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Fragmenta Antiquitatis;
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ANTIENT TENURES
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Made public for the Diverſion of fome, and Inſtruction of others
By THOMAS BLO UN T,
Of the INNER TEMPLE, Esq.
A NEW EDITION ,
With Alterations, large Additions, Engliſh Tranſlations, where
neceſſary, and Two INDEXES;
One of the Names of the Men, the other of the Places mentioned in the Works
To which are added,
È XPLANATORY NOTES, :
And an Index of the obſolete and difficult Words and Phraſes,
COLLECTED FROM
PRINTED BOOKS, ANTIENT MANUSCRIPTS, &c.
By JOSIAH BECKWITH, Gent, F.A.S,
NeQUE SEMPER ARCUM TENDIT APOLLO.
HOR.
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PRINTID BY W. BLANCHARD AND CO. FOR THE EDITOR, AND SOLD BY THE
BOOKSELLERS IN LONDON, YORK, CXFORD, CAMBRIDGE, &c.
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TO THE
PRESIDENT, COUNCIL, AND FELLOWS
THE
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES,
L O N DO
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FRAGMENTA ANTIQUITATIS
IS, WITH GREAT RESPECT,
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DEDICATED,
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THEIR MOST OBEDIENT
H UMBLE SERVANT,
JOSIAH BECKWITH.
Rotherham,
Fan, ij 1784.
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MR.
BLO U N T
TO THE
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D E R.
W
HILST I was peruſing many of our both
publick and private Records for other
Ends, I thought a ſmall Collection of ſome remark-
able Tenures of Land, and unuſual Cuſtoms of ſome
Manors, might not be unacceptable to the Stu-
dious, who when weary with poring upon Little-
ton's Tenures, and his learned Commentator, might
relaxere fibulam by recurring to theſe, and ſmile at
the inoffenſive Mirth both of our Kings, in former
Times, and Lords of Manors in creating them ;
ſome of which I confefs are Gince converted into a
Rent, having a Modo Arrentatur entered in the Re-
cord, others are by Length of Time diſuſed, and
others yet rernain in Force; as not long ſince I had
the Curioſity to aſk an old Officer in the Exchequer,
whether he ever reinembered any Herring Pies paid
to the King for the Manor of Carlton in Norfolk? .
Yes, very well, anſwered he, for we had ſome of
them in Court among us hcre laft Tern. Nor
does the late Act of Parliament (Stat, 12. Car II.
Cap. 24.) for taking away all Tenures by Knight's
Service and Capite, extend to the diſcharging the
honorary
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THE READER
TO THE
honorary Services of Grand Serjeanty, other than
of Wardſhip, Marriage, &c. but are left ftanding
on their old Foundation by a particular Proviſo in
that Act.
Neither are theſe Kind of Tenures unuſual in
other Countries; for we read of a Queen of Hung
gary, who upon her Death-Bed bequeathed the
City and Province of Altenburg to one of the Lords
of her Court, upon Condition that he and his
Succeffors ſhould always keep a certain Number of
Peacocks, in Defect whereof the Territory ſhould
revert to the Crown.
My firſt Intention was to render all the Records
in Engliſh; but upon ſecond Thoughts, I judge the
Original Words would be more acceptable both to
the Learned and Learner; and for the Help of the
latter, have explained (to the beſt of my Skill)
thoſe of any Difficulty, at leaſt as many of them
as I could, for ſome I believe may, poſe the ableft
Gloffographer now living; as Warocks, Muta deynec-
torum Canum, Heymectis, Cyppos, Berbiagium, Cha-
Guros, Senſas, Muta Vini, and Gruna Vini, &c *.
Or, to ſpeak more truly, I took them as I found
them, fome out of the very Records, others ex-
tracted thence, and tranſlated to my Hand; for I
was not willing to ſpend very much Time in Rem
levem, as Sir Henry Spelman words it upon a like
Occaſion. And yet, as light as the Subject may
ſeem to be, I am very well informed, that Attor-
ney-General Noy had, a little before his Death, be
* An Explanation, however, of ſome of theſe will be at-
tempted in their Places.
ſpoke
TO THE
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READER.
ſpoke a Copy of all the Tenures by Serjeanty, re-
maining upon Record; 'tis like he judged them
uſeful, or divertiſing, or both.
I have purpoſely omitted, or but rarely men-
tioned, thoſe more common Tenures, whereby the
Owner was obliged to deliver yearly into the Ex-
chequer a Mew'd Sparhawk, a Pair of Spurs, Gloves,
or the like, of which Kind I met with many, and
held them not for my Purpoſe, which was to take
in none but what were in ſome Reſpect or other
remarkable. Nor muſt I forget to advertiſe the
Reader that the Names of divers Manors and Places,
here mentioned, are written otherwiſe now than
they were of Old, which the knowing in each
County will eaſily reconcile:
And however others may like of this Effay, ſome
Gentlemen of Antient Deſcent, I preſume, will be
well enough pleaſed to ſee their Anceſtors Names
thus revived, and tranſmitted from our ſeldom
ſeen Records to a more public Regiſter. Nothing
of this Nature having, to my Knowledge, been
ever, till now, made Public. And I will be bold
to ſay, the Studious in Law-Latin and Record,
Learning, ſhall not any where find ſo much fingu.
lar of that Kind collected in fo fmall a Volume.
Lege, Ride, Diſce.
THO. BLOUNT.
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PRE-
P R E F A C E.
D
Emands being repeatedly made, and almoſt
as often diſappointed, for Copies of this cu-
rious Book, commonly known by the Name of
BLOUNT'S TENURES; which indeed, after a Flux
of more than an hundred Years, are become ex-
cceding ſcarce, a large Number of my Friends, as
well as myſelf, have thought it might prove an
acceptable Piece of Service to the Public to recall
it to the Preſs, Theſe Gentleinen, conceiving
fome favourable Sentiments, not of my Abilities,
which I acknowledge are but flender, but of my
Diligence and Application, have accordingly been
induced to impoſe the Talk of reviſing the Work
upon me; and I, more in Compliance with their
Requeſt, than from any Confidence I could pre-
ſume to repoſe in my own Qualifications, have ad-
ventured to embark in the Undertaking.
Now, in order to give this Edition certain Im-
provements, which were thought not only necef-
ſary, but might reaſonably be expected by the
Reader, I have, in the firſt Place, arranged Mr.
Blount's Materials, which are all here preſerved
entire, in a clearer and more commodious Manner
than they now appear in his own Edition of 1679.
2dly, The
PRE FACE
ix
2dly, The Records, which heretofore were only
given in Law-Latin, or French, are here, accord-
ing to the beſt of the Editor's Skill, rendered into
Engliſh, and he ſubwits his Tranſlations, with all
Deference, together with the Nötes marked with
the Letter E, and thoſe not inarked, to the Can-
dour and Irpartiality of his Readers, whoſe l'a-
vour, in this Regard, he earneſtly beſpeaks and
ſolicits. In Reſpect of the Trandations, he begs
Leave to obſerve further, that an Engliſh Verſion
of the ſeveral Extracts from Charters, &c. appeared
to him more neceſſary now, than in the latt Cen-
tury, when Mr. Blount made his Compilation;
becauſe the Law being then in Latin,, and the Rc-
ports for the moſt part in French, thoſe Languages
were more ſtudied at that Time than they can be
ſuppoſed to be at preſent.
The Editor, zdly, has endeavoured, with the
Help of his learned Friends, to elucidate fuch diffi-
cult, either Words or Phrafes, as appear to have
been unintelligible to, or miſunderſtood by Mr.
Blount; and yet at laft, notwithſtanding all his La-
bour and Pains upon this Head, fome Terms re-
main ftill, through the Editor's Incapacity, with-
out Explanation, which conſequently muſt be de-
livered over to the greater Sagacity of the intelli-
gent Readers.
But, 4thly, what the Editor values himſelf mort
upon, are, the many Additions and Improvements
which, by the Favour of his friends, he has been
enabled to make to Mr. Blount's Work. Theſe
he juſtly eſteems the moſt valuable Part of his Per-
formance, and they are owing to the Communica-
tions
X
P R E F A C E.
tions and Contributions of his much-reſpected Friend
and Benefactor, FRANCIS FERRAND FOLJAMBE
of Aldwarke, Co. Eþor. Eſquire; of whoſe in-
eſtimable MSS. he has been indulged with the
Peruſal, and thence has made many very impor-
tant Extracts *: Alſo of the learned and Reverend
Mr. Sam. Pegge, F.S, A. and Rector of Whittington
in Derbyſhire, whoſe copious Annotations *, &c.
are marked P. Of GEORGE ALLAN of Darlington,
Eſq; F.S.A. to whom he is indebted for many.
Tenures in the Biſhopric of Durham *, and the
Notes marked A. Of R. Gough, Eſq; Director
of the Society of Antiquaries, and F.R.S. for a
Tranſcript of the late Biſhop Kennett's Notes on
Blount's Tepures; moreover, of THOMAS ASTLE,
Efq; Chief Clerk of the Records in the Tower, F.R.
and A.S.S. Of the late Rev. Mr. JOHN WATSON,
Rector of Stockport in Cheſhire, F.S.A. for various
Articles, all properly denoted; Alſo, of the late
JOHN WILSON, Efq; of Broomhead, a Gentleman
of great Knowledge in Antiquities : And laſtly, of
HENRY ATKINSON of Ripon, Efq; &c.
The Editor is extremely delirous of making his
ſincereſt Acknowledgments to theſe Gentlemen for
their friendly Communications, which he does the
more readily and gratefully, as he is fenſible that
the very Mention of their Names confers the greateſt
Honour upon himſelf.
Many of theſe, as well as ſeveral favours of the like Kind
from his Friends and Correſpondents, the Editor has been un.
avoidably obliged to omit for Want of Room; but ſhould a
Second Volume of this Work be publiſhed, they fall be then
inſerted.
То
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To conclude: Notwithſtanding theſe material
Additions to Mr. Blount's Work, the Editor, in
the Reſearches he found it neceſſary to make pre:
paratory to his committing the Work to the Preſs
(which have greatly retarded the Publication of it)and
through the further Communications of his leai ned
Friends, has already collected upwards of Three
Hundred curious Tenures and Cuſtoms, &c. more than
are here exhibited. If therefore he meets with
ſuitable Encouragement in this his firſt Effay, ą
Second Volume, or Continuation of the Subject,
may probably hereafter make its Appearance; but
this depends entirely on the Reception given to
the preſent Attempt,
A SHORT
A
SHORT ACCOU
ACCOUNT
OF
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AⓇK
S Readers generally like to acquire ſome
Knowledge of the Life and Circumſtances of
the Authors they read, it may not be 'unacceptable
to them to find ſome ſhort Account of Mr. Thomas
Blount in this place. Now, as Mr. Blount was
neither an eminent Stateſman, nor a great Church-
man, but ranked merely in the Line of volumi-
nous and uſeful Writers, for ſuch he undoubtedly
was in his Time, little can be drawn concern-
ing hinn from any other Source, than Anthony à
Wood's Athenæ, and thence we have accordingly
tranſcribed the following Account.
“ Thomas Blount, Son of Myles Blount of
Orleton in Herefordſhire, the fifth Son of Roger
Blount of Monkland in the ſame County, was born
at Bordeſley in Worceſterſhire (about A. D. 1619.)
being of a Younger Houſe, of an Antient * and
* See more of his Family in the third Impreſſion of Herl.
Peacham's Compleat Gentleman, &c. Lond. 1661. P. 230, 231.
which Diſcourſe there of Blount's Family was drawn up by this
Thos. Blount, and put into the Hands of the Publiſher of the
ſaid third Impreſſion of Peacham,
noble
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR.
xiii
noble Family of his Name, but never advantaged
in Learning by the Help of an Univerſity, only
his own Genius and Induſtry, together with the
Helps of his Scholaſtical Acquaintance during his
Continuance in the Temple, before and after he was
a Barrefter."
* His Writings are many, and ſome perhaps not
fit here to be put down; among which are,
" The Academy of Eloquence, containing a com-
pleat Engliſh Rhetoric. Printed at London in the
Time of the Rebellion; and ſeveral Times after.
2. “ Glofographia; or, a Dictionary interpreting
fuch hard Words, whether Hebrew, Greek, Latin,
Italian, &c. that are now uſed in our refined Ena
gliſh Tongue, &c. Lond. 1656, Octavo, publiſhed
ſeveral Times after with Additions and Amend.
1.
ments.
CO
3.
“ The Lamps of the Law, and Lights of the
Goſpel; or, the Titles of ſome late Spiritual, Pole
mical, and Metaphyſical new Books. Lond. 1658,
in 8vo. written in Imitation of 7. Birkenhead's
Pauls Church-Yard, and publiſhed under the Name
of Graſs and Hay withers.
4. Bofcobel; or, the Hiſtory of his Majeſty's
Eſcape after the Battle of Worceſter, 3d Sept. 1651.
Lond. 1660, in Octavo; there again 1680, in 8vo.
third Edition, tranſlated into French and Portugueſe;
the laſt of which was done by Peter Gifford of White
Ladies in Staffordſhire, a Roman Catholic. Vide
No. 11.
5. “ The Catholic Almanack, for 1661, 62, 63, &c.
which ſelling not ſo well as Joh. Booker's Almanack
did, he therefore wrote,
6. " Booker
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A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR..
6. " Booker rebuked; or, Animadverfions on
Booker's Teleſcopium Uranicum or Ephemeris, 1665,
which is very erroneous, &c. Lond. 1665, Quarto,
in one Sheet, which made much Sport among
People, having had the Aſſiſtance therein of Jo.
Sargeant and Jo. Auſtén.
7, “ A Law Dictionary, interpreting fuch diffi-
cult and obſcure Words and Terms as are found
either in our Common or Statute, antient or mo-
dern Laws. Lond. 1671, Fol. There again in 1691
with ſome Corrections, and the Addition of above
doo Words, (This is the Nquote&vxov.)
8. “Animadverſions upon Sir Richard Baker's
Cbronicle and its Continuation, &c. Oxon. 1672. 8vo.
9. " A World of Errors diſcovered in the New
World of Words, &c. Lond. 1673, Fol. written againſt
Edw. Philips his Book, Entit. A New World of
Engliſh Words.
10. “ Fragmenta Antiquitatis, antient Tenures
of Land, and Jocular Cuſtoms of fome Manors, &c.
Lond. 1679, 8vo.
Bofcobel, &c. the ſecond Part. Lond. 1681.
8vo, to which is added, Clauſtrum régale referatum;
or the King's Concealment at Trent in Somerſet-
fhire, publilhed by Mrs. Anne Windham of Trent
(See No. 4. the preceding Page.)
" Our Author Blount alſo wrote Animadverſions
upon Britannia, written by R. Blome, but whether
printed I cannot tell; and tranlated from French
into Engliſh, the Art of making Deviſes. Lond. 1646.
and 50, in Quarto, written originally by Hen.
Eftienne Lord of Foffez; to which Blount added
A Gata,
II.
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR.
XV
A Catalogue of Coronet Devifes, both on the King's
and Parliament's Side, in the late Wars.
“At length, upon the breaking out of the Popiſh
Plot, being much affrighted by the violent Current
of that Time (he himſelf being a zealous Roman
Catholic) he contracted the Palfy, as by his laſt
Letter fent to me, dated 28th April 1679, I was
informed, adding therein, that he had then quitted
all Books except thoſe of Devotion. On the 26th of
December following, being St. Stephen's Day, he
died at Orleton in Herefordſhire (where he had a
fair and plentiful Eftate) in the Year of his Age 61,
and was buried in the Church there, and foon
after had a comely Monument put over his Grave
by Anne his Relict, Daughter of Edmund Church of
Maldon in Eflex, Eſquire. He then left behind
him an imperfect Chronicle of England, which he
and J. B.(that's all I know of him, for Mr. Blount
would never tell me his Name) had for ſeveral
Years been compiling; but what became of it after-
wards I cannot tell."
WOOD, ATHEN, Oxon. II. Col. 73.
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Of GRAND SERJEANTY.
Grand
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Scction.
Page:
1. A Definition of the Tenure by Grand
Serjeanty.
II. Of Grand Serjęanties performed at the
Coronation of the Kings and Queens of
England, by the Great Officers of State,
and others, in Reſpect of their Offices,
or of Baronies, Lands, or Tenements,
now, or formerly annexed thereto.
III. Of Grand Serjeanties performed at the
Coronation of the Kings and Queens of
England, by Perſons in Reſpect of Ma-
nors, Lands or Tenements.
IV. Of Grand Serjeanties performed in Re-
Spect of Manors, Lands or Tenements,
at other Times, and on other Occaſions,
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than the Coronations of the Kings and
Queens of England.
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CA P. II.
Of PETIT SER JEAN TY.
Section
72
81
96
Page
1. A Definition of the Tenure by Petit Ser:
Ber-}
jeanty.
II. Of Petit Serjeanty by finding Horſemen,
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73
III. Of Petit Serjeanty by finding Footmen for
for}
the Wars,
IV. Of Petit Serjeanty by finding Horſes, OʻC.
for the Wars.
V. Of Petit Serjeanty by finding Arms for the
tbe? 104
King in his Wars, Luc.
VI. Of Petit Serjeanties relating to the Execu-
tion of the Laws.
VII. Of Petit Serjeanties performed in the
King's Houfhold, and by finding hint 123
with Clothes and Proviſions, 6c.
VIII. Of Petit Serjeanties performed by keeping
and taking care of the King's Whores, 137
Laundrejjes, and Women.
IX. Of Petit Serjeanties performed by hunting,
140
finding, keeping, and nurſing of Dogs,
cc.
X. Of Petit Serjeanties performed by keeping
752
the King's Farefts, Chaces and Parks, c.
114
b
XI. Of
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Ο Ν Τ Ε E N T s.
Section
XI. Of Petit Serjeanties
, performed by keeping
for, and delivering Hawks, b'ci to 162
Page
the King
170
173
XII. Of Petit Serjeanties by religious Services.
XIII. Of Petit Serjeanties relating to the pro-
viding of Ships, Boats, &c.
XIV. Of Petit Serjeanties performed by Manual
Labour, &c.
XV. Of Lands formerly held of the Crown by
various other Tenures.
prom}
ual}
by};
176
184
CA P. III.
Of LANDS held of SUBJECTS by SERVICES of the
Nature of GRAND and PETIT SERJEANTY, &c.
Section
Page
1. Of Lands held of Ecclefiaftical Palatines,
exerciſing Regal Authority within the
198
Kingdom, by Services of the Nature of
Grand and Petit Serjeanty, &c.
II. Of Lands held of Temporal Palatines, ex-
erciſing Regal Authority within the
Kingdom, by Services of the Nature of
Grand and Petit Serjeanty, &c.
Ul. Of Lands held of Ecclefiaftical Lords, by
Services of the Nature of Grand and 217
Petit Serjeanty, bc
202
$
IV. Of
C Ο Ν Τ Ε Ν Τ S.
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Section
Page
IV. Of Lands held of Temporal Lords, by
Services of the Nature of Grand and 224
Petit Serjeanty, C.
V. Of Lands held by Villenage Tenure.
247
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CA P. IV.
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274
1. Cuſtoms of Manors.
II. Antient Modes of Tryal and Puniſhment
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320
328
III. Antient Forms of Grants.
IV. Reliefs and Fines paid on Admiſſion to
Lands, ac
Index of Names.
of Places.
Gloſary; or, Index of abfolete and difficult
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On Account of the Editor's Diftance from the Pref, the following
Errors have eſcaped, which the Reader is defired to correct.
Page 20, Line 27, for deſired, read claimed.P. 23, L. 28, for per ipfum, read
per fe ipfum.-P. 42, L 10. for unreſerved, read unreverſed.-P. 59, L. 26,
for ſupre, reaa ſuper. P. 61, L 13. after Guldeford, add P. 138.-P. 78, L. 7.
for Avant. Bras, read Avant-bras.-P. 79, L. 2, for holds, read held.-P. 92,
L. 23. for ſmall; read ſtrong.-P.92, L. 28, for Habergello, read Hambergello.
-P. 97, L. 2, 20, for Kilwaldmerih, read Kinwaldmerih.P. 97, L. 10, ofter
Bloni,ndd Pryk joined with Sack muſt be the ſame as Brochia above, P. 80. P.
po too, L. 16, for P. 76. read P. 80.-P. 103, L. 28, for prottna, read pro
bna.-P. 103, L. 30, Relevia, read Relevium.-P. 113. L. 23, Aſtrali; read
Auftrali.-P. 115, L 17, for holds, read held. P. 116, L. 27. For Gurre,' read
Guerra-P. 125. 1. 29, for Cantabrigiæ, read Cantabrigiam..-P. 129, L. 19,
for rummus (nummis) read nummis (nummus. Jowin P. 131, L. 27, after tenuit, add
unam.P. 140, L. 5, after King, add--See Page 01.-P.142, 17afiet E.
adds.Sa Page 217.-P. 143, L. 28, for et, tead 14.2 P. 144, L. it, after
Terriers, add. See below, and Page 159. P.-P. 147, L. 3, for Lever Hawk,
read Lanet Hawk Pr 1891 L. 19, afier Amerciamenta, add de. - 161,
L.ar,
fur Exped{tione, read Expeditatione. P. 161, L. 21, for Aria, read Aeria.--
P. 161, I. 31, for Maremio, read Maeremio.-P. 173, L. II, after Relief,
add some Holicote, Page 179.-P. 191, L. 25, for Tariculum, read Tauriculum
P. 307, L. 24, for Trib. Septimanas in tres Septimanis, read tribus Septimanis
in ther. Scptimanas. P. 208, L. 25, for Muneſumus, read Mäuntfumus.
P. 209, L au fu Cuftodiæ, read Collodiam, and for quodlibet, read quolibet.
-R 209, L. 23, før Cuftodiæ, read Cuſtodiam.B.227, L. 13. for the Rights
that belonged, &c read theſe are the rights that belonged, &c.-P. 242, L. 27,
dele the Word locum.-P. 242, L. 28, dele all this Line, and the Word
prædictum in Line 29 •P. 243, L. 14, for Page 97, read Page 131.-P. 264,
L. 7, for Siguis, read Si quis --P 267, L. 12, for lagan, read lazan, and in
L. 13, for pite, rend Wite - P. 260, L. 24, for Michæle, rend Michaele
P. 280, L. 6, for Tenenta, read Tenta.-P. 282, L. 1, for one, read any.
P. 283, L 25, for capte, read captæ P. 284, L. 16, for upon, read for.
P. 285, L. 19, for cujus, read ejus, agd in L 21, for Cattalla, read Catalla:-
289, L. 16, for Miners, read Mines P 295, L. 6, for the Sabia, read the
Word Sabia.-P. 310, L. 26, for to the Officers, read to be Officers-P. 329,
L 4, for Patrick, read Partrich.P. 333, L. 4, for Dextarii, read Dextrarii.
FRAGMENTA ANTIQUITATIS,
CA P.
I:
OF GRAND SERJEANTY.
SECT. I. Definition of the Tenure by Grand
Serjeanty.
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ENURE by Grand Serjeanty, is, where
a Map holds his Lands or Tenements of
our Sovereign Lord the King, by ſuch
Services as he ought to do in his PROPER PERSON
To The King;, as to carry the Banner of the King,
or his Lance, or to lead his Army, or to be his Mar-
shall, or to carry his Sword before him at his co-
ronation, or to be his Sewer at his Coronation, or
his Carver, or his Butler, or to be one of his Cham-
berlains of the Receipt of his Exchequer, or to do
other like Services, &c. And the Cauſe why this
Service is called Grand Serjeanty, is, for that it is
a greater and more worthy Service, than the Ser-
vice in the Tenure of Eſcuage. For he which hold-
eth by Eſcuage, is not limited by his Tenure to do
any more eſpecial Service than any other which
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holdeth by Eftuage ought to do: but he which
holdeth by Grand Serjeanty ought to do ſome fpe-
cial Service to the King, which he that holds by
Eſcuage ought not to do *.
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SECT. II. Of Grand Serjeanties performed at the
Coronation of the Kings and Queens of England,
by the Great Officers of State, and others, in
Reſpect of their Offices; or of Baronies, Lands
or Tenemente, narty or formerly annexed thereto.
And firſt, of
The LORD HIGH-STEWARD OF ENGLAND;
The firft Great Officer of the Crown, according
to thç Account of our Anceſtorst called alfo Victe
Roy, or Lieutenant.
Previous to every Coronation he has a Commiſion
under the Great-Scal, hâc Vice, to hear and deter-
mine the Claims for Grand Šerjeanty, and other
honourable Services, to be done at the Coronation,
for the Solempization thereof; for which Purpoſe
he holds his Court ſome convenient Time before
the Goronation.
At the Coronation he marches immediately before
the King, above all other Officers of the Crown,
and bears in his Hand St. Edward's Crown.
The other parts of his Office, reſpecting the
Trials of Peers of the Realm, &c. do not properly
Lilleton's Tentereby Sett. 153.
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belong to this Treatiſe, and therefore thall be
omitted.
The Office of Lord High Steward of England is
of great Antiquity, and was before the Conqueſt, for
in the Grand Cuſtomier de Normandy, it is ſaid that
Godwin, Earl of Kent, in the Time of King Edward
the Confeſor, for his evil Deeds and Counſels, was
adjudged by the Steward of England, and forfeited
his Earldom *.
In the Time of the Conqueror, William Fitz-Euftace
was Steward of England. And in the Reigns of
William Rufus and Henry I. Hugh de Granteſmenel,
Baron of Hinkley, Held that Barong by the ſaid
Office.
of antient Time this Ofice was of Inheritance,
and appertained to the Earldom of Leiceſter, as it
alfo appears by the faid Cuftomier; though other
Records teftify that it belonged to the
BARONY of HINKLEY.
The Truth is that Hinkley was Parcel of the
Pofleflions of the Earl of Leiceſter; for Robert Bello-
mont, in the Reign of Henry Il married Petronilla,
Daughter and Heir of the ſaid Hugh Granteſmenel,
Baron of Hinkley and Lord Steward of England, and
in her Right was Steward of England; and ſo it
continued in that Family, until by the Forfeiture
Sticut artidit Godwino Comiti fancit, tenspore , Regis Ed-
wandia anteceſſaris Willielmi Ducia Normandia pro hujufmodi
male Geftis et Conciliis fuis (per Seneſchallum Angliæ) adjudi-
catus et forisfecit Comitivam fuam. Cust. de Norm. Cap. X.-4.
Init. 58.
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of Simon de Mountfort, Earl of Leiceſter, and Grande
ſon of the ſaid Petronilla, it came in 1265 to King
Henry III. who in the soth Year of his Reign (1266)
created his ſecond Son Edmund, ſurnamed Crouch-
back, Earl of Leiceſter, Baron of Hinkley, and
High Steward of England, and alſo Earl of Lancaſter,
Derby and Lincoln: He was ſucceeded by his eldeſt
Son Thomas, who being beheaded at Pontefract, in
the Year 1322, was ſucceeded by his Brother
Henry, who, in the 9th Year of the Reign of King
Edward III. had a Grant from that King of the
Office of Steward of England, to him and the Heirs
of his Body.This Henry was ſucceeded by his
Son Henry, ſurnamed Griſmund, from the Place of
his Birth (Grifmund Caſtle in Monmouthſhire) and
Tort. col or Wry-Neck, who was created Duke of
Lancaſter by King Edward HI, and he by his two
Daughters, Maud and Blanch, the elder of whom
married to William V. Duke of Bavaria, Earl of
Hainault, Holland, Zeland and Freizland, who died
without Ifſue; and the younger, Blanch, was married
to John of Gaunt, fourth Son of King Edward III.
who, in her Right, fucceeded as Steward of England,
and exerciſed that Office at the Coronation of King
Richard II. His Son Henry, furnamed of Bolira
broke, was the laſt that had any Eſtate of Inheri-
tance in the Office of the Steward of England, for
upon the depoſing of King Richard, he ſucceeded
him in the Throne, and the Office of Steward be-
came veſted in the Crown; ſince which time it has
* Rever been granted to any Subject, but only báo Vice:
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fame;
The firſt who was created hắc Vice was Thomas,
ſecond Son to King Henry IV. (afterwards Earl of
Albemarle, and Duke of Clarence) who, previous to
his Father's Coronation, fat as Lord High Steward
of England, by the King's Commandment in the
White-hall of the King's Palace at Weſtminſter, and,
as belonging to his Office, he cauſed Enquiry to he
made what Offices were to be exerciſed by any
Manner of Perſons, on the Day of the King's Co-
ronation, and what Fees were belonging to the
“ cauſing Proclamation to be made that
what Nobleman or other, that could claime any
Office that Day of the Solemnizing the King's Co-
ronation, they ſhould come, and put in their
Bylles comprehending their Demaundz: where-
upon divers Offices and Fees were claimed, as well
by Bylles, as otherwiſe, by Speech of Mouth *."
At that Coronation the faid Lord Thomas, as
Steward of England, claimed and had for his Fee
the Veſſels of Wine that lay under the Bar ; notwith-
ſtanding that the ſame were claimed by Thomas Earl
of Arundel, as Chief Butler of England to
The Reaſon why the Office of Steward of Eng-
land has never, ſince it merged in the Crown, been
granted to any Subject, but only bác Vice, was be-
cauſe his Power was ſo tranſcendent that it was
oot held fit to be in any Subject's Hands : for his
Office was to overſee and rule, under the King, and
immediately after the king, the whole Kingdom of
England, and all the Miniſters of the Law within
the Kingdom, both in Times of Peace and War, &c. I
When
* Cromp. Juriſdict, 84. b.- Ibid. 85. b.- Et fciendum
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When the Lord High Steward fits by Force of
his Office, he fits under a Cloth of Efate, and fuch
as direct their Speech to him fay-Pleaſe your Grace
my Lord High Steward of England *.
The Stile of the faid John of Gaunt was, John,
,
Son of the King of England, King of Leon and Caſtile,
Duke of Aquitaine and Loncaſter, Earl of Derby, Lin-
coln and Leiceſter, Steward of England I.
The other Great Officers of the Crown are,
2. The Lord High Chancellor.
3.
The Lord High I reaſurer.
4. The Lord Preſident of the Council.
5. The Lord Privy Seal.
6. The Lord Great Chamberlain of England.
7. The Lord High Conſtable of England.
8. The Earl Marſhall of England. And
9. The Lord High. Admiral.
But as I do not find that any of theſe Great Of-
ficers, except the Lord Great Chamberlain, the
Lord High Conſtable, and the Earl Marſhall, per-
form any honodrary Services at the Coronation,
either in Reſpect of their Offices, or of any Baronies,
Lands or Tenements now or formerly annexed
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eft quod ejus. Officium eft fupervidere et regulare ſab Rege et im-
mediate poft Regem, totum Regnum Anglia, et omnes Miniftros
Legum infra idem Regnum temporibus Pacis et Guerrarum, &c,
4 Inſt. 59.- Johannes filius Regis Angliæ, Rex Legionis et
Gaftella, Dúx Aquitaniæ et Lancaftriæ, Comes Derbia, Lin-
colnia, et Leiceſtria, Seneſchakus Angliæ. 4 Inft.59.
thereto,
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thereto, I ſhall paſs by the four firſt, and the laſt,
and begin with
The LORD GREAT CHAMBERLAIN OF ENGLAND,
Whoſe Office is alſo of Great Antiquity. To
him belongs Livery and Lodging in the King's
Court, and certain Fees due from cach Archbiſhop
and Bifhap, when they do Hamage or Fealty to the
King, and from all the Peers of the Realm at their
Creation, or when they do Hamage or Fealty, and
at the Coronation of every King he is to have ferty
Els of Crimfen Velvet for his own Robes; and on
the Coronation Day, before the King rifes, he is ta
bring his Shirt, Caif, and Wearing-Clothes, and after
the King is by him apparelled and gone forth, ta
have his Bod, and all the Furniture of his Bed-
Chamber, for his Fees, and all the King's Night Apa
parel; and to carry at the Coronation the Coif,
Gloves and Linen, to be uſed by the King upon that
Occafion; alfo the Sword and Scabbard, and the
Geld to be offered by the king, and the Robe-Royal,
and Crown, and to dress and attire the King with
the Robes-Royal, and to ſerve the King that Day
with Water to waſh his Hands, and to have the Ba-
fon and Towels for his Fees, &c. *
To him belongs the Government of the whole
Palace of Weſtminſter , he alſo iffues out his War-
rants for the preparing, fitting, and furniſhing of
Weſtminfter Hall againſt Coronations, &c. The
* Chamberlayne's Preſent State of Great Britain, Part I.
Lib. II. Cap. II.
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Gentleman Uſher of the Black Rod, the Yeoman
Uſher and Door-keepers are under his Command*.
He diſpoſes of the Sword of State to what Lord
he pleafes, to be carried before the King when he
comes to the Parliament, and goes on the Right
Hand of the Sword, next to the King's Perſon,
and the Lord Marſhall on the left t.
Upon all folemn Occaſions the Keys of Weſtmin-
fter Hall, and the Keys of the Court of Wards and
Court of Requeſts, are delivered to him I.
This Honour was, by King Henry II. about the
Year 1155, conferred on Aubery de Vere, Baron of
Bolebec, Carford and Baddleſmere, and Earl of Ox-
ford, and he and his Pofterity enjoyed it, for eighte
Deſcents, till the Beginning of the laſt Century.
This Office appears to have been formerly an.
nexed to the Manor of
FINGRETH, in Essex.
For Robert de Vers, Earl of Oxford, held the
Manor of Fingreth in the County of Eſſex, by the
Serjeanty of being Chamberlain of the Lord the King
on the Day of his Coronation S.
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The next Great Officer of the Crown is
The LORD HIGH-CONSTABLE of ENGLAND.
Whore Office, Sir Edward Coke thinks, fubfifted,
though under a different Name, before the Con-
queſt.
* Chamberlayne's Preſent State of Great Britain, Part I,
Lib. II. Cap. II.- Ibid.- Ibid. - Robertus de Vere, Comes
Oxonia,
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queft * He ſays that in the Ancient Laws, before
the Conqueſt, you ſhall read of Herefochijs or
Heretogijs, which he explains by Leaders or Ge-
nerals of the Army, frona the Saxon HERE, an Army,
and Torcu or TOGA, to lead t: and with this Defi-
nition agrees Skinner in his Etymologicon.
Sir Edward Coke further ſays that HEREFOCHIUS
agrees with either of theſe Great Offices, the Con-
ſtable or Marſhall, and that they were elected by the
Common Council, for the Common Good of the Realm,
by the Provinces and Nobles in full Folkmote I.
The Folkmote, therefore, ſeems to have been the
Parliament of our Saxon Anceſtors ; notwithſtand-
ing ſome Opinions to the contrary ll; for amongſt
the Laws of Edward the Confeffor $, it is ſaid that
all the Nobility of the Kingdom, and all the Knights and
free Men of all the Kingdom of Britain ought in full
Folkmote to do Fealty to the Lord the King t, &c.
And the learned Sir Henry Spelman ſays that the
Folkmote was a Sort of Annual Parliament, or Con-
vention of the Biſhops, Thanes, Aldermen, and Free-
men, upon every May-Day, yearly; where the Lay-
men were ſworn to defend one another, and with
Oxoniæ, tenet Manerium de Fingreth in Com. Eſſex, per Ser-
jeantiam effendi Camerarius Domini Regis Die Coronationis
ſuz. Placit. Coron. 13 Ed. I. Effex. Blount 53.
* 4. Inft. 127.- Ibid. -- Ifti vero eligebantur per Com-
mune Confilium, pro Communi Utilitate Regni per Provincias
et Patricios, in pleno Folkmote. Hovenden Annal. Cap. 35.-
|| Gloſſary to Brady's Introd. ſub Tit. Folkmote, p. 47.- Cap.
- Omnes Proceres Regni et Milites et Liberi Homines
Univerfi totius Regni Britanniæ facere debent in pleno Fole.
974te Fidelitatem Domino Regi, &c. Leg. Edw. Confeff. Cap. 35.
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GRAND SERJEANTIES PERFORMED
the King to preferve the Laws of the Kingdom, and
then conſulted of the Common Safety. Mr. Somner,
in his Saxon Dictionary, alſo ſays, that it is a general
Affembly of the People for conſidering and ordering
Matters of the Commonwealth.
The following Determination concerning this
Office was made in Michaelmas Term, 6th Hen. VIII.
viz.
Humphrey de Bahun, late Earl of Hereford and
Efex, held the Manors of Harlefield, Newrbam, and
Whytenburſt, in the County of Glouceſter, of the
King, by the Serjeanty of being Conſtable of Eng,
land, and had Ifue two Daughters, and died
ſeized : they entered, and took two Huſbands,
(Thomas de Woodſtock and Henry de Bolinbroke )
and the Huſband of the youngeft was afterwards
made King, and Partition was made; and the
King and his Wife choſe the Manor of Whytenhurſt
for their part, and the two other Manors were al-
latted to the other Huſband and Wife ; whereupon
theſe Queſtions aroſe: Firt, If the Reſervation of
the Tenure, at the Beginning, by the King, was
good? And, by the Opinion of all the Judges of
England, it was good enough. Second, How the
Daughters, before Marriage, could exerciſe the
Office? And to that it was clearly reſolved that
they might make their fufficient Deputy to do it
for them : and, after Marriage, that the Huſband
of the Elder, alone, might do it. The Third, and
moſt difficult was-If, by the Union of Parcel of
the Tenancy, in the King, the Office was deter-
mined, or had its Being and Continuance in the
other
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other Coparcener? And it was reſolved, alſo,
clearly, by the Judges aforefaid, that it had its
Continuance in the other Coparcener; for, ather,
wiſe, he would have the two Manors without do-
ing any Service for them; and they are compel-
lable, at the pleaſure of the King, to exerciſe the
Office : and the King might refuſe that, at his
Election and Pleaſure, as well as the Common
Lord might refuſe to receive the Homage of his
Tenant, (if it was not Homage Aunceſtrel)- And
the Tenure above-mentioned was held to be Grand
Serjeanty. And if a Father held of one of his two
Daughters, and died ſeized, and he enters, and
makes Partition, the Service is wholly revived, if
it be entire, as Homage, &c. And theſe Refolu-
tions were, by the Chief Juſtices, reported to the
King at Greenwich. But, becaufe the Office above-
faid was very high and dangerous, and alſo very
chargeable to the King in Fees, the King did not
chufe to have the Office executed. And this was
the Cafe and Claim of Edward the latt Duke
of Buckingham, made in Michaelmas Term, 6.
Hen. VIII. *
By
* Humfrey de Behum, jadeş Counte de Hereford et Effex tiens
les Manors de Harlefield Newman et Whytenhurſt in Comitatu
Gloucefler del Roy per Servitium eflendi Conſtabular. Angliæ,
et avoit iffuc deux files et devie feille, els enter et prent deux
Barons, et le Baron del puiſne eft apres fait Roy et particios eft
fait, et le Roy et ſon feme eflyont le Manor de W. pur lour part
et les deux auters allot al quter Baron et Feme, et ore iü. Qaef
tions font. Le primer fi le Reſervation del Tenure al Commence-
ment per le Roy fuit bone. Et per Opinionem omnium Jufticis.
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By this Caſe, and the Reſolutions of the Judges
thereon, it manifeſtly appears, that the Office was
annexed to the Manors of
HARLEFIELD, NEW HAM, and WHITENHURST,
in the County of GLOUCESTER.
The Power and Juriſdiction of the Lord High
Conſtable is now the ſame as that of the Earl Mar-
Thall, with whom he can fit as Judge in the Mar-
fhall's Court; but antiently it was much greater.
To him it belongs, at the Coronation, to walk
in Proceſſion on the Right Hand of the Perſon
riorum Angliæ, eſt aſſetz bone. Le ſecond coment les Files des
vant Mariage purront Exerciſe l'Office, et a ceo fuit clerement
reſolve, que els purront faire lour fufficient Deputie a ceo faire
pur eux, et apres Mariage le Baron del eigne poet fole. Lo
iii plus difficile, viz. fi per le Unitie del Parcel del Tenancie en
le Roy, l'Office foit determine, ou avera ſon efa et continuance
en l'auter Coparcener. Et reſolve auxi clerement per Juſticia.
rios prædi&tos, que il avera fon Continuance en l'auter car auter.
ment ils averõt les ii Manors ſans feaſant aſcun Service pur eux,
et ſont compellable al pleaſure le Roy de exerciſer l'Office, et le
Roy poit ceo refuſer a fon Election et pleaſure, libien come le
Common Seignior poit refuſer le Receit de Homage de ſon Te.
nant (fil ne foit Homage Aunceſtrel) Et le Tenur. fupra fuit
tenus Graūd Serjeantie. Et ſi le Pere tient de un de ſes ii Files
et devie ſeiſie, ils enter et font Particion, le Service eft revive
en tout, fil ſoit entier come Homage, &c. Et ceux Reſolutions
fueront per les chiefe juſtices report al Roy meſme al Greene-
wich, mes pur ceo que l'Office fupra fuit very hault et daunge
rous, et auxy very chargeable al Roy en Fees, le Roy voile
diſclaimer d'aver le Service execute. Et ceð fuit le Cafe et
Claime de E. le Darreine Duke de Buckingham, fait Anno
6. Hen. VIII. Termine Michaelis. Dyer's Reports, 285. b.
who
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who bears the Sword of State, in his Robes, with
his Coronet and Staff of Office in his Hands.
The late Duke of Bedford exerciſed this Office at
the Coronation of their preſent Majeſties.
The EARL MARSHALL of ENGLAND,
Is the eighth great Officer of the Crown': He is
an Earl, as ſome fay, by his Office; whereby he
takes Cognizance, as the Lord Conſtable does, of
all Matters of War and Arms, determines Contracts
touching Deeds of Arms, out of the Realm, upo
Land, and Matters concerning Wars within the
Realm, which cannot be determined by the Com-
mon Law; and in theſe Matters he is chiefly guided
by the Civil Law.
He had antiently ſeveral Courts under him, but
has now only the Marſhalſea, where he may fit in
Judgment againſt Criminals offending within the
Verge of the King's Court.
Thiş Office is of great Antiquity in England,
and antiently was of greater Power than now. It
has been for many years hereditary in the Title of
Norfolk.
The firſt Lord Marſhall, of whom I find mention,
was Gilbert de Clare, who was created Earl of Pem-
broke by King Stephen in the Year 1139. He was
ſuceeeded by Richard de Clare, ſurnamed Strong-
bow, Earl of Pembroke, and Lord Marſhall, who
died Anno 1176.
To him ſucceeded John, furnamed Marſhall from
this Office, which was conferred upon him by
King
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King Henry II. upon the Death of Richard Strong-
bow, and he by William Marſhall, his Grandfon,
who having married Ifabel, Daughter and Heir of
Richard Strongbow, was, by King John, created
Earl of Pembroke, in the Year 1201. In his Fa-
mily the Office of Lord Marſhall continued, till
the Death of his five Sons, William, who was Lord
Chief Juſtice of England, Richard, Gilbert, Walter
and Anfelm, all ſucceſſively Earls of Pembroke, the
laſt of whom died in the Year 1245.
When Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, in Right of
his Mother, Maud, one of the Siſters and Heirs of
the five laft Lord Marſhalls, ſucceeded, and after
him, Roger Bigod, his Son, Earl of Norfolk; whoſe
Eftate being confiſcated to the Crown, the Office,
upon his Death in 1305, came into the Hands of
King Edward II. who, in the Year 1307, granted
it, durante bene placito, to Robert de Clifford, and,
the Year following, to Nicholas de Segrave, Lord
Segrave.
The fame King Edward II. in the oth Year of
his Reign, made his half Brother, Thomas de Bron
therton (whom he had before created Earl of Nor-
folk) Marſhall of England, by Patent, to him and
his Heirs Male lawfully begotten, and his deſcend-
ant, the prefent Duke of Norfolk, now enjoys
that Office. But it has, ſeveral Times, lince the
Death of Thomas de Brotherton, been in other Fa-
milies.
Margaret, Daughter and Heir of Thomas de Bro-
therton, was created Ducheſs of Norfolk for Life,
and was often honoured with the Title of Lady
Marſhall;
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Marſhall; but whether by Right, or of Courteſy,
does not plainly appear; for, in her Life Time,
the Office was exerciſed by William de Montacute,
Earl of Saliſbury, Thomas Beauchamp the elder,
Earl of Warwick, and Edmund Mortimer, Earl of
March, ſucceſſively: They might fo exerciſe it as
Deputies to her. For at the Coronation of King
Richard II. her Claim ſeems, by the following Re-
cord, to have been left undecided.
Alſo, as to the Office of Marſhall of England,
Margaret Counteſs of Norfolk, exhibited her Petition
before the aforeſaid Steward in theſe Words - To
the moſt honourable Lord, the King of Caſtile and
Leon, Duke of Lancaſter, and Steward of England.
Margaret, Daughter and Heir of Thomas de Bro-
therton, late Earl of Norfolk and Marſhall of Eng-
land, prays that you will accept her to do the
Office of Marſhall at the Coronation of our Lord
the King, as her Right of Inheritance, after the
Death of the ſaid Thomas her Father; doing the
Office by her Deputy, as Gilbert Marſhall, Earl of
Strygel did at the Coronation of Henry II. to wit,
to appeaſe the Debates in the King's Houſe on the
Day of his Coronation, and to diſpoſe of the Places
in the Bed-Chambers, and to guard the Door of
the King's Chamber; having from every Baron
and Earl, made Knight at that Day, one Palfrey
with a Saddle."
Whereupon, the faid Petition being heard, it
was alledged for the King there, that the Office re-
mained in the Perſon of the King, to be aſſigned
unto, and conferred upon whomfoever the King
ſhould
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ſhould pleaſe; and upon this Hearing, there were
many Reaſons and Allegations urged concerning
this Matter, as well for the Lord the King, as for
the aforeſaid Counteſs. But becauſe it appeared to
the Court that the final Diſcuſſion of the Buſineſs
aforeſaid could not be made, on Account of the
Shortneſs of the Time before the Coronation afore-
faid, Henry de Percy, with Confent, and by the
Command of the fame King, was aſſigned to per-
form the ſaid Office, and to take the Fees due
and accuſtomed; ſaving the Right of every one.
And ſo the fame Henry took that Office *.
* Item quoad Officium Marrefc. Angliæ, Margaretta Co-
initiſſa Norf. Petitionem fuam coram præfato Seneſc. in hæc
Verba exhibuit.-Al treſhonorable Seignior le Roy de Caſtile et
Leon, Duke de Lanc. et Seneſchall d'Engl. ſupplie vous Mar-
garet file et Heire Thom. de Brotherton nadgaires Counte de
Norf. et Marſhall d'Eng: deſtre accept al Office de Marſhalſey ore
al Coronment noſtre Seignior le Roy come a fon Droit d'heritage
apres le Mort le dit Thom. ſon peere, feſant l'Office per fon De-
putie, come Gilbert Marſhall, Countie de Strygel filt al Coron-
ment Henry le Second. ff de Payſer le Bis in la Meafon le Roy
al Jour de fon Coronment et faire lewes de Herberg ages, et de
garder les Huis de Chamb. le Roy per ayant de cheſcun Baron et
Countie ſuis Chivaler a cel Jour un Palfreye ove un Sell.
Super quo audita petitione prædicta, dictum fuit pro domino
Rege. ibideni, quod Officium illud in Perſona domini Regis re-
manſit, ad aſſignandum et conferend. cuicunq. ipfi Regi placeret,
Et fuper hoc audit tam pro domino Rege quam pro præfata
Comitiſſa pluribus Rationibus et Allegat. in hac parte, pro eo
quod videbatur Cur.' quod finalis diſcuſſio Negotii prædicti prop-
ter temporis Brevitatem ante Coronationem prædict. fieri non
potuit, Henricus de Percy ex affenfu et per præceptum ipfius
Regis affign. fuit ad Officium prædictum faciend, et percipiend.
Feoda debita et conſueta. Salvo Jure cujuſlibet. Et fic idem
Henricus Officium illud percepit, Cromp. Juriſdict. 87. b.
Sir
BY GREAT OFFICERS OF STATE, &c.
17
Sir Edward Coke fays * that the Office of Marſhall
ever paſſed by the Grants of the King, and never
belonged to any Subject by Reaſon of Tenure, as
the Stewardſhip and Conſtableſhip of England
ſometime did: and yet I read that the Manor of
HAMSTEAD-MARSHALL,
in the County of Berks, was held of old by Grand
Serjeanty, of the Kings of England, conditioned
that the Grantees ſhould, for ever, be Knight-
Marſhalls, according as the Offices of Steward,
Conſtable, and Lord High Chamberlain, in thoſe
Times were granted t. The Office of Knight-Mar-
Mall appears to have been ſubſtituted in the Room
of the Lord or Earl Marſhall, for, antiently, they
that had this Office, were only Marſhalls of the
King's Houfe, according as the ſame is now diſ-
charged by the Knights-Marſhall; but in ſucceeding
Times it grew to be a Place of great Power and
Honour, as it ſtill continues i.
The Buſineſs of the Earl Marſhall, at the Coro-
nation, has been in a great Meaſure ſhewn before,
ſo that there will be no Neceſſity of enlarging upon
it here, further than to obſerve,
That, previous to the Coronation of King
James II. the Earl Marſhall of England claimed to
appeaſe the Debates that might ariſe in the King's
Houſe on that Day; to keep the Doors of the
ſame, and of the Abbey, &c. and to diſpoſe of
* Inft. 128.- Heylin's Help to Eng. Hift. ſub Tit. Marſhall
I lbid.
B
the
18
GRAND SERJEANTIES PERFORMED
the Places to the Nobles, &c. with all Fees belong-
ing thereto.-Which was diſallowed, as unprece-
dented, and ſeveral of the Particulars were coun-
ter-claimed by the Lord Great Chamberlain. But
fuch Determination was made with a Salvo Jure to
the faid Earl Marſhall *.
At the Coronation of their preſent Majeſties the
Office was executed by the late Earl of Effingham,
as Deputy for Edward, late Duke of Norfolk,
who, being a Perfon profeſſing the Roman Ca-
tholic Religion, was diſqualified by Law from exe-
cuting it in Perſon. And the Earl of Effingham
dying in November 1763, his Grace then appointed
Henry, the late Earl of Suffolk and Berkſhire, to
be his Deputy. Upon the Death of the late Duke,
his Succeffor appointed the preſent Earl of Ef-
fingham, Son to the late Earl, to be Deputy Earl
Marſhall of England; but the Office is now exe-
euted by the Earl of Surrey, his Grace's Heir
ap-
parent, who is a Proteſtant.
BARONS of the CINQUE-PORTS,
At the Coronation of King Henry IV. the Barons
of the five Ports claymed, and it was granted them,
to bear a Canapye of Cloth of Golde over the King,
with foure Staves and foure Belles, at the foure
Corners, every Staffe having foure of thoſe Barons
to beare it. And to dyne and ſitt at the Table,
next to the King, on his Right Hande, in the
*Gent. Mag. Vol. XXXI. p. 324.
Hall,
BY GREAT OFFICERS OF STATE, &c. 19
Hall, the Day of his Coronation: And for their
Fees to have the faide Canapye of Golde, with the
Belles and Staves; notwithſtanding the Abbot of
Weſtminſter claymed the fame *
And at the Coronation of King James II. the
Barons of the Cinque-Ports claimed to carry the Ca-
nopy over the King, and to have the ſame, with
the Staves and Bells, for their Fees, and to dine
in the Hall at the King's Right Hand; which
Claim was allowed to
BISHOPS of DURHAM and BATH and WELLS,
At the fame Coronation of King James II. the
Biſhops of Durham and Bath and Wells, claimed to
ſupport the King in the Proceſſion: which Claim
was allowed, the King having graciouſly conſented
thereto, and the Biſhops of London and Wincheſter
being appointed to ſupport the Queen I.
Dean and CHAPTER of WESTMINSTER,
At the Coronation of King James II. the Dean
and Chapter of Weſtminſter claimed to inſtruct the
King in the Rites and Ceremonies uſed at the Coro-
nation; to aſſiſt the Archbiſhop in Divine Service;
to have the Cuſtody of the Coronation Robes; to
have Robes for the Dean and his three Chaplains,
and for Sixteen Miniſters of the ſaid Church; the
Royal Habits put off in the Church, the ſeveral
Oblations, Furniture of the Church, Canopy, Staves
and Bells, and the Cloth on which their Majeſties
* Cromp. 86. Sandf. Hift. Coron. Ibid.
В 2
walk
20
GRAND SER JEANTIES PERFORMED
walk from the Weſt Door of the Church to tlie
Theater, &c. Which Claim was allowed, except
Cuſtody of the Regalia, and the Fees referred to
the King's Pleaſure *.
The Master of the King's GREAT WARDROBE.
At the Coronation of King James II. the Maſter
of the King's Great Wardrobe claimed to receive
from his Deputy a Pall of Cloth of Gold, and to
carry it to the Altar, for the King to offer, and
that his Deputy ſhould attend near Garter King of
Arms, in a Robe of Scarlet Cloth, with a Gold Crown
embroidered on the Left Sleeve. Which Clain
was diſallowed, but the Claimant left to take his
Courſe at Law, if he chought fit to
The CLERK of the GREAT WARDROBE.
At the Coronation of King James II. the Clerk of
the Great Wardrobe claimed to bring a Rich Pall of
Cloth of Gold, to be held over the King's Head
whilſt he is anointed; as alſo the Armilla, or Cloth
of Tiſſue, and to attend near Garter King at Arms,
in a Robe of Scarlet Cloth, with a Crown embroi-
dered on the left Sleeve. Which Claim was alſo
diſallowed, but the Claimant left to take his Courſe
at Law, if he thought fit 1.
The PREMIER EARL of ENGLAND.
At the ſame Coronation, the Duke of Norfolk,
as Premier Earl of England, deſired to redeem the
* Sandf. Hift. Coron.-Ibid.- Ibid.
Sword
BY GREAT OFFICERS OF STATE, &c.
21
Sword offered by the King at the Altar, and to
carry it before his Majeſty in his Return to his
Palace, and Reſervation of other Rights and Dig-
nities, with Fees, &c. But his Clain was not al-
lowed, not being made out, and the ſame being
difallowed at the laſt Coronation *.
The CHURCH-WARDENS of St. MARGARET'S
WESTMINSTER,
At the ſame Coronation claimed to have the Cloth
lying in their Pariſh, whereon the King goes in Pro-
cefſion, for the Uſe of the Poor. But their Claim
was not admitted t
Thę Vicar and CHURCH-WARDENS of ST. MAR-
TIN's in the FIELDS,
Alſo claimed a Share of the ſaid Cloth for their
Poor. But their Claim was not admitted 1.
The MASTER of the Horse to the KING,
At the ſame Coronation, claimed to attend the
Coronation, as Serjeant of the Silver Scullery, and
to have all the Silver Diſhes and Plates ſerved on
that Day to the King's Table, with the Fees thereto
belonging, and to take Aljay of the King's Meat at
the Kitchen Dreſſer Bar. Not allowed, becauſe not
claimed heretofore; but left to make his Applica-
tion to the King, who was pleaſed to allow the ſaid
Service and Fees, as the Duke of Albemarle enjoyed
them on the Coronation of King Charles II. by
Virtue of the fame Poft S.
* Sandf. Hiſt, Corón.-t Ibid. - Ibid.- Ibid.
B 3
SECT. III.
22
GRAND SER JEANTIES AT CORONATIONS
SECT. III. Of Grand Serjeanties performed at
the Coronation of the Kings and Queens of Eng-
land, by Perſons in Reſpect of Manors, Lands
or Tenements.
NEDDING and KeTTILBERSTON, Co. SUFFOLK.
William de la Pole, Marqueſs of Suffolk, had a
Grant froin King Henry VI. of the Manors of Ned-
ding and Kettilberſton, in the County of Suffolk :
To hold by the Service of carrying a Golden Scepter,
with a Dove on the Head of it, upon the Corona-
tion Day of the King, his Heirs and Succeffors.
As alſo a Scepter of Ivory, with a Golden Dove on
the Head of it, upon the Day of the Coronation
of the Queens of England *.
MAN, the Isle of.
Magnus III. King of Norway and Man, the laſt
King of that Iland of the Daniſh or Norwegian
Race, dying without Iffue, about the Year 1266,
Alexander III. King of Scotland, partly by Arms,
and partly by Money, brought this, and the reſt
of the Weſtern Iflands, under his Obedience: after
which, it was fometimes dependant on the Crown
of Scotland, and ſometimes on England, as their
Fortunes varied; till, in the End, about the Year
1340, William de Montacute, Earl of Saliſbury, de-
fcended from the Norwegian Kings of Man, won it
from the Scots, and ſold it to William Lord Scrope,
* Carta 24. Hen. VI. N. 20. Blount: page 20.
Earl
IN RESPECT OF MANORS, &e.
23
Earl of Wiltſhire, and Lord Treaſurer to King Ri-
chard II. who being attainted of High Treaſon by
King Henry IV. in the firſt Year of his Reign, and
beheaded, the Kingdom and Iſland, by his Attain-
der, came to the Crown, and was the ſame Year
granted by King Henry to Henry de Percy, Earl of
Northumberland, and Lord Conſtable of England,
in Fee; by the Service of bearing on the Days of
the Coronation of the King and his Heirs, at the
Left Shoulder of him and his Heirs, by himſelf, or
his ſufficient and honourable Deputy, that Naked
Sword, with which he was girded, when he arrived
in the Part (Port) of Holderneſs, called Lancaſter
Sword, during the Proceſſion, and for all the
Time of the Solemnization of the Coronation
aforeſaid *.
In the 5th Year of the Reign of King Henry IV.
the ſaid Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, was
attainted of Treaſon; and, by Act of Parliament,
ift March, 7th Henry IV. it was enacted that the
King ſhould have the Forfeiture of all his Lands and
Tenements, which came to him by Deſcent or
Purchaſe t.
And afterwards, in the fame Year, the King
granted the le of Man, together with the Patron-
* Per Servicium portandi diebus Coronationis noftræ et Hæ-
redum noftrorum, ad Siniſtrum Humerum noſtrum, et finiſtros
Humeros Hæredum noftrorum, per ipfum, aut ſufficientem et
honorificum Deputatum ſuum, illum Gladium nudum quo cincti
eramus quando in Parte (Portu) de Holderneſs applicuimus, vo-
catum Lancaſter Sword, durante Proceſſione, et toto Tempore
Solemnizationis Coronationis fupradictæ. 4. Inft. 283.- Ibid.
B 3
age
24 GRAND SERJEANTIES AT CORONATIONS
age of the Biſhopric, to Sir John Stanley for Life;
and afterwards, in the fame Year, he granted the
fame Iſle to the faid Sir John Stanley and his Heirs
for ever, with all the Royalties and Franchiſes thereto
belonging, and the Patronage of the Biſhopric there,
with the Stile and Title of King of Man, in as full
and ample Manner as it had been granted to any
former Lord thereof; to be held of the King, his
Heirs and Succeſſors by Liege Homage; rendering
to the ſaid King two Falcons, once only, viz. im-
mediately after the Homage done; and rendering
to his Heirs, Kings of England, two Falcons, on
the Day of the Coronation of his faid Heirs, for
all other Services, Cuſtoms and Demands; as freely,
fully and entirely, as William Scrope, Knight, or
any other, held the fame *.
This Iſland is now held by the Duke and Ducheſs
of Athol, in Right of the ſaid Ducheſs, as Baroneſs
Strange of Knockyn, who is lineally deſcended from
the ſaid Sir John Stanley, in whoſe Family it has
ever ſince been; and is now held by the fame ho.
nourary Service, of rendering two Falcons on the
Day of the Coronation of the Kings of England
* Tenend. de Rege, Heredibus et Succefforibus fuis, per
Homagium Ligeum.-Reddendo nobis duos Falcones, femel tan-
tum, viz. immediate poft Homagium hujufmodi fact. et redden-
do Hæredibus noftris Regibus Angliæ duos Falcones, diebus
Coronationis eorundem Hæredum noſtrorum, pro omnibus aliis
Servitiis Conſnetudinibus et Demandis, adeo libere plene et in.
tegre ficut Willielmus Scrope Chivalier, vel aliqnis alins, &c.
4. Inft. 283. Rot. pat. 7th. Hen. IV. par. 2. M. 18.
+ Stat. 5. Geo. III. Cap. 26.
The
IN RESPECT OF MANORS, &c.
25
The DUTCHY of LANCASTER.
At the Coronation of King Henry IV. the Lord
Henry, the King's eldeſt Son, whom the King, in
Right of his Dutchy of Lancaſter, had appointed
to that Office, claimed to bear before the King the
principal Sword, called Curtana, and had his Suit
granted *.
The Castle and Tower of PEMBROKE, and
Tºwn of DENBIGH, in Wales.
At the Coronation of the ſaid King Henry IV. the
Lord Leonard Grey of Ruthyn, by Petition exhibited
before the Lord High Steward, claimed to bear the
ſecond Sword before the King at his Coronation, by
Reaſon of his Caſtle and Tower of Pembroke, and
of his Town of Denbigh ; but his Claim was at
that Time diſallowed, and the Office executed by
John Earl of Somerſet, by Alignment from the
King t.
The EARLDOM of Surrey.
At the Coronation of King James II. the Duke of
Norfolk, as Earl of Surrey, claimed to carry the fe-
cond Sword before the King, with all the Privileges
and Dignities thereto belonging--Which Claim
was diſallowed, not being made out, and the ſame
having been diſallowed at the laſt Coronation
The EARLDOM of WARWICK.
Thomas Beauchampe, Earl of Warwick, by Right
* Cromp. 84. b. + Cromp. 85. b. Sandf. Hiſt. Coron.
of
26 GRAND SERJEANTIES AT CORONATIONS
of Inheritance, bare the third Sword before the
King, at the Coronation of King Henry IV. and by
the like Right was Panterer at the Coronation *.
The EARLDOM of PEMBROKE.
At the Coronation of Henry IV. the Lord Leonard
Grey of Ruthyn bare the King's Great Spurs before
him, in the Time of his Coronation, by Right of
Inheritance, as Heir to John Haſtings, Earl of Pem-
broke ti
At the Coronation of King James II. Anthony de
Grey, Earl of Kent, claimed to carry the Great Spurs
before the King; but not being made out, his
Claim was not allowed.
The fame was counter-claimed by the Lord de
Grey of Ruthyn, and allowed.
The ſame was alſo counter-claimed by the Duke
of Norfolk, as Earl of Surrey, but diſallowed for
Want of Evidence, and becauſe it was not admitted
at the preceding Coronation 1.
WOLVERMERSTON alias WULFELMELSTON, Fin-
GRET alias FINGREY, and Gignes alias GING-
REGINÆ.Co. Essex, or CAMBRIDGE.
John de Sandford held Wolvermerſton by Service
in the Queen's Chamber, and Fingret, and Gignes,
and Houmede and Huchamſtede ||.
1
* Cromp. 85. + Cromp. 85. b. Sandf. Hift. Coron.
1 Johannes de Sandford tenet Wolvermerſone, per Serjantiam
in Camera Reginæ, et Fingret, et Gignes, et Houmede, et
Huchamlede. Lib. Rub. Scac, 137.
12
IN RESPECT OF MANORS, &e.
27
In the Time of King Edward I. Robert de Vere,
Earl of Oxford, held the Manor of Fingreth, in the
County of Effex, by Serjeanty of being Chamber-
lain of our Lord the King, on the Day of his co-
ronation; and the fame Robert, and Matilda his
Wife, held the Manor of Ging-Regine by the Ser-
jeanty of keeping the Chamber of our Lady the
Queen on the Day of the Coronation aforeſaid *.
And by Inquiſition taken the 6th of Edw.II. it was
found that the Earls of Oxford, by the Heir of
Sandford, antiently held the Manors of Fingrey and
Wulfelmelſton, in the County of Cambridge t, by the
Serjeanty of Chamberlainſhip to the Queens of Eng-
land, at the King's Coronation I.
And at the Coronation of King James II. the
Lord of the Manor of Fyngrith in Efex, claimed to
be Chamberlain to the Queen for the Day, and to have
the Queen's Bed, and Furniture, the Baſons, &c. be-
longing to the Office; and to have a Clerk in the
Exchequer, to demand and receive the Queen's Gold,
&c. Which Claim was diſallowed, becauſe not made
out; but the Claimant was left to proſecute it at
Law, if he thought fit |
As the Court of Claims never fat after the Arri-
val and Marriage of her preſent Majeſty, Queen
Robertus de Vere, Comes Oxoniæ, tenet Manerium de
Fingreth, in Com. Eflex, per Serjantiam eſſendi Camerarius
Domini Regis, die Coronationis fuæ ; et idem Robertus, et Maa-
tilda, Uxor ejus, tenent Manerium de Ging-Reginæ, per Serjan.
tiam Cuſtodiendi Cameram Dominæ Reginæ, die Coronationis
prædictæ. Pla. Coron. 13. Edw. I. Effex.-Blount 53.
† Forſan Eſſex.
# Blount 23 Sandf. Hift. Coron.
Charlotte
28 GRAND SERJE ANTIES AT CORONATIONS
Charlotte, in England, till after the Coronation, it is
preſumed that no Perſon could claim to do this
Service at her Coronation.
FERNHAM, alias FARNHAM-ROYAL.-Co. Bucks.
The Barons Furnival held Fernham, in Co. Bucks
(now called Farnham-Royal) by Service of finding
their Sovereign Lord the King, upon the Day of
his Coronation, a Glove for his Right Hand, and to
ſupport his Right Arm, the fame Day, whilſt he
held the Regal Verge, or Scepter in his Hands *.
At the Coronation of King Henry IV. Sir Thomas
Nevill, Lord Furnival, by Reaſon of his Manor of
Fernebam, with the Hamlet of Cere, which he helde
by the Curteſie of England, after the Deceaſe of
his Wife, the Lady, Joane, gave to the King a Glove
for his Right Hand, and ſuſtained the King's
Right Arme, ſo long as he bare the Scepter to
From the Furnivals, this Manor, by the Daugh-
ter of the ſaid Sir Thomas Neville, deſcended to the
Talbots, Earls of Shreweſbury, who, though they
exchanged it with King Henry VIII. yet they re-
ſerved this honourable Service to them and their
Heirs for ever I.
But the Service ſeems now not to be annexed to
this Manor, but to the Manor of
WORKSOP, Co. NOTTINGHAM,
For King Henry VIII, in the 33d Year of his
* Efc. 10. Edw. II. N. 17.-Orig. de 39. Edw, III. Rot. 3.
Blount 22.-t Cromp. 85.45 Blount.
Reign,
IN RESPECT OF MANORS, &c.
19
Reign, granted to George Talbot, Earl of Shreweſbury,
the Scite and Precinct of the Monaſtery of Work-
sop, with its Appurtenances, in the County of
Nottingham; to be held of the King in Capite, by
the Service of the tenth Part of a Knight's Fee;
and by the Royal Service of finding the King a
Right Hand Glove at his Coronation, and to fup-
port his Right Arm, that Day, as long as he ſhould
hold the Scepter in his Hand; and paying yearly
231. 8s. ord. *
At the Coronation of King James II. this Ser-
vice was claimed and allowed t.---And at the Co-
ronation of his preſent Majeſty the fame Service
was performed by the moſt honourable Charles,
Marqueſs of Rockingham, as Deputy to the Duke of
Norfolk, Lord of the Manor of Worklop .
The BARONY of BEDFORD.
John Lord Latimer, although he was under Age
at the Coronation of King Henry IV. for himſelf,
and the Duke of Norfolk, notwithſtanding that his
Poffeſſions were in the King's Hands, by his Attor-
ney, Sir Thomas Grey, Knight, claimed and had the
Office of Almoner, for the Day; by Reaſon of cer-
tain Lands, which fometime belonged to the Lord
William Beauchampe of Bedford. They had a Towell
of fine Linen Cloth prepared, to put in the Silver
that was appointed to be given in Alms: and like-
wiſe they had the Diftribution of the Cloth that
* Paf. 33. Hen. VIII. Par. 4. Blount 94.-+ Sandf. Hift.
Coron.- Gazette, No. 10142.
covered
30 GRAND SERJBANTIES AT CORONATIONS
covered the Pavement and Floors, from the King's
Chamber Doors, to the Place in the Church of
Weſtminſter where the Pulpit ftood. The Refidue,
that was ſpread in the Church, the Sexton had *.
At the Coronation of King James II. the Earl of
Exeter, Sir George Blundell, and Thomas Snaggs, as
being feifed of ſeveral Parts of the Barony of Bed-
ford, reſpectively claimed to execute the Office of
Almoner; and, as the Fees of that Office, to have
the Silver Alms Bafon, and the Diſtribution of all
the Silver therein, and of the Cloth, ſpread for
their Majeſties to walk on, as alſo the fine Linen
Towell, a Tun of Wine, &c.---On Reference to the
King, to appoint which of them he pleaſed, the Earl
was appointed, pro hác Vice, with a Salvo Jure to
the other two: but the Silver Diſh, and the Cloth,
from the Throne in Weſtminſter-Hall, to the Weſt
Door of the Abbey Church, were only allowed. t.
HEYDON.Co. Essex,
Peter Picot held the Half of Heydene, by the Ser-
jeanty of ſerving with a Towel at the Coronation
of the King: and
Peter, the Son of Peter Picot, held the other
Moiety, by the Serjeanty of ſerving with the Bar
fons ..
* Cromp. 86. + Sandf. Hift. Coron. Petrus Picot tenet
dimid. Heydene, per Serjantiam ferviendi, cum una Toalia,
ad Coronationem Regis.--Petrus Filius Petri Picot tenet aliam
Medictatem, per Serjantiam ferviendi de Bacinis, Lib. Rub.
Scat, 137.
T
In
IN RESPECT OF MANORS, &c.
31
In the 13th of King Edward I. John Picot held
a certain Tenement in the Town of Heydon, in the
County of Eſex, by the Serjeanty of holding the
Towel before our Lord the King on the Day of his
Coronation. And Peter Picot held a certain Tene
ment in the fame Town, by the Serjeanty of hold-
ing the Bafons of Water at the Coronation afore-
ſaid *
At the Coronation of King Richard II. John Wilt-
Joire, Citizen of London, exhibited into the Court
of the Lord High Steward of England, a Petition,
to the following Effect, viz.
“ To the moſt honourable Lord the King of Caf-
tile and Leon, Duke of Lancaſter, and Steward of
England.-Your Petitioner, John Wiltſhire, ſhews,
That, Whereas the faid John holds certain Tene-
ments in Heydon, held of our Lord the King, by
the Service of holding a Towel, when our Lord the
King ſhall waſh his Hands, before Dinner, on the
Day of his Coronation; and that the Moiety of the
faid Manor lately was in the Seiſin of J. Picot, who
held the fame of the Lord Edward, late King of
England, Great Grandfather of our Lord the King
that now is, by the fame Services, as appears by the
Record of the Exchequer of our faid Lord the
* Johannes Pycot tenet quoddam Tenementum in Villa de
Heydon, in Com. Eſſex, per Serjantiam tenend. Manuter.
gium coram Domino Rege, die Coronationis. Et Petrus Pycot
tenet quoddam Tenementum, in eadem Villa, per Serjantiam
tenendi Pelves, ad Aquam dandam, ad Coronationem prædictam.
Pla. Coron. 13. Edw. I. Blount. 27.
King,
32 GRAND SERJEANTIES AT CORONATIONS
King, And prays that he may be accepted to do the
faid Office of Serjeanty, in the Form aforeſaid.”
“ And, it appearing by the Record of the Ex-
chequer of our Lord the King, in Court ſhewn,
that the aforeſaid Tenements are held of our Lord
the King, by the Services aforeſaid ; Therefore he
is admitted to do his Service, by Edmund Earl of
Cambridge, (the King's Uncle) his Deputy; and fo
the ſame Earl, in Right of the ſaid John, held the
Towel when the Lord the King waſhed his Hands,
the ſaid Day of his Coronation, before Dinner *."
At the Coronation of King James II. The Lord of
the Manor of Heydon in Eſex, claimed to hold the
Bafon and Ewer to the King, by Virtue of one
* 1. W. Counte (Citoyen) de L. porrexit in Cur. quandam
Petitionem in hæc verba. Al Treſhonorable Seignior le Roy
de Caſtile et de León, Duke de Lanc. et Senelhal d'Angl. Vre
Suppl. 7. W. que come le dit. J. tient certeine Tenements in
Heydon quels ſont le Moytic del Maner de Heydon tenus de
noſtre Seigniour le Roy, per fon Service le teyner un Towell
quant noſtre Seignior le Roy lavera ſes Maynes devant Manger
le jour de fon Coronment, et que le Moytic de dit Man.
jades fuit in le Seaſon 7. Pygot q. le tyent de Seign. E.
nadgayers Roy d'Engleter. Beſayle noſtre Seigniour le Roy que
ore eſt per les Services ſuiſdits coe. appiert per Record del'
Eſchequer noſtre dit Seigniour le Roy, et prya que il poct
eftr. accept audit Office de Serjeantie faire in le Forme ſuiſdit.
Et hoc appiert de Record de Scaccario Domini Regis in Cur
monſtrat quod prædicta Tenementa tenentur de Domino Rege
per Servitia prædicta. Ideo admittatur ad Servitium fuum hu-
juſmodi faciend. per Edm, Comitem Cant. deputatum fuum.
Et ſic idem Comes in Jure ipfius Johannis Manutergia Tenuit
quando Dominus Rex lavavit Manus fuas dicto Die Coronationis
fuæ ante Prandium.-Crompton's Juriſdict. 86. b.
Moiety,
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33
Moiety, and the Towel, by Virtue of another Moiety
of the ſaid Manor, when the King waſhes, before
Dinner:---Which Claim was allowed as to the Towel
only t.
BRAMBELEGH.Co. MIDDLESEX,
The Prioreſs of Saint Leonard of Stretford held
fifty Acres of Land in Brambelegh, in the County
of Middleſex, by the Service of finding, for the
Lord the King, a Man to hold the Towel of the
fame King at his Coronation 1.
WINFRED.Co, DORSET.
Robert de Newborough held the Manor of Win-
fred, in the County of Dorſet, together with the
Hundred there, of the King in Capite, by the Ser-
vice of giving Water for the Hands of our Lord
the King, on the Day of his Coronation ; and to
have the Bafon and Ewer for the Service afore-
faid S.
At the Coronation of King James II, a Claim
was made, by the Lord of the Manor and Hun-
+ Sandf. Hiſt, Coron.-- Priorifa Beati Leonardi de Stret-
ford tenet quinquaginta Acras Terræ in eadem Villa, per Servi-
rium inveniendi Domino Regi, unum Hominem ad tenendum
Manutergium ipfius Regis in Coronatione fua.-Pla. Coron. 22.
Edw. 1. Blount. 66.
$ Robertus de Novoburgo tenuit Manerium de Winfred in Com.
Dorſet. unacum Hundredo ibidem, de Rege in Capite, per Ser-
vitium dandi Aguam Manibus Domini Regis, die Coronationis
fuæ, et habebit Peloem cum Lavatorio pro Servitio prædicto.
Ing. 12. Edw. III. N. 2. Dorſet. Blount 29.
C
dred
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dred of Winfred, to do this Service, which was not
allowed: but he was left to make his Application
to the King, if he thought fit *.
ADDINGTON.CO. SURREY.
Robert Agyllon held one Carucate + of Land in
Addington in the County of Surrey, by the Service
of Making one Meſs, in an Earthen Pot, in the Kitchen
of our Lord the King, on the Day of his Corona-
tion, called Diligrout, and if there be Fat (or Lard)
in the Mefs it is called Maupigyrnun ||.
Afterwards, in King Edward I.’s Time, William
Walcot held the Manor of Addington by the ſame
Service S; only, in this Record, it is called a cer-
tain Pottage called Maupigyrnun f.
This Tenure is probably as old as the Time of
King Henry II, at the leaſt, for William Aquilon, who
had married the Heireſs of Bartholomew de Cheney,
held his Land in Addintone in Surrey, which was
the Inheritance of the ſaid Bartholomew, by Ser-
jeanty of finding a Cook at the King's Coronation,
to drefs Victuals in the King's Kitchen H. And in
the Time of King Henry II. William Aguillum held
three Knights Fees and a Half, and a Bartholomew,
* Sandf. Hiſt. Coron.-- || Robertus Aguillon tenet unam Ga-
tucatan + Terræ in Addington, in Comitatu Surrey, per Serjan-
tiam faciendi unum Ferculum in Olla Lutea, in Coquina Domini
Regis, die Coronationis fuæ, et vocatur Dilligrout ; Et fi fit
Seyin † (Saginen) in illo Ferculo, vocatur Maupigyrnun. Placit.
Coron. 39. Hen. III. Rot. 29. Dorſo. Blount 1.- Efcaet. 14.
Edw. I. Num. 16.- Quoddam Pottagium vocatum Maupigyr-
nus.--Madox's Hift. Excheq. 453. Mad. Baron. Angl. 248.
one
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,
&c.
one Knight's Fee in the County of Surrey *, and it
is very likely that theſe were the very William
Aquillon and Bartholomew de Cheyney above-men-
tioned.
In Mr. Blount's Time this Manor was in the
Poffefſion of Thomas Leigh, Eſquire, who, at the
Coronation of his then Majeſty, King Charles II. in
the Year 1661, brought up to the King's Table a
Meſs of Pottage called Dilligrout, this Service be-
ing adjudged to him by the Court of Claims, in
Right of this his Manor; whereupon the Lord
High Chamberlain preſented him to the King, who
accepted the Service, but did not eat of the Pot-
tage to
And at the Coronation of King James II. the
Lord of the Manor of Bardolfe in Addington, Surrey,
claimed to find a Man to make a Meſs of Grout in
the King's Kitchen; and therefore prayed that the
King's Maſter Cook might perform that Service.
Which Claim was allowed, and the ſaid Lord of
the Manor brought it up to the King's Table 1.
O A Carucate of Land, a Plow-Land, or a Hide of
Land, is not of any certain Content; but as much
as a Plow can, by Courſe of Huſbandry, plow
in a Year; and may contain a Meſſuage, Wood,
Meadow and Paſture.--And every Plow-Land,
of ancient Time, was of the yearly Value of
five Nobles (1l. 138. 4d.) per Annum: And
* Lib. nig. Scacc. 121,- + Mr. Aſhmole's Narrative. Blount r.
Sandf. Hift. Coron.
C2
this
36 GRAND SERJÉ ANTIES AT CORONATIONI
this was the Living of a Plowman or Yeoman.
1. Inſt. 69.a.
II+] Seym.-Mr. Blount has rendered the Latin word
Sagimen, by the General Term of Fat, which
the Editor thinks does not ſufficiently expreſs
the Senſe of it; as it particularly means the Fat
or Lard of Swine that covers the Kidneys, &c.
This kind of Fat, and no other, is in Yorkſhire,
and the Northern Counties, to this Day, uſu-
ally called by the Name of Saim, and in Kent
Seam : Perhaps from the Sain Doux of the
French, which ſignifies Hog's Lard; or rather
from the Britiſh Word Sain, Sewet. -Lhuyd's
Archaelog. 285. E.
LISTON.-Co. Essex.
In the 41ſt of Edw. III. Joan, the Wife of Wil-
liam Leſton, held the Manor of Overhall in this Pa-
riſh, by the Service of paying for, bringing in and
placing of five Wafers before the King as he ſits at
Dinner upon the Day of his Coronation *.
Richard Lions held the ſaid Manor after her, by
the Service of making Wafers upon the Day of the
King's Coronation, and of ſerving the King with
the ſame Wafers as he fits at Dinner the ſame
Day t.
Godfrey fitz John I held certain Lands in Lifton
* Abſtract. Rec. in Scaccar. Anno 4r. Edw. III. Weever's
Fun. Monum. 384.-+ Anno 5. Ric. II. Weever's Fun. Mo.
num. 384.-I Godefridus Filius Johannis.
in
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37
in the County of Eſſex, of our Lord the King, by
the Service of making Wafers at his Coronation ll.
At the Coronation of King Henry IV. William le
Venoure, by Reaſon that he was Tenant of the Ma-
nor of Lyfon, claimed and obtained to exerciſe the
Office of making Wafers for the King, the Day of
his Coronation *.
At the Coronation of King James II. the Lord of
the Manor of Liſton in Efex, claimed to make Wa-
fers for the King and Queen, and ſerve them up to
their Table; to have all the Inſtruments of Silver,
and other Metal, uſed about the ſame, with the
Linen, and certain Proportions of Ingredients, and
other Neceffaries, and Liveries for himſelf and two
Men. Which Claim was allowed, and the Service,
with his Conſent, performed by the King's Offi-
cers, and the Fees compounded for at 301. +
At the Coronation of their preſent Majeſties,
William Campbell of Liſton Hall, Eſquire, as Lord of
this Manor, claimed to do the ſame Service, which
was allowed ; and the King was pleaſed to appoint
his Son, William-Henry Campbell, Eſquire, to officiate
as his Deputy, who accordingly attended, and
preſented the Wafers to their Majeſties.
The EARLDOM of LINCOLN.
At the Coronation of King Henry IV. John Beau-
fort, Earl of Somerſet, Half Brother to the King
to whom the King, in Right of his Earldom of
Lincoln, had granted to be Carver, the Day of his
| Blount 25.-* Cromp. 86.- Sandf. Hiſt. Coron. 129.
