■'■'t- ^m i mm c'St'i^'^mse xi.Vji v -yxe i- •_ ■.. ^sfjt^' . ym . 't^ ,'ti<,^-\-;\i--Vli^.Xi;. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Research Library, The Getty Research Institute http://www.archive.org/details/antiquitiesofwarOOdugd ^yefcic^juanaialcfclum aulccJine Cuticles y) licit- et imm entered m^n -finU ^ fiii li'rnce/latts Hcilar Jeltn : et jfttlpfit- THE ANTIQUITIES -OF WARWICKSHIRE ILLUSTRATED; From Records , Leiger-Books , Ma- jlufcripts , Charters , Evidences , Tombes , and Armes: BEAUTIFIED With Maps , Profpecis and Portraidures - — . ■ •• 1 By WILLIAM VVgDALE. MANTUAN, QunBa aperk fecreta dies , ex tempore verum J^afcitur, (^ veniens letas abfcondita f audit. & LONDON, Printed by Thomas WVarren , in the year of our Lord God , M. D C. LVI. . T.^ TO MY HONOURED FRIENDS - THEGENTRIEOF W A \WI C K^-S H I %^E. H AT all things perifti by Age and time 3 or fome unhappy accidents , is a thing not to be denied ; the confi- deration whereof, hath not a little incited me to the undertaking ofthis prefenc work; which , after no fmall coft and pains , being thus finifhed, I offer unto you my Noble Coun- triemen, as the moft proper Perfons^ to wlium ii cciu be ^leieiiicU, wiierein you will fee very much of your worthy Anceftors , to whofe memory I have ere(5led it , as a S\donumentall Tillar , and to (hew in what Honour they lived in thofe flourifhing Ages paft. in this kind , or not much different , have divers perfons in Forrein parts 5 very learnedly written; fome whereof I have noted in my Treface : And I could wifh that there were more that would adventure in the like manner for the reft of the Counties of this Nation , confidering how acceptable thofe are , which others have already performed, though but brief- ly ; vi^, the Ter ambulation of K^nt^ by efcri- ption o{LeiceJlerJhie ^hv Adr. "Burton ; and the Antiquities o^ Canterbury^ by my fpeciall friend Air William Somner : To which I may adde A fhort view oS. Staff or dfhire^^ Air. Sam f- fon Erclfm\e(\3itc o[ Sandon in that Couatie)not yet publifht- a Gentleman whofe memorie is very precious in thofe parts for his great knowledge in Antiquities. What I have faid of our VVarmcl^^fhire Families,is whil'ft a 5 they The Epijlle T>edicatorie. they have been feated in the Countie; and, where I could, pointing briefly at their extradions : for to have gone farther would have been both improper , as out of my bounds , and impoflible for me to effedt , as may well be deemed by thofc that underftand what a taske it is to find out authorities for the aflerting of no more than one Defcent. Gr. at is the commen- dation that is juftly due to mod of you , for promoting this publique work ^ by fo noble a freedom to me in the fight of yourantient Charters and Evidences,which have afforded al- fo many notable difcoveries in relation to others afwell as your felves : Nor is it a little honour you deferve for that pious , though due refped:, (hewed to your dead Ancefi:ors3by repre- fenting to the world a view of their Tonibes, and in fome fort preferving thofe Monuments from that fate , which Time^ if not contingent mifchief, might expofe them to. But principally mud 1 acknowledge the fignall furthe- rance , which this Work hath received by my much honou- red Friend Sir Simon Archer Knight , a perfon indeed natural- ly qualified with a great affedion to Antiquities, and with no fmali pains and charge , a diligent Gatherer and preferver of very many choice iviciiiw*r«xi|.*o ^ ^^A ^*u^r. mfifi^c _ -n^Vipr^nf i have made fpeciall ufe , as almoA every page in the Book will manifeft. That this my endeavour will have a candid acceptance , I no whit doubt ; my principall ayme having been , by fetting before you the noble and eminent Aa:ions of your worthy Anceftors , to incite the prefent and future ages to a vertuous imitation of them;the continued welfare^and lading honour of your felves and hopefull pofterity , being the unfeigned willies , of Your mod devoted and humble fervant William T>ugdale. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE COMPTROLLER OF T^ilE' HOUSEHOLD to the late "KJ. ^(j CHA%LES^ and one of hh Majejlies mojl Honorable Trivie-ComcelL MY T is little leffe than twenty years ^ fih^ I had the happinefTe to be firft known to you , and to receive your encouragement to go on in the getting of fit materialls for the work I have now a* laft ( dirough Ciod's afliftance) though with no fmall dif- ficulty,accompli{hed-towards which I had then made fome little progrefs: wherein I ever found you fo great and conftant a favourer of my endeavours, not only by the free opening unto me your choife and coftly Treafurie of extraordinarie rarities , whereof the margents of the Book will declare what great ufe I have iTiade ; but by procuring for me , both accefte to moft of the publique Records in this Nation , and affording me the chief fupport I then had , whilft 1 laboured therein. So that, befides your great deferts ,as aprincipall A^^caw^j of learning , and more efpecially of Antiquities, wherein your skill and know- ledge far furpaffes any within the compalTe of your own Orbe (the Nobility) that I know , and therefore the more fit to judge thereof ; the influence that this work hath had from your Lordfhip, doth juftly challenge a publique and gratefuli acknowledgment , which I hope will not be wanting from all perfons, efpecially thofe that it concerns, as it hath from me , who The Efijile Dedicatorie, who with abundant thankfulneffe for thefe hi^h favours , do now prefent it to you. Had 1 been farther happy in your judicious affiftance^and advice for its fabrick and compofure , I am fure it would have appeared much more beautiful! than now it is ; but that , through your diftance from hence , by reafon of our fad di- ftradtions, could not beexpe(^ed. Such therefore as it is, I humbly offer to your Lordihip ^ well knowing that your goodnefle will accept thercof/ather as a teftimonie of my gra- titude , than any other merit ^ from Your Lordfliip's moft obliged fervant and honourer WilH^m^ugdak} -<>€ 3^ i<>G &«• ^O" -^ &^ ^^ ^<>» ^S S^ ^>£ ;^o ^>^ S^ ^hD S€» -o^ &C» «6£ Sr^ ? THE PREFx^CE. Hat the prefixing 4n TniroduStitn to thUfrefent rvork^ is as cffeutiaU as the Perch to a grater budding will not he doubted-, ifhall therefore , by way of Preface , (peak briefly o'- Hiftoric ia generdi , and then of that which may mijl properly HJler in the following Difcourfe. aC/.Wak. Icis HiHoric faith an eminent ' perjon ^ that hath given us life in our "undcrftanding ^^''^^y^ ifincethe Woild it iclf hid life and beginning , even to this day •, and carried our know- 'tfi/tHi^' IcJge over the vaft and devouring fpace of many rhoufand years , having made us acquain- e/"'** tcd^v.th our dead Anceftors , and out of the depth and darkncftc of the Earth delivered us "^**^''''* their memorie and fame, i^adas this is no little fatisfaCfion to all difcreet men^fo may it be ofmHch advantage . in regard that bj a jeriou< chfervance of the Actions that former times have produced , with thetr circttmjlances and ijfues , afar greater knowledge may be obtained, than the longefi Itfe can otherwije afford. Hence is it , that the Antients have hefiowed fuch ^ Qrd vit, pdines in this kind , m hath been long ago noted by an old Writer ; Anteriores noftri , quoth m profoio he , ab anciquis tcmporibus labentis leculi excurfus prudenter infpexerunt, & bona feu ma- ^^^f '^' !a raortalibus contingentia, prncautcla hominum notaverunt , & futuris tcmporibus fcmper ju. prodeflc volemes , fcripfa fcriptis accumulaverunt : Hoc nimirum videmus a Moyfe & Da- niele f^&um , Sec. As for the work itfelf , it is an Ijluftration of the Antiquities with which my native Coun- trie ( OTarUitcbroire } hath been honoured-^ in accemplifhing where $f , / have fpent the chtefefi of my time for m:{ch more than twenty year s^ diligently Jearching into the vaft Treafuries of pHblique Records ^beftdes a mnltttudt of Manujcripts ^ originall Charters and Evidences in private hinds ^ as the margents where they are ctted do manifef} •, therein imitating Polybius, Livie , Susron:us and Tacitus , who made fpeciall ufe of the publique Records ofiktsmt^which e^iUm ^ere preferveddt theit Ttn\^\c o\ ihiHyn\^,\% , and at that of L\hzxncin the Aventinc (jf Auf.Vin- iursinthe lowci vf uot^.H ^^ thf Rolls chiefly are. fo likewife Thucidides . and of o*"f »l .f later times Sigonius in his dc Regno Itali* , Du Tillet in that of fxmtz, dnd divers more Erroti&e tohcreof the learned Sddcn^ harhmo/l^ judiciou fly taken notice. dimpr. Nor do I want example for Dfconrfes of this kind {cil.thc Antiquities of particular Coun- ^"^'^* tries, Places, and Familcs by men of eminent leaming-^witnefs that ^/0lotjence in France '*,'** ky ■' Csfar Nortradamus:(7/ I5:f icfa {a Citie in Jt^liC )hy ' O.tovius RofTus-, eftanqut. Brd£ ] tec by G^ 1. Catd •, ofBu^f and'i£>U(X^y by Sam. Guichenon -, and very lately of^lni- '^'^' Cere ^jAntli. Smdctv^, wh hath moftexquifitelyreprefented, by curioits cuts, the cities \'^P'-'^°' Towns 5 Monafleries, Colledges , and Gentlemens Honjes of note , in ihofe parts ^fer the better ° * '*^*' ornament of his Storie. <. -.; i -»-'.-. i.. ^'"'a' Perhaps there are feme who may expeB in thismy Undertaking , that I fhould afcendmuch ' "fo." kigherwithmy difcourfe of divers Phccs and Yam\hcs than ' ' ' ' ' I have done ^ ff^fpofing it as •^^•'''•w.' : Conqueft : but to the confidera- ^,1"';^;„. J war- It. fojjtble tofpeak of the Saxons times, as th'oje fince the Norman tion offiirh fjhjlcfer , wh^t likelyhoodiherc is , that Memorialls of any thtng could be prefer- ^i-et ved , where liar 'didfo much abound : For in the time of the Saxon Heptarchie moft certain it c'!!'"*' u , that there was no little ftriving by thofe petty Kings to enlarge their Dominions , whereby di fliji, greatrvaftand Ipoil wasoccajioned: And no fooaer had King E^^bsit fubdued the Northern " '*°' • Sri tans , with thofe that inhabited Cointuall , overcome Bernulph Kin^ of ^CCCia , united "^-Hoved. lieilt, ^urrCV,ir^f South /w^Eaft- Saxons /ieofa» Authefttiqtte Writer "i who fattJf. Non paucis ante ad- •**• vcntum THE PREFACE. N. ventum Normannorumannis, Sec. Not few years before the coming of the Normans, the Clergie \rcrc content with diforderly learning , being fcarcc ab.c toliammcr cut the words of the Sacrament •, he which undcrftood the Grammar being admired of the refl. Se that it is net fuch a merveil that xve have to m$re light ofjlorie to guide us in thrfc cL'cr times^ (ti tis a wonder there is any thing at all left to hs , by reafon that learned men were exceeding fcdrce^ and that the Monafleries , which were the prefervers rf what is left to us of that kind \\cnir^-» f'jf'^^^^j"'^^ nnferie by thole barbarous people, who were gr own fo powerfnUin this Realm ^ that cr ^iJor want of good light (by reajon of the iVarrs and dtflrap.teus before Jpoken of) are Htfi.f t»S' to Jeek',\nou\phui' referring It to King Mlhcd , about the year DCCCC. which wm to- *• tfards the endof his reign ; H. Huntendon ' to King Egbert (by circHmflance ) who Ugm his [j"j"""^' '■ig of the Wcft-Saxons t' Tttf in anno Dccxx: his Law^'" ehferves , If any Eildorman were guilty of an efcape, he was to *• ^7 s"§ ^"'^'^ ^^ ^^^^^ > pcrdat fuum Comitatum , ai the old Latin tranflation hath it : So that^ had 3. there KOt been Coi;nries then^ this could not have beenfaid: Therefore what Ingulphus men- w leges iions as to thefrfl dtvifion of this Real//, into Counties and Hundreds by King ^Elficd , was iT-rf^d '^o^^'^^J^ meant of Hundreds only ^however his pen ppt : For V Viiliam />/MaJmc3l^ury,ip^» iPrnnip- meationcth the occaJJonofr^at King's (,on[fiiittton of the Hundreds only , delivereth the (ame ten f.is. reafon that Ingulpfius by that miflake doth for Cotrntics^W Hundreds hoth--'Ex " quia oc- ViLV^/i calioncBarbarorum.&c.Tfiat by example ofthe Danes the natural! Inhabitants were gree- X w.ii. tiy of fpoil, fo that no man could p^flc to and fro, in fafctic , without dcfenfive weapons 5 Malm/; a^/yr fdf therefore ordained Ctf»/«rgj, the number of an Hundred being Ten times ten. ' And' tij. not a little ohfervable ^ that before the NtrmAfts tntrsiHi ^ tbiBifhopfdteinthe Hundred- THE PREFACE. Hundred- Court , with the Lord of the Hundred , as he did in the Countie- Court with the Barl , and in the Shireevcs-Turn , with the Shirecvc — Primi igitur kdchim^ faith " Sir H. l'/j^J,f' Spelman , in omnibus regni Comitiis & tribunalibus Epifcopi •, in Rcgali quidem pala- 'concu. cio cum Regni magnatibus 5 in Comitatu una cum Coraite , & Jufticiario Comiratus 5 In ^'^"^ ^• Turno Vicecomitis cum Vicecomite 5 In Hundredo cum Domino Hundredi •• fie, ut in pro- ^ea.b.v,' movenda Jufticia ufq-, quaq^ gladius gladium adjuvaret, & nihil inconfuko Sacerdote ^qui 40. vclut Saburra in Navi fuit) ageretur. Andfo lihetvife after the Con^ncjl, till King William prohihited it , as is evident hy thefe enfuingwordsof his CMandate' tothe Dean and Chaffer (j/}lU1C0!n-,---l^ropterca mando \^^y'^„u' ®iaauthoritatcpra?cipio,utnu!IusEpircopus,vcl Archidiaconusde Legibus Epifco- m.\i:,i.\' palibus amplius in Hundredo placita teneat, ncc caufam,qua: ad regimen animarum pertiner, ad judicium fecularium hominumadducat-, fed quicunq-, fecundiiai Leges Epifcopales de quacunq^caufavel culpa interpellatusfuerit, ad locum quem ad hoc Epifcopus elegeric & nominaverit , veniat , ibiq; de caufa fua rcfpondeat , & non fccundum Uundredum , fed fe- cundum Canones & Epifcopales Leges redtum Deo & Epifcopo fuo faci ;r. Hsvobeit , hefides this dividing the Kingdom by King Alfred , as hath hcen faid , it (hould feem that he made an exaU Survey thereof , much like that which was afterwards performed by King William the Conqueror-— Tahm Rotulum , faith Tngulphus % fpeaking ot Doomef- c^^g«''. cl|(re , ano tobat toojtfte tftcrto ; ;3nQ ViZ Ucntes of cc^c ^oione , ano of fuatres ec^c one *, Ctat ^e Voifte f tie \ani^t f l)0}tD j al Cngelonoe ^nolctc ft iDH'tefn a Bokc , ano (itbe pnf t)tt B| tefs Hn t^c acrefonre ot OTcttmfnttrc tl>cr asl>ft jat fa &o tbat otir I^pnges Cttien , to^en t^at tbep rannfome f oke Sllreoi totfl to^at folhe mp^f pate , t(isp foanoe in tbtlHe SBobe, By th'u Sm-vey is evident to befeen^^what vaft po(fe(lions the Conquer our did befiow up9» thofe Normans, Britans, Anjovins, and other French that had ajfified him , the better to inter efi them in the keeping of what he had thus by (irong-hand got ; of which I fhall have oeeafion t9 mention many in the following traci, and therefore have fpoke the mtre Urgelj of it : AndfhaH b % further THE PREFACE. furthtr crave leave , conftdering how vajl a change thit Comjueji fftade , t& go on a little ii* ta^ king a breifview of the courfes then eserctfedto make a firm eJiabUfhment thereof. Andjirfifor his Criieltie to the native Englijh , 'tif evident , that he (pared not the very Clergie, impnfoning '' Scigand ArchbtflfOp of CantetbUI)' ^^^^ ^^ died^^tvith many others ; de- liM.P^if. grading divers Abbots, vpajlingthe lands of WolAan Btfhop of ^Olit^ityWsiUcT Bijlyop of M7 b'^jo ^SCCf OlD, and Frethric Abbot of^. BlbatlS •, compelltng manf ofihe Nobtlitie and others to for fake ' the Kingdom -^forcing divers , afrvell Priefis as Lay men ^ driven '' out of their po(]ef- SR.Ho- ftons^ to betake ' themf elves to Woods and Deferts , where they rvere conflrained u live as Sa- v;d /". -uages , whereby there was jcarce '" a great man left ^ all forts of men being reduced to fttch mi' ' VI Pa- /-op«ia not in the battail , with much arvd earned fuit had obtained favour froai their new Lords , camcf. though without hope that their Children fhould fuccecd therein 5 and at length their ^capi'r.^' fons began to retain thofc pofTcilions at the will of the Lord : but after a while they became * Gcrv! odious to them , and were driven away every where from their cftates 5 neither was there Tiiburien- any man that would rcftorc what he had fo taken from them: So that the Natives being fKittdm- thus defpoiled of their fubftance , and hated , made a common romplaint to the King; *"'' whereupon advifing with his Councell,he decreed, that what they could obtain from their Lords, either in confideration of any merit or fervicc , by lawfull agreement, they fhould enjoy to themfelves without interruption, but by way of defcent they Hiould challenge no- thing : which, with what difcreet confideration it was provided ^faith mine Author) is ma- nifeft enough, cfpccially becaufe by this means , they were thenceforth for their own fakes bound to ftudie all obicquioufneffe to their Lords , as to the purchafing of their favour^for none of this conqucr'd Nation./4/r^/^f,did polTefl'c any thing which fcemed tobehisown by right of Defcent, but what onely through his deferts, or by agreement he could obtain. But befdes thefe ways of high opprefjienjie wanted net divers fubt He devices tofecure his do- wtmon. t H.HKHt. Firfl by building t ofCaflles infundry parts of the Realme : Then to prevent tumults Jn the f.xii.h.l. j^iglii feafon not only dif arming the native Fnglifn •, but caufng * a Bell to be rung in every r* , fartfb , at eight of the clock in the evening , at the found whereof every one was to cover their Vi'l.nisi. Fire andgotoref.--'-\x.tv!\ ut fcrociam populiadotium perducerct, omnibus armaademit An%i- {faith Polidoie) ff atuitqi ut quifq-, paterfamilias vcfpcri , circiter horam oftavam pofl me- fflowftu. j.jj-jj^ ^ jg^Q cineribus ignc dormicum iret •, & ad id fignum vicatim dari voluit per campa- nas , id quod etiam nunc fervatur, & Normanice vulgodicitur ColJEtfCU. And inthat year tin.vit. in which he triumphed, faith' 1,1. Parif, he took with him feme of the Englifh Nobility into Mb. p. 47- jpioiUianDtC , and married than to Norman Ladies ^ and in like fort did he marry divers Eng- f i/v of ^H^ women to his Normans • continually ' loading the people with heavy Taxes , to the end they the'?. might have enough adoe in bufjingthemfehes how to live, rather than to have anf^eifire t* Voi>". fjy f,p commotions. Moreover ,for the better new-moulding them , he intrtmuced ' hither , the Skfohn Norman fafoion in making Conveyances andGrantS;\\z. by Deeds fealed with wax^whereas be- Heyward forc , they were tefnfed with Crofes^ and ftibfcribed by thofe which mere prefent ; caufing the f-'^** Laws of ths Lar.d, Statutes of the preceding Kings ^ and all Pleadings to be written in the H:^^/"s'ii. V'Ct'nchtongue. Nay, to the end that the Englijh Langujge might in time wear out of ufe ^he b.yi.io. took care that the¥icr\chf])OHld be taught in Schools •, as alfo in writing appointed that the French Fafhiony^o«/«^ be imitated : And for the better accomplifhment of his defigne , intro- duced the termcs of VixwViVt^^ Hunting, Tennis-play, Dice, and other faflimes in that Language, " SD^ilS THE PREFACE. ^o;mana ne coteoc fpec^e then but here atocn rpeclje , fiat iFrant^e as tljaf oio at ftoom ftcre c^flojcii D(De alfo fecfte ; w r*^p> s f. V Rob. Clou:. J7 •^. ^0 ttat be 55 men of tftf s lonoc, tftat of fterc Olooe conu ^oloen al t^Hue fpectje t^t titief of \)zm name , iF«j (f a man can no jr rancljc men telle of ftetn rp|t IfSe ; But lo men bolocf ij CJngKOi ftcre bpnoc fpet&c jttc ; 3 iDcne fn t&c ioojloc m in lonse nctbcr (Ilountrfc nouc , JC^af ftcnc tiolscttj ftfssbfnoc fpec^c b'jt Cnselonoe note one, ]^ men toote \dcU to tonne botb sooo l)(t i^ ; 5fO) t^emojcmcn cornie , tt)C moje tt^et benioojtlbi 31 Vd:0> iVrf^r /^tf f-fl^r En^lifli were fo hamhleJ ^ that thcj rvcrc g 'a J to imitate •"■' the Normin; , ^v.-M p^.' tven in cutting their hair , andfhuving their beards 5 and to conform ihemfelves to the fiijhion '■''"w vi'. ef their n(xv Maflers in their very cups and difhes, f!!^'^''^^' for the order andmethode of this prcfsnt work , T hxve followed the Rivers ( as the mojk Jure and Ltjling marks ) where they lye proper for mj cowfc '^ and fomsiimes have taken tay Oitme front thofe great and well knswn Roman ways ^ viz. -^SSXiIMw^kUZH ^ni jfalie; which thwarting es:h other upon the borders of this Co'tntie^ extend themfelves many miles, through it, or AS a boitndarie thereto. And whereas the Hwrx'i'ccd'i are (0 few.^andthe]\Jwixi^\vitb their br inches very mnaj , I have taken each HjnJred bj it felf : Fo'lowi'^^ w'iich co/cfc , / firfi begin with 2^^0i\^as it enters the Shire at CltftOll in the Korth-Eafi , following till it goes eut at ^\ViOi^in the South Wefi -, dividing the Wooi-hnd (for fo that part of the CoiiSf tie lying North thereof is called) from the FcUon , difcottrfingin order of the Town: , as they lye adjacent thereto , or neer thofe petty (Ir earns which run into it ; beginning always with that wherein the Church is feated ^and then proceeding with the (ever all fma'l Hamlets or places of note , whether depopulated or, otherwife ^containedwithin the finte lUnj}) •, fctting forth a jii:- ceffion of their antient polfeiJors -, by which therife^ growth, continuance -And decay of many Fa- milies^ with their moft memorable actions are rnanifcfled. And have alfo ader»ei it with thofe Armes and Pid:ures of many eminent per fans in their times, which being antientlyfet up in the nindows offeverall Ch-irchcs and Hmjes , did conti- nue till of late. And that there rmy want nothing conducible to the honour , afwell of the F ami- lies long fincc cxtinB .^ as thofe that remain , I have to m^ utmofl: preferred their very Monu- ments and "SitmoxhXhjet remaining -^following the Example therein ofthefamo:s4 Ssrtorins Ur fatus in his Monumenta Paravina -., well knowing of what high and venerable efieem fuck -x hnr Pa- things were with the moft civill people of the world; tnfo ruHcb m amongfi the Ro:7n>is^the de- '■'■■| "'• facing and violation of them was purii(l)ed ' by great pecuniarie Fines , cutting off fiands^ Ba- \^^lll nifhrnent; nayfometimes by Death, according to the m erit of the tr.tnf7re[furs : cJl-foJl of which, fohXrch- thrtugh the pious rcfpeci of the immedtate heirs, or neerefl relations to thofe their wjrthj A, ice- "^^'t^-'" jlers \ and to their lafling memorie) are reprefentcd -^excepting fuch Plates , whereof, the per- %.^'liZ' fons therein mentioned by particular Infer tpttons, partly out offomefpeciall refpeei to thofe that r L-'- they have thus memoriz^ed , and partly as an ornament to the workj have born the charge. '"^''f . ^t" And excepting thefe three in p.iZZ.\9%,and ■j'i^.of the followingworkya (i)ofth: Hjg- '"'^"'''' * ioxd% and?,cmioQ^ , Lords of ^[X^it^iZ.tnterred iothe Collegiate Church at t^iCoo'Cn >T/» ef great note in their days^ as by my difcourfe of them in that pi. ice appear eth) whofe line all heir and fricce(forin that eflate is H:nry Beaufoe now o/(0inrcotC Efijutre. (i) of 'Chow is Sp.M- fcr latt tf/^(Cl.?r03i] Efquire > perfon of much eminencie in this Shire in his time , and for his large 4nd noble Hofpttalitie the honour of all thefe parts) whofe great grandfon and heir male, afwell ashy adoption , is Sir Tfiomis Spenfer wa; of p^mxmm Com. Oxon. Baronet j),. AndthatofSirKxchltd Bmghim Knight , one of the reverend fudges of the King's Bench Vmp. H. 6. who Ueth buried at s3^iDlC£0!t,JV/>j& the Ladic Mirgaiec his wife , daughter a-iJ coheir to 5/r Baldwin Frevill c/c tmtDOUl)'Crf/?/f Knight , and widow of Sir Hugh Wil- lon^hhy Knight. From which 5'/> Hugh W Margaret is 5/> Francis Wiiloiighbv «flivo/ ^'<-^\ltm Knight defcended , po([e(fing that LordfJfip as heir to her. Which three lafl ■Mo- numents had (Iconfefl'e) been omitted , could I have doubted that the per fons here mentioned (confideringfuch their relations, and the eflates theyfo enjoy ) would have refufed the prefer- vation of their memories by a fmall charge to the Graver ; as thefe following are for the very Jdmereafon ,4ndno other, as is well known , viz. (i) cfthe Temples at © iffct , whofe heirs Atidfuccefors in that eft ate there, are Sir Richard Temple Baronet, and the Lady Vifceunteffe b 3 Baltinglafic. T HE P REFACE. Baltinglaffe. (2) of KkhitdMuvdcn Efquire , at ^t^%t(ir\'-^^%t\\ ^tvhofe fole daughter and heir is the Ladte Harvey , widorv of Sir Stephen Harvey Knight of the Bath ( 3; of Sir Edward Ferrers df JSaDncp-Clinron , rvhofe heir is Henry Ferrers E(quire ^ now Lord of that place (^) ^ndofSir Edward Dcvereux Knight and Baronet^at%^m]n-sXz'Qttnm\^- \)in\i"'hofc grandfon and heir is theprefent Vifcount Hereford. of theKdigious Houfes , Hoipitalls and Chantries (thofe ftgnall CMonumcnts of ottr forefathers Pictie) fhavefljervedtheir Foundations^ endowments^ and continuance, with their dilJoliitions andrttine ^which gave the greate'i blow to Antiquities that ever CStiglanD had, by the dcflructton andjpoil of many rare Manufcripts , and no fmall number of famous Monti- ments. And to the end that my di(courfe ofthejeverall places ^may be the more perfpicuoHS , taking X It P «- notice of that exceSefit exprejfion of'^f^xlii Montanus,viz.--Si cnim abfq-, locorum obferva- H(« 'deier- tio""-^ I'^s geftic narrentur,aut fineTopographix cognitione Hiftorice legantur,adc6 confufa rasan£ii. atq-, pertur'oataerunt omnia,utex iis nihil non obrcurum,nihi] non difficile clici poffit,//&4x'tf drarvyi exact Schemes of the fever all Hundrcds-jrvherein,bcfides the r edifying of divers places^ which fl and amifjc in the or dinar ie Maps, are infertedmany that were hitherto omitted^fixing them according to their direct flations as alfo the depopulated Villages, and other places of not e^ fvhireof there is mention in the following work; extending the Rivers ncerer their eriginall hc'ads, and adding fundr J petty flreamlets , heretofore not taken notice of by our Geographers. In etymologizing the names of Towns and Places , / have not been over- bold, becaufe mofl of them hadtheir origtnall denomination fromthe'Qntins , or Saxons-, and that Time hath much varied the anttent name , bycontra^ing it for the more eafe in pronunciation , or in fame fort altered it from what it was atfirft , as is evident in moji of them : Nor fhould / have adventured thw far , had 1 not received much light from that learned Gentleman Mr. William Somner c/CsntCtblU)' , my fingular friend^ unto whom I cannot attribute enough a ^m'K^.oi fgy. IjI^ ^y^^f knowledge in Antiquities, and thofe commendable works ^ which he hath ^ already u^'^'^fr'i puil'P^cd' ,andisncw taking fains in. eclair Much variation there is, I confefs, in the names offundry places and per[ons,which perhaps ' fi 'P-, may caufefome doubt of my caretherein : hut in that I have been very curious,having Records, ]^"f "^* or other authentique writings for my author it ie , which I thought much more ft to follow , than 1654. to deliver the names as the) are now written. c Di(l.s.ix. i^nd as my chief aime hath been to itluflrate the Antiijititees ofthii countie,jo mtifi i defire Anglo L.H. Readers to objcrve , what intricate parts I have walkt in , ts make good that undertakings fcil. the whole feries ofpttblick Records, and a multitude ofantient andobfcure Manufcripts , as the references to them dofiew : for the belter nnderftanding whereof , becaufe the narrownejje of my Mar gent hath confined me to fucr- brevitie , / have added afiort Scheme adjoyning to my Index, which willpLtinly demonfirate what thofc pieces of words , and Jingle Letters do mean , with notice where the {aid Records and o^^ tnujcripts were , when I had the perufall of them. ,^ rid, whereas I have cited, nothingio give tefttmonie of the Churches Dedications, that what I have faid therein of them , is from divers old Wills, Teftaments , andother authori- ties in the Regiflries of the Bifljops of£oM£mn ^~ HidlfiElD , and QSiJojCi fttT , which to have inflamed particularly could not well be donejn regard they were all in loafe parcells. And moreover it is to be noted,that tofuch or fuch parts of the fedegrees where no quotation at all is entred, the proof to make them good,will appear in the hifloricill part. And laflly, that the pafjaTes of later times are obvio ". to the prcfent age wherein we live , or have been delive- red to mefromperfons of credit , unto whom they were certainly known. Perhaps it will be expected, that I fhould have deduced my Storie of the Places and Families, to this pre fent year, fcil. 16^6. But as of that there is no great nece(fttie ,in regard whatfjever is memorable of them cannot be unknown to many obferving men ; and may much more freely » a-nd without danger of exception , be fpoken of by the next generation-, fo mufl I plead mine own dtfabilitie to perform it j partly by reafon that fome , who had the cuflodie of our pnblick Records .were over-curiotis in vouchfafing a view of fuch things which concern the lafl age,dee- jninT it an hinder ance to their profit ^that ought p)Ould be made publick in that kind; and partly inregardthatjome Gentlemen , doubting thatthe fight of their Evidences rrdght expofe their eflates to he qucflioned , have been nice in yielding thereunto. And 'tis not unlike that fome, but tor the moft part the younger branches of many Families, may think themf elves neglehed , be- ciufe their Dcfcents and Matches are not memorized in this work , but to the greatefl part of thefe,lcan ver) jufllyfay , that I had no exa£l kntwledge of them, nor fit means to accomplifJf it, which is (T hope) aftifficient K^pologie, of the Incumbents to Ecclefiaflicall Benefices , Iconfejfe there is net In this work , *n exact fucceflion , divers being emitted.whereef fome,which men now living, knew : But the reafon is eafilygivenyviz. the neglect of the Bipiop's Secretaries, to record their Infiitutions; which hath never T HE P R EFACE. ficvcr.beenfogredt as in this UJi Centt4rie -.for tojttch a height rv.ts it grervn , within our oxsn time ^ tf}At notmthflandingamy.e Fees were reicfued in confidentton thereof , (hey feldowe kept a Paper- hook for that purpofe ^ h'^tat be (I , rmde a brief note of it upon the Injirumcnt of Frefentation, which being Jlightlj put on a File , rvasfoon .ifter broke offhand loji. Nor of the Abbots , Abbeffcs ^and Priors , is then any ferfelf Series , in regard that the Bifhops Regtfiers have noted but fe^ of them , and that other Records are therein , for the moflfart ftlent. And now to conclude this Preime^ I fhall farther advert ife my Reader J hat though the foL lowing Work feemeth by its Title to relate meerly to this Coimtie •, neTjerthelefs there are jome Dejcents, and much that is hijloricall , xshich doth not a little concert) many Families in other farts ^ for af much as not a few Lordp^ips in it are pojJe(t by fuchperfons , whofe refidenee is elfe- where , and that matches of heirs female , either hither or from heace , have been fo (req'tent. K^ndit is no leffe confidcrable , that divers difcourfes therein are of general! importance , a'o matter of knowledg,p0inting out the originall or antianitie of fever all things wh-reof mofl men ■perhaps are not as yet fo far informed-^ kil. of Pariln;s , Confccrarion , and Dedication of churches , Fcafts o-ffuch their Dedication {called Wakes) Mcrcates - iLCCt, flicwcch that there was a Court here be- (I'o-.Eq. longing to the Kings Juril'diftion, for part of the Country thereabouts ; the Towns and Villages there mentioned to be within the fame , being thefe. Let a de Brink.!ov:>, LallcfojD p.irzvi. CDosfojO. 315rolDncs tnatjcrc. j^euton «v/^ CUfton. Cftarc&toatjerc. Ce- ttcr=U)at3ctc.MaUon wrr.- MkWs. jjiranl^am- f.mui. papUngton. jjicubolo. & S>trctton , CBftuntoi&ull WkfMt. ^pbcfofte.KprbcWewo- ji.if /^'O' "^ . 3i5jobbarff . Coptton »*^;or. &fre- taroetton. Mbpttcb;oke. ^opefojD. 0nffpe. 3I5amat»lg^t. g»buUon.Copttoii p^jrz/^.OToltjept Burton. ^x^ixlf^Vi.^ixtii^n-Baskerviie. ^iDe. 2l5ramcotc 11 for fXof.P.rfc" murther in* 21. 24. & 29. H. 2. and in i.R.i. lifdemnn. howbcit, in 8.E. 3. they are both under_ the ti- tle of Leta and not Hn-fid. as I have iaid be- fore in BjUlbloto. Yet it fecmes that &tanlef continued the name of a Hundrcdlongcr than i^erfOll; for in / 7-E. i.it is called i///;;^.tanlcp. The particular Towns and Villages in each of them , I have here infened ( as in BrfltfelOiD ) out of the faid Roll of « 8. E. 3. Let a de Alert art, ?^otJCn^uU lLoDb?ofec. JRosbarne, ^outftam. apton, gibuUcburgli p.-'''-.i?l£tbenbo, ©illolf= Ijatncotc, I'Jctljcrcotc. ©rcttbiirgft, 5Holfcotc, CalD£COtc.S>alc0bjugge/i2(lllplebi0.?iCJningtoii- f/.-r/n?;."' . l^ull .'iSraoUJcll ,^crDctDtk.l]5urtbmg- barp,§>toctbn,&tonpt&o?pc,S5afcotc.arlcp,&lo. lep,3tcbfnston.''>^?'!. ^crton, ci;fl)Ojpe, ^0 nfnaftam, ffiKapenburp. S»tretton fi^per SDunC- jhojc jPranUton 5!5utton,2DrattDtcl)3lc. 3!tcI)ttigfoiT.E/)//"c-ap/,eubolo-c'«w'«, r^ult)crtoii, (2;i)muf= cofc iiuHfngton, CtAfngton, ©Heaon wxta VltX\iZ\zv , ^obcnftulU livpton f'/p^r SDunf- moje, mJl)itfeenef«hundred, I muft leave the difcovery thereof to others, having no guefs whereabout it fliould be. So much therefore fliall liifiice touching the ^tinDjCB0,which are not now in being. And be- caufe it will fall out that I muft begin this work with iSnfg^lOtD-hundred, I fliall therefore here fliew what I have met with thereof. Of iSnigfjtlotD-fttmwcD. I Shall not need to enumerate the Towns and Villages which it now contains,the Map fav- ing me that labour. The firft mention I find in Record of it, is in ' 1 5. H. 2. where the Sheriffe accounts ^cfit.^ol.fre^lacitis conceUtis ; and there it is called Sifiefocha de ^fiuchtelaiva, thofc of C^ftls ton, and ^amelt&ljU, having there the fame title of Sipefocha. The word " Sccha , by Expofitors, fignifying a free Court,, where Pleas of Debt, c"ovenant,Trefpa(re, Detinue, cJ-f.are held; but for the firft Tillable Sips , I rather fuppofe it fliould be ^U^C the Saxon letter ji (which was in ufelong after theConqueft ) being miftaken for p , and theh if fo (and that Mr. Lambert's expofition of the word^ft^CCttttDman to beLf^^- lis homo, or MiUtaris homo, be right ) it will not be improper to interpret Sithefrcha, to be Curia libera Icgalittm homiyiumSox the Hundred Court, we know,isK//«J fra»c.pleg. as we com- monly terme it. And if it be taken in the fenfe oi Mtlttariiim honiimim, it agrees well enough with the nature of that meeting ; for to this day in fome Counties they are called tSIKapentac'S from the touching of his fpeai-e who had the' goverment of the 'JKH'spCBtac afligned to him by the principal fort of men that did aflociat with him; as Mr. C^tmbden (fpeakingof ©2IapentaC'0) obferveth out of the Laws of St. £^ir^rdf. lnK.Johns time I find it by the name of » Hi!». red.de Chnitelorve to anfwer XL. tMarc. de fir- t Ret. P. 16. H. I. H{ IJ.h. vo- cal, le quire de VoiiCfc in Scac. X Lib. riibi ma. In the account of iVilUam Lu[cy ( Shiriffe of the Shires of ^^rw. zndLeicefi. ) 21 H. 3. it is thus recorded. De firma de Knifielawe XL, M. De auxil, vice com. ejufdem JJu^dredi XV. I. De franc .pleg.e]fifdem'HuKdredi IIII. l.XL.d. De warth ei»fdem Htiadredi XIII s. IX, d. Simma XLVI I. Xs. V.d. Andamongft the Prcfentments • made by the Hundreds before the Juftices Itinerant 4. £. i. there is one from this Hundred,the title whereof is, Hund, de Kftyhtelawe. In P 1 1. £. I. It was found by Inq. that the hi huga de di verjis Inqnif. pC' nes Thef, Cir- earner, Scac, p la baga di Ragman penes Tbef. & earner. Scacc. i i ^^ lb. r d r t Hmi'Jpv .*%.X,1^'-.... o^^' ■: o^iU/,,- The Mapp KNIGHTLOW HVNDRED . I£ e lu I i 11 g to r a II u n d. E e cL - / 2;^^ tSjiUtoit p A. R T or ■\ •■■■■ L,-y.".- •,.,••■..'.— 7— "v: ' . % » » ^.^'^is . 'ft»-«y '.:' CUJil„ a U'Jien O ^ h: :j K n dvk.5m:ori. ulvth jrlw:^^ ^ / I PART G,«^^^, :y,,A.;p. 11 ti d r e cl TKe iS'raie of MiLc, "V/ y^/^^r/urr jfe -f HB^ lidtm^iun iSbixthat ctva u.-j^MLCi>tt aa V \ j^Q }? X tr A Al p ^yfrji-j :*^-jY».»/"/.:^ / I? II I E. r. o r ' • Sh/i^pjrvaan TON d jrJ^mCEiSHI'RE ILLUSTRATED. j flight- law. q EX tp[a ptTifi Re- mciti' Re- g's. r Koi. Tin 4.£. ?•'«•! The Hun- the Hundred ot iitiptelotD (lo thenic was written) drcd of vvas yearly worth XXIX. I. X(^II. s. laving to the ^hcrift" his two Turnes by year ; and that Richard de Streno»,v:h\]Ahe lived, paid yearly for the lame XXIX. I. X^H. s. to the Kings Exchequer. Upon Inquifuion? taken 9. £- 2. by vertue of the Kings Precept, (amongft other things.) to certify how many and what Hundreds there vv-ere ; what Cities, Boroughs, and Towns, err. and who were owners of them ; It is certificd,that the Hun- dred ollinpt^latoe was then intheKings hand .And in 4.£. 3 . the King by his Pat. ' dated at MCftm. ^.jAn. granted the Bayliwick of this Hundred ddettov°iletto(Ho EdmnTido de Shire ford, to his wclJ-bcloved Eiquire Edmu^jd Shireford, to hold during life ; paying by the hands of the Shiriff, for the time being, the antienc /erm thereof, ac- cording to the Statute in that cate made. But, fincc that time, finding little thereof memo- rable,! fhall here adde a Lift of thole Towns,with- inthe precinftiofit, which do yet owe lute to this Court, maoiaon unUngtonilcmfngton^ Ha- /?<«»? ,pjfttce tboipe. l^opsfojoiloobjofee. 'iKafa* bcnWlllBurDfngbtirp.&^lton.ffiarnaclc. j>aptom ^tretton f»per-^anUnoit , Uaofojo-^^wf/c^y . ISourton. SD>a?totc, IBjomcote. C^urc&-^t)et. ZMcAtW in paroc ha de Sl^HnyiSiii^V- A word or two now c^" the place, whence it takes the name, which is a Tumult, or little heap of earth, ftanding on the brow of the Hill upon the great road-way leading from COt)0nfre to- wards lonBon, as you enter upon E>tWlmO?e- heatb, commonly callcd!ftn<8Wl0to-hil!,or i^ntg^t- lOto-croffe, the latter Syllable JLOtoe (as we now pronounce it,)butanticntly and more truly BlStoB, fit'nifying a little Hill ; and lo Mr. Camhden, in his Remains obferves, that the Scots who border neareft todlglanOdouie the word in that lenfe to this day. Thatthere3LOtoe0. or artificially raifed heaps of Earth, were antiently made to cover the Bodies of luch as were flain in the field, in the time of the Romans ,we have the tcftimony of Tacit w, where he makes mention of Varus ' his overthrow in d&Srmanp ; and oi Gexmanicm (who is there cal- led Cit.{ar) his comming to the place of that flaugh- Vldc etum tcr, and finding the carcades unburied. .jaittir %omamii qm aderat, excercittu (faith he) fextum pofl cladis annum trinm legionam of- fa, ntilh mfcente altenas reliqiiiaf an fiiorum hit- pto tegeret, omnes ut eonyin^os, ut eonfttngHtKCos, auUa in hoflem ira, mxfii finml Q-r infenfi con~ debant. Trtnmm extrttendo tumnlo cefpitem C&- far pyfiiit gratifflmo munere in defm^os & pr£- fentihu doloris focim. Thefe laft words imply- ing, that every Souldier brought his turf, or turfes to the raifing of a T«?»«/««, according as his rel- pe^ft was to the defunft ; and that germanicm himlelf laid the firft,as eminent perfons have ulcd to do the firft ftone in the foundation of fome no- table building. And that this coutfe in covering the Bodies, not oncly of fuch as were llain in the feild, but of o- thers, was alio very antiently ufed by the Danes and other Northern Nations,! fhall here exhibite the teftimony of Olans Wormitu ; who, now in our age hath brought to light the old Cymbrike antiquities ; and, amongft other things, touching , . the antienc Danifh Butialls, hath thefe words Inummum x/ib' anti^ms Epochal qna[dAm, afepeUendi pxn.p.^o, ritihfi apnd(eptentriimaUsintrodu[iaf ejfe accept; f.4y. s T.uiti Ainal. lib. i.cap.6i. Cumbd. intt. in Wiltf. qnicum variifuerintt ilU qitoque, eorum habttk ratione^[ubini'e mHtabantttr. Sic entns membrana mea M S, tres numerari [olent homir.nm &tates, quA ab Inferiarum modo deKomin.itionent acce- perunt. Vrtma KOffOlD. Secanda f^OfgolO. Tertt.t CWttCnOOm'S OlD./V/w/'r;<; emm defunctis yifl.t foluturijincampo pl,ino juxta viam regtam, anc defuyiBi prsdium ftto, circum rati magttitudinis lapidtbw eformabant, oblongum tamen, viginti quAndoqi'.e orgyarum longitudinc, latitudins tn- Km : In hoc defunBi cad.iver cremabant ; cineres colleU-os urnis includebant, ac in tirci meditallta locates grandioribus tindique fiipabant faxis,ft*~ perinieUo faxo altquo latiore quo c^trra tegerent. Hinc totam aream lapidib us, arena, glebaque ter- reBri replebant, ac in formeim monticu/i colleni dejtiper attellebant, qnem demum cefpitibus tege- bant, fit viridttatefu.t oculos pnetereuntiani recre- aret. Hxc fepultura Jl{,7 "Duvjes in his Diftionary cxpcun- dcth it, and fo by contraftion be pronounced lalSCjis not improbable ; for fo it cxpreflcjh the fame that tumulus with theantients did. '\am cr terra cot:geflio ^Hfcr ojfaTumulus dicitttr, as we read in the moft learned and antlent Commenta- ry of 5fr't///0 upon f'V^/'/'s h'l.^neid. ver. 22. And we know well that the word Ttimltu fign'i- fieth the fame that Sepulchriim cr monnmen'.itm doth ; and yet not properly from the very nature of the word, but by a Metonymie. And that the Britidi word iLlC^au might proceed from the La- imchcctre, is alio likely enough, forafmuch as it isapparent'*, that the Romans did, by kind and mod infinuacing praiies, make the old Brittans overftudlous of diejr language and cuftoms. Adde hereunto, that the Romans calling the places wherein they layd the bones of the bur- ned corpfcs /oc///o-f, as it is clear a Iccundo, znA that the BntifliUogClis the fame with hc»lM,znd itwillnot ieem unlutable, that they may have taken their word, vvhofe cuftomc of interring they imitated or cxprefled. And then, that t\K Saxons comming after, who frequently changed the vow- els, ind fferently ufing the C for ii, and the like, exprcffed the verb logfait alfo, for collocare, or compo>iere,a.sv;e fee Aiarc.i.x^ It may very well be, that both Latine, B itifh, and Saxon are all derived from the fame Greek Fountain, iceing x(;«, asicfignified many things with the ancient Greeks , fo it was often uled for c:tbarc facio. >>«y«« alfo doth often fignify fw^(?,j.i*e}i,lc-[itn ; our Dutch ICggCil ni- Ifggcn, ]icere , leger,flratiw>,C!tbile-^ as allu UcljaU, logialt, lO ghs. &c. But forafmuch as in things at this diftance from us, by reafon of their antiquity, wc cannot go u|;>on very abiolutc certainties, I will adven- ture upon another, and, in my opinion, more like- ly conj.ifture, Eusiunj, as we find in Pompeiris Fefim, prcprie dicit.'ir locus in quo mortuus efi conibujhis, QJ- fe- pitlttu ; diciturcjue buftum, quafi bene Uitum. iTfrt'/wi like wife, upon the 185. vcrfe of Vtrgil h\s Y.\. fy£neid: maketh this dirtindlion. Fyra tfi (ignvruM congeries. Rogus, ejuum ]am ardere caper it, dicitur. Buffum jam exuftum "vccatur. It is therefore not unlikely that the Ancients, in imitation of the word buflum (which fignified the place where a man was burnd and burycd) made their word lOtDC trom logo. For illuftrationthere-l fore of this Etymologic cbfcrve, that, not onelyl lej or lij, but lo3;e alio fignified a flame, as it fhould feem from ^\JJ or ^^■v^jf.t.mma, the initiall y: being here taken away, which fometimes is ad- ded; as when the EnglifhflanfeC is made out of the Tcuconike lanfee. 1 will noc alleage here the Britifh word llolg, incendium, ujho, and Uofgf , U- rere ; for they may feem too much different : but I do refer my felt to che oldGothike Monuments, in the which, logC fignifieth a flame. Willeramtts aAbbAs in his Paraphrafis alfo upon <:^p.8.ver.tf.oftheC^»r/r/f/,u!cthlog5on,andUng- j^Oninltead of (Sr^^ifrf, flammam emirtere. Thoie likewi'.e who,3sye; in 5Ff{flsn& Jo entertain their antient Country language, call the flame lOC^ett^.- yeaalmolt all the other low-Dutch call a fired liraw bunch co dry their vcffcls wichall by the name of lOCfttCf • Of this loje therefore, which anciently fignified a flame, commeth lotDe^«/«/>,', without doubt ; even as the word laU) is corrupted ou: of the old Saxon laju, lex. and as the word niaU) ismade of majaj/cwrfc^^^. And that it was fo, I am much the more confident , when I confidcrjthat in theNorthern pares of CnglanO, as alfo in Scotland, where the vefligia of our ancient language, the Saxon, are mofl to be found,' the flame of any fire is called loUJ0 to thi<: day ; the common people ufually faying,thac t^efirelOtO'S, when it blazech or flameth : confonant wher.'unco IS that of che before Ipecified Bifhop of j^Dntt^Cl in the laid tranflation ,oiVirgtU 00 hmg iiaf i^nttfl bfn{)pnt0 on t^ere gpGs apoiin {\)t '^Mms foj t^c facrificc 2El)C clctf t^Dffi tljc Djp ivxt bjanDfff SXix])Wcz t^at airo bp l^er faoer SanDis liatjftita tl)c inaiD f)ts Douc^tcr fare, 0ncfelcotl) tt)ing tofc fn^ir l/ars 3lt ftmpt tbc ^afc fprc binoaitt b?fcW, anD/^r gap clcftljfng all toftft lov^is IftW C^anglcteanD fpcrbillanD birnup fli aneblefd J^ffl rpal trc(r<0 inflamWf , &c. Now for the word Tumulm, it may very well be derived, either from cumulm, which fignifies a heap, or from the \exhtuMeo, to i'well j for it is taken promiicuoufly, not onely for a place of fepulture, but any rilmg ground, as in xii. i/£neid. ——£[ tumulum caput ,6cc,—tumHli<]ue ex aggere fatur. Nor is it unlike, but that thefe Tumuli have bin inflead of Altars to Sacrifice unto the Ghofts of che dead, as the fame r/r^// bears witnefs, Et ftatuent tumulum, & tuwulo folennia mittent. VVe alio obfcrve, that there was Sacrifice offred to thole Ghofts upon Tumuli which were plac'c at a great diftance from the party deccas't , as we find likewilc in the before mentioned Authour, •tumulum Khetso in littore inanem confiitui. And y4Wro»Atr/;bii4 obvtus ejfet. Andthis was thefafhion of thcfe Monuments in J/owfr's time, even for the moft famous peilons, which may be tak:n notice of in many other pla- ces ; as that whereof he makes mention in the 5: yer,i$6, third Book * ><«uTBe ye?""- I Anno And a little after, another, no?,»»«ej?/«r,» Mi/e/'mf, which is there called a high Hill. As aifo in the 55. Book, whe-^ein he feems to give notice, that that manner of Buriall was in fafhion long before ihe Trojxn wars : for Nestor calls that rihng ground, of which he forewarn'd his Son Antilo- chus in his chariot-race, the monument of fome man dead long before ; which agrees to that au- thority, likewife which we find in the laft Book of the Iliads in the Burial of Hetlor ; SttHmulum [axis ingentibHs undiqtie firmant^ j4jft!Kdur.tqHe fufer terram. Now, it is agree'd upon by the bell of Authors, that not oncly the Grecians, but moft of the Ea- flcrnNarions borrowed their Philofophy , their ways of Sacrifice, and Buriall from the t/^gjftf- ans, and, very probably, this cuftom amongll the Tcft ; clpecially having fo noble a pattern as thofe much fam'd Pyramids were;whLch no man doubts to have bin the Monuments of fome of their King?. And that this fafliion did continue till Virgil's time, hisdiftich upon Balifta will verify. Monte fab hoc lapidum tegitur Balifta ]epulttt:, &c. Awordortwo now, touching the burning of dead Bodies , in regard it hath bin obferved by fome judicious perfons , who have dig'd to the bottrm of divers heaps of earth which are called 3LotoC0,efpcciallyon Cngleb? heath in SDCtbj?- fhire, that there have bin found burnt Bones and Charcole there. So aUb at 3Lilbarne in j^OJ- t^amptOll (hire, as 'h\x.Cambdcn obferveth ; and in /the r.le of ^ait , feverall Urnes with the like burnt Bones and Coal. There is a remarkable place mPlifiie, out of which we learn, that it was not an ordinary or ufuall thing amongft the anticn: Romans to burn their dead Bodies: yea, that divers great families never did it ; but, that it was moft ufed about them, who dyed in an expedition of a remote War, amongft enemies thirfting after an inhumane and hoftile revenge. The cuftom it felf, and the reafon thereof is fet down by ?/««/> in the 54. Chap, of the VI I. Book of his Naturall Hiftory. • jpfum cremate apud %oma/ios non fuit -veteris inflituti . terra condebantt'.r. At pojlquam longin- (]nis bellis obrutos ertti co^mvere,ta)JcinflitHtum. Et tamen multd familis prifcos [ervavere riti!s,fi- CHt in QorneUa nemo ante Sjllam 'Diliatorem traditur cremattis. Id^ue volitijfe, veritum talio- TiemtertttoC. Marii cadiivere. Varus QuinElilitts his example, and many fuch like terrified them; . — Ipfius qiioque Coyifulis Corpus , faith Floras Lib. i\. Cap. 15. where he fpeaketh of Varus, quod militum pietas abdiderat efojfum. Neither had they any reafon to exped better ufage of the Britans than of the Germans ; lecing divers of their Generals (as CaraElacus, Galcacus and o- thers) had fufficiently declared, how they took ir, that the Romans came, in iuch away, to difturb the tranquillity of their Ifland , and ftudicd to, enflave them all. It feemeth therefore, that any Ctf»f«/, or eminent warriour dying in fuch an ex- pedition, was, for that reafon, burned upon the level near the via (tr.tta , or miUtarts • And having by this courfe deprived the exafperated c- nemies of their hope in ever being able to abufc the dead Body, they did moreover hinder them to fcatter the very Bones in haft, when the whole Army congefted upon them pure grafly turfes, cut from thei'urfacc of the ground ; which is the rea- fon why it doth not appear by any hollownefs , whence the earth was taken that raifed the 7«- multts. And thus much fliall lufficc for thefe Tumuli, The like or HlOtoCSCof which kind there are many more was thai in this County) ; a good part whereof I do ac- °' m"' h"^ knowledge to have received from the learned mcutioncd Franc. Junius, my worthy friend. by owfe- As for the firft fyllable "ftttfgljf f this Ttimulus den. And being called ton/gfttloto) it is a Saxon, word and l^^^. "!i^'^ hath divers fignifications ; fometimes it is uied in"p.?,„, for a Man-Child, fometimes for a Young Man, id ejlao/i't- Servant,Batcheler, orunmarryed Man. In the Sa- /us H/.-ii.', xonGofpels the Difciplesof our Saviour ate cal- Lei. col. led leopninj cnih-casrbut moft commonly is that J°'- '■ P- name of Knight attributed to a Souldier, or one manner of -34. Scl' King. that beareth Armcs : for the antient conferring the honour of Knighthood, was bal- theo militari decorare. We call them now in La- tine Milites ; the Italians Cavallieri ; the French Chivaliers, in regard they fcrve as Souldiers on Horfe back : but I will not enlarge my felf fur- ther on thisfubjeft, it being fo fully handled by "» others ; concluding that thiblLoiU was the Tw m camb. w«/«/ or monument (doubtlefs) of fome eminent S'ii.edir^ Souldier in the Romans time. " Ler.d.Mm Butthe Crofs fometime there, was of later erecfti- ^ ^J' on, as inmoftpublick places ofconcourfe the like den's ut. hath bin, to put people in mind of the great be- of Honour! nefit God hath vouchl'afed for the Redemption of P- ^^^^ mankind by the paffion of his Son ; which, no doubt, to all pious Chriftians is of very good ufe, however, upon pretence that they were idolized, are now demolifhed in moft parts of this dom. According to my propofed method, beginning with the River JStJOn, (which hath its head near ijiatesbp in j^ojtbatnpton-fhire, ) I fhall ob- lervethat the original thereof is Brittifti -, Auf»na or 3t)0n,with them fignifying the fame zsFluuius in Latin : and that at its entrance into this Coun- ty, it meeteth the great Road called ©KatUltg- tlSTatUnd fiXttU whereof I hope it will not be thought in- (Jtgpj^ congruous to take here fome Ipeciall notice. That it was a work of the Romans is not to be doubted. wf'///?^^^riVff/rf (faith Tacitus 'n) gO' nTac'it.'iA verfied llBjftaftlC, (ever all -ivayes -mere en'oyned, ard -j'lta /1g'i\ far difl ant places {by the purvejours co/nmande- ment^that the Qountrey fhould carry from the nea- refi ft-aKdin^ Camp, or vpintering pUces, to thoje that were far of and out of the way ; and the Bri- tans complained, (as the fame Tacitus writcth), that the Romanes tvore out and cotfumed their bo- dies and hands, in clearing of woods , and paving the fens, with a thoufand ftrtpes and reproachfult indignities : Aiid we read ffaich Mr. CambMn') in THE ANTIQUITIES OF otcda EccLhift. p M.VAYlf. in'u'U.Abb. f 14137. q Lcla;idi C0I.V0I3 . f.iSo. Y Sueioii. in vefp.tf. n. 5. f Sutton in Claiidio ii. 24. t ckcr E- pi[lJ.S.E- p'lfl. ad Fam. $AiHcb. f:b. 4. fi.d- cyjHsgtn- if J. Fide Hifl . A-ni'. (cytpt. col. I ■■ap.\^. M S. in ■hLBodl. ".IO.fr. in zmkmKccoids.That in the days of Honorius and Arcadius, there were made tn WiH^nt certain beatentcayes from Seato Sea. And that this was the Romans work, Beda • tcftifyeth. The Romatts ((zithhe) ifihahiled within the wall which Seve- n\3 had made overt hw art the JJland towards the Southern fide, which the Citties, Churches and Street-Vayes, there made, do witnefsat this day. From this Wav w'as that antient City FeroU- ruitim (near St. 3lban0jcalkd,in the Saxons time CTctlfngaCealfcr f, asappeareth by K. Etheireds Charter, whereby he granted lands to the mona- ftcry of St. J^lban, in the year of Chrift 995. Great was the colt and labour, in carrying of Stones, Gravell and Sand, for the making thofe •ways firm and lafting, as may yet be feen in di- vers parts, where the foyl it l'elf,within many miles, yei'.deth not fuch materials. Nay it hath bin ob- fcrved, that near St. 0lbSin0, in digging the ground where ilSUfltUlliJtttCrt- way antiently went, Gra- vell and Sand hath bin found ten foot deep in the earth, and eighteen foot in breadth, with great flint ftones in the bottom, fuch bclikc, fairh mine Author, 9 as were at fiifl: upon the top thereof. And, in what great account thefe wayes have an- tienciy bin, may appear by the eminency of the perions, who were imploycd as Officers for taking care in the overfight of them ; /uguflHs Cafar himfelf notdifdaining the task ; And fometimes the Edtles took charge of them, as it appears by ^^^^Ai'his caufing the Edile-veftment oi Fla- I'ius Vef^afiantis , when he executed that place negligently, to be publickly dawbcd over with dirt : and fometime that imployment was com- mitted fQollegio QaaflorPiM. They had rules let down de mtiniendis & flru- fW;'.f t'/fef, which they called Legem viartam, as appears by Celius ' his Epifl'- to ^icero ; and thefe they called Viocuri , for vtartim cur.-i- tores ; yea tliey committed the tuition of the wayes to theGods thcnifelves,and called them Dtt vti. Tlatitusin Mercatore ty4B. 5. Seen. z. calls them Lares viales : And j4 polio, by Taufanias \s termed Fiarnm prdfes. Likewife they ufed tofa- crifice " 2)f * vibiliit ,f pace tjuatuor Chimt- Korum ilhzt is Viarum, (ub majori judicio • viz. tot'.chinir the peace of the four road'Ways, in fame higher Court ■ And lince that time the Statute »'of A'farlebridge {orh\ddcihd]l\tc(\'cs to be taken in any of the Kings High-ways,or common ftreets; And the Statute called « Anicali cleri comman- deth, that fuch as abjured, fliould not be molefled while they be in the High ways. But of thofe ways let us hear Rob. of Glouce- cefl-er in his o'.d ryme, though he be fomewhat miftaken, aiwell in the Traftof them, as in the Makers. jFafrc tBcpcBtttanp ontl^crbcnftKiEnglonfiC; J5ut four moft of all tbcr ben 3; unDetttonOe, Sb^t t^tirgljan olo Jspng toerc maoc etc tWs. %Q men f cbal in t^fs boKe aft(r \)zxz telle 3, \»\fi. $xmi t^e &ont^fnto f^e j^o?t^ takftl^ Crmfnge- ffretc, iFram tftccBaffi fnfo tl^eOTcft gocf bgfecnelo ttrete. if ram s>out^ctt to iiiojt&toeft , tftat (sfamuel grctc. ifram Dotjcr into C^cffrc gotlj 3Matlpng- ffretc. srijcfcrt^offbffcfsmoffofaUc fftatttUetft fram SCotencpo. iFram t^e one cud of Cojntuafle anone to Ca- teneps. iFram tbc ^out^toett to j^o jt&ctt f nf o (£ nglonBes cnuc, iFotremencalUtt)tt)ilkeU)e^ fljaf bp monptotsn Dotb Vocnoc. Cf)tf0fonreiDepe0ont^tJ3lonoe !^png mUn tbe i^afie ann ojnepnco bcm tolf ft gtct iFraantbffe ; ^n tsbofo Dtoe therein on^ ttiefte ot^r on? iDOUf ^emaoetuggement t^erotano %xz{, Dengeaunce pneuj. Qifton, But I will forbear to enlarge my felf any fur- ther on this fubjeft, and take a view of Clfl- ton, which Handeth upon the top of an indifterent hill, on the South-fide of 3t30n, having its name from the I'ciuiation ; Clippe, and Cliue with the Saxons, fignifying not onely a rocky place, but any fhcWing ground. In S^fiOmcftap-bOOfeC it is written CHptOtte, the Norman Tranlcribers of the certificate made upon that Inquifition taken by the Countrey , millaking (without doubt) the Saxon letter F. which is thus written p, for a p. In the timeof K. fiiji'.i^i^the Conf. this Town waspoffeftby e^/'P/V, who is commonly called Alwintfs vicicomes ; a great man in thofe days, and lineallanceftour to that worthy and long la- fting family of Arden, that hath flourifhed e;»;r fince in this County, as I fhall fhevv when I come toCurOtoOJtft. inf^CmlfngfojO- Hundred, Which AUvine gave \ it to tfie Priory of Co- ^Cntre, for tlic health of hiJ foul, by the conlent of the faid King Edward, and of his own fons: but after the Norman-Conqueft Earl Alberic (Progenitor to that noble family o^ Vere ancient- ly, and yet, Earles of iDpfOjO) unjuflly feized upon it andouted the Monkes ; as it is certified by the Conquerours Survey, in which it is found to contein five Hydes. There was then a Church, andtwoMill^ the value of the whole Lordfhip being rated at iiii. 1. I have not feen by any Record, how it came out ofthejine of this ^/^fr/c«j (fomes; but certein it is, that it continued not long therein : for it is evident that Ernald de £if».f time, was owner thereof. And that it was given to him by Robert, furnamed Boffu , then £^r/of?LCtC0ffer ishot to be doubted; for upon the grant " of the cuftody of his heir in they, year of K. John, it is laid to be de fedo Saiheri de Quinci, which Saierus married * LMargaret Sifter and one of the coheires of %obert Fitz,-Parnell Earl o/3Lcfccfter, and had by her, in partition, the moiety of the Honour of %Z\,ttf!i&. Hoc ^tib. DOKlcf- day. a Uit,j : Jgh,n. on whofe care it mufi: otherwife reft. Now for the term of Appropriation, « becaufe I would once for all make it clear to every ordinary capacity; it commeth from the French word approprier , id eft aptare vel accommodare , and properly fignifies in our Law (as Dr. (^dweO. in his Interpreter obferves) a fevering of a Benefice Ecclefiafticall, which originally and in nature is juris divini,& inpatrimonio ntillius, to the pro- per and perpetuall ufe of fome Religious-Houfe or the like : for « without the confent of the Bi- fliop, no Religious Orders could receive any Ap- propriations or Tithes, as by a decree in the la- fcran-Councell y^«»a 1180. was ordeincd. £c- clejias (^ decimas (ixc the vvords) de mann laico- rum, fine coyi[en(H Epifceporum, tarn illos (that is Templars and Hofpitalars,againft whom the Pro- vifion was chiefly made) quam ejuofcunque alios %eligiofos,recipereprohibemus; which was con- firmed in the Generall Councell ofJLatCrail under I Innocent the 3. Amo 1 ai j. hbb.de Uic, in B^bl.