tham', Peter de Beche, knts.,
and others (named), [c. A.D. 1220.]
[Herts.] A. 1087. Final concord between John, the prior of Holy Trinity,
London, plaintiff, and James de Burton and Elena his wife, deforciants,
who acknowledged that some land and a yearly rent of 6d. in Westmelne
belonged to the prior as their gift ; and also granted him the land that Robert
de Stokes holds of them in villenage, and the land Hugh de Westmelne
and Alice his wife hold in that place as the latter's dower, after whose death
it should remain to James and Elena. Westminster, Trinity term,
42 Henry III.
[Herts.] A. 1088. Will of John Pery, of Ware. Bequeaths to Alice his wife
the meadow by the mill, also the messuage he lives in, with remainders to
John and William his brothers, successively, after whose decease it shall
be sold and the money disposed of as directed, &c. Witnesses : Sir
Robert Lawe, curate of Ware, and others (named) Ware, 26 June, 1492.
Endorsed : Certificate of probate.
[Herts.] A. 1089. Grant by John de Marines to Sir John le Moine, son of
Sir Nicholas le Moine, of the manor of Westmelne, together with common
of pasture in the deraesue lands of Sir Hugh de Marines. Witnesses :
Walter Hacun, Brian de Troking, Henry de Brawing, and others
(named) .
[Herts.] A. 1090. Grant by Hugh de Marines to Richard, the prior, and the
canons of Holy Trinity, London, of land in Westmeln, situate in Lera-
maresfeld, Middelfeld, Alsewiket'eld, and Dedemannesot, as described, and
free pasture for 27 sheep ; for which grant the prior has given him 40 marcs,
" ad acquietand' terras meas versus Judeos." Witnesses : Peter and Luke
de Tany, Robert de Barnevile, Geoffrey de Zoyn, and others (named),
viii. Kalendas Junii, 1234.
Endorsed : " Vacua quia continetur in alia carta postmodum confecta,
scilicet de xlix acris terre et pascua sepcies viginti ovium die apostolorum
Simonis et Jude anno eodem."
[Herts.] A. 1091. Duplicate of A. 109O with slight verbal differences.
[Herts.] A. 1092. Grant by Hugh de Marinis to John de Marinis, his brother,
for 20s., of a wood called ' Albertisgrave ' and a croft called ' Ulfrichisley,'
in Westmeln. Witnesses : Richard Muschet, Roger Hacun, Michael
Master, and others (named).
[Herts.] A. 1093. Grant by Theobald, son of Sir Hugh de Marines, to Sir
Gilbert, the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of a messuage
and land in Westmeln, situate as described. Witnesses : Brian de
Trocking. Walter Hacun, Peter Bussel, and others (named). [A.D. 1260-
1264.]
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A. 1094. Grant by William .... to Adam .... Fragment,
unintelligible.
A. 1095. Grant by .... to Robert de Berwedon, chaplain, of a
moor in .... Witnesses : .... vicar of Cestrehunt, John la More,
and others (named). Two fragments.
A. 1096. Demise by Robert de Lepington to Simon Smith
(Fabro), aud Alice his wife, of land in Lepington, situate as described.
Witnesses: Lady Scolastica de Me[lsn], John Fraunceys, and others
(named). Very much damaged.
A. 1097. Grant by . . . . , son of Hugh de Brok, to William
de Montagu and Elizabeth his wife, of all his lands aud tenements in
'la Cuntasse Hyde,' in La[ngley Abbots]. Witnesses: Humphrey de
Beauchamp, John de la Mare, of Gersindon, Nicholas de Whathamsted, and
others (named). Carsinton, co. Oxford, Monday next after St. Hilary,
30 Edward I. Two fragments.
A. 1098. Grant by Ralph de Loke [?] to Peter de Preston, of
London, of land in Braghingg, situate as described. Witnesses : John
Fraunceys, Adam Pittman, and others (named) next after St.
Margaret the Virgin, .... Edward [III.]. Very much damaged.
A. 1099. Grant by Walter .... to ... alicer and Katherine
his wife, of land in Bishops Hatfield, Monday
Fragment.
A. 1100. Grant by Nicholas, son of Daniel de Wydeford, to Reginald
de Esthall, son of Otuel, of the tenement which the said Otuel and Roger the
Cook ( Cokus), his father, held of Nicholas' father in Wydeford, with the
advowson of the church there. Witnesses : Sir Nigel, rector of the said
church, Otuel the Chaplain of Esthall, Philip de Esthall, clerk, and others
(named). Damaged,
A. 1101. Grant by John de la Stoke to Matilda de Exsexia, of a croft
in Senlee. Witnesses : Walter and Alan de Waldo, Peter Ky tewyde, and
others (named). Fragments.
A. 1102. Release by William de Aldeberi to the canons [of Holy
Trinity, London], of land in .... Fragments.
A. 1103. Grant by Gilbert the Monk (Monachus) to .... of
land, &c., in [Berkhamsted]. Witnesses : Luke de Berkhamsted, and
others (named). Fragments.
A. 1104. Grant by Henry [Endecroft ?] to Eustace, the prior, and the
convent of Holy Trinity, London, of land in Bracking. [A.D. 1264-1280.]
Fragment.
A. 1105. Fragments of a grant. Undecipherable.
A. 1106. Release by .... to Robert Albyn of land in ....
Witnesses : .... Munden, then steward of St. Albans Abbey, and
others (named). St. Albans, Thursday next . . . , 15 [Edward] III.
Fragment.
A. 1107. Fragment of a grant. Undecipherable.
A. 1108. Release by Muriel .... to .... of land in Little
Hadh'am. Witnesses : Henry Doseville, Robert le Mareschal, and others
(named). Sunday the feast of Michaelmas, .... Fragment.
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[Herts.] A. 1109. Grant by Peter son of Richard, son of Matilda de Buntinge-
ford, to John .... of land in .... situate as described. Witnesses :
Waller Hacun, Luke de Tame, William Marshal, of Buntingeford, and
others (named). Fragment.
[Herts.] A. 1110. Grant by Theobald de Brachwyng to Holy Trinity, London,
of his share of the mill of Brackyng, with the grinding belonging to himself,
his heirs, and '' my men of Brackyng;" and his share of the meadow
belonging to the mill pond, and the meadow of Langrave.
[This grant is seemingly unfinished, the warranty and witnessing, and
other clauses being wanting.^ Much damaged.
[Herts.] A. 1111. Grant by Richard de Gatesbury to St. Peter's of Braghing,
which belongs to the canons of Holy Trinity, London, of St. James's Chapel,
Gatesbury, with its tithes and appurtenances, except the tithes of land
called ' Little Reding,' held by the nuns of Haliwell. Fragment.
[Herts.] A,. 1112. Grant by Eufrasia, late wife of Reginald Sneyliswelle, of
Aspeden, to her daughter Isabel, of land in the field called ' le Refeld,' in
Aspeden and Wakelee, situate as described. Aspeden, Sunday next after
St. Clement the Pope. 33 Edward III. Seal.
[Herts.] A. 1113. Bond of Robert, son of John de Shenle, to pay Adam de
Stratton, clerk, and his heirs for ever a yearly rent of 2s. in Shenle.
[Hen. III. ?] Fragment.
[Herts.] A. 1114. Mandate of Richard le Bokelere to Hugh son of Alan, Roger
de Eyden, Robert son of John, Isabel, late wife of John Chichely, Thomas
Neweman, and Ralph Hereward, his tenants in Titeburste, in Aldenham
parish, to pay their rents and other services due for the lands they held of
him to Adam de Stratone, clerk, to whom he has granted the said lands.
London, Friday the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle, 53 Hen. III. Seal.
[Herts.] A. 1115. Agreement whereby Margery, relict of John Attelane, of
Cestrehunte, deceased, grants to Simon, son and heir of the said John, all
the lands, &c., which she holds as dower, for the sum of GO*, to be paid her
yearly at her house in London for her life, under the penalties herein
expressed, the first payment to be made at Christmas, 1278. Witnesses :
Sir Robert de Meldeburne, John de Cestrehunte, -vintner, citizens of
London, and others (named). London, St. Nicholas' day, 1278. Portion
of seal.
[Herts.] A. 1116. Grant by Hugh, son of Alan de Tyteburste, to John, son of
John Atestoke, of a croft he held of the said John in Senlee. Witnesses :
Walter de Wald and Thomas, his son, Peter Kytewyde, and others (named).
Seal, injured.
[Herts.] .A.. 1117. Grant by John, son of John de Titeburste, to Thomas de la
Forde, of an annual rent of 6s. 4d. Witnesses : Geoffrey Picot, Walter
de Waus, and others (named). Seal. Damaged.
[Herts.] A. 1118. Release by Richard Aldred to Gilbert, his eldest son, of all
land in Titeberst, in the parish of Audeham, to which he may have right
through Matilda, his late wife. Witnesses : Roger le Marchand, William
de Bui'go, and others (named). Much damaged.
[Herts.] A. 1119. Grant by Robert, son of Jordan de Sancto Albano, to
Adam de Stratton, clerk, of a yearly rent of 3*. Q^d. which Adam was
wont to pay him for lands, &c., in Titeburste, in the parish of Aldeham.
St. Albans, November, 6 Edward I. Seal.
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[Herts.] A. 1120. Grant by William de Aspebede, and Amice his wife,
(laughter of Simon de Melleye, to the prior and convent of Holy Trinity,
London, for 42s., of land in Bracking, situate as described ; the tenants of
the laud and the rents paid by them being also specified. Witnesses :
Sir John de Scalariis, Sir John de Gatesbery, John de Marins, Robert de
Rockella, Henry de Bracking, and others (named). One seal, injured.
Damaged.
[Herts.] A. 1121. Grant by Richard de Tewinge, clerk, to Gilbert, the prior, and
the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of meadow in Estmade, Hertford-
ingebury. Witnesses : Godfrey and Simon de Tewinge, Simon Taile-
[boys], John le Moine, and others (named). [A.D. 1260-1264.] Seal.
Much injured.
[Herts.] A. 1122. Grant by Richard de Hyldrikesham to abbot William and
the convent of Ramsey, for 10 marcs, of land in the fields of Therefoud,
situate as described. Witnesses : Sir Ralph son of Fulk, knt., Bryan de
Throckinge, Henry de Boukelond, John de Gledesheye, and others (named).