Coros
GA
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GRAND SERJEANTIES AT CORONATIONS
Coronation, claimed that Office, and had it
granted *.
BILSINGTON.-Co. KENT.
The Prior of Billington held a certain Part of a
Serjeanty in Bilfington, in the County of Kent, by
ferving the Lord the King with his Cup on Whit-
funilay t.
The Anceſtors of the Earl of Arundel uſed to
hold the Manor of Billington in the County of
Kent, which is worth XXXI. a Year, by the Ser-
jeanıy of being Butler of our Lord the King, on
Whitſunday I.
At the Coronation of King Henry IV. Thomas
Earl of Arundel, Chief Butler of England, ob-
tained to exerciſe that Office the Day of the Coro-
nation, and had the Fees thereto belonging granted
to him, to wit, the Goblet, with which the King
was ſerved, and other Things to that his Office
appertaining; the Veſſels of Wine excepted, that
lay under the Bar, which were adjudged to the
Lord Steward, the ſaid Earl of Arundel's Claim
notwithſtanding S.
* Cromp. 84. b.-- + Prior de Bilfington tenet quandam Par-
tem Serjantiæ in Billington in Com. Kantiæ, ad ſerviendum
Dominum Regem, Die Pentecoftes, de Goupa fua.
Hundred. Anno 3. Edw. I. Rot. 7. Hanc. Blount 62.- An-
teceſſores Comitis Arundel ſolebant tenere Manerium de Bilſyn.
ton in Com, Kantiæ quod valet per Ann. XXX/. per Serjantiam
effendi Pincerna Domini Regis in Die Pentecoſtes. Pla. Coron.
21. Edw. I. Rot. 27. Kanc. Blount 61.-ſ Cromp. 85. b.
At
IN RESPECT OF MANORS, &c.
39
At the Coronation of King Charles II. Robert
Bernham, Eſquire, held the Manor of Eaſt Billing-
ton in the County.of Kent, of the King, by the Sera
vice of preſenting the King with three Maple Cups
on the Day of his Coronation, which Service was
performed at the Coronation of the faid King, by
Eraſmus Smith, Eſquire, in Behalf of the ſaid Robert
Bernham *
And a Claim to do the like Service was made at
the Coronation of King James II. by the Lord of
the Manor of Nether Billington in Kent, and al-
lowed to
KENNINGHALL.Co. NORFOLK.
At the Coronation of King James II. tle Duke of
Norfolk, as Earl of Arundel, and Lord of the Ma-
nor of Kenninghall, in Norfolk, claimed to perform,
by Deputy, the Office of Chief Butler of England,
and to have, for his Fees, the beſt Gold Cup and
Cover, with all the Vedels and Wine remaining under
the Bar, and all the Pots and Cups, except thoſe of
Gold or Silver, in the Wine-Cellar after Dinner.
Which Claim was allowed, with only the Fee of a
Cup and Ewer I.
The LORD MAYOR and CITIZENS of LONDON.
In the Year 1337 the following Petition was
exhibited to the King in Council, viz.
“ To our Lord the king and his Council, Richard
de Bèttoyne of London fheweth; That Whereas, at
* Narrative of Elias Alhmole, Eſq. Blount 7.- Sandf.
Hift. Coron.--'Ibid.
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4
thc
F
40 GRAND SERJEANTIES AT CORONATIONS
the Coronation of our Lord the King that now is,
he being then Mayor of London, performed the Of
fice of Butler, with three hundred and fixty Valets,
clothed in the ſame Livery, each one carrying in his
Hand a White Silver Cup, as other Mayors of Lon-
don have lime out of Mind uſed to do, at the
Coronation of the King's Progenitors; and the
Fee appendant to that Service, that is to ſay, a
Gold Cup with a Cover, and an Ewer of Gold ena-
meled, was delivered to him by the Affent of the
Earl of Lancaſter, and other Great Men, then of
our Lord the King's Council, by the Hands of Sir
Robert de Wodehouſe ; And now there comes an
Efreat out of the Exchequer, to the Sheriffs of
London, for the levying of 891. 128. 6d. for the
ſaid Fee, upon the Goods and Chattels of the ſaid
Richard, wherein he prays that Remedy may be
ordained him. And the Mayor and Citizens of Ox-
ford are bound by Charter, to come to London, at
the Coronation, to affiſt the Mayor of London, in
ſerying at the Feaſt, and ſo have always uſed to do.
Or, if it pleaſe our Lord the King, and his Coun,
cil, we will willingly pay the Fee, ſo that we may
be diſcharged of that Service *."
This
* A nostre Seignour le Roy et a ſon Conſeil montre Richard
le Bettoyne de Loundres, qe come au Coronement noſtre Seig?
pour le Roy q'ore eſt, il adonque Meire de Londres feroit
l'Office de Botiller oue cccLx Vadletz veftuz d'une Sute, chef-
cun portant en fa maime un Coupe Blanche d'Argent, come
autres Meirs de Londres ount faitz as Coronementz des Proge.
nitours noſtre Seignour le Roy, dont Memorie ne Court, et le
Fee q'appendoit a cel jorne, cet afavoir un Coupe d'or ove la
Govercle
IN RESPECT OF MANORS, &c.
41
This Richard de Bettoyne, who was Lord Mayor
of London in the Years 1326 and 1327, ift Edw. III.
is by Stowe called Richard Britaine, Goldſmith : and
by Maitland Betayne.
At the Coronation of King Henry IV. the Citizens
of London, choſen forth by the City, ſerved in
the Hall, as Affiſtants to the Lord Chief Butler,
whilſt the King fat at Dinner, the Day of his Co-
ronation. And when the King entered into his
Chamber, after Dinner, and called for Wine, the
Lord Mayor of London brought to him a Cup of
Gold, with Wine, and had the ſame Cup given to
hin, together with the Cup that contained Water
to allay the Wine. After the King had drunk,
the faid Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London had
their Table to dine at, on the Left Hand of the
King, in the Hall *.
At the Coronation of King James II. the Lord
Mayor and Citizens of London claimed to ſerve
Covercle et un Ewer d'or enamaille, lui fuſt livere per Aſſent du
Counte de Lancafire et d'autres Grantz qu' adonques y furent
du Conſeil noſtre Seignour le Roy per la Maine Sire Robert de
Wodehouſe: Et ore vient en Eſtreite as Viſcountes de Londres
hors del Chekker de faire lever de Biens et Chateux du dit
Richard LXXXIXI. XII s. Vid. pur le Fee avantdit, dont il
prie que remedie lui ſoit ordeyne. Et le Meire et les Citeyns
D'Oxenford ount per point de Chartre, quils vendront a Londres
a l'en coronement d'eyder le Meire de Londres pur ſervir a la
Feſt. et toutz ount uſee. Et ſi il pleſt a noſtre Seignour le Roy
et a lon Conſeil, nous payerons volenters le Fee, iffent que nous
ſoyoms deſcharges de la Service.--Petit, in Parl. Ann, 11.
Edw. III. Blount 121.
* Cromp. 85. b.
the
42 GRAND SERJEANTIES AT: CORONATIONS
the King with Wine, after Dinner, in a Gold Cup,
and to have the ſame Cup and Gover for his Fee;
and, with twelve other Citizens. by them appointed,
to affiſt the Chief Butler of England in the Butler-
fhip, and to have a Table on the Left Hand of the
Hall. Which Claim was not allowed, becauſe the
Liberties of the City were then ſeized into the
King's Hands, by Virtue of the Judgment, in quo
Warranto, given againſt them, in Trinity Term,
35 Car. II. then unreſerved; but yet they executed
the Office, ex Gratia, and dined in the Hall, and
had a Gold Cup for their Fee*.
At the fame Time, the ſaid Lord Mayor and
Citizens of London, claimed to ſerve the Queen in
like Manner, and were only diſallowed at that
Time, for the ſame Reaſon t.
At the Coronation of his. late Majeſty, King
George II, the fame Service was performed by Sir
John Eyles, Baronet, Lord Mayor of London, and
John Boyce, Eſquire, Mayor of Oxford, who was
knighted on that Occaſion 1.
And at the Coronation of their preſent Majeſties,
this Service was performed by Sir Matthew Blacki-
ston, Knight, (afterwards created a Baronet) affifted
by Thomas Munday, Eſquire, Mayor of Oxford, who
was knighted on that Occaſion.
The MAYOR and BURGESSES of OXFORD,
The Mayor and Burgeſſes of Oxford, by Charter,
claim to ſerve in the Office of Butlerſhip to the
* Sandf. Hiſt. Coron. Ibid.- † Compl. Copyhold. 372.
King,
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43
King, with the Citizens of London, with all Fees
thereunto belonging. Which Claim was allowed
at the Coronation of King James II. and to have
three Maple Cups for their Fee. They had alfo, ex
Gratia, allowed a large Gilt Bowl and Cover *.
WIMONDLEY.--Co.HERTFORD.
Richard de Argentyne held Willemundele, by Sers
jeanty of ſerving with one Silver Cup at the King's
Coronation to
Reginald de Argentyne, in King Edward the Firſt's
Time, was ſeized of the Manor of Great Wylmondele
(now called Wimble in the County of Cambridge :)
which he held by Grand Serjeanty, to ſerve our
Lord the King, on the Day of his Coronation, with
a Silver Cup, by Order of the Lord High Steward S.
At the Coronation of King Henry IV. Sir William
Argentynę, by Reaſon of his Tenure of his Manor
of Willumdale, in the County of Hertford, ſerved
the King of the firſt Cup of Drink, which he taſted
of at his Dinner the Day of his Coronation. The
Cup was of Silver, ungilt, which the fame Knight
had for his Fecs. Notwithſtanding the Petition
which John fitz Warren preſented to the Lord
Steward, requiring that Office, in Right of his
Wife, the Lady Maud, Daughter and Heir to Sir,
John Argentyne, Knight |
* Sandf. Hift. Coron.-t Ricardus de Argentoein tenet Wila
lumdele per Serjantiam ferviendi cum una Cuppa Argentea, ad
Coronationem Regis. Lib. Rub. Scacc.-# Wimondley in Com.
Hertford. potius, -- Eſcaet. 11. Edw. I. N. 19. Cant. Hereford.
(Com, Hertford) Blount 78.-- Cromp. 85.
At
44 GRAND SERJEANTIES AT CORONATIONS
At the Coronation of King Charles II. this Manor
was come to the Lord Allington, who, at the Coro-
nation Dinner of the ſaid King, carried the King
his firſt Draught of Drink, in a Silver-Gilt Cup;
the Office of Cup-Bearer, as alſo the Fee, having
been adjudged to him by the Court of Claims, in
Right of this Manor; and when the King had
drank, the ſaid Lord Allington received the Cup for
bis Fee*,
And at the Coronation of King James II. the like
Claim was made by the Lord of this Manor, and
allowed to
CHENES.CO. SURREY.
Otho de Grandifon, and John de Valletort, and
Alice his Wife, held the Town of Chenes by Ser-
jeanty of finding, on the Day of the King's Coro-
nation, two White Cups at Dinner; and now it is
rented at VIII. Shillings 1.
ASHELEE.CO. NORFOLK,
William de Haſtings, being Steward to King Henry I.
held that Office by Serjeanty, in Reſpect of the
Tenure of his Manor of Afbelè in the County of
Norfolk, by the Service of taking Charge of the Na-
pery, (Table Clothes and other Linen) at the Coro,
nation of the Kings of England so
* Blount. 78.- Sandf. Hiſt. Coron. 133.--I Othonus de
Grandiſon et Johannes de Valletorta, et Alicia Uxor ejus, te-
nent Villam de Chenes, de Serjantia inveniendi, die Corona-
tionis Regis, duos albos Ciphos ad Prandium; et modo arrentata
eft ad VIII s. Pla. Coron, 19 Hen. III. Surrey, Blount. 82.
Teſta de Nevile. Norf, Suff. Blount. 13.
At
IN RESPECT OF MANORS, &c.
45
At the Coronation of King Henry IV. the Lord
Leonard Grey of Ruthyn, by Reaſon of his Manor of
Afheley in Norfolk, covered the Tables; and had for
his Fee, all the Table Cloths, as well thoſe in the
Hall, as elſewhere, when they were taken up:
Notwithſtanding a Petition exhibited by Sir John
Drayton to have had that Office *.
And at the Coronation of King James II. the
then Lord of the ſaid Manor, claimed to perform
the faid Office, and have the Fees, &c. His
Claim was not allowed, becauſe he had not his Evi-
dence ready to make it out, but with a Salvo
Juret:
SCULTON: Co. NORFOLK.
At the Coronation of King Henry IV. Edmund
Chambers claimed and obtained the Office of Prin-
cipal Larderer, for him and his Deputies, by Reaſon
of this Manor of Sculton, otherwiſe called Burdelbyn-
Sculton, in the County of Norfolk I.
The Manor of Sculton, otherwiſe called Burdos or
Burdelois in Norfolk, was held by this Tenure; that
the Lords thereof, on the Coronation Day of the
Kings of England, ſhould be Chief Lardiner S.
At the Coronation of King James II, the Lord of
the Manor of Sculton, alias Bourdelies, in Norfolk,
claimed to be Chief Larderer; and to have for his
Fees, the Proviſions remaining, after Dinner, in
the Larder. And on Reference to the King, it
* Cromp. 85.-_t Sandf. Hiſt. Coron. 132.I Cromp. 86.-
Camden in Norfolk. Blount, 10.
appear-
46 GRAND SERJEANTIES AT CORONATIONS
appearing that other Manors were alſo ſeverally
held by the faine Service, the Lord of this Manor
was appointed, pro hâc Vice, to do the Office; but
with a Salvo Jure to the other Clainants *.
EAST-HAM, Eystan, or Eston at the Mount.
Co. Essex.
Ralph de Moigne (an Error in Blount for le Moigne.)
[or the Monk] held Eaſt-Ham, in Eſſex, by Serjeanty
that he ſhould be Caterer (or Purveyor) of the Lord
the King in his Kitchen t.
Henry, Son and Heir of William le Moigne, fined
in XVIII I. for Relief of his Land of Eyſtan, which
he held of the King in Capite, by the Serjeanty of
the King's Lardinary. Ralph le Moigne, Anceſtor
of Henry, held the Land by the fame Serjeanty:
and the Land was worth XVIIIl. a Year, as appeared
by the Roll I.
At the Coronation of King James II. the Lord
of the Manor of Eſton at the Mount, in Eſſex, claimed
the Offices of Larderer and Caterer; but his Claim
was at that Time diſallowed, with a Salvo Jure;
and the King appointed the Lord of the Manor of
Sculton to exerciſe the fame, pro hác Vice S.
N. B. Blount did not make all his Extracts himſelf,
vide Preface, P.
Sandf. Hiſt. Coron. 133. Radulphus de le Moigne, &c.
ut ſit Emptor Domini Regis in Coquina fua. Pla. Coron. apud
Chelmesf. i'r Hen: III. Blount. 26.- I Madox's Excheq. 220.
- Sandf. Hift. Coron. 133.
KIL-
IN RESPECT OF MANORS, &c.
47
KIBWORTH-BEAUCHAMP.CO. LEICESTER.
At the Coronation of King Henry IV. Thomas
Beauchampe, Earl of Warwick, was Panterer, by
Right of Inheritance *. But whether he claimed
the Office, as being Lord of this Manor, or other-
wiſe, does not plainly appear. But
Queen Elizabeth, in the iſt Year of her Reign,
granted to Sir Ambroſe Dudley, (afterwards Earl of
Warwick) the Manor of Kibworth-Beauchamp, in the
County of Leiceſter; to hold by the Service of be-
ing Pantler to the Kings and Queens of this Realm,
at their Coronations t.
KINGESHAM.Co. GLOUCESTER.
John de Daubeny, holds his Manor at Kingeſham,
in the County of Glouceſter, by the Serjeanty of
keeping the Door of the Pantry of our Lord the
King; and the faid John ſaid, that on the Day of
the Coronation of our Lord the King, that now is
(Edward the Firſt) he did his Service in his proper
Perſon I.
The HUNDRED of MIDDLETON.- Co. KENT.
William de Leyburn, holds his Land of our Lord
the King, by Serjeanty of keeping the Larder of our
* Cromp. 85.-+ Pat. I. Eliz. Blount: 36: I Johannes de
Daubeny tenet Manerium ſuum apud Kingoſham in Com. Glouc.
per Serjantiam cuftodiendi Hoftium Panetria domini Regis. Et
prædi&tus Johannes dicit quod die Coronationis domini Regis
nunc, fecit Serjantiam ſuam in propria Perſona. Pla. Coron.
15 Edw. I. Glouc. Blount. 58.
Lord
48 GRAND SERJE ANTIES AT CORONATIONS
Lord the King, the Day on which our Lord the
King ſhall wear his Crown *.
SCRIVELSBY, Co. LINCOLN.
Robert de Marmión, Lord of Fontney in Normandy,
and Hereditary Champion to the Dukes thereof,
was by King William the Conqueror, for his Ser-
vices, rewarded with the Caſtle of Tamworth, in the
County of Warwick, and Territory adjacent, which
had been the Royal Demeſnes of the Saxon Kings;
receiving, about the fame Time, the Office of He-
reditary Champion to the King of England, his Heirs
and Succeſſors, to him and his Heirs; to be held,
either by Tenure of this Caſtle, or of the Manor
of Scrivelby in Lincolnſhire; it is not quite certain
which,
From this Robert de Marmion, there were four
fucceffive Barons de Marmion of Tamworth Cafile,
and Hereditary Champions of England, in regular
Deſcent; the laſt whereof, Philip, a great Baron of
his Time, dying in the 20th of Edward I. without
Iflue Male, his Inheritance came to be divided
amongſt his four Daughters † and Heirs; the eldeſt
of whom, Joan, then the Wife of William Moretein,
upon Partition of the Lands, having the Caſtle of
Tamworth for her Share, died feiſed thereof, about
three Years after, leaving no Iſſue; whereupon,
* Willielinus de Leyburn tenet Terram ſuam de Domino Rege
per Serjantiam ad Cuſtodiendum Lardarium Domini Regis, die
quo dominus Rex portabit Coronam. In Rot. Hundred. Anno
3 Edw. l. Rot. 7. Kanc. Blount. 62:- Or Siſters.
by
IN RESPECT OF MANORS, &c.
49
by Agreement between the Reſt of the Coheirs,
the ſame was allotted to Alexander de Freville, who
had married Mazera, Daughter and Heir of Ralph de
Cromwell, by Mazera, the Second of the Daughters *
and Coheirs of Philip, laft Lord Marmion of Tam-
worth, which Alexander, then Sir Alexander de Free
ville, Knight, performed the Office of Champion, at
the Coronation of King Edward III. as Owner of
the ſaid Caſtle.
At the Coronation of King Richard II. Sir Bald-
win Frevile, Knight, Lord of Tamworth, Grand-
ſon of Alexander de Freville, exhibited his Claim to
be the King's Champion on that Day, and to do
the Service appertaining to that Office, by Reaſon
of his Tenure of the Caſtle of Tamworth, viz. to
ride compleatly armed, upon a barbed Horſe, into Weſt-
minſter-Hall, and there to challenge the Combat with
whomſoever ſhould dare to oppoſe the King's Title to
the Crown, which Service the Barons de Marmion,
his Anceſtors, Lords of that Caſtle, had thentofore
performed. But
Sir John Dymoke Knight, counter-claimed the
fame Office, as Lord of Scrivelby, in Lincolnſhire;
which had deſcended to him by an Heir Female of
Sir Thomas Ludlow, Knight, Huſband of Joane,
the Youngeſt of the Daughters t, and Coheirs of
Philip, the laſt Lord Marmion of Tamworth before-
mentioned: Whereupon the Conſtable and Mar-
ſhall of England appointed the ſaid Sir John Dymoke
to perform the Office for that Time; with a Salvo
* + Or Siſters.
D
Jure
50
GRAND SERJEANTIES AT CORONATIONS
Jure to Frevile: Since which Time the Dymoke
Family have ever retained this Honour *, for the
Space, now, of above four hundred Years.
At the Coronation of King Henry IV. Thomas Dy-
mocke, in Right of his Mother, Margaret Dymocke,
by Reaſon of the Tenure of his Manor of Scrivelby,
claimed to be the King's Champion at his Corona-
tion, and had his Suit granted him; notwithſtand-
ing a Claim exhibited by Baldwin Frevile (Son of
the former Baldwin) demanding that Office, by
Reaſon of his Caſtle of Tamworth in Warwickſhire.
The ſaid Dymocke had for his Fees, one of the beſt
Courſers in the King's Stable, with the King's
Saddle, and all the Trappers and Harneſs appertain-
ing to the fame Horſe or Courſer. He had like-
wiſe one of the beſt Armours in the King's Armoury
for his own Body, with all that belonged wholly
thereuntot
At the Coronation of King Charles II. Sir Edward
Dymock, to whom the Court of Claims had ad-
judged the Office of the King's Champion, in
Right of his Manor of Scrivelſby, entered Weſtmin-
ſter-Hall, a little before the fecond Courfe was
ſerved up, on a goodly white Courſer, armed at all
Points, in rich Armour, and having a Plume of Blue
Feathers in his Helm. He there made a Stand for
fome Time, and then advanced, in Manner follow-
ing, Way being made for him by the Knight-
Marſhall.
* Collins's Peerage. Edit. 5. Vol. 6. Page 338.- Cromp. 85.b.
Firlt.
IN RESPECT OF MANORS, &c.
50
Firſt.-Two Trumpets.
The Serjeant Trumpeter.
The Serjeant at Arms.
An Eſquire, carrying a Target, having the Cham-
pion's own Arms depicted thereon.
An Eſquire, carrying the Champion's Lance, upright.
Mr. Owen, York Herald.
The Earl Mar-
The Lord High
fall, on Horſe-
Conſtable on
back, on the The CHAMPION.
Horſeback,
Left Hand.
on the Right
Hand.
At the lower End of the Hall, York Herald pro-
claimed the Challenge in theſe following Words,
viz.
“ If any Perſon, of what Degree foever, high or
low, Jhall deny or gainſay our Sovereign Lord, King
Charles the Second, King of England, Scotland, France
and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Son and next Heir
to our Sovereign Lord Charles the Firſt, the laſt King
deceaſed, to be Rigbt Heir to the Imperial Crown of this
Realm of England, or that he ought not to enjoy the
ſame, here is his Champion, who faith that he lieth,
and is a falſe Traitor, being ready in Perſon to combat
with him ; and in this Quarrel will adventure his
Life againſt him, on what Day foever he ſhall be ap-
pointed.”
Thereupon the Champion threw down his
Gauntlet, which lying ſome ſmall Time, and no-
body taking it up, it was delivered to him again
by York Herald. Then all advanced forward, until
the Champion came to the Middle of the Hall,
D 2
where
52 GRAND SER JEANTIES AT CORONATIONS, &c.
where York Herald made the like Proclamation, and
the Gauntlet was again thrown down, and, after
ſome Time returned to the Champion, who ad-
vanted to the Foot of the Steps, aſcending to the
State ; and at the Top of the Steps, the ſaid Herald
proclaimed the Challenge the third Time, where-
upon the Champion threw down his Gauntlet
again, which nobody taking up, it was finally de-
livered to him.
This being done, the Earl of Pembroke and Mont-
gomery, with Viſcount Montague and the Lord Paget,
his Afliftants, preſented, on the Knee, to the King,
a Gilt Cup, with a Cover, full of Wine, who drank
to his Champion, and, by the ſaid Earl, ſent him the
Cup; who, after three Reverences, drank it all off,
went a little backward, and ſo departed the Hall,
taking the Cup for his Fee, according as had been
a ljudged him by the Court of Claims *.
At the Coronation of King James II. the King's
Champion claimed to perform his Office, as Lord of
the Manor of Scrivelſby, and to have a Gold Cup and
Cover, with the Horſe on which he rides, the Saddle,
Armour and Furniture, and Twenty Yards of Crim-
fon Sattin. Which Claim was allowed, except as to
the ſaid Twenty Yards of Sattin.
The ſaid Office was alſo counter-claimed by ano-
ther Branch of the Family, but not allowed to
At the Coronation of their preſent Majeſties,
22d September, 1961, the Office of Champion was
performed by John Dymocke, Eſquire.
* Narrative of Elias Aſhmole, Eſquire, 1661. Blount. 4.-
† Sandf. Hift. Coron.
SECT.
GRAND SERJEANTIES NOT PERFORMED, &c. 53
SECT. IV. Of Grand Serjeanties performed, in
Reſpect of Manors, Lands or Tenements, at other
Times, and on other Occaſions, than the Corona-
nations of the Kings and Queens of England.
CRESWELL.-Co. BERKS.
Hugh de Saint Philibert holds the Manor of Cres-
well, in the County of Berks, by the Serjeanty of
carrying Bottles of Wine, for the Breakfaſt of our
Lord the King, and it was called the Serjcanty of
the Huſe, through the Kingdom of England *.
WINTERSLEW.-Co. WILTS.
John de Roches holds the Manor of Winterllew
in the County of Wilts by the Service, that when
our Lord the King ſhould abide at Clarendon, he
ſhould come to the Palace of the King there, and
go into the Butlery, and draw out of any Veffel he
ſhould find in the ſaid Butlery, at his Choice, as
much Wine as ſhould be needful for making a
Pitcher of Claret, which he ſhould make at the
King's Charge; and that he ſhould ſerve the King
with a Cup, and ſhould have the Veſſel from whence
he took the Wine, with all the Remainder of the
Wine left in the Veffel, together with the Cup
from whence the King ſhould drink that Claret to
D3
EPPINGES
* Hugo de Sancto Philiberto tenet Manerium de Creſwell, in
Com. Berks, per Serjantiam ducendi Butellos Vini ad Jentacu-
lum Domini Regis, et vocatur illa Serjantia de la Huſe, per
Regnum Angliæ.-Plac. Coron. apud Windeſore, 12. Edw. I.
Rot. 40. in Dorſo. Blount 40. + Johannes de Roches tenet
Manerium
54 GRAND SERJEANTIES NOT PERFORMED
EPPINGES and WALTHAM.Co. Essex.
Richard fitz Aucher holds his Tenement in Ep.
pinges and Waltham, by Serjeanty to attend before
the King *.
A House in LONDON.
King John granted to William de Ferrars, Earl of
Derby, a Houſe in London, in the Pariſh of Saint
Margaret, which was Iſaac's the Jew of Norwich,
to be held of the King and his Heirs, by this Ser-
vice, to wit, That he and his Heirs ſhould ſerve
before the King and his Heirs at Dinner, on all
annual Feafts, when they celebrated a Feaſt, with
his Head uncovered, without a Cap, with a Garland
of the Breadth of the little Finger of him or his
Heirs, for all Service. Dated the 27th of June in
the 15th Year of his Reign to
HOKE-
Manerium de Winterſew in Com. Wiltes, per Servitium quod
quando Dominus Rex moram traxerit apud Clarendon, tunc
veniet ad Palatium Regis ibidem, et ibit in Bottellariam, extra-
het a quocunque Vaſe in dicta Bottellaria inventa, ubi eligere
voluerit, Vinum quantum viderit neceſſarium, pro factura unius
Picheri Claretti, quod faciet ad ſumptus Regis; et ſerviet Rege
de Cipho, et habebit Vas unde Vinum extrahet, cum toto reſiduo
Vini in eodem Vaſe dimiſſo, ſimul et Giphum unde Rex potaverit
Clarettum illud.Eſcaet. 50. Edw. III. Nu. 24. Wilts.--Blount
136.-_* Ricardus Filius Aucheri tenet Tenementum ſuum in Epe
pinges et Waltham per Serjantiam Atcindre coram Rege.--Lib.
Rub. Scacc.o-t Rex Johannes conceffit Willielmo de Ferrarijs,
Comiti Derby, Domum quæ fuit Ifaac Judæi de Norwico, in
London, in Parochio Sanctæ Margareta. Tenend. de nobis
AT CORONATIONS.
55
+
Hoke-NORTON.-Co. OXFORD.
Ela, Counteſs of Warwick, holds the Manor of
Hoke-Norton, in the County of Oxford, which was
of the Barony of Doyly, of our Lord the King in
Capite, by the Serjeanty of carving before the Lord
our King, on Chriſtmas Day, and to have the Knife
of our Lord the King with which ſhe carved *.
EAST-WORDHAM.Co. HANTS.
John le Unz holds Eaſt-Wordham in the County
of Southampton of our Lord the King, by the Ser-
jeanty of bearing a Rod before our Lord the King;
and it is rented at one hundred Shillings a Year to
BONDBY.-Co. LINCOLN.
Sir Edward Botiler Knight, and Ann bis Wife,
Siſter and Heir of Hugh le Deſpencer, hold the Manor
of Bondby in the County of Lincoln, by the Service
et hæredibus noſtris, per tale Servitium, ſcil. quod ipſe et hære.
des fui fervient coram nobis et heredibus noſtris, ad Prandium
omnibus Feſtis annualibus, quand Feftum celebrabimus, capite
difcooperto, fine Gapello, cum una Garlanda de latitudine ininoris
digiti fui, vel hæredum fuorum, pro omni Servitio. Dat. 27. Ju-
nii. 15. Regni. Ex libro magno ducat. Lanc. Blount 32.
* Ela Comitiſſa Warwici tenet Manerium de Hoke Norton in
Com. Oxon. quod eſt de Baronia de Oyly, de domino Rege in
Capite, per Serjantiam fcindendi coram domino Rege, die natalis
domini, et habere Gultellum domini Regis de quo fcindit. Pla.
Coron. 13. Edw. I. Rot. 30. Oxon. Blount. 73.-+ Johannes
le Unz tenet En Wordham in Com. Southampton de domino Rege,
per Serjantiam portandi unam Virgam coram domino Rege, et
arentatur ad Cs. per Annum. Pla. Cor. 8. Edw. I. Rot. 13.
South. Blount. 84.
of
D4
56
GRAND SERJEANTIES NOT PERFORMED
of bearing a White Rod before our Lord the King
on the Feaſt of Chriſtmas, if the King ſhould be
in that County at the ſaid Feaſt *.
LUFFENHAM.Co. RUTLAND.
Thomas Beauchamp held South Luffenhan and other
Lands in the County of Rutland, by Service to be
the King's Chamberlain in the Exchequer to
HERTLEGH.Co. HANTS.
Patrick de Chaworth holds the Manor of Hertleg)
in the County of Southampton, by performing the
Service of Chamberlain, at the Exchequer of our
Lord the King 1.
HORNMEDE.CO. HERTFORD.
The Jurors fay, that the Manor of Hornmede in
the County of Hertford, which the Lady Lora de
Saunford holds in Dower, is a Serjeanty of our
Lord the King by being Chamberlain to our Lady
the Queen S.
* Edwardus Botiler Chivalier, et Anna Uxor ejus, Soror et
Hæres Hugonis le Deſpenſer, tenent Manerium de Bondby in
Com. Lincoln. per Servitium portandi Albam Virgam, coram
domino Rege in fefto natalis domini, ſi idem Rex in eodem
Comitatu ad idem feftum intereſſet. Pas, Fines 4. Hen. IV.
Blount 135.-+ Fines, 34. Edw. III. Blount 23.- Patricius
de Cadurcis tenet Manerium de Hertlegh in Com. prædict. faci-
endo Servitium Camerarii, ad Scaccarium domini Regis. Pla.
Cor. 8. Edw. I. Rot. 13. South. Blount 84.- $ Juratores dicunt
quod Manerium de Hornmede in Com. Hertford, quod domina
Lora de Sandford tenet in Dotem, eſt Serjantia domini Regis,
eſſendi Camerarius dominæ Regint. Pla. 7. Edw. I. Rot. 39.
Blount 6o.
SHREWESE
AT CORONATIONS.
57
SHREWESBURY.CO. SALOP.
In William the Conqueror's Time, this City (for
ſo it was then called) paid yearly ſeven Pounds
fixteen Shillings and eight Pence de Gablo. They
were reckoned to be two hundred and fifty two Citi-
zens, whereof twelve of the better fort were bound to
watch about the Kings of England when they lay in
this City; and as many to attend them, with Horſe
and Arms, when they went forth a hunting.
Which laſt Service, the learned Camden believes,
was ordained, becauſe not many Years before,
Edric Streon, Duke of the Mercians, a Man of great
Impiety, lay in Wait near this Place, for Prince
Af helm, and barbarouſly murdered him, as he rode
a hunting *.
COPERLAND, and ATTERTON..Co. KENT.
Solomon de Campis (or Solomon At-field) holds cer-
tain Lands which are called Coperland (or Keper-
land) and Atterton in the County of Kent, of our
Lord the King in Capite, by the Serjeanty and
Service of holding the Head of our ſaid Lord the
King, between Dover and Whitfond, as often as he
ſhould happen to paſs over Sea between thoſe Ports
towards Whitfond to
* Domeſday, Tit. Sciropeſcire. Camd. Brit. Blount 11.
+ Solomon de Campis tenet quaſdam Terras quæ vocantur Coper-
land et Atterton in Com, Kanc. de domino Rege in Capite, per
Serjantiam et Servitium tenendi Gaput ipſius domini Regis inter
Dover et Whitfond, quoties contigerit ipſum inter prædictos Por-
tus transfretare verſus Whitfond. Plac, Coron. 21. Edw. I.
Rot 45. Kanc. Blount 61.
In
158
GRAND SERJE ANTIES NOT PERFORMED
In another Record it is ſaid, that Solomon Attefeld
held Land at Keperland and Atterton in the County
of Kent, by Serjeanty, viz. that as often as our
Lord the King would croſs the Sea, the ſaid Solo-
mon and his Heirs ought to go along with him, to
hold his Head on the Sea, if it was needful *.
Hearne, in his Edition of the Black Book of the
Exchequer, cites the former Record at length, in
the following Manner, viz. Concerning Serjeanties,
the Jurors ſay, that Solomon de Campis (&c. as
above.) And the Jurors Witneſs, that the afore-
ſaid Serjeanty is entire, and that the aforeſaid So-
tomon fully performed the aforeſaid Service: There-
fore, &c +.
HOTON.CO. CUMBERLAND.
The Manor of Hoton in the County of Cumberland,
is held of our Lord the King in Capite, by the Ser-
vice of being Keeper of the Foreſt in the Haya of
our Lord the King at Plompton; and beſides this,
by the Service of holding the Stirrup of our Lord
the King, whilft he ſhould mount his Horſe in his
* Solomon Attefeld tenet Terram apud Keperland et Atterton
in Com. Kancia per Serjantiam, viz. quod quotiefcunque Do.
minus Rex vult tranſire Mare, idem Solomon et hæredes fui de-
bent tranfire cum eo, ad tenendum Caput ejus, in Mare, ſi neceſſe
fuerit. Claus. 1. Edw. I. Blount 63.-t De Serjantiis (Jura.
tores) dicunt quod Salomon de Campis, &c. Et Juratores teftan.
tur quod prædicta Serjantia integra eft, et quod prædi&tus Salo.
mon plene fecit prædictum Servitium. Ideo ipfe, &c. Ex MS.
penes P. le Neve, Noroy, f. 72. a, Lib. nig. Scacc. 188. Edit.
1771.
Caſtle
AT CORONATIONS.
59
Caſtle of Carliſle, and by the Service of paying 335.
4d. a Year at the King's Exchequer at Carliſle, by
the Hands of the Sheriff of Cumberland for the
Time being *.
ST AFFORD.
King Edward III. granted to Simon de Ruggelei and
his Heirs, the Vineyard ||S|| near Stafford, by the
Service of holding once the
of the King
at his firſt mounting upon his Palfreys every Time
of his coming to Stafford t.
IISII Vinariam.
from Vinea.
Perhaps may mean a Vineyard,
į
Strigib'. I am quite at a loſs for the Inter.
pretation of this Word, but by the Concurs
rent Senſe it ſeems to mean a Stirrup.
* Manerium de Hoton in Com. Cumbr. tenetur de domino
Rege in Capite, per Servitium Forefe Cuftodis in Haya domina
Regis de Plompton, et ultra hoc, per Servitium tenendi Slippan
(another Error of Blount's for Stippam or Stipam, P.) Sella
domini Regis dum Equum fuum in Caftro ſuo Carleoli fcanderit,
et per Servitium reddendi per Ann. 335. 4 d. ad Scaccarium
Regis Carliol. per Manus Vicecom. Cumbriæ, qui pro tempore
fuerit. Efc. de Anno 5. Hen. VII. Blount 31.-t Rex con-
ceffit Simoni de Ruggelei, et Hered' Vinariam juxta Stafford, per
Servic. tenendi femel Strigib' Regis ad primum Affcenſum fuum
fupre Palefridis ſuum in quolibet Adventu fuo apud Stafford.
Pat. 20. Edw. III. Mem. 35. Communicated by Tho. Alley
Eſq
CAM
Go
GRAND SERJE ANTIES NOT PERFORMED
CAMBRIDGE.
The fame Kind of Grant to Ralph Notton, by the
fame Service, when the King ſhould come to Cam-
bridge *.
ESSEBY.Co. NORTHAMPTON.
William fitz Warin holds a Third Part of the
Town of Eſſeby, in the County of Northampton, of
the King of Scotland, by a certain Service, that he
ſhould hold his Stirrup on his Birth Day: And the
fame King holds of the King of England in Chieft.
HEMINGSTON.CO. SUFFOLK.
Rowland le Sarcere held one hundred and ten
Acres of Land in Hemingſion in the County of Suf-
folk, by Serjeanty; for which, on Chriſtmas Day,
every Year, before our Sovereign Lord the King of
England, he ſhould perform, altogether, and once,
a Leap, a Puff, and a Fart; (or, as Mr. Blount has
it, he fhould dance, puff up his Cheeks, making
therewith a Sound, and let a Crack ;) and, becauſe
it was an indecent Service, therefore it was rented,
ſays the Record, at XXVI s. VIII d. a Year, at the
King's Exchequer I.
One
* Pat. 16. Edw. III. p. 2. M. 16. Communicated by Tho.
Affle, Eſq.mot Willielmus filius Warini tenet tertiam partem
Villæ de Elleby in Com. Northampt. de Rege Scotia, per quod-
dam Servitium, quod teneat Strepe fuum die Natalis. Et idem
Rex tenet de Rege Angliæ in Capite. Lib. Feod. 24. Edw. I.
fo. 292. Blount 33.- Simul et ſemel, unum Saltum, unum
Sufflun, et unum Bombulum, or as we read elſewhere in
French
AT CORONATIONS,
61
One Baldwin, alſo, formerly held thoſe Lands
by the fame Service; and was called by the Nick-
natne of Baldwin le Pettour, or Baldwin the Farter*.
SHIREFIELD,-Co. Hants.
John de Warbleton holds the Manor of Shirefeld,
in the County of Southampton, of the King in Ca-
pite, by Grand Serjeanty, viz. by the Service of
being Marſhall of the Whores SI, and diſmembering
Condemned Malefactors, and meaſuring the Gallons
and Buſhels in the King's Houſhold [1] +.
IISIL Mr. Blount ſays that the Word Meretrices in
former Times fignified Laundreſſes, as well as
Whores.----But fee further under Guldeford.
[1] The late Lord Lyttleton, in his Hiſtory of
Henry II. denies this Tenure to be Grand Ser.
jeanty, and ſays it was a Petit Serjeanty of the
meaneſt, and moſt diſhonourable Nature; and
ſo it really is, if the Definition in Lyttleton's
Tenures, Cap. 8. Sect. 153. be true; for there
Et quia
per An.
French Un Sant, un Pet, et un Syflet, fimul et ſemel.
indecens Servitium, ideo arrentatur ad XXVI s. VIII d.
num, ad Scaccarium Regis. Pla. Coron. 14. Edw. I. Rot. 6.
Dorfo. Suff. Blount 10._* Blount's Law Dict. Tit. Serjeanty.
- Johannes de Warbleton tenet Manerium de Shirefeld in Com.
Southampton de Rege in Capite, per magnam Serjantiam, viz.
per Servitium eflendi Marefchallus de Meretricibus, dilmem.
brandi Malefactores adjudicatos, et menfurandi Galones et
Buffellos in Hofpitio Regis. Fin. Hil. 13. Edw. II. et Pafch.
1. Edw. III. Blount 126.
it
62
GRAND SERJE ANTIES NOT PERFORMED
it is ſaid, that Grand Serjeanty is where a Man
holds his Lands of our Sovereign Lord the
King, by ſuch Services as he ought to do in
his proper Perſon to the King; of which Kind
this is not; for though it was to be done for,
it was not to be done to the King. And yet,
if Mr. Blount has cited the Record truly, it
was certainly at that Time underſtood to have
been a Tenure by Grand Serjeanty; and his
Lordſhip allows that Mr. Madox calls it fo; and
that the Record traces it up as high as to the
Reign of King Henry II. Indeed the Diſtinc-
tions between Grand and Petit Serjeanty are ſo
nice, that the Editor chuſes, for the Sake of a
more methodical Arrangement of his Mate-
rials, to refer ſuch Tenures as admit of Diſ-
pute to the next Chapter, where he treats of
Petit Serjeanty.
STAUNTON. Co. OXFORD.
Henry de la Wade holds Ten Pounds ist of Land
in Staunton in the County of Oxford, by the Ser-
jeanty of carrying a Gerfalcon every Year, before
our Lord the King, whenever he ſhall pleaſe to
hawk with ſuch Falcons, at the Coſt of the ſaid
Lord the King *
* Henricus de la Wade tenet decem libratas Térræ in Starın.
ton in Com. Oxon. per Serjantiam portandi unum Gerefalconem,
quolibet Anno, coram domino Rege, quando domino Regi pla-
cuerit ſpaciari cum hujuſmodi Falconibus, ad Cuſtas ipſius domini
Regis. Pla. Coron. 13. Edw. I. Rot. 26. Oxon. Blount 73.
ISI A Pound
AT CORONATIONS.
63
ISI A Pound of Land (Libra ſive Librata Terræ ) is
commonly ſuppoſed to contain fifty two Acres.
But the Quantity it contained, was, amongſt
the Antients, evidently uncertain. It is fup-
poſed to have varied according to the Fertility
or Barrenneſs of the Soil; and to have con-
tained ſometimes more, and ſometimes fewer
Acres; being as much as paid a Yearly Rent of
an Engliſh Pound of Twenty Shillings *
PENKELLY.
Co. CORNWALL.
John de Treveilly holds in Penkelly in the County
of Cornwall, half a Corniſh Acre of Land, by the
Serjeanty of receiving a Grey Riding Hood |*|| at
Pauleton Bridge, when the King ſhould be coming
towards Cornwall, and of going to the Lord of the
Bedchamber , who, on the coming of the King,
ought to carry it thither and deliver it to the faid
John; which faid John ought to carry that Hood,
with our Lord the King, through all Cornwall +.
//*|| Mr.
* Libram ſive Libratum Terræ vulgo cenfent LII. Acras con-
tinuiſſe, Verum enim vero incerta plane fuit hæc Terrarum apud
veteres menſura. Ego exiſtimo variam fuiffe pro foli, ſeu fer-
tilitate, feu Sterilitate ; adeo ut nunc plures nunc pauciores com-
plecteretur Acras, tot tamen è quibus annuus effet redditus Li.
bra, ſive pro fupputatione Anglo-Normannica XX Solidi. .
Hearne's Edit. of Lib. nig. Scacc. 95.- Johannes de Trevilly
tenet in Denkelly in Com. Cornub. dimidiam Acram Terræ Cor.
nubienſem, per Serjantiam recipiendi unam Capam de Griſauco
ad Pontem de Pauleton, cum Rex fuerit in veniendo verſus Cor.
nubiam; et intrando de domino de Cabilia, qui eam in adventu
domini Regis ibidem deferre debet, et eam tradere eidem 7o.
hanni,
64
GRAND SERJE ANTIES NOT PERFORMED
ll*|| Mr. Blount tranſlates the Words Capa de Gri-
Jauco, by Grey Cloak, from the French Cape, a
ſhort and fleeveleſs Cloak, or Garment, which
inſtead of a Cape has a Capouche behind it;
and Gris, Grey: but quære, if the Word Cape
may not more properly be rendered a Riding
Hood?
:
The Words de domino de Cabilia, are by Mr.
Blount ſuppoſed to mean a Lord of the King's
Bed-Chamber; how truly, the Editor cannot de-
termine.
KIDWELLY.-Co, CAERMARTHEN.
The Heirs of Maurice de London, for this Inheri-
tance, were bound, if our Lord the King, or his
Chief Juſticiary, ſhould come into the Parts of
Kidwelly with an Army, to conduct the faid Army,
with their Banners, and all their People, through
the Midſt of the Land of Neth to Loghar *.
SHORN.Co. KENT.
Antiently Sir Roger Northwood held the Manor
of Shorn in Kent, by Service to carry, with other
banni, qui quidem Johannes eandem Capam ferre debet cum do-
mino Rege per totam Cornubiam. Pla. Coron.de Ann. 12. Edw.l.
Blount 55.-* Hæredes Mauricii de London, pro hac Hæredi.
tate tenebantur, ſi dominus Rex, vel capitalis ejus Juſticiarius
venerit in Partibus de Kidwelly cum exercitu, deberent condu-
cere prædictum Exercitum cum Vexillis ſuis et tota Gente ſua
per Mediam Terram de Neth uſque ad Loghar. Camd. ex ve-
tufta Inquiſitione. Blount 138.
the
AT CORONATIONS.
65
the King's Tenants a White Enſign, forty Days, at
his own Charges, when the King ſhould make
War in Scotland *.
SHELFHANGER.--Co. NORFOLKİ
John, Son of Bartholomew de Aveyleres held a
certain Serjeanty in the Town of Shelf hanger in
the County of Norfolk, and in Brome and Everwar-
ton in the County of Suffolk, by the Service of be-
ing
Marſhall of the Foot Soldiers of the Counties of
Norfolk and Suffolk in the King's Army in Wales,
when the King hould happen to go thither with
his Army, at the Coſts of the Counties aforeſaid to
SUTTON:Co. BEDFORD.
Alexander de Summerſham holds Half a Knight's
Fee in the Town of Sutton in the County of Bed-
ford, of our Lord the King in Capite, by the Ser-
jeanty of being in his proper Perſon with our Lord
the King, wherefoever he ſhould be in War, in
England or elſewhere .
* Camd. Brit. tit. Kent. Blount. 110.-t Johannes filius Bar-
tholomæi de Avyleres tenuit quandam Serjantiam in Villa de Shelf
hanger in Com. Norf. et in Brome et Everwarton in Com. Suf-
felk, per Serjantiam effendi Mareſchallus Peditum Gom. Norf.
et Suff. in Exercitu domini Regis in Wallia, cum contigerit Do-
minun Kegem ibidem ire cum Exercitu; fumptibus Comitatuum
prædictorum.. Pla. Coron. de Ann. 14. Edw. I. Rot. 3. Norf.
Blount. 68.--| Alexander de Summerſham tenet dimidium Feo-
dum Militis in Villa de Sutton (in Com. Bedf.) de domino Rege
in Capite per Serjantiam effendi in propria Perſona cum domino
Rege, ubicunque fuerit in Guerra, in Anglia, ſeu alibi. Pla.
Coron. 15. Edw. I. Blount 37.
E
NORTH-
66
GRAND SER JEANTIES NOT PERFORMED
NORTHAMPTON-SHIRE.
In the 12th of King Henry II. Anno 1165, Ria
chard de Lizures was certified to be Foreſter in Fee
to the King for Northamptonſhire, and was by his
Office obliged to attend him in his Army, well fit-
ted with Horſe and Arms, his Horn hanging about
his Neck *
WILCOMSTOWE.-Co.
About the 12th Year of King John, 1211, Ralph
de Toany holds Wilcomſtowe by Serjeanty of going
in his proper Perſon with our Lord the King to his
Armyt:
OVENHELLE.__Co. KENT,
Sir Oſbert de Longchamp Knight, holds certain
Land which is called Ovenhelle, in the County of
Kent, by the Service of following our Lord the
King in his Army into Wales forty Days, at his own
Coſts, with a Horſe of the Price of five Shillings, a
Sack of the Price of Sixpence, and with a Needle
(Brochia) to the fame Sack [.
* Lib. Rub. Scacc. tit. Northamptonſhire. Blount 13.
+ Radus de Toany tenet Wilcomſtowe per Serjantiam eundi in
propria Perſona cum domino Rege in Exercitum. Lib. Rub.
Scacc. tit. Hertford. Eſſex. Append. to Brady's Introduct.
page 22.- Oſbertus de Longchamp Miles, tenet quandam Ter.
ram quæ vocatur Odenhelle in Com. Kancia, per Servitium
quod debet exequi dominum Regem in exercitu ſuo uſque in
Walliam XL diebus propriis ſumptibus, cum uno Equo precii V S.
et cum uno Sacco precii VI d. et cum Brochia ad eundem Sac-
EILIK. In Rot. Hundred. Anno 3. Edw. I. Rot. 7. Kanc. Blount 6r.
LEGRE.
AT CORONATIONS.
67
LEGRE..Co.
William fitz John holds a Tenement in Legre by
the Serjeanty of going in the Army to Wales with
our Lord the King, with one Horſe, a Sack, and
a Needle (Brocha) *.
MAPERDESHALE. Co, BEDFORD.
Land in Maperdeſhale in the County of Bedford,
is held in Capite by the Service of being in the
King's War, with a Horſe, not appraiſed, an Ha-
bergeon (or Coat of Mail) a Sword, a Lance, an Iron
Head-Piece (or Helmet) and a Whittle at his own
proper Coftst.
UPTON. Co. GLOUCESTER.
Geoffrey de la Grave holds one Yard Land in
Upton in the County of Glouceſter, by Serjeanty of
following our Lord the King in his Army in Eng-
land, with a Bow and Arrows at his own Coſt for
forty Days; and afterwards, at the Coſt of our
Lord the King 1.
E 2
SIBER-
* Willielmus filius Johannis (tenet) Tenementum in Legre
per Serjantiam eundi in Exercitum in Walliam cum domino
Rege cum uno Equo, Sacco et Brocha. Lib. Rub. Scacc. tit.
Effex. Hertford. Append. to Brady's Introduct. 22.- Terra
in Maperdeſhale in Com. Bedford tenetur in Capite per Servi-
tium eſſendi in Guerra Regis cum uno Equo non appreciata, una
Habergione, Gladio, Lancea (ſo it ſhould be amended for Lanera)
Capelo ferreo et uno Cultello, fumptibus fuis propriis. Pafch. 14.
Edw. II. Dors. Blount 31.-I Galfridus de la Grave tenet
unam Virgatam Terræ in Upton in Com. Glouc, per Serjantiam
quod
68
GRAND SERJEANTIES NOT PERFORMED
SIBERTOFT._Co. NORTHAMPTON.
This Manor was held by Nicholas le Archer, by
the Service of carrying the King's Bow through all
the Foreſts in England *.
HASHWELL.
Co. Essex.
Simon de Haſhwell holds a certain Tenement in
the Town of Haſhwell in the County of Eſſex,
by the Serjeanty of being a Spear-Man of our Lord
the King t•
MOLESEY.Co. SURREY.
Walter de Molefey holds his Land in Molefey of our
Lord the King, by the Serjeanty of being his Ba-
liſtar $*$ in his Army for forty Days at his own
Cofts; and if he ſhould ſtay longer, at the Coſts
of the King 1.
$*$ He that ſhot in the Engine called Baliſta, or a
Croſs-Bowman. Blount.
quod debit ſequi Dominum Regem in Exercitu fuo in Anglia cum
Arcu et Sagittis ad cuſtum ſuum proprium per XL dies, et poftea
ad Cuſtum domini Regis. Pla. Itin. de Anno 5. Hen. III.
Glouc. Blount 56.-_* Camd. Brit. 524. Compl. Copyholder 502.
+ Simon de Haſhwell tenet quoddam Tenementum in Villa
de Haſhwell in Com. Effex, per Serjantiam eſſendi Haſtilarius
domini Regis. Pla. Coron. 13. Edw. I, Eſſex. Blount 52.
I Walter de Molefey tenet Terram fuam de domino Rege in
Molefey, per Serjantiam exiſtendi Baliftarius domini Regis in
Exercitu fuo, per XL dies, ad Cuſtum ſuum proprium, et ſi
amplius ibi moram fecerit, ad Cuftum Domini Regis. Pla.
Coron, 39. Hen. III. Rot. 29. Dorſo. Surrey. Blount 57.
WOL-
AT CORONATIONS,
69
WOLBEDING.Co. Sussex.
John de Arundell of Wolbeding, holds the Manor
of Wolbeding in Capite of our Lord the King by the
Serjeanty of carrying the Banner of the Foot-
men Ist of the County of Suflex through the
Middle of Suſſex, when it ſhould happen that the
King paſſed in the Time of War through the Midſt
of the County of Suffex *.
ISI Vexillum Peditum. An Enſign or Foot Colours.
Blount.
LAUNCESTON,Co, CORNWAL.
Robert Hurding holds an Acre of Land and a
Bake-Houſe in the Town of the Caſtle of Lanceveton,
by the Serjeanty of being in the Caſtle of Lanceveton
with an Iron Helmet and a Daniſh Hatchet for
forty Days in the Time of War, at his own proper
Coſts; and after the forty Days, if the Lord of
the Caſtle cbuſes to detain him in the ſame Caſtle,
it was to be at the Coſt of the ſaid Lord to
6
Hachet Deneſh. A Daniſh Hachet or Polc-Ax.
Blount.
E 3
BROM,
* Johannes de Arundell de Wolbeding tenet Manerium de
Wolbeding in Capite de domino Rege per Serjantiam defe-
rendi Vexillum peditum de Comitatu Suffex, per medium Suflex,
cum contigerit dominum Regem tranfitum facere tempore
Guerra per Medium Comitatus Suſſexie. Pla. Cor. 16. Edw. I.
Rot. 67. dorſo. Suſfex. Blount 83.- Robertus Hurding tenet
unam Acram Terræ et unum Furnum in Villa Caſtri de Lancea
Defen,
70
GRAND SERJEANTIES NOT PERFORMED
BROM.Co. SUFFOLK.
Bartholomew de Avylers holds Land in Brom in the
County of Suffolk, by the Serjeanty of leading the
Foot Soldiers of that County into Wales, as often as
it ſhould happen that the King ſhould go into thoſe
Parts with his Army *.
NARBOROUGH.Co. NORFOLK.
Thomas Spelman, Son of John, who died the 12th
of March, ift Elizabeth, 1558, is ſaid, in the In,
quiſition, to have held the Manor of Narborough,
with the third Part of the Advowſon of the
Church, &c. of our Lady the Queen, as of her
Manor of Wingrave (Wirmegay) by Knight's Service,
and by paying fourteen Shillings for Wayte-fee || *ll,
and Caſtle Guard. And it was worth yearly clear
311. 175. 105, as appears in the Schedule of Livery
of John Spelman his Brother f.
]]*|| This Wayte-fee I fuppoſe may be Money paid by
the Tenant, in Lieu of his Waiting, or attend-
ance at the Caſtle. Blount.
BURGH
veton, nomine Serjantiæ effendi in Caſtro de Lanceveton cum
uno Capello ferreo, et una Hachet Denejh, per XL dies tem-
pore Guerra, ad Cuſtum ſuum proprium, et poſt XL dies, ſi do.
minus Caſtri velit ipſum tenere in eodem Caſtro, erit ad Guſtus
ipfius domini.
Pla. Corona de An. 12. Edw. 1, Cornub.
Blount 54.-_* Barthol de Avylers tenet Terram in Brom, in
Com. Suffolk, per Serjantiam ducendi Pedites iſtius Comitatus in
Walliam, quotieſcunque contigerit dominum Regem ire ad Partes
illas cum Exercitu. Plac. Coron. de An. 14. Edw. I. rot. 6. in
dorſo. Suffolk. Blount 77.-+ Thomas Spelman (qui obiit 12.
Martii 1. Eliz.) dicitur in Inquiſitione tenuiſſe Manerium de
Nar-
AT CORONATIONS.
71
BURGH ON THE SANDS,-Co. CUMBERLAND.
The Barony of Burgh on the Sands in the County
of Cumberland, with divers other Manors and Lands
in that County, were antiently held by the Service
of Cornage [1] *
Lands were given to various Settlers in thoſe
Parts, to hold by the Service of blowing fuch Horns,
and being bound to go, at the King's Command,
with his Army into Scotland; in which they were
to be ſtationed in the Van-guard, going, and in the
Rere-ward returning to
[1] To blow a Horn when any Invaſion of the Scots
was perceived. Blount.
LANCAST E R.
Roger de Heſam holds two Carucates of Land, by
the Service of founding his Horn when the King en-
ters or leaves the County of Lancaſter f.
Narborough in Com. Norfolk cum tertia Parte Advocationis Ec-
cleſiæ, &c. de domina Regina ut de Manerio ſuo de Wirinegar
per Servitium Militare, et per Redditum XIV s. pro Wayt-fee
et Cafile Guard. Et valet clare per Annum XXXIV I. XVIIs.
X d. quadrantem. Patet in Schedula liberationis Johanni Spel-
man fratris fui, 7. Aug. 5. Eliz. Blount 7. Blount's Law Dict.
tit. Wayte-feed Reg. de Holm Coltram. Blount 13.
+ Camd. Brit. Tit. Picts Wall.-Rogerus de Hefam tenet duas
Carucatas terræ, per Servitium fonandi Cornu fuum quando Rex
intrat et exit Comitatum Lancaſtriæ. Pla, apud Lanc. 30. Hen. III.
rot, 21. Blount 58.
E 4
KIERKEBY.
972
DEFINITION OF PETIT SERJEANTY,
KIERKEBY.Co. WESTMORELAND.
Adum de Kierkebi held four Acres of Land there
by Cornage *.
TOTTENHAM. Co. MIDDLESEX.
The Family of Gredney held the Manor of Pem-
broke in Tottenham in the County of Middleſex, as
of the Honour of Huntingdon, by the Grand Ser-
jeanty of giving the King a Pair of Spurs of Silver
Gilded, when the King ſhould take on him the
Order of Knighthood t.
CA P.
II.
OF PETIT SERJE ANTY.
SECT. I. A Definition of the Tenure by Petit
Serjeanty.
TES
ENURE by Petit Serjeanty is where a Man
holds his Land of our Sovereign Lord the
King, by giving to him yearly a Bow, or a Sword,
or a Dagger, or a Knife, or a Lance, or a Pair of
Gloves of Mail, or a Pair of Gilt Spurs, or an Ar-
row,
* Mag. rot 3. T. Rot. 18.b. Weſtmerieland, Tit. Nova Ob-
lata. Madox Exchecq. 458,- Weeyer's Fun. Monum. 304,
DEFINITION OF PETIT SER JEANTY, &c. 73
row, or divers Arrows, or other ſmall Things be-
longing to War *.
And ſuch Service is but Socage in Effect, becauſe
ſuch Tenant, by his Tenure, was not obliged to
go, or do any Thing, in his proper Perfon, touch-
ing the War; but to render and pay, yearly, cer-
tain Things to the King, as a Man paid a Rent to
Note, A Man cannot hold by Grand Serjeanty, or
by Petit Serjeanty, but of the King, &c .
The Reſervations upon this Tenure, being of ſe-
veral very different kinds, the Editor chufes, for
the sake of Method, to claſs ſuch as are of a fimi-
lar Nature together into one Section; and there-
fore this Chapter is divided into as many Sections
as will comprehend the whole that he finds re-
corded, methodically. By which means he hopes
the Reader will be enabled the more readily to
compare one Tenure with another, and to make
his own Remarks with leſs Perplexity.
SECT. II. Of Petit Serjeanty by finding Horſe-
men for the Wars.
BIWELL.Co. NORTHUMBERLAND, .
Hugh de Baliol was certified to hold the Barony
of Biwell in the County of Northumberland of the
* Littleton's Tenures, Lib. 2. Cap. 9. Sect. 159.7 Ibid.
Sect. 160,-- Ibid. Sect. 161.
King,
74
PETIT SER JEANTIES
King, by the Service of five Knight's Fees, and to
find thirty Soldiers for the Guard of Newcaſtle upon
Iyne, as his Anceſtors had done from the Time of
King William Rufus (whoſe elder Brother Robert
built the Caſtle from whence the Town takes its
Name, being before called Monk-Cheſter) by whom
they were enfeoffed of that Barony, as the Record
expreſſeth *.
EAST-GARESTON.-Co. BERKS.
In the lith Year of King Edward I. Painell de
Chaworth – was found to be feiſed of a Meſſuage
and four hundred Acres of Land in Eaſt Gareſton
in the County of Berks, held by the Service of
finding a Knight, armed with Plate Armour, in
the King's Army, when it ſhould be in the Terri-
tory of Kidwelly in Wales I
BAINTON Co. YORK.
In the Second Year of King Edward II. Peter de
Mauley was found to be ſeiſed of the Manor of
Bainton, with the Advowſon of the Church, by
the Service of finding two Knights and four Eſquires
in the King's Army for forty Days, in Time of
War; and to provide a Steward to do Suit for
him at the King's Court at York, from ſix Weeks
to fix Weeks g.
* Teſta de Nevil. Northumb, Blount 14.-+ Paganellus de
Cadurcis.--Eſcaet. 11. Edw. I. N. 35. Blount 14.-Eſcaet. 3.
Edw. II. N. 34. Blount 22.
STAF
BY FINDING HORSEMEN, &c.
15
STAFFORD, BRADELEY, and MADELEY.
Co. STAFFORD.
Edmund Lord Stafford held the Manors of Stafford,
Bradeley, and Madeley, in the County of Stafford,
of the King in Capite, by Barony, by the Service
of finding for forty Days, at his own Charge, three
armed Men, with three Horſes, capariſoned or
armed for War, as often as there fhould be War
with Wales or Scotland *.
| Equis coopertis. Horſes harneſſed for War,
Blount. -Equus coopertus is a Horſe in Ar-
mour. A.- Quære. If it does not rather mean
capariſoned. E.
EAST GARESTON.Co. BERKS.
Patrick de Chaworth holds the Manor of Eaſt
Gareſton in the County of Berks, by the Serjeanty
of finding one armed Eſquire, to be in the Front
of the Army of our Lord the King in Weft-Wales,
in the Time of War, for forty Days, at his own
Coſts to
SAUNDFORD, Co. Devon. .
Hugh Peverell holds the Manor of Saundford in
the County of Devon, by the Serjeanty of find.
* Eſcaet. 2. Edw. II. Blount 25.-t Patricius de Cadurcis
tenet Manerium de Eaſt Gareſion in Com. Berks, per Serjan-
tiam inveniendi unum Armigerum armatum, eſſendi in anteriori
parte Exercitus domini Regis in Weſtgales, tempore guerre
per XL dies, ſumptibus propriis. Plac. Coron. apud Windefor.
12. Edw. I, rot. 28. in dorſo. Blount 38.
ing
76
PETIT SERJE ANTIES
ing for our Lord the King in his Army through all
England, at his own proper Cofts, one Armed
Horſeman and two Footmen *.
BRAMBELEGH.-Co. MIDDLESEX.
Richard Cauus and Sabina his Wife, hold a Mef-
fuage and fixty Acres of Land, in Brambelegh, in
the County of Middleſex, by the Service of finding
for our Lord the King, one Armed Horſeman, for
forty Days, at their own Charges, as often as it
ſhould happen that the King ſhould go any where
with his Armyt
ALCESTER.Co. WARWICK.
In the 32d Year of King Edward I, upon the Re-
lief paid by William de Bauteraux, for the Moiety
of the Town of Alceſter in the County of Warwick,
it is there recorded to be held of the King by the Ser-
vice of finding the Moiety of an Armed Knight, with
a Horſe without a Saddle III), in the War of our Lord
the King 1.
*
Hugo Peverell tenet manerium de Saundford in Com. De-
oon, per Serjantiam inveniendi domino Regi, in Exercitu fuo,
per totam Angliam, fumptibus propriis unum Hominem Equitem
armatum et duos homines pedites. Pla, Çoron. de An. 9 Ed. I.
Blount 45.-t Richardus Cauns et Sabina Uxor ejus tenenţ
unum Meſſuagium et ſexaginta Acras Terræ in Brambelegh in
Com. Middleſex, per Servitium inveniendi domino Regi unum
Hominem Equitem armatum per XL dies fumptibus ſuis propriis,
quotiens contigerit ipſum dominum Regem adire alicubi cum
Exercit. Plac. Coron. 22. Edw. I. Blount 66.- Per Ser.
vitium inveniendi Medietatem Equitis armati, cum uno Equo
difcooperto in Guerra domini Regis, Mich. rot. 32. Edw. I.
Blount 3.
IlIll Equa
BY FINDING HORSEMEN; &c.
77
HIA Equo difcooperto. A Horſe without a Saddle.
Blount.--Equus coopertus is a Horſe in Armour,
conſequently Equus difcoopertus is a Horſe with-
out Armour. A. -Quære, If it does not ra-
ther mean without Saddle or Capariſon. E.
WILTON,Co. HEREFORD.
In the Time of King Henry I, Hugh de Longchamp
obtained by the Gift of that King, the Manor of
Wilton in the County of Hereford: To hold by the
Service of two Men at Arms in the Wars of Wales *.
REWENHALL.Co. Ess Ex.
Euſtace de Ho held one Carucate of Land with the
Appurtenances in Rewenhall in the County of Eſex
by the Serjeanty of finding one Horſeman with a
Gambeſoneſ in the Army of our Lord the King,
when it happened that he ſhould go into Wales, at
his own proper Charges, for forty Days t.
Gambeſone. A long Horſeman's Coat that covered
Part of the Legs; from the French Gambe, or
Jambe, a Leg. Blount.-Gambeſo is a Doublet.
Vide Ducange.-Gambeſo, Wambais (corruptly
Vanbrace) from the Saxon Wamb, whence the
* Plac. apud Heref. 20. Edw. I. Rot. 39. Blount 13.
+ Euftach de Ho tenuit unam Carucatam Terræ cum pertin. in
Rewenhall in Com. Ellex per Serjantiam inveniendi unum ho-
minem Equitem cum uno Gambefone in Exercitu domini Regis,
cum contigerit ipfum ire in Wallia, fumptibus fuis propriis, per
XL dies. Pla. Coron. de 13. Edw. I. Blount 27.
Engliſh
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PETIT SER JEANTIES
Engliſh Womb, a thick Woollen Waiſtcoat, worn
under Steel Armour, to make it fit eaſy on the
Body. In this place it may mean ſuch a thick
quilted Coat. A.-The Author of this Note is
miſtaken in taking Vanbrace to be a Corruption
of Wambais, for as it is Armatura Brachii, it
muſt be the French Avant. Bras. P.
2
WINDEBURY.
Co. DEVON.
William de Albemarle holds the Manor of Winde-
bury in the County of Devon, of our Lord the King
in Capite, by the Serjeanty of finding a Horſeman
for forty Days, at his own Coſts, in the King's
Army in Wales *.
RENIAM and IKEN HAM.Co. MIDDLÉS EX.
Laurence de Broke holds the Hamlet of Renham
in the County of Middleſex, of our Lord the King
in Capite, by the Service of finding for him in his
Army, whereſoever it ſhould be within the four
Seas of England, one Horſeman; the Price of the
Horſe to be five Shillings, and a Sack of the Price
of five Pence, and one Broch , of the Price of
two Pence three Farthings, for forty Days, at the
Coſts of the ſaid Laurence. Alſo he holds the Ham-
let of Ikenham by the fame Service t.
Henry
* Willielmus de Albemarle tenet Manerium de Windebury in
Com. Devon, de domino Rege in Capite, per Serjantiam inveni-
endi unum hominem Equitem per XL dies propriis fumptibus in
Exercitu domini Regis in Wallia. Plac. Coron. de An. 9. Ed. I.
Devon. Blount 44---t Laurentius de Broke tenet Villatam de
Renbanız
3
BY FINDING HORSEMEN, &79
&
c,
MORTON.Co. Essex.
Henry de Averyng holds the Manor of Morton in
the County of Eſex, in Capite of our Lord the King,
by the Serjeanty of finding one Man with a Horſe
of the Price of ten Shillings, and four Horſe Shoes,
and one Leather Sack, and one Iron Broch ſ, as
often as it ſhould happen for the King to go into
Wales with his Army, at his own Charges for forty
Days *.
Brochia. A Broch, which was a great Pot or
Jug, to carry Liquid Things, as the Sack was
to carry the dry, from the French Word Broc,
which ſignifies a Great Flaggon, Tankard, or Pot.
Renham in Com. Middleſex, de domino Rege in Capite, per Ser-
vitium inveniendi domino Regi in Exercitu ubicunque fuerit in-
fra quatuor Maria Angliæ, unum hominem Equitem, preciz
Equi V s. et unam Saccum precii Vd. et unam Brochiam precii
duorum Denariorum ob. qr. per XL dies ſumptibus ipfius Lais-
rentii. Idem tenet Villatam de Ikenham per idem Servitium.
Effon. capt. apud Crucem lapideam I. 3 Edw. I. Midd. rot. 18,
Blount 64.
This Crucem lapideam, noted above, ſtood near the May-
Pole in the Strand, where the Judges Itineran', in cld
Time, uſed to ſit. Blount.
* Henricus de Averyng tenuit Manerium de Morton in Com.
Ellex, in Capite de domino Rege, per Serjantiam inveniendi
unum Hominem cum uno Equo precii X s. et quatuor ferris
Equorum, et uno Sacco de Gorio, et una Brochia ferrea, quo.
tieſcunque contigerit dominum Regem ire in Walliam cum Exer-
citu, ſumptibus ſuis propriis, per quadraginta dies. Plac, Co-
ron. 13. Edw. I. Effex. Blount 50.
So
80
PETIT SERJEANTIES
So the learned Spelman interprets it. (Gloſs.
p. 88.) Though ſome are not willing to ſub-
mit to his Opinion herein. Blount. Brochia.
This Word occurs very often, and always
joined with Saccus. I take it to mean only a
Pin or Skewer (in French Broche) to faſten the
Mouth of the Bag. Here we have Brochia fer-
rea, which is not eaſily reconciled with Spel-
man's Interpretation. This Opinion is con-
firmed by an Expreſſion under Ovenhelle, p. 66.
Unum Saccum cum Brochia ad eundem Saccum.
We have alſo in the Cuſtom of Whichnor, County
of Stafford, “ a Sakke and a Pryke (Saccus cum
Brochia) for to convey the ſaid Baconne and Corne."
A.--The Word Broche, in French, alſo ſignifies
a Spit, a Knitting-Needle, and ſeveral other
Matters. E.
MERTOK,Co. SOMERSET.
Robert de St. Clare holds ten Pound's a Year of
Land in the Hundred of Mertok, of our Lord the
King in Chief, by the Service of finding an armed
Servant (or Eſquire) with a Horſe in the King's
Army in Wales for forty Days at his own Coſts *.
WATERHALL_Co. BUCKS.
Reginald de Grey holds the Manor of Waterhall
in the County of Bucks, of our Lord the King, by
* Robertus de Sanéto Claro tenet decem Libratas Terræ in
Hundredo de Mertok, de domino Rege in Capite, per Servitium
inveniendi unum Servientem armatum cum uno Equo, in Exer-
citu domini Regis in Wallia, per XL dies, ſumptibus fuis pro-
priis. Pla. Coron. de Ann. 8. Edw. I. Somer. Blount 76.
the
BY FINDING FOOTMEN, &c.
81
the Service of finding one Man upon a Horſe without
a Saddle, of the Price of fifteen Pence, and one
Bow without a String, and one Arrow without a
Head [, when the King ſhall command him, for
his Service for the ſaid Manor, to be in his Army*.
Flaccum fine Capite. Muſt doubtleſs be intended
for an Arrow without a Head, from the French
Fleche, an Arrow or Shaft. Blount.
SECT. III, Of Petit Serjeanties by finding Foot-
men for the Wars.
BANNINGHAM.Co. NORFOLK.
Roger Bygod, Earl of Norfolk, holds a certain
Serjeanty in Banningham, which is called Tuſard,
by the Service of finding for our Lord the King,
one Baliſtar, in the Time of War, for fifteen Days,
at his own proper Cofts to
*
Reginaldus de Grey tenet Manerium de Waterhall in Com.
Buck. de Domino Rege per Servitium inveniendi unun Homi-
nem ſuper unum Equum fine Sella, precii XV d, et unum Arcum
fine Corda, et unum Flaccum fine Capite, cum Dominus Rex
mandaverit, pro Servitio ſuo dicti Manerii, habendi in Exercitu
fuo, &c. 9. Jan. 17. Edw. I. Inquis. in Com. Buck. Blount 138.
- Rogerus Bygod Comes Norf. tenet quandam Serjantiam in
Banningham, quæ vocatur Tufard, per Servitium inveniendi
Domino Regi, unum Baliſtarium tempore Guerræ, per quin-
decim Dies, fumptibus fuis Propriis. Rot. Fin. 6. Joh. Rot. 54.
Blount 70.
F
HERLHAM.
82
PETIT SER JEANTIES
the County of Norfolk, bra
HerlĦAM.CO. NORFOLK.
Ralph de Herlham holds the Manor of Herlham in
in the Caſtle of Norwich, one Baliſtar T, in the
Time of War, for forty Days, at his own proper
Coſts *
Baliſlarium. A Croſs-Bow-man, or one that did
fling Stones, or ſhoot Darts at the Enemy, be-
fore the Invention of Guns. Blount. Vide p. 66.
Moyſey.
STAPELEY.-Co. HANTS.
Edmund Synagor holds the Manor of Stapele, in
the County of Southampton, by the Service of
finding a Serjeant at Arms, in the Army of our
Lord the King, every where in England, at his
own Coſts, for forty Days to
FORDINGBRIDGE HUNDRED, Co. HANTS,
Richard de Carevile held fix Pounds a Year of
Land, in Capite of our Lord the King, in the ſame
Hundred, by the Service of finding a certain Ser
* Radulphus de Herlham tenet Manerium de Herlham in
Com. Norf. per Serjantiam inveniendi in Caſtro de Norwico,
unum Baliftarium, tempore Guerræ, XL Dies, fumptibus fuis
Propriis. Plac. Coron. de Anno 14. Edw. I. Rot. 3. Norf.
Blount 67. Edmundus Synagor tenet Manerium de Stapele
in Com. Southampton, per Serjantiam inveniendi unum Serjan.
tium ad drma, ubique in Exercitu Domini Regis in Anglia,
fumptibus fuis Propriis, per XL Dies. Plac. Curon. 8. Edw. I.
Rot, 13. South. Bloont 84.
jeant
BY FINDING FOOTMEN, &c.
83
jeant at Arms, in the King's Army, every where
in England, at his own Cofts, for forty Days *.
SIBERTOFT.-Co. NORTHAMPTON.
Thomas Curzonn holds the Manor of Sibertoft in
the County of Northampton, of our Lord the King
in Capite, by the Service of finding a Footman, with
Bows and Arrows, in the King's Army, for forty
Days, within the four Seas, at his own proper
Colts t:
Upton.Co. NORTHAMPTON.
Nicholas Chaunceux holds the Manor of Upton in
the County of Northampton, (which is antient De-
meſne of the Crown of our Lord the King) by the
Service of finding one Armed Man in the King's
War, whenſoever it ſhould be needful, within the
four Seas of England, for forty Days, at his own
proper Colts t.
* Richardus de Carevile tenuit ſex Libratus Terræ, in Capite
de Domino Rege, in eodem Hundredo, per Serjantiam inveni.
endi quendam Serjantum ad Arma, ubique in Exercitu Domini
Regis in Anglia, fumptibus fuis, per XL Dies. Plac. Coron. 8.
Edw. I. Rot. 23. South. Blount 86.-t Thomas Curzonn tenet
Manerium de Sibertoft in Com. Northampton, de Domino Rege
in Capite, per Servitium inveniendi unum Hominem Pediteni,
cum Arcubus et Sagittis, in Exercitu Domini Regis, per XL
Dies, infra quator Maria, ſumptibus fuis Propriis. Plac. Coron. 3.
Edw. I. Rot. 14. Northamp. Blount 70. Nicholas Chaunceux
tenet Manerium de Upton in Com. Northampton, quod eft de
antiquo Dominio Coronæ Domini Regis, per Servitium inveni-
endi unum Hominem Armatum in Guerra Domini Regis, quando.
cunque neceffe fuerit, infra quatuor Maria Angliæ, per XL
Dies, ſumptibus fuis Propriis. Plac. Coron. 13. Edw. I. Rot. 33.
Northamp. Blount 71.
THETHER
F2
84
PETIT SER JEANTIES
THETHERCOTE and CHEDDICH.Co. Oxon.
Peter de Chetwode holds half a Carucate of Land
in Thethercote and Cheddich, by Serjeanty of finding
in the Army of our Lord the King, at his own
proper Coſts, in the Time of War, one Footman,
with a Lance, and an Iron Trumpet ISI, for forty
Days *.
ISI Iron Trumpet. Bucinus is mif-read for Bacinus,
which fignifies a Baſin, and thence is eaſily
transferred to a Scull-Cap or Head-Piece, the
Senſe which it obtains here. It is called Capella
Ferrea, p. 88, and Baſnetus, p. 89. P.
LEW E-Co. O XON.
Robert de Eylesford holds three Yard-Lands in Lewe
in the County of Oxford, of our Lord the King,
by the Service of finding a Man, with a Bow and
Arrows, for forty Days, at his own proper Cofts,
whenfoever it ſhould happen that the King went
into Wales with his Army to
* Petrus de Chetwode tenet dimidiam Carucatam Terræ in
Thethercote et Cheddich, per Serjantiam quod folebat invenire,
in Exercitu Domini Regis, fumptibus ſuis Propriis, tempore
Guerræ, unuin Hominem Peditem, cum una Lancea, et uno
Buccino Ferreo, per XL Dies, quære. Plac. Coron. 13. Edw. I.
Rot. 37. dorſo. Blount 74.-+ Robertus de Eylesford tenet tres
Virgatas Terræ in Lewe in Com. Oxon. de Domino Rege, per
Servitium inveniendi unum Hominem cum Arcu et Sagittas per
XL Dies, fumptibus fuis Propriis, quotieſcunque contigerit Do-
minum Regem ire in Walliam, cum Exercitu fuo. Plac. Coron.
13. Edw. I. Rot. 50. dorſo, Oxon, Blount 75.
WROTTING,
BY FINDING FOOT MEN, &c.
85
WROTTING-Co. SUFFOLK.
Walter Pychard of Wrotting in the County of
Suffolk, held one hundred Acres of Land, of our
Lord the King, in Chief, by the Serjeanty of find-
ing for him one Footman, with a Bow and four Ar-
rows, as often as the King went into Wales with
his Army, for forty Days, at his own proper
Coſts *.
MAYFORD.Co. SURREY.
Mayford is a Serjeanty of our Lord the King,
and the Owner of it ought to find an | Eſquire
(Servientem) with an Haubergeon and a Lance, for
forty Days, at his own Coſts t.
| The Original has Servientem, which I preſume
does not mean a Servant, but a Rank next to
a Knight, viz, an Eſquire. P.
CHINTING.Co. SUSSEX,
Thomas Therel had a certain Serjeanty in Chinting
in the County of Suſex, by finding a certain Eſquire
(Servientem) whenever the King ſhould go with
* Walterus Pychard de Wrotting in Com. Suffolk, tenuit
Centum Acras Terræ, de Domino Rege in Capite, per Serjan-
tiam inveniendi Domino Rege unum Hominem Peditem, cum
uno Arcu et quatuor Sagittis, quotiefcunque contigerit Dominum
Regem ire in Walliam, cum Exercitu, per XL Dies, fumptibus
ſuis Propriis. Plac. Coron. 14. Edw. I. Rot. 46. Blount 78.
- Mayford eſt Serjantia Domini Regis, et debet invenire
unum Servientem, cum uno Hambergello et una Lancea, per XL
Dies, ad Cuſtum ſuum. Plac. Coron. 19. Hen. III. Surrey.
Blount 79.
F 3
his
86
PETIT SERJÉANTIES
his Army into Wales, or elſewhere in England, at
his
proper
Coſts for forty Days *,
BLACHINGTON.-Co. Sussex.
And Thomas de Peverel holds Lands in Blachington
by the lame Service to
HOCHANGRE.
Co. HANTS.
James de Hochangre holds Hochangre in the
County of Southampton, by the Serjeanty of finding
a Valet (ISI in the Army of our Lord the King, for
forty Days, and of making the Bridge at Hochangre;
and it was worth by the Year a hundred Shillings 1.
JISII Perhaps one who waited upon a Man at
Arms. A.
BENTLEGH.Co. HANTS.
Thomas de Bruſtvil holds ten Pounds a Year of
Land in Bentlegh in the County of Southampton, by
the Serjeanty of finding a Man with a Bow and Ar-
* Thomas Therel habuit quondam Serjantiam, in Chinting in
Com. Suſſex, inveniendi quendam Servientem, quotieſcunque
contigerit Dominum Regem, cum Exercitu fuo, ire in Walliam,
vel alibi in Anglia, fumptibus fuis Propriis, per XL Dies. Plac.
Coron. de 7. Edw. I. Rot. 81. Suſſex. Blount 83.-+ Et Tho-
mas de Peverel tenet Terram in Blachington, per idem Servi-
tium. Ibid. Blount 83.- Jacobus de Hochangre tenet Hochangre
in Com. Southampton, per Serjantiam inveniendi unum Vale&tum
in Exercitu Domini Regis, per quadriginta Dies, et ad facien-
dum Pontem de Hochàngre, et Valet per Ann. Cs, Plac. Co-
ron. 8. Edw. I. Rot. 13. South. Blount 84,
rows
BY FINDING FOOT MEN, &c.