-Cot.^ toii.fol.j.a. m E.v VIM- (to cxcm- pUn pcnci Decun. &• capitidnm Lich, n Ex am- plo codicc M S. in Sciic. penes Remcm. R. oEx vcte- ri codice i* S. pcuii S. hnher m'Lfol. p'ix CodU ce c.irtacco IAS. apud, caHell. de Ji.cchjh.'ile. atino I f 3 7 q Bowl. ft>l.-;^.a. r Giff. foL jExRcgljl, dc kcnilw. pcHes S. Ckrl^c Bar. amto if^o. t Of this fee more in Cowclls iHterp.vo* bo Appro- priation. How ihcy firft began fee Sir H. Spctmaui larger work of Tithcs,ed!t Lend, anno 1647./'. , I J I- ind fo forward. K Seldcvs , Hift. of . Tithes /', I4». fPatrtKi 8 THE ANTIQlUITIES OF Patroni vicaxix Langt.fol, 2forthb.f. 21. a. Ib.f.iiX Stret.f.io. ft. Jb.f.it.b. Sk/.jJ'. Abhas &Co»U BtiYgh.f, Ltic. x8i. Siill.f.i.-/r, lb.f.7.b. f. Abbas Leic. Incumbentes, & temporainftic. "D. Nteh. de BrcdonCa^ell. xvi. kJ.No'O.aH.ii-i^. Symott Prior Pbr. x. kl- Afr. an. 1327. "joh. de Oneley Pbr. xii. kJ.J'*»' an. 1353. Joh. (Jl^.alf fours, ix. Apr. an, 1372. Joh. de Addejloke Pbr. ii. »ok. OEl.art. 1 37 J. < Will. Pynke,Tiiiy\.Afr.a».i 592. Joh. de Wendlyburgh cap. ult, Febr. an.lJ[o6. Alex. Sherman cap.xxVii.Apr. an. 1416. Rob. Dent. cap. ii. Martii an. 1418. mil. Thurfton Tbr. xix. Dec. an. 1424. Joh. Thornton Pbr, V, Sept, an. I . 1438. cMon Araieji lu ike Ckitrck-wini Pacr. vie. & C"" Incumbentes, 8CC. Rad.Bradfharv Tdr.l.OEi.an. 1446. GalfrtdffsClarkJbr, xxu.Aftg. an. 1448. D. Wills Chaundeler. 1 1 D. Ric. Corvper cap.xy, Nov, (^ an. 1^)6. Edm.Pearce cleric. \\z.Ja».f>n Ric. Tynney cleric. xxvi.Off. an. 1 57<5. Mat hens Kyngju. Martii a>i. ^597- Petriis Eccarfall Qeric . i . ty4pr.An.\'^9%. Here was a fair fpire Steep!e,as an eminentLand- mark, feen over all this part of the Countrcy in regard of its height and fituation of the place; which, in the year i'539. was pull'd down w fave chc colls of its repair. Thomas Shuchbo^ rough gen. Carolus Water hottfe Gen. Eliz^abctha Re- gina. Will. Dilks Gen. Ib.fA^.b. Bo.f.j.b. Sh. & p.f. 11.1. Sampf.f.^} O-jcnm b:indi.L tn- cert. lb. cUjV J vS'tiuKi>iEi'yk 4. »?Kii-tl»ia*Vli cmpAlmss ■-^idiiitiWU 15 ■^^ku^itreli v-ilk Though Rugby wis arit'icntly (as I have al-j ready fiiew'd) a member of CUfton, yet becaufej it hath bin of long time, and now is, a Parifli of: it felf, I fliall leave it till anon ; and, purfuing my dcfigncd method,goon with l!5rOtDnf-£>t)er,j^en- COn, and HBfggftl, which are of this Paiifli of tfWfton, on the North fide of ^tJOH. And firft for 3S}ott)nrt- day lib, ' ra, the Norman Clerks not being ufcd to our EngliHi WH. but inftead thereof ufcd a (15 , as Cftalterus for Waherus, Gnil[elmHs for Willel- mus, Garde for Warde, and many more as might beinftanced. This name of OTanW (for fo it is afterwards, of a long time, written, as well as the two other towns of the fame name, of which I (hall fpeak hereafter ( vix,. €^rc\t-Vomte , now €\)mc\) iDtJet.and SCbettcr-toaprc, now Ccfter £)tjer) hath its denomination from the eminent fite thereof, being upon a Hill : But however it is thus written, the Countrey people call it ^lOCt, and not ^Curj, which fignifics no lefs, (as we ex- jperimcnrally know) then a high fituation : for all towns naiTied ^\iatOtt, or WaOSTtOn (as I fhal] have occalion afterwards to inftance) do fland upon hilly-ground. jSDftgt importing as much as ff^pra. As for the addition of the firft Syllabi e(J15}0ten6) itistodiftinguifh it from the other neighbouring towns of the fame name, which was joyned there- with, as 'tis apparent, by reafon that one JlBruitO X had his feat here in the Conq. time,and held two hydes of land in this place of Geffrey Wirce(3. man of great note in thefe parts, as I fliall demonifrate when I come to ^WfesWrbp.) In this place £*?r/ jllberic (of whom I have fpoken already in CUfton) held,^' tlieii alfo, two hydes and a half j And one * Radnlfus (of whom T fhall make mention, in !^Olme and j^CU- tOlt; halfahyde. Upon the Aide * for mariage of the Kings Sifter XX. H. ?• there is one mark for half a Kiights fee in IBjCmfeiDaureof the fee of the E/rl oiWtll- C^CftCt (in regard of that part of chc Honour of iLc/CCffCr which he held,as I have already fliew'd in CUfton.) And in the j j. of//. 3. it appears, that Ernauld de Boys (of whom. I have alfo fpo- ken in CUftOtt) held four Kniohts fees in Me- llon, BHlkfnton, CHfton, Mwizxz ( viz., this W-^w to be held of Rob. f.l. Oao>:is,t\\t chief Lord of the Fee. Which iKgeram h.id ifiue ^/wox^who fold 9 to the Monks of C0W6e three yard land heje ; 'K.-ip^ de Mora, [But of thefe Bagots I purpofc to fpeak, when Icome to|0jetton'lBafiOf, where I fliali infert a Icheme of their dcfcent.j Afterward ; viz,, in 8. Joh. Rtbtrt de Cores (now called COton in the-Parifli ofCftlKC^S)- iJCr,) obteyned by exhange » from the Abbot and ■frt./'.ioS. Covent of Combe, all the Land that they had "Ac^iio. in jfiCtDfOn, for Lands which he gave them in "• (COteff, And in the' 25. of M t,.^ Nickol.t, tlie^^j^^ , Widow of Simon Bagot of p^cSoil ( in this cimU in County.) releafcd to the Abbot and Covent of bibLcatto-a. Combe and their tucceflours , the whole right /. 2.0. «. which fhe had by reafon of her dowrie , in all ^'^'- ^'ttl, thofe Lands of CotCS and ^CUtOlT. So that in ' -^ ' « 16. H. 7,. that which the Monkes of Comfae ^J^J/^'^ had in ^Ctofon, anfwered for the fixth part of a Knights-Fee, upon payment of the aid for the Kings transfretation into (I3a&Oin0; which, as it feemcs, was viii. yard Land , or elfe they had xntt.d/ of, Knights Fee. _ cV Ragman, But, in R. 2. time, by new gifts or fmaller r»" Ti'd'. meafure , that which the Abby of Combc had fj^'""^- there, was rated at^xi. yard Land and i. Acre, ^^ ^" , accounting 48. Acres to a yard of Land. simMa,\e Thus did this Monartery continue poffeffed of sa r. ^etnton till its dilfolution. After which, ^•/~. in '^Kot.per- 36. H. 8. the K. granted * away (with divers 0- gam vines ther Lands) that which belonged to the Monks Ab.Boune. of Combs, to Thomas Broke, and John IVilluinss, " Vat.^s. and totheHeirs of Brokf, by the name of the ^-S-p. i». Mannour of ^eofOIT* And yet, in the fame year, I find a Licence* CO Mary Dutchcfs of JRftft- bP.ir.de ntOnS to Mien the very fame Mannour to Henryf ^"f'"'' "'>• Leigh Efquire. And afterwards by Inqulfition f""*" • taken upon the death of the faid Henry, is it f E/f .4. E- found.that he dyed feized thereof 14.^^/)^. 5. £//.!:,. li\. and that £^»^''^ his Son and Heir was x.x. years of age. But what became of tho.e Lands, which the Pr. of fecnpltoojtfj had here, I have not feen. Below j^tOtOlt, Eaflwards, lyes JUBfggfn fo called of later time. JBrgglll fignifying an Libt- tation; in refemblance whereof we have the Saxon word bijenjan for inhabitants. As alfo in the Northern parts the name of IBfggftl for a fair Houle, or Gentlemans feat, but antiently this was called ^Olme, having been a Village in the Conq. time, though now there be fcarce any thing left but a Mill .• which name it took from the fituation, lying in a nook betwixt the River fltJOltjand a fmall brook that comes from f^^SiB- ell in BLdcettetftfeC, as the Map will fliew : for fuch grounds as are in whol6, or for the moft parr, compafled with waters, are fo called, as we may obferve almoft every where. In the Conq. time Turchil de iVarrvicl^ held d it, by his under-tenants. d Domer- From whom it came, with the reft of his Lands, to-<^, Progenitor of that great family, I mean the Barons of j^taffojD.hadit.lnthe Conquerours Survey this town is written Mlara, and there cer- tified to contain y.Hydes. : yet wc now pronounce ic^f)£C (for'tfee realon I have (hew'd intheEty- :Tiologizingof]I5)0t(nfj®t)er)andcall ic ^^&^ iEDter, for diftinftion from the other adjacent of fame name. Howbcit there is no mention \v\Dome[day-'Zoo'k, of any Church here in the Conq. timc;nor, indeed, in moft other places of this County : Nay we are not o^cly without all knowledge when our Chur- ches vicrc firrt founded and endowed ; but very much to Icck as touching many of their prefcn- tations and Inftitutions within that compafs of time, in which we arc fare fuch there were. Mi' rum * non eji in rebus antiquis Hiftoriam mn con si are. Let us therefore obferve what we can find, in generall,.afwell concerning the originall of Pa- rifhes, as when they were lb fixed, that the In- habitants, within that preciift, were rcflrained from paying Tithes to what Church they plea- icd; in whichfciutinylhopeit will not be ukcn amils, if here I make a fliort digrcflion. In chef yearof Chrilt 256. Peace being then reftored under Galtentu, Vionyjitts, the Pope or» deined Churches, Church-yards and Pariflies, to Prierts. This other Popes had done before, but Priefts being driven from their charges, in Va^' Urian's perlecution, he again did ic. But long af- ter thoi'c days the Church was in her infancy, as that approved Author i'f»fr^^/i? Bfrff, J will tell you : for he faith, that;» the province of Berni- cia 'and Deira, t Paulinfts, rvho firfi converted the feeble in thofe fxrls to the f^hrifiian faith, Baptiz.ed them in the 'Bjvef- §^tpal0 ; there being not, about that \time, either Fonts or Churches : undthis was about the year of Chrifl: 627. How- be it in CEtlglanS HoKoritis * (the fifth Arch-Bi- fliop of CaiUCrburp) about the year 636, was the firft that ordeined |3a[fQ)e0 ; «f ftngulis mi- niftris fingtilos ^eges quos curarent fojfet attri- buere. That he might aJTign to every Priefl the particular flock on which he ftiould have charge. And our eminent Antiquary « (Mr. Selden) fpea- kingoftholeantient times hath thefe words. In the Primitive times of the Englijh-Saxon Church- viz,, about the year 684. the Bifiop and the ivhoje Clergy of the Dioces, were as ene body, living up- on their endowments {be flowed on the Bipjoprick^) and their treafiire that came from the [rtndry pla- ces of Devotion, whither feme one or other of them, at the Bijhops appfintment , was fent to T reach the word and UMinifer the Sacraments , every (^lerl(e having his dividend for his maintenance. AndCutbert't :he xi. Arch-Biflaop of CantCrbwrp, about the year 7 J 2. obteincd of the Pope, that the Bodies of the dead fhould be buried in Church-, yards, within the Cities ; whereas before, the cu- ftom was to carry them out of the walls to be in- terred. But the fiift exprcfs mention of limitation of profits (other than of the endowing) to be given to this or that Church, is in thofe Laws oT K. Ed- gar, made about the year 970. ^as Mr. Selden "faith) where a threefold divifion is of Churches. The frfi is called Galoan OOynfcpe, that is Senior Ecclejia, which name antiently was given toCnthedralls. The fecond a Church that hath Lejepj-uopc or place for buriall. The third Church that hath no Le-cejifcope ; where it is ordeined,that. every man, having not ereSled a Church of his own, (hall pay his Tythes to the 6al- Dao COyn)-vjie ^ peo bypnefpe "co hyp]je, that is, to the antientejl Church crjken/fftery where he htars Gods ferviee, . And Vint, lit Tbef. Originall offaiiflics f VecYet. Dm^if.pp, q Ecct. h'ljl, ven. Bed* lib.txdf. 14. •From the KivciTees, which di- y'ldeiTorl^. fhire from the Bilho-' prick of Durham, to Edcnbi- rough Frithe. t The Eaff part of 7>^ flilrc callcdHo/- dciKefs. . r Godwin depraful.p, iHift.of Tythes p. t Codw.de frtefitl.p. 6U H Hift. of Tithes p. jrA%WICI^H11iB ILLUStRATED. ii And in tlw Synod aclLonOOII held by Anfelm Arch-BifliopofCanfcrbarp t/i». 1102. icT/as « hwiq. ordained, * «f decima non nifi EccUfiis dentur ; Erit.Eccl.^ -whereby it is plain, that Tythes wcregiven, before f.Ii8. y Innocm- tll t:)tli Vecnt. R- pill. 6. lib. {edit, co- lonic m.\ 157)-) ^Hift. of Tithes p. ft Tho.rfal- -7. that time, at liberty. Nay, luch had been the ulc to pay Tythes where they plcal^d , that Pope ^ Innocent the ;. in the year 1I99. ■writes to the Arch-Bifliop of Cattterfjurj?, ut JLcclefits ^arochi.tlib;ifit!fi(t decimt. ferfolvafitur. The Epililc is worth obferving, therefore have I quoted the place exactly where it is to be Iccn at large. tA'tdMr.Selde^linyts, It is mo fi cer- tain, that before about theyear 1 200. after (fhrifl, it was nroji commonly pra^iifed by the laytie, to make arbitrary co»[ecratio»s of the Tithes of thetr pojfejfiom to what Monastery or Church they would; jometimes giving half, fometimes a third part, and attheir pleafure,all inperpetnall right, or other- ys>ife according to the nature of thoje confecrations in other gauntries. And, Vis fure enough, that many years after that, the people prailifed liich arbitrary difpofition of their Tithes : for in the Counccll « at lipons, convocated in the year 1275. by VopcGregory the x. it was ordained ; Ouod ntttli hominttm deinceps liceat decimoi fuas ad libitum, ut antea, vbi vellet affignare^ fed ma- trici Ec clefts, omnes decimal perfolverent It fliould feem, that antiently men payd their Tithes to that place where they had a mind to be buryed, which was the caufe that they often wa- red the payment to their proper Parifh Church j *Hift. of for * Mr. 5^/i^?« obferves, that in an old Coun- Tithcsp. cell of SCribur in the year 895. it was decreed, ubi (juis decimas perfolvebat vivtu, ibi fepeliatur (^ mortutK, But I find that* Simon Iflep Arch-Bifhop of CantCrfjur?, in the year 1362. did afTign, and 'ti'xA.iZ. 2.ppo'ir\t ihzt the Jtipend of a Priefi fliould be but Ixvi./o/.viii.d.a year, quodplures furari coegit, fzys the Hirtorian. A word now touching the firfl beginning of Inflitutions to Benefices by the Bifliop. In i the }y[ationall Synod held at WitHW, ^/4n. \\2J^.by John de Crema the 'Popes Legate, it was confinc.ted (faith the before fpecified learned per- fon) qttodTS^rillus Ahbai,nHllus Prior, nfillus om- fiino Oltonachus vel Clericiss, Eccleftam, five de- cimam,feH qunhbet benefctaEccleftaflica de dono laid, fine proprii Spifcopi authoritate & affenfit, fufcipiat' quodfi prafumptum fuerit, irrita erit do- natio htiiufmodi j and (ome allowance was given to the (^anons by the King : yet it is mofl certain (faith he) that thepraBice was (or divers years 0- therwife; and that Churches with Tithes, were mofl commonly given by lay Patrons without the Bishops affent or infiitution • and that afwell by filing them with Incumbents, as appropriating them to Jllonafieries, Chapters, or otherwife. I now return to Cl)arc&-;SDt)er, whereof the irft mention I find after theConq. time, is, that the ^f!onaf^ery of'COWbChad much land here by the giftof^ff^KV. de 'Kemll. Mag. Thom.Tttre' fay ar. hac vice, ex coHceJf. Nich, Purefay ar, Edrv. I^or:h geH . hacvice^Fatr.ra^ tione concejf. Pr, (jr Cenv.de Kenil, D, Epifcopits. Sir. & ?. f.^-.i. Jb.f.iS.tt. Sampf, & B.f.^i.b. Bcntham huntUtl. F. IK Ovemn SHTidiU. VVill. Dixwell ge' tier. & concejfi- cne loh. Pttrefey ar. Thorn . Leigh de Stanley wiles. Vytll. Leigh miles. Fetrtts de Bilney Cap, y. Kl. Mail an. I 349. Euflach. ds BHrneby Cler . Kl. Aug.an.x^/^g. Nich. de Dranfeld Pbr. Kl. Attg. an. I 367. Fog.de Wavcre Pbr.%i\\. Kl, Sept. an. i 374. ^oh. Grantham Cap.nu.Jan. an. 1403. H'ill.Trebervcth, iiii. Afaii rf». 1433- Symon Mofs, x.Kl. Ang.an, Ric. Ayftowe, XX. L^iaii an. 143 5- Httgo Pttrefay Scolaris, xv. junii an. 1533. T). Them, de Warmyngton cler , 6. Aug, an. 1 5 3 J. Rog. Eliot art. Mag. xvi. Jan. an, X'y66. fVill. Bent ley Cleric, xxix . Jttnii an. i '^66. Rob. Myddilmore Cler. vi. Ang.an. 1 '^66. Rog.Vtcars Qleric. Y. Jan. an, J $96. C liu.rcli= Over ArmckS m me CauTcn. wuvoo w>* Colon juxta Church-over, 'iDfOn, anticncly called COfS0, is in this Pa- ^rini^COtCand COfan in the Saxon fignifying aHoufc orHabka:ion, as >ve know in our ordi- nary language,) but being a Member of C^Iirt^- ^t)0t: is no: mentioned in the Conq. Survey. Nor afterwards, that I have leeti, till Hugh Ba- got gave it, with ^CtDtOtl to Ingeram his Bro- ther (as in JtetDton I have obfcrved ;) which gift Roger Bagot, Son of the faid Hugh, confirms , _■ J 'for Cof0S cnely ; \Ajherein is expreft, that cSt yy-lliam Trujjell as chief Lord of the fee, ra- IfiU.v'iul. tified the lame, being one of the Heirs of Rober- f.ijf.ioi tusjiliiuOdents (iSVlhtn 1 cOHiC toUOlClef I, fliall have occafion to flievvj ) and thereup- on » received homage of the laid Ingeram in the ^^b.b. Hundred of Barlktitoap. Here was* a family co whom this place an- ^ ibf.iof. tiently gave name,/c/7, de Cotes ; who held that '''^' ■ which they had of the abovemcntioncd 5;?_^of/, and v\'ere Benefaftors to !cis Aftley of ^cltOH COnffaWe in ^Oj(f. Knighr, Lord of this Mannour, lately deceafed. flEx an- gKtog. jj*- bCnese- ^^k,)de/it f.Ajiley. "^Rot. dc mRot. can.^i. « Rot. de Horn. ViU. 9.B.Z. p E.V A«- togr, penis tundem Tr. q Vmhb. fol.iojj. i...u)!or prima Thomas/deFftc kg miles 47H 5- Andreas dcEftleg. 3 I k Sceph.de Eft-ley, 18 E.i., I U Rad. de Aftlcy hx- tes fratris I? .E.I. /18.E. I. Edicha ffilia Petri Coilfta- ble de Melton in com . N oifF..re lia> i8.E-i. Thomas dc Efteley 47.H. J.-51.H.3. n mortuus fine prole iJ.E.i. 1 homas de Aft-rMargcria ; relifta Icyp.E.i. (i6. E. 3. Rad. de Aftlcy miles: *6.E.5 1 ? »■ Ihomasdc Aftlcy miles — Cathcrina 7.R. i. rcliaai4. K.Z. fmes eun- tUm F.Ait- Oi Edith (Mother to Thomas,) to whom this Mannour was fogiven, I find, that fhe continu- ed many years a widow after her Husbands death. a R.utsf): ■^"^ in 1 8. of £. I . granted * to her Son Stephen, all her Lands in £pcltOn,Btirg^ b. Mand:,%mQ- IjaRt. Btmwtngftam e>nttterlep,Mfneton.(IDIam. fojDe, &aj;Mngt)atn. &cftarnton, dtft aCoDfng liam, f^lnniinglanD, ^(trojfngljam. l^plooltjctton and j^0;tojtt) m the County of J^Ojff. which dc- fccnded to her by inheritance after the death of Gefrey, t\K Son o^ Teter ^oaftalflc o't^tMOtl, her Brother. And if there be truth in tradition, (as there is likelyhood for antiquity,) that fair Monument of .Free-ftone, with theftatue of a Woman, ex- cellently wrought, lying in the midft of the South Ifle of ^fU-SpojfOn Church, was ereftcd for this Edith, whereof the tabernacle, or cover over her head, is very like to that of Qiiecn €liar.or's(W[i'c toK. Edw. I.) which is of brafs in WeRjiifuftCC Abby. This Thomas, to whom ^fll-i^OJtOn was lb given by his Father, obteined to himielf and his Heirs in 49. 77. 3. a Charter * for a weekly ^et^ catC here upon the Saturday, and a Jfa(Cyea;ly,to begin on the even of St, John Bapttjr,dind to con- tinue for three dayes : which Grant beino made at fuch time as the King was a Prifoner, the Barons cxcercifing rcgall authority in his name, held not validjand therefore in 5 2. of the fame Kings reign, he procured a new • Charter, ratifying the iFafr, but altering the S^ertafe to Wednefday. At which time he alio had JFreC'luarren granted* to him and his Heirs in all his demelh Lands here. For this Thomas, who dyed before the i 5. of S. I. is there yet ftanding a very fair monument betwixt two Pillars in the Church of ^HI-^OJ- ton, oppofitc tothatofhis Mother Sdith, where- on his ftatue of free-ftonelyethcro// leg'd in Ar- mor of Male, as when I come to fpeak of the Church may be feen, whofe Brother and Heir, viz.. Ravhe de A ft ley , in ij. £. i. claymed J a COart Utti, and other Privlledges in this Mannour by Prefcription ; and likewife exhibi- bitcd K. 7/. 3. Charter for the S^tXtate, $B,U, and JFree tuarren (laft before mentioned) all which were allowed. To whom fucceedcd Thomas, his Son and Heiri certified' to be Lord of ^flljpojeton in 9. E. 2. who liking not the Wcdnelday ^tXtBiZ there, procured a new Patent /in 8. £. 3, for to have it upon rhe Tuefday ; continuing the JFaff as formerly, and renewing the Charter of Jfree toar- rcn .• And in the fame year obteyned Licence « for amortizing of certain Lands lyin" within this Lordfhip to maintain a Chantry-Pricft to fing Mafs for ever, in the Chappel of ouv Lady contiguous to the Parifli Church of f^fll-^ojfOtl, tor the Souls of him the faid Thomas and A'lar ee- ry his wife ; As alio of Edith A/lley, {hdoic men- tioned) and of the Father and Mother of the faid Thomas, their Heirs and Anceftours, and ailChri- ftian Souls deceafed. This Thomas in g.E. 5. hadafpeciall Patent ^ exempting him from Knighthood. And in 17. E. 3, gave ' the pcrpc:uall Patro- nage of the Church of I^IU-^OjfOlt to the Dean and Canons of the Colledge of ^Vt\Z^ (then newly founded by Thomas Lord tyiftley , the chief of that family ) and dyed ^before the 20 of£. 3. But of his defcendants, forafmuch as their re- fidence hath been in JtOjrolj^ I have here no more to fay. Ihe Pmrch Dedicated tc St. John Bapt. b C.irt,4^. c Cari.^1. H.3.OT.9. * Ibid. d Rot. dr: ^UQ war. e Xom.Fil. fP'it.i.E. ?-».:'4. SEfc.i.E. i.n.76. Rot. fin. 8. E.l.m.y.in cedilla. P.if.8.£.j.- p.i.W-7. f'Ptt.^.E. 3-P-z.m.l. 1 PJt. 17, E.J.p.l.W. 30. k ^'ortbb. IN A». i2pi. 19. E. 1. the Reftory was va- lued ' at xviii. marks. And in 26. H» 8. The V icaridgc at » vi . 1 . x. [ol. At which time the J9jO- Cnratfons and fepnODallS payd out thereof, were viii./o/. Out of which Redory is there a Tenfion »of xiii./»/. iiii.d. yearly payable to the Bifhop ; originally referucd upon the approprifttion there- of ^as all others of that kind were) in recompencc of the benefit, that he and his SuccefTors might re- ceive lEXCi M S. », Scac. m Ex cod. M S, penes S. Archer f^i lur. f. 41. «. » Staff". & Kempe 14 THE ANTIQUITIES OF V'ocat. tlie vvliitc Book fC- vis Ocean, e^ Cap. II igeriif. m-b. tx ipfo *uto7, pe- nis DCC.& Cap. L'lch. h'orlhb.f, 4 1 -a. Ib.foL^i, b , ib.f.r,.b. Stret.f.i r, b. Sk.f- i.«« Kepo.f.ii. a. lb. Ih.fohli.a. a. Bowl.f. 3/./. 7. b. n.f.ti.b. ceire out of the Church, in • cafe no fuch Appro- priition fhould have been made. Patroni Ecclefia: Incumbemes,8c temp. Inftit. ThontMde EfllejA 'Philifpus de EJIUja Cleric. miles, Pr. & Conv. Erdbury. Patroni Vicaris frAter ejn[dem Thorn a. Sans datf. de Thorn, de Duvton diac. an. Non. Will, de fVahon Tbr. 4 Seft. An. 1 543. Galfr.de L]lll)Hr»e, xiii. Kl. Martii An. i 349. Joh. de Rok^by Pbr. iiii. Kl. OB. An. I g 50. Job. Rolf. Tbr. vi. Id. Jan. an. 1352. mil. CMee\e f^p. yiii. Kl. Dec. An. T 3815. Kit. Milliard Pbr, xxvi. Aug. An. 1428. Decan, & Cap.de i^^to Halp^ap. 1. OB. An. ^filey. 7 1 4 "-8. ■^ frill.Nicholl.Cap.\lOn.An. Joh. Colon Tbr, ii. Dec. an. Joh. Kempe Fbr. iii. Junii en. 1447. Edw. Bate Tbr. xi. OB. An. 1493. D. Thorn. Aiorres, ttlt. Apr. An. lyli. T). Joh. Grendon Cap. xvii. Apr. An. 1525. Edvc. Hopkjnfon Qer . xxiiil Junii %A». I y5 3» Kob. Wigfion Cleric. xW. Apr. An. l$6^. Ihom. Hodgkjnfon C/^r/f.viii. Apr. An. i6oi. not Henri CHS Dux SuffolciiC. Edxv. Comes Hert' fordid. Sliz,. %egina. But there is fomething elfc, ■which I mufl pafs by, before I leare this place, and that is the foundation of two CftaHtcrgeu kcre. The one of them by ' Sir Edmund Trujfell Knight, in the Chappell of our Lady adjoyning to the Parifli Church, for the foul ofThomas A^ley dcccafed, and the good cliatc o? Afargerie late Wife of the faid Thomas ; of their Children that were then living, and for the fouls of their Children dccca- fed : asalfo for the Souls of lohn Primrofe, and of the Lady Edith t/fftley ; and for tlie good e- Ihte of Sir Raphe AflleyYin\o\\t, and Dame y^/- ?jf/ his Wife ; Sir Sdmund TrujJ'el Kn\ght, and Dame Margerietis VVife ; and ofThomas Mei- hur Pritft, and for their fouls after their deccafc. £.3.».i7. r Vmls Dec.&' Cap. Licbj The Patronage of which Chanuy, by the Bifliops Inftrumcnt for Ordination thereof, was relervcd after the death of the fame Sir Edmund Trujfell, to be in the Heirs of the faid Thomas ^yiftley and Margery. And for the maintenance of a Prieft, perpetually to fing Mifs there, for the purpofes a- bove mentioned, the King gave Licence to the faid Sir Edmund to amortize four meffuages, fifty acres of land, feaven acres of meadow, and xxy\.fol. Rent in!^ll'ipojfOIl, asit may feem by the Ju- rors cercilicatc 1 recurned upon the Writ of Ad q^Efc.16. quod dampnum thereupon. This Sir Edmund Trujfellhoit for his Armes a crojfe forme fieiirite debruifed with a bendlet, as appears by the imprcflion of his Seal,' which I have leenaf?ixcd to his firfl Inftrument of Prefen- tation to the faid Chantery ; And I fuppofe that he marryed C^Urgery, the Widow of the faid Thomas Ajllej,x.\\o\io):\\x.htr\oi dire6lly expreft in the Ordination before fpecificd. It is very like that this Chantry fwallowed up that whereof I made mcncion in 8. f.'j. viz^. which Thomas Afiley had Licence to found : for upon the Survey taken ar. 37, H. 8, there was ^2as"J^' no other but this in that Chappell of our L»dy, certiSc.va. the lands belonging whereunto were by the Com- lor .omnium. miflioners in 57. H. 8. certified / to be of the Cantar. the yearly value, over and above all rcprifes, of ':''^H- 8fc. iiii. 1. xviii./«/. x.d. Forthe other Chantry was „r^,. ," in a Chappel of St. lames in !^uU fuper jBDntlf* H.8. pa'er 1110)0 (as the Record exprcfles ;) which is that S. Archer part of the town, fituate upon the Hill Weftwards ''^•'"♦/•?>. from the Church ; and founded by * Mag. Tho- mas de tJMorton in 1 8. E. 3. *• The certificate in 37. H. 8. esprefly fays he was a Prieff, and the word i^ag. imports as much J yet in the Licence given to him to amor- tize lands thereunto; w^i,. one melTuage, one yard land, and four acres ; as alfo four a.irTn cmerf\j i nrpotlJjtLJ u^elocti \Tfipiul lO* In. the Hilda: at tiw j>oii±h. Ue "fl nwati Aitln t.j- am- fi»t"fi i 'rn i yn»fv>;u ;# i^rtff t " ' | l|iniiiLiiiyiiliini | iliiiil;^ii]ij iii»?Niiiiiiii)llliiiiiii).jiii||iiii|i.|ihiiidi]iiiiij«iMiii^^^^^^ ^Betwixt tvD piiLerj^ on tl:u- Nortk iide ot tbr v5ouik lie In. a. i5ou±n. vjidjOdw of toe Caixrcn. Intae eali wmdow oftne i5ouik lie . :; Afitev tti8tlmaD«t6:«^« On the other this • «8a Wnstotte emu ta t»« A W^»Mt^:"^' ^«g4y. O L f 5'"'*^-VVcft fide of this little Rill, VvThich comes from ^^lli^OJf on, lyes Hog- »?. Dounded with aton cowards the Nonh ; but in Voomefday.-Book written Hw^feforfe • JBCrft ftgnifying with our anceftaurs a Court or habi- •»uonof|jots ;And««lj$a j^ock er quvry of ftorie ; for fuch there Is VVeftwards from this town about half a mile J and 'tis very like that the ground, whereon the town ftands, being hiohii is of the fame condition, though that the quarry lyenocverynearthcfurfaceoftheearthj fo that then the nature of the foyl, may be the occafion of the name. Howbeit in all the elder times G- thence, it is written Kofeebp with a IK. inftead of the C&. In the Conquerours time Turchilde iVarwick^; of whom I have already made mention, was ow- ners of it, one Sddulfus { for fo he is called ingDomet theConq. Survey^ then holding it of him ;itday/;i'; being then certified to contein two hydes and a half: thepofterity of which Sddulfus continued poffeft thereof, holding b it by half a Knights Fee , of the faid 2CtircWir0,Heirs,tiIl it went away with 'l^/^-f, ^* a Daughter and Heir in f^B-. the fcft his time. ' as the defccnt will fhcw. i6 THE ANTiaUITlES OF Eddulfus, tempore Conqueftoris. J Thurbertmfilius HadewoIl'.J • Hcnricus dc Rokeby.) Henricus de RokcbylAimaljillai Ranulpl.us de Rokcbyt i K-g. de Ciimvti (faiicct y it el. At) f. 39. -J- li £.v au- togr, penis S. Archer mil. IRcg'ifl. de Ciwiba, f. tiKegJc^ Cuniba. [fciWitcl. «.i.]/".40. b. klb.fA^."- Annabillafilia& hxrcsjUxor. Joli. Goband mllitis. But Thurbert, the fon of this Edhlfiu, is fomc- times ' called Thurbertn's filitu Hadelwo/fi de Bil- }ie']a ; for it fcems he had alfo a Seat at ]15tInC? , (now called JBtlHC?) and lometimcs '^Thurberttn de Rcclube ; and was a notable bcnefaftor to the Monks ofComtlC, giving' a large precinftof his land in JlBtlltCp , adjoyning to ^mftC , ( within •which finite the monaflery was founded) the lands being exprelt by boundaryes after the pa- tient manner; which grant was ratified * by Henry fon to the fame Thttrbert , who calls him- fclf Henricus dc T^ksh fi^'^ TloHrberti de Bil- tiey ; adding to his fathers gift the Mill of jUBtlnCJ?, and fome other hnd : for the better aflurance whereof, Henry de A'-derne , grandfon to Tiirchill, confirms* the grant , though that, with a great part alfo of his inheritance , was taken away by the ConQuerour , or King H. t. and given to the Earl of HUrwick C^^ I think ) before that time , •which was in the reign of K, Stcpb. Roger Ea-d of " lb. Warwick^ being a -witnefs * thereunto : for Earl eih.f.ia.a. iVitliam ([on of Roger) adds his Charter * of con- firmation to them all, which needed not, had he not been poflclt oi Ar den' sUr\Atry Rokeb ye'scMe. This f Henry de Rol^cby was a benefaftor to the Abby of IS^toell in j^Otttjampton-lbtre , as ap- pears by what he gave in5'11obCbj?'j where the Monks of 59{ptoCli had a grange. He alfo gave ■ had in !^0lmc, to the Ca- nons of 3Lcicciffr (whereof I have already fpoke) for tlie advoufon of the Chappel of Hofecbp.which was a member of CliftOrt , and belonging to that Abby : touching which Chappc! there was a ' futc betwixt the faid Heftry , and {he Abbot of 3LCt- CCffCt in the 2. year df K. John ; and ^ bequeath- ing his body to be buried at COmbC, tlicrewith gave the yearly rent of half a mark of lilvcr, Iffuing out of the Mill of aftoii ( juxta JBetrnfiTgl^am ) in this County ; which Henry had ifliie 'Henry , who confirmed all the grants to that Abby made by his graiidfather and father, adding " iomething from himlelf in SBilncp. But it feems that thedif- ' fcrcnce concerning the advoufon of the Chappel Ms in bib!. Sodl. lib. e R. Ho- vcd: f. 181. t. ». 20. fur. 19. » Rcgijt. dc Pijwdl, f. ^ ^jj ^.^^ j^^ J ^,^.^^ j^, h Reg. A&. df Lcic. in iiibl: Cot- ton: f. J. a. i Pluc. de T. Mich. i Joh: rot. a(J. iJtdOT- f"' , ^ Kf/. de amh, f. 41.*. / Reg. de Citm'c.i, f. 40. fa. '" Ib.fA^t b. of JRobCbp ended not till this time ;*For by a " fine levyed 5. H. 5. betwixt Henry Rol^eby and the Abbot of %tktttet, it was concluded, that tiie faid Henry :ir\d his heirs, flioi-Jd exhibit a fitCIerk to the fame Abbot and his lucccflburs, whom they might prefent to the Bifliop ; which Clerk fliould pay to them yearly , the anticnt and due penfion , that the Abby of %tictfitt had wont to receive out of the faid Chappel. of llo^Cbp in right of their Church of Cllfton : And to perfeft this a- greement , the laid Hcr.ry gave to that Abby for ever, a yard land inl^olmc. This Henry was a Knight ; for fo by his grant ' under feal he is ftiled ; whereby , with the con- fen t of 7?, <»>;«/p/; his fon and heir, he gave a yard land in JRofeebp to the Prior and Monks of Mbp, And in the :; 9 of //. 3, obtained for himfelf and his heirs a * Charter for a weekly S^Zttdltt here every Saturday, and for a Jfafr yearly, beginning on the Even of St. Laurence , to endure for three daies ; v;ich $Xta loarren in all his demcfn lands in OT^artofcbfttre. Foi the advantage of which ipcrcate , the Abbot of Comb? earn eilly moved * the Monks of |^fpU)CU for permiffion, that chey might purchaie, or creit a houfe in Hokebp to rt- ceivc thole Monks of theirs, as they fliouid have occafion to imploy thither. Howbeit in 13 £. t. AnnabilLi, the Widow of the faid //f»r/, .hold- ing this Mannour in dower , and claiming'^fW iuarrcn with a i^CrcatC and ^aite here ; for which file exhibited the Charter of K. H. 3. extended her claim further than that Charter warranted , as it fcems : for it was then found , that flie challenged liberty to punifh the breakers of the Aflize of Bread and Ale, whereof being not fcizcd, the Shiriff entred upon the S^VX' Ucf. JFafr and ^reetoarreti for the King. To which la(t mentioned Henry fucceedcd %aMHlph his fon and heir, who dyed * before 20 £. i. for in the/ 24 of that Kings' reign , %aph Bajfet , fon and heir of Simon Bajfet of ^^pcOtC , granted the cuflody of Annabil his daughter and heir , with her marriage, to Veter de LeiceHer Clerk. Which i ^nnabil was the wife of Sir JohnGobund Kt. Howbeit -^»»n. JhIH an. 17,01. Ric. de Touceftre accoJitHS,x\\, Kl. Dec. ic\. In the certificate of what Earl Roger held, it is written IDdtOtlC ; but in the other of Turchill's lands SStHtOtlB, mi- flaking, as I fuppofe, the «. for an ». in regard it •was there written HBgntonC, the I, being changed for the Q. according to the ordinary pronuntiation of many words amongft the vulgar ;as in ILsHC- fO)D (the very next town) which is ufually cal- led ]LanfO}tl ; and of latter times fo written. Hingant, five Ingald. ' |- dib. Galfiidus dd Ciaftc.) I Robeitusdc Craftc. Walcerus (il. Ingtldi- Maria tempore regis Steph. ( Rogcrus de Beatrix fcpulta in cimlterio Craftc. idc Pipwell. « Rogcruj de Craftc IH. My. H.J.I e Ib.f.7i.A Kogerus d« Craftc. OT. j.ir; tCir/b. Thomas de Char- n6lls._^ I taurentlus-MatiUis filia 8c Truffell. I hxres. t /Gulielmu? Truffell miles. I 1 Tho-Truflel. r (- rWilU.Trnfrcl miles. [ I »»EdwardusTru{n;l obiicx. )aniil4.H.7.1 yPjt.it. .T loll. Truficl obiic y Joh.Vcxe Comcs-Eliz.'?^ foror Si xoDec. IJ-H. 7. Oxonii, hares, static. an.iiH, 7, • Hegtft. de In K. Steph. time WAltertts * //. Hi»gaH, or pjpwc//./. /«^^W«* being owner of this place, was a great 54. «• •be'nefaftor to the monaltery of l^fptoell (in jl^)- *canjt. t^avnpton-fhire) for he gave* them a large por- H.3 W.6. j-Qj^ iniBtUon ; which in his graunt is fet forth P" W-'^* jjy boundary es ; viz,, in breadth from the outmott * ^^* limits of jaDuntijurcll to the old i^OJCtUCP (anti- ently leading from I^IU'SJjOjtOII towards Mar* tofck) and in length trom the end of that way to alittlerillof water, called HepnWbjOC, excep- tino onely the lands belonging to the Church of SBJttonlying within that precinft : And becaufc r half chc Lordlhip of JtScUPII was th: dowric of Marie the wife of this lyalter, flie, for her confir- mation thereof, had a gold Ring and a palfrey gi- ven to her by the Abbot ; which fValtcr left one onely daughter his' heir named, Beatrix, who cKegifl.de brought this Lordfliip in marriage to "K^iger the P;/>w/.54. fon oi Geffrey de Craft (owner of dXdSiZ 'n 3LCf- b. <^ SJ.". CCffCF-fliirc, whereof he took his name) and con- firmed^ chc gift of his Father in Law, as he ac- knowledges he promiled to do, the very day when hemarryed the laid Beatrix, flanding before the dore of the monafiery, in the prefence of (Jeffrey his Father, %obert his Brother, and divers others : And afterwards, upon the burial! of the fame Beatrix in the Church-yard at |3(pU)eU, with Rom ^^irrhis fon and heir, gave alio to thole Monks for the health of her foul xi. lelions of land, and a piece of meadow in ]i3tIfon ; which Roger (the fecond) following the fteps of his anceftours in bounty to that Abby, ratified 'all that his Grand- father, viz,. Walterns fil. Hingan gave ; and for the better afluring thereof levyed a fine * there- upon at tiRScftlll. on the Eve of St. "Pf/ifr and Paul'j.'R^ I. adding of his own gift common of pafture in IBiltOII for three hundred Ewes, twelve Kyneand a Bull, five Sows and a Boar with their Pios, fixtcen Oxen, and fix young Beafts ; and fewell in ^fttonmoojc, as much as fhould be ne- ceflary for the expence of the Monks in their grange at IBfltOn: which grange hath been ufu- ally called/ 2r5unc^urc|j grange, in regard that flb.fiji. the lands belonging thereto, did lye in the fields of SDttnc^urc^ and Bger de Craft ezn(wexcd for a Kts. fee in this place : but I fuppofe that this was the third %pger ; for 'tis not like that the other could then be alive. Itdoth notappear to me, clearly, how S5Hf0n went from this line of ^r-rt/itf; but Piaryseh was the next that, I find, poffeft it, and if I may take my liberty to gueflc, I (hall fuppofe, that it was by a Daughter oi Craft e. About the beginning of £^ir. i. time, Nicho' las Charfiels Kr. entayled " this and other Lord- m Kegifl. fliips in ILdCCffcr-fliire on his fon george and ca,t.s.]oh, the heirs male of his body, and for default of fuch JJ^^'^^* ifluc on Sir >f//?/^w ^W/if//j Kt, brother of the ^f^^ri^^jt laid Sir Nicholas, with divers other remainders. In whichfamily of CW»f/// it continued till the beginning of R. i. time; and then by {Jiiaude^ daughter and heir of ThoniM Char tif Iff, came to Will. ^ dc Char;-Beatrixf rcllfta fttIl i34H -5- I34.H.3. Nich . de Char- nells.^^ f Georgluj deChar'-LuciareHa* ntUs. 113. E.*, Nich jiells. de Char- I "I : ITejla H.3.WT.I8. M.itth. mjlm. in fP.U. sz. H.3.OT.18. qPJt.z.E. 2. indorfo. rP.if. J.E. 2. w. i8. /■P-Jt.^. E. 2.»;. 13. lP,m.j3 f^^^ lljcheUf Cbarnels and Joan his wife, and the heirs of the lame Nicholxt by her the laid Jo^n ; referving unto himfelf firft an eflatcforlife therein: and was one of the Knights for this Shire in the Parliament of 6, E. 2. but after that time he lived not long : for in i J. £.2. Lucia his widow held * this Lordfhip in dower. To whom fucceeded Caf'-Luhf 'Hi'^^ol^ his Ton, of whom I find, that in 18 £.2. 1 Pat 18 ^^ w^^ joyned ' with Roger la Zostch for the £, t. p. z\ choofing of XXX Hobelers and Ix Archers , in the W.38. Counties of WiSXV, and %tic. for an expedition ^CLiuf:JS into (DafCWnC. In 15 £". 3. one ^ of the Knights E^3 p.i. m for this Shire in the Parliament then held atWett- tldrJ»,mA3. mfnfter. in • 20 £. t. of the retinue to ThomM Hm field thcnBp. of ^WZttttZ in the French ex- pedition ( which B. was the * Founder of ^u b'codwin refme-ColJcdgein^FftjD, and 2)arer»ne-Houfe de prtepi.'. in JLOtlDOn.) In 30 £,3.' afligned one of the Ju- ^.131,153 Rices in this County for putting the y?4f»?f of La- t Pat. 30. boiirers in execution ; And that he had ifl'uc Tho' E.J. t-iitc fff^^ and he ^ Maud a daughter and heir, wedded to Laurence T'ruJJell of CtlWefOOtt in ^taflford- fbUe, by which means this Lordfhip , with divers Manrtours alio in leftCtterfl&frB , divolvcd to that family: but was not enjoyed without great fuits: for ' John C^arnells of JlgeUtDOJtb, in this County, ( combining with one John Aiarfhall Parfon of the Church of &tDepttOn.in3LefcCftcrl6frC , who had been a feoffee in truft for thofe lands) intruded himfelf into the poffeflion of a large part thereof, obtaining a Charter / of iFree-iuaitCII in this Mannour oflSfltOnto himfelf and his heirs : And, for the better effefting of his purpofe , deduced his pretended title from the King ; alledging , that £dtv. Prince of Malea (Father to the King) dyed feized of it , having been enfeoffed thereof by the laid John Charnells : And, the better to carry on his defign , caufed an Inquifition t to be taken af- ter the death of the faid Prince , whereby it was found accordingly : fothat after much fuit, in the latter end off. 3. time , exhibiting a Petition in Parliament, 1 ^. 2. the K. dire^ed his Precept to the Judges of the Common Pleas to do her right therein ; whereupon (it feems) fhe recover- ^^ cd it : for in •> 9 ;?. 2. fhe, with Laurence Truffell T'ln. 5. R, ^" husband, demifcd it to Sir Rcph Ferrers Kt. to }. ■ liold during his life, paying a Rofeonely at the Feaft of the Nativity of St. John Baptifl yearly. _ After which it continued in the line of Trujfel, till the beginning of H. 8.time: (for though I finde In -' ' " • i Ptt. lu"] H.7. p-i. » Rot. Fr. 4o E. J. ;« doifa^ft.n I Robert Lytton Kt. as Lord of the Mannour , prc- fcnted to the Reftory, I conceive it to be an cltare to him in trufl onely 'j becaufe, neither before nor after that time, is there any mention of him other- wile) and then by Eliz,, daughter oiEdwArd , but filter and heir to her brother John , it came to the Earls of £)j;fojDt for in 22 H. 7. theK. 'granted to John E. of £)]Cfo;D, and to John Vere Nephew of the fame Earl, the wardfhip and marriage of the laid Sliz.: to the intent (as the Record faith) that file fhould be married to the faid John Vere , who was then fcrvant to the King, and next heir male to the abovefaid Earl. Of which Trujfells , whofe feat was at Spl- mctt||Ojpc in JLcicctterlftfre (which they alio had by Charnells heir) I have onely added the defcent, that the fuccefiion of this Lordfhip may be the better illuftrated ; for in Martufcbftfrc they had no imployment of note. But by Edward'Ezrl of iSLiXtOtQ, towards the latter end of Qu. Eliz,. reign , was it fold unto Jehn Shugborotigh'E'q; then one of the fix Clerks in Chancery ; which John dyed ^ feized thereof in 42 £//i.. leaving Henry his fon and heir, of whom Edward Bou^h' ton of 3tatDfa)0 El'q; ( having thofe lands in 315(1- fon fometime belonging to |0(jltoClbAbby, which after the diffolution were obtained by his Grand- father ) purchafed it about the beginning of King James his reign; and procured afterwards a "Charter of Jf ree-toarwtl to him and his heirs mPat.it. therein j which Edward difpofed thereof to Tho- ^"^-^ ^^ mas BoHghton his fccondfon, viho now, fcil. anno jnscac. ' 1 640. makcth his refidence here. The Church ( dedicated to St. Mark.) was in « Cod. MS a. 1291. i^E. I. valued "at ix marks ; but in f^"^^ * 26 H. 8. at xvi !• x s. vi d, the Procurations and /E/c.41, ^.mdoifo m. 17- dClauf: i fcm. 38 £-3.».io ii: CU4: I. t Tin. It 'Jit. on. Synodals then' being ix s. vi d. Patroni Ecclefiar. s. Archer > fib, Incumbentes & temp. 'Tnflit. Thomof de Lejcejlria reRor Rc^ifi. de eccl.de BeaffltoK. a. l2o3. P'Pt^eU , 7 £.2. /"-S.*. 'Hich.dtChArnels. fob. de Charnells, fi/iM D. Northb.f. Georgii de ^harnells , 8. ''^ *• ^ Kl.Ifiliia.i^2i.(^i6.E.2.) Ric.dts ty^fpcs, xii. Kal. Jts- Ib.f.ij.tti Jit, a. 1322. (i5. £. 2.) Cub. deSuttoH accolittu. m. Non.Sept.a.i^i^p.(2^.E.^.) Ric.de Wodeman Pbr.xv.Mar» tit, a. 1390. ( 14. R. 2.) ib.f. jo;«. nil rani. [ob. Lytton Joh.lJ^yllye ^ap.tt.Se^t. a». ^'^^f-U D.deBetil^ I40P. (10. H. 4.) *^-''- D.Lucia quondam vxor D. Oeorgii de Charnells, Nich, de 0jarnels miles. Laur. Trujfell ar. D.deBeaulton cr Matildis ux, e- jus, patroni. 7). Rob. miles . ton. Rob.Lyntonmiles. Joh.'B^dyman Cap. . . Mar' Ib.f.i^.b^ T>. de ByJton. tii, a, 141 3. (14. H. 4.} T). mil. Trujfell Ihom. Rygby Vtac.i/^.Aug. ^(T»'f' miles. a. 1429. (7. H.6) *^"* D. mil. Trufell Joh.Woburn Pbr. xyi\\. Jpr. Ib.f.t*.^: miles. a. 1444. (22. ^- ^O D. mill. Trujfell Joh.fVorjley Pbr.x\x.Martii, Ib.fAi.a. miles. a. 1445. (24. H. 6.) Joh.Veer Co.Oxok. Magr. mill. Bafe, rxix. Julii, ^l-fn. *> ratione martta- ll. Randall fr. niariM mancrii de ByltoH. fVill. Rcflingham de H arboroTV- magna genero- ^M , raiioKt dt- mijf. Co. Oxon. Morton, buntidl, ivcfit. ijj8. (i^/«*') p. Thot»/u Shapman eler. 6. jifr. an. IJ59. \.Eli^. Edmtindus Enos , x. Vec, an. 1570. loh. Eneves in art. baccal, 18. Mail, an, 161-1. ■iXJf^9 u Armcj ULtnr Cn.vtW'ii'W-indo'WJ, -*J-» « L. ■ .1 » i i.ir le oC ia,ncaXtcr Afiiev 5. ChariupL* ■\ "'SThitetiorfe Church-Laivford* V\7"E({wiLxd from ISilfOtI, and near the bank of i*^^ atOtt, ftandsCI)Urti-lLatDfe)0, (within which Panfli is likcwife the Village of HOIIg- iHStsfOjQ , lying fomewhat higher upon the lame River, ) In the Conq. time it was rated • for 5 hydes, and then held by one K^inaUtis of ^0- gcr Earl o'" ^ronOdl and jb^JCiMaborp, but writ- ten ILSfl^fOjQ- The lands of which Roger, in thefe parts, came afterwards to the family ot W Albany. But in H. 2. time , Roger Hajrun was Lord * of this place , in whofe male line it continued till E. 2. time, held* of the heirs of the laid Earl of ^ronOcU : So that, 'tis without doubt , that this Roger Hayrun, or his Father , was firft enfecft'ed thereof by one of thofe Earls. And it may be that i. Rot. pip. H^ill/am Hayrun , who lived in the beginning of S SUfh. jj_ Stefh. time, was <* Father of the fame "R^ger. Of this family there were there 3 Rogers fuc- ccfTively , all Benefaftors < to the Monaftcry of Combe ; whofe grants John F:t:i^-AUn , chief Roger Hayrun having two ions, viz.. mUiam and Johit (as the dcfccnt, and what I fhall fay bcfides, doth fhew ) I cannot well imagine : both which were Lords of this place fucceirively , but dyed without iflue ( ^///'-;Earl oi 'Derby, buy de c>Jffc»i/»f^ his widow , defiring alfo iepulture vit.\6 H. j^gjg^ gave' all her goods , movable and unmova Earl Stafford, paflcd it to the faid Earl and his heirs: whence I ghefs , that all thefe feoffments laft mentioned were but in truft, in thofe turbulent b Kcg.de Cumbi. t Auio^!. in hiht. IWton, ble, with her body , to that Religious Houle. But t'vmes, for this family of Jf/«jfor^.- In which line in 56 H. 3. fVill. de fVaver is l\i\ed * Domi»tisde[\z continued till the attainder of £. & M. f.7, V Lib. 5. scdulniiim. sCtd.MSi in Seac. y Cad M. S. penes S.A, tq. aiir.f. Hhomat Marquefs Dorfet for life ; and afterwards, by the like Letters Patents, bearing date i-j. Ju- *iii 1 5 . of his reign to « the i'aid Ihemoi and to the heirs male of his body. But I fuppofe thatitcame to the Crown, I. /W«?- ria, by the attainder of Henry D. of ^n{fOlt( , Son to the fame Thomas. For in the next year the Qu. granted Licence " to . . . Bay lye for aliening thereof unto Thomas Leigh Alderman of JlOnDOn, and his Heirs. (Of ^A;hom I fhall Ipeak more when I come to &tOn» Up) Af:erwhich,it was in xi. ElU. letled '» by him on eyilice his wife during her life, the remain- der to /^^<7/w»> Z-^'^/j his younger fon, and the heirs male of his body ; whofegrandinaw in JFranCt, inrefpfcaofthe Priory of WiaMtitki- itOn \,now SSKolttOtl) in this County, (a Cell thereto belonging :J but afterwards in the Prior and Coven t of C4rf/)««y/^«/ near CotJCntW, as by the Inltitutionsmay befeen ; and as 1 fliall have occafion, when I come to QSToIllOtl, more par- ticularly to manifeft : yet never appropriated to cither of thofe religious houfes. IdHgt.f.e. a. lb. Vortii. /". »o.«. Pattoni Ecdefix. Procurator ^hb . & (^onv.S. Pern tri fuper Dinam Idem frocHrator, tb.f,ti.a. .lb.f.ii.b. ti.feWit.t. StYtt.f.ii, Incumbentes & temp, Inftit. D. Job. de Berevill Phr. in Teflo S. BArtiab, t/4foftoli *t». 1300..., ,; -- Thom. le Breton Cleric. ix.KL Jan.aa.frtd, D. Rex. rAtione PetrHsde Medinrae accolitHS, temporal. Abb. vi. Id, Dec, ah. 1325. •S". Tetr, fuper Dinam in mantt fuA exijienti- ttm. Procurator Abb .CRob. le Venour ^apeU,yiu Kl. dr Conv. S. Pc J Jan. an. 1 3 2(5, tri{uper Dinam^ Kog. de Bojvile Cap, \\\. Non. ^ .Aug. an. 1350. Ed.w. %_. Angl. J oh. de Wefion actol. pridie ratione tenipo-^ JSfon, Dec.an. J^lj. ral. Prior at. de Wolfrich^on in mantt fua exi' flen. 1>. Eejf hacvice. Ilf.f.ii.a. D. Rex (c-x:.) Surgb.f. 20. i<. tttll.f.j,ii. Kcyw.f. t. 'Pr.&Conv. S. Anna crdinif Carthuf, juxia Coventre, Joh.Grcne Pbr.xy. Kl. Dec. AW. 1357. fF///. de Swafeld Cl(r.\iii.Febr. ■ an. 1383, mil. Penreth Cler. xxi. Apr. itn^ 1408. . Joh. Norton in decretis bacc, X. F(f^r. pford. mll.Tenreth accol. i\\. OB. . -rf«. 1408. ^ GregortHS X^eHpart decrtt , bacc. y. Sept. an. %J^\6, Rob. Helpe Pbr. xvi. Oil. 4a. 1411. Nich Bolton^ xxi, Martii An. 1425. THts place (as I have faid) is in the Parifii of In the Conq. time deffrey Wirce (of whom I am tofpeak in i^OnfesWrbp; poffeft it; and, in the xii. year of that Kings reign gave * to the Mo- a Autogr. naftcry of St. Nicholas atj^ngterd in $XWMZ, a- i^bibl.Coz mongft other things, two parts of the Tithes of ""•• Corn and Cattel, and the whole Tyth of Wool and Cheefe, arifing within the Precinfts thereof, which were received by the Prior and Covent of ^Onhflbirbp before mentioned. In that Grant it is written iLdl0t)O;t, but in the Conq. Survey, where the fame CJefrey is certified to hold five hydes here, lleUefO)D ; The addition of the firft Syllable ILOtlge, being of later times ufed to di- ftinguiftiit fr^mthe other, which we now call C^nrclEl ILatDfOJd; and doubtlefs, was put thero toinrcfpedthatitlycs not fo round together as many othertowns do. That Nigellui de Albany, Progenitor to the family of Moubraj, became poflert of all VVtree his lands is apparent: ( whrrrof T Hnll fpeak more largely, when I come to (Jjonhflblrbp) which Nigelltts , ox Roger \\is Son (who affumed the name of Afoubray) enfcoft %obert de StHtville thereof: for I find that the faid %obert, about the beginning of /f. 2. time, paffed * it 10 Joha de Stuteville his younger brother ; who, for the health of his own foul, and of the fouls of his .. _ __ father and mother, l^bert his brother, both their ArmtHml ehildrens fouls^ as alio the fouls of KMenrj 3.and his bAuttgi' in <>§tie Z£ THE ANTIQUITIES OF e Reg. dc Pipv.f. 119.1. dlb.S7.a. b. flb.m.a gib.f.xio. «.. hJh.fiii. f. a. bJb.f.ii3. b, cllb.f e C-vit. 1 1. E.i.an.il. H.i.mu 6. I Pit. 7.E. h Pitt.i M. ftrtt 14. i Tat. 4. duUr, I Kot. Kog. Mfyland quondam Eplfc.Cov. fif Li(h. n Pat. de an.i.&i. Ph. & M. f.l. his Q^iKen.beltowcd ' it on the Monks of jdfptoellt Within the Prccin<5l of this Lordfhip was * a ctniinSpyMney called 31Bl«t6-tl^ptlIt» whereupon thofe Monks buik a Corn-Mill, and a Fulling- Mill; which graunts v^'cre « in the beginning of H. 2.tin»e.' for by the faid Joh» de Sttitevtk's con- firmation, he ratified it unto the Monks, by the nameofil^jrtJC'iplU, with the Floodgates and Damme to the fame height and breadth, as it was that year in which the faid K. Heyiry returned from sn&OlOfe, viz.. the vi. year of his reign. All which were confirmed by William f the fon of the faid Robert de Stotevile.,S Ioh» znd * "K,'- ^er fons of the faid lohn, and by » Roger de Mon- ?r4;, chief Lord of the Fee; as alfo by* Roger Pantolfe nephew and heir to Roger de Stutevile ; betwixt which Roger and the Monkes of ^(p^ inell there were two agreements concerning Com- mon in the Moor of iLOng-5LatofOjO, digging of Turf for fewell, and likewifc about fifliing in the River of jatJOtl; one of thefe bearing date in* xi. loh. and the ^ other 5. H. J. as are to be feen at large in the Leiger-Book of that Momftery. In' II, £. I. the Monks of |ptt, which belong'd to the Monks of f0(pt»Cll, unto Sir Thoniat Leigh Kr. and Dame cyiltce hiswife : which Sir Thoir.as dyed^. feized thereof; and at this day Frauds Lord STUinrmOje, his great grand-child, (by Sir Vl^aii^rn Leigh a younger ion) enjoys it, t/z,. a.n. \ 640. I have now done withlLOIIg llatufojD. There is in this Parifli of C^ort^ ILatofOjD a place called the ^tUOe, fituate upon 2DanfmOJC l(Catft,wherewasantiently a Chappell:which,with divers Churches and other things, became appro- priate' to the Priory of CotJCIttre in the year of ourLoid 1260. (44 H, 3.) and as appears by the Grant "of K. Phrlip and M^ry dn. \.& %. of their reign, was an inclofed grove ; butftands from the town about a mile Scuth-we(K miftofh • Domef- ^iylib' FOllowingthenreamofjatJOn, the next place Icome to is Moltton, which is alarge Parifh, and contcins fundry villages and hamlets ; viz. iDerffon, ^tretton upon SDiintmojc, and fa>{nf- t^OjpCfn r' c lame fide the River j with 3i5aaiHKIII and 15jetfO}6 on the other. In the Cojiq. days lEarl %oger held it by Riti- mldus his under-tenant ; it being then certified • to concein five hydes and one virgate of land : butin thegenerall Survey written is tUUfffCCtOne in one place, and ^loeSOlU in another, all un- 4cr ihc title of Terra RoitrU Coxitis (a: Vfhicb time there was a Church ) and had its appellation originally from iome antient ■poffefTor thereof in the Saxons time, iVnIfricus being a name uiuail in thole days ; from whence it hath antiently been written tK!lalfr \va$, I cannot yet difcover. Here was in Wolffotl a religious Houfe, fubor- dinate to the Abby of St. Peter j«per Vinam (in the Dioccs of Raisin JfranCC) of which I ftiail lay more anon; refolving now to take notice of the pollerity of the faid Roger de Frevill and Sibilla^ with whom the inheritance of MTolSoil went, and what I find memorable of them:for the clearer un- derftanding whereof, Ihave infertcd this defcent. DominaAdelizaj Rogerus de .Sibilla FrcviUa. 33. 35.H.I, f Gcjl.t r/ill. duels] qtr.Ccmet. ,, p-sii.c. i rOrd.Vi. tM. ml. W/?.f.J2». fRes'ji.di Vr.itonfol. i8.a. t Tejia it NeviU, H Rcgifi, Abb. de Burton f, I8,.E.i.ig lo.Ej. Tho.Thur. Wil.Rob.Oawr* vile 19. E.J. fiL 8c bxip W.Bret un.miles I CuidoBretun f.H.4. This WA%^lCKJHl%E ILLUSTRATED. zj l{millw.p. i6.&p. 70. a;P■ Cap. tt'ic. hSttt. Xf'c^m.Cip, 10. iFo/. 1 7 7, ir. iKem. Vill. This %S£er was a bencfa6lor to the Cannons of ^cnflttDO^tld, by the confent of Stbitl his wife, giving "' them one hyde and one virgatc of land here. And had iffue Richard, Agatha, and St- hill : which Richard became a benefaftor to the monalteries of x jaUefteC and CombC in this County ; To the firft whereof he granted the Church of pebtDOJt^ in (IDlOUCettCC-fhiro and to the other ; his Mill j at ^etlton in this Parifli : but had no children, it fcems, for his Sifters be- came his heirs : whereof ^jr^f/w marry ed to Gef- frey Thorvile^ and Sibillio Robert Chetvoode ; who both, with their husbands, did confirm the gift of $0crtton-Mill made to the Monks of Combe by their Brother Richard. But, forafmuch as the dcfcent from the faid Jgatha is not lb cleared by authority of Record or other evidence, as I could wifli; I muft, by that light, which I have, point out what I conceive hath moft affinity \with Truth, which in this and the like uncertainties, is expreft by prickt lines, as in the example may be difcer- ned. ThisGeffrey Turvill ({ox it may very well be be) gave • the Chappel of &fOcWt1BfOJtb with certain lands there, to the Abby of %ciCZllev. But the firft husband to the f3id«/^. John fVefhn oi (Veifon, Se\s,czi\t at Law, /eh» Beauchampe of ftenUtoOJtftPrieft.and lohn Stokes of the famC l&enfltOOJtb Yeoman, were ' certified to hold it, with i^Ztfton, by the fourth part of a Knights fee. How they had it, or how they parted with it I find not; but certein it is,that Nicholas Met- ley-i. Lawyer, ioon after obteincd it, and by his laft will* and Teftament, dated 1 2 Nov, 16. H, 6. appointed, that his Feoffees thereof fliould \\o\dt it to the u(c o? Joane his wife during her life, and afterwards to the behoof of Margaret his Daugh- ter by the faid Joane, and her heirs for ever : which Joane took i to her lecond husband one Richard Hotoft, who was conftrained to * defend his wifes right therein againft Thomas Throgmor- ton, indonc Johfi Brokesby in ^o.H. 6, they then laying claim thereto ; but of this fuit the Pian- tiffes had little benefit as it feems; for after the deceafe of the faid Joane, John Mug ford of ^JJlf- COt0poffetti it in right of i.^argaret his wife, daughter to the before fpecified Nichol.u Metley, and dyed » feized thereof i. H. 7. leaving John Beaufoe fon and heir of Joane his daughter, Mar- garet, Alice, ^nd Anne daughters to him the faid John and Margaret Metley abovelaid his next heirs, as when I come to CnifCOte Hiall more plainly be fhewed ; whereupon in 4,H. 8. fcil. 1 2, Aug. partition' being made of Hugford's lands, lohn Cotes (of ^OUfngljattl ' in right of Alice^ his mother,had thefe manncurs of WolffOll and ^Cf- fton ; which /oA» by his deed, P bearing date xx. A.ug. the fame year, part them in exchange to Sd- ward Belknap Efq. and his heirs, as in ^tVUt I {hall more fully fhew. This Edward Belknap was afterwards a Kt. and by his Teftament * gave CSHolttOW with the mannour of iparffOlt to his brother in Law, f^l^il- liam Shelley Efq ; and Alice his wife, fifter of the faid Sir Edward^ and to the heirs of the faid hlice, referving firft an eftate for life in them to his wife: which K^x/Z'^w* Shelley, by the faid A//fff, had iffue ' lohn Shelley his fon and heir, who dyed 'feized of them ilEfc.H. cS£. 6. d Excvi' dentin Gc- orgii War- ner «r. e Em. le- vat.T.Hiil, ^4 THE ANTIQUITIES OF [AlitOgY. fcnes Geo. ii'm tier lie II oljlon , fried. 53>. hibjo!. •it. a. ( 11/. k ckuf. 1 5 dorfOim.ll ing without iffuc , i y t/ffr. 59 ^//-. thelc Man- nours , by vcrtue of the laid entail , came to Sir John Shelley Kt. and B:. ion and heir to John Shelley brother of the faid mlltam: which Sir John , by his deed / of bargain and iale bearing date 190a. 10 7 This Guy had iflue Sir WtlUnrft Bretun Kt. Lord alio of MoltJCrtOn in this County, and one of the « Knights for this Shire in the Parliament held at Mcffmtnffer, 45 Edw. 5. who being con- fliiutcd* Shirift'of the Counties of ^arUjVtb and ILCtCCttCr, 49£. 5. in* i. R. 2. ferved again as pne of the Knights for th's Shire in the Parliament then held at MeCEmfnftcr ; and left ifliie '' G«; ; '^■Rilndo'f of whom I find nothing memorable , neither can I (oy 'm.^^. trace down this defcent any further. _ I now come to the Monaflery fometime here fituate; which being a C(r//, as I have faid , to St. Peters fup'Dinam in JFjailce, was one of thofe we commonly call J0jpOj{Cfl-alfCH. But of thefe Cels have I not feen many formal foundations j the courfe being, for the mofl: part, barely to grant the Land and Tithes (as by a multitude of infl»n- . Qiiidatn potens de noblli pencre Danorum.| I I Richardus i. dux-Gunnora. Osbertus de-V/cvia, Normannix.l Bolebec.l^ |— I Guillclirus. 1 Ltfcelinfl. Hugodc Monte-lofcclina. I I gomerico. | Hugoepifcopuj Rob. Aucen- Rogerius dc Monw Lcxovii. fis Comes. gomerico. But whether there was any grant thereof at all, otherwife than verbal, is fomevvhat difputable : for in thofe elder times , conccflians by Charter were not very common I am fure, as may appear by this inftance to the Monaftery of SDStJenfre in j^Ojtlj- ^aniptonfbd^, viz..h^ StefhandeVFelton, of the Church of ^fa^CftOll in that County , bearing acUuf.Ai £• 3. it UorjOym.S^ hKot.fin. 49 E.3. m. '-0. d Efc. J H. 4.?'. 19- date in the year 1 161. 7 W. 2. In which Charter one Monk to fingMafs daily there at the Altar of | there is this expreflion , * Ha>}c eandem ecclef.am I' Kf^'J'- de Staverton Hd\iu ecclefm Daventrenfis vertir.ev- f' "'■'"■ ' tern, O" membrum e]tu , pttrwitscnnM ante loaf.c r £2. a, donationew fanBo Auguftino drfuts, fatre m'eo an- nuente , reddideram j fed ntillam chart £ vel figHU defenfionem contra fofierorum cautelam & ve.xa- tivam fulfationem dederam, & aUionem meant irn' munitam reli^uei^am : ut ergo jam e.x hoc nunc in feculum rata fit & flabilis, me a qu. 3, feized it again, and com- eia»j,\e mitted • it to the Prior thereof, for a certain Rent <•?.?