[A.D. 1267-1285].
[Herts.] A. 1123. Grant by Adam, son of the late Reginald le Formager, of
Wakeley, to Reginald, son of Stephen' de Sneleswelle, of Aspedene, of all
his lands, &c., in Aspedene and Wakeley. Buntyngford, Monday, the
Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 5 Edward III. Portion of seal.
[Herts.] A. 1124. Mandate of John, son of John de Titeburste, to Roger de
Eyden, Richard de la Burn, Adam son of Alan, and Idonea, daughter of
Ralph le Skinnere Attebrigge, his tenants in Titeburste, to pay their
rents and other services to Adam de Stratone, clerk. London, Saturday,
the morrow of St. Andrew the Apostle, 53 Henry III. Seal "Johannis
fil' Joh.' "
[Herts.] A. 1125. Grant by John, son of Alan de Tyteburst, to Robert his
son, of an annual rent of 10*. due from Roger de Heydene and Lucy del
Hec. Witnesses : Saer de Tyteburst, Walter de Sauz, and others (named).
Portion of seal.
[Herts.] A. 1126. Grant by [William, son and heir of William de Kelseye],
to William [Godale] of 4*. [annual rent] issuing from a messuage in
[St. Albans], situate as described. Witnesses : Henry Hotot, Walter de
Flamsted, Richard de Nortone, tanner, and others (named). Sunday next
after Holy Trinity, . . Edward III. Fragment. Annexed to A. 1127.
[Herts.] A. 1127. Grant by William Godale, of St. Albans, to Richard Lowyne,
t anner, of St. Albans, and Agnes his wife, of 4*. annual quit rent issuing
from a tenement in Sopwell Lane, St. Albans, situate as described, which
rent he had by feoffment of William, son and heir of William de Kelseye,
clothier, of St. Albans [see above, A. 1126]. Witnesses : William Novy,
bailiff of St. Albans, and others (named). 1 March, 43 Edward III.
Portion of seal.
[Herts.] A. 1128. Mandate of Robert de Thingden and Cristina his wife to
all their tenants of Wydihnll, informing them they have appointed John de
la Morulese to put Sir Adam de Stratton in possession of the rents of
7*. 6rf., &c., paid by them in Wydihull, with which they have enfeoffed the
said Adam, to whom the tenants are therefore to be responsive. Wydihull,
the Vigil of St. Ambrose, 4 Edward I. Seal.
[Herts.] A. 1129. Grant by Richard ... to Walter Saweye, both of
Hertfordingbury, of a yearly rent of \%d. and land in Layhullefield, Hert-
fordingbury, situate as described. Wednesday before St. Barnabas the
Apostle, 10 Edward II. Injured.
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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
[Herts.] A. 1130. Grant by John de Cadomo to Stephen de Venella, of
';rhiiiite, his grandson, of lands in Cesterhunte at an annual rent of
151., with reversion to John, eldest son of Robert de Cadomo ; payment of
the said rent to cease at ti.e grantor's death. Witnesses: Robert de
Cressebrok. John and William de la More, and others (nameJJ. Muck
injured.
[Herts.] A. 1131. Grant by John Adam, of St. Allans, skinner, William
Basele, William Ludford, husbandman, and others, to William Basset, of
Esenden, and Joan his wife, daughter of John Cawmvylle, of all the lands,
&c., in Esenden, Hatfield, and Hertford which they had by feoffmeut of
the said Cawmvylle. Esenden, , 2. . . . Fragment: one seal
remaininy.
[Herts.] A. 1132. Grant by Robert Kyttewylde to Adam de Stratton, clerk, of
land in Cokeshullfield in Shenle. Witnesses : Thomas de Wald, Peter
Kyttewylde, and others (named). November, 10 Edward I. Fragnn-iit :
portion of seal.
[Herts.] A. 1133. Grant by David Hagar, of Ware, and Thomas Mershe, of
Stansted, to Simon Hagar, Thomas Birche, and others (named), of a
tenement called ' le Kateryn Whele ' [in Ware] which they with others
named had by feoffment of Thomas Birche, of Ware, deceased ; to the only
use of Simon Hagar and his heirs. 29 April, 20 Henry VIII. Fragment :
one seal remaining.
Herts. A. 1134. Grant by John Reste, grocer, of London, and Agnes his
wife, daughter of William Pyry, of Ware, deceased, to
of a tenement called 'le Kateryn Whele,' in Ware, which formerly
belonged to the said Pyry. 7 Henry VII. One seal remaining. Much
injured.
[Herts ?] A. (1135. Grant by ... Esynden and Avice his wife, John
Athill, and Thomas Athill, to Thomas Prowet, clerk, and Thomas
[Brand ?] of lands in [Herts ?]. Witnesses : Edmund Perye, Robert
Bataill, and others (named). 17 Edward IV. Fragments.
[Herts.] At 1136. Grant of land, undecipherable, but seemingly relating to co.
Herts, " Mimmes " being one of the witnesses. Fragment.
[Herts.] A. 1137. Grant by Richard Pnrs, smith, and John Broke, yeoman, to
John Carpenter and Alice his wife, John Taverner, the elder, Richard
Gape, Thomas Kyngeston, and John Merston, tanner, of three cottages
under one roof in Sopwel lane, St. Albane, situate as described. May, . .
Richard III. Much injured.
[Herts.] A. 1138. Grant by John de la Dane, of Hertfordingeberi, to Richard
Hert and Alice his wife, of the same, of land in the field called ' Lay-
hulle," in Hertfordingbury, situate as described. Witnesses: John le
Monye, William son of John, and others (named) .
[Herts.] A. 1139. Indenture of agreement, whereby Adam de Strattou, clerk,
grants to John, son of John de Savekaump, vicar of All Saints, Hertford,
lands and rents in .... which he had by feoffment of the prior and
convent of Bermondsey. The Annunciation, 1275. Very much injured.
[Herts.] A. 1140. Grant by Thomas, son of Richard Estmer, to the nuns of
St. Mary of Sopwell, of an annual rent of I2d. issuing from a stall in the
Butchery, St. Albans, situate as described. Witnesses: Adam de Belvair
and others (named). Much injured.
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[Hot*.] A. 1141. Grant of hod in * field called 'CfcerchefeU' m ____
the names of the portie*befcg illegible. Wrtnea*es : Henry de Bracking
Geoffrej de Langeford, and otfaen fimMd). Fragment <mly,mmek injnrtd.
[H*m.l A. U42. Gnat by Richard ... to Adam [de Strattoa]. of
in Titeborste [in Aldeham parish]. WitaesM* > LMraee de T;
and others (named). Fragment.
[Bate?] A. 1143. [Release] by Robert --- to Adam [de Strattoo], of the
bud he bad of the and Ada* in ... WitaewK : ..... Bret**,
Walter Pjnk, and others (tamed). Fragment.
[Hem?] A. 1144. Release by Thomas, abbot of the exempt
St. . . . . to , of land in [Herts?]. 21st year of hm
Edward [TV.]. Fragment
[Herb.] A. 1145. Grant by to Heavy Sberdb . . aad others, of
land in Ware. [21 Henry VII- ? \ Fragment.
A. U46. Release by the prioress of St. Mary's of [3*..UT| to
Thomas . . . , of Sc Albans, of the fa-armtat formerly hrlna^iaj, to
k Fnrmager in St Albans, for 10 yean [n " ainaiiij,"] at the
of John the Baptitf, 13O+, at a yearly rent ; the ami Thorna*
performing certain specified eovcnanto. Witness^: Geoftey de CUdewrfc.
baffiff of ScAmana, aad others (named). 1XM. Jfmtm injmd.
j Richard le H ami Xiehom* Smyth to
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[Edward HI.] Fragment, motdy iUeytUe.
an of Geoffrey the Clerk, ami others (
A. 1149. Grmtthy
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[Herts.] A. 1154. Grant by Robert dc Rupella to Henry, son of Adam de
IJi'iiwins;, on the latter's marriage with Amice his daughter, of land in fields
called ' Grenehale,' ' Apeltonefeld,' ' Bordesdenefeld,' and elsewhere in
Bordesdcne. Witnesses : Richard de Melkeley, John de Scalariis, John
de Marinis, John de Lesnes, and others (named). Injured.
[Herts.] A. 1155. Release by Laurence de Brok, son and heir of the late Sir
Hugh de Brok, knt., to Elizabeth, late wife of Sir William de Montacute,
knt, of all lands, &c., formerly his father's, in 'la Hyde' in Langeley
'Abbots. Witnesses: Sirs Giles de Trompeton and Robert Malet, knts.,
and others (named). Aston Clynton, Thursday before St. Gregory the
Pope, 17 Edward II.
[Herts.] A. 1156. Grant by Roger dc Blakevile to Richard, the prior, and the
convent of Holy Trinity, London, of land in Langele, situate as described.
Witnesses: [Ra]ndulph de Cheyndedut, Thomas de Bulestrode, John de
Blakevile, John de Lesnes, John dc Anesty, and others (mimed). [A.D.
1223-1252.] Injured.
[Herts.] A. 1157. Bond of Michael Nevell, of Goteherste, Bucks, to Thomas,
cardinal archbishop of York, in 100/., if he omit to make sure to the latter
the lands, &c., lately held by John Welshe, deceased, in Chestehunte, or in
cos. Essex and Middlesex, or other legacies bequeathed to the cardinal by
the will of the said Welshe. 20 June, 9 Henry VIII.
[Herts ?] A. 1158. Release by Walter de la Grene, of Gatesberi, to John, the
prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of a rent of 12d. issuing
from three acres of land in Heneworthe, situate as described. Witnesses :
Sirs John de Escalers, John Baard, and Robert de Larekele, John .de
Burdesdene, and others (named). [A.D. 1252-1258.]
[Herts.] A. 1159. Acquittance by Hugh de Marines from all suits " comitatuum
et hundredorum," &c., of 10 acres of land which Hugh the Chaplain
(Capellanus) holds of the prior and convent of Holy Trinity, London,
in Westmeln. Witnesses : John de Lesnes, Jobn le Bel, Peter Bussel,
and others (named),
[Herts.] A. 1160. Grant by Richard son of Robert, to Richard son of
Edmund (for 31*. 8d. paid to himself and \9d. to Leticia his wife), of land
in Westmelne, situate as described. Witnesses: Adam de. Bracking,
Simon de Mellecley, and others (named). Much injured.