87
rows in the Army of our Lord the King, in England
and Wales, for forty Days, at his own Cofts *.
TUDDERLEGH.
Co. HANTS.
Richard de Cardevile holds one hundred Shillings
a Year of Land in Tudderlegh by the fame Service t.
CASHAM.Co. HANTS.
Rowland de Arley and Henry Wade, hold the
Moiety of a certain Serjeanty in Caſham in the
County of Southampton, by finding a certain Foct-
man to keep the Caſtle of Porcheſter, in the Time
of War, for forty Days, at their own proper Cofts.
And that Serjeanty was let upon yearly Rent at
half a Markt
BOROUGH of PORTCHESTER.--Co. HANTS.
Roger de Wanſtede holds half a Serjeanty there, by
the Service of finding one Valet for eight Days, at
his own proper Coſts, with a Wambais (, an Iron
Head-Piece and a Lance, to keep the Caſtle of Portſ-
Ibid.
* Thomas de Brufoil tenet decem Libratas Terræ in Bertlegh
in Com, Southampton, per Serjantiam inveniendi unum Hominen
cum Arcu et Sagittis in Exercitu Domini Regis in Anglia et
Wallia, per XL Dies, fumptibus ſuis Propriis. Ibid. Rot. 20.
dorſo. Blount 85.- Et Ricardus de Cardedile tenet centum
folidatas Terræ in Tudderlegh per idem Servitium.
Blount. 85.--I Roulandus de Arley et Henricus Wade, tenent
Medietatem eujufdam Serjantiæ in Caſham in Com. Southampton,
ad inveniendum quendam Hominem Peditem ad cuſtodiendum
Caftrum de Porcheſter, tempore Guerræ, per XL Dies, ſumpti-
bus fuis Propriis, et arrentata eſt Serjantia illa per Annum ad
dimid. Marcam. Ibid. Rot. 26. dorſo. Blount 86.
E A
mouih
88
PETIT SERJEANTIES
mouth in the Time of War; and it was let upon
Rent at ten Shillings yearly *.
Wambais. Præpuncto in the Latin, mif-read
for Perpunctum. Dr. Wats ad M. Par. p. 53.
Brady's Hift. of Engl. 204. of Appendix. P.
CHETTINGTON.-Co. SALOP.
Roger Corbet holds the Manor of Chettington in the
County of Salop, of the King in Capite, by the Ser-
vice of finding one Footman in Time of War,
in the King's Army in Wales, with one Bow and
three Arrows, and one Pale, and carrying with him
one Bacon or Salted Hog; and when he comes to
the Army, delivering to the King's Marſhall a
Moiety of the Bacon; and thence the Marſhall was
to deliver to him daily, ſome of that Moiety for
his Dinner, fo long as he ſtayed in the Army; and
he was to follow the Army ſo long as that Half of
the Bacon ſhould laſt t.
* Rogerus de Wanftede tenet dimid. Serjantiam ibidem, per
Servitium inveniendi unum Valeftum, per octo Dies, ſumptibus
Propriis, cum præpuncto, Capella Ferrea et Lancea, cuſtodire
Caftrum de Portſmue tempore Gaerræ, et arrentata eft per
Annum ad decem Solidos. Ibid. Rot. 41. Blount 87.- Rogea
tus Corbet tenet Manerium de Chetington in Com. Salop, de
Rege in Capite, per Servitium inveniendi unum Hominem Pea
ditem, tempore Guerræ, in Exercitu Regis Wallix, cum uno
Arcu, et tribus Sagittis, et uno Palo; et deferet fecum unum
Baconem, et cum ad Exercitum Regis pervenerit, liberavit
Marefchallo Regis Medietatem Baconis, et inde Mareſchallus
deliberavit ei, quotidie, ad prandium ſuum, deprædicto dimi-
dio Baconis, dum fteterit in prædicto Exercitu. Et debet fequi
Exercitum durante dimidio Bacone prædicto. Lib. de Tenu-
ris 24. Edw. I. Blount 136.
ASTON
BY FINDING FOOT MEN, &c.
89
ASTON-CANTLOU.-Co. WARWICK,
The Manor of Aſton-Cántlou (ſo called from the
Family of Cantilupe) was by Inquiſition after the
Death of Laurence Haſtings, Earl of Pembroke, re-
turned to be held in this form, viz. That that
Manor is held by itſelf of our Lord the King in
Capite, by the Service of finding a Foot Soldier,
with a Bow without a String, with a Helmet [, or
Cap, for forty Days, at the proper Charges of the
Lord of that Manor, as often as there ſhould be
War in Wales *.
Baſnetus. A Helmet, from the Norman French
Baffinet, Baſinet, or Bacinet; which fignifies
the ſame. E.
CASTLE-CARY.Co. SOMERSET.
In the 47th Year of King Henry III. Henry Lovel
was found to die feiſed of the Manor of Caſtle-Cary
in the County of Somerſet, by him held in Capite
of the King for a whole Barony, by the Service of
finding two Soldiers in the King's Army, at his
own Coft, for forty Dayst.
STAVELEY.CO. DERBY.
In the 17th Year of King Edward I. John Mufard
was found to be ſeiſed of the Manor of Staveley in
Quod quidem Manerium per ſe tenetur de Domino Rege in
Capite, per Servitium inveniendi unum Hominein Peditem, cum
Arcu fine Corda, cum uno Baſneto live Cappa, per quadraginta
Dies, ſumptibus Propriis, quoties fuerit Guerra in IV'allia. In-
quiſ. poft mortem Laur. Haſtings, 22. Edw. III. Blount 2.
-- Eſcaet. 47. Hen. III. N. 11. Blount 14.
the
90
PETIT SER JEANTIES
the County of Derby, held of the King in Capite
by Barony; finding for that, and his other Lord-
fhips, two Soldiers in the King's Army in Wales *.
BRINESTON.--Co. CHESTER, or Dorset.
The Manor of Brineſton in the County of Cheſter,
is held of the King in Capite, by the Service of
finding a Man in the Army of our Lord the King,
going into the Parts of Scotland, barefoot, clothed
with a Waiſtcoat (or Shirt) and Breeches ist, (or
Drawers, or Trowſes) having in one Hand a Bow
without a String, and in the other an Arrow un-
feathered [*]t.
Camiſia. Probably a Shirt; from the French
Chemiſe. E.
ISI Braccis. Breeches, or Drawers. Blount.
[*] Tribulum. A Calthrop (antiently uſed in War)
without thoſe four Pricks, which it uſually had,
to annoy the Enemies Horſes Feet. But quære.
Blount. It means ſome larger Sort of Arrow, ſhot
out of a Croſs-Bow. Tribulus is alſo Calthrop;
but that Signification is altogether foreign to the
Paffage. A.-It ſeems to mean a Quarrel dif-
charged from that Engine which was called a
Tribulus; for which fee Du Freſne. P.
BRYAN-
* Eſcaet. 17. Edw. I. N. 6. Derb. Blount 14.-+ Manerium
de Brinefton in Com. Ceftriæ, tenetur de Rege in Capite, per
Servitium inveniendi unum Hominem in Exercitu Domini Regis
in
BY FINDING FOOTMEN, &c.
91
BRYANSTON.-Co. DORSET.
Ralph de Stopham holds the Manor of Bryanftan
in the County of Dorſet, by the Serjeanty of finding
for our Lord the King, as often as he ſhould lead
his Engliſh Army into Wales, a Boy [, carrying a
Bow without a String, and an Arrow unfeathered S*S,
at his own proper Coſts, for forty Days *.
Garcionem. A Boy, from the French Garçon. E.
A Boy carrying a Bow without a String; but
what Buzonen fignifies, Lector tu tibi Oedipus
eſto. Blount.
$*S Buzonem. An Arrow; hence, Arquebuze. P.
It may be an Arrow without Feathers (puto) to
anſwer that of a Bow without a String. A. A.
BRADEPOLE. --Co. DORSET.
Elena de Gorges holds the Manor of Bradepole in
the County of Dorſet, by the Serjeanty of finding
an armed Eſquire (Servientem) when War fhall hap-
pen, for forty Days t.
BRO-
in Partibus Scotiæ profecturum, nudis pedibus, Camifia et
Braccis veftitum, habentem in una Manu unum Arcum fine
Corda, et altera Manu unum Tribulum non pennatum. In-
quiſ. 27. Edw. III. N. 40. Blount 30.-* Radulphus de Stopham
tenet Manerium de Bryanſtan in Com. Dorſet, per Serjantiam
inveniendi Domino Regi quotiefcunque contigerit ipſum habere
Exercitum in Anglia in Wallian, Garcionem, deferentem unum
Arcum fine Corda, et unum Buzonen fine Pennis, ad fumptus
fuos Proprios, per quadraginta Dies. Plac. Coron. apud Schyre-
burne 8. Edw. I. Dorſet. Rot. 3. Blount 45.5 Elena de
Gorges tenet Manerium de Bradepole in Com. Dorfet, per Ser-
jantiam
92
PETIT SER JEANTJES
BROKENERST.-Co, HANTS.
Peter Spileman held of the King in Capite, one
Carucate of Land in Brokenerſt in the County of
Southampton, by the Serjeanty of finding an Eſquire
(Servientem) with a Haubergeon [, for forty Days,
in England, &c*.
Hambergellus. A Defence or Covering of Ar-
mour, compoſed of ſmall Rings or Circles of
Iron, woven together t: In French Cote de
Mail; in Engliſh a Shirt of Mail. Blount.
Spelm. Gloff. 274. A.
This Hambergell was a Coat, compoſed of ſeveral
Folds of coarſe Linen, or Hempen Cloth; in
the Midſt of ſome of which was placed a Sort
of Net-work, of ſmall Ringlets of Iron, about
a Quarter of an Inch Diameter, interwoven
very artificially together, in this
Manner; and in others of thin
Iron Square Plates, about an Inch
from Side to Side, with a Hole
in the midſt of each, the Edges
laid one over another, quilted
through the Cloth with ſmall Packthread,
jantiam inveniendi quendam Servientem Armatum, cum Guerra
evenerit, per quadraginta Dies. Ibid. Rot. 14. Blount 47.
* Petrus Spileman tenuit de Rege in Capite, unam Carucatam
Terræ in Brokenerſt in Comitatu Southamptoniæ, per Serjan-
tiam inveniendi unum Servientem cum Habergello, per quadra.
ginta Dies, in Anglia, &c. Fines in Wiltes and Southampton,
Anno 1. Edw. II. Blount 54.-f Munimen ex complicatis Haa
mis vel circulis ferreis. Spelm. Gloff. 274. Blount 54.
and
BY FINDING FOOTMEN, &c.
93
and bedded in Paper covered with Wool.
Parts of two ſuch Haubergeons are now in the
Editor's Poffefſion, either of which would be
fufficient to defend the Body of a Man from
the Stroke or Point of a Sword or Lance, if
not from a Muſket Ball, and yet ſo pliable as
to admit the Perſon wearing them to uſe all his
Limbs, and move his Joints without the leaſt
interruption.
N. B. The Kind of Armour mentioned above to be
made of Iron Plates, was by the Antients called
Squamata Veſtis. And that Sort made of Links,
united together in Chain-Work, was called by
them Hamata Veſtis; from which Word, Ham-
bergell ſeems to have been derived. See Appen-
dix to Dr. Ducarrel's Anglo-Norman Antiq.
Page 10.
5 Whitaker, in his Hiſtory of Mancheſter, ſays,
the firſt natural Armour of all Nations, as well
as of the Romans, was Leather. And in this
State it was denominated a Coat of Mail by
the Britons. Mala, in Iriſh, being either Ar-
mour or a Bag, a Budget and a Poſt-Mail. He
alſo derives Cuiraſs, a Breaft-Plate or Coat of
Mail, and Harneſs, from Words ſignifying
Leather. Hiſt. of Mancheſter, Lib. II. Cap. 8.
Sect. 1. Page 301.-The Word Mael in Welch,
ſignifies properly Steel, and metaphorically,
Hardneſs, Armour. See Rowland's Mona Antiqua.
Page 305. Edit. 1966.
PEN
94
PETIT SERJEANTIES
PENGEVEL.Co. CORNWALL.
Robert de Wena holds three Corniſh Acres of
Land in the Town of Pengevel in Capite of our
Lord the King, by the Serjeanty of finding five
Soldiers at the Gayte Fords of the Caſtle of Lance-
veton, &c *.
Note, A Corniſh Acre of Land makes Sixty of
our Statute Acres, or near thereabout. Blount.
A large Proportion! Quære if not Six? A.
STOKE.Co. GLOUCESTER.
Nicholas le Archer holds two Carucates of Land
in the Town of Stoke in the County of Glouceſter,
by the Serjeanty of finding for our Lord the King
in his Army in Wales, a Man with a Bow and Ar.
rows, at his own Coſts, for forty Days to
WATTON.--Co. HERTFORD.
Robert Aguillum holds the Manor of Watton in the
County of Hertford, by the Serjeanty of finding a
Foot Soldier, whenfoever our Lord the King hould
i
* Robertus de Wena tenet tres Acras Cornubienſis Terræ in
Villa de Pengevel in Capite de Domino Rege, per Serjantiam
inveniendi quinque Soldarios ad Vada Gayte Caftri de Lanceve.
ton, &c. Pla. Coron. de Ann. 12. Edw. I. Cornub. Blount 55.
f Nicholas le Archer tenet duas Carucatas Terræ in Villa de
Stoke in Com. Glouc. per Serjantiam inveniendi Domino Regi
in Exercitu Walliæ, unum Homipeın cum Arcu et Sagittis, ſump-
tibus ſuis Propriis, per XL Dies. Pla. Cor. 15. Edw. I. Glouc.
Blount 57.
march
BY FINDING FOOTMEN, &c.
95
march into Wales, for forty Days, at his own
Charges *.
EAST SMITHFIELD.LONDON.
Thomas de Meoſe holds a Meffuage, and one Water
Mill, and eight Acres of Meadow, with the Appur-
tenances in Eaſt Smithfield, by the Service of find-
ing for our Lord the King, a Footman with a Bow
and Arrows, for forty Days, at his own Charges,
in the Tower of London, in Time of War t.
NETHER OVERTON.Co. Oxon.
Robert de la Sale holds two Tard-Lands ISI in
Nether Overton, by the Serjeanty of finding in the
Army of our Lord the King, a Man bearing an En-
Jign , for forty Days, at his own proper Coſts;
and now it pays a Rent at the Exchequer f.
* Robertus Aguilluin tenet Manerium de Watton in Com,
Hertford, per Serjantiam inveniendi unum Hominem ad Pedes,
quandocunque Dominus Rex vadit in Walliam, per XL Dies,
fumptibus ſuis Propriis. Pla. Coron. 6. Edw. I. Rot. 39. Herte
ford. Blount 59.-+ Thomas de Meofe tenet unum Meſluagium,
et unum Molendinum Aquaticum, et octo Acras Prati, cum per.
tin. in Eaſt-Smithfield, per Servitium inveniendi Domino Regi,
unum Hominem Peditem, cum Arcu et Sagittis, per XL Dies,
fumptibus ſuis Propriis, in Turri London, tempore Guerræ. Pla.
Coron. 22. Edw. I. Blount 66.--Robertus de la Sale tenet
duas Virgatas Terra in Nether Overton, per Serjantiam inveni.
endi in Exercitu Domini Regis, Hominem portantem unum Deo
nicillum, per quadraginta Dies, fumptibus fuis; et modo arren-
tata eft ad Scaccarium. Plac. Coron. 13. Edw. I. Rot. 37.
dorfos Blount 73.
ISI Virgata
96
PETIT SER JEANTIES
St Virgata Terræ. Ten Acres of Land, according
to the old Cuftom, make a Ferdell (Farding-
deal, or Farundel) and four Ferdells make a
rard-Land *. Yard-Land is a Quantity of
Land, different according to the Place or
Country; as at Wimbledon in Surrey, it is but
fifteen Acres, in other Counties it is twenty,
in fome twenty-four, and in others thirty and
forty Acrest. The fourth Part of an Acre,
in fome Places, is called a Yard-Land, and half
an Acre is a Selion. A 1.
Penicillum. An Enſign, or the Colours in an
Army, or Flag. Blount.--Ending in a Tail
or Point, and borne by Knights Bachelors ;
the Point being cut off, ſo as to make the Enſign
ſquare, it was then called a Banner, and the
Bearer was, by this Ceremony, (viz. of cutting
off the End of his Enſign, and making it a
Banner) created a Banneret in the Field. A.
SECT. IV. Of Petit Serjeanties, by finding
Horſes, &c. for the Wars.
KINWALDMERSH..Co. DERBY.
Nicholas, Son and Heir of Sir Nicholas de Lange
ford, Knight, holds four Meſſuages, forty Acres
* Decem Acræ Terræ faciunt ſecundum antiquam Confuetu.
dinem, unam Ferdellam, et quatuor Ferdella faciunt Virgatam.
M. S. Codex. Blount's Law Dict. tit. Virgata Terræ.-
+ Bract. Lib. 2. Cap. 10. Jacob's Law Dict. tit. Yard.Land.
-19. Edw. III. 479.
of
BY FINDING HORSES, &c.
97
x1
of Land, ten Acres of Meadow and forty Shillings
Rent, with the Appurtenances in Kilwaldmerſh (now
called Killamarſh, and formerly Kilwaldmarſh) of
the King in Capite, by the Service of finding one
Horſe, one Sack, and one Pryk ſ, in the War of
Wales, whenfoever it ſhould happen that the King
made War there *.
Pryk. Signifies a Goad or Spur, as I ſuppoſe,
and is elfewhere in Latin called Compunctum.
Blount.
FELSTEDE, or FALSTEDE.-Co. Essex.
Adam de Glanville holds twenty Acres of Land in
Felſtede, by the Service of keeping two Palfreys,
at the Livery of our Lord the King t. And
Walter de Glanvile holds forty Acres of Land in
Falſted in the County of Eſex, by the Serjeanty
of carrying one Seam of Oats **t, at his own pro-
per Cofts to the Horſes of our Lord the King,
whilft he reſided in the County of Ellex, between
the Bridge of Stratford without London, and the
• Nicholas, Filius et Hæres Nicholai de Longford, Chivalier,
tenet quatuor Meſſuagia XL Acras Terræ, decem Acras Prati et
XL s. Redditus, cum Pertinentiis in Kilwaldmer/h, de Rege in
Capite, per Servitium inveniendi unum Equum, unum Saccum,
et unum Pryk, in Guerra Wallia, quandocunque contigerit
Regem ibi Guerrare. Fines I. Ric. II. Derby. Blount 17.
+ Adam de Glanvile tenet XX Acras Terræ in Felſtede, by the
Service of keeping two Palfreys, ad liberationem Domini Regis.
Plac. Coron, apud Ghelmsf. II. Hen. III. Blount 26.
G
Bridge
98
PETIT SERJEANTIES
Bridge of Colcheſter; and now that Land pays a
Rent *
**1 Sumna Avenæ. A Seam or Horſe Load of Oats.
A Seam, in ſome Places is accounted eight
Buſhels; in others, perhaps more properly,
but four. Blount.
LEGRE.--Co. Essex.
William, Son of John de Legre held certain Lands
in Legre in the County of Elex, by Serjeanty to find
one Horſe, one Sack, and a Broch, in the Service of
our Lord the King in Wales, at the Coſt of the
King t.
The WAPENTAKE of STRAFFORD.Co. YORK.
Thomas Carnifex | holds of our Lord the King,
in Chief the Manor of R. in the County of York,
by the Serjeanty of finding for him in his Army in
Wales, one Horſe, a Bill itt, one Broch IISII, and
one Sack, &c. and the aforeſaid Thomas was amerced
for the unjuſt Detention to
T Carnifex.
* Walterus de Glanvile tenei quadraginta Acras Terræ in Fal-
fted in Com. Effex, per Serjantiam cariandi unam Samman
Avena Sumptibus fuis propriis, ad Equos Domini Regis, dum ta-
men Dominus Rex moram fecerit in Com Elfex, inter Pontem
de Stratford extra London, et Pontem de Colcefter, et modo
Terra illa arrentata eft. Plac. Coron. 13. Edw. 1. Effex.
Blount 52.- Unamn Equam, unam Saccum, et unam Brochian,
in Servitio Domini Regis in Wallia, ad Cuſtum Domini Regis.
Plac. Cor. apud Chelmsf. 11. Hen. Ill. Blount 26. Thomas
Carnifex tenet de Domino Rege in Capite, Manerium de R. in
Com. Ebor. per Serjantiam inveniendi Domino Regi in Exercitu
fuo
BY FINDING HORSES, &c.
99
Carnifex. A Hangman, Executioner, or Gaoler.
Ainſworth. Perhaps alſo a Butcher. E.
# Falx. An Engine of War, crooked like a Hook,
to pluck the Stones out of the Walls of a be-
ſieged City. Ainſworth,
JIS|| Brochia. Vide Page 79. E.
SPRING SEND.CO. ESSEX.
Peter the Marſhall holds a certain Tenement in
Spring ſend in the County of Eſſex, by the Serjeanty
of keeping one Palfrey in the Stable of our Lord
the King, at the Coſts of the King *.
TEY-MAGNA.-Co. Essex.
Robert de Trumpeton holds half a Carucate of Land
in Tey-Magna in the County of Eſſex, by the Ser-
jeanty of finding for our Lord the King, one Horſe,
and one 1*1 Sack of Hemp, and one Broch in the
King's Army in Wales, for forty Days, at his own
proper Coſts t.
ſuo in Walliam, unum Equum, unam Falcem, unam Brochiam,
et unam Saccum, &c. et prædictus Thomas in Miſericordia pro
injuſta Detentione. Pla. Coron. 9. Edw. I. Ebor. Blount 49.
- Petrus le Marſhall tenet quoddam Tenementum in Spring -
end in Com. Effex, per Serjantiam Cuſtodiendi unum Palfridum
in Stabulo Domini Regis, Sumptibus ipfius Domini Regis. Pla.
Coron. 13. Edw. I. Eſſex, Blount 53.-t Robertus de Trum-
peton tenet dimid. Carucatam Terræ in Tey Magna in Com.
Ellex, per Serjantiam inveniendi Domino Regi, unum Equum,
et unum Saccum, de Canabe, et unam Brochiam, in Exercitu
Domini Regis in Walliam, per XL Dies Sumptibus ſuis propriis.
Ibid. Blount 53.
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The
IOO
PETIT SER JEANTIES
The Land held by Robert de Trumpeton, is now
the Property of Thomas Afle, Eſquire, the Lord of
the Manor, who pays a Crown-Rent in Lieu of the
Service.
The Tenants of this Manor, now pay to Thomas
Aftle, Eſquire, the Lord, a Rent of thirty Shillings
per Annum, in Lieu of Ouziell 9.
The Tenants of this Manor were formerly bound
to maintain a Number of Hawks for the Lord's
Uſe, till they were a Year old. This Service hath
long been turned into the above Rent of thirty
Shillings.
1*1 Unum Saccum de Canabe, et unam Brochiam. A
Bag made of Hempen Cloth or Canvas, and a
Jug or Bottle to carry drink. See Morton.
Blount. Sed. vide Page 76.
Ouziell. Ouzell (Young Birds) is a diminutive
of Ouſeaux, the obſolete French Word for
Oiſeaux. Birds *.
RODE_Co. NORTHAMPTON, :
Robert Maunſel holds forty Acres of Land, with
the Appurtenances in Rode, in a certain Place called
Somerhale and Lidgate, of the Honour of Peverell,
by the Serjeanty of finding for our Lord the King
in his War, in Wales, when it ſhould happen, one
Horſe of the Price of five Shillings, and one Sack
of the Price of Four-pence Half-penny, with one
* Letter from Thomas Affle, Eſq; to the Editor, 27th Nov.
1782.
Bro
BY FINDING HORSES, &c.
101
Brochett ||S|I, for forty Days, at his own proper
Coſts *
NISII Brochettum. A little Bottle or Jug. Blount.
Diminutive of Brocha or Brochia, A.
BULEWELL.---Co. NOTTINGIIAM.
Roger Raſtall held Lands in Bulewell in the
County of Nottingham, of the King, by the Service
of paying every Year, a Horſe with a Halter t.
BRUNNESLEY.
Co. NoTTINGHAM.
Gilbert de Brunneſley held Lands in Brunneſley in
the County of Nottingham, of the Honour of Pe-
verell, by Serjeanty of finding a Horfe of five Shil-
lings Price, with a Sack and Broach, and an Halter
of an Halfpenny Price, for forty Days, at his
own Coft, in the King's Army in Wales 1.
now
WYLE W E B Y,
WILLOUGHBY.
Co. NOTTINGHAM.
Reginald de Colewyke, for the Serjeanty of Wyle-
weby, owes to our Lord the King, in his Army in
Wales, one Horſe of the Price of three Shillings
and Four-pence, and one Sack with a Broch, and
* Robertus Maunſel tenet XL Acras Terræ, cum Pertin. in
Rode, in quodam Loco vocato Sornerbale et Lidgate, de Honore
Peverelli, per Serjantiam inveniendi Domino Regi, in Guerra
fua Walliæ, cum acciderit, unum Equum precii quinque Solido-
rum, et unum Saccum precii IV d. ob. cum uno Brochetto
per
quadraginta Dies, Sumptibus ſuis propriis. Inq. 13. Joh. Rot. 35.
Blount 71.-t Teſta Nevilli. Blount 88. Ibid. Blount 88.
one
G 3
102
PETIT SERJEANTIES
one Horſe Collar, with a Canvas Cloth ||$|| of the Price
of one Penny *.
IISII Capiſtrum cum Canabo. Blount.
BAD Ew.Co. ESS EX.
Robert the Marſhall, about the Time of King
Henry II. held one Hide of Land in Badew by che
Serjeanty of keeping the King's Palfrey t.
Hida Terre. In a Manuſcript Law Book, writ-
ten by Ambroſe Couper, Eſquire, a Student in
one of the Inns of Court, in the Year 1579,
now belonging to Francis Ferrand Foljambe,
Eſquire, of Aldwarke, near Rotherham, Yorkſhire;
it is laid down as a Rule, that a Hide of Land
conſiſted of 160 Acres, and was made up of
the following Parts, viz. ten Acres make a
Ferundel, or Farding-deal, four Ferundels make
a rard-Land, and four Yard-Lands a Hide. So
four Hides, it is ſaid, or 640 Acres made a
Knight's Fee. And that when a Knight's Fee
was taxed at, or paid 40 s. then a Yard-Land
of forty Acres paid 2 s. 6d. half a Yard,
* Reginaldus de Colwyke, pro Serjantia de Wileweby debet
Domino Regi, in Exercitu fuo Wallia, unum Equum precii
iii s. iiiid. et unum Saccum cum Brochia, et unam Capiftrum
cum Canabo, precii id. De Serjantiis arentatis per Rob. de
Paſelew, Tempore Hen. III. Blount 131.-t Robertus Ma.
refcallus unam Hidam in Badew, per Serjantiam cuſtodiendi
Palefridum Regis. Append. to Brady's Introduct. p. 23.
Land
BY FINDING HORSES, &c.
103
Land 15 d. a Ferundel 7 d. and an Acre ,
And ſo DCXL Acres of Land made one Great
Knight's Fee, which paid for a Relief Cs *.
* Yet, notwithſtanding the poſitive Aſſertion
in Mr. Couper's M.S. of the Quantity of Land
contained in a Hide, the learned Selden as po-
ſitively afferts that the Quantity was doubtleſs
uncertain. He ſays it regularly was, and is,
as he thinks, as much Land as might be well
manured with one Plough, together with Pa-
fture, Meadow, and Wood, competent for the
Maintenance of that Plough and the Servants
of the Family, and his Obſervation is certainly
very juft that it muſt of Neceflity bę various,
according to the Nature of the Soil, and Cuſtom
of Huſbandry in every Country. He alſo cites
a Record, which ſhews that it had been uncer-
tain for Ages before he wrote, which is froin
an old Court Book of the Manor of Cranfield,
Parcel of the Poffeſſions of the Abbey of Ramſay,
where the Homage at a Court of Survey held
there in the Time of Henry III. faid, they did
not know how many Acres made a Yard-Land,
* Sciendum eſt quod magnum feod. Militis conſtat ex quatuor
Hidis, et una Hida ex quatuor Virgatas Terræ, et una Virgata
Terræ ex quatuor Ferundel. et una Ferundel. ex decem Acris.
Et fciendum eft quod quando dabitur ad Stat. pro inagno feod.
Militis XL s. tunc prottna Virgata Terræ XL Acrar. iis. vid.
et pro dimid. Virgat. Terræ XV d. et pro Ferundel. VII d. ob.
et pro una Acra ob. q. Et ſic DCXL Acr. Terræ faciunt
unum magnum feod. Militis, quod ad Relevia, Cs,
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4
becauſe
104
PETIT SER JEANTIES
becauſe ſometimes forty-eight Acres, and ſome-
times fewer made a rard-Land, and that four
Yard-Lands made a Hide *.
5
SECT. V. Of Petit Serjeanties by finding Arms
for the King in his Wars, &c.
>
.
CARLETON.CO. NOTTINGHAM, ,
Edmund Willoughby held one Meſſuage and fix
Bovats 1*1 of Land in Carleton in the County of
Nottingham, as of the Manor of Shelford, by the
Service of one Catapulta ſ by the Year for all Ser-
vices to
**I Bovata Terre. A Bovate of Land, is as much
as one Ox can plow in a Year. Blount.--A Bo-
vate or Oxgang of Land contains, in general,
only about fifteen Acres in the County of York,
but varies according to the Difference of Soil.
See Hide, Page 102. E.
Catapulta.
Was an antient Warlike Engine
to ſhoot Darts. Blount.
* Selden's Titles of Honour 622.-+ Edmundus Willoughby
tenuit unum Meſſuagium et ſex Bovatas Terræ, in Carlton in
Com. Nott. ut de Manerio de Shelford, per Servitium unius Cae
tapultæ per Annum pro omni Servitio. Lib. Sched. 14. Hen IV.
Nott. fo. 210. Blount 3.
SLOLEY
BY FINDING ARMS, &c.
105
SLOLEY_Co, WARWICK.
Richard Sloley held of the King in Capite, one
Meſſuage and four Acres of Land in Sloley in the
County of Warwick, by Serjeanty, that is, giving
to the King, upon every Expedition with an Army
towards Scotland, one Pole Ax, or Twelve-pence in
Silver for all Services *.
POLE.-Co. CUMBERLAND.
William Montacute obtained a Grant from King
Edward III. of the Manor of Pole, with the Ad-
vowſon of the Church in the County of Cumberland,
paying the King, his Heirs and Succeflors, where-
foever he or they ſhould happen to be, a Sword of
three Shillings and Four-pence Price, in Lieu of
all Services to
DRAKELOW.Co. DERBY.
William de Greſeley holds the Manor of Drakelow
in the County of Derby, in Capite, and pays one
Bow, without a String, and one Quiver of Tuteſit ,
and twelve Arrows, fledged, or feathered ||S|I, and
one unfeathered $*$. I.
| Pharetra de Tuteſbit. Quære, the Meaning of
Tuteſbit?
*
Eſcaet. 9. Hen. V. No. 17. Blount 11.--Carta. Edw. III.
No. 26. Blount 12.- William de Greſeley tenet Manerium
de Drakelaw in Com. Derby, in Capite, et reddit unum Arcum
Fine Corda, et unam Pharetram de Tutelbit, et duodecem Sa.
gittas Fle&tatas, et unum Buzonem. Veredict. de ſingulis Wa-
pent, in Com. Nott, et Derbe Blount. 5.
NISI Sagittas
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PETIT SER JEANTIES
USI Sagittas Flectatas. Fledged or feathered Ar-
rows. E.
S*s Buzonem. See Page 91.
Homer.-In NORMANDY, .
King Henry V. granted to Sir Walter Hungerford,
the Caſtle and Barony of Homet in Normandy, in
Special Tail; rendering to the King and his Heirs,
one Lance, with a Fox Tail hanging thereat, yearly,
upon the Feaſt of the Exaltation of the Holy Croſs,
and finding ten Men at Arms, and twenty Archers,
to ſerve him or his Lieutenant during his Wars
with France *.
LANTON.-Co. HEREFORD.
The Baſkervills' antiently held Lands there, in
Chief, as of the Honour of Montgomery, by the Ser,
vice of giving the King a barb’d-headed Arrow,
when he came to hunt in Corndon Chacę t.
Morton.Co. Essex.
Edmund Buſche holds Lands in Morton in the
County of Eſſex, of the King in Capite, by the
Service of finding one Iron Prick for a Warrocks ,
upon a certain Cloth Sack, whenfoever our Lord
the King ſhould ride in the Army towards Wales in
the Time of War I.
Warrecks.
* Rot. Norman. 6 Hen. V. P. I. M. 2. Blount 19.-t Fin.
Hil. 20. Edw. III. Blount 24.–Edmundus Buſche tenet
Terras in Morton in Com. Effex, per Servitium inveniendi
unam
BY FINDING ARMS, &c.
107
Warrocks. This Word is one of thoſe which
Mr. Blount does not attempt to explain, and
which he ſays in his Preface, he believes might
poſe the ableft Glofographer then living. Not-
withſtanding which diſcouraging circumſtance,
the Editor is tempted to hazard a Conjecture
that it may mean a War-Horſe, and ought to
have been written War-Ag, which the inge-
nious and learned Author of The Way to Things
by Words, &c. Page 31, fays, is the Radical
of the Word Mark, the Antient Britiſh Word
for a Horſe. The Word Nag, which is ſtill re-
tained as a Name for a Horfe, perhaps ought
to be written An Ag, having acquired its pre-
ſent Form by Means of the Craſis ſo common
in our Language. See Gent. Mag. Vol. XLVII.
Page 320. 372.
BRUHAM.-Co. BEDFORD.
Bertram le Wyle holds half a Hide of Land in the
Town of Bruham in the County of Bedford, of our
Lord the King, by the Serjeanty of paying yearly
one Pair of Bows for a Saddle [S] *.
unam Stimulum Ferreum pro uno Warroks, ſuper quoddam
Gloth-Sack, quandocunque Dominus Rex equitaverit in Exercitu,
verſus Partes Walliæ, tempore Guerre. Hil. 22. Ric. II. Effex.
Blount 32,-* Bertrammus le Wyle tenet dimidiam Hidam
Terræ in Villa de Bruham Com. Bedf. de Domino Rege, per
Serjantiam reddendi per Annum unum Par Arceonum ad Sellam.
Placit, coram Joh. de Vallibus et Soc. 15. Edw. I. Bedford.
Blount 37.
[s] Unum
108
PETIT SERJEANTIES
[S] Unum par Arceonum (dealbat) ad Sellam. Quære.
If it may not fignify a Pair of (White) Saddle-
Bows, from the French Word Arceau, (Arcon)
which denotes as much. Blount.
TURVEY.CO. BEDFORD.
The Prior of Newnham holds Half a Hide of Land
in the Town of Turvey of our Lord the King in Ca-
pite, by the Serjeanty of paying yearly, one Pair
of White Bows for a Saddleſ, and that Land was
worth tеn Shillings a Year *.
1 Unam par Arceonum (dealbat) ad Sellam. See
above.
AURI and HOLE.. Co. DEVON.
Walter Aungerin holds one Carucate of Land in
Auri and Hole in the County of Devon, by Serjeanty,
that whenſoever our Lord the King ſhould hunt in
the Foreſt of Exmore, he ſhould find for him two
barbed Arrows. And the Land was worth, by the
Year, twenty Shillings t.
Et Prior de Neunham tenet dimid. Hidam Terræ in Villa
de Turvey de Domino Rege in Capite, per Serjantiam reddendi
per Ann. unum Par Arceonum dealbat. ad Sellam, et Valet
Terra illa X s. per Ann. Placit. ut fupra. Blount 37.-Wal-
terus Aungerin tenet unam Carucatam Terræ in Auri et Hole
in Com. Devon, per Serjantiam, quod quotiefcunque Dominus
Rex fugare voluerit in Foreſta de Exmoro, inveniet eidem Do-
mino Regi duas Sagittas Barbatas. Et valet Terra illa per
Ann. XX s. Plac. Cor. de 9. Edw. I. Devon. Blount 43.
LA BARR.
BY FINDING ARMS, &c.
109
La Barr.Co. Devon.
Morinus de la Barr held eight Acres of Land at
La Barr in the County of Devon, of our Lord the
King in Capite, by the Serjeanty of paying him
one Salmon, and two barbed Arrows whenfoever he
thould hunt in the Foreſt of Exmore *
DROSCUMBE.-Co. Devon.
Walter de Bromball held certain Land in Drop-
cumbe in the County of Devon, by the Serjeanty of
finding for our Lord the King, whenfoever he
ſhould hunt in the Foreſt of Dertmore, one Bow
and three barbed Arrows. And it was let at five
Shillings a Year Rent t.
LOSTON.Co. Devon.
William de Albemarle holds the Manor of Loſton,
by the Serjeanty of finding for our Lord the King,
two Arrows and one Loaf of Oat Bread, when he
ſhould hunt in the Foreſt of Dartmore 1.
* Morinus de la Barr tenuit octo Acras Terræ apud la Barr
in Com. Devon, de Domino Rege in Capite, per Serjantiam
reddendi Domino Regi urum Salmonem et duas Sagittas barba.
tas quotieſcunque contigerit ipſum Dominum Regem fugare in
Exmore. Plac. Coron, de 9. Edw. I. Devon. Blount 43.
+ Walterus de Bromhall tenuit quandam Terram in Droſcombe
in Com. Deoon per Serjantiam inveniendi Domino Regi, quotieſ-
cunque contigerit ipſum fugare in Foreſa de Dertmore, unum
Arcum et tres Sagittas barbatas; et arrentata eſt ad V s. per
Ann. Ibid. Blount 44.-- Willielmus de Albemarle tenet Ma.
Aerium de Lofon, per Serjantiam inveniendi Domino Regi
duas Sagittas, et unum panom Avenæ, cum Dominus Rex currit
in Foreſta de Dartmore. - Ibid. Blount' 44.
COLEWYXE,
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PETIT BEREANTIES
COLEWYK E, or OVER-COLEWICK.
Co. NOTTINGHAM.
Reginald de Golewyke owes for the Serjeanty of
Colewyke, to our Lord the King, on his Arrival at
Nottingham, once a Year twelve Arrows *.
Reginald de Colewike held Lands in Over-Colewick
in the County of Nottingham of the King in Capite,
by the Service of paying him twelve barbed Arrows
when he ſhould come to Nottingham Caſtle f.
Scirepun and SIPLEGHCo, DEVON.
David de Sciredun held Lands in Sciredun and
Siplegh in the County of Devon, of the King, by
the Service of finding two Arrows, when the King,
his Sovereign Lord, ſhould come to hunt in the
Foreſt of Dartmore I
BRAD ELEY.Co. LINCOLN.
Ralph de [le] Fletcher holds in the Town of Bradele
in the County of Lincoln, one Meſſuage and two
Oxgangs of Land, and Six Acres of Wood, with
the Appurtenances, of our Lord the King in Capite,
by the Service of paying Yearly twenty fletched
Arrows at the Exchequer S.
* Peginaldus de Colwyke debet pro Serjantia de Colewyke,
Domino Regi in adventu fuo apud Nottingham, ſemel in Anno
duodecim Sagittas. De Serjantiis arrenta tis per Rob. de Paſeo
lew Tempore Hen. 3. Blount 121..Eſcaet. 36. Hen. III.
N. 38. Blount 94... | Camd. Brit. Tit. Deoon. Blount ill.
Radulphus de Fletcher tenet in Vila de Bradele in Com. Linc.
unum Meſluagium et duas Bovatas Terræ, et Sex Acras Borci,
cum Pertin. de Domino Rege in Capite, per Servitium reddendi
per Ann. viginti Fleetas ad Scaccarium Domini Regis. Placa
de Libertat, et quo. Warr. 9. Edw. I. Lincoln. Blount 64.
Flestas
BY FINDING ARMS, &e.
III
Flectas. Arrows with narrow Feathers; flect
Arrows, ſuch as they ſhoot at Rovers. Blount.
Flettas from the Word Fleche, French for Ar-
row. A.
UPTON,Co. GLOUCESTER.
Walkelin de Fabrica holds one Yard-Land in Upton
in the County of Glouceſter, by the Serjeanty of
paying, at the Manor Houſe, two hundred Arrow
Heads. And the Jurors ſaid our Lord the King was
in Seiſin of it *
SCAROERTHORPE, BECKINGHAM, and SUTTON.
Co. LINCOLN.
The Abbot of Netele (Nutley) holds in Scarger-
thorpe, Beckingham, and Sutton in the County of
Lincoln, a certain Manor, with the Appurtenances,
which he had of the Gift of Walter de Burgo, who
held it of our Lord the King in Capite, by the
Service of giving him one Head-Piece, or Helmet,
lined with fine Linen *ll, and one Pair of gilt Spurs
for all Services to
* Walkelinus de Fabrica tenet unam Virgatam Terræ in
Upton in Com. Glohe, per Serjantiam reddendi ad Manerium
Domini ducenta Capita Sagittarum. Et Juratores dicunt
quod Dominus Rex eſt in Seiſina. Plac. Coron. 15. Edw. I.
Glouc. Blount 58.-t Abbas de Netele (Nutley) tenet in Scar-
gerthorpe, Beckingham, et Sutton in Com. Lincoln, quoddam
Manerium cum Pertin. quod habet de Dono Walteri de Burgo
qui illud tenuit de Domino Rege in Capite, per Servitium red-
dendi Domino Regi unam Capellam lineatam de Syndone, et
unum par Calcarium deauratoruin pro omni Servitio. Plac. de
Libertat. et. quo. Warr. 9. Edw. I. Lincoln. Blount 64.
l*l A Head
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PETIT SERJEANTIES
#*|| A Head-Piece lined with Syndon, or fine Linen,
and a pair of gilt Spurs. Blount.
GISSAG.-Co. Dorset.
Imbert Pogeys holds the Manor of Gifag All-Saints,
of the Gift of King Henry, by the Service of one
Pair of gilt Spurs. And the ſame Imbert gave the
faid Land to the Abbey of Tarent, &c*.
WEST CURT.-Co. SURREY.
Walter Gatelyn holds the Manor of Weſtcurt in the
Town of Bedington in the County of Surrey, in
Capite of our Lord the King, paying therefore to
him yearly, a Croſs-Bow ISI of the Price of twelve
Pence to
ISI Baliſta. A Croſs-Bow, or Warlike Engine to
caſt Stones or Darts. Blount.
CHICHESTER.
-Co. Sussex.
Certain Lands and Tenements in the Suburbs of
Chicheſter, in the Pariſh of St. Pancras, are held of
the King in Capite, by the Service of paying to
him, whenfoever he ſhould come through a Street,
* Imbertus Pogeys tenet Manerium de Giſag omnium Sancto-
rum de Dono Henrici Regis, per Servitium unius Paris Calca.
riorum deauratorum: Et idem Imbertus dedit dictam Terram
Abbathiæ de Tarent, &c. Plac. Coron. apud Schyreburne 8.
Edw. I. Dorſet. Rot. 4. Blount 46.+ Walterus Gatelyn tenet
Manerium de Weſtcurt in Villa de Bedinton in Com. Surrey, in
Capite de Domino Rege, reddendo inde Domino Regi per An-
num, unam Baliftam precii XII d. Plac. Coron. 19. Hen. III.
Surrey. Blount 81.
called
BY FINDING ARMS, &C.
113
called Goddeſtrete, on the South-Sea, a Spindle full
of Raw Thread, to make a falſe String for the
King's Croſs-Bow *.
| Fucillum. Fuſellum or Fufillum, from Fufus. A.
A Spindle full of Raw Thread, to make a falſe
String for the King's Baliſta or Croſs-Bow.
Blount.
The HUNDRED of LOSEBERG,Co. Dorser.
Thomas, Son of Richard de Mareſchal of Cerberg,
held certain Land in the Hundred of Loſeberg in the
County of Dorſet, in Capite of our Lord the King,
by the Serjeanty of finding a certain Horſe-Comb,
or Curry-Comb ISI, &ct:
ISI Strigulum. A Horſe-Comb, or Curry-Comb. Blount.
From Strigil, or Strigilis. E.
The County of Ewe, in NORMANDY.
Henry V. King of England, after his Conqueſt
of France, by his Charter, dated the roth of June
1419, in the 7th Year of his Reign, granted the
*
Quædam Terræ et Tenenienta in Suburbia Cicefirie, in Pa
rochia Sanéti Pancratii, tenentur de Rege in Capite, per Ser
vitium reddendi Regi quandocunque venerit per quandam Vea
nellam, vocatam Goddeflrete, fuper Mari Aſtrali, unum fucillum
plenum fili Grudi, ad falfam Cordam pro Baliſta ſua facienda.
Rot. fin. 2 Ric. II. Blount 92.-t Thomas filius Richardi de
Marefchal de Cerberg, tenuit quandam Terram in Hundredo de
Lefeberg, Com. Dorfet, in Capite de Domino Rege, per Serjan-
tiam inveniendi quendam Strigulum, &c. Plać. Coron. apud
Schyreburne, 8 Edw. I. Dorſet, Rot. %. Blount 46.
H
County
114
PETIT SER JEANTIES
County of Eu, or, as he then ſpelt it, Ewe, together
with the Title of Earl, to William, Lord Bourchier,
who had married Eleanor Plantagenet, Widow of
Edmund, Earl of Stafford, and Daughter of Thomas
de Woodſtock, Duke of Glouceſter, youngeſt Son of
King Edward III*. rendering to the ſaid King and
his Heirs at the Caſtle of Rouen, one Gardebrache f*I
yearly, at the Feaſt of St. George, &c t.
[*] This Gardebrache is otherwiſe called Vambrace,
and ſignifies Armour for the Arm. Blount,
Vambrace is a Doublet, or the Cloathing under
the Coat of Mail, Gardebracbe is quite diffe-
rent. A. Vide Page 77.
SECT. VI. Of Petit Serjeanties relating to the
Execution of the Laws.
AYL ESBURY.CO. BUCKS.
Margery de Aſpervil holds one Yard-Land of our
Lord the King in Capite, in Ayleſbury in the County
of Bucks, by the Serjeanty of keeping all the
Diſtreſſes made for the King's Debt by the Sum-
mons of the Exchequer 1.
* Ducarrel's Anglo-Norm. Antiq. Page 2. Reddendo
dicto Regi et Hæredibus fuis apud Caftrum Rothomagi, unum
Gardebrache, ad feſtum Sancti Georgii, ſingulis Annis, &c. Bar.
of E. 2. Par. Blount 104. Margeria de Apervil tenet unam
Virgatam Terræ de Domino Rege, in Capite, in Ayleſbury in
Com. Bucks, per Serjantiam cuftodiendi omnes Diſtrictionis
fuctas pro Debito Domini Regis per Summonitionem Scaccarii.
Pla. Cor. in Com. Bucks, 14 Edw. I. Blount 41.
BAKTON.
RELATING TO THE LAWS.
115
BAKTON.-Co. Devon.
Geoffrey Arblaſter holds certain Land in Bakton in
the County of Devon, by the Serjeanty of keeping
the Gaol of the County of Exeter *.
BRODEHAM. -Co. Devon.
Geoffrey de la Hull and Millicent his Wife, hold one
Ferling of Land in Brodeham in the County of
Devon, by the Serjeanty of being Bedel of the Lord
the King in that Hundred t.
| Ferlingus, or Ferlingata Terra, is the fourth
Part of a Tard-Land. Blount.-
Blount.- See Virgata
Terræ under Nether Overton, Page 96, and
Hida Terra under Badew, Page 103. The
ſame as Ferdell, Fardingdeal, or Ferundell. But
quære. E.
WINDESOR.
Co. DORSET.
John de Windefor holds the Manor of Windefor in
the County of Dorſet, which was worth twenty
Pounds a Year, by Serjeanty that he and his Heirs
ſhould weigh the Money coming to the Exchequer of
our Lord the King 1-
H2
OKETON
* Galfridus Arblafter tenet quandam Terram in Bakton in
Com. Devon, per Serjantiam cuſtodiendi Gazolam Com. Exoniæ.
Plac. Coron de Anno 9 Edw. I. Devon. Blount 44.- + Gal-
fridus de la Hull et Milliſenta Uxor eujus, tenent unum Fer-
lingum Terræ in Brodeham in Com. Devon, per Serjantiam
effendi Bedellus Domini Regis in Hundredo iſto. Plac. Coron.
ut fupra. Blount 45.- 1 Johannes de Windefor tenuis Mane-
rium de Windefor in Com. Dorfet, quod valet per Ann XXI.
per
116
PETIT SERJEANTIES
OKETON and DALTON Co. YORK.
Anketil Malore holds certain Land and ten Shil-
lings Rent, in Oketon and Dalton in the County of
Tork, by Serjeanty to the King by Archery; which
Land the King gave to the faid Anketil in Marriage,
with the Daughter and Heir of William de Muletorp ;
and he holds the aforeſaid Land of one Archery
for finding an Eſquire (Servientem) to keep the
Caſtle of York, in the Time of War, for forty Days,
at his own proper Charge. He was alſo to find an
Eſquire (Servientem) to conduct the Treaſure of
our Lord the King through the whole County, at
his own proper Charge, and out of the County,
at the King's Charge *.
The City of HEREFORD.
The Knight's Hoſpitallers hold in Hereford, one
Meſſuage, with the Appurtenances, which Philip
fitz Odo held by the Serjeanty of being a Catchpoll ,
* An-
per Serjantiam, quod ipfe et Hæredes fui debent ponderare De-
narios venientes ad Scaccarium Domini Regis. Plac. Cor. apud
Schyreburne, 8 Edw. I. Dorſet, Rot. 13. Blount 47.-
ketil Malore tenet quandam Terram et X s. Redditus in Oketon
et Dalton in Com. Ebor. de Serjantia Domini Regis, per Arche-
riam quam Terram Dominus Rex dedit eidem Anketilo in Ma-
ritagio cuni Filia et Hærede Willielmi de Muletorp; et tenet prä.
dictam Terram unius Archerie, quod inveniet unum Servientem
ad Cuſtodiam Caftri Ebor, tempore Garra, per XL Dies, ad
Cuſtum proprium. Debet etiam invenire unum Servientem ad
ducendum Thefaurum Domini Regis, per totum Comitatum
ad Cuſtum proprium, et extra Com. ad Cuftum Domini Regis.
Plac. Coron. Is Hed, III. Ebor. Rot. I. dorſo, Blount 48.
or
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117
or Bailiff, and which he left to them in pure Alms,
or Frank Almoigne *.
Serjantiam Cachepolli. The learned Spelman
ſays he underſtands the Word Catchpoll to
mean a Serjeant at Mace. Glofl
. 133.
We re-
tain the Word Catchpoll ftill for a Sheriff's Ba-
liff, or ſuch-like Officer. Blount,
TWIGWORTH.-Co. GLOUCESTER.
Robert le Sauvage holds one Yard-Land in Twig-
worth of our Lord the King, by the Service of five
Shillings a Year; and he ought to carry the King's
Writs which come to the Sheriff through that
County, at his own proper Charge to
STAPELTON.
Co. GLOUCESTER.
John de Allebyr holds one Yard-Land in Stapelton
in the County of Glouceſter, by Serjeanty of carry-
ing the Writs of our Lord the King from the Caſtle
of Glouceſter, one Day's Journey ||Sil, at his own pro-
* Hoſpitalarii tenent in Hereford, unum Meffiagium, cum
Pertin. quod Philippus Filius Odones tenuit per Serjantiam
Cachepolli, quod eis legavit in puram Eleemofynam. Teſta
Nevilli. Blount 49.-t Robertus le Sauvage tenet unam Vire
gatam Terræ in Twige worth de Domino Rege, per Servitium
quinque Solidorum per Annum, et debet portare Brevia Domini
Regis qnæ veniunt ad Vicecomitem, per Comitatum iftud, ad
Cuſtuin ſuum proprium. Plac. Itin, de Anno 5 Hen. Ilị. Glouc.
Blount 56.
&
H 3
per
118
PETIT SERJE ANTIES
per Charge, and further at the Charge of the
King *
|| S || Dieta. A Days Journey. Blount.--See Ainſ-
worth's Dict. of Law Lat.
WALETON, or WALTON.-Co. LANCASTER.
Richard de Waleton holds fourteen Oxgangs of
Land , with the Appurtenances, in Waleton in
the County of Lancaſter, of our Lord the King, by
the Serjeanty of making Executions of the Writs of
our Lord the King, and Attachments, in the Wa-
pentakes of Derby and Makerfield; and he is Bailiff
of the ſame in Fee t.
1 See Carleton, Page 104.
SINGLETON-PARVA.CO. LANCASTER, .
Thomas de Şingleton holds Little Singleton in the
County of Lancaſter, by the Service of making
Attachments and Executions of the Writs of our Lord
the King, and Attachments of Pleas of the Crown, in
* Johannes de Allebyr tenet unam Virgatam Terræ in Stapelton
in Com. Glouc. per Serjantiam ad portandum Brevia Dom.
Regis de Caſtello Gloučeſtriæ per unam Dictam ad Cuſtum ſuum
proprium, et ultra ad Cuftum Dom. Regis. Plac. Itin, ut
fupra
Blount 56.- Richardus de Waleton tenet quatuorde-
cim Bovatas Terræ, cum Pertinentiis in Waleton in Com. Lang.
de Domino Rege, per Serjantiam faciendi Executiones ad Brevia
Domini Regis, et Attachiamenta in Wapentachiis de Derby et
Makerfield, et eſt Ballivus eorundem de feudo. Plac. Coron.
Anno 20 Edw. I. Lanc. Blount 63.
the
RELATING TO THE LAWS.
119
the Wapentakes of Amorderneſs and Blackburnſhire,
from the Day his Father died ſeiſed *.
។
GLAPTON Co. NOTTINGHAM.
Gervas de Glapton, John de Skerrington, and
others, hold a Moiety of one Meffiage and of three
Oxgangs of Land in Glapton, by the Service of
finding an Under-Bailiff, for the Fee of Peverell in
the County of Nottingham f.
AEREFORD,Co. Oxon.
Lawrence of the Exchequer held two Carucates of
Land in Abbeford in the Pariſh of Afon, by the
Serjeanty of being Marſhall before the Juſtices in
Eyre, through all England, and before the Juſtices
of the Bench, and the Barons of the Exchequer I.
NETTLEBED.-Co. Oxon.
Oliver de Stanford held certain Land in Nettle-
bed in the County of Oxford, by the Serjeanty of
* Thomas de Singelton tenet parvum Singelton in Com. Lanc.
per Servitium faciendi Attachiamenta et Executiones ad Brevia
Domini Regis, et Attachiamenta ad Placita Coronæ in Vapen-
tachiis de Ainonderneſs et Blakeburnſchire, Die qua Pater ſuus
obiit ſeifitus. Plac. Coron. ut fupra. Blount 63.-- Gervaſius
de Glapton, Johannes de Skerrington, et alii, tenent Medietatem
unius Meffiagii et trium Bovatarum Terre in Glapton, per Ser:
yitium inveniendi unuin Sub-Bullivum, pro feodo Peverelli in
Com. Nottingham. Plac. Coron. de Ann. 3 Edw. III. Rot. 6.
in dorf. Noting. Blount 72.-] Laurentius de Scaccario tenuit
duas Carucatas Terræ in Abbeford in Parochia de Aſton, per Ser-
jantiam effendi Marefcallus coram Juſticiariis Itinerantibus per
totam Angliam, et coranı Juſticiariis de Banco et Baronibus de
Scaccario. Placi Coron. 13 Edw. I. Oxon. Blount 72.
being
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PETIT SERJE ANTIES
being Sealer of the Writs in the Chancery of our
Lord the King *
T Serjantiam Efpicurnantiæ. By the Office of Spi-
gurnel, or Sealer of the King's Writs in Chan-
cery. Blount.
WYLINGTON.Co. SOMERSET.
Walter de la Lynde holds the Bedellery 1*1 of the
Hundred of Wylington, and of the Hundred of Weſt-
Peret, in the County of Somerſet, by the Serjeanty
of finding Bedells (*1, to do the Office of Bedells I*I,
in the Hundreds aforeſaid: And the ſaid Walter
ſays, that our Lord King Henry (III.) Father of
our Lord the now King (Edward I.) granted to
John de Lynde, his Father, the aforeſaid Bedellery 1*1,
by his Charter, which he produced, &ct.
1*1 Bedellery, is the fame to a Bedell, as Bailiwick
to a Baliff; i. e. the Extent or Circuit of his
Office. Blount.-Bedell is derived of the French
Word Bedeau, which fignifies a Meſſenger of a
Court, or under Bailiff, a Verger or Mace-bearer.
Co. Litt. 234. b. Boyer's French Dict. Tit.
Beadeau. E.
* Oliverus de Stanford tenuit quandam Terram in Nettlebed
in Com. Oxon. per Serjantiam Eſpicurnantiæ Cancellaria Domini
Regis. Plac. Coron. ut ſupra. Blount 72.-† Walter de la
Lynde tenet Bedelleriam Hundredi de Wylington, et Hundredi
de Weſiperet in Corn. Somerſet, per Serjantiam inveniendi Be-
dellos ad Officium Bedellorum faciend. in Hundredis predictis.
Et Walterus dicit quod Dominus Henricus Rex, pater Domini
Regis nunc, conceffit Johanni de la Lynde patri fuo prædictam
Bedelleriam per Cartam ſuam, quam profert, &c. Plac, Coron.
de Ann. 8 Edw, I, Somer, Blount 75.
HANLEGH,
1
RELATING TO THE LAWS.
121
HANLEGH.Co. SUFFOLK.
Robert Bardolf holds a certain Tenement in Han-
legh in the County of Suffolk, in Capite of our Lord
the King, by the Serjeanty of being, and doing
the Office of Bailiff of the Honor of Hanlegh *.
LEDER EDE, now LEATHER HEAD.Co. Surrey.
William Frankelen holds certain Land in Lederede
in the County of Surrey, of the King's Fee, by
finding a Pavilion or Hall (S] for the County Court,
as often as the County Court ſhould happen to be
there held,
And Walter le Hore holds certain Land in the
fame Town, of the King's Fee, by finding a cer-
tain Houſe for a Priſon, when any Priſoner ſhould
happen to be taken at the Sheriff's Turn; but the
Priſon ought to be in the Cuſtody of the Sheriff
And William de Oxencroft holds certain Land in
the ſame Town, of the Fee of the Lord the King,
by finding a Pound for Cattle ſ, when any Cattle
ſhould be taken for the Debt of our Lord the King t.
[S] Scaunam.
:
* Robertus Bardolt tenet quoddam Tenementum in Hanlegh in
Com. Suffolk, per Serjantiam effendi et faciendi Officium Ballivi
Honoris de Hanlegh, in Capite de Domino Rege. Plac. Coron.
de Ann. 14 Edw. I. Rot. 9. Suffolk. Blount 77.-- Willielmus
Frankelen tenet quandam Terranı in Lederede in Com Surrey,
de Feodo Regis, inveniendo Scaunam ad Comitatum quotieſ.
cunque contigerit Comitatum ibi teneri. Et Walterus : Hore
tenet quandam Terram in eadem Villa de Feodo Regis, inveni.
endo quandam Domum ad Priſonam, cum contigerit aliquem
Priſonem capiari ad Turnum Vicecomitis, fed Prifones debent
elle in Cuſtodia Viceconitis. Et Willielmus de Oxencroft tenet
quandam Terram in eadem Villa de Feodo Domini Regis inve.
niendo
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[S] Scaunam. In the Record it ſeems to be ſo
written; perhaps it ſhould be Scenam, or a
Hall or Pavilion, wherein the Aſſizes or County
Court was to be held. Blount.
Parcum ad Averia. A Pound for Cattle.
ELYNG.Co. HANTS.
Roger de Elyng holds certain Land in Elyng in
the County of Southampton, by the Service of car-
rying the Writs which were to be ſent to the Sheriff
of Southampton, in the Iſle of Wight, and the Hun-
dreds of Chriſt's Church, Ringwood, and Fording-
bridge *.
Eston.Co. Oxon.
In the 52d Year of King Henry III. a Writ iſſued
to the Sheriff of Oxfordſhire, reciting, that it ap-
peared by Inquiſition that Roger de l'Exchequer, and
his Anceſtors, held their Land of Eſton in the
County of Oxford of the King, and his Anceſtors,
Kings of England, by the Service of keeping the
Door of the King's Exchequer, and not by Knight's
Service of the Honor of Wallingford t.
veniendo Parcum ad Averia, cum aliquz Aderia capta fuerint
pro Debito Domini Regis. Plac. Coronæ, 19 Hen. III. Surrey.
Blount 81,–* Rogerus de Elyng tenet quandam Terram in
Elyng, in Com. Southampton, per Servitium ad ferenda Brevia
Domini Regis, quæ mittenda funt Vicecomiti Southampton in
Inſula de Wight, in Hundredis de Chrift. Church, Ringewode, et
Ford. Plac. Coron. 8. Edw. I. Rot. 30. South. Blount 87.
- Madox's Excheq. 720.
SECT.
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123
SECT. VII. Of Petit Serjeanties, performed
in the King's Houſhold, and by finding him with
Clothes, and Proviſions, &c.
BROKENERST Co. HANTS.
Peter Spileman paid a Fine to the King for the
Lands which the faid Peter held by the Serjeanty
of finding an Eſquire (Servientem) with a Hamber-
gell [, or Coat of Mail, for forty Days in England,
and of finding Litter for the King's Bed , and Hay
for the King's Palfrey , when the King ſhould lie
at Brokenerſt in the County of Southampton *.
T A Shirt or Coat of Mail. Straw for the King's
Bed, and Hay for his Horſe. Blount.-It is
evident that Straw was uſed in the King's Bed,
ſo late as the Time of King Henry VIII. See
Archäologia, Vol. IV. Page 312.–See alſo
under Brokenerſt, Page 92.
AYLESBURY.Co. BUCKS.
William, Son of William de Aleſbury, holds three
Yard-Lands of our Lord the King in Aleſbury in
the County of Bucks, by the Serjeanty of finding
Straw for the Bed of our Lord the King, and to
Terris quas
* Petrus Spileman finem fecit cum Rege pro
dictus
Petrus tenuit, per Serjantiam inveniendi unum Servientem,
cum Hambergello, per XL Dies in Anglia, et inveniendi Litte.
ram ad Leftum Regis, Fænum ad Palefridum Regis, quando Rex
jacuerit apud Brokenerſt in Com. Southampton. Fines, Hil.
i Edw. II. H'ilts, Blount 18.
Nraw
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$
ſtraw his Chamber, and by paying three Eels to our
Lord the King, when he ſhould come to Aleſbury
in Winter [*]. And alſo finding for the King, when
he ſhould come to Aleſbury in Summer, Straw for
his Bed, and moreover Graſs or Ruſhes to ſtrew his
Chamber , and alſo paying two Green Geese ISI;
and theſe Services aforeſaid, he was to perform
thrice a Year, if the King ſhould happen to come
three Times to Aleſbury, and not oftener *.
[*] reme. Winter.--Herbam ad juncandam ca-
meram ſuam. Graſs or Ruſhes to ſtrew the King's
Chamber.
ISI Duas Gantas. Two Green Geeſe. Blount.-- From
Ganza, or Ganta, a Gooſe, or perhaps more
properly a Gander. E. See Ainſworth's Dict.
HAVERING.
Co. Essex.
The King granted to Richard, Son of William de
Havering, for his Homage and Service, fix Score
Acres of Land in Havering, by the Service of find-
* Willielmus, filius Willielmi de Aleſbury, tenet tres Virgatas
Terræ de Domino Rege in Aleſbury in Com, Buck. per Ser-
jantiam inveniendi Stramen ad Lectum Domini Regis, et ad
Straminandam Cameram ſuam, et reddendi tres Anguillas Do-
mino Regi, cum venerit apud Alejbury in Yeme. Et etiam in-
veniendi Domino Regi, cum venerit apud Aleſbury, in Eſtate
Siramen ad Lectum ſuum, et præter hoc Herbam ad juncandam
Cameram ſuam, et etiam reddet duas Gantas, et hæc Servitia
prædicta faciet ter in Anno, fi contigerit ipfum Regem ter venire
apud Aleſbury, et non pluries. Plac. Coron, de 14 Edw. I.
Bucks. Blount 28.
ing
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ing Litter in the Cłamber of Havering, on every
Coming of the King there *.
Stow.Co. CAMBRIDGE. ,
John de Curtefe held thirty Acres of Land in Stow
in the County of Cambridge, by the Serjeanty of
carrying a Trufs T of Hay to the Neceſſary Houſe of
our Lord the King, when the King paffed through
thoſe Parts, and it is rated at the Exchequer at ten
Shillings a Yeart.
Truſula. Diminutive of Truſſa, a Trufs or
Bundle. See Ainſworth's Dict. of Law Lat. E.
BURES.- Co. Essex.
William de Bigod holds, with his Wife, the Town
of Bures, and the Hundred, of our Lord the King in
Capite, to wit, the Town of Bures, by the Sera
jeanty of the Chandèlry ISI, and the Town was
worth a hundred Shillings, and for the Hundred,
he paid at the Exchequer eighteen Pounds I.
Ist Eſchan-
* Rex conceffit Richardo, Filius Willielmi de Havering, pro
Homagio et Servicio, ſuo Sexies viginti Acras Terræ in Haveri
ing, per Servicium inveniendi Litteriam in Cainera de Hadering
in quolibet Adventu Regis, &c. Clauſ. 19 Hen. III. M. 5.
Communicated by Thomas Aftle, Eſq. Johannes de Curtefe
tenuit XXX Acras Terræ in Stow in Com. Cantabr. per
Serjantiam adducendum unam Truffulam Fæni ad Cloacham
Domini Regis, cum ipſe Rex tranſierit per Partes illas, et
arrentatar ad Scaccarium Domini Regis ad X s. per Ann.
Placita Coronæ apud Cantabrigiæ, 21 Edward I. Blount 28.
- Willielmus de Bigod tenet, cum Uxore fua, Villam de Bxres,
et Hundredum, de Domino Rege in Capite; fcil. Villam de
Buress
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IS1 Eſchanderia. The Chandry, where the Candles
were kept. Blount.
LINDESHULL.-Co. HANTS.
William le Moyne (or the Monk) holds two Hides
of Land in Lindeſhull in the County of Southampton,
of our Lord the King in Capite, by the Serjeanty
of keeping the Doors of the King's Larder *
SCHIPTON.--Co. GLOUCESTER.
William le Moyne holds the Manor of Schipton in
the County of Glouceſter, of our Lord the King, by
the Serjeanty of keeping the Larder of the King to
FROLLEBURY.
Co. HANTS.
William de Winterſhull holds the Manor of Frolle-
bury in the County of Southampton, in Capite of
our Lord the King, by the Serjeanty of keeping
the Doors of the King's Wardrobe 1.
Bures, per Serjantiam Eſchanderia, et valet Villa Cso et de
Hundredo, reddit ad Scaccarium XVIII L. Pla. Cor. Ir Hen. III.
Rot, I. apud Chelmsford. Blount 50.--* Willielmus le Moyne
tenet duas Hidas Terræ in Lyndefull in Com. Southampton, de
Domino Rege in Capite, per Serjantiam cuftodiendi Hoftium
Lardarii Domini Regis. Placita Coronæ, 8 Edw. I. Rot. 23.
South, Blount 85.-- + Willielmus le Moyne tenet Manerium de
Schipton in Com. Glouc. de Domino Rege, per Serjantiam cu-
ftodiendi Lardarium Domini Regis. Plac. Itin. de Anno 56
Hen. III. Glouc. Blount 56.-- Willielmus de Winterſhull tenet
Manerium de Frolle bury in Com. Southampton, in Capite de Do-
mino Rege, per Serjantiam cuſtodiendi Hoſtium Garderobe Do.
mini Regis. Plac. Cor. 8 Edw. I. Rot. 23. South, Blount 85.
BENHAM,
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BENHAM.Co. BERKS.
William de Valence holds ten Pounds a Year of
Land in that Town, which had eſcheated to our
Lord the King by (the Attainder of) Hugh Wake,
by the Serjeanty of keeping the Door of the King's
Chamber *
CUMBERTON.
Co. CAMBRIDGE.
Alexander Hered holds Half a Hide of Land in
Cumberton in the County of Cambridge, of our Lord
the King, by the Serjeanty of being the King's
Baker t.
ASHLEY. -Co.
John de Haſtings holds the Manor which is called
the Uppe-Hall, in Aſbele, in Capite of our Lord the
King, by the Serjeanty of being Pantler | to him I
Pannetarius. Pantler. An Officer who keeps
the Bread in a King's or Nobleman's Houſe,
from the French Panetier.
* Willielmus de Valence tenet decem Libratas Terræ de Do.
mino Rege in eadem Villa, quæ fuit Efcaeta Domino Regi, per
dugonem Wake, per Serjantiam cuftodiendi Holium Camere
Domini Regis. Pla. Cor. ápud Windefor, 12 Edw. I. Blount 38.
-t Alexander Hered tenet dimidiam Hidam Terræ in Cumbero
ton Com. Cantabr. de Domino Rege, per Serjantiam effendi
Pillor Domini Regis. Plac. Coron. 14 Edw. I. Cant. Blount 42.
- Johannes de Hajiings tenet Manerium quod vocatur le Up-
pehall in Aſhelt, in Capite de Domino Rege, per Serjantiam
effendi Pannetarius Domini Regis. Rot. fin. 6 Joh. m. 28. in
dorf. Blount 68.
PUSHILL,
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PUSHILL.-Co. OXFORD.
Pufhill, in the Chiltern Parts of Oxfordſhire, was
held by the Family of D’Oyly, by paying yearly to
the King a Table Eloth of three Shillings Price, or
three Shillings for all Service *
KINGSTON-RUSSÉL. --Co. DORSET.
William Ruſſel holds Kingſton in the County of
Dorſet, in Capite of our Lord the King, by Ser-
jeanty of being Keeper of the Door of his Butlery T,
at the four principal Feafts yearly t.
Botilarium, the ſame as Botelaria. A Buttery
or Cellar. Ainſworth's Dict. Law Lat.
.
H0.- Co. Esse *.
Jeremy del Ho, and Ralph de Coggeſhale hold the
Fee of Ho in Rivahale, which is of the Honor of
Bologne, and worth forty Shillings (yearly) and
they ought to hold it by the Service of the Chamber-
lainſhip f*f in the County of Devon, and now they
do no Service for it, except Payment of two Wart-
penys ||$|| a Year, to the Hundred of Witham f.
Blount 47.
* Holland's Addit. to Camden's Brit. Tir. Oxfordſhire.
+ Willielmus Rufel tenet Kingefton in Com. Dorſet, in Capite
de Domino Rege, per Serjantiam effendi Cuftos Offii Botilarii
Domini Regis, per quatuor principalia Fefta per Annum. Pla,
Coron. apud Schyreburne, 8 Edw. I. Rot. 14.
#.Jeremy del Ho, et Radulfus de Coggeſale tenent feodum del
Ho in Rivahale, quod eft de Honore Bononiæ, et valet XL s. et
debent tenere per Servitium Chamberlangeriæ, in Com. Devon,
et modo nullum Servitium faciunt, niſi duos Wartpenys per Anno
ad Hundredum de Wyham. Plac. Coron, 11 Hen. III. Rot. 1.
apud Chelmsford. Blount 49.
*1 Chambert
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129
1*1 Chamberlangeria. Chamberlainſhip. Blount.
IISI Wartpenys. Ward-pennies, or Money paid to the
Sheriff or Caftellain, towards the Guard or De-
fence of a Caſtle. Blount.
UPTON..Co. GLOUCESTER.
William de Kingsham holds two Acres of Land
there, by the Serjeanty of keeping the Door of the
King's Difpenfary [S] *.
[S] Diſpenforium. A Buttery, from the French
Depenſe, a Buttery or Pantry.
LiLLESTON..-Co. MIDDLESEX.
In the 22d Year of King Edward I. Otha fitż Wil.
liam held the Manor of Lilleſton in the County of
Middleſex, of King Henry, Father of the preſent
King, in Capite, by the Serjeanty of keeping the
King's Money Stamp T. But the Maſter of the
Knights Templers now hold it, &c. to
.
Cuneum Moneta. Is expounded by the learned
Spelman, Sigillum ferreum quo nummus (nụinmis)
cuditur (an Iron Stamp with which Money is coined)
* Willielmus de Kingsham tenet duas Acras Terræ per Ser-
jantiam cuftodiendi Hoftium Difpenforii Domini Regis. Plac.
Itin. de Anno 5 Hen. III, Glouc. Blount 56.m-t Oto filius
Willielmi tenuit Manerium de Lilleſton in Com. Middleſex, de
Domino Rege Henrico, Patre Domini Regis nunc, in Capite,
per Serjantiam cuftodiendi Cuneum Monete Domini Regis. Sed
Magiſter Militia Templi modo tenet, &c. Plac. Coron. 22 Edw.I.
Blount 65.
1
the
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the King's Stamp for Coinage: And from this
Cuneum, comes our Word Coin, quafi Cune. .
Blount,
Little HOLLAND.Co, Essex.
William Drury, who died 7th May, 31 Eliz. 1589,
held the Manor of Little. Holland in the County
of Eſſex, of the Queen, as of her Manor of Wickes,
alias Parks-Hall, late Parcel of the Duchy of Lan-
caſter, by the Service of one Knight's Fee, and
the Rent of one Pair of Gloves turned up with
Hare's Skin *.
HENLEY,
-Co. WARWICK.
Lands in Henley in the County of Warwick, were
held by Edmund, Lard Stafford, by the Service of
three Shillings, or a pair of Scarlet Hoje f.
COTTINGTON.- Co., NOTTINGHAM.
Walter de Mariſco (or de Marfb) held the Manor
of Cottinton in the County of Nottingham, by the
Service of preſenting the King yearly with a Pair
of Scarlet Hose 1.
LYNDEBY.Co. NOTTINGHAM,
John de Metham and Sybilla his Wife held of the
King in Capite, the Moiety of the Town of Lyn-
deby, by the Service of paying only a Coat or Cloak
* Per Servic. 1. Feodi Mil. Et reddit unius paris Chirothe-
carum de Pelle Leporina duplicat. Inquis. 27. Apr. 32 Eliz.
No. 210. Communicated by Thomas Affle, Eſq.-t Eſcaet.
24 Edw. I. N. 59. Blount 2.-_Teſta de Nevil. Blount 87.
of
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131
of Grey furred Skins [, at the Exchequer of our
Lord the King *
The Town of Lindeby in the County of Notting-
ham, was an Efcheat of the King's of the Honor
of Peverell, and William de Saint Michael had one
Moiety of it, by the Gift of King John, paying
yearly in the King's Chamber a Fur of Grife IISA .
| Pelicium de Grifeó. A Grey furred Coat or Pilch.
Blount.
118|| Grey Fur. Blount.-Gris was an Animal, but
not known as I take it in England. The Fur,
however, was in Efteein here. Vide Cotgrave.
Du Freſne, v. Griſeum. P.
WEST HAURED,
-Co. BERKS.
One William de Inſula (de l'INe) held one Ca-
rucate of Land, with the Appurtenances in Weſt
Haured, by the Serjeanty of buying Ale for the Uſe
of our Lord the King, and it is worth by the Year
one hundred Shillings 1.
RAKEY.CO. NORFOLK.
Walter de Burgh and his Partners, hold fixteen
Pound Lands in Rakey in the County of Norfolk,
* Johannnes de Metham et Sibilla Uxor ejus tenuerunt de
Rege in Capite Medietatem Villa de Lyndeby, per Servitium
reddendi Pellicium de Grifeo, ad Scaccarium Domini Regis tan-
tum. Efcaet. 5 Edw. II. Blount 28.-t Teſta Nevilli. Blount 93.
-- Quidam Willielmus de Infula tenuit Carucatam Terræ, cum
Pertin. in Weſt Haured, per Serjantiam emendi Cerviſi am ad
Opus Domini Regis; et valet per Ann. Cs. Plac. Coron. apud
Windejor, 12 Edw. I. Rot. 29. in dorſo. Blount 39.
by
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by the Scrjeanty of paying two Mues HSII (or Muids)
of Red Wine, and two Hundred of Pears called
Permeines, to be paid at the Feaſt of St. Michael
yearly, at the King's Exchequer *.
Librata Terræ. Is a Pound-Land, or ſo much
as is yearly worth XX s. Blount. See Page 63.
||||| Mues Vini. Mue, Muid. Fr. Muta, Lat. a Hogf-
head. A. See Muid de Vin. Boyer's Fr. Dict. E.
RUNHAM.Co. NORFOLK.
Walter de Hevene held the Manor of Runham in the
County of Norfolk, in Capite of our Lord the King,
by the Serjeanty of two Mues of Wine I*I made of
Permains, to be paid to the King at his Exchequer,
yearly, at the Feaft of St. Michael t.
**1 How much Muta Vinig or a Mue of Wine was,
I know not, but it is worth the obſerving, that
in King Edward the Firſt's Time, Permain-Cyder
was called Wine. Blount.-Muta Vini, a Hoga
head. A. See the Note above. E.
* Valterus de Burgh et Participes fui, tenent XVI Libratas
Terræ in Rakey in Com. Norf. per Serjantiam duorum Mues
Vini rubei et ducentorum Pirorum de Permeines, folvendorum ad
Feftum Sancti Michalis quolibet Anno ad Scaccarium Domini
Regis. Rot. Fin. 6 Joh. M. 39. Blount 69.~f Walterus de,
Hepene tenuit Manerium de Runham in Com. Norf. in Capite
de Domino Rege, per Serjantiam duarum Mutarum Vini facti
de Permains, folvend. Domino Regi ad Scaccarium per Ann. ad
Feſtum Sancti Michalis. Rot. fin. 6 Joh. M. 48. in dorfo.
Blount 69.
STONEY,
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STONEY ASTON. Co. SOMERSET.
Bartholomew Peytevyn (Poiĉtouvin) holds two Caru-
cates of Land in Stoney-Aſton in the County of So-
merſet, of our Lord the King in Capite, by the Ser-
vice of one Sextary of Clove Wine |IS|I, to be paid
to the King yearly, at Chriſtmas. And the ſaid
Land is worth ten Pounds a Year *.
A Sextary of July-Flower Wine, and a Sextary
contained about a Pint and an Half, ſometimes
more, Blount.
!
NISH Sextarium Vini Garicphilati. Clove Wine, of the
Nature of Hippocras, or ſpiced Wine. A. See
Page 53, Winterſlew.
STERT,Co. SOMERSET.
Matthew de Chamfleur holds the Manor of Sterte
in the County of Somerſet, in Capite of our Lord
the King, by the Serjeanty of one Grune [*] of
Wine, to be paid yearly, at the King's Exchequer,
at the Feaſt of St. Michael. It is rated at III s. a
Year Rentt:
* Bartholomæus Peytevyn tenet duas Carucatas Terræ in
Stoney-Apon in Com. Somerſet, de Domino Rege in Capite, per
Servitium unius Sextarii Vini Gariophilati, reddendo Domino
Regi per Annum, ad Natale Domini. Et valet dieta Terra per
Ann. XI. Plac. Coron. de Ann. 8 Edw. I. Somerſet. Blount 76.
- Mattheus de Chanfieur tenet Manerium de Sterte in Com,
Somerſet, in Capite de Domino Rege, per Serjantiam unius
Gruna Vini, folvend. per Annum ad Scaccarium Domini Regis,
ad Feſtum Sancti Michalis. Arrentata eſt ad III s. per Annum.
Plac. Cor. de Ann. 8 Edw. I. Somerſet. Blount 76.
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[*] What Quantity this Gruna Vini was, I am to
ſeek Blount.
N. B. Blount's Scribe, I ſuſpected at firſt, mil-
read Gruna for Gauna, a Gallon; but as 35.
ſeems to be too much for a Gallon of Wine, I
now think the Word was not Gauna, but Cuna,
or Cuva. P.
BISCOPESTRE. Co,
King Griffin (Griffith ap Llewelyn ap Sitfyllt, or
Griffith ap Conan) had a Manor at Biſcopeſtreu; and
he had one Carucate of Land in Demefne, and his
Men fix Carucates. When the King himſelf came
thither every Carucate paid to him two hundred
Fowls , one Caſk ist full of Ale, and one Ruſhin [1]
of Butter *.
Heſthas. Heſtha may be a Corruption of the
Latin Hecta, a little Loaf of Bread. Sir H. Spel.
man interprets theſe Heſtha's, Capons, from the
Fr. Heftaud and Heftaudeau ; but it ſeems more
probable that every Plowland ſhould pay two
hundred Loaves, rather than ſo many Capons.
Blount.--- Eftaudeaux, Barn-Door Fowls, vul-
garly ſo called.---Heſtaudeau is a young Hen, (Pul:
let) pronounced corruptedly in the Scottiſh Lan-
guage at this Day Howtoudys. A.
* Habuit Rex Grifin unum Manerium Biſcopeſtreu, et in Do-
minio unam Carucatam habebat, et Homines ejus ſex Carucas,
Quando ipfe Rex ibi veniebat, reddebat ei unaquæque Caraca
CC Hellhas, unam Cunam (Cuvam plenam Cerviſia, et unam
Butyri Rufcam. Doomeſday tit. Ceftre. Blount 80.