•*. to be paid into the Exchequer yearly; whereof default being made, and the fame refumed upon the Petition of the faid Prior,he allowed him mfol. a week for his maintenance ; command being gi- ven to %oger de Gray and Henry Arderne to make P*Y™€nt thereof unto him accordingly : but I do not perceive that there was any one Monk there at that time to bear the Prior company. In 31 f, 3. it appears, that the Prior of this Monaftery , having made an agreement to pay XX 1. yearly into the Exchequer, as a ferm for this Cell 5 and being not able to perform it , the King w*s pleafed to pardon ten marks a year thereof ^Z'^*^ •for «^« 'hree next cnfuing years. After which, by an extent* of thefe Prioryes-alien in the i, 1, and .3. years of K. 7^ a. I find , that the poffefTions dRot. Fin. nweof ^»ere rated tft^xxviiil. \xfol, per annum ; 8.R.».ro.t. and ^hat Ihorily after ic was committed * to ff^- ItCUuf.i. £.S.»>.i». m. 17. IP«.3i£, ^p. I. m. a;- • . .^■ Re mem: Regis in rine fValdgrave , paying xx 1. yearly into the Ex- chequer, as fohn (^hater Prior of that Houfe had wont to do. Which frequent fcizures, giving the Monks beyond Sea little hope to have any con- liderable profit from their Englifl'* Cells for the fu- ture, occafioned the Abbot and Covent of St. Pe- ters fitper Dinam , to think ot making their beft thereof. Whereupon, by their publick Inftrument, • bearing date 10 D1L«afO)0 in the County of WiatV. |90tfCrf-pkfe in the County of j^ojfftam- pton , ^omton-^fe^ell in the County ot %,tU. with all other profits and advantages , to the laid Priory of OTfolfTttljllOll any waies belonging ; to have, hold and poflefs co them , the faid Prior and Covent of (^arthujians and their fucceflours for ever. All which was confirmed by the K. Letters •^Patents bearing date •; Julii, 20 of his reign, (upon the return of a Writi of Ad quod dampnum thereupon) and thenceforth continued to the faid Carthuftans till the general djflblution of all the Monafteries by K. fl". 8. After which it came to the hands of %oger fVtgfton , defcended from a family of the mgftons in Helteftet, divers where- of were Merchants of the Staple. Which Roger (being a Lawyer, I fuppofe, for he was Steward ' to the Monaftery of |p{nUp in this County ) by his Will' dated 34//. 8. bcqueatb'd his body in the Church of MolftOll ; having < of this County and %tiKttZtfbttt and in commiffion of the peace for And left iflue ' William Vf^igHon , a Juftice of Peace likewife in this County , and Efchaetor, m towards the latter end of K. H. 8. reign ; as alfo ShirifFin 5 E. 6. but Knighted "in ^& l Ph. & (_M. who dyed 27 Sept. 1 9 Eltz,. and lyeth buryed in the Chancell at MolSon , Roger his fon and heir being then xl t years of age : which Roger having no iffue male , left the inheritance of his lands to his two daughters; whereof Sufanne was the wife of NicholatVyent- vforth Efq; who in her right became Lord of this Mannour (for fo it is now reputed to be) and left it to Sir Peter yTentworth Knight of the Bath , his fon and heir, the now owner thereof. The Church dedicAtedto St. Margaret.' IHf an. 12^1. {19E. I.) the value of the Rc- ^ory here was certified atxxxlii raarks: out P of to be buried been Shiriff in 3 3 //. 8. divers years. e Sk. fol. 157- «. fPat. 10; K. 1. p. 1. ni. 31. gt.fc.19. R.i.n.73. /; tx Cod, MS pcnh . S. Archer mil. de *J- lore iccl. f. to. h. I Spert,^. k Rot.-Pip. 33H. 8. jrarr. fSpen.^u. If. r^iEfc. IG, n Pit. de iifdem ann. in dorfo. o^Erc.t9, fi £/»^- ^ Cod. MS mS(ac. z6 THE ANTIQ.UITI ES OF of which, befides the 1 lum of xiii [ol. iiii d. due co the Bp of Cotietrtre and lLfCl)fe that if relpeft be to be had, that the Vicar is to have that competent and laudable fup- port as is fucable to his degree and quality ; for work he may not by the Laws* being to follow his fludy, maintain hofpitality, releive the poor , pay Procurations, and defray all other charges incident to his Benefice ; and that the Laws do allow him to marry , whereby the charge of a fingle perfon , as antiently they were , is by wife and children much, in aH probability, increafed j then no doubt many hundreds in England ought to be in this cafe regarded. Neither can the Impropriator , jurtly fay, he hath wrong, though he purchafed the Reilory at a dear rate j for he muft needs know > that it is divolved to tim with no more privUedge than the Monks had it, who were alwaies fubjeft to coertion for the like augmenution , as caufe required J it being not originally intended, that they who lived plentifully in their Cloyfter Ihould fwcep away the chief fruits of the Church, the Parifli which paid duely their Tithes having little advantage from them ; and that the Vicar , who daily ferved at the Altar , fliould (hap on (horc commons; but if there were fufficiency for both, each to have fliare ; otherwife, if one mufl want, it fliould not be he that did undergo the work. I know this will found harflily in Impropria- tors cars , but Magna eft veritoi , & prxvalcre debet. Patroni Vicarix. Prccurator Abb. & Conv, 5. Tetri [tip, 'Dinam. Prior de fVolrich- fton. D. Rex ratione Prio- rat: de Wolriche- fton tu wa»H fhtt exiftent. Incumbeiucs& temp.Inftit.' HenriCHS de LeiceJiria,Pt>r. H.-i. Rie. de Blaby 'Diac, ii. Id, on-, an. 1 300. Tetrus Mallori , xvi. Kl. Dec. a.\i\-j. Nich de Stonelay Csp. ii. /». IbJ.lo.b. an. 141 2. i Will. Treftweod , Pbr, xvi. Ueyw-f.^A ^ Maii,a>t. 1421. Ric. Tonfover , ii. JhIU, ib.f.il.a. an. 1424. Will, Preftwode, pen. Maiit W^fW. /i «».I432. »7.&. Ric. Habkyn Pbr.im. 3>*»- Ib.f, 3l.«t 9i 0K, 1447. WAmFlCKSHl%E ILLUSTRATED. 2.7 Bawl. /", 340. b. : Ib.f.i^iA, tif.e.a. it Santpf. €■ S.f. 9. a. Thorn'. Gregory de civitate Covert. hac vice rations concef: Pr. & Cofsv. S. Ann£. Will. Wig^on dc iVolJlon, ntiUs. Thorn. Tarfier, Phr. in.Jan, a. 1493. D. LAur. Caufey, xx. Sept. rf. 1494. li^ill. Regelde, xii. JhLH , a. 1500. D. f-yill. Gierke , Tbr. xii. (. J.W. 4. 1 5 1 2. v. Thorn. tJMore ^ Cap. xv. .Afr.a. 1545. (i E.6.) cf Ib.f.ii.b. mU.yyigfto», miles. Roger. WigfloK. ttr. Overtax lundstl. S, CvertoTt Imdell, £. Roger, Wigflon de tVolfion, or. T). Ji'il''' ftarrvar, art.Magr. \x.Maii,a. 155J. (^2& ^Th. &CM.) Job. Afiddletot , Cler. iiii. Martii, <«. 1 5 5 9. ( i El.) Edw. horde, in art. Maqr. xii.Off.«.i58j, (zyf/.) Hugo Clarke, Cler. v. Jan. a. 1591.(34 Eli^.) In the South lie of this Church are there two Arches in the Wall : In one whereof there ftill lyeth a very antienc Statue of a Woman in free- flone, with a wimplet on her chin , and her hands in a praying pofturc. In the other was the Statue of a Man , as Iguefs, which is now removed and laiddofe to that of the Womm, having his hands elevated in fuch fort as the Woman, his head bare, and hair fomewhat long , but no beard ; and his •liter garment loofe, extending to his feet , with a belt about his middle, and a broad fvvord hangm thereat. In the fame He are two fait Gfa^t-ftones „. marble , on each whereof hath been the poiircrai- (flure of Women in brafs, with plates at their fcec, wherein were thefe following Inicripticns , igken notice of by Mr y'/illiani Belcher many years iince, but now torn our. i^ic facet Bioljanna nupcr nroj Uicaiai ^tofc . quonuam ttroj I'^icarut a^cilep , mipcr do- m(nf DC ^olffon % spcrllon , qu3 obtft annoDomtnL ipcCCClFjcfit. ^fc jafcf spargarefa uroj goftannfij !^»gfe593 oomdti De Comcrcotc. filia % tjcreo j^tctjolai spctlcp, oomfnfDctCIolIIon {Rcrtroii, CClapenburp^ailellljojpcqucoWit annoDomtnt ^CCCClpcitit. On the former is this Coat of Arms ftill re- maining, vix.: A ^heveron betwixt 3 Eagles dif- played , empaling a Chezeron hetivi.xt 3 Hunters horns , l>rafed. And on the other the fame Coats quartered. In theChancell , adjoyning to the South wall, is a Monument of free-ftone , about two foot in height, with this Epitaph upon the verge thereof. ^erelpefi) t^ebo&^of tide rfsbt toojCbfpfull ^fr WMamWiisftonf^niiliit, tD^o Dcccafeo ti)e fjf tjfi Dap of ©eptcmbet ■ c ^nltOn-JiBonfngtOtt in Com.^t. that, by his deed', dated 6 Julit, an. 1620, fold them to ^rc. ray:or of ^flUsp in this County, to whofe po- fierity they ftill continue. There is within this Village a Chappcl of j9ll faints, which. had a Chantry /'therein, founded /-E^ "'""S- by Thomas demlvardynton,Vztion of theChuich ^"'^ ^"' ofiLoben|>am (inlrtcefterftfra) for two Pricfts /.j^;,^"^' to fing Mifs daily at the Altar of St. Thomas the Bfc. 19. Martyr, for tlie good eftates of the faid Thomas , £, J.ff, 8. mlli.tm Cl'«ton Earl off^untfngDOtt, Richard^iiX of jSrunDeU, John Peyto the younger ; asalfo of i/4lice and Margaret , fifters to the faid Thomas the Founder, during their lives; and of the re- verend Father in QoA Roger Nor thburgh, then B. of Cot), and WC^. and for all their fouls after their departure out of this life : as alfo for the fouls of Sir Veter de Wolvardir.gten Kt. and the Lady Aliva his Wife , Father and Mother of the faid 'J'homas : and of the fouls of John de lVolvardyntoti,lVilliam, and Peter, brethren of the faid Thumas dcceafed ; and of all faithfull people departed. For the maintenance of which two Priefts, King E. 5. in 19 of his reign, granted* li- cence to the faid Thomas de jFolv.irdynton , to a- morcize three mcffuages, three yard land, four acres of meadow, three acres of wood, and xx/e/. rent , with the appurtenances in ^tCCttOtl afore- ?/:. 13, laid. After this, f/~. in zR. 2. licence was alio granted * to Robert de Stretton , then B. of COtJ. « P.«. i and IL(cI). to amortize four mefluages , and eight yard land, with the appurtenances , lying in this Village of ^trettOlt , for the maintenance of a Pricft to fing Mais daily in the abovefaid Chappel, for the good cftate of the faid King whil'ft he li- ved ; and for the health of hisfoul,when he fhould depart this life ; as alfo for the fouls of the Kings Father and Grandfather, and all the faithfull de- ceafed. Whence I conclude , that this B. wa* born here, and took his name of the place, having been firft a Canon * of UttCftfeflD, and Chaplain vd Godw'm to the Black Prince ( K. Richard ihe a. Father:) <'^ prafuU- but an illiterate man he was (faitb Godwin) in fo '"*^' much as he found it a very difficult matter to ob- tain Confecration ; which neverthelefs , through the Kings power, at length be got. in 3 5 E. 3. The lands of the Chantry here , founded by Them*! t Rot. fn. I9.E.3. m. 2. P^t. r^.E. 3. patte-i. »• parte lf^A'JiiriCE^HI%E ILLUSTRATED. z^ V Cod. MS pmes. S. Archer y Cod. alie-f MS {(nts titnim s, A. T homas de P^Folvardynton , vttrc in z6H.i. va- lued X at iiii /. xiiii foL per mwum ; bu: upon the iurvey ' cakcn 37 H. 8. at iiii /• yisns.per annum. Vr'mjlhorfe, Hundr. cRot.pcnif Sim. Clarke , iar. HUl. 'Ex tut. ftl)erfole .eq.aur. t Domer- OF this place , lying in the Parifh of OTOl- Hon, but Southwards from it about two miles, do not I find OHy mention , till ^4. £. I. at which time it was written P;ene(t^Ojpe. As for the name , it proceeds, doubtlei's , from fomeantient pofleffor thereof , the latter fiUablc , viz,, %^Oill}C, fignifying a Village or Hamlet , for lb in the Saxons time they were called ; the Dutch to this day (whofe Language hath a great affinity •with our old Englifh) callin" fdch Villages iBDO}pe0, pronouncing D inftead of tl^. In XX €. 3. it anfwered with fefrCttOn upon the Aid* then colle(5ted. And in 31 £. 3. there was a Fine* levyed thereof betwixt fVi/liam de Tetks, Parfon of the Church oi WlA^W^M^ pi. and Nicholas de Stoneley and Ha^h de Geydon Priefts, Deforciants , whereby it was fetled upon the faid miham de Teeke for Iife,the remainder to Sir Richard Trerv[(m> Kt. and the heirs of his body ; and for lack of fuch iffue, to John Hockele and Cicelie his wife , and the heirs of their two bodies; and for default thereof, to T^icholas le Eyr, and his heirs. After which I have fcen little confiderable of it, till it * came to the Htigfords of I purpofe to declare) which lands were, by thole Nuns, very foon after, granted *" to the Monaftcry of JScnlU- UlOJtl^, and confirm'd ' by him; covenanted ^ with the Canons of fccnflliDCJtFj , that, if he recovered ]13?anDOn0, he would give them as much land in value as that at 315j0tfO}O, and have that again in exchange. This Geffrey de Clinton , the fecond , wedded t/ignes the daughter of Roger Eail of OTartOfCfe ; and had with her in Frank marriage by the gift 'of her Father {inter alia) ten Knights Fees of thofe feventcen that were held by him of the faid Earl , deVeteri Feoffamento • that is to fay , whereof he or his Father were enfeoffed in the time of K. H. i. which ten, by thole covenants of marriage , were to perform their (military) fervice in the cuftody of this JBjanDanC : whereby 'tis plain, that the Caftlc was then in being , though it be hard to fay whether Jeffrey de Clinton the Father of LefeeltnA, or her husband Normak dtVerdmt built it. fPl. deT. Mich. 5. Job. rot. 4 Oxtn. g Rcgift, ae kcTiil/, f, h Ib.p.7. ilk kJk.p'ii9 Bertramus de Vcrdon temp. Con queftorii.l I b e Normtnnusde Verdon.-Lefcelina filla Gaufridi I dcClintona, Bertramus dc Verdon.-RoheCa. . I g Tho. dc Verdon.-Euftachia, poftca nupta Ric. de Camvil. I h Nich de Vcrdon, 7 R.I. mortuus .16 H. 3.1 i 1 k ] Theobaldus le Butiller.-Rohefia filla & I bairct.iiSH.?. t I ~w n I Marg. fiKa Cilb.-]oh. dc Ver--Elianora de Lacy, & hsres don.Ji H.j. juxori. Walter! de Lacy obiit i E . i , | avi fui , uxor X . Macildis ux. ]oh. FUz-A- lan, Comit, Arundeliz, 30 E.I, ' 1 . Job. obi It in Hib.vita pa- tris, ly E.I. Theobaldus de Verdon, fil. & hzres) 2 E. i. obiit 3 E. i.| r ]~J t Eliz. filia ©tlb.-Thtobald.-Matildis fil. deClaiCjCom, df Vcrdon Edm. de Glouceftrix, uxor t. obiit an. ijK. 10. E, z. Mortime^ deWigmore 30 E. I. ux. I. Ifabella. J w Johanna uxor Tho. filii & he- redis Tho. d, Furnivall. J X Eliz. uxor Barthol. Burgherfh, Margeria primo nupta V/ill. Ic Blount, poftca Marco Hufee , ulc. Job. Crop- htilJ. la / Ex Cny tuLiio iranv'ici Comitum pc7i iiDui' icium Ba- ronem Nonh. an. a, a Domef- day lib. b Cart, art, K.v. i6. cFm.y.R.l d Rigijt. dc K'^nili. p, e Cimt. fiindac. Abb. de (roxden. PUci de T. Mich. 9 Joh. lOt. 4. Oxon. I CUuC f. H.i.m. 4. k KoL. Pip. 16 H.J. U'arr. I Flic, de bdnco 1 e, H.^.tcrm. Mich. rot. I a. tn Rob. Fin. 31.H.3. m.7. fi Clauf. 4, Ci.indor- fo, tn. 1 8. oEl'c, 30. £,i.». 30. £.1. q Rot.Tin'i dc an. z f. E.i.m.16. r Regift. de Crexden. fib. t lb. u Clauf. li E.J. partt t.m. 17. vKat.Fin. 6. * lb. }0 THE ANTIQJilTIES OF }ft Knt.V'ip. 7 R.I. nib; CJYh I I, fVtt. ir. H. ?. m darfo. q Keg-fl. lie SloiuUy. r Tnj. per Hund.-j E. I. pe/H. ifoit. &c. nib. tl IO.i Ib.f. f, X»n de JgAfl u-ar*. pnesThcf. & C/imc. Scac. •w lb. In the line of which Norman it continued for divers ages , as the defcent here inlerted fheweth. (their principal feat being at 0lton-Caftle in ^taffOJUC&frC.) But little do I find memorable of it, other than, that, in 7 ^. i . it was garrilon'd "» by rrilLfil. Ricardi (a great man in this Coun- ty, asinWrOJC^ll (liall be manifefted) who had then the cuftody " thereof , by rcafon of the mi- nority oi Bertram, fon and heir to the before Ipe- cificd7v(orw4« de ferdon. To which Bertram fuc- ceeded Nicholas ; who in 1 1 i/. 3. had a*Cbar- tcr • of Jfr00=h)arrcn granted to him and his heirs in all his demefn lands here. And raifeda Pool in this place to fo great a height , as that the Monks of Com&C brought ' an Aflize of Novel-diffeifiyi againit him for drowning their lands in ^tfCttOn thereby. But it was not long afterwards ere that this Caftlc underwent the fate, which is incident to fuch ftrong holds in time of hoftility : for it ap- pears, that the partakers \\\i\\ Simon L^iontfort E. of 3le{cettcr, who in 39//. 5. held JScnH- tDOjti) CaHIe againft the King, taking notice, that John deVerdon, Grandchild to the before Ipccified "H'cholas , had CommiiTion to raife Forces in Mojcettcrffifre againft thofe Rebels, iffued out of of that place, and pulled 1 it down. To which John fucceeded Theobald-^ who , a- bcut the beginning of E. i. time, extended' his iFrce-loarretl here beyond the bounds of his Ba- rony, into fhe lands of the Prior of C0l}entr$ and Abbot of Efc.Ui » Rot. fin. «. 6. kEfc.iil ^retforde. THiswasamemberofJlBjanDOll, as will ap- pear by what I am now to fay , having its name from the widenefs of the Forde ; and for JSjaBfejDe, is, by corruption, called 5l6jeffOjDe. But the firft mention I find thereof, is, x.ha.iCeffrej Clinton ( ion to Geffrey, who founded the Caftle and Priory of l&cnflltDO}td } gave ' land to the foundation of a imall Cell for Nuns here; which land is particularly mentioned in his grant, the name of the firft Votrefs there, being No'emi • but itieems , flie liked not the place; for her fellow Nun, named Seburge", and fhe paft away the fame lands to the Canons of I^SniUtOO}!^ , in the life time of the laid Geffrey Clmton , and by his " confent ; Henry de ^linton , fon of the laid Gef- frey, afterwards confirming 'the grant. After this, viz.-. in T I //. 3. Nicholas de Verdon obtained a fpccial f Charter for a weekly i^CrcatC here upon the Tuel'day, and his great GxznAchMTheobald had here a ? Gallowes , as a badge of thofe royal priviledges belonging to his Caftle cf ]I5^anD0n; which Gallowes were in this place at firft ercfted, as I gucfs , becaule it lyes upon that great Romali way called the jfOJfc , fo that it might be in terro- rem to paftengcrf. But upon partition ' of Ver- doKs lands, it went, with 31BjanB0n» to Burgherjh, in right of £li:z.abeth his mother , one of the co- heirs ; fince which time they have not been le- vered. Here was a kind of Hofpital or Chappel of St. Sdatttnd ; founded, I prel'ume ", by the Turviles , Lords of JSfftlffon ; for they were Patrons of i: , as appears by the Inftitutioas/ thereunto. IRegiH. d: Kfnill.p.T, eJ^f. 38.=, m Rcgiflje KfniU, p. 116. nRot.Cart. 8.£. z.per Infpex.».4. n Regifc. de Kmill, p. p Rot.Cdrt. iiH.3.=«, 4. CljuJ:di eodem an. pz. 4. 'jRot: Oe ^!(0 E.I. j rclaups^ E.3.W.5. fEx Keg. Cov. & Lt'ich. tpfe. WA%W'KKSHl%E ILLUSTRATED. 31 S{ieton, H Parifli of ®Kol- fituate upon the Coven- tre in Scac fuiis Re- mem . R . f-T)."- b Domer ^y lib. Aving now done with the fton, I come to Hfeton, Southern-fide of jatJOtI, and ufually called flfeton /»/»fr SDunlinoje, for diftinftion from another of the fame name, which is in 31BulWntOt1-Parifh.- the reafon being obvious enough, forafmuch as the foyl here is of a light fandy difpofition, and bea- reth Rye beft of any Grain. ^ .. This was one of thofe towns which Earl Leo- Trmaude f^'ks gave * to the Priory of CotJClltre upon the foundationthereof -4». 1045. i. Edw, Confejfo- ris, as I fhall further declare when I come to fpeak of thatMonaftery. But it feems, that the Monks chopt it quickly away, though it appears nothovi :{ot -^Ittttintti, b Progenitor to the fa- mily of Arden, had it before the end of the faid Kings reign ; And in the Conq. time Turchill, the ion of the fame jiluuin^ (commonly called ^Ib'id, Turchil/ de fVarwick,) hdd It. It is* there writ- ten,SlfetOtieand conteyning three hydes and half a carucate, had at that time a Church,and a Mill, the woods thereof being then certified to contain halfa mile in Iength,and two furlongs in breadth ; and the value of the whole \x.foI. The word in 'Domefdtty-^ookjion\fy\na a mile, is leuca or leuva, which the Trench to this day call a legue : but that it was ufed to exprefs a milCjthat is to fay a thoufand paces, and not a league, (which with the French is twice fo much) Swi"'' °^^^^v^ w^^^ ^''I'*^/'^''-^ * fan authentique Hifto- dif.ii'r r'an who lived in that age) fays : z'/'*. that the '^^l^^^o'Englifh, being now brought under the dominion of the Normans, did, in many things, follow the Trench Garbe j and therefore in the ftead of miles they called them tettcas, that is legues, but intended miles : Nay fo carefull were tliofc that took this Survey to account the meafurc with the fcantert, in regard of envious Informers, that they would alwaies exprefs '' the meafure rather more than lefs of what it really was. The Leiger • Book of ^tOlllep fays, that this Mannour was a member of ^totllCP, and given to the family of «^r(:/tf»by K. //■. I. The firlt part of whichexpreffionislike tobe true: but lam of opinion, that it was part of thofe lands which T«rc/?/7/j pofterity were permitted to enjoy, and not at all out of their poffeffion till they granted blii^ c pi.de r; Trm.io.E', t Venis Thomam. 0, Ui^h. making hay, carrying corn, and gathering Nutcs, at each work one day. The Cottagers were at that time siii. in num- ber, who likewife, befides their Rent, did work one day a piece at fome of thofe before mentioned labours. And the freeholders « xv.which held eight "■ ^^^i^.^i yard land and a fourth part, three acres and a half, and one rode : but their particular names and Rents, for brevitie I omit. At that time it was alfocertified,*chat the Abbot of SDtOjnep held a MilUhere, and halfa yard land : And the Hof- fitalars had two Free-holders holding one yard land, and a water- Will. But in lO.Eldw. i. there was a fute « betwixt the before fpecified Thomas de Arderne and the faid Ho^fitalars ; by which fuit the Prior of St. "Johns recovered of the laid Thomas one MiIl,CC, acres of land, twelve acres of meadow, and ten acres of wood ; and had pof- feffion thereof accordingly : howbcit the £avl of Wartofcfejof whofe Fee it was, came and interpo- fed with his claim fo that there iffued out a VVric to enquire of the Earls right therein. After which, vizj. in 14.£. i. this Thomas, though for what confideration I find not, granted * all his right therein to the laid Hofpitalars, and their fucccffors : againfl whom in 9. H. 8. it was cer- tified, 'that they had inclofcd here three hundred e lnq.^'l{i aaes of land, and that by this decay of husbandry, 8. ifremedy were not provided, the Church there would fall to ruin. But after the diffolution of the Monafterics K. jE^w. 6. in 4. of his reign granted'^ this Mannour, ^/f^' * (inter alia)to John'DHdley Earl of Martofcfe and ^^•^' his heirs ; which /»/;» was afterwards made Duke of j^OJtStWbCrtatlD, and loft his head in i, Ma- ria (as in MlartDicb I (hall more fully (hew) After whofe attainder, Q^uetn ./W^r^jreftoring the Romifli Religion, grantedsit, with other thingsi sP'''-4; ^ to Sir Thomas Trejham Kt. as Maficr of the Hof- X. 1*' pitall of Sr. John of Jerufalem in C^nglatlO and to his fucceffours : but upon the death of that Queen, the Romifh Religion being again fuppreft, Am- j, p^j . hro\e Dudley Earl of MarWCft (Ion to the attain- Elix'pX ted Duke: amongft divers other lands which were pm.6. e d Tut. 14." E.i.m.io I'h. f. 14. his Fathers , obteined ' it to himfelf and the li\. f. 4. i Infcrlf, fupcr tii- mulum a.- fud irar- Abb.it Thoriiey ft. vis Com, jscfimerl. "plnq. k\.Cap.p!r t Ch. No- ^t'mgh. heirs of his body ; who dying without iffue, in 'jr. fZ/Ji,. it returned to the Crown; whereupon the faid Queen, by her Pat. ^ dated 28. Off. 40. Eliz,. paffed it to Randle Crew of BLfneOln0 Untie Efq. and 'JRjchard Cartwright of BlonOOtl Gent, and their heirs; who by their deed of bargain and zli'^p-H. fale bearing date xxiii. Junii 41. Eliz,. granted it away to the Hofpitalars, as I fliall, fhortly » it to 7l>flOT<« P/Zl^f Efq. f but afterwards Kt.) and lAutog.pt-, manifeft : For Sirvard de Arderna, (fon and heir to his heirs, whofe Grand-child fVilliam- Dilke of ^/l '^'."" (papftOfeesCaltle now enjoys it. ' * ^' The Church here was very antiently given " by the Prior of COl)entre unto the Cachedrall of llfC^field in the name of a Prebend : and in i 291 . 1 9, £. I . was valued » at xv. marks ; but in » 26. K. 8. at si. 1. vi. fol. viii. d the Procurations f and Synodalls being then vi. fol. viii. d. per an. and the Curate a ftipendary to the Prebend. But in it are neither Arms nor Monuments. to the faid T^rt^/Y/) with (^ecelia his wife, gave t to the Monks of SD^Ojnep in CambjfDge-fhire, the Mill here at 3tlpeton, for the health of his foul ; which grant Henry de jirderne his fon con- hlb.up.i. firmed » which Mill yeilded xii.s. Rerft per an. * -f^.f. in that age: howbeit in thefe grants and confir- • * l^ations of 2n||0jnCp, it is written Rngintunia, %snunia, and Rttitonia. In which family of Ar- «f» it continued till Edw. \. time; Thomas de Ar- den being ^certified in 7. £. i. Lord thereof; and that he held it of the Earl of MarU){C& by the ferviceofhalfaKts.Fee. This Thomas \iid here then 'in demefn three carucates of land and a wa- ter-Mill ; as alfo three fervanis, each of them hol- ding a yard land and a half, and paying a certain yearly rent in money, plowing one day in winter a peice, and one day in Lent, mowins. raking, 'Bobenhulh BElow Ifltefon lycs JSobcnbnUt ^f»hIch, in the Conq. time, being polTefl* by Robert de Stat' ford (of whem I am to fpeak in ®BWOII«H'4U'f») and m Tin. Ic- vat. XV. lah.Bipi ^ inq. apt. > per H- No- ting. &c.f, i^.b. » Ced. MS.tH Sc'ae.- oCoA. M S pcnii,' pJ.Archer tq.aitr:fi J^ THE ANTIQUITIES OF b Lib. rub. c TiPa de ifcviU. d Inq. per H. ifoting. &c.f.ij.a. and, of him held by one Alnric, whofe freehold it had been before the Norman invafion, contained then five hydes, whereof the woods were two fur- longs in length and two in breadth; there bein° at that timea Milljbut the value of all then certified at fifty (hillings, where it is written Btlbcnftalle. In 1 3. Joh. this Mannour anfwered tor the third part of a Knights fee, amongft the lands which were of the Honour of Hervetts de Staf- ford. And in • 56. H. 3. amongft the fees held of the Lord &{aff0j6, it was certified, that the Earl of tjaaarUrfCh held two parts of a Knights fee here. But in'' -J. E.I.John Fitz,mth bcingLord thereof, held it of Hfi^^h de Pie fees by the third part of a Kts.fec, the fame Hugh holding it over of the Ba- ron of ^taffOjU; which J»/»« had at that time here one carucate of land in demefn ; ten fervants that held two yard land and a half ; feven Freeholders holding ten yard land and eight acres ; as alfo eight Cottagers. In whofe family it continued till the later end ofEdw. 3. time ; but then went away with a Daughter and heir, as the defcent here inferted will fliew. Wldofilius Robert! 3<.H.3. [ / Joh, fil. 7. E.I. Cuidonis ( Guido fil. Rob. 5. E- a. I Thomas de-£Iiz>filia & hasres Lucy, infra zcat. to. E. 1. r Rob. fil. Guidonis miles 3 . E. X. 1 Joh.lcFitZ' with 10. E. ^- ■ ^ I Joh;Fitz. Rbb.le witW Fitz- 1 with. Joban.ux,».-Robertus leFItzwith,- Agnes filla poftea nupta didus k Fitz-GyjSo-jWill.Catesby. Will, dc Ty- E.J. I ringtoniJ.R. Joh.Bcauchamp-Iohinna.filia * hxres^proba- dcHolr: , vit.stateni4?-E.3. I" -I Joh.Beauchamp mil. -Alicia, obiit 8.H.J. I t ■ Margat eu filia &-Ioh Wyfliam hxrcs. i.mantusi. H. al- fmgh.Hift. Angl. in dcUuf.if. E, I.lM riorfe. f'nis Dec. HtK ' loh.Pauncefot I , tnaritus. I am of opinion that thefc Fitz^with's had their feat here, as I fhall further inftance anon, there- fore I purpofe here to memorize what I find no- table of them. Of ihi? Joh>f, whom I have al- ready mentioned, I find, that he was the firft that affumed the firname o?F/ti,with, being the Ton of one Cuido {ox Guy") called Guido fHins %oberti, as in &^t0ttCU I fhall have occaiion to fhew; and in « 3. £, i.one of thofe who had Commif- fion for the Gaol delivery at OTartofcfe; as alio, that in f. £.1, he attended ' the King in his expedition into ©StalCDiat* which time the Welch were reduced to fubje(Sion, their Prince being then content to accept of fuch termes as K. Ed- Tvard v^-f-t. . he enjoy 'd it not long ; for the /"fame year the re- '"■**' bellious Lords, having rais'd a potent army, came up to ilonOOn ; and there muflering their men in the fight of the Tower , where the King then lodged, forced him to call a Parliament, wherein, CJ''-^^'"!' by their power, they did what they lilkd, caufing /"^.^"^-^'^ Sir ^o^mrrfy7//.j» chief Juftice of dtlglatlD, and ^^"li''^ divers others to be attainted of treafon ; of which { p. jgj". i number this ' Sir John Beauchamp, (then Lord n. 10. Steward of the Kings houfe-hold) being ohe j was „ /;, thereupon hang'd "drawn and quartered. But by the Kings writ i» of (^ionTtraverunt di- \t&xA to the Juftices of the Common Pleas in xv. R.Z. upon the allegation of iViUiant de Tyring- ton and Joane his wife j wherein they fet forth, that the faid William and Joane had recovered the third part of this Mannour in 43. £. 3. as the dowrie of Joane, againft the laid John Beau- champ and £liz.abeth ; it appears, that the faid John and Eliz,abetht long before this attainder ; "vtJi.. the Sunday being the feaft day of the exalta- tion of the Holy crofs in 7. 2^. 2. did demife ic unto John Catesby, to hold during the faid John Catesby his life, in confideration of viii. 1. per an. to be payd to the ^^\(^John Beauchampe znd Joane and their heirs :fo that, by reafonof this demife, the viii. 1. Rent/)fr/»».onely,andthereverfion, af- ter ^o/;« Catesby his death, were fcizcd for the King in regard of the aforefaid attainder: And (which is not the leaft notable) that his coat of male, being then in the hands of one John Reede an Armorer of iLonOon, was thereupon * delivered k"i"^Vj'.* up unto HtnryE. oi Derby (afterwards King by the name of Henry the 4.Jby a fpeciall command. But this attainder as all things elfe done in that Parliament of xi. 'R. 2. held by force, being made ^^''*«/^»*' « void in the Parliament of 21. R. 2. and it being ■ • '' enaded.thatall that were then dif-herited fhoula be rcftored to their eflatcs ; command was given by the K.writ direfted to his Efchaetorin this Coun- ty,to put Sir John Beauchampe Kt. fon and heir of the aforefaid lohn, into poffellion of the viii. 1. f* « fVyfljam ; who in 1. H, 6, wkb her hujband I«hn Wy^am, Icvyed n, 40, •» Clttf. 4». CUuf.i I; bBfcr. cti. ^J9{mCI{SHI%E ILLUSTRATED. ^y dr.dc di- a < Fine of divers Mannou:s;and amonglt the reft vcrfiscomi- of this, whereby i: was put into the hands of ma- tat. uvii. nam-d in the fame Fine (which were Feoffees OOabJojK .^^'^^^ ^^ j^^jjj . ) howbeit in ' lo. H. 6. John R J ' Bh-Mce of tlMpgfngtOtl, tn Com- Oxon, was cer- Lt/. pi-"* tified CO be Lord thereof : but how it part from vei kcm.K. him I kiow not ; neither have I feen ntore there- fFin. de of till i 2. £. 4. that Tham.u Craft and Eii^abeth his wife/ fctled a third part of it, by a Fine then levied, upon themfelves and the heirs of the laid Eli^nbeth. From which Thomas it divolved to yo/j«Cro/i : iVi3^ Stretton-lBas^rvile, Being now come to the skirts of ptonei^ Pa- rlfh wherein the River of &OUI meets with SI* ton, before I follow the Banks of that River any further on this South-eaft fide, I am, according to my declared method, to take notice of thofe pla- ces, which are fituate on theNorths weft fide there- of : but becaufe the Northern part of this Hundred lyes not adjacent to any branch of 0tOn , I muft be conftrained to obferve feme few places in that Eaftern Corner by their bordering on OTatlftlgttrcetC.or near thereto, till the fame great and well known road do meet with the River ^tDlCte at 115ettflfOJD«bridge, which will lead mc to thofe other towns that lye on the North-weft Bank of that ftream, as alfo of 0i)OI1. Which be- ins done, I then purpole to difcover the origlnall of &OtD ; and fo following that Channell, with its branches, not onely to finifh all that Northern fide of this Hundred, but to take view of the Ci- ty of CdJCrtftC with the liberties, which antient- iy was part of the fame, (though now an intire Qountyofit felf.) And ^ving thus declared the courfe that 1 pur- pofe to take, wherein the Map will be a proper guide to the Reader. I fhall begin with ftftetfOH, now a depopulated p1ace,.and known commonly by the name of fetrettOtl-fields; but antiently cal- led ^ttt^Qn.B.tikervile, to diftinguifli it from the many other ^treftOHS in this County ; ac- cording to which appellacion I have fixt it in the •■.->. Mfpte •. ' -.'.&• As all other ^tttttOttS take their names from fome great road near unto which they are fi- tuate, fo doth this of. that known Roman way, called OTatlfngUrcet lying on the North fide of it; . mzh zhe addition oi BMkervile, in regard that fa- mily were antiently Lords thereofias I fhall fhew anon. In "f^m. the Conf.days one f^r/cwi pof- '^^^°^^~' lelTed it ; but after the Norman invafion it was be- ^ ' ' flowed on Raph.de Mortimer, Progenitor to that eminent family feated at tBKfgntOJC in Com. Sa- lop, who had alfo lands in the Counties of £)F- fejo, %int. &alop, fsojfe, ^^ercfojo, Mojceacr, &omerrand315Ctb0.'as by the generall Survey, then taken, appeareth , where this place (written fetratone) is rated for three hides, and valued at XXX. \ol. Howorwhenit went outof the line of Mor- timer,! have not found : but the next poffeffct thereof,that I meet with, was Baskervi[l,xndx}nax. very antient ; forin iz, H, 2, when IVill. Earl Ffrrirr/ certified what Fees were held of him, it . appears/ that Raphde Boskervill held one of thofe oL'tiruhi^ three, of which mlliam de Boskervill, his Father, A^oM. was enfeoffed by (Robert Earl Ferrers^ his Grani- Fathcr, which muft needs be in H. i.time;where- of this ^trcfton was part, as the Aid-roll pin 20. f.?"'''^^* E. j.manifefteth : Vox John de Tivyfordyvis then gj^^^ "^ found to hold the fourth part of a Kts fee here, of the fee of SCuteburp ; which Honour of SCuteborp did antiently belong to F^rr^ri, as is commonly known. But the firft of the Baskerviles, that the Records, I have feen, do dirciftly point out to be poffefTor hereof, was IValter de Baskervile, who lived in K, Johns time j and this is in a pleading 4 betwixt the ^MdPValter, and the Priorefs of erbpflbfre » T-x CoH. was his anticnt feat) for in 17 E. ». I fina " him H.Fcrrers. amongft the Lift of thpfe Knights and Men at Arms't whofe names were then returned into the xcUiif.13. H.i.m.ij. y Cart, 14. H,3.«!. 4. 1^ Matlh. farif: in an. iiy;. Rib. b Rot, F. 41. H. 3. ttt. II. Chancery for this County. In whofe family it continued till H. 7. time, that Thomoi Twyford , having begun • the depopulation thereof, in 4 H.7. decaying 4 meffuages, and 3 cottages, whereunto Clx acres of errable land belonged , fold t it to Henry Smith Gentleman, Which Henry, follow- ing that wample, in 9 H. 7. enclofed 1 DCxl acres of land ^orc, whereby 1 2 meff: and 4 cottages fell to ruine ; and 80 perfons there inhabiting, being employed about tillage and husbandry, were con- ftrained to depart thence and live mii'erably. By means whereof, the Church grew to fuch ruine , that it was of no other ufe than for the flielter of Cattle, being, with the Churchyard , wretchedly prophaned, to the evil example of others , as are the words of the Inquif: In which line of Smith it continued, till thzt Richard Smith, fon and heir to Sir Walter, fctled it with j&^frefO}D , as I have there declared; and fince , hath it been poffcll by the owners of that Lordftiip. The value of the Church, jn an. 1291. ipE. i. was certified' at viii marks; and in/»6H. 8. at vi lib. over and above ix s. vi d, alloTved ioxSy- nodals and Procurations : there being anticntly a penfion ' of x /. pfr annum payable out of it to the Monaftery of ^ttn(£aton: but there is not novv any part of the Church ifanding. dorjo. lEfc. I. ' £. i.n. 19' IRot.F.z. C.i.ff'.3i. l{ ^Ktff. dc I F. Uvat. C£l. loh. Bap. 19. £. I. t»£.fe. i. Patroni Ecclefis:. Rad. fl. Nicholatm "D.Joh.deTwyferd^ miles. Rob. de Tvpyford. Intumbcntcs. Ric.Clericuiy 33 H. ^ Magr, WHL de Langele, die demin: in fefio S. Nich. 1 5 £. 2. Joh. de "Bysderham Pbr. 1 7. Cal.Attg. Ijf. 3. Htnr. de Strctton Cleric: ^Cal.Afig. 23 f, 3. D. %ob. deTv^ferd, fVill. di Maktfarth Fbr. ult. miles. P ■'':'■ Junii, 4 R. 2. Kob. Ttvyford, d»mi' Joh. Vyright Tbr, 45 Sept. ctllus. \^ R. 2. Kob. de Ttvyford , D. Thorn, de Cowdale Pbr. domicellm. 5 Febr. 1 /r.4. Rp^. de Twyford, Simon de Farejleye, 7 Nov. 4/^.4. D, Kob. de Twyford mil. Cole Capell. l^Febr. miles, D.de Lang' q H. j^. ley. [fD. mil. Tonemrth Pbr. tijt/iug. 10 H. 5. Joh.Staunton Pbr.ii Mait, Rob.Twyfcrdar. ©.< a?^'^' . , , ,.- de Unfley. \ 3'^' ^ormegay , 1 6 Jnln , r Miin Scac.. fMSptnis S. Archer , tq.eutr.f. I 39- ". I t Ex vet. f exemplari • penis Def^ & cap. " Lich. Ex auttg^ penis Dee. & Cap. Lich. Northb.f. I. a. Ib.f.l7.b, Ib.f.^9.a. 112H.6. Joh. Bythebrok Sept. 21 H.i broke Pbr. 27. 6. Tho. Ttvyford or. ^%ob. Bulmer Pbr. 20 febr. 26 H. 6. D. Will. Blount miU J>. mil. e/itky*>fo» C**f' l6Jf»i>, leH. 8. Joh.Onley dr Baldvf. Porter generofi , ratione advoc: e- jufd: durante mi- nori atate tValt. Smyth D.de Shir- fmd. tValt. Smith miles. Ueyv.f, 10. a. lb. f. 11.1,, ib.f.iiji; Ib.f.Auai SO-f. 1.»i Sl.f. 8.«; V. Edwi Smyth Ckr. I*, i^.f.l}^, Junht 17 /f. 8. V. Joh, &alker €af I S^i Str: & P. Rie. Smyth ar. Ric. Calmer , 10 lifvmk, Smpf. # tiki WA'B^ICKJHI'RE ILLUSTRATED. 3^ Ih.:'. 48.^. Rich.Smyth de Shir- ford, ar. Bitaiell S. tytll. Wel^ de Bar- bage in Com . heic. ex concejf: Rtc, Smyth. galfr. May da Sut- ton Cheyne in (^om. Leic, gen. ^alfrid, t/f/ffherji , CUr. Ovei-tm bund. Be Geo. Mijfenger Cter. li. Apr. 2 J £/<«.. rf^/ll. Roljnfon Cler. 17. Sept. 24 Eliz,. Galf. tiAmherft , 4 t/ipr. 160 J. Ric. Teynton in art. baec. ^Dec. 1609. Hjde. tfanis gitrb. c^rci in S:»(. H.J, X Ko:. pe- nis s. CUtks Btr. yEfc. It. T'A'is is now alio a depopulated place, but had ancien-Jy a Chappel penaining " to l^ftlk- le^ in itWcatt-tftfce , whereof (doubtlels) ic was noc loag fine ' a -nembsr, in regard ic appears to be of the fee of GSHnci)ZfiZC ( by reafon of Q;ftncy E. of Wilnc^Zttn'S interert in the Honour of JlCf- ceSer.) As for the (ignification of the nam; , I (Kill re- j fer you to theGlofl': of the learned Sir H. Spelntan, \ where may be I'een the various acceptions thereof; I conceiving, that in this place it was firft impofed , | to exprefs a certain quantity of Land lufficient for one Plough to manage. But the firft mention that I hive met with of it, is in 5 ph. where fVill. Mtt- refch^tll and Raph (Jiiallore levyed a Fine of two yard Lmd here to the ufe of 'Ejchitrd fitx, Robert. To which H^t!lia>» fucceeded Thomxs , who in 5 5 W. 5. held " half a Knights fee in this place and (Ston Cnow i^UH-<£atOJl) with &apCOtC in ^eiceSedlbtr^. After which have I no: feen any thing confiderable relating thereto , till 20 £. 3. that PVilliant Moton anfwered * for the 8th pare of a Knights fee here , held of the Honour of WiiW- C^SSST; whofe title therein divolved, asitleems, to /?/cW^(7rfyofCOl>noare, and Lrf«nr»f g^f0ll to iVilliam de Herle and his heirs, paying to the laid John and his heirs 7 marks of filver yearly, at the feafts o^Eafier and Sz. Mi- chael the Archangel by equal portions , then re- leafed to the laid William all his title to that Rent of 7 marks , referving 6 marks to be paid by the faid William during the life of him the laid John ; which releafe bears date at SDfaplcfOjO in CfreHlfre! 9 R. 2. whereupon, the fame year it was certified, * that thePriorefs of CSton, and WUUamde Herle were Lords af this place. Which William had iffue Sir Robert de Herle ' Kc. afligned *.one of the Ju- ftices for confervation of the peace in this County ^urton-Haflings, Southwards from &tCCttOt1 , and adjoynlng thereto, lyes liSurtOH , antiently called JJtlt- tWX-Haflin^s , by reafon 'chat the Haflings vrtK fometime Lords thereof: which, with other Lands, whereof I (hall make mention in their due places, being part * of the poffefRons belonging to Stu- >*ardCi:nzmtdBarn,i potent 'man in Cnglsnl) l.xcZt' '''^^^' theConquelt, was, among other the diltri- b Domef- dijllb. in 18 and 19 'f. 5. who gave meflu 21 £. 3 age , ^ „ - _ ^. jn draton to the Nuns there; and , in 21 £. 3. de- parted » this life , leaving his fon Robert then joyearsof age: which 'R^obert dyed • in 38 AT. J. vvithout ifTue; whereupon Sir Raph Haflings Kt. ion of (Margaret , fifter to the faid Robert , became his next t hefr : which Sir Raph had iffue lUph , that dyed? ai ^,2, leaving iffue Raph , Richard, and Leonard. Of thefe, Raph the eldeft', being attainted •• for Treafon, loft his head 20 ful. 6H,4. for^confpiring with Richard Scroop Aschb. of |90jke, and others , againft the King : but Ri- chard his younger brother, a man of better affecti- ons to the Crowrf, had rellitution * of his Lands ; and, in 2 H. ^.underwent "the Shiviffalty for this County and ILc(«ttert6fre. After which, viz,.\n 9 H. 5. he was retained * by Indenture to ferve the K. in his wars beyond Sea with 10 Men at Arms, and 30 Archers, taking 2 /. a day'for his own wages , i /. for every of the faid Men at Arms, and 6 d. for every Archer. In 1, 5, and II. H. 6. he had again the cuftody X of thofe Counties. But, in ^ 1 5 H. 6. dyed, lea- ving Leonard his brother and heirxl years of ae?. Which Leonard, being aifo Shiriff ^ for thefe CountJes in 32 H. 5. departed • this world in 34. £ 2 leaviog fi Rot. ve- tuH.pcnei Dec, & ■ Cap.Liih, e Tefta de Nevill.' fClauf.^i. H. J. i>i dorfo, ro.S . g Ex autog. penes Tho. Cotton Bar. h Nam. vill. itxauteg. penis G. Pudley ar. k Pai- 18. £.?. p.». W.34. I Pat. 19. B.J- p. I. »». J I. in derfo. m Efc. If. E.J.n.ie. n Efc. II. B.J.».44. oEfs. 38. £.J.».iJ. p lb. q Efc. IX. R.X. rRot.Parlr II. H. 4. n. 41. / Kec. de T. Hill. 14. H. 4, Kot. 14. Ebor. t Rot. Purl. Ht fuprx. t* Rot. F.z; H.s.m.16. w Ex au- toz,. penis < Cler. Pell. xRot.F.de Hfdem arm. H.6.n.f%. ^Kot. F. Ji. H.tf.'. w. 14. iEfc.3^ H,6. }^ THE ANTiaUITIES OF b Tit. I.E. tVit.i^.E. 4. p. ».«. ^lo. 3- 37- iJ.H. 8. Kot.H. h Ex rcbt: Tb. Cot- ton bar. l MS pcnes S. Archer, eq.aur.f, 13. K k Tit. Ji. / £xvet: ncmbr: pe- nes Dcc.^ Cap. tich. m Bur-gh. f. 166. b. n Cpd. MS in Scac, oMS pene! S. Arclicr , eq. au;\ f. leaving W/Z/mw his Ion and heir, afterwards Lord Chamberlain to K. £dw. /^. and erected * to the degree of a Baron by the fame King; as ahb made Mafter-worker' of the K. Moneys, both Gold and Silver J and Keeper of all manner his efchaagc and interchange in the Tower of lL0ntUin> HrclanO, and CaleP0. This is he whom Rtc. D, oiGlouc. (afterwards Kning, by the nameof 7^/V. j.) cau- led to be pull'd from the Councel Table , in tlie Tower, and immediatly beheaded upon a peice of Timber within the walls of that place, as our Hi- ftorians do manifelt : But he had a more honou- rable burial , viZ:. in thcChapel of St. (jfcr^f at <22IIfn6fOJ , by the appointment of his laft Will and Teliamcnt'' , and in a place aflignedfor that purpofe by K. E. 4. in his life time ; where is a fair Monument ereftcd over him by his Executors , for tlie making whereof he bequeathed an hundred marks. To whom fucceeded Sdrvard * his fon and heir , ftiledLord Hafltngs and Hungerford ; who by his Te(hment-^in 22 H. 7. bequeathed his body to be buried in the CoUedge at SiElinOfOJ , near his Fa- thers Tombe ; and left iffue George Lord Hafthigs: which George was afterwards created i Earl of l^lUUlngtOtl, 8 Dec. 21 H. 8. and fold * thisMan- nour to Thomas Harvey Efq; ( a rich Merchant) ^Nho,by his laft Will and Tclfamcnt ', bequeathed it, together with one meffuage lying in tiSTODCOtC in this County , to the ufe of 3 Piiefls, during xxi yearSjtokeepan Obit for his foul. After which time it returned to his four daughters and heirs ; whereof L«f if, the youngcft, was married to Tho- mas Cottou of Coiinlngtou in ^ow. ^unt.Eiq; ( formerly in ward to the faid Thomas Harvey. ) Upon paitiiion of whofe Lands, this ( inter alia ) being alotted to her , is defcended to Sir Thomas Cotton, now of COtmfngtOtt Bt. (great Grandchild to that Thomas.) Unto whom, for his Angular fa- vours in molt freely communicating to me many rarities out of that incftimable Library, which with great coft were gathered by his worthy Father , and with no lefs care prcfcrved by himlclf, I fland highly obliged. After the difTolution of the Abbyes , that part of this Lordfliip, with thcRc(5tory , belonging to thcMonaftery of j^Ult CatOn, was granted ^-unto S\x A^armadukeC"»fial>lc Kt. together with the fite of that Religious Houfe , and divers other Lands: butfince, by purchafe , is come to John Hele Efq; The Church, being granted ' , very antiently, to theMonaftery of J^unCatOH , was alio appro- priated "• thereto ; and in a>:. 1 291, 1 9 £. i. va- lued "at 7 marks and a half : but in • 16 //. 8. 314/, 14/. 2 i^. over and above ix j.vi <^. hr Pro- curations and Sj'wdab , being not a Prel'cntative , but the Cure ferved by a Stipendiary ; in which Church are neither Arms nor Monuments. f clear, and in that fenfc we (till ufe the word upon lome occafions. As it lyes within the Parifli of JiBurtOtt-l^a- ttfngS,lb was it antiently a member thereof , and held likewife of Ferrers : but the fitft mention that I find of it, is inH. 2, time, where Rafh the fon of Robert de 03artrej ( a man in fome emi- nency at that time , as I apprehend by the ftile of his Deed) confirms? unto the Canons of (StDburp (in this County) a yard Land lying in^irCfOJD • for fo is it there written : and , by the confent of Richard his fon',grantcd unto them ten acres more in pure alms. Amongft the Witncfles to which Deed were Ra>idolfe Truwe , and William his fon. Not long after which time, "viz,, about the beoin- ning of H. 3. reign at the farthcH , certain Lands there were given ' to the Monks of COUlbC by Thomas Trove , who ftilcs himfelf in his Grant , T)omimu de ^cl^frCfOjO. From which Thomas, as I gucfs, did defcend John de Shireford ; who , in 20 E, 3. with Robert de Herle , anfwered f for half a Knights fee in IBjOngbtOll and ftftWojD, then held of the Honour of JCatfawp. This John de Shirford was alfo Lord of the moytic of the Mannour of C^IVCf|>tOa1)Sli ; but, leaving no iffue male , thefe his Lands divolved to the family of /'«rf/>^', Margaret his Daughter ta- king to Husband Philif Purefey of i^^SertOn in HeiCCSecCbfre: In whofe line this Mannour of ^WtCfojO continued till H. 8. time , being their principal leat in this County. Will. Purcfey dc MunftcrtoB, temp. E. i.&E.z.l p Ld. itm. •i^ol.3,f.^i. Shirforde, FRom HBurfOtl-i^afffngS , towards the South , lycth &^trfO?0 , whereof there now remains nothing but part of the antient Mannour-houfe. This place may ieemto have taken its name from the Fotde or Paffage over that little Torren:,which runs on the Weift part thereof towards j^tHI- CBaton , as the Map will fliew ; ^\jlXi iignifying qEX aiitog. penis Rk, JKcwdtgate er. r Reglfi. de Cumba,f. 85. K / Rot.fmis S. Clarke bar. Philippus Purcfcy-Margareta filia & hxrcs J , 8^*48, E. 3 . I Joh. from the 6, to the 20 of K. R. ». reign ( vtz,. '13, 14, 17. and 20. ) But Thomas was train'd up to ftudy the Laws; and, in 8 R. 2. had an annuity * of xx s. granted to him by Sir John Warren Kt. with a Robe aad Hood of the better fort, of that fuic which he g»vc to the reft of bis tEx tttltog. pnifS Com, Denbigh, u lb. vD Regia. deCumbai X Pat. (lit an. 38. 3 . in derfo. yScrope.f. Tat.'de \iifdem « '\am, in dorfo. b Rx Coll. W. Bur- t«ia. irA'HJriCKSHI%E ILLUSTRATED. 37 c ?at. de iifdtm linn, 'ti dorjo. his Enquires , to be yearly paid him out of the Mannour of JROtlep , fro conplio {ho iwpenfo & im-pendendo. He was aJfo in CommifTion' for con- fer vation of the peace in this County, from the 13 of R. 3. till ^ H, 5, and had a memorable Grant from Joh:: de PJ'hellesbtirgh of the inheri- tance in leverfion of i^cnnp SD japtOtt and Wficl- ICSburgft , two good Mannours in %zUzVtt,X^kZ ; ■whereby the {jmc John did alfo pafs his Arms to be born by him the fa id Thomas , his heirs and af- fions, as entirely as he himfelf or his Anceliours hid born them ; all which appears by the Deed ^ ieilei-| with his Seal of Arms , and bearing date at jrCnnp-^japiOtt ai R. ;. which Arms , tjiz.. Or, 1 piles gules, and upon aCamon arg: a wallet ■Siille , have ever fi«ce been born by his Defcen- danti, quarterly with their own. This Mannour continued to IVilUam , fon and heir of the laft mentioned yvilli.tm , who marryed * (Jliargaret the daughter to Sir iVilliam Ooet- wynd Kt. in 21 R. 2. Which iVillinm, in 6H. 4. was joyned in Commidion f amon^lt others to treat with the people about a loan of Money for the K. fpccial icrvice , and relted inCommiffion d. Ex tin- tng. penes Geo. Pare, fey ar. t Ex aiitog penes Wal. Chetwyn , ■ to treat for another loan : and was a Juftice of Peace from "the 18, to the 24 of H. 6. In* 25 H. 6. he had the Shiriffihy of chefe Counties; and dyed? in 6 E. 4. leaving iflue Vhilip 1 his fon and heir 24 years of age, with John " a younger fon.Which Philip in 8 E. 4. being in CommilTton /' for the afTelTing of two fifteens , and two tenths in this County , then granted to the K. in Parliament , dyed' the fame year, feized , inter alia, of this Mannour ; and was buried " in the Church of ^i.Jnmes at 3lB3l3flep-CUnfOn , as by his Tefta- ment he diredted ; leaving iflue " John, 'HjchoLu^ and V.^'illiitm. Of thefe tliree, Nicholas x was the laft that furvived ; but all of them dyed' without iffue : and tlierefore 'Hjcholoi \ , fon to lohn their Uncle, became heir to the eftate , being then in ward to the King for this inheritance. Of whom I rind no-.hing further memorable , than , that he was -of &i)aitton in llSacfefng^amftfre, and fold * rhis Minnour of &&frfOjO to Henry Smyth Efq; the principal branch of his defcendants having for t!ic mofl part refidcd ever fince at 2D?aPtO« in ICfcefferlBfre (whereof GMr^^sTwr^A/ Efq; fon aod heir o!- George, by M.iry one of the daughters and co-heirs to Sir Kikntme Kni^htley , is ftill Lord, though his fsat be at MaWep'mlBefW.) Which M. Smythht\no fon to lohn, a wealthy Citizea of Cotjentre, (of whom in i?ictljw»iflrt- CfiamffeO I have fpoke} bore fo great a love to that City, that he contributed • to the purchale of 50 /. lands ffr annum, for the maintenance of one Prieft, I 2 poor men, and one woman in the (JDilO of the holy Trinity, St. lohn Baptijt, and St. Katherine, there fituate. And was in CommifTion for confcr- vation of the peace from '' the 17 of H. 7. till his death: as alfo for Goal-deli very in if,' and 25, ^ H.7. And had iflue Sir Walter Smyth Kt. whofe Murther here at ^^frfOjU by his own Lady, alTifted with two lervants , and the circumftances con- ducing thereto (which are very memorable) I fhall here briefly fct^ forth. This Sir Walter, being grown an aged man at the death of his firft wife, confideringofa marriage for Richard his fon and heir , then at mans eftate , to that end made his mind known to Mr Thomas Chetwin of SlttgettrC in &faffOjOI6fr0 (a Gentle- man of an ancient family and fair eftate ) who , entertaining the motion in behalf o^ Dorothy f)nt of his daughters, was contented to give 500 /. portion with her. But no fooner had the old Knight feen the young Lady, than that he became a futor for himfelf, being fo captivated with her beauty , that he tendred as much for her, befides a good joyn- ture , as he flioald have received in cafe the match had gone on for his fon. Which liberal offer fo wrought upon Mr CA^ip/w , as that heiparednot for arguments to perfwade his daughter to accept of Sir Walter for her husband. VVhereupon the marriage enfued accordingly; but with what a tragique iffue , will quickly be feea : For it Was not long , ere that her affeftions wandring after younger men , fhe gave entertainment to one Mr VVtlliam Robinfon (then of 5Djapfon-5^j/>f , a young Gentleman of about * 22 years of age ) fon ' to George Robinfon a rich Mercer of ^onOOtt: and grew fo impatient at all impediments, which might hinder her full enjoyment of him , that fhe refted no: till fhe had contrived a way to betid of her husband. For which purpofe corrupting her waiting Gentlewoman, and a Groom of the ftable, fhe refolved by their help , and the affiftance of Robinfon , to ftrangle him in his bed , appointing the time and manner how it fhould be effeiled : And, though Robinfon failed in coming on the de- figned night (perhaps through a right apprehenfion of fo direfuU a fait ) flie no whit ftaggered in her refolucions : for watching her husband till he was fallen a(leep , fhe then let in thofe affafinates be- fore Ipecified ; and, cafting a long towell about his neck , caufed the Groom to lye upon him to keep him from ftruggling, whilft her felf and the maid , ftraining the towell, ftopt his breath. It feems the good old man little thought that this his Lady had afted therein : for when they firft caft the towell about his neck , he cryed out , help Doll help 1 But, having thus difpatcht the work, they carryed him into another room where a clofe ftool was plac'd, upon which they fet him; and, after an hour, that the Maid and Groom were filcntly got away, to palliate the bufinefs, fhe made an outcry in the houfe, wringing her hands, pulling her hair, and weeping extreamly ; with pretence, that miflTing him for fome time oat of bed, fhe went to fee what the mattej was, and found him accidentally in that pofture. Which fubtill and feized fhews of forrow , prevented all fufpi- cionof his violent death: and, not long after, went to iontton , fetting fo high a value upon her beauty, that Robinfon, her former darling (perhaps for f Fat. «.3. d Pat. de iifdem ant>, VI dorjo, c Pat. 17. H.7, p.^. ; in dorjo 3 r,i. 4. fPat. 2?. H.7. p. I. in dorfo , >fi, 10, g E.x rekt, Johannis 5myth de Crabbct m Com. SujJ'. cq.aur. di« Kic. Wal- lop dc Biigbrofie in Cam, Korthamp, avuMuli ejufdii/i Joh. 38 THE ANTIQUITIES OF for not keeping touch with her . as before hath been laid ) became ncglcdted. But , within two years following , it fo hapncd , that this wofull deed of darknefs was brought to light by the groom before fpccifiedj who, being entertained with Mr K^chard Smyth, fon and heir to the murthered Knight; and attending him to CotietltrC with divers other fervants, became fo fenfible of his vil- Iany,when he was in his cups , that out of good nature, he took his Maitcr to a fide , and upon his knees beibught forgivenefs from him for afting in the murther of his Father, declaring all the cir- cumflanccs thereof. Whereupon Mr Smyth dif- cteedy gave him good words , but wiflit fome o- thcrs,tliat he trutted, to have an eye to him, that he might not efcape when he had llept and better confidered what might be the iffuc thereof. Not- withrtanding which direftion , he fled away with his Matters beft Horfe ; and, haf^ing prefently in- to WaleOi attempted to go beyond Sea : but be- ing hindrcd by contrary winds, after three effays to lanch out, was fo happily purfued by Mr 5w^t^, ■who fpared for no coft in fending tofevcral Ports , that he was found out and brought Prifoncr to ^aCtOfck , as was alio the Lady and her Gentle- woman, all of them, with great boldnefs, denying the fail; and the Groom moft impudently char- ging Mr Smyth, with endeavour of conupting him CO accufe the Lady ( his mother in-law ) falfly, to the end he might get her joynfture: But upon his arraignment fo fmitten was he at apprehenfion of tht guil:, that he publickly acknowledged it, and fiout'y juftified what he ba-l fo faid to be true to tbeface of the Lady and her Maid; who, at firft, with much iceming confidence , pleaded their in« nocency, till at length , feeing the particular cir- cumftances thus dilcovered , they both confeffed the fa(ft: For which , having judgement to dye , the Lady was burnt at a Stake near the Hermitage on OToltcp.heath (towards the fide of feljfrfOjO Lordfhip; where the Country people to this day /hew the place : and the Groom N»ith the Maid fufFred death at tKRaCtofch. This was about the third year of Q. ijilary's reign, it being May 1 5. kW'-i'M- I J[4ariiz, that Sir fValter'$ murther ^fo hapncd. To whom fuccecded the before fpecificd %i- cW<^, his fon and heir ; who was ftrangely jug- gled out of a fair inheritance , this Lordfhip being *Exrelittt part; the manner * whereof , confidering what frefaii juccefs hath attended it , is not unworthy the rc- This %ichard , having but one onely daughter. czWcA Margaret, by his firft wife; and doubting of ifl'uc male , treated with Sir JoJm Littleton of ^FranUlcp in OTOJCCllCrfijIrC , for a marriage be- twixt his faid daughter , and IVilUam LittletoM, third fon to the /aid Sir Jvhn: In confideration whereof , he agreed to fettle all his lands , in re- mainder, after his own dcceafe without other iflue, upon the faid yVUtiam and O^targaret , and the heirs of their two bodies lawfully begotten j but , for lack of fuch iffuc , to return to his own right heirs. And having Writings drawn accordingly , truftcd the faid Sir foh» Littleton to get them in- groffed. Which being effected, and a day appoint- ed f9r fealuig, Mr Smyth came over to jlFjanltUf , where he found very noble entertainment , and fome of Sir John's friends to bear him company , in whofe prelence the Writings were brought forth, and begun to be read : but before they came to the ufes, ftcpt in Sir fohn Littleton's keeper in a fwcat, ar. and told them , that there were a brace of Bucks at lare in the Park.which carrycd a glafs in their tails for Mr Smyth's Dogs to look in (for he loved ccurfing well, and had his Greyhounds there) bur, if they made not haft, thofe market people.which paffed through the Park,would undoubtedly rcufe them. Whereupon Sir John Littleton earneftly moved Mr Smyth to feal the Writings without further reading ; protefting , that they were ac- cording to the draughts he had feen, and without any alteration. Which bold afleverations, putting him out of all fufpicion of finifter dealing , caufed him forthwith to feal them , and to so into the Park. Hereupon the two Children (for they were not above ix years old a peice) were marryed together, and lived in the houfe with Sir John. ButTo it hapned, that, about fix yean after, the young man dyed by a fall from a Horfe ; infomuch as Mr Smyth, confidering that his daughter had no jffuc, refolved to take her away , and fignified as much to Sir John ; who , defigning to marry her again to George , his fecond fon , refufed to deliver her ; till which time Mr Smyth never fufpefted any thing in the Deed formerly fo fealed, as hath been faid : But then , upon difference betwixt him and Sir John , it appeared , that for want of iflue by the before fpecificd William znd Margaret, the lands were to divolve unto the right heirs of the faid mlliam , which ^Nis Gilbert Littleton hS cldcft brother, contrary to the plain agreement at firft made. To make fliort therefore ; Vf^tlliant , the youngcft fon, marryed her j (jeorge, the fecond , en joy 'd irer ; and Gilbert , the eldeft , had the c- ftatc, as heir to his brother: Which, defcending to John his fon, was kept from Mr Smyth the true heir, with whom he had great fuits in Law ; and at kngth by his attainder 'for adhering to Robert E.o( EJJex in 4 2 £/<*. came to the Crown [/ur he >» was drairn into that Treafon , at being a man ^ tntich refpe[ledfor his wit and valour by thofe ^on~ fpirators, and dyed in Prison. "] After which , King jar/>es , at his firft coming to the Crov»n of C^IIS- (anB, being petitioned by Msriel the widow to the faid John for rertitution of his lands ; well v«eigh- ing how popular a man the Earl of EJfex was , and fo confequently ail thofe that took part with him were lookt on by the Vijgar , unto whom an Aft of Mercy could not but be , efpccially at his firft entrance , very gratefull , ycilded to her re- qucft; and by his Letters pat. made a grant of them to her. Whereupon, flie ftill doubting more trouble by fuits with Mr 5w^'f /; , fold them away to Sergeant i/^/^ , a great Lawyer : whc»likewife confidering upon what foundation Littleton's title was at firft built , to the end that it might the better be defended, difpofed of them to his 5 fons , VIZ,, Sir Vf^arwick. Hele and Sir Francis ( both Knights ) Nicholat, Walter , zn^Qeorge^ But fuch is the fate that follows thcfe pofteflions , that for want of a publick adverfary, thcfe brothers are now at fuit amongft themfelves for there. And , as none of the line of (filbert Littleton before fpecificd ( to whom they fo defcendcd by force of the before fpecificd conveyance) doth en- joy a foot of them : fo is it no lefs obfervable , that the fon and heir of Georqe by the fame Mar- garet (fo marryed as I have cieclared) viz., Stephen Littleton of ^Olbeac^ in M0}Ce9erfl)fre, was at- tended with a very hard fate , being one of the Gunpowder Confpirators in 3 Jac, for vrhi«h he loft JV4%ff^lCKSHI%E ILLUSTRATED. jp loft bis life and cftatc , as is very well known. ^ul^ntm* It Domef- dtyU'j. f.io.a q lb. ^Outhwards from hence lyes ISalfeflttOlt, which is a large Parlfli, containing thefe Hamlets, vizj. Mcffojiinarom, Kpcfon, Bjamcote, OTol- t)crft(U, ^3rtton-3labct, and IScntacle • of which in their order. In the Conqtierours dayes , this was certified " to be in the poffcflion of the Earl of UHellent , and held then by Salo his under-tenant; at which time it contained 4 hydes and one vir- gat of land, being valued at xx /. and written 115o- That Srndi de Boyt was Steward to Rob. Bo(fu E.ofHefc. I have already taken notice in CUfton^ but whether this place defcended to him as heir to oKei-Abb, Rtbert de iVatervill, his Uncle* ; or whether he iii/'r ' *" ^^"^^ enfeoffc thereof immediatly by the faid Earl, ton /■ »8. -^ cannot fay ; neverthelefs that he lucceeded iVu fl, ' ffrw7/as heifj is moft probable : for it appears?, f Keg. Abb. that Roger de (Vatervill, brother of Robert, gave the de Lfk. In Church to the Abby of HefccSec , upon , or near bibl. Boil, the time of that Monaftery its foundation , which was in <(«. 