[Herts.] A. 1161. Grant of a rent issuing from land, probably in Shenle, all
particulars being lost. Witnesses : Ranulph de Mimmes, John Tayleboys,
Peter Kytewylde, and others (named). Shenle, February, Edward [1.].
Fragment.
[Herts.] A. 1162. Acquittance by Thomas Jocelyn, the elder, for 60 marcs
. received from his son Thomas, for corn and oats sold him in the manors of
'la Hyde' and Shelewen. London, Sunday before St. Peter in Cathedra,
5 Edward I.
[Herts.] A. 1163. Grant by Richard, the prior, and the canons of Holy Trinity,
London, to John de Marines of the land they had of Luke de Tany in
Westmeln, in exchange for as much of the said John's land in Rughenofeld.
Witnesses : Luke de Tany, Brian de Trokking, John de Lesnes, and
others (named). [A.D. 1223-1252 ?]
[Herts.] A. 1164. Grant by to Adam de Stratton, clerk, of
16 denariates of land [formerly belonging to] Thomas de la Forde.
Witnesses: Ranulph de Mimmes, John Tayleboys, and others (named).
Fragment.
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[Herts.] A. 1165. Grunt by Thomas <le Flanden to Sir .Hugh son of Otho, of
land in the field called ' Eldefcld,' in Flaunden, situate as described.
Witnesses : Sirs John de Cheyne, John dc Ifos, and Stephen, son of
Stephen de Cheyndut, and others (named).
[Herts.] A.. 1166. Grant by John son of Ralph, to Ralph de Sancto Albano of
land in a field called ' Asfeld sub la Sancele,' in Hertfordingberi. Witnesses :
John de Waloniis, John son of Vital', Kichard de Thewing, and others
(named).
[Herts.] A. 1167. Grant by R[ichard], the prior, and the convent of Holy
Trinity, London, to William son of Godfrey, of land in Berkeden, situate
as described. Witnesses : Richard Muschet, Roger Hacun, John de
Lesnes, and others (named). [A.D. 1223-1252 ?]
[Herts.] A. 1168. Grant by John de la Lane, of Cesterhuute, to Walter de
Pevenshee, clerk, on the hitter's marriage with his daughter Alice, of two
messuages and lands in Cesterhunte, situate as described. Witnesses :
Philip de Cesterhunt, Roger le Blond, Waiter Ossenna, and others (named).
Much injured.
[Herts.] A. 1169. Grant by Walter ... to of land in Tyteburste,
situate as described. Witnesses : Ranulph de Mimmes, and others
(named). Fragment.
[Herts.] A. 1170. Grant by John Be .... to William de Poley of land in
Aylfladewyk, &c., situate as described. Witnesses : Walter Clement,
Martin Jordan, and others (named). Buntyngford, Saturday before the
Apostles Simon and Jude, Fragment.
[Herts.] A. 1171. Demise by Gilbert, the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity,
London, to Gilbert Luvel, of land in Farndunehelle in Bracking, situate as
described. Witnesses : Walter Clement, Henry de Bracking, Peter
Bnssel, and others (named). [A.D. 1260-1264.] Injured.
[Herts.] A. 1172. Demise by John, the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity,
London, to Geoffrey Cook, of Chikesaunde, and Alice his wife, of a
messuage with garden on the road leading to Brackinge church.
Witnesses: Henry de Brackinge, Ralph Lovel, and others (named).
[A.D. 1252-1258.] -Annexed to A. 1171. Much injured.
[Herts.] A. 1173. Grant by Ralph, the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity,
London, to John de Tungrene, for 20*., of land in Wydihale at a yearly
rent of I8d. Witnesses : Walter Jurdan, William de Poleye, and others
(named). [A.D. 1302-1316.] Injured.
[Herts.] A. 1174. Acknowledgment by Adam Eynel that he owes Silvester de
Eton 291., which he promises to repay to Isabella, sister of Silvester, Emma
and Matilda her daughters, and William her son, and the other daughters of
Sylvester's sister herein named, at the times and by the instalments specified,
the first payment to be made at All Saints day, 1269 ; under the penalty
and conditions herein specified. Witnesses : Adam, son of William dc
Ilemelamstude, John, son of Henry de Horewode, and others (named).
1269.
[Herts.] A. 1175. Grant by William de Hodenho to the prior and convent of
[Holy Trinity, London], of land in the field called ' Ailmarescroft ' in
Widihale, situate as described. Witnesses : Sir Henry de Bocland, knt.,
Brian de Tracking, and others named. Friday after the Apostles Peter
fliul Paul, 39 Hen. III. Injured.
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[Herts.]
[Herts.]
[Herts.]
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A. 1176. Grant by Richard, son of Robert son of Peter, to Richard
son of Estmund, for If)/., of an acre of land in Westmelne, situate as
described. Witnesses : Sir Richard de Gatesbyry, Adam do Braking,
Thomas de Bordesden, John de Lesnes, and others (named).
A. 1177. Grant by Simon de Forneus to John, son of William Thurgar,
of Cotenham, of the land that Robert Paen, of Pelham, sold the said John,
in the field called ' Kingescroft,' in Bordesdan. Witnesses : Richard de la
Rokele, Robert, son of William de Parva Hormede, and others (named) .
A. 1178. Agreement whereby Henry son of Reiner grants to Geoffrey
the Priest of Sendlegh, for life, the land that Thomas his brother held iu
Senlegh, and the dwelling with land that belonged to Walter Spir. Wit-
nesses : Adam and Alan de Sumeri, Roger son of Symon, and others
(named). Injured,
A. 1179. Grant by Walter de la Grene, of Gatesberi, to John, the prior,
and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of a rent of I2d. paid by Symon
Abot for 6 acres in Hardene and elsewhere. Witnesses much as in A. 1158.
[AD. 12521258.]
A. 1180. Acquittance by Thomas de la Forde for 40*. received from
John, sou of John de Titeburste, by the hands of Adam de Strattone, clerk,
for an annual rent of 6*. 4d., which the said John formerly sold to him by
deeds which he has delivered to the said Adam on receipt of the above sum,
which John is bound to repay the latter : to whom he hereby relinquishes
all right to the said rent, John having sold it to the said Adam for ever.
London, Thursday next after St. Edmund the King, 53 Hen. III.
A. 1181. Release by Amissia, late wife of Gilbert Bercar', of Absedene,
to Eustace, the prior, and the convent of Holy Trinity, London, of a
messuage and land in Absedene that came to her as dower. Witnesses :
Brian de Thorcking, Walter Hakun, and others (named). [A.D. 1264-
1280.]
A. 1182. Grant by William Pery, of Ware, to Sir William Oldhall,
knt., Philip Bottiller, John, Thomas, and William Pery, his sons, and two
others, of all his goods and chattels in Ware, or elsewhere. 16 February,
26 Hen. VI.
A. 1183. Grant by the abbot and convent of St. Albans to the nuns of
St. Mary de Prato, the property granted being lost ; except that this
grant seems to have been made in confirmation of a previous grant by abbot
Garinus. [A.D. 1188-1195. See Dugdale's Monasticon, ii. 188.] Much
injured.
A. 1184. Release by Thomas son of Adam, for 9 marcs, to Seiher
son of Henry, of land in .... upon certain covenants and conditions
specified. Witnesses : Thomas del Waud, Master W. de la Dune, then
sheriff of Middlesex, and others (named). 18-20 Hen. III. Much injured.
A. 1185. Grant by Hugh de Marines to William, son of Jordan de
Alseswyke, of land and a messuage in Westmilne. Witnesses : John de
Marines, Michael Master, Ralph de Chiperevile, and others (named).
A. 1186. Release by the abbot and convent of St. Albans to Thomas
West, of a messuage and lands, &c., called ' Gunneslond,' in Parksokne, at
an annual rent of 21*. 8d. "In our Chapter House," 1 June,
21 [Edw.] IV. Portion of document only.
A. 1187. Confirmation by Peter, the prior, and the convent of Christ-
church, London, of the grant by Yvo, son of Hugh de Berkedene, to Robert
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de Widehale, of land in Widehale, to be held of the convent in capite at a
yearly rent of Gd. Witnesses : Nigel the Priest of Tracking, Philip de
Hormade, James de Sumereshale, Eobert the Priest of Widehale, and others
(named). [A.D. 1197-1221.]
Underwritten: "Juravit predictus Robertus in capitulo nostro super
quatuor ew' quod fidelis erit ecclesie Christi et canonicis de hoc
tenemento."
[Herts.] A. 1188. Demise by John de Brutewell to Adam [de Strattpn, clerk],
of a messuage and land in Harpesfeld, for 10 years from Michaelmas,
51 Hen. III., paying the yearly rent thereof instead of the said John to
the abbot and convent [of St. Albans]. Other covenants specified.
Witnesses: . . . . de Bachesworth, Peter de Gedeleston, John de Bas-
singeburne, knts., and others (named). 51 Hen. III. Only half the
document remains, injured.
A. 1189. Demise by Emma, late wife of Walter de Camera, to
Thomas de la Ford, for 9 years from Michaelmas, 52 Hen. III., of land in
Tyteburst, in fields called ' Dene ' and ' Hundeshul.' Witnesses : Eanulph
de Mimmes, John Taylebos, John de Buvile, and others (named).
52 Henry III. Fragment of seal. Injured.
A. 1190. Release by William Basset, the elder, of Esynden, to John
Say, knt., John Puller, Thomas Prowet, clerk, and Thomas Braugbyng, of
the lands, &c., in Esynden, Bishops Hatfield, and elsewhere in co. Herts,
which they had by feoffment of John Noreys and John Node. 16 June,
13 Edward IV.
A. 1191. Duplicate of A. 1163., q.v.
A. 1192. Grant by Nicholas Letchoworthe, of Ramsey, to Margaret
his sister, of land in Ramsey, situate as described. Witnesses : John
Ravele, bailiff" of Ramsey, and others (named). Monday, St. Valentine's
day, 42 Edward IH. Seal.