ISI Cuna,
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ISI Cuna. Cuva, a Jugg or Cafk. A.---A Tub or
Cump full of Ale. Blount.
[1] Ruſca Butyri. A Tub of Butter : In Ireland ſtill
called a Rufhin of Butter. Blount.---Ruſia,
Lat, Ruche, Fr. a Hive. A.Rufca, a Tub
or Barrel, Ruſca Butyri, a Firkin of Butter.
Ainſworth's Law Lat. Dict. E.
YARMOUTH.Co. NORFOLK.
This Town, by Charter, is bound to ſend to
the Sheriffs of Norwich a hundred Herrings, which
are to be baked in Fwenty four Pies or Paſties, and
thence delivered to the Lord of the Manor of Eaſt-
Carlton, who is to convey them to the King *
CARLTON.CO. NORFOLK.
Euſtáce de Corfon, Thomas de Berkedich, and Ro-
bert de Wethen, hold thirty Acres of Land in the
Town of Carlton in the County of Norfolk, by the
Serjeanty of carrying to our Lord the King, where-
ſoever he ſhould be in England, Twenty four Paſties
of freſh Herrings at their firſt coming in t.
WINGFIELD.Co. SUFFOLK.
Geoffrey Frumband held fixty Acres of Land in
Wing fend in the County of Suffolk, by the Service
* Camd. Brit. Tit. Norfolk.- Euftachius de Gorfon, Thomas
de Berked.ch, et Robertus de Wethen, tenent triginta Acras Terræ
in Villa de Carlton in Com. Norfolk, per Serjantiam ducendi
Domino Regi, ubicunque fuerit in Anglia, viginti et quatuor
Paſtillos de freſh Alec in primo adventu. Pla. Coron. de Ann.
14 Edw. I. Rot. 3. Norf. Blount 67.
14
of
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of paying to our Lord the King two White Doves
yearly *.
MIDLOVENT,Co. SUSSEX.
William de Thadebam holds two Hides of Land at
Midiovent in the County of Suſſex, of our Lord
the King in Capite, and he uſed to pay for the
fame, unto him yeary, two White Capons (; and
now he pays a Mark +.
Duos Chapones albos. Two White Capons.
BOSEHAM.Co. Sussex.
William Papylon holds Land in Boſeham by the ſame
Service 1
Roger Papilon holds one Meffuage, one Mill, and
three Yard-Lands in Boſebam in the County of
Sufex, by the Service of carrying two White Capons
to our Lord the King, as often as he ſhould paſs
by the Gate of the ſaid Roger S.
* Galfridus Srumband tenuit fexaginta Acras Terræ in Wing-
fend in Com. Suffolk, per Seryitium reddendi Domino Regi
duas Albas Columbas per Annum. Plac. Coron. 4 Edw. I.
Rot. 6. Dorſo. Blount 77.--t Willielmus de Thade hain tenet
duas Hidas Terræ apud Midlovent in Com: Suffex, de Domino
Rege în Capite, et ſolebat reddere pro eadem Terra Domino
Regi per Annum duos Chapones Albos, et modo reddit unam
Marcam. Plac. Coron. de Ann. 7 Edw. 1. Rot. 93. Suffex.
Blount 82.- Et Willielmus Papylon tenet Terram in Boſeham
per idem Servitium. Plac. Coron. de Ann. 7 Edw. I. Rot. 93,
Suſſex. Blount 82.-- Rogerus Papilon tenet unum Meffuagium,
unum Molendinum, et tres Virgatas Terræ in Boſeham in Com.
Suſſex, per Servitium portandi Domino Regi duos Albos Capones,
quotiens tranſierit per Portam ipſius Rogeri. Pla. Cor. 16 Edw. I.
Rot. 67. dorſo. Suffex. Blount 83.
ELSTON,
BY TAKING CARE OF WHORES, &c.
137
ELSTON.-Co. NOTTINGHAM.
Thomas Rooper and William Wright claimed againſt
Francis Leek, Eſquire, the Manor of Elſon in the
County of Nottingham, with the Appurtenances,
and the Rent of one Pound of Cummin Seed, two
Pairs of Gloves, and a Stęel Needle, in Elſton, Thorpe,
and Stoke by Newark *.
FINCHINGFIELD.Co. Essex.
John Compes held this Manor of King Edward III,
by the Service of turning the Spit at his Corona-
tion
SECT. VIII. Of Petit Serjeanties performed by
keeping and taking care of the King's Whores,
Laundrefſes, and Women,
BOROUGH of GUILDFORD.Co. SURREY.
Robert Teſtard held certain Land in the Town of
Guldeford, by Serjeanty of keeping the Whores
in the Court of our Lord the King. And it is ſet
at XXV s. a Year Rent
Mich. 32 Hen. VIII. Rot. 122. Nottingh. Blount $7.-
+ Camd. Brit. Tit. Ellex.- Robertus Teflard tenuit quandam
Terram in Villa de Guldeford, per Serjantiam cuſtodiendi Me.
retrices in Curia Domini Regis. Et arrentata eft ad XXV's,
Plac. Coron. 19 Hen. III. Surrey. Blount 8.
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Thomas
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138
PETIT SER JEANTIES
Thomas de la Puille holds one Serjeanty in the
Town of Guldeford of the Gift of Richard Teſtard,
for which he formerly uſed to keep the Laundreſſes it
of the King's Court; and now he pays at the Ex-
chequer XXV 5 *
| By Meretrices was in thoſe Times underſtood
Laundreſſes. Blount.-But certainly the King's
Houfhold uſed to be furniſhed with Meretrices,
properly ſo called; for, amongſt the Articles
deviſed for the Eſtabliſhment of good Order
in the King's Houſhold, 22 Hen. VIII. is the
following, viz." That the Knight Marſhall
take good Regard that all ſuch unthrifty and
Common Women as follow the Court be baniſhed.”
Cap. 41. Archæologia, Vol. III. Page 155. E.
The Laundrefies are called Lotrices in the next
Article. P.
Lotrices. Laundreſſes. A.
BOCKHAMPTON.-
Co. BERKS.
William Hoppeſhort holds Half a Yard-Land in that
Town of our Lord the King, by the Service of
keeping for the King fix Damſels, to wit, Whores T
* Thomas de la Puille tenet unam Serjantiam in Villa de
Guldeford de Dono Richardi Teftard, per quam aliquando folebat
fervare Lotrices Curlæ Domini Regis, et modo reddit ad Scacca
rium XXV s. Plac. Coron. de Ang. 39 Hen. HI. Surkey
Blount 79.
at
BY TAKING CARE OF WHORES, &c. 139
at the Coſt of the King *.--This was called Pimp-
Tenuret
GATESHILL. Co, SURREY.
Robert de Gatton holds the Manor of Gateſhill in
the County of Surrey, by the Serjeanty of being
Marſhall of twelve Girls who followed the King's
Court I.
Hamo de Gatton holds the Manor of Gateſhull in
the County of Surrey, of our Lord the King, by
Serjeanty of being Marſhall of the Whores | when
the King ſhould come into thoſe Parts. And
he was not to hold it but at the Will of the
King S.
The Word Meretrices was heretofore uſed for
Lotrices or Laundrefes, Blount.-Tralatitious
Terms, Meretrix meant formerly what it now
means.-Cuſtos Meretricium publice venalium in
Lupanari de Roth. A,
Ju Gentmag. april 1789.p.320.
Blout 39.
* Willielmus Hoppeſhort tenet dimidiam Virgatam Terræ in
eadem Villa de Domino Rege, per Servitium cuftodiendi Domino
Regi ſex Damiſellas, ſcil. Meretrices, ad Cultum Domini Regis.
Plac. Coron. apud Windefor, 12 Edw, I. Rot. 28. in dorſo.
-t Jac. Law Dict. ſob voce Pimp Tenure.-
# Robertus do Gatton tenet Manerium de Gateſhill in Com. Sur.
rey, per Serjantiam Marefcalli duodecem Puellarum, quæ fe-
quuntur Curiam Domini Regis. Plac. Coron.' 19 Hen. 111.
Șurrey. Blount 80.- Hamo de Gatton tenet Manerium de
Gatebul in Com. Surrey, de Domino Rege, per Serjantiam ut
erit Mareſiallus Meretricum cum Dominus Rex venerit in Parti-
bus illis, et ton tehet nifi ad Volantatem ipfia's Regis.' Plac.
Coron, 19 Hen. III. Surrey. Blount 82.
SCHYRE-
140
PETIT SER JEANTIES
SCHYREFEND, or ShireFIELD,-Co. Hants,
John de Winter hul holds the Manor of Schyrefend,
in the County aforeſaid, by the Serjeanty of find-
ing a Serjeant to keep the Whores in the Army
of our Lord the King *,
SECT. IX. Of Petit Serjeanties performed by
hunting, finding, keeping, and nurſing of Dogs, &c.
GIDDING-MAGNA. Co. HUNTINGDON.
John Engayne holds one Carucate of Land in
Great Gidding in the County of Huntingdon, by the
Serjeanty of Hunting the Wolf, Fox, and Cat, and
driving away all Vermin out of the Foreſt of our
Lord the King in that County t.
PIGHTESLEY.
Co. NORTHAMPTON,
Sir John D'engayne, Knight, and Elena D'en-
gayne,
hold of our Lord the King in Capite, twenty
Pounds of Land, with the Appurtenances, in
Pighteſley in the County of Northampton, by the
* Johannes de Wintreſnul tenet Maneriųm de hyrefend in
Com. prædicto, per Seijantiam inveniendi unum Serjantum ad
cuſtodiendum Meretrices in Exercitu Domini Regis.
Plac.
Coron. 8 Edw. I, Rot. 13. South. Blount 85. Johannes
Engayne tenet unam Carucatan Terræ in Magna Gidding in
Com. Hunt. per Serjantiam currendi ad Lipum, Vulpem, et
Cattum, et amovendi omnem Verminam extra Foreſtam Domini
Regis in Comitatu iſto. Plac. Coron. 14 Edw. I. Rot. 7. Dorſo,
Hunt. Blount 69.
Service
BY HUNTING, &c.
141
Service of hunting the Wolf for his Pleaſure in that
County *.
Thomas Engaine held certain Lands in Pighteſle
(now called Pitchley) in the County of Northampton,
by the Service of finding, at his own proper Cofts,
certain Dogs for the Deſtruction of Wolves, Mar-
tons, Cats, and other Vermin within the Counties
of Northampton, Rutland, Oxford, Eſex, and Buck-
ingham t.
BERICOTE. -Co. WARWICK.
King Henry II. enfeoffed one Boſcher, his Ser.
vant, with the Manor of Bericote in the County of
Warwick, by the Service of keeping a White young
Brach (Brachetam) with Red Ears, to be delivered
to the King at the Year's End, and then to receive
another to breed up, with Half a Quarter of Bran .
Bracheta. A Bitch Hound. R. -We call a
Bitch, which. follows a Hare by the Scent, a
Brach, at this Time-Spelm S. A. Fr. Bra-
chet. Cotgrave. P.
STANHOW.CO. NORFOLK.
Joan, late Wife of John King, holds a certain
Serjeanty in Stanhow in the County of Norfolk, by
* Johannes D'engayne, Miles, at Elena D'engayne tenent de
Domino Rege in Capite, viginti Libratas Terræ, cum Pertin. in
Pighteſe in Com. Northampton, per Servitium fugandi ad Lu-
pum pro Voluntate fua in Comitatu iſto. Plac. Coron. 3 Edw. I.
Rot. 20. in dorſo. Blount 71.-t Rot. fin. 42 Edw. II. M. 13.
Blount 15.- Sir W. Dugd. Antiq. of Warwickſhire. Blount 2.
- Speln. Glof. 87.
the
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PETIT SERJEANTIES
the Service of keeping Bracelettum deymerettum Isi
of our Lord the King *.
ISI Bracelettum deymerettum. Bracelettas and Ber-
celettus I conceive to be the ſame, and to mean
a ſmall Hound or Beagle, from Brache. Vide
fupra. P. and Quære what the Meaning of
Deymerettum is? E.
SETENE, or SEATON..Co. Kent.
Bertram de Criol held the Manor of Sétene in the
County of Kent, of the King by Serjeanty, viz. to
provide one Man called Veltrarius , a Vautrer, to
lead three Greyhounds when the King fhould go
into Gafcogny, ſo long as a Pair of Shoes of Four-
pence Price ſhould taft f.
Sir Richard Rockeſley, Knight, held Lands at Seaton
in the County of Kent, by the Serjeanty of being
the King's Vautrer, ISI in Gaſcogny, until he had
worn out a Pair of Shoes of the Price of Fourpence 1.
This Veltrarius, or Vautrarius, comes from the
French Vaultre, a Mongrel Hound for the Chace
* Johanna, quæ fuit Uxor Johannis King, tenet quandam
Serjantiam in Stanhow in Com. Norf. per Serjantiam cuftodiendi
unum Bracelettum deymerettam Domini Regis. Rot. fin. 6 Joh.
m., 58. Blount 70. + Efcaet. 34. Edw. I. N. 37. Kent.
Blaunt 9. Richardus Rokeſley, Miles, tenebat Terras Scatonive
in Com. Hantie, per Serjantiam effe Vautrarium Regis in Gaf
conia donec perufus fuit pari Solitaruin Pretii IIII d. Rot. fin.
Mich. 11 Edw. II. Blount 35.
of
:
BY HUNTING, &c.
143
of the Wild Boar.---This Vautrarium Regis is by
fome mis-written Vantrarium, and englifhed the
King's Fore-Footman. Blount *.
IS! Greyhounds in Germany are called Welters, in
Italy Veltres, &c. Et.
Cores.Co. DERBY.
Sir Stephen de Segrave, in King Henry the Third's
Time, purchaſed the Manor of Cotes in the County
of Derby, of the Daughters and Heirs of Stephen de
Beauchamp, to hold by the Service of one Brache
yearly 1.
WOD ENAM-MORTIMER.Co. Essex.
Hardekyn holds a certain Tenement in Wodeham-
Mortimer in the County of Effex, by Serjeanty of
nurſing one Brachet 15 of our Lord the King,
when he ſhould ſend it to him to nurſe, and keep-
ing it till it ſhould be fit to run S.
IIS II Brachettam. A little Brache; or Bitch Hound.
Blount. Vide fupra, Page 142.
BENHAM.Co., BERKS.
William Lovell holds two Carucates of Land of
our Lord the King, at Benham in the County of
* Coke on Lit. fo. 69. b. Spelm. Gloff. P. 550.at Jac. Law
Dict. ſub Verbo Vettrarius. Clauſ. 13. Hen. III. M. 20.
Blount II.- Hardekynus tenet quoddam Tenementum in Wode
ham-Mortimer in Com. Ellex, per Serjantiam ad nutriendam unum
Brachettam Domini Regis, cum Dominus Rex ei illam miſerit ad
nutriendam, et cuftodiendi quouſque habilis fuerit et currendum,
Plac. Coron, de 13 Edw. I. Blount 26.
Berks,
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PETIT SER JEANTIES
Berks, by the Serjeanty of keeping a Kennel of IS
Harriers at the King's Coſt *.
Sl Meuta Deynectorüm Canum. A Pack of I know
not what Dogs Blount.
N. B. Muta, or Meuta as more rightly in Blount,
Page 39, undoubtedly ſignifies a Kennel, and
is the word Mew latinized. The monſtrous
Word Deynectorum is the Creation of Blount's
Scribe, either for Harectorum, ſee the next Ar-
ticle, and then means Harriers, or Heymectorum,
Terriers.
BOKHAMPTON Co. Berks.
John le Bay holds two Hides of Land of our
Lord the King, in Bokhampton, by the Serjeanty of
keeping a Kennel of little Harriers f, at the King's
Coſt t.
Meuta Caniculorum Harrectorum. Å Kennel of
little Hounds, called Harriers. Blount.
PORSCÁU N DEL
Co. DORSET.
Juliana the Wife of John fitz Alan, held Half a
Hide of Land in Porſcaundel in the County of Dors
* Willielmus Lovell tenet duas Carucatas Terræ de Domino
Rege apud Benham in Com. Berks, per Serjantiam cuftodiendi
unam Meutam Deyneétorum Canum, ad Cuſtum Domini Regiś.
Plac. Coron. apud Windefor, 12 Edw. I. Blount 38.-+ Johan.
nes le Bay tenet duas Hidas Terræ de Domino Rege in Boke
hampton, per Serjantiam cuſtudiendi unam Meutam Caniculorum
Harreétorum, ad Cuftum Domini Regis. Plac. Coron. apud
Windefor, 12 Edw. I. Rot. 28. in dorſo: Blount 39.
fet,
BY HUNTING, &c.
145
ſet, in Capite of our Lord the King, by Serjeanty
of keeping the Lame (hurt or wounded) Dogs ſ, if
there ſhould be any ſuch, as often as the King
ſhould hunt in his Foreſt of Blakemore; and by
giving one Penny for encloſing |S|| the King's Park
of Gillingham *.
Canes lefos. Leaſh Hounds, or Park Hounds, ſuch
as draw after a hurt Deer in a Leach, or Liam.
Blount. I can meet with no ſuch Word in this
Senſe: Why may it not be Dogs that have re-
ceived ſome Hurt? Lajos from Lædo, A.
IISH Clauſturam. A Tax for fencing. A.
UPMINSTER: Co. Essex.
John Engayne holds the Manor of Upminſter in
the County of Eſſex, which is worth XXXI. a
Year, by the Serjeanty of keeping the Hare Dogs
or Greyhounds I*I of our Lord the King t.
*** Canes Leporarios.
Hounds for the Hare, or
Greyhounds. Blount. .
* Juliana, Uxor Johannis filii Alani, tenuit dimidiam Hidam
Terræ in Porſcaundel in Com. Dorſet, in Capite de Domino
Rege, per Serjantiam cuftodiendi Ganes Domini Regis lefos, fi
qui fuerint, quotieſcunque Dominus Rex fugaverit in Foreſta ſua
de Blakemore. Et ad dandum unum Denarium ad Clauſturam
Parci Domini Regis de Gillingham. Plac. Coron. apud Schyre-
burne, 8 Edw. I. Rot. 10. Dorſet. Blount 46.-- Johannes
Engayne tenet Manerium de Upmeniſire in Com. Ellex, quod
valet per Ann. XXXI. per Serjantiam cuftodiendi Canes Le.
porarios Domini Regis. Plac. Coron, 13 Edw. I. Effex.
Blount 50.
K
BOYTON,
140
PETIT SERJEANTIES
BOYTON.Co. Essex.
William de Reynes formerly beld two Carucates of
Land in Boyton in the Pariſh of Finching fend (Finch-
ing field) in the County of Elſex, by the Serjeanty
of keeping for the King five Wolf Dogs T. And the
Dean and Chapter of London now hold that Land *.
Canes Luporarios. Wolf Dogs. Blount.
ASLABIE.Co. YORK.
Richard, Son of Wydo (Guy) de Afabie in the
County of York, holds two Carucates of Land by
the Service of teaching one Hare Dog 1*i, belong-
ing to the Kingt
1*1 Canem Liverium. Perhaps the ſame with Lepor-
arium, from the French Lieure, a Hare. A. or
a Slip-Dog, from Fr. Lievrer, i.e. Greyhound
held in a Leaſe or Slip. P.
LINCOLN.-County of
The King commands the Barons (of the Exchequer)
to allow to Robert de Chadworth, Sheriff of Lincoln,
LVI S. VII d. which by the King's Command he
* Willielmus de Reynes aliquando tenuit duas Carucatas Terræ
in Boyton in Parochia de Finching fend in Com. Effex, per Ser-
jantiam cuſtodiendi Domino Regi quinque Canes Luporarios; et
Decanus et Capitulum Londoni modo tenent Terram illam. Plac.
Coron. 13 Edw. I. Effex. Blount 52.-+Richardus, Filius Wydo-
nis de Aflaby, tenet duas Carucatas Terræ, per Servitium ap-
tandi unum Canem Liderium Domini Regis. M.S. Penes Sam.
Roper, Arm. Blount 108.
deli-
BY HUNTING, &c.
147
delivered to John de Bellovent, for the Mainte-
pance (Food) of Seven Greyhounds ||Sll, and three
Falcons and a Lever Hawk1*1, and for the Wages of a
Huntſman [+] from the Day of St. John the Baptiſt,
to the Vigil (Eve) of Saint Michael next following,
both Days inclufive; to wit, for the Maintenance
of each Dog |S|I and Hawk, a Penny Halfpenny a
Day, and for the Wages of the aforeſaid Huntf-
man [+] Twopence a Day *
Putura. Food or Maintenance. Blount.-Pu-
tura (quaſi Potura) a Cuftom of Foreſters and
others to take Horſes and Man's Meat, &c.
gratis, of Tenants and neighbouring Inhabi-
tants. Ainſworth's Dict. of Law Lat. E.
YS| Leporarios. Greyhounds, or Harehounds. Blount.
See the preceding Page.
1*1 Alanararii. A Falconer. Blount.-A Lanier,
a Kind of Hawk, A. As the Word is Lana-
rius or Lanerius, it is difficult to account for
the firſt Vowel in Alanararii, and therefore, if
there be ſuch a Word as Aladarius, I ſhould
* Rex mandat Baronibus, quod allocent Roberto de Chadworth,
Vicecomiti Lincoln LVIS. VII d. quos per Præceptum Regis li-
beravit Johanni de Bellovento, pro putura feptem Leporariorum
et trium Faloonun, et Alanararii, et pro vadiis unius Brace-
narii, a Die Sancti Johannis Baptiſtæ uſque ad Vigiliam Sancti
Michaelis prox. fequen. utroque Die Computato; viz. pro pu-
tura cujufibet. Leporarii et Falconis per Diem Id. ob. et pro
vadiis prædicti Bracenarii per Diem II d. Communia 16 Edw. I.
Pafch. Rot, 10. in dorto, Blount 125.
K 2
ſuſpect
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PETIT SERJEANTIES
ſuſpect it to be miſ-read for Aladarii, i. e. Alau-
darii, meaning a Hawk to fly at Larks, as the
Espervarius did at Sparrows, and other ſmall
Birds. P.
[+] Bracenarii. A Huntſman, for ſo Bracenarius
fignifies, from the French Braçonnier, which
denotes the fame. Blount,-- Keeper of the
Hounds. A.-Braconer. A Hunter.-Kelham's
Norm. Fr. Diet. E.
SHEFFIELD.Co. YORK.
From the Office of
in the Thirty
ninth Year of Edward III. after the Death of
T. Lord of Fournyvale.
#
County of Tork; The Caſtle and Lordſhip of Shef-
field, with its Members and Appurtenances,
in the County of York, are held of our Lord
the King in Capite, as of his Crown, by
Homage and Fealty, and by
one Knight's Fee, and by the Service of pay-
ing to the King and his Heirs, yearly, two
White Hares , on the Feaſt of the Nativity
of St. John the Baptiſt *.
The
*
39
Edw. III. De Officio eft Anno tricefimo nono Edvardi
Tertii, poſt Mortem T. Domini de Fournyoale. Com. Ebor.
Caſtrum et Dominium de Sheffield, cum Membris et Pertinentibus
fuis in Com. Ebor. tenentur de Domino Rege in Capite, ut
de Corona, per Homagium et Fidelitatem, et per bonum unam
Feodum Militis et per Servitium reddend. Domino Regi et He-
redibus ſuis per Annum duos Lepores Albos in Fefto Nativitatis
Sancti Johannis Baptiſtes. From a M. S. written in the Reiga
of
BY HUNTING, &c.
149
The foregoing is a Tranſlation of the Title of a
Roll as given in the Gent. Mag. for 1764, Page 329.
in a Letter ſigned E. G.
"I preſume it would be a very difficult Matter
“ for the preſent Owner of the Caſtle and Manor
" of Sheffield, to procure annually two White Hares
“ in this Kingdom, and therefore there muſt be,
“ at firſt Sight, fome Miſtake in the Cafe. But I
« have ſeen the Original from whence the above is
" tranſcribed, and from thence ſhall give it, as it
" ought to be read, ſince of the tranſcript above,
taken from the Magazine, no Senſe can poſſibly
“ be made."
From the Office of the Eſcheator, in the Thirty-
ninth Year of Edward III. after the Death of
Thomas Lord of Fourneyvale.
-
County of York; The Caſtle and Lordſhip of Sheffield,
with its Members and Appurtenances, in the
County of Tork, are held of the Lord the
King in Capite, as of his Crown, by Homage
and Fealty, and by the Service of one Knight's
Fee, and by the Service of paying to our
Lord the King and his Heirs, yearly, two
White Greyhounds, on the Feaſt of the Nati-
vity of St. Jahn the Baptiſt *.
K
66 It
of King Hen. VII. by Mr. Henry fakes, in the Poffeffion of the
Red. Mr. E. Goodwin of Sheffield 1 764. Gent. Mag. Vol. 34.
Page 329. * De Officio Eſc. Anno XXXIX. Edwardi tertii,
polt mortem T. Domini de Fourneyvale. Com. Eborum. Ca.
ftrum
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PETIT SER JEANTIES
66 It ſtands now in the M.S. Lepor, but it has
cé been corrected fo by fome ignorant Perſon, fot
originally it was Lepar, which meanis Leporarios,
Greyhounds, and White Dogs of that Species could
“ eaſily be obtained; it was moreover the Cuſtorn
“ of Tenures, as appears from Blount, to preſent
“ ſuch things as Hawks, Falcons, Dogs, Spurs, &c.
“ See alſo Sir James Ware's Antiq. of Ireland,
66 Vol. II. Page 167. P."
T Notwithſtanding the great ſcarcity of White
Hares in this Kingdom, as mentioned by the
learned Author of the above Obſervations, yet
the Editor has been informed of ſeveral In-
ſtances of ſuch Creatures having been feen and
caught: and amongſt others of the following,
viz. That a few Years ago a White Hare was
killed in a Farm, called Wood-Nook, adjoining
to Wentworth-Park in Yorkſhire, by Mr. William
Parker, the then Occupier of that Farm, aid
Joſhua Cobb, Park-keeper to the late Marquis
of Rockingham. E. And about ſeven Years
ago, a White Hare was found in the Grounds
near Great Aycliff in the County of Durham,
ftrum et Dominium de Sheffield, cum Membris et Pertin. (i. e,
Pertinenciis) fuis in Com. Eborum, tenentor de Domino Rege
in Capite, ut de Corona, per Homagium et Fidelitatem et per
Servicium unius Feod. Milit. (i. e. Militaris) et per Servicium
reddend. (reddendi) Domino Regi, et Heredibus fuis per An-
num duos Lepar. (i. e. Laporarios) Albos in Fefto Nativitatis
Sancti Johannis Baptiſte. Letter from the Rev. Mr. Pegge to
the Editor, 20 Oct. 1781.
which
.
BY HUNTING, &c.
151
which for upwards of two Years had been fer
veral Times hunted by many Dogs, and aş
often beat them; for which Reaſon the Hare
was reputed a Witch by the Vulgar. At laſt
the was killed. Mr. Allan of Darlington got
the Skin, had it ſtuffed, and hung up as a
Curioſity for above two Years, till it decayed,
and was thrown away. It was not of a very
White Fur, but rather a Grey. A.Yet theſe
Inſtances are not mentioned as militating againſt
the Obſervation of the learned Author of the
above Note; but merely as being Matters of
Curioſity, Things given in Tenures being uſually
ſuch as are commonly had and procured. E.
RIDDESDALE.--Co. NORTHUMBERLAND.
In the tenth Year of William the Conqueror, Ro-
bert de Umfranvil, Knight, obtained from that
King a Grant of the Lord'hip, Valley, and Foreſt
of Riddeſdale in the County of Northumberland, by
the Service of defending that Part of the Country
for ever from Enemies and Wolves, with that Sword
which King William had by his Side, when he
entered Northumberland, with Liberty alſo to hold
and determine Pleas of the Crown *.
TURROCK.Co. Essex.
King Richard I. gave to Henry de Grey of Codnor,
the Manor of Turroc in Elex; which Grant King
John confirmed, and by his Charter vouchſafed
* Teſta Nevilli. Blount 15.
KA
him
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PETIT SERJEANTIES
him the Privilege to hunt the Hare and Fox in
any Lands belonging to the Crown, except the
King's own Demeſne Parks; a ſpecial Favour in
thoſe Times *
SECT. X. Of Petit Serjeanties performed by keep-
ing the King's Foreſts, Chaces, and Parks, &c.
CHESTERTON.Co. WARWICK.
Gilbert le Harpour held Lands in Cheſterton in
the County of Warwick, of the King by Grand
Serjeanty, viz, to keep the Place called Teddeſley
Hay ſ, within the Foreſt of Canoke, at his own
Coſt to
| Hay. A ſeparate Incloſure within a Foreſt or
Park, fenced with a Rail or Hedge, or both;
of which there were ſeveral in this Foreſt of
Cank. Blount.
9 합
​TEYNTON.- Co. GLOUCESTER.
Hugh de Kilpec holds the Manor of Little Teynton
in the County of Glouceſter, of our Lord the King,
by the Serjeanty of keeping the Hay of Hereford ISI
at his own Coft. He had two Daughters who
were his Heirs, of whom Philip Marmion married
* Carta 1 Joh. M. 29. Blount 132.t Eſcaet. 32 Edw. I.
N. 43. Blount 36.
one,
BY KEEPING FORESTS, &c.
153
one, and William de Cantilupe had the Cuſtody of
the other for the King *.
ISI This Hay of Hereford was a great Woodland
Ground near the City, and heretofore reputed
a Foreſt. Blount.
BURSTALL, olim BORESTALL. Co. Bucks.
King Edward the Confeſſor, gave the Rangerſhip
of Bernwode Foreſt in Bucks, with a Hide of Land,
to Nigell and his Heirs, to be held by a Horn. This
Nigell had killed a large Boar there, and this was
his Remuneration to
King Edward the Confeſor had a Royal Palace at
Brill, or Brehull in Bucks, to which he often re-
tired for the Pleaſure of hunting in his Foreſt of
Bernwood. This Foreſt, it is ſaid, was much in-
fefted by a Wild Boar, which was at laſt flain by
one Nigell, a Huntſman, who preſented the Boar's
Head to the King; and for a Reward the King
gave him one Hide of Arable Land, called Derehyde,
and a Wood called Hulewood, with the Cuſtody
of the Foreſt of Bernwood, to hold to him and his
Heirs by a Horn, which is the Charter of the afore-
Hugo de Kilpec tenet Manerium de Parva Teynton in Com.
Glouc. de Dom. Rege, per Serjantiam fervandi Hayam de He-
reford ad Cuſtum ſuum. Idem habuit duas Filias, quæ funt ejus
Hæredes, quarum Philippus Marmion defponfavit unam, et
Willielmus de Cantilupo habet Cuſtodiam alterius per Dom. Re-
gem. Plac. Coron. 32 Hen. III. Rot. 1o. in dorſo. Blount 57.
- Mr. Pegge's Obſervation on the Horn as a Charter; Arche-
ologia, Vol. III. Page 3. Kennett's Paroch. Antiq.
faid
154
PETIT SER JEANTJES
faid Foreft. Upon this Land Nigell built a Lodge,
or Manſion Houſe, called Boreftall, in Memory of
the flain Boar. For Proof of this, in a large Folio
Vellum Book, containing Tranfcripts of Charters,
and Evidences relating to this Eftate (ſuppoſed to
have been written in or before the Reign of
Henry VI.) is a rude Delineation of the Site of Bor
fiall Houſe and Manor, and under it the Figure of
a Man, preſenting on his Knees to the King, the
Head of a Boar on the Point of a Sword, and the
King returning to him a Coat of Arms, Argent, a
Felſe, Gules, between two Creſcents, and a Horn,
Vert,
The ſame Figure of a Boar's Head was carved
on the Head of an old Bedſtead, now remaining in
the Tower or Lodge of that antient Houſe or
Caſtle, and the Arms are now to be ſeen in the Win-
dows, and in other parts. And what is of greateſt
Authority, the original Horn, tipt at each End
with Silver, gilt, fitted with Wreaths of Leather
to hang about the Neck, with an old Braſs Seal
Ring, a Plate of Braſs with the Sculpture of an
Horn, and ſeveral leffer Plates of Silver, gilt, with
Fleurs de Lis (ſuppoſed to be the Arms of Lifures,
who intruded into this Eftate and Office, at or foon
after the Conqueſt) has been all along preſerved by
the Lords of Borſtall, under the Name of Nigell's
Horn, and was in the Year 1773 in the Poſſeſſion
of John Aubrey, Eſquire (Son and Heir of Sir
Thomas Aubrey, Baronet) to whom this Eftate has
deſcended, without Alienation or Forfeiture, from
before the Conqueſt to the preſent Time, by ſeveral
Heirs
BY KEEPING FORESTS, &c.
195
Heirs Female, trom the Family of Nigell to that of
Aubrey.
An Inquiſition was taken in the Reign of King
Henry III. (A.D. 1266) in which are the following
Words 6 Prædictus Willielmus, Filius Nigelli, et An-
“ teceffores fui, tenuerunt dictas Terram et Ballivam
66 de Domino Rege, ante Tempus Conqueſtús Anglia per
“ unum Cornu, quod eft Charta predicta Foreſta." i.e.
The aforeſaid William fitz Nigell and his Anceſtors,
held the faid Land and Bailiwick of our Lord the
King, from before the Time of the Conqueſt of Eng-
land, by a Horn, which is the Charter of the afore-
ſaid Foreſt *.
And in the Reign of King Edward I. John fitz
Nigell holds one Hide in Burſtall in the County of
Bucks, of our Lord the King, in the Foreſt of
Bernewode, by the Serjeanty which is called the
Derhyde, belonging to his Bailiwick of Keeper of
the Foreſt, whereof the ſaid John was Keeper in
Fee to ..
ALREDALE.-Co. CUMBERLAND.
William de Boyvile holds a Serjeanty by finding
a Foreſter in the Ward of Alredale, and he takes
* Archeologia, Vol. III. Page 15. Where ſee a Print of the
Horn, another of the Plan of Borſtall abovementioned. Alſo
a particular Deſcription of the Horn, and a Genealogical Ac-
count of the Families who have poſſeſſed the Eſtate from Nigell
to the preſent Time.-t Johannes, Filius Nigelli, tenet unam
Hidam in Burſial in Com. Bucks, de Domino Rege, in Foreſta
de Bernewade, per Serjantiam quæ vocatur le Derhyde, Perti-
nentem ad Ballivam ſuam de cuſtodiendo Foreſtam, unde idem
Johannes et Cuſtos de Feodo. Plac. Coron. in Com, Bucks,
14 Edw. I. Blount 41.
daily
156
PETIT SER JEANTIES
daily for the Support of his Foreſter of the Town
of Alredale, every Day Threepence from the Feaſt
of St. Michael to the Feaſt of St. Philip and James
the Apoſtles; and from that Day to the Feaſt of
St. Michael every Day Twopence *.
BECKINGTREE, HUNDRED of.-Co. Essex,
John le Parker holds Half a Hide of Land by
the Serjeanty of keeping the Park of our Lord the
King, and the Outwood [, and it was worth yearly
Half a Markt
Boſcum forinfecum. Outwood. E.
ENFIELD.Co. MIDDLESEX.
Richard de Plejſetis holds twenty Pound Lands in
Enefend in the County of Middleſex, of our Lord
the King, by the Serjeanty of being Chief Foreſter
of the King, in the Foreſts of Menedop, Exemore,
Rychiche, and Selewode in the County of Somerſet I.
* Willielmus de Boyvile tenet unam Serjantiam, inveniendi
unum Foreſtarium in Warda de Alredale, et capit per Diem,
ad Suſtentationem Foreſtarii fui de Villa de Alredale, quolibet
Die III d. â Feſto Sancti Michaelis uſque ad Feſtum Apoftolorum
Phillipi et Jacobi, et â Die illo ufque ad Feſtum Sancti Michaelis
fingulis Diebus II d. Plac. Cor. 20. Edw. I. Cumbria. Blount 43.
- † Johannes le Parker tenet dimid. Hidam Terræ, per Serjan-
tiam cuſtodiendi Parcum Domini Regis et Bofcum Forinfecun,
et valet per Annum dimidiam Marcam. Plac, Cor. 11 Hen. III.
Rot. 1. apud Chelmesford. Blount 50.-Richardus de Pleffetis
tenet viginti Libratas Terræ in Enefend in Com. Middleſex, de
Domino Rege, per Serjantiam effendi Capitalis Foreſtarius Do-
mini Regis in Foreſtis de Menedop, Exemore, Rychiche, et Sele-
wode in Com. Somerſet. Plac. Coron. apud Grucem Lapideam.
See Page 73. Rot. 15. Blount 65.
FROLLE-
BY KEEPING FORESTS, &c.
157
FROLLEBURY.
Co. HANTS:
Henry de Edmunſthorpe holds one Yard Land in
Frollebury in the County of Southampton, by the
Serjeanty of keeping the King's Foreſt of Wytel *.
BOREBACH and CONELESFELD.-Co. WILTS.
Henry Sturmey, and M his Wife, hold of our
Lord the King in Capite, the Manors of Borebacb
and Conelesfeld, with the Appurtenances, in the
County of Wilts, by the Service of keeping the
Bailiwick of the whole Foreſt of Savernake, and
the Farm (, which is called la Verme, in the Foreſt
aforeſaid, and alſo by the Service of finding one
Man armed with a Coat of Mail ||| when the Lord
the King ſhould require him, on this Side the Sea:
And for the keeping of the Foreſt and Farm
aforeſaid, they are to enjoy all the Rights and Ap-
purtenances under-written. All the Foreſters in
Fee of the whole Foreſt aforeſaid, are to be attend-
ant upon, and anſwerable to them, as to the
Chief Foreſter of the Foreſt aforeſaid; and they
are to have the Horſe and Furniture, Saddle, Bridle,
Sword and Horn of the Foreſters in Fee when they
die: And they are to have their Eftovers, Houſebote
and Heybote, through the whole Bailiwick áfore-
faid, and all Amerciaments for Defaults made in
the Court of the Foreſt aforeſaid. And all Pleas
of Hares, Nets tt, Terriers It, Badgers SS, Foxes,
* Henricus de Edmunſthorpe tener unam Virgatam Terræ in
Frollebury in Com. Southampton, per Serjantiam cuftodiendi
Foreſtam Domini Regis de Wytel. Plac. Cor. 8 Edw. I. Rot. 23.
Blount 85.
Wild-
158
PETIT SER JEANTIES
Wildcats **, and Partridges. And all Amercia-
ments for the Eſcapes of Wild Beaſts [1], and for
Dead Wood Htt, through the whole Year, except in
the Fence-Month St. And to have all their Cattle,
except Sheep and Goats, in the Foreſt aforeſaid,
quit of Herbage through the Year; and their Hogs
quit of Pawnage through the whole Year, except
the Fence-Month. And they are to have the
Eftrays through all the Foreſt aforeſaid, and the
Amerciaments for the Expeditating *** Dogs, and
the Aicries of Sparhawks, Honey and Nuts and Hips lliN
through all the Foreſt aforeſaid, after every Re-
gara b made; and to have their Chace through
the whole Bailiwick of the Foreſt aforeſaid, at Hares,
Foxes, Wildcats **, Badgers SS, and all fuch like
Vermin. And they are to have the Dead Wood in
the aforeſaid Farm of the Verme, for three Weeks
before the Feaſt of Saint Michael, to be felled with-
out a Tool. And they are to have in the ſame
Farm whatſoever is blown down by the Wind, ex-
cept the Woodfall # which belongs to our Lord the
King. And After-Pawnage , from the Feaſt of
St. Martin unto the Feaſt of the Purification of the
Bleſſed Mary. And all the Croppings or Boughs of
Timber felled for the Uſe of our Lord the King,
or given by the King. And Liberty to dig for
Gravel [*], and Toll for Paſage SllS through all the
Farm aforeſaid: And the Paſturage of a certain
Nook (or Corner) = of Heath Ground beyond Col-
put, &c *
Farm.
* Henricus Sturmy, et M, Uxor ejus, tenent de Donino
Rege
BY KEEPING FORESTS, &c.
159
Farm. Cenfariam. See Ainf. Dict. of Law Lat.
III Hominem Armatum ad Loricam. Armed with a
Coat of Mail. Blount.
# Rechibus. Blount. Rethibus. A. Nets.
#1 Heymectis, (from the Britiſh Amhach) a Terrier. E.
Lhuyd's Archæol. fo. 426.
SS Tefonibus. Badgers. Blount. From the
French Taiſon, or Teflon, the ſame, 4. Inft.
294
** Murilegis. Wildcats. Blount.So called à le-
gendo Mures, of catching Mice,
4•
Inſt.
294
[1] De Eſcapiis Animalium.
Wild Beaſts. Blount.
For the Eſcapes of
tt Mortuo Boſco. Dead Wood. Blount.
İsi Menſe Vetito. The Fence Month (or Forbidden
Month) which was from fifteen Days before Mid-
ſummer Day, to fifteen Days after, and was alſo
called Tempus de Foynefon, becauſe the Deer did
then Fawn, or bring forth their Young. Blount.
*** Amerciamenta expeditatione Canum. Expeditating
Dogs was the cutting out the Ball of their fore
Feet, to prevent them from running after Game.
Cromp. Juriſdict. 152. Jac. Law Dict. &c. E.
IlIl Cyppos.
Rege in Capite Maneria de Borebach et Conelesfeld, cum Perrin.
in Com. Wiltes, per Servitium cuftodiendi Balivam totius Fo-
reſta
160
PETIT SERJEANTIES
IlIll Cyppos. Hips. Blount. Probably miſ-read
for Hyppos. P.
b Regardum. Regard. Blount.-Viſitation by
the Foreſters. A.
# Cablicium. Woodfall. A. Cablicia, plu. A Sort
of Bruſh-Wood or Wind-fallen Wood.--Cabliſh.
Ainſworth's Law Lat. Dict. E.
2 Retropannagiam. This Retro-paunage, I ſuppoſe,
is the latter or After-paunage. For Paunage be-
gins at Michaelmas, and ends at St. Martin's, in
which Time the Beech-Maſt and Acorns are ripe
and fall. And Retro-paunage begins at St. Mar-
tin's and ends at Candlemas, in which Time Hipus
and Haws, and ſuch-like Berries, yield fome
Nutriment to Swine and Poultry. Blount.
Coopertiones de Maeremio. Crops of Wood or
Timber. Blount. Quære if not miſ-read for
Cropertiones?. P.
[*] Sabulonarium. Liberty to dig Gravel or Sand.
Blount.-From Sabulum. Fine Gravel. Ainſ. A.
SIIS Chyminagium. (From the French Chemin, a Way
or Road.) Is a Toll due by Cuſtom, for hay-
ing a way through a Foreſt. Jac. Law Dict. E.
Angulum Bruera. A Nook of Heath Ground. Blount.
WORM-
reftæ de Savernake, et Genfariam, quæ vocatur la Verme in
Foreſta prædicta, et etiam per Scrvitium inveniendi unum Ho-
minen
BY KEEPING FORESTS, &c.
161
WORMHILL. Co. DERBY
Some Perſons formerly held Lands at Wormhill,
by the Service of hunting and taking of Wolves,
minen armatum ad Loricam, quando Dominus Rex, cum habere
voluerit, citra Mare. Pro qua quidem cuftodia Foreſtæ et Gen.
fariæ prædictæ habere debent omnia Jura et Pertinentia ſub-
fcripta. Omnes Foreſtarii de Feodo totius Foreſtæ prædictæ,
erunt eis intendentes et refpondentes, tanquan, Capitali Foreſ-
tario Foreftæ prædictæ, et debent habere Equitaturam, Sellam,
Frenum, Gladium et Cornu Foreftariorum de Feodo cum obierint.
Et debent habere Efoverium, fuum ad Houſebote et Heybote,
per totam Balivam prædictam, et omnia Amerciamenta facta in
Curia Foreſtæ prædictæ de Defaltis. Et omnia Placita de Lepo-
ribus, Rechibus, Heyme&tis, Telfonibus, Vulpibus, Murilegis, et
Perdicibus, et omnia Amerciamenta de Eſcapiis Animalium, et
mortuo Bofco, per totum Annum, excepto Menfe Vetito. Et omnia
Averia fua, exceptis Bidentibus et Capris, in Foreſta prædicta
quieta de Herbagio per Annum, et Porcos ſuos quietos de Pan.
nagio per totum Annum, excepto Menfe Vetito. Et debent
habere Extrahuras per totam Foreſtam prædictam, et Amercia-
menta de Expeditione Canum, et Aria Eſpervariorum, Mel et
Nuces et Cyppos, per totam Foreftam prædictam, poft quodlibet
Regardum faftum. Et habent Chaceam fuam per totam Balivam
Foreſtæ prædictæ ad Lepores, Vulpes, Murilegos, Teflones, et ad
omnimodas hujuſmodi Vermes. Et debent habere mortuum Bof-
cum in prædicta Cenſaria de la Verme, per tres Septimanas ante
Feftum Sancti Michaelis, fine Utenſili proſternendum. Et de-
bent habere in eadem Genfaria quicquid Vento, profternitur
præter Cablicium quod pertinet ad Dominum Regem. Et Re-
tropannagium a Feſto Sancti Martini uſque ad Feſtum Purifica-
tionis Beatæ Mariæ. Et omnes Coopertiones de Maremio pro-
ſtrato ad opus Domini Regis, vel dato per Dominum Regem.
Et Sabulonarium, et Chyminagium per totam Genfariam præ-
dictam. Et Pafturam cujufdam Anguli Bruere extra Cola
put, &c. Bundel. Petit. Parl. Ann. incerto Edw. III. in Turra.
Blount 89,
L
from
L
162
PETIT SER JEANTIES
from whence thoſe Perſons were called Wolvehunt,
as is manifeſt from the Records of the Tower *.
And Nicholas Foljambe holds one Meſſuage and
thirty Acres of Land in Wormbill, by the Service of
keeping the Foreſt of High Peak in the Champion T,
with a Bow and Arrows, &c t.
In Campana. This may be rendered in the
Champion, from the Fr, Campagne, vide Du
Freſne, Vol. II. Col.
99. P.
SECT. XI. Of Petit Serjeanties performed by
keeping for, and delivering Hawks, &c. to, the
King.
EGMUND and NEWPORT Co. SALOP.
King Henry III. gave to Henry de Alditheley (An-
ceſtor to the Lord Audley, Earl of Caſtle-Haven) the
Lordſhips of Egmundun and Newport in the County
of Salop, for the yearly Rent of a Mewed Sparhawk,
to be delivered into the King's Exchequer every
Year at the Feaſt of St. Michael I.
* Camd. Brit. Tit. Derbyſhire Nicholus Foljambe tenet
un. Meff. et XXX Acr. Terr. in Wormhill, per cuſtod. Foreſt.
de Alto pecco in Campana, cu. Arcu. et Sagitta, &c. Ex Re-
cord, in Turr. Lond. 13 Edw, II. M.S. penes F. F. Foljambe,
Arm.- Carta, 11 Hen. III. P. 1. M. 5. Blount 10.
EAST
BY KEEPING HAWKS, &C.
163
EASTBRIG.Co. KENT.
Hubert de Burgo, Earl of Kent, had a Grant in
Fee from King Henry III, of the Manor of Eaſtbrig
in Kent, to hold by the Service of a Sore Sparhawk
at Lammas yearly *.
Wilts, the County of.
The County of Wilts antiently paid to the King
ten Pounds for a. Hawk, twenty Shillings for a
Sumpter Horſe [, one hundred Shillings for Hay,
and in Money five Ores IISIL +.
Pro Summario. For a Sumpter Horſe. Blount.
Summarius rather means a Horſe for Carriage,
than what we now call a Sumpter Horſe, or Lead
Horſe. E.
USII This Ore was a Saxon Coin valued at XVI d.
a-piece, and ſometimes, according to the Va-
riation of the Standard, XXd. Blount.
STANDEBURY.CO. BERKS.
Robert de Tadeſhale holds twenty Pounds of Land
in Standebury in the County of Berks, of our Lord
the King, by the Serjeanty of keeping one Gire-
falcon for him to
Carta, 17 Hen. III. Page 1. M. 24. Blount 12.- Domer-
day. Tit. Wiltes. Blount 22.- Robertus de Tadejale tenet
viginti Libratas Terræ in Standebury in Com. Berks, de Domino
Rege, per Serjantiam cuſtodiendi unum Girefalconem pro Do-
mino Rege, Plac. Coron. apud Windefer, 12 Edw. I. Blount 37.
La
Herr-
164
PETIT SERJE ANTIES
HERTRUG_Co. BERK S.
Philip de Hertrug held certain Land in Hertrug in
the County of Berks, which was worth forty
Shillings a-Year, by the Serjeanty of Mewing and
keeping one Goſhawk Sis for the Lord the King *.
SIS Oſturcum. A Pad, a Spaniſh Gennet. A Hawk
rather. R. Often written Aſturcus. Spelman,
Page 441.See likewiſe the two following Pages.
WILBURGHAM-MAGNA. Co. CAMBRIDGE.
William Loveday holds one Meſſuage and eighty
Acres of Land in Great Wilburgham in the County
of Cambridge, of our Lord the King in Capite, by
the Serjeanty of finding a Sore Sparhawk, and car-
rying it to the King's Court, and there ſtaying
twelve Days, with two Horſes, two Boys III, and
two Greyhounds (, at the Coſt of the King t.
1l| Duobus Garcionibus. Two Boys or Grooms. Blount.
Duobus Leporariis, Two Harehounds or Grey
bounds. Blount.
Philippus de Hertrug tenuit quandam Terram in Hertrug in
Com. Berks, quæ valet per Ann. XL s. per Serjantiam mutandi
et cuſtodiendi unum Offurcum Domini Regis. Plac. Cor. apud
Windefor, 12 Edw. I. Rot. 46. Blount 40.- Willielmus Lope-
day tenet unum Meſſuagium, et octoginta Acras Terræ in Magna
Wilburg ham in Com. Cantabr. de Domino Rege in Capite, per
Serjantiam inveniendi Sperbarium Sorum: Et cum hoc fecerit
deferet illum ad Curiam Doinini Regis, et ibidem faciet Moram
per XII Dies, cum duobus Equis, duobus Garcionibus, et duobus
Leporariis, ad Cuftum Domini Regis. Plac. Coron. 21 Edw. I.
Cant. Blount 42,
RAGHTON.
y!
BY KEEPING HAWKS, &c.
165
2
RAGHTON.-_Co. CUMBERLAND.
Simon de Raghton, and Sir Robert de la Ferte, and
Ivo, Son of Hugh de Fornecoſtes, hold one Petit Ser-
jeanty in Raghton in the County of Cumberland, by
keeping the King's Aeries of Goſhawks |ISH. And it
was worth yearly nine Shillings, which they paid
at the King's Exchequer *
DISH Aerias Auſturcorum Domini Regis. The King's
Aeries of Goſhawks (or Falcons as fome will have
it) from the French Auſtour, a Goſhawk. Blount.
SALING,Co. Essex.
Ralph Picot holds one Carucate of Land in Saling
in the County of Eſex, by the Serjeanty of keeping
one Sparhawk, at the Coſt of our Lord the King.
And the King was to find him Maintenance for
three Horſes, three Grooms, and three Greyhounds T.
And the ſaid Ralph was to Mew the ſaid Sparhawk
at his own proper Coſts 7.
| Tres Garciones et tres Leporarios. Three Boys or
Grooms, and three Hounds for the Hare, or
Greyhounds, Blount.
Peck-
L 3
Simon de Raghton, et Dominus Robertus de la Ferte, et Ivo,
Filius Hugonis de Fornecoſtes, tenent unam parvam Serjantiam in
Raghton in Com, Cumbria, cuftodiendi Aerias Auftercorum
Domini Regis. Et valet per Ann. IX s. quos reddit ad Scacca-
rium Domini Regis. Plac. Coron. 20 Edw. I. Cumbria. Blount 42.
- Radulfus Picot tenet unam Carucatam Terræ in Saling in
Com. Effex, per Serjantiam cuftodiendi unum Spervarium ad
Cuſtus
166
PETIT SER JEANTIES
PecKHAM.
Co. KENT.
John Peckam holds the Manor of Peckam in the
County of Kent, in Capite of our Lord the King,
by the Service of Mewing one Gofhawk ISI yearly *.
ISI Servitium mutandi unum Ofturcum. Of Mewing
a Goſhawk. Note, A Goſhawk is in our Records
termed by the ſeveral Names of Ofurcum, Ho-
ftricum, Efricium, Aſturcum, and Auſturcum, and
all from the French Auftour. Blount,
REDENHALL
Co. NORFOLK.
Peter, Son of Robert le Espicer (Spice-Seller) holds
certain Land in Redenhall in the County of Norfolk,
by the Serjeanty of keeping one of the King's
Goſhawks, at the Coſts of the King, from the Feaſt
of Saint Michael till Lent; and afterwards he is to
Mew the ſame at his own Coſts t.
Cuftus Domini Regis. Et Dominus Rex inveniet eidem Suſten-
tationem ſuam ad tres Equos, tres Garciones, et tres Leporarios,
et idem Radulfus Mutabit prædictum Spervarium Sumptibus fuis
propriis. Plac. Coron. 13 Edw. I. Effex. Blount 51.--* fo.
hannes Peckam tenet Manerium de Peckam in Com. Kancia,
in Capite de Domino Rege, per Servitiam Mutandi unum
Ofurcum per Ann. Plac. Coron. 21 Edw. I. Rot. 27. Kanc.
Blount 61.- Petrus, Filius Roberti le Eſpicer, tenet quandam
Terram in Redenhall in Com. Norf. per Serjantiam cuftodiendi
unum Auſturcum Domini Regis, Sumptibus Domini Regis, a Fefto
Sancti Michaelis ufque ad Quadragefimam; et poftmodum ipſum
Mutare debet Sumptibus fuis propriis. Plac. Coron. de Ann.
14 Edw. I. Rot. 3. Norf. Blount 67.
Rade-
BY KEEPING HAWKS, &c.
167
RADECLYVE...Co. NOTTINGHAM.
The Manor of Radeclyve, is held of our Lord
the King in Capite, by the Service of Mewing one
Goſhawkſ, and finding a Perſon to carry it, at the
Coſt of the King *
[ Mutandi unum Efricium, Of Mewing a Goſhawk.
Blount. Taking care of it, and managing it
in the Moult. A.
Boghton, or BROUGHTON..Co. Oxford.
John Mauduit holds the Manor of Boghton in the
County of Oxford, in Capite of our Lord the King,
by the Serjeanty of Mewing a Goſhawk *of the
King's, or of carrying it to the King's Court to
*** Hoftricum. See the preceding Page.
ASTON-BERNARD.Co. BUCKS.
John Molyns held the Manor of Afton-Bernard in
the County of Bucks, of the King in Capite, by
the Service of being Marſhall of the King's Falcons
and other Hawks I.
* Manerium de Radeclyde tenetur de Domino Rege in Capite,
per Servitium Mutandi unum Eſtricium, et inveniendi unum
Portatorem ad Coſtos Domini Regis. Plac. Coron. de Ann.
3. Edw. III. Rot. 6. in dorſ. Notting. Blount 72.-t Johannes
Mauduit tenet Manerium de Boghton in Com. Oxon, in Capite
de Domino Rege, per Serjantiam Mutandi unum Hoftricum Do-
mini Regis, vel iſtum Hoftricum portandi ad Curiam Domini
Regis. Plac. Coron. 13 Edw. I. Rot. 50. dorſo. Oxon. Blount 74.
$ Carta 20. Edw. III. N. 18. Blount 77.
WARNE-
L 4
168
PETIT SERJEANTIES
A
WARNEFORD. Co. HANTS.
Nicholas de Malmayns (Malis Manibus) holds a
hundred Shillings Land in the Town of Warneford
in the County of Southampton, for one Soar Spar-
hawk, to be paid to our Lord the King, yearly, at
the Feaſt of St. Michael, at the Exchequer *
HUCKNALL-TORCARD-Co. NOTTINGHAM,
Sir John Leeke holds the Manor of Hucknall-Tor-
card in the County of Nottingham, and certain Mef.
ſuages, Lands and Tenements in Hucknall-Torcard,
of our Lord the King in Capite, by the Service of
carrying one Gerfalcon from the Feaſt of Saint Mi-
chael the Archangel until Lent, at the Coſts of the
King, with three Horſes, for two Shillings a-Day,
and half a Sextary of Wine, and two Robes, when
he ſhould be ſummoned to do this Service. And
if his Horſes ſhould die in the King's Service, the
King was to reſtore his Horſes to him t.
This Sir John Leeke (who was Anceſtor to the
Lords D'eyncourt) died in the Reign of King
Henry VIII. Another Sir John Leeke held this
Manor by the fame Services in the 37th Hen. VI.
See Blount 93, and Eſcaet. 37 Hen. VI. E.
ACTON.
.
Nicholas de Malis Manibus tenet centum Solidatas Terræ
in Villa de Warneford in Com. Southampton, pro uno Spervario
Soro, reddendo Domino Regi, per Annum ad Feſtum Sancti
Michaelis, ad Scaccarium. Plac. Coron. 8 Edw. I. Rot. 30.
Blount 86.- Manerium de Hucknall-Torkard ac certa. Mer-
fuagia, Terr. et Ten. in Hucknall-Torkard, tenentur de Do-
mino
BY KEEPING HAWKS, &c.
169
Acron.Co. BUCKS.
The Lords Grey of Wilton, held the Manor of Acton
in the County of Buckingham, by the Serjeanty of
keeping one Gerfalcon for their Sovereign Lord the
King. Whereupon that Family of the Greys had,
for their Badge or Cogniſance, a Falcon Sejant upon
a Glove *
Eron-Co. Bucks.
Reginald de Grey holds the Manor of Eton in the
County of Buckingham, of our Lord the King, by
the Service of keeping one Falcon until it could fly,
and for the keeping of it, when he took it to the
King, he is to have the King's Horſe ISI with all
its Furniture and Clothes: And is alſo to have the
King's Table with the Treſtle ||ll and Table-Cloth,
and to have all the Veſſels with which the King
was ſerved that Day: And he is to have a Cajk
of Wine | immedately after the King ſhall have
taſted of itt
IST Equi-
mino Rege in Capite, per Servitium ad portand. unum Gerfal-
conem a Feſto Sancti Michaelis Archangeli ufque ad Quadrage-
fimam, Sumptibus Domini Regis, cum tribus Equis, pro duobus
Solidis per Diem, et dimidium Sextarii Vini, et duobus Robis,
quando premunitur ad hoc faciendum. Et ſi Equi ſui moriantur
in Servitio Domini Regis, dictus Rex Equos fuos fibi reſtaurabit.
Ex M.S. penes F. F. Foljambe, Arm. * Camd. Brit. Tit. Bucks,
Blount 109 -+ Reginaldus de Grey tenet Manerium de Eton in
Com. Buckingham, de Domino Rege, per Servitium cuſtodiendi
unum Falconem ufque ad volatum, et pro cuſtodia illa cum Fal.
conem illum duxerit ad Regem, habebit Equitaturam Regis,
cum toto Apparatu et Indumentis Domini Regis: Et etiam ha-
bebit
170
PETIT SERJEANTIES
Ist Equitatura Regis. Signifies here, as I ſuppoſe,
the King's Horſe and Furniture, Blount.
Trellello. From the French Treteau, or Truſteau,
a Treſtle. E.
Dolium Vini. A Tun, Pipe, Hogshead, Tub, or
Cak of Wine. E.A Cafk. A.
DUNSTABLE.Co. BEDFORD.
The King of England gave to the King of Scotland
three hundred Pounds of Land, for his Homage,
and for the annual Service of one Gerfalcon $S *
SS Pro annuo Servitio unius Eredii. Mr. Hearne
of Oxford, moſt unhappily conjectures that this
Word ought to have been written Corrodii.
Now a Corrody is an Allowance of Victuals from
a Religious Houſe to a Perſon living out of it,
for ſome valuable Confideration; it conſequently
is entirely foreign to the preſent Purpoſe. 'Tis
Pity that M. Paris does not mention this Sera
vice or Tenure, P. 446, where he ſpeaks of this
Buſineſs. However, there is no Occaſion for
any Correction or Emendation here, ſince by
Erodii may either be meant É'ewdiš, an Heron,
bebit Menfam Domini Regis, cum Treffello et Mappa, et habe-
bit omnia Vaſa de quibus Dominus Rex ſervatus fuerit eo Die:
Et habebit Dolium Vini immediate poftquam Dominus Rex ex ipfo
Vino guftaverit. 9 Jan. 17 Edw. III. Inq. in Com.Buck. Blount 138.
- Rex Angliæ dedit ei (Regi Scotia) trecentas Libratas
Terræ pro Homagio fuo, et pro Annuo Servitio unius Erodii.
Annals of Dunflaple, Page 234.
the
BY RELIGIOUS SERVICES, &c.
171
the Greek Word being only latinized. Elian.
Hift. Anim. Lib. I. C. I. et Annot. Bocharti
Op. Tom. III, Col. 321. feq. Or rather, that
the Gerfalcon is intended, called Erodius by Nic.
Upton, P. 187, on Account of his flying at the
Heron. The preſenting a Falcon or Hawk was
a very common Service; and for this Senſe
again, fee Bochart, Col. 325. See alſo Du Frefie,
and Littleton's and Ainſworth's Dictionaries. P.
SECT. XII. Of Petit Serjeanties, by Religious
Services.
GREENS-NORTON.-Co. NORTHAMPTON,
So named of the Greens (Perſons famed in the
fixteenth Century for their Wealth) called before
Norton-Dauney, was held of the King in Capite, by
the Service of lifting up their Right Hands towards
the King, yearly, on Chriſtmas Day, wherefoever
the King ſhould then be in England *.
CONINGSTON.CO. LEICESTER.
Thomas Winchard held Land in Coningston in the
County of Leiceſter, in Capite, by the Service of
ſaying daily five Pater Noſters and five Ave Marias,
for the Souls of the King's Progenitors, and the
Souls of all the Faithful departed, for all Services t.
* Fines 18 Ric. II. Blount 10. Camd. Brit. Tit. Northamp-
ton hire. Inquif. 44 Edw. III.- Inquiſ. 27 Edw. III. Eſcaet.
37 Edw. III. Blount 16.
MAPLE-
172
PETIT SER JEANTIES
MAPLESCAUMP.Co. Kent.
William de Valoignes holds of our Lord the King
in Capite, a Moiety of the Manor of Mapleſcaump,
by this Service, that if the King ſhould come to
Mapleſcaump to hear Mafs, then the faid William was
to find him a Penny for an Oblation *.
EAST-HAURED.Co. BERKS.
John Pater-Noſler holds one Yard-Land, with
the Appurtenances, in Eaſt-Haured in the County
of Berks, by the Serjeanty of ſaying, for the Soul
of our Lord the King, one Pater-Nofter daily, and
it was worth five Shillings yearly t.
PAPWORTH-ANNEYS. -Co, CAMBRIDGE,
John Ruſſell holds in the Town of Papworth-
Anneys in the County of Cambridge, two Hides and
an Half of Land of the King in Capite, by the Ser-
jeanty of feeding two Poor Perfons, for the Souls of
his Anceſtors; and it is rated at eight Shillings
a-Year at the Exchequer I.
Pusey.
* Willielmus de Valoignes tenet de Domino Rege in Capite,
Medietatem Manerii de Maplej aump, per talem Servitium,
quod fi Dominus Rex venerit ufque Maplefcaump ad Miſſam,
fuam audiendam, tunc idem Willielmus inveniet ei unum Dena.
rium ad Oblationem. In Paryo Rot. Hundredor. Kantiæ.
Blount 29.-- + Johannes Pater-Nofter tenet unam Virgatam
Terræ, cum Pertin. in Eaſt-Haured, in Com. Berks, per Ser-
jantiam dicendo, pro Anima Domini Regis, unum Pater-Nofter
quotidiè, et valet per Ann. V s. Plac. Coron. apud Windefor,
12 Edw. I. Rot. 39. in dorſo. Blount 39.- Johannes Ruffell
tenet in Villa de Papworth. Anneys in Com, Cantabr. duas Hidas
Terræ,
BY PROVIDING SHIPS, &c.
173
Puser.Co. BERKS.
Alice Pater-Nofter holds one Yard-Land in Pufey
in the County of Berks, in Capite of our Lord the
King, by the Service of ſaying every Day five
Pater-Noſters, for the Souls of the King's Anceſtors;
and it was worth five Shillings a Year *.
And Richard Pater-Nofter, for his Relief, faid,
three Times, before the preſent Barons (of the Ex-
chequer) the Lord's Prayer, with the Salutation of
the Bleſed Mary, as John his Brother had done
for his Relieft.
SECT. XIII. Of Petit Serjeanties, relating to
the providing of Ships, Boats, &c.
DEGEMUE and EGLOSDERI._Co. CORNWAL.
William Trevelle holds one Corniſh Acre of Land
in Degemue and Egloſderi, by the Serjeanty of find-
Terræ, et dimidium de Domino Rege in Capite, per Serjantiam
pafcendi duos Pauperes pro Animabus Anteceſſorum ſuorum, et
arrentatur ad Scaccarium pro VIIIs. Plac. Coron. 14 Edw. I.
Cant. Blount 41.-
Blount 41._* Alicia Pater-Nofter tenet unam Virgatam
Terræ in Pufey in Com. Berks, in Capite de Domino Rege, per
Servitium dicendi quolibet Die quinquies Pater Nofter, pro Ani-
mabus Anteceſſorum doinini Regis, et valet per Ann. V s. Plac.
Coron. 12 Edw. I. Rot. 35. dorſo. Blount 51.- f Et Richardus
Pater-Nofter, pro Relevio, ſuo ter Dixit, coram Baronibus modo
hic Orationein Dominicam, cum Salutatione Beatæ Mariæ, ficut
Johannes Frater ejus fecerat pro Releyio fuo. Rot. Fin. Pafch.
31 Edw. IlI. Blount 51.
5
ing
174
PETIT SERJEANTIES
ing one Boat and Nets for fiſhing in Helleftone Lake,
whenſoever our Lord the King ſhould come to
Helle tone, and ſo long as he ſhould ſtay there *.
See Pengevel, Page 94.
MALDEN.-Co. Essex.
The Inhabitants of Malden in Eſex, antiently held
that Town by Serjeanty, to find the King a Ship
with its Furniture or Tackle, as often as it ſhould
happen that he ſhould go with his Army out of
the Kingdom of England, for forty Days, at their
own proper Cofts; and this they were to do on the
King's Summons t.
LENYNGBURN.Co. KENT.
William, Son of William Bek, holds his Land in
Lenyngburn, by the Serjeanty of finding, when the
King croſſed the Sea towards Gaſcony, one Ship,
which is called a Baard, at his own proper Charges 1.
* Willielmus Trevelle tenet unam Acram Terræ Cornubienfem
in Degemur et Egłoſderi, per Serjantiam inveniendi unam Ba-
tellum et Rethia ad piſcandum in Lacu de Helleftone, quando
cunque Dominus Rex venerit apud Hellefione, et quamdiu moram
ibi fecerit. Plac. Coron. de Anno 12 Edw. I. Cornub. Blount 54.
- Unam Navem cum Apparatu ſus quotieſcunque contigerit
dictum Regem ire cum Exercitu extra Regnum Angliæ per XL
Dies, Sumptibus fuis propriis, et hoc ad Summonitionem Domini
Regis. Plac. Coron. de 13 Edw. I. Blount 27.-- Willielmus,
Filius Willielmi Bek, tenet Terram fuam in Lenyngburn, per
Serjantiam inveniendi ad transfretationem Domini Regis unam
Navem quæ vocatur Baard, verſus Vaſconiam, Sumptibus fuis
propriis. In Rot. Hundred. Anno 3 Edw. I. Kanc. Blount 62.
SEA-
..
BY PROVIDING SHIPS, &c.
175
1
SEA-PORT Towns.
King Edward I. ordained that his Sea-Port
Towns ſhould provide for his Service certain Ships
at their own proper Coſts, and double Shippage T *.
Sumptibus fuis propriis, et duplici Eſkippamento.
Sir Robert Cotton (in his Anſwer to Motives for
War) interprets it double Shippage, by which I
fuppoſe he means double Tackle, or Furniture
for the Ships. Blount.
BURE-FERRERS-Co. CORNWALL.
Sir John de Ferrers, Knight, holds of the Honor
of the Caſtle of Tremanton in the County of Corn-
wall, I'wenty-one Knights Fees in Bure-Ferrers,
and elſewhere, by Knight's Service, paying at the
Feaſt of St. Michael four Boatmen ISI to manage the
Boats at the Paſſage of Ele, and ſupporting
Twenty-one of the Battlements ill of the Caſtle
aforſaid, at his own proper Coſts to
ISt Virones. Is here uſed for Boatman, or ſuch as
could manage the Paſſage Boat. Blount.Vide
Spelm. in voce.
* Clauſ. 1 Edw. I. Blount 62.- Johannes de Ferrers, Che-
valier, tenet de Honore Caſtri de Tremanton in Comitatu Cor.
nubia, XXI Feoda Militum in Bure-Ferrers, et alibi, per Ser.
vitium Militare, Reddend. ad Feſtum Sancti Michaelis, quatuor
Virones ad Batellos Paffagii de Eſc, et fuftinend. XXI Kernella
Caltri prædicti, Sumptibus fuis propriis. Antiq. Supervis. Duca-
tus Cornubiai Blount 107.
II. Hero
176
PETIT SER JEANTIES
Il Kernella Caſtri. Kernella are the Nooks or Notches
on the Top of the Wall of an embattled Caſtle,
which is therefore called Caftellum Kernellatum
from the Latin Crena, a Notch. Blount.
Rather from the French Creneller, to make
Battlements, from whence comes the Words
Creneau, a Battlement, and Crenelè, embattled. E.
GRENOCLE. Co. Sussex.
Matthew de Haſtings held the Manor of Grenocle
in the County of Suſſex, of the King, by this Ser-
vice, that he ſhould find an Oar for the King's
Uſe, when he ſhould paſs over the Sea at the Ha-
ven of Haſtings SIS *.
SIS Quære. Whether this is within the Tenure of
Voyage-Royal, aboliſhed by the Stat. 12 Car. II.
Cap. 24? +
SECT. XIV. Of Petit Serjeanties performed
by manual Labour, &c.
CUKENEY.-Co. NOTTINGHAM.
Joceus le Flemmangh came to the Conqueſt of Eng-
land, in the Time of William, Duke of Normandy,
and purchaſed in Cukeney the third Part of a
Knight's Fee. And the aforeſaid Joceus begot a
EN
* Inquif. s Edw. I. Blount 110.- Compl. Copyholder, 282,
Son
BY MANUAL LABOUR, &c.
177
Son of the Name of Richard. In the ſame Town, ,
there lived a certain Man, who was called Gamel-
bere, and he was an old Dreying he ist before the
Conqueft; he held two Carucates of Land of our
Lord the King in Capite, for this Service, that he
was to ſhoe the King's Palfrey upon its four Feet,
with the King's Nails [*], whenſoever he ſhould
lie at his Manor of Mansfield; and if he ſhould lame
the King's Palfrey, he was to give him a Palfrey
worth four Marks. And if the Army ſhould be in
Wales, he was to perform Service according to the
Quantity of two Carucates, and likewiſe for Ho-
mage. The aforeſaid Gamelbere died without Heirs
of his Body, and his Land was an Eſcheat in the
Hands of King Henry I. And the fame King gave
that Land to Richard, Son of Joceus aforeſaid, and
his Heirs, to be held of the King by the aforeſaid
Service *. Thomas, the Son of the ſaid Richard,
M
founded
* Joceus le Flemmangh venit ad Conqueftam Angliæ, tempore
Willielmi Ducis Normannia, et quæfivit in Gukenny tertiam
Partem feodi unius Militis : Et prædictus foce genuit quendam
Filium nomine Richardum. In eadem Villa manebat quidam
Homo qui vocabatur Gamelbere, et fuit vetus Dreyinghe ante
Conqueftum; tenuit duas Carucatas Terræ de Momino Rege in
Capite, pro tali Servitio; deferendo Palefridum Domini Regis
fuper quatuor Pedes, de Gluario Domini Regis, quotiefcunque
ad Manerium ſuum de Maunsfeld jacuerits et fi inclaudet Pale-
fridum domini Regis, dabit ei Palefridum quatuor Marcarum.
Et ſi Exercitus fuerit in Wallia, faciet Servitium fecundum
Quantitatem duarum Carucatarum, et ſimiliter pro Homagio.
Prædictus Gamelbere obiit fine Hærede de ſe, et Terra ſua fuit
Eſchaeta in Manum Regis Henrici Primi. Et ipſe Rex dedit
illam
178
PETIT SERJE ANTIES
founded the Abbey of Welbeck in the Reign of King
Henry II *
ISI By Dreyinghe is underſtood a Knight, or one
that held Land by Knight's Service, before the
Conqueſt, and was not outed of his Eftate by
William the Congueror. Blount.
[*] De Cluario Domini Regis. With the King's
Nails and Shoeing Materials. Blount. Cluario,
from the French Clou, a Nail. E. Quære, if
not miſ-read for Clavaris? P.
From the aforeſaid Thomas, Son of Richard (Sur-
named Thomas de Cukeney) the Eftate deſcended to
Iſabel his Daughter, who was married to Simon
fitz Simon, and from her to her three Daughters,
Agnes, married to Sir Walter de Fauconberg; Iſabel,
married to Walter de Riboef, and Petronilla, married
to Stephen de Fauconberg, Brother of Sir Walter.
This Stephen was feiſed of the Eſtate at Cukeney
in Right of his Wife; and from him deſcended
Henry Fauconberge, who held the Manor of Cukeney
in the County of Nottingham, by Serjeanty of ſhoe-
ing the King's Horſe when he came to Mansfield, as
mentioned by Camdent; and afterwards, in the
illam Terram Richardo, Filio Jocei prædicti, et Hæredibus ſuis,
tenendam de eo per prædictum Servitium. Ex Regiſtro de
Welbec, penes Rob. Comitem Kingſtonia, Anno 1630. 2. Mon.
Ang. 598. a. Blount 4.-* Ex Regiſtro prædict. 2. Mon.
Angl. 598. b. paffim.-- + Henricus Fauconberge tenebat Mane-
rium de Gukeney, in hoc Comitatu in Serjantia, per Servitium
ferrandi Palfredum Regis quando Rex veniret ad Mansfeld.
Camd. Brit. Edit. I. P. 124. Nottinghamſhire.
2d Edw.
$
BY MANUAL LABOUR, &c.
179
ad Edw. III. Anno 1329, he gave the fame, with
other Poffefſions, to John de Hotham, Biſhop of
Ely, who the fame Year gave them to the Abbot
and Convent of Welbeck *.
MARDEN.Co. HEREFORD.
John Freeman held one Yard-Land in Marden in
the County of Hereford, by the Serjeanty of Meaſur-
ing the Ditches and Works of our Lord the King,
at the Coſt of the ſaid Kingt.
Holicore.Co. SOMERSET.
Walter Barun held certain Lands and Tenements
in the Town of Holecote of the King in Capite, by
the Service of hanging, upon a certain forked Piece
of Wood, the Red Deer that died of the Murrain in
the King's Foreſt of Exmore; and alſo of lodging
or entertaining the Poor Strangers weakened by
Infirmities that came to him, at his own proper
Coſts, for the Souls of the Anceſtors of our Lord
King Edward 1. See Page 173, after Pufey.
* Ex Regiſtro de Welbec prædict. 2. Mon. Angl. 598. et ſeq.
paffim. Eſcaet 3 Edw. III. N. 108. Blount 4.-- † Per Serjan-
tiam menfurandi Foſfato, et Opera Domini Regis, ad Cuſtum
ipſius Domini Regis. Lib. Niger Heref Blount 16.-I Wala
terus Barun tenuit quafdam Terras et quædam Tenementa in
Villa de Holecote de Rege in Capite, per Servitium pendendi
fuper quoddam Lignum furcatum Cervos de Morina defunctos in
Forefta Regis de Exemore; ac etiam hofpitandi Pauperes Super-
venientes de Infirmitate debilitatos, Sumptibus fuis propriis, pro
Animabus Antecefforum Domini Edwardi Regis. Inquiſ.
35 Edw. I. N. 1. Somerfet. Blount 30.
M2
YORK,
180
PETIT SER JEANTIES
YORK.COUNTY of.
Philip de Lardimer (le Lardiner) claims to be Saleſ-
man for our Lord the King in Fee, within the
County of York, of all Things to be sold for
Debt owing to the King, and alſo for Queen-Gold T.
In this Manner, viz. that he or his certain At-
torney ſhould, at the command of the Sheriff, go
from Place to Place, within the County, at his
own Charges, to make the ſaid Sales, and ſhould
take for every ſuch Sale for his Fee XXXII Pence*.
Which Tenure was afterwards ſeiſed into the
King's Hands for the Abuſe thereof, as appears by
the Great Roll in the Pipe Office, Anno 2 Edw. II,
Blount.
Queen-Gold is a Royal Duty of Ten in the
Hundred, due to the Queen Confort of England,
for all Fines and Oblations made to the King.
Blount, Who quotes Lib. Nig. Scac. Page 43.
PADEWORTH.-Co. Berks.
Peter de Condrey holds the Manor of Padeworth
in the County of Berks, in Capite of our Lord the
* Philippus de Lardimer (le Lardiner) clamat efle Vendi.
tiorem Domini Regis de Feodo in Com. Ebor. de omnibus Rebus
quæ Vendi debent pro Debito Domini Regis, vel etiam pro
Auro Reginæ. Ita, viz. quod ipfe vel fuus certus Attornatus
jbit ad mandatum Vicecomitis de Loco, in Locum infra Comi.
tatum, Sumptibus ſuis, ad prædictas Venditiones faciendas;
et capiet de unaquaque Venditione, pro Feodo ſuo XXXII.
Denarios. Quo. Warr, Ébor. Temp. Edw. I. Blount 35.
King,
BY MANUAL LABOUR,
181
&c.
King, by the Serjeanty of finding one Servant (Ser-
vientem) ||S || in the Queen's Ship, as often as the
fhould paſs the Sea to the Parts of Normandy, to
hold one of the Cords or Ropes of the ſaid Ship.
And that Serjeanty was worth yearly ten Marks *
IISII See Page 85, after Mayford.
KING'S-STANFORD.Co. HEREFORD.
Richard Pygot holds two Yard-Lands in Stanford-
Regis in the County of Hereford of our Lord the
King in Capite, by the Service of conducting the
King's Trcaſure from Hereford to London, at the
King's Coſts, and returning at his own proper
Coſts. And of ſummoning the Biſhop of Hereford
at the Gates of the ſaid Biſhop's Manor of Brom-
gard, if the King ſhould happen to implcad the
faid Biſhopt.
* Petrus de Gondrey tenet Manerium de Padeworth in Com.
Berks, in Capite de Domino Rege, per Serjantiam inveniendi
unum Servientem in Navi Dominæ Reginæ, quotieſcunque con-
tigerit ipſam transfretare at Partes Normanniæ, ad tenendam
unam Cordam ejuſdem Navis in eadem. Et valet per Ann. Ser.
jantia illa X Marcas. Plac. Coron. apud Windefor, 12 Edw. I.
Rot. 46. Blount 40.-€ Richardus Pygot tenet duas Virgatas
Terræ in Stanford-Regis in Com. Hereford, de Domino Rege
in Capite, per Servitium conducendi Thefaurum Domini Regis de
Hereford uſque ad London, Sumptibus Domini Regis, et in re-
deundo Sumptibus ſuis propriis; et etiam ſummonendi Epifcopum
Hereford, ad Portas Manerii dicti Epiſcopi de Bromyard, fi
contingat Dominum Regem, prædictum Epiſcopum implacitare.
Plac. Coron. de Anno 20. Edw. I. Heref. Blount 58,
M 3
MAWAR-
182
PETIT SER JEANTIES
MAWARDYN, Co. HerEFORD.
Walter de Monmouth holds one Yard-Land in Ma-
wardyn in the County of Hereford, by the Serjeanty
of conducting the Treaſure of our Lord the King
to London, as often as he ſhould be fummoned by
the Sheriff, with one Horſe and an Iron Helmet, at
the Coſts of the King, to wit, twelve Pence a
Day towards London, and returning at his own
proper Cofts *.
And William Caperon held two Yard-Lands there,
by the Serjeanty of keeping the Gate of the Caftle
of Hereford, and of having twelve Pence a Day of
our Lord the King t.
WRENCII OLM.
Co. CUMBERLAND.
Robert fitz Alexander holds the Manor of Wrenc-
holm, by keeping the King's Hogs, from the Time
of Pawnage, until they were appraiſed I.
THAMEWELL.Co. OXFORD.
Robert de Grant held one Meſfuage and thirteen
Acres of Land in the Hainlet of Ihamewell in the
* Walterus de Ploneinuwe tenet unam Virgatam Terræ in
Mawardyn in Com. Heref. per Serjantiam conducendi Thefaurum
Dom. Regis uſque London, quotieſcunque fummonitus fuerit per
Vicecomitem, cum uno Equo et Capello Ferren Sumptibus Do-
mini Regis, viz. Xlld. quolibet Die verfus London, et in re-
deundo Somptibus fuis propriis. Et Willielmus Caperon tenuit
duas Virgatas Terræ ibidem per Serjantiam cuftodiendi Portam
Caſtri Hereford, et habendi XII Denarios per Diem de Domino
Rege. Plac. Coron. de Anno 20 Edw. I. Heref. Blount 59.