114;. (SSteph.) To which Church were then belonging 1 two yard land, called the glebe ; with rhe Chappeis of iBernatlgle; tMcffon, iHpton, ^ertton, &c^eUon, antt?, andisjmn- tOtZ i all which, except ^C^eUon and iSltSp, do yet continue of thisParilh: for in thofedayes it was ieldome feen, that the pofleflton of the Mannour and patronage of the Church were in I'everal hands before iuch perpetual advoufons were given to the Monks. Which Smauld con- rVit.m firmed ' the faid grant of Roger de JVutervi/e : B. ». p. I. fo alfo did f bis defendants, the 3 fucceeding £r- Kalds. In 1 3 E. I. 7ohfi de Boys , fon to the laft Er- iiaU, claimed • a COtlCt'ilcet, Gallows, power to punifli the breakers of the AfTize of Bread and Ale : as alfo Weyfs ; and to be difchargcd of the common amerciaments of the County. All thefe , I fay , he claimed then by prefcription in this his Mannour of IBulfeftltOO , SMettOll , and UptWI , with JPree=iD«rccn here by grant to Ernald his fa- ther, which were allowed. To whom fucceeded Wtllittm his brother and heir , ( as in CUffon is » F. \ty»t. manifefted.) Which Wdltarn i'etled "this Mannour, '* ^^^' with divers other, upon himfelf for life ; and af- terwards upon William de la Zuche and Maud his wife , and the heirs of the fame William and Maud ; and for lack of fuch iflue , to the faid Maud, tnd the heirs of her body j the remainder to his right heirs. Which Maud was hen: to the above mentioned Williamde Bo[co,zs the defcent inCWlonnieweth. Ir>thelineof Zuche [ whofc chief feat was at l^arfngtoouft in i^ojt^amptonftfre , by inheri- "U^rvP \^'^^^''^^'>m M,lefe»tde Ct^ttlupe] it continued ;;^;^-PP- tor divers generations. ^' a.ii, fib. t Rot. de ^uo rvair. IJ.E.I. \ b \ c Georg. de Johanna fo Cancilupo ror & co- obiic fine hscis, ux. prolCi Henrici de miri Haftings Guliel.de Cancilupo obiic39.H.3. | \d .... de-Milifenta altera-Eudo la Monte fororum & co- Zuche alto. I. hzredum , de- ^, E, I. funda 17 E. 1. 1 ?n.£.l. ;^- Will, la Zuche filius & hsres-Matiida hlia & hxrcs Job. obiicfelo. Marciij itf E. J. Lovel , mil. & I fa bells lux. ejus, forocis & hxre- jdis Wm. de Bofco, I i Eudo de la Zuche > obiit vitapatris.f nr~ ■ Will, la Zuche, aetat. 30. an. ad mortem avi. obiit / J. R. i.| Will, la Zuche, asrat. 40, an. y.R.t. obiit n3.lL J.J ] ' Will, la Zuche, aetat. ij.ani 3. H . y. obiit p 8 . E. 4.1 ^ J~^ " joh.dom. Zoufche, stat.t. »n- 8. E. 4. attindus r in Par i. 7. Nov. i.H.7t I / Joh. Zouchc, fil. 8c hxrtt ^i- H. 7.1 Ri c. dom. Zouche. i t K Geo. dom. Zouchc, plenat aetat. 6> E. 6. obiit » ij .Junii, i9.Eliz.| ( * Edw. fil. & hxres, accrevit plenam a:»tcin, t. Junii, 15. Eliz. In 7 E. 2. the K. granted ' jFree-tDarrcn to the before fpecified William and Maud his wife , in fheir demefii lands here at UStlli^tOn , WA" Uon,KUon,BjancoIe,andMolfarl6all, all in this Pariili. Bnt afterwards do I meet with no- thing more of that family, relating to this place, further than their dying feized thereof, till Edward, the principal male branch of thole Barons ; who, wafting that great Patrimony , defcended 'to him from his Fore-fathers, fold this Lordfhip, with the reft of the Hamlets in this Pajifh , to Hnmfry Davenport Efq; and one Richard Bncknam Gent. Which Humfr.j and Richard paft the one moytie thereof to Sir Chnfiopher Teherton Kt. one of the Jufticesof the K. Bench (^temp. Jac. R. ) whofe Grandchild Sir Chr. Tel^erton of d^aQ-^^effotl in (^om. j^jtftampt. Kt.of the Bath, now enjoys vc And the other moytie to Gforae Purefey, fifth fon to Michael Purefey of CalOeCPte Efq; : which (jtfor^f bad iffue Gamaliel Ptinfey , vrhofold it to A-tthony Stoughton now of St. 3|(^0 in MaitPfC^ Elq; the prefent owner thereof. TThe Church ( dedicated to St. James , being granted to theAbby of ILefceffCt ( as I have all- ready (hcw'd) was anticntly appropriated to that Monaftcry : and, upon the endowment of the Vi- caridge, a penfion of xxvi /. viii n63iV sill Iwic -f.otV arl: bnH I .8 .H ;=- PatronI IfT J s^flri C KSH I HE IL LUST RATED. 41 Patroni Viarix. Ex tiftog. faii: D.& Cap.Lich. L(tn^. [-7. b. Nff'-M. f. Stret.f.S.b. uejvf. Jb.f.^i.b. Bovl.f. 9'. Mljai.bi 'Abb. Ltie. (^ CtftV. de^. locumbeaces. 'iVurinus de Sr/amngton Pbr. an. 1258. %pb. de BengrAve. 5. Id. Dec. 1305. ^oh. Bernard Pbr. 4. 'i^on. tAfr. 1 3 i6: Dom. %i,c.de Chedle. 4. Id. tAag. 1 361. mil. Gr anger ^br. 26. Mar- tit. 1438. RfC. fVyffijfft Pbr. 21, Julti, 1430. Hen.AwbeUTbr. 20, Aug. 1443. Tho. Sawnder Pbr. 8. Dec. II f.n-b. Simpr. & B.f. 9'bi llLf.iut. lb.f.io.a. ff. 8. Rex Jinglm., ratione diffolut. Abb.Leie, Hen. Waver deCo- ventre, Mercer, 1444. Tho.HiUe'Pbr. 17. Febr J!>-f'^6.b. jii^, jyaver, altM Over. Ceo. Belgrave de Belgrave inCom, Leic, or. UuA, C. 1444. mil. gregg 'Pbr. 13. A(tg . 1449. Joh,mbbe,^af. %2. Mar- tit. 1455. B. Tho. Lyndon , Cap. 11. Apr. 1525. D. Tho, Mower, ^ap. 4. Sept. 1540. ^mil. Smyth Cler. 1 2.Maii, \Ric. Bri[coT» Qer. 6. Dec. Edvu. Jurdayne Cler. 2. Ja- ► »//, 1561. fValt. Endcrby , 6. t/tt*g, JS75- Henr. Bradjhaw, Cler. c Nonhb.f, 111. a. Wejlon in Arden. THis, taking its name from the Weftern fitua- tion from ]i5tiIkftlton, was aUb, in the Conq. daies, in the poflcllion of the Earl of j^ellCItt, and then certified to contain two hydes, which were valued at xl p/. Since which time the poffeflion thereof hath gone along with Igalitfnton, till now: therfore fliall I not need to make inftance by par- ticular proofs ; in regard, that all thofe Records, tbat I have made ufe of for )i5Hlbfnt0n, drfTmani- fcft the fame. Yet , becaufc there are ibme things peculiar hereunto opely, I fhall in their order take notice of them; arnongft which this is nit the leaft obfcrvable ; that of all thefe places in the Parifhof ISnlfefntOtl, it hath not onely the prio- ;ricy iiirank, where they are mentioned together in vtbe Records : but evenJBoUttotOnitfelf, with the :ictt, are accounted as members of it J the reafon wJiereof can be no other , than, that the Lord of them all had his Mannour-houfc here , where the 3Lttl being kept, not onely the Inhabicmts of the other Villages met ; but from other places, both in this County and .iLetceftcrft. which were the 'LorAZpttches lands, viz.. CUKon, SBjOtDltT-Otier, Wttpbttft, SSnIlEfntOn and HulOn, m Com. Mm ; with taiftt>ttaw,einiettijo)pg,and cUp- bjOOfce in HLe(ceSer(6. as by Court-Rollsm H. 6. time I have fcen. Upon the death of the laft Ernald de Boys, 5 E. I. it was found* , that this Mannour was "-E/f- J-K by him held in capiteof the heirs of the Earl of '•»•?• Wittdfifttt ( in right of their partage in the Ho- nour of ILCiccffCt ) paying yearly unto them one Hound called a SBjacl^S, andfeven pence in money • for all fervices. Afterwards, fcil. in 7 E. 2. mil. la Zuche and Maud his wife had 5f rW-toartgn granted to them here and in divers other places, (as in IBnlitfUtOlt hath been faid.) Vfh'ichmtll. in 19E, 3. had li- cence * for amortizing of 8 Meflliages, 9 yard land b Pat. 19. and a half, and xxx s. annual Rent, with the ap- ^' 5- p. '. purtenances, lying in ClCgbjOhC and ilegre (in ^•^^• Com.%cU.) this'Mcttonfn ^tDcn, jpecffoit- Jabet , COtOn , and lUgtOtt juxta 3l5albfntOlI , (Com. 13(arr.) for the maintenance of two Priefis to fing Mafs daily in the Chappel of out Lady within this his Mannour of ISHgllOIt, for the good eftatc of himfelfjwhilft he lived, and for the health of his foul after he fhould depart this world; as alfo for the foul of mlliam 'Danet ; and for the fouls of the father and mother, with the anceftours and heirs of the faid mlL la Zuche and IVill. Da- net, and of all the faithfull deccafed. Concerning which Chantry , the B. of Cot>, and l,tcl^. upon his Ordination * thereof, the next ervfuing year , thus declared ; That there having been a Chappel of the blefled Virgin Mary within this Mannour of Helton, and therein divine fervice celebrated time out of mind ; which, being gro\Vn ruinous , was then newly fallen down , Sir mill, la Zuche of i^atmgiJOOJt^ Kc. had rebuilt the fame with a fair fabrlck , in honour of the faid blefled Virgin , for the good eftate of himfelf ; as alfo of Sir Wtll. la Zuche of 2C0felK« , and the Lady Eliz.. his wife, vnth theu: children during this life; and af- terwards for the health of their fouls , and for the fouls "of m//. de Boys, Sir Eudo la Zuche , Meli. fent de Aiontalt, Maud la Zuche, Elene la Zuche, and their children departed this life : And for the fouls of mill. Danet and Richard Dobyn, and other Benefactors, with all the faithfull deceaied. But, whereas the firft licence for amortizing the lands before mentioned was for two Priefts ( as I have laid ) it feems the faid Sir VViU. la Zuche chang'd his purpofe : for I find , that in 2t E. 3. he had the K. licence *■ for the alteration thereof Avm. zi; for one Prieft onely , fo that the faid Prieft might £•?• P.^ have another under him for performance of that "'" * ' fervice. Belonging to the Lord Zouch his Mannour- houle here, there was antiently a Park, as it feems: for , in 46E. 3, Sir Vl^ill. la Zuche had licence * to turn a way for the enlargement thereof: How- eEfc.4e. ' belt, in lo H. 6. where VyHl. Lord Zouch was £•?.».» j. certificd^to hold this Mannour, it Is called CSTc- ^'^- '^7.E• Uott-^rnold, for diftinftion from the other We- ^; ''• *" *"' ttons in this County , in regard that (Arnold de A-^^j .^ Boys had antiently been owner thereof. slac. pnet But after the attainder of ^o^« Lord ^(7«r/7, i'n Rcmem.R. I H. 7. the K. granted s it to Sir James Blount , g Pat.^.H. and to the heirs males of his body : neverthelefs , 7-p.i.w.jv it feems, that the family of Zouch afterwards re- gain'd it : for in 6 E. 6. George Lord Zouch was i, in, ,^ poffeft ' thereof, and dyed ' feized of it, 1 9 Junit, cidut, 1 9 Eliz,. leaving Edward his fon and heir , who j Lib, 4^ fold it to Humphrey 'Davenport Efq. and Richard (ednl. B/fchftm t, with tS^X^^n and other lands; by F v»hi<^ 41 THE ANTIQUITIES OF it Rtg.jtbb. dt Leic, f. 3 5> «. W bibl.Qot- t«IV nt. ^uo w.i/. rji.E.i. which means it came to Sir pjrijfopher Telverton Kt, of the Bath , and Anthony Stoughton Efq; the prefent Lords thereof, as ^IBultftltOlt did. A Tradition there is , that one of the Lord Zouches , who much affe(3ed to refide here, and wanting fufiicicnt mowing ground for his ufe , cipon a time invited the Free-holders of IBnlfefll- ton tohis houfe; and welcoming them with very good entertainment , propofed the purchafing of their fevcral doles in a fair large meadow, which lay fitly for him ; All which aflented, except one Rogers. Whereupon the reft urging him to do as they had dune , the Lord Zouch faid , 3LCt i\fi CftnrlC alone tOlfft Ijfa pcfcC ; And fo, to this day. the porterity of the laid Rogers continue pofleft thereof, it being called tl^e cWlCS pC{ce.J ^eton juxta ^ul^inton. TTH E firft mention that I find of this place , is in that grant ^ of the Tithes thereof to the Abby of lleiceltCt: , as a member of the Parifh of 3IBal6(ntOn; viz,, when the Church of HBalWlltOn was firft given thereto by 'Roger de fVatervile, of which I have already fpoken : but that it was and is a member of IBtjlfefntOn , or rather Metton , where the Lord had his leat > all the teftimonics from Record, which I have produced before , do manifeft • and therefore I fhall not need to fay any more thereof. SBramcote, TTHis place, in the Conq. time, contained ' two hydes, whereof one and a half then belonged to Earl tAlberie , of whom I have made mention in CUKon J and the other half hyde to Ric.Fore- jiariuf , of whom I ftiall fpeak in ClieH^rtOtl. But , before the Conqueft , one Salo was owner ■ of that.which Earl Alberic had , being the fame man that afterwards held HBnlkflttOtTC of the Earl of ^client. The other half hyde one Sexi pof- feft". It is there ' written JBjaJlCOte ; perhaps from JlBjan, the Saxon , and COft or COeO, the Bri- tifti word, which fignifie the buMtttOOOD. That the inheritance of this Village was as an- tiently in yVaterzile , as any of thofe before Ipe- cified were, I am induced to believe : (or Roger de Watervile gave t fix yard land and the Mill here to the Abby of HCiCCQeC, by the confent of Robert Earl of ILCfCCttCf his Lord ( and Founder of that Monaftery) which grant was afterwards confirm- ed 1 by t/lrKold de Boy, his Nephew , and all the reft of the liicceeding Arnolds. Yet, in an luff ex, * made by Thomas Earl of JLatlC. whereby he re- cites divers grants to the Canons of %tic. and a- mongft thofe , the fame yard land in JBjamcefe, he declares it to have been given to them by Gef- frey le t/ibbe , of whom I had occafion to make mention in HBartW-^^affftrgg : and, together with his confirmation thereof , ratifies f alfo the gift of two yard land more , which one T^mlph he'd : fo that there being eight yard land therein belonging to the Abby of BLCtC. bcfides the Mill , and what was appurtenant thereto, the Canons of that Houfe did , as in other their lands in this County ,» claim a Conrt-JLC^ and other priviledgcs therein in 1 5 E. i. as granted by the Ks. progeni- tors to that Monaftery , for which they then pro- duced their Charters. But in 6E.i.I find • , that the heirs of He>7ry de Hafiings held the third part of a Kts. fee here oFJohn de Hafiings the elder, then deccafed, it be- ing then written IBjOmpcOtC. The like is certified * as to the tenure of that third part by the heirs of the faid /^fw; in 49 E. 5. 14* H. 6, and 16^ E. 4. But what the Lord Zouch poffeft in this Vil- lage, I am not able directly to point out: how- beit, certain it is , that fomething he enjoy *d , in regard the ^tee-taumtl granted x to him in 7 E.2. extended into his demefn lands here, as well as in thofe of Weffon.lBtJlfefntOll, and lUpfOII. As for that which the Abbot of %zic. had, it amounted to the third part of a Kts fee : for in ■20 E. 5. it is certified , • that fo much he held of the Earl of aancaffier , who then had the Honour of 3lefc. as is well known. AH which lands fo be- longing to that Abby , were in 38 H. 8. granted ' to Sdrtard Wat f on Eiq; and Henry Herdfon, and to the heirs of the fame Edward ; who ( as I have heard) had two daughters that were his he'us; the one marryed to Turner • the other to Lijle: from which Lijle defcend- ed Li fie , that fold his moytic to George Pure fey of MoltJWftfll Gent. And from Turner ^William, his Grandfon, of whom Gamaliel 'Pur efej/, (on to the faid ,; thereof in Edrv. the Conf. daycs ; who , after the Norman invafion was glad to become Tciunt to it under the faid £. of iSMUift. This, W'A%]VICK^S H1%E ILLUSTRATED. 43 fcE/?. 51. H, ?. Efc. 8. H. 4.J { Ex tlio J\cg. de Cumba. in bihl. Cot- ton. [ V!- teliiisA.i] f.99b. It Rot. de ^ow. Pat. lo.E. 3.p.3.m. 9. per III- fpcx. ■m Rot. de a I'm. 3 6. H.S.p.xi. jtx autog. fcttes Wil, Perkins ^ Domcf- « Reg, de teic. In bibl. Bodl, /. U. b. This , being pare ^ of cliofe 3 Kcs. fees whereof Philip de Sjlley, Anceftour to the family of Afilej, had been enfeoff: in the time of H. i. (as I have already pointed at in my difcourfe of l^flU mo^tott ) was held by his defcendants of the Earls of tiRlitaclDfcU by ' the third part of a KtSt fee ; and, of them by Henry K firnamed ' Jabet , fon " to Fulco de Aferflan ; which Henry gave " 4 yard land here to the Abby of ILCfcettCC , whereupon he was received into that Monallcry, as a Canon, and his wife as a fifter. To him fuccecded John ' his fon and heir , fometimes called Jah. fiUm Henrici de Merflrona, and fometimes John Jabet , who was a Bcnefador to the Monks of Contbe , by civing to them lands in this place : which grant K. H. 2. confirmed^. This Henr/ had a brother called %obert 1 ; who, having certain lands in this Village , gave ' divers fmall parcels thereof to the faid Monks of COItlbC : and not onely fo, but, by his deed made them promife, that he would neither fell nor pawn any of it, except to that Monaltery. Which grants to thofe Monks, with divers more made by leveral perfons,whofe names are of no great note, were confirm'd^by Thomas the fon to Walter de £jl- ley, in an. 1241. 25 H. 5. To whom fuccecded Sir Andrew de AjlUy Kc. who confirmed • to them and their fucceflburs for ever a ConCt-JLeCt here for their own tenants ; which, with other privi- ledges , was allowed " of by the K, in 1 3 E. i. But the refidue of this town , the faid Sir Andrew himfelf held by theferviceof half a Kts. fee, (as I have already faid ) and , in 1 5; E. !• claimed * here , by prefcription, a Court-?Le0t , Gallows, Weyfs, power to punifh the breaker? of the Aflize of Bread and Ale, jfreB-toarren , with immunity from the common amerciaments, and of aid :o th? Shiriff, It being then accounted a member of 3tt- Icp, all which were allowed. But further than this have I not found any thing confiderable of it, other than, that after the diffolution of the Mona- fteries , that part, which belong'd to the Abby of Combs ) was, with divers other lands, granted by Letters * Pat. dated 28 Ottob. 56 H. 8. to Thomas Broke and John Williams , and to the heirs of Broken from whom, it fcems , Henry Waver foon purchafed it : for I find-'' , that on the 26 oiFebr. next following , the faid Henry aliened it td Will. Perkins, whofe defcendants do ftill enjoy ic Remade; IN the Conq. time ; this was in the Earl of S^zWzni'ti poffelTion \, and held of him by the fame Hereituard that had ^0rffon , whofe free- hold it had been in Edw. the Conf, dayes. By the general Survey it is certified to contain 5 virgats ofland, and of wood 4 furlongs in length , and 3>nbrcdth, the value of all being xx j. and there written SBercntongro, the latter part of the name ( ■J"*. tetlBre) hgnifying, of old, the fame that coitus or mons d&th : but afterwards it is otherwife written. There were 4 yard land , lying in this place, given • very amiently to the Abby of ILeteelEer, t^j Henry thefonoff«% de Merfton (of whom I have made mention in ^eilfOB- Jabef) all of the f«C of ErnaU de Boys before ipoken of, and by him confirmed to thatMonaftery ; as alto by K. H. 2. In that grant it is written IBCTnangul; but in Thomas E. of HaiTC. his ratification * of a carucate of land to the fame Monaftery, JBCTl^angH. In 1 3 'Edw. I . the Abbot of ILefC^Qec had a COtll^t-lL00t here for his own Tenants, with other priviledges , which he claimed " to have had time out of mind. It eems, that the F/tz^withs (of whom in 3150- benljull and &^OtftP0ll I have fpoke ) were .n- tiencly owners of this place , though the grant thereof to them have I not found : for it appears, ''that the Canons of 1-Cfceffer granted unto g^y, a Knight, then Lord thereof, that he and his heirs fhould have an Oratory , orChappel, in hishoufe here at BetnamgrC i provided , that fuch Priert, who was to celebrate diviite fervice there , before he cntred upon that duty , fhould take a folema oath in the prefence of the Vicar of ]l5nIl^fntQtl ror the time being , that it mig. t be no damage to the Mother-Church of iiSulfefUtOlt ; and, that he would be faithfuU to the laid Vicar. This was in H. 3. time , as will appear by the defcent of that family in BobCtt^Ull ; for his Gr^nd-child 'Ko. bert, called Robert us filius Jvhannis, filii Cjuidonis, Lord ' alio of this place, dyed in the beginning of E, 2. tim&. From whom defcended Robert, whofe daughter and heir Joane , being t'le wife to John Beauchamp of i^Olf, brought this Lordfhip to that family (whereof alfo in ]i5oben^ull I have fpoke.) After wliich time it accompanyed the pofl'elfion of HSObcntlllli ; firft to Pauncefote , afterwards to Croft, and then to Sir Ediv. grevill, as the autho- rities there cited will manifeft j but further I cannot fpeak. It (eems , that the Hojpitalars were antiently Lords of themoytie of this Village; for fo in an old Rentall/ of lands, lying;n;a&ttpand |&l)Ojt- tDOOtl , they are faid to be. Which moytie was , after the gencrall difTolut'.on of the Religious Hou- fes, granted £ (inter alia) by K.B. 6. 1 5. Dec. in 4. of his reign, to Sir Raph Sadler Kz. tnd Lau- rence Weanington Gent, by the name of a meflu- age called $ZtX»-^\U.Z. Which Sir Raph fold the fame to John w.tde Gent, and his heirs. From whom , in 3 £//.?,. it was palt ' by tlie name of the Mannour of Barnatell , to Sir Ron land Heyward Kt. and others ; who Ibid ^ i: to Over, and Thyneis* But Phyneis releafing , Over paft ' the fame away to RicFard ^erkjus , by the name of the Mannour and capitail Meffuage in llSarnakcH. Wh\ch Richard, in 14 f//*. granted "• it to Edw. eAglionbir. And , in I ? Eliz,. the a- bove mentioned John Wade joyn'd " with the faid Perkins in levying a Fine thereupon, by the nanie of the Mannour of HBamakgll, 8 MefTuages , and Acres of land iymg in ilSatnabell and &&fUon. Which Edw. tAghotJjy , by his deed •dated S Maii , 52 £//«., granted the reverfion thereof , after the death oiMary his wife , unto Mich, Feilding and his heirs ; who dying with- out iffue, it defcended unto Bafdl Feilding, late of ipCtonljam Efq; his elder brother : whi?b Bafill fetled the fame upon Roger Feildmg , his younger foil, afterwards Knighted j whofe fon, Bafill, now enjoys ic. i) I'at. 1 2. £. 2. ^,1. ni.iS.per lijpcx. c Rot. de] d Reg. de Ltk, ul fupra. e Reg, de Covintre , f. i04. b. vid. lii Feil- dicg Shilm} THE ANTIQUITIES OF f Domef- day lib. qEfc.i.U' S.n.70. fV. Uvat. r. pafch.n, fL':b. 1. Ccdul. tcm. j». E. 3. ». 6. per Infpcx. u Jieg.de Cov.f.j ^.b. w lb, f. 56. b. » MS fi- nis S. Pif chnmil.f. y Reg. Abb. Lek. in. bibl. Cot- ton,/! 18. Shilton, I Have now done with the Parifh of ^ul&fll- ton. The next Town in ray defigned order is ^^Hton , which the Earl of ^elleitt held f in the Ccftiq. time, IValUf hz\ng his tenant thereof, whole free-hold it was before the Norman in- vafion. It then contained two hydes , having woods of two furlongs in length , and one in breadth, and was valued at xl [ol, being in the general Survey then taken, written ^CClftOnC. Ifuppofe, that it attended the lucceffion of JlBertiangre for a long time, though I have not light enough from Record to manifeft as much ; for, in 8 H. 5. it appears , 9 that John Beauchnmf of |^8lt dyed feized there- of, and ihilMitrgaret the wife ot' John Pauncefot was his daughter and heir. After which time, till 5 H. 8. have I feen no more of it ; but then did %iifh Srvillington and tAlice his wife pafs ' it to Richard Bifhop of MitlCljCftcr , and others , though to what ules I know not. And, in E. 6. time , was Thoma-s Ejfex Efq; fon of Sir Thomof Efex Kt. feized-^ thereof. This Village is now reputed to be a Parifh of it felf , whereas antiently it was of the Parifh of St. iJMichael in COtJetlfrs , and the Chappel here appropriated' to the Priory of COtWlltrC. How- beit the Inhabitants had " not then liberty of fe- pulturc in the ChappeUyard, which was made and confecrated by Roger de Clinton B. of COtCtlfrB , with the permiflion of the Prior and Covcnt , but were enjoyn'd to bring the bodyes of their dead to be buryed at the Mother Church of Cotientre , the Curate being a Stipendiary * to the Prior of COtlCntrO, and removable at his pleafure; having lonely the fmall tythes affigned him for his Sa lary; which, in 26 H. 8. were valued at j/. fer annum. It feems that the intereli' which the faid Prior had here, was by Compofition with the Ca- nons of ILCfcCffCf , forafmuch as this, with 0nCp, were antiently Chappels belonging tc 315Hlb(nton, and given to theMonaftery of llefc. by Roger de tVatervill • for which the faid Prior paid x/o/. yearly to the Canons of ILefcett^f. Wolvey. ^TOrthwards and fomewhat by Eaft from • &|)(Uon, lyes ^iKoltiep , vihcteof «yilrictu the fon of t^eriet was poffcft 'L in €dw. the Conf: dayes : but after the Noiman invafion it came to the hands of Robert de Veci , with other Lands in the Counties of %ek. and %ittC. and by the general Survey * is certified to contain five hydes and a half , valued at 50 /. there being at that time a Church. In that Record * it is writ- ten JSllfeCja, taking its name originally (no doubt) from one Ulfor fVulf , whole feat it was in the Saxons time, and the Saxon word haja , which is the fame with domtfs , the g being , for eafinefs of pronunciation, changed into yori , and the h fometimes left out, and fometimes retained , as in 32 E. I. may be oblerved. To the pofterity of this Robert de Fect'xt con- tinued not : for, in H, 2. time, the Earl of tlKJaC- tutcb bad it , and enfeofft Harecourt thereof , it being part of thofe 7. Knights fees which fVtlUam E. of tiMartBfcIt in 1 2H. 2. certified* that Tvo de Harecourt then held of him de veteri fe6jfa- mento. This I-vo de Harecftrt difpofed <* thereof (inter alia ) to %pbert Bajfet with Beatrice his fifter in frank marriage, to hold and enjoy as freely, as he the faid Ivo or his father ever held them : which Robert was ' of the family of Bafet of lUfSotl (now called HnfijWn) in i^ojiftamptoitCbfre , and a good Benefailor to the Monks of COinb0; bZub, c Lib. rub. f. 104. a. d Reg. de Citmba^f. 80. «. c Reg. di Piprvelt , f. ii. a. hib.f.is. a. icart. Jf. H. S. per Infpex. I ^de »i ^ Cumh, n''lb.Z\. o'lb p Ib.f, 8». It, for he purchaied ^ a great part of WXOZ^ from fS^cg.de Thurbert the fon of HadheMfm , and gave « it S c cumbg. to that Monaftery. By the confent* of Beatrice his wife , he gave likewife thereunto C. acres of land lying in this Lordfhip , with pafture to the fame belonging , which K, H. 2. alfo con- firmed' . This Robert Baffet had \^nt '^%eginaU ^ who ratified ' to the Monks of CotttbC the faid grant by his Fathefj in which confirmation it is ex- preft that thofe C. acres did lye , partly upon CalOtDell0l)ull on MoIt)ep-^eat^, and partly be- twixt &anOfOJl) and (I5rfmcfiDJ0lfc towards Wat- MnofivttZ; adding * alfo of his own gift pafture for 500 Sheep upon Moltiep-^Catfj^ And like- wife beftowed " on them the Churfch of St. John Baft, here at fMaVoVg of his patronage , with all lands, tythes, and obventions thereunto belonging. The one moytie whereof was appropriated • tu them by Geffrey Mttfchamp B. of COt). and %ic\}, in K.John's time , at the requeft of the faid '^*- ginald ; and the other', Cby agreement betwixt the faid Reginald, the Monks , and the faid B.) made e Prebend to the Cathedral of IttC^fidO ; whereof the faid B, and his fucceffours was to have thf advoufon. Which agreement was confirmed 9 by Pope Innocent the 4. in the 8. year of his Papacy ( ^4 H. 5. ) as alfo by ■■ Hubert Archb. of Cantcrb. ^^////^w/Bifliopof cotienfre, and * the Prior and Covent of that Church. Other grants "of land and rent, here in OT^OltJCp , did the faid Reginald make to them , which to parti- cularize will not be much material ; as alfo of lands in f^rbetbnrp , whereof I ftiall fay more when I come to that place. Of this Reginald the firft * mention that I find in Record, is in 23H. 2. In "4 and 5 R. I. he was joyn'd withC?//^. de Segrave as fubftitute for Hugh. J^uvant Bilhop of COtetlfre , to whom the cuftody of thefe Counties was committed : but, afterwards,, viz.. f for the 6, 7, 8, and 9, years of that K. reign, as alfo in a t Joh. he had the fole charge of them hirafelf , and accounted for them as Shiriff. ^ To lilb.Sj.b. w Rot. P. ij. H. ^. . Rot.P. y ^de iif- dem am. frJ9{friCI{SHI%E ILhViSTKATED. 4^ ttExtutog. in officio K Kot. P. tl II J oh. d Rot. P. 1 !./«». B Ktg. de Cumbif. flb.f. 84. gl&.&. b^lb ibf.ze: kTcJlide Nevill. I Rot. penes S. Clarke Bar. m Rot. ene, (on to the faid "^no, confirmed, * but Ric.' de H.irecun, Superior Lord of the Fee by defcent from the before fpeci- fied Ivo de Harecurt, So that now thofe Monks, having a Lordfliip here, which, in^ 20. ff. 5. andio. 'C.j.anfwered for a whole Kts.Fee, clai- med "in 15. £. i.aCoart-lLEetand other Pri- viledges therein, whereof they had allowance : And in 18. £.1. obtained a Charter" of|FC«- tDarren inall their demein lands here. And in 19. £. 2. the like for* a gpcrcate every week upon the Wednefday, with a ^alt yearly to laftfor three days ; f z^. the Even of St. Market Evang. and two days following. But, leaving the Monks of combe thus pofleft of this Mannour, I (Kail now obferve what I find otherwife memorable in ®nolt>e?; which is, that one Sir Thomas de VVolvey Knight had a fair e- ftate here, and left iffue t Joan the wife of Sir Henry de Erdingtefi (of whom in CtOfngtOll I ' q F. de di- vrfis com. lev at. Oil. Mich.Si, . E.I. r^Clauf. fhall fpeak) and jiliceoi Giles the Son and Heir to Andrew Lord AftUy, towards the latter end of E. I. reign : upon which (jiles and Alice and the Heirs of Alice, in 3 2. ^. i . he fetled 1 57. mels. three carucats with ten yard land and a half, ly- ing in Mit&pbjoke and this ^Mdlffie? in the County of Wi9X. Three mefs. i carucat of Land, and 6. s. 6. d. rent in &fFfcH0bp, and £Dl0bp in Com. ilCfC- and i 5. mefs. and i 3. oxgangs of land in &cabCtbOjpeand f^Ot^om in Com. Ehr ; referving to hiinrdf and s^//«his wife an cftate for term oflife in the aforefaid lands, paying year- ly to the faid Giles and Alice a Rofe at the Feaft of the NativtyofSt. yo/;» Bapt. for all i'ervices. But all that I have feen further of him is, that be- ing one of the Coroners r in this County (an Of- fice of great note in thofe days, as in WolSon I r<6.E.z. have fhc'.v'd) in 6. 8. 2. he was 'grown fo z-^n.io.' ged, and impotent to undergoe the fame, that he had his Writ of eafe. And that he bore for his Armes Or a Lyon rampant fable, as by his feal * and other authoritiesappeareth : which Seal, be- ^ '^xau. ing adorn'd, without the compafs of the ftiield, ^^^' t^'' with Caftles, makes me fuppofe, that his pater- digsu^r' nail anceftours were of the family of Cafiell, rc- fiding at MttSpbjOfeC, hard by. This Alice, the wife to Giles de nA^ley, furvi- ving her Husband, was ftiled domina de Wolvey, as by the inftitutions to the Chantry may be dif- cemed ; which Chantry fhe founded* in 17. £.3. in theChappel of our Lady within this Parifh- Church, endowing* it with two mefs : and two yard land lying here in tiMoIliep, for the mainte- nance of a Prieft to fing Mafs daily there for ever, for the good eftate of her fclf whilft fhe lived, and for the health of her foul after fhe fhould depart this life :asa!lb for the fouls of her anceftors and heirs, and all thefaithfull deceafed. And left iffue ^Eat an. * Thomoi Lord AjiUy her fon and heir; of whom, '"l-T^nis being to fpeak at large in jafflgp, I fball now fay no more than what relates to this Lordfhip : which is, that hegave^ 1. mefs. and 35. acres of land lying therein, to the Prior and Covene of CctSbttrp, ajid their fucceffors towards the main- tenance of a Canon in that Monaftery, to fin" Mafs daily for the good eftate of him the faid 77;^- moi and Eliz,. his wife ; and of the fame Alice H Pit. 17.E. hp.i. Rot.F. I7-E. i.m.g. inccdn U. N. - de Vl^olvey, and Andrew de Aflley whilft they lived ; as alfo for the health of their fouls after their departure hence ;and for the fouls of their heirs and anceftors, and all the faithfull decea- fed. To which Thomas fucceeded ^ iVilUam Lord Aflley, and Giles a younger fon ; which mlliarn, in 15. R. 2. gave ' to the faid Giles, his Brother, and Kath, his wife, and to the heirs of their two bodies, this Mannour of tlHiroltep, paying to the faid W^y/Z/'^w and his heirs a grain of Wheat one- ly, at the Feaft of St. John Bapt. yearly for all fervices. Of which Giles all that I find memora- ble is, that, in 18. %j a. (which was about three yearsafter he became pofleft thereof) by the con- lent of the Abbot of Combe, he admitted b one P^rm. de Scregham, to the Heremitage upon SKJolbep-heath, there to live a Heremeticall life in the fervice of (Sod, and to pray for the {buls of him the faid Giles, his anceftours, and all the foun- ders and benefactors of the faid Monaftery of ConUiC. When this Heremitage was firft foun- ded appears not, but by what is expreft in that Inftrutnenc of his adtoillion, it fccms, that it flood in 46 THE ANTIQUITIES OF tlJb. » Infcrip. tumuli «L- , fud /iftley. tlb. f Penis Cler.Pip^e mStac. i ?_ e.6.p. ' II. in a folitary place upon ©Srttep-heach, which long before that cimCjhad been inhabited by He- jemites. In I. //.j.there wasan Award^ made by Regi- ualdCrey, Lord HaHrinq^s, fVeysford, and Ruthin, and %ichard Crosby Prior ofC0t)ei1tre, upon certain differences, which were at that time be- twixt the Abbot of CombC, and the before men- tioned ^iles, touching the metes and bounds of their lands on tlRlttOlt)0p-heatb, and concerning common of paOure, which the faid (jiles challen- •ged in thofe C. acres of land long before granted to the Monks of Combe by %ob, Bafet, and Re- ginald his fon (as is b'efore exprcft) and concer- ning the folc preientation to the Heremitagc be- fore fpecified, and commoning upon all that Heath: by which Arbitrators it was determined, that the faid Abbot and Giles fliould prefcnt to the He- remitage in Common, and hold all the faid Heath in Common, except the above mentioned C. Acres of land : But all that I further find* of this Cties is, that he dyed at jDunttaplC upon the day of St. Nicholas theBifhoprf». 1427. (6. H. 6.) After which, w^. in 1(5. /f. 7. IViIl. jiftley his great Grand-child prefented * one John Iddez^eard to the Heremitagc. From which Wtlliam is C'lss ^ftley Elq. now Lord of the fame Mannour, de- fcended. Having thus deduced the fucccffion of Aff ley's Mannour, I am next to take notice of what the T(-wp/4rj had here : Of which the firft mention I find, is in the Shiriffs account /of I. £.1. after the feizure of the lands belonging to the Templars into the K. hands; wherein he certifies vii. s. Rent of Alfize received at the Ptaft of the -^«»/<»f . of our Lady next before of certain Free-holders and Cottagers there ; and xx. s. at the fame terme for the Rent of a Water-mill and a Vyind-Mill let toferm at xl. s. per an. which poffeflionswere an- tiently heldiby the7>wp/ being then accounted as a Member «> of the Preiaptorie of 115alftaU above- mentioned, and continued in the K. hands till 7. E. 6. but was then granted • (inter aha) to Edw. Aglionbyoi iBslftaU Efq. and Henry Hugford of^Olt&tlUGent. and their Heirs; which Edw. in 3, (S- 4. -P/-'. & M. aliened* the fame to Tho- mas Marrow Efq. who, the fame year granted ' it to fVill. Newman : of whom, in 3. Eliz,. it was purcbafed •» by Edmund Seaming Efq. which Ed' mnnd dyed » feized thereof 3. e/fpr. i. Jac. lea- ving iffue £^echias\\\i fon and heir then aged 34. years. Touching that Mannour, which belong'd to the Monks of Combe, I further find thereof this ; that in 8. B. 6. it was granted by the then Abbot and Covent ofthat Monaflery to Humfry Earl Staf- ford 3.nd\\\s heirs, the advoufon of the Church with the lands in llfttlC-CoplfOtl , belonging thereto, excepted. Here it hapned.that K. Edw. 4. being furpriZed by %ic. Nevill,iht^ont E.of?SEartofcb, was car- ry ed away Prifoner to S©!l)lebam-Caftle in |90}6- fhire ; the circumftances whereof I have briefly touched in my difcourfe of that Earl in WS^WMCIH. In<»«. I 291.C19. £. I.) the Church (dedica- ted loSr.Jo'w^^p'^.) was valued "at xx. marki (the one inoy tie being then a Prebend of ^f(^- ftelO) at which time the Vica ridge was rated, at i. iTiark. But, in 26. H. 8. at ^ vi. 1. vi. s. iiii, d. over and above ix^ s. allowed foi ProcHrationsind Synodals. Patroni viciriac Incumbentes. m Pat. 5. E.li'\.p.%. nBfc.t. Jac. Abb. & CoHV. de Climb a. D.Tho. Clerc. Ca- f79r!. EccU Cath. Lich. Abb. & CoKV. de ^umba. Ticbend. de fVol- "vey. Abb . cr C . de Cumba. VV. Marton Preb. de Wolvey in Eccl.Cath.Uch. Hiimf. Perot de Belr.e in Com, Wigorn. Gen, 'Hen.de Thftrlauflon Pbr. 3. ) Id.Febr.iioi. \Joh. le Smith Pbr, 12. Kal, Nov.l^$U Joh. OfmuxderUy 3^ Nov, 1429, Jeh: Joyk^n Tbr. 14. Jan. 1438. Ric. Blocklej diac. 28. "i^v. D. Rog. y^yldie ^er.^.Febr. «537- Ric. Palmer (^ler, 10. Julii 1564. Ceo. VVilcoc\fon Cler, 10, Dec, i6\$. oSMS.'m pi Scac^ q M S. pe- nis 5. A. tq. aur.f, 38,b. tan&t.f.e: b. Nmhb.f.^ 16. a. Heyw.fi Ib.f.}7.a. \ Bowl.f. ■» Str, & P, f.U.t'. bund.H, Morton bundi >»- ((rt. Of 'WA%JV1CKJH1%E illustrated] ^ Qopjion-parva, eHe^. tit Cumb.if. H.3.W.I1. ftr infpei. t Rfj. rfe Cnmbaf, 9i4, Northwards from MoItJep, and in the fame PariOi, lyeth illttle-Copffon, now a depo- pulated place, and known onely by the name of CopilOtI- jf(elD0 ; which originally had its de- nomination from one ^sp/', pofleflbr thereof in theSixons time, as I guefs; that being a name then in ufe : but in the Conq. Survey is there not »ny exprefs mention thereof; fo that I do con- ceive it was Involved with CToltep : for, in the beginning of H. 2. time, Ivo de Harecnrt gran- ted all his land in this place (together with Wiol* tJfp) unto Rob. Bajfet, in frank marriage with Beatrice his Sirter.as in WioXytti is fliev^ed.Which iJo^tfrr, very I'uddainly after, gave* to the Monks of Combg one carucat of land here. In villa igi' tur men, qus. dicitur farvx COpSOn (faitk he^ ttnam caruc: terra, (jrc. i» perpetuam elemoftnam datjo. Sothat,itfeemshe was then owner there- of, whichgrant K. H. 2, confirmed*. Here was anticntlya Chappel,* as appears by jtheCompofitjon touching the Church o'i WifA- Uep, betwixt G. MitfchampB.oi COftOTfre, and the AbbotofC0lltfl6C34,/r. 3.) whereof I have already fpoken. Howitpaftfrom Bajfet's poRtnt^ I have noc feen ; but in //. 3. time, Thomas de Afieley had it : for, after he wasflain in the battail of fSti- Ibam 49,ff.34 (as in)3(nep is ftiew'd) this,with the reft of his lands, being confifcate, was given "^ by the K. to iVarinc de Balfingburne . But after d Pat. yoj the Decree called 'Diitum de ftcnfltDOJtt , W-3-W.34, whereby, they which vvere not flain in the battail, afwell as the pofterity of thofe that loft their lives, were admitted to Compofitioa for their forfeited cftates ( as in l&enllUJOjtft manifefted ) Andrew de Aflley , fon and pines Th. . Afilei tr. 1* heir to the laid Thomoi, paft 'away this his village of Hfttle-Coplton with the appurtenan- ces, to the Monks of CoiHbC and their fucceflbrs for everj in confideration of CCCxx, marks fter- ling,which he received of them to redeem his lands fo forfeited as hathbeen faid. After which, Wa. in 18. e. I.' the faid Monks obteined a Charter fcirut% /oflfrw-Wantn in all their demclh lands here j E.i,».f. \ frbofe 48 THE ANTIQUITIES OF «»hofc poffeflion it continued in till the diffolution ofthat Monaftery. mbtof avvay, as he did the lubftancc of his antient in- heritance. g Ktgr?. de Burton pi' nis WiU. V. Paget. t. I Now come to WlbtOtt, a petty village, but c- minencforicsfituation; foritlycth in one of the Corners, ■where the two famous old Romane ■ways, t//2:.mffl[a(lde»s authority from uin- toHtnes'Ittnerary ; yet nothing more can I fay of it, time having worn out the memory of what elfe was memorable. But I return to «M{bt9ft. Though it lye in this County, yet is it in the Parifh of Ctepb>06e in Icfcctter-fh. and hath a Chappel dedicated to our Lady (viz,, to her ji^- fnmptto>f.) V . i The fivft mention I find of it, is 66, years and mo're before the Conqueft. for Ulfric Spot, a po- tent man in thofe days (and founder of jSBacton- Abby in &tattO?0-fli.) gave J it by his Will to one t^thelric, for life, and afterwards to the faid Monaflery ofUBnrton. But, in the Co;/^. time, it was pofleft by the Earl of i^ellCHt, and in the ge- Willey. i Efc. Jo. H.J. h Domefdxy nerall Survey * then taken.writcen WiibttotMH' lib, fcpbeing join'd therwithiboth which vvere the free-' hold of -^f-vi in Edw.xhc Conf. days After which, ere long, was CBrnalb (k Bois .erjfeoft thereof, -with CHftOn, llBulbinton, &c. whereof I have already lpoke:fornot only an Extent' of Knights- fees in 55.H'. 3. fliews, that tbcy.were then held joyntly of the E. of Qilartofckby 4- Kn. fees ; but the poffefTion her*?of-con:inuing ;n. the fami- ly of Bo;'^, and afterwards to Zouch, as moft ot the other did, argues no lefs. ■ ' And I find, * that the grant of %afh Arahy rS,f ^" niade to the Abby ofJLCfc. of 7. mds, :io. crofts, 5.yard land and a half,andone mill lying here,was confirm'd by the fame £r*Wi;^ ; wherein the Ab- bot claimed "a C0Urt»lLCet and the like Priviled- ges that he did in IBolbfntOII, and had allowance of them. As alfo, that thefamc year, /. ^. 3« whereupon his Sifters becaitie his "heirs to the eftate ; whereof 'Hmyfut the eldeft njarryed* to Hugh Coke[ey,2Xii had iffue * Sir lUalterCoke^ey'Kx.,'arno whomJSir Fotike Pembruge Kt., and CMargaret his Wife, Daugh- ter* and \\tnoiIda (or Idonea)-i\\z fecond Sifter oi thciiidEdmmd,hyWilUam Trujjell of fl)D(- iam. oRot. P. qPat.i-}. dorjh. Pl.de banco Term, jT J.E.J. tL F. kvit xv.MUb. I.E.3. IV A%,mCKS Hl%E ILLUStRTAfEDT 49 It. In/o. tarn, rdeafci'' their right in tht fourth part of this had iflue Mannourji. S. ?. which %^x Wdter nao i JKi/ftfr, and he Sir Wdur Cokefey Kc. that dyed i leized thereof 15. I>^c. M- -^^ ^' without iffue leaving Jde Herdebergli Gulielmus'le Boeder -Elati fiUa Sc de Wcmme. |coha;res. I Ankareta Alicia ux.N. Ux. loh. dcLangford, Jcrangedc BJakmercl l~^ I' Joh.Strange N.deLang- defunftus 4J. ford, deftin- Pembrug, E.3.I au5 49.E.3. Ida ux.W. TrulTel dc Odiham. \ I Dionifia ux. Hug.-Cokcfey Edm. le Botcler Cler. ob. f.p.4j.E.J. loh.ide Hulles-lfabella'fiila ?j.E. I. |& co liares. If Edw. Dionyfiaux. ]. Alicia, I.niipta obf.p. dc Watevil.ob. I.deLangky.i f. p. I.dcPeyco, .39- M. vx. I » Walt. Cokefey miles ' 49. E.3.obiii«6.H.4. ■ -I ' irabclla f. & hzres Vrianl dc S. Perc, I I loh.StrangCt detiinaus 49 E.3., Eliz. obi it ^infiraaicat. * « ) I / Rfc.Talbot-Ankaret>amita&-Tho.NeviIl N.dcLang- Walt. Cokefey milet. ihxrtsEliz.ob.rfX..'"'^"*-™*- ^'^'^^ 49.E-3i obiit'4 Aug. lH.f. ritus. 8.H.4- L b Glib. Talbot miles loh. Talbot miles. Cecelia. fil. 8t hatres, xtat, ercftns i inCom.Sa- a7.an.i'H.J. j lopito,Maii,*o.H.^., ' I ^— ' tO/if.J.H. dEfcA.H. J.s.Ji. f ? £/c^. fiM.4.K. 3». gE/f.I. H. J. ». Ji. bEfc.^.H. J; ". 44< iCOft.abjt. l.ufquCil, H.6.W.11. nt/c.i.H. Ankareta ob. f. pro* ilej.H.l. loh.Co.Salop.cx- fiis * in prxnoa"- pud Northampt. 38.H..g.| I . loh. Co. Salop f obiit 14. E.4f i l» Hugo Cokefey mil ob.ij.Dsc.i4-H.tf. f. p. I « Agnes. Thomas Hodtngton. loh. Grevile miles, loh. Grevli- locofa - Leoji. i.marituj. 1 foror & Scaplc- 1 hsresji ton. 3. I nupta... maricas. Beau- champ. ob.\«.Aug.»o. E.4, Thomas, cogn. Cokefey i mi- les ' ob. f. prole. |- Gcorgius Co, Salop.obiitjitf l"l'i33.H. 8. Agnes. i el Robertus Ruffel I i Rob. Ruffel unus con- fanguincorurn 8c hat- red. Thoma: Cokefey iinjl. ij.H. 7. ■•Efc:.4. pCArt.14. £.r.nr-6. fer Jnfpex. q Cod. MS, j» Stau Of the two remanent parts ; one defcending t;o the Talbots, Earls of ^j^jctDSburp, by Ankaret " 4. Sifter to the before fpccified Sdmanci le Bote- ler, is by partition of the lands belonging to. Ctl- ^eto8bm:p, come to SlU. one of his Daughters and Coheirs, Wife to Henry E. of I^ent, deceafed ; which Elixj. now enjoyeth it ; tifi,fcil. 1640. But the other, fometime Langfords (as the defcent here infcrted manifefteth) coming at length to Leigh-, and whereof Henry Leigh Elq. dyed»feized in 5. Eliz,. was, by Edw, his Son and heir, fold to feverall private perfons with- in memory, as I have been informed. The Church (dedicated to St. Leonard) was granted t to the Monks of ^^mxi in i^OjmanOp, by «<»i,E. of ^Client and iLdC. in H. i. time lohanna. i I Thomas. S J Johanna, Robertus Winter,aii:er ccn- fangu. & hsred. T. Cokefey mil.. de Ff'^ill. de Wallingford Clcr. ;. Jd, Nov, 1307. Ungt.f. 17 Nich . Prior de fVarmynton pro- curator Abb.& C. de Fratellis. fRic. de Kereflejc accol, i. Id. ih.f.i^.a. Edw. Rex Angl.'i Bee. 1309, ratione tempo- I Tho. de LonneCler. Non.Jii' rd.Pr.deVVar-\ Ui 1325. myntontnmanu '^Hugo deBardeby (^ler fua exiflen. Northb.f. 1 9. a. II. lb,io.t. VMS pC' ^^'^ '"'"»• 1291. (19.E.1O ^"1"^^'*^ 5. marks, nh S.\4. but in 25. H. 8. at ' 8. lib. 6. s. over and above 7- s. 4. d. allowed for ^Procurations and Syno- tq.aur.f. penis D.dP Ctt.lMb. dais. Patroni Ecdefiae Procttrator Abb , (^ Conv.de Fra- tellis, ProcHrator Abb de Pratellis. Idera fro cur at or. Ib.fA^M. Strett.f,f.z lb.f.\o.b. Incumbentcs. ^oh. de Craunferd Caf. 1 248 . Kal. Matt i 5 i6. Joh. Lerves Pbr. 3. Non.Oci. L 1 34<5' Jah. de KirkhamPbr.i6.Kal. Sept. 1361. CRic, de Homyngton Pbr. 2 INoH.Jan. I 361. , Ric. de f^rylie Pbr. 16. Kal ib.f.ii. Pr. de War- , Tnington, &c. G tr. %o THE ANTIQJJITIES OF Hcyw.f. Pr. & Conv. de iyb. VVitham ord. C^trthuf. Ib.f.i9-<'- ll>.f.^i.b. Idem Tr.&Cenv,< Str.&p.f, Rex. Hf^r.8. Stmpf.f. CD. Rex. Sampf.& Fh.&M.Rex& B.f.ii.a. Hegirta. Overton SlU, Regina, BMid. c. M37- Trater iAlmnus Thoresbj Pbr. 19. jHnii 1440. '^yUl. Netuon Pbr, 1 7. Matt 144J;, .]oh. Gybbons Z'^.Feb. 1445. D. (Jiiatth: Lowder Cdf. %. Ocl.i$-i9. v. Joh. Hammer Cler. 14. Dec. I 546. Vl^tll.GlcHtonC^er. 14. Dfc. 1557- ^ac. Pov^e Cler. 11. Dec. 1602. * She was Daughter •toK.yi/- fcd ani wifi ♦ to a noble per- fon called Etketdrcd , CO whom the K. her Father gavc'AXff- cit, con* : taining di- vers Coun- ties of this Kcalm, ' . . I ii€ir.MAi. c iHgiilphi d R. Ue- veA.ii^.b. c M'irian. Scot.bili. MS. in hibl. Bod'. in 4K.9I 7. ildA)lib. AionksJ^rhy, QOudmards of OTfllpC, and bounded by Wat- Ifnjjttrcet, lyes that great Paridi of SponfeO- b{(bp, concerning ten petty villages, or hamlccs, befides the townitfcif; I'/z. 515it>fe!)urtt, &trct« frctfon-/«^f w-jFoiTc, Malton, ©fen- %\x\\, ^apUngton, i^ctubolD-Hetjell, Coptton- magna, j^ctUttftam paUOF and Ceft0«;-£>t)er, ex- tending it Iclf to the Ncrch-wefl: bank of ^\xMt, as the map fliewetb. Beginning therefore with thetown ofl^irbp itfclf, lam in the firft place to take notice of what hath been ofeferved to me by my worthy friend Sam. "Rcpsr Efq. (a Gentle- man learned and judicious, and lingularly well feen in Antiquities, from whom I do acknowledge to have received much light for the furtherance of this work) viz,, certain apparent tokens, that the Romans had fomeftation here : for, by digging the ground near the Church, he bach met with foundations of old Walls, and Roman bricks , part whereof I my felf have fecn; as alfo 3. or 4.. heapsof carthin an adjoyning pafture apparent- ly manifefiing themfelves to be Monuments of Se- pulture for Ibmc Military perfons in thofe days ; which badges arefufficient to fatisfy, that it hath been a place of note many hundreds of years fince. And it may very well be> that thofe mate- rialls for building, by reafon of the ruins before mentioned, fo ready at hand, became a; fpeciall motive to that renowned Lady Sthelf-edtt * ffo much taken notice of by our old Hifiorians, and ftiled "* Merciorum Domhia ; to begin the flru- ftureofthis place : for in the year of Chritt 917. dHAS urbes , Cptftbwfg , viz. . & McaObj- tiZ,fofi tJiUivitiitem Domini ddifcavit, faith mine , Author. And that this is the i'ame and no other, though I'.ic appellation it now hath, viz,. I&irbp, found not like it, I fhiU fufficicntly manifeR; Firfl, by obierving, that CptfC, with the Saxons, was the fame that after-ages called fefffe, and we now Clbttrcft ; ^nd that Bprijjin our old Englifli fignifieth CivitM or P,iirgw in Latine ; which, be- ing now changed Imo-^gpc, alters not the mea- ning of the wo/d, inafmuch as 3!5V8 with the Saxons is no other thani5.7^rt^«s in Latine : nei- ther is icout of ufe with us at this day in that fenfe, thcle orders and rules that are ufually made inourCourt-Barons'bting called 35?Cs3Lat08, id ffi %0\an'%S^t, Byan the Verb in the Saxon tongue fignifyingto dwell. • This f place, v/ith ^ctobOlD ' [nfer 0t»R» ^ttaboUi-Reveii, ilo|ig<^atofb}i}, Mapmbnrp. 1^ampton';^-;3rDen, &bbttobe>25eiitl0p, IBjonnt- £i)ter, Cetter-;S)t}er,i^etinbam>|Baoe]Cand i^pr> fOjO, z\[ hdonging to Leuvintu, a Saxon, before the Norman Conqueft ; as alfo great poffeffions in the Counties of i^jtbaitipt. JlClC. ^Ot. and JLfnC. was, in that gcnerall difinbution made' by W'*//. the ^0^7. amongfl his friends and follow- ers, given to one 'Jeffrey VVirce of JLftHC IBjIfan- np in franco, and of the family afllimino chat name from the territory there, called (IDtlSrCbS ad- joyning to 0n|Otl ; who then* came into (Ij^ng- lanQ and aflilted < in the Conqueft thereof , and, probably, with AUnd Fergant, eldeft Son to the D. of ]15}ftannp : for it appears by the teftimony of a good Hiliorian , • that divers per- fons of quality in that Province , whereof he names fome , accompanied him : as alfo , that a third part of the Conquerours Army was commanded by the fame 'tAUnt who had the Earldome of Xlic^tnttnO given him as a le- ward for his fervice. ;,cViij'"' ; This Gefrey bore a great reipciJi unto the iHo- nafteryof St, NichoLts, founded ^^- ^oi at (BppetUJJf&.or where elfe he thought fit within ^' ^- ?• *• the Itle of ar^olme in 3LfttC0lttl6. procured the K. ''"' ^'^^ Letters Pat. of licence for the Abbot and Covent of St, Nich. at SEngfcrS before fpecified, to grant this their Priory of •^onUs&frbp, with the Mmnours of i^eubOlD [uper ^tJOlt, CopffOII and malton to the fame belonging : As alio the advoufons of the Churches and Vicaridgcs ofMthb^-monach. ^tO- bolii ftper gi^on , OTftfttbjofee, Mapcnburpand S>l&amfOJ_6, with their penfions, unto, the faid Mo- naftery of Carthfffians for ever. Whereupon Joh^, Ion «• and heir to Sir C'*''. Robfart (the LelTee before ' ^'f- ^9i fpecified_) by his deed ^ bearing date upon Eafter ^- ^'P' '• / Extent.' tcrr: Pr: alien: pe- nes Re- E* /tut eg;. ■»m. ligh eve, 20 R. 2. releafed to the King , and to John de ']' . Moreby , Prior aligned of the then late founded Jj'^?"'{- ^' Houle of Qtrthnftans to the honour of the ClfCfa- „ 7 ik tion of t^e ipotber of (Sou in the ifte of ap&olme, M"'' all his right and title in this Priory. But no Iboner ■ did H. 4. come to the Crown, than that the Prior S" , alien began to find much favour: for in the Pari, held an. \ . of his reign , taking into confideration the lolTes and inconveniences that had befallen them by the frequent feizure of their lands, and ferming them out in the time of his Grandfather K. E. 5. whereby nor onely they had fuffered great decay in their buildings j but that the worfliip of God in that regular way, Hofpitality, Alms , and other charitable works , antiently eftablifht and there accuftomed to be performed , were with- , drawn , as alfo the pious defires of the Founders G a . thereby ' fi THE ANTIQJilTIES OF htt. i.rt. W Pat. J, H. J. p. I.' W.39. « P«. 8. E.4. p.S. • F. Itvit, t. Pafch. 30. JH. 8. pPit.^j.- n &ll\. feod. MS is Seae. thereby defrauded (as the words of the Pat. do import) did by the advice of his Councel in that Parliament, reltore' to the faid Abbot of St. Vjch. at;3ngi0r0> the patronage and advoufonof thofe Religious Houfes in f^HglailD , which were fub- ordinate to that Monaltery , to have and to hold to him and his fucceffours, fo that they fliould pre- sent fit perfons to them upon the vacancies that might happen. Howbcit, this favour of K. H. 4. was not long cnjoy'd by them : for K. H. 5. reciting the licence granted by K. R. 2. for founding the faid Houfc of Carthti/iaKS in the Ifle of ;9i);^0lmc ; and the power then given to the Monks nSLtiajtete to pafs away this Priory of ^OnfeflWrbg, with th'appur- tenances thereunto, asaforefaid; by his Letters " Pat. dated at Wtttm. 28 Jnfiit, 3 of his reign, confirmed the fame. Whereupon the (zidCarthu- ftaxs ,hdng thus poffett hereof, obtained of K.E. 4, in 8 of his reign, a confirmation ■ of thofe privi- ledges granted to the Prior of ^onbsbfrbp by K. E. i.in 33 ofhis reign before fpecified, extending into all their lands there named , which they en- joy'd therewith till that fatal overthrow of the Religious Houfes in K. H. 8. time ; when fome , being corrupted with temporary profit, and others through terrour, were brought to furrender their Monalierics into the K. hands , the faid Prior and Cov. of {'arthnjians did, not onely give up theirs, but levyed a Fine ♦ thereof j as alfo of all the pof- feflions belonging thereto; and in particular of this Mannour of gionbabfrbp, with the reft of the Mannours, Lands, &c. appertaining to it. Which ftay'd not long in the Crown ; for the fame year was it granted away by the King toThomof Man- Kyn^ , late Prior of the Monaftery of IBntUp in fSntMbe , then newly made Biftiop of Bipflsfcl^ , to hold for life ; the remainder to Charles Brandon D. oifSUft. and the heirs of his body lawfully be- gotten , to be \\t\Aincapte by the tenth part of a Kts. fee, and the yearly rent of ix /, xiiii s. After which , vU. in 37 H. 8. the K. granted t unto Trinity Coll. in CSHlfajftige the Redory of ^nbebftbp, with the tythes, and certain lands, rents , &c. lying in ^onbokfrbp and the other Villages adjacent , formerly belonging to the be- fore fpecified Carttntfians , to hold to them and their fucceffours in pure alms. From which Duke this Mannour of $0Onb8' bicbp, with the reft before mentioned, divolved to Henry Grey D. of &US. in right of Frances his wife, daughter of the faid Charles, and one of the fifters and co-heirs to Henry Brandon D. of ^tlff. From whofe death the laid Frances held 1 it diirin" her life ; and dyed f 2 Eliz,. leaving the Lady Kath, and Lady Mary Grey , daughters to the a- forefaid Duke, her heirs ; viz.. Katherine 1 9. and Mary t 3 years of age. Which Kath, being wed- ded to Edw. Seymour E. of f^grtCOJti, had iflue £d}r. Lord Beauchamp 3 that dyed in his fathers life time , father to fVill. now Marq. of ^CttfOJD , who fold this Mannour to the right honourable Mary Countefs of TBlXCk. in our memory (pater- nally , through that antient and noble family of the Beaumonts of CoUOjtOtt in IlefCSSerQl. de- fcended from the Kings of JfraUCe, as is well Jv-nown.^ Which tji^ary fetled it upon Bafil Lord Fe tiding (now E. of a)enb|g5) her Grand-child , with divers remainders. In an. 1291. (19 E. i.) the Church (dedicated to St. Edith) •'fizs valued /"at xxxiii marks J and in 26 H. 8. the Vicaridge * at xxii /. ix J. 6d. the Taxation or Ordination whereof was made in an. 1237. (21 H. 3.) as appears by the original In- ftrument • . Which Vicaridge, being but of fmall worth , had an augmentation made thereunto by the bounty of the Lady Aliz.a, one of the daugh- ters of Sirl^i'^f^ Dudley , as in ipatltttCf I have particularly ftiewed. As this Parifh is fpacious , fo is the prefent fa- brick of the Church very large , though of no an- tient building; having a tall Spire for a land- mark over all the Country ; which was more emi- nent than now it is , till the Inhabitants within our memory, to lave charges in repairing , pulled down above xx foot of it. Patroni Prioratus, Priorcs de Kirby. Ric. de Cornubia,temp.H,l. Frater Defensor. 35 H. 3. Petrm Francifcus monach, 8 Febr. 1 3 1 4. Will. Eifnelle monaeh, 6 Id* Jttnii, 132(5. Gml. de S. Clemente mo- nach. 10 Kl. Jul. 133J, Maur ictus Auhre Fh.Id. Noz: 1350. Oliverui de Defertis , men. Id.Sept.i^'y^. Frater JVilliclmui frid.NoH. L >».I358. IMS f«- ntJS.A.' tq. aur.f, u In curln Autjmn- Abb. d* C«nv. S. Nich. Ande£av. Ex autogr. penes H.S, George eq, aitr. Exlib.albi penes O. &■ Cap. Lich.f.iof Langt. f, 3?.