A. 1193. Release by Ralph, son and heir of Robert . . . , to Sir
William de . . . , vicar of St. Ives, of the third part of a messuage in
[St. Ives ?], that Cecilia his mother held by way of dower. Witnesses :
Roger, son of Ivo de Goldherst, Thomas the Clerk of Broucton, and others
(named). Wodeherst, 2 Edward III. Fragment, much injured.
A. 1194. Agreement made to settle the disputes between Ranulph, the
abbot, and the convent of Ramsey, and Alice, formerly wife of Ralph de
Trubevile, as to the claims made by the latter from the abbey to a road
(calceta), which she asserted was on her fee, a pair of scarlet hose, 2 Ibs.
of pepper, 2 Ibs. of cumin, 1,000 eels (millenarium angwillaruni), and to
have common in the abbey wood annually. The said Alice releases the
abbot from all claims, and the abbot and convent grant her and her heirs
40 cart-loads of underwood yearly from the wood of St. Ives, and
1,000 eels or half a marc, and to herself 20 other cart-loads for life.
Witnesses : Geoffrey de Caxton, William de Sancto Georgio, John de
Claris Vallibus, and others (named). 18 May, 22 Henry in. Seal.
[Hunt] A. 1195. Release by Isabella, daughter of William Ruffus and
' Nicholae ' de Hemmingeford, to the abbot and convent of Ramsey, of her
right to the rents of a pair of scarlet hose, &c., claimed as above \see
A. 1194], on account of a tenement that belonged to her parents in
Hemmiugeford, and of her claim of underwood in the wood of St. Ives.
Witnesses: Henry de Colne, then sheriff of Hunts, William de Sancto
Georgio, William de Lacu, and others (named). [22-27 Henry III.]
Seal.
[Herts.]
Herts.
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[Hunt.]
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[Hunt.] A. 1196. Certificate by Jocelin de Stivecle, steward of Ramsey, that,
he has paid 40 inarcs into the Exchequer for Robert, abbot of Ramsey,
demanded by Exchequer summons for a certain " promissum " made for the
right to hold a fair at St. Ives ; of which 40 marcs he has received 10, and
the remaining 30 are assigned him out of the farm of Wivebodesham,
which he holds of the abbey. Witnesses : R., dean of Lincoln, Master R.,
sub-dean, Master G. de Rowell, and others (named). [A.D. 1205.] Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1197. Duplicate of the above. [Except that the times of repay-
ment of the 30 marcs are specified, viz., 47. at Easter next after the death
of Hubert archbishop of Canterbury (which took place 13 July 1205), and
4.1. at each of the four usual terms following,] Fragment of seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1198. Grant by John Chyksonde, of Huntingdon, to John Bocher,
the younger, merchant, John Puller, draper, John Bocher, the elder, all of
St. Ives, and Nicholas Bocher, of Bychehamstede, of a messuage in St. Ives,
situate as described. St. Ives, Monday the Vigil of Epiphany, 6 Henry VI.
Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1199. Grant by Nicholas, son of Simon le Hauekere, of St. Ives,
to William de Gorton and Richard de Spaldyng, clerks, of an annual rent
of 6s. Sd. issuing from the messuage that Robert Whyri and 'Agnes his wife
hold in St. Ives, situate as described, which belonged to Simon his father.
Witnesses : John le Hauekere, Roger le Noreys, of Wodehurst, and others
(named). St. Ives, Monday next before the Translation of St. Edmund the
King, 10 Edward II. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1200. Demise by the above-named four grantees [see A. 1198]
to William Judde, Thomas Judde, and Thomas Couper, clerk, of a messuage
and six acres of land in the town and meadows of St. Ives, which they had
lately by grant of John Chyksonde, of Huntingdon. St. Ives, 26 July,
13 Henry VI. Two out of four seals remaining.
[Hunt.] A. 1201. Demise by John Burgoyne, of Dray ton, Thomas Hore, John
Depyng, John Gillyng, clerks, Thomas Burgoyne and John Walter, of
Craweden, to John Hore, of Childerley, of all lands, &c., that Roger
Banastre, of Wakefield, co. York, holds for term of his life, by demise of
the said John Hore, in Great Raveley. Witnesses : Nicholas Styvecle,
knt., John Pulter, and others (named). " Ravele Magna, 3 May, 5 Henry VI.
Three seals.
[Hunt.] A. 1202. Release by Thomas Judde, of St. Ives, Hunts, to Thomas
Browys and William Melburne, of the same place, of a messuage iu St. Ives,
situate as described, which he had with other property by feoffment of John
Wake, William Tayllard, John Collan, and John Mystrechambre.
20 February, 5 Henry VII.
[Hunt.] A. 1203. Certificate by Hugh de Sulegrave, abbot of Ramsey,
formerly prior of St. Ives, that the abbey has granted to the priory of
St. Ives, for the increase of bread and support of a more liberal hospitality
there as herein specified, their tenement with appurtenances in W[oo]de-
hirst and a croft in St. Ives. The Chapter House, Ramsey, the morrow of
St. Maurus the Abbot, 1263.
[Hunt.] A. 1204. Grant by Mabel, late wife of Sir William Grimbald, and
Robert Grimbald her son, to Roger de Nortone, clerk, for G marcs, of the
messuage with appurtenances in Houton by St. Ivec, which they had by
feoffment of lady Mary, formerly wife of Stephen de Houton. Witnesses :
'Ralph le Noreys, John de Wystowe, and others (named). Fragment of
teal.
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[Hunt.] A. 1205. Demise by John le Hanker, of St. Ives, to Nicholas, son of
Symon le Haukere, his brother, for his life, of a messuage in St. Ives,
situate as described. Witnesses : William Mowyu, of Hirst, John de
Wardeboys, Roger Noreys, and others (named). St. Ives, Trinity Sunday,
10 Edward II. Portion of seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1206. Grant by John le Fischer to Adam Wyoth, both of St. Ives,
of a messuage in St. Ives, and land in the field of Nidingworth in the
' quarantene' called ' Schortbeuehill,' and in the meadow of St. Ives in a
place called ' Corlouforlond,' all situate as described. Thursday after
St. Andrew, 15 Edw. II. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1207. Grant by Matilda, daughter and heir of .John de Erhith
(or Herhyth), of St. Ives, widow, to Ralph, son of Benedict ie Chamber-
leyn, of all her lands, &c., in St. Ives, Slepe, Huntingdon, Halliwell,
Nuldingworth, Wodehirst, Bluntesham, and Herhyth (Earith), which she
inherited from her father; with reversion to herself if he die childless.
Witnesses : John de Herforde, then bailiff of Huntingdon, and others
(named). St. Ives, Wednesday, the feast of Mary Magdalen, 23 Edward III.
Seal defaced.
Endorsed : " Predicta Matilda prius f'uit sponsu Heire, et Heire
" obiit, et postea fecit istam cartam, et postea sponsa dicto Radulfo et
" postea," &c.
[Hunt.] A. 1208. Release by John le Hauekere, of St. Ives, to William de
Cortone and Richard de Spaldyng, clerks, of the messuage in St. Ives
which they have by feofiment of his brother Nicholas le Haukere. St. Ives,
[Monday] before the translation of St. Edmund the King, 10 Edward II.
Seal. Injured.
[Hunt.] A. 1209. Grant by Thomas Erhethe, of Slepe St. Ives, to Thomas
Fysscher of land in St. Ives, in the ' Mylnefeld,' in the furlong (studio)
called ' Lymeyerdis,' and in ' le Garbradis,' situate as described. St. Ives,
Trinity Sunday, 2 Richard II. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1210. Release by Robert de Swayefeld, and Emma his wife, to
[Ramsey Abbey] of the land in St. Ives which they had by demise of
Richard le Eyr, of Niddingworth, a"nativus" of the abbot and convent.
Witnesses : William Mowyn, and others (named). St. Ives, Sunday before
St. Gregory, 10 Edward II. Two seals.
[Hunt.] A. 1211. Grant by William de Balesham to Richard Lomb, burgesses
of Lynn, for 11 marcs, of land with buildings thereon, c., in St. Ives,
situate as described. Witnesses : John de Yspania, then mayor of Lynn,
Elyas de Middelton, steward of Lynn, Robert de London, William de
Lindeseye, burgesses of Lynn, and others (named). Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1212. Grant by Henry le Barkere, of Henimyngford Abbots, to
William de St. Ives and Matilda his wife of an acre of land, situate as
described [in Hemmingford]. Witnesses: John Portehor?, John Chyve,
and others (named). Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1213. Grant by Henry, son of Symon Tanner, of Emmyngford
Abbots, to William de St. Ives and Matilda his wife of land in Middclfeld
in Emmyngford Abbots, situate as described. Witnesses : John Porthors,
Robert Townsend (ad finem ville), John Chyve, and others (named).
Injured. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1214. Release by Richard le Eyr, of Nyddyngworth, to Robert
de Swayefeld and Emma his wife of the land in St. Ives that Geoffrey de
Halywell and Beatrix his wife formerly held of him. Witnesses : Giles
de Haly well, William Mouyn, of Woldhyrst, and others (named). Halywell,
Thursday the Annunciation, 4 Edward II.
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[Hunt] A. 1215. Grant by William, son of Hugh de Dunstaple, fisherman,
and Nicholaa his wife, to Robert de Hale, rector of Gravele, for eight
marcs, of a row (rengid) of houses in Brigestrate, St. Ives, situate as
described, abutting on the highway leading from the stone cross to St. Ives
bridge. Witnesses : William de Stowe, John and Ranulph de Clervaus,
Richard de Bayllol, of Boucton, and others (named) . One seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1216. Grant by Roger, son of Baudri de St. Ives, to William
Miller (Molcndinario), of Wardebos, of sufficient land in St. Ives to erect
a mill or mills upon, over against Badewrth on the north ; reserving the
rents specified. Witnesses : Oliver le Moygne, of Ravele, Geoffrey de
Wintouia, William Butler (Pincerna), of Brocton, and others (named).
[Hunt.] A. 1217. Grant by Richard de Molesworth, in Woldhyrst, to Ivo,
sou of Thomas de Woldhyrst, and Cecilia his wife, of land in the meadow
of St. Ives on the 'quarentene' called 'le Swathes,' situated as described.