I Robertus filius Alexandri tenet Manerium de Wrencholm, per
cuftodiam l'orcorum Regis, Tempore Pannagii dunec apprecien
tur. Inquiſ. 13 Job. Cimber. Biount 70.
County
BY MANUAL LABOUR, &c.
183
County of Oxford of our Lord the King, by the
Serjeanty of keeping the Gate, called Woodgate, at
Woodſtock, in the King's Preſence, when he thould
make a Stay there *.
CU MBES. Co. SURREY.
Peter de Baldewyn holds a certain Serjeanty in
Cumbes in the County of Surrey, by gathering Wool
for our Lady the Queen, from the White Thorns ,
if he choſe to do it, and if he refuſed to gather it,
to pay twenty Shillings a-Year at the King's Ex-
chequer t.
T Ad colligendam Lanan Domina Reginæ per Albas
Spinas, To go a Wool-gathering for the Queen
among the Thorns and Briars; though I confeſs
I do but gueſs at Albas Spinas, for the Record
is illegible, and ſeems to make it per Albiās,
with a Daſh over the Word. Blount.
Blount.The
Hawthorn, in the North, is called White Thorn,
and the Sloe, Black Thorn. A.-And ſo almoſt
univerſally in Yorkſhire. E.-It is the proper
Name of the Tree. P.
* Robertus de Grant tenuit unum Meſſuagium et XIII Acras
Terræ in Hamletto de Thamewell in Com. Oxon. de Domino
Rege, per Serjantiam cuſtodiendi Portam de Wodegate, apud
Wodeftock in Preſentia Domini Regis, cum idem Dominus Rex
Moram ibidem faceret. Plac. Coron. 13 Edw. I. Rot. 46. dorſo.
Oxon. Blount 74.-t Petrus de Baldewyn tenet quandam Ser.
jantiam in Cumbes in Com. Surrey, ad colligendam Lanam Do-
minæ Reginæ, per Albas Spinas, ſi voluerit, et fi nolit eam
colligere, folvet ad Scaccarium Domini Regis XX s. per Ann. .
Plac. Coron. de Ann. 39 Hen. III. Surr. Blount 79.
SOTTE-
M 4
184 LANDS HELD OF THE CROWN
SOTTEBROC.-Co. BERKS.
In the Time of King Henry II. Hugh de Sottebroe
held one Knight's Fee at Sottebroc in the County of
Berks, by the Service of finding Coals for making
the Crown of our Lord the King and his Royal
Ornaments, taking fixty Shillings and ten Pence
a-Year for finding the ſaid Coals *
SECT. XV. Of Lands formerly held of the
Crown by various other Tenures.
CHESTER, the COUNTY PALATINE of.
William the Conqueror firſt gave this Province to
Gherbord ||Sil, a Nobleman of Flanders, who had
only the ſame Title and Power as the Officiary
Earls amongſt the Saxons had enjoyed, the Inheri-
tance, the Earldom and Grandeur of the Tenure
being not yet ſettled. Afterwards Hugh Lupus,
the Son of the Viſcount of Auranches, a Nephew of
William the Conqueror by his Siſter, received this
Earldom from the Conqueror, under the greateſt and
moſt honourable Tenure that ever was granted to
a Subject; he gave him this whole County to hold
to him and his Heirs as freely by the Sword, as the
King held the Crown of England to
* Ex Lib. Niger Scacc. Edit. per Tho. Hearne, Page 187.
inter Notas.--Habendum et Tenendum dictum Comitatum
Cefirie ſibi et Hæredibus fuis ita liberè ad Gladium, ficut ipfe
Rex totam tenebat Angliam ad Goronam, Camd. Brit. Tit.
Cheſhire, Blount ļo8.
And
BY VARIOUS OTHER SERVICES. 185
And conſonant thereunto, in all Indictments for
Felony, Murder, &c. in that County Palatine, the
Form of Concluſion was antiently,-Againſt the
Peace of our Lord the Earl, his Sword and Dignity *.
IISII Gherbard was Brother of Lady Gundreda, who
married Earl Warren. Order, Vitalis, P. 572.
SÚRR EY, the EARLDOM of.
In the 6th Year of King Edw. I. (Anno 1278)
after the making the Statute of Quo Warranto in the
Parliament held at Glouceſter, the King, by his
Juſtices, queſtioning certain of his great Subjects
by what Title they held their Lands; among
others, John, Earl Warren and Surrey, being called,
and demanded by what Warrant he held his, ſhewed
them an old Sword, and unſheathing it, ſaid, “ Be-
“ hold, my Lords, here is my Warrant; my Anceſtors
“ coming into this Land with William the Baſtard, did
“ obtain their Lands by the Sword, and I am reſolved
! by the Sword to defend them, againſt whomſoever
Shall endeavour to difpolleſs me: for that King did
“ not himſelf conquer the Land, and ſubdue it, but our
« Progenitors were Sharers and Afiftants therein t."
And good Sharers were they; for it appears that
William the Firſt Earl Warren, was at the Time
of making the General Survey (Domeſday) poſſeſſed
of two hundred Lordſhips in ſeveral Counties of Eng-
* Contra Pacem Domini Comitis Gladium et dignitates fuas.
Blount's Law Dict. Tit. Pleas of the Sword.mt Bar. of Engl.
Vol. I. Blount
9.
land,
186
LANDS HELD OF THE CROWN
land, whereof Coniſborough in Yorkſhire was one,
which had twenty eight Towns and Hamlets within
its Soke *
He married Gundreda, Daughter to the Con-
queror, and was Founder of the Abbey of Lewes
in Suſſex. He had Iſſue by her, William de
Warren the Second Earl, who had Iflue William
de Warren the Third Earl, and he had Iſſue
Iſabell de Warren his Daughter and Heir, who
narried to her Second Huſband Hameline Plan-
tagenet, Baſe Son of Geoffrey, Earl of Anjou,
and Half Brother to King Henry II. and by him
had Iſſue William Plantagenet, Earl of Warren
and Surrey, Father of the above-mentioned
John, who ſhewed the Judges by what Warrant
he held his Eftate.
TUTBURY.CO. STAFFORD.
Walter Achard, or Agard, claimed to hold by In-
heritance, the Office of Eſcheator and Coroner
through the whole Honour of Tutbury in the
County of Stafford, and the Bailiwick of Leyke ;
for which Office he could produce no Evidences,
Charter, or other Writing, but only a White Hun-
ter's Horn, decorated in the Middle, and at each
End, with Silver gilt: to which alſo was affixed
a Girdle of fine black Silk (Byli nigri) adorned with
certain Buckles of Silver, in the midſt of which are
placed the Arms of Edmund IIII (Crouchback, the
* Blount 9.
Firſt
BY VARIOUS OTHER SERVICES.
187
Firſt Earl of Lancaſter) Second Son of King
Henry III *.
Probably the above-mentioned Offices were en-
joyed by the Family of Ferrers of Tamworth 1, by
this Horn, before they came to the Agards; for
Nicholas Agard of Tutbury, who was living A. D.
1569, married Elizabeth, Daughter and Coheir of
Roger Ferrers, the Eleventh Son of Sir Thomas
Ferrers of Tamworth.
From Agard, the Horn deſcended by a Marriage
with the Heireſs of that Family, to the Stanhope's
of Elvaſion, and was lately purchaſed of Charles
Stanhope of Elvaſton, Eſquire, by Mr. Samuel Fox-
lowe of Staveley in Derbyſhire, who enjoys the Poſts
above-mentioned by this Tenure, and in Virtue of
his being in Poſſeſſion of the Horn. The Poſts or
Offices conveyed by the Horn, were thoſe of Feo-
dary, or Bailiff in Fee, i. e. Hereditary Steward of
the two Royal Manors of Eaſt and Weſt Leake in
Nottinghamſhire, Eſcheator, Coroner and Clerk of the
Market of the Honour of Tutbury, the Second of
which Offices, viz. Eſcheator, is now in a Manner
obfolete t.
* Pro quo Officio nullas Evidentias, Cartas, vel alia Scripta
proferre poffit, niſi tantum Cornu Venatorium album, argento
inaurato in medio et utroque fine decoratum ; Cui etiam affigi.
tur Cingulum Byffi nigri fibulis quibuſdam Argenteis ornatum,
in medio quorum pofita funt infignia Edmundi Secundi Filii Regis
Henricii Tertii. M.S.D. St. Lo Kniveton fo. 249. Blouni 25.
+ Mr. Pegge's Obſerva, on the Horn as a Charter. Archæol.
Vol. III. P. S. et ſequ. paſſim.
I||| This
188
LANDS HELD OF THE CROWN
IIf This cannot be admitted, for the firſt Coat is
Quarterly France and England, with a Label of
three Points charged with Fleurs de Lis. Now
Edmund Crouchback had nothing to do with the
Arms of France, neither is there any Inſtance of
his bearing them at any Time. Beſides in the
French Quarter, the Fleurs de Lis are ſtinted to
three, which was not done in England till the
Reign of Henry IV. or about that Time. This
Coat, therefore, is no older than that Age,
and conſequently muſt be the Bearing either of
John of Gaunt, at the latter End of his Time,
or of his Son Henry, afterwards King Henry IV.
probably of the former, and perhaps may be
the fole Inſtance now extant, of his bearing the
Fleurs de Lis fo ftinted,
:.
For the Arms of Robert de Ferrers, the laſt Earl
of Derby of that Surname, who was attainted
of High Treaſon for taking up Arms againſt
King Henry III. at the Battle of Eveſham in 1265,
and to whom the Honour of Tutbury belonged
before ſuch Attainder, are impaled with the
Arms of Lancaſter. The Arms of Ferrers are
Vaire, Or, and Gules *,
MANSFIELD-WOODHOUSE.-Co. NOTTINGHAM,
Sir Robert Plumpton, Knight, was feiſed of one
Bovate of Land in Mansfield-Woodhouſe in the County
* Mr. Pegge's Obſerva. on the Horn as a Charter, Archæol.
Vol. III. P. 5. et ſequ. pafſim.
of
BY VARIOUS OTHER SERVICES. 189
of Nottingham, called Wolf-hunt-Land, held by the
Service of winding a Horn, and chaſing (driving) or
frightening the Wolves in the Foreſt of Shirewood *.
PINLEY.Co. WARWICK.
Adam de Oakes was found by Inquiſition to have
died feiſed of certain Tenements in Pinley in the
County of Warwick, which he held of the King
by the Payment of a Halfpenny per Annum, called
Warth ft.
LIGHTHORN.Co. WARWICK.
The Earl of Warwick is Lord of Lighthorn in the
County of Warwick, and holds it of the King in
Capite, &c. The whole Town was Geldable ||S|l, and
paid Eſcuage [1] and Warthſ, and went to the
two great Sheriffs Turns .
Warth is the ſame with Ward-penny, that is,
Money paid ob Caftri præfidium, vel excubias
agendas, i. e. for guarding of a Caſtle, or for
performing the Duty of a Centinel or Watch-
man there. Blount.
Blount. See Page 129.
[181] Geldable. Taxable, liable to pay Tax or Tribute.
Blount's Law Dict. fub Voce.
[1] Eſcuage. A Payment in Lieu of going in Per-
ſon to the Wars. Litt. Tenures, Sect. 95. et
ſequent.
KING's
* Eſcaet. 11 Hen. VÍ. N. 5. Blount 94. Archæol. Vol. III.
Page 3.-7 Rot, fin. 18 Edw. II. N. 26. Blount 8.-- Comes
Warwici
190
LANDS HELD OF THE CROWN
KING'S-BROME, ----Co. WARWICK.
In the 14th Year of King Edw. II. Richard de
Sandford held one Toft and four Yard-Lands and a
Half in King's Brome in the County of Warwick, of
the King in Capite, by the Service of a pair of
Tong's to be delivered yearly into the Exchequer,
by the Hands of the Sheriff of that County *.
NORTHAMPTON, the Town of.
William the Conqueror gave to Simon St. Liz, a
noble Norman, the Town of Northampton, and the
whole Hundred of Falkely (Faufey) then valued at
forty Pounds per Annum, to provide Shoes for his
Horfest:
BRIDGNORTH.Co. SALOP.
Ralph de Pitchford behaved himfelf fo valiantly at
the Caſtle of Bridgnorth, upon the Revolt of Robert
de Beleſme, Earl of Shrewſbury, from King Henry I.
that the King gave him Little Brug near it, to hold
by the Service of finding dry Wood for the Great
Chamber of the Caſtle of Brug (Bridgnorth) againſt
the coming of his Sovereign Lord the King I.
HALLINGBURY.Co. Essex.
Roger, ſometime Taylor to our Lord the King,
held one Carucate of Land in Hallingbury in the
Warwici eſt Dominus de Lighthorn in Com. Warwic, et tenet de
Rege in Capite, &c. Tota Villa eſt Geldabilis et dat Scutagium
et Wart), et venit ad duos magnos Turnos Vicecomitis. Inquiſ.
7 Edw. I. in Scacc. Blount 60.-* Eſcaet. 14. Edw. II. N. 39.
Blount 15.of Jordal, id eft, Joh. Brompton. Blount 16.-
$ Camd. Brit. Tit. Shropshire. Blount 16.
County
BY VARIOUS OTHER SERVICES,
191
County of Elfex, by the Serjeanty of paying at the
King's Exchequer, one Silver Needle yearly, on
the Morrow of St. Michael *.
EXMORE.Co. SOMERSET.
King Henry III. gave to William de Pleſets, the
Bailiwick of Exmore, in the County of Somerſet, by
the Service of paying to the King for the fame
fourteen Little Heifers and a Young Bull, or for
each of them ten Pence to
GLOUCESTER, the City of,
In the Time of King Edward (the Confeffor) the
City of Glouceſter paid thirty-fix Pounds by Tale,
and twelve Sextaries Sl of Honey, according to
the Town's Meaſure, and thirty-ſix Dickers Iti of
Iron, and a hundred flender Iron Rods for mak-
ing Nails for the King's Ships, and ſome other
ſmall Cuſtoms (cuſtomary Payments) in the King's
Hall and Chamber 1.
* Rogerus, quandam Ciffor Domini Regis, tenuit unam Caru-
catam Terræ in Hallingbury, Com. Ellex, per Serjantiam fol-
vend. ad Scaccarium Domini Regis unam Acum Argenteam quo-
libet Anno in Craſlino Sanéti Michaelis. Plac. Coron. de
13 Edw. I. Blount 28.- Henricus III. dedit Willielmo de
Pleflets Baliyam de Exmore in Com. Somerſet, per Servitium
reddendi eidem Regi proinde XIV Judenculas et unum Taricus
lum, vel pro quolibet eorum Xd. Orig. de Anno 35 Edw. III.
Blount 29.- Tempore Regis Edwardi reddebat Civitas de
Glouceſtre XXXVI Libras numeratas et XII Sextaria Melis,
ad Menſuram ejuſdem Burgi, et XXXVI Ferri, et C Virgas
Ferreas ductiles ad Clavos Navium Regis, et quafdam alias
minutas Conſuetudines in Aula et in Camera Regis. Domeſday.
Tit. Glouceſtre. Blount 33.
Sil Sextary,
See cont. Mag. Janiny 1787.p.60.
192
LANDS HELD OF THE CROWN
NISI Sextary, was an antient Meaſure, containing
our Pint and a Half, and in ſome places more.
Blount. See Page 133.
1+1 A Dicker of Iron contained ten Bars. Blount.
From the Britiſh or Celtic Word Dég, the Ar-
morie Dék, or the French Dix, Ten. The
Latin Word Decem ſeems to come from the ſame
Root, as well as the Greek Aéxa, Ten. E.
Virgas Ferreas ductiles. Iron Rods wrought into
a fit Size for making Nails for the King's Ships.
Blount.
Norwich, the City of.
In the Time of King Edward (the Confeſſor) there
were numbered in the City of Norwich, one thou-
fand three hundred and twenty Burgeſſes, at which
Time it paid twenty Pounds to the King, and ten
Pounds to the Earl, and beſides theſe, it paid
twenty Shillings, and four Prebendaries SS, and
fix Sextaries of Honey, and a Bear, and fix Dog's
for the Bear. After the Conqueſt, it paid ſeventy
Pounds by Weight to the King, and a hundred
Shillings for Gerſum [*] to the Queen, and a Pala
frey , and twenty Pounds Blanch Money to the
Earl, and twenty Shillings of Gerſum [*], by the
Tale *.
SS What
* Tempore Regis Edwardi in Civitate Norwici MCCCXX Bur-
genſes numerabantur, quo Tempore reddebat XX Libras Regi,
et Comiti X Libras, et præter hæc XX Solidos ct quatuor Pra.
bendarios, et ſex Sextarios Mellis, et Urfum, et fex Canes ad
Wrfuin:
BY VARIOUS OTHER SERVICES.
193
$
SS What Præbendarios may here fignify, I cannot
well tell, fome think Chaplains, others, more
probably, certain Meaſures of Provender for
Horfes, which Meaſure debet elle 13 Pollicum
Latitudinis infra Circulum, et altitudinis trium Pola
licum (i. e. ought to be thirteen Inches wide
within the Rim, and three Inches high.)
Blount. The ſecond Interpretation I take to be
the truer. P.
[*] Gerſuma Reginæ. Is a Fine to the Queen, other-
wiſe called Aurum Reginæ. Blount. See Queen-
Gold, Page 180. E.
Afturconem. A Little Nag or Palfrey. Sir Henry
Spelman interprets it, Equus Generofior. Blount.
Quære, if not a Hawk? See Pages 66 and 67. E.
e Libras Blancas. Is contradiftinguiſhed to Libras
ad numerum, the firſt was Money paid by Weight,
the other by Tale. The French indeed call
Coin of Braſs, or Copper, ſilvered over, Mon-
noye Blanche. Blount.
FULMER_Co. BUCKS.
Sir Marmaduke Darel, Knight, holds of our Lord
the King the Manor of Fulmer, in the County of
Bucks, by the Service of one Red Roſe yearly *.
N
SWIN-
Urfum: Modo vero reddit LXX Libras penſas Regi, et Centum
Solidos de Gerfuma Reginæ et Allurconem, et XX Libras
Blancas Comiti, et XX Solidos de Gerſuma ad numerum,
Domeſday. Blount 137.--* Marmadurus Darel, Miles, tenet de
Doming
194
LANDS HELD OF THE CROWN
SWINTON.CO. YORK.
William fitz Daniel holds four Organgs and a
Half of Land in Swinton in the County of York,
paying therefore y early one Flaſket |ISII, &c *.
11S|| Flaſkettam. A Kind of Baſket. Blount. Why
not Flaſk or Bottle? Flaſka has that Signification,
and this feems to be a diminutive of it. A.-
A Waſh-Tub, in the Weſt-Riding of Yorkſhire, is
uſually called a Flaſket. E.
STAPLEHERST,Co. KENT.
The Tenement of Newſlede, with the Appurte-
nances, in the Town of Stapleherſt, in the County
of Kent, is held of the Manor of Eaſt-Greenwich,
by Fealty only and in free Socage, by a Patent
dated the 3d February, 4th Edw. VI. (1549.)
And by the Payment for Smoke-Silver | yearly to
the Sheriff, the Sum of Sixpencet.
There is Smoke-Silver and Smoke-Penny paid to
the Miniſters of divers Pariſhes, conceived to
be paid in Lieu of Tithe-Wood (ſpent for Fuel
Domino Rege Manerium de Fulmer, in Com. Bucks, per Ser-
vitium unius Rofie Rubeæ per Annum. Eſcaet. 3 Hen VI.
Blount. 41.
* Willielmus filius Daniel tenet quatuor Bovatas
Terræ et dimid. in Swinton in Coin. Ebor. reddendo inde per
Annum unum Flaskettum, &c. Plac. Coron. 15 Hen. III. Ebor.
Rot. 17.
Blount 48.-t Tenementum Newſiede, cum Pertin,
in Villa de Stapleherst, in Comitatu Cantia, tenetur de Manerio
de Eaſt Greenwich, per Fidelitatem tantum et in libero Socagio,
per Paten. dat. 3 Feb. 4 Edw. VI. &c. Inquiſ. poft Mortem
Domini Wotton, 1628. Blount 123.
in
BY VARIOUS OTHER SERVICES.
195
in the Pariſhioner's Houſes.) Or it may, as in
many Places at this Day, be a continued Pay-
ment of the Rome-Scot, or Peter-Pence. Blount's
Law Dict. Tit. Smoke-Silver,
MORE.CO. SALOP.
Walter de Aldeham bolds Land of the King, in
the More, in the County of Salop, by the Service
of paying to the King yearly, at his Exchequer,
two Knives, (Whittles) whereof one ought to be of
that Value (or Goodneſs) that at the firſt Stroke it
would cut aſunder, in the Middle, a Haſle Rod of
a Year's Growth, and of the Length of a Cubit
(Half a Yard) &c. Which fame Service ought to
be done in the Middle of the Exchequer, in the
Preſence of the Treaſurer and Barons, every Year,
on the Morrow of St. Michael. And the ſaid Knives
(Whittles) to be delivered to the Chamberlain to keep
for the King's Uſe *.
PLOMPTON..Co. WARWICK.
In King Henry the Third's Time, Walter de
Plompton held certain Lands in Plompton, in the
Pariſh of Kingsbury and County of Warwick, by
* Walterus de Aldeham tenet Terram de Rege, in la More, in
Com. Salop, per Servitium reddendi Regi per Annum ad Scac-
carium ſuum duos Cultellos, quorum unus talis Valoris effe debet,
ut Virgam Coryleam unius Anni, et Longitudinis unius Cubiti, ad
primam Percuffionem per Medium fuindere debet, &c. Quod
quidem Servitium in Medio Scaccarii in Preſentia Thefaurarii
et Baronum, quolibet Anno, in Craftino Sanéti Michaelis fieri
debet. Et dicti Cultelli liberentur Camerario ad (puis Regis
cuſtodiendi, Com. Mich. 3 Ric. II. Rot. I. Salop. Blount 135.
N 2
a cer .
196
LANDS HELD OF THE CROWN
a certain Weapon, called a Daniſh Axe, which be-
ing the very Charter whereby the ſaid Land was
given to one of his Anceſtors, hung up for a long
Time in the Hall of the Capital Meſſuage, in Te-
ftimony of the ſaid Tenure *.
It appears by ſeveral Authorities, that the Heirs
of Sir John Bracebrigg were afterwards feiſed there-
of, by the Title of the Manor of Plompton to
WHITTINGTON:Co. Salop.
Beneath Whittington in Shropſhire, one Wrenoc,
Son of Meuric, held Lands by the Service of being
Latimer ſ between the Engliſh and the Welſhmen 1.
Latimer. Trucheman, or Interpreter. Blount.
I believe it ſhould be Latiner, for ſo the modern
Latinarius did ſignify; one whoſe Skill in the
Latin was preſumed to enable him to under-
ſtand all other Languages. - Biſhop Kennett's
Notes on Blount, communicated to the Editor,
by R. Gough, Efq; F. R. S. and F.S. A.
LIDINGELAND, the HỦNDRED Of.Co. SUFFOLK.
John de Baliol holds the Moiety of the Hundred
of Lidingeland, which was feiſed into the Hands of
the King, becauſe he did not offer himſelf perfon-
álly to bear the Rod before the Juſtices in Eyre in
the ſame County S.
EGGE
* Dagdale's Warwickſhire, fol. 365. a. Blount 18.-† Dugd.
Warw. 765. Comp. Copyholder 430.- Camd. Brit. Tit.
Shropſhire. Blount 14.- Johannes de Balliolo tenet Medieta.
tem
BY VARIOUS OTHER SERVICES.
197
EGGEFEILD.Co. LANCASTER.
Walter le Rus, and Alice his Wife, hold twelve
Acres of Land in Eggefeild, by the Service of repair-
ing the Iron Works of the King's Plows *,
tem Hundredi de Lidingeland, quæ feifita fuit in Manus Regis,
eo quod ipfe non optulit fe perfonaliter ad portandum Virgam
coram juſticiariis Itinerantibus in eodem Comitatu. Clauſ.
15 Edw. I. Suffolk. Blount 24.--* Walterus le Rus, et Alicia
Uxor ejus, tenent duodecim Acras Terræ in Eggefeild, per Ser-
vitium reparandi Ferramenta ad Carucas Regis. Plac, Coron.
39 Hen. III. Lang. Blount 93.
N3
САР.
198
LANDS HELD OF ECCLESIASTICAL PALATINES
i
CA P. III.
OF LANDS HELD OF SUBJECTS
BY SERVICES OF THE NATURE OF
GRAND AND PETIT SERJEANTY, &c.
SECT. I. Of Lands held of Eccleſiaſtical Pala-
tines, exerciſing Regal Authority within the King-
dom, by Services of the Nature of Grand and
Petit Serjeanty, &c.
Joan
ERESBY, Co. LINCOLN.
OHN de WILEGHBr died feiſed of the
Manor of Ereſby, with its Members, viz.
Spileſby, Greby, Ingoldmels, Flyxburgh, Tonelby, Friſ-
keny, Bifcopthorp, Aſkeby, Kyrkeby ſuper Bayne, Ta-
terfall, and Thorpe; all which he held of the Biſhop
of Durham, by the Service of one Knight's Fee,
and by the Service of being Bailiff to that Biſhop
for the Time being, of all his Lands in the County
of Lincoln, of his Fee, viz. to hold his Courts, and
to make Summons, Attachments, Diſtreſſes, and what-
foever belonged to the fame Office, at the own
proper Cofts of himſelf and his Heirs; and alſo to
levy all the iſſues and Profits ariſing thereby, by
himſelf or his fufficient Deputy, and to be anſwer.
able to the Biſhop and his Succeſſors for the fame.
Likewiſe by the Service of being Steward to him
and
BY VARIOUS SERVICES, &c.
199
and his Succeffors, and to carry the Meſes of Meat
to the Table upon the Day of their Conſecration, as
alſo at Chriſtmas and Whitſuntide, by himſelf or his
eldeſt Son, in Caſe he were a Knight, or ſome
other fitting Knight thereunto deputed by Letters
Patent *.
SOCKBURN.CO. DURHAM.
In the eighth Year of the Pontificate of Waller
Shirlawe, Biſhop of Durham, 1395, Sir John Conyers,
Knight, died feiſed in his Demeine, as of Fee Tail,
to him and the Heirs Male of his Body iſſuing, of
the Manor of Sockburn, with the Appartenances;
which fame Manor was held of the Lord Biſhop in
Capite, by the Service of Shewing to the Lord
Biſhop one Fawchon (Falchion) which after having
been ſeen by the Biſhop was to be reſtored to him,
in Lieu of all other Services t.
This valuable Manor of Sockburn (the Seat of the
Antient Family of Conyers, in the Biſhoprick of Dur-
ham) worth 5541. a-Year, was in the Year 1771
the Eſtate of Sir Edward Blackett, and is held of
the Biſhop of Durham by the eafy Service of pre-
ſenting a Falchion to every Biſhop, upon his firſt
Entrance into his Dioceſe, as an Emblem of his
Temporal Power 1.
The Manor of Sockburne was purchaſed by the
late Sir William Blackett, Baronet, of the Grand-
Daughter of the laſt of the Family of Conyers of
* Efcaet. Roll. 46 Edw. III. N. 78. Dugd. Baronage Vol. II.
Page 84. Blount 133.--+ Inquil. poft Mortem Joh. Conyers,
Chr. Mr. Allan's Notes.
N 4
Sock-
200
LANDS HELD OF ECCLESIASTICAL PALATINES
Sockburne, whoſe Mother was married into the Fa.
mily of the Earl of Shrewſbury. The Family of
Conyers were Barons of the Palatinate, and Lords of
Sockburne from the Conqueſt, and before, till the In-
heritance was ſo carried, within a Century paſt,
by the Marriage of the Heireſs, into the Family of
the Earl of Shrewſbury, as above-mentioned; and
by her Daughter was ſold amongſt other Eſtates to
Sir Williant Blackett *.
Sir Edward Blackett now repreſents the Perſon
of Sir John Conyers, who, as Tradition fays, in the
Fields of Sockburne, flew, with this Falchion, a mon-
ſtrous Creature, a Dragon, a Worm, or Aying Serpent,
that devoured Men, Wonien, and Children. The then
Owner of Sockourne, as a Reward for his Bravery,
gave
him the Manor, with its Appurtenances, to
hold for ever, on Condition that he meets the Lord
Biſhop of Durham, with this Falchion, on his firſt
Entrance into his Dioceſe, after his Election to that
Seet:
And in Confirmation of this Tradition, there is
painted in a Window of Sockburne Church, the
Falchion we juſt now ſpoke of; and it is alſo cut
in Marble, upon the Tomb of the great Anceftor
of the Conyers's, together with a Dog, and the
monſtrous Worm, or Serpent, lying at his Feet, of
his own killing, of which the Hiſtory of the Family
gives the above Account I.
When the Biſhop firſt comes into his Dioceſe, he
croſſes the River Tees, either at the Ford at Ne-
Camd. Brit. Tit. Durham.-- Mr. Allan's Notes - Camd.
Brit. Vol. II. Page 132.
foam,
BY VARIOUS SERVICES.
201
P, 1399, Dioniſia, Widow of John Pollard
Mam, or Croft-Bridge: (where the Counties of York
and Durham divide) At one of which Places, Sir
Edward Blackett, either in Perſon, or by his Re-
preſentative, if the Biſhop comes by Neſham, rides
into the Middle of the River Tees, with the Antient
Falchion drawn in his Hand, or upon the Middle
of Croft-Bridge ; and then preſents the Falchion to
the Biſhop, addreſſing him in the Antient Form of
Words. Upon which the Biſhop takes the Falchion
into his Hands, looks at it, and returns it back
again, wiſhing the Lord of the Manor his Health,
and the Enjoyment of his Eftate *.
BISHOP'S-AUKLAND. --Co. DURHAM.
In the 12th Year of the Pontificate of Biſhop
Shirlawe,
the Elder, died feiſed of one Piece of Land, called
Hekes, near the Park of Aukland, which was held of
the Lord Biſhop in Capite, by the Service of ſhew-
ing to the Bilhop one Fawchon, at his firſt coming
to "Aukland after his Conſecration t.
Theſe Lands, now called Pollard's Lands, at
Biſhop's Aukland, worth above 200l. a-Year, con-
tinue to be held by the fame Service. Doctor
Johnſon of Newcaſtle, met the preſent Biſhop, Doce
tor Egerton, in September 1771, at his firſt Arrival
Mr. Allan's Notes.----Dioniſia, quæ fuit Uxor. Johannis
Pollard, ſenior, obit ſ. in Dom. &c. de una Pec. Terræ, voc,
Hekes, juxta Parca de Aukland, quæ tenetur de Domino Epif-
copo in Capite, per Servitium oftendum Domino Epifcopo unum
Fawchon in primo adventu fuo apud Aukland poft Confecrac.
fuam. Inquiſ poft Mortem Dioniſia Pollard, Vid.
there,
LANDS HELD OF TEMPOR AL PALATINES.
there, and preſented a Falchion upon his Knee,
and addrefled him in the old Form of Words,
ſaying,
« My Lord! In Behalf of myſelf, as well as of the
ſeveral other Tenants of Pollard's Lands, I do
« humbly preſent your Lordſhip with this Falchion,
" at your firſt coming here, wherewith, as the Ira-
“ dition goeth, Pollard few of old a great and
“ venomous Serpent, which did much Harm to
66 Man and Beaſt : And by the Performance of this
“ Service, theſe Lands are holden *.*
N. B. This Tenure, and that at Sockburne above-
mentioned, are the only two performed at this
Day in the County t.
SECT. II. Of Lands held of Temporal Pala-
tines, exerciſing Regal Authority within the King-
doin, by Services of the Nature of Grand and
Petit Serjeanty, &c.
HALTON. Co. CHESTER.
Hugh Lupus, Earl of Cheſter, created Nigel, or
Neale, Baron of Halton in Cheſhire, Conſtable and
Marſhall of Cheſter, by Condition of Service to lead
the Vauntguard of the Earl's Army, when he ſhould
make any Expedition into Wales; fo as the ſaid
* Mr. Allan's Notes.- Ibid.
Baron
BY VARIOUS SERVICE 6.
203
Baron ſhould be the foremoſt in marching into the
Enemy's Country, and the laſt in coming back *.
BARONS of CHESHIRE.
The Earl of Cheſter's Barons were antiently
bound in Time of War with the Welch, to find for
every Knight's Fee, one Horſe with Capariſon and
Furniture, or two without, within the Diviſions
of Cheſhire; and their Knights and Freeholders
ſhould have Corſets and Haubergeons III, and defend
their own Fees with their own Bodies t.
| The Firſt Earl of Cheſter's Barons were, Nigel,
Baron of Halton, Conſtable of Cheſter; Robert,
Baron de Mont-bault, Seneſchal or Steward of
the County of Cheſter; William de Malbedenge,
Baron of Malbanc; Richard Vernon, Baron of
Sipbroke; Robert fitz Hugh, Baron of Malpas ;
Hammon de Maſcy; Gilbert Venables, Baron of
Kinderton; and N. Baron of Stockport 1..
9
Il! Haubergella, or Hambergellus. See P. 92, 123.
BURTON.CO, NOTTINGHAM.
John Burdon held four Bovats of Land in De-
mefne in Burton, in the County of Nottingham, of
the Honour of Tickhill, by the Service of finding
one Horſe and one Sack, when the Conſtables of
Cheſter marched into Wales in the King's Service s.
Fobn Burdon, for his Land in Burton, owes two
Suits (to the Court of the Honour of Tickhill;) and
* Chronicon Ceftria. Blonnt 109.- Camd. Brit. ex Antiq.
M. S. Blount 23.-_1 Ibid. Tefta Nevilli. Blount
Blount 94.
in
204 LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL PALATINES
in the Army in Wales he is to find one Horſe of
the Price of five Shillings, and one Sack and a
Broch of the Price of Eightpence. And when the
Army ſhall return, he ſhall haye his Horſe and his
Sack, or the Price. And he is to make ſeven
Feet of the Cauſey ISI *,
ISI Calcet. Calcetum. A Cauſey. Ainſw. Dict. Law
Lat.-.-Probably a Road carried over the Marſhy
Ground adjoining to Tickhill Caſtle. E.
Lound and CLUMBER.Co. NOTTINGHAM.
Thomas de Heyton, and Elias fitz Hubert, held
their Lands in Lund and Clumber, by the fame Ser-
vicet.
And Adam de Hayton, and William fitz Hubert,
hold two parts of one Carucate of Land in Lunde,
Clumber, Retford, and Miſterton, of the Honor of
Tickbill, for one Horſe and one Sack, to the Con-
ſtable of Tickhill, when he ſhould go into Wales,
and pay no Eſcuage 1
:
* Johannes Burdon pro Terra in Button. (Burton) debet duas
Sectas, et in Exercitu Walliæ deber invenire unum Equum de
Præcio Vs. et unum Saccum, et Broch. de Precii VIII d. et
cum Exercitus redierit habebit Equum fuum et Saccum, vel
Prærium. Et debet fac. ſeptem Ped. ſup. Calcet. Ex vet. Rot.
Feodar. Honoris de Tickhull, penes F.F. Foljambe. Arm.--+Tho-
mas de Heyton, et Elias filius Hub. pro Terra fua in Lund et
Columb. facerin: idem Servicium. Ex Rot. prædicto.--| Adam
de Hayton, et Willielmus filius Huberti, tenent duas Partes unius
Caroc. Terræ in Lunde, Clumber, Retford, et Miſterton, de
Honore de Tykhull, pro uno Equo, et uno Sacco, Conſtab. de
Tikhull, quando ibit in Wabe et nul. Scutag. dant. Ex Rot.
prædicto.
Dore.
BY VARIOUS SERVICES.
205
DORE_Co. DERBY.
Matthew de Haverſegge (now called Hather fedge)
for his Land in Dore did the fame Service *.
TINESLOWE, now TINSLEY.CO. YORK.
William de London holds Tinneſlowe by Serjeanty,
and he is to receive a Hawk at the Feaſt of Saint
Michael, and to train and teach it (cuftodire) the
whole Winter, and to have for training it, Seven-
pence Halfpenny every Day, out of the Lord's
Purſe for his Service. And his Horſes were to be
appraiſed, if they died in the fame Service, and
the Lord was to pay him the Price +
William Wyntworth holds his Tenements in Tyn-
neſlowe, by the Service of training and teaching a
Hawk (cuftodiendum). And he was to have
every Day, for his Charge, Sevenpence Halfpenny
out of the Lord's Purſe I
And Thomas Denman holds the other Moiety in
Tynneſowe by the fame Service S.
Mattheus de Haverlegge pro Terra fua in Dor. facit idem
Servicium. Ex Rot, prædiéto.-t Præterea Willielmus de Lon.
don tenet Tineflowe per Serjantiam, et debet recipere unum
Aucipitrem ad Feſtum Sancti Michaelis, et cuſtodire illum per
totum Temem, et debet habere pro Cuſtodia quodlibet Die VII d.
ob de Burſa Domini pro Servicio ſuo. Et Equi ſui debent an-
prætiari fi moriant. in eodem Servicio, debet ei reddere pro Præ.
tium. Ex Rot. prædicto.--I Willielmus Wyntworthe tenet Ten.
fua in Tynneflowe, per Servicium cuftodiend, unum Aucipitrem,
Et debet h'ere quodlibet Die pro Cuſtag. ſuo VII d. ob. de Burſa
Domini. Ex. Rot. prædicto.- Thomas Denman tenet al.
Mediet. in Tynneflowe, per idem Servicium.
LETTE-
206 LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL PALATINES.
LETTEWELLE.Co. YORK. -
Thomas de Lettewelle holds one Acre of Land in
Lettewelle by Serjeanty, and he is to receive one
Brachet at the Nativity of the Bleſſed Mary 1st,
and to keep it the whole Winter, and to have
every Day for keeping it Threepence Halfpenny.
Inquire concerning the Reſidue of this Serjeanty,
becauſe it appears in the Book of Fees that eight
Oxgangs of Land were held of the Honor of Tick-
hill, by the ſame Service *
f Brachettum A Hound Dog probably. See
Note under Bericote, Page 141. E.
ISI Nativitatem Beatæ Mariæ. 8 September.
BENTLEY.-Co, YORK.
Richard Scrope holds the Manor of Bentley, with
its Members, for four Knights Fees, and pays
yearly, at the Feaſt of St. Thomas the Apoſtle, for
Caſtle-Guard, twenty Shillings; and at the Purifica-
tion of the Bleſſed Mary, fix Shillings and Eight-
pence; and at the Feaſt of Eaſter, for Meat to the
Watchmen, Eightpence; and Aid to the Sheriff,
two Shillings and Sixpence. And at the Feaſt of
* Thomas de Lettewelle tenet unam Acram Terræ in Lettewelle,
per Serjantiam, et debet recipere unum Brachettum ad Natidi.
tatem Beatæ Mariæ, et cuſtodire illum per totum Yemen, et
debet habere quodlibet Die pro cuſtol. III d. ob. Inqui. de
reſiduo ift. Serjantiæ quia in Libro Feod. patet quod octo
Bovat. Terræ tenent fuer. de Honore prædicto per
Servicium
prædictum. Ex prædicto Rot. Feodar. Honoris de Tickhill.
the
BY VARIOUS SERVICES.
207
the Nativity of St. John Baptiſt, for Caſtle-Guard,
twenty Shillings; and at the Feaſt of St. Michael,
for Meat to the Watchmen, Eightpence; and for
Aid to the Sheriff, two Shillings and Sixpence;
and does Suit to the Court from three Weeks to
three weeks. . And the ſaid Manor is now in the
Tenure of Richard Scrope, Efq*.
N. B. It afterwards belonged to Adam de New-
march; and 19 Eliz. 1577, to Francis Wynd-
ham, Eſquire; and was held by the fame Ser-
vices to
The Heirs of John Anneſley hold one Knight's
Fee, of the ſaid four Knights Fees, and pay to
the Caſtle of Tickhill
, at the Feaſt of the Purifica-
tion of the Blefjed Mary, Twelvepence, and more
Eightpence Halfpenny I.
* Richardus Scrope tenet Manerium de Bentley, cum Membris,
pro II. Feod. Milit. et Redd. per Annum, ad Felta Sartti
Thomæ Apofloli pro Warda Caftri XX s. et Pur. Beatæ Marie,
VIs. Villd et ad Feſtum Pafchæ pro Cibo Vigilat. VIIId. et
Auxilium Vic. Ils. 'VID. Et ad Feſta Nat. Saneti Johannis
Baptiſte, pro Warda Caftri XX s. et ad Feſtum Sancti Michaelis
pro Cibo Vigilat. VIII d. et ad Auxilium Vic. II s. Vid. Et
fact. Sect. Cur. de Trib. Şeprimanas in tres Seprimanis. Er
prædictum Manerium modo eft in Tenur. Richardi Scrape, Ar-
mig. Ex Rot. prædict.-t Return of a Commiſſion to enquire
concerning the Honor of Tickhill. Dated 28 June, 19 Elizabeth,
Et Hered. Johannis Annefley tenent de di&tis IIII. Feod.
ununa Feod. et reddit Caſtro de Tykhull, ad Feſtum Pur. Beatæ
Mariæ, XIId. et plus VIIId. ob. Ex Rot. prædict.
OSBER-
208
LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL PALATINES
OSBERTON.CO. NOTTINGHAM.
Mauneſumus de Herſey holds the whole Town
of Oſberton of the Counteſs of Ewe SIIS, by the Ser-
vice of being her Steward; and the Heir of Alfirton
had the Land, and kept it by the like Service *.
T This Chriſtian Name ſeems to be a Corruption
of Onefimus. P.
SIIS This Counteſs of Ewe, whoſe Chriſtian Name
was Alice, I take to have been the Daughter of
that Earl and Counteſs of Ewe who are men-
tioned Page 114, for ſhe was living the 5th
of King Edw. IV. 1465, as appears by the
Feodary Roll of the Honor of Tickhill, from
which theſe Extracts are made. She held
Thirty-nine Knights Fees, a Third Part, and
a Fiftieth Part of a Knight's Fee, in the
County of Nottingham, of the Honor of Tick-
hill. E.
ATHEWYK, now ADWICK upon DERNE.
Co. YORK.
William Clarell formerly did Fealty, and acknow-
ledged, that he held the Manor of Adthewyk, and
paid every two Years towards keeping the Caſtle
(of Tickhill) each Year ſeven Shillings and Four-
* Munefumus de Herſy tenet totam Villam de Oſberton, de
Comitiſſa Augy per Servicium quod fit Diſpen. ejus, et Heres
de Alfrton habet Terram, et defendit eam per tale Servicium.
Ex Rot. prædict.
pence;
BY VARIOUS SERVICES.
209
Pence; and every third Year eight Shillings, and
ten Shillings to keep a Hawk ISI. And he ſaid
that Hugh Curſon, every third Year, paid Four-
teen-pence for his Tenement in Athewyk *.
ISI Oſterer. Probably miſ-copied for Oſtercum, a
Goſhawk. See Note under Peckham, Page 166.
And obſerve, that Francis F. Foljambe, Eſquire,
is now feiſed of a Rent of four Shillings and
Eightpence, iſſuing out of Lands at Mexbrough,
the adjoining Townſhip, every Third Year, by
the Name of Hawk-Silver. E.
MEKESBURGH, now MexBROUGH.--Co. YORK.
The Tenants of the Land of Roger Bacon ||1|| did
Fealty, and acknowledged, that they held in Mekel
burgh four Oxgangs of Land, and paid every two
Years for keeping the Caſtle (of Tickhill) in each
Year, two Shillings and Fourpence, and the Third
Year they paid nothing; and they came to the two
Great Courts It
* Willielmus Clarell quondam fec. fidelit. et cognovit quod
tenebat Mạneſium de Adthwyk et reddendo fingulis duob. An-
nis ad Cuftodiæ Caftri utroque Anno VII:s. Il do et quodlibeç
tercio Anno VIIs. et X s. ad Cuſtodiæ Oſterer. Et dicit quod
Hugo Curfon quodlibet tercio Anno fol. XIId. pro ten. fuo
in Athewyk. Ex Rot. prædi&t. Tenentes Terræ Rogeri
Bacon fecerint fidelit. et cognover, quod tenent in MekeJburgh
111. Bovat. Tertæ et reddunt fingulis duob. Annis ad cu
Atuda Cartri utroque Anio II .. Ind. et tercio Anno nichil
reddunt et facerint duos adventus ad duos magn. Cur. Ex
Rot. prædi&t.
CU-
0
Quære,
210 LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL PALATINES
Hill Quære, If this was not the famous Fryer, Roger
Bacon? For there is a Tradition, that he was
a Native of this Part of Yorkſhire, and that his
Brazen Head was ſet up in a Field at Rothwell,
near Leeds, where the Editor was born, E.
i
tias.
f Two great Courts, i.e. at Eaſter and Michael
The Courts Leet for this part of the
Honor of Tickhill, continue to be held at Mex-
brough Twice a-Year. E.
Note. That the before-mentioned Manors and
Lands at Burton, Lound, Clumber, Retford, Mif-
terton, Dore, Tinſley, Letwell, Bentley, Oſberton,
Adwick, and Mexbrough, are all held of the
Honor of Tickhill, Parcel of the Dutchy of
Lancaſter; the Owners of which Dutchy, be-
fore it was annexed to the Crown, were Pala-
tines, and had Jura Regalia. E.
WHICHNORCÓ, STAFTORD *
Sir Philip de Somervile, Knight, held the Mannor
of Whichnoúr in Com. Stafförd, of the Eïrle of
Lancaſter, then Lord of the Honour of Tutbury, by
theſe memorable Services, viz. by two ſmall Fees,
that is to fay, When other Tenants pay for Releef
(of) one whole Knight's Fee, one hundred Shil-
lings; he the ſaid Sir Philip ſhall pay but fifty Shil-
lings, and when Eſcuage is afſeffed througheout
* This was a Tranflation in Henry the Seventh's Tyme, from
a Roll in French of Edward the Third's Tyme, and printed in
Bar. Angl. 2 Part, fo, to6.
the
BY VARIOUS SERVICES:
211
the Land, or Ayde for to make the eledeſt Son of
the Lord Knyght, or for to marry the eldeſt
Daughter of the Lord, the fayd Sir Philip ſhal pay
bot the Moty of it, that other ſhal paye. Never:
theleſs the fayd Sir Philip ſhal fynde meynteinge,
and ſuſteigne one Bacon Flyke, hanginge in his
Halle at Wičhenore, ready arrayed all Tymes of the
Yere, bott in Lent, to be given to everyche Mane
or Womane married after the Day and Yere of
their Mariage be pafſed; and to be given to
everyche Mane of Religion, Arch Biſhop, Prior,
or other Religious, and to everyche Preeft, after
the Year and Day of their Profeſſion finiſhed, or
of their Dignity refeyved, in forme following,
whenfoever that ony ſuch before named wylle
come for to enquire for the Baconnie iñi there
owne Perſon, or by any other for them, they ſhall
come to the Bayliff or to the Porter of the Lord-
fhip of Whichenour, and ſhall ſay to them, in the
Manere as epſewethe.
Baylife or Porter I doo you to knowe, that I ant
“ come for myſelf” (or if he come for any other
fhewing for whome) “ to demand one Bacon
Flyke, hanging in the Halle of the Lord of Whiche-
nour, after the Forme thereunto belonginge."
After which Relation, the Bailiff or Porter ſhal
afligne a Day to him, upon Promiſe by his Feythe
to returne, and with him to bring tweyne of his
Neighbours, and in the meyn Time the ſaid Bailif
fhal take with him tweyne of the Freeholders of the
Lordlhip of Whichenoure, and they three thal goe
O2
10
212
LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL PALATINES
to the Mannour of Rudlowe, belonging to Robert
Knyghtleye, and there ſhal Somon the foreſaid
Knyghtley or his Bayliffe, commanding hym to be
ready at Whichénour the Day appointed at Pryme
of the Day; with his Carriage, that is to fay, a
Horſe and a Sadyle, a Sakke and a Pryke ISI, for to
convey and carry the ſaid Baconne and Corne a
Journey ||*|| owt of the Countee of Stafford at his
Coſtages, and then the fayd Bailiffe ſhal, with the
ſaid Freeholders Somon all the Tenaunts of the
faid Manoir to be ready at the Day appoýnted at
Whichenour, for to doe and performe the Services
which they owe to the Baconne: And at the Day
aſſigned, all ſuch as owe Services to the Baconne
fhal be ready at the Gatte of the Manoir of Whiche-
nour, frome the Sonne riſinge to None, attendyng
and awayting for the comyng of hym that fetcheth
the Baconne; and when he is comyn, there ſhal
be delivered to hym and his Fellowys Chapeletts,
and to all thoſe whiche fhal be there, to doe their
Services deue to the Baconne; and they ſhall lede
the feid Demandant wythe Tromps and Tabours and
other Manner of Mynſtralſcyè to the Hall Dore,
where he ſhal fynde the Lord of Whichenour or his
Steward redy to deliver the Baconne in this Ma-
nere.
9 Pryme of the Day. At Dawn. A.
S1 Pryke. See Note under Kinwaldmarſh, Page 97.
m*ll Fourney. i. e. A Day's Journey. Journèe, French,
from four, a Day. A.
He
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213
He ſhall enquere of hym which demandeth the
Baconne, if he have brought tweyne of his Negh-
bours with hym, which muſt anſwere, “
They be
“ here redy:" And then the Steward fhail cauſe
theis two Neighbours to ſwere, yf the feid De
mandant be a Weddyt Man, or have be a Man
Weddyt; and, yf fyth his Marryage one Yere and
a Day be paſſed; And it he be a Freeman or Villeyn.
And if hiş ſeid Neghbours make Othe that he hath
for hym all theis three Poynts reherfed, then thall
the Baconne be take downe and broght to the Halle
Dore, and ſhal there be layd upon one half a
Quarter of Wheątte and upon one other of Rye.
And he that demandeth the Baconne fhal kneel up-
on his Knee, and ſhall hold his Right Hande upon
a Booke, which Booke thall be layd above the Ba-
conne and the Corne, and ſhal make Oath in this
Manere. .
“ Here ye, Sir Philip de Somervyle, Lord of
“Whichenour, Mayntayner and Giver of this Ba-
“ conne, that I A. fyth I wedded B. my Wife, and
“ſytb I had her in my kepyng and at my Wylie, by
Wa Yere and a Daye' after our Marryage, I wald
“ not have chaunged for none other farer ne
"fowler richer ne powrer, ne for none other de-
"fcended of gretter lynage, repyng ne waking, at
6 noo Tyme." . And if theſeid B. were fole and I
“ fole, I wolde take her. to be my Wife before all
“the Wymen of the Worlde, of what Condytions
" foevere they be, good or Evyle, As belpe me God
6 and his Seyntys, and this Fleſh, and all Fleſhes."!
0.3
And
.
214
LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL PALATINES
of ,
And his Neighbours ſhall make Oath that they
truſt verily he hath ſaid truly; And yf it be founde
by his Neighbours before-named, that he be a Freey
man, there ſhall be delyvered to him Half a Quar-
ter of Wheatte and a Cheeſe: and yf he be a Villein,
he ſhall have half a Quarter of Rye withoutte
Cheeſe, and then ſhal Knyghtley, the Lord of Rud-
lowe, be called for to carry all theis Thynges to
fore reherſed: And the ſaid Corne Thal be layd
upon one Horſe, and the Baconne above yt, and
he to whome the Baconne apperteigneth ſhal aſcend
upon his Horſe, and thal take the Cheeſe before
hym, if he have a Horſe, and yf he have none,
the Lord of Whichenour ſhall cauſe him to have one
Horſe and Sadyl, to ſuch Tyme as he be paſſed his
Lordſhippe; and foe ſhall they departe the Manoyr
fore him that hath wonne ytt with Tronpets, Ta
bourets, and other Manoir of Mynftralce. And all
the Free Tenants of Whichenour íhal conduct him
to be paſſed the Lordhip of Whichenour, and then
fhall all they retorne, except hym to whom ap “
perteigneth to make the Carriage and Journy with-
outt the Countye of Stafford, at the Coſtys of his
Lord of Whichenour.
And yf the Teid Robert Knyghtley doe not cauſe
the Baconne and Cořne to be conveyed as is re-
herfed, the Lord of Whichenour ſhal do it to be
carried, and thall diſtreigne the ſaid Robert Knyghtley
for his Default, for one hundred Shillings in his
Manoir of Rudlow, and ſhale kepe the Diftreffe fo
takyn, irrepleviſable *.
# Blount 95.
BRID-
BY VARIOUS SERVICES,
215
BRIDSHALL. Co. STAFFORD.
Moreover the fayd Sir Philippe holdeth of his
Lord the Erle, the Manoir of Briddeſhalle by theis
Services, that att ſuch Tyme that hys fayd Lord
holdeth his Chryſtemes at Tuttebury, the fayd Sir
Philippe fhall come to Tuttebury upon Chryſlemes
Evyn, and ſhall be lodged yn the Town of Iuttebury,
by the Marſhall of the Erlys Houſe, and upon
Chryftemas Day, he hymſelf, or fome other Knyght,
his Deputye, ſhal goe to the Dreſlour, and ſhall
Sewe his Lordys Meffe, and then ſhal he kerve || ||
the fame Mett to his fayd Lord, and this Service
fhall he doe as well at Souper as at Dynner, and
when his Lord hath Etyn, the ſayd Sir Philippe
fhal ſit downe in the fame Place their his Lord ſatt,
and ſhall be ſerved at his Table by the Steward of
the Erly's Houſe. And upon Seynt Stevyn Day when
he haith dyned he ſhal take Leve of his Lorde and
fhal kiffe him; and for his Service he fhal nothing
take, ne nothing ſhall gyve. And all theis Sera
vices to fore reherfed, the fayd Sir Philippe hath
doo by the Space of XLVIII Years, and hys An-
ceſtors before hym, to his Lordys, Erles of Lan-
calire *.
Sewe. Place his Lord's Meſs upon the Table.
Will Kerve. Carve.
TATENHU L and DRYCOT.-Co, STAFFORD.
Item the fayd Sir Phelippe holdeth of his ſeid
Lorde the Erle, his Manoirs of Tatenhull and Dry-
* Blount 100.
04
colle,
216 LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL PALATINES
cotte, en Parceneyre by theis Services, that the ſeid
Sir Phelippe, or his Atturneye for hym, fhal come
to the Caſtle of Tuttebury upon Seynt Petyr Day iti
Auguſt, which is call Lanımeſſe, and thall thew the
Şteward or Recever that he is come thither to hunt
and catch his Lord's Greeſe Si, at the Coſtages of
his Lord. Whereupon the Steward or the Recever
İhal cauſe a Horſe and Sadyl to be deliveryd to the
fayd Sir Phelippe, the Price fifty Shillings, or fifty
Shillings in Mony, and one Hound, and ſhall pay
to the ſeid Şir Phelippe everyche Day fro the feid
Day of Seynt Petyr to Holye-Rood Day Hill, for hym-
felf two Shillings Sixpence a Day, and everyche
Day for his Servant and his Bercelett [*] duryng
the feid Tyme, Twelvepence. And all the Wood
maſters of the Foreſte of Nedewode and Duffelde,
with all the Parkers and Foreſters, fhal be com-
manded to awatte and attend upon the ſeid Sir
Phelippe while theyr Lordy's Greeſe ISI bę takyn, in
all Places of the fayd Foryſtes, as upon theyr
Maſter duringe the fayd Tyme. And the fayd
Sir Phelippe, or his Atturney, ſhall deliver to the
fayd Parkers 'or Forefters that which fhal belonge
to their Lordy's Lardere, commanding them to
convey itt to the Erly's Lardyner | abiding at Tut-
tebury, and with the remanant the feid Sir Phelippe
thall doe his Pleſoure. And upon Holye-Rood
Day Iltll the fayd Sir Phelippe fhall returne to the
Caſtle of Tuttebury, upon the fayd Horſe with his
Bercelett [*], and that dyne with the Steward or
Receyver; and after Dynner he ſhall deliver the
Horſe, Sadyle, and Bercelett [*] to the Steward
BY VARIOUS SERVICES217
.
.
or Receyveour, and fhal kiffe the Porter and de-
part *.
ISI Greeſe. Wild Swine. Blount. ---See Skinner's
Etymologicon Generale, verbo. Grice. Porcellus.
From the French, Gris, Grey. E. See Page 131.
litl
| Haly-Roode Day. 14 September.
[*] Bercelett. A Hound. Blount. Quære, if not
a Shepherd's Cur, from the Norm. Fr. Bercil,
a Sheepfold. See Kelham's Norm. Fr. Dict. E.
See under Stanbow, Page 142.
Lardiner. The Officer who preſided over the
Larder.
SECT. III. Of Lands held of Eccleſiaſtical
Lords by Services of the Nature of Grand and
Petit Serjeanty, &c.
LANGWATH. -Co,
On the 13th of the Calends of January (20 De-
cember) 1279. The Chapter of Saint Peter of York,
granted to Farm to I. S. all their Hay SiS of Lange
wath, with the Soil of the fame Hay, Heath, Marſh,
and all other the Appurtenances, rendering there-
* Blount 101.
fore
218 LANDS HELD OP ECCLESIASTICAL LORDS
E
fore yearly to them in the Buck Seafon III, one Buck,
and in the Doe Seaſon 4 one Doe, &c *
SIS Hay. See Notes under Cheſterton and Teynton,
Pages 152, 153.
!!! Tempus Pinguidinis et Tempus Firmationis. Buck
Seaſon and Doe Seaſon. The former Word
Pinguedinis from Pinguis Fat, being the Seaſon
when Bucks were fatteft, and the latter Fir-
mifona Tempus, the Veniſon Seafon in Winter
or Doe Seaſon. See Ainſw. Dict. of Law Lat.
and Mr. Pegge's Diſſertation on the Word Fer-
meſoun. Blount's Law Dict. Tit. Tempüs Pin-
guedinis et Firmationis, &c.
SLAPTON.CO. DEVON.
Hugh Courtenay, Eſquire, Son and Heir of Sir
Hugh Courtenay, Knight, held the Manor of Slapton
in the County of Devon, of the Biſhop of Exeter, by
the Service of being Steward at the Inſtallation Feaſt
of every Biſhop of that See. The Particulars
whereof, were, after ſome Controverſy, thus af-
certained by Walter Stapledon [*], then Biſhop of
Exeter, and his Dean and Chapter under their Seals,
• Univerfis, &c. Capitulum Beati Petri Ebor, conceffiffe ad
firmam J. S. totam Hayam noftram de Langwath, cum folo
ejufdem Haya, Bruera, Mariſco, et omnibus aliis Pertinentiis.
reddendo inde annuatim nobis Tempore Pinguedinis, unum
Damum, et Fermifone Tempore unam Damam, &c. dat. XIII.
Calend. Januar. Anno MCCLXXIX. Ex ipſo Autographo.
Blount 17
at
BY VARIOUS SERVICES.
219
at Newton-Plympton, the Morrow after the Feaſt of
St. Thomas the Apoſtle, Anno Dom. 1308. 2 Edw. II.
That the ſaid Hugh, or his Heirs, ſhall, at the
firſt coming of the Biſhop to Exeter, meet him at
the Eaſt Gate of the City, when he defcendeth
from his Horſe, and then, going a little before him
on the Right Hand, ſhall keep off the Preſs of
the People, and attend him into the Quire of the
Cathedral Church, there to be Inſtalled. And
thall, at the Inſtalling Feaſt, ſerve in the firſt Meſs
at the Biſhop's own Table.
In confideration of which Service, the faid Hugh
Courtenay and his Heirs ſhall have for their Fee,
four Silver Diſhes of thoſe which he ſhall fo place at
the firft Mefs, four Salt-Sellers, one Cup, wherein
the Biſhop ſhall drink at that Meal, one Wine-Pot,
one Spoon, and two Bafons, wherein the Biſhop
fall then walh. All which Veſſels are to be of
Silver. Provided the ſaid Hugh, or his Heirs, be.
ing of full Age, do attend this Service in Perſon,
if not hindred by Sickneſs, or the King's Writ, &c.
then to appoint fome worſhipful Knight to ſupply
the Place by a Deputation, who ſhall Swear that
his Lord is Sick, &c *
[*] He canie to the See in 1307, was Lord Trea-
furer, and Founder of Exeter College, Oxford.
CORINGHAM..Co. Essex.
In the third Year of King Edward I. 1275, Sir
William lę Baud, Knight, made a ſignal Grant to
* Antiq. of Exeter, Blount 34.
the
220 LANDS HELD OF ECCLESIASTICAL LOROS
the Dean and Canons of St. Paul's, London, of a
Doe yearly, on the Feaſt of the Converſion of St.
Paul, and of a fat Buck upon the Commemoration
of the fame Saint, to be offered at the High Altar
in Saint Paul's, by the ſaid Sir William, and his
Houſhold Family, and then to be diſtributed among
the Canons reſident; which ſaid Doe and Buck were
fo given by him, in Lieu of twenty two Acres of
Land, lying within the Lordſhip of Weſ-Lee, in
the County of Eſex, belonging to the ſaid Canons,
and by them granted to him and his Heirs, to be
incloſed within his Park of Coringham. But, about
the certain Time and formality in offering the ſaid
Buck and Doe, there growing afterwards fome Dil-
pute, Sir Walter le Baud, Knight, Son and Heir of
the faid Sir William, by his Deed, dated on the
Ides (15th) of July, 30 Edw. I. 1302, for the
Health of his Saul, and of his Progenitors and
Heirs, confirmed his ſaid Father's Grant, and
obliged himſelf and his Heirs, his Lands and Te-
pernents, that every Year for ever, on the Day of
the Converſion of
. St. Paul, there ſhould be a good fat
Doe, brought by one of. bis fitting Servants, and
not the whole Family, at the Hour of Proceſſion,
and through the Midſt thereof, and offered at the
high Altar, without exacting any Thing for the
ſaid Service of the Dean and Canons. And on the
Day of the Commemoration of St. Paul in Summer,
(29th June) a fat Buck, by ſome fuch Servant, at-
tended with as many of the Family as had hereto-
fore been uſual, and ſo carried through the Midſt
of the Proceſſion, and offered at the high Altar;
the
BY VARIOUS SERVICES.
221
the ſaid Dean and Canons, after the Offering thus
performed; giving, by the Hands of their Cham-
berlain, one Shilling to the Perfons bringing the
Buck for theit Entertainment. And to this Grant
were Witneſſes, Sir Nicholas de Wokyndon, Sir Ri-
chard de la Rokele, Sir Thomas de Mandevyle, Sir
John de Rocheford, Knights, with divers others *
The Reception of which Doe and Buck, was, till
Queen Elizabeth's Days, folemnly performed, at
the Steps of the Quire, by the Canons of St. Paul's,
attired in their facred Veltments, and wearing Gara
lands of Flowers on their Heads, and the Horns of
the Buck carried on the Top of a Spear in Procef-
ſion, round about, within the Body of the Church,
with a great Noiſe of Horn-Blowers, as the learned
Ĉanden upon his own View of both; affirms 1:
DUNELSSHE and TYLEY, Co. DORSET.
The Jurors ſaid that Alured de Lincoln held a ter.
tain Parcel of the Park of Dunelſshe and Tyley of
the Abbot of Cerne, by the Service of holding bis
Stirrup [*] when the Abbot was to mount his
Horſe 1:
[*] Stropem. Stirrup. See Elſeby, Page 60. From
the Norm. Fr. Strepe.-This Alured de Lincoln, is
mentioned in Dugdale's Baronage, Vol. II.
Pages 412, 413.
WHORL-
Dugdale's Hift. of St. Paul's. Blount 105.-+ Camden in
Middleſex. Blount 106.- 1 Juratores dicunt quod Aluredus de
Lincoln tenuit quandum perticulam Parci de Duxelfshe et Tyley
de
222
LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL LORDS
WHORLTON Co. YORK.
Nicholas de Menyll held the Manor of Whorlton, &c.
of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury, by Serving the ſaid
Archbiſhop, on the Day of his Confecration, with the
Cup, out of which the Archbiſhop was to drink that
Day *.
SECT. IV, Of Lands held of Temporal Lords
by Services of the Nature of Grand and Petit
Serjeanty, &c.
LASTRES.-Co. HER EFORD,
John de la Hay took of William Barnaby, Lord
of Laſtres, in the County of Hereford, one Parcel
of Land of the Demeſne Lands, rendering therefore
Twentypence a-Year, and one Gooſe , fit for the
Lord's Dinner, on the Feaft of Saint Michael the
Archangel, Suit of Court, and other Services there
upon due, &c.
Unam
de Abbate de Cerne, per Servitium tenendi Stropem ſuum quando
Abbas debét aſcendere Equum ſuum. Inguiſ. Anno 49. Hen. III.
N. Tg. Dorſet, poſt Mortem Aluredi de Lincoln, Communicated
by Thos. Aple, Eſq.-Nicholaus de Menyll tenuit Manerium
de Whorlton, &c. de Archiepifcopo Cantuarienfi Serviente (Ser-
viens vel Serviendo. A.) dictum Archiepiſcopum, Die Conſe-
crationis fuæ de Coupa, qua idem Archiepiſcopus bibere debet
eodem Die, Efcaet. 16. Edw. III. N. 37. Blount 121.-€ Jou
bannes de la Hay cepit de Will. Barnaby, Domino de Lafires in
Com. Heref. unam Parcellum Terre de Terris Dominicalibus.
Reddende
BY VARIOUS SERVICES.
223
| Unan Aucam habilem pro Prandio, &c. A Gooſe
fit for the Lord's Dinner on Michaelmas Day.
Blount.--Aucam, From the Norm. Fr. Ave, or
the French Oie, a Gooſe. See Kelham's Norm.
Fr. Dict. But, Quære, whence aroſe the Cu-
ftom, ſtill common in Yorkſhire; and elſewhere,
of having a Gooſe for Dinner on Michaelmas Day?
Blount, in his Gloffographia, ſays, that" in Lan-
caſhire, the Huſbandmen claim it as a Due to
have a Gooſe Intentos on the Sixteenth Sunday
after Pentecoſt; which Cuſtom took Origin
from the laſt Word of the old Church-Prayer
of that Day. Tua nos quafimus, Domine, Gratia
femper præveniat et ſequatur ; ac bonis operibus
jugiter præftet elle Intentos. And that the Com-
mon People miſtake it for a Gooſe with ten Toes."
But, beſides that the Sixteenth Sunday after Pena
tecoft, or after Trinity rather, being moveable,
and ſeldom falling upon Michaelmas Day, which
is an immoveable Feaſt, the Service for that
Day could very rarely be uſed at Michaelmas,
there does not appear to be the moſt diftant Al-
luſion to a Gooſe in the Words of that Prayer. E.
Probably no other Reaſon can be given tor this
Cuftom, but that Michaelmas Day was a great
Feſtival, and Geeſe at that Time moſt plentiful,
In Denmark, where the Harveſt is later, every
Family has a roaſted Gooſe for Supper on St.
Reddend. inde per Anuum XXd, et unam Aucam habilem pro
Prandio Domini in Fefto Sancti Michelis Archangeli, Sectam
Curiæ et alia Servitia inde debita, &c. Rot. Cur. 10 Edw. IV.
Blount 8.
Martin's
224 LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL LORDS
Martin's Eve. Moleſworth's Account of Dena
mark, Page 10. P:
ASTLEY, &c.Co. Warwick.
The Manors of Affley, Wedington, Hill-Morton,
Milverton, and Merſton Fabet, were antiently held
by Philip de Aſtley, of William, Earl of Warwick, by
the Service ot holding the Earl's Stirrup, when he
ſhould get up, or alight from his Horſe *.
TONGE-Co. Saior.
Roger la Zouch, being Lord of the Manor of
Tonge in the County of Salop, did by a fair Deed
in King Henry Third's Time, grant to Henry de
Hugefort and his Heirs, certain Meſſuages and Lands
lying in Norton and Shaw, in the Pariſh of Tonge,
with Liberty of fiſhing in the Waters, Pawnage for
Hogs, and Liberty to get Nuts for certain Days in the
Woods of the ſaid Manor, and that they ſhould have
every Liberty and free Common in Woods, in Plains,
in Ways, in Paths, in Waters, in Mills, in Heaths,
in Turbaries, in Quarries, in Fiſheries, in Marle-
Pits, and in all other places and Eaſements belong-
ing to the ſaid Manor of Tonge. And that they
might takë Marlè at their Pleaſure to marle their
Land, rendering therefore yearly, to him and his
Heirs, one Chaplet of Roſes, on the Day of the Na-
tivity of St. John Baptiſt, if they ſhould be in the
Town of Tonge, and if not, then to put it upon
the Image of the Bleſſed Mary in the Church of
Tonge, for all Services f.
RODELÉY.
Cartular. Warwici com. Blount 11.--.t Sciant, &c.
quod
i
BY VARIOUS SERVICES.
225
RoDeLEY, Co. GLOUCESTER.
Certain Tenants of the Manor of Rodeley, in the
County of Glouceſter, do pay to this Day, to the Lord
thereof, a Rent called Pridgavel ||S|I, in Duty and
Acknowledgment to him, for their Liberty and
Privilege of fiſhing for Lampreys in the River Se-
vern *
ISI Pridgavel. Prid for Brevity, being the latter
Syllable of Lamprid (as they were antiently
called) and Gavel, a Rent or Tribute. Blount.
HILDSLEY.Co. Berks.
At this Court, John Rede made Fine with the
Lord for his Tenement, by the Service of eight
Shillings and one Bederip HI in Autumn t.
quod ego Rogeruis la Zouche dedi, &c. Henrico de Hugefort et
Hæredibus fuis, &c. er quod habeant omnem Libertatem et Li-
beram Communiam, in Bufcis, in Planis, in Viis, in Semitis, in
Aquis, in Molendinis, in Bruariis, in Turbariis, in Quarer, in
Piſcar, in Marleriis, et in omnibus ahis Locis et Aiſiamentis ad
prædictum Manerium ſpectant. Et quod capiant Marlam pro
Voluntate fira ad Terram fuam Marlend. reddendo inde an.
natim mihi et Hæredibus, meis umum Capellum Rofarum, Die
Nativitatis Sant. Johannis Baptiſte, fi in Villa de Tonge fueri.
mus, fi non, ponatur fuper Imaginem Beata Mariæ in Ecclefia
de Tonge, pro omnibus Servitiis. Ex ipfo Autographo fine Dat.
penes Gul. Dugdale, Arm. Blount 12. Blount's Law Diet. Tit.
Marlarium.--* Taylor's Hift. of Gavelkind, fo. 112. Blount 13.
--* Ad iftam Curiam Johannes Rede fecit Finem cum Domino
pro Tenemento fuo per Servitium octo Solidorum ec
unius Bederip in Autumno. Rot. Curisé Maner, de Hildefleyh,
in Com. Berks, 12 Ric. ll.
Blount 19.
1
11)Bederis.
226
LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL LORDS
Allt Bederip. One Day's Work in Harveft. Blount.
From Bede, a Prayer, and Rip, reap, the ſame
as what is now called a Boon-Day's-Work. E.
STAMFORD.--Co, LINCOLN.
William, Earl Warren, Lord of this Town in the
Time of King John, ſtanding upon the Caſtle
Walls, ſaw two Bulls fighting for a Cow in the
Caſtle Meadow, till all the Butchers Dogs purſued
one of the Bulls (madded with Noiſe and Multitude)
clean through the Town. This Sight ſo pleaſed
the Earl, that he gave the Caſtle Meadows, where
the Bulls Duel began, for a Common to the
Butchers of the Town, after the Firſt Grafs was
mowed, on Condition that they ſhould find a Mad
Bull, the Day fix Weeks before Chriſtmas Day, for
the Continuance of that Sport for ever *.
It is very obſervable, that here they have the
Cuſtom, which Littleton, the famous Common-
Lawyer, calls Borough-Engliſh, i. e. the Younger
Sons inherit what Lands or Tenements their Fa-
thers die poffeffed of, within this Manor to
HODNET.CO. SALOP.
This Town was formerly inhabited by a Family
of that Name, from whom, by the Ludlowes, it
came by Inheritance to the Vernons. It was an-
tiently held of the Honor of Montgomery, by the
Rich. Buchor in his Survey of Stamford, P. 40. Blount 19.
+ Camd. Brit. Tit. Latinſhire,
Service
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227
Service of being Seneſchall, or Steward of the fame
Honor *
CUCKWOLD.Co. YORK.
Sir Thomas Coleople, Knight, holds the Manor of
Cuckwold, in the County of Tork, of Thomas, late
Lord of Mowbray, as of his Manor of Threke
(Thirſke) rendering one Target or Shield, with the
Arms of the ſaid Lord painted therein, yearly at
Whitſuntide +
1
MICHEL HAM. - Co.
Ralph de Belvoir holds two Carucates of Land in
Michelham, of Roger de Mowbray, Rendering yearly
certain Hofe of Scarlet at Chriſtmas, for all Services 1.
CASTLE-BAYNARD in the City of LONDON.
The Rights that belonged to Robert fitz Water,
Chaftilian and Banner-Bearer of London, Lord of
Wodeham, were theſe :
The ſaid Robert and his Heirs ought to be and
are Chief Banners of London, in Fee for the Cha-
ſtiliary, which he and his Anceſtors had by Caſtlea
Baynard, in the ſaid City. In Time of War the
faid Robert and his Heirs ought to ſerve the City
in Manner as followeth; that is,
*
Inquiſ. 10. Edw. 11. Blount 23.- t Thomas Colevyle,
Miles, tenet Manerium de Gukwold in Com. Ebor. de Thoma
nuper Domino de Mowbray, ut de Manerio fuo de Töreke, reda
dendo unum Tergum five Scutum, cum Armis dicti Domini deo
pictis, annuatim Die Pentecoſtes. Eſcaet. 6 Hen IV. No. 43.
Blount 92.- Radulfus di Belvoir tenet duas Carucatas Terræ
in Michleham, de Rogero, de Mowbray, reddendo annuatim
quaſdam Caligas de Scarleto at Natale Domini,.pro omnibus Ser-
vitis. ,
Ex Carta antiqua. Blount 121.
P 2
The
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LAND'S HELD OF TEMPORAL LOROS
The faid Robert ought to come, he being the
twentieth Man of Arms on Horſeback, covered
with Cloth or Armour, unto the great Weſt Door
of St. Paul, with his Banner diſplayed before him
of his Arms. And when he is come to the ſaid
Door, mounted and apparelled, as before is faid,
the Mayor, with his Aldermen and Sheriffs, armed
in their Arms, ſhall come out of the ſaid Church
of St. Paul unto the faid Door, with a Banner in
his Hand, all on Foot; which Banner ſhall be Gules,
the Image of St. Paul, Gold; the Face, Hands,
Feet, and Sword, of Silver: And as ſoon as the
faid Robert ſhall ſee the Mayor, Aldermen, and
Sheriffs come on Foot out of the Church, armed
with ſuch a Banner, he ſhall alight froin his Horſe,
and falute the Mayor, and ſay to him, Sir Mayor,
I am come to do my Service which I give to the City.
And the Mayor and Aldermen fhall anſwer.
We give to you, as to our Banneret of Fee in this
City, the Banner of this City to bear and govern, to
the Honour and Profit of this City, to your Power. .
And the faid Robert and his Heirs ſhall receive
the Banner in his Hands, and go on Foot out of
Gate, with the Banner in his Hands; and the
Mayor, Alderinen, and Sheriffs ſhall follow to the
Door, and ſhall bring an Horſe to the ſaid Robert,
worth twenty Pounds; which Horſe ſhall be
faldled with a Saddle of the Arms of the ſaid Ro-
bert, and ſhall be covered with Sindals IItll of the
faid Arms,
Alſo they ſhall preſent to him twenty Pounds
Sterling, and deliver it to the Chamberlain of the
ſaid
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faid Robert, for his Expences that Day. Then the
ſaid Robert ſhall mount ypon the Horſe which the
Mayor preſented to him, with the Banner in his
Hand; and, as ſoon as he is up, he ſhall ſay to
the Mayor, that he mult cauſe a Marſhall to be
choſen for the Hoſt, one of the City; which be-
ing done, the faid Robert thall command the Mayor
and Burgeffes of the City to warn the Com-
mons to allemble, and all go under the Banner of
St. Paul; and the faid Robert ſhall bear it himſelf
to Aldgate, and there the ſaid Robert and Mayor
fhall deliver the ſaid Banner of St. Paul to whom
they think proper, And if they are to go out of
the City, then the ſaid Robert ought to chuſe two
out of every Ward, the moſt fage Perſons, to look
to the Keeping of the City after they are gone out.
And this Counſel ſhall be taken in the Priory of
the Trinity near Aldgate. And before every Town
or Caſtle which the Hoſt of London ſhall beſieges
if the Siege continue a whole Year, the ſaid Robert
Ihall have for every Siege, of the Commonalty of
London, one hundred Shillings, and no more.
Theſe were the Rights that Robert fitz Water had
in Time of War: The Rights that belonged to him
and his Heirs in the City of London, in Time of
Peace, were as follow:
That is to ſay, the ſaid Robert fitz Water liad a
Soke or Ward in the City, where was a Wall of
the Canonry of St. Paul, which led down by a
Brewhouſe SS of St. Paul to the Thanes, and ſo to
the side of the Mill which was in the Water com-
ing down from Fleet-Bridge, and went by London-
Wall betwixt the Friars Preachers and Ludgate, and
P 3
ſo
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ſo returned by the Houſe of the ſaid Friars to the
laid Wall of the Canonry of St. Paul; that is, all
the Pariſh of St. Andrew, which was in the Gift of
his Anceſtors by the ſaid Seniority; and fo the ſaid
Robert had appendant unto the faid Soke, all the
Things under-written;
That he ought to have a Şokeman, and to place
what Sokeman he will, fo he be of the Sokenanty,
or the ſame Ward: And it any of the Sokemanry be
impleaded in the Guildhall of any Thing that
toucheth not the Body of the Mayor that for the
Time is, or that toucheth the Body of no Sheriff,
it is not lawful for the Şokeman of the Sokemanry
of the ſaid Robert fitz Water to demnand a Court of
the ſaid Robert; and the Mayor and his Citizens of
London ought to grant him to have a Court; and
in his Court he ought to bring his Judgments, as
it is afſented and agreed upon in the Guildhall, that
ſhall be given him.
If any therefore be taken in this Sokemanry, he
ought to have his Stocks and Impriſonment in his
Soken; and he ſhall be brought from thence to the
Guildhall before the Mayor, and there they ſhall
provide him his Judgment that ought to be given
of him; but his Judgment ſhall not be publiſhed
till he come into the Court of the ſaid Robert, and
in his Liberty.
And the Judgment ſhall be fuch, that if he have
deſerved Death by Treaſon, he to be tied to a Poſt
in the Thames at a good Wharf, where Boats are
faſtened, two Ebbings and two Flowings of the
Water
And
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231
And if he be condemned for a common Thief fi,
he ought to be led to the Elms [1], and there ſuffer
his Judgment as other Thieves. And ſo the ſaid
Robert and his Heirs hath Honour, that he holdeth
a great Franchiſe within the City, that the Mayor
of the City and Citizens are bound to do him of
Right; that is to ſay, that when the Mayor will
hold a great Council, he ought to call the faid Ro-
beri and his Heirs to be with him in Council of the
City; and the ſaid Robert ought to be Sworn to be
of Council with the City againſt all. People, ſaving
the King and his Heirs. And when the ſaid Ro-
bert cometh to the Huſtings of the Guildhall of the
City, the Mayor, or his Lieutenant, ought to riſe
againſt him, and ſet him down near unto him;
and, ſo long as he is in the Guildhall, all the Judg-
ments ought to be given by his Mouth, according
to the Record of the Recorders of the ſaid Guild-
ball: And ſo many Waifes as cone ſo long as he is
there, he ought to give them to the Bailiffs of the
Town, or to whom he will, by the Council of the
Mayor of this City *.
N. B. The Caſtle, called Baynard's Caſtle, was built
by Baynard, a Noble Norman, who came in
with the Conqueror, and died in the Reign of
William
P 4
* Servitia et Libertates Roberti fitz Walter, de Caſtro Bay-
nardi in London. Ces ſont les Droiets que appendent a Robert
fitz Wauter Chaftellein de Loundres, Seigneur de Wodeham, en
la Citee de Loundres: Celtaſcavoir que le dit Robert et ces
Heirs deivent eſtre et ſont Chief Banoyers de Londres, de Fee,
pour la dicte Chaſtelrie, queces Aunceſtres et luy ont du Chaſtel-
Baynard en la dicte Citee. En temps de Guerre doit le dict
Robert
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William Rufus : He was ſucceeded by Geoffry
Baynard, and he by William Baynard in the
Year 11ļi, who forfeited his Eftate for Felony;
on which King Henry I gave it to Robert, Son
of Richard, Son of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of
Pembroke, and his Heirs. This Robert died in
1134, and was ſucceeded by Walter, his Son,
who died in the Year 1198, and was ſucceeded
by his Son, Robert fitz Walter, a Valiant Knight,
whoſe Daughter Matilda, King Fohn was par-
fionately fond of, but ſhe, refuſing his Ad-
dreſſes, was poiſoned, and her Father baniſhed,
but afterwards reſtored to the King's Favour,
This Robert died in 1234, and was ſucceeded by
Walter, his Son, and he by Robert, his Son,
who
Robert et ces Heirs ſervir la Ville en la Manere de fouz efcript.