*. Nortbb.f, io.tf. Ib.f. tS.fr. jy.f. y7.fr. Patroni Vicaris. Incumbcntes. CRic. de Suhavt Cler. 1252, J Helios de Staunford Pbr, \6julii, 1304. Kic. de 'Paylington Pbr, 8. deKtrby. I Jd. Sept. 130S. I Joh. fVylmo: Caj>. IX. Kl. iL i»»«»i3i6. (Job. de Lewes Viae. It.Kl, Off. 1342. Rob. de Stretford Pbr, 3. i^«..i/«e itfffj/. rr.j Non.O^. i^^6. de Kirby in manu^t Ric. de fVylie Pbr. 5. Id. fua exiHen. | "^ov. 1350. J VFtll. deVi^alton Phr. -j.Id, il ^/"■•I354- il-VrilLStoneley Pbr.Z'^.Atig. Prior & Conv. dej 1361. Kirby. ^7^^. Grafton *Pbr, 8. Id. ^ Jan. 136X, ""D.Joh. Hyk^Jing C^p. It, Dec. 1414. Ric.Httnt Pbr.'j.Vec.x/^ii. D.Rob. Earlier Cap. 20. J«- ' nit, 1427. yTill.Pepir. 1 6.Julii, 1433. JoJr. Pake Pbr. 26. Sep. 1436 Tho.Corvper. 6. Julti.iAAA, Tho. r^enlol^Cap. 10. Off. 1503. Magificr Henr, Sherman , /^.tApr. 1522. M. Rob. Newton, indecretis baccalar.ult.Jmii,! 528. rrtll. Stokwith. 13. Off. 1528. Tho. Ward, art. L^'.ag, 3, Febr. i$6S. i^ag. & ScolX!oll. Edm. Battie , facrx theol. S. Trin. ^antab. bacc. 29 Maii, 1 591, Prior c^ Coav, de^ Axheln}^ Adri4»Stokts,tir, Ex' eutop-l penis D.dp; Cap. Lid;,' Langt.f.j. f. Uonhb. /*.; 40.*. lb.f.\\,lr^ ib.f. Si.fr, Ib.f iSJi Strttt.f. j l<3.tt. ib.t. n A,-tmd.f. H».fr. tieyw. f, ! l.b, Ib.f. iglf. Jb.f.SLb. Ib.f.3S.ArroitJ. elV' foimp ft jbf ire of S'lBillwrn^tiliinp Xjt:, ]i5.''iJafilI oecMHrb rtlt-.. prarr of our lori (?ob [ im6 Soofiiti) l)i/ VSift . ® ' (?ooii«tB brcMrtii Ijt ^i'j''b*5 rfStjrtonbn; inllie i^eurr of 0«rUrJ.6o!)£«b.lTrr, «^ommcl,opft(rt.niDt,, Anne* m^ke Ckm-ck wituio^^r.^. ' 1 Earle of Xiivcilter f 2 Siontray o Volvcy " ioitckr ^..■»JJr.V. 5 ^rtk 'to r-f Wulm^ton 77 _ ■■ (« -Malory 22 "■ THE ANTIQUITIES OF J-.3. f. 'i.n.io. iEfc. I. 'h. 4- '2fc. I.. £.4. Ontlir Korili air ofBifiil ITeUlngJ- moTvumeivt <^xJIreft on *<: lait p^c are iWe Armiy. HonJkieiskitby, On me eafi tai of the lin I TTHis Hamlet , being parcel of the Mannour of j$Onlb0b(rbp, takes its name from the fitiua- tion thereof upon that bank ot ^WH by the Brook, which runneth a little Eaftward from the Church : but of it there is little mention in Record, other than that « the Kts fee, which the Prior of ftfrbp held of the Lord Mottbray , did extend into this place. Stret'Aflon, ^T^is.belngtlfo part of the Mannour of ^ont;0- J. fefrbp, lyeth Ealtward from the jfoffe (com- monly called the j&tfCCt) and thence liath its de- nomination. In the fame Records where mention is made of SBjOck^tirff , is there alfo of this , and in no other that I have fcen ; it being written $»treo-<^lton, and|»ti-oQcrfton, as well as j^tret- Stretton fubtus Fojfe, THis hath its name from the fsUtti way alfo , below which it lyes, and was originally a member* of ^t\3ibtA^- Revel ; and fo being pof- left by the family of Revel/, delcendcd by a daugh- ter and heir to Mulorj j and from Malory by che like means to (^ave , and fo to tAndrews and Bodghton , as the dcfcent in ^t\XllitA^' Revel flieweth ; for in 37 H. 8. Thomas ytndrews Efq; levyed a Fine * thereof; and in 8 Eliz,. it was found , ^ that Alargaret Boughton ( one of the daughters and coheirs of Edvo, Cave) dyed feized of it,leaving£(iw.her fon and heirjSi years of ace. IFahon, OF this Village I have not feen any thing in Record till 19E. i. it being antiently re- puted as parcel of {iponksfeitbp, and the fubftance thereof belonging to the Triory there. That which is then mentioned thereof, is upon the payment of a Tenth to the Pope by all the Monafteries , as well as Churches, in (i^nglanQ ; at which time it was certified • that the Prior of ilfrbp had 4. ca- ' coA. MS lucats of land here. But the particulars I (hall Jf J;f * not ftand to mention.forafmuch as the authorities, j^^^ g^ which I have voucht in i^onkskfrbp wiil manl- feft, that it being therewith granted to the Houfc oi (^arthuftans in jSv^UllS, came at length to the Crown , and fo attending the poffeflion of that Lordfhip (I mean of Rftbp) ever fincc, is novf in the Earl of Denhigh's hands. Efenhulh THis place takcth its name (I prefume) from the fituation, fianding Eaftwards from4|^onk0' 6frlip, and upon a rifing ground ; but was origi- nally a member-^ of i^etrflOto-^fVf/.- So that paf- ^^f"^' iing from Revel to Malory, and Malory to Cave , ' ^^^f" by heirs general (as the defcent in ^liXSixAoVi- Revel fheweth) it came at length by purchafe to Sir Wal- ter Smyth of SilMrrO}!) Kt ; who dyed I feized £E/c.i.Af. thereof in i Mar. Since which, by force of that conveyance whereof I have fpoke in ^XUxUyjlH , it was poffcft for a time by the Littletons ■ but cf- chacted to the Crown with that Lordfhip. Tajlingti on. 01 this Village I have not fcen any thing before H. 5. time; and then I find, that tVill.de Tfirevill was Lord thereof ; for fo he writes * him- felf , bearing for his Kxms gules 5 chevrons varry. From which IVill. defcendcd 'Hjch, who, in 25 E. r. was certified ' to hold here and in !^Ct5fib0tipe half a Kts. fee of the E. of HailC. Hugh de Her- debergh, and John deCharnells, holding at the fame time each of them the 4 part of a Kts, fee here. To this Hugh de Herdebergh fucceeded Ifabella de Hulles in the pofTeffion of what he had here; and to her D/o»^y;(«and -/^//cf her daughters and heirs (as the defcent In WSW^t fheweth:) betwixt whom partition being made of thefe and other lands in 17 E. 2. all that they had in this place was allotted < to Alice , then the wife of ^ohn de Peyto. It fcems, that the refiduc , or a great part thereof , was antiently obtained by the Revells of IJetDbolO : for, in 5 2 E. I . mil. %evell\\i6 j^ttt- toarren granted to him in all his demefn lands here. From which family it defcendcd by an heir female unto (.Calory ; and fo to Cavt ; and from Cave to ^Affdrews and Btughton , as b ^x'cii- lea. Will. Burton. i'Efc. iy. kCliuf.ti. I. r. ffTjl^lf^ICI^SHI'HE ILLllSTKATED. ^5 as the dcfcen: in _^etobolD-1R.ct«U fhcweth. For in 37 H. 8. Tho. Andrews Efqj levyed a Fine ' thereof: and , in 8 Eliz,. Margaret Bought on dyed " feizcd of it, leaving Edw, her fon and heir SI years of age. Within the prccinas of this Village were 4 meff. and 4 carucats of land , whereof ffalcer Hopton Efq; dyed " leizcd in i E. 4.' leaving £/<:&. his fifter and heir , then the wife of Roger forl>et of ^Ojton /» Cow. ^alOp , 30 years of age. Which lands had afterwards the name of a Man- nour , f/indrew the ton of %sg' Corbet being pof- feli • :hereof in 30 H. 8. Which AiidrewhzA iiTue Robert , and he Elizabeth and Anne , his daugh- ters and heirs, of fulU age in 37 £liz,. rHis place , having been part 1 of the poflefli- ons which LeuHinits had in Edvc. the Conf. dayes, was, after the Norman conqucft , difpoled 'of to Jeffrey fVtrce ( of whom I have already fpoke in ipon6sWrbp.( In the Survey f then ta- ken it is written Ifenf-^ftoCbOlO, and certified to contain 8 hydes, valued at vii /. which large ex- tent makes me of opinion , that ^ttttton [ttbttu ifOffe, as alfo^fen^wU and jaapUltgtOtl , were at that time involved therewith ; the pofleflion where- of having alfo gone along with it ever fince, as by what I have already faid appeareth. As for its name, viz.. jfenf-j^fioebolO, there is this to be faid , that bOlO in our old Englifli figni- fics a^Otlfe , the word |fenf being oncly an addi- tion to diftinguilh it from the many other ^StO- bOlD0 jn this Shire ; Jfetl , with our anceftors the Saxons fignifying Wit ; from which reafon part of CambjiOge and ^RtfngDOn(&(ce0 are called the ^eas. And that it is now called /^etlAoU)- %evell , is, by reafon that- the family of Revell were anticntly Lords thereof, as I (hall flbew by and by.' But it was antiently reputed * a member of tS®apei*urp , in refpe.. •• Guliel. Revdl. \h i i loh. Re- Guliel, vcl,ob.f. R€vell prole. miles, ob. f. p. Nich* .... ux. lohan. Elena Revel loh. Ma- uxor uxor reftor lory dc ecc.de Win- Cley- wick orcon ob. ^. R. ». Ro.de Rob. Whit- Gre- ney. flcy.i Guliel. Revell, obiit feifitus lohanni loh.Malory , de terns in Buckby in Com. ux.Galf. < R.». Northt. & Edmefcote in Rcy- Com. Warr. f. prole. nolds-| I Ric, qui cogn: fuit-Margcria filia loh. Malory> RyvelldeEdmef- Rob.Hugford 4H. y.|S cote. 7 H. 4. dc Edmefcote. I Tho. Malory, miles, ij H. 6. 1 I Rob. Malory obiit vita patris.| I Nich. Malory, star. Ij.ann. lo E. 4 | maritus. I Cath. filia & coheres, ux. Margareca ux.Thoraae Thom. Andrews de Win- Boughton de Caufton, wick. ob, 8 Eliz. Of this name and County./f. Revells the firft, whereof the Records that I have feen, do make mention, fon to Rob. Revel (a.? I guefs) who had • to do at l&tDinfOjD inileUcffCttS. 29H. 2. But of this H. I can fay no more, than that he was a Rebel * againft K. John , for which his lands in this County were feizedon ; and that in 1 H. 3. returning tb obedience, they were reftored * to him again. Unto v/hkh Hugh , fucceeded IV. Revel, to whom K.E. I. in 27 of his reign, granted ''ifrW- tJSXKtt in his demefn lands here , and in other places of this County , whereof I have already fpoke. Which mil. had iffue • John and Robert ; whereof J«A» WsLwd^of chis jjJacc in p E. «. being I I Edw.-Doroth.-Geo:Alhby Clemens-Margcrla-Ioh. Cope Cave filia & i.maritus. Cave i . 16 H. 8. de Eydor» i.raa-cohxres. maritut. in Com. ritus.|»6H.8. Northt. a. H. 2. b^ClauC f^ I.H.J. d CM. »?; £.i.».iy. e P. levnt. oa. Hiu. I.E. z. fExtUiUg, penis D.#< Cap,Lkbi ' •y^ THE ANTIQUITIES OF ind 3.f,i.w.n In dorjB. iiKor.F.iX. £.3.w.9- iClaiif.il. E.J.p.i.w. n.lndorfo time : for in 6 E. 3 this County, with Thomas de tAjHey, znAJohude Heyford. And in II E. 5. was in * CommifTion for the levying and receiving Scutagc for the K. Army, upon his expedition into ^COtlSilp. In the fame year heferved «' as one of the Kcs. for tliis County in the Parliam. held at Meftttt. And the next year following, being appointed one of the Receivers of the XV. and x. granted to the K. in Pari, the year before, was eafed of that trou- ble, by the K. fpeciall favour : as alfo from the Colleiftion of the Scutase before mentioned, in f treat truft in his.miffibn,/ with others, afligned to treat with the ■ ■ "■ In that /P''^7.«. being an aftive man, and 0. „ — -- , _ he had i the joynt cuftody of j people about a loan o^ money to the King • " ■ rear K. H. j. being vidonous in jfranCC, and J-**'*' yc Hf.mf. D. ot (HMOUC. his youngeft Brother, con- fticuccd (^f-ftos jiiigUiH in the K. abiencc, precepts I weredireded to the Shinffs of all the Counties in (iBnglanO, in the K. name, and hgned by the g P^'^* faid D. cgmm'anding them to cleft and appoint (^^^"'^' a certain number in each Shire of Kts.aiiiiEiquires, bearing' Armes from their Anccflours, fuch as were molt aDie andiulficient tolcrvc the K. for defence of the Realm ; all which were to attend the K. CounceU at^efflTI.the Tucfday in the fiirlt week of Lent, For which purpofe I 3. being chol'en in regard of his fpeciall imploymentotherwile in the | \ Rot.P.iz K. affairs.as the Records ^exprefs. At which time this County, this John Malory was one. In EJ.w.ii. I find, that the K. being to make an expedition ^ /^. 6. heunderwent the office of Elchaetor * for into JFrance; and to that end taking care for pre- ' '^"'" <^-— -^ ™*«'-'- -"-^ * *^' —^ ^^^ "--^ fervation of the Peace here, in his abfence, did fummon ' him, being then one of the Kts. for this County, amongft others, to be at tlHIlCffm. the morrow after the Claufc of Ealler before himfclf and his CounceU, to hear whatfhould be declared untothemthcreupon.In i8.f. 3.he was a Kt.. "» & conflituted one of the Juftices for confcrration of the Peace in this Shire. The like " authority had he the year following. In • 25. £. 3. he lerved again for this Shire in the Pari. then held at Wcfim ^3f. E.J.p.i.w. 37.i» Aq-(- fo: E.j.p. 1. m, 1 7. 1)1 d, e dauf.z^. E.3 p.)-"'. zy.lndor' p Rot. tr arte, 10, E.J.w. 14. In dorjo. thefe Counties of ©iSarr.and %tic. "and, the next year following, the ' Sheriffalty. And haying been m/iir pr^tcrj [tones ad cert a domima >n Jiauffenborg & inijifeloen/f- tinutt fibi nomende Yz\(\i.n, Aaghce Filding ; (y* reliqHit ex Micilda de Colcvile ttxore fna Gilfri- dum, Johannem cj* J noimm tunc p»eros. Galtr. Filding dtixit t>i uxoifin Ajnetem fil'^im joh. de l^ipton, ijittftiitfraterK.bcai de Niptoii miltis, ex h\\c\z. filiii^\cixi\ d: Mifterton«.va>-;*/«-'f our bleflcd Lady in the 3IBlacfc-iFrp- ^^m com. * Ex vet. mcmhr. pe- ■/lei G.Laf. eels de iQiighton X 5 Ibid, yd i E* vet. tnembr. pe- Armes on his part here in CSnglanD, as by what is ers at j^OJtbamptOJI, departed p this life in 6 H. above expreft may appear, gave him a confidera- 8. leavingilVueby "^ 7?//y^ Ruffell h\s wife, P^f^ill. blefupport in Rents and Fees lying in fundrypla- \Fildyng Efq. Shiriff' of HatlatlttQjfre inn and ces : For in a Roll " of them yet extant, nnd wrii- tenin £. ;. time, whereuncothp (\\,\c\s Reddttiu drfeoda Willieln.r Filding ^/aGalfndi, fi/'i Gil- fridi, filii Galfri
  • 7oqtio i»[erviebat]ohziinem du- ccm Bedfordije /'» Bella contra Gallos/radidit mul- I 2. as alfo in ' 1 8 W. 8. but afterwards Kt. who having been imploycd about raifing forces out of h'S Tenants , and othcrwife , few the Wars of $tmtt and dCOtlanO in the time of H. g. as byieverall Privy Seals' appeareth , afTilted like- wife with no lefle than xvi. Horfe at his own char- ges againft the Scots ; as from the Regitters, fome- time belonging to the Counccll-table, hath been obfervcd : As alfo" with ten able pcrfons, moft Archers and Gunners, in that Navall preparation made by the fame King under the condu(ft of the Earl of ^OUttlHinpf. for preventing fuch atteiTipcs as might be exercifed by the Pope or bis Agents, °-^ ^'''^"" whofe Supremacy he had abolifhed : And was in P ' ■^' l\ich efteem with Q^.7n.is C ave , I'-'hn '^.rPA.Of Lu-tervorfh. SCIjts toad f ^D bob of rag jFauer &pr Everard Fflimg. : That:they Tiave antiemly born for their Armes three Lo-cenges upon a Fi',?f, lome Seals to' Deeds beforedir.c;as!iUbofK«-E. 5.. and Ric. 2. time do teftifie: and for their CrediDmetiincs an Eagle and at other a P.t/w Tree, thoiigh of later times alter- ed. And that thcfe matches with Napton and Prud- /;owf before fpecificdj were heirs, the q-nrterings on thofe their Monuments at d^onksl^fcb? are fa- tisfailion enough. But 1 return. This Jo/;« having ferved in the warrs of|France and been dignified with the honour of Knighthood, as by what is be- ' fore expreft appeareth, left iffue l^FilliAtn his fon and heir,a perfon fo well affefted to the Lanca- ftrianfide in thcCivill Wars betwixt that and the Houfe of ^Ojfe.thacnofoonerdidK. H. 6. regain This S' mil. by Eliz.. Daughter " to S' Thomu Fulti^ey of J^fffertOn K' leaving iflue Baftlldfcd f 2^ Sept. 2 E. 6. which Bafill was Shiriff ^ of this County in 1 1 EUz.. and took to wife' Goditb , fe- cond of the 7 Dauc;htcrs and coheirs to ff///. iVil- lifi'Ttoit of ilBarcbCttOltEfq; by whom he had iffue won, X Infcrip, tumuli a- pud Kirby. K^illiain, Shiriff ■" of this County alfo in 5 1 £//z.. and thrice oFHtttlatlH ; t'/i.. " 24, 34. and ^oFli^. who being afterwards a K^ by Dorothy cheDaugh- ter ^ to S" 'B^iph Lane ( by a Daughter and coheir to the Lord Parre of ^OJtOH) had iffue Bafill, Shi- riff of this County in 9 Jac. which Baftll bv Sliz.. Daughter to Sir iValter Afon oi 2C<)ffljaU K^ had iffue fVjlliam, Lord of this place an. (cil. 1640. who, being Knighted by K. ji«»/ifj' about the be- ginning of his reign; (and after made Cuflos Ro' tulorum in this County)was in 1 8 thereof advan- ced to the dignity ° of Baronand Vicount Fildyng: And in 20,0^ generis claritatem, (^ nuptias admo- dam ho»orand.u;fedpr and that reduced to fo mean a condition, as 'tis fcarce capable of any Inhabitant, other than an ordinary Fcrmour, the grounds, for the mofl: part, being converted to Sheep- pafture. Of later times it hath been, by the vulgar, called Ccfter-^tJCr, which occafioned Mr. ^anibden in his Bntannta toreprefent it as a place of great antiquicy,ind no lefsthen a City in the Romans time: to which o- pinion, theadjacency ofWatUngffrCCtdid, as it feems, the more encline him. But that addition, which is, by the corrupt pronunciation of the vul- gar called CCttCt, fhould, in truth, be SDl^Cttcr ; for fo 'tis antiently written, as I {Kail flicw a- non, and not ufed, neither, till a long time after the Conqueft : fov in SDOmefoap-JlBOOfe it is cal- led Mara, where the place now called Cfeurcl^- £Dt)er is written ©flaure, as well as ®ttara ; and ^}0lDnr-iS>t)er aifo Maure, and Mara, as I have already fhew'd, with the reafon thereof. As for this addition oiW^tfltX, for diflini5lion from the other towns before mentioned, it is no mote than tofignify the Eafiern fituation thereof from ^Onbehtrbp, in which Parifh it is ; and fo by contra(fting two words into one, viz.. %\jiZ d&aSer, or %\^t d^atttSarO, for the more brief ex- prelTion is called and written %^'tVttV. Robertus, temp. Conq. I gTKeg,.de ti^Cntfbt a. I I « Robertus de Waure re mp.H. i. I I ^ Will, de Wavere. dom. de Theflcr-Wflvers-R.i. f I WiiKcognora, ^e Bllth. Rob.deWavcr-Emma filia Rogerl Pantolf, miles i&cohafres Will. Pantolf |fratris fui, J Will, de Waver,nilles- Johanna hxres Rob. 3J.H.3.obiit56.H>3. de Hayrun dom. de Church-Lalleford » Will, de Wavcr'Alicia filia Rob. Lovet de jy. E.I. INeuton 3 J. E. i. I Robertus dc Theftre- Waure.so.&47-E4 3. Toh. Waver de TheftrewaverXo.H. <-| Hen. Waver miles Alderman- Chrlftiana fill* rus Civit.Lond.obiit Io.E,4. |. ; , . lakes. ( i J«Ji. Waver Thomas ' Hear. Waver fil. & Waver, hseres ob . I9.E.4. 1 Will, Brown. ar-Chriftiana filia &-Humfr;Dlmock I maritus. ih^rcs. «t. 5. an. ar. ». mantus, U9 E. 4. ob. 37. I H.8. Ioh«BrownC|lfabella, Edw. Browne ar. eon&ngu. & hseres Chriftianar, xi. ii.an. 37 In theConq. daycs Gejfrey iVirce (of whom I have l"o often made mention^ poiVeft it ; at which time, being certified to contain j. Hides, and ha- ving a Mill, it was valued at xL s. one Robert then holdng it of the faid Geffrey; which Robert was paternall AuccRour (as I conceive) to the family oflVaure, written afterwards Waver; who, affuming their Sirname from hence, flourifhed here till toward the end ot E. 3. time, as this defcent manifefteth. But the firfl: of this line.rouching whom I have lound any thing of note, is Sir Rob. de IVavere ' Kr. who weddcdf Emwa one of the two Daugh- ters of Sir Roge>- Pantolf Kz. (Lord of jpCUbolDs Pantolf) and coheirs to /W//. their Brother. This Sir Robert was a good bcnefaiior^ to the Monks of Combs ; for, befides the grant of a. yard land) common for loo.Sheep, 24. Beafts,3nd 30. Hoggs; forxxii. marks of filvcr he gave * them 96. acres of errable land lying in this village, with his Body to be buried in that Monafieiy ; appointing the like folemnity to be performed for his Obit, as fora Monk of thatCovent. To him iucceded Sir William, 'his Son and heir, who wedded ^y«/z^;7/i heirto %ob. Hayrun, Lord of C^arCb-3LatofOjD; Which SxrVrtll. in 35.H". 3. founded ' a Chantry in the Priory of @0OnbS' kfrbp, and endowed "• it with certain lands and Rents lying in COOfOjO. In 38. //^» 3. he was appointed Efchaetor" for this County; but, ha- ving the K.fpeciall warrant* to be freed of that office, in cafe he were not willing to undergoe it, as the Abbot of|SettbOJ6 (generall Efchaetor on thisride2nrcitt)affirmed to the K. he procured a difchargef rand in 41 //. 3. obteined a Charter * tohimfelf and his heirs for a weekly S0ZXt^tt here upon the Tuefday ; and a Jfaif once a year tolafl for three days, viz,, on the Even of St. James, and two days following. In 4? H, 3. he was conftituted ' one of the Juftices for the Gaol delivery at Wariofcb : but m .48 //. 3 . adhering to the rebellious Barons, then in armes, was taken'^at ^OJtbflnipton, and im- prifoned;hi3 lands being given' to %jger deSome- rj (BiTono? Dudley.) But afterwards, taking be- nefit of the 'DiBttm de J&cntliDOJtl^, he had the K. letters" of fafeconduft for accefs to the Court; and, compounding with the fame %pger, had all his lands rcftored"' again, except the Mannour of S^erffon (now called Waver s-^ZtVcm, in this County) which by agreement betwixt themfelves, the faid Roger and his heirs was, in confiderati- on of his Fine, to have. After which he was again admitted to employ- ments of trurt, as appears by thofe Commiflions Jt of 5 2. 5 3. and 54. H. 3. for the Gaol delivery atMactofcftland* dyed in 56 //. 3. leaving Ro- bert his Son and heir of full age,and then marryed. Whofe Grand-child, Robert, paft ^away the in- heritance of this Lordfliip to John Lovet of j^etD- ton in 3 2 £. 3. Unto which John fuccecded VVtll. Lovet of ilffcnmbe «« C""*' IBotlt. who, in 9 R, 2. granted « 1 2, mefs. 3. tofts, and 1 3. yard land, lying within this Lordftiip andCO0fO>T>, in revcrfion after the death of Clement ia his Mother, then the wife of John Paraunt, unto Vf^ill. Pti' refey (of C^WCb"^^Cf ) and his heirs: from whom they defcended to VFill, his Grand-child .• for in 10. H. 6. I find, •that he, and one lohnVV^a- ver were certified to be Lords of this Mannour. i Reg. de V-pvf.f. i4J.i. k Rcg.de Cumba f. 6 1, a. ExKc~ bo pc. )?es Dec. C^ Cap, Lich.f. I07. r.clM(f.$s. CcUitf. € i.m. q Cart. 41. H.3.W. 2.; >■ Pat. 45-. H.3.M,. dorfo. [M S. Qx- on. in hibl. Sodl. 8. V. S. Th.f. 13 8 A tClanf.^T. H. 3. w. 2. In dorfo. It Pat.^o. H.3.w.3f, M» Cl.vif. 5I.H.3.«: fi'pr^. X Pat. de iifdem en. In dorfo, yEfc.se. 1 H.3. ^E* aittog. penes G. Shirley Bar. a F. lev it. cra[i.Mart, 9.R.Z, Record^Vi Pafch. In, R. i. b Rot. in Scac. penis Km. R, But, JTAim^ICKSHl^E ILLUSTRATED. :6i But , for ought I perceive , the family of iVaver , | with Placebo and Mais of Requiem by Note.for his notwithftanding its intereft here, was at that time j Soul, and for the Souls of Sir T^ow^f H.tfeky Kt. very low, and might have funk to nothing, had not and u4mes his wife , and all Chriftian Souls..And hi the induftry of /ff«r7,Cittizen and Draper of iLOtls son rais'd it up again:for he it was (being queftion- lefle a branch of this antient houfe) that in 39.H. % Claitf.j^. 6. Firrt, obtaining a leafe « from Will. Broke gent. «.(?.;». 6. fon and heire to Elene Brooke late of )3fftDelI in Jttdorfi. Com. ^OJt^anipt. of the one moytie of this man- nour , tor the naturall life of himfelf and xii. years after, upon the rent of xi. 1. per. an^t. fterling, pay- able at Barter and Michaelmafs by even portions ; purchafed ^ the inheritance thereof from the faid fVtHtam , in 5. E. 4. as alfo , at the fame time , ^♦^^V bought « the other moytie of fVill. Bate of S0tl- ' ■''borne /« Com. SDerb. Efq. In which year , on Al- f Scow's cenfion day, being one /of the Shiriffs for the Citty furvey p. of JLOtiOOtl , he was made Knight of the Bath. i^9- Whereupon, refolvingtoreftore this antient feat of his Progenitors, not only to the condition wherein it formerly flood , but to add a greater luflre there- to, the next year enfuing, obteined a fpeciall Pa- g Pai.f.Ei tenti from the King to rebuild it with Turrets and ♦ P« *.'". Walls embattelled j and to indofe 500. acres of ^ * Land and Paflure , with 20. acres of wood for a Parke : and moreover to have a ^Otltt-JLttt here , with/Free-fOarren, and fifliing in all his demcfn lands belonging thereto, . VGodin This wealthy Alderman , by his Tcftament* , £Qi ji. bearing date 4. Febr. 9, E. 4, fand proved in Au- gurt following ) bequeathed his body to be buried in the Church o( St. Teter in CO)nl|flI, before the Image of ^f. George there. And gave » to the Dean and Chanons of S. Steph. Chappell * at ^Ctt- mfntter and their fucceffors an annuall Rent of j. marks fterling, to endure for xx. years next after his deccafe ; fo that they Hiould pray for his foul , and keep on Ol^it there during the faid xx. years, » This is now the Houfe of Commont foi- the rail. willed , that his Son Harry fliould have this man- nour of JDljetttirUjaberto him and the heirs of his body lawfully begotten; and for \tantof fuch iffue to his Son Thomas ; with the like remainder to his Son John: as alfo to Eliz,. and Anne , daughters of the tertator. Bequeathing likewife an annuity ofxx.s. fterling out of it, to :hc Parfonand War- dens of the Church of fl^onfeSlsfrbp , to keep an Ohit , with Placebo and Dinge , and Mafs of Re- cjttiem by Note , yearly , in the faid Church of i^OnbSkfrbp , for his Soul ; and for the Souls of his Father and Mother ; making a certain diftribu- tion in money to poor people there. Which Henry, (the younger) dyed ^19. E. 4, k £>. 19- lety'ingChrifiian his onely child but 7. years of ^»'*-''-^'^- age; the cuftody i of whofe lands was committed 'P^f.ii.£. to Thomas Points Elq. 2r. E. 4. during her mino- 4 p. z. . rity. ThisC^r//?/i?«firft"marryed to mil. Brotvn mEfc^?. Elq. ; whobcinga Jufticeof peace in this Coun-'^-S. ty Jrom " 1 8. H- 7- till his death ; and making his „ pac^ ^^ rehdence here, built the Gate-houfe of timber now iifdemnmt. ftanding, as appears by the Armes carved thereon , ^« ''c>/o. which I have below exprell : but afterwards be- came wife* to Humfry Dimock Elq.,and dyedP 29. ''5^^''- 37. MArtii 55. H. 8. leaving Edw. BrorvM,hf:r grand- ^^"' ^* child and next heire ; (viz. Son and heire of John Brown, deccafed in her life time.) Which Edw.ird, the year following his grand-mothers death,lold« it q F. hvatl to Sir Fulke Grevtll Kt. From whom it defcen- T.M-ich. ded to Sir Fnlks his grandchild, created Lord Brooke ^7- ^- 8' of 1lBeailCbamp8=C0arI, 9. Jan. 18. Jac. By which meanes itis come to 'Robert Lord Broo^, his heire adopted , together with JSeaHCbampfrCOUrf , arid other fair poCfeCTions. in tor T3.iT Lour WTLtutoTSW , Cw\-ea. on l^e fcinuier vpoa me. ILiitius'.? Brown Browne envpaiing 'Wavei- VI, Z\^V! ^"^* ^^^'^ °f «^° "'O'C to fay. and tnen Ihall I leave this great parifli of Spon60bfc* 6P; which ,s to obfervcthat part of the old Roman way. called jFollc, leading through it, lyes open hke a ditch, having not been filled with ftonesand graven ,n ["chfortasm moft other places it is. And, that on the Weft-fide thereof ftands an eminent T««^«/|«, whereupon a Beacon is now fituate, but anticntly fomc noted Bu(h. as 'tis like , in regardit bears the name of ClOUBflep-bn© to this day.Buc touching thefe TumHlt I have already fpoke in mv dilcourfe of anfg&tlotD.l|fll, and therefore (hall now lay no more , then that 'tis hard to guefs , whether this had at firft its name from one CUudins a Ro- man Souldier , whofc place of fepulture it was ; or from the Britti/h word ClaoBe , fignifying a ditch, bccaufc it isfo near the ifoJte. HarboroiP iz T H E A N T I QJI I T I E S O F Harborow magna. Following the flream of ^tDfft> I come next to i^arbojolM , commonly called C^reat l^arbo- JOtD , in wich parifh there is onely one village more ; viz. a,jftlB'i^arbOJOtD ; but anciently they were not divided. In the Conq. time Kic Fore- fiarius ( of whom I fliall Ipeak in C^ettcrtOIt ) ajDomF- held ' 4. hides and a half here , which vvcre then b^diyhb. yaiuedat xx.s.; and whereof, before theConquefi, •Free fer- ^ Theins * were poffeft. At that time there was ihe^K'^^or' °"^ -^fifeiffJ who held allb 4. hides more in this fome great place ; which in £dw. the Conf. time were tnc pcrfon. freehold of Bruning. Thefe were likewife valued at XX. s. , there being then a Prieft ( which fhews that it had a Church fo ancient) and a Mill raced at xvi. d. In that Record 'itiswiiiten !^eCD0- tcrgC > which gives me occafion 10 conjefture.that the name at firll arofe , part'y from the ficuation, and party from the herds of cattell there kept, the old EngliQi word beop ^c fignifying a ?^t. i7.ann« 33. E. 3. ux. loh. filii Alani dc Cherlctonmilicis* _ Of thefe , Haghde Herdeberg , was one of that number ; who , being in armes againft K. John , return'd'to obedience in i.H. 5. having then -y c/awf. i, reftitution of his lands feized on for that offence. H.J.f.i.w, His grandfon, Hugh , in 3. E. i. was conftituted *• \ » one of the Tulticesfor the gaol-delivery at Max- ^ ?'"• 5-f ' tofcb. J ^ ' 1. in dorfo. Whofe fon Roger left onely two « daughters, be- * P/''^ ^^ twixt whom the inheritance of this mannour hap- \^-^lJ' nedto bedivided, asit feemes ; for it appcars',chat£ j 'j^^^^ Elm the widow ol Waller Hopton , in 35. E, i. 44. ' paffing away her right to John Hulls and Ifabell y -p jcvat. her filter , and the heires of the faid Ifabell, it came 061. Trin. to £U one of the daughters and coheirs of the faid 33- •£• '• Ifabell ; who, taking to her fecond husband John de Pffjcfo, joyned K with him in the entayling there- '^ ^* *"'* ^ of upon her iflue by the faid John ; with remain- "^'''^"if der to Sir Walter Hopton Kt. and his heirs ( Ion to jron ef»„ ' the before fpecified Walter , as I guefs). By which means it divolved " to Sir John Hopton Kc. , whofe a^lb. pofterity, in i. H. J. obtained* that intereft which if , John de Langford , Ion of Henry de Langford , had heretfor tome title they had,it leems,by deicent from one of the coheirs to Will, le Bnteler , fecond hul- band 10 Ela de Herdeberg before fpecified , as the defcent in MHl? doch manifeft. Of thefe Hopton's ^ ^^r, ^ . the laft was Walter, who departed * this life in I . E, Its. He]wf.€.ii Tho.de Ftrrers ar. Rog. t^(ion miles: Jingo WUloHghby,^ ar, Tho.de Ferrers. ' %ob. A^on ar. Simonde Eflou.Pbr.^.Kal. X of Harboroyp'parva; o P this place have I met with nothing.but the mention of what the Abby of COmbe, and oRot.fCHe! M'jnksofafrbp had; viz. ° COmbe ^ Mefs. and A.'. 3 3 acres of Land;and the Monks offtftbp ^ the 4"^ P E/f.»9E. pare of a Kts. Fee. in bM. Cotcon. rDoraerd, lib. D^(evpbold fuj^er Avon, THis is one of thofe places which Geffrey Hlrce (before fpoke of) held in the Conq.days ; out of which he gave '' to the Monks of S. T^V^.at Sln^iZtS two parts of the Tythes of corne and cattell, and all theTythe of Wooll and Cheefe ; asalfo of the mill ; and a man to gather them. After which time, by the generall Survey, It is cer- tified ' to contain 8 hides, then valued at C. s. and that LettHi»HshdA\t before the Norman invafion: But with yi'''irce his lands it came to Nigel de Albani, progenitor to the family of Monbray (as I have formerly intimated ) which Nigel enfeoft thereof Robert de Stutevill in H. i. time, as it feemes : for in iz H. z, Roger de Monbray, ion to the lame Nigel, certified ■■, that Rob. de Stutevill then held of him 8 Kts. fccsde veteri feoffamento' [/^ *(f, whereof his Artceflour had been fo enfeoft temp.H. x.]the rnofl: whereof lay in |3ftjfe-16fCC, where the chief feat of this family was. Prom which ^o^i??* .der(*?nded ^(;^(rr,as the Pe- degree on the next page inferred' fheweth ; who granted ' away this Lordihip to Roger Pantolf, his ';« bibl nephevN' (by Buraia his fiaer) to be held by the fer- »^«^^. vice.ofi Kts.Pee -.all which was confirmed by the Vdi ^^=^"^f " °f the faidS»r_2^ an^^ of ■'/'«^ P^»f4 p;*^^ her grandchild. f.jy.a- But. thefe Pantolfs enjoy *d it not long; for Wr//, th:s of ILalofOjO obtain, as it lecms ; for in i J (^ar.yt-'ilL i-onghtoyi EiCj; had the Kings confirmation '' thereof. The Church (dedicated to St. Bota/ph) belong'd to the Monks ot i&frbp very antiently ; for (jefrey W7r<-"-4. f . "'"■■'"■""'" —■'■'«-"»■— ———r—T M r——"'""""'"""'*'""'""""^'""™'"'""""""'"""''- >.nBii<.ii.ii..i..ii.i.MiiJimli»fnmimift I...».i»i.,.j)i..tii.i. i | i rfrr| || |irrr* .»JJ*»i) i| -..;> m this T«r£-W/it came to Htnry, tne ririt E. of tISIartDicb after the Coaqueft ; whofe Grand-child, Eari PVilliam, gavS it , as It I'eemi , to R. 'ben de Craft : for I find * , that m I li-I. t. the fame Robert was certified to hold one K:s.fce of iiim le novo feojfantenpo. To whom '"ucceedcd • Rt'T. de ^-raft ( brother to the fame Robert ) in tne poffefHin ^ thereof, who granted the M 11 here to the M^iiks of )BfpU)eU in fee-ferm 1 for the rent of v mirks of filver yearly : which rent was ifterwards releafed i to "them by Ro^er his f jn, in confideration of xx marks given unto him by !VaUer de Patfh-ill , fon and heir of Si^m de PatjhHll, who built the Chapter houle at |0fplnMl. Which Ro(rer , afterwards granted " this whole Village to J'-y-t de Chavtm and his heirs , it being then rated at 2 hydes ( the ju't proportion that it ■wa? certifie 1 f) con-ain in the Conq. time) id eft, 8 yard land. For which grant he referved the Rent of ii. to be piid yearly at Eaftet to him the faid R07;. and his lieirs for all fervices , excepting fot- rcign ; there bein» ^or that the 5th part of a Kts. fee due. Wh-ch h^v ie Chavini paft ■ it away to the Mjnks of CO^e for C. marks of filver , Ro- bert de Cantpine co.j firming • the orant in f H. 2. time. Bjc, it feems that the M->nks of ^fptoell paid » yearly to the Prior of »<*)», at the feaft of S. ^3f«/9A,x j.forthe tytheof th?ir M'll here (it being within the Parifli of ^etJbolO fuoer at)OH . the Church whereof belong'd to the' Monks of Wtbp, as I have already (he vv'd) Hjwbeit, after- ward* they withheld' that payment , in regard of th«ir prWilcdgc (viz,, beiag of thzCtfiertianOt- der) yet did they, by Agreement/-, talc che'x /. annuity to the faid Prior and his fucccffors for ever. After which, in procefs of time , further diffe- rence growing betwixt the Monks of Combe and i3l>tDell , they of Combe required * of ptpiDCU 6 acres of land, and xx s. yearly in money , for their intereft in thisLordfliip of altfttle iLalDfOjD, and in the capital Mefluage. But the Regiiter " of Pfptoell faies, that in the place where that capital Melfuage flood , the Monks of COttlbC had divers Cottages ; and that they alfo had t ic whole Lord- ftiipbefidcs: fothat they of jafptuell, having there no more than the Mill, with thecrofcs-and holmes thereto belonging, did pay that xx s. yearly, quia Lfoia iKcet in atjHa. Upon which differences , there was an Award "-m.de an. 1216. CioH. 3.) by the Abbots of Stratfeja and Wobuxte, appointed for that pur- pole by a general Chapter of their order ; where- by it was decreed , that the Abbot and Covent of JP*g. an, 1441. left \<^ixe S[iz,ayeth his daughter « and heir, wife * of Thomas Bau^hton ( a IBeOfOjOObfre Gentleman, as I have heard) whereby this Lord- fhip became transferred to that family , wherein ic ftill continues. Which Thomof, being conftituted ' a Juftice of peace in this County in 21 H. 6. lo continued till the end of that K. reign, as appears by the fundry renewings of thofe Commiflions. In 31 H.6. he ferved * in the Parliament as one of the Knights for this Shire j and in ' 38. was appointed , with others, to array and arm all perfons, of body able, and eftatefufficient, within this County, for the K. fervicc. To whom fucceeded Richard his fon and heir, conftituted Efchaetor" for this County and %t\sz^^. in I J E. 4. as alio Shixiif • in 20. I Aod tlb.bi ulbf.j{o,a i4J.t. X Te(lx de Nevlll. f £ji: ait- \oz. ft- y -^nis rr. \ «&- cap, Lich, a Rot. in Scacc. pf- nis Rem, R. bEx autog. penis Wil. Com. Den-" bigh. cVat.^.H, 6. p. I. in doffo, m.z. dPac. II. H.6. p. I, «. if.JS dor'o, e Pit. dt iifd. am,'a dor fa. f Infcrlp, 1 tumuli a pud. Netvbotd.- g F.levat. i 3 Sept. Mich. 19, H.#. h Ufi^. /«•" per timu- lum apuit Newbold. i Pat. ij. H. g. p. I. W. Jo. i« dorfo. k Rot. p; 3r.H. *. m. 8, iPat. 38. H. 6. p. t. m. 14. i« doffo. m Rnt. F. 15. E.4. w. 13, n Rot, P, 10. £.4. - 66 THE ANTIQ^UITIES OF Vat.de iifd. dttn, in durjo. p Ex coU. W.Burcon q Bfe. I. H. 7-«. »J. rEx cvi- dene. W. Boughcon /■R«.P.»7- H.8. tKot.V.de sifd.anH. "Ex VI' \lit.Ctm tJtvary. I it Af' -morum Andjufticc • of peace in 22E.4. and lE. j. Which Richard, being again Shiriff for chefe Coun- ty€s in 2 R. 3. as by the Indentures? betwixt him and Humfry Beanfo Efq; the precedent Shiriff, ap- pears, had the fate to be flain on that K. behalf at IBfiftoOjt^-field, as the tradition is ; but therein is a m.Hakc ; for the Inquif: taken after his death cxprcffeth, that he dyed ? 20 Aug. 5 R. 3. which was two dayes before the Battail : therefore 'tis like, that raifing Forces in this County for the King , he was encountred by fome of the Earl of l^iC^munO'S Trocps in their paffage towards 550ftoO?tlb, and by that means loli his life. Of who'.'c defcendants I find' , that Will, his fon and heir was Squire of the body to K. H. 8. and, in 27 of that K. reign, Shiriff /of this County and ILetCefferflg. As alfo, that fVdiam, Grandfon to the fame iVtlliam^ undei"went the like office * for thefe Countyes in 17 and ^zEliz,. being in Com- miffion for the peace the greatefl; part of that Q; reign. So likewife Edward, fon and heir to the fftid V/tlliam the moft part of K. James his reign , ha- ving been Shiriff in 4 ]ac. But further, as to their matches and otherwile, the Defccnt here infertcd, •which briefly points at what elfe I am able to fay in relation to this family here ieated, fhall fuffice. Tho. Boughtonj ar.-E!iz filia & hsrcs 39 H (. ^1 Galf. Alkfley. i « . Ric, Boughton> ar.-Agncs filia . . .," ob. 3 R. J. ) Longvilc. ffe c filia & co-Will. BougTiton,-D. Eliz.Barlrg- hires Joh.Dan- vers de Water ftoke in Com. Oxon. ux. I. I d xt. Is. an. 3 R, J. fepult. apud Dunchurch. tonjux. 1. Edw.BoughtoriyEliz. filia & Tho. Boughton,-Margar. ar. ob. 1 E. 6, Icohseres Wii. dc Cauftou, ar. filia & jWillington , hires ar, Edw. Cave. \ f h I "' " Will Bouf bton,»Iana foror Edw. Boughtorij-Sufanna fi- ar. ob. i 8 Eliz. I g Tho. Co- ar, ningsby de Hampton- Court in Com. Heref. cq. aur. i U» lob. Brocket, cq. aur. Edw. BoUghtoHi'^Eliz, filia & xc.n.a.i\. hires Edw. Bou S8 Eliz. Catcsby,filii jun.Ric.Ca» tcsby , cq. aur. ton. 1 1 Wil!, Boughton dux"t Abipal fil. & cohxr. Hcnr. Baker de Shobcry in Com Eflcx; crc- •lus in graduin Bar. per R. Car. Henricus-Hovvard filia Edw. Leigh de Rufhallin Com. Staff. ar. Tho. Boughton de Bilton diixit ludithani alteram fil. & cohkr. H. Baker dc Sho- bcryj ar. ^^emiham-^egis, NExt below , on the bank of ^fton , ftands 0eii}n\iWn-'Kes,ff, where depopulation at- tending the inclofure, bath reduced it to a fmall number of Inhabitants befides the Mannour-houfe. In the Conq. Survey there is no direft mention of this place, fo tliat to what it then belonged, I can- noi well guefs , but do conceive J: to bavc been of having a pretious ftone for k was held of the faid Earl K. by one H. 2. confirmation the E. of ^eUettt'S or Tare hi II de iVarrvick^s pof- feffjons , in regard that it was of the fee of Roger E. of tliXartUfck , whofe father (Earl Henry) en- joy 'd the grcatert part of the faid E. of ^Ucnt'3 and Turchtll's lands in this County. From which E. of JMartoftb, the firft that ob- tain'd it was Hugh fit. %tci^rdi , as it feems ( of whom in tlSltOK^HU I have fpokc) who paff it unto Geffrey de Clinton , Chamberlain and Trea'u'^r to K. H. 1. and he to « theCanonsof JJctlfltUOJfl) upon his foundation of that Monafttry. Which Canons had Ipecial * grants from them both , to acquit it of all frcular fcvvices dvt to cither of them , or to the King: jr confideration whereof, the faid Geffrey gave * to the above mentioned HHgh ten marks of filvcr ; to Marqaret his wife two ounces of gold, and to Ro^er E. of Martoftfe two gold Rings , each therein Kts. fee , as appears by ■* thereupon. But this , for diftinftion from another JJcton- fjam within the fame Hundred , is callcc ^ctUlt- \jiSXn-Rcgi6 , in refpeft that the K. was anciently ppfleft ' of it, as is evident alfo by i\\i: Quo warranto Roll of 1 3 E. I . where the Kings Auurney , que- iVioning the Prior of i&enfituojt^ for it , a'ledged, that K. Richard the firit was I'eized thereof. How this claim was determined , 1 find not ; but , that the Canons of J^entttDOjttl enjoy'd it till the dif- folution of that Monaftery , is plain enough; and had allowance^^'of a COWt-IlCSt here, and divers other notable priviledges. After which fuppreffion, it continued in the K. hands till 7 E. 6. and was then granted t to John D. of j^O}t^nmberlanO and his beirs : upon whofe attainder in i M. the Queen paft * it to Sir %ou- land Hill Kt. and Citizen of llOnOon. Of whom Sir Thomas Leigh Kt. and A'derman of the faid City, foon obtain'd it , as may feem by his prefcn- tation CO the Vicaridge in i £/ and the heirs male of his body ; who inclofed it, and left iffuc Francis his fon and heir, created Baronet 24 Dec. 1 6 Jm. whofe fon and heir Francis, advanced to the dignity of Lord SDtmfniOJC, n Julfi,/^Car. and afterwards to be Earl of CftfcftCftcr, now, [cil.a». 1650. cnjoyes it. The Church (dedicated to .,...) is not pre- fentative, nor hath in it any Arms or Monuments. aK(gt de lioiill.p.z, b Ib.p.ij. c lb, f , 201 d Ctn.t.e'.' Jw//'far, f Rot. de prtefcmat. per Hundn nis cam, Scacc. fRot.de J5 trarr. 13. H.I. fP«.7.S. 6- p. 8. h Vat.i,M. P-J- (((tut. Jrley. HAvlng now taken notice of all thofe places which lye contiguous to the River Avon , on its North fide, till the ffream of &OtD meet therewith ; I muft > in purfu4ncc of my method ,' afcend to the head of that brook , which rifeth Weftwards from 0fflep , as the Map will fbew , and not far from the skirts of jarie? : And there- fore to difpatch this corner of the Hundred , I will begin with fltlep, whereof there is a member called &IOtep , though little taken notice of now : but becaufe I find, that antiently there is mention of it in Records, I muft not omit it. The later fillable of this Towns appellation is very frequently ufed, as we know, for termmating the names of fundry Villages : and if we afcend to (he ' JVA%IVICKJH1%E ILLUSTRATED. 6j Doraef jay the Btitifli for its original, we fliall find lie in that j J E. 2. affiled the Earls of %mta&tC , ^tXtiOiH, •- language to be the lame with Ucm in :hc Latine ; and ^STtDfcft , in the beheading of Piers de G'a- but if to the Saxons, Icp there fignifiech ground un- ' vefioK ; for which, with the rell, he had his pardon till'd, and in that fenie we ftill ufe the word in re- ^\n 7 of that K. reign. In 9 E. 2. he was in Com- (Pat.-;, e. lation tofuch lane. As for the former , vi^. ;3r, ' mifTion 'forchoofingoffc^t-fouldiersin thisComl- *• P: i- '". 'tisBritifh, and fignifieth the fame with /«pfr in ty for the wars of "^^cOtlanlJ : and the fame year jV""" Latine, which very well agreethwith the ficuation ' " one of the Knights for this Shire in the Parlia- ,p ' p hereof, the greatcft part of the Parifli being high, ment then held at ILftlCOltt : In which Parliament i. fV^,* ground in refped^ of the afcenc to it almoll every j the Commonalty giving* unto the K. a xvit^i to- ij. way; fo that then 2[r-lrf, is by interpretation, in wards the charge'of his wars in S»cetlanO, the uclanf.^ foot-lbuldiers elcdcd as aforefaid were relcafcd *' by E.z.m'.ie. the K. command , this Teter being , with others, »"• '^'f"- effeft, locui alt us. In the Conq. time, this was pofleft h by one - (^rtllina , ^ great Woman^ and with her other !ai%ned-' for levying the faid fixteenth. lands in this County came immediatly to Raph de' In 1 1 E. 2. he was in Commilfion xfor enquiry i/w^/, a Baron of eminent note, whofe chief feat who they were that WAS at WSitAiJetle , in thofe dayes a rcmatka ble place , though now there is nothing left thereof more than fome grounds within the pre cinfts of dOlfl^aU bearing the name , and that fomevvhat corrupted by length of time. In the general Survey ' it is recorded for one hyde, the woods whereof contained a mile and half in length, and half a mile in bredth, all being then valued at Ix /. and was (as it may ieem} a member of lEOlterle; but it is there wri:ten 315lCf in capital letters, the Clerk miftaking the IH. for a 25. Of this Rafh de Lime[t and his pofterity , I am tofpeak when I come to WsXdZ&R, where I fliall infert the defcent of thatfamily ; ^vfherebylt will appear, that the daughters and heirs thereof were inatcht to Lindefei and Odifi^etr, the former a Scot, the other a Fleming. Which family of Li>t dc[ei continued but a while ; but that oi Odingfells remained even till our fathers namory , as in 3Long-3;cl&lngtoii I fliall fully fliew. Touching this Mannour of jSclep, I find, that one Riiph de Limefi , who lived in K. H. 5. time , furniflit themfclves with K had it ; and granted " the inheritance thereof to Richard de Limefy his brother , and to his heirs; which Richard had iflue " Peter, Howbeit , whe- ther the above mentioned Rafh de Lime ft iflued from fome younger brother of the family of L/wf- (7, whole defcent I have plac't in tl^Olbsrle, I am not able to fay : but I have feen an antient Pe- degree of Odingfells which derives him from that family, as ion to the firll (jerard, who lived in H. 5. time : exprefllng, that he quitted his pater- nal nam,e, and called himielf Limefi ( to preferve the memory of his Grand-mother Baflia de Limefi, I prefume, in that fhe was fo great an heir) which was a courfe ul'ual enough in antient time to do, as I have elfwhere oblerved. Following therefore the guidance of that de- fcent , I have put this Raph and his brother Ri- ^'iMrd, as youngerfons to the laid (jerardde Oding o.E. n. Arms, and retained fouldiers, horfe or foa: ; or did ~ p_;t „ confederate themlelves by private meetings in this £. i.'f, i. County. And, the fame year, being conflituted '»• 8. i« • Shiriff of the Counties of Salop, and ^faff. had ^"'f"- the cuftody * of the Caftles of S^jeto0blir{? and ''^^«-'. f, BjfOgenOJffi committed to his charge. In 14E.2. ^^ " £. ^. he was m Commilfion ' for the Goal-delivery at '"* " aaiartouk; but afterwards in the rebellion with '/f'/^ 77ww^ Earl of 3lancafter ; for which his lands m.z'l'in "* being forfeited , were ieized into the K. hands : do'io. and dyed * at |90jbc the Monday next before the d Rot. de feaft of the Epiphany in 18E.2. .but whether a '['•contrn. natural death or not, the Record doth notfpecifie, '•'■""''"«» leaving iffue / Joh» de Ltmejy his fon and heir , lj„^s'cle-' then 24 years of age, on whom this Mannour W-3S rk.pipa. ' fetled by the grant i of Ric. de Limefy, his Grand- ^^ cLiur. ' father. What became of this Johyj de Limefy , or what iflue he had, I find not : but plain it is , that in 2 E. 5, Sir Roger Corbet of CSOSKt. and Amtcia. his wife, granted * unto SirKr///. Camvile Kt. ion of Thomas Camvi/e,ihe reverfion of this Mannour; as alfo of the Mannour of feftbcfoOtl in JLefc'. which Sir Roger had a daughter alio called ^wi- cia , wife of John de Odinn of n^ill. Skeffngton(of&iitSmQtOtt\n%tUz(ittth.) ecdu/'.'' accompliflit his full age. Which Thomas, bein" then poflVft of it, hzdiffut-Jmiltam , whole po^ '' w'*/*'^' fterity do now enjoy it. " * Inrt«. i29i.(i9E. i.)theChurch (dedic. to ''^^^'" .) was valued 'at vi marks; but in 26 H. 8 at /ix /. vi s. over and above ix /. vi d. Scac. allowed for s,a. eq. Procurations ^ndSynodals. The patronage where- anr,f.6i!g, of, in* 12 R. 2.belong'dtoSir7^o^.(7rf7of IHO- tEfaz.^, ftierfeflD Kt. and Sir John Clinton Kt, by turns. *. ». ^4. I 2 Buo, 6S THE ANTIQUITIES OF u Efc. i. H.6. But, in 2 H. 6. it was found* , that Eliz,. Lady Clinton had the whole advoufon in dowry from Robert loxA Cjrey of JRoftcrfeilO , fome time her husband ; the inheritance belonging to Alice and Margaret , daughters and heirs to the faid Lord Grey ; the one marryed to IVill. Lord Lovel, and w fc %t t^e other to 'R.a^h Lord C^ommll of SCatftall. fi.3.».M.* In 31 E. 3. liccnfe "was granced to Ric. de Caldeford , Prieft , for the amortizing of one meff. 1 6 acres of land, one acre of meadow , 8 acres of pafture, and one acre and half of moor, lying here in SI,X\Z1S, to the ufe of Koh. de Seki>idoM, then Par- fon here, and his fucceffors, for a certain Collett or Prayer to be faid by him the faid 'Kobert and his fucceffors every day in this Church, for the foul of Kobert Norreiii for ever. Ai-mejr luilie cWrck wia^JoOH.. JTASjriCK^SHI'RE ILLUSTRATED. 6-q Patroni Ecdefis. Incumbcntcs. fVill. 'I>'OMi»g{ells, Ric.de CovetitrejOler.izt'j. miles, ^Nich. de V(^ermyngham , 'Domin* Eld de O-^ P^r. g Kl. Man, 1296. dinfells. SVf^tU. de Bockmer , Tbr. ^ -J Id. Jan. I 31 1. D. Job. Grey de %o- Nich. Haddeie, Cap. 3 Id^ therfeild. Nov. i 348. 2), J oh. Clinton de Adam de Vl^hitindon, Cap. ib.f. JJ.&. MaxSioke, 'D.Joh. de Grey de^ %0therfei Id, miles. Joh. de Cli»ton,miles. foh. Grey de Rather- fetid, miles. D. "EUx,. domitia de Clinton. 16 Kl.Jttnii, I 349 W<7/. dec/iUefpaih , Pbr. ' 5 Non. tAng. I 350. Rob .de Sekyi^ton,C ler ,\ ^Kl. Febr. 1354. loh. de IJl,p , Tbr. 6 Kal. \Rob. Birchhy , ("^f. 5 Id. Maii, 17,61. Kic. de VfMford. 7 Tebr. 13(55. 'W//.'. t Lames , Cap. ult. M'iTtti, 1407. T). ^i\l. Lowieyy, 21 Dec. \ '407. ((■0'. Benet \l 1409. 22 eA»Z- §»lolep-l^ll ; which flicws, tiiac lome perlbn of note hach aiuiendy dwelt there. The firll mention I find thereof is in 20 H. 2. where the Shiriff accounts • for the profit o^ certain a Rot. p. lands here , then belonging to 'R^t^iKaldde £to>7 , H. 1," who was in rebellion aganlf the King ; in which Record it is written &laUf. But in E..-2. time, Feter de Ltniefy was poffeft thereof , with ^rtep-- both which were then feized on for his rebellion ' ( as I have before declared. ) Since w'hich time it hath gone with Srle^ (as a member thereof.) But in 9 H. J. it was found*, that J^ichard SloUy of bEfc.fi.W, &l0lcp, held of the K. i>i Capite, ont mcff. and four ?• "• ^7- acres ot land here, by Sergeanty ; thatis to lay; giving to the K ng upon his expedition with his Army towards &COtlanl», one Pole-axe, or xii d.m filverforall fervices. Which Richard dy.ed 8H.5. leaving John Porter, fon and heir of yigfies Porter, lirter of Henry Shley , father of the hi^Richflrd , his next heir, then aged 40 years, " ~ alr-tT. ^W»(7. Ly»ie, Tbr, Zllttmi, 1 1425. mil. Clinton, miles, ^'^tU. Hancockt Cap. 3 OB. domintu de Clin- ton & Say, 1426. }D.loh. Halle, Pbr.26 OB. Joh. dom. de Clinton & Say. \Will.rnge,Pbr. II Mar. tti, 1445. ■ Rrr. Bedfvorthy^ 7br, 2p > -^«^. I4?3- \\Vill. Loneleye Pbr. 27 /«- _. nii, 1438. Will, de Ferrers, mil. foh. Grefley, mil. Tho. Mollefley, &c Will. Btfll , yeoman , ratione advoc. fibi concefs, hac -vice, R 47 H. $. I I i Nich.de Aft- EgidiusdeAIUey,-Aliciafilia& Slbilla ux. ley, fil. & hires, ij. £.1. nulcs, 7 E. », hsres Tho. Will, le dc Wolvey, Boceler de mil, Wcring- J ton. I Tho.deAftley, conrangU. &-EIir. Clla Gold, de Bcllo- hseres Nitli. rj E. i.fundator jcampo tonuii:. Wi4i»««:i. < ccl. C oUc g. de Aftley. | 1 Will.de Aftley, miles, II R.2.' I I Tho. de Aftley, miles, Egid.dc Aft- z R. 1. a quo Aftlei de ley de Wol- PatftiuU in Com. Staff, vsy, iS.R.i. I Regin: Grey,-lohanna fiUa &-Tho Ralegh , deRuth'n, hxrts,defunfta I. roaritus. mil. i3 R. ^. I »7H.«. Edw. Grey, miles, dom. de- Eliz. filia Henrici Ferrers, filil Croby jure ux. iiH,6. 1 Will. Ferrers de Gioby, mil. ' ^3 H. 6. I I Edw. Grey, Vic. L'iflle, iR.3. loh. Grey, miles, filius & hxres , J6U.6. csfus in prxlio S. Alb jni,3y H.6.1 i "H T 'i ., loh Grey, Vie. Anna uxor Eliz.ux.Edm. Tho.Gvey.mil. L'ifle duxitMu' loh. Wil- Dudlcy,foror crcftus inMar- ' - • ■ " &cohsrcs,ar. chion. Dorf. ij.an.toH.y. ^8 Apr, ij tielam fil Tho. loughby , D. Nort. oblit If. an. lo. tfyepr.io H.7-1 H.7. 1 Eliz. natapofthumatum patris, a:t.7 dicrum, lo. H.7. E.4i \ Thomas marchio Dorfct , ob. ai. H. 8.1 i 1 loh.Grcy, miles, Henr.M.Dorf.-Frflncifca fiha-Adnanus aauoHenrBaro etedus in D.j Car. Brandon, Scokes, Giey deGroby > riodo Comes 5tamtordi«. Suff. dccoll. iM. D. JufF. obiit t Eliz, ar. i. maritus. 1)1 lanaux.Guil- Kath.st.19.an. Manaxtat. ij.an. i.Ehz. fordi Dudley, tEi;z.(nupta (nupta Martino Keys , ar. mil.dccollau Edw.Comiti & obut I. prole.J I M. Hcitt.j ft That they took for thc";r Arms Ai^urea cmqfoiU err,;ine , which hath lb near a rcfemblafice to the bearing of the anticnt Earls of JLCfceftcr, is very well known. And that it hath been no unufual thing for younger branches, or thole who held their lands of fuch great perfons, or had other near re- lation to them fo to do, I could manifeft by fundry examples ; which was the cafe here , in part , if rot in all thcfc infiances : for Thomoi de Eflley , fon to Thiljp , was not onely BayV:ft" to Simon Montf'.Tt E. of 3LC{C. (who had that Honour con- ferred on him by K. ^ohn , in regard he had mar- ryed ^micU the eldeft fifter and coheir of Rob. F it z.' Payne IB. of ILtit.^ as appears by 'a Fine that be gav- ro the King , 9 Jeh. viz.. fourfcorc marks and a palfrey, to be difcharged of the iflues required of him for that Earls Jiands whil'ft he had to do with them ; but held * certain lands by mi- litary I'ervice of thatHonour. In I 2 J oh. this Tho. de SflUy gave • a Fine to the K. of C. marks , that he might not go beyond Sea : the Record cxprefles not whither ; but 'tis plain , that the K. went that year with a great Army into BlrelattH , and letled '' that Realm in o- bedience to him : therefore thither it was, without doubt, that he had command to attend him. After which, viz., in ijjoh. being in Arms againR the K. with the rebellious Banns , he was committed Prifoner * to the Caffle of 1BC6fO?D, vs'hereof Fal- cajitu de Breant then had the cuHody : But in I H. 3. lubmitting'^ to obedience (or rather beii g forc't thereto by the wildome and cnuraee of the famous ^Vtll. Marshall, then E. of |0cmb?o6e, who had the tuition of the young K, and government of the Realm) he had his lands , which were for- feited for that oftence , reftored to him ; and in 4 H. J. was in « CommifTion for the Goal-dcUvery both at tHaaartDfcb and JLCfccflcr. , So alio in* 5 H. 5. for ieizing into the K. hands all the demefns whereof K. John was poffeft at the beginning of the wars with the Barons ; and like- wile to take Elchaets , as well thofe lands which were belonging to Normans and Britons, as other ftrangers , that cither came to the K. hands or his fathers, before the laid war, in the war, or after it ; and to certifie the flock thereupon, with the value, as alfo in whofe poff.ffion they were. But after this do 1 find no more mention of him , than that he wedded ' y^rf«<5( , one of the fiflers and coheirs to Rog. deCamvile of Creck in ^Ojtftamptlfi. and that he left ilTue * IValter ; of whom K. Johr. exaftcd Scutage ' for military fervice in |DoidOtt, in 1 6 of his reign, as of all others that held by that tenure. Which tax being fo great , viz,, 3 marks for every Knights fee, was never "• paid, in regard that the Barons hereupon took " occafion to rebel; at which time they brought in Lewes , the eldert fon to K . Phtlif of IFrante, took the City of ILOtt- Don, and grew very outragious , as ourHiflorians relate. This Walter was poffeft of lands in tH^ft^fojBi which, in 17 Joh. were given • by the K. to Ahce de (JMoyun ( of whom I (hall fpeak more fully when I come to that place. ) But in? i H. 5. he received favour of the K. as his father liad done ; and in 1 19H. 3. anfwered for one Kts. fee in this County two marks upon payment of the Aid for marriage of J[. & cap. LUh, {Vat. ig. H.3. m dorfo, t Pat. 17. H. 3. in dorjo. liRot. F. t-1 H.3. w. J. roVat. 32, H.J. hi dffift. H. 3. m, J. UrA^jriCE^SHI^E ILLUSTRATED. 71 «. ?. m tierjo. perfons of "reateft crult in all parts of che Kingdom i ri»e ,and whereof the value, by extent, was certi- to fecurc what they hadfocrot;hc was' the onely fied to be iji.l.-i^.s.-n.d.pfr .t;???. he notwith- nian deputed in MattDUbftfre , for that purpofe having the title oiCitfios pacii, , Touching their giving battail to the K. at Lerves, in May, 48. H. 3. and how both K. and Prince ■ were there made prilbners, I mult refer my Rea- der to our Hiftorians; oblerving onely, that.during che time the Kmg was thus in their hands , they made ule of his great Seal , doing what they lifted in his name ; and in particular made a Charter to Thom.u de Eftley , (on of this Thorn. u , for a S^Zt' Cate and iFatrCat !^fll' ciall ads in Court , undertaking for him therein. And being thenceforth put into the condition of a loyall fubjc6l , as to purchale of lands or any other thing^the K. confirming i the grant, made 10 him g Piit. yo. ' by the faid Vi^arine) he was. , in 12. E. i. joyn'd "• S.^.". in 6 CommilTion with Raph de Henqham , (a lear- *" P'^f. «2. ned and eminent Profeflor in the Law , of that f*,'' "' time , and afterwards chief Jufticc' of the Com- ." mon pleas ) for taking K(C\zts o^nivel'dilfeirm/Zf'-J'^' Mort d'ancejtor &c. in this County. "•■•■--■' k ^ot. de no n-, i"i K. abfence was deputed his Lieutenant here in ' CBnglanO) co make choyce of fuch Knights and o- ' thers of this County, whom they fhould chink fie , and to recein chem by wages for actendance on the faid Prince at ^OtlOOn on che Octaves of Sr. Mi- chael the fame year. And , that in 2(5. E. i. he f"'^'*"'*. ^ had command •? to be at ^Orft at che feaft of Pente-,^ j'l'^\^*''' colt, accoutred wicn Horle and Armes co march a- jCom-n' gainft che Scoc5 ; which was che time chic K.Elrv, t^ \n ct- had the viftory at jFaobfr&e in S>COtlanO. ^itU. This Andrew gave ' (or rather fold) to cheCan- ' ^^f{(?f; nons ofC^DbtttP a wood , lying within the ore- Ncwdi-' ' cities of c^lt^ecfcoton , cajled J^eretsarsCbep .gate. which \at. 7^ THE ANTIQUITIES OF fBfc.i9£. J.n. J5. lRotJ,i9. E.i.m. 16. S.p.l.W.ll. V> Clauf.i. B.i.m.j. X tx an. togr. fine! Luh. J Hifl. MS. H, i\ji/i^h- tonm liihl. Cotton./, 116. b. ^ClaHf.\y, £. i.w.?. « Hlsi. H. K- '" fii' fr.i. c Nonbb ./. 29. b. d Pat.ii. E.J.p.i. m. iS. bjObe, f^apflforO. and iBeDtnoUlj. in that year he was joyi/d in Commiflion ' with the Biuiop of /PflM4.fi. MOiCZfttr , the Abbot of S»tonclcp , and Prior of J' P.3- »»- Erdbury to fupervile the ninth of Sheaf, Lamb, and '*** Wooll for this County granted to the K. in Parlia- ment. And the next year did he grant " to the Prior ** ^/"^^ * J- and Covenc of CrObO)? and their fucceffors i. *.3-»-*'*.. mcfs. and 36. acres ot land lying in WOU tep. Thus was the heart of this worthy perfon ftill more and more enlarged , as we fee by thefc his pious conceffionsiand yet, thinking all not enough, procured licenfe of the K. for the changing thefe Chantrj-Triejis into a Dean and Secular Canons ; and to grant " to them and thtir fucceflbrs the per- petual! patronage of the Church of ^iU-jpO}3 ton , which was appropriated* thereto by the faid Rog. Northburgh Bifliop of CotientrC and JLfeft. which his Father had of the grant of rho.i\\z Ion of Thorn AS the Ion of Sehertts de Stoke. And dyed /in 29.E.i.leaving'lS(/VW^ his fon and heir aged 24. years;who,doing his fealty had then livery • of his Fathers lands. Which Nicholas in • l.and • ^.E.2. being conftituted one of the CommilTionersforcon- fervation of the peace in ©HariUlcbCtl. and to fee the S:atutcof ®a{nct)Cfter obi'crYcd,in 5.E.2,was » a Knight , and bore for his Armes a Lion rampant, as by his Seal appeareth. But, in 7. E. 2. atten- ding' the K. in that unfortunate expedition againrt the Scots , was taken prifoner in the battail of ^tritJCUn, where many a gallant Engliflimanhad the lame fate , or loli his life. The time of his death I cannot certainly point out ; but he dyed^ without iffue: for I find that Thomas his nephew , viz. fon of Sir Giles de Aftley his younger brother ( and wiih him taken priioner* at &tn't)elln) be- came heire to the cilatc : and in j 9. E. 2. had live- 1 3. CaU Martii thefame yeare, with relerration of rant the advoufon of the Cbutch, here at aiflep , to the Guardian and Prieftsbclonging to tlieChappell ofourbleffed La- dy therein, for the henkh uf his foul , and the fouls of hisanccilors.and all tlie faithful! decealcd:which, by Rog. 