Witnesses : John de Swynef ord, Ralph le Noreys, Henry le Eyr, of
Wodehyrst, and others (named). St. Ives, St. Peter in Cathedra,
33 Edward I.
[Hunt.] A. 1218. Release by Ralph de Wynton, of Ramsey, to Hugh, the
abbot, and the monks of Ramsey, of a meadow called ' le Holm,' in the
parish of St. Ives. Witnesses: Master Gilbert de Weppested, William
Noreys, John de Sulegrave, and others (named). [A.D. 1254-1267.]
Hunt. A. 1219. Release by John Geffron, of version, co. Northampton, to
John Asshewell, of Overtonlongvile, Hunts, of all the lands, goods, and
chattels, &c., which he, together with John, Earl of Somerset, William
Athall, William Geffron, and John Stokes, now deceased, had by feoffment
of William Asshewell, of Overton. Overtonlongvile, 30 March,
19 Edward IV.
[Hunt.] A. 1220. Grant by Richard Jekis, of Woltwestone, to William
Wawcleyn, of Sibythorpe, of a half "placium" of land in Sibythorpe with
the buildings thereon, and 16 acres of land in Woltwestone fields, the
situation of every parcel of land being minutely described. Woltwestoiie,
Sunday before Ascension day, 16 Edward II.
[Hunt.] A. 1221. Grant by John de Hotost, Roger Grymbaut, William de
Hotost, and Richard and John Jekes to Simon, abbot of Ramsey, ofleave
to enclose and hold separately his "cultura" called ' le Hulkslond,' in
Woldweston, free from any claim to common for beasts thereon by
themselves or their heire. Woldweston, Tuesday the feast of St. Denis the
Martyr, 18 Edward II.
[Hunt.] A. 1222. Demise by Joan, late wife of Edmund Hotost, of Woldwes-
ton, to Simon, abbot of Ramsey, for her life, of the lands, rents, and services
in Woldweston specified herein, which she holds as dower ; in exchange
for which the abbot grants her an annuity of 264'. 8d., and a coloured robe
with suitable fur yearly for life. Witnesses : John le Lord, of Lejghton,
Richard Jekes, and others (named). Broughtou, Sunday after the nativity
of the Virgin Mary, 3 Edward III. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1223- Grant by Fabian le Gost, of Ramsey, to the church of
St. Mary of Byru [sic : Bury], for support of the poor, of three acres of land
towards Ricroft, situate as described; for which grant the almoner of
Ramsey will give him all his life five monk's loaves, and beer, &c., weekly,
and a tunic, c., yearly, as a servant of the hospital. Witnesses : Geoffrey
de Vincester, William de Eleswrth, and others (named).
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[Hunt.] A. 1224. Release by Gilbert de Weppestede to Ramsey Abbey, of land
in Woldwestone which he had by grant of the said abbey, for the health of
the souls of himself and Petronilla his wife, and for three quarters of
wheat and three of dredge (dragetum) to be paid him yearly for life, at
his house in Bychehamstcde. Witnesses : Sir William Camberlan, Master
Stephen de Walsok, and others (named). Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1225. Grant by lloger, son of John Cook, of Barnsey, to Margaret,
late wife of Henry Cook, of Ramsey, of land in Upwode, adjoining the
mill of Bigging. Ramsey, Tuesday before Michaelmas, 35 Edward III.
[Hunt.] A. 1226. Grant by William Brekespere, of Parva Stivecle (Little
Stukeley), to William le Peyntour, of Bramptone, of land in Little Stukeley,
situation minutely described. Saturday the morrow of the Epiphany,
11 Edward II. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1227. Release by Alice atte Okes, relict of William Atte Okes,
of Huntingdon, to Sir William Herward, chaplain, of a tenement in
Huntingdon. 4 June, 7 Hen. VI.
[Hunt.] A. 1228. Grant by Richard de Molesworthe to Ivo, son of Thomas
de Woldhirst, of a messuage with a garden, croft, and land, in the fields
of Woldhirst. Witnesses : William Mowyn, John Humfrey, of Warde-
boys, Roger Noreys,.of Wodehirst, and others (named).
[Hunt.] A. 1229. Grant by William Knyvet, knt., to h.is son, Charles Knyvet,
and Anne his wife, of the manors of Hammerton and Wynwike, with all
their appurtenances, for term of their lives and the longer liver of tfiem ;
and appointment of attornies to deliver seisin of the premises. Paper
draft.
[Hunt.] A. 1230. Letters patent giving licence to Roger Norton, for the fine
paid by (he abbot, to assign to Ramsey Abbey a messuage with 188 acres
of land in Hoghton and Wytton, to maintain a chaplain to celebrate divine
service daily for ever in St. Benedict's, Ramsey, for the souls of Roger and
his ancestors. Langele, 18 November, 1 Edw. [III.]
[Hunt.] A. 1231. Grant by John Masour, of Gurmencestre, and Beatrix his
wife, to Thomas Fuller, of Hemmyngford Abbat, of land in the fields of
Hemmyngford aforesaid, situate as described. Hemmingford Abbat,
Friday, the feast of St. George the Martyr, 41 Edw. III.
[Hunt.] A. 1232. Grant by John de Sautre, the abbot, and the convent of
Ramsey, to Roger de Norton, for life, of a messuage with 188 acres of
land, and a cottage with a " placia " in Houghton and Wytton, with rever-
sion to the abbey at his death. Ramsey, Saturday after St. Augustine,
5 Edward II. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1233. Grant by William Iselep and Nicholas Holdy, clerks, to
Simon Dallyng, Simon Thorham, Robert Spylman, and Roger Bowbryge,
clerks, of a messuage and lands in Halywell and Nydynworth, which were
formerly Robert Claydon's, clerk, by feoflment of Ralph Myryel. Halywel,
10 January, 17 Henry VI. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1234. Obligation by John, the abbot, and the convent of Ramsey,
to Roger de Norton in consideration of a messuage and 188 acres of land
he has granted them in Houghton and Wytton by the King's licence and
his own charter [see A. 123O above] to provide a chaplain to celebrate
divine service daily in St. Benedict's, Ramsey, for the souls of Roger and
his ancestors at the altar of St. Nicholas ; paying such chaplain 70*. a year.
" In our Chapter House," Thursday, St. Andrew's day, 1307.
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[Hunt.] A. 1235. Grant by John do Norhamtou, woolmerchant, and Helianora
his wife, to Walter Russel, of Herford, for six marcs, of a messuage in the
parish of St. John the Baptist, Huntingdon ; with a elause that if hereafter
the grantors or their heirs wish to claim the said messuage, their lands and
tenements in Northampton shall remain to the grantees and their heirs for
ever. Witnesses: Aluered sou of Aluered, Robert Hardi, Stephen "in
ciraeterio," and others (named). Seal and fragment.
[Hunt.] A. 1236. Grant by Kobert sou of Daniel to Ramsey Abbey of land in
Heytbmundegrave [in Bury] ; in return for which the abbot and convent
have granted him a corrody of a monk's loaf and mess of meat, two small
measures (gratia) of potage and a gallon of beer daily for his life.
Witnesses : John de Clervall, Geoffrey de Wynton, Philip de Elesworth,
and others (uamed).
[Hunt.] A. 1237. Grant by Thomas Jacob, of Huntingdon, to Thomas Godfrey,
of the same place, and John Semblant, of Merden, of all his lands, &c., in
the parishes of Huntingdon, Lynton, and Eastpecham. Monday before
St. Andrew the Apostle, 6 Henry V.
[Hunt.] A. 1238. Release by Thomas Legat, son and heir of Alice Brampton,
to John Warde, of Ram&ey, of a messuage and lands in Heightmondgrove,
Upwod, and Wystowe. Heightmondgrove, Tuesday, the morrow of
St. Barnabas the Apostle, 14 Henry VI.-
[Hunt.] A. 1239. Agreement between Richard, abbot of Ramsey, and the prior
nnd convent of the same place. The prior and convent shall receive yearly
8/. from the manor of Heniyngford, belonging to the abbot's " Camera "
[Exchequer], in recompense of the 8/. that Joan, late wife of Roger de Hirst,
receives from the manor of Hemyngton, belonging to the office of cellarer
of the convent, by grant of the abbot, prior and convent, for the corrody
she used to receive from the monastery ; the 8/. to be a first charge on the
said manor. Chapter House, Ramsey, 1 July, 1367.
[Hunt.] A. 1240. Grant by Thomas Camvile, of Hetmundgrove, to his son
John Camvile and Alice his wife, of all his lands in Hetmungrove, Brry,
Rumesey, and Upwode. Witnesses : John Mereweder, of Ramesey, then
bailiff, and others (named). Hetmundgrove, Sunday after Michaelmas,
5 Henry IV.
[Hunt.] A. 1241. Grant by Sarra, late wife of Simon de Burwelle, to Thomas
de Storolf and Gilbert de Warrewik, of a portion of a messuage in Heygh-
mundegrave, situate as described. Witnesses : John de Lecheworth, and
others (named). Heyghmundegrave, Monday the feast of St. Dunstan,
11 Edward III.
[Hunt.] A. 1242. Release by Richard dc Hemmingeford, called ' le Messager,'
to Hugh, the abbot, and the convent of Ramsey, of 28 acres of land in
Hemmingeford Abbots ; the extent and situation of each portion of the
Land being accurately specified. Witnesses : Sirs John de Grey, Reginald
de Grey, Walter the Chamberlaiu, then steward of Ramsey, Berensar le
Moyne, William de Queye, William de Suthbyri, John Mowin, Robert de
Ouninton, and Alexander le Moyne, knts., and others (named). [A.D. 1254-
1267]. Seal.
[ Hunt.] A. 1243. Release by Richard de Hemmiugeford, called ' le Messager,'
to Hugh, the abbot, and the convent of Ramsey of the above 28 acres of
land in Hemmingeford Abbots [sec A. 1242.] ; all particulars being
omitted. Witnesses: Sir Walter the Chamberlain, then steward of
Ramsey, John Moyn, Robert de Cuniuton, Alexander le Moyne, knts.,
and others (named). [A.D. 1254-1267.] Portion of seal.
ANCIENT DEEDS.