Que le diet Robert doit venir ſus fon Deftrer covert, montant
foi Vintiſme des Hommes, as Armes, as Chevaulx coverts de
Teyle ou de Fer tanq; al Gravid huis de Mynſtre de S. Pol,
ove ſa Banere deſploye devant luy, de ſes Armes. Et quant il
eſt venuz a Grand Huis du Mynītier avantdit. mountez et ap.
paraillez, ficome il eſt avantdit, fi doit le Mair de Lourdres
yenir, ove touz ſes Viſcountz et ſes Andermans, Armes de leur
Armes hors du Mynftier de S. Pol, taunq; au dit Huis, ove
ſon Banere en ſa Main, tout a pee: Et ſerra la Banere yermaile
ove un Ymage de S. Pol, d'Or, ove les piez et les Mains, et la
Tefte d' Argent, od un E/peie d'Argent en la Main le dict Image.
Et fi foſt come le dict Robert verra, le Meire, et ſes Vicounts,
et fes Audermans venir au pee hors del dit Mynţtre ormez ove
cete Bauere; ſi deſcendera le dit Robert ou ces Heirs, que ceo
Serviſe deivent a la dite Citee de ſon Chival, et ſaluera le Meire
come fon Compaignon et fon Pier, et luy dirra. Sire Maire, Icofu
perur pour faire mon Service que jeo dei a la Cittee. Et le Maire,
les Viſcounts, et les Auderinans divront; Nous vous baillons ici
€
C07:20
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233
who in the Year 1303, before John Blondon or
Blount, Mayor of London, acknowledged his
Service to the City, and ſware upon the Evan-
gelifts, that he would be true to the Liberties
thereof, &c. Stowe's Survey of London, P. 56,
Edit. 1633.--This Robert, who died in the Year
1305, is the ſame Robert above-mentioned. E.
Il Sindall
come a noſtre Baner de Fee, de ceſte Ville, celle Banere de celle
Ville a Porter et Guverner al Honour et a Profit de notre Gitee a
voftre Poer. Et le dit Robert et ſes Heirs reſceveront la Banere
en fa Main. Et la Maire de la dicte Citee et les Viſcounts le
ſuiveront al Huis, et Menercont un Chival au dit Robert pris de
XXI. Et ferra le Chival enfelle d'un Selle d'Armes ledit Robert
et covert de Cendal de meſme les Armes; et prendront XXI.
d'Efterling, et les baudront al Chamberleyn le dit Robert pour
fes depenſees de cel Jour. Et le dit Robert montera le Cheval,
qui le dict Maire li ad preſente, ouve tute le Banere en fa Main.
Et ſi toſte come il est monlee, il dirra i. Maire q'il face eflier
un Marefchal maintenant, de oft ile la Citee de Londres. Et fi
toft come le Marefchal eſt elleuz, le dit Robert ſerra commander
au Maire et a fes Burgeis de la Ville que facent funer le Sein
communal de la dit Citee; et irront tute le commune fuiz la Ba.
nere St. Pol, meſmes feli Robert poftera en fa Main demeſme
tanque a Algate enavanſa porter a qui le dit Robert et le Maire
fe affentent. Si iflint ſoit q'il deivent iſſue fuire hors de la Ville
ſi doit donques le dit Rebert, de chechune garde de la Ville,
eflier deux des plus Sages pour pourveier, coment la Ville poet
mielụx eſtre garde derere eux. Et ceo Counſel ſerra pris en la
Priorie de la Trinite, id eft juxta Aldgate. Et devant chefcun
Ville ou Chaſtel que l'oſt de Loundres aflege fil demoraſt un An
entour le Siege, li deit le dit Robert avoir pour cheſcun Siege de
la commune de Loundres cent feuz pour ſon travail, et nient
plus. Ces sont les Drcectures que le diet Robert avera en Loun-
dres en temps de Guerre.
Ces font les Droeltures q'appendent a Robert le fitz Walter, et
aces Heirs en Loundres, en temps de poes, Gefiaſcavoir, que le
dict
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Iltl Sindal. From the Italian Zendalo, very thin
Silk. Skinner's Etym. Gen. E. A Fogt-Cloth,
Sumpter-Cloth, or Houſing. A. See Archacolog.
Vol. y. Page 214. E.
1 Soke, Sokeman, Sokemanry. Soke, or Soc, figni-
fies a Franchiſe or Liberty, to which a Court for
the Adıniniſtration of Juſtice was incidentally
annexed. Sokeman was a Perſon who held Land
by Socage Tenure, and was a Suitor of ſuch
Court; and Sokemianry ſeems to mean the Di-
ſtrict of the Soke. See Blackſtone's Comment.
Lib. II. Cap. 6. Blount's Law Dict, fub. voc.
Soc. &c.
SS Bracine.
diet Robert ad un Sokne en le Citee de Loundres; celtuſcavoir
du Mure de la Chanoniare de S. Pol, {i come bome va aval la
Rue devant le Bracine de . Pol, tanque a Tháiniſe; et iſſent
tanque a Coſt du Molin q'eſt en l'eaw quevint avale del Fount
de Flete, et vu iſſi ſus par les murs de Loundres tout entour
les Freres Prechours, tanque a Ludgate: Et iſfint retourne jus
arere par le Meiſan de ſes ditz Freres, tang. a la dit Cornere
de Mure de la dire Chanoinerie de S. Pol, celtaſcavoir tout la
Paroche del Eſgliſe de S. Andrew, q' eſt en le doneſein de ces
Aunceſtres par la dit Seigneurie. Si ad le dit Robert appendant
a cele Sokne, toutz cettes Choſes deſus eſcritts; q'il doit avoir
Sokman, et mettre qui g'il voudra Sokmán mel q'il ſoit de la
Sokmanrie. Et ſi nul de la Sokmanrie ſoit implede en la Gihalle
de nul Choſe, que ne touche le Corps le Meire, qui que ſoit
pour le temps; ou qui touch le Corps de nul Viſcounte de la
dicte Ville, lift a Sokman de Sokonaneri le dit Robert le fitx
Water, a demaunder la Court le dit Robert fitz Waulter. Et
le Meire et le Citizens de Loundres le deivent graunter d'aver
ſa Court; et en fa Court doit ſon Juggement Perter ainſi come
il eſt aſſentu en la Guihalle que done li ferra. Si nul Laron
foic
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SS .
Bracine. A Brewhouſe. Blount,
Latin Bracina. E.
From the
If Larcin. A Thief. From the French, Larcin,
Theft, Robbery. E.
[1] Elms. Theſe Elms ſtood near Smithfield, and
were the Place of Execution before Tyburn had
that Office. Blount.
foit pris' en ſan Sokne, il doit aver fou Cep, et ſon priſonment
en ſon Sokne; et ſerra illucq. menez tauq. a la Gihalle devant
le Meire, et la paurveiront fon Juggement qui le deit etter
donee mes ſon Joggement ne ſerra mie puplic tanq. il veigne
en Court le dit Robert, et en ſa Franchiſe.
Et ſerra la Jugge-
ment tiel s'il ad Mort deſervi pur Traiſon, q'il ſoit lie au Piler
que eſtret en Thamaiſe al Wode Warfe, la ou home attache les
Niefes, deux montes et deux reçreces del Eawe. Et l'il ſoit
dampne pur Common Larcin, il deit eſtre nienee as Home aus
(id eft Helmes) et ſuffrir la fon Joggement come autres Com-
muns Larouns.
Et ſi ad le dit Robert et ſes Heires un Grand
Huneur, q'il tient a un grant Franchiſe en la dit Citee: que le
Maire de la Citee et les Citizens de meſme la Ville, li deivent
faire de Droit; celtaſcavoir, que quant le Maire voet tenir un
Grand Conſeil, il doit appeller le dit Robert ou ſes Heires, per
eſtre a fon Confeil, et a Conſeil de la Ville. Et deit le dit
Robert eſtre Jurez du Counſeil de Ville countrà toutz Gentz,
fave le Roy d'Engleterre et fes Heires. Et quant le dit Robert
vint a Huffinges en la Gihalle de la Citee, ſi deit le Meire, ou
fon Lieutenant lever countre li, er le mette pres de luy. Et
raunt come il eſt en la dite Giballe fi deivent tous les Juggements
ofte donez par my fa Bouche fclone le Record des Recordours
de la Giballe. Et totz les Weyfes qui veignot tanque il y ſoit,
il les doit doner as Bailiffs de la Ville ou a qui il voudra per le
Counſeil le Maire de la dite Citee. Ex Antiq. M. S. penes Gul.
Dugdale, Mil. Blount 112.
DYLEW,
736 LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL LORDS
DYLEW, or DYLWIN.—Co. HEREFORD.
Adam de Dyleu holds in Dilew in the County of
Hereford, two Yard-Lands and a Half, rendering
theretore yearly to William fitz Warin three Shillings
in Silver, and finding in the Time of War, for the
faid William, every Year for fifteen Days, one
Man with a Horſe and a Prick , one Iron Helmet 11,
and one Lance, at the Coſt of the ſaid William.
And if his Horfe ſhould die or be killed in the Ser-
vice of the aforeſaid William, the ſaid William was
to give him twenty Shillings for that Horſe *
Compuncto. See Notes under Kinwaldmerſh, P.97.
This has nothing to do with a Prick, but means
a Wambais, Lorica; for I take Compunctum to be
the ſame as Perpunctum. P:
I Capello Ferreo. A Skull Cap or Helmet, vide
Pages 67, 69, and 182. Called Capella P. 88,
and Capellam Page 111; and fee Dr. Watts's ad
M. Paris, P. 53. P.
* Adam de Dyleu tener in Dylew in Com. Heref. duas Vir-
gatas et dimid. Terræ, reddendo inde annuatim Willielmo filio
Warini tres Solidos Argenti, et inveniendo tempore Guerræ
dicto Willielmo finguilis Annis, per quindecim Dies unum Ho-
minem cum uno Equo, et uno Gompuncto, et uno Gapello Ferreo,
et una Lancea, ad Cultum dicti Willielmi. Et fi Equus ejuş
moreretur vel eſſet interfectus in Servitio prædicti Willielmi,
idem Willielmus daret ei XX s. pro Equo ipſo. Carta 34 Edw.
III. Blount 125.
BROD-
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BRODGATE PARK,Co, LEICESTER.
This is the Agreement made at Leyceſter, on the
Day of St. Vincent the Martyr, (22d January) in
the thirty-firſt Year of the Reign of King Henry (III.)
Son of King John (1246) before Sir Roger de Tur-
kilby, Maſter Simon de Walton, Sir Gilbert de Preſion,
and Sir John de Cobhan, Juſtices in Eyre there,
between Roger de Quincy, Earl of Wincheſter, and
Roger Somery, that is to ſay, that the aforeſaid Roger
de Somery hath granted for him and his Heirs,
that the aforeſaid Earl and his Heirs, may have
and hold his Park of Bradgate ſo incloſed as it was
on the Octaves of Saint Hilary (20th January) in
the thirty-firſt Year of the aforeſaid King Henry,
with the Deer Leaps then inade in the ſame.
And for this Agreement and Grant, the ſaid Earl
hath granted for him and his Heirs, that the ſame
Roger de Somery and his Heirs may come at any
Hour into the Foreſt of the ſaid Earl to hunt || in
it with nine Bows, and fix Hounds SS, according
to the Form of the Indenture before made between
the aforeſaid Roger, Earl of Wincheſter, and Hugh
D'Albeny, Earl of Arundel, in the Court of our
Lord the King at Leyceſter: And, if any Wild Beaſt,
wounded by any of the aforefaid Bows, Thall enter
the ſaid Park by any Deer Leap, or elſewhere,
it ſhall be lawful to the aforeſaid Roger de Somery
and his Heirs, to fend one or two of his Men, who
followed the aforeſaid Wild Beaſt, with the Dogs
following the fame, within the aforeſaid Park,
without Bow and Arrows, and they may take
the fame that Day on which it was wounded,
withouc
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without hurting the other Wild Beaſts in the afore-
faid Park: So that, if they are Footmen, they en-
ter by any Leap or Hay ISI; and if they are
Horlemen, they enter by the Gate, if it ſhall be
open, and otherwiſe, they are not to enter before
they have founded a Horn for the Parker, if he
will come. And moreover, the ſaid Earl hath granted
for him and his Heirs, that they for the future,
every Year, will cauſe to be taken two Bucks in
the Buck Seaſon [1], and two Does in the Doe Sea-
Son [i], and cauſe them to be delivered at the Gate
of the aforeſaid Park, to any Man of the aforeſaid
Roger de Somery and his Heirs, bringing their Letters
Patent for the ſaid Deer. Alſo the aforeſaid Earl
hath granted for him and his Heirs, that they,
for the future, will make no Park, nor enlarge
the Park, within the Bounds of the Hunting
Ground of the ſaid Roger and his Heirs, except
theantient Incloſure of the aforeſaid Foreft. And the
aforeſaid Roger de Somery hath granted for him and
his Heirs, that they in future will never enter
the aforeſaid Foreſt to hunt , but with nine Bows
and fix Hounds SS, and that his Forefters ſhall not
carry in the Wood of the aforeſaid Roger de Somery
and his Heirs; any barhed, but piled Arrows.
And that his Men of Barwe, and his Foreſters,
fhall, within the octaves of Saint Michael, at the
Ford of the Park, make Oath (fidelitatem facient)
to the Bailiffs of the aforeſaid Earl and his Heirs,
that they will faithfully keep the Veniſon of
the aforeſaid Earl and his Heirs, and the other
Things which belong to the faid Foreſt, according
to the Purport of the ſaid indenture before made,
be-
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between the faid Earls of Wincheſter and Arundel.
And this Agreement was made between the afore-
ſaid Earl and the aforeſaid Roger de Somery, ſaving
to the fame Earl and his Heirs, and to the afore-
faid Roger de Somery and his Heirs, all the Articles
contained in the aforeſaid Indenture, made ben
tween the aforefaid Earls of Wincheſter and Arundel.
And moreover, the fame Earl hath granted for him
and his Heirs, that one or two of the Men of the
faid Roger de Somery and his Heirs, who ſhall follow
the aforeſaid wounded Wild Beaſt, and the Dogs
which follow it, into the aforeſaid Park, together
with the faid Wild Beaſt, if they take it, and if
not, with the faid Dogs ſhall freely go out of
the faid Park, through the Gate, and without
Hindrance. And the aforeſaid Earl and his Heirs,
ſhall cauſe it to be made known, by ſome of his
People, to the aforeſaid Roger de Somery and his
Heirs at Barwe, on what Day he fhall ſend for
the abovefaid Deer, at the aforefaid Place, on the
Times aforeſaid; and this ſhall be made known fix
Days before the aforeſaid Day. In Witneſs whereof
either Party to the other hath fixed his Seal to this
Writing. And be it known that the Buck Seajon
here is computed between the Feaſt of St. Peter
ad Vincula (iſt Auguft) and the Exaltation of the
Holy Croſs, (14th September) and the Doe Seafon,
between the Feaſt of Saint Martin (uth November)
and the Purification of the Bleſſed Mary (2d Feba
ruary) *.
Salta.
* Hæceft Concordia fact, apud Leyceſiriam Die Sancti Vincentii
Martyris, Anno Regni Regis Henrici filii Regis Johannis XXXI.
coram
240 LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL LORDS
T Saltatoriis, Saltatorium. Deer Leaps. Blount.
II. Ad Berfindum. To chace. Blount. Or ſhoot.
Gloff. ad M. Paris, P.
SS Sex Berſeletes. Six Hounds. Blount. See
Note under Tatenhull and Drycot, Page 217.
ISI Hayam. Haia, a Sax. Hæg. A Quickſet Hedge.
Ainſworth's Dict. of Law Lat. and fee Notes
under Cheſterton and Teynton, Page 152, 153.
[1] Tempus Pinguedinis et Tempus Firmationis. Buck
Seaſon and Doe Seaſon. See Page 218.
Melas Berſationis. See Berfandum above.
Sagittas Pilettas. Sagitta Piletta is an Arrow
that has a round Knob (Pila) in the Shank of
it, fome two Inches above the Head, to hinder
the Arrows going too far into the Deer's
Body. Blount.
BENHAM.
coram Domino Rogero de Turkilby, Magiſtro Simone de Waltori,
Doinino Gilberto d: Preſion, et Domino Johanne de Cobhan,
Juſticiariis tunc ibidem itinerantibus; Inter Rogerum de Quincy
Comitem Wintoniæ, et Rogerum Somery, viz. quod prædictus
Rogerus de Somery conceſſit pro ſe et Hæredibus ſuis, quod præ-
dictus Coines er Heredes, ſui habeant et tenéant Parcum fuum
de Bradgate, ita inclaufum ficut inclufus fuit in Octabis Sancti
Hilarii, Anno prædicti Regis Henrici XXXI. cum Saltatoriis
tunc in eo factis, Et pro hac Concordia et Conceſſione idem
Comes conceſſit pro fe et Hæredibus ſuis quod idem Rogerus de
Somery, et Hæredes ſui quacunque hora veniant in Foreſta ipfius
Cumiti:
BY VARIOUS SERVICES.
241
BENHAM.-Co. GLOUCESTER.
Fulke fitz Warine held certain Lands in Benham
in the County of Glouceſter, of Thomas Lord Berkley,
Lord of Brimmesfeild, by Serjeanty, to carry a Horn
Q
in
Comitis ad Berfandum in ea cum novem Arcubus, et fex Berfeletis,
fecundum formam Cyrographi prius facti inter prædictum Roge-
rum Comitem Wintoniæ, et Hugonem de Albaniaco Comitem
Arundeliæ, in curia Domini Regis apud Leyceriam: Et fi aliqua
Fera, per aliquem prædictorum Arcuum vulnerata, intraverit
prædictum Parcum.per aliquem Saltatorium, vel alibi, bene licebit
prædicto Rogero de Somery et Hæredibus ſuis mittere unum
Hominem, vel duos ex ſuis qui fequentur prædictam Feram, cum
Canibus, illam Feram fequentibus, infra prædictum Parcum,
fine Arcu et Sagittis, et illam capiant eo Die quo volnerata
fuerit, fine læſione aliarum Ferarum in prædict. Parco exiſten-
tium: ita quo fi fint Pedes intrabunt per aliquem Saltatorium
vel Hayam, et fi fint Eques intrabunt per Portam, ſi aperta
fuerit, et aliter non intrabunt, antequam Cornabunt pro Para
cario, fi venire voluerit. Et præterea idem Comes conceffit
pro
fe et Hæredibus ſuis, quo ipfi de cætero quolibet Anno capi fa-
cient, duos Damos tempore Pinguedinis, et duas Damas tempore
Firmationis, et eas liberari facient ad portam prædicti Parci
alicui Hominum prædicti Rogeri de Somery et Hæredum fuorum,
literas patentes ipforum deferentes pro prædictis Damis. Gone
cefſit etiam prædictus Gomes pro fe et Hæredibus fuis, quod ipſi
de cætero nullum Parcum facient, nec Parcum angmentabunt
infra Metas Berſationis predicti Rogeri et Hæredum fuorum,
præter antiqua Clauſa prædictæ Foreſtæ.
Et prædictus kogerus
de Somery conceffit pro fe et Hæredibus ſuis, quod ipfi de cætero
nunquam intrabunt prædictam Foreſtam ad Berfandum, niſi
cum novem Arcubus, et lex Berſeletis, et quod Foreſtarii fui,
non portabunt in Boſco prædicti Rogeri de Somery et Hæredum
fuorum Sagittas Barbaras fet (Red) pilettas, et qund Homines
fui de Barwe, et Foreltarii infra Octabis San&ti Michaelis, ad
Vadım Parci Fidelitatem facient, quolibet Anno Balives
pre.
dicti Comitis et Hæredom firorum, quod Venationem prædi&ti
Comitis et Hæredum fuorum fervabunt fideliter, et alia quæ ad
dictam
242
LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL LORDS
in Brimmesfeild Park, betwixt the Feaſts of the
Aſſumption and the Nativity of the Blefſed Virgin
(15th Auguſt, and 8th September) at fuch Time as
the King ſhould hunt there *.
WAKEFIELD._Co. YORK.
John, Earl of Warren and Surrey, granted to
one John Howfon a Meſſuage in Wakefield, the ſaid
Howſon paying the annual Rent of a Thouſand
Cluſters of Nuts, and upholding a Gauntlet firm
and ſtrong to
REIGATE.
dictam Foreſtam pertinent, fecundum proportum dicti Cyrogra-
phi inter prædictos Comites Wintoniæ et Arundelią, prius con-
fecti. Et hæc Concordia facta eſt inter prædictum Comitem, et
prædictum Rogerum de Somery falvis eidam Comiti et Hæredibus
fuis, et prædicte Rogero de Somery, et Hæredibus füis, omnibus
Atticulis in prædiéto Cyrographo confecto, inter prædictos
Comites Mintoniæ et Arundeliæ contentis. Et præterea idem
Comes conceſſit pro fe et Hæredibus ſuis, quod unus vel duo
Hominum prædicti Rogeri de Somery et Hæredum ſuorum, qui
fequentur prædictam Feram vulneratam cum Canibus, eam
fequentibus infra prædictum Parcum, cum prædicta Fera fi
eam ceperint, vel non, cum prædi&tis Canibus, prædicti Parci
libere exeant, per Portam et fine impedimento. Et prædictus
Comes et Hæredes fcire, facient aliquem de fuis prædicto Rogero
de Somery et Hæredibus fuis apud Barwe, quo Die mittetur pro
fupra dictis Damis, ad prædictum Locum, prædi&tis Temporibus,
et hoc ſcire eis facient per fex Dies ante prædictum Locum,
prædi&tis Temporibus, et hoc fcire eis facient per ſex Dies ante
prædictum Diem.
In cujus Rei Teſtimonium alter alterius
Scripto Sigillum fuum appofuit. Et fciendum eft quod Tempus
Pinguedinis hic computatur inter Feſtum Beati Petri ad Vincula
et Exaltationem Sanéte Crucis, et Tempus Firmationis inter
Feſtum Sancti Martini et Purificationem Beatæ Mariæ, Ex
Codice M.S. penes Élyan Aſhmole Arm. Blount 126.-* Eſcaet.
23 Edw. III. N. 39. Gloue, Blount 132.-t The Reverend
Mr.
BY VARIOUS SERVICES.
243
REIGATE.CO. SURREY:
John, Earl of Warren and Surrey quit-claimed to
God and Sc. Mary, and the Prior and Canons of
the Holy Croſs at Reigaté, his Right in nineteen
Shillings and Fourpence yearly Rent, and one
Plough-Share, and four Horſe Shoes with Nails,
which the ſaid Prior and Canons uſed to pay to his
Anceſtors, for ſeveral Tenements in Reigate *.
EAST-BechEWORTHE.Co. SURREY.
John de Warren granted to John, Son of Adrian
de London, a Virge of Land in Eaſt-Becheworthe,
paying certain Gloves of Fur of Gris [, or forty
Pence at three Terms in the Yeart:
Gris. See Page 97.
BROOKHOUSE.--Co, YORK.
A Farm at Brook-Houſe in Lang ſett, in the Pariſh
of Peniſton, and County of York, pays yearly to
Godfrey Boſville, Eſquire, a Snow-Ball at Midſum-
mer, and a Red Roſe at Chriſtmas I.
Mr. Watſon's Memoirs of the Earís of Warren and Surrey,
Volume I. Page 264, from a Deed in French, dated
7 Ed.
ward I. late in the Poffefſion of Mr. Thomas Wilſon of Leeds.--
* Pat. of Infpeximus, to Edward Il. P. 2. M. 12. 2 Mon.
Angi. 346. Memoirs of the Earls of Wurren and Surrey, by the
Rev. Mr. Watſon, Vol. I. P. 291.-+ Reddendo quaſdam Cy-
rothecas furratas de Gris vel quadraginta Denarios, ad tres
Anni Terminos. Memoirs of the Earls of Warren and Surrey,
by the Rev. Mr. Watſon, Vol. I. P. 295, from a Deed, dated
38 Hen. II.-- Extracted from the Writings of Godf. Bof-
ville of Gunthwaite, Eſquire, and communicated to the Editor
by John Wilfan of Broomhead, Eſquire.
Q2
This
244
LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL LORDS
This is certainly a moſt extraordinary Tenure,
and yet the Editor has no Doubt but it is very
poffible to perform the Service: he has himſelf
feen Snow in Caverns or Hollows, upon the
high Moors, in this Neighbourhood, in the
Month of June; and as to the Red Roſe at
Chriſtmas (as he does not fuppoſe that it was
meant to have been growing juſt before it was
preſented) he thinks it is not difficult to pre-
ferve one till that Time of the Year. E.-As
the Things tendered in Tenures were uſually
ſuch as could eaſily be procured, and not im-
poſlible ones, we muſt ſuppoſe that the two
here mentioned were redeemable by a pecu-
niary Payment to be fixed at the Will of the
Lord. P.
LEVINGTON.CO. YORK.
Adam de Brus T, Lord of Skelton, gave in Mar-
riage with his Daughter Iſabel, to Henry de Percy,
eldeſt Son and Meir of Joceline de Lovain (Anceſtor
to the preſent Duke of Northumberland) the Manor
of Levington, for which he and his Heirs were to
repair to Skelton-Caſtle every Chriſtmas Day, and
lead the Lady of that Caſtle from her Chamber to
the Chapel, to Maſs, and thence to her Chamber
again, and, after dining with her, to depart *.
The late Woodifield Beckwith, Eſquire (who as
well as the Editor, was a Defcendant of the Fa.
* Cire. Temp. Ric. I. vel Joh. Regis. Great Percy Chartu.
lary, fo. 60. Collins's Peerage, Vol. II. P. 297. Edit. 5.---
mily
BY VARIOUS SERVICES.
245
mily of Brus of Skelton-Cafile) died ſeiſed of an
Eſtate at Kirk Levington, alias Caſtle Levington, near
Yarm in the County of York, in the Year 1779.
ELKESLEY.-- Co. NOTTINGHAM.
John Fleming gave to Adamn de Wellum, all the
Meadow which he had between the Mill of Llkefiey
and the Bridge of Twifort, paying him and bis
Heirs, one Spur (Calcariam) of Lincoln, or Four-
pence at Chriſtmas, for all yearly Services *.
By this it ſhould ſeem that the City of Lincoln was
then famous for the Spurs there made. Yet the
Word Calcaria is particular bere, not occurring
in this Senſe in Du Freine's Gloffary t. But it ap-
pears from a Deed fans Date of the firit Ralph Mu,
fard of Staveley, Com. Herb, that a Spur was of
the Value of Fourpencet; and I remember to
have ſeen only one Spur paid as a Rent on other
Occaſions; to we find - unum Equum, unum
Saccum, et unum Pryk in Guerra Walliæ S."
One Spur was alſo common in wearing ||-
* Thoroton's Hift. Nott. Page 445.-mt Calcaria in him means
a Lime Kiln, or Lime, or a Payment for burning Lime.--I A Pair
of gilt Spurs equalled Sixpence, Temp. R. Joh. Chauncey, Harif.
P. 279.- $ Blount's Terures, P. 17. (Antea, P. 97. Kinwald-
merjh) where he notes “ Pryk fignifies a Goad or Spur, as I
fuppofe, and is elſewhere in Latin called Compunetuin." See
him again, P. 125. (Antea, P. 236, Dylew) wbere the Word
Compunctum occurs. Hence to prick means to ride. Spenſer's
Fairy-Queen, Lib. I.-M. S. Tale of John Le Reve,
Stanza IQ,
3
Laſtly,
246 LANDS HELD OF TEMPORAL LORDS, &c.
Laſtly, I obſerve, that Calcarium is uſed for Cal.
car *; and therefore, why not Calcaria in the
Feminine?
However, to diſſemhle nothing, and not to
conclude too rafhly, it is poſſible Calcaria may
fignify a Load of Lime; there being no other
Authority but this in Thoroton, that I know
of, for its importing a Spur, or, I may add,
for Lincoln's being remarkable for the Manu-
facture of Spurs. The Hill at Lincoln is noted
for Lime, the Stone of which the Hill conſiſts
burning kindly to a Calx. And as Calcaria is
found in the Gloſſaries to denote a Lime-Kiln,
and alſo a Payment for the burning of Lime t, it
may, without much Violence, mean a Load of
Lime here. The Rock at Lincoln, it is obſerved,
is ſcarce fit for any other Uſe than making
Lime, it being ſeldom applied for Building,
except where it is defended from Rain and
Froſt, the latter ſhivering it into ſmall Pieces
or Flakes, ſo that there is but little of it uſed
about that noble Fabrick, the Minſter. And
as there was an eaſy Communication from
Lincoln into Nottinghamſhire, and vice verſa,
by Water, after the Foffe-Dike was made in
the Twelfth Century, Lime was readily con-
veyed to the City from many Parts of the latter.
On the whole, the Reader is left to Judge
which of theſe two Interpretations he ought to
adopt. P.
* Blount Ten. Page 46. (Antea, Page 112, Giffag.)-+ Du
Freſne, Vol. II. Page 59. Mr. Pegge's Letter to the Editor,
dated 13th Oct. 1781.
SECT. V.
LANDS HELD BY VILLINAGE TENURE.
247
SECT. V. Of Lands held by Villenage Tenure.
BRAYLES.CO. WARWICK.
In King Edward the Firſt's Time, Allam Underwood
held one Yard-Land T in Brayles in the County
of Warwick, of William, Earl of Warwick, paying
therefore ſeven Buſhels of Oats yearly and a Hen,
and working for the Lord, from Michaelmas till
Lammas, every other Day, except Saturday, viz.
at Mowing, as long as that Seaſon laited, for which
he was to have as much Graſs as he could carry
away with his Scythe; and at the End of Hay-
Harveſt, he and the reit of his Fellow Mowers, to
have the Lord's beſt Mutton, except one, or Six-
teenpence in Money, with the beſt Cheeſe, ſaving
one, or Sixpence in Money, and the Cheeſe-Vat,
wherein the Cheeſe was made, full of Salt. From
Lammas to Michaelmas, he was to work two Days
in the Week, and to come to the Lord's Reap
with all his Houſhold, except his Wife and his
Shepherd, and to cut down one Land of Corn,
being quit of all other Work for that Day. That
he ſhould likewiſe carry two Cart Loads and an
Half of the Lord's Hay, and ſeven Cart-Load of
Stones for three Days, and gather Nuts for three
Days. And in Caſe the Lord kept his Chriſtmas at
his Manor of Brayles, to find three of his Horſes
Meat for three Nights. That he ſhould plow
thrice a-Year, viz. fix Selions ISI, and make three
* For the Nature of the Tenure in Villenage, ſee Litt.
Tenuręs, Lib. 2. Cap. 11. and Coke's Comment thereon.
Q4
Quarters
248
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE,
Quarters of Malt for the Lord, and pay for every
Hog he kept above a Year old a Penny, and for
every one under, a Halfpenny. And laſtly, that
hie, and the reſt of the Tenants of this Manor,
ſhould give twelve Marks yearly to the Lord at
Michaelmas, by Way of Aid, and not marry their
Daughters, nor make their Sons Prieſts IIIll, without
Licence from the Lord *.
1 Yard-Land, The Fourth Part of an Acre, in
fome Places, is called a Yard-Land, and Half
an Acre is a Selion, 9 Edw. III. 479. In Eng-
land the Land was divided into Hides (uſually
taken for ſix Score Acres) Carucates and Acres,
and none of them are mentioned in Domeſday.
Virgatas and Seliones being uncertain, according
to the Cuſtom of the Country. A. See Notes
under Ņether-Overton, P.26, and under Ba-
dew, P. 102. E.
ISI Selions. From the French Seillon, Ridges of
Land, A.
Dil Nor make their Sons Prieſts. Nec Filios Coronare.
To give the Tonſure; ſuch as were admitted to
Holy Orders had the upper part of the Head
clofe ſhaven, fo that the lower Parts of the
Hair formed a Circle, or Crown, about the
Middle of the Head. Hence, Shaven and Bald
Prieſt is frequent in old Engliſh Writers. A.
This was an uſual Reſtraint of old in Villenage
Inquil. per H. Natt. Tit. Brayles, Blount 20.
Tenure,
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
249
Tenure, to the End the Lord might not loſe
any of his Vilains, by their entering into Holy
Orders. Blount. See Note under Clymeſlond,
Page 250.
NEWBIGGING Co. YORK.
The Knights of Saint John of Jeruſalem in Eng.
land, had at Newbigging, thirteen Oxgangs of
Land of Affize held by theſe Men. Baldwin held
one Oxgang for two Shillings and an Half, and
two Hens, and twenty Eggs, and four Days
Workſ in Autumn with one Man, to plow twice,
to harrow twice, to mow once, to make Hay once,
and when there ſhould be Occaſion, to repair the
Mill-Dam, and draw or carry the Mill-Stones ISI:
And to waſh Sheep one Day, and another Day to
fhear them. Bertram and Oſbert, for one Oxgang
of Land, paid thirty Pence, and the aforeſaid Ser-
vice, &c. And it is to be known that all the
Cottagers ought to ſpread and cock Hay once,
and to waſh and ſhear the Sheep, and repair the
Mill-Dam, as thoſe which held an Oxgang of
Land *.
* Apud Newbigging XIII. Bovatæ Affifæ de hiis Hominibus ;
Baulduinus una Bovata, pro Il s. et dim. et II Gallinas et
XX Ova, et quatuor Precarias in Autumpno, cum I Homine;
bis arrare, bis herciare, femel falcare, femel Fænum levare,
et cum Opus fuerit Stagnum reparare et Molas attrahere, et
Oves, uno (unâ) dic levare, et alterâ (altero) tondere. Ber.
framus et Oſbertus, pro una Bovotâ XXX d. et prædictum Ser.
vitium, &c. Et fciendum quod Cotarii omnes debent fænum
fpargere et levare ſemel, et Oves lavare, et tondere, et Stag-
num reparare, ficut illi qui tenent unam Bovatam. Inquiſ.
Capt, Anno 1185. 2 Mon. Angl. 539. Blount 24.
Preca.
250
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
Precarias. Reap Days. Blount." Boon-Days. A.
ISI Molas attrahere. I know not what Molas attra,
bere ſhould fignify, unleſs to draw or carry
Mill-Stones. Blount. What elſe ſhould it ſig-
nify, but what the Words properly mean? A.
CLYMESLOND.Co. CORNWALL.
A. B. A Bondman or Vilain by Birth ISI fome-
time held one Meſſuage with the Appurtenances,
in Clymeſlond in the County of Cornwall, and an-
fwered for the ſame Yearly, at four Terms, two
Shillings and Fourpence, and a Rent called Ber-
hiage Stø, at the Feaſt of Saint Philip and James, of
Sixteenpence. And did Suit to the Court of the
Lord from three Weeks to three Weeks; and was
to be Reeve ( Decennier [*], and Bedel III, when
he was choten. And when our Lord the Prince
Thould come to Launceſton, he was to carry, as
often as the Lord pleafed, one Carriage of Wood
daily from Clymeſond to Launceſton, at his own
Charge. And his youngeſt Son who ſhould be living
at his Death, was to have his Lands by a Fine,
which he was to make with the Lord at his Will:
And he was not to be removed from his Lands for
all his Life-Time. He was not to fend his Son to
School, nor marry his Daughter without the Prince's
Licence, and when he died the Lord was to have
all his Chattels *
StS Nativus
* A. B. Nativus de Stipite quondam tenuit unum Meſſuagium,
cum Pertin. in Clymeflond in Com. Cornubia, et reſpondet inde
per
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
257
Si Nativus de Stipite. This Nativus de Stipite was
a Villain or Bandman by Stock or Birth, and dif-
fered from Nativus Conventionarius, who was
fo by Contract or Covenant. Blount.
StBerbiagii. For the Meaning of Berbiagii you
mult conſult fome learned Corniſh Man; it
feems to have been a certain Rent, but why ſo
called, quare
Blount. Berbiagium, from Ber-
bia, corrupted from Vervex, Fr. Berbis (Ber-
brees, Berbets) or Brebis, a Sheep, ſeems to
imply fome Payment of Money for Liberty of
feeding Sheep on the Lord's Ground. A. This
is an ingenious plauſible Conjecture, if it can
but conliſt with the Premiſes, viz. one Meſſuage
with the Appurtenances. P. See Caliſtoke, in the
following Page. E.
Præpofitus. Reve, or Greve. Germanicè Grave.
Sax. Gerefa. The Bailiff of a Franchiſe or
Manor Blount's Law Dict. fub Voce Reve. E.
[*] Decennarius. A Juryman of the Leet, or She-
riff's Turn. For an Explanation of the Word,
ſee Blount's Law Dict. ſub Voce Deciners. E.
Illll Bedellus. A Cryer or Meſſenger of a Court, an
Under-Bailift of a Manor, &c. See Blount's
Law Dict. voce Bedel. E.
CALI-
per Annum ad quatuor terminos Il s. III d. Et Berbiagii ad
Feſtum Apoftolor. Phillippi et Jacobi XVId. Et faciet Sectam
ad Curiam Domini de tribus Septimanis in tres Septimanas, et
erit
á
252
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
CALISTOKE.--Co. CORNWALL.
The Native Tenants, or Vilains, of Caliſtoke in
the County of Cornwall, paid yearly nineteen Shil-
lings of a certain Rent called Berbiage 1, at the
Hokeday ISI *
Berbiagium. Why this Rent was called Berbi-
agium, I am to ſeek. Blount.
Blount. But fee Berbi.
agii in the preceding Page. E.
ISI It was payable at Hokeday, of which there were
two, viz. Monday and Tueſday fe'nnight after
Eaſter Week; but I think Tueſday was the chief
Hokeday, which Day was long celebrated here
in England in Memory of the Expulſion of the
Domineering Danes.
Blount. Rather Eaſter
Tueſday, from this following Quotation, viz.
“ King Hardeknute, on the third Day after
Eaſter, ſuddenly died, to the great Joy of all
England, in Sign of which, even to this Time,
on that Day, commonly called Hoxtuiſday, they
erit Præpoſites, Decennarius, et Bedellus, cum electus fuerit.
Et cum Dominus Princeps in erit apud Launceſton cariabit,
quotiens dictus Dominus voluerit, unum Carriagium per Diem
de Bofco de Clymeflond uſque Launceſton, ad Cuſtum proprium.
Et filius ejus, noviſſime natus, quem reliquerit Superſtitem hạ.
bebit Terras ſuas, per Finem quem fecerit, cum Domino at
Voluntatem ſuam, et non amovebitur a Terra ſua pro Vita ſua.
Non mittet Filium ſuum ad Scholas, nec Filiam ſuam maritabit,
ſine Licentia Principis: Et cum obierit, Dominus habebit om-
nia Catalla ſua. Antiq. ſupervis. Ducatus Cornubiæ. Blount 107.
* Nativi Tenentes de Caliſtoke in Com. Cornubia, reddunt
per Annum de certo Redditu vocata Berbiagiam, ad le Hokeday.
Ibid. Blount 133,
play
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253
play in the Towns, drawing Ropes, with other
Jeſts *." A. Speed, in his Life of Hardiknute,
ſays that, “ in a Solemne Afſembly and Ban-
quet at Lambeth, the Eighth of June, revelling
and carouſing amidſt his Cups, he ſodainly
fell downe without Speech or Breath, ever
fince (which) the Day of his Death is annually
celebrated, among the Common People, with
open Paſtimes in the Streets, which Time is
now called Hoćtide, or Hucxtide, ſignifying a
Time of Scorning,” &c. Speed's Chron. 415.
citing Simon Dun. Matth. Weft. and Lambert's
Peramb. in Sandwich, E.
The Quotations
from Roſus and Speed do not at all accord, for
Eaſter Tueſday and 8th June, cannot poſſibly be
the faine Seaſon. It appears to be a moveable
Day; however it was an uſual Day of Pay-
ment. Spelm. Gloff. Page 294, and Cowell's
Interpreter. P.
TACHEBROKE-CO. WARWICK.
Roger de Welleſburne held the Moiety of one Hide
of Land in Tachebroke, in the County of Warwick,
and was to come at the Great Reap Day +*+ in
Autumn with all his Reapers, and to be at the
Lord's Diet |S|| twice a Day t.
* Rex Hardeknutus, feria tertia poft Pafcha, ſubito obiit, in
totius Anglia maximum Guadium : in Cujus Signum, nfque
hodie, illa Die, vulgariter dicta Hoxtuifday, ludunt in Villis,
trahendo Cordas partialiter, cum aliis Jocis. Ex Hiſt. J. Rofii
Warwicens. A.-t Roger de Wellefourne tenuit Medietatem unius
Hidæ Terræ in Tachebroke in Comitatu Warwici, et veniet ad
magnam Precariam in Autumno, cum omnibus Mefforibus ſuis
ad puturam Domiui bis in Die. Lib. niger Lichfeldiæ. Blount Iro.
+*+ Magna
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LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGÉ TENURE.
**+ Magna Precaria, is a General Reap Day, in ſome
Places called a Love-Reap. Blount.
Isil Ad Puturam Domini. At the Lord's Diet for
two Meals. Blount.
APELDERHAM.Co. SUSSEX.
John Aylemer holds by Court Roll one Meſſuage
and one Yard Land, &c. in Apelderham, in the
County of Suffex, and ought to find a Man with a
Horſe to harrow one Day every Week at each Seed
Time in Winter and Lent **, whilft there fhould be
any Thing to barrow ist in the Lord's Land. And
he who was to harrow was to receive every Day à
Repaſt, viz. Bread, Pottage, Companage tilt, and
Drink of the Price of one Penny. And, for every
Horſe harrowing, he was to have every Day as
many Oats as he could carry between his two
Hands. And alſo he ought to come every Year
at two Plow-Days SIS, with his Plough, if he had a
whole Plough, or with fuch Part as he had, if he
had not a whole Plough, and then he ought to
plow every Day as much as he could from Morn-
ing to Noon. And both S*S (viz. the Holder of
the Plough and the Driver) were to have a Solemn
Repaſt on each of the ſaid Plow-Days SIS. And he
ought to find at three Reap Days in Autumn, every
Day, two Men, and was to have, for each of the
ſaid Men, on every of ſuch Reap Days, viz. on
each of the two firſt Days, one Loaf of Wheat and
Barley mixed, weighing eighteen Pounds of Wax ,
every Loaf to be of the Price of a Penny Farthing.
And at the third Reap Day, each Man was to have
a Loaf,
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a Loaf of the fame Weight, all of Wheat, of the
Price of a Penny Halfpenny. And the ſaid two
Meni were to have jointly at which of the ſaid three
Reap Days they would, Pottage, and a Diſh of Fleſh
Meat, without Drink, of the Price of one Penny *.
*** Semen Yemale et Quadrageſimale, Winter Seed-
neſs and Lent Seedneſs. Blount.
Isi Ad herciandum. To Harrow. Blount.
fllt Companagium. Bread and Meat, or quicquid cibi
cum Pare fumitur, (whatſoever Meat is eaten
with Bread.) Blount,
SIS Precarias Caruca. Work Days of the Plow,
Blount. Boon Days. A.
5*8 Uterque Tentor. I ſuppoſe Uterque Tentor, &c.
may ſignify (how properly I will not deter-
mine) both the Man that held the Plough, and
he that drove it, who were to have a ſolemn
Repaſt. Blount. The original ſhould be pointed
thus, et uterque, Tentor, viz. Carucâ, et Fugator,
and then the Verſion will be plain, thus, and
both, viz. the Holder of the Plow and the Driver. P.
4 Pounds of Wax. This is very ſingular. Was
Wax weighed by a particular Weight? One
would ſuppoſe fo. It was an Article then of
great Traffick. P.
SUTTON-
w
* Johannes Aylemer tenet per Irrotulamentum Curiæ unum
Meffaagium et unam Virgatam Terræ, &c. in Apelder ham in
Comin
256
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE:
SUTTON-COURTENAY.CO. BERKS.
Richard de Harrecurt gave and granted to William
de Sutton for his Homage and Service, all that Vir-
gate of Land in Sutton, with one Meffuage and
the Appurtenances. But the ſaid William and his
Heirs were to plow one Selion of Land at Winter
Seed Time, ||||| and one Selion at Lent Seed Time, ttt
and one Selion at Fallow, and to weed for one
Day with one Man, and to mow for one Day with
one Man in Summer, * * and they were to find one
Man to make Hay, and to carry the ſaid Hay with
one Cart, until it was all fully carried to the Court
Com. Suffex, et debet invenire uirum Hominem, cum uno Equo
ad Herciandum qualibet Septimana per unum Diem ad utrumque
Semen Yemale et Quadrageſimale, dum aliquid fuerit ad hercian-
dum in Terra Domini. Et ille qui herciat quolibet Die recipiet
unum Repaſtum, viz. Panem, Potagium, Compañagium, et
Potum Precii Id. et quilibet Equus hercians habebit qualibet
Die tantum de Avenis ficut capi poteft inter duas Manns, et
etiam debet venire quolibet Anno ad duas Precatias Carucæ cum
Caruca fua, fi habeat integram Carucam, vel de Parte quam
habet Carucæ, fi Carucam non habeat integram, et tunc arare
debet utroque Die quantúm poteft a Mane ad Meridieni, et
uterque, Tentor, viz. Carucæ, et Fugator habebunt unum Paltuin
folempnem utroque Die predictarum Precariarum, Et debet
invenire ad tres Precarias in Autumpno quolibet Die duos Ho.
mines, et habebit uterque diétorum Hominem ad utrumqne
Diem Precariarum, primus (primo) unum Panem utroque Die
de Frumento et Ordeo mixto, qui ponderabit XVIII Libras
Ceræ, Pretium cujuſíbet Panis Id q. Et ad tertiam Precariam
habebit uterque Homo unum Panem prædi&ti Ponderis, totum
de Frumento, Prec. Id. ob. et habebunt prædi&ti duo Homines
conjunctim, ad quamlibet de prædictis tribus Precariis, Potagium
et Ferculum de Carne, ſine Potu, Prec. Id. Confuetudinar.
Monaſt, de Bello. Blount 123.
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257
of Sutton, (which was their Lord's Houſe.) And
they were to find one Man to make Cocks, or Ricks
of Hay, [ll] till they were finiſhed: And to do four
Days Work in Autumn, with two Men, the three
firit Days at their own Diet, and the fourth at
their Lord's. And to carry Corn for one Day
with one Cart, and to find one Man for one Day
to make Mows illi in the Grange, or Barn, &c*.
9
II|| Tvernagium. Winter Seedneſs. Blount. See
Semen Yemale in Page 255.
+++ Quadrageſimale. Lent Seedneſs. Blount. See
Page 255
= Warectam. Fallow. See Ainſw. Dict. of Law
Lat. E.
*||* Efteia. Summer, for ſo I think is meant by
Eſteia from Afate, though I have not elſe-
where met with the Word. Blount. Not di-
rectly from Æftate, as Blount ſuppoſes, but
Fr. Eftc. P.
[11] Mullones Fani. Cocks or Ricks of Hay. Blount.
t1!: Meyas. Moughs or Meys. Blount. See Ainſw.
Dict. of Law Lat.
R
WOR-
* Sciant præſentes et futuri; quod ego Ricardus de Harrecurt
dedi et conceflitVillielmo de Sutton pro Homagio et Servilio
fuo, totam illam Virgatam Terræ in Sutton, cum uno Meſſuagio
et Pertin: Dictus vero Willielmus et Hæredes fui arabunt
unum Seilonem ad Yevernagius, et anum Scylonem ad Semen
Quadr4
258
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
WORTHYNBURY.-Co. FLINT.
Richard de Pyneleſdon (Puleſdon) holds Lands and
Tenements in Worthynbury, in the Parts of Mailer
Says-nec, in the County of Flint, which are held of
our Lord the King by certain Services, and by Am-
mobragium tit, which extended to five Shillings,
when it happened, as by the Inquiſition, &c *.
tit Ammobragium. A pecuniary Acknowledgment
paid by the Tenants to the King, or Vaſals to
their Lord, for Liberty of marrying or not mar-
rying. Thus Gilbert de Maiſnil gave ten Marks
of Silver to Henry III. for Leave to take a
Wife, and Cecily, Widow of Hugh Pevere, that
ſhe might marry whom ſhe pleaſed t. It is
ftrange that this Servile Cuſtom ſhould be re-
tained fo long. It is pretended that the Amobyr
Quadrageſimale, et unum Seylonem ad Wareltam, et farclabunt
per unum Dism cum uno Homine, et falcabunt cum uno Homine
per unum Diem in Efteia. Et invenient unum Hominem ad
levandum Prata, et cariabunt dicta Prata cum una Carecta,
quouſque cariata ſint plenarie in Curiain de Sutton, et invenient
unum Hominem ad faciendum Mullones Fæni quouſque perfici-
antur, et facient quatuor precarias Autun,pnales cum duobus
Huminibus, fcil. tres ad Cibuin illorum proprium et quartam ad
Cibum Domini, et cariabunt Bladum per unum Diem cum una
Careeta, et invenient unum Hominem per unum Diem ad faci.
endum Meyas in Grangia. Hæc omnia Servilia, &c. Hiie
Toftibus. Ex ipfo Autographo, penes Tho. Wollafcot, Arm.
Blount 130.
* Richardus de Pyneleſdon tenet Terras et Tene-
menta in Worthynbury in Partibus de Mailer Says-nec in Com.
Flint, quæ tenentur de Domino Rege per certa Servitia et per
Ammobragium, quod ad quinque Sol dos extenditur cum acci.
derit, ſicut per Inquiſitionem, &c. Pat. 7 Edw. Il. P. 2. M. 7.
intus, Blount 7.-- Madox Excheq. I. 456. 6.
among
LAND $ HELD BY YILLENAGE TENURE.
259
::
among the Welſh. the Lyre-wite among the
Saxons, and the Marchetu Mulierum among the
Scots, were Fines paid by the Vallal to the
Superior, to buy off his Right to the first
Night's Lodging with the Bride of the Perfon
who held froin him: but I believe there never
was any European Nation in the Periods this
Cuſtom is pretended to exiſt) fo barbarous as
to admit it. It is true that the Power above
cited was introduced into England by the Nor-
mans out of their own Country
The Amobyr,
or rather Gobr Merch, was a Britiſh Cuftom of
great Antiquity, paid either for violating the
Chaſtity of a Virgin, or for the Marriage of a
Vaffal, and ſignifies the Price of a Virgin*. The
Welſh Laws, to far from encouraging Adultery,
checked, by fevere Fines, even unbecoming
Libertiest. The Amobyr was intended as a Pre-
ſervative againſt Lewdneſs. If a Virgin was
deflowered, the Seducer, or, in his Stead, her
Father, paid the Fine. There is one Species ſo
fingular as to merit mention : If a Wife proved
unfaithful to her Huſband's Bed, the poor
Cuckold was obliged to pay his Superior five
Shillings as long as he did Cydgyſgu, i. e. Sleep
with her : but if he forbore cohabiting with
her, and ſhe Cydgyſgu'd with her Gallant, the
Fine fell on the offending Fair. To cuckold
the Prince was expiated at a very high Rate t;
the Offender was fined in a Gold Cup and Cover
* Leges Wallicze 92. et Gioffar. 554.-- + Leg. Wallicæ 78.
- Leges Wallicæ 199.
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LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
as broad as his Majeſty's Face, and as thick as
a Ploughman's Nail who had ploughed nine
Years, and a Rod of Gold as tall as the King,
and as thick as his Little Finger; a hundred
Cows for every Cantref he ruled over, with a
White Bull with different coloured Ears to every
hundred Cows.
The Recompence to a Virgin, who had been
ſeduced, is very ſingular : on Complaint made
that ſhe was deſerted by her Lover, it was or-
dered by the Court, that ſhe was to lay hold of
the Tail of a Bull of three Years old, introduced
through a Wicker-Door, and ſaven and well
greaſed. Two Men were to goad the Beaſt :
if ſhe could, by Dint of Strength, retain the
Bull, ſhe was to have it by Way of Satisfaction;
if not, ſhe got nothing but the Greaſe that re-
mained in her Hands *.
It is fingular, that the Antient Britons ſhould
make ſo light of the Crime intended, when
one Nation of our Celtic Anceſtors, the Germans,
(but quære whether the Germans were Celta)
inflicted the moſt cruel Punilhment on the Fe-
male Offender at leaſt to
The Saxons had their Lyre-Wyte, or Lecher-
Wyte, for the ſame End that the Welſh had their
Amobyr. The Crime is inentioned often in the
Saxon Laws 1: once with a cruel Penalty de-
nounced againſt the Offender; and a ſecond
Time, with a ſtrong Dehortation from the
Commiffion.
* Leges Wallicæ 82. Tacit. de Mor. Germ.--I Leges
Sax. 40. 132.
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LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
261
In general the Crime was expiated with Mo-
ney, according to the Degree of the Perfon
injured. The Indians at this Time commute in
certain Degrees of Offence; but oftener punith
it with burning, and other excruciating Deatlis*.
THURGARTON and HORSE POLL.
CO. NOTTINGHAM.
The Tenants of theſe Manors held their Lands
by theſe Cuſtoms and Services. Every Native, or
Villain, (which were ſuch as we now call Hulband-
men) paid each a Cock and a Hen, beſides a ſmall
Rent in Money, for a Toft and one Bovate of Land,
held of the Priory of Thurgarton. Theſe Cocks and
Hens were paid the ſecond Day in Chriſtmas, and
that Day, every one, both Cottagers and Natives,
dined in the Hall, and thoſe who did not, had a
White Loaf, and a Flagon of Ale with one Mefle from
the Kitchen. Every Villain gave a Halfpenny to-
wards cleanſing the Mill-Dam. The Freeholders
were bound to tribus Arruris (three Pluw-Days) for
the Lord with one Plough, which were then valued
at Twelvepence, and likewiſe three Days Work in
Harveſt, the firſt Day with one Man, the ficond
Day with two, and the third Day with five Work-
men, and one of themſelves in Perfon, and every
Day to have their Réfection. The Natives were
likewiſe bound to give three Plow-Days each, and
every Plough was to be allowed four Boon Loaves,
* Gentoo Laws, 268, &e. Pennant's Tour in Wales, 1773,
P. 221, 454, &c.
and
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262
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
and to harrow three Days, and every Harrower
was allowed a Brown Loaf, and two Herrings a Day.
Likewiſe all the Natives and Cottagers were to reap
every other Day in Harveſt, the firſt Day every
two were to have one Brown Loaf and two Toil-
lects of the ſecond Day two Brown Loaves and one
Toillect, and afterwards every two Men to have
every Day three Brown Loaves. And on the Day
of the great Bidrepe fsi, which was called the Priors
Boon, every Native was to find three Workmen,
and Cottager one. Every of the ſaid Natives were
to make Carriage from the foreign Granges thrice
a-Year, each with one Horſe, and every Time to
have a Miche Illl, or White Loaf; and all the Reapers
in Harveit, which were called Hallewimen [1], were
to eat in the Hall one Day in Chriſtmas, or after-
wards, at the Diſcretion of the Cellerer Likes
wiſe every Naif , or She Villain, that took a
Huſband, or committed Fornication, paid Marchet SS,
for Redemption of her Blood, five Shillings and
Fourpence, and the Daughter of a Cottager paid
but Half a Marchet.
And every Native paid for
Paunage of every Swine in the Park, Three-
pence, &c *
Toillects. Theſe muſt be ſomething to eat, per-
haps Tripes for v. Cotgrave, voce Toile. P.
ISI Bidrepe. See Note under Hildfey, Page 226.
HMiche. A Loaf. Fr.
* Reg. Priorat. de Thurgarton, cited by Dr. Thoroton in his
Antiq. of Nottinghamſhire. Blount 142.
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LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
263
[1] Hallewimèn. I conjectured that theſe might be
Holy Women. So called becauſe they worked for
the Priory or Religious Houſe of Thurgarton,
For ſuch Perſons within the Biſhopric of Dur.
bam as held their Lands by the Service of de
fending the Corpſe of St. Cuthbert were called
Halywercfolk, and claimed the Privilege of cot
being forced to go out of the Biſh.pric, either
by the King or Biſhop. Hill. Dunelm. apud
Wartoni Ang. Sac. Par. I. P. 749. Jac. Law
Dict. fub voce Halywercfolk. But the learned
Mr. Pegge ſays this can have nothing to do
with Women. As he thinks the Word ſhould
be divided Hallewi-men, ſo called either from
leaving their Harveſt Work at All-Säints, i. e.
All-Hallows, or rather perhaps from being in-
titled to the Chriſtmas Entertainment in the
Hall of the Priory.
#01
Cellerer. Was an Officer in a Monaſtery who
kept and delivered out the Victuals, &c. to the
Friers or Monks (qui fratrum Stipendia ſervat et
adminiſtrat.) M. S. Blount's Law Dict. voce Cele-
rarius.
Naif. Nativa. A Bond-Woman or She-Villain.
Blount's Law Dict. voc. Ncif.
.ŠŠ Marchet. The ſame as Ammobragium. See P. 2; 8.
FISKERTON and MORETON.-Co. NoTTINGHAM,
The Cuſtom was bere for the Natives and Cot-
tagers to plow and harrow for the Lord, and to
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work
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LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE,
work one Boon-Day for him every Week in Har-
veft, when every two Worknen had three Boon-
Loaves with Companage [*] allowed them. Each
Cuſtomary Tenant in Fiſkerton and Moreton, one
Day in the Year found a Man to cleanſe the Dam
of Fiſkerton Mill. If any Ale-Wife brewed Ale to
ſell (Siguis Braciatrix braciaverit Cerevifiam) ſhe was
bound to ſatisfy the Lord for Tolſefter 1. If any
Native or Cottager fold a Male Youngling after it
was weaned, he paid Fourpence to the Lord as a
Fine; or killed a Swine above a Year old, he paid
the Lord one Penny, which was called Thiſtletac IIII.
Every She-Native that married, or committed For-
nication, paid for Redemption of her Blood (pro
Redemptione Sanguinis) five Shillings and Fourpence
to the Lord, which was in Lieu of Marchetta Mu-
lierum ISI *.
[*] Companage. See Note under Apelderham, P.255. .
| Tolſeſter. A Fine for Licence to brež. A. See
Blount's Law Dict. in Verbo. E.
All Thiſtletac. See Jac. Law Dict. in Verbo. But
Quare, Whether he be not in an Error reſpect-
ing this Word; and further, Quare, What is
the meaning of it. Mr. Pegge conjectures that
the Word is mif read for Thriftletac, and that it
means the bringing of the Swine to the Threftle
whereon it was to be laid when killed.
Reg. Priorat, de Thurgarton. Blount 153.
Ist Mar-
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
265
..
IS1 Marchetta Mulierum. Whether from Mark, 2
,
Horſe in the old Gallique, (implying the obſcene
Signification of Equitare) as Mr. Selden thinks,
or from Marca, the Sum of Money, by which
it was afterwards commonly redeemed, I can-
not determine. Blount.More likely the
latter; but fee Ammobragium, Page 258, and
Mercheta, Page 268. E.
East and West ENBORNE.Co. Berks.
The Manors of Eaſt and Weſt Enborne, in the
County of Berks, have this Cuſtom; that if a Copy-
hold Tenant die, the Widow ſhall have her Free-
Bench f in all his Copyhold Lands, whilſt 'ffie
continues fole and chaſte (dum ſola et caſta fuerit;)
but if the commits Incontinency, ſhe forfeits her
Widow's Eſtate; yet, after this, if the comes into
the next Court held for the Manor, riding back-
ward upon a Black Ram, with his Tail in her Hand,
and ſays the Words following, the Steward is
bound by the Cuſtom to re-admit her to her Free-
Bench.
" Here I am,
“Riding upon a Black Ram,
" Like a Whore as I am;
" And for my Crincum Crancum,
“ Have loft my Bincum Bancum;
" And for my Tail's Game,
" Am brought to this worldly Shame,
“ Therefore good Mr. Steward let me have my
“ Lands again *.!!
* Blount 144
T Free
268
LANDS HELO BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
Free-Bench (Franc-Bank, Francus Bancus, i. e.
Sedès libera,) is that Efate in Copyhold Lands,
which the Wife, being eſpouſed á Virgin, hath
after the Death of her Huſband for her Bower,
according to the Cuſtom of the Manor, &c.
See Blount's Law Diet. Tit. Free-Bench.
To R RE-Có. Dtv Ở N.
There is the like Cuſtom in this Manor, and
other parts of the Weſt *.
ORLETON: Co. HEREFORD.
At Orleton in the County of Hereford, the Relict
of a Copyhold Tenant is admitted to her Free-
Bench, that is, to all her Huſband's Copyhold
Lands; during her Life, the next Court after her
Huiſband's Death to
KILMERSDON,Co. Somerset.
At Kilmerſdon in Somerſetſhire, by the Cuſtom of
the Manor, the Wife has Widow's Eſtate, which
ſhe loſeth if ſhe marries, or is found incontinent;
but to redeem this laſt; if the come into the next
Court, riding aſtride upon a Ram, and in open
Court do ſay to the Lord, if he be preſent, or to
his Steward, theſe Words,
" For mine Arfe's Fault take I this Pain,
“ Thereforė; my Lord give me mý Land again,
She is by the Cuſtom to be reſtored to it, without
further Fine, doing this Penance .
* Blount 144.--t Blount's Law Dict. Tit. Free Bench.
# M. S. penes Sam. Roper, Arm. Blount 149. Leland's Itin.
Vol. III. l'. 106.
BRUG.
LANDS HELD BY VILLÉNÅGË TENURE 267
BRUG, or Burg.Co. SALOP.
Be it known, that when any Cuſtonary Tenant
of the Manor of Burg, in the County of Salop dies,
the Biſhop is to have his beſt Bealt, all his Swine,
Bees, whole Bacon, a young Cock, a whole Piece
of Cloth, a Braſs Pan, a Rundlet ISI of Ale, if it
be full, And if he marries his Daughter out of
the Fee, he was to give three Shillings. Aito he
was to give for every Lierwyte [, two Shillings *.
ISI Tenella, or Tonella Cervifice, is a little Tun, Tub,
or Rundlet of Ale. Blount.
Lierwyte, or Lairwyte (from the Saxon lagan,
concubere, to lie together, and pite, Muleta, a
Fine) fignifies a Fine, or Mulet, by the Cuſtom
of fome Manors impoſed upon Offenders in
Adultery or Fornication, and due to the Lord
of the Manor, Blount. See Anmobragium, P. 258,
and Marchetta Mulierum, P. 265, and Orás in
the next Page. E.
BERK-HOLT.Co. SUFFOLK.
The Men of Berk-holt in the County of Suffolk,
fay, that in the Time of King Henry, Grandfather
* Sciendum eft, quod quando aliquis Cuſtomarius Manerii de
Burg in Comitatu Salop, moritur, Epiſcopus habebit melius
Averium, omnes Porcos, Apes, Baconem integrum, Pullum
Maſculum, Pannuin integrum, Ollain ænamn, Tenetlam Cervifiæ,
fi ſit plena. Et quando maritabit filiam extra Feodum, dabit
tres Solidos; dabit etiam pro qualibet Lierwyte II s. Liber
Ruber Cafiri Epiſcopi. Blount 145.
of
268
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
of our Lord the preſent King (Henry III.) they
uſed to have this Cuſtom; that when they would
marry their Daughters, they uſed to give to the
Lord for Licence fo to do, two Ores [*], which were
worth thirty two Pence *.
[*] Oras. Here theſe Ores (which were Saxon Coins)
are declared to be in Value of our Money,
fixteen Pence a-Piece; but after, by the Va-
riation of the Standard, they valued twenty
Pence a-Piece.. And this Fine for the Tenants
marrying their Daughters (pro filiabus ſuis ma-
ritandis) was, without Doubt, in Lieu of the
Mercbeta i||| Mulierum, or firſt Night's Lodging
with the Bride, which the Lord antiently
claimed in ſome Manors. Blount,
Ilif Mercheta. Of the Scottiſh Feuds in particular,
is certainly Britiſh. This Terin, which has
given Occaſion to that Fiction of Folly in the
beſt Hiſtories of Scotland, that the Lord had a
Privilege to ſeep with the Bride of his Vaſſal,
on her Wedding Night; which has been ex-
plained by Derivations equally obſcene and
ſtupid, is apparently nothing more than the
Merch-ed of Howel-Dha, the Daughter-hood, or
the Fine for the Marriage of a Daughter.
Whitaker's Hift. of Mancheſter, Lib. I. Cap. 8.
Sect. 3. Page 265.
HECHAM.
* Homines de Berk-holt in Com. Suffolk, dicunt quod Tem-
pore Regis Henrici, Avi Domini Regis nunc, folebant habere
talem Confuetudinem; quod quando maritare volebant filias
ſuas,
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE. 269
HECHAM.-Co. NORFOLK.
In the Soke of Hecham in the County of Norfolk,
are Twenty-four Huſbandmen , the Cuſtom of
whom it is, that every one of them ought to work
from Michaelmas to Autumn, every Week for one
Day, either with a Fork, or with a Spade Ili, or a
Flail SS, at the Pleaſure of the Lord, with a
Corredy at Noon [*], and one Loaf at Evening; or
if this work was. diſpenſed with, every one of
them was to give in Lieu of it Sixpence *.
:
Lanceta. The learned Spelman fays, theſe Lan-
ceta were Huſbandmen; but of an unknown
Sort (Agricola quædam, ſed ignotæ fpeciei.) Gloſs.
Blount.
Allt Beſca. A Spade or Spittle, from the French
Beſcher to dig or delve. Blount.
SS Flagellum. A Flail.
A Flail Blount.
[*] Cum Corredio ad Nonam, ſignifies Meat and
Drink, or Dinner, at Noon. Blount.-Gorro-
fuas, folebant dare (Domino) pro filiabus fuis maritandis duas
Oras, quæ valent XXXII Denarios. Plac. coram Rege, Mich.
37 Hen. III. Rot. 4. Blount 159.-*In Soca de Hecham in
Comitatu Norfolk, ſunt XXIV Lancet& ; Confuetudo eorum eſt,
ut unufquifque eorum debet operari a Sancto Michele uſque ad
Autumipnum unaquaque Hebdomada per unam Diem, ſive cum
Furca, five cuin Beſca vel Flagello, ad libitum Domini, cum
Corredio ad Nonam, et uno Pane ad Vefperam, vel fi eis remit-
titur hoc Opus, quiſque eorum dabit pro hoc Opere ſex Dena.
rios. Customar. Prior Lewenſis.
Blount 146.
dium,
170 LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURS.
dium, or Corredium. A Corody, was a Sum of
Money, or Allowance of Meat, Drink, and
Cloathing, due to the King from an Abbey or
other Houſe of Religion, whereof he was
Founder, towards the reaſopable Suſtenance of
ſuch a one of his Servants or l'adelets, as he
thought good to beftow it on. Blount's Law
Dict. Tit. Corody. E. And was granted very
çummonly to Subjects, as well as to the King. P.
BOSBURY Co. HEREFORD.
W.M holds nine Acres of Cuſtomary Land in
Boſbury, in the County of Hereford, and a certain
Water Mill, at the Will of the Lord, and owes
certain Cuftoms, viz. Tak , and Toll [*], and
Faldfey ist, and to buy his Blood III|| *.
T Tak. A Tax.
A Tax. See Madox, Formul. P. 188.
and Du Freſne voce Tac, and Tacus. P.
[*] Toll
. A Tribute or Cuſtom paid for paſſing,
buying, ſelling, &c. Blount's Law Dict. in
Verbo.
ISI Faldfey. I ſuppoſe this Faldfey Inight fignify a
Fee or Rent paid by the Tenant to his Lord,
for leave to fold his Sheep on his own Ground.
Blount.
* W. M. tenet novem Acras Terre Cuſtomariæ in Bnbury
in Com. Heref. et quoddam Molendinum Aquaticum, ad V1-
kuntatem Domini, et debet quaſdam Confuetudines, viz. Tak,
et Tall, et Faldfy, er Sanguinem fuum emere. Liber niger
Hersf, fo. 158. Blount 155.
IISII Sana
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE. 271
|| S || Sanguinem fuum emere I ſuppoſe by this was
meant that the Tenant, being a Bond-Man,
ſhould buy out his Villainous Blood, and make
himſeli a Freeman. Blount.
HONINGTON.-Co. WARWICK.
The Tenants of the Manor of Honington, in the
County of Warwick, were by antient Cuſtom to
perform ſeveral Services to the Lord, every other
Day, from Midſummer to Michaelmas.
fix Shillings and Eigitpence yearly for Main-
tenance of the Lord's Corn Cart, and none of them
to ſell his Horſe-Colt without Licence from the
Lord *.
To pay
HAMPTON.-----Co. HEREFORD.
The Tenants at Hampton-Biſhop, in the County
of Hereford, were to get yearly fix Horſe Loads
(Summas D of Rods or Wattles, in the Hay ISI Wood
near Hereford, and bring them to Hereford,
to make Booths 1 ) at the Fair, when they ſhould
be required; and for every Load (Summa) of the
faid Rods, they were to be allowed a Halfpenny at
the Fairst
I Summas Virgarum. Horſe Loads of Rods, or
Wattles. Blount.See Summa Avena, Note
under Felſtede, Page 98.
Inquiſ. per H. Nott. Blount 160.--I Tenentes de Hamp.
tou Epiſcopi in Com Hereford, debent quærere annuatim fex
Summas Virgaruin, apud Bofcum de Haya juxta Hereford, et
appartare ad Hereford ad Citas Nundinarum fcienda, quando
fuerint requifiti, et pro qualibet Summa dictarum Virgarum
allocabitur eis Obalum de Nundinis. Lib. nig. Heref. Blonnt 160.
ISI Haya
272
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE,
Ist Haya juxta Hereford.--See Page 152.
Il Cletas. Booths. A. Hurdles to Pen Sheep in at
the Fair. For Cleta I ſuppoſe is made a Latin
Word from the French Word Claye, which ſignifies
a Hurdle or Wattled Gate. Blount. I think I
have heard theſe Hurdles called Clares in fomne
Country, for they have many and very diffe-
rent Names. P.
BATTLE-ABBEY-Co. Sussex.
The Cuſtomary Tenants of this Manor were to
mow, ſpread, turn, cock, carry to the Manor of
the Lord, and pitch to the Stack [*], one Acre of
Meadow, of the Meadow of the Lord. They
ought alſo to find, throughout all Autumn,
one Man to ſtack the Corn of the Lord in the faid
Manor, whilft any of the Lord's Corn ſhall remain
to be ſtacked *.
PA
[*] Ad Taſum furcare. To pitch to the Mough.
Blount.
STONELEY.CO. WARWICK.
In the Manor of Stoneley in the County of War-
wick, there were antiently four Bondmen, whereof
* Tenentes debent falcare, fpergere, vertere, cumulare,
cariare in Manerium Domini, et ad Taſſum furcare unam Acram
prati, de prato Domini : Et invenient etiam per totam Autump-
nuni unum Hominem ad taflandum Blada Domini in dicto Ma.
nerio, dum Blada Domini ibidem taſfanda fuerint. Cuſtomar,
de Bello in Com. Suffex. Blount 164.
each
LANDS HELD BY VILLENAGE TENURE.
273
cach held one Meſſuage, and one Quartron of
Land , by the Service of making the Gallows, and
banging the Thieves. Each of which Bondmen was
to wear a Red Clout betwixt his Shoulders, upon
his upper Garment; to plow, reap, make the
Lord's Malt, and do other fervile Work *.
Sir Edward Coke fays the worſt Tenure he has
heard of, is to hold Lands to be Ultor Sceleratorun
condemnatorum, ut alios ſuſpendio, alios membrorum de-
truncatione, vel aliis modis juxta quantitatem perpetrati
ſceleris puniat, that is, to be a Hangman or Execu-
tioner, &ct
Quære if a Quartron of Land was not the ſame
as a Ferdell, Fardingdeal, or Ferundell of Land,
that is, the Fourth Part of a Yard-Land. See
Pages 102, 115.
*
Reg. de Stoneley Monaft. Blount 3.- t Coke Litt. fo. 86. a.
Blount 139.
S
CAP,
.
*
!
274
CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
C A P.
IV.
SECT. I. CUSTOMS of MANORS.
A
SUTTON-COLFIELD.Co. WARWICK.
N Inquiſition of the Jury taken at this
View (of Frank-Pledge) before Geoffery de
Okenham, Steward; by the Oath of Anſelm de Clif-
ton, &c. Jurors charged (to enquire) of the antient
Cuſtoms of this Lordſhip, as well of Freemen as of
Bondmen; what Cuftoms they were wont to do
and have, before the Coronation of our Lord King
Henry, Grandfather to the preſent King, from the
Time of Athelſtan, ſometime King of England, &c.
Who ſay, that every Freeman of Sutton ought
to hold his Lands and Tenements by the Force and
Effect of his original Charter, &c.
Alſo, thoſe who held half a Yard-Land, or a Nook If
of Land, or a Cottage of Bondage-Tenure, were
uſed to be Bedell ||| of the Manor, and Decenary SS.
Alſo, all thoſe who held in Bondage Tenure,
were wont to be called Cuſtomary Tenants (Cuſtu-
marii). And whenſoever the Lord ſhould go a
hunting, thoſe Cuſtomary Tenants uſed to drive
the Wanlaſs | to a Stand, in hunting the Wild
Beaſts, according to the Quantity of their Tenure,
as thoſe who held a whole Yard-Land for two
Days, and ſo of others. . And they uſed to have
among them the Half Part of the Fee of a Wood-
ward of the Veniſon taken. And they uſed to be
Keepers
CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
275.
Keepers of Colfield Heath [*], as often as they were
choſen by the Neighbours at the Court, &c.
And alſo, if any of thoſe Cuſtomary Tenants
intended to go out of the Lordſhip, they uſed to
come into Court, and ſurrender into the Hands of
the lord their Bondage Tenure, with all their
Male Horſes and young Male Foals, and Cart bound
with Iron, with their Male Hogs, their whole
Pieces of Cloth, their Wool not ſpun (non formata) and
their beſt Braſs Pan, and then go and ſtay where-
ſoever they would, without Challenge of the Lord,
and he and all his Family were to be free for ever.
And alſo they ſay, that they have heard their
Anceſtors ſay, that at the Time when the Manor
of Sutton aforeſaid was in the Hands of the Kings
of England, all the Chace was afforeſted, and all the
Dags within the Foreſt uſed to be lawed lill, and
the left Claw of the Foot cut off: And after it
came into the Hands of the Earl of Warwick, they
had Leave to have and hold Dogs of all kind un-
lawed
And alſo, all the Freeholders uſed to be ſummoned
three Days before the Court, and the Cuſtomary
Tenants likewiſe; and if there was any Plea be-
tween Neighbours, and the Defendants denied and
waged Law is againſt the Plaintiff, they uſed to
make their Law with the Third Hand; and they
uſed to eloign themſelves twice by Common Suit
of Court, and the Third Time to appear and war-
rant the Effoign. And in like Manner of the Plea
as well of the Plaintiff, as of the Defendant, to be
effoigned twice of the Plca and twice of the Law,
S2
and
276 CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
and the Third Time to appear or have the Judg-
ment (Conſiderationem) of the Court.
And the aforeſaid Cuftomary Tenants were wont
to repair the Ford about the Mill-Dam ** * of the
Lord of Sutton, with Earth *.
*
# Nocatam Terræ. A Nook of Land. A.Noy in
his Compleat Lawyer, P. 57, ſays, two Fardels
of Land make a Nook, and four Nooks make a
Yard-Land. Blount's Law Dict. Tit. Fardel.
See Pages 96, 248. E.
I| Bedellum. See Note under Clymeſlond, P. 251. E.
SS Dece-
* Inquifitio XII. Juratorum capia ad hunc Viſum coram Galo
frido de Okenham, Seneſehallo, per Sacramentum Anfelmi do
Cliftona, &c. Juratorum oneratoruny de antiquis Conſuetudinibus
iſtius Dominii, tam de Libertate quam de Bondagio, quales Con.
fuetudines folebant facere et habere, ante Coronationem Domini
Henrici Regis, Avi Domini Regis nonc, a Tempore Athelſiani
quondam Regis Angliæ, &e. Qui dicant, quod unuſquiſque
Liber Homo de Sutton folebat Terras et Tenementa ſua, Vi et
effectu Cartæ fuæ originalis, Tenere, &c. lteni, illi qui tenu-
erunt dimidiam Virgatam Terræ, vel Nocatam Terræ, vel Co-
tagium de Bondagii Tenuta, folebarit eſſe Bedellum Manerii et
Decennarium. Et etiam onines illi qui tenuerunt in Bondagii
Tenura, folebant vocari Cuſtomarii. Et quotieſcunque Dominus
ad venandum venerit, illi Cuftomarii folebant fugare Wanlaſſum
ad Stabulum in fugatione ferarum Beftiarum, fecundum Quanti-
tatem Tenuræ fuæ, ut illi qui tenuerunt integram Virgatam
Terræ, per duos Dies, et fic de aliis. Et folebant habere inter
eos, dimidiam partem Feodi Woodwardi de Venatione capta.
Et folebant effe Cuftodes Bruere de Golfeild, quotieſcunquæ
fuerint ele&ti per Vicinos ad Curiam, &c. Et etiam fi aliqui de
hujnſmodi Cuſtomariis exierint de Domino, folebant venire
in Curiam et furfum reddere in Manum Domini Tenuram
fuam Bondagii, cum omnibus Equis fuis Mafculis, et Pula
lis,
:
CUSTOM 6 OF MANOR S.
277
SS Decenarium. See Note under Clymeflond, P. 251.
Fugare Wanlolum ad Stabulum. To drive the
Deer to a Stand that the Lord may Shoot.
Blount. ---But Quære the Meaning of the Word
Wanlaſſun. E.
.
[*] Brueræ de Colfield. Brueria, from the French
Bruyere, Heath. Though Ainſworth's Dict. of
Law Lat. derives it from the Sax. Broer, Briar,
or Bruſh-Wood. See Angulum Bruera, P.160.E.
III! Canes impediati ( impediari ) et amputati (amputari)
ſiniſtro Ortello. Dogs lawed (ringed or wired)
on the Left claw of the Foot Blount.
Canes opertias, &c. (q. apcrtias or apertas ) et non
impédiatas. Dogs unlawed, or with whole Feet.
Blount,
11
e Facere Legem. To make Law (Wage Law ) by
bringing three others to ſwear beſides himſelf.
Blount -For the Nature of the Law Wager,
ſee Blackſt. Gomment. Lib. III. Ch. 22. Sect. 6.
* To repair the Ford of the Mill Pond. Blount,
DURHAM,
63
***
lis Mafculis, et Careftam ferro ligatam, cum Porcis Mali
culis, Panna fua integra Lana non formata, et meliorem Ollam
fiiam Ænçam, et exire, er trahere Moram ubicunque vo.
Juerit, fine Caluinpnia Domini, et ipſe, cum omni fequela
fua eſſe Liber imperpetuum. Et etiam dicunt quod audierunt
Anteceſſores dicere, quod Tempore quo Manerium de Suttori
prædicta, fuit in Manibus Regum Angliæ, tota Chalea fuit
atto.
278
CUSTOMS OF MANORS.
.
Durham, the BISHOPRIC of.
In the Year 1276, the following Conſtitution
was made by Robert de Inſula ( de L'Iſe) Biſhop of
Durham, viz. Concerning Tithes which ariſe from
Cows, we have thought proper to ordain, that
wherefoever there ſhall be a Receptacle of them,
although it be in neighbouring Pariſhes, Horn with
Hornſ, according to the Engliſh Language, where
they ſeek their Paſturage, yet the whole Tithes
fhall remain where their Abode and Reſiding Place
Thall be *.
Horn with Horn. This Horn with Horn is, when
Horned Beaſts of ſeveral adjoining Pariſhes do
promiſcuoully intercommon together, per Cauſe
de Vicinage. Blount.
aforeſtata, et omnes Canes infra Foreſtam ſolebant impediari,
er amputari ſiniſtro Ortello: 'Et poftquam devenit in Manum
Comitis Warwici, Licentiam habere et tenere Canes Opertias,
ex omni genere Canum et non impediatas. Et etiam omnes
Liberi Tenentes folebant fummoneri per tres Dies ante Curiam
et Cuſtomarii ſimiliter ; et ſi aliquod Placitum fuerit inter Vicinos,
et Defendentes negaveriot et vadierint Legem verfus Quæren.
tem folebant facere Legem clim Tertia Manu, et folebant fe
Effoiniare de communi Secta Curiæ bina Vice, et tertia Com-
parere et warrantizare Effoinium. Et fimiliter de Placito tam
Quærentis quam Defendentis, bis de Placito, et bis de Lege
Eſfoiniari, er tertia vice venire, ſeu habere Conſiderationem
Curiæ. Et prædicti Cuftumarii ſolebant reparare Vadum circa
Stagnum Molendini Domini de Sutton, in Opere Terreno.
Antiq. of Warwickſhire by Sir W. Dugdale, Knt. Blount 140.
* De Decimis quæ de Vaccis proveniunt ftatuendum duximus,
quod ubicunque fuerit Receptaculum earum, licet in Vicinis Pa-
rochiis Horn with Horn, fecundum Anglicam Linguam, paſcua
quærant, illa remaneat tota Decima ubi fuerit Domicilium et re-
manentia, Conſtitut. Rob. Dunelm. Epif. Ann. 1276. Blount 145.