'Horthhurg , then B. of COU. and l,ftc^. was appropriated i thereunto 8. K^l. OB. follow- in". Who, thereupon 'i-ferved thefe penfions* ; viz. to° he Chapter ot'lLttCbficIO 5- s. to the Chapter of COtoCntre as much ; and 1 3. s, 04. d. to t]ie Ca- thedrall of ILltCbRclO , to be payd at the feaft of S. Mnh. th'ArchangcU yearly out of the profits thereof. \N'i<\c\\Chamry , as appearcs by the Bi- fhops faid Inftrument of Appropriation, confilVing of 4. I'cular Prierts; one called the Cuftos , or Warden , an 1 another the Sub-Aar-len, was foun- ded* for the ooodefiat: of the ffd rhor/iasde Afi- ly , the Lady f/«- his wife, and of D.ime tAUce and' Alice, Mothers to them both , their heirs and fuccelToT.sns al "0 Koger then B. of COl), and JLftb- and after their deceafc for the health of their fouls, and oftheiou's q{ Sir Walter de A^ley and Isabel his wife, Sir Thomas de A(iley and 'jonne his wife. Sir Afidrew de A^ley and Stbill his wife , Nich. de Aftley and Alice his wife , Sir gHes de Afiliy ( father of the faid Thomas the founder) Sir Tho- wias de Wolvey and Alice his wife; and of Sir Tho- mas de Clinton Knight. For augmentation ^of which number to fcaven Priefts and one CUrk, in 14. E. 3. he obteyned li- cenfe to amortize 2. mefs. 3, yard land and half , 2. acres of wood , and a. $.-8.d. tent in Mftt>f- x.s. annuall pcnfwnt to be payd out of tlie profits pExautog, thereof at the feafl ofS. Michael th'Archanoel. fc''hv.& Whereupon he then began to ♦ ereft a moft fair and ^"^^ ^"^' beautifull Collegiat-Church in the form of a Crofs, ^ ^* *f^'. dedicated to the Ajfumption of the Bleffed Virgin , """'i'''"'^ with a tall fpire covered with lead, whereof I /hall lay more anon'. Which foundation confiftcd of a^ Dean and two Canons , who were to be fecnlar Priefts , each having their lodgings appointed to them, with particular lands out of the before men- tioned poffcflions lo given ; the Dean being to pro- vide a Prieft,as peipetuall Vicar there, and by him prefented to the Bifhop , by the the B. to be infti- cuted , and by his mandate to the Chapter of his Church , to be admitted , having v. Marks by the year, quarterly , forhisfalary :And likewife ano- ther piieft with a fit Clerk to fervc the Parifhio- ners in the faid Church. Shortly after which ; viz, in 20. E. j. did Tho, Beauchamp E. of Wartofck grant' thereunto the Church of jLong-fetanton m CambjfDgfbfre. Nor was it long after , that the before fpecihcd Founder *^' added more : for,in 36. E. 3. 1 finde that he/ "ave / P*'-3* ix. marks and x. s. yearly Rent , ilTuing out of lands fituatc in iKIbWtt and Cceeb in /^ttattip- tonU). and Ixv. s. v. d. ob. q. rent out of lands in &linaobe , iTflanglcp . and ^mCaton in this County. Andlallly his fon,^///. Lord Aflley' , in 1 2. R. 2. xl. s. yearly rent iflliing out of theman- nour of S58ntlep , to John de Plompton Vicar and then Sacrirt, and to his fucceffors for ever. Having now done with the endowment , I have a word or two more to fay of the Founder , rela- 1 ting to his publique employments ; which is , that in 33. E. 5. he was the firft inranke authoriled by commiifion » in this County for arraying of men in u Pat.^i.'' the K. abfence , according to the Statute of ©HfH- ■£. ?."'.4.! Cbettcr. Asalfoin 35.con(iituted "-one of the Ju- '"''"'f"; (tices of peace in this fhire. And that , by Eliz,a- *^ ?"'■'»• beth daughter * to Guy de Beauchamp E. of ffflar. ^.^f'j^f Web , he had iflue Sir Will de Afiley , and Sir l^^rZT,'. Ihomas , both Knights, wjth Giles his third fon , tumuli a- from whom the Afi ley's of WitAHep are defcended pwrfAftleyi (as I have already (hewed). Of which Sir Thomas, in refpeft he had fome publique employments , of note, in this County , 1 (hall fay fomething , lea- ving his pofterity , by Eliz,. daughter f of Richard J^P^- ^?« Harecourt , fon of Sir mil, Harecourt Kr. whofc ^' 3-"'**' cofin a"d next heire (he was , featcd at l^atibtlU ^^^ p^ j_ in &faffO}Dfl)fre, where they R\\\ continue. R.t.m. 10. In 2. R, 2. he was in Commi(Tion '(.for taxing t,Rot.P. Ji a Subfidy in this County. In' S. for coUe(^ing a ii.».«.I^ r Pat, i», E.j.p.z.m. E.j.p.*.». tPat.li, R.i.f.t. W.J*. ii Hon- tlu. s „^ „,,,!, |u,„ ,,..Jj^ Hrrr tc u uivrOrrl il?llir KaW^- ai.rl lynici- of tb<- OjrCrr. jf^A^jriCI<^SHI%E ILLUSTRATED. 75 h Clauf. 8. Ji.z.iitdor- fom.tj, t Ex autog. penes Cler. iCHitnnciir per M, de 'Wlfon.f4/». 28. -9. 'Pint! H, '. George q.aur, nit- er Norroy !. A/'mo- urn, Pttde '.orfo. P«.3.H. . p. ^. m, f.indirrfo. Pif.4- H. I- p.iw.j. idorfo, KotS.6. 4. ». tf. :lituf.de d^ann. darfo. I 6. X v.and X. having been one of the Kts.* for this fhire in the Parliament, wherein they were granted. He was alfo the fame yeare retein'd by Indenture * for one whole year to ferve theK.in an expedition which he thenperfonally made into ^XWMZ , with three Archers well armed and fitted for the war.receiving for himlclf xii. d. per diem belides the accultomed reward • viz. in proportion his part of ccc. marks for thirty men at Armes by the quarter; and for every of his Archers 6. d.per diem ; of which he was to receive a quarters pay in hand ; and to have the benefit of all fuch pnibners as himfelf or his Archers fliould take, except he or they did fortune to cake the K.ofiFraiTCC hiajiLintor any of his ibns.or Captains generall; or any.-^.iJ.Tvrfe that adted in, or were contrivers of the murder of Ja.'D.oiBurgotne. Of which family ; viz. of |9atl6ull , was the fa- mous John de Afiley ; who , on the 29. oi Aug. Anno 1438. (17. H, 6.)maintainins^ <*» Duel on Horsback within the lireec called St. Antoine in pads, againft one Peter ds Majfe a French-mm, in the prefence of (^harles the the vii. K.of jFrsnCC, picrc't the faid Teter through the head , and had (as by the Articles betwixt them was conditioned) the Helmet of the faid Peter, being fo vanquifh't , to prefent unto his Lady. And on ' the ;o. oijan. ^o. H, 6. undertook another fight in &;tipt&if[elO within the City of^liOnDOll, in the prefence of the fame K.H. 6. with Sir Thiltp Boyle, an Arragonian Knight; who , having been in JfcatlCC , by the K. his mafters command, toloDkout fome luch hardy perfon, againft whom he might try his skill in feats of Arm:s ; and milTing there of his defircs, repaired hither. After which combate ended (being gallantly pcrform'd on foot , with Bactail-axes , Ipears , Iwordi and daggers) he wasknightedby the K.and had an annuity of c. marks given him during his life. Nay, fo famous did he grow for his valour,that he was elected Knight of the Garter , bearing for his Armes the Coats of Ajflej and W<»rf(7«rf, quar- terly , with ^labelof ■^, points Ermine, tls by a very antient MS. book/wherein the Enfigncs of thofe Kts. of that honourable order are depi6led,appcareth. But I return to the before fpecified Sir iVilL de Ajtlejf (eldeft Ion to Thomas , founder of the faid Coll. Church.) He was in Commifs. for the Peace, upon the feverall renuings thereof, from^iy.R.a. till 6. H. 5. And in* 5. H. 4, afligncd to enquire concerning the difturbers of the Laws, and framers of Lyes. In ' 4. H. 4. for arraying of men : In ^ (5. to treat with the people for a loan of money to the K. and Left iffue one only daughter , by whom the inheritance of this great Houfe divol ved to thtGre/s oflJlutWn. But before I fpeak farther thereof I muft add a word or two more of this family of the AflUj'%, in reference to them as they were Barons; which is , that Thomas , who was {lain in the bat- cailofdbeftatn, is reputed by ourHiftorlans foto have been ; for before 49. H. j. have we no parti- cular lummons to Parliament to diftinguirfi the Barons from other great men. But his fon tAtdrevo wasfummonedinaj,24,25,28,3a,5?,and34,E. I, Nicholas \n ^o. E. i. as alfo in 2, and g.E. 2. And Thomas ( who founded the Coll. Church ) in 16.22, and 23.E. 3, asappearsby the Records' of thole times. Howbeit iVilliam never had fummons. Which inftances.do (hew.thatwhatisnow claim'd asdue by cuftome.was not fo efteem'd in thofe days. To this tVtlliam fucceeded Joan his daughter and heir, firft marryed- to Thomas Raleigh of ^SrH- bojongji in this County. Which Thtmas, by his Tertamenc " , bearing date here at HSICp the Wednefday after the feaft of St. Lukj the Evano, 6. H. 4. beqneath'd his body to be buryed in the Quire of this Coll, Church,and ten poiuids for per- formance of his Obit : and gave xi. marks alfo to find a Priert to fing Mafs, for his Soul, the fpace of 3. years. He like wife bequeath'd a bowl of filver , with a cover to the Lord Afiley , and to the Lady Joan his vvife a diamond , with a filver bowl and cover. To every Yeoman fervant of that houfe vi.s, viii. d. and to every groom iii. s. iiii. d. After whofe death, which hapned at that time, as by the Pro- bate of his will appeareth,fhe marryed loRerinald Lord Grej of ^Hut^fn , whofe pofterity,by her,pol- feft this place for divers generations, and were ad- vanced to great honour (as I Hiall fliew anon) for which refpecfi it will not be amifs to take fome no- tice of this 2?f^/W/^, (their common anceftor^ and whence he fprung. He was (on* oi Reginald Lord Grey oflRut^ft! , Ion of Roger by Ehz^abeth the Daughter of John Lord Haftings of Bergatieiinp , and Isabel his wite, one of the d.uighters and heirsto iVtll.f^a. lerice Earl of J^enbjobe; by means whereof he be- came heirf to the laft John MAfiingsE. oi^etl' b;okC, as I fhall fhew more fully when I come to iFHlonglcp. Which jRof.wasfirftfummonedto Par- liament in 28. E. r. by the name of Roger de grey Chivalter : but his fon Reffinald had in all his fum- mons the addition of de IlatWn.the Caftle of lUtl- t^itl being his feat , and granted 1 by K. Edw. i. to Reginald (Lord (7^7 of C5a;flton)his grandfather. Betwixt this Reginald ( who had great poflef- fions in WLi\ZS ) and Owfw Glendoxvr there grew fome difference ',about a Common lying betweeen the Lordfhip of KtltWn,and the Lordfhip of (E>\Zn- I)OtD}7) and after- wards made* Vifc. L'ifle by King R. 3. ( viz. 28. Jftnii. I. R. 3,) Which Sdward wis, with others, in 4. H. 7. amgned a Co:^miirioner''for choofing of Archers in this County for relief of the Dutchy ofJgjUannp; and dyed in 7. H. 7. (1492.) as may appear by the Probat 'of his Will, whereby he bequeathed his body to be buried in the new Chap- pell of our Lady , begun by himfelf to be built in the Colledge of i^Slep , where the body of Eliz,. his late wife was interred : but he had another wife, called Jane , whom, by the laid Will, he appoin- ccd to caufe certain lands to be amortized , to en- dow and find a Ptiefi perpetually to fing in the laid Chappell for his Soul,and the Souls of his laie wife Sliz,. as alfo the faid^^w , and all Chriften Souls. Of his defcendants the Pedegre before inferted taketh notice ; I (hall therefore return to Sir John Grey , his elder brother, the heir of this Lordfhip. This Sir John mirryed Eliz,. the eldelt daughter of Ti^e.JVidvill, Earl ''Rivers, (zs is fufficiently ma- nifefted by our Hiltorians , in regard that K. E. 4. afterwards made her his wife / , the faid Sir John being flain in the batcailof St. 3lbans 59- H. 6.) and had ifluc by her Sir ThomM Grey Knight,crea- ted^ Ma rq. Dorp f 18. Apr. 15. E. 4. who late ''in his habit at the upper end of the table that day a- mongli the Knights in S. Sdwards Chamber : but for near relation and aft'eilion to the young King (murthe-ed by Ric. D. of dDlOUC. the then Prote- rtor , his unnaturall uncle ) was, 18- Oft. in i. R. 3. attainted 'oftreafon. Whereupon King ^'c. by his Letters^ pat. bearing date 2. Aug. 2. R. 5. granted this L^rdfliip to the above mentioned Ed- tvurd Vifc. L'ifie,in6 the heires male of his body: But in I. H. 7. the Marq. being again rcftbred ' , poffcft himfelf thereof; and, by his tcftament" be- queathing his body to be burycd here, in the Coll. Church , before the Image of the Blefled Trinity (\n the niidlt of his cloiet , within the fame Col- ledge, on the South fide j dyed ■ 20. Sept. 1 7.H.7. By which Teftament he willed,that his Executors fhould caufe to be faid for his foul > in every of the 4. Orders o( Friers in ilOllOon, an hundred Mafles by the Fryers in each place , with as much haflas might be after his deccafe. And that c. marks fhould be difpofed in Almes to poor people at his biiriall. Likcwifc, that the Hofpitall of ILnttcr- Jan\(m.' p Inq.g.H S.fuperdi pp. q Inq.fu- pcr depop, J. £. 6. r Thowef tBOjt^ in llefceScrll). of his patronage , to be ap- propriate to the faid Colledge of ;3ftlep,if the Dean and his Brethren , or their fucceflors could obteini fuch appropriation to be lawfully made within 3. years after his deccafe ; to the intent that they fhould cfpecially pray for the Souls of K.E. 4. and Q^. €liz,. hisconfort,and all Chrillen Souls. By the Lady Cecily his wife ( daughter and heir to W//. Lord BoKVile , marryed afterwards to Hen- ry E. of MUtltQi. who likewife bequeath'd • her body to be buried in the fame Chappell , where the Marq. her husband was interred , appointing a tombc to be made over the place of their fepulture) he lefciffue Thomas' - '\. Dorfet ; which Thomas impaled p 50. acre's' or"-w/bod and paflurc , for to make that parke, here at9Sl0^ , now called the llUtlC-par^e : and enlarg'd 1 the great parke,here, with 90. acres of land, in i a. H. 7* taken out of the precinfls of 3rl0p ; which , to this day , bears the name.of 3tlcp latWO. And by his Teftament •", bearing date 2. Jnnii 22. H. 8. bequeath'd his bo- dy to be buryed in the Church of Sttlcp , neer un- to his father ; appointing , that his mothers will fliould be obferved for the maintenance of two Pnefts in the Chappell there; as alfo,thathis Exe- cutors fhould , with ail fpeed and diligence , aftec his Funeralls were performed,and debts payd, make and build a Chappell here'at 0((l0p .according to the will of his father, with a goodly tombe over his father and mother : which being doneito make ano- ther tombe in the midfl of the Chancell , where he himfelf refolved to be buried. And after that fhould be finifhed, then to build an Almefhoufe for xiii. poor men, there to inhabite, and to be for ever no- minated by his Executors , during their lives , and afterwards by his heires; each of them to receive xii. d. a week for their maintenance , with a livery cf black Cotton yceily , price 4. s. which faid pay- ment he appointed fhouldbemadeout of the Rents and profits of his mannoursoflBeOtoOjtft and |0a- bfnton, and all fuch lands and tenements as were in the occupation of the Lord L'ijle, reputed or taken as parcellof thefame Lordfhips , the furplu- I'age to be beftowed in repayring the faid Almef- houfe and keeping his Obit yearly. And dyed the lame year , as may feem by the probate of his faid Teftament, leaving ifliie Henrys wiio marrying the Lady Frances^ eldeft daughter to Charles Bran- don D. of &uff. and (Jiiary the Q, of iFfaitte. his wife , was , in her right ( by rcafon her two bro- thers dyed without ifllie) created *D. of ^llff. 11. Off. 5. E. 6. In whofe time it hapned that the Monafteries were diflolved ; for cflefting of which work, his father in law Charles Braftdofi D.of &afif, was not a little aiflive, as may appear by the large fhare he had of their poffeffions. And there want not circumftances to fhew , that this Henry , then Marq. Dorset was ftirring enough therein : for a- mongft other the lands belonging to thofe religious Houres,he had all that appertain'd to this Collegiate Church, granted^ to him and the Lady Frances g "^'y' his wife and his heirs 7. Aug. 37. H. 8. which he * ' *' enjoy'd not long :for leaving ifTue onely 3. daugh- ters, {Jane, the eldeft, wedded » to (juilford DitdUy '•J^*^**'"' 4. fon to John D. of j^Jt^jatnb. KatherifieM fe- "' ' cond, firft " to Henry L. Herbert, eldeft fon to the . E. of ^0mbjObC,and next (for (he was divorc't ») "^oSbj to£^.5(f/»7o«)' E.of?^CrtfOjO:The ■^.y'xz.Mary^x.oj R. Brok< MartinKeys Sergeant-porter toQ.S'lt^. ) upon the death of King Edward 6. he was allured , through y Stow'* the ambition of the faid D. of ^Op^jXttfibt ( whofe '*""• aimc • Trin.X.1 B. t. Rot. J4. i ff^AI^ICHJHI'S.E ILL'USTRATED. 7? aime wasnolefsthan to have the whole fway of the Kingdom) to countenance the proclaiming of his daughter, the Lady Jane, to be Qjicen, pretending the defignation oiK. Edw. by his will. Which at- tempt not thriving , j^O}t||tnnb$rtanD , with fome others loll their heads : Howbeit , the D. of ^aff. though favoured , as not deemed lb fpeciall an in- ftrument therein as the other, could not reft quiet , it fcemes : for K. finding that Q; Marj/hiid a pur- pole to match wich Th/lip , fon to the Emperour Charles the 5. he came into this County and iLCf - CeSerlb* and let out Proclamations to inccnfe the people againft it : wliereupon the E. of ^untftlg- lon was lent * witha power into thefe parts to pre- vent all danger ; which occafioned him , feeing he wasforfaken, to put himfelf under the truft of one Underwood (as 'tis faid) a keeper of his Park here at 0tttep, who hid him fome few days in a large hol- low Tree there , (landing about two bow-flaoot Southwertwards from the Church : but , being pro- mifed a reward , betray'd him ; fo that ic was not long ere he loll his head on Tower-hill. tihet which, the Lady Frances, his widow.mar- rycd to one Adri.t>i Stokes El'q. who, holding this Lordftiip, *spartofher dowric, much defac't the Church before-fpccified, as not onely by tradition of the Inhabitants.but a Prelentment * upon oath in I. Elix,. may appear ; which manifcfteth, that he caufed the tall and coftly fp.re made of timber , "Archer, together with the bittlemcnts , all covered with lead, to be pull'd down, being a land-mark fo emi- nent in this part of the wood-land, where the ways are not eafy to hit , that it wis called the Haitt^O}!! Ot 0rOen. As air-) the two filr lies , and a goodly building, called^. 3nne0 C^appeU , adjoyning, the roofs of which were likewife leaded. By rea- Ibn of which facrilegious aftion , the fteeple , ftan- ding in the midll , took wee , and decayed, fo that, about the yearc \6oo, it fell down to the ground , and with it a great part of the Church, RicCham- herUiHE[c{. being then Lord of this mannour, by she grant of Q. Mttry to £dw. Chamber Wm hjs Fa- ther ( of the family of Chamberlam of ^^rbtirn in £>)k(0}01b.) who, with fome contribution from the Country, did \ about the year 1607, begin the building of the Tower again ; but , in Head there- of , cook totaUy away all the well part of the Church , with the North and South crofs lies, ma- king that which was the Quire the body of the Church , but pulled down the orher beautiful! Chappells on theNorth & Squih-fide of theQ,uire, letting up that which Hood on the North-fide at theEaftend for a Chanc'ell, wherein were the mo- numents oiEdw.CjreyVxk. Vijlezndt. his 2, wives: And in that on the South fide of Thomas Grey Marq. Dorset and his Lady , with their (latues in Alaballer excellently cut ; and in the vault under- neath the fame their bodyes; that of the Marquefs embalmed and wrapt in cerecloth many double in a coffin of lead ; which , through the vain curiofity of fome being opened, his corps was found asintire, snd free from any feemlng corruption, as if he had been but newly dead. At the pulling down , and tranfliting of which Chappell , it was refolved that the monuments ftiould be let up againe in the Church , the faid corps with the Coffin of lead being accordingly re- moved thither : howbeit, this good intention after- wards cooled, and the ftatucs of the Marquefs and his Lady were caft into the Beifrey , that of the woman having a Coronet on her head ; and thofe of the other thrown into an old ouc-houfe amongft lime and rubbidi ; all which I my felf have feen. But, as to the fuccelfibn of thisLordlliip, it is now come to Richard (^hamherleyn E,q. fon and heirc to Rich, Chamberlein Wq. Regifterofthe Court of Wards , by conveiancc from Richard Chamber leinzfoxeti'id (father of Jane , wife to the Regifter of the Court of Wards ) and Edw. ^ham- berlein , grandlbn and right heire to the faid '^■- chard. Which £^)v<»r^ lately dyed without iflue. /»>^».l29I.(i9.E.il)thcRe£lory was valued at x.mirksrbur in 25. H. 8. the yearly revenues of theColIcgiat Church wcreccrtified at xlvi.l.viii.d. AlUey In. tn.e .wxnuiow^ ana, rQotp^ of ine Ch.uTCD.j II \/ 12. X/ IT in.1tu! Vmdow ofite Cnaoell otimc^outn fide mc ^lare, I Clare E.af Olouc: c). Hd^-coicrt -<. T>- Altajiy £, oif If. ^'vay of Ruihiu ArunoeU. 13 Cunloti of fbllkill ] -^ Clitiioxi £. of i^-iiiietott^jpcotc Huiduigtoti ! \'mfravTJr t> Vffom i?flclw»i-aC'>raj- » ^ebe is\ VicoimJ i ifle ? -E-uirell ^6 THE ANTIQJJITIES OF Pacroni Ecckfis. Incumbentcs. '^f^'S' Edith* qmndam ux, Steph. de «/ifiley CUrk. j^^^ ft^«r. 1 8. ArunJ.f. I Nov. 1347. Joh. de Plumpti Apr. 1383. Joh, MilnerCap.^,Martii, I414. Kmifr./ Pacroni Dccaaatus. Decani. 40.fr. * tf^iU. Ernald Pbn 6. NoH. TbfAth 1 ^'"'^"•134*. ,7^'*' (7^//r. *<^ Sutto,; Cap. 3- U '^./.4^-»- I Off. 1347. tb.f.sij. ^, ";::., I Afa.ii^^%:\::.. ^"' leymtles. Kal.Nov. ii^g, Streu.f. 1, I 7«^. ^ ^ar^. Pbr, 5. M *• AVf. I 35 J. tb.f.U.b, a. [ Ih.f.i^.a. JJamtHUsmH. Ib.f.pi.t, filey miles Afund, fi \€Rop.Gajnshurg. 11 ■{ 1387. \£dm.w:olfPhr, 8. tjoh. Ht'- "'- I 1401. 'S.deA-jJoh. IVh ^ I4IO. Patroni Dccanatus Hufo dt Bottefetld 7. Id. IPebr. 1358. 'Ksb. Page Tbr. 16. febr. \ «J83. iRob. GaynsbHrg. 1 3. Eebr, Martii. JohrHnk Phr. t. ^;r. • ot. Edm.fVolfe Cap.JanM^i 3. Joh.Maryot Cap.g.Martii. 1414. ;\r/f^. midbortult.Martii. D. ^(?|j/». ^j'i';'. D. Johanna Greyl Bdrv.grey miles, dom, Ferrers de Groby. D. Henr. Staff or dmi-\ les , & D. Cecilia ux. eJHs Marchio. niJfuDorfer. D.Tho. Grey March. Dorfet. ^Ji4Ar^ ar .March ion, 'Dorf. Decani. ffVill. Hall Cap. 21. ^;r. «'»•/"." ^mll. grepenhale 14. jittg, lb,[.%Z.aj I MP- \Rog. tVebfier Pbf. nlt,Vec. lb-[.it.b. i »435- Rog. Creek Pbr, S-'Hpv.^^'f'^i-*- Tho. Perfebrigge Cap. tj'"''^-^^' y»«/V. 1454. Bl.f.s.a. Ric. Norton legttm Dr. 16, ) Nov. 1 507. yjo.Erereton in deer et is bacc. ^^'f' J*''* - 28. Off. 1509. ^///. £«/B^/i(;f. 23. Maii.^'''i'^''' 1520. StT.&F.f %ob. Brok^Cler. 6. A/f£.*^'''* 1538. In the middft of this Church (before it was puU'd down , by rcafon of the fteeplt's ruinc , as I have obferved) was a 'air raifed monument for Thomas (]rey,x.\\t fi ft Marq. 'Dorset of his family , and his Lady , whereupon their ftatues were excellently cut : and under the fame a vault, adorned with the pictures of Bifliops , Cardinalls , and Monks , in which their bodyes lay ; but by the fall of the fteeple , before fpecified, it was totally broken anci fpoiled. In the Chappell which ftood on the Sout hfide of the Quire, ftood likewtfe two fair monuments ; the one oi Thomas the t'ccondMarq.Dor/w.and his Lady,on the heads of whofe ftatues wereCoronetsf and the other oiEdw.Grey V'lk.L'tJle 8c his Lady ; on the fides whereof were xvi. perfons , and eight of them in re'.igious habits. Both which monu- ments, at the rcmovall of the tame Chappell to the eaft end of the Quire , where it now ferveth for a Chancell, were puil'd down , and utterly defaced. In the lame Qiiire , before the faid alteration, were alio ibme other monumental! ftones of marble, with portraitures in brafs upon them, befides thofe whereof I have already taken notice j upon one of which was this Epitaph. ^f 9ai(»BomoS|paiaftrftCS( ffiUmMmn* 9ttta magnaniinnis Viome SIflUi , ufcalmitf* 47icfnnIiaeo;i((fnftbirs'e_ Cha^nells and Oliver deTurvill aiilwcred for half a Krs. fee here , which they held oi the heirs of Hafini^s. And yet I find, that in « 28 E. i. W.//. de CharyirUs wrote himfelf 'Dcmihw de 315W tSOjt^ • ar d in 9 E. 2. tfenry de Chjrnels (Ins fa- • Cher) is folciy certified* to be Lord thereof. Wan- cino therefore Lch light as might guide me in the fuifdifcovery of the luccefTive Lords thereof, I have added io much of the defcent of both thele families , *'^- Turvill and (^harnells , as I havi- found by Record to have had relation thereunto. . Wil'.de Turvill, lo H. » & x Job.f iClaiif.ii. if. j.w,8, k unit. f. Simon dc Tu'^ vill, 10 H ■?■! I I Will de Turv ill, n H. 3-1 i k '. ' Maglfter Philippus de Rob. de Turvile , TUfvilhredor cccl.de XjE. I." Bcdwortbj »8 E. 1. OlLverusdcTtttvlle, 10 £.3. m n Will, de Charnelsj-Bcatrlx, rcllSa, 54 H. Z- Will, de Cliarnels, J^H. 3.| Nicb. dc Charnels, miles, Dom. dc Bilton, »8 E. I. I 9 WiUdc Charnels, Dora. de Bcdworth, z8 £. i. miles ji E. i.| I Henr. de Charnels, D. de Bcdworth, 9 E. 2.| 1 ~r Will, de Charnels , dc Bcd w. miles, 13, E. 3. 1 \^jjX I / loh.Charnehj-cIiz.TC- de Bedworth, lift* , ■ Ex autog. penes D.&- Cap, Liih. fEfc. 6K, ^,n,l^o. Of thele, "John Charnels was the laft (for ought I have feen) that had it ; but of that family fo polVeft thereof, or of the Tnrviles, have I not feen any thing very memorable, other than the founding cf a Chantry • in this Church , at the Altar of our t Vat. 6 E. blcfledLady, by Thi/ip de Turvi/e , the Parlon 3.p. i. m. here prefcnted in 28 E. i. as his Inftitution ma- **• nifefteth. Which was performed in 6 E. 3. and endowed with a good proportion of land , fome lying in <0alt(&ab, but the greateft pare in JIBeD- UiO}t^, the ordination " thereof being made by Rog. Nonhbitrgh B. of ■*. to •• Clement F*Jhtr Efq; and his heirs , d Pat. 44. together ^Hf^^S' jfrA^JFLCKSHI%E ILL U S T RATE D. 7p tooethcr with the mines of Coal , and advoufon of the ReAory. But touching the fucce'flion of the other Mannours, lying within the precinfts of this Parifh , I can lay little , and therefore fhall pafs them by. The Church (dedicated to S. .......) in the ffyd.MS year 1291.(19 E. i.) was valued/at viii marks ; but iui 26 H.8. a: x/. iii J. x^. over and above ix s, vi d. allowed for Trocfirattofis and Synodals. Smercote magrfa; inScac. g MS pe- ties S. A. tq. aur. f.ii.b. Patroni Ecdefiae. Incumbentcs. t.a. mil. de Charttels , dom. de Bedveorth. lb.f,iS-a, Henr. deCharnels. Vonhb.f. Ib.f. jo.ir. Strm, f. If. b. Ib.f. I7.it. Ib.b. tb.f.19.'' WiU.piarnels. mll.Cburmls, miles. MargaretaCharnels,! Surgh. f. 8.tf. Heyw.f. 6. a. Jofj. (^harnels, domi- cellus. t»x»l. f. B!,f.9.b. Stf. & P. /.18.&. Sampf.f. 40. b. Bcmhua bund. F. Sampf, & M^Z''- '^^'^' ^ Turvill, 1300. "^oh. Toward, ^Xph.JmIH, 1309-. Hft£jeStok£,Diitc. 47^w. fumi, t33t. Joh..de GrenebHrgh , Tbr. 6 Kal. Sept. i 349. Henr.Hud,Pbr. 7 Id.Fehr. 1365. Will, de Afhton, Phr. 'Hon. ,. Maii,i36S. domih» de Btdrvorrhr "Ric. fValtham, ^ Id. Mail, 1369. Joh. le Hny , Id. Jtinii , 1370- Joh. Lavender, Phr. 1 1 OB:. 1397- Joh. Othehtill, Ph. 7 Sept. 1400. Tho. Belgrave, Phr. 8 Off. 1431. mil. Bele, Ph. 14 Ja^. 1438. jRog. mbfler , 5 l^nvemb. 1445. %og.Creke, Phr, 1 Julii, ,. . 1458. P. uirth.Tlantagi' fiet, jure Eliz,.ux. D. Sampjon jVebbe , ^ap. fus, Vtcecomitijfa %Jtinii, 1520. de L'/Jle. D. Rob. Cowper, ^ap. 16. 1*2?. Sdw. Bromley, Cap. 11. Sept. 1543. l^c. Palmer, Cler. 20 Apr. 1569. I.ic. Erifco, Cler. 35 Mait, 1 5^5^. h Domef^ day lib. i lb. Dom. Mar gar eta de ^flley. Ib.f. J7.«. 1). Regtn. Grey. Ib.f. 43.«. T>. fohtoiiia Grey. jy.Eliz,. dominaFer rers deCjroby. Henr, (^archio Dorfet. mm. Sanders, gen D. Regitia, THis . hath been of long time a ..depopulated ■ place, lying, for the mort part, if not all, in IBcDtbOjt^ parirti. and in the Conq. Survey* is joyn'd wich &oale (now called ^onlC-eJlO in ^ffleg' parifh ) the E. of qjcUent then pofTiiru.g chem both, which are certified to contain cne hyde, having woods of a mile in length , and half as much in brcdth. In that Record* they are written &me«COtC and feOlrtcge, and valued at 5/. ha- ving. been the free- hold of one Sexi in Edw. the Conf. daycs. After wl.ich, till H. 3. time , have not I leen any more thereof; but then did Roger _de, Craft briiigan Aflize 'i agajnft Tr///. ^^ Chtr- J^p^. yy. w///and others tbr.cornmon of parture and certain W. j. in lands lying hcre,and in JIBcUtDOjtb. And in i 3 E.i,. '^"'''f'- r^dl.k Boteler oi W^tmHan had a gpnt ' of / ^.trf. ij. i^rce-toarrcn in all his dcmelh lands lying m4iuig- ON the Eaft-fide of this Brook lyeth teatnfef- burpinthe Parifh of ^oiD; which antient- ly belonging to the Priory of COt)Wf«, had the reputation • of a Mannour , the rent or fcrm oKeg. de whereof, in 26 H. 8, was certified f tobeC/. coventre , Upon thediflfolution of which Monaftery, it was* ^' '^•''' in 34 H. 8. granted 9 out of the Crown, by F^^^ P'"'^ the name of the Mannour , Meffuaae and Perm ^* ^'"^V* of!^atDb3barp, and i^atobsfanrp-gro'tjc , to the [Yb''^' ' Mayor, Bayliffs, and CommonaUy of the City of . p^f ,.; COtienfre, and their fuccelfours, who are ftill H.8.V5. owners thereof. ^nfiy. IN the furtheft nook of CofteilfrC liberties , l^rth-eaftwards, ftands ^nffp ; which before the Norman invafion, being part of the podeflions thitGodeva^ wife to Earl Leofrike, had, was after the Conqueft, in the K. poflelTion, and let 'out to '' Domet fcrmar the time of ihe general Survey unto one ^^'*^* Nicholas J So THE ANTIQUITIES GF •lild. J^icholoi ; but the number of hydes which it then particularly contained , cannot be known , in re- gard 5f Olk(b(U and it are there joyned together , v/hich were then certified to be ix hydes, and va- lued at xii /.In that Record f it is written 0nell(e. which d'ffers nothing in efteft from the prelen. name : but the original thereof was f^eanltfge , (as I think) which, for eafinels of pronunciation, 5s thus turn'd to 0nftie : for being fo, it is fignifi- cant as to the fituaticn , \itm in the Saxon hi^h , and ffige a fath-way. That thefe lands which belong'd to the faid eCUuf.n, Countefs, came afterwards to the Earls of Ct)0(ter , I (hall in COtientrS declare at large : but the firft particular perlon that I find poffclt thereof ( and by grant without doubt frotn one of thofc Earis) was Roger * de Burchervill , ox Bufchtrvill , in 30 H. 2. it being then held" by himforhaJfa Kts. fee. This Rog. de Bufchervill gave "'ibme lands lying here, to the Monks of CombC: fo alfo x did one Herry de BtifcherviU; by a daughter and heir of which family it divolved toIreys,zs the dcfcent here inferred doch (hew, Thomas le Ireys in 27 H, 3. being certified' to hold it by half a Kts. fee. Rog. de Culy, Henr. le-Oliva Mandevillj Guliel. Prior I6E. ».. Ircys. J de Hib. de Coventrc. I ~1 11io.dc Culy, Joh.de Culy ,-Thomafina filift Hugo de Culy de-Matilda, ob. 8R. ».| mil.ii E. jl 8:co-hxrcs. tunftusi i E.J.) a h Tho. FItz-Lucian, Baro dc Donnore-Agries de BofchervUljD.de Aiifty in Uhonia, infra reg. Hib. ! '^ <^ Calf. Iclreysj. Johanna dc miles. I Charnels. I y i ;^ \ i Galfr. canon. Ric. Reftor eccl. de Kenilworth. de Draneftonin Com. Clouc. ■ Thomas , D.- tertiat parcis dc Paklnton parva, lnOel , then newly de- eafed , as part of the inheritance belonging to \{ayel\\\s mother, one of the fifters and co-heirs o Ramlph E. of CftCffer , as in COtJCntW is hew'd. This Thomas le Ireys was made * the K. Ef- chaetor in OTartoUfeft. 26 /««» , 57^. 5- and had ifliie Geffrey ; who , being a Knight* , bore for his Arms* Jf-t«r'e! S, i tSh. eq. Taiir. f, ■ 18. j^etnlaitD-parb : andinif//*, paft » it to Ste^h. Hales (ion of Tho.Hales,{ome. time an Alderman of Cantcrburp, but of the an- tient family of H/i/fj of i^le0-placeinfienf , as their defcent ftieweth.) Which Stephen dyed " fei- zed thereof 27 Martii, 16 Eli z,. leaving Charles his fon and heir then of full age , for his eminent knowledge m the Laws , afterwards made one of the K. Councel at |9ojb ; from whom is defcended Stephen Hales (his great Grandchild) the prefent owner thereof, a». 1640. Following the ftream of &0tO , I come next to ifoIkelllQlI; which in the Conq. Survey • is o5Domef joyn'd with SlnltfC ( as I have already fliew'd ) Pl^aylib. and certified to be part of the lands that the Coun- tefs C7<;^fi/^ held ; in which Record fit is writ- ten ifOCfjcftoellej but the next mention I find thereof is in that Charter 9 of Ranulph E, of qcan.izl Cljettcr ( m K. Steph.iimt ) where he acknow- ^- ^- "■ ^• ledges (inter alia) the Chappel of JfolfeeOluU to ''^'•''"^f'''' belong to the Monks cf CotJCnfrc, in rightof their Conventual Church , whereof it was originally a member , and thereupon reftored to them. After which, have not I met with any thing of it worth obfervacion till H. 5. time, that Rog. Montalt and Cecilie his wife , in that notable grant 'by them *''^' made, of the whole Mannour of Cotsntre to the before fpecified Monks , amongft the fervices of lundry perfons excepted out of the faid gift, do in particular referve the homage and fcrvice of ntaiis deFolke{h(il/, mil. le Botiller, znd James de An- delegh in iFolbeflaaU. Which Cecilie was one of the fifters and co-heirs to Httgh de Albany E. of jSraimel, fon of Mabel one of the fifters and heirs of Rannlph BlondeviWE, of CfjCttCt, as in Cot^Cil- ftC fhall be manifeftcd. But the particular extent of what each of thofe perfons held here of the faid Roger indCecilie , can I not cxaftly point out: howbeit, in that part which Will, le Botiler held, he had iFrCe-toarrctt /granted to him and his heirs fdrt. i j; in I jB. I. £.!.». 8. Neither do I know how the family o£ Boys czmt "^^'^f'- to have anintereft here; but that they had , may feem by the entail ' which mil. de Boys made of it, t T. levat. with divers other Mannours , upon jVill. la Zotich xv. Mwh. and (JMaudh:\s wife, and the heirs of their two ** ** ^* bodyes, in 21 E. I. which Mand was heir gene- ral to^ the faid m. de Boys , as in WiZHtM I have fliew'd. And yet I find , that MUicent de Mon~ tab (one of the daughters and co-heirs to George de Cantilupe , and wife of Eudo la Zouch ) dyed -fcized of this Hamlet ( for fo the Inquif. calls itj uEfcz-r;, in 27 E. I . leaving mill, her fon and heir , then £. i. n. {9. '^2 years of age; which, by that Record, was then certified to be held of ^0^. de Montalt by the ferviceof XX. id.perann. Sothat by both thefe authorities it appears , that Zouch had it; and I think there is no doubt to be made , but that his title grew by the fame U^md : for , befides the above recited entail, the Charter » of Jf ree-toarretl '* ^''*''« 7l here granted in 7 E. 2. to the (zxdwdl. is alio ^•»'''-»7' joyntly to her , and that together with the other Mannours of her inheritance. But it fcems the Monks of Cot)$nfre had a large in 18E.4. and fo likewife thegreateft part of H.7. ^ reign : and after h\m'^ Rob. Stoke Efq; (fon and heir of The. Stoke) in 14 H. 8. from whom it de- fcended to • mill. Stoke, temp. £. 6. But the next andlart mention that I find of it, is, thitVnil. L mUwihbj 8z THE ANTIQJIITIES OF t Kot. Ki Moli ni , W 4. d Reg. Pr. de Cov.f, iMSftnis S. A. eq. fyilloHjrhliy Efq; dyed * feized thereof 30 Eliz,. leaving Cjilhert his fon and heir 27 years of age : from whom it came , about the beginning of King James his reign, to one Tho, Cotton de Com. Midd. Efq; and from him by mean conveyance to i?«c. Uofkt»s Efq; the preient ov»ner thereof. As for that which the Monks of Cotentre had here, ic was after the diffolution of that Monaflery granted out of the Crown by parcels , and at fc- veral times to fundry perfons , whereof 'tis not worth while to make recital. The Chappcl appropriate * to the Pr.of CotWItre by R. MoUnd B. of Cot). and iLfc^ in 44 H. 3. had *■ antiently a Cuiat removable at the will of the Prior, unto whom bclong'd for his Salary, the fmall tithes and oblations, with the tithe of fagots and hay, and all dead mortuaries, it being then re- puted for a member of St. Mich. Church in C»- tsnfrt. But in 26 H. 8. the Scipcndary ferving therein, had • cnely fo much of the fmall tithes as were rated at C j. jcr onnHin. Henley, that time I have not fccn a word more in Record of this place. fijt tuttg. ftnes Car. Jmythjf^, gI.xKfg. Pr.de OiV, 94. M. & X18. e. 'THis is it\ thcparifii of ifolkftnll , and had its name , at mft , from the rifing ground near which It flood, l^an in our old Engliffi fignifying high : but of what extent it was anciently , can J fay but little ; for now there is no more left of ic than the Mi;l; which, being ftiil called f^eolCP • mill, preicrveth the memorial of its name , oihcr- wile there would be no badge thereof. The firft mention I find of it, is in 34^- 3- where Sir Rob, (jre/ley Kt. and Eleu his viife , granted-^ it bv the name of the Mannour of f^en- kp "w.vr^ COtentrc , which then extended nno ^OlkibtAl, fMzfttm, and &0IO , unto Sir Baldwin Frevilly Kt. and Dame Ida his wife , and to the heirs of the faid Sir i-^Ww. wh'ch Sir ^. had other MannouTsand lands of good value near at hand ; and therefore, perhaps , thisfal'ing oui to be de- populated , was afterwards involv'd with fomeof them ; for 1 find not when or how it ever paft by particular name our of the line ofF-cviil. But the Monks of Cotenfre had s fomethmg here; of which , being of no great moment, I Ihall omit further to fpcak. Tackley, blb.f.77.* ON the North-eaft fide of this brook is JCacft- iBp.a place long fince depopulated ; fo that there is nor at this time any memory thereof by the vulgar , other ciian cerrain grounds called ^f^arblep in the parilh of JFolbfl&nll. But the firft and chief mention that I find • l-.crtof, is in that grant* made by Ro^Je Momah & Cecily his wife, to the Monks of Coteittre, of 'he whole Mannour of C0I9. in H. 3. time; in which, amongft certain exceptions there made, he referves to himfelf and his beirs the homage and fervices of John U Pover and t/4lex.Deyyil, in SCachcle. Now , as to the extent of thefc fervices , they were, it fcems, for a whole Kts. fee ; for xio lefs doth the Inq. taken 5 E. I. after the death oi Rob. de Montalt teftifie; and that Urian de S. Pere then held the one half thereof, and fVHi. D'Umvill the other : but after A Little below lyes OTpkftti antiently written Witlie, and WfcfeC? , fignifying in our old Englifh, the reach or bent of a rtvevt and therefore very applicable to this place : but in the Conq. Survey there is no mention of it ; whence I con- clude , that it was then involv'd with Cot>^(6i or 5Folb(&QU: for it is evident enough, that the E. of C^Cflec cnjoy'd it with the reft of thofe lands that bclong'd to the Countefs (jodeva, E, Ranulpb ( the firft ) reftoring • to the Monks of Cot). the j ll/.f.jSjt. Chappel here, as their right , being a member of their Conventual Church. Whether Walter Briton , who lived in H. t. time, was enfeofft hereof by one of thofc Earls , I am not fure: but I find, thti Mice his widow, for the health of the foul of the faid fValttr, as alfo of her father and mother, and of her own foul, gave < to the Monks of COnibC the Mill of this Village, k ^t0- ** ftanding towards feotD, with ameff. lying near the cumbd,f, lame ; which grant was confirm'd by James le *•*• "" Bret, her fon. Yet was it not long that the Monks retain'd this Mill ; for Steph. de Segmve ( thca Lord of CaUtDon) had a grant 'thereof from them //&>. to himfelf and his heirs, in confidcration of a pound weight of white Incenfc to be yearly paid to the Monaftery of COtttbe , at Eafter. But the firft whom I certainly find to be poffeft of this Man- nour, was Wdter de Langlej ; unto which IValter with v/lUce his wife, K. H . 3 . in 4 1 of his reign, granted a Charter ■• of iftTS-tDatfeil here : the homage and lervicc of which**', for his lands here in ISI^bfn, did Rog.de Montalt and Ceciljy his wife reierve " to them and] their heirs, when they paft » f*''' away the Mannour of COtJCtttrS to the Monks : ^* '• * which fcrvice was the 8 part of a Kts. fee , as by " "^ " * fundry Records • appearcth. This Walter, in -jE. i. held/ r. carucat of land and a Water-mill here, in demeln, and then alfo had 18. fervants holding 5 yardland and t acres at will, performing divers fervilc labours for the fame ; and likcwife Aflize of Bread and Beer in this place. At that time had* alfo Nich. de Se. grave i car. of land and a Water-mill in demcrn, ham><^f. here, with 2 crofts, which certain Freeholders held. •'• ^ • *' , But the Mannour continued in the family of ''''' ' Litngley, as long as the Mile line laftcd ; viz,, till £. 3. time (as Ilhall demonftrate when I come t'|9(nl0p, their principall feat) and then, "vix,. in 40 £.3. Sir Jehn Trillow (the younger) Kt. mdjoan his wife. Daughter' and heir of Geffrey rPdt.^7. de Langlty, granted/ it to Sir Baldw. FrevillK:. E. j.p.t. and his Heirs : to whom alfo, for better confirma- **• ** tion of his title. Sir Peter Carefwelt Kt. Son and ^^- '^Jj;^ Heir to Sir Wr//. Carefwell, by hjs deed * bearing ^^ ^ j the fame - ■ ■ BtCdrt.4x, It. p iHq. ftr H. Noting- hjs deed date the Munday next after the Nativ, Lord, 45 £. 3. releas't all his right in the lame; E.j.lndor: which, ic fcems was an eftate for life, and pofli- /■»j».x8, bility of the inheritance : For I find, that in 4 £. 3. fVill. Care fwe I znd Mary his wife. Mother to j the laft G. de Langley, procured Tho. de Langlty 1 aPrieft (who was Heir Male of the family) to _ . „' levy a Fine • of this and other Mannours, whereby *^; „^' they were fetled on the faid fVill. and Mary for UvMt.xv. their lives, the remaindw: to Cefrey she Son of p,4. £.|, Ceffrtf 1 lf^A^JVlCKSHI%E ILLUSTRATED. 83 wErc 8. H.5.W.79. * Ex au- tog. penis loh. Fer- rers ar, yZfc.S.H, 7- * ■ tog, venes i R. Green :} Gtn. ' i Tr.de Cov, \. f.7yi>' i l\ bKoc.R. Geffrey de Langley and che Heirs of his Body ; and for want of fuch iffue to the right Heirs of the faid W. de Carejwell : And that upon the death ciBal'dwjn, SlBlh and Heir to the before ipecified Sir B. his 5. Sifters became * his Heirs (as in SCamtoOJtft I fhall fliew) whereupon this Man- nourdlvolved to ^ Margaret, the fecond of thofe coheirs, firft marryed to Sir Hugh mUoughby Kt. and afterwards to Sir Ric Bingham one of the Jartices of the Common Pleas : which Marg. dyed feifcd 7 thereof 8. Jan. 8 H. 7. lea- ving her Grand-child Sir He»ry yVtllcughby Kr. Son of ^0^. Son of her the laid Marg. and Sir Hugh, her Cofen and next Heir then 30. years of age ; From whom defcended Sir Francis }Vil' lougioby late of Ji^fODlefOn Kt. who, by his deed ^bearing date 24. Aiaii 38. £//2i.foldit to Ric. gree». Father of %lcharcl the prefent owner thereof . of (Cot), and §LfC&.i. O' 11 Caludon, F this place there is no mention in tlie Conq. Survey ; nor in any other Record of a long time after, that I could ever yet fee; never- thelefs the name is much more antient, being made up of a BrittifhandSaxon word (as I gueis) the firft part r/x.. CsUoQ iignifying Mofs, and the later ^tOXt or SDOn, an afcending ground, in ref- peftthatthefurfaceof the hill, near which it is featcd, is ofamoffy condition. That it was originally a Member of Cot)0ntr0 and involved therewith, as alfo pofleft by the E. of C^flcr, need not to be doubted ; forafmuch c Ah fx- as 'tis apparent, * that ^4»«/pA, the laft.gave it to tmpl.vec.^ Stephen de Segnive 3.ndK\sHeks, to hold by the H Fe^'lrs ^"^''«of a fore-Sparhauk, yearly : And that Rog. ar. de Montalt znACectly his wife, when they paft A F. tevM, * ^^^cheir right in COtJCnfre to the Monks, made SSeptim. P^rticularexceptionof the homage and fervice of M.j^.H. Qilb. de Segravezndi\\s Hews for what he held '• of them here. In the; family of which Segrave it continued whUll the Male line lafted ; and af- terwards came to Moubray by Marriage of the Heir Female j^and by the like means to Berkley. • -Butbecaufe thefe great perfons (for the moft of them were Barons of ihisKealm, and the reft of a fuperior rank) had not here their principall rc- ■ . ,.:fidence, I fhill balk the ftory of them, further then whatimmediatly concerns this place. Of the before fpecified Gilb. de Segrave I find, that he bore ' for his Armes three garbs with a label of five point s i^perhj^sin refpeft of the re- lation he had to the E. of Cl^elleC in the tenure of this Lordfhip. And that Nich. (his Son) as Lord of this place,in j E.i. was certified-^ to hold here 2. car. ot land, a Park containing 20. Acrcs> a Pool called JT^ranc^Cftap and 2. Water mills ; having onely one Fieeholder called John de la Hay, who held 3. Acres of land for 3. s. Rent, Homage and Suit of Court. After which, viz,. in 2 7£. 1. he obcain'd a Char:erX of JfrCC-iDat- ren in all his demefn lands here. To whom fuc- ceded. John de Sea>'ave his Son and Heir : who in 53 £.1. had Licenfe * to fortify his Houle, here, with a Moat, and to wall and embattle it with Lime and Stone ; and fo firengthned to hold it to himfelf and his Heirs. After which time, 'tis ve- ry like, that he and his defcendants, whilft the Male line lafted, made it fometimcs their feat : for it is evident,' that in 13 £. ^.John his Grand- "lac- e tx au- tog, penis Edw. Ra- leigh f^. aiir, f Inq. per H. Note. g an. 10 B.i.n.17. hPat.Si. £.i.».i,w, 18. " child had fummons,amongft the reft of our tofcbfl^. Kts. to be in readinefs, fufficiently fur- nifht with Horfe and Armes, on the Feaft day of St. Laurence to attend the K. into ^XWUtt- Which laft mentioned John leaving iflue f'/i.&.his Daugh- terand Heir, wedded to John de Moubray of %\- I^Olme in itftUOlnld. (a great Baron) this Lord- ftiip, inter alia, divolv'd to that Family. Hence it was, that Tho. 'Moubray D. of j^Ojff. (£bn to the faid John and £//.t..) being accufed ^ by theD. of l^ercfOjO for certain words fpoken in diflionour of the K. ('2<^-20 having challenged the faid D. to a Duell, appointed at CoteiltCe upon (0O0fO}O.green, where lifts accordingly were fet up,went ' upon the day affigned.on a Horfe bardcd with Crimlon Velvet, embroydered with Lions of Silver and Mulbery-trces : the iffue of which bu- finefs is fufficiently known to all that are but in- differently acquainted with our Englifli Hiftory. But after three defcents more,was this Lordfhip by Female iffue, transferred, as it fcems,to John How- ard D. of j^Ojff. Son and Heir to Sir %ob. How- ard Kt. by m^argaret one of the daughters to the before fpecified TTjo. Moubray : For by certain Depofitions ■» it appeareth, that K. H, 7. imme- diatly after llBoftoOjill-field, where the faid John, fighting on K. 1^ 3. part was flain, gave it un- to Sir Gilb. Talbot Kc. his near fervant, who came in pcrfon to take poffeffion thereof: But it was not long that Howard had it ; for by a Fine levied "in 10 H. 7. did Maurice Berkley, Son to Sii James Berkjey Kz.znd J fabe I the other Daughter to the before fpecified T/jo. ^o«^rr.6.Cal. ! Feh. 1 3 34- I mil. de IValys Tbr. 4. Non. Apr- IH. H.j.m.i.. pbitn.j. de stonlef. OF this there is no particular mention in the Conq. Survey, It being there involved with Cotcntre.whereof it was then a Member ;and of the Parifli, as appears by that Licence,* which ;?. ^//«f«7» B. of Cot. temp. H. i. granted for building of the Chappell here, at the requeft of Jia^. E. of CljCfter, in the behalf of poor people, (as was alio then allow'd to the inhabitants of ;anttp and others whereof I have already I'poke) with refervation of Sepulture to the Mother Church. As for the name, I fuppofe it proceeded fromfome antient poflefl'or thereof in the Saxons time ; which probably might be Mfi i for that was an'appellation then in ufe. When it came firft to the family of Uafti>7gs, orhow, Icannot pofiuvely fay; yet confident I am, that it was before the Marriage of Hem-y de Haflirjgs with e^^<« Daughter to David E, of tennt by Maud the eldeit Sifter, and one of the Coheirs to Rm. the laft E. of Cljcffer of that name jbecaufelfind it not afTigned to the fard ^kf^/Jamongftthe lands and fees, in partition allotted CO her : But the firft mention thereof that Ibave metwithin Record, is after the death of IhtiixdH.de Hufiings/m 34 £. 3. it being then > m the K. bands by reafon ofthe minority of bis Heir, and held of the Crown ; as in right of the Ear'dom of CljCtter ; which the K. in 23. of his ki^n had taken into his own hands, giving fatif- faaion for the fame to the S-fters and Heirs of iJrfw/pA', the JaftE. of that name. In which 34. year I find, /that one Ravh de Jerdile a Heremite, had an annuity of three Quarters of Wheat al- low'd him by the K, out of this Mannour (wbere- 6f he had the cuftody for the reafon above ex- preft:) which yearly allowance the faid Heremit had ufed to receive out of the Mannour of ^CtfielC iniplOltljamptonfi).) belonging to the fame Henry. The next year following did the faid H.fnhroc h'ts Park.hcre.having obtained 24. Acres oflMett- tBOOO-w'aft from Oshert then Abbot of &tOnclE? to thatpurpofe. And from bim it dcfcended to Je/;;^, his Grand-child (as the Pedegrec in iFilletlglC? manifeftcth) who in 7 f". 1 . was certified " to hold it of Rog. de Somery ^Husband oi Nichola one of the Sifters and Coheirs of Hugl^ jllbany E. « M- i" \ ot jarimBCU, fon of mil. de Albany, and CMa- "f.^.io.V hel his Witc one of the Sifters and Coheirs ^j.^' ' to Ran. E. of Cbettcr before fpecified) by the fer- vice of one Kt. Fee; which lohn had then s6. fer- vants here, holding xx. yard land and a half, at will, paying certain Rents, and performing fc- verall lervicesin time ofHarveft : Asalfo22.Cot- lagers holding l"o many Cottages, at will likewifc, paying certain fmall Rents, and performing the like fcrviccs ; with xi. Freeholders occupying 6. yard land and a halt and 17, acres, tor leverall Rents, and I'uit to his three weeks Court: And moreover 40, acres of out-wood, with an antient Park containing 30. acres; whereof 12. were par- cel) ofthe Mannour of fe'toilClcp, but by what au- thority inclofed within iliat Park not then known: And laftly $Xtt\amtn and Weyfs within hjs liberties here, as alio COOrt-lCCt, Gallows, Aftize of Bread and Beer, for a pSifrcy, yearly, payable to the King. All which libcrties,with cer- tain other Piivilcdges did he claim * within this Mannour by Prcicnptionin 13 f.i.allcdging that himl'elf and his anceftors had cnjoy'd them time out of mind. From whom defcended lohn de Hafiings E. of |Pcnb}06c (his great Grand-child, as the Pede- gree iniftllonglepflieweih) which Earl entayling a; his lands, as there appeareth Cand his iflucMale extinguiflit) this Mannour {inter alia) came, by force thereof to Sir H^ill. Beanchamp Kt. fecond Son to Tkomat Beauchamp E. of WarVokft ; which H'ill. being afterwards fummoned to Pari* as Lord 3iBergat)ennp, had ilTue Richard, whofe Daughter and Heir Eliz,. brought this Lordftiip unto the family of Nevill (as in ^ffUonglep is al- io more fully fbew'd: ) In which line it continu- ed till Sir Henry Nevill, ktc Lord JBcrgatcntlg fold ir, in our time to Sir Henry Compton Kc. ot the Bath, now /?. 1^40. owner thereof. Upon the brow of an hill, in the Park here at 0Ucflcp, do appear fome ruins of building, which as the Inhabitants lay, were of a Caftle; but in Record I cannot find,that it was ever fo termed. That the Church was originally but a Chappell belonging to the Priory of COtJCnfrC, and the oc- cafion of its building I hare already declared. In 33 //. 3. there were? certain pcrfons delegated by yRegi^.Pr, thcB. of Cot), and 3Lfft>. who, with the confent ^cCov.f, of the Monksof Co\)0l1trc, and the then incum- **•"• bent, prcfcnted by the Lord Hafling?, did ordain that the faid Incumbent and his iiiccefl'ors fhould have of the profits belonging thereto, all obla- tions, obventions, tythes, and other emoluments; rctcrving <5.s. 8. d. yearly to the faid Church of Cot)0t1tr$ in lieu of all burialls : and excepting alio the tythes of flUeflcp-Park, and all perfonall tythes, which were ulcd amongtt the oblations to be offered upon Sundaics, in regard that the Lord HaHings(y)emf, Patron of the Church) had relea- fed tothe Church ofCOtJCtllrCall his right of com- mon in COtJaitWand COtmBnllW, and the Ham- lets adjacent ; which Ordination bears date on the day of St. Ttburce and Falerian an.U. CCXLIX. j^^J-'" (33. -W. 3") . /T\ J. aMS.pe- In/«». 1491. (19. E. I.) the Church (Dcdic. „is s.A. to t/4 II Saiftts) was valued^ at xii. marks; but eq.aur.fi in* zd.H. 8. at 17. 1. 18. s. 8. d. over and above 35V», 8.C. yearly tf ■J WAT!^ICKJHI%E ILLUSTRATED. S5 8. s. yearly allovfed for frtenrdtitns and Syno- dais. Patroni Iflcumbcntes. E^inf. C°"*' ^'"'" nub. rat tone mi- fiodU h^redss Gmfr.diStokslleCUr.11%1. &c. Henr. de Httflings. Tho . U Blound Sim.deGAynuhurghaceol.il. -.trt. miles. mil. de Clinton Co. Hnnt. D . Julian* de Haftin^s Co' mitijfa Hunt. ^om. Tenbrokj Cal.Jan. 1 1 26. 'Job. Lynie Tbr. 7. Id. (^iaii 1337. \Tho. de Blythe accol. 8. Id. Feb.i^^l. ^ Henr. Hunte Cler , ^, Id . Mart a 1357. Rob, F error. ?br. ^.Kal. Aug. 137?. D. Rex rationef^loh. Bek^n Pbr. 4. Id. Ian. DominitdeA!^ I}?^- lejler, poji mor' q^avenny. Edrv. Mevtll do- minus de Ber- gav. 1416. 'loh. Strangwijh Cltr. 2. OCi. 1438. \fV/ll. Loveles t^p. ip. -Attg. Tho. Steele Qer. 20. OEl . XS54- Phil^ Br ode in art. lunii I$6y. Bac. 17. Rob. Dixfon gen, ratione cone.H. T^evil. mil. D, de Bergav. Edm. Brode, hac vice, per cone, H. domini de Bergav. Mar gar. Senders Sam. Sanders Cler, 4, O^. vidua hac vi- IJSyo, ce • per cone . ejufdem H.'D, de Bergav. de Cov.f. c Doraef- day lib. d Cart. 41. e Rot. R, Molcnd W.4. fClanf.u. H.3.W.8. !, Inq. per H. Nor. b. ■^^ 3i. H.8.p.4. Coundon, TTHis was originally a Member of Cot)0Hfte (as I have laid; and involved* therewith in that grant of E. Leofnc. made to the Monks, upon the Foundation of the Monaftery 1 Edrv. Conf. though it be not particularly narned in his Charter. By the Conq. Survey » it appears, that the proportion belonging to the Monks in CollOOne (for lb it is there Tjritten) e.ttended to three virgats of land : as alfo that the words were three furlongs & ?o.per^ ches in lengtb.and ?. furlongs in brcadth;all being valued at xx.s.And in the fame Survey it is alfo re- cozAtlyX)ra.x.mll.^l.Qjrbucionts (of whom I am to fpeak in &trtOtep) had one virgat of land, here, at the fame time ; with woods conteining half a mile in length and four furlongs in breadth ; all which were then valued at 4.s.but there it is writtenCoil* BeltlKtfo that, in regard the name at that time is fo ▼arioufly recorded ; and altered, out of doubt, by coriupc pronunciation from what it fitft was,I fhal not trouble my i'elf to gucfs at the Etymology thereof. In 41 H.^the laid Monks of ColJentre had(;«ftfr <«/MJ_^reC-toan:en 'granted to them in all their demelh lands here. And, in 44 H.g. the tythes of this place, amonglt other of their Minnours were appropriated' to them, as belonging to Trinity Parifli (one of the Churches in that City.) In 5 ^. H. 5. I find, /that lohn Beneth^o': ^M^Vg) held the XX. part of aKts.Fee.here of Henry de Hafting-^ (Lord of j3llC(lep) which I fuppofe to be the fame that is certified by the Conq. Survey to have been in the hands of irVill. fil. Corbucionis before fpeci- fied .• the extent whereof was, inX 7 £. I. fignifi- cdto be but half a yard land and two acres, then in the hands of three Freeholders: So that the MonksofCOt)0Htt0 being owners of all the reft, had a yard land thereof in demein, and nine Free- holders, who held half a Carucat and i 2. acres, paying feverall Rents, doing '.uit of Court twice a year, and performing certain fervile work in Harveft, In this village had the faid Monks alfo a COlirt-3LC0t, gallows, with Aflife of Bread and Beer by the grant ''of K. H. 5. \% alfo* weyfs, }, jh eftreys. Felons-goods, and for Heriots the prin- cipal! veflcll ; the names ^ of what they fo held in demefn being a certain grove, named .f^OlnUf- moje, and a parcell of ground called ^jfOje^ficlO. The greateft part of which lands, together with the tythes, were, after the diffolution of the Mo- nafteries, granted 'unto Ric. Andrews ; Gent, and Leonard ^hamberlein'Eiq. but how they have paft fince, is not much materiall for nre to enquire. Coventre. Following the ftream offe^frbOTII it leads me next intoCOtJetUre, ftill a City of eminent note, yet much fhort in glory and Riches to what heretofore it hath been, as I fliall fhew anon : but for the originall of its name I can give no po- firivc reafon ; and therefore, whither the firft part thereof, wz,, Cot)0tl was occafioned by fome Co- vent of Rdigious perfons, antiently founded here, as fome think ; for there was a Monaftery of Nuns long before the Priory, as I fhall ftiortly manifeft ; or whither from this little brook, of which others conceive the true name to be CtQIS, I will not fland to argue. Sure I am, that the laft Sillable thereof ; -y;'^. JCrc is Britifh, and figni- fieth the fame that villa in Latine doth : from whence I conclude, that the firft plantation here, hath been of very great antiquity, chough when, or by whom made I cannot expefl to difcover, having fo little light of ftory to guide me through thofe elder times. And as certain is it, that a great part thereof, and probably the moft antient, ftood on the bank without IKtbop-gafg, North-weft- ward of the City; for no Itfs do the foundations of much building there difcovered, and a place yet called S. J^fCftOla»-JC(|attft-pan», teftify. But touching chit Monaftery of Nuns, all that I find "is no more but this ; wi. that in the year of Chrift lo 1 6.Can»tus K. of jaDMIttatb. and that I infamous traytor Edricus invading i^rcfS with {an Army, burnt and wafted divers towns in VMbX* itofCbfft.at which time the faid Houfe of Nuns, whereof St. Oshurg a Holy Virgin had been fome- tim: Abbefs,V»iS deftroyed.J What this Osb»rg wa» Reg. Pr. de Cov.f. m chron. ^ M .?. loh. Kous \n 4 h'M. Cot-' S6 THE ANTIQJilTIES OF r iiiguiph c. a W.Malm /.44.f'.'rf- So. > InguLf, ^o7.b. xrib.f. il&./.jio, b.n.io. cHift. M S. J0I1. Tincuiuch, ja bibl. Bodl.lib. manifli pertinacy continued to folicit him , info- much that he told hcr.if ftie would ride on Horfe- back naked from the one end of the town to the other, in the fight of all the people.he would grant her requeft. Whercunto flie returned, But mil you give me leave [0 to do ? And he replying, jes • the noble Lady, upon an appointed day got on Horfe-back naked, with her hair loofe, fo that i: covered all her Body but the Legs, and thus per- forming the journey return'd with joy to her Huf- band : who thereupon granted to the Inhabitants a Charter of freedom ; which immunity I rather conceive to have been a kind ofmanumilTicn from fome fuch fervile tenure, whereby they then held what they had under this great Earl, than onely a freedom from all manner of Toll,except Horfes,as Kfjightrnd^ifBrms: In memory whereof the pi- ifure of him and his laid Lady were fet up in a South window ol 2Crinftp>CilRCC^ in this City,a- boutK. R. 2. time, and his right hand holding a Charter with thefc words written thereon. Bl ^nricbe fo^ f^e \o\)e of fgee SDoe make Co^entre %9\-ttee. But bcfides his foundation and endowment of the Monaftery, here,at CotlClltre before fpccified, of his proper patrimony, was he a great Ben efa- iSor* to divers other Rcligious-houfes ;viz,. 