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[Hunt.] A. 1244. Demise by Richard Dyke and John Cooston, burgesses of
Huntingdon, to John Derby and William Motte, clerks, of a parcel of a
tenement in St. Mary's parish, Huntingdon, of the size and situation
described. Witnesses : Thomas DoneU, then coroner, Richard Motte
and John Alcumbury, then bailiffs of Huntingdon, and others (named).
Huntingdon, Saturday before the Exaltation of Holy Cress, 39 Henry VI.
Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1245. Letters of attorney of Thomas Legat, son and heir of Alice
Brampton, empowering John Draper to deliver possession to John Warde of
a messuage and lands in Heightmondgrove, Upwode, and Wistowe,
according to his deed dated Tuesday the morrow of St. Barnabas,
14 Henry VI. [A. 1238.] Heightmondgrove, Wednesday after St. Barnabas,
14 Henry VI.
[Hunt.] A. 1246. Grant by John the Marshal (Marscalhts), of Hocton, to
Hugh, the prior, and the monks of St. Ives, for 40s. and a quarter of wheat,
of four acres of land in Hocton, situate as described. Witnesses : William
Mowin, Absolom do Haliwelle, William ^oreis, and others (named).
[Circa A.I). 1250.]
[Hunt.] A. 1247. Release by Robert le Wodeward, son and heir of Simon le
Wodeward, of Heytmundegrave by Ramsey, to John, the abbot, and the
convent of Ramsey, of land ia Heytmundegrave, situate as described.
Witnesses : William le Ryderaan, of Heytmundegrave, Simon de Elles-
worth, and others (named). Ramsey, Monday the Exaltation of Holy Cross,
32 Edward I. Two seals.
[Hunt.] A. 1248. Grant by Alice Branton, of Ramsey, to John Halle, chaplain,
of Ramsey, and John Ramsey, of Hecmegrove, of a messuage in Hecme-
grove (Heytmundgrove), situate as described, which she had by gift and
inheritance from John Roodekoc. Hecmegrove, the feast of the Apostles
Philip and Jaaies, 6 Hen. VI.
[Hunt.] A. 1249. Release by Richard le Mareschal, son of Walter le Marc-
schal, of Craunfelde, to Sir John de Morton, chaplain, and Richard his
brother, of land in Heygthmundegrave, situate as described. Witnesses :
Robert le Wodeward, Thomas le Hideman, and others (named). Heygth-
mundegrave, Sunday the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, 15 Edw. II.
[Hunt.] A. 1250. Release by Margery, daughter of William de Hemmingeford,
to Walter, son of Robert the Heir (Heredis), of Hemmingeford, her brother,
of the land she claimed to hold in Hemmingeford by gift of her said brother
Robert, viz. a messuage which the latter's mother formerly held as dower,
and land concerning which she once brought a writ ot nova disseisina
against the abbot of Ramsey, who had the wardship of the said Walter,
and Matilda, Robert's wife, at Huntingdon before the King's Justice?,
37 Hen. III. Witnesses : Sir Walter Chamberlain, William de Waldis,
William Noreys, and others (named). [Circa 40-50 Henry III.]
[Hunt.] A. 1251. Grant by Ralph de Vernun to Ranulph de Clerwaus, of land
on the road between Haliwelle and Nydingworth, situation described.
Witnesses : Sir Berenger le Moync, knt., Symon de Herdwic, William
Hildegar, and others (named).
[Hunt.] A. 1252. Grant by Amice, daughter of Robert, son of Daniel de
Heytmundegrave, " soluta conjugio," to St. Benedict's, Rfimsey, and the
almoner there, of the portion of a messuage in Heytmundegrave which her
father gave her, extent and position described : for which grant Alan do
Laushull, almoner of Ramsey, has given her 12s. and a " riuga dt;
frumento." Witnesses: Sir John de Clarisvallibus, Ralph de Wintou,
Ralph Pollard, then provost, and others (named).
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[Hunt.] A. 1253. Grant by Hugh Waukclyn, of Hamertone, to Richard, son of
William Carpenter, of Sybethorp, of land in Hillewellefeld and Hungerhul
in Sybethorp, situate as described. Sunday before St. Matthew the Apostle,
15 Edward II. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1254. Grant by Geoffrey Caperun, son of Richard Caperun, of
Huntingdon, to Walter de Hereford of a messuage in St. Mary's parish,
Huntingdon, situation described, paying Geoffrey ^<J. yearly, and 2s. 6d. to
the prior of Merton, chief lord of the tenement. Witnesses: Robert
Hardy, Alnred the Dyer ( Tinctore), William Noreys, and others (named).
[Hunt.] A. 1255. Grant by Geoffrey Caperun to Walter de Hereford of a
messuage in the parish of Holy Trinity, Huntingdon, situate as described,
paying 3d. yearly "ad Hagable," viz. Michaelmas. Witnesses; Robert
Hardi, Alured le Teintorer, Stephen de Cimiterio, and others (named).
Seal.
[Hunt] A. 1256. Grant by Nicholas Freman to Gilbert de Warewik and
Thomas de Storolf of a messuage and land in Heythmundegrave, situation
described, paying yearly 3*. to St. Mary's Chapel, Redebourne, and 6*. to
the manor of Biri (Bury) for the increase of alms. Witnesses: John de
Lecheworth, Thomas Rideman, and others (named). Heythmundegrave,
Thursday the morrow of St. Edward, King and Martyr, 1336.
[Hunt.] A. 1257. Grant by John de Temisseford to Richard de Lubbenam of
a portion of a messuage in Heythmundegrave, of the extent and situation
described. Ramsey, Prid. Id. Maias, 16 Edw. II.
[Hunt.] A. 1258. Demise by Alexander de Kyngisdelf to John, son of Henry
Rui'us, Beatrix his wife, and their children, of land, &c., in Heygth-
mundegrave in Me Newefeld,' situate as described, for 196 years from
Tuesday the Invention of Holy Cross, 2 Edw. III., with reversion to the
grantor if the grantees die childless. Biry by Ramsey, the Invention of
Holy Cross, 2 Edward III.
[Hunt.] A. 1259. Grant by Reginald de Ewere, of Ramsey, to William de
Gomecestre, the abbot, and the convent of Ramsey, of a messuage and
land in Byri (Bury) and land in Wydenhale, situate as described.
Witnesses : Philip de Elesworthe, William Brewer (Bratiator), William
le Rideman, and others (named). [A.D. 1367-1385.]
[Hunt.] A. 1260. Agreement between Ramsey Abbey and Emma, late wife
of William de Wald. The latter quitclaims to the abbey three " cotlands "
in Brington and one in Waldweston, &c., which she and her late husband by
chirograph made in the King's Court ought to hold to the end of their lives ;
and the abbot and convent grant to her and her heirs for ever two mes-
suages in Woldweston and the land there which her husband gave the abbey,
and for her life yearly 20 ' ringas ' of wheat, 20 of barley, &c., to be paid
by the bailiff and provost of the manor of Weston. Witnesses: Master
Gilbert de Wepested, Sir William the Chamberlain, and others (named).
" After Michaelmas, the 4th year of Abbot W[illiam]." Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1261. Demise by Jocelin de Rouceby to Ralph de Sutton, almoner,
and the almonry of Ramsey, of land in Brocton situated as described, to
be held until the said Ralph or his successors almoners have received
12 full harvests therefrom. Witnesses : Ralph de Wigorn, Richard Paris,
and others (named). Easter, 1245. Fragment of seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1262. Grant by Alan le Barkere, sou of the late Richard le
Barkere, of Ramsey, to Ralph de Morton, clerk, of a meadow in the
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'praeria' called ' Cheverheth ' [Heytmundegrave ?], situate as described.
Witnesses : Robert le Wodeward, of Heytmundegrave, and others (named).
Ramsey, the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist, 34 Edward I.
[Hunt.] A. 1263. Grant by Robert le Moyne, son and heir of the late Sir
William le Moyne, of Ravele, to lady Juliana le Moyne, late wife of Sir
William lo Moyne, of an annual rent of half a marc that Geoffrey do
Spartegrave was wont to pay his said father for a tenement that Sir Reymond
the Chaplain (Capellanus) holds in Croxston, which he has by gift of
Sir John de Scalariis. Witnesses : Sirs William de Suthbyri, Robert de
Musters, Philip, son of Philip Ernis, knts., and others (named). [End of
21 Edward I.].
[Hunt.] A. 1264. Certificate of John Cardun, of Wynewik, and Benigna his
wife, that within the quindene of Easter, 1275, at the mandate of William,
abbot of Ramsey, they will at their own expense go before the Justices
at London, return and stay there until the abbot or his attorney at his
own cost has made a chirograph of the land in Aylington that Robert
le Rus formerly held, of which they have made a grant to the abbot
[see A. 1277.] Other covenants specified. Witnesses: Roger, son of
Hugh Brian, Gilbert and John Fraunceys, and others (named). 1275.
C ] A. 1265. Release by John de Olneye, of Lyllingston Magna, Oxon,
to John de Sautre, the abbot, and the convent of Ramsey, of an annual rent
of Id. paid by Robert de la Burne, of Crangefeud, for all the land of ' la
Burne ' in Crangfeud, which the said Robert had of him and Elena his
wife, and held by fine levied in the King's Court at Westminster. St. Ives,
Tuesday after St. Laurence, 21 Edward I. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1266. Grant by John, son of John de Aylinton, to William, the
abbot, and the convent of Ramsey, of an annual rent of 2*. issuing from a
messuage with croft in Aylinton, held by Thomas Joute and Matilda his
wife, situate as described. Witnesses : Roger, son of Hugh Brian, Gilbert
Fraunceys, and John his brother, and others (named). [A.D. 1267-1285],
[Hunt.] A. 1267. Release by John Russel, of Graphara, knt., to William de
Gumecestre, abbot of Ramsey, and his house, of the assarted land in
Elyngton he was wont to hold of the aforesaid house of Ramsey.
Witnesses : Sir William le Moyne, knt., Stephen de Syhtlingdon, John
de Beaumeys, and others (named). [A.D. 1267-1285]. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1268. Grant by William, son of Adam le Lord, of Alkemundbyry,
to Geoffrey Wysdom, of land in Alkemundbyry in a place called ' Rogeres-
holm,' situate as described. Wednesday before St. Barnabas the Apostle,
27 Edward I.
[Hunt.] A. 1269. Grant by John Fraunceys, of Aylington, to Robert, son of
Stephen de Hale, clerk, of land in the fields of Aylington, situate as
described. Witnesses : John le Lord, of Aylington, Hugh Prest, then
the abbot [of Ramsey's] bailiff in Aylington, and others (named). St.