HALTLE-
CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
279
HARTLEPOOL..Co. DURHAM.
Robert de Brus hath at Hartlepool in the County
of Durbam, a Sea Port, and there takes Keelage ISI,
to wit, of every Ship with a Boat III arriving there,
Eightpence, and of every Ship without a Boat,
Fourpence *.
ISI Killagium. Keelage, whereby he had by Cuſtom
what is here expreſſed, for the Keel of every
Ship that came into his Sea Port with a Boat.
Blount.
I Battello. Batellus. A Small Boat. Ainſworth's
Dict. of Law Lat.
ROCHFORD.Co. Essex.
On King's Hill in Rochford, in the County of Elex,
on every Wedneſday Morning next after Michael-
mas Day at Cocks Crowing, there is by antient
Cuſtom a Court held by the Lord of the Honour of
Raleigh, which is vulgarly calied the Lawleſs-Court.
The Steward and Suitors whiſper to each other,
and have no Candles, nor any Pen and Ink, but
ſupply that Office with a Coal; and he that owes
Suit or Service thereto, and appears not, forfeits
to the Lord double his Rent, every Hour he is ab-
fent, The Court is called Lawleſs, becauſe held at
an unlawful or Lawleſs Hour, or quia dicla fine lege.
* Robertus de Brus habet apud Hartlepool in Com. Dunelm.
Portum Maris, et capit ibi Killagium, ſcil. de qualibet Navi cum
Batello, applicante ibi, oéto Denarios, et de qualiter Navi fine
Batelló, quatuor. Denarios. Rot. Parli 21. Edw. La Blount 146,
$ 4
The
280
CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
The Title of it in the Court Rolls runs thus to this
Day fllt.
.:
,
in ROCHIORD.
Dicta fine Lege,
Tenenta eſt ibidem
Per ejufdem Conſuetudinem ;
Ante ortum Solis,
Luceat niſi Polus,
Nil fcribit nifi Colis.
Totius voluerit,
Gallus ut Cantaverit;
Per cujus folum Sonitum
Curia es ſummonita.
Clamat elam pro Rege,
In Curia ſine Lege,
Et nifi cito venerint
Citius pænituerint
Et niſi elam accedant
Curia non attendat ;
Qui venerit cum Lumine
Errat in Regimine,
Et dum funt fine Lumine
Capti funt in Crimine;
Curia fine Cura
Jurati de injuria,
Tenta ibidem Die Mercurii (ante Diem) proximi
(r. proxime or proximo) poſt Feſtum Sancti Michaelis
Archangeli, Anno Regni Regis, &c.
:
This Lawleſs Court is imperfectly mentioned by
Camden q in his Deſcription of Elex; who ſays,
this ſervile Attendance was impoſed on the Te-
nants
CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
281
nants of that Manor, for conſpiring, at the like
unreaſonable Time, to raiſe a Commotion *,
III So faid by Mr. Blount in 1679.
Mr. Blount refers to Camd. Brit fo. 441, and
the Reader will find it amongſt Dr. Holland's
Inſertions in the Text of Camden, though not
in the Text itſelf.
KIDLINGTON.
-Co. OXFORD.
At Kidlington in Oxfordſhire, the Cuſtom is,
that on Monday after Whitſon-Week, there is a
fat live Lamb provided, and the Maids of the
Town, having their Thumbs tied behind them,
run after it, and ſhe that with her Mouth takes
and holds the Lamb, is declared Lady of the Lamb,
which being dreſſed, with the Skin hanging on, is
carried on a long Pole before the Lady and her
Companions to the Green, attended with Muſic,
and a Moriſco Dance of Men, and another of Wo-
men, where the Reſt of the Day is ſpent in
Dancing, Mirth and merry Glee. The next Day
the Lamb is part baked, boiled, and roast, for the
Lady's Feaft, where ſhe ſits majeſtically, at the
upper End of the Table, and her Companions with
her, with Muſic and other Attendants, which
ends the Solemnity t.
WALLINGFORD.Co. Berks.
In the 45th Year of Hen. III. 1261, the Jurors
upon their Oath, ſay, that no Perſon of this Bo.
.:
* Ex Rot. Curiæ ib. Blount 147.- Ex Relatione Habitan.
tium. Blount 149.
rough,
282
CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
rough, for one Fact committed by him, ought to
be hanged: For according to the Cuſtom of this
Borough, he ought to be deprived of his Eyes and
Teſticles, and that ſuch Privilege hath been uſed
Time out of Mind *.
SOUTH-MALLING. Co. KENT.
The Tenants of South-Malling in the County of
Kent, ought, by a Cuſtom amongſt them, to make
Scotale of fixteen Pence Halfpenny; ſo that from
every Sixpence there be given a Penny Halfpenny
to drink with the Bedell of the Lord Archbiſhop,
upon the aforeſaid Feet.
To make a Scot-Ale, is to make a Collection of
a Sum of Money to be ſpent in Ale.' And in
like Senſe does Manwood interpret it in his
Foreſt Laws. Blount. See
4:
Inft.
307
MONTGOMERY. The Town of.
Whereas through Scolds and Wbores many Evils
ariſe in the Town, viz. Strifes, Fightings, De-
* Juratores dicunt fuper Sacramentum fuum quod nullus de
Natione iſtius Burgi pro quocunque Facto quod fecerit debet
fufpendi: Nam fecundum Confuetudinem iftius Burgi, debet
Oyels (Oeils) et Tefticulis privari, et tali Libertate ufi fünt a
Tempore quo non extat Memuria. Placita apud Rading,
45 Hen. III. Rot. 29.. Blount -150.- Tenentes de South Mal.
ling in Com. Cantia, debent, de Confuetudine inter eos, facere
Scotalium de fex decim Denariis et ob. Ita quod de fingulis fex
Denariis detur unum Denarium et ob. ad potandum cum Bedello
Domini Archiepifcopi ſuper prædictum Feodum. Ex vet. Con-
ſuetud. in Archivis Archiep. Cunt. Blount 1.5o.
fama-
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283
famations, &c. and many other Diſturbances by
their Shouting and Bawling ist, our Practice con-
cerning them, is, that when they are taken they
are adjudged to the Goging /toole (lill, and there to
ſtand with their Feet naked, and their Hair hang-
ing and diſhevelled, for ſuch Time as they may be
ſeen by all Perſons paſſing that Way, according to
the Will of our Chief Bailiffs *.
ISI Hutcſias et Clamores. Shouting and Bawling. A.
See
3.
Inft. 116.
Il Gogingſtoole. This Goging foole is the fame which
in our Law Books is written Cucking ſtool and
Cokeſtool; antiently Tumbrel, or Trebucket, by
Bracion, Tymborella: The Saxons (for it is of
great Antiquity) called it a Scealfing-Stole (from
Scéalfing, Scolding) i. e. a Chair in which Scold-
ing Women were placed, and plunged over
Head in Water f. Blount.
!
EAST RUDHAM.Co. NORFOLK.
In the Town of Eaſt Rudham in the County of
Norfolk, the Cuſtom of all the Lands which are
Quia per Objurgatrices et Meretrices multa Mala in Villa
oriuntur, viz. Lites, Pugnæ, Diffamationes, &c. ac aliæ multæ
Inquietationes per earum Hutefias et Glamores; igitur utimur de
eiſdem, quod cum capte fuerint, habeant Judicium de la Goging
ftools, et ibi ftabunt nudis Pedibus, et ſuis Crinibus pendentibus
et diſperſis, tanto Tempore ut afpici poffint ab omnibus per
Viam tranſeuntibus; fecunduni Voluntatem Balivorum noftro-
rum Capitalium. M.S. L, L. liberi Burgi de Mountgomery.
Blount 150.- Cathedra in qua rixofæ Mulieres fedentes, aquis
demergebantur.
held
284 CUSTOMS OF MANORS.
held within the Borough (Burgagium) concerning
Inpeny and Outpeny, is this, That he who will fell
or give the ſaid Tenure to any one, ſhall give for
his going out of the ſame Tenure, one Penny, and
the like for the Entry of the other. And that the
Bailiff of the Lord ſhall be preſent at the Delivery
of every Livery of Seitin. And if the aforeſaid
Pennies ſhall be in Arrear, the Bailiff of the Lord
may
diſtrain for the ſaid Pennies in the ſame Te-
nure *
KINDERTON.
Co. CHESTER.
In the 14th of Hen. VII, 1498, Thomas Venables
claims, that if any Tenant or Refiant within the Lord
ſhip or Manor of Kinderton, in the County of Cheſter,
committed Felony, and his Body was taken by the
ſaid Thomas upon the Fact, and the Party convicted,
he ſhould have Pelf , viz. he was to feife all his
Goods and Chattels; and that which belonged to
the Earl, he was to preſent at Cheſter Caſtle, and
to have all his Houſhold Furniture (inventa Dome-
ſtica) and of all kind of Oxen, Cows, Steers, Hei-
fers, Pigs, and Sheep, one, to wit, the beſt. And
if he had none, except one of thoſe Kinds, he
* De Inpeny et Outpeny, Conſuetudo talis est in Villa de
Eaft Rudham in Com. Norf. de omnibus Terris quæ infra Burga.
gium tenentur, viz Quod ipſe qui vendiderit vel dederit dictam
Tenuram alicui dabit pro exitu ſuo de eadem Tenura, unum
Denarium et fimile pro ingreſſu alterius. Et quod Balivus Do.
mini erit ad Deliberationem cujuſlibet Seiſinæ deliberandæ. Et
fi prædicti Denarii aretro fuerint, Balivus Domini diftringet pro
eifdem Denariis in eadem Tenura, Reg. Priorat. de Cokesford.
Blount 151.
claimed
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285
claimed to have that one, with all the ſmall Ani-
mals, as Cocks, Hens, Geefe, and ſuch-like, and
all the Pieces of Cloth cut and begun with Illi, and
all the Joints of Meat begun with, or cut in Part
(Carnes attainiatas) and all the Malt except one
Quarter SS. And from every Stack of Corn he
claimed to have a whole Groundſtall *** of each
Stack, and all the Lead out of the Furnace, and
all the Wooden Veſſels, all the Table Cloths, Towels,
and all belonging to the Bed, Linen and Woollen,
and all the Carts not bound with Iron, and all the
Ploughs, with all their Furniture [1], &c *.
Pelfram. Pelf, or Pelfre, appears here to fig-
nify ſuch a Quantity of Goods and Chattels as
are here expreſſed, which to this Day, in Com-
mon Speech, we call Worldly Pelf. Blount.
* Thomas Venables clamat quod fi aliquis Tenentiam vel Reſi-
dentium infra Dominum ſive Manerium de Kinderton in Com.
Ceftria Feloniam fecerit, et Corpus eujus per ipſum Thomam fu-
per
factum illud captum, et convictus fuerit, habere Pelfram,
viz. omnia Bona et Cattalla hujuſmodi feiſire; et ea quæ Do-
mino Coniti pertinent, ad Caſtrum Ceftriæ præſentare, et liabere
omnia inventa domeſtica et de omni genere Boum, Vaccarum,
Boviculorum, Juvencarum, Porcoruin, Bidentium, unum, viz.
melius. Et fi de aliquo genere non habuerit niſi, unum clamat
habere illud unum cum aliis minutis Animalibus, ut Gallis, Gal-
linis, Aucis, et hujufmodi et omnes Pannos talliatos et attaini.
atos, et omnes Garnes attainiatas, et toium Braſium infra unum
Quarteriam, et de quolibet Taffo Bladi clamat habere Ground.
ftal integrum cujuſcunque Tafii, et totum Plumbum extra For-
nacem, et omnia Vaſa lignea, omnes Mappas, Manutergia, et
omnia ad Lectum pertinentia, Linea et Lanea, et omnes Car-
rectas ferro non ligatas, et omnes Carrucas, cum tota appa-
rura, &c. Plac. in Itin. apud Ceftriam, 14 Hen. VII. Blount 151.
Ili Attai-
**
286 CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
1||| Attainiatos. What this Word may lgnify I am
to learn. Blount.
SS Totum Braſium infra unum Quarterium. All the
Malt except one Quarter. Blount, or under a
Quarter. P.
*** Groundſ all integrum. Of every Mow of Corn
he claimed to have as much as would cover the
Ground or Floor where the Corn lay. Blount.
Onſtand. A. Staddle Derbyſhire. P.
[1] Carruca cum tota Apparura, is a Plough with
all its Furniture. Blount.
COLESHILL,Co. WARWICK.
They have an antient Cuſtom at Coleſbill in the
County of Warwick, that if the young Men of the
Town can catch a Hare, and bring it to the Parſon
of the Pariſh, before Ten of the Clock on Eaſter
Monday, the Parfon is bound to give them a Calve's
Head and a hundred of Eggs for their Breakfaſt,
and a Groat in Money *.
STANLAKE, Co. OXFORD.
At Stanlake in the County of Oxford, the Mini-
fter of the Pariſh, in his Proceſſion, in Rogation-
Week, reads the Goſpel at a Barrel's Head, in the
Cellar of the Chequer-Inn in that Town, where ſome
ſay there was formerly an Hermitage, others that
there was antiently a Croſs, at which they read a
* Blount 153.
Goſpel
CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
287
Goſpel in former Times; over which the Houſe, and
particularly the Cellar being built, they are forced
to continue the Cuſtom in Manner as above *.
BUR FORD,Co. OXFORD.
About the Year 750, a Battle was fought near
Burford, in Oxfordſhire, perhaps on the Place ſtill
called Battle-Edge, Weft of the Town, towards
Upton, between Cuthrerd or Cuthbert, a Tributary
King of the Weſt Saxons, and Ethelbald, King of
Mercia, whoſe inſupportable Exactions the former
King not being able to endure, he came into the
Field againſt Ethelbald, met, and overthrew him
there, winning his Banner, whereon was depicted
a Golden Dragon; in Memory of which Victory,
the Cuſtom (yet within Memory) of making a
Dragon yearly, and carrying it up and down the
Town in great Jollity on Midſummer Eve, to
which they added the Picture of a Giant, was in
all Likelihood firſt inſtituted to
ENSHAM.Co. OXFORD,
It has been the Cuſtom at Enham, in Oxfordſhire,
for the Town's People on Whit-Monday, to cut
down and bring away (wherever the Church-War-
dens pleaſed to mark it out, by giving the firſt
Chop) as much Timber as could be drawn by
Men's Hands into the Abbey-Yard, whence if they
could draw it out again, notwithſtanding all the
Impediments that could be given by the Servants
Nat. Hift. of Oxfordſhire, fo. 203. Blount 154,- Nat.
Hift of Oxfordſhire, 348. Blount 154.
of
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CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
of the Abbey, and ſince that by the Family of the
Lord, it was then their own, and went, in Part at
leaſt, to the Reparation of their Church : And by
this Cuſtom, as fome will have it, they hold both
their Lammas and Michaelmas Common *
LODEBROOK.CO. WARWICK.
In the Manor of Lodebrook, in the County of
Warwick, whereof the Cateſbye’s were heretofore
Lords, each Tenant paid Swarf-Money [yearly,
which was one Penny Halfpenny; it muſt be paid
(ſays the Rental) before the riſing of the Sun, the
Party muſt go thrice about the Croſs, and ſay, the
Swarf Money, and then take Witneſs, and lay it in
the Hole; and when he hath ſo done, he muſt look
well that his Witneſs do not deceive him, for if it
be not paid he giveth a great Forfeiture, thirty
Shillings and a White Bull 1.
| Swarf Money. I know not what this Swarf M-
ney may ſignify, unleſs it were miſwritten for
Warth Money, or Ward Money. Blount. See
Page 129, 189.
WARHAM
Co. DORSET.
By the Cuſtom of Warham, in the County of
Dorſet, both Males and Females have a Right,
equally, in the Partition of Lands and Tenements ;
Tenementa in Warham funt partibilia inter Maſculos et
Fæminas, ſays the Record. And is ſo unuſual a
* Nat. Hitt. of Oxfordſhire. Blount 155.---| Ex Antiq. Ren-
tali ejuſd. Man Blount 156.
Cuſtom,
CUSTOMS OF MANOR S. 289
Cuſtom, that perhaps it may be hard to find the
like elſewhere in England. *.
ESSEBURN, now ASHBORNE in the Peak.
Co. DER BY.
The Jurors ſay, that, when at firſt the Miners
come into the Field to ſeek for Mines, and a Mine
is found, they ſhould come to the Bailiff, who is
called Berghmayſter, and demand from him two
Meers, if it be in the New Field; and they are to
have one for the finding, and the other by the
Right of Miners; and every Meer ſhall contain
four Perches, and to their Mine (Pit, or Shaft)
ſeven Feet, and every Perch ſhall be of twenty-
four Feet, &c. Alſo they ſay that. Pleas of Berg-
mote, ought to be held from three weeks to three
Weeks, upon the Miners in the Peak, &c to
CLUN.CO. SALOP.
It is the Cuſtom of fome Manors, within the
Honor of Clun, in the County of Salop, that at
the Entrance of every New Lord of that Honor,
* Plaė. de Jur. ét Affi. de Anno 16 Edw. I. Blount 160.-
+ Juratores dicunt quod in Principo quando Mineratores veniunt
in Campum Mineria, quærentes inventa Minera, venient ad
Ballivum qui dicitur Bergmayſter, et petent ab eo duas Metas,
G fit in Novo Campo, et habebunt unam, ſcil. pro inventione,
et aliam de Jure Mineratorum, et unaquæque Meta continet
quatuor Perticatas, et ad Foveam fuam feptem Pedes, et una-
quæque Perticata erit de XXIV Pedibus, &c. Dicunt etiam
quod Placita de Bergmote, debent teneri de tribus Septimanis
in tres Septimanas, ſuper Minerias in Pecco, &c. Elcaet, de
Anno 16 Edw. I. N. 34. Derby. Blount 159
T
the
1
200 CUSTOMS OF MANORS.
the Tenants fhall pay him a certain Sum of Money
called Miſe-Money 8. In Confideration whereof,
they claim to be acquit of all Fines and Amer-
ciaments which are recorded at that Time in the
Court Rolls, and not levied, which they call White
Books *
T Mifts. Cofts or Expences. A. Perhaps it means
Money remitted or forgiven: P.
ROCHESTER PRIORY:-Co. Kent.
Memorandum, that on the firft Day of the coming
of our Lord the King to Rocheſter, the Sealers of
his Writs ISI ought to have fout Loaves of Eſquires
Bread, and four Loaves of Grooms Bread ltlf, alſo
they ought to have four Gallons of Convent Ale,
and four Gallons of Common Ale. Alſo from the
Kitchen, four Diſhes of Meat with which the Con-
vent is ſerved, and four Diſhes of Common Meat,
to wit, twenty-four Herrings, and twenty-four
Eggs. Alſo for Provender SS, ſeven ſmall Buſhels;
alſo they ought to have eight Halfpence to buy Hay.
And this was provided and ordained by the Lord
King Henry III. Son of King John, and by Hubert
de Burgo and G. de Craucumbe. And for this Pro-
viſion and Gránt, the Prior and Convent of Ro.
cheſter, wherefoever our Lord the King Bhall be,
qught to be quit for Wax for the Seal. And if the
King ſhould make a Stay in Rocheſter for two Days
or more, the Sealers of Writs were not to have the
* Antiq. Suporvic Honorii de Glun. Blount 162.
Things
CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
291
Things aforeſaid ; but if he went out of Rocheſter
and returned, then they were to have them as at
his firſt coming, as aforeſaid *.
ISP Spigurnelli. Thefe Spigurnelli were Sealers of
the King's Writs; for King Henry III. appointed
Geoffrey de Spigurnell into that Office (Pat.
fi Hen. III. M. 7.) and perhaps the firft irrit; or
for fome other Eminency in him it was, that
theſe Officers were afterwards for fome Time
called Spigurnels. Blount.
ll+|| Panes Garcionem. Gancion from the French
Garçon, a Lad or Page. Ainſworth's Diat. of
Law Lat.
SS Prebendam. Provender. Blount.
* Memorandum, quod primo Die Adventus Domini Regis ad
Roffenſem, debent Spigurnelli habere quatuor Panes de Pane
Armigerorum, et quatuor Panes do Pane Garcionum. Item
debent habere quatuor Galones Cerviſiæ Conventualis, et qua-
tuor Galones Cerviſiæ Communis. Item de Coquina quatuor
Fercula, quibus Conventus fervitur et quatuor Fercula de Com-
muni, ſcil. XXIV Haleces, et XXIV Doa, Item ad præben
dam feptem parvos Buffellos. Item debent habere octo obulus
ad entendum Fænum; et hoc proviſum et Statutum eſt per Do.
minum Regem Henricum filium Regis Johannisy. et per Hubere
tum de Burgo et G. de Cracumbe. Pro ifta autem proviſione et
conceffione debet Prior, et Conventus Reffonfis ubicunque Do-
minus Rex fuerit, quieti effe pro Garq ad Sigillum. Item fi Dom
minus Rex fecerit Moram in Raffenfa per duos Dies vel amplius,
non habebunt Spigurnelli de prædiétis fed fi exierit, et redierit
habebunt ficut in primo adventu ut prædictum eſt. Liber de
Conſuetud. Eccl. Roff. fact. 1314 Blount 163
BISHOP'S
T2
292
CUSTOMS OF MANORS.
BISHOP'S-CASTLE.Co. SALOP. .
All the Burgheſſes of Biſhop's Caſtle, in the
County of Salop, ought to find one Man three
Times a-Year to drive the Deer to a Stand , to be
taken whenever the Biſhop ſhould pleaſe *
Ad Stabliamentum pro Venatione capienda. For
driving Deer to a Stand in order to ſhooting
them, or into Buck-Stalls, or Deer-Hays, for
taking them. Blount.
HEREFORD, the City of.
When the King went a-Hunting, from every
Houſe, by the Cuſtom, there was to go one Man
to drive the Deer to a Stand INI in the Foreſt; other
Men, not having Dwelling-Houſes SS entirely their
own, were to find Inner-Guards flil for the Hall,
when the King was in the City. When a Burgeſs
ſerving with a Horſe [*], died, the King was to
have his Horſe and Arms. From him who had
not a Horſe, the King, on his Death, was to have
either ten Shillings, or his Land and Houfes. If
any one, prevented by Death, had not deviſed his
Subſtance or Effects, the King was to have all his
Cattle , &ct
Stabli-
* Omnes Burgenſes de Biſhop's Caſtle in Com. Salop, de-
bent invenire unum Hominem -ter per Annum, ad Stabliamen-
tum pro Venatione capienda, quando Epiſcopu's voluerit. Liber
niger Heref. Blount 165.-+ Quando Rex venatu inftabat de
unaquaque Domo per Conſuetudinem ibat unus Homo ad Staba
lationem in Sylva; alii Homines non habentes integras Mafuras
inveniebunt Inewardos ad Aulam, quando Rex erat in Civitates
Bur.
CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
293
101 Stablitionem in Sylva. Is the ſame with Stablia:
mentum pro Venatione; expounded in the preced-
ing Page. See Biſhop's-Caſtle. Blount.
S$ Maſuras. Dwelling-Houſes. Blount.
IlIH Inewardos. I ſuppoſe may fignify ſuch as
guarded the King's Perſon. Blount.
[*] Cun Caballo ferviens. Çaballus, a Horſe, Fr.
Chevat.
Pecunia. Is here uſed for Cattle and Goods, for
of old Pecunia pro Pecude often occurs. See
Law Dictionary. Blount.
URCHENFEILD.--Co. HEREFORD,
Whenever the King's Army ſhould go againſt
the Enemy, the Men of Urchenfeild, in the County
of Hereford, by Cuſtom, make the Avantward
(Vanguard) and in returning the Rerewarde. The
Jurors of the Hundreds of Irchenfeild, Webtre, and
Gretre ſay, that Botholin, who held the Town of
Comboglin, ought to make Suit to the Hundred
aforeſaid, and to be a Domeſman Ist of the ſame
Hundred *
13
İSİ This
Burgenfis cum Gaballa ferviens, cum moriebatur, habebat Rex
Equum et Arma ejus; de eo qui Equum non habebat, ſi more.
retur, habebat Rex aut decem Solidos, aut Terram fuam cum
Domibus. Si qui Morte præventus non deviſiffet quæ ſua erant,
Rex habebat omnem ejus. Becuniam, &c. Domefaay, Tit.
Heref. Blount 166.* Cum Exercitus Regis in Hoftem pergat,
Homines de Urchenfeild in Com. Hereford, per Conſuetudinem
faciunt
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CUSTOMS OF MANORS:
ISI This Domeſman is one of thoſe that fit in the
Court in Judicature with the Steward; for
Dome in Saxon ſignifies Judgment; and there are
nine of theſe Domeſmen continued to this Day
in Irchenfeild, and were fo from a long and un-
known Beginning, of which fee Taylor's Hift.
of Gavelkinia Blount.
CHAKENDON.Co. OXFORD.
All the Bondmen (Servi) of Chakendon in the
County of Oxford, for the Service of T mowing
were to have of the Lord one Ram of the Price of
Eightpence at leaſt, and every Mower was to have
a Loaf of the Price of a Halfpenny; and they
jointly were to have a Cart-Load of Wood, and a
Cheefe of the Price of Fourpence, and a certain
Quantity of Small-Beer SS. And every Yard-Land
was to have fix Tods of Grafs lill
, and Half a Yard-
Land three Tads *.
faciunt Avantward, et in Reverſione le Rerewarde. Jurati Hun-
dredorum de Irchenfeild, Webtre, et Greytre dicunt, quod Bo.
tholin qui tenuit Villam de Comboglin, folebat facere Sectam ad
Hundredum prædictum, et effe unus Domefman de eodem Hun-
dredo. Domeſday, Rot. de quo Warr. 20. Edw. 1. Heref.
Blount 165._* Omnes Servi de Chakendon in Com. Oxon. pro
Servicio Falcationis, habebunt de Domino unum Arietem, Precii
octo Denariorum ad minus, et quilibet Falcans habebit unum
Panem Precii Oboli. Et hi conjunctim habebunt unam Careeta-
tam Boſci et unum Caſeum Precii quatuor Denariorum, et
unum Batinum Sab. Et quælibet Virgata Terræ habebit Tex
Toddas Herbæ, et dimidia Virgata Terræ tres Toddas. Inquiſ,
Temp. Edw. I. de Hundr. de Langtre in Com. Oxon. Blount 166.
Pro
CUSTOMS OF MANOR $.
295
| Pro Servitia Falcationis. For the Service of
fhearing, or mowing.
SS Batinum Sab. I take Batinus to inean a Mea:
ſure or certain Quantity. Vide Du Freſne,
V. Battus. P.-Sab, probably is an Abbrevi-
ation of the Sabia, Small-Beer. Vide Du
Freſne in Voce. E.
Wil Sex Taddas Herbæ. Six Tods of Graſs: I can-
not find the Word Tod applied to any Thing
but Wool. A Tod of Wool is 28 lb. fix of
which amount to a very ſmall Proportion of
the Produce of a Yard-Land (ſee Page 96, 248.)
even fuppofing it to mean no more than a Rood,
and therefore I apprehend either that I do not
underſtand, or that Mr. Blount has not truly
copied the Record. E. I do not underftand
that fix Tods were the whole Produce, but
that each Mower was to have fix Tods for his
Perquiſite; for the Record is plainly ſpeaking
here of what the Mowers were to baye, P.
DUNMOW.Co. Essex.
Robert Fitzwalter *, living long beloved of King
Henry, Son of King Fahn, as alfo of all the Realme,
betook himſelf in his latter Dayes to Prayer and
Deeds of Charity, gave great and bquntifull Almes
to the Poor, kept great Hoſpitality, and re-edified
the decayed Priſon (Priory) of Dunmowe, which
one Juga (Baynard) a molt devout and reli-
gious Woman, being in her Kinde his Anceſtor,
* See Caſtle-Baynard, Page 227.
TA
liad
296
CUSTOMS OF MANOR S.
had builded; in which Priſon (Priory) aroſe a
Cuſtome, begun and inſtituted, eyther by him, or
ſome other of his Șucceffours, which is verified by a
common Proverbe or ſaying, viz. That he which
repents him not of his Marriage, either ſleeping or
waking, in a Year and a Day, may lawfully go to
Dunmow and fetch a Gammon of Bacon. It is moſt
afſured that ſuch a Cuſtome there was, and that
this Bacon was delivered with ſuch Solemnity and
Triumphs as they of the Priory and the Townſ
men could make. I have enquired of the Manner
of it, and can learne no more but that it continued
untill the Diffolution of that Houſe, as alſo the
Abbies. And that the Party or Pilgrim for Bacon
was to take his Oath before Prior and Convent,
and the whole Town, humbly kneeling in the
Church-Yard upon two hard pointed Stones, which
Stones fome fay are there yet to be ſeen in the
Prior's Church-Yard; his Oath was miniſtred with
ſuch long Proceſs, and ſuch Solemne ſinging over
him, that doubtleſs muſt make his Pilgrimage (as
I may terme it) painfull: After, he was taken up
upon Men's Shoulders, and carried, firſt about
the Priory Church-Yard, and after, through the
Town with all the Fryers and Brethren, and all
the Town's-Folke, young and old, following him
with Shouts and Acclamations, with his Bacon
borne before him, and in ſuch Manner (as I have
heard) was ſent Home with his Bacon; of which
I find that ſome had a Gammon, and others a
Flecke, or a Flitch; for Proof whereof I have
from the Records of the Houſe, found the Names
of three ſeveral Perſons that at ſeveral Times had it.
Anno
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297
Anno 23 Hen. VI. (1445.) Memorandum, that
one Richard Wright of Badbury, near the City of
Norwich in the County of Norfolk, Labourer (Plebeius)
came to Dunnow and required the Bacon, to wit,
on the 27th of April, in the 23d Year of the Reign
of King Henry VI. and according to the Form of the
Charter was ſworn before John Cannon, Prior of the
Place and the Convent, and very many other
Neighbours, and there was delivered to him the
faid Richard a Side or Flitch of Bacon.
Anno 7 Edw. IV. (1467.) Memorandum, that
one Stephen Samuel of Ayſton Parva, in the County
of Efex, Huſbandman, on the Day of the Bleſſed
Virgin in Lent (25th March) in the 7th Year of
King Edward IV. came to the Priory of Dunmow,
and required a Gammon of Bacon; and he was
ſworn before Roger Bulcott, then Prior of the Place
and the Convent, and alſo before a Multitude of
other Neighbours, and there was delivered to him
a Ganimon of Bacon.
Anno 2 Hen. VIII. Memorandum, that in the
Year of our Lord 1510, Thomas te Fuller of Eogshall,
in the County of Efex, came to the Priory of
Dunnow, and on the 8th Day of September, being
Sunday, in the 2d Year of King Henry VIII. accord-
in to the Form of the Charter, was ſworn before
John Tils, then Prior of the Houſe and the Con-
vent, and alſo before a Multitude of Neighbours,
and there was delivered to him, the ſaid Thomas, a
Gammon of Bacon.
Hereby it appeareth, that it was according to a
Charter, or Donation, given by ſome conceited
Benefactor to the Houſe; and it is not to be
doubted,
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doubted, but that at ſuch a Time, the bordering
Townes and Villages reſorted, and were Partakers
of their Paſtimes, and laught to ſcorne the Poor
Man's Paynes.
The Form of the Oath taken by theſe at Dunmov, who
are to bave the Bacon.
You feall ſwear by Cuſtom of Confeſſion,
If ever you made Nuptial Tranfgreflion.
Be you either married Man or Wife,
If you have Brawls or Contentious Strife;
Protherwiſe at Bed or at Board,
Offended each other in Deed or Word:
Or ſince the Pariſh Clerk faid Amen,
Yo wiſhed yourſelves unmarried agen,
Or in a Twelve-Moneth and a Day
Repented not in Thought any Way;
But continued true in Thought and Defire,
As when you joined Hands in the Quire.
If to theſe Conditions, without all Feare,
Of your own Accord you will freely ſweare,
A whole Gammon of Bacon you ſhall receive,
And bear it hence with Love and good Leave:
For this is our Cuſtom at Dunmow well knowne,
Though the Pleaſure be ours, the Bacon's your
own *
CHESTER CITY and COUNTY.
Randall Blundeville, Earl of Cheſter, towards the
latter End of the Reign of King Richard I. being
ſuddenly belieged by the Welſ in the Caſtle of
* Ex Collectan. D. Richardi S. Georg. Equit. Aurat. Armorum
Regis, 1640, 3 Mon. Angl. 78. See the ſame Account with
ſome Variations. Ex Reg. Priorat. de Dunmowo. Blount 163.
Ruthe-
;
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299
Ruthelent in Plintſhire, ſent to his Conftable of
Cheſhire, one Roger Lacy (for his Fieroend's furnamed
Hell) to haften with what Force he could to his Retief,
It happened to be on Midfummer-Day, and a
great Fair then held at Cheſter; whereupon Roger
immediately got together a great lawleſs Mob of
Fidlers, Players, Cablers, and the like, and marched
inſtantly towards the Earl; and the Welch perceiv-
ing a great Multitude approaching, raiſed the Siege
and fled.
The Earl being thus freed, comes back with his
Conſtable to Cheſter; and in Memory of this Service,
by a Charter grants to Roger Lacy and his Heirs,
Power over all the Fidlers, Letchers, Whores, and
Coblers in Chefter.
About the latter End of the Reign of King Jobs,
or Beginning of King Henry III. Rager Lacy, being
dead, his Son, John Lacy, by the following Deed,
granted to one Hugh Dutton his Steward, and to
his Heirs, the Rule and Authority over all the
Letchers and Whores in the County, viz.
“ Know all Men preſent and to come, that I
John, Conſtable of Cheſter, have given and
granted, and by this my preſent Charter
have confirmed to Hugh de Dutton and his
Heirs, the Government of all the Letchers
and Whores of all Cheſhire, as freely as I hold
that Government of the Earl, ſaving my
Right to me and my Heirs *.
Though
* Sciant præfentes et futuri, quod ego, Johannes, Conftabula-
rius Ceftriæ, dedi et conceffi, et hac præfenti Charta mea confir-
mavi Hugoni de Dutton et Hæredibus ſuis, Magiſtratum omnium
Lecca.
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Though the original Grant makes no Mention
of giving Rule over Fidlers and Minſtrels, yet an-
tient Cuſtom has now reduced it only to the Min-
ſtrelſey; for probably, the Rout, which the Con-
ftable brought to the Reſcue of the Earl, were de-
bauched Perſons drinking with their Sweet-hearts
at the Fair, the Fidlers that attended them, and
fuch looſe Perſons as he could get.
In the 14th Henry VỊI. a Quo Warranto was
brought againſt Lawrence Dutton of Dutton, Eſquire,
to fhew why he claimed all the Minſtrels of Cheſhire
and the City of Cheſter to appear before him or his
Steward at Cheſter, yearly, on the Feaſt of Saint
John Baptiſt, and to give him at the ſaid Feaft,
four Flaggons of Wine and a Lance, and alſo every
Minſtrel then to pay him Fourpence Halfpenny,
and why he claimed from every Whore in Cheſhire,
and the City of Cheſter, exerciſing her Trade, Four-
pence, to be paid yearly at the Feaſt aforeſaid *,
To which he pleaded Preſcription to
Leccatorum et Meretricum totius Cefterſhirię, ficut liberius illum
Magiſtratum teneo de Comite. ' Salvo Jure meo, mihi et Hære-
dibus meis fine Dat. circa Annum 1220. * Laurentius
Dominus de Dutton clamat quod omnes Minſtrelli infra Civi.
tatem Ceftriæ et infra Geffriam manentes, vel Officia ibidem
exerçentes debent convenire coram ipfo yel Seneſcallo fuo
apud Ceftriam, ad Feſtuna Nativitatis S. Johannis Baptiſte, an-
nuatim et dabant fibi ad dictum Feſtum quatuor Lagenas Vini et
unam Lanceam; et infuper quilibet eorum dabit fibi quatuor Dena-
rios et unum Obolum ad dictum Feſtum, et habere de qualibet Me-
retrice infra Comitatum Ceftria, et infra Ceftriam manente, et Offi-
ciam ſuum exercente quatuor Denarios per Ann. ad Feſtum pre-
dictum, &c. Inter Placita apud Ceftriam, 14 Hen. VII. Blount 157.
Law Dict. fub Voce Minſtrel. Sir Peter Lerceſter's Antiq.
Cheſh. 141, 142, 251. Burn's Juſtice, Tit. Vagrants, Blount 158.
In
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301.
In the Statutes of the 14th Eliz. Cap. 5. and
the 39th Eliz. Cap. 4. the firſt intitled, An Act fór
the Puniſhment of Vagabonds, and for the Relief of
the Poor and Impotent; and the latter intitled,
An Act for Puniſhment of Rogues, Vagabonds, and
Sturdy Beggars, both now repealed, are inſerted
the following Proviſo, viz.
• Provided always, that this Act or any Thing
therein contained, or any Authority thereby given,
ſhall not in any wiſe extend to diſinherit, prejudice,
or hinder John Dutton of Dutton, in the County of
Cheſter, Eſquire, his Heirs or Aſſigns for, touch-
ing or concerning any Liberty, Pre-eminence, Au,
thority, Juriſdiction, or Inheritance, which the
fáid John Dutton now lawfully uſeth, or hath, or
lawfully may, or ought to uſe within the County
Palatine of Cheſter, and the County of the City of
Cheſter, or either of them, by Reaſon of any an-
tient Charters of any Kings of this Land, or by
Reaſon of any Preſcription, Uſage, or Title what-
foever *.'
In the 43d Eliz. Cap. I. which continued the
faid Act of the 39th Elize the above Clauſe was
continued only for one Year, except before the End
of the ſaid Year, the faid John Dutton, or his Heirs,
ſhould procure the Lords Chief Juſtices and Lord
Chief Baron, or two of thein, on hearing his Alle-
gations and Proofs, to make Certificate into the
Chancery, to be there enrolled, that the ſaid John
Dutton, or his Heirs, ought lawfully (if no Statute
againſt Rogues or Beggars had been made) by
* Stat. 39 Eliz. Cap. 4.
Charter,
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Charter, Tenure, or Preſcription, to have ſuch
Liberty of Licenſing of Minſtrels, as he claimed and
ufed *
In the Statute of the ift Jac. I. Cap. 25. the ſame
Clauſe was continued without Limitation; ſo that
it is probable ſuch Proof had then been made as is
above-mentioned to
And in the Act of the 17th Geo. II. Cap. 5. com-
monly called the Vagrant Act, a like Proviſo is in-
ſerted in favour of the Heirs or Aſſigns of John
Dutton of Dution, Eſquire. So that the Right has
now been eftabliſhed, by Act of Parliament (ever
fince the Year 1572) above 200 Years I.
The Heirs of the ſaid Hugh Dutton enjoy the
fame Power and Authority over the Minſtrelly of
Cheſhire, even to this Day S, and keep a Court
every Year upon the Feaſt of St. John Baptiſt at
Ghafter, being the Fair-Day, where all the Minſtrels
of the County and City do attend and play before
the Lord of Dutton upon their ſeveral Inſtruments;
he or his Deputy then riding through the City,
thus attended, to the Church of St. John Baptiſt,
many Gentlemen of the County accompanying
hîm, and one walking before him in a Surcoat of
his Arms, depicted upon Taffata; and after Divine
Service ended, holds his Court in the City, where
he or his Steward renews the old Licences granted
to the Minſtrels, and gives ſuch new ones as he
thinks fit, under the Hand and Seal of himſelf or
* Stat. 43 Eliz. Cap.9.- Stat. Jac. I. Cap. 25. Sect. 20.
# Srat. 17 George II. Cap. 5. So faid by Mr. Blount,
Anno 1679
his
CUSTOMS OF MANOR 303
.
S.
his Steward, none preſuming to exerciſe that Fan
culty there, without it. But now * this Dominion
or Privilege is by a Daughter and Heir of Thomas
Dutton, devolved to the Lord Gerard of Gerardo
Bromley in Staffordſhire t.
:
f Leccatorum. Leccator, a Riotous debauched
Perſon, a Roaring Boy, a Tavern-Hunter.
Blount's Law Dict, in Verbo, Buffoons. A.
TUTBURY.CO. STAFFORD.
* Henry the Sixth, by the Grace of God, King
of England and France, and Lord of Ireland, To all
to whom theſe Preſents thall come: Greecing:
We have feen the Letters Patent of John, late King
of Caſtile and Leon, Duke of Lancaſter, our Great-
Grandfather, in theſe Words."
" Fohn, by the Grace of God, King of Caffile
and Leon, Duke of Lancaſter, To all thoſe who theſe
our Letters fhall fee or hear: Greeting. Knowo ye
that we have ordained, conftituted and aſſigned,
our well beloved
King of Minſtrels, within
our Honour of Tuttebury, who now is, or ſhall be,
for the Time coming, to take and arreſt. all the
Minſtrels within our faid Honour and Franchiſe,
who refuſe to do their Services and Minſtrelfy to
them belonging, from Time out of Mind at Tutte-
burg aforfaid, yearly, on the Day of the Afumption
of our Lady (15th Auguft.) Giving and granting
to the ſaid King of Minſtrels, for the Time being,
* So ſaid by Mr. Blount. Anno 1679.-- + Sir Peter Leyceller's
Antiq. Chem. Blount 156.
full
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full Power and Commandment to execute reaſon-
able Judgment, and to conſtrain them to do their
Services and Minſtrelfies in the Manner that belongs
to them, and as they have been uſed, and of old
Time accuſtomed. And in Witneſs of this, we have
cauſed theſe our Letters Patents to be made. Given
under our Privy-Seal, at our Caſtle of Tuttebury,
the Twenty-fecond Day of Auguſt, in the fourth
Year of the Reign of our moſt gracious King
Richard II. 1380.
"
" And, We, at the Requeſt of our beloved in
Chrift, Thomas Gedny, Prior of Tuttebury, have
by thefe Preſents cauſed the aforeſaid Letters Pa-
tents to be exemplified. In Witneſs whereof, we
have cauſed theſe our Letters to be made Patent.
Given under the Seal of our Dutchy of Lancaſter,
at our Palace of Weſtminſter, the 22d Day of Feo
bruary, in the 21ſt Year of our Reign, 1442*,'!
Alco
• Henricus Sextus Dei Gratia Rex Angliæ et Francia, et Do-
minus Hibernia, omnibus ad quos Preſentes Literæ pervenerint:
Salutem. Infpeximus Literas Patentes Johannis nuper Regis
Gafielle et Legionis, Ducis Lancaſtriæ proavi noſtri factas in
hæc Verba. Johan, par le Grace de Dieu Roy de Caſille et de
Leon, Duc de Lancaſirc, a touts ceux qui ceſtes nos Letres ver-
ront ou orront Saluz. Saches nous avoir ordenoż conſtitut et
aſſignez noſtre bien Ame
Roy des Minftrauli deins
noftre Honor de Tuttebury quore eft, ou qui pur le Temps ſerra,
pur prendre et arreſter touts les Minſtralx deins meſme noſtre
Honeur et Franchiſe, queux refufont de faire lour Services et
Minftralcie aś eux Appurtenants, a faire de Antient Temps a
Tuttebury, fuiſdit aunualment les Jours del Affumption de noſtre
Dame. Donants et Grantants au dit Roy de Minſiralx pur le
Temps, eſteant plien Poyer et Mandement de les faire reaſon
ablement Juſtifier, et conftrener de faire lour Services et Mini-
fralcies
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305
Alſo there is there a certain Cuſtom, that the
Players coming to Morning Prayers on the Feaſt
of the Aſſumption of the Bleſſed Mary (15th Auguſt)
are to have a Buil from the Prior of Tuttebury, if
they can take hiin on that Side the Water of Dove
next Tuttebury, or the Prior is to give them forty
Pence; for which ſaid Cuſtom twenty Pence ſhall
be given to the Lord at the ſaid Feaſt, yearly *.
The Prior of Tutburye t, ſhall have yearly, one
oure Lady-Dey, the Affumption, a Bukke delivered
him of Sexfone by the Wood-Maſter and Kepers of
Nedewoode: And the Wood-Maſter and Kepers of
Nedewoode fhale, every Yere mete at a Lodgge in
Nedewoode, called Birkeley Lodgge, by one of the
Jiralcies en Manere come appeint, et come illongues ad efte Ure
et de antient Temps accuſtome. Et en Teſtmoigniance de quel
choſe nous avons fait faire celtes noz Letres Patents. Don fouz
noſtre Privie Seale, a noſtre Chaſtel de Tuttebury le XXII. Jour
de Augull le An de Regne noſtre tres dulce le Roy Richard Quart.
Nos autem Literas prædictas ad Requiſitionem dilecti nobis in
Chriſto, Thomæ Gedney, Prioris de Tuttebury, duximas exem-
plificandas per Preſentes. In cujus Rei Teftimonium has Lite-
las noftras fieri fecimus Patentes. Datum fub Sigillo noftri Du-
Calus Lancaſtr. apud Palatium noftrum de Weſtm. XXIl Die
Febr. Anno Regni noftri viceffimo primo. Ex kegift. de
Tutebury, penes Henricuin Agard, Militem. 1. Mon. Angl. 355.
Blount 167.--* Item eft ibidem quædam Confuetudo quod Hi-
Atriones venientes ad Matutinas in Fefto Afumptionis Beatæ
Mariæ habebunt, unum Taurum de Priore de Tuttebury, fi ipfum
capere poſſunt citra Aquam Dove propinquiorem Tuttebury, vel
Prior dabit eis XLd. pro qua quidem Confuetudine dabuitur
Domino ad diétum Feltum annuatim XX d.
Ex Regiſt. de
Tutbury, 1. Mon. Angl. 355. Blount 168.-+ The Earl of
Devonſhire was Prior in Mr. Blount's Time, as the Duke of
Devonſhire is now.
U
Cloke
306
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Cloke att Afternone one Seynt Laurence Dey; at
which Dey and Place a Wood-Moote ſhall be kept,
and every Keper makinge Deffalte fhall looſe XII d.
to the Kinge, and there the Wood-Maſter and
Kepers ſhall chofe II of the Kepers yearly as itt
cometh to their Turne, to be Stewards for to pre-
pare the Dyner at Tutburye Caſtell one oure Ladye
Dey, the Aſſumption, for the Wood-Maſter, and
Kepers, and Officers within the Chaſe, and there
they ſhall appoint in lykewyſe where the Bukke
ſhall be kylled for the Prior againſt the faide Ladye
Deye; and alſo where the Bukke Thall be kylde for
the Keper's Dyner ageinſt the ſame Day; and on
the faide Feafte of Aſumption the Wood-Maſter or
his Lyvetenant, and the Kepers and their Deputies
Niall be at Tutburye, and every Man one Horſebake,
and foo ryde in order two and two together from
the Yate, called the Lydeat, goinge into the Com-
mon Felde unto the highe Croſe in the Towne;
and the Keper in whoſe Office the Seynte Marye
Bukke was kylled, ſhall beire the Bukks Heede gar-
niſhed aboute with a rye of Peaſe; and the Bukks
Heede muſt be cabaged with the hole Face and Yeers
beinge one the Sengill Illi of the Bukke, with two
Peces of Fatte one either Sids of the Sengill muſt
be faftened uppon the Broo-Anklers SIS of the ſame
Heed, and every Keper muſt have a Grene Boghe
in his Hand: and every Keper that is abſent that
Day, beinge nodder Sikke nor in the King's Ser-
vice, ſhall loſe XII d. and foo the Kepers ſhall ridde.
two and two together tyll they come to the faid
Croffe in the Towne; and all the Minſtrells ſhall
goe afore them one Foote two and two together;
and
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307
and the Wood-Maſter, or in his Abſence his Lyvete-
nant, ſhall ride hindermaſt after all thc Kepers;
and at the ſaid Crofle in the Towne the foremaſt
Keeper ſhall blow a Seeke lit|l, and all the other Ke-
pers fall anſwere him in blowinge the ſame, and
when they come to the Cornell ageinſt the Tue-Hall,
the formaſt Keper ſhall blowe a Recheate [*], and
all the other Kepers fhall anſwere hyme in blow-
inge of the fame; and ſo they ſhall ride ftill tyll
they come into the Church-Yorde, and then light
and goo into the Churche in like Arrey, and all
the Minſtrels ſhall pley one their Inſtruments
duringe the Offeringe Tyme, and the Wood-Maſter,
or in his Abfence his Livetenant, fhall offer up the
Bukks Head mayd in Silver, and every Keper ſhall
offer a Peny, and as foone as the Bukks Head is of-
fered uppe, all the Kepers ſhall blowe a Morte
three Tymes; and then all the Kepers goo into
a Chappell, and ſhall there have one of the Monks
redye to fey them Mafie; and when Maſſe is done,
all the Kepers goo in like Arreye uppe to the Ca-
ſtell to Dynner; and when Dynner is done the
Stewards goo to the Prior of Tutburye, and he
fhall give them yeerly XXX s. towards the Charges
of ther Dynner; and if the Dynner come to more,
the Kepers ſhall beir it amongſt them: And one
the Morrow after the Aſſumption there is a Court
kept of the Minſtrells, at which Court the Wood-
Mafter or his Lyvetenant ſhall be; and ſhall over-
fee that every Minſtrell dwellinge within the Ho-
nor and makinge Defaute thall be amercyed;
whichę Amercement the Kinge of the Minſtrels
Shall have; and after the Courte done, the Pryor
U2
thall
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ſhall deliver the Minſtrels a Bull, or XVIIIs. of
Money; and ſhall turne hyme looſe amongs them,
and if he eſcape from them over Dove-River, the
Bull is the Priours owne agene; and if the Min-
ſtrels can take the Bull ore he gett over Dove, then
the Bull is their owne *
Cabaged. Caboſſed. Cut off cloſe behind the
Ears,
f!!! Sengill. Single, or Tail.
SIS Broo-Ankelers. Brow-Antlers.
It|| Blowe a Seeke. A Manner of blowing a Huntf-
man's Horn, ſuch as is uſed when they Seek a
Deer.
[*] Blow a Recheate. Such as the Huntſmen blow
to call the Hounds back from a falſe Scent.
Blowe a Morte. A particular Air that is blown
on the Horn when the Deer is killed, or killing.
The MODERN USAGE.
Upon the Morrow after the Aſſumption of the
Bleſſed Virgin, being the 26th (16th) of Auguſt, all
the Muſicians within the Honour are to repair to
the Bailiff's Houſe in Tutbury, where the Steward
* Out of the Coucher-Book of ihe Honour of Tutbury. Cap.
de Libertatibus. Blount 168,
of
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309
of the Court * (who is uſually a Nobleman) and
the Wood-Maſter or his Lieutenant are to meet
them, from whence they go to the Church in this
Order; firft, two Wind Muſicians, as Trumpets
or long Pipes; then four String Muſicians, two
and two, all playing; then the Steward of the
Court, or his Deputy, and the Bailiff of the Manor,
deputed by the Earl of Devon t, the King of Muſic
going between them; After whom the four Stew-
ards of Muſic, each with a White Wand in his
Hand, and the reſt of the Company follow in
Order.
At the Church, the Vicar of Tutbury for the
Time being, reads the Service of the Day, for
which every Muſician pays him a Penny; then ail
go from the Church to the Caſtle, in Manner as be-
tore, where the Steward takes his Place upon the
Bench in Court, aſſiſted with the Bailiff and Wood-
Mafter, the King of Muſic fitting between them to
Lee that every Minſtrel within the Honour, being
called, and making Default, be preſented and
amerced by the Jury, which Amerciaments are
collected by the Stewards of Muſic, who account
the one Moiety to his Majeſty's Auditor, the other
they retain themſelves, for their Pains in col-
lecting them. When the King, Steward, and the
relt are fo fate, the Steward coinmands an Oyez to
be made three Times by one of the Muſicians, as
* The Steward in Mr. Blount's Time was the Duke of Ormond,
and Mr. Edw. Foden his Deputy. The Earl of Druon was then
Prior. Blount 171. At preſent his Grace the Duke of Devon
Shire is the owner of it.-t Now Duke of Devonſhire,
U 3
Cryer
310
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Cryer of the Court, that all Minſtrels within the
Honour, reſiding in the Counties of Stafford, Derby,
Nottingham, Leiceſter, or Warwick, do appear to do
their Suit and Service, on ſuch Pain and Peril as
the Court fhall inflict for their Default; Eloigns
nevertheleſs are allowed, in Excuſe of Defaulters,
upon good Reaſon (hewed.
After which all the ſaid Minſtrels are called by a
Suit-Roll, as Suitors are in a Court-leet, and then
two Juries are impannelled of the Chief Minſtrels,
by the Stewards of Muſic, each Jury conſiſting of
Twelve, which are returned into the Court, where
the Steward ſwears them; the form of their Oath
is the ſame which is given in a Court-Leet, only
in a Leet the Jury ſwear to keep the King's Counſel,
their Fellows and their own, in this to keep the
King of Muſic's Counſel, their Fellows and their
own.
The better to inform the Jurors of their Duty,
the Steward gives them a Charge *, in Com-
mendation of the Antient Science of Muſic, ſhew-
ing what admirable Effects it has produced, what
Kings and Noble Perſons have been Profeflors of
it, what Manner of Perſons the Profeſſors ought to
be, and to admoniſh them to chuſe ſkillful and
good Men to the Officers for the Year enſuing.
The Officers choſen by the Juries are one King and
* The Editor was promiſed a Copy of an Account of the
Minſtrels Court, and of the Charge given at it to the Minſtrels,
by a Gentleman who ſigns A. W. to a Letter in the Gent. Mag.
for July 1782, Page 336. but has not yet been favoured with it
otherwiſe it would bave been inſerted,
three
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311
three Stewards of Muſic, the fourth is choſen by
the Steward of the Court. The King is choſen
one Year out of the Minſtrels of Staffordſhire, and
the next Year out of thoſe of Derbyſhire.
The Steward of the Court iflues out Warrants
to the Stewards of Music in their feveral Diſtricts,
by Virtue whereof they are to diſtrain and levy in
any City, Town Corporate, or other Place within
the Honour, all ſuch Fines and Ameiciaments as
are impoſed by the Juries on any Minſtrel for Of-
fences committed againtt the Dignity and Honour
of the Profeſſion; tlic one Miiety of which Fines
the Stewards account for at the next Audit, the
other they retain themselves
As ſoon as the Charge is given, an Oyez is made,
with a Proclamation, that if any Perſons can in-
forin the Court of any Offence committed by any
Minſtrel within the ſaid Honour, ſince the laſt Court,
which is againſt the Honour of his Profeſion, let
them come forth and they ſhall be heard. Then
the Juries withdraw to conſider of the Points of
the Charge, and the old Stewards of Muſic bring
into the Court a Treat of Wine, Ale, and Cakes,
and at the ſame Time fome Minſtrels are appointed
to entertain the Company in Court with ſome
merry Airs. After which the Juries preſent one to
be King for the Year entuing, who takes his Oath to
keep up all the Dignities of that noble Science, &c.
Then the old King ariſeth from his Place, religning
it and his White Wand to the new King, to whom
he alſo drinks a Glaſs of Wine, and bids him Joy
of his Honour: And the old Stewards do the like
to the new; which done, the Court adjourns to a
certain
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certain Hour after Noon, and all return back in
the ſame Order they came to the Caſtle, to a Place
where the old King, at his own Coſt, prepares a
Dinner for the new King, Steward of the Court,
Bailiff, Stewards of Muſic, and the Jurymen.
After Dinner all the Minſtrels repair to the
Priory Gate in Tutbury, without any Manner of
Weapons, attending the turning out of the Bull,
which the Bailiff of the Manor is obliged to pro-
vide, and is there to have the Tips of his Horns
fawed off, his Ears and Tail cut off, his Body
ſmeared all over with Soap, and his Noſe blown
full of beaten Pepper. Then the Steward cauſes
Proclamation to be made, that all Manner of Per-
fons, except Minſtrels, ſhall give Way to the Bull,
and not come within forty Foot of him, at their
own Peril, nor hinder the Minſtrels in their Purſuit
of him. After which Proclamation the Prior's
Bailiff turns out the Bull among the Minstrels, and
if any of them can cut off a Piece of his Skin be-
fore he runs into Derbyſhire, then he is the King of
Muſic's Bull; but if the Bull gets into Derbyſhire,
found and uncut, he is the Lord Prior's again.
If the Bull be taken and a piece of him cut off,
then he is brought to the Bailiff's Houſe, and
there collared and roped, and fo brought to the
Bull-ring, in the High-Street in Tutbury, and there
baited with Dogs; the firſt Courſe in Honour of
the King of Muſic, the ſecond in Honour of the
Prior, the third for the Town, and if more for
Divertiſment of the Spectators; and after he is bait-
ed, the King may diſpoſe of him as he pleaſes.
This
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This Uſage is of late perverted, the young Men
of Stafford and Derby Shires, contend with Cudgels
about a Yard long, the one Party to drive the Bull
into Derbyſhire, the other to keep him in Stafford-
ſhire, in which Conteſt many Heads are often
broken,
(The King of Muſic and the Bailiff have alſo of
late compounded, the Bailiff giving the King five
Nobles (il. 135. 4 d.) in Lieu of his Right to the
Bull, and then ſends him to the Earl of Devon's
Manor of Hardwick, to be fed and given to the
Poor at Chriſtmas *.)
N. B. The Minſtrels Court, Bull running, &c.
at I utbury, were entirely aboliſhed by the Duke of
Devonſhire in the Year 1778, at the Requeſt of the
Inhabitants of that Village, owing to the Outrages
uſually committed on thoſe Occaſions t.
HUTTON-CONYERS.Co. YORK.
Near this Town, which lies a few Miles from
Ripon, there is a large Common, called Hutton Conyers
Moor, whereof William Aiſabie, Eſquire, of Studley-
Royal (Lord of the Manor of Hutton-Conyers) is Lord
of the Soil, and on which there is a large Coney-
Warren belonging to the Lord. The Occupiers of
Meſſuages and Cottages within the ſeveral Towns
of Hutton-Conyers, Melmerby, Balderſby, Rainton,
Diſhforth, and Hewick, have Right of Eſtray for
* Blount 167 to the End.- t See Letter Signed A. W. Gent.
Mag: for July 1782, Page 336.
their
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their Sheep to certain limited Boundaries on the
Common, and each Townſhip has a Shepherd.
The Lord's Shepherd has a Pre eminence of
tending his Sheep on any Part of the Common,
and wherever he herds the Lord's Sheep, the ſeveral
other Shepherds are to give Way to him, and give
up their Hoofing-Place, ſo long as he pleaſes to de-
patture the Lord's Sheep thereon. The Lord holds
his Court the firit Day in the Year, and to intitle
thoſe ſeveral Townſhips to ſuch Right of Eſtray,
the Shepherd of each Townſhip attends the Court,
and does Fealty by bringing to the Court a large
Apple-Pye, and a Twopenny Sweet-Cake (except the
Shepherd of Hewick, who compounds by paying
fixteen Pence for Ale, which is drunk as after-men-
tioned) and a Wooden Spoon; each Pye is cut in two,
and divided by the Bailiff, one Half between the
Steward, Bailiff, and the Tenant of the Coney-
Warren before-mentioned, and the other Halt into
fix Parts, and divided amongſt the ſix Shepherds
of the before-mentioned fix Townſhips. In the
Pye, brought by the Shepherd of Rainton, an inner
one is made filled with Prunes.-The Cakes are di-
vided in the fame Manner - The Bailiff of the
Manor provides Furmety and Muſtard, and delivers
to each Shepherd a Slice of Cheeſe and a Penny Roll.
The Furmety, well mixed with Muſtard, is put into
an Earthen Pot, and placed in a Hole in the
Ground, in a Garth belonging to the Bailiff's
Houſe, to which Place the Steward of the Court,
with the Bailiff, Tenant of the Warren and fix
Shepherds, adjourn, with their reſpective Wooden-
Spoons.---The Bailiff provides Spoons for the
Steward,
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315
Steward, the Tenant of the Warren, and himſelf.--
The Steward firſt pays Reſpect to the Furmety, by
taking a large Spoonful, the Bailiff has the next
Honour, the Tenant of the Warren next, then
the Shepherd of Hutton.Conyers, and afterwards the
other Shepherds by regular Turns; then each Per-
ſon is ſerved with a Glaſs of Ale (paid for by the
fixteen Pence brought by the Hewick Shepherd)
and the Health of the Lord of the Manor is drunk;
then they adjourn back to the Bailiff's Houſe, and
the further Buſineſs of the Court is proceeded in *.
In Addition to the above Account, which the
Editor received from the Steward of the Court, he
learnt the following particulars from a Mr. Bar-
rowby of Diſhforth, who has ſeveral Times attended
the Court, and obſerved the Cuſtoms uſed there.
He ſays, that each Pye contains about a Peck of
Flour, is about fixteen or eighteen Inches Diame-
ter, and as large as will go into the Mouth of an
ordinary Oven. That the Bailiff of the Manor
meaſures them with a Rule, and takes the Diame-
ter, and if they are not of a ſufficient Capacity, he
threatens to return them, and fine the Town. If
they are large enough, he divides them with a
Rule and Compaffes into four equal Parts, of which
the Steward claims one, the Warrener another,
and the Remainder is divided amongſt the Shep-
herds. In Reſpect to the Furmety, he ſays, that
the Top of the Diſh in which it is put, is placed
* From a Letter addreſſed by Henry Atkinſon, Eſq; of Ripon,
to the Editor, dated 19th January, 1778.
level
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level with the Surface of the Ground, that all Per-
fons preſent are invited to) eat of it, and thoſe who
do not, are not deemed loyal to the Lord.--That
every Shepherd is obliged to eat of it, and for
that Purpoſe, is to take a Spoon in his Pocket to
the Court, for if any of them neglects to carry his
Spoon with hin, he is to lay him down upon his
Belly, and ſup the Furmety with his Face to the
Pot or Diſh, at which Time it is uſual by Way of
Sport, for ſome of the By-ftanders to dip his Face
into the Furmety; and fometimes a Shepherd, for
the lake of Diverfion, will purpoſely leave his Spoon
at Home.
WHITBY.Co. YORK.
In the fifth Year of the Reign of King Henry II.
after the Conqueſt of England, by William, Duke
of Normandy, the Lord of Uglebarnby, then called
William de Bruce , the Lord of Snaynton IIII, called
Ralph de Percy SS, and a Gentleman Freeholder,
called Allotfon, did on the ſixteenth Day of October
meet to hunt the Wild Boar, in a certain Wood
or Deſart called Eſkdale-Side; the Wood or Place
did belong to the Abbot of the Monaſtry of Whitby,
who was then called Sedman, and Abbot of the
faid Place.
Then the aforeſaid Gentlemen did meet with
their Hound, and Boar-Staves in the Place afore-
ſaid, and there found a great Wild-Boar; and the
Hounds did run him very hard near the Chapel
and Hermitage of Eſkdale-Side, where there was a
Monk of Whitby, who was an Hermit; and the
Boar being ſo hard purſued, took in at the Chape!
Door,
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317
Door, and there laid him down, and died imme-
diately, and the Hermit ſhut the Hounds out of
the Chapel and kept himſelf at his Meditation and
Prayers: the Hounds ftanding at a Bay without,
the Gentlemen in the Thick of the Wood, put
behind their Game, in following the Cry of the
Hounds, came to the Hermitage, and found the
Hounds round the Chapel; then came the Gentle-
men to the Door of the Chapel, and called on the
Hermit, who did open the Door, and then they
got forth, and within lay the Boar dead, for which
the Gentlemen in a Fury, becauſe their Hounds
were put out of their Game, run at the Hermit
with their Boar-Staves, whereof he died; then the
Gentlemen knowing, and perceiving that he was in
Peril of Death, took Sanctuary at Scarborough;
but at that Time, the Abbot, being in great Fa .
vour with the King, did remove them out of the
Sanctuary, whereby they came in Danger of the
Law, and not privileged, but like to have the Se-
verity of the Law, which was Death. But the
Hermit, being a holy Man, and being very ſick,
and at the Point of Death, fent for the Abbot,
and deſired him to ſend for the Gentlemen, who
had wounded him to Death, ſo doing, the Gentle-
men came, and the Hermit, being ſick, ſaid, I am
ſure to die of theſe Wounds; the Abbot anſwered,
They ſhall die for it, but the Hermit ſaid, Net go,
for I will freely forgive them my Death, if they are
content to be enjoined this Penalty (Penance) for the
Safe-guard of their Souls; the Gentlemen being
there preſent, bid him enjoin what he would, fo
he ſaved their Lives: Then ſaid the Hermit, You
and
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and Your's ſhall hold your Land upon (of) the
Abbot of Whitby and (his) Succeffors in this Man-
ner; that upon Aſcenſion-Day-Even, you, or ſome
of you, ihall come to the Wood of Strayheads,
which is in Eſkdale-Side, and the fame Day (Afcen-
fron Day) at Sun riſing, and there ſhall tire Officer
of the Abbot blow his Horn, to the Intent that
you may know how to find him, and deliver unto
you, William de Bruce, ten Stakes, eleven Strut-
Stowers, and eleven Yadders, to be cut with a
Knife of a Penny Price; and you, Ralph de Percy SS,
Thall take one and twenty of each Sort, to be cut
in the ſame Manner; and you, Allotfon, fhall take
nine of each Sort, to be cut as aforeſaid, and to be
taken on your Backs, and carried to the Town of
Whitby, and to be there before Nine O'Clock of the
fame Day before-mentioned ; and at the Hour of
Nine o'clock, if it be full Sea, to ceaſe their Ser-
vice, as long as till it be low Water; and at Nine
o'Clock of the fame Day, each of you ſhall fet
your Stakes at the Brim of the Water, each Stake
à Yard from another, and fo yadder them with
your Yadders, and to take them on each Side
with Strut-Stowers, that they ftand three Tides,
without removing by the Force of the Water; each
of you ſhall make at that Hour in every Year, ex-
cept it be full Sea at that Hour, which when it
fhall happen to come to paſs the Service ſhall ceaſe:
You ſhall do this to remember that you did flay
me, and that you may the better call to God for
Mercy, repent yourſelves, and do good Works.
The Officer of Ekdale-Side ſhall blow, Out on you!
Out on you! Out on you! for this heinous Crime of
your's:
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319
your's: If you or your Succeflors refuſe this Ser-
vice, ſo long as it fhall not be a'full Sea at the
Hour aforeſaid, you or your's ſhall forfeit all your
Land to the Abbot or his Succeflors; this I do in-
treat, that you may have your Lives and Goods
for this Service, and you to promiſe by your Parts
in Heaven, that it ſhall be done by you, and your
Succeffors, as it is aforeſaid: And then the Abbot
faid, I grant all that you liave ſaid, and will con-
firm it by the Faith of an honeſt Man: Then the
Hernit faid, My Soul longeth for the Lord, and I as
freely forgive theſe Gentlemen my Death, as Chriſt
forgave the Thief upon the Croſs; and, in the
Preſence of the Abbot and the reſt, he ſaid more-
over theſe Words, In Manus, tuas, Domine commendo
Spiritum meum, á Vinculis enim Mortis redemiſti me,
Domine Veritatis. (Into thy Hlands, O Lord, I com-
mend my Spirit, for thou hait redeemed me from
the Bonds of Death, O Lord of Truth.) And the
Abbot and the Reſt faid, Amen. And fo yielded
up
the Ghoft the eighth Day of December. Upon
whoſe Soul God have Mercy. Anno Domini, 1160*
N. B. This Service is ſtill annually performed.
'
This William de Bruce (from whoſe Daughter
the Editor of this book is lineally deſcended)
was of the Family of Bruce or Brus of Skelton-
Caſtle, See Page 244.
He founded a Chantry
* From a printed Copy publiſhed at Whitby a few Years ago.
in
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in the Church of Pickering in Yorkſhire, to pray
for his Soul, his Anceſtors and all Chriſtian
Souls, in which Church his Monument yet re-
mains.
-i
Illi Snaynton. Printed Sneaton by Miſtake, in the
Copy from which this was taken.
SS Ralph de Percy. By miſtake printed D’Parthy,
in the ſame Copy.
SECT. II. Antient Modes of Tryal and
Puniſhment of Offenders.
SUFFLETE, now SOUTH-FLEET.-Co. KENT.
Two Women came into the Town of Sufliete,
in the County of Kent, who had ſtolen many Cloths
in the Town of Croindone, and the Men of the fame
Town of Croindone, whoſe Cloths were feloniouſly
carried away, followed them to the Town of Suf-
fleite, and there they were taken and impriſoned,
and had their Judgment in the Court of Suffliete to
carry Hot-Iron W:#; one of them was acquitted, and
the other condemned, whereupon ſhe was drowned
in Bikepole. All this happened in the Time of
Gilbert, Lord Bifhop of Rocheſter, and in that
Judgment were preſent the Coroners of our Lord
the
ANTIENT MODES OF TRYAL, &c. 321
the King. Paul de Stanes was then Cacherell[*]
of the Hundred of Acſtane. And at that Time
Robert de Hecham, a Monk, was Keeper of the
Manor of Suffleite. And in Judging the Women
there was Sir Henry de Cobham, and many other
eminent Men of the Country *.
Illi This Judgment to carry Hot-Iron, to try the
Guilt or Innocency of the Criminal, was ac-
cording to the Ordalian Law, not aboliſhed
here in England till King Henry the Third's
Time. Blountt.
[*] Cacherellus Hundredi. Is thought by the learned
Spelman, to ſignify the Steward of the Hundred,
from the French Cachereau, i. e. Chartularium.
Blount.
* Duæ Mulieres venerunt in Villam de Suffliete in Comitatu
Kantia, quæ furatæ fuerunt multos Pannos in Vila de Groindone,
et fecuti funt eas Homines ejufdem Villæ de Croindone, quorum
Pannos furtive afportaverunt ufque in Villam de Sufflicte, ec
ibi captæ fuerunt et incarceratæ, et habuerant Jadicium fuum ia
Curia de Sufliete, ad portandum Calidum Ferrum, quarun una
fuit falva, et altera damnata, unde ſubmerfa fuit in Bikepole.
Et hoc totim contigit tempore Gilberti Domini Epiſcopi Roffenfis,
et in quolibet Judicio fuerunt Coronarii Domini Regis. Et
Paulus de Stanes fuit tunc Cacherellus de Hundredo de Aclan.
Et per illud Tempus Robertus de Hecham Monachus fuit Cuſtos
Nianerii de Sufflete, et ad Mulieres Judicandas fuit Dotainus
Henricus de Cobham, et alii plures diſcreti Homines de Patria.
E. Monumentis Roffenfis Ecclefiæ fub Anno 1200. Blount 161.
---+Rot. Pat. 3 Hen. IU, M.5. Blount's Law Diet. Tit. Ordel.
X
Obferva-
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Obſervations upon this Record by Dr. Harris*,
In this remarkable Account there are ſeveral
Things well worth obſerving.
1. That the Women were tried, and one of them
executed, where they were taken, and not in the
County, where the fact was committed; if
Croindene be Croyden in Surrey, as is very pro-
bable.
2. That this Court of Southfleet, though but be-
longing to the Manor of that Name, had a
Power of trying and executing Felons, which
was not unuſual in antient Times.
g. That the Tryal and Judgment of theſe Women
was very folemn, and before a great many emi-
nient and fober Perſons.
4.
That ſhe who was found guilty was not hanged
but drowned; which was a Way of Execution
(I believe) peculiar to that Sex; and I take it,
that She-Thieves were uſually drowned; which
perhaps they judged to be a modeſter Way of
putting Women to Death.
5. Though the Goods were taken upon them, as it
appears by this Account, yet they were both put
to the Ordeal Trial of carrying a hot Piece of
Iron in their Hands, to a certain Diſtance; and
the that was burnt by it, was adjudged Guilty,
and drowned; and the other, who we muſt
fuppofe was not burnt by the Iron, was ac-
quitted.
• Hift. of Kent, Page 288.
N. B. Gil
ANTIENT MODES OF TRYAL, &c. 323
N. B. Gilbert de Glanville was Biſhop of Rocheſter
from 1185, to 1214, which confirms the Date
of the Extract, viz. 1200. P.
HALIFAX.Co. YORK .
The Inhabitants within the Foreſt of Hardwick
claimed a Cuſtom for Time immemorial, That if a
Felon be taken within their Liberty, with Goods
ſtolen out, or within the Liberty, or Precincts of
the ſaid Foreſt, either Hand-habend, Back-berand,
or Confefland, any Commodity, of the Value of
thirteen Pence Halfpenny, he ſhould, after three
Markets, or Meeting-Days, within the Town of
Halifax, next after ſuch his Apprehenſion, and
being condemned, be taken to the Gibbet, and there
have his Head cut off from his Body.
But the Felon was not to die, meerly becauſe
fome, or all of theſe Circumſtances were againſt
him, without farther Examination into the Matter,
for it was to be folemnly and deliberately examined
by the frith-Burgbers, within the ſaid Liberty;
which Liberty included the Townſhips and Hamlets
of Halifax, Ovenden, Illingworth, Mixenden, Brad-
Maw, Skircoat, Warley, Sowerby, Riſhworth, Lud-
denden, Midgley, Ering den, Heptonſtall, Rottenſtall,
Stansfield, Croſs-Stone, Langfield, and perhaps Wad
worth, becauſe this, as well as all the above was
the Eſtate of the Earls of Warren, and one of the
Berewics belonging to the Manor of Wakefie!d, to
which Manor, with its Appendages, this Power was
originally given.
Out of the moſt wealthy and beſt reputed Men
for Honetty and Underftanding in the above Li-
Xa
berty,
:
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berty, a certain Number were choſen for Tryal of
ſuch Offenders; for when a Felon was apprehended,
he was forthwith brought to the Lord's Bailiff in
Halifax, who by Virtue of the Authority granted
him from the Lord of the Manor of Wakefield (un-
der the particular Seal belonging to that Manor)
kept a Common Gaol in the faid Town, had the Cu-
ſtody of the Ax, and was the Executioner. On Re-
ceipt of the Priſoner, the faid Bailiff immediately
iffued out his Summons to the Conſtables of
four ſeveral Towns within the above Precincts, to
require four Frith-Burghers within each Town to
appear before him on a certain Day, to examine
into the Truth of the Charge laid againſt him; at
which Time of Appearance the Accuſer and the
Accuſed were brought before them face to face,
and the Thing ſtolen produced to View; and they
acquitted or condemned according to the Evidence,
without any Oath being adminiſtered. If the Party
accuſed was acquitted, he was directly ſet af Li-
berty, on paying his Fees; if condemned, he was
either immediately executed, if it was the Principal
Market-Day, or kept till then, if it was not, in
order to ſtrike the greater Terror into the Neigh-
bourhood, and in the mean Time ſet in the Stocks,
on the leffer Meeting. Days, with the Stolen Goods
on his Back, if portable, if not, before his Face.
And ſo ſtrict was this Cuftomary Law, that who-
ever within this Liberty had any goods ſtolen, and
not only diſcovered the Felon, but ſecured the
Goods, he muſt not, by any under-hand, or pri-
vate Contract, receive the fame back, without pro-
fecuting the Felon, but was bound to bring him,
with
ANTIENT MODES OF TRYAL, &c. 325
with what he had taken, to the Chief Bailiff
at Halifax, and there, before he could have his
Goods again, proſecute the Stealer, according to
antient Cuſtom; otherwiſe he both forfeited his
Goods to the Lord, and was liable to be accuſed of
Theft-bote, for his private Connivance, and Agree-
ment with the Felon. After every Execution alſo,
it ſeems that the Coroners for the County, or ſome
of them, were obliged to repair to the Town of
Halifax, and there ſummon a Jury of twelve Men
before them, and lometimes the fame Perſons who
condemned the Felon, and adminiſter an Oath to
them, to give in a true and perfect Verdict relating
to the Matter of fact, for which the ſaid Felon
was executed, to the Intent that a Record might
be made thereof in the Crown-Office.
The Proceedings at the Tryals of the laſt Male-
factors, viz. Abraham Wilkinſon and Andrew Mitchel,
who ſuffered at Halifax Gihbet on the 30th of April
1650, are preſerved in an Account of Halifax, pub-
liſhed by William Bentley, London, 1908, and in
the Reverend Mr. Watſon's Hiſtory of Halifax,
Page 214, &c. from which this Account is taken,
The Gibbet ftood a little Way out of the Town
towards the Weſt-End, in a Place ftill diftinguiſhed
by the Name of the Gibbet-Lane. Here to this Day
is to be ſeen a ſquare Platform of Earth, conſide
rably raiſed from the Level of the Ground, walled
about, and aſcended by a Flight of Stone Steps;
on this were placed two upright Pieces of Timber,
five Yards in Height, joined at the Top by a tranſ-
verſe Beam; within theſe, was a ſquare Block of
Wood, of the Length of four Feet and an Half,
which
X 3
326
ANTIENT MODES OF TRYAL, &c.
which roſe up and down between the faid Uprights,
by means of Grooves cut for that Purpoſe; to the
lower End of this ſliding Block, an Iron Ax was
faſtened, which is yet to be ſeen at the Gaol in
Halifax; its weight is ſeven Pounds twelve Ounces,
its Length full ten Inches and an Half, it is ſeven
Inches over at the Top, and very near nine at the
Bottom, its middle is about leven Inches and an
Half and towards the Top are two Holes made to
faften it to the Block above-inentioned. The Ax
thus fixed was drawn up to the Top by Means of
a Card and Pulley, and at the End of the Cord was
a Pin, which being fixed either to the Side of the
Scaffold, or ſome other Part below, kept it ſuſpend-
ed, till either by pulling out the Pin, or cutting
the Cord, it was ſuffered to fall, and the Criminal's
Head was inſtantly ſeparated from his Body. Some
Authors ſay, that every Man preſent took hold of
the Rope, or put forth his Arm as near to it as he
could, in token that he was willing to ſee true
Juſtice executed, and that the Pin was pulled out
in this Manner; but if the Offender was appre-
hended for ſtealing an Ox, Sheep, Horſe, &c. the
End of the Rope was faſtened to the Beaſt, which
being driven, pulled out the Pin.
The Bailiff, Jurors, and the Miniſter, choſen
by the Priſoner, were always on the Scaffold with
him, and the fourth Pſalm was played round the
Scaffold on the Bagpipes; after which the Miniſter
prayed with him a while till he underwent the fatal
Stroke.
It appears by the Regiſter Books at Halifax, that
from the Year 1541, when Entries of ſuch Tranſ-
actions
ANTIENT MODES OF TRYAL, &c. 327
actions were firſt begun to be made, to the Year
1650, when this Cuftom of beheading Criminals at
Halifax ceaſed, there were executed in all Forty-
nine Perſons *.
This was the Antient Privilege of Infang-theof
and Utfang-thcof ISI, often mentioned in Anticnt
Charters, and was continued to be exerciſed at
Halifax later than any other Place in England.
Infangtheof, was a Privilege, or Liberty, granted
to Lords of certain Manors to Judge any Thief
taken within their Fee. Les Termes de la Ley.
151 Utfangtheof, was the Privilege that Thieves, or
Felons, belonging to a Manor, but taken out
of it, ſhould be brought back to the Lord's
Court and there Judged. Les Termes de lay Ley.
LIDFORD.Co. DEVON.
Lidford Law is grown to a kind of a Proverb, to
hang Men firſt, and indict them afterwards; to
called from a Town of that Name in Devonjhire,
where a' Court is held, which was heretofore of
great Extent, the Courſe whereof is very ſummary to
The Proverb alluded to above is this,
Firſt hang and draw,
Then hear the Cauſe by Lidford Law I.
* Watſon's Hiſtory of Halifax, Page 214. et ſeq.-t Blount's
Law Dict. Tit. Lidford-Law.--I Ray's Proverbs, 225.
X
This
328
ANTIENT FORMS OF GRANTĄ.
This was a moft extraordinary Cuſtom, if it was
ever uſed, which Mr. Ray ſeems to diſpute, and
calls it a libellous Proverb; and yet I find, that
“ The Cuſtome of fome Country is ſuch, that if
one hath committed Burglary, or other Felony, and
he be purſued by Huy and Crie from Towne to
Towne, and ſo taken flying, he muſt be beheaded in
the Preſence of the Inhabitants of foure Townes, and
ſo by the Uſage of that Countrie he is accounted a
Felon. And this muſt be recorded in the Coroner's
Roll, and after the Coroner muſt preſent it before
the Juſtices, and they will adjudge him a Felon;
And ſo he muſt be firſt put to Death, and after
Judged a Felon *."
I make no Doubt but this might be the Cuſtom
at Lidford, and give riſe to the Proverb, and that
Mr. Pulton alluded to this Law, though he mentions
neither Town nor County where it was practiſed.
܂
SECT. III. Antient Forms of Grants.
CHOLMER and DANCING,Co. Essex,
IlIlI A Charter of Edward the Confeſſor.
Iche Edward Konyng
Have yeoven of my Foreſt the keping
Of the Hundred of Chelmer and Dancing Illi
To Randolph Peperking, and to his Kindling;
* Pulton de Pace Regis et Regni, 243,
With
ANTIENT FORMS OF GRANT 6.
329
.