1,80- ntfnffer in ^rcfojDft, Mcnlec in ^^joplb. s. n'erhtirniiiUk and IBfeft- nterdl* all which, except the two Ult, were fer- rocd of the Conq. by one N'chplas, it the time of his generall 'Snrvey. Andof thefe, Cot)entre 'Doracf- wascsrcifiedp CO contain 5.hides, there being then ^'y'*^. a Mill, and Woods extending to two miTes in f ^^• length with afmuch in breadth, all valued at xi. 1. Ltofneut Come* Leiccftriaf tempore EthelbaldiRegisMerciorum.J Aijarus primus i c " Algaius fecundusf Lcofriois fecundusj Lcofwinus Comcsj Edwinutocci- fus per Wal- lenks. Normannu* occifus cum Edrico Scre- ona. I I, i LeofricHs Comes MeTcIo.-Goditha,foror rum,fundator Abbacb( CovencrCi obiic an. 1 1 Conf. dcTboroldi vice- E.Comlcis Linc^ •EimeniUa •VlMt. I * \cor»m Algams Comes Merclorumt iR.a- obiitiofy.) ! I Algkha, X. nupta Gult- frido Regi WaU.i.Ha- raldo, (fi]. Godwin! Comitis } Regi AngI, I m Edwinus C.Merc. occiius fuorum infidiis ; w.c. I n Morkcnu Co. Nor- thumb.ob. in carcerc a W.Rufi. Lucia,! .nupta .Rmulphut cof n. \ r \ f -Matilda Hugo Comes Ceftrl* temp, le mp. W . Conq. 1 I yvoni Taiboys Comici Andef. i/)Rc^.fil.Gc. roldi cojn. Ro- J mara. deBricarard>con- fobr.Ri.Co.CeJl. poft cujus morte Comitac. Ceftr. adeptus » eft. Ricardus Co. Ceftr. obiit f. 9i I X Otwellus periit nau- fragiojcum friac. I J Robercus Abbai SigdiOt Geva uxor Galf. Gulielmus de Rolnura Comes Linc.tcmp.H.i. b I Ranulpliasjdlfitlsde Gernoniis, ComesCeftriay Ceftriat:obiic. f.p. ^ExCar- ■■■ — - tkt.domi- t> ' . ,* W>-««.Baf-5f"",'P'*''"8"' Uiftnii ^'"naevile, Co. WiU.F/f. «i * FUc. tie litnco 10, H.3.Ri/t.| in dor ft Line. d Hortm Hugo, cognom. de KcYilioc, Co.Ceftrix) Ricardus, fepultm in Prioratu de Covencre. i f Matilda, ux.Dandis Co- mitis ABguf.Gallovidix, & Huntend, cujus pro- pars iuit cocus Comita- tus Ceftria*. t I k Ada ux. Henr.de Haitingsj I li Henr, » g Mabilla ux. Will. de Albineio Co- mitis ArundelizI I Agnes ux. Will, de Ferrariisj Coniitls Deibiz. 1 / IfabeUa Ux.Rob. d«Bruil I m Matilda ob. f. p. de Haftingt f ? /fob.deBtu$ I n Margar. ux.Ala- ni de Gallo- way I . ^"^ Dervogil ux. (oh.de Balioio. I • \t loh.cogn.Jcot, Will.Co. Co, Ceftr. qui Arund. dedit proparte ob. f. p, fuam Kegi H, ?. & ob. f. p. f I « Hugo Co. Arund.obf Cp. Mabilia ux.itob. de Tat- (haU. J* Iftb. uxor Joh.fil. Aliini, 1 y Nichola ux.Kog, de^ome ry. I Chriftiana uxor Will, de Fo^» tibusComiciiAlbamarliz ^f. H.3. de Covn- tref.7f.g. ur -Pat: w* ViH. *■< Zi-m. ;- >•». \t t i HawiHa uxor Rob.dc QunCx, filii Xaeri Comitis Winton. ^1 "^ CeciUa ux.R.(]g Moot, lb. \- qM.Huni. f.iioa.n. ao. r R. Hov. lo. / J ingHif. Q JIM. uMS.Md ^S.Flor. Wigorn. pe»isAr- thiep. Ar. miuh. To the before foecificd Leofrik, fuccedad his Ion Algar ; but leaving his ftory to another work, *s not fo proper for this place, all that Khali Jr I. « ^ °^ ^"" '^' ^^*' ^^ ^** "°^ °"^W E- ' of J^^"^, after his fathers death, but likcwife of ^WCtt; »nd that, departing /" this life in <*«. io59jiehad fepulture in » the Moaaftcry here at COUentre. Norofhisiffue will it be pertinent tor me to f»y more, than that Lueia^ (at the length folc heir to her father and grand-father) i'iffi"f^u'^ ^"'^*"'' ^^««/;*,thc third E. of CJjettet of that name; ^,ho by Maud his mo- ther being alfo nearly allyed to the famour E. us'u ^' * , r " ^""•ge (as thedefccnt (hew- eth) had title fair enough to the lands and honour of her grand-father. father, and brothers had not the Conq fworddifpofed thereof otherwife. But, It .eems, that though the fame Ti^nHlfh was the next heir In blood likcwife to Hugh (commonly called £«;«/) E. of C|»effer, after the deccafeof Earl Richard without ilTue, yet did he not obtain thepoffeflion of that Earldom (whereof this City was afterwards reputed part ) but by purchafc » from King H. i. vix,. giving * up all the in- ^ heritince of her the faid Lueia j and irot one- * " ly fo, but t round fumme of money, which was not all payd of a good while after : for I find that, in 5. Stefh. Ramlfb Earl of €li)Z- ffef, his fon, was certified to be indebted to the King a thoufand pounds dt debito patris fui, jro terra Hugoms Comiti;, as the Record » ex- ^ ^*'^ f' preffeth. SUfb,iMSi Having thus ftated the fuccefflon of this Earl- dom from the noble Lefffri;^, I flull pafs by the ftory of thofc Earls, and onely take notice of whac relates to them as wiiching thi» place, whert 8S THE ANTIQUITIES OF de Cov.f. « n'.Qcmtt. f..3i3.C. ' ■R.Hov. \f,vio.b. .Gcfla 'R.Stcph. P- 97'- A. (. lb. B. d Ex vet. niembr. hi kai^n dc di- ■vCff. Inq. ftnii Ci- mcr. Scacc. t Chron. MSjn blbl. Bodl. iK' 84.] /.^T. f Rot. p. II. H. ». J Kot. P. hExipfo tiMog.pinis Mtjorem ir Com. C'nit. Cev. where they had an eminent feat, bearing the name of a Caftle in thofe elder times. Wherein I find ^ , that •:R^««/p/; the firft .before fpecified, caulcd the Chappclls of ailcacp.anffp. &&atton,& mv^in ( all hamlets then within the precinfts of Co- t9cntrC)to be built, and that Rufjulph his fon, ( commonly called (jernoMS , ) who was a man of great action in that turbulent time of King Stephens reign , taking part with Maud the Em- prcls and her fon Henry Duke of i^OjmanOp (afterwards K. by the name ofH. 2.) to whom he was by affinity near allyed ( having wedded " Maud daughter of Asl'' Confi^l. E. of d^lOHC. one of the bafe'fons to K. H. i. brother by the fathers fide to the laid Emprcfs)beingrepuls't*at3LfnC0ltl, haded to his Caftle here at €Ot)entre; of which finding the K. forces poffeft , he prefently rays'd a ilrono Fort to beliege them ; whereof the K. being advcrtiled, he made all the fpeed he could to relieve it: but in that attempt many of his men were flain, and himfelf wounded ; yet after * a while having gotten more ftrength , and adventuring again , he routed the Earl , who efcap't noc without divers wounds. Some great injury had this Earl done, it feems, to iValter Dnrdent B. of C^CttCr, for which he dyed excommunicate:for itappears'',thatE,Hf/^/:', his fon, with Maud his Countefs gave the village of &ttt)fC^ale , adjoyning to Cot)eilt« , with a mill next to ihePark.andi'ome other grounds there- abouts to the faidB. and his fucceffors , for his ab- folution and the health of his foul in recompence of that damage. Which Wi/^/) , being one of thole that role 'in rebellion againtt K. hj. 2. in i8. of his reign , on the part of young Henry , fo anima- ted his tenants here at CotetltCO , that they took up Armes on his behalf ; for which they were put to fine / in 21. H. ». But , that he was a munifi- cent friend to the Monks of this pla'ce , what I have faid in my Story of the Priory will manifcft. It feems , that the COtJWfrC-men , for their dif- loyall aftions before pointed at, had their libertyes feifed on by the K. which were not fully reftored to them till after the death of the faird Hu^h : for I find, that in 28. H. 2. they gave t xx. marks for the K. confirmation of them. To which Earl fucceeded %*m!ph , the laft of that name ; whofe refpefls were fo much to this place,that he confirm'dh to his Burgefles here (for fo in his Charter he ftiles them ) that they fliould well and quietly hold all their poffeflions in free Burgage , as they did in his fathers time , or any of his anceftors. Granting likewife to them all fuch frecdomcs as the Burgefles of JL(nC0lt1 en joy 'd ; and prohibiting all his Conftables and officers from im- pleading them at the coiirt of his Cattle ; but that they fliould have a |90jUt10te , (id eft a Town- courc) of their own , in which they might freely hold plea of all things to him the faid Earl or them-' felves belonging: and choofe fome one man among ihemlclves well skill'd in the laws and cuftomes , who in his ftead (hould be Judge over them , and dealing impartially might do him equall right. And if any one fliould happen to fall into the faid Earls mercy.that he (hould be amcr^tby his BaylifFand Burgefles of the Court. And whatfoever Merchants they (hould bring thither for the advantage of the town.that they might relide peaceably there with- out being injur'd or unjultly impleaded. And if any forrcin Merchant (hould deal unfittingly , he to make fatisfaSion for it in the ^O^ttllOtS-, in the lb. & iff. J.W.ll k Clawf.i !l H.J. «. , m Ret. 1^ 18. H. m. II. prefence of the Judge. To which Charter were witnelTes Roger Conftable of C^eScr , %sl'. ^' Mohaut , Steward , 'F^ph de Meilnihvarin and di- vers others. Hereunto alfo did K. H. 2. add his Confirma- tion ' ; in which are thefe particulars by way of enlargement; viz. that if any of them (hould hap- pen to make a forfeit to the Earl, he (hould be ac- quit thereof for xii. d. And if by the teftimony ot' 1 his neighbours he were not able to pay fo much > they to qualify the ium to the meafure of his abi- lity : As alio that the faid Burge(res (hould not be lyable to lend unto the faid Earl, or thofe that be- long to him any Rent »or annuall payment , but upon condition that their Cattell might be in fafe- ty. And laftly whofoever (hould come to inhabit there, that from the day of his beginning to build for two years following , to be free from all pay- ments whatfoever. And in 2. H. j. did this Ear^ procure a Char- ter <.from the K. for an yearly jfafre here, to begin on the fcaft-day of the holy Trinity, and to conti- nue for 8. days. But dying without ifTue.he left his 4.(i(^€rs or their children his heirs(as the Pedegrec fhcweth) where- of Mabel, the 2. marryed tomll.de %/4lbany E. of iSrnnOell ; who being dead before the E. her bro- ther,and fo likewife IVill. E. of 0runOeU her cldeft fon ; Hagh de Albany her fecond fon (then Earl) came to (hare in that great inheritance ; unto whom this town of COtentre was in partition ' af- fignedfor his capitall Seat. And of Kts.fecs.in this County, thefe*"; y\l. Henry de Hafttn^s 2, fVill. de Hardrefhullt. InJ^fngcburp I . in (jBccleQiale half one. In 0nlf ? as much ; In SiWstptlt]) the 4. part. In WpWtl the 8. part; and in pflterton the 4. part : but the names of thofe that then held them I forbear here to mention, having fpecified them in the particular places. Which Httgh lived not above x. years after : for onthe Nones of May 1243. (27. H. 3) he depar- ted this life, Cnm jam vix metoi adolefcentix pur- tranfijfet faith CM. Paris ", and was buryed • in the Priory of ^ptntttlD^am in i^O>ff.of his anceftors foundation ; leaving? a great inheritance to his 4. fi(krs , or their defcendants : of which Mabel 1 the eldeft , marryed to Rob. de Tatjhall , Ifabell ' to John F St z,- Alan, 'Hjchola f to Rog. Somery, znd Ce- cily ' to ^0^, Montalt:(o that in the next year fol- lowing , viz. 28. H. 3. partition "being made of the pofTcffions fo dcfcended to them, the fame Cecily had the Caftle and mannour of Riftlig in iJiOjff. with our Coticntrc , and many other great Lord- fhips for her part. Which Rog. de Montalt was one of the Earl of H. j.w, . C^Cffcr'a Barons and Senefchall »ofCbetfer ; y^com.t and in 50. H. 3. had a Charter * of ^XZZAUdXttn t.hUL , granted to him in all his demefn lands , dat. 26. E.i.Roi. Martii. But in 3 3.H. 3.I find.that Gejf. de Langley ^o^f- (of whom I fhall fpeak in|0(nlcp)had a great fuite ^ C'"'' with him for diverting the ftream of the River in CotenfrCouiofitsantientdourfe. In 34. H. 3. in- tending a voyage to the Holy-Land , and wanting* money for his fupport therein , he was furni(h*t ^ with a very Urge fummc by the Monks of n6.i jrJ^fFICI{SHIKE ILLUSTRATED. % .kb. ■ mfp. I : ■««. E- i iiblitth. ^dl.[K. ccpced to them and their heirs.their mannour-houle at C^eplcfitlOje , with the Park inclofed , and the Reli^ious-houie of Friers- Minors fituate neer the laid 1?jrk; with free liberty alfo to the faid Roger and his heirs.whenlbevcr they fliould come in per- lon to Cotentre for hunting and hauking within the prccinds of the faid mannour. And hkewifc excepting the homage and fervices of Gtlhn de Segr-tve in CalOtlDOtl , fVtll. de Olney in aff^uU , Vttdu de Folke{hM in ifolbcaoU, WAl'tr D'eyvill in MbfJj . at Eafter and Mi- chaelmafs by even portions, under the penalty of X. li. and a claufe for diftrefs. Andbefidcs a Fine * levyed in the fame 34. year of H. J. by the faid Roger and Cecily for warranty of the premifles, fo granted , did the faid Cecily in her widowhood , by her deed ' of Releafe quit all her intereft in the faid mannour, according to the tenor of the before fpecified grant : As alfo in the Hofpitall and Chappell offeponneCfometime pcr- teining to the Abby of IBafingtoei* in ifUtttOl.as her faid Releafe imports.) The next thing.which falls out in order of time to be taken notice of , in relation to this place , is , that he-e-'it was,that thofe perfons eleaed for the determination upon what terms fuch as were dif- hcrited for their adivcncfs in that actable Rebel- lion againft K. tf» 3. fhould redeem their lands , met, and refolv'd thereupon. Which Decree of theirs , is notwithltanding called Dttlum de !4e- nHtDQ}t^, in regard it was then pubhfh't in the K. Camp at that famous fix months fiegc of the Ca- rtle ( as in ftentltUOjtft I have already intima- ted.) After this; viz. in 5. E. i. upon the extent 'of this mannour after ihe death oi Rob.de Mont.tlt'/ion to the before mentioned T^^tfrjthe mannour-houle cilledCbeplefrtlOje. with the Park and Mill in the Park , were valued at 5. marks per anyiam ; the Rent of AiTife belonging thereto ^pli. 09. s. 07.d. and the perquifits of Court 6. s.-8.d. And in I 3. E. I. had the Burgefl'es and Inhabitants here, the K. Letters Pat. i bearing date 3. Aug. giving them authority to take Toll of all vendible com- modities, that fliouId be brought hither for the Ipace of 3. years, from Mi'chaelmals next enl'uing , towards their charge of paving the town ; viz. for every Horf-load of Corn a half-peny ; for Efcry Horfe , Mare, Oxe , or Cow , a half-peny : And likewife upon every thing els , which for brevities fake I omit. But it feems.that xx. years afterwards this work of paving was not fully done ; for in 23. of the fameK. reign they had another * Pat. to take Toll upon the like Commodities, •>. nd granted Bal- livii O" yrohis hominih'U de COtetltCS , whereas the other was BHrgenfibui <5" ^rubi^ homimbnA ; which fhews that the originall of their Biyliffs, was betwixt the ij. and 33. E. i. though the very time, when they were conltituted, be not recor- ded. A^'ter which, viz. in 9. E. 2. the Prior of CO- ticntte and %nb. de Mont alt were certified ' to be Lords of this place, with its members : which %ob. (being brother and heir to Roger , fon to the laft mentioned ^o^(?rf) with £A»we his wife, in i. E. 3. levyed a Pine t of all their intereft here , by the name of the mannour of CbegleOnoje with the appurtenances ; 96. li. 6. s.-8. d. yearly Rent,and the fervices of the Prior of CotJgtltre ; thereby en- tayling the fame upon the heirs male of his body , and for want of fuch iflfue on Ifabell Q^. of mUe , in H. 2. time, in pointmg out the boundaryes, dividing the Earls part and the Prrors alunder ; he traces the fame from S. cJl-f/c/j.-Church-yard , and lb , juxta I.it.ufj portam met Cajhlli,zrc his wor(Js.Now,that this Gate he means was not far off CftCpUfmOjC , tlic place where it flood doth fufficiently tcflify ; bein^ a: the end of that paffage now called (15jCP« itiCt'lam , entring into the great l^fg^'ftrcct , and retayning the laid name of 113)OaD-pat0 to this day. From which teflimony may alio be obierved, that the circuit of the outer ward to that Cafllc was of a large extent , confidcring that it did reach lo far North towards the town. Having faid thus much as to its fituation,and an- tiquity,! fhall proceed with the fuccefTion thereof; wherein I oblerve , that K. E. 3, having in the Pari, begun at WRtttm. on the munday next after the feafl of S. Matthew the Apoftle in xi. year of his reign , advanced Edward his cldeft Son ( com- monly called the Blacky Prince) unto the Dukedom of Co;ntDaU , did (inter alia) for his better fup- port of that honour , by his Charter" bearing date I . Oft. the fame year , fettle upon him the rever- fion of this mannour, after the deceale of Q. Ifabel before fpecified, {John of Lit ham E, of CojntDall, tenant in rcmaindcr,being then dead without ifluej to hold to him the faid D. and to the eldefl ions of him and his heirs King^of QDnglattD, Dukes of that place fucccffively , and not to be fevered from the faid Dukedom ; upon the death, or not exiftency of fuch Dukes , to revert unto the Crown together therewith. Whereunto the faid Qj Ifabel, by her Letters' Pat. dated 10. Dec, in the fame year, did fignify her afl'entj and in regard of her cftatc there- in, madeattourment. After which , were there divers great priviledges granted to this plate ; viz. in f 18, E. 5. that the tenants to the faid Q: fKould , during her life, be free ixomfavage, pajfare, paage , leftage ,fiaUage, tallage , carriage , pejage , pikjige , and terage , throughout all the Kings dominions : and that (he /hould .within the pre'cinfts thereof have Return of writts, as alfo felons goods. Fines for trefpaffes and for licences of concord ; amerciaments, redem- ptions , iflues forfeited , year , day and wafl , with divers other. And the next year following did the fame K. further grant '' to the before fpecified Q^. during her life, and to the faid Prince, in reverfion, and his heirs,a C0Urt-3Lcet within this mannour, v/ith power to hold pleas of all fuch thing? as ulu- ally were determined before the Jufliccs of AHilc for the County of OarVDttb: and likewife to have Return of writts , goods ot felons and fugitives, within the pvecinfts thereof; with a gaol tor the fafccuftody of fe'ons or other tranfgreffors. And in 21. E. ^. had one «^///. U (jaleys li- cenle ' to found a ^hantry here.conlifting of three Prxl\s ; whereof one to be the Warden ; and to build a Chappell there in honour of the Bleffed Virgin , with a convenient manlion for them : as alfo to amortize thereunto five mefs. lying in CO- tenfre. which Priefts were to celebrate divine I'er- V'co daily for the gDod eftate of the faid K. E. 3. Q^ ffabell, his mother. Edrr. Prince of Male0, and of the faid fVtll. U Calebs during their lives ; and '•'or the health of their Souls af:crw»rds ; as al- fo for the Souls of Ediv.ird late King of (fliglanO (the K. fitbcr ) and of Joh>3 late E. of Co^UMdl (his brother ) and all the faithfull deceafed. After which, VIZ. in 50. E, 3. I find.tbatthc laid Prince gave /"2 3. mels : 6. cottages, and 2. gardens lying f ?<»'.) B. here in €0^mtXC, which were parcel! of this his ^■^■'''' *• mannour of CT^eplefinOje, unto the Abby of tKalC- lilopallin<£ftcfl)frCof ^Vy/e>T. Monks, founded* tTh.\ir. by the K. his father in 1 1. of his reign. And the f. i^. 10. fame year djd he dy " feized of this mannour, lea- « Efco. ving Ric. his fon and heu' 9. years of a^eand a ^i' ' '• half ( afterwards King by the name of R. 2.) in whole days the Park here was not without Deer, it leems ; for in 8. ofhis reign, granting "to one Tifc*'. '" ^*"^' de Quintan the kecperfliip of its paflurage for 6. ^•'^•'"> years, paying c. s. per annum to his Exchequer, be relcrv'd fufficicntgraflefor them. In which 8. year, the walls on the South part of this City being not built, the Mayor, Bayliffs,and commonalty thereof humbly bci'ought the K.to give them leave that they might go forward with that work (concerning which I fhall fpeak more fully anon) who thereupon granted licenfe* to them 10 xVat.t.. todojon condition that they fhould include within '■•f*** 'f* their walls his faid mannour place , ftandino within the Park of C^eplcfmOJC.as the Record exprcflcth: which Park was a woody-ground in thofe times: for, in II. R. 3. the K. affigned* Ric.Clerk,x.h.tn yPat:.' keeper thereof , tocaufe as much underwood there ^•*-P«*' to be cut down as would make 3000. fagots , and *"' with the money arifing by the iale of them to re- pair the pales. And in 9. H. 5. Rob. Cafiell the K. Steward of this mannour , was appointed ''v to ^ patM' cxule 1 2. oaks within it , to be fallen for repair of f.f.».«|. the Houfe ; as alfo more underwood to the value of 40. 1. for defray of fuch charges as be fhould be at therein. After this , viz. in 16. H. 8. I find , that the K. made a leafc* for 21, years of this his man- * ^'^^ *• nour.with the herbage of the park and conyes there, ' '' * to gefrey whalley Prior of Mtefcroft in ilefpe- fEerOifre for 21. years, for the rent of 1 3,h.-o9.s. oj. d. ob. And in 3. E. 6. did that K. by his Letters » pat. bearing date 19. Jubi, grant it with the faid Park unto John E. of MartrtC&and his heirs , as being part of the poffefljons annexed to the Dutchy of CojntBall (by Charter, and not in Parliament) to hold /« Captte. Which John , on the i 2. of Aug. following, made a leafe* of thepremiffes unto the eEx i Mayor , Bayliffs and Commonalty of this City for f<:>-'P- I'i- the terme of pg. years , to the ufes and intents fol- "" '"'* lowing ; viz. that they and their fucceffors,for the relief of the poor of the faid City , fhould yearly take topaftute in the faid Park, the number of 80. kyne or heyfers,and 20. geldings of fuch poor In- habitants of the faid City and Suburbs, as fhould not have ellwhere nigh thereto fufficient paftxire ; paying yearly for every Cow orheyfer i.d. and for every gelding 2.d. But after his attainder , which hapned in i. Marix (as in tSSartDfcIC I have ' fhewed) the faid Mayor , Bayliffs and Commonal- ty, by the mcdiationof^o^.E.of iLefe. (fon to the faid John) obtcyn'd a grant^ thereof from Q. Eltz,. f^."' * to hold to them and their fucceffors for ever in fee ^'"^P*^ fermc (the Rent rcfcrved being ix. li, p?r annum) vrhcreupon they covenanted J with the faid Earl to g Ex tn obfcrve and perform the trufts before fpecified , for /f"P-./''« the behalf of the poor Inhabitants , as by an In- F"*'^- denture dated 4. Apr. lo, £//*, appeareth. HAving now finifhed my difcourfc of C(|$p- t0fino}e, , I return to Cotimtre it felf J of which the laft obfcrvable matter that I took notice ^■P.7. aiilaS.ll- lix Co iFA\mcg^SHi\E illustrated: 9y was touching the paving thereof in jg.E.i. To I Town belonging to the faidO for the chaftirin., the end therefore that it may appear by what de- of malcfaftors there taken • wlwof the Mavor and cree. ,t aicended m rh,r h.,„r„ ,nH rtr.no^l, •.„ ,kJ gayliffs for the time being to have alwaL the cuftody and charge. The xii perfons that purchafed f thefc liberties a Ex w- torCOjJentrC, being NichcLu Mtchell , Hemy caul. mI Dodenhale, Walter IVhitweh, Rocrer Hunt mil I"""" '^"^^ Tnmelei, Gcfrcy Freher^e , Jotn Rf^fhall', Rob. fff' ^"^ rhMr,R,c.Kerfeley,mlLWalfalJ, M.uricc "'^"'"'• Norfolk , and W,ll. Wellynghri^ht . Whereupon about two years after, they elefted 'a Mayor, viz! John Ward j and after him continued the like yearly choyce, as by the Catalogue of them, which 1 have at the end of my ddcourfe touchino this eity inierced, may appear. And in the year m JT- 29 b. J. did they begin to build the walls ( by vertue or the K licenfe in 2E. 3. before men- i\ontA)R,charAStoke, at that time Mayor , lay- ing /the firftftone at the gate, called j^eto-pafe , f^'^P^i'^ where they began the work : but whether they 'oCatalogi,, did vigoroudy proceed therein, I cannot fay, rather luppofing that they were reftrained : For after- wards, when Edw. the black Prince came to en loy chat intereft here, which was fetled upon him by the entail before mentioned; havina granted the lame to the Mayor , Bayliffs , and Commonalty ir'°j' '°i;?^li? ^'^-^""^ (fo' <'°'lo'h that Par. ♦dated at Spettm. zoNov. 37 E. 5. import) he f P-.f. 37.I gave themhcenle to cndofe this (^ity (by that ^-Jci- name it is there called ) with a wall of lime and "*• '*• Jtone emdattailed, CO hold to them, their heirs and lucceflours, of him the before fpecified Prince and his heirs for ever. Whereupon, the next enfuin<7 year, thefegood men of COUentre, confiderinS with themfelves the great charge that would be required m thus fortifying the town , obtained hcerile - ( 3 Nov.) from the K. to tax all the '^P^t. 38.' Iradefmenand Inhabitants thereof, according to f-J-p-i. their eliates and faculties; and to colleaall luch "''^^• lums of money as fhould be levyed for that pur- '?''^^-^°\^^^^^^^^^rto?zccor&mo\y,tht Mayor Jen Prince of We0.D:of(roVntuaU:anrE:a;|.?.St^^^^ C&eftcr , the K. by his Letters Pat. f bearing date ted Affeffors • oufof whth m ^ * "' 'PP°^"" .0. Jan. did make it a Corporation, confifting of a the lands and 'oodso^ all F^Tf TT^ ' p '''"^^^ MayorandBayliffs, which the Inhabitants mould fons. ^ '" Ecclefiaftick per- ^-l.m.xu And to the end , that the great charge, which they were to undergo in making thefe walls, might be the better born amongft them . the K. bemg very defirous to further the work, granted a Com- grees it aicendcd to that beauty and flrength in the walls and other buildings of note : as alfo to thofe priviledges which it now enjoyeth, I fliall in order . oftime proceed to declare. In 2. E. 3, the Monks of COtJeHtrc , with the fcPtff.i.E. Inhabitants thereof obteyn'd a Pat. * for taking 3-f.i.m.i. Toll of all vendible commodityes that fiiould be brought thither to fell for fix years , towards their {With a charges of indofing' thefame.Andat the requeflof eal"th'.'as I ^"'"^ of£/'^^'^'» E.of Cojntoall (who had an eRate think! *" reverlion in the mannour of CfjeplefmOJCas I have there declared ^ for two years more after the end of thofe lix : upon condition that the faid Earl fhould not be charged towards building of the °aces. Which Pat. bears date at JLCiceffec (5. Jan" the fame year : The particular proportions of Toll little differing from thofe.which were affefTed upon every thing for pavage, as is before intimated. Af- ter this , in the 6. year of the faid K. the Inhabi- I k ?it.6.E. """ of this town had licenfe K to eredl a Common I 3.f.i.m.S. CtflnDuft, of XX. foot long and x.foot broad in any of the (treets thereof that they Chould think fitted for their con veniency and benefit. And , within 2 . ^1 . years following , for their better encouragement in llcm. 8.E. prolecuting their affairs.obteyn'd a grant ' to them, 3.».4(5. their heirs and fucceflbrs of freedom from Toll, mRot.F.s.p-i'vage, pontage, indmurage for all their merchan- E.i.m.7 dize throughout the K. dominions: in confidera- ..mceauu. ^^^^ whereof he received a fine " often marks from Id E ", ,« 5^^™" ^""^ '' ''^'^ "°^ ^^^^ 'he reputation of a ^4.c.3. «. City , or a Borough ; and the Record • gives this reafon , eo qnod in Quint is-decimis Regi Con- cejfis mn contrtbuit ultra jummam c. marca- rum. In this K. reign It was, that Cot)CnfrC grew up to a very fburifhing condition , as by wha! I have laid , and fhall further fhew,appeareth : for in 1 8. E. 3. at the inftance ofQ. Ifabel ( who had an cftate inC^plefmOje for life) asalfo in confiaera- tion that the reverfion thereof was vefted in Edw. havepowertochoofeand make out of themfelves yearly ; who , taking their oath according to the accultomed manner in the like cafes , might from thenceforth do all things appertaining to thofe of- nces. And that they , their heirs and fucceflbrs for ever ^:'^ J™^.t '"i^rir-v" ^°if ^'^?4B"v»i^^^ plea, as wdl of trefpafl'es , contracts, and agree- ments , as of all other things hapnmg within the town. And for the better tranquility of the faid Inhabitants , and of all merchants repayrina thi- u"' S^ ^•. ^^^" %^^rix.td , that from thence-forth there (hould be a Common Seal , by his Royall di- rection, confifting of two pieces , according to cu- Itome, for Recognizances of debts there, according '°uvJT.°^ '^"^ Statutes-merchant made and publifhed : the greater part whereof to remain in he cuikdy of the Major for the time being , and the leffer m the hands of a certain Clerk to be there deputed by thefaid K. his heirs and luccefTors ac- JS"3xx '" ''TApf thefaidStatutes. And that the laid Major and Clerk from thenceforth fhould receive Recognizances ofdebts according to the tc- nor of thofe Statutes : as alfo to give in charge.and tZT(U uu° ^"^««"tion. And laftly. that there Ihould be a Prsfon made in that part of the E. J.p.X. Catesby.Nich. ^JMichell, r(^,U. Botoner , Ric. dl «•»' Stoke, Htnry de Dovedale , znd John del Tofte gmng them power to levy and receive thefe cuftoms following , vi^. of every tun of wine 2 /. of every quarter of malt 4 d. of every Ox 4 d. of every Hoa arid Calf a peny , and every Sheep a farthing, fold m this Town for the fpace of 5 years then next enfuing , towards the alleviating their charge. But this afTeffment much pinching the Viauallers, about 4 years after they made a orie- vous complaint to the K.alledging, that they were almoft undone by it. Whereupon , by his Pat. ' dated 14 Febr. 44 of his reign . he revoked the /P"'. 44^" former Commifhon; commanding ncverthelefs, '•'•?• »• ,' that the Merchants and other rich men fliould be ""•*'• taxed vvith the meaner fort , according to their fe- veral abilities towards the fupport of that coft in building thofe walls. That eot)enfr» then flourilh'd very much, may M a be 9^ THE ANTiaUITlES OF b CAYt. T J. E.3.».I5- e Cart. lo. dCart.i.& i.K. ». w. 14. e c/tfft/. 1- R. i. i» dorfo,m.3 5. ». w. be difcerned by fo great and coftly a work as this of the Walls, Gates, and Towers ftill remaining , and fecond to none in CnglanO , appears to be : as alfo by that incomparable (tru(aure of St. Mi- chael's {\cep\e , begun ^in ann. 1373. 47E. 3. Henry Gierke being Mayor , and finiftied ' <« a«n. 1595. 18R. a. the yeitof Richard Lichfeild's Mayoralty. Neither did it want any advantage that by the K. favour could well be had : for , to the end that they might fecurely enjoy all thole liberties and priviledges granted by K. H. 2. H. 3. Sdw. 2. andE. 3. which are together contained in theCiiarters * of i 5 and 20 * of E. 3. K. T^Jc 2. in I of his reign , made them an ample confir- iracion ' : and not onely fo , but in the fame year did conftitute • John 'Tercy , tAdam Botoner , Uem-y de Keel, Simon de Lichfeld, John de Herd- wyke^ and John Toftes, Jufticesforconfervationof the peace within the Town of Co1)0l1trs , with power to hear and determine matters of felony and trefpafs. And moreover, was out of his Princely goodnefs fo indulgent to them, that by his Pat. f?at. 8. K. /dated 4 (JiUii , 8 of his reign , he ratified the Charter of licenfe made by K. Edw. his Grand- father in 37 E. 3. for building and embattailing the walls : and thereby granted them liberty to dig as much Hone in his Park of CJ^CglcfmOJC , as fliould U (fice for fo much of them as includes the Mannour-houfe of Cl>epl£fniOJ£ , with the making of one Gate near the laid park adjoyning to the^Houfe of ^FrfcrS^mfnOJS (which is now called the (ID)ap-frier-pafe. And likewife , that towards the luprort of that charge , the Mayor andBayliff /hould for the I'pace of 5 years then next enluing , have his Perm of fcaling woollen cloaths here, to the value of xxiiii /. fterling. And in n of his reign , vouchfafed fuch free- dome i to the Mayors, after that time to be elefted there, that they fhould not go before the BaroJis of his Exchequer fcr to take their oathes : neither blb.m.r^. ' that the Mayor , nor any of the Commonalty fhould from thenceforth be put to colleft Tenths, ■ Fifteens, or other taxes out of the compafs of the iPtff. If. Town. And in 15 of his reign beftow'd ' upon them as much ftone o«t of his Quarries in the park at C^eplefmOje, as fervcd to build the great Gate in &pon-ttrect near his Chappel of HBabelafee. And laiHy, towards the end of his reign , by the affcntand mature deliberation with his Counccl , (as the words of his Charter ^ import)did he grant and confirm to the faid Mayor, Baylifts, &c. and their fucctfTours , that they might make improve- ment and commodity of all the Gates, Towers , WaHsandBridgesabout the Town; and of what- foever purpref^ures , as well in lands as waters , made or to be made : as alio of all the waft. ground within the following limits, r j-i. from 3abetS-3fll to the Mill called ^ffpHgtOtlC-mnne ; and from thence to the corner of the ftone wall of Cl^eplcf- mojC-park : and from thence by the wall and pale of the park toUBaronefioeil; and thence to the houfe of John atte Ttue ; and fo , leaving the Manncur and Park of CI)Ppl£&nO20 , with the Church of chc i^rfcrO-mfnojS. on the left hand , from thence to the c rnerof CrabtteC-feflO ; and fo under CrabttCC-fcflO by a certain high way unto ^pon-CburcQ; thence to SDnomaiteS'lDeU; and thence to the Church and Churchyard of <;t.iV/cA. thence to ffiotufctoffc ; thence to !^aniall-qna- relte ; thence to fpeeia- lem & inter nam affeBionem , (jHam erga (^ivita- t em five Villam noflram de COt)0nfr0; ac Afajo- rem, Balltvos ^ C^ Commttnitatem ejufdem Civita- tif, five P^ilU , gerimus , (^c. ( for thofe are the words of his Charter') granted, that the faid City «»-2.7.»/?) with the Villages and Hamlets of JJlaDfOjD, IftCrC- |9H.*.». fl0p jfolbeQjull, Cctlet&ale, ancffp, CaltoeDon, ?iSili5)fecnc, !^enlep, la Wooe-cno , &toUe, Bps- gpng, Mifttttelep. ppnlcp, aflbnU, ^ojctoeU , l^amftale, and ^SillBaberlcp ; as alio part of J^OtD, and that part of &tpt)fcMC lying within the li- berties of Cotientre i all which were within the precinits of the County of OTattDfcfe.fhould, from thefeaftof St. M«^Ao/ec.) next en- fuing the date of his faid Charter , be an entire County of it lelf, incorporate both indeed and name, dittinft and altogether leparate from the faid County of OTarr. for ever , and no parcel of the fame County; but from thenceforth called the County of the City of COtJetttre for ever. And that the Mayor and Bayliffs of the faid City fliould thenceforth alio for ever be defied at the fame time and place, and according to the fame manner and foim as they had ufed to be in the reign of K. Edw. 5. of famous memory , by vertue of his Letters Pat. or in the time of any of the K. pro- genitors. And that the Bayliffs of the faid City , from the morrow after the feaft-day of S.AT/r.then next enfuing, fliould be Shirt ffs of the County of the faid City for ever : and yet neverthelefs , that they (hould ftill execute the office of Baylifts ac- cording to the form and effeft of the franchifes and liberties granted by any of his faid progeni- tors , and before that time ufed. And that they which were to be ShirifFs of the faid City , as aforefaid, fliould in all future times after they had that office , take their oaths before the Mayor for the time being, and no other, and in the Guild-hall of the laid City , and not eliwhere , according to due form , for the juft and faithfull execution of that office within the County of the faid City, And that the Mayor for the time being , by his Letters P.t. under the Seal of his Office, fliould forthwith certifie into the K. Court of Chancery the names of fuch Shiriffs fo iyiom as aforefaid: which ShirifFs once every month, upon the Tuefday, fhould hold a Court for ever ; execu- ting all fuch power and jurifd!(^ion within their liberties as other ShirifFs within their BayViwicks ufe to do J all Writs and Precepts , for the future, to be direded to them that had ufed to be dire. ' u Rot.Parl. 38H.6.W. 10. * Holmfh. Cron. p. w Ex pra f'tO CMal. Majornm. The Prolpect of CoLten-tre CroDe ^-I^S^^-;^^--^ Si' fryJAjriCBjSHI'RE ILLUSTRATED. 9^ «'»• kyi'' tnlb. Bfurvey »4. , j3bb^ , and on che morrow to * COtlCtttCC towns end : but finding that the E. of ^Wiofcfe kepc this City agatnft him, he paflfed by , and lodging zx.W&ax^\xk chat night, marcht thence to ILonOOtl. After which it was not long ere he met with his enemies near J53fnct. and vanquiflic them, where the ftout E. of ©UaciOfcS loft his life : So that K £d^v. by this ViAor/, and that near CetoJSSbacp iliorcly after, having utterly lubdued all hisoppo- Icrs, came * co COlJCIttW ; and remembring the dif- lovilty of chefe Citizens in adhering to che E. of OTjCibfcfe agiinft him, took * the S .vord from the Miyor Cwhole name at that time wzs Joh» Bete ) (siting ^ th:ir liberties and franchifes ; whereupon they gave* 500 marks fine for che re-enjoyin:nt of them, and render of the Sword. Touching which Sword,c-he firft mention that I fiad,is in 'f^.i.viz,. that it was then carryed-'" after the Mayor (whole name was "jutyn Deifier ) but in 1 1 R. 2. before i the Mayor, /c//. Jifhn Tofce ; and (o (for ought I have feen to the contrary ) hath been ever (ince. About 4 years after which reconciliation io made •with K. E. 4. I find, that he came with his Q,. to CotientrC, and kept * S. George's fea(t there {ani. 1474. 14 E. 4. ) the Prince having come before him , and received < a prcfent of C /. and a Cup from the Citizens, at which time he was one of the Godfathers^ to the Mayors child. The next thing of note is , that ' K. H. 7. after that fignal Vi^ory at iSDfWOJfb- field, where R. j. was fliin, came hither with his Army, and lodg'd at the Mayors houfe (by name Robert Onley) whom he Knighted ; at which time the City prefented him with C i. and a Cup. l^he Crofs, 1N0W come to fpeak of that ftately Crofs here , being one of che chief things wherein this City moft glories ; which for workmxnlliip and beaucy is inferiour to none in C^nslatlO : the building whereof was begun in ann, 1541. 5}H. 8. and fiaifhed in Attn. \ 544. 56 H. 8. as by an old MS Chronol. • of the Mayors appearech : but the name of its Founder is now uccerly loft , for ought that thefe Citizens can tell of ic. To che end therefore, that they may not ftill concinu; ignorant ot fo emi- nent a Benefaiftar , I (Tiall here , by the help of that judicious Antiquary ( my worthy Friend ) qervde Hollies of ©^f tHMb? /« ^<7;w. §!,{«. Elq; revive his memory. Ic was Sir iVtll. Hollies Kc. fometime Lord Mayor of ILOnOOn, and Ion to Tho- mxs Holleys of &t9\Z near this Ci:y ( as I have evidently found amongft the Reg fters in (I5fl*- b^U ; and not Ton to fVill. HalUys of iL0ll09»l Baker, as 5r(7w hath erroneoufly affirmed" .) \Yho bearing a fpecial affeflion to this City, in regard he was bom fo near , gave order for the rtru(Sure • spM. S. thereof, as the words of his Teftament* ( bearing dace 2? Dec. 35H. 8. ) which I have here in- ferced, do import. » /4^d furthermore , / give and heq:teith unto the Mxjor and Al^rmen of the City of C0t)enteC , and to the CommoHS of the fame, CC\. fierlin^, to the intent and ptfrpofe here- after enfttimr , that it to fay, to make a new Crofs Tfithift the faid City .- rvhereof delivered in hand r» Mr. Warren, Draper of the faid City, the 24 day of Auguft ta^, XX I. inreaiy money .- And atfo more faid tff Mr. Over !>y the hands of Sail my Bay lie of |POi;all, 70 1. in ready money ■ and fo refieth ttn- paid Cx 1 . Jferling, which I will and defire my Exe- cut on fee to he delivered and p.tid unto the faid Mayor and Alder mn of CotWntCC afore faid , to the nfe and intent aforefaid , w/thm one year after my deceafe, ore This ShVf^iliiam was father cif Snrf^f^ill. Hoi- //fjof^ongbton in the County of j^ott. Kc. the wander of his Country for a great and ictled hofpi- tality ; and of fo honeft and honourable a nature, chat he is yet mentioned in rhofe parts by the name of good Sir n^tlliam. Which laft named Sir^it^/T/. was great Grandfather to that learned Gene, before exprelt , as alfo to the prefent E. of Clare, .««. k^jS. And having chus taken notice ot his munificence in erefting fo noble a Monu- ment, I hope che mention of (£//-&.) his Ladies Charley, chough the poor of ilonOOtt were the ob- jei^ thereof, will not be thought impcrtinenc, con- fidering chac it is not elfwhere taken notice of. Which was, that by her Teftament? fix Almf- houfes for fix poor men or women fhould be built out of her goods and chattels; and lands to che yearly value of xl. be bought; out of which, weekly , every one of the Almf-people (laould re- ceive 7 d. the remainder to buy coals to make them fires ; which was accordingly performed in St, Helens parifh by Andrew Jttd Alderman of H-OnttOtl, anci Thomas Scopham (her brother) her Executors : Howbeit hitherto hath it not been publickly known that (Tie was the Foundrefs , forafmuch as Stow 1 and others ' do attribute the work wholly to the fame Sir Andrew J ad, pafling by this pious Lady without any memorial for the fame. In that place where this Crofs is now fituate, there flood f antiently another ; which having been let up in4^». 1425. 1H.6. was taken down in ^«». 1 5 10. (2H. 8.) but for what reafon , I find not. The next moft memorable thing , in order of time, relacing to this place, is thac purchafe by the City, made in 54 H. 8. from the Crown, of much Monaftery-land lying in and near thereto, vtz,. the great Orchard containing 8 acres, and the little Orchard 2 acres : One Rode lying within the pre- cinfls of the Priory ; a Pool called j^e'cS-pooI , containing i acre ; a Meff.called the ^Ofe-ftotife, with divers lands thereto belonging; a Wood called St. QtlerCS-groDe, with a Water-mill , and divers particular parcels of land lying inlHattfojO. Certain meff. and lands in HSfggfng, alias &fOke< Bfggfng . with a large field called 1^30131- ftel9. Diver? other grounds called the &fripc , ^toatlf- croK, ^arronS'tneaooto , J^nrblc-fielo , WLim- mpU-fielOS.and CrOtDitlOt?. The melT. and ferm ofi^aMsberp, and ^^aoifeBberp-grobe , with a certain Mannour-houfe there, moated about ; as alfoa number of particular grounds lying in&OtO, iFolftefftoll.and ©Up&fW; together witluhe Houfe of iFirters-mfnOJS (commonly called thed^iap- txiVCS) with its whole fice and circuit. \\\ which, and much more, that for brevity I omit to particu- larize , were for che fum of 1 378 /. 10 s. granted to the Mayor, BayLfts, and Commonalty , and their lucceflTors , by the K. Letters Pat. * dated 1 9 Jiilii, 54 of his reign, to be held in Capite by the XX part of a Kts.fee, and paying 7 /. i j /. 2 erKe. Joh» HaytoK. W.Ht. jyhitwek Henry Dodenhale. X. An. 1355. 2pE, 3. Ric. Stokf. litch. CMichel. Henry Clet^e. fVill. Botoner. fVtll, TarmoHth. 'Alc. Stoke. Nich. Ttrcj. fVill. Botoner, ffenry Clarke, mil. Botoner. XX. Henry Clarke, ^ill, Botoner. Henry Dodenhale. N,ch. Michell. John Tofte. John Tapenham. James Bjtnyngton, John Percy. Henry Clarke, mil. Botoner. XXX. j4dam Botoner. mil. Wolfe. John Papenham, An. 1 377. I R. 3. John Papenhdm. JanyM Swynnyjhed, bExCatii. Majorum . penis fTtt'- 7od. Tho. Afiellyn. . Will. Darvfon ( who dyed in the fame year, and Roger Whellys kept out his Mayoralty, %»€. Rife. Will. Smetht, Hewe Lawtyn. Rog. Palmer. CXC. Rob. Kyrvine^ John ^ett. Chrifiofer Wait, Wai.Cottyne^ Sym. Parkar. Tho. gardener. Cottberd Joyner. Chriflopher Vf^arrjn. John Sanders, Harre Wo fyr, cc. JohnTttllans, Ann. 1 54^, I E. 6\ John Hartford, lames Rogers^ Tho. Kevfit. ^V'.ii. Saunders: Rie, Ntclyn, Edm, Damport, "Rje. Hurt, Ann. IS5J. i M. rr,//. Hyndman: Vt^ill, Norton. ccx. Tho. Rylty, Rob, Colman," Tho, fVheatley: N Ann. ijj8. i Eliz. lohn Nethermell. Tho, Dudley. Tho. Kyrven. Ric. Smyth. Hugh Harvyl lohn Tallans. Tho. Rylej. ccxx. Virni. Hop\yns\ Edm. Brownell. VVill. Smalwoie. Henry Kyrven. lohn Hartford , de- prived of his office for killing a man, and in his flead lohn ganders. Ric. Hawten, Tho. Nycholls, Ric, Barker, Tho. Wight. Raufe Boonde, ccxxx. Sym. Cottenl Tho. T^iclyn^ Raufe loyner, Rob. LetherbarrorfCt Edw. Barrowfe. Tho. Saunders, John Mjles. Will, iriTyikts: Cilb, Dyglen, Henry Bryers. CCXL- Vt^ilLEburnt: Tho. Hill, John Riehardso Henry Shewell, Rie. Smyth, tiumfry Smalvfooi. Math, Richsrdfon, John Ryley. Will. Howcotte. ! Wtll. r^alden.] ' CCL. Rob. Bedforde, Tho. ^ravener, John Vrhittheai, vfho dyed before bis year expired , and in his f^cad Henry Bryers. 'rdlliips for maintenance of the Abbot and Monks there fer- ving GoJ, with food and raiment, viz,. i^OnpiltOtl, ^etonljgiii, C!)ioa»uit, '^t\\tn{m^Evifc.)'M\xl- tO!t, ^atljaiti, ^icneb'jrg!), HBjrtbffiofbur!?, '^2C- ftoti ution at)Oi, l^ vcojupij. Gdifpertoti, C^etter- fOn, &Ott)!; Crmcy : :"0ertt()J1 in (©bcetterOd. &al- tuarp'i 'Mm'?MK% Acetone, 6t)btirberfe , j^croctotcfie, l^anttonc, Ceoclctljant, Ceftrctone, Mafmertonc, j^eiDcfjatn, and lHaoetochHowbei-. in feme of thefe they had not the whole Lordfliip. Having" thus minifcfted how amply it was en- dowed with lands and priviledges, the next thing chat I am to obferve, is, how the government there- of came into the Bifhops hands , which hapned in the time of K. Vi^ill. Rnfw^ \n this fort. Shortly " after the Norman Cou quell:, there was « Ex Rot, j one Teter confecrated B. of this Diocefs fthen in- pfwf«/J(> ] fn'.MxlmM n. 10. lib. cludingCljeffeEaswellasCOtJenfreandlLfc^fielO) ^'"'^/J^f 1 Cup. Lid>. in whole time ^-twfr . dignity therein overtopt it: So that the fuccceding and in cafe he did depart this life during fuch his a' yW.Malm. f. US' «, I $ Anonym, Abmgd.in Vtbl.Bodi. vol. i.f. 30, «. b Regifi. de Viventye, f. iio.b. Priors (for to were they called which had the rule) ■were but as fubftitutes to the Bidiops in whom the . Abbacy virtually was. But this B. was y neither a friend to the Monaftery -nor to the Monks , as it feems : for, belides his fcraping fo much fi! ver from one beam, as I have already intimated, he fuffcred the buildings to decay for want of repairs , pill'd the Church of many rich ornaments ; and as for the Monks, he kept them to poor and miferable commons , not regarding their regular living , nor any thing that might advance learning among them; to the end, that being thus brought low.and in ignorance, their thoughts Hiould not ibarfo high as to confider the redrefs of thefe his fo great injuries. Of the other Bifhops which fucceltively refided here at Cot)0ntr£ ( this being their Cathedral as •well as %U\i(elti) I fliall onely recite the names , their llories being already written by Godwyn, viz. Koh, de Peche, Rof . de Clinton, Vfttlter Durdent, R/f . Peche , and Gerard de Tuella ; all which, in their feveral times fuccefTivdy.did ftile vthemlelves Coventrix epifcopi onely ; and had a fair palace at the Northeaft corner of S. Michael's Churchyard, being very near to the Monaftery. But the fitft who bore the name , and had the office of Prior here , was one Lawrence, o{ whom I find frequent men- tion in K.Steph. and H. 2. reigns ; whofe fucceflbrs I fhall infert elfwhere ; and therefore will now proceed with the relation of fuch memorable paf- fages as concern this Monaftery, and of the further enlargement or diminution of its poffeflions , ac- cording as they hapncd in order of time. la which proorefs- the fir(t thing I find * obfer- vable, is, that in jSteph. the times being then tur- bulent, Kob. A'fArmion (whofe leat was theCaftle of ^amtOOJtdJ being a man potent in Arms, and a great advenary to the E.of CbCttcr,po(Tc(t him- felf thereof, turn'd out the M 'nk^ , and fortified the Church with the bui'dings belonging therumo, making deep trenches in the fields adjacent ; which he fo covered, that they could not be feen , to the end chat they might be an impediment to an enemy whenfoever any approach llhould be made : but it fo hapned , that ns he fallycd out with fome forces upon the E.of C^effec 6 drawing near ; and not remembring whereabouts thofe places had been digo'tj^ he fell with his Hotfe into one of them him- fclf ; and by that means, being furprized by a com- mon fouldier, had his head prefcntly cut oft; whofe deftrutftion in that kind is by our Hiftorians ob- ferved to have been as a juft judgement of God for proohariing this facrcd place. After this.f/i.in 15 Sr^'p^.Ifind.that the Monks of CoDenfre granted * unto thofe of SDatiOttrC in i^OjtbamptOnft.the Church of aOjbp.with 5 yard land thereto belonging ; and the Church of ^aD- Bon, with two yard land, excepting the tithes and fuch other benefits which were due to the Church of Wfntopb (whereof it feems thefe were originally members) In confideration whereof, the Monks of 5)at)enfrc were to pay yearly to this Monaftery 1 pound of Incenfc before the feaft of the AT^r.of our Lord. Which grant was made in the time of d C^rt. ai. per Irtjpex. bode there, all Iblemnities to be perform'd for him as for a Monk of SDSt). And the like were they of Cot), to perform to thofe of jBDatJ.touchin'' fuch as fhould be fent thither from jDat). And that if any of either Covent did happen to dy elfwhere one Prieft of each Monaftery , his death being known, fhould celebrate 3 Maflcsforhim.his fervice with PAtcf^o and Din^e to be alio perform'd in the Covent, with the corrody belonging to a Monk for that day, and hisnameregiftrcd'in the Martyro- loge.AndwhenanyofthePriorsofeitherMonaftery fhould dy,a Trer.tall to be lung in the other Covent over & above the fervices before recited. And more- over every year a Majiofthe Holy ghofl to be ce- lebrated, as well for the living in each Monaftery , as for the dead. And laftly, that in all things,both fpiritual and temporal , where each might atfift 0- ther,they ftiould efte6tually afford their aid. About this time wa>; it, that Kamlph, firnamed Gernons, E. of Cj^effcr, bearing a great refpeft to thefe Monks , gave ■* chem liberty to kave 2 carts going to and fro twice everyday, except Fcftivals, into his woods about COtenfre , to fetch thence whatfoever they might need in order to the repair of their buildings, fuel for their fire, or trowfe for their hedges.And being fully aflured that the Chap- pel of S.yl^/f ^.herein CotJ.and all the reft within the town and without, with the tithes, oblations, and rights to thembelonging.fituate within his fee, did jurtly belong to them,he made them his Charter * of Recognition , and confirm'd them to this Mo- naftery for the healthof his foul,as alio for the fouls ofjiis father,mother, and all his progenitors. After f- 7<- ^• which,w2:..in li H.j. upon return of the Certificats touching Kts.fees.the Prior of thisHoufefionified^, that he had y.and a third part.with two fifths and a tenth , de veteri feoffamento ,• and as much in demefn as countervail'd ten Kts. fees. And in 29 H. 2, was there an exchanged of land made betwixt thefe Monks and Hugh Kevilwk , V^hJ the fucceedingEarl ; for licenfe whereof they gave XX marks to the King. About which time the laid E. granted to them a free andample Charter *,as well h can n of protedionas confirmation of their pofTeffions ; H.j. v.s. forbidding all his tenants from hindring their Mar- t^^ ^"/P*-*- ket, or medling ought therein without the good li- king of the Monks. And m> the end that pofterity fhould not be ignorant which were the metes and bounds betwixt both their fees, that is to fay.of the Priors part and Earls part, he by the fame Charter fully defcribes them.including the lands of the laid Monaftery within thefe following limits, viz,, be- ginning at S. Mich. Churchyard,' and from thence direftly going to the JIBjOaD-gafCof his own Caftle, leaving the houles of W/7/. de Kepyndon, and W»7/. the fon oiKtc.Forthwy (tenants to the Monaftery) on the North part.and the E.fee on the S.-.uth:And fo palling down to the river of ^mptfjCSfOjO, and from thence afcending the brook ro the Mill of Cjer. le Vinter of ^ull and IflgDcfojO even unto CWt- Dcalm (modo CounHOtt) and fo coaftinq afide be- twixt the grounds of Kob. %cot of aUeUjarDffClje near 15labcmOje,being the lands of R.B*4«^^ and f 'RtpU. Vr. de COf. fL'ib. rub. in Scac. f. ic4 "• iRot.P. Prior Laurence, and begot much love and mutual j AnketHl Locard on the one part, and the E. wood affedion from thefe Religious Houfes to each other: ' called ^afeltDOoO on the other partj and thenceby for (hortly after was there an agreement * made 6e-j the brook of dtifiCmttC to the high-way leading twixt them, that if any Monk of CotetJtre ftiould j from the midft of ^small near to ^f Obe as far is be, bv the confent of his Prior and Covent fent to ! the gfbbtt, and thence dcfcendin? by 15(lfeW0 to lDatJCntre,out of their great affeftion to that Houfe, ) the brook called 8.41* k Kit. T.t. Job. m. 4. I Curt. II. ,»Kor.Piii. H, 3. :/, 3. W.I 3 Vlip Ibid. m. , '•'<{¥. levit. uv.Joh. B. ti.H.J. H.3.w,3. gard The Monks therefore thus reeflablifii't took into confideration the conveniences of their Houfe and all other fecurities that might tend to their advan- tage , as appears by what I (hall inftance : for «« •y.Joh. they procured an alteration ''of the S03S- bet , but how the Record exprefles not ; in confi- deration whereof they gave a Fine of j. marks to the King. And the next enfuing year did they ob- tain the K. fpeciail Letters • of proteftion for them- felvcs, their tenants , and all their poffeflions : as allbfucha priviledgc , that they fliouldnot be im- pleaded for any of their lands except btfore the K. himldf , or his chief Jufticc, for which they gave *- 2, palfrey s.The like Charter' of proteftion had they in 1 1 . £. ; . and, befides another, ■ of fundry privi- H. 3.J.1S. igjgjg . YJ2. Sol{ , Sak^ , Tol, Them , iKfungeKthef, and Mundbriche : And that they and all their te- nants , except thofe which held by Knights fer- vicc more than half a Kts.fee, fhould be quit of Murder, Robbery, fuit to the County or Hundrcd- Courcs , Ayd to the ShirifF , view of Frank-plege , and repair of the K. Caftles or poolcs. In confide- ration of which favours they payd to the K. a Fine "of 60. marks ; towards the rayfing whereof they had Aid* of their Coticntcesburgers. In the fame ' h'j^" ^'' ^^^^ ^^^'^ '^^y * S"'^' ' °f *o yearly flBiXZ to laft ■ for 8. days , beginning on the day of S. Leodiga' r/wthe martyr, which falls out Otl, 2. And in 16. H. 5. did Geffrey, the then Prior, purchafe * of Ge- rard de t/f lief path half a hide of land in £)lD>iffl- longUp to the ufe of this Monaftery. Touching luch extraordinary charges whereun- to they were fubjert in thisK, time, I find , that in I 5. H. 3. they gave a Fine •" to be exempt from fending fouldiers in perfon for the expedition then beyond Sea ; and to have power for levying Scutage of their tenants for ten Kcs. fees, which they held of the King in Capite; viz. 5. marks pro ejtteUbet fcttto towards chat iervice. As alio in 1 8. H.^. a /Fine of 2;. marks, that thev might not fend fouldiers to the Kings Army in WSHalZS. In* 20. H. 5. they anfwered xx, marks for 8. Kts. fees^f vet'eri feoffa- mento , upon colledlion of the Aid for marrying of /p^f// the Kings filter to the Rom.Emp.In" i6. XV. marks, by way of Aid, upon the K, transfrcta- tion into ©afcoptl. In 29.* 10. li. for x. Kcs. fees, upon the Aid for marriage of the Kings ddeft daughter. Towards their better lupport of which burthens they had the K. Letters* of recommenda- tion to all their tenants , for the receiving Aid from them ; which bear date in OElob, 3 3. of his : Ibid. mifcrable condition unto thofe of SDSrtcp , not on- ly with very lamentable cxpreflions, but with tears* protcfting, that their wants were fo great , that the whole Covent was like to be difperfed , except they had prcfent fuccour ; and therefore humbly befought the Canons of 5DWl0p , that they would vouchfafe to receive I'omeof them into their Mona- ftery, there to have fubfiftence for a while , (jtoufq-, oriens ex alto , miferatio altifflmi , nofiro foelicint illaxerit occtdenti , are their words. Of which great good will , that had been for a long time before , betwixt thefetwo Religious houfcs , I find thiste- ftimony^s., that by way of mutuallcurtefies .the Monks of COtientrc ufed to fend unto them of SDerlep Needles and Sope ; and they of ^(X\&2 to thefe Saddles and riding- furniture. But after this they received , as well from the King as others , divers great favours and benefits for the advantage of their Monaftery : For in 34. H. 5. it was*, that they obteyn'd in fec-fcrmc from %Sg- ^^ Montalt and Cecily his wife all their incerefl in the mannour of Cot)entre , with the advoufon of the Church of S. (^ich. and the Chappells thereunto belonging ; excepting their capitall feat called C^plcfmOJC , and the Park , with the Houfe of ^ctcr0-^ftM)a; and the ho- mage and fervices of their freeholders , whole names I Mvc particularly expreft already in my difcourfc of the faid :^j^er. And in 41. H. 3. had they the Kings Charter * of ^Frce-toacrctl in all their demefn lands of COtetlfrcCtlttOalme, &Oto, ^ Carut: :K0t.p. =1.3. 