Gregory the Pope's day, 32 Edward I. Seal broken.
[Glouc.] A. 1270. Grant by Walter de Stivecle to Ramsey Abbey of land
in Flaxley, situate as described. If he cannot defend the said land he
binds himself to satisfy the said abbot and convent with as good laud in
Laushille ; and if Edith his wife survives him and desires part of the said
land as her dower, his heirs shall satisfy her on behalf of (pro) the abbot and
convent. Witnesses : Sir Walter Chamberlain, steward of Ramsey, and
others (named).
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[Hunt.] A. 1271. Release by Henry Godsweyn, of Aylington, to William, the
abbot, and the convent of Ramsey, for 30s., of land in Aylington, situate as
described, paying therefor Id. yearly to Geoffrey Blundel, of Aylington.
Witnesses : Sir William Chamberlain, Ranulf de Clervaus, John de
Beaumeys, and others (named). [A.D. 1267-1285],
[Huot.] A. 1272. Grant by William Je Freman, of Aylington, to William, the
abbot, and the convent of Ramsey, for 16s., of land in Aylington situate as
described. Witnesses : Sir Robert de Hale, clerk, John de Aylington,
Gilbert Fraunceys, and others (named). [A.D. 1267-1285].
[Hunt.] A, 1273. Agreement concluded between John de Langetoft and Alice
his wife, on the one part, and Robert de Hale, rector of Aylingtone, on the
other, to end the disputes between them concerning the lands, &c., formerly
belonging to William, son of John le Lord, and John his son and heir,
in Aylington and Wermington, whereof Robert was enfeoffed and out of
which Alice, mother of the said John, sought reasonable dower. The
said Robert, by advice of his friends (named), on Tuesday before
St. Nicholas, 20 Edward 1., in Aylington church, agreed that the aforesaid
Alice should be dowered anew with the lands in the greater, middle, and
smaller fields in Aylington, herein accuratelj' specified ; wherewith John
and Alice are content for their third part, and that the residue of the whole
tenement of the said William and John should remain to the said Robert,
with the exceptions stated. Robert also agreed that two parts of a capital
messuage, whereof they asserted they were enfeoffed for term of Alice's
life, should remain to them at will, subject to their good behaviour.
Witnesses : John, son of John de Aylington, Gilbert Fraunceys, John
his brother, and others (named). Aylington, the Vigil of St. Thomas the
Apostle, 20 Edward 1. Two seals.
[Hunt.] A. 1274. Agreement whereby Agnes de la Boneire, of Broucton, demises
to Ralph, the almoner of Ramsey, for 20d. that Ralph gave her in her great
need, land in the field of Broucton, at Tonmangrave, until he has received
10 crops therefrom ; after which it is to revert to her and her heirs.
Witnesses: Ralph de Wygorn, Richard Paris, and others (named).
" The year that the cycle of the moon runs through 13 [months ?]" Seal.
[Huut.] A. 1275. Release by John de Caltegot and Orabilia his wife, to
William de Gumecestre, abbot of Ramsey, and the convent there, of all
services that might accrue to them from land which Robert, son of Symeon
de Bokesworth, holds of the abbot in Bokesworth at a yearly rent of 2s. Gd.
Witnesses : Walter de Papeworth, Robert de Conigton, and others
(named). [A.D. 1267-1285.]
[Hunt.] A. 1276. Grant by Jocelin de Rouceby to Ralph de Sutton and his
successors, almoners cf Ramsey Abbey, of land in Broctonfield, in a place
called 'Hirstingrave,' for 10s., a "ringa" of wheat, and one of oats.
Witnesses: Ralph de Wigorn, Thomas le Butiler, and others (named).
Portion of seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1277. Grant by John Cardun, of Wynewik, and Benigna his
wife, to Sir William, the abbot, and the convent of Ramsey, for 17 marcs,
of land with a toft and croft in Aylington, that Robert le Rus formerly held
of them. Witnesses : Roger, son of Hugh Brian, Gilbert and John
Franceys, and others (named). [A.D. 1275 : see A. 1264.]. Two seals.
[Hunt.] A. 1278. Release by Emma, late wife of William de Wald, to
Sir William, the abbot, and the convent of Ramsey, of three " cotlands " in
Brinington and one in Waldweston, with their appurtenances, which she
and her husband held for their lives by chirograph levied in the King's
Court ; in return for which they have granted to her and her heirs for ever
two messuages and land in Waldweston which she and her husband held as
above. Witnesses as in A. 1260. 1271.
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[Hunt.] A. 1279. Release by Ralph, son of Roger Noreys, of Wodehirst, to
Johu le Smyth, of Broughtou, William his brother, and Agnes, William's
wife, of land in Broughton. Friday in Pentecost week, . . Edward III.
Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1280. Release by John, son of John Osebern, of Wodewestone,
to John le Webbister and Richard de Thotynham, of his right by inheritance,
after the death of Sir Geoffrey the Chaplain, his brother, to a messuage and
land in Broughton, formerly belonging to Thomas le Webbister. Witnesses :
William Mowyn and Roger Noreys, of Wodehirst, and others (named).
Broughton, Wednesday, the morrow of All Souls day, 16 Edward II.
[Cornw.] j. 1281. Release by Roger, son and heir of Amadeus le Golan, to
John de Trebethon, of all land he has or could claim in Trebethon.
Witnesses : Laurence de Arundell, Benedict de Trewardyan, Richard de
Mores, then bailiff of Coverton, and others (named). On the Itinere of
the Justices at Lancenston, Thursday after St. Denis, 30 Edward I.
Injured.
[Hunt.] A. 1282. Demise by Hugh, son and heir of John de Hygeneye, to John
Catoun, both of Wardeboys, of land in Wardeboys, situate as described,
from Michaelmas, 14 Edward II., till he has received three complete crops
therefrom. Witnesses: John Unfrey, Robert Berenger, Roger Noreys,
and others (named). Michaelmas, 14 Edward II.
[Hunt.] A. 1283. Certificate by Thomas Botyrwyk. abbot of Ramsey, and the
convent there, of the manumission of William Smyth, of Shitlyngdon, with
all his "sequela." Ramsey, Sunday after the Invention of Holy Cross,
20 Richard II.
[Hunt.] A. 1284. Grant by H[ugh] abbot of Ramsey, and the convent there,
to John, son of Henry de Fareburn, of the " cultura " called ' Stockes '
between W[o]dehurst and Acley, situate as described, saving common therein
to all who ought to have it ; paying 40d. yearly to provide a light on the
altar of St. Mary in Ramsey monastery. Witnesses : Sir W. de Wicheton,
then steward of Ramsey, Sir Oliver le Moyne, John de Claris Vallibus, and
others (named). [A.D. 1254-67].
[Hunt.] A. 1285. Grant by Walter, son of Jocelin de Stivecle, to Ramsey
Abbey, of all the land in Stivecle which he had by gift of Jocelin, his father,
called ' Bernardescroft,' ' Smaldenedich,' &c., situate as described ; and
release by the same to the same of the said land : for which grant and
release Ranulph abbot of Ramsey has given him 6 marcs. Witnesses :
Jeremyas de Caxton, then sheriff of Huntingdon, Richard dc Beynvill,
Geoffrey de Caxton, William de Sancto Georgio, and others (named).
[A.D. 1233-1236]. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1286. Grant by Emma, daughter of Henry Waldechef, of Stywecle
Parva (Little Stukeley), to Isabella, daughter of Robert Waldechef, and
Margaret her sister, of a messuage in Stywecle, situate as described.
Witnesses: William Brekespere, and others (named). Monday after
Easter, 10 Edward II.
[Hunt.] A. 1287. Grant by William le Moyne, to William, his son, and
Alianora, daughter of Sir John de Luvetot, and their children, of his
manors of Sawtre and Roweye, with remainder to another son, Hugh, and
reversion to himself and his heirs successively ; at a yearly rent of 30/.
Witnesses : Sirs John Russel, Richard de Beynvill, Philip de Rypton, and
Robert de Beaumes, knights, Ranulph de Clerevaus, and others (named).
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lluut. A. 1288. Grant by John de Hamirton, and Alice his wife, to William,
son of Robert de Thychemers, of a fine to be levied in the King's Court ot
the messuage and lands in Stepil Gidding [see A. 1289.], and the land in
Tichemers which they have sold and grauted him by charter, under penalty
of 201., for payment whereof they bind all their lands, goods, and chattels in
co. Huntingdon. Witnesses : Ralph de Thorneye, Stephen de Lotton,
clerk, and others (named). Peterborough, Friday after St. Augustine,
26 Edward I. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1289. Grant by John de Hamirton, and Alice his wife, to William,
son of Robert de Tichemers, of a messuage and land in Stepil Gidding,
situate as described. Witnesses: William Engayne, of Littil Gidding,
and others (named). Peterborough, Thursday after St. Augustine,
26 Edward I.
[Hunt.] A. 1290. Release by Robert, son and heir of Richard Beinville, of
Walton, to Richard Shenyngdon, abbot of Ramsey, of all actions for waste
in his inheritance in Wodewalton, of which the abbot had the custody
during Robert's nonage ; he having committed no waste or other
damage therein. Wodewalton, Sunday after St. Barnabas the Apostle,
37 Edward III.
[Hunt.] A. 1291. Deed of sale by Simon de Stivecle to Sir Richard, abbot of
Ramsey, for three marcs, of a messuage in Stivecle that his mother held ;
and quitclaim of assarted land situate as described. Witnesses : Jocelin
de Stivecle, Master Walter, his brother, Master Geoffrey, parson of Offorde,
Geoffrey de Wintonia, and others (named). Portion of seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1292. Grant by Robert, son of John Cook (Cocf), of Wynewyk,
to Geoffrey Wysdam, of a messuage in Little Stukeley, situate as described.
Witnesses : John de Swyneford, Alexander, son of Sir Philip de Rypton,
and others (named). Styvekle, Sunday, the feast of St. Hugh, Bishop and
Confessor, 25 Edward I.