With Harte and Hinde, Doe and Bokke,
Hare and Foxe, Catte and Brocke,
Wild Foule with his Flocke,
Patrick, Fefaunte Hen, and Feſaunte Cock;
With Green and Wilde, Stob and Stokk, ,
To kepen and to Yeoinen by all her Might,
Both by Day and eke by Night,
And Hounds for to holde,
Good ſwift and bolde:
Four Grehoundes, and fix Raches,
For Hare and Fox, and Wilde Cattes;
And therefore Ich made him my Booke.
Wittenes the Biſhop Wolſton,
And Booke Ylered many on,
And Sweyne of Eſſex our Brother,
And teken him many other,
And our Steward Howelin,
That befought ine for him *,
.:
IlIlI. A manifeſt Forgery. A. A very old one, if a
Forgery.-Camden ſeems to have thought other-
wiſe of it. Cand. Brit. Tit. Eſex.
Illi Dancing. Now called Dengy,
Hopton. -Co. SALOP.
To the Heyrs Male of the Hopton laufully begotten.
To me and to myne [, to thee and to thine-
While the Water runs, and the Sun doth Shine;
* Inter Record. de Term. Sci. Hilarii, 17 Edw. II.
penes
Thef. et Camerar. Scaccarii, Camd. Brit. Tit. Effex. Blount 103,
Weever's Fun. Monuments 363.
For
330
ANTIÉNT FORMS OF GRANTS,
For lack of Heyrs to the King againe.
I William King, the third Year of my Reign
Give to the Norman Hunter,
To me that art both Line and Deare,
The Hoppe and Hoptoune
And all the Bounds up and downe,
Under the Earth to Hell,
Above the Earth to Heaven,
From me and from mine,
To thee and to thine,
As good and as faire
As ever they myne were,
To Witneſs that this is Sooth,
I bite the White Wax with my Tooth,
Before Jugg, Marode, and Margery,
And my third Son Henry.
For one Bow and one Broad Arrow,
When I come to hunt upon Yarrow *
« This Grant, made by William the Congueror to the
Anceſtor of the Antient Family of the Hoptons, I'co-
pied out of an old Manufcript, and John Stow has
it in his Chronicle; but in both it wanted the four
firſt Lines, which feern to create that Eſtate Tail,
by which Richard Hopton, Eſquire, a Gentleman of
low Fortune, but tiapply may be the Right Heir
of the Family, hath of late Years, by Virtue of
this Charter, made ſeveral Claims, and commenced
divers Suits, both for this Manor of Hopton in the
Hole in the County of Salop, and for divers other
* M.S. Rob. Glover, in Com, Salop. Blount 102.
the
ANTIENT FORMS OF GRANTS.
338
the Manors and Lands of Ralph, late Lord Hopton;
but hitherto, for aught I hear, without any Suc-
ceſs *."
William Raftall, a reverend and learned Judge,
who was made one of the Juſtices of the King's-
Bench in 1558, in his Treatiſe intitled Les Termes
de la Ley, under the Word Fait, or Deed, ſays,
The like to this was fhewed me by one of my
Friends in a looſe Paper, but not very Antiently
written, and therefore, he willed me to eſteem of
it as I thought good: It was as follows.
“ I William, King, give to thee Plowlen Royden,
my Hop and my Hop Lands, with all the Bounds
up and down, from Heaven to Earth, from Earth
to Hell, for thee and thine to dwell, from me and
mine, to thee and thine, for a Bow and a Broad
Arrow, when I come to hunt upon Yarrow. In
Witneſs that this is Sooth, I bit this Wax with
my
Tooth, in the Preſence of Magge, Maud and Mar-
gery, and my Third Son Henry t.
Theſe were certainly both meant for the ſame
Grant, though ſo very different from each other;
but which of them was a true Copy of the Original,
or whether either of them were fo, is a Matter
of great Doubt. Both Copies are antient; Robert
Glover, Somerſet Herald, from whoſe Manuſcript
Mr. Blount's Copy was taken, was Côtemporary
with Judge Raftal, being made Somerſet Herald
in 1571, and was a Man of infinite Induſtry and
#MS. Rob. Glover, in Com, Salop. Blount 103.it Les
Termes de la Ley, Tit. Fait. Weever's Fun. Monum. 364.
incredible
RELIEFS AND FINES PAID, &c.
332
incredible Pains, a Man of an excellent Wit and
Learning *.
T
To me and to myne. Quære, If it ought not
to be read From me and from myne ?
SECT. IV.
Reliefs and Fines on Admiſſion
to Lands, &c.
Norton and Clun.---Co. SALOP.
William fitz Alan gives two good Catzuros III: to
the King, to have two Fairs, one at Norton, to con-
tinue for four Days, and the other at Clunne, to
continue for three Days, according to the Tenor
of the Charter of the Lord the King, which he
had t.
11! I ſuppoſe this Catzuros is the fame, which is elle-
where written Chacuros, and may ſignify Courſersi
Tilting Horſes, or Horſes for the Career, from
the French Courſier'; but fee in Groſmunt, below.
Blount,
GROSMUNT, &c. --Co. MONMOUTH.
William de Braoja gave to the King eighty Marks,
three Great Horſes SS, five Courfers [*], Twenty-
Weever's Fun. Monum. 424. Edit. 1767.-+ Willielmus
filius Alani dat duos bonos Catzuros pro habendis duobus Feriis,
una apud Norton, per quatuor Dies duratura, et alia apud Clunne,
per tres Dies durarura, ſecundum tenorem Chartæ Domini Re-
gis, quam inde babet. Rot. Fin. 6. Joh. M. 13. Blount 68.
four
RELIEFS AND FINES PAID, &c. 333
four Hounds ill, and ten Greyhounds, to have
Seiſin of his Caſtles of Grofmunt, Skenefrith, and
Lantley, in the County of Monmouth *.
SS Dextarii, are Horſes for the Great Saddle, from
the French Deſtrier, denoting as much. Blount.
Deſtre, a large Horſe, a Horſe of Service for the
Great Saddle in War. Kelbam's Norm. Fr.
Dictionary.
[*] Chacuros, muſt either ſignify Hounds or Dogs
for the Chaſe, from the French Chaſeur, a
Huntſman; or Courſers, Horſes for Speed or
Career, from the French Courher; but the firſt
feems moſt probable. The Word in the Record
above, Tit. Norton and Clun, is written Catzuros,
and I ſuppoſe intended for the fame Thing,
And it adds to the Probability of this Expofi-
tion, in that King John was a great Lover of
Horſes, Hawks, and Hounds, taking a great Part
of his Fines in thoſe Animals of Recreation,
as appears by the Fine Rolls of his Time.
Blount.
JI Senſas. What Senſas may ſignify let the more
learned determine. Blount.--Probably Hounds
that Scent, and diſtinguiſhed from Greyhounds,
* Willielmus de Braofa dedit Regi octingentas Marcas, tres
Dextrarios, quinque Chacuros, viginti quatuor Senſas, et decem
Leporarios, pro habenda Seiſina Caftrorum de Grofmunt, Skene.
frith, et Llantely, in Com. Monmouth. Rot. Fin. 7 Joh. M. 7.
Blount 124.
who
334
RELIEFS AND FINES. PAID, &c.
who it is ſaid, have not Nofes. A. The word
is mif-read for Seuſas, which means Hounds.
Spelm. Gloff: Page 114. P.
WALLING FORD Co. Berks.
On the Death of a Thane, or King's Knight,
there were ſent to the King for a Relief, all his
Arms, and one Horſe with á Saddle, and another
without a Saddle; and if he had any Dogs, or
Hawks, they were to be preſented to the King,
that he might take thern if he would *.
SAVERNAKE.Co. WILTS.
John Mautravers, Keeper of the King's Foreſts
South of Trent, claims to have from every Fo-
refter, as well within the Foreſt of Savernake, as
elſewhere in the County of Wilts, when he ſhould
die, his Horſe, Saddle with Bridle, Horn and
Sword, and his Bow and barbed Arrows t.
LLANTRISSIM.Co. GLAMORGAN.
Ralph ap Howel ap Philip, Bailiff of Llantriffin
in the County of Glamorgan, was amerced, becauſe
* Tainus vel Miles Regis Dominicus moriens, pro Releva .
mento dimittebat Regi omnia Arina fua et Equum unum cum
Sella et alium fine Sella ; quod fi effent ei Canes vel Accipitres
præſentabuntur Regi, ut, fi vellet, accipiet. Domeſday, Tit.
Berocfcire. Blount 109.-+ Johannes Mautravers, Cuftos Fo-
reftarum Regis citra Trentam, clamat habere de quolibet Fo-
reſtario tam infra Foreſtam de Suoernake quam alibi in Com.
Wiltes, cum obierit, Equum, Sellam, cum Fræno, Cornu, et
Gladium ejufdem, et Arcum et Sagittas barbatas. Inquif. Temp
Edw. I. Blount 133
he
RELIEFS AND FINES PAID, &c.
335
he had in his Hand, before the Juſtices in Eyre at
Cardiffe, a black and dirty Rod, whereas he ought
to have had a White and handſome Rod of a cera
tain Length, as it became him *
Præpofitus. See Page 251.
* Raaf ap Howel ap Philip, Præpofitus de Llantrifin in Com.
Glamorgan, amerciatus fuit, pro eo quod habuit in Manu fua,
coram Jufticiariis hic, Virgam nigram er inhoneftam, ubi habere
debuiſſet Virgain albam et honeftam de certa Longitudine, prout
decet. In Seflione Itin, de Kirdiff. 7 Hex. VI. Blount 147.
F 1 N I S.
Arkwr young in his cuericultural Survey ofatincolnshire, menting
Tenuréat Thong castor, while the rails tshipping Wie Parfon i his
Puépsh whith hemisleker for an act of Irreverênc. lol religion the fact is,
home plands are held armoregliten by the following dervrie..
Every year on Palm Sunday, a person from Proughlow comes wito Hig
Churih poret of lestor, having a green Vich purse cattaining 24 Hence in
silver (now Two Shilling tiéd ai the End of a Corts Wej, which he erachs
Fine lines in tupach weonesuces there will me 22 e per legins when he
into the Chursa, serachs it three times over Hubungamen's head, and
Snacking down before him suring the reading, of the debton, he presents the
minister with Me parte Frus an offering to tellergussons
forslands
probably heid of. Hiep
hurti mamannar lobe surevomewhat vingubern )...
har by misrepresentation, been condhudwiko. Whijaping the Parfona in fie
Pulpit.
.
IN DE
X
O & THE
N A M E S
of PERSON S.
A
Robert, 94
Earl of, 4.
of, 237
A.
Arblaſter, Geoffery, 119.
CHARD (Agard) Walter, Archer, Nicholas le, 68, 94.
Argentyne, Richard de, 43.
Nicholas, 187.
Reginald de, ibid.
Elizabeth, ibid.
Sir William, ibid.
Afhelm, Prince, 57.
Sir John, ibid.
Aguillum, William, 34, 35.
Lady Maud (Daugh-
ter and Heir of Sir John) ib.
Agyllon, Robert, 34.
Arley, Rowland de, 87.
Albemarle, Thomas (Plantagenet) Arundel, Thomas (fitz Allan)
Earl of, 5, 38.
George (Monk) Duka
the Earls of, 38.
of, 21.
John de, 69.
William de, 78, 109.
Hugh (d' Albeney) Earl
Albeney, Hugh d', Earl of Arus-
Aflable, Richard, Son of Wido
Aldeham, Walter de, 195.
or Guy de, 146.
Alditheley, Henry de, 152.
William, Eſquire, 313.
Alefbury, William, Son of Wile Aſpervil, Margery de, 114.
liam de, 123.
Aftle, Thomas, Eſq. 100.
Alexander III. K. of Scotland, 22. Aſtley, Philip de, 224.
Allan, Mr. George of Darlington, Athelftan, King, 274.
151.
Athol, the Duke and Ducheſs of 24
Alebyr, John de, 117.
Ar-field, Solomon, 57, 58.
Allington, Lord, 44.
Atkinſon, Henry, Eſq; 315.
Allotſon, 316.
Avering, Henry des 79.
Anjou, Geoffery (Plantagenet) Aveyleres, John (Son of Bartho-
Earl of, 186.
lomew de, 65.
Annefley, the Heirs of John, 207. Avylers, Bartholomew de, 70,
Ap Howel (ap Pbilip) Ralph, 334 Aubrey, John, Erg; 1$4.
Aquilton, William, 34, 35.
I Aubrey,
del, 237:
338 NAME PERSON $.
14, 81,
of, 4:
Aubrey, Sir Thomas, Bart. 154. Beleſme, Robert dë, Earl of
Audley, Lord, Earl Caftlehaven; Shrewſbury, 190.
162.
Bellomont, Robert, Earl of Lei-
Aungerin, Walter, 108.
ceſter, 3.
Auranches, the Viſcount de, 184. in Petronilla, ibid.
Aylemor, John, 254.
Bellovent, John de, 147.
B.
Belvoir, Ralph de, 227,
Bacon, Roger, 209, 210. Bentley, William, 325.
Baldwin, 249.
Berkeley, Thomas, Lord, 24t.
Baldewyn, Peter de, 183. Berkedich, Thomas de, 135.
Baliol, Hugh de, 73.
Bernham, Robert, Efq; 39.
-- John de, 196.
Bertram, 249.
Pardoff, Robert; 121.
Betayne, Richard Lord Mayor
Barons of the Cinque Potts, 18. Bettoyne, Richard Sof London,
Barrowby, Mr. 315.
de
39, 41.
Barr, Morinus de la, 109. Bigod, Roger, Earl of Norfolk,
Barhaby, William, 222
Barun, Waltern 179.
2d, Earl of Norfolk,
Baſkerville; the Family of, 106.
14.
Hath and Wells,the Biſhops of, 19.
William de, 125.
Bawaria, William (the Vth) Duke Billington, the Prior of, 38.
Blackiſton, Sir Matthew, Knight,
Baud, Sir William le, 219.
Lord Mayor of London, 42.
Sir Walter le, 220.
Blackett, Sir Edward, 199, 200.
Bauteraux, William de, 76.
Sir William, ibid.
Bay, John le, 144.
Blanch, Daughter of Henry. Duke
Baynard, a Noble Norman, 231. of Lancaſter, 4.
4 Geoffery, 232
Blondon; or Blount, John, Lord
William, ibido
Mayor of London, 233.
Juga, 295
Blundell, Sir George, 30.
Beauchamp, Thomas the Elder, Blundeville, Randall, Eat of
Earl of Warwick, 15.
Chefter, 298.
Thomas, Earl of Bobun, Humphrey de, Earl of
Warwick, 47.
Efex, &c. 1o.
Lord William, of Bolinbroke, Henry, Duke of
Bedford, 29.
Lancafter, 4, 16.
Thomas, $6.
Boſchér, Servaat to King Hen. II.
the Danghters and 141.
Heirs of Stephen de, 143. Botvile, Godfrey, Efq; 243.
Beaufort, John, Earl of Somer. Boriler, Sir Edward, Knight, 55.
fet, 37.
Ann, Wife of Sir Ed.
Beckwith, Woodifield, Eſqy 244. ward, ibid.
Bedford, John Ruffel, Duke of 13. Botholin, 293.
Lord William Beau- Bourchier, William, Lad, Earl
champe of, 29.
Bck, William, Son of William,
174
Boyce,
1
of Eu, 114
NAMES OF PERSONS.
339
Oxtord, 42.
Boyce, John, Eſq; Mayor of Carevile, Ricbard de, 82.
Carnifex, Thomas, 98.
Boyville, William de, 155. Çaftlehaven (Audley Earl ot, 162.
Bracebrigg, the Heirs of Sir John Cateſby, the family of, 288.
196.
Cauus, Richard, 76,
Braofa, William de, 332.
Sabina, ibid.
Britaine, Richard, 4r.
Cerpe, the Abbot of, 221.
Broke, Laurence de, 78.
Chadworth, Robert de, 146.
Brotherton, Thomas de (Earl of Chambers, Edmund, 49.
Norfolk) 14.
Chamfleur, Matthew de, 133.
Margaret, Daughter Chaunceux, Nicholas, 83.
and Heir of Thomas de Chaworth (Cadurcis) Painell (Pa-
(Ducheſs of Norfolk) ibid. ganellus) de, 74,
, .
Patrick (Pasricius) de
Bruce, or Brus (of Skelton Castle)
56, 75.
the Family of, 320.
Cheney, Bartholomew de, 34.
Brus, Adam de (Lord of Skelton) Cheſhire, tbe Barons of, 203.
244.
Cheſter, Gherbord, Earl of, 184.
fabel de, ibid.
Hugh Lupus, Earl of,
- Robert de, 279.
184, 202.
William de, 316, 319:
Randall, Blundeville,
Prumgefley, Gilbert de, 101.
Earl of, 298.
Bruftville, Thomas de, 86. Chetirode, Peter de, 84.
Buckingham, Edward, Duke of, 11 Cholmley, Nathaniel, Eſg; 319.
Bulcott, Roger, Prior" of Dun Cinque Ports, the Barons of thé, 18
mow, 297.
Clare, Gilbert de, Earl of Pem-
Burdon, John, 209, 210.
broke, 13, 232.
Burgh, Walter de, 13!.
Richardde, ſurnamedStrong
Burgo, Hubert de, Earl of Kent,
bow, Earl of Pembroke, 13.
163, 290.
Bobert de, 232.
Buſche, Edmund, 106.
Richard de, ibid.
Bygod; Roger, vide Bigod.
Walter de, ibid.
C.
St. Clare, Robert de, 8o.
Cambridge, Edmund, Earl of, 32. Clarell, William, zo8.
Campbell, William, Eſqj 37. Clarence, Thomas (Plantagenet)
William Henry, Eſq;
Duke of, 5.
ibid.
Clifford, Robert de, Lord Mir:
Campis, Solomon de, 57, 58.
Canon, John, Prior of Dunmow, Clifton, Anſelm de, 274.
197
Cobham, Sir John de, 237.
Canterbury, the Archbiſhops of, +
Sir Henry de, 371.
Cobb, Jothua, 150.
228.
Cantilupe, the Family of, 89. Guggehale. Ralph de, 128.
William de, 153.
Colevyle, Sir Thomas, 247.
Caperon, William, 182.
Colewyke, Reginald de,101,114.
Cardevile, Richard de, 87. Compes, John, 137.
Confreyi
thall, 14:
340
NAMES OF PER S O N S.
Thomas, 303
Thomas50
Condrey, Peter' de, 18o.
Durham, Walter SkirLaw, Bifhop
Conyers, Sir John, Knt. 199, 200. of, 199, 2016
the Family and Seat of, Dr.
John Egerton, Bishop
ibid.
of, 2014.
Corbett, Roger, 88.
Robert de Inſula, Biſhop
Corſon, Euftace de, 139,
of, 278.
Couper, Ambrofe, Efq; 107. Dutton, Hugh de, 299.
Courrènay, Sir Hugh, Knt. 218. Dutton, Lawrence, 300.
Hugh, Efq; ibid.
John, 301.
Craucumbe, G, de, 290.
Criol, Bertram de; 142.
Dyleu, Adam de, 236.
Cromwell, Ralph de, 49.
Dymoke, Sir John, Knight, 49.
Mazera, Daughter of
Ralph de, ibid.
Margaret, ibid.
Crouchback, Edmund, Earl of
Sir Edward, ibid.
Lancafter, 4, 186.
John, Efqz 52.
Cukeney, Thomas de, 178.
E.
Iſabel de, ibid, Edmund, Crouchback, Earl of
Curtefe, John de, 125.
Leiceſter, &c. 4, 186.
Cuthred, or Cuthbert, K. of Weft Edmund thorpe, Henry de, 157.
Saxons, 287.
Edric Streon, Duke of Mercia, 57
Curzonn, Thomas, 83.
Edward the Confeſſor (King)
Hugh, 2o9.
3* 153, 328i
D.
Effingham, Thomas Howard,
Darel, Sir Marmaduke, 193.
ift, Earl of, 18.
Daubeney, John de, 470
ad Earl
Denman, Thomas, 205.
of, ibid.
Derby, Robert de Ferrers, Earl of, Ely, John de Hotham, Biſhop of,
188.
179.
William de Ferrers, Earl Elyng, Roger de, 122.
of, 54.
Engaine, John, 140, 145.
Deſpencer, Ann (Sifter and Heir D'Engainc, Sir Jano, $406
of Hugh) le, 55
Engaine, Thomas, 141.
Devonſhire, the Earls of, 309. England, the Premier Earl of, 20.
the Dukes of, ibid, Efpicer, Robert lc, 166.
Deyncourt, the Lords, 168.
Peter (Son of Robert le)
Drayton, Sir John, 45.
ibid.
Drury, William, 130.
Eflex, Humphrey de Bohun Earl
Dudley, Sir Ambrofe, Earl of
of, 10, 11.
Warwick, 47
Sweyne of, Brother to Ed.
Dunmow, John Canon, Prior of,
ward the Confeffor, 329.
297
Ethelbald, King of Mercia, 287,
Roger Bulcott, Prior Eu, of Ewe, Williama Bourchier,
Earl of, 114
John Tils, Prior of, ib. - Eleanor (Plantage-
Durham, the Bifhops of, 19.
pet) Counteſs of, ibid.
Eu,
of, ibid.
NAMBA 0 PERSON S.
34r
2018
Derby, 54
Eu, or Ewé, Alice, Counteli of, Fitz Simon, Simon, 178.
Agnes, ibid,
Exchequer, Lawrence of the, 119. de manier habel, ibid, .
Roger de l', 123. bumi internationalen Petronilla, ibid.
Exeter, the Earl of, 30,
Fitz Walter, Robert, 227, 232,.
the Bilbops of, $18
295.
Walter Stapledon, Bifkop
Matilda, 2326
of, ibid.
Walter, ibid.
Eyles, Sir John, Baronet, Lord
Robert, ibid.
Mayor of London, 42. Filz Warin, William, 60, 236
Eylesford, Robert de, 64.
inted Fulke, 24h.
Fitz Warren, John, 43.
Fabrica, Wakkelin de, 111.
Lady Maud, ibid,
Farter, Baldwin tke, 61.
Fitzwilliam, Otho, 129.
Favoonberg, Sir Walter, 178. Fleming, John, 245:
orie Stephen de, ibid. Flemmangh, Joceas le, 176.
Henry de, ibid.
Richard, 177
Ferrers, William de, Earl of
Thomas, furnamed
de Cuķeney, ibid.
Sir John de, Knt. 175.
Flercher, Ralph de (le) 110
of Tamworth, the fac Foljambe, Francis Ferrand, Efag
mily of, 187.
102, 209.
Elizabeiħ, Daughter and
Nicholas, 162.
Coheir of Roger, ibid. Fornecoftes, Hugh de, 165,
-- Sir Thomas, of Tam- Fournyvale (Furnival) Thoma,
worth; ibid.
Lord of, 148, 149.
- Robert de, Eart of Derby Foxlow, Mr Samuel, 187,
188.
Frankelen, William, 121.
Fitz Alan, John, 1445
freville, Sir Alexander da, 49,
Juliana, ibid.
Sir Baldwin, ibid.
William, 332
Thomas, Bart of Arun- Freeman, John, 179.
del, 5, 38.
Frumband, Geoffery, 135.
Fiz Alexander, Robert, 187. Fuller, Thomas le, 297.
Fitz Aucher, Richard, 54. Furnival, the Barons of, 28.
Fitz Daniel, William, 194.
(Sir Thomas Neville)
Fitz Euſtace, William, Steward Lord, ibid.
of England, 3.
G,
Fitz Hubert, Elias, 204.
Gamelbere, 177.
William, ibid. Gatelyn, Waltar, 11%.
Fitz Hugh, Robert; Baron of Gatton, Robert de, i
139.
Malpas, 203
Hamo de, ibid.
Fita John, Godfrey, 36.
Gaunt, John of, Duke of Lat.
William, 67.
cafter, 4, 6, 188.
Pite Nigett, William, 155. Gedney, Thomas, Prior of Tuto
prestano John, ibid.
bury, 394.
Pitz Odo, Philip, 116.
Gerardy
7
Baldwin, 5o.
342
NAMES OF
PERSONS,
thew de, 205.
rald, 331.
Wales, 25:
Gerard, Lord of Gerard's Brom- Haſhwell, Simon de, 68.
ley, 303
Haſtings, John, Earl of Pem,
Gherbord, a Nobleman of Flan broke, 26.
ders, and Earl of Cheiter,
on
William de, 44.
184, 185.
Laurence, Earl or Pem.
Glanville, Adam de, 97,
broke, 8g.
Walter de, ibid.
John de, 127
Giļbeſt de, Biſhop of
Matthew de, 176.
Rocheſter, 320, 323.
Haveripg, William de, 124.
Glapton, Gervas de, 119.
Richard de, ibid.
Gloucetter, Thomas (de Wood. Haverlegge (Hatherfedge) Mat-
ftock) Duke of, 114
Glover, Robert, Somerſet. He. Hay, John de la, 222.
Hayton, , 204.
Gorges, Elena de, 91.
Hearne of Oxford, Mr. 170.
Graudiſon, Otho de, 44.
Hocham, Robert de, 321.
Grant, Robert de, 182.
Henry, 3d Son of William the
Grante[menel, Hugh de, Baron Conqueror, 330.
of Hinkley; 3.
Plantagenet, Prince of
Petronilla de, ibid.
Grave, Geoffery de la, 67. Hered, Alexander, 127.,
Gredney, the Family of, 77. Hereford, Humphrey de Bohun,
Green of Norton, Family of, 171. Earl of, 10.
Greſeley, William de, 105.
the Biſhops of, 181.
Grey, Lord Leonard of Ruthyn, Herlham, Ralph de, 82.
25, 26, 45.
Herſey, Mauneſumus (Onefimus)
Anthony de, Earl of Kent, de, 208.
26,
Hertrug, Philip de, 164.
Lord de, of Ruthyn, ibid. Helbam, Roger de, 71.
Sir Thomas, Knight, 29. Hevene, Walter de, '132.
Reginald de, 80, 169. Heyton, Thomas de, 204.
of Čadnor, Henry de, 151. Hinkley, Hugh de Grantlaenel,
of Wilton, Lords, 169.
Baron of, 3
Griffith, ap Llewelyn ap Şitſylt,
Edmund Crouchback,
'134.
ap Conan, ibid.
Ho, Euftace de, 77.
Griffin (King) 134:
Jeremy del, 128,
Griſmund, Henry, Earl of Lei. Hochangre, James de, 86.
Hodnet, the family of, 69,
Gundreda, Lady, 185.
Hopton, the Family at, 32, 339
.
H.
Ralph, Lord, 330.
Hainault, &c. Wm. y. Earlos, 4.
Richard, Efq; ibid.
Halton, Nigel, Baron of, 302, 3, Hoppelbort, Williaan, 138...
Hardekyn, 143:
Hore, Walter le, 121.
Hardiknute, King, 253. Horſe, the King's Müfter of the
Harpour, Gilbert le, 152,
1.
Harregart, Richard de, 2568
Holpi
*
:
Baron of, 4.
cetter, 4.
NAMES OF PERSONS.
343
of, 3.
Earl of, 4.
Hoſpitallers, the Knights of St. Lancafter, Henry, Earl of, 4.
John of Jeruſalem, 116,249.
Henry Tortcol, Duke
Hotham, John de; Biſhop of Ely, of, ibid.
179.
Maud, Daughter of
Howelin, Steward to K. Edward
Henry, Duke of, ibid.
the Confeſſor, 329.
Blanch, Daughter of
Howfons John, 242.
Henry, Duke of, ibid.
Hugefort, Henry de, 224.
John of Gaunt, Duke
Hull, Geoffery de la, 115.
of, 4, 6; 188.
Milicent de la, ibid. Lardimer (le Lardiner) Philip de
Hungerford, Sir Walter, 106.
180.
Hurding, Robert, 69.
Latimer, John Lord, 29.
I.
Leeke, Francis, Eſq; 137.
Jerufalem, the Knights Hofpital. Leek, Sir John, 168.
lers of St. John of, 116,249. Legere, John de, 98.
the Knights Templars
William de, ibid.
of St. John of, 129, 249.
Leicefter, Robert Bellomont, Earl
Inſula (de l’lfe) William de,
131.
Simon de Mountfott,
Robert de, Biſhop of
Durham, 278.
Edmund Crouchback,
Joan, Wife of John King, 141. Earl of, ibid.
Johnſon, Doctor, of Newcattle,
Thomas Plantagenet,
201.
Earl of, ibid:
Iſaac, a jew at Norwich, 54.
Henry Griſmund, Earl
Jugg, 330.
of, ibid.
K.
John of Gaunt, Earl
Kent, Godwin, Earl of, 3.
of, ibid.
Hubert de Burgo, Earl of, Leigh, Thomas, Eſq; 35.
163
St. Leonard of Stretford, the Pri-
. Anthony de Grey, Earl of,
orefs of, 33.
26:
Lettewelle, Thomas de, 206.
Kilpec, Hugh de, 152.
Leyburne, Williain de, 47.
Kinderton, Gilbert Venables, Ba. Lincoln, Alured de, 221.
ron of, 203
Lions, Richard, 36.
Kierkeby, Adam de, 72.
Lifton, Joan, the Wife of Wil.
King, John, 141.
liam de, ibid.
Kingham, William de, 129. Lifures, the Family Arms of,
Koyghtley, Robert, 212, 214.
154.
L.
Littleton, George, Lord, 61.
Lacy, Roger , ſurpamed Hell, 299. St. Liz, Simon, a noble Norman,
John, ibido
190.
Lancafter, Edmund Crouchback, Lizures, Richard de, 66.
Earl of, 4.
London, the Bishops of, 19.
Thomas Plantagenet,
the Mayor and Citizens
Earl of, ibid.
of, 40, 41, 227:
London,
844
NAMES OF PE-RSION 4.
.
of, 15.
de, 130.
William, 14
London the Heirs of Mauride.de, Margerys 330, 331.
64.
March, Edmund Mortimer, Earl
William de, 205.
John de, 2434
Mariſco, or, de Marſe, Walter
Adrian de, ibid.
Longchamp, Sir Olbert-de, 66. Marmion, Robert de, 48.
Hugh de, 77
the Barons de, 48, 49.
Longford, Sir Nicholas-de, 96.
the Daughters and Co-
Nicholas de, g6.
heirs. of Philip de, 49.
Lovain, Joceline de, 244.
Joan, Daughter and
Loveday, William, 164..
Coheir of Philip, Lord, ib.
Lovell, Henry, 89.
Pollip de, 48,152.
Williain, 143.
Joan de, 48.
Ludlowe, Sir Thomas, Kenight, 49. Marode, 330.
Lady Joan, ibid.
Marſhall, John, furnamed le, 13.
ampliament The Family of, 226.
Lupus, Hugh, Earl of Chetter,
William ad, Lord Chief
184.
Juſtice of England, ibid.
Lynde, Waltet de la, 120.
Richard, ibid.
John de, ibid.
Gilbert, ibid.
M.
Walter, ibid.
Magge, 331.
Anfelm, ibid.
Magnus Hi, King of Norway
Maud, Lady, ibid.
and Man, 22.
Marſhall, Gilbert, Earl of Stryn
Maifpil, Gilbert de, 288.
gell, 15
Malband, William de Malbe-
Peter the, 99.
denge, Baron of, -103.
Robert the, 102.
Malbedenge, William de, Baron St. Martin's in the Fields, the
of Malbanc, ibid.
Vicar and Church wardens
Malore, Anketil, 116.
of, 21.
Malmaynes (Maliſmanibus) Ni• Mafey, Hamon de, 203.
cholas de, 168.
Mafter of the Horſe to the King,
Malpas, Robert fitz Hugh, Baron
of, 203
Mafter of the King's Great Ward-
Malden, in Eſſex, the Inhabitants
robe, 20.
of, 21.
of, 174
Maud, 331.
Man, Magnus III. King of Nor Daughter of Henry, Duke
way and, 22.
of Lancafter, 4.
Man, Sir John Stanley, King of, Matduit, John, 167.
14.
Mauley, Peter de, 74.
Mandevile, Sir Thomas de, 221. Maunfel, Robert, ido.
Marefchall of Cerberg, Richard Mautravers, John, 334.
de, '113
Menyll, Nicholas dc, 122
22.
Thomas Meoſe, Thomas de, 99.
de, ibid.
Mercia, Edric Surton, Duke of, 57
8. Margaret's, Weftminfter, the Metham, John de, i 30.
Churchwardens of, 21.
Metham,
ร
1
NAMES OF PERSON S.
345
Earl of, 23
Duke of, 244.
22.
Ofbert, 249.
Metham, Sybilla de, 130. Norfolk, Margaret, Ducheſs of,
Meuric, 196.
14
St. Michael, William de, 131.
Henry Howard, Duke
Mitchel, Andrew, 325.
of 20, 25, 26.
Moigne, Ralph de (le) 46.
Edward Howard, Duke
Henry le, ibid.
of, 18.
- William le, ib.
Charles Howard, Duke
Moleley, Walter dt, 68.
of, ibid
Molyns, John, 167.
Norman the Hunter, 330.
Monmouth, Walter de, 182. Northumberland, Henry de Percy,
Montacute, William de, Earl of
Salitbury, 15, 22.
Hugh Percy,
Montacute, William, 105.
Montague, Viſcount, 52. Northwood, Sir Roger, 64.
Mont hault, Robert, Baron de, Norway, Magnus III. King of,
203
Moretein, William, 48.
Notton, Ralph, 60.
Mortimer, Edmund, Earl of Nutley, the Abbot of, 111.
March, 15.
0.
Mountfort, Simon de, Earl of Oakes, Adam de, 189.
Leicefter, 4.
Okenham, Geoffery de, 274.
Mowbray, Thomas, Lord, 227,
Roger de, ibid.
Owen, Mr. (York Herald) $1.
Moyne, William le, 126, Oxencroft, William de, 121.
Muletorp, William de, 116. Oxford, Aubery de Vere, Earl
Munday, Thomas, Eſq; Mayor of, 8.
of Oxford, 42.
Robert de Vere, Earl of,
Mufard, John, 89.
Ralph, 245.
Matilda, Wife of Ro.
,
N.
bert, Earl of, 27.
Netele, vide Nutley
the Mayor and Citizens
Neville, Sir Thomas, Lord of
of, 40, 42.
Furnival, 28.
P.
Lady Joan, ibid.
Paget, Lord, 52.
Newborough, Robert de, 33. Papilon, Roger, 136.
Newmarch, Adam de, 207. Papylon, William, ibid.
Newnham, the Prior of, 108, Parker, Mr. William, 150.
Nigell, 153
John le, 156.
Nigel, or, Neale, Baron of Hal.
Pater Noſter, John, 172.
ton, 202.
Norfolk, Roger Bigod, Earl of,
Richard, ibid.
St Paul's, the Dean and Chapter
zd Earl
of, 220.
of, 14.
Peckhim, John, 166.
Thomas de Brotherton, Pembroke, Gilbert de Clare, Earl
Earl of, ibid.
Z
Pepn.
8, 27:
Alice, 173
14)
81.
of, 13.
346 NAMES OF PERSONS.
Walter de, 195.
Pembroke, Richard de Clare, Plantagent, Hameline, Earl of
(Strongbow) Earl of, 13.
Warren and Surrey, 186.
William Marſhall,
William, Earl of
Earl of, 14.
Warren and Surrey, ibid.
William Marſhall,
John, Earl of War-
2d Earl of, Lord Chief Ju ren and Surrey, ibid.
ftice of England, ibid. Pletfetis, Richard de, 156.
Richard Marſhall, Pleffetts, William de, 191.
Earl of, ibid.
Plompton, Sir Robert, 188.
Gilbert Marſhall, Earl
of, ibid.
Pogeys, Imbert, 112.
Walter Marſhall, Earl Pole, William de la, Marqueſs
of, ibid.
of Suffolk, 22.
Anfelm Marſhall, Earl Pollard, John, 201.
of, ibid.
.- Dioniſia, ibid.
John Haſtings, Earl Premier, Earl of England, the, 20.
of, 26.
Preſton, Sir Gilbert de, 237.
and Montgomery, Tho. Puille, Thomas de la, 138.
Herbert, Earl of, 52 Puleſdon, Richard, 258.
Laurence Haftings, Pychard, Walter, 85.
Earl of, 89.
Pygott, Richard, 181.
Peperking, Randolph, 328. Pyneleſdon, Richard de, 258.
Percy, Henry de, 16, 244.
Q.
Henry de, Earl of Nor Quircy, Roger de, Earl of Win-
thumberland, 23.
Ralph de, 315.
R.
Hugh, Duke of Northum Raghton, Simon de, 165.
berland, 244
Randall, Blundeville, Earl of
Pettour, Baldwin le, 61.
Cheſter, 298.
Peverell, Hugh, 75.
Rafall, William, a Reverend
Thomas de, 86.
Judge, 331.
Pevere, Hugh, 258.
Roger, 101.
- Cecily, ibid.
Rede, John, 225.
Peytevyn (Poictouvin) Bartho-
Reigate, the Prior and Canons of
lomew, 133
the Holy Croſs of, 243.
St. Philibert, Hugh de, 53. Reynes, William de, 146.
Philip, Ralph ap Howell ap, 334. Riboef, Walter de, 178.
Picot, Peter, 30. 31.
Rocheford, Sir John de, 221.
Peter, the Son of Peter, 30. Roches, John de, 53.
John, 31.
Rochefter, Gilbert de Glanville,
Ralph, 165:
Biſhop of, 320, 323.
Pitchford, Ralph de, 190.
the Prior of, 290.
Plantagenet, Eleanor, Counteſs Rockeflcy, Sir Richard, 142.
of Eu, 114
Rockingham, Charles, Marqueſs
Ger.ffery, Earl of
of, 29, 150.
Eu, 186.
Roger, the King's Taylor, 190.
Rockele,
chefter, 237
NAMES OF
347
PERSONS.
Rockele, Sir Richard de la, 221. Somervile, Sir Philip de, 210, 2130
Rooper, Thomas, 137.
Somery, Roger, 237.
Royden, Plowlen, 331,
Soitebroc, Hugh de, 183.
Ruggeli, Simon de, 59.
Spelman, Thomas, 70.
Rus, Walter le, 197.
John, ibid.
Alice, ibid.
Spigurnell, Geoffery de, 291.
Ruffell, William, 128.
Spileman, Peter, 92, 123.
John, 172.
Stafford, Edmund, 1 ord, 75,130.
S.
Edmund, Earl of, 114.
Sale, Robert de la, 95.
Stanes, Paul de, 321.
Saliſbury, William de Montacute, Stanhope of Elvafton, the Family
Earl of, 15, 22.
of, 187
Samuel, Stephen, 297,
Charles,
Sandford, John de, 26.
Eſq; ibid.
Richard de, 199.
Stanley, Sir John, King of Man,
Sarcere, Rowland le, 60.
24.
Saunford, Lady Lora de, 56. Stinford, Oliver de, 119.
Sauvage, Robert le, 117. Stapledon, Walter, Biſhop of Ex-
Sciredun, David de, 110.
cter, 218.
Scotland, the Kings of, 170 Steward of England, the Lord
Alexander III. King High, 2.
of, 22.
Stockport, N. Baron of, 203.
Scrope, William Lord, Earl of Stopham, Ralph de, 91.
Wiltſhire, ibid.
Streon, Edric, Duke of Mercia,
Richard, 206, 207.
57:
Sedman, Abbot of Whitby, 316. Stretford, the Priurels of St. Leo
Segrave, Nicholas, Lord, 14
onard of, 33.
Sir Stephen de, 143, Strongbow, Richard, Earl of
Shrewſbury, the Earls of, 200
Pembroke, 13, 14
Robert de Belefme,
label, Daughter of
Earl of, 190.
Richard, 14.
Talbots, Earls of, Strygell, Gilbert Marſhall, Earl
28.
George Talbot, Earl Sturmy, Henry, 157,
M. Wife of Henry, ib.
Singleton, Thomas de, 118. Suffolk, Willian de la Pole, Mar-
Sipbroke, Richard Vernon, Baron que's of, 22.
and Berkſhire, Henry,
Skerrington, John de, 119:
Earl of, 18
Skirlaw, Walter, Bithop of Dur- Summerſham, Alexander de, 6;.
ham, 199, 201.
Surrey, Charles Howard, Earl of,
Sloley, Richard, 105.
Smith, Eraſmus, Eſq; 39. Sutton, William de, 256.
Snaggs, Thomas, 30.
Sweyne of Effex, Brother to Ed.
Somerſet, John Beaufort, Earl of,
ward the Confeffor, 329.
25. 37.
Synagor, Edmund, 82.
Tade.
of, 15.
of, 29
of, 203.
18,
72
348
PERSONS.
NAMES OF
of, 25:
fter, 4.
T.
W.
Tadehale, Robert de, 163, Wade, Henry de la, 62.
Talbots, Earls of Shrewſbury, 28.
Henry, 87.
George, Earl of Shrewf-
Walcott, William, 34.
bury, 29.
Wales, Henry Plantagenet, Prince
Taylor, Roger, the King's, 190.
Templers, the Knights of St. John Waleton, Richard de, 118.
of Jerufalm, 129, 249.
Walton, Matter Simon de, 237.
Teftard, Robert, 137.
Wanitede, Roger de, 87.
Richard, 138.
Warbleton, John de, 61.
Thadeham, William de, 136. Wardrobe, Maſter of the King's
Therel, Thomas, 55.
Great, 20.
Thurgaiton, she Priors of, 261.
the Clerk of the King's
Tils, John, Prior of Dunmow, ibid.
297.
Warren, William, the iſt Earl,
Toany, Ralph de, 66.
185
Tortcol, Henry, Earl of Leice-
William, the 2d Earl,
186.
Treveilley, John de, 63.
William, the 3d Earl,
Trevelle, William, 173.
ibid.
Trumpeton, Robert de, 99.
Iſabel de, ibid.
Turkilby, Sir Roger de, 237.
and Surrey, Hameline
Tutbury, Thomas Gedney, Prior Plantagenet, Earl of, ibid.
William
U.
Plantagenet, Earl of, 186,
Valence, William de, 127.
226,
Valoignes, Williain de, 172.
John Plan-
Valletort, John de, 44.
tagenet, Earl of, 185, 186,
Alice, the Wife of
242.
John de, ibid.
Gundreda de, 185.
Venables, Gilbert, Baron of Kin. Warwick, Thomas Beauchamp,
derton, 203
the Elder, Earl of, is
Thomas, 284.
Thomas Beauchamp,
Venoure, William le, 37.
Earl of, 25, 47:
Vere, Aubery de, Earl of Ox.
William Beauchamp,
ford, 8.
Robert de, Earl of Oxford, Warwick, Sir Ambroſe Dudley,
8, 27.
Matilda, Wife of Robert
the Earls of, 189,224.
Ela, Counteſs of, 55.
Vernon, the Family of, 226. Welbeck, the Abbots of, 178.
Richard, Baron of Sip- Welleſburne, Roger de, 253.
broke, 203
Wellum, Adam de, 245.
Umfranvile, Robert de, 151.
Wena, Robert de, 94.
Underwood, Adam, 247. Weſtminfter, the Dean and Chap-
Unz, Joba le, 55.
ter of, 19.
Weft-
of, 304
of247
, ?
Earl of, 47.
de, 27.
NAMES
349
OF
PERSONS.
Weftminſter, the Churchwardens
of St. Margaret's, 21.
Wethen, Robert de, 135.
Whitby, Sedman, Abbot of, 316,
the Hermit of, ibid.
Wileghby, John de, 198.
Wilkinſon, Abraham, 325.
Willoughby, Edmund, 104.
Wiltſhire, William, Lord Scrope,
Earl of, 22.
John, 31.
Winchard, Thomas, 171.
Wincheſter, the Biſhops of, 19.
Roger de Quincy,
Windefor, John de, 115.
Winterſbull, William de, 126.
John de, 140.
Wodehouſe, Sir Robert de, 40.
Wokyndon, Sir Nicholas de, 221.
Wolfton, Biſhop, 329.
Woodftock, Thomas de 10,114.
Wrenoc, Son of Meuric, 196.
Wright, William, 137.
Richard, 297
Wyle, Bertram le, 107.
Wyndham, Francis, Eſq; 207.
Wyntworth, William, 205.
z.
Zouch, Roger de la, 224.
Earl of, 237.
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IN DE
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OF THE
N A M E S
of PL A C E S.
A Acton.
Kent, 321
York, 74
Devon, 115
York, 313
A.
B.
BBEFORD, Oxon, 119 Badbury,
Norfolk, 297
Acton, Bucks, 169 Badew,
Elex, 102
Bainton,
Achane, the Hundred of,
Bakton,
Addington,
Surrey, 34 Balderſby,
Adwick, vide Athewyke, Banningham,
Norfolk, 81
York, 208 Bardolfe,
Surrey, 35
Alcefter,
Warwick, 76 La Barr,
Devon, 109
Alredale,
Cumberland, 155 Barwe,
Leiceſter, 239
Apelderbam, Sufex, 274
Bith and Wells,
Somerſet, 19
Athburne in the Peak, Derby, 289 Battle Abbey, Sufex, 272
Aſhlee,
Norfolk, 44 Baynard Caitle,
London, 227
Aſhley,
127. Becheworth, Eaſt, Surrey, 243
Aſkeby,
Lincoln, III
Lincoln, 198 Beckingham,
Afabic,
York, 148 Beckingtree, the Hundred of,
Atley
Warwick, 124
Efex, 156
Afton Cantlou, Warwick, 89 Bedford, the Barony ot,
Aton Stoney,
Somerſet, 133
Bedford, 29
Aſton Bernard, Bucks, 167 Bedington, Surrey, 112
Afton,
Oxon, 119
Benham,
Berks, 127, 143
Benham, Glouceſter, 241
Athewyke, or, Adwick upon
Derne,
York, 206 Bentlegh,
Hants, 86
Bentley,
Atterton, vids Coperland,
York, 206
Bericote,
Warwick, 141
Aukland Biſhops, Durham, 201
Berkholt,
Suffolk, 267
Auri and Hole, Devon, 108 Bernwood, the Foreft of,
Ayleſbury, Bucks, 114, 123
Bucks, 153
Ayfton Parva, Elex, 297 Bikepole in Southfleet, Kent, 320
Bilfing-
Kent, 57
NAMES OF PLACES.
351
Wilts, 157
York, 244
Oxon. 294
Bilfington,
Kent, 38 Burdelies,
Norfolk, 45
Birkeley Lodge, Stafford, 305 Burdelois,
Norfolk, ib.
Biſcopeſtre,
134
Burdos,
Norfolk, ib.
Biſcopthorpe,
Lincoln, 198 Bure Ferrers,
Cornwall, 175
Biſhops Aukland, Durham, 201
Bures,
Ellex, 125
Biſhop Caftle,
Salop, 292
Burford,
Oxon, 287
Biwell, Northumberland, 73 Burg, or, Brug,
Salop, 267
Blackington, Suf-x, 86 Burgh, on the Sands,
Cumberland, 71
Boghton, or, Broughton,
Oxon. 167 Burftall, or, Borest Il Bucks, 153
Bokhampton, Berks, 138, 144
Burton,
Nortingham, 203
128
C.
Bologne, the Honour of,
Bondby,
Lincoln, 55
Caliſtoke,
Cornwall, 252
Borebach and Conelesfeld,
Cambridge, Cambridge, 60
Carliſle, Cumberland, 58
Bareftall, or, Burfall, Bucks, 153
Carleton, Nottingham, 104
Bolbury, Hereford, 270 Carlton,
Norfolk, 135
Boſcham,
Suflex, 136 Catham,
Hants, 87
Boyton,
Flex, 146 Cafle-Baynard,
Calle-Baynard, London,
London, 227
Bradeley,
Stafford, 75
Caftle-Carey,
Somerſet, 89
Bradeley
Lincoln, 110
Calle Levington,
Bradepole,
Dorfct, 91
Chakendon,
Bradſhaw,
Cheddich,
Oxon. 84
Chenes,
Surrty, 44
Brambelegh, Middleſex, 33, 76
Brayles,
Warwick, 247
Cheſhire,
Brehull, or, Brill, Bucks, 153 Cheſter, the County Palatine of,
Bridgnorth,
Salop, 190
Bridſhall,
Stafford, 215
the City and County of,
Brill, or, Brehull, Bucks, 153
298
Brimmestield Park, Glouceſt 241 Chefterton, Warwick, 152
Briefton, Chefter, or, Dorſet, 90 Chettington, Salop, 88
Brodgate Park,
Leicefter, 237
Chicheſter,
Sulex, 112
Brodtham, Devon, 15 Chinting,
Suſſex, 89
Brokenerit,
Hants, 2, 123 Cholmer and Dancing, the Hun-
Brom,
uffolk, 70
dreds of, Elex, 328
Brome,
Suffolk, 65 Cinque Ports, the,
18
Brome (Kings) Warwick, 190 Clumber, Nottingham, 204
Brookhouſe, in Langſett,
Clun,
Sa:op, 289, 332
zurk, 243
Clymeſlond,
Cornwall, 250
Broughton, or, Boghton, Cogihull,
Effex, 297
Oxon. 167 Colihill,
Il arwick, 286
Brug, or, Burg, Sal p, 267 Colewick, Noringham, 110
Bruham,
Bedford, 167
Colewyke, Nottingham, ibid.
Brunnefley, Nottingham, 101 Coletield Heath, Warwick, 275
Bryanſton,
Dorſet, 91 Comboglin, Hereford, 293
Bulewell, Norringham, 101 Conelesfeld,
Coning
Broughton Lincolnsh. 335.
York, 323
Cheller, 203
184
Itilts, 157
352 NAMES OF PLACES
London, 95
Hants, 55
Kent, 57
York, 227
20
York, 323
Coningfton, Leiceſter, 171 Eaft Rudham, Norfolk, 283
Conifborough, Yorkhire, 186 Eatt Smithfield,
Coperland,
Eat Wordham,
Çoringham, Efox, 219 Eggefield,
Lancaſter, 191
Cotes,
Derby, 143 Eglofderi,
Cornwall, 173
Cottington,
Nottingham, 130 Egmund and Newport, Salop, 162
Cranfield,
103 Elkefley,
Nitringham, 245
Crefwell,
Berks, 53 Elms, near Sinithfield,
Croindone(Croyden) Surrey, 320
London, 239
Croſs Stone, rörlfhirt, 323 Elfton, Nottingham, 137
Croyden,
Surrey, 320 Elyng,
Hants, 122
Crucem Lapideam, London, 79 Enborne, Eaſt and Weſt,
Cuckwold,
Berks, 265
Cuckeney, Nortingham, 176 Entield, Middleſex, 156
Cumberton, Cambridge, 127 England,
Cumbes
Surrey, 183 Enfham,
Oxón, 287
D.
Eppinges and Waltham, Elex, 54
Dalton,
York, 116 Ereiby,
Lincoln, 198
Dancing, the Hundred of,
Erringdon,
Ejex, 328 Eſkdale Side,
York, 316
Degemue and Eglofderi, Effeburne, or, Albburne,
Cornwall, 173
Derby, 289
Denbigh, the Town of,
Effeby, Northampton, 60
Denbiegh, 25 Efton, at the Mount, Elex, 46
Dengy, the Hundred of,
Efton,
Oxon, 122
Edex, 329 Eton,
Bucks, 169
Derehyde,
Everwarton,
Suffolk, 65
Diſhforth,
York, 313 Eu, or, Ewe, the County of,
Dore,
Derby, 205
Normandy, 113
Drakelow,
Derby, 105 Exmore,
Somerſet, 191
Droſcumbe, Devon, 109 Exmore, the Foreft of,
Drycott,
Stafford, 215
Somerfer, 108, 156
Dunel he and Tyley, Dorſet, 221 Eyftan,
Efex, 46
F.
Dunmow,
Ellex, 295 Falſtede, or, Felitede, Elex, 97
Durham,
Durham, ig Farnham Royal, or, Fernham,
the Biſhopric of,
Bucks, 28
Durham, 278 Fingrech,
Elex, 8
Dutton,
Cheſter, 300 Fingret, or, Fingrey,
Dylew,or, Dylwin, Hereford, 236 Elex, or, Cambridge, 26
E.
Finchingfield, Efex, 137
Eafbrig,
Kent, 163 Fiſkerton and Moreton,
Ett Enborne,
Berks, 265
Nottingham, 263
Eaft Gareftan, Berks, 74, 75 Flyxburgh, Lincoln, 198
Eaft Ham,
El**, 46 Fording bridge, the Hundred of,
Eaft Haured,
Burki, 172
Hasts, 82
Frisk,
Bucks, 153
NA MES OF PLACES.
353
Oxon, 55
21
Friſkeney Lincoln, 198 Herlham,
Norfolk, 82
Frollebury,
Hants, 126, 137
Hertlegh,
Hants, 56
G.
Hertrug,
Berks, 164
Gareſton, Eaſt, Berks, 74, 75
Hewick,
York, 313
Gateſhill,
Surrey, 139 Heydon, or, Heydene, Elex. 30
Gibbet-Lane, Halifax, York, 325 Hildeſley,
Berks, 225
Gidding Magra, Huntingdon, 140 Hinkley, the Barony of,
Leiceſter, 3
Gignes, or, Ging Reginæ,
Elex, or, Cambridge, : 26 Ho,
Elex, 128
Giſſag All Saints, Dorſet, 112 Hochangre,
Hants, 86
Glapton, Nottingham, 119
Hodnet,
Salop, 226
Gloucefter, the City of,
Hoke Norton,
Glouceſter, 191 Hole,
Devon, 108
Gloucefter Caftle, Gloučetter, 117 Holicote,
Somerſet, 179
Greby,
Lincoln, 198
Holland, Little,
Elex, 130
Greens Norton, Northåmp. 171
Homet,
Normandy, 106
Grenocle,
Suflex, 176 Honington,
Warwick, 271
Gretre,
Hereford, 293
Hopton in the Hole, Salope 329
Grofmunt,
Monmouth, 332
Hornmede, Heriford, 56
Guildford, the Borough of, Horſe, the King's Maſter of the,
Surrey, 137
Guldeford, Surrey, 138 Horſepoll, Nortingham, 261
H.
Hoton,
Cumberland, 58
Halifax,
Houmede,
Elex, 26
Halingbury, Elex, 190
Hucknall Torkard, Norringh, 168
Halton,
Cheſter, 202
Huchamſtede, Elex, 26
Hamn, Eaſt,
Efex, 46 Hulewood,
Hamſtead Marſhall, Berks, 17 Huntingdon, the Honour of,
Hampton, Hereford, 271
Huntingdon, 72
Hanlegh, Suffolk, 121
Hutton Conyers,
Harlefield, Gloucefter, 10, 12
I.
Hardwick, the Manor of,
Ikenham, Middleſex, 78
Derby, 313
Illingworth,
the Foreſt of,
Ingoldmels,
Lincoln, 198
Irchenfield,
Hereford, 293
Hartlepool,
Durham, 279
K.
Hafhwell,
Elex, 68 Kenninghall,
Havering,
Efex, 124 Keperland,
Haured, Eaft,
Ketilberlton, Suffolk, 22
Weft,
Kibworth Beauchamp,
Hecham,
Norfolk, 269
Leicefier, 47
Hemington, Suffolk, 60 Kidlington, Oxon, 281
Henley,
Warwick, 130
Kidwelley,
Caermarthen, 64
Heptonfall,
Kierkeby,
Weſtmoreland, 72
Hereford, the City of,
Killamarth,
Derby, 97
Hereford, 116, 392 Kilmerſdon, Somerſet, 266
Kil
York, 323
Bucks, 153
York, 313
York, 323
York, 323
Norfolk, 39
Kent, 57
Berks, 172
Berks, 131
Zork, 323
Aa
354
NÅ MES OF PLACES.
York, 244
York, 323
M.
Malden,
Elex, 174
Kilwaldmarlb, Derby, 97 London, the Lord Mayor and
Kinderton, Chefler, 284 Citizens of,
39
King's Brome, Warwick, 190 London, a Houle in, 54
Kingſhan, Gloucefter, 47 Lofeberg, thê Hundred of,
King's Stanford; Hereford, 181
Dorſet, 113
Kingſton Ruffel, Dorſet, 128 Lofton,
Deuch, 109
Kinwaldmérlb, Derby', 96 Lound and Clumber,
Kirk-Levington,
Nottingham, 204
Kyrkeby, fuper Bayne,
Luddenden,
Lincoln, 198 Luffenham,
Rutland, 56
L.
Lunde, vide Lound,
La Barr,
Devon, 109
Nottinghań, 204
Lancaſter, the Duchy of, 25 Lyndeby,
Nottingham, 139
the County of, 71
Langfield, York, 323 Madeley, Stafford; 75
Langfett,
York, 243
Langwath,
212 Malling, South, Kent, 282
Lancevtton,
Cornwall, 69 Man, the Ine of,
22
Lanton, Hereford, 106 Mansfield,
Nottingham, 177
Luftres,
Hertford, 222
Woodhouſe,
Launceſton, Cornwall, 69
Nottingham, 188
Leatherbead, Sarrey, 121 Mapérdefhale, Bedford, 67
Lederede,
Surrey, ibid.
Mapleſcaump,
Leeds,
York, 210 Marden,
Hereford, 179
Legre,
Elex, 98 St. Margaret's, Weſtminfter,
Legte,
67
Middleſex, 21
Leicefter, the Earldom of,
St. Martin's in the Fields,
Leicefter, 3
Middleſex, ib.
Leyngbutn,
Mawarden, Hereford, 182
Lettewelle,
York, 206 Mayford,
Sürrey, 85
Levington,
York, 244 Mekeſburgh, or, Mexbrough,
Lewe,
Oxon, 84
York, 209
Lidford,
Devon, 327 Melmerby,
Lidingeland, the Hundred of, Menedop, the Foreſt of,
Suffolk, 196
Somerſet, 156
Leighthorne, Warwick, 189 Mertok,
Somerſet, 80
Lillefton Middleſex, 129 Mexbrough,
York, 209
Lincoln, the Earldom of,
Michelham,
227
Lincola, 37 Miúdicton, the Hundred of,
the County of 146
Lindelhui, Hants, 126 Midgley,
Lifton,
Efex, 36 Midlovent, Sulfex, 136
Little Holland, Edex, 130 Miterton, Nottingham, 204
Llantriflim, Glamorgan, 334 Mixenden,
Lodebrooke, Warwick, 288 Moleſey,
Surrey, 68
Logbit,
Carmarthen, 64
Mont-
Kont, 172
Kent, 174
York, 313
Kent, 47
York, 3:3
York, 323
NAMES OF PLACES.
353
York, 243
York, 320
Oxon, 119
York, 249
Montgomery, the Honour of, Pembroke, the Caftle and Tower
Montgomery, 105 of,
Pembroke, 25
the Town of, Pengevel,
Cornwall, 94
Montgomery, 282 Peniſton,
More,
Salop, 195 Penkelly, Cornwall, 63
Moreton, Nottingham, 263 Peret, Weſt, the Hundred of,
Morton, Effex, 79, 106
Somerſet, 120
N.
Pickering,
Narborough,
Norfolk 70 Pightelley, Northampton, 140
Nedding and Ketilberſton,
Pinley, Warwick, 189
Suffolk, 22 Pitchley, Northampton, 140
Nedewood, the Foreft of,
Plompton,
Warwick, 195
Staford, 305
Haya, Cumberland, 58
Neth,
Caermarthen, 64 Pole, Cumberland, 105
Nether-Overton,
Oxon, 95
Porſcaundel, Dorſet, 144
Nettlebed,
Portchefter, the Borough of,
Newbigging:
Hanis, 87
Newnham, Glouceſter, 10, 12 Purey,
Borks, 173
Newport,
Salop, 162 Pufhill,
Oxon, 128
Newton Plympton, Devon, 219
R.
Northampton, the County of, 66 Radeclyve, Nortingham, 167
the Town of, Raghton, Camberland, 165
Northampton, 190 Rainton,
York, 313
Norton and Clun, Salop, 332 Rakey,
Norfolk, 131
Hoke,
Ramſey Abbey, Huntingdon, 103
Greens, Northampt. 171 Redenhall,
Norwich, the City of,
Reigate,
Surrey, 243
Norfolk, 192 Renham and Ikenham,
the Caſtle of,
Middleſex, 78
Norfolk, 82 Retford, Norringham, 204
0.
Rewenhall,
Effex, 77
Oketon and Dalton, York, 116 Riddeſdale, Northumberland, 157
Orleton,
Hereford, 266
Richworth,
York, 323
Olberton, Nottingham, 208 Rivahale,
Efex, 128
Ovenden,
York, 323
Rochefer, the Priory of,
Oven helle,
Kent, 66
Kent, 290
Over Colewick, Nottingham, 11) Rochford,
Ellex, 279
Overton, Nether,
Rode, Northampton, 100
P.
Rothwell,
York, 210
Padeworth,
Berks, 180 Rottenfall,
York, 323
Papworth Anneys,
Rudham, Eat, Norfolk, 283
Cambridge, 172
Runham,
Norfolk, 132
Pauleton Bridge, Cornwall, 63 Ruffel Kingfton, Dorſat, 128
Peckham,
Kent, 166 Ruthelent Caſtle,
Flint, 299
Pembroke, the Earldom of, Rychicbe, the Foreſt of,
Pembroke, 26
Somerſet, 156
Ox01, 55
Norfolk, 166
Oxon, 95
A a 2
Saling
356
NAMES OF
PLACES.
Kent, 194
York, 194
S.
Stansfield,
York, 323
Hants, 82
Saling,
Effex, 165 Stapeley,
Stapleherft,
Savernake, the Foreſt of,
Wilts, 334 Stapleton,
Glouceller, 117
Devon, 75
Saundford,
Staveley,
Derby, 89
Lincoln, 111
Staunton,
Oxon, 62
Scargerthorpe,
Stert,
Glouceſter, 126
Somerſet, 133
Schipton,
Stoke,
Glouceſter, 94
Schyrefend, or, Shirefield,
Hants, 140
Staney Afton,
Somerſet, 133
Stoneley,
Warwick, 272
Sciredun and Siplegh, Devon, 110
Stow,
Lincoln, 49
Scrivelby,
Cambridge, 125
Norfolk, 45
Sculton,
Strafford, the Wapentake of,
York, 98
Sea Port Towns,
175
Stratford,
Efcx, 97
Selewode, the Foreſt of,
York, 313
Somerſet, 156 Szudley Royal,
Kent, 142
Sufflete
Kent, 320
Setere, or, Seaton,
Shaw,
Salop, 224
Surrey, the Earldom of, 25, 185
Sutton,
York, 148
Sheffield,
Bedford, 65
Sutton,
Norfolk, 65
Lincoln, 111
Shelf hanger,
Shelford, Nottingham, 104 Sutton Courtnenay, Berks, 256
Shirefield,
Hants, 61, 140
Sutton Colefield, Warwick, 274
Shorn,
Kent, 64 Swinton,
T.
Shrewsbury,
Salop, 57
Warwick, 253
Sibestoft, Northampton, 68,83 Tachebroke,
Tamworth,
Warwick, 48
Singleton Parva, Lancaſter, 118
Devon, 110
Siplegh,
Tatenhull and Drycott,
York, 244
Skelton Caſtle,
Stafford, 215
Taterfall,
York, 323
Lincoln, 198
Skircoat,
Devon, 218
Slapton,
Tey Magna,
Effex, 99
Glouceſter, 152
Sloley,
Warwick, 105 Teynton,
Thamewell,
London, 95
Sinithfield, Eaſt,
Oxon, 182
- Weft
Thethercote and Cheddich,
Weſt, London, 235
Oxon, 84
Snaynton,
York, 316
Durham, 199
Thirſk,
York, 227
Sockburne,
Berks, 184 Thorpe,
Lincoln, 198
Sottebroc,
York, 227
South fleet,
Kert, 320 Threke, Thirſk,
South Malling, Kent, 282 Thurgarton and Horſepoll,
Sowerby,
York, 323
Nottingham, 261
Spileſby,
Lincoln, 198 Tickhill, the Honour of,
York, 203, &c.
Springfend,
* Effex, 99
Stafford, Stafford, 59, 75 Tineſlove, or, Tinfley,
York, 205
Stamford,
Lincoln, 226
Salop, 224
Standebury,
Borks, 163 Tonge,
Lincoln, 198
Stanford, King's, Hereford, 181 Tonelby,
Torre,
Norfolk, 141
Devon, 266
Stanhow,
Middleſex, 72
Stanlake,
Oxon, 286 Tottenham,
Tow7759
NAMES OF PLACES.
357
163
Towns, Sea Port,
175
Weſtminſter, St. Margaret's,
Tudderlegh,
Hants, 87
Middleſex, 21
Turrac,
Elex, 151 Weft Peret, the Hundred of,
Turvey,
Bedford, 108
Somerſet, 120
Stafford, 186, 303
Tutbury,
Whichnor,
Stafford, 210
Twifort, Nottingham, 245
York, 316
Whitby,
Twigworth, Glouceſter, 117
Whittington,
Salop, 196
Tyley,
Dorſet, 221
York, 222
Whorlton,
Tynneflowe, or Tinsley, Whytenhurſt, Gloucefter, 10, 12
York, 205
Wilburghain Magna,
U.
Cambridge, 164
Uglebarnby,
66
York, 316 Wilcom ftowe,
Upminiter,
Effex, 145
Willoughby, Nottingha», 101
Upton, Glouceſter, 67,111, 129 Wilton,
Hereford, 77
Upton, Northampton, 83 Wilts, the County of
Urchenfield, Hareford, 293
Wimondley,
Hertford, 43
W.
Windebury,
Devon, 78
Wadſworth,
York, 323
Windeſor,
Dorſet, 115
Wakefield,
York, 242, 323
Winfred,
Dorſet, 33
Waleton, or Walton,
Wingfield,
Suffolk, 135
Lancaſter, 113. Wingrave,
Norfolk, 70
Wallingford, Berks, 281, 334
Winterſlew,
Waltham
Elex, 54 Wirmegay, or Wingrave,
Norfolk, 70
Walton, or Waleton,
Lancafter, 118 Wodeham Mortimer, Eſſex, 143
Wardrobe, the Mattor of the Wolbeding, Suſſex, 69
King's Great,
Wolvermeriton, Elex, 26
the Clerk of the Wordham, Eaſt,
King's
Workfop, Nottingham, 28
Warham,
Dorſet, 288 Wormhill,
Derby, 161
Warley,
Worthynbury,
Flint, 258
Warneford, Hants, 168 Wrencholm, Cumberland, 182
Warwick, the Earldom of,
25
Wrotting,
Suffolk, 85
Waterhall,
Bliks, 80 Wylfelmelfton,
Eſcx, 26
Watton,
Hertford, 94 Wyleweby, or Willoughby,
Webtre, the Hundred of,
Notringham, 101
Hereford, 293 Wylington, Somerſet, 120
Welbeck Abbey, Nottingham, 179
Y.
Weſtcurt,
Surrey, 112
Yarmouth, Norfolk, 135
Weſt Enborne, Berks, 265 Yarrow,
330
Weit Haured,
180
York, the County of,
Weltminſter Abbey,
Middleſex, 19
Wilts, 53
20
Hants, 55
20
York, 323
Berks, 131
INDEX
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OF
T N E
OBSOLETE and DIFFICULT WORDS
and PHRASES.
A 의
​A
CRE of Land, Corniſh, 94 Baliftar, Baliftarius, 68, 82.
Aerias Auſturcorum Regis, Banner, 96.
165.
Bafinet, 89.
Albas Spinas, 183
Baſnetus, ibid.
Aladarius, 147
Baſſinet, ibid.
Alapararius, ibid.
Batellus, 279.
Alaudarius, 148.
Batinum Sab, 295.
Ammobragium, 258.
Bedell, 120.
Amabyr, ibid.
Bedellus, 251, 276.
Amhach, 159.
Bedellery, 12o.
Angulum Bruera, 160.
Bederip, 226.
Animalium Eſcapiis, 159. Berbiagium, 251, 252.
Ankoleres, Broo, 308.
Bercelett, 217.
Apparura, Caruca cum tota, 286. Berghmayfter, 289.
Arceonum (unam Par) ad Scl Bertandum (ad) Berſa, 240,
lam, to8.
Berſationis, Metas, ibid.
Afturconem, 193
Berſeletes, Sex, ibid.
Afturcum, 166.
Beſca, 269.
Attaigiatos, Attainiatas, 286.
Bidrepe, 262.
Attrahere Molas, 250.
Blancas, Libras, 193.
Auca, 223.
Blanche, Monnoye, ibid,
Averia, 122.
Blow a Seeke, 308.
Aurum Regina, 180.
reconoce a Morte, ibid.
Auftour, 166.
a Recheate, ibid.
Aufturcum, 165,
Bofco Mortuo, 159.
В.
Bofcum forinfecum, 156.
Bacinet, 89.
Botilarium.- Botellarii, 128.
Balita, lll,
Bovata Terræ, 104.
Bovate
4
OBSOLETE AND DIFFICULT WORDS, &c. 359
Clates, 272
Bovate of Land, 104.
Capiftrum cum Canabo, 102.
Braccis, go.
Capite, Flaccum fine, 81.
Bracelettum Deymerettum, 142.
Carnifex, 99.
Bracenarius, 148.
Carucæ, Precarias, 255.
Brach, 141.
Carucate of Land, 35.
Brachet, 143.
Catapulta, 104.
Brachetta, 141.
Catzuros, 332, 333.
Brachettum, 206.
Cellerer, 263
Bracine, 235
Cenfaria, 159
Braçoner, 148.
Ceræ, unam Libram, 255.
Braçonnier, ibid.
Chacuros, 332, 333.
Broche, 79.
Chamber, Ruſhes for the King's,
Brochia, 79, 99, 100.
124.
Brochettum, 101.
Chamberlangeria, 129.
Broo-Ankelers, 308.
Chapones albos, 136.
Brueræ, Angulum, 160.
Chyminagium, 160.
Brueria, 277.
Clauſturam, 145
Bucinus Ferreus, 84.
Buzonem, 91.
Cletas, ibid.
C.
Clou.-Cluario, 176.
Cabaged, 308.
Coat of Mail, 93
Caballus.- Caballo, 293.
Cokeftool, 283.
Cabilia, 64.
Colligendam Lanam per Alba
Cablicium. --Cablicia, 160.
Spinas, 183
Caboiled, 308.
Companagium, 255, 264.
Cachepolli, Serjantiam, 117. Compunctum, 97, 236.
Cacherllus Hundredi, 321. Coopertiones de Madremio, 160
Calcaria.--Calcariam, 245. Coopertus, Equus, 75.
Calcetum, 2040
Corodium. - Corody, 170, 269,
Camiſia, 90.
170.
Campana (in) 162.
Corniſh Acre of Land, 94-
Canem Liverium, 146.
Cornage, 71.
Canes impediati (impediari) 277. Coronate filios, 248.
Leporarios, 145.
Corredio, 269.
Leſos, ibid.
Cropertiones de Maeremio, 160.
Luporarios, 146.
Crucem Lapideam, 79.
Opertias, 277
Cuckingſtool, 283,
Caniculorum Harrectorum, Meuta Cuneum Monetæ, 129.
144.
Cuna, 134.
Canum Deynectorum, Meuta, ib. Cuva, ibid.
- Expeditatione, 159. Cydgyfgu, 259.
Cantref, 260.
Cyppos, 16d.
Capa de Griſauco, 64.
D.
Capellam lineatam de Syndone, Decenarius, 251, 277.
Deneth Hachett,' 59.
Gapello Ferreo, 236.
Deare,
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360
OBSOLETE AND DIFFICULT WORDS, &c.
G.
Deſtre, Deftrier, Dextrarii, 333. Feni Mullones, 257.
Deymerettum, Bracelettum, 142. Forinfecum Boſcum, 156.
Deynéctorum Canum, Meuta, 144 Foyneſon, Tempus de, 159.
Dicker of Iron, 192.
Frank Bank, 266.
Dieta, 118.
Free Bench, ibid.
Diſcoopettus, Equus, 77. Fucillum, 113,
Diſpenforium, 129.
Dolium Vini, 170.
Gambeſone, 77.
Domefman, 294.
Gantas duas, 124.
Dominus de Cabilia, 64.
Garcio, 91.
Ductiles Virgas Ferreas, 192.
Garciones, tres, 163,
Dreyinghe, 176.
Garciunibus, duobus, 164.
E.
Garçon, 91.
Equitatura Regis, 170.
Gardbrache, 114.
Equus Coopertus, 75.
Gariophilatum Vinum, 133.
-- Diſcoopertus, 77:
Gauna, 134:
Erodii, pro annuo Servitio unius, Geldable, 189.
170.
Gerſuma Reginæ, 193.
Eſcapiis Animalium, 159.
Gobr Merch, 259.
Eſchanderia, 126.
Goging Stoole, 283.
Exkippamentum, 175.
Gooſe at Michaelmas, 223.
Eſcuage, 189,
Iptentos, ibid.
E{picurnantia, 120.
Greefe, 217
Edaudeaux, 134
Gris, 131,
Efteia, 257
Griſauco, Capa de, 64.
Eftriciúm, 166, 167.
Griſeo, Pellicium de, 131.
Expeditatione. Canum, 159. Groundftall, 286.
F.
Gruna Vini, 134.
Falcans, 294.
H.
Falcationes Servitium, 295. Hachet, Deneſh, 69.
Faldfey, 270.
Haia, 240.
Falx, '99
Hallewimen, 263.
Fardingdeal of Land, 96, 102. Halywercfolk, ibid.
Farundel of Land, ibid.
Hamata Veftis, 93.
Fence Month, 159.
Hambergellus, 92.
Ferdell of Land, 96, 102. Hare&torum, Meuta Caniculorum,
Ferlirgata Terræ, 115.
144
Ferlingus Terræ, ibid.
Haubergella, 203.
Fermeloun, 218.
Haubergeon, 92.
Fermiſonæ Tempus, ibid. Hay, 152, 218.
Filics coronare, 248.
Haya, 240, 272.
Firmationis Tempus, 218, 240.
Hay of Hereford, 153.
Flaccum fine Capite, 81.
Hercicandum, ad, 255.
Flagellum, 269.
Heftaud.-Heftaudeau. - Hefthas,
Flaſkettum; 194.
134:
Flectas, 111.
Heymectis, 159.
Hey-
OBSOLETE AND DIFFICULT WORDS, &c. 361
35, 102.
Mael, 92.
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Heymcctorum, Meuta Canum, Lotrices, 138.
144.
Lyrewite, 259.
Hida Terræ.-Hide of Land,
M.
Hock Tide.-Hoke Day, 253. Maeremium, 160.
Holy Rood Day, 217.
Magna Precaria, 254.
Horn with Horn, 278.
Mil, Coat of, 93, 123.
Hoftricum, 166, 167.
Marcheta Mulierum, 259, 263,
Howtoudy's, 124.
265
Hoxtuiſday, 252.
Maſuras, 293. :
Hutefias et Clamores, 283.
Menſe Vetito, 159.
Huxtide, 253.
Merch-ed, 268.
Hyppos, 160.
Merch, Gobr, 259.
I.
Mercheta, 268.
Journey, 212.
Meretrice, 61, 138, 139.
Inowardes, 293.
Metas Berſationis, 240.
Intingtheof, 327.
Meuta Caniculorum Harrectorum,
Inpny, 284.
144
K.
Deyne&torum Canum, ib.
Keelage, 279.
Meyas, 257.
Kernella Caftri, 176.
Miche, 262.
Kerve, 215.
Miſe Money, 290.
Killagium, 279
Milas attrahere, 250.
Knight's Fec, 102,
Monnoye, Blanche, 193.
L.
Morte, to blow a. 308. oe's
Lairwyte, 267.
Mortuo Boſco, 159.
Lana pon tormata, 275.
Mue.
Mues Vini, 132.
Lanarius, 147
Muid.Muid.de Vin, ibid.
Lancetz, 269.
Mullones Fæni, 257.
Lanerius, 147
Murileges, 159
Lanier, ibid.
Muta.-Muta Vinis 132.
Lapideam, Crucem, 79.
Mutandi (Servitium) unum Ofture.
Larcin, 235
Lardiner, 217
Latimer.- Latinarius, 196.
cium, 167.
Lawing of Dogs, 275.
Leccator, 303
Naif, 263
Lecherwite, 260.
Napery, 44.
Legem facere, 277.
Nativa, 263.
Leporarios, 147, 164, 165. Nativus de Stipite, 251
Libra.--Librata Terræ, 63, 132. Nocata Terræ, 276.
Libras Blancas, 1934
Lierwyte, 267
Onftand, 286.
Litteriam ad Lectum Regis, 123. Oras.- Oie.-Qres, 163, 268.
Loricam, Hominem-armatum ad, Ordalian Law, 321.
159.
Ordeal Fire, ibid.
Bb
Otter-
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362 OBSOLETE AND DIFFICULT WORDS, &ca
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Oftercum, 209.
Regardum, 160.
Otterer, ibid.
Retropannagium, ibid.
Ofturcum, 164, 166.
Ruche.-Kuſca, Butyri, Ruthin,
Ouipeny, 284.
135
Ouziel, 100.
Rulbes for the King's Chamber,
Oxgang of Land, 104.
I 24
P.
S.
Panes Garcionum, 291.
Sab..Sabiæ, unum Batinum, 2954
Pannagium, Retro, 160.
Sabulum.---- Sabulonarium, 160. '
Pannetarius, 127
Saccum de Canabe, 100.
Parcum ad Averia, 122.
Sagimeo, 36
Pecunia, 293
Sagittas Flectatas, 106.
Pelf.-Pelfram.-Peltre, 285... Sagitta Piletta, 240,
Peditum, Vexillum, 69.
Saim, 36.
Pelicium de Grifco, 131.
Sain Doux, ibid.
Penicillum, gb.
Saltatorium. ... Saltatoriis, 240.
Pennies, Wart, 129.
Sanguinem ſuump emere, 271.
Perpunctum, 88.
Scaunam.-Scenam, 122.,
Pila-Piletta, Sagitta, 240. Scealfing Stole, 283.
Pharetra de Tutelbit, 105..
Scotale, 282.
Pimp l'enure, 139.
Seeke, to blow a, 308.
Pinguedinis, Tempus, 218, 240. Selions of Land, 248.
Plow-Land
Semen Yemale, 255.
Pounds of Wax, 255.
- Quadragefimale, ibid.
Pound of Land, 63.
Sengill, 308.
Præbendam, 291.
Senfas, 333
Prebendarios, 193.
Serjantiam Cachepolli, 117.
Præpofitos, 251, 355.
Efpicurnantiæ, 120.
Præpunctum, 88.
Precaria, Magna, 254,
Servitium Falcationis, 295
Precarias, 250
Seulas, 334
Precarias Carucz, 255.
Pridgavel, 225
Sextary, 133, 192.
Pryk, 97, 212.
Sextarium Vini Gariophilati, 133
Pryine of the Day, 212.
Seym, 36.
Putura, 147
Sindal, 234.
Puturam Domini, 254.
Single, 308.
Quadragefimale, Semen, 255,257 Smoke Silver.-Smoke Penny,
Quarterium Brafii, 286.
194
Quartron of Land, 273.
Snow Ball at Midſummer, Tes
Queen Gold, 180.
nure by, 243.
R.
Soke.- Sokeman. --Sokemanry,
Recheate, to blow a, 308.
224.
Rechibus,' 159
Spigurnelli, 291.
Red Roſe at Chritmas, Tenure Spinas Albas, 183.
by a, 243
Squamata Veftis, 93.
Stablis
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363
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Vambrace, 114.
Stabliamentum.-Stablitionem in
Vantrarium, 143.
Sylva, 292, 293.
Vaultre-Vautrarius, 142.
Staddle, 286.
Strigib. 59.
Veltrarius, ibid.
Veltres, 143
Striguluin, 113
Verito Menſe, 159.
Stropem.-Strepe, 221.
Vexillum Peditum, 69.
Sumarius, 163
Summa 4venæ, 98.
Vilain by Birth, 251.
Summas Virgarum, 271.
Vinariam, 59:
Vinum Gariophilatum, 133.
Swarf Money, 288.
Vini, Gruna, 134.
Syndone, 111.
T.
Vini Mues-Muta) 132.
Taiffon.-Teffon.-Teflones, 159. Virgaruin, Summus, 271.
Tak, 270,
Virgas Ferreas ductiles, 192.
Taffum (ad) furcare.-Taffandum Virgata Terræ, g6.
Virones, 175
272.
Tempus de Foynefon, 159. Uterque, rentor, 255.
Firmifon-Firmationis,
Utfangtheof, 327
W.
218, 240.
Wager of Law, 277.
Tenella-Tonella, Cervifiæ, 267. Wombais, 88.
Wanlaffum, 277,
Tentor, uterque, 255
Thiſtletac- Thrillerace-Threſtle, Ward Money, 288.
Warectam, 257
254.
Toddas Herbæ, 295.
Warth, 189.
Warth Money, 288.
Toillects, 262,
Toll, 270.
Wait penys, 129.
Wärrocks.War-ag, 170.
Tollefter, 264.
Wax, Pounds of, 255.
Trebuchet, 283.
Wayte-Fee, 70.
Treffellow Tretteau. Treteau, 170
Tribulus, 90.
Y.
Truffula Fani, 12.
Tumbrel. Tymborella, 283. Yard-Land, 96, 102, 248.
Tutelbit -- Pharetra de, 105.
Yëmale Seinen, 255.
U.
Yëine, 124.
Valectum, 86.
Yvernagium, 257
Pinguedinis, ibid.
Welters, 143
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