[Hunt.] A. 1293. Assent by Helewisa, wife of Walter de Bolebec, to the grant
by her said lord of the manor of Walton to Walter, the abbot, and the
monks of Ramsey. " Witnesses, the same as to my lord's grant."
[A.D. 11331160.]
[Hunt.] A. 1294. Grant by Mabil, late wife of Robert de Tychemerhs, to
Alice her daughter, of a messuage and land in Stepil Giddyng, that Emma,
formerly wife of William Russell, once held of her. Witnesses : William
Engaynne, of Little Giddyng, William le Eyr, of Stepil Giddyng, and others
(named).
Hunt. A. 1295. Grant by John Baronn, of Ramsey, to Adam Chaungeour,
citizen of London, Thomas Marchant, chaplain, and Thomas de Santon, of
London, of all his lands and tenements in Nidyngworth and Halywell.
Witnesses-: John de Rokesdon, John le Heir, and others (named).
Halywell, Wednesday, the feast of St. Mary Magdalen, 40 Edward III.
Seal.
Hunt. A. 1296. Grant by John Sandford, of Pulham, Middlesex, to Peter
Shiphirde, of Nydyngworth, of all the lands and tenements in Haliwell
and Nydyngworth which he had by feoffment of Agnes, daughter and heir
of William de Irland. Nydyngworth, Monday, the morrow of Easter,
36 Edward ILL. Seal.
Annexed : Letters of attorney of John Sandford, authorising Ralph de
Gyddyngg, of Huntingdon, and Hugh Tyffayne, of Fenny Drayton, to
deliver seisin of the above premises to Peter Shiphirde. Dated as above.
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[Hunt.J A. 1297. Grant by John Camville, of Heythmongrave, to John
Bryillyngtou and Kichard Ramsey, of land in the fields of Leccheneye,
situate as described. Ramsey, the feast of the Apostles Symon and Judc,
8 Henry IV. Seal broken.
[Hunt.] A. 1298. Grant by Alice, daughter of Alexander de Haliwell, to
Ralph de Wygornia, for 33*., of an acre in the meadow of Nidingwurth
by Benelode, situate as described. Witnesses : John Mouhyn, Apsolon
de Haliwell, Jocelin de Rouceby, and others (named).
[Hunt] A. 1299. Release by William de Morton, of Heighmondegrove, to
Thomas Camvylle and Fina his wife, of all the lands in Heighmondegrove,
Bury, Ramsey, and Upwode, which were lately Richard de Morton's, except
the land specified. Monday the feast of St. James the Apostle,
36 Edward III.
[Hunt] A. 1300. Release by Richard le Eyr to William le Eyr, and Mariota
his wife, all of Niddingworth, of land in Niddingworth meadow, in a place
called ' le Fordole,' situate as described. Monday the feast of St. Luke the
Evangelist, 10 Edward II.
[Hunt.] A. 1301. Release by Roger Godfrey, of Nedyngworth, cousin and heir
of Alice Peris, late wife of John Peris, to Thomas Pay, Henry Talle, and
Thomas Degill of a messuage and land in Nedyngworth which were lately
the said Alice's, and whieli he, together with Pay, Talle, Degill, and
others (named) had by feoffment of Thomas, son and heir of John Pulter,
late of St. Ives. Thursday after St. Anne, 34 Henry VI.
[Kent.] A. 1302. Grant by Walter de Euro, citizen of London, to William
Sumpter, of Newenton, of nine " daywercas " of his garden with trees and
all other appurtenances in Newenton. Witnesses : Nicholas de la Gare,
Robert de Renham, Saher Crevequer, and others (named). Newenton,
Thursday the feast of St. Mary Magdalene, 13 Edward III. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1303. Grant by Richard du Lay, of Overton Longevill, to Master
John Trivet, rector of Fletton, of all his lands and tenements in Overton
Longevill. Witnesses: John Cardoun, Robert le Moigne, and others
(named). Wednesday before St. Gregory, 9 Edward III.
[Hunt.] A. 1304. Grant by Thomas Pollard, of Somersham, and Rose his wife,
to John Pulter and John Makesey, of St. Ives, William Gillour, of Stanton,
and John Pycot, of Hicchen, of all their lands, &c., in Nydyngworth and
Halywell. Saturday in Pentecost week, 4 Henry V.
[Cornw.] A. 1305. Grant by Odo de Herchecoth to John son of Robert, for his
homage and service, and for 15s. and a palfrey, of an acre of land in
Trevowein and half an acre in Trevarderch at yearly rents of 2s. and \2d.
respectively. Witnesses : Robert de Kardinan, Jervase de Hornicot,
Alan de Lunda, and others (named).
[Hunt.] A. 1306. Grant by John le Haukere, of St. Ives, to his brother
Nicholas, son of Simou le Haukere, of a messuage and croft [in St. Ives].
Witnesses : William Mowyn, of Hyrst, Roger Noreis, and others (named).
Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1307. Demise by Richard le Ery, of Niddingworth, to Joan,
daughter of Ralph de Niddingworth, of land in Niddingworth, situate as
described, for seven years from Michaelmas, 9 Edward II. September 29,
9 Edward II. Seal.
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[Hunt.] A. 1308. Release by William le Eyr, of Niddyngworth, to Sir Simon,
abbot of Ramsey, of all his title to a certain portion of a messuage and land
in Niddingworth, which he had by demise of Richard lo Eyr, a " nativus "
of the said abbey. St. Ives, Tuesday before St. Gregory the Pope,
10 Edward II. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1309. Demise by Sir Simon, abbot of Ramsey, to Robert de
Swathefeld and Emma his wife, of the land in St. Ives that Richard le Eyr,
of Niddyngworth, formerly held, for term of their lives, paying 5*. yearly ;
with reversion to the abbey at their decease. St. Ives, Wednesday after
St. Ambrose the Bishop, 10 Edward II. Two seals.
[Hunt.] A. 1310. Grant by Richard le Eyr to William le Eyr, and Mariota
his wife, all of Niddingworth, of a ' placea ' with the house built thereon, and
other land in Niddingworth, for a certain sum of money which they gave
him in his need. St. Ives, Michaelmas, 10 Edward II. Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1311. Release by the same to the same, of the above premises in
Niddingworth [see A. 1310]. St. Ives, Michaelmas, 10 Edward II.
Hunt. A. 1312. Grant by William Pekke, of Wodehyrste, co. Huntingdon,
and John Pekke his sou, to William Congerton, Laurence Merton, John
Mynstrechaumbre, John Feeld, and Thomas Puller, of all their lands, &c.,
in Wodehyrste, Halywell, Nydyngworth, Slepe, and St. Ives, which lately
were commonly called '' Cok Halywells londs,' and before that ' Chambre-
leyns londs.' Wodehyrste, 24 August, 17 Edward IV.
Hunt. A. 1313. Agreement whereby John de Lancastre and Mabil his wife
demise to Sir Robert, abbot of Ramsey, their manor of Woldhirst, with a
messuage and 15 acres there that Alice Dikoun holds for her life, which
after her death revert to John and Mabil, and the yearly rent of 14d. that
Alice owes for the said tenement, for term of Mabil's life ; and also a toft
in Ramsey ; the abbey paying therefor 10/. yearly, and to John a robe
with fur of the suit worn by the abbot's esquires. Ramsey, Sunday after
the Purification, 17 Edward III. Portions of two seals.
[Hunt.] A. 1314. Grant by William Brekespere, and Joan his wife, to Walter
Pedefer, son of Richard Pedefer, of land in Upwode, lying in a field at
Fabianisphichtel, situate as described. Witnesses : Benedict Wrau, of
Ramsey, Stephen Provost, then bailiff of Ramsey, and others (named).
Ramsey, Monday, Christmas Eve, 18 Edward II. Two seals.
[Hunt.] A. 1315. Grant by William Hotost, of Woldweston, and Agnes his
wife, to Sirs William de Corton and Robert de Burgh, clerks, of all their
lands, tenements, and rents in Woldweston, together with the reversion
of lands and rents held or paid by the tenants named herein. Witnesses :
Sir Robert de Hotost, of Clopton, knt., John Lord, of Leighton, John
Cardoun, of Winewik, and others (named). Wednesday the morrow of
the Assumption, 3 Edward III.
[Hunt.] A. 1316. Grant by Madio, son of Adam Howin, of Weston, to
William, son of Hugh de Elintou, for five marcs, of a messuage and croft in
Weston which he holds of Pule son of Richard, and of land there, situate as
described, paying yearly a halfpenny to Madio, and to Fulc son of Richard
two capons and two hens. Witnesses : William de Wichenton, Ralph
de Stivecley, and others (named). Seal.
[Hunt.] A. 1317. Deed of sale by William Bysschoppeston, knt., to Henry
Lench, of Wych, of all trees and underwood growing in his wood, called
' Peytosgrove,' at Waresley, for 14 marcs a year; Lench undertaking to
keep the wood properly enclosed and perform other covenants. 9 April,
12 Henry VI, Portion of seal.
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[Hunt.] A. 1318. Grant by William de Waldis, for the souls of himself,
Emma his wife, his ancestors, and successors, to Hugh, the abbot, and the
convent of Ramsey, of all his messuages, lands, and rents in Waldweston,
Brininthon, and Bythern, as specified herein, paying the rents stated.
Witnesses : Sirs William le Moyne, then sheriff of Huntingdon, and
Symon de Copmaneford, knts., Walter de Burgh, Hugh le Moyne, Master
Gilbert de Wepstede, and others (named). [A.D. 1259.]
[Hunt.] A.. 1319. Final concord between Hugh abbot of Ramsey, plaintiff, by
William le Chamberleyn, provost, and William de Waldis, deforciant,
whereby the latter warrants to the former the lands, &c., specified in
Woldweston, Bryninton, and Byderne, according to his grant thereof [see
A. 1318] ; and the abbot grants the premises to William, and Emma his
wife, for their lives at a yearly rent of 7*. Gd. Westminster, the Octave
of St. Hilary, 44 Henry III.
[Hunt.] A. 1320. Grant by William Jardyn, of Heygthmundegrave, to Simon
Attecros, of Ramsey, and Marsilia his wife, of a messuage lying in ' le
Whyte,' Ramsey, situate as described. Witnesses : Benedict Wrau, 