8. I deNt^ vill. 4. J. m. t Rtg. K. Motend, mi 4. dib.m.iu ecart.s^t tKot. P. J.H.3. P-U.3J. J.J.OT.J. reign. But, it feems , that thefe taxes fell thus heavy upon them.before they had in any reafonable mca- fure recovered thetnfelves out of the low condition wherein they had been caft by the oppre(!ion of US.fmis Hngh ^pva»t the B.beforc-mentioned: for I find^ •^oper. that in the time of Prior Roq^er (who died about the 31. of this Kings reiga, ) there being a great league of fricndrhip betwixt the Monks of this Monaftery , and :'ie Cinons of a)ficlep , in SDet- bpJft. thcfc of CoDentW rcprefcnccd their mifcrable ©fflfplenljate, iFran&fon. s^atton, and {^erBtogfte, &at^aini, ^ktm, ©fifectitircij. ?HIIafperton, f^o- nptOlt and |9acbUl009, with divers other places in this County and ^^UttetfbUe. As alfo in 44. H. 3. an appropriation * of S.Michaels Church before mentioned, with all the Chappells thereunto belon- ging ; Viz.. aitff? , &fitAton , MpWti , &fofee. iBflnep, &oto, &tum, iFolbeftall and ^potm; and of rr/«/>)r-Church with it's Chappells :the Chappell of S. John , with the Hofpitall j the Churches of C»)lepand aitefpat^ , the Church of ^^ttDtopfte, and it's Chappells , with Archidiaco- nall jurifdiaion there: The Church of j^atfttOOOO, with Archid. jutifdiflion alfo ; And likewife the whole Tythes arifing in their demefn-lands, wher- ^1"' ^^^^' "• ^' '^' ^'^^^ appropriation^ for S)mmclf. And in 51. H. 3. a confirmation 'of .,„,. ,.. their foundation Charter by E. Leofi-il^ , with the H.j. m. 3i Bull of Pope Alexander the firft : As alfo a further grant of freedom from doing fuite to the County or HuQdred-Courcs , and to the ShirifFs-Tum. And that they (Tiould hate a Coroner within the town of tDSUTen in all his de- mcfn-jands : which moytie he held as freely as Earl Iteofrik^did the fame of K. Edward the Conf. And that he the faid Prior with his tenants , being pri- viledg'dof raurthet ', had Gallows, Pillory ,Tum- brell , Ailite of bread and beere ; as alfo fealty of his Burgers , and appearances at his Court twice in the year : for all which the Charters o. K. H. 3. and diverj other his progenitors were then exhi- bited. And Moreover , that he held the other moytie , called the Earls part; with the outwood wherein the Inhabitants ciaymed Common of palture for all manner of Cattell , and other commoning in the woods belonging to the Abby of §StWZles , of the heirs of Ro^er de Montalc , by the lervice of ex. marks per annum, according as in the Fine levyed betwixt the faid Roger znd Cecily his wife, and the faid Prior and Coventismore at large conteined : which heirs held it of the K.asot" the fee of C^C- tttX. In which half the laiu Prior had once in the year a jriixt lafting fix days, about the feaft of the holy Trinity ; with Gallows , Pillory , Tumbrell, AlTife of bread and beere j and fealty of all the Bur- gers J as alfo two appearances yearly at his Court. By which Inquifit» likewife appeareth , that the whole town was then exempt from Toll , excep- ting for Horfes , whereof the Burgers were ontly freed •, but that the faid Burgers had Toll of Hories for their own tenants there inhabiting : and that the lame Prior had three Mills here, with the ponds thereto belonging ; and two pools in demefn. All which immunities and priviledges were in i 3. E. 1. pleaded *;. by the Monks ; who then likewile ma- nifettcd , that they had time out of mind enjoyed two great Courts every year in this place; and weyfs : and that the Priors Bayliffufed ever to go along with the K. Bay lift to execute all fuch pre- cepts as conccrn'd the Crown : As alfo, that the town of Co1)0ntl^6 aniwered for xii. having JfrW- tDarren Irfuigthef, Affife of bread and beer, ^artatC , and IFafte , with all things belonging thereto; Pillory , Tumbrell , and a Coroner of their own : And that they were quit of Murther , Robbery .Suite to the County or Hundred-Courts, Ayd to the Shirift", Sec. Touching the i^ercatC they had here, it was kept in thatpartof the town called the Priors-half, as it feems; where ftill it continues , that being the place peculiar thereunto : for in E. 2. time, up- on a fuite ' commenced by the Prior againft one fVd/. Q -'Tie and others , for felling divers wares in Crle-ffreet every week upon the Friday in thfir hollies and fhops; who pleaded •, that they did fo by vcrtue of the Charter anticntly granted to them from the Earl of Cj^ffcr ; in which was con- tein'd, thatthev fhould enjoy as ample liberties as the Burgeflcs of ILfncoln ; and added, that the faid Ex vet. ccd. MS. penis. Earl in his time had a $SixZ in that ttreet, and fo likewife his heires , till fuch time as the before- mentioned Roger d: Montalt and Cecily his wife demiied that flreet to the predecellors of the faid Prior; judgment' was given for the Prior with Ix.li. damages ; and command that they fliould not fell their commodities any where upon the Friday, but in the Priors part. But in E. 3. time, after the pof- IdfionofC^epleOnojecame to the hands o(Q^/fa- ^f//, there grew lomc dilpute touching the txtont of the Priors part ; I'o that , by an Indenture* tri- partite, bearing date 29. E, 3. made betwixt the laid Q. with the Mayor and Commonalty on the Tlw. D one part , and the Prior and Covent on the other, ^^'^/ '| the divifion betwixt their laid parts wis by metes and bounds there delcribed, in manner follow ng ; 'vi^. beginning at the (tones or pillars near the CrofsofS. John Baft. Hofpitall, including North- Wards allUBiftop-ftrcet ; and foall along ro /vards the Common-Quarry, neer the girden of Ric.Bffck.- more : and thence ftreightonj taking in all S. ^f- C^Olas (trest , even to the high- way lead'n^ unco lilaDtojD : andfo through the midlt of 5IlaOfO)l» to IBjOaO oab towards the Ea(t;and thence to Ml^ftte- morc, environing that mannour ; and fo to IBlabC- tnO}e, and CucnCttOjO : and thence turning ande by a httle brook ruimip.o from CnOeni^(0 towards Colientceinto ^tDannefioeU-pool : anH from that pool by a hedge and ditch of the Priory , neer to the gate called H>erngate to (Erlelmpllie ; and thence on the back-fide of (l^(l0t-orc|^rD , inclu- ding the BiHiops-palace , and to to the wall of the Priory well-yard , and along by the gitc of the Monaftery to the corner of Tr/««'r)'-Church- yard, where the Butchers ufe to be : and from that corner diredly along by the weft-gate of the Prio- ry , and the gueft-ftable-wall to the running ri- ver ; and fo thwarting the brook , excluding S. JoA«'s-Hofpitall and the Bake-houfe belonging thereto unto the Crofs or pillars before mentioned. So that whatfocver is included within thole bounds was the Priors part, and all the reft the Earles part. Divers other Covenants are contaln'd in the ■ laid tripartite Indenture , whereof the Friday.mar- ketfor cattell and timber, is one of the principall , which was agreed to be kept in Sff^Op flreet, and COOb-ltCCCt , as it had wont to be ; but that the faid Prior and his fucceflors fhould take no Toll , except for Horfes oncly ; And that the fale of all other vendible commodities whatfoever , in this town, fhould be by the ordering of the Mayor and Commonalty, and their fuccctlors for ever. As for the feverall mcfluages and lands purcha- fcd by the Monks of fundry freeholders within the precin(fts of COtJenfrS; as alfo in their other Lord- (hips , in E. a. time and afterwards , I (hall de- cline the particular mention of them , in regard , that there is not any thing very notable to be ob- ferved , cither of the perfons from whom they were acquired, or of the lands themfelves. The next thing that , in order of time , I meet with , which may be reckoned worthy of note in relation to this Monaftery , is , that the Clergy , and people of the Archdeaconry of Cotcnfve did in j^mo 1 410. Tiz. H. 4.) make an humble reprc- fcntation f to John Keterich B. of this Dioces , that p BHygb.^^' the memory of the holy Virgin S. Osburg ( unto /. »oy. fy whom this monaftery was fpecially dedicated) grew j| famous for many miracles inthofe days;for as much ' as diveis vveak and infirm peopIe,which came to her tombc W'A%l f^ICKJHI1{E ILLUSTRATED. lo^ I iof.a. tombcfituate in the Priory-Church.and there and elfwherc imploring her prayers and merits , had been reftored to bodily health and ibundaefs : And ihsrefore did petition the lame Bifhop , that her Birth-day might be folemnized , and the laid vir- gin reverenced in Hymnes and Pfalmcs.with other Sevoutluffrages. Wnerciipon the B.cauled a Synod 1 of the Clergy of this Archdeaconry to be conve- ned in the laid Church the i 3. of OBol?. in the fame year ; wherein it was determined , that her faid Birth-day ("hould be folemnized and kept , as a double Fcftivall throughout the whole Archdea- conry every year for ever , and in as compleat a manner as the Feaft of their Churche*s_dedica- with their feverall yctrly Pe»fions •* that were gran» w Ex tad, ted to them during life. USAktd, tion. VrMS.penis \S.A.eq. tu.r.f.z6,a. ta.f.17. But I nowcome to that fatall Survey in 2(5. H. 8. the forerunner of itsdiflolution ; wherein I fhill not defcend to particulars, but only reprefent what the yearly revenew thereof was then certified ' to be ; VIZ.. 7 j i . li. i 9 .s.-o 5. d. Out of which the Fce-ferme rent to the Crown, refervcd by Ra^. de CMontalt (as I have fhcwed ) with all other Pen- \Jlb.f,ii-i. fionsandannuall/payments amounting to 249.11. 05. s.09. d. being deduifted, the clear remainder was 499. li. 07. s. 04. d. per Axnum. Amongft which deduftions I find* that 14. li. 13.S. il. d. per annum : was reckoned for bread, beer, and two meffes of meat daily , f/i. as much as would fuf- fice for two Monks, and allowed to the poor of S. J«^«'s Hofpitall (within this City ) upon the firft foundation thereof. And 06. li. i j.s. 04. d. in mo- ney, bread, wine, and other viftuall diftributed to poor people on M^nnday-thurfda)) , yearly, at the ■wafhing of their ftet. Andalfo iz.li. 11.9, 04. d. for the yearly maintenance of poor Schollars in the faid Monaftery. And 26. s. 08. d. for to keep the Anniverfary of E. Leofril^ihc founder , and of the Countefs (jodeva his wife. At the time of which Survey Henry Mirq. jSDO}&t was high Steward , and had 04. li. per annum Pcnlion ; and W//. Ge- vyns Receiver-generall, who had 10, li, per annum annuity. But behold the inftability of thefe terreftrlall things ; what the pious Founder, and all other its worthy benefaftors had , v»ith great zeal to Gods glory, lb cheerfully given and beftowcd on theftru- -. . , • The next particular whereof 1 come to Ipeak.is the two large and hcautifuU Churches , dedicated the one to s" (Jiiichaell, the other to the holy Tri- nity ;hQi\\ which heretofote (^ood within the lame ..Ci/mctciy.vi.iUv5l>c,Priory Chpjfh. H •'■ • ■ ; • ■ ,- .'<■■" •■■ ■ ■■'■^t ^' ■'■ ' .. f EX alio M S. pe- nis cuiid, f.6.1. S. Michaelts Church. /-^ P this , the firft mention that I find/, is in ^ KJk. Stephen's time j for then did^ ^^"''^'^t 'i' low them competent maintenance. And , th-Jt to the vlcaridge of S. Mtchall fliould , by the Blftiops Officiall and the Archdeacon , and two other dif- creet men on the Priors part chofen and fworn, be afligned , out of the fruits of the faid Church , the value of xxiv. marks per annum. And moreover.that the Prior and Covent fliould pay, out of the fruits thereof to the Archdeacon of Cotenfre , for his Precuratians , four marks. And becaule that the Cathedrall of 3LtcWlClD,had of an- I tient time ufed to have xxx. marks yearly out of the proftcs of this Church , it was by the fame A- grecmcnt further concluded , that the fame fumme fhould be payd yearly thereto for the time to come , at the Ve^l^sofS.Michaelliind Eafter.by even por- tions, out of the Kcdioxy of g^ont^Rl , (the pa- tronage whereof belong'd to the faid Monks). Which Accord bears date at MTartofcK 3. Kal. Julii Anno 1248. (32. H. 3.) But in 44. H. 3. this Church was appropriated ' to the Monks ; / Kat.l and in Anno 1291. 19, E. i. with its Chappells, Molend. valued "at 50. marks j and the vicaridgs at 8. marks and a half. The tall and beautifull fieeplc ; which , for its excellent workmanfliip and height , is inferior to none in Q^nglSlllO, was " more than xxii, years in building; being begun in tAnno 137^.47, E. 3. and finifliedyi«»o 139J. 18, R. 2. But I find', that in 1 2. H. 6. there was a new work begun up- on this Church , yet what in particular I cannot dircftly fay : howbeit , by the fafhion of the buil- ding , do I conceive , that the whole body of the Church, or the greateft part thereof , was then builtin that form we now behold it. In 26. H. 8. the Vicaridge , before expreft , was t rated at ($5. li. 10. s. 06. per annum, ou: of which being then annually payd 02. li.-ij, s. 04. d. to the Archdeacon of Coteiltrs for Proeurations and nes Kegi Cov. & Lich.eplj »2.4. mMS. Scacc, Ex tal.i ^jorui Cev. ves i Hale ar. ofCbettet re by the name of the Chappe Synodals : to the Prior of Cotientrc for an yearly enfion c. s. and to the Dean and Chapter, of ndeVitto the Monks of Co\)etltW , 5ttef8{(t 3!DU«tro« Btttiermyn ));o(tratntf AnonoaniSlpabv W^t Cfbitatt^, gni obiit ^Il.l)itintnfi«ap)fltit anno Domini w. 9* mfif. 9 So^ana am (fun > quorum Arth. "Dudley Ckr.Capel- lanus B.^egisji.Iebr. 1537- JcRamridg Cler.j.Febr. 1538. Jfftgo SymetJyfacraTheol. bacc.i-j. Martii 1552. Will. Ireland Cleric. 22. Sept. I J77. Will, HintotiCler.S.Theo. Bacc. 16, Mar. 1583. Sam,Buggs cler. S.TheoU bacc, ^ Nov. i6z^. Bowl.f.: . E/./.J., Ib.f. 8. • i:r.t>: fjii.a. lb.f.16. Samtff], b . Supiff. S.f 47 «. iundem, Mertm,] i bund, { i In ^ertere Ctiappen , on a fair Monument v/here- upon are the {^atues of a man in armour and his two wives. 9wtt p)o anfnui (ZnfndittQt ®lt(n{n|t8n> nqm nfo^fjl EaDuIp()i ^tnUIineton atto^natl gtnualUDomfni ttsU XimxifA Sctatii , lSeco)tiatoMii Cibltatfs Countttt.ifto^fsi %,^vm %K%% atmiEtrt : 4lni Qn(Pim VU^ntitt" »vUt' . • "A rWtNiS CX)LLtOTt rU[2KOClUUUfc9 ^"tocu. ru.11 J*X crVM JIWT T»B1 VKTVS ttOKDnS WCA. An?\-E -DO»a> TAmU^T «r» «tNT vwiv» i^vx*. T-Rti XA.TI. NATLS X XRtBVJ VWV* 0«r* (a TTX* VWVi» EBAKtr ^vapgY* I-TT XMDKEMr Cmi> VtKTVTXi JUKO*. TAflttN OFlTV t(^d%}VlCK^SHI%E ILLUSTRATED. 109 m.6. fits, pe- Tiis S. ^. eq. aHY. f, 3«.fr. 'fEx alio M S. penis In chis Church of Sr. M«c/:», were divers Chan- tries, founded by feverall perfons, and endowed with Lands or fome yearly Revcnue/or the main- tenance pf one or more Prielts, daily toSingMafs for the fouls of the Donors, or fuch whom they did appoint . Merjnton's Chantry, Tp'His was founded 1 by Hft^h de Merp>to» in 17 f. 2. and conlifted of two prielts, to Sing Mafs daily. torche health of his foul, and of Agnes his wife : as alfo for the fouls of his anceftors and all the faithful! dcceafed ; being endow'd with 8.1. yearly Rent, for that purpofe : yet in ' i6 H. 8. the clear yearly value thereof amounted to no m^rethananC. s. but upon the Survey /ta- ken in 57 H. 8, it was found" to be worth 7. 1. o^A.-Q/^A.^er an. over andaboye all reprifes. tVAft.E. 4«>. M» M s. pe- nis S. A, tq.Mr.f, 7. 5^. Shepey^s Chantry, T^His -was founded * by Lanre»ce She fey of CotJCHtrc in 4 £. 5.&: endowed with one mefs, and two Shops, for the mamtenance of a Priefl: to Sing Mil"s daily, at the Altar of St. L^ar^wi? ■within the fame Church; for the foul of the faid LxurcHce ; and of the fouls of his father and mo- ther; yi.tHci his wife ; Adam Sta»ydelf and Alice his wife, with all the faithful! deceafed. Where- unto, in 1 1 R. 3. John Shepey, Dean of i^fll- COltl, added "the gift of one more mefs. for the maintenance of two Prielts to Sing Mafs at the faid Altar, for the foul of Laurence, the Founder (his grand-father) Jordan Shepey, his father : as alfbfor the good eftate of him the faid Dean, •whillt he lived; andafterwardsfor the health of his foul, and the fouls of all the faithful! dccea- fed. In ^7 H. 8. xhe value thereof, certified » at jp.s.-oy.d. per an. was allowed by the laft Prior of COtJCnfre to the Curat of ^OtO, in augmenta- tion of his Salary ; in regard that the fmall Ty thes of &OiD, that were all he had for his maintenance, were then worth but fix pounds fer an. After this, "viz,. in 45 E. 5. lohn de Burgh, Prie(t, WilLLibevd, lohn de Tomtfreit, Ranulph V aimer, ind Xhomas Telvertoft, (gave x two mefs. with the appurtenances here in Co1)0ntrC, for the maintenance of a Priefl: to Sing Mafs daily at the Altar of the blefled Virgin.within this Church, for the fouls o[He»ry Dilcock^, and lAargery his wife, Kol>ert de ffattomndMand his wife j aod o^yyUl. ie shepey and Alice his wife. Hayeks Chantry. TTHis was founded ? in 1 2.R. 2. hy Henry delHay of C9t)0ntte,Girdler; and endow'd with three mefs, lymg here in COtetltC^, for the mainte- nance of one Prieft to Sing Mafs daily at the Al- tar of All-Saints, within this Church ; for the goodeftate of the faid K. 1?^ 2. and of Q. Anne his confoit : as alfo of him the faid Henry, du- ring their natural! lives,, and afterwards for the health of their iouls . The Rcvcnae whereof in 57 H. 8. being certified N. at 21. S.-07, d. per an. xMs.pe- "over and above reprifes, was by the laft Prior of "^^ ^- ^• CoSentrCgiventotheVicarof JFolfeelfiuUm aug- 'Jl'""'"^' mentation of his livmg, whereof the value then extended to no more then 03.I.-1 g.s. per an. 7.«. Trejlons Chantry. 'J^His was founded' by John Prefiono? CotJCIt- trein 13 H. 4. for two Priefts to Sing Mafs daily at the Altars of the holy Trinity, and the blefled Virgin, within this Church, for the good el-late of him the faid John, during this mortall life ; and afterwards for the health of his foul ; as alio for the Souls of his Parents and Benefaftors, and all the faithfull deceafed ; and endow'd with (ix Mefs : and one Shop, with a Chamber over it, fituat here in CotJCItfrC. All which in 2$ H. 8. were valued * at 05.1. op. s. per an. over and a- bove reprifes : but in * 37 H. 8. at no more then 04. l.o5. $. ii.d. per a Pat.i^, H.4.p.i. an. Crojjes Chantry* bMS. pe- nes p-itefat, S.A.f.^o.A c Ex acio MS. pe- nis eund. IN I 3 H. 4. y<;/j» Scarhnrgh, Philip Baro>t, Lau- rence Coke, and Thomat ^Henryes gave"* 5. Mefs d Pat. and 04. 1. 06. s. 06, d. Rent, per an. lying here H.^p. in . a week to every Couple, to pray for the fouls of the faid ^////.«»? and his Parents for ever: Howbeit, the certain time of its foundation I have not feen ; but the lands and tenements thereunto belonging,be- ing, by the Survey ^taken in 57 H. 8. valued zt fJii 25.1.09. s.pfr^«. the Priefl had out of it 6. l.yearly for his falary ; the refiduc being for the mainte- nance of the before fpecified poor people, and dif- charge of other payments concerning the faid lands and Chantry. TheTaylors and Shermans Chantry, ^ SMS,ft» F this Chantryes foundation I find nothing : ^em s. A bucin theSurveyXof 25H. 8. it was cer- /".jo^^j \ ^O 3 tified " '- o loo THE ANTICLUITIES OF i Ib,f.6.!i. k Kot. R, Mtlend.m, 4. I MS. in Scuc. m MS. fi- lm pritf*t, S.Aj.-i9,b. tified to be of the clear yearly value of 02. 1. i6.s 6. d, ob.fer an. oyer and above all reptifes. h Ex alio M S.fcnes eund.fi. a. Tales Chantry, HErcof, all that I have met with, isoncly, that there ^^s an yearly ftipend* of Cvi. s. viii. d. payd to a Chantry -Prielt, finging Mafs daily in this Church of St. Mich^ by the Com- pany of Dyers in the City of BLOtltOn. I Adarlers Chantry. T doth not very clearly appear, that this Chan- try was in St. Mich. Church : but in regard that there be circumftances, which make it pro- bable, I have fixt it fo. It was founded 'by one Ric.Marler,is hislaft Will dothmanifcrt ; by which he afligned certain Rents to be yearly re- ceived by the Wardens of this City, for the time being, to find a Prieft to Sing didy Mais in a Chap- pel], built over the Grave of him the faid Richard, for the health of his foul and all Chrilkn-fouls j and to keep divine Service in the <^uirc ; whofe flipend was nine vmxVsfer an. But the founda- tionofir, is of no antiquity ; for there were no more than two Chantry-Priefts fucceffively be- longing thereto ; viz,. Henry Mirier ^ arid Ric. Branktr ; which Ric. was living in 37 H. 8. Trinity Church, OF this, the firft mention I find, is of it's ap- propriation ^to the Priory in 44 H. 3. In «j«. I 291. 19 E. I. it was valued' at xx. marks and the Vicaridge at two marks : But in "• 26 H. 8. the faid Vicaridge was rated at 33. 1. i.s.6.d. eh. per an. out of which iffued " a Penfion of C; s, to the Prior ; xvi.s, in Trtcftrations and Svmd.tls ; and to the Church-wardens, for a Qiiit-Rent, yearly, for the Vicaridgc-houic xx. s. fo that the clear yearly value, deducing the reprifes.amoun- ted toxxvi. 1. v. s. vi.d. Vtnbh.f. it. a. Ib.f.ii^fi. Ib.f.i9.b. Stret.f.ii.b Ib.f.i9,a. Jb.f.io.b. Hepv.f.f'. b. Ib.f.^t.t, *i.f.s.a: Ib-f.ihb. Sampf.f, Patroni Vicarix Incumbentes. ^Henr.de Horenhale IG. Cat. ! */^pr. 1298. Joh. de HolUnd. 3. Non.Seft. I 13 34' \ Joh. Grtnebtirgh Cler. 4. Id. I Jan. 1346. Trior & Co»V' ^'^ Egid. Fillilod Cap. 'Hon. Sept. Civentre. I i ;49. j If, II. Swet Pbr. %.Maii i 580. : Joh. ie j4r>:cotes Tbr. i 2. Martiix%^l. mil. Gam ell Ph. 16. OH:. ^ 138^ Ric . tlmfrey do- N'ch. Croshj Cap. 1 j. Jan. miceUus Tr. & Conv. Cotentre. DoM. Rex. 1421. .^Joh. (Jiieneley Thr. 20. Dee. I 144?- de^ Tho. OrtBH i»aicr. hacc. an. I 1 508. I N:ch. 1)arinjrteH S. Theol. j^ bacc.^■}.lan.t^^7. m!LBt>3*t'Cl^r.^.i{ov.i^^6 DotninA Re gin a Jacobus Rex. €Geo.Broocbe inart, Aiag. 8. I Geo. Cheilon 6. j4pr. t^6%. f Anth. Fletcher Clery 4. Maii Hiimf. Fenne Cler. ai. Febr. 1577- Rie. Eat on Cler. fi. Jan. i^go iTho. (,ooftrS. Theol. bacc. 8. Mali ido4. Sarft. Gibfon Qer. 2, Jan. J 1610. . J oh. Starefmoreinart. Mag. \_ I J. Maii \6\%. Sam. Buggs S. Theol, bace. 20. J unit 1626. I J Sampf-tif f S.f.i.b. Ib-f-Ai.". lb.f.i^(J,. Ib.f.^7.i. ! Ovenm bund. £. Overton bund. F. Ncile bund, c, OvtUll hund.A. Mtrten band, JB- ttn. Monumental Infcriptions in this Church. Qnthe South Wall of the Quire, EPITAPHIUM DocToms HoLtAWDi A S»t»«oCom- FECTUM qui obiit 9* die Februarii 1636. EtSj. aitatis lux, NEmo habet hie ,nemon}ho^pes [alvetB,Philtmt» Holland hac reenbat riti repoftus hnms : St cjuitrai ratto qiiitnam fit tiominis, hit efl, Totiisterrafui,terracjHe totfts era: At redivivHS morte tuafervabor Jtf/t^ Una fides votis hae efi viafplafalistis. Hie fpefretus ego, culpa, paenalL de Allejley, in «« r^tfau * E. I . time ; for one Priett to Sing Mafs daily, SA.f.yk, j^j j}^j ^jjj^j. Qf 5^ Thomas the Martyr, in a Chap- pell near adjoyning to the Church-porch : the clear yearly value of all the Rents belonging thereto, over and above repriles, being, in 7 26 H. 8. certified at 04.I.-1 7.S. but in \ 37 H. 8. ato4.1. 08 s.-o6.d. yEx tli» M S. penes €und.f. ii. -K.EX prx- fata M S. f-i.b. aih.f.ji. nr Cellets-Cbantry, J- h NortJib.f. ' e Ex pra- fata M S.f. 7M. i tx tpfo cutog. pe- rns (itnA. I.H, hExRegifl. Pr.de Cov. f-77.l>^ iEx autog. pc7iis f/»' /•-a.l.Hales \ Zx ipfis *utog. pt- tus eund. I.H. 'His was founded* by one ^yttl. Cellet in E __ time ; for one Prieft to Sing Mafs dayly for the foul of the ii\Af^f^tll. and his parents : But I find no more than one oncly Piieft prefented* to it by the Prior of C0t)entrer/o7. 4. Cal.Oa. 1356. And, that in 37 H. 8. the clear yearly value thereof being certified ' at 03. l.-04.d. -0^. p^r an. wasallov/dbythelaft Prior of COtJCnttC to the Vicar of &tOke, in augmentation of his living, then worth but 40. s. per an. Thediffolution of all which Chamryss was by Aft of Pari, in i £. 6. as the Printed Statutes do manifeft. Inthe next place I come to fpeak of the other Religious-houfes within this City; as alio of the particular ©ilUS or Fraternities difperft inthe fe- verall parts thereof. All which I fliall take in or- der, according to their antiquities. St. fohns HofpitalL THis was firft founded'* by Laurence, Prior of COtJentreandhis Covent about the beginning of H. 2. time, at the requett ' of Edmund then Archdeacon of CotJCJltrC, ad fufceptiohem pau- perum & infirmomm, as the words of the grant import; which Edw. procured /a confiimation thereof from Ric. Archb. of Cant. (7*. Bcck^t's fucceffov) and was at charge of the buildings. In an. 12 21.(5 H. 3.) Pope H(7«or/«J the 3. by his BulU dated at ILatCran I S- CaL Jtinii, granted unto the Friers of this Holpitall a ipeciall prote- ^ion as to their perfons and poflelTions ; and by name for their land at g>merC0te (in HBeOtDOjtb- Parifli) which, as 'tis like, was given them at the foundation of their Houfe. The frft of their other Bencfailors, whereof ourpublick Records do take notice, were Kofr. de Montalt and C'cilte his wife ; who, in 3 3 H. 3. upon their gvant of the Mannour of CotCtltt'C to the Monks in Fee-fetme (whereof I have former- ly fpoke) referved '' a Cart-load of wood every week out of the woods belonging to CotJCIltre, to be delivered by the Forefters of the Pr. and Covent, for the time being.unto the Friers of this HofpitalL After which they obtain'd ofK, H. 3. Letters' of proteftion, bearing date 24. JnlH, 45 H. 3. extending the lame likev»ife to fuch their MefVengers as they fliould imploy and lend abroad to receive Almes for their behoof: who in that Pat. recommended their condition to be fo far tcndred by all they fhould fo repair unto, as they might expert to be rewarded from God and have thanks of him. As alfo reverall Ballsy from F, Urban the 4. and 5. of immunities from all fccular exaftions. And by other Benefailors had, as fol- followcch J "Viz,. 4. mefs. a. aires and a half of wood, and 20. $. tent, lying in COtienttO and 31BeUllJ0?t^, given ' by Bernard de ^rley i £. 3. Twenty acres of land 1. rood of medowand 30. ipat.ifi, s. rent, in fetotilc?, ?^arnale,and Cotientre, by s.p.j. " Nich. Crtimpe of CotientfC 2 E, 3. Tnree mefs. 6. acres of land, and half an acre of mcdow, ly- mEfc.iB inginCtotlCntrCand COjICp, by" Ric. Smtham j.n.i'i^". , Pricft, And j. more mcK. Jyin? inCot)C*1tt6, by nPat.t^J Henry Page of ©IclleflbOJOngft 15 c. 5. F^ur £.3.w.i/,i mefs, and U.S. rent in C0t)£ntrc, by • I'.hn de Ftlun^ley Prieft, 21 S. 3. One mefs. in COtJCtltrC »Pi. to a Mufkjue-mafter, for to teach at three convenitnt times in every week fo many of the Schollars of the fame School , to fing, as fliould be willing to learn : And to a Bayliff to gather up the laid Rents, and fee the Houfes kept in reparations xxvi.s. viii. d, yearly; the refidue to be imployed in repayring of the fame Houfes, and the overplus to augment the living of the laid School -mafler and U flier. The (jray-Friers, T He place where ihlsquondam Religious houfe flood, is very well known to all that have obierved any thing ofCottntre; in regard the fpire-fteeplc, which was part thereof, is yet flan- ding, giving occafion unto flrangers that pais through the town, to think that there is flill a Church in that place. But before I defcend to Ipeakin particular of this Friery, it will be pro- per, ( I conceive) to fay fomething of their Order, in generall ;and next of their propagation in this Kingdom. Firft therefore, as to their originall, we fliall find, that St. Francis (a perfon famous for his ftrift and holy life) was the man from whom this Order fprung ; whofe birth-place (being of a no- ble extraflion) is laid x. to have been at i^ffife in . tanAjfa (a Province of 3Italp.) And that, * in the very time of his youth, betaking himfelf to divine fludies, no whit regarding the tranfitory pleafures of this prefcnt world, he afterwards negledlcd his (patrimony, which was not fmall, wore a coul and hair-fhirt, went barefoot, and macerated himfelf with frequent watches and faftings. As alio, to the intent that he might make choice of voluntary poverty , he re- lolved to enjoy nothing aS his own, no not fo much as food for his body, otherwifc than what he received in Almes from good people. And moreover, if he had any thing left, after a flen- der refrefhment, he ever beftovv'd it on the poor, referving nothing for the morrow. That, in the night time he always flept in his cloaths, lying down upon a Matt, having no pillow for his head but a ftone : And thus going barefoot with c Palyd. Virg. dt invent, rt- ■1 urn Lib. 7. tcr 'author hath of him;w;o.that when he firfl be rookhimlelfto this regular life, he wore flioos and a Lethern Girdle ; but revolving in his mind, that our blefl'cd Saviour gave command to his A- poflles, that they fliould not have two coats, nor any purfe, he put on afingle coat of plain wool, girt himlelf with a cord, and went barefoot. And at the length, that he might live an Anchorite, betook himfelf to the jipenine-mountums, and in ^tJCrnc (at the foot of them) continued in great folitude ; where devoting himfelf wholy to divine contemplations, he branded his body with the marks of our Lords Paflion, and called thofe LMinors which he chofe, from the firft, to be his companions in that Rule, as a manifefl token of his humility ; to the end that they, being mind- full of that flender appellation, fliould be free from all pride, which is oft times the companion of fanftity. His Rule being confirmed by Honorhis the third ; and two years after; w-c. an. i 229. grc' ^or^theix. canonizing him for a Saint, no hu- mane inflitution increafed fo much as this, in a fliort time, did : for they were loon fpread over the whole Chriftian world ; Terram replevernnt iaith^ey de Manmlc and Cecilie his wife, 54 H. ?. It, together with the Mannour- houfe and Park of C^egIeOnO)e were refervcd ^to the faid Rager and Cecily and their heirs. It feems that thefe Friers had afterwards alfo many good Bencfa^ors : for (o fair a Church as that hath been, by view of the ftecplc yet ftan- ding, could not be built without very great coft. But that the fame ftrufture was made in E. 5. time,I am induced to believejpartly from the form of its fabrick ; and partly beciuf; I find,that f^w. Prince ofAK«/ffj(commonly called thc5/4fjE^Prwf) by his Charter * bearing date 14. Dcf. 52E. 3. gave leave to thefe Friers (of whom, as the fame grant exprefles he was Patron) for to take fo much ftone out of his Q.uarry in the Park of C^epled IMOJ0, as chey fhouldhave occafion to ufe about their buildings and walls. And likewife liberty to have a Poitern, from their manfion into his Park , to carry out any of their Covent that ihouldbe difeafed, fo that they Were not to go further then the laid Q^iarry : The Key of which Dore to be alwaies kept by the Warden of the fame Friers, or his fubftitutc ; and no other to pafs that way butfuchas werefick. And as I am of opinion that then was the time of its building ; fo do I imagine, that fome of the Hafiittgs were good Benefaiftors thereto, in regard that divers of them lay buried in a Chap- pellof the fame Church, called Haflings Chap- pell, and fome in the very habite of Fritri-Mi' Mors, fo great an cfteem had they of this Order. Wherefore, to fortify my conje(fture, I have here added a very notable memorial! touching thofe honourable pcrfons of that family, who lye here interred. EKO'UChApelledelez, Freres-Mettours de (^0- ve»tre, appelle Hamnges-Chapelle efi me fe- neflre en la Northe parte one vne [cucheon des Ar- mes de HtifiiHges, la. fecond part it de d'or & de eiHople, ove vne Lyon da gules rampant. Ld tierce d'as,ure ove tfoys garbs de Cumyn d'or encein- ter de gnles en mtlieu d'icelle . Srt vne fene- ftre en le £jt efi Uz. ^rrnes de Hafimges, de Cantelov, & de Valence, Enl'autre fenepre enle Efl efi lez, Armes de Hafiings & d'az^ure a. 6. lionceHxd'argtnt, &deU Spenfere. Item en vne autre fenejhe, en hafe, eft Uz, tArmes de Hafiinges ^ de Huntingfeld, cefl. afaveir d'or ove vnefefe de gules & trots tor- ttux Sargent. Enlefeeondefi Hajhugs, (^ar- gent deux harrs dt get^hs ove vne label dr Va^ knee. Snle tierce e!^ lei, ^rmes de Hajf-n^s. En le quart efl- de gules ove vne £gle d' argent^ da quel jon bill efi d'or. Et la font enterres deux chivaliers, cefiafavoir Manfr. Henry de Hafiings, C Johan la file de LMon^r, (juiliam de Cantelow , O" foer a S , Thomas de Hereford I'evefque. Et profchein lui gifi la dit Johan, ove lez. %Arm:s de Hafitngs drCantelow. L'autre chivalier efi one I' Armet ieHafiings enfeint ovefque lez. Armes de Valence, {on name efioit Johan de Hafiings. Et profchein lui gifi dime Ifabelde Valence ovefque lez, Armes de Hastings. Et yufi la dit Ifabel, gifi dame J»hM de Huntingfcld, file a CMonfr. fohn de Hafiings & Ifabelde Valence en vne gowne pow- dre dez, Armes de Hafiings , ©- d'er fefe de gules ; & en fon mantel par dejftu celle eB, efi d' argent a deux fefes de gules, & fur fez, man. ches dez, Armes de Valence. Et efi vnepillew de- foubsfon tefi, {ur quel font lez, Armes de Ha- fiings & Huntingfeld, quatr^oitz, • cefiafavoir d'or a vne manche de gules, & d'or tt vne fefe de gules & I. torteux d' argent. En le table efioit efcrit , Dominut Henricus de Hafiings cum Domina Johanna conforte fua, filid Domini mUielmi de Cantilupe , (^ foror fanSii Thomfi Htrefordenfis ; & dominns Johan- nes de Hafiings filiut eorundem , cum domina Ifabella conforte fna , filia domini fViUielmi de Valence Comitis PembrechiA <^ fVexford, fepul- tHS in habittt fratrnm Minor um. Johannes obiit 9. Martii i^ii.et Ifabella 5. 0£l. 1305. Ad cujus dextrant jacet damina Johanna de Huht ting fe Id filia pradiSiorum Johannis et Ifabella. Robertus de Shotesbrake armiger firenuifiimtts] et ejufdem domini Henrici quondam vexiUator^ et pofiea Senefchalltu. Et ibi jacent Johannes, Edmundus, et Henrieui filii domini m'llielmi de Hafiinq^s , filii D. Jo. hannis de Hafiings. Et Joh. Huntingfeld, lilitu * mil. de Huntingfeld et 2). Johanna confortis futt. That this Order of Friers was very much efteem'd and reverenced by all forts of people, is evident enough. For whofoever ftiall take no- tice of inch bequefts,as by the Tertaments ofmoft men and women were made in antient time, may find, that as they feldomc neglected to oive more or lefs to one or other Religious houfc of this Rule; fo, if they were perfons of quality, they did frequently make choice of their fepul- ture in them, as I fliall have occafion to (hew in fome part of this work. Neither was it the leaftpollicy of thefe Friers to obtain from great perfons luch a difpofall of their bodies, conlide- ring how they were imployed and trufted in making their Teftanients (as I have already (hewed :) For where ever they fped in that kind, they were fure to have a good Legacy from the Teftator, and not without hope, by fo fair art example, to obtain no lefs advantage from his pofterity : SothztTho.de PValftngham, fpeaking of the buriall of CL Elianore's heart in the Church of the Friers-Minors at iLOnJOIl, did not with- out caufe complain of them in thefe words • » T. Waif. •——.Qui (meaning the faid Friers) ^cuti et hifl.AngU cunili fratres reliquorum Ordinum , aliqmd d$ P.»«.»-i«» corporihtH quQrumcunqtie potentinm morientium P a fibimit '^^ THE ANTIQUITIES OF oTliis i» one of their an- tientFalrcs p In bl bl. Cotton* glc Vefp. f M S. pe- nis S. y!. Cf . aur.f. fibmet vendicdafit, more camm cadaverihus aJfiftentiMm , ubi qutf^utfuam farticHlam avt- de cenjumendam expeSlat ? you fee he writes fomewhat palTionatly of the poor Friers : but confider that he was himfclf a Monk, and the rcafon may eafily be difcerned. Before the fuppreffioa of the Monaftcries, this City was very famous for the Tageants that were play'd therein, upon" Corpus -Ckrifti-dzy ; which occafioning very great confluence of people thither from far and near, was of no fmall benefit thereto ; which Tageants being acled with mighty Ihte and reverence by the Friers of this Houfe , had Theaters for the fcverall Scenes', very large and high, placed upon wheels, and drawn to all the eminent parts of the City, for the better advantage of Speftators : And con- tain'd the ftcry of the New-Teftament, compo- fed into old Englifh Rithme, as appeareth by an ancient ^5.? intituled Ltidus Corporis Chrifti, or Ludus Coventria, I have been told by fome old people, who in their younger years were eye-witneffes of thefe Pageant s{o a. Aed, that the yearly confluence of people to fee that fhew was extraordinary great, and yeildcd no (mall advantage to this City. Tl.e next .thing whereof I am to take notice, in relation to this Friery, is K. H. 8- Survey , 4 in 2^. of his reign: At which time it did ap- pear, tiiSt they had no lands or tenements; nor, other polTeffionsfpirituali or temporal!, but one- ly a liberty in tic Countrey to receive the Cha- rity of gocd people. This being lo, I expeft that iome may demand why it was i.otdiffol- vcd in 27 H. 8. when the lefl'er Hou'es went to •^ **'• ^'"'^ wrack. Whcreunco lanfwer, that the .\(ft' for I w 18 ^' ^^*^ purpole , exrendech cnely unto Monkj , "' * ' Chamons, and Nuns: but if it be askt, why thefe were then fo fheltred from the firft ftorm ; the reafon, I think , is apparent j njiz,. there was nothing to be got by their ruin, forafmuch as ' they had no endowment of lands, ^c. though Godwas asmuchdiflionoured by the lewd lives of the Fliers for want of good government(as the preamble of that Aft imports, in cafe ic fay true) as by any other whofe Houies were certified to be of lei's value then C C. /. per an. which fa- vour we fee gave thefe poor Friers liberty to breath here a while longer in expeftation of their ruin; via,, till 30 H. g. that all the great Hou- fes were diffolved ; they being then forc'd to fAuug. m fublcribe an Inftrument, /"whcreunto their Com- tHr,Augm. mon-Seal is affixt; and in which the error of that Rfgular cci;rrc they had praftifed, is con- feft ; whereby they furrendred this Houfe into thei'aidK. hands, as the Copy thereof (being not ordinary, and therefore here infcrted) doth ma- nifcft. ^0; as moc^c as toee f ^e W[«rDcn atio ftezxe tX the ^OUfe of &apnt Frances in Covencre , COmmonlp CallpO f^e grey-Freers in C^ventre, ftl tfte Cotmtp of Warwick , DOO pjOfOUIttllp confifier, fbattbeucrfettbnof Cft?fffe fucbe maner of Ittiinges as otber teculac ^jietts commonlp be p;eferreo unto. 0nD iue all faitbfullp fljaU pjap unto ^Imigbtp ftnefs of their Rule and auflerity of their lives obtained ; there being few perfons of quality, refiding within many miles , that by their Teflaments gave not liberally to them , as by that of the Lord Bafet of Winston in 7 K.'i. appeaieth,' where- by they hadno lefs then a Legacy of CCC./. Further mention , after which time , I find not, till I H.J. that the K , granted « licence to fVill. Boteneroi WffJjIbjObD to give unto them a piece of ground lying here in CotJCOfre, con- taining 141, foot in length and 45. in breadth, for the enlargement of their habitation ; in con- fideration whereof they were to celebrate the Anniverfary of John Percy and Alice his wife deceafcd. But fliortly after the foundation of this Religious houfe, was there one William , a Frere thereof, who became very famous for his learning, and was commonly called (juilhel- mus ^oventre-y of whom BaUus in his fixth Century fag. 461. maketh large mention, and ofthe works that he wrote ; whereunto I refer my Reader. In 2 a H. 7. did Sir Thorn. Toultney of S0U llerton Kt. ( llneall heir 10 the before fpecified fAdetnt Sir John) by his, Tcflament, f bearing date 5. ^'H' .Nmreod 2,s,per ^w.as aRcni fox < that bclong'd to them extended to 07./.-I ^m-oU f^ IFJ'JiWI K,SHI1iE ILLUSTKATED. up b Autejr, fir Annum. But the diflblucion of them hapned not till jo.H.S.thitall the poor Mendicants followed the example of greater Monaftcries in making furrender of their Houles. At which time , by their :m Inftrument* bearing date i C)(^.30.H.8.chey gave ■• up this to the King ; whcreunco theie names were fubfcribed. ';.J37. Hago Burnby. Thorn. Fyfchcr. 7?Jf. lyodcokc Thofti. ytcttrs. mil. tValkar. mil. H.irryfon. Job. Taflj. Job. Hurfl. Ric. (^awper. mil. Madder. Job. Nfr»bold. Job. Ely(o». Hie. C»r<'per. IVill. Kyitge. No Pcnfion being allow'd to any of them. After which this Houfe , with all that belong'd thereunto, excepting the rent of xx. s. fcr annum, due CO Mercton's Cbantry, before mentioned , was {inttr tfUs) by the Kings Letters pat. • dated 27, Aug. $6. H.8. granted to S\: "K^'^ Sadler Knlghz, and his heirs, to hold in Burgage; which Sir Raph fold it to Jobn H/iles ( of whom I hive fpoke in S.jFcijVs Hol'pitall;) who made it his habitation, as it feems : For by his laft Will ^ and Teftament dated i-j. Dec. 1$. Sliz,. appointing it to be fold, he there calls it by the name of J^alW'plUCC, altAs mhitt-Friers in COt)enfrC. This was that John whom the learned Leland called ' Hales with the club-foot ; which lamenefs and deformity was oc- cafioned (as I have heard) by a wound with a dag- ger , that cafually , in running fell forth of the flieath into the dirt; fothat as he ftept forward the fole of his foot did hit upon the point thereof. He dyed 5. C^/, Jan. Anno 1572. (iy.£//ii.)and was buried in the Church oiS. Peters the Foor in Broad- ftreet HOnDOn, as his Epitaph in Stotr's Survey " , which I have here infcrted, imports. Dotniniis Johannes Hales , a piieritia Uteris de- ditHS , exeellenti ingenio, dociUtAte, memorik , /In- dia , & inddfirU fingulari : adjttnBa lingaarum, difciplinarttm juris, Antiquitatis, rerum divinaram ati]; humanarum magna cr maltiplici doElrina in- ftrHBijfi/nus. Evaftt innoceatiji, tntegritate, gravi- tate, conftantia , fide, pietate , reli^ione .- gravijji- m. The Trinity ^ild. IN ?8. E. 3. Hf«7 (^f Kelt, and TA*. Orwtf of Cotenfre founded* another (DtlO to the honour of the holy Trinity , having licenie to purchafe lands, within the liberties of Cot)entre,ofx. marks yearly value , for the maimenance of two Pricfts to fing Mai"s daily in Jrinitj Church, for the good cftate of the K. Q^.ThtlippahM conlbrt, and their children:and after their departure out of this vworld, for the health oft heir fouls ; as alio for the fouls of all the Brethren and Sifters of the fame , and their bencfavSors for ever. Which <0HOibeing in 16. R. 2. united" to that of 5. yo/7» Baptifihd'ort mentio- ned, was, upon that conjunction , and afterwards to bear the name of the ^llO of the holy Trinity , our Lady,zndS. John Bapt. ihz Fraternity thereof having then licenfe* to purchafe lands for the main- tenance ofix. Priefls to fing Mifs dayly in the faid ChappcU of iBabbelabC , tor the goodeltate of the K. and Q.asalfoof his Uncles. -J//-, the Dukes of aquitane, and ILanc.i^Ojb.and (IDlOUC. with their children : So that prefently it began to be endowed with lands, Ricktrd Clirke , ''Richard T>oden- hale , Simen de Langham of CotlCntCC , Joh» Stirvard, Rola»d Danet , and He»ry atte Hey Mer- cer, giving* 2. mcfs, and 24 s. rent in COtentrS; And John Percy, with divers others, 140. i. Mill, 92. acres of land , 1. acre of meadow , i. acre of •wood, 20I.-I7 s.-oi d.-ob. rent, and the rent of a. Hens yearly thereunto ; the Brethren whereof in anno \ 599, fi H.4.) had licenfe' from theBi- fhop for celebrating divine fervice in the faid Chap- pell , fo that the mother- Church might not receive prejudice thereby. , : More addition of lands alfo do I find hereunto; vif,. in 1^10. H. 4. of I. mefs. in COlWnfre. given ^P«ao. by mil. Broke, parfon of ILODbjOb, John BrokeMs J ^'P* * brother, and JoA«5^>-^o«r of 31B((J)0p« BJCbtngton. ** And * in 6. H. y . of 4. mefs. one tofLC,one garden, ^ p«.^.fi • I and xi. acres of land , with the appurtenances ,hy j.p.i. n 1 John Prefion , and iViU. Whitchurch, merchants of »3' e Vpper cnA ^ i^* Jttary b:iU. i.. iclwr i K, Henry tiu^ S" K, idwSrcI J Tbe imp; Cimifantinr U. ittucWi-t-J. rkc CiHy of CoVEntre ^ rke old XmtIiw of Hcrctord. Armas ra o4ier "WintLow' there / 8 TLf iirle- of G3i-nwa9 If - " q Ttc-Dxil'j? ot'Nornr, 10 'V\ii' t.iujaam^ erf m- Xjjt-Aa^W ., ^ — --- 11 'rtieiirli'ofl.ancafer is Tke lirlas of ii Tke kingj of Mjui ,r t Alfred iS ikcX) of Anultjt - ibf dttj'ofYortt- "ke 1*1' " CkeCet- , H jfTA^JFIK^HI^KE ILLUSTRATED. 12,1 And in thofe cowards the Eali and Weft, of di- vers emtnenc perfons that were admitted of this Fraternity : amongft whom I have made choife of thef: here placed , to fliew the magnificence and ftate , anciently, of our Englifh nobility ; which , through the favour of that learned ,and truly noble gentleman Charles Ncvill Efquire.now Vice-Pro- voft of Kiugs-Coll. in Ca.1lbi<0gC ( whole lineall Ancertors * rnpft of them be) are out of his fpeciall honour to their memory , and fingular affeition to Antiquities, thus , in the forraalitic of their habits, lively reprefented. thut^hthehtimofGK^mf Thwaits, 5iTile>Paftonj«»4 Beaufort 0. of SomQvkt, from tin blanch of ^_ 112 dtfcm- dtd from the ent;itnd tther, , txsi ^ludov l«§» "%> ^^ rt Johanna byor nue. In a. wisjt—^viiiciow, 1^ fc>ttniTtbii* €emci^^f JiorfolK., In. aaotiier ejLsi wniudow Tit THE A N T 1 Q m T 1 E S, O F J The Ordinances or Statutes of which (DttO, forU''/ pf»t hnfment faire , far quey I'efiate de cde fExvtf.- (.ad. MS. pcnes Ml' lorem & Com.Ciwt. Cei, as much as they arc very memorable; manifefting the decent Goverment.Ceremony.Devotion .Cha- rity , and Amity of thofe times I hayc here in- ferted. ^ fla reverence , honour ,& enle nam de trois perfoKCS e?i Dieitje Piere , Ftls, 0- le feint Efpirit , la put f ant Trinite ,&defa dtuce miere la Vtrgh:e Marie , feynt 'jeha» BAptiflre , feint Katerine,& touts ks feints de ceel , ceneines bones gentes & Bur^eifes de la vtlle de COttenfrC , tnfalvacione de lour almes , ount ord.eigncs u>:e Gtlde fur eux , & tur aultres quex voillent entrier en la. dite (jilde , C^ certep:esto)r,tes frofitables,defo»th eferiptes en mayntenance d: la ditt Gilde. ) . La primter point eft que let Friers & Seers de la dite Glide troverem cfr averont treffes (fhape- leyns fages covenabhs & de honefte ^ chafte vie ; (^fotent yci ejlnspar Us foveraynes de la cele Fra- ternite pur Her , prier & chauntier pur toutz, les f-ers & foers de la dite (jilde, & par touts le bien- faitettrs a ycele. Et que chefcun iour foit Ih cffce en lour chapel pur icele ordeigne ; cefte afavoir , Ma- lynes, MelTes , Velpres , & Complin chaunte per 'Hott • & apres complin un Antym per Note de la compaigne It meultes peut acrefire , & efire main- ttine , e^ chefcun d'eux avera autre parfitcment de coer CT naturelment ferra pur aultre par reafon del alltauns de cele Fratefnite • Et que nule home de cele Fratar/iite ne foyt fi feel de [oy baudcr de tr.ale- fatre, contek^ier ne nule poynt de contek^, ne d' aultre male niayntenance par refone de maintenance de la dite compaygne fur la peyne de vojder le compaigne pur touts tours. " 7. Lefepticfme point efie , que touts les Chap' pelleyns queux chauntount pur la dite Fraternite , (oient charges par leur [erement, qua a quele temps que afcun Frere ou Soer de la dite fraternite, fi bien hors de ^ville en quele place git cu dedeins , de- vie , que chejcun des dits Chapekins chaunteront pur I'alme de celuy a "Dieu commende par ntum de foa Baptifme par un an apres fi mart contimtl' tnent, g. Le vtifme poynt efie, que a quel temps que af- cun Frcres ou Soers de la due GUde deins ou hors de vttle, ou outre le mare, c; le Me fire de la gUde cut [oit gamy al ferra affembhr touts les Chapeleyns de la Cylde, Clerkj & autres bones gentes de la dita Fraternite queuxferrount Dirige peridot e foler»pne- virgine Marie , oue cyncferges de cere ar daunts de- ment ; & la tour prochei:^ fuant Mcjfe per Note A ■ ■ '" ■ ' ■ ^< [^ Chapel de S. John liBabbClabe , & cjferount illeoques en mefme la manoir q'efi affaire fur celuj que devie en ville. Et que le Bedeman alera par tote la ville a prier pur I'alme a les couflages de I* dite Glide. Item ordeigne effe,quefi afcun Frere ou Soer vaunt laymage de la dit Virgine : de queles fhape- leyneschanterount chafcun iour certeynes Mefles ; cefie /j/4ro;> Mefles de iour par Note ; une Mejfe de la Seint Trinite, une c/enoftre Dame , une Mejfe de 5. John Baptiftre,«;»^ Meffe de S. Katerine, & une Jiieffe de Requiem , enfemblement ove aultres Meffes come partient a eux afaires. 2. Lafecond point efie, quefi afcun profd'honie de la dite fraternite qeufoun poair ad efie bien voil- launt al efiat de ycele , par fieu, euwe , roborie , ou tarafcune aultre aveynture de fecle , que ne foit my defa foly dcmefnie , chteee en poverte ; le fovereyne de la compaignye, & fes compaignons luy aprefieront une pore ion d' argent de la dite fraternite pur mar^ chaunder & propter ,fur la fur etc qu'il peut fair fauns riens prende degain. £t fi afcun tiel foit en- febly per malady ou vean leffe que mefmes ne peut travatller , ;■/ (erra troue a la cofiage de la dite Cilde covenablemettt folounc de que foun efie de- maunde. 5. La tiercepoim efie, que ml home ne feme q'efi apertment alofe de felonye,homycide,lecherye, ha[ar. dour,deforcerye,oit herefye;nepHrcomun contekur,ne de nule vice abominable , que null tele foit refceu en la dite Fraternite. Et fi ^ar avigne que foit ,que nul deeux apres le temps q'llfoit entre en la dit Frater- nite, chamige fa vie en a\cunes des vices fufdites , 1 1 ferra gamy par la CMefire & jes compaignons de ceffer C" retoumer a fa bone vie, & s'ilne veut cef- fier defa malveyfe vie, il ferra oufie hors de la dite fraternite a tous ieurs. A Le quart point efi , que en chefcun an fomt fails qtiatresfollemnites , cefleaf avoir le fefie de la feynt Trinite , la Aflumption noftre Dame , feint John Baptiftrc & S.Kateryn pur les freres & [oers queux fount en ville , & de cesquiux voillent ve- nir de pats , [olempnement a la reverence avant- dit. 5. Le quint poynt efie , que eti chefcun an foit fait quatres Anniverjaryes, pur touts les almes des Friers & Soers de la dit compaigne a Dieu comendes, Crpur touts les biens fejfours de ycele, 6. Lefjfme pointe efie, que chefcun Friere d'eux en tous places quant litu & temps demande, parlera 0- trecura a U dite fraternite I'antyte & la bounte^ devie en poverte ; & S. Kathcrinac , pro CapeHanU ejufdem ^tlda faciendts j ac pro fanitate corporis ac anima valde utilts, Jnprimis , quod omnes prcsbyteri , & finguli ad Ordinationes pro etfdem faciendt , corporaliter pre- fiabunt Sacramentum quatinus in eis efi ]Mr. edit. d" edend. Item ordinatum efi,quod (fufios chart CapelU de W&hbc\liiit,& omnes Presbyteri e]ufdem, omnes & ftnguli bene (^ honeTte fe gerant,& tonfurati, vefies deferent fiat ui [uo congruentes. Ipfi quoq; presbytem ri , omnes & finguli , Alijfoi ^ alia Divina ob- fequia cotidie in capella prtcdiBa , impedimento cef- fante , legitime celebrabunt. Et in fingulis Mijfit rogahunt fpecialiter pro Fratnbus cr Soreribus Gilda pradi^a , vivis (fy defunUis , cfr pro om- nibus benefaRoribus ejufdem : Quolibetq- die Ma- tutina , alta Mifla , Vefpcre , (fr Completorium in chore diEi^ ^apeUx , cum T^ota , deb en t decan- tari, Et pofi Matminai,(^hor4t cantandi,ut pradici- tur, Mifla de beata Virgine quoUbet die debet cele" brari ad 4 It are ejufdem Virginis cotidie, cum '^» ta, de uno facer dote ad eandem deputato per ordiuMm tionem cufiodis chori , nififuerint impediti per ebi- tum alicujus Fratris aut Serorispn ^ fefiis e]ufidet» Vtrginii &pero6labM ejufdem cum acciderint.Ai quamquidem Mijfam celebrandam,utpramittitftr, Clericus qui pre tempore fuerit Capella pradiBa puU fabit campanam pro eadem Miffa erdinata , per [pa- cium ultim£ hora in choro cantata ^ (^ eedem tem» pere fiat. Et in qmlibet die fiat Miffa raatutinalis de S. Trinicate. U^J'KjriC K.SHI^E ILLUSTRA TED. lij Trinitatc.Ef *» qMalibet die fiat Miffa de Jo. Bipti- fta • ma Miflade S. Katcrina , (fr »»* Miffa de Re- quiem, fro defunBts ; fimul cum ommbtts aliu Mijfis , & aUis dtvinis offieiis fecundnm ordinatie- nem [nam inde facieftdftm. Et in qttalibet die Do- minica afperfto aqut, benediSi^ cum Nota deCanta- bitur. Item ordiitatHm efl , qiud omnes fresbyteri ibi' dem exiflnntt xift aliquii eorttm legitime fuerit im- feditus,& per Cuflodem licentiatus. Et qnod tiul- Ihs presbyter fe abfentet ab aUtjfta Mijfa , Matuti- nis horis , Vefperis , Complecorio , cum Nota de- cantata ; Mc ab aliqita alia divina operatione in Capella pradiBafacienda , nifi legitime fnerit tm- feditus , ^ fer Cuftodem CafelU pradi^a licentia- tus. Item orSnatHm efi,q»odntf lifts Presbyter ibidem moram trahent , utetur commune taberna , neq\ fe abfentet extra hojpitium ]uum noElanter , nififue- rit per rationabilem caufam , fciente ^ufiode pr£- diElo. Item ordinatum efi , quod in qualibet die , fofi Completorium , ^<««<- quinq; cerei ardentes coram imagine Virginia Mariae in (^apella pntdiEla , dum 9tna Antiphona , wx,. Salve Rcgina , per Notam frxdiltam decantabitur. Et quod omnes Presbjteri ibidem- exiftant , nifi aliquis eorum fuerit impedi- tus , velfer Cufiodem licentiate. Et in qualibet die Parafeeve , pofiquam Corpus Chrifi-i in Sepulchro fofitum fuerit , unum cereum ardent em coram fe- ftilchroperficiatur , ^ iumfacrum Corpus Domini ibidem permaveat. Item ordinatum efi, quod qua ndocunq- aliquis fra- ter, vel aliquaforor Gildan be gooD ano froe , mn eacft of pou ftall be gMDanotwetotfte Staffer off^eOiid of tbe 50lp Trinitie, our Lidy, S. John,and S. Katherin-^ Of Coventre , ano to all tlit iBjcfbjeti ano ^fffeca •ffbe fame Gild ; gno all tfjcgooo Kiiiea ano 02- Dfnancea bpthc fafo apaffcr ano bfa llSjcf b?cn n- fo?e t&f0 ffmc maoc , ano Ijcrcaftcr to be maDe , ano popr napsof papment trulp fo> to beep to pout potocr, fo dDoo poo ijelp am» all &aint0. TetitioTi, 2V^ Sitter toe befeecb pouat tbc rct)fepen« of t6e bolp Trin I cy , tftat pou tolll tjooc&faf e to re- celt)cii0fo be llSjet&jen of tbfs place tnftb pou. Nay lo great a repucation had this Fraternity far and neer, that K. H. 4. and K. H. 6. with divers of the principal! Nobility, Bilhops, and other emi- nent perlons thought it no diflionour to be admit, ted thereof , as by this enfuing Catalogue , where many more are regiftred, may befeen. H rcragc of mp accompt, eoflF. thisCoUedge of JBabbelafee (/or by that name it was thea called) had vili /, per ann. ftipend; and that there were 7 Pnefts more , which had iiii /. xiiii.iiiiin. 3lntbe&bent& pear of ii. jame , tbe faiOlanDslnerequcCioneD asconcealeofrom f ^e t^^otpn : iobfcb lanos ano tcnemcKts tbe €ii^ toere enfojt't agatne to pur* cbnfc of tbcia. to tbeir t)erp great coll ano crpen* ces. ijiottoitljttanmnfi, tbe Ctttpbafeecoritfnneo fbccbarttable \.\:t"3 asfojmerlp: eRtiastbclansa babe been imp?o\)c&, fe {jatb tbcmsmtenanceof f be oia men been bcttereo, ana cacii mans place i9 nohi Uio^tMeben pounos bp tb? pear. M: :-m. Norton, SDjmper , ijrjapoj anJaioer- mancf t'ois Crtp, An. d. 1641, gate 300 marfes foj ar.Q toloarDs fbe mapntencnce of one man/ ano one bop, Intbis Ii^ofpftallofBabbeiake, ano one man anQ -yoman fnciray-Friers-Hoipitall : tobftb manan^ boparescfojofnglpplacco fnfbf« l^oafc ; ano ilyt Cittp at tbcrr oion tbarge mafcea fbeir mapntenancc ctjaall ioftb t6« reft of ti^e ^ofpitall'inen ano bops. 3111 1- I ■- f^A%W'ICI^SHl%E ILLUSTRATED. i% 3111 f &e pear 1 5 60 . tftts l^ofpftall fo) nsop© toasi firOE erccteo fti tfte place luljere note U (s , being a ©Dufc of t^» CCittpcs; atiD toas Cojfomc pears mafntepncD bp t^c CUfp. ano t^cftaritp of tocU ttTpofeD people, of Ctttt^ensano strangers, till Mr Wheatiyttt An. i56(5* lefleo fomc IanD0 to> luarus ff)e mapnfenance thereof: ano oflicrii5e» nefatto:s Once Ijabc sttJcn , being abotje 40 1. a pear, one pear ioftb anotbcr» WP Penfions* ano tuoloe babe tbcm noto oetnc for simd^Hs , lofcbe tbe Srcb scacons babe ban ano enjopeo tb<0 ;. 6.8. buno;etbepere0,U)itboatl£t,inten:aptio>t. 0} contraQ<(t(on of anp ]l5i(bope. i^p Stnodah be net jfr Ubp pere, ano petntatt 31 gibe fontp S)f- fic/al 5 marbs fee perelp , ano ao macb fo mp 3K.e- g(fter , ano alto bere tbef r cofis pearlp in rfofng to tbe f ene, 4 o} 5 1, fo babe not 31 r >• clear f 0} mp Stnodals, JBnt put tbe cafe tbat tbClfe SinoiaU luere tbe SSiibops , pet tobercfoje iboalo 3I be bounce to gatbcr bfs SiKodais -, oj tobp Ibonlo 3I gfbe 20 nobles fee to mp officers to ferbe bf tn, ano Vtc^t Afollo. ^eter-pens* anffratftons fo> rap 3Lojo |pj{bep-^caU conterntng tbe Bftbop of Lmcoine , ano btsjarcbououtbtng tbe Biftopbfa ocmano QtTrefiatians. aaibaf appertcpnftb to tb oftfce of an afrcb» beacon, anotDberenponbtsrcbenclure, anotobat tieretofo^ebaitltbereunto appertapneo, Trocur nitons. Tims ofTefiaments. Simdals . Vacations of Benefices. Peter-pens. Jnfiullatfons of Ahhots. Penfions or Indemnities. PRocuTAtioKsbt octocfojbfCtatfon. K^ext^ Deacon is botonoc pctelp to bifite all bis ;arcb>Dcaconrp tbojolpcoute; tben to enquire of all crimes ano mlfgobcrnancc of tbe people , as tocUtbe Clcrgieastbelafcc bp Cbnrcb toarDens anootber; ano torcfojmc tobattoebertbepflnoe otberluffe tbcntocll, otbcrcommttteoebapnoaflp againtEtbelLatoesof ©00 . ortb'ojoinanceoftbe |d;fnce fo; a quiet Common^toele , oitTonant to %% 0rcb-beacon0 of Cnglano gatbereo 'Peter. pens of cbcrp ifper-boHlbolo tDitbin ebcrp pari lb one penpe, tobicb ioere granted eigbt bunojeo perespatt bpa.i/yw, anoaftirconfpr- meObp I»as, tben bp Offa Rex Murcbtorum , bp Arnniphns ano otbermoefo follolsing > ano bp !ft. John fo} bis time. :3ftir fomc antique :3ntbo}S tbeptecregranteofo; a perelp j|3;eft, ojaperpe- tuall perelp fnbCOp. Epifcopo Romano prallabantur ,» fvthfidmm , faitb ofbersautbojs. ^Dtbcrs ftp tbep toerc gfbcn to a Scole in Romr, to tbcmapn- tcnanceof Snglilb ^colars tbere, MFai>ia» ano i^w/ictDitbotbcr: bufnotutb'^rcb'Oeacons, af« iertbes pens gatbereo, paio tbe fame in part o^all totbe Cotlettcr of Rome , fabing tbe :9rcb'0cacon ofLincoincanoSarumj tbefc papo tbe pens ga< tbercD to tbe^iffiop. tbe IB- pa^o to tbe Colledo;. ano bao bis acquittance bptbe name of Feter-pens. £i:b'^rcb=cecons bao tb^ir acquittance of tbe!ll5. bp tbe name of Preftation-monep; fo tbe 55. of Lncolncpapo, but b^ gatbereo none; ib'Srcb- oecon gatbereo ano papo> not to tbe Collettoj, hvii onlp to tbe 35, ^oe finallp. fcing tbe 15. neDer ga- zoos latoes, to spans latocs . ano politique ojoer | tbcrcp Taer.pens, ano pet papo tbcm to tbe Col- of tbetoo?loe; to refojme tbe fame, otber bp'ictfo^jfeberp pere, ano tb'arcb^oecons gatbereo goDlp perOiaOon ano gooo aobice bp commina- 4bem perelp, anO papo none to tbe Colletfo) , bnt tioti orbppapnesanopenaltpes. accojoingtotbe onlptotbeHS. tobat (bonlo tbel5f b<0 sematmoe bnmrtitp ano umble fubjeflion of tbe offenoer , ano otber be tben for Peter-pens. repenfansof bisoffcns. ifo;tbts bfs tiiGtation |^batbP)o(ui^ations SCO pjobe tbat tbis toojoe Prellation fs berp Peter-pens , bit is tomanifettlpoeclareofntbc^. of Rome bis otnn latee, in an (fpifile-oecretall tem Epifcopo Cantuar. & [tifra^aneisfuis. jBCbe!li5*0( Lincolnc fs one o( bis ^nfEtagan0> anopm)iaiice U^A%JV1CK^SH1%E ILLUSTRATED. 12,7 ft toa0 ment fo^ \fim iW ^m t^eN B. of Lincolne, it\iz toereas nig^ Tcrap^ns aei t|i6 B. t^t nolo ?$ at ttj(3 pCefeRt time, Textut efi in capicHlo de Cen- in V^Z SDCCrCtaU , en quA de avaritia verba tttM , ftt»t hsc. TSlj ^ravetis pxrochias & cccleftM ve fir as propter viftt^tionem beati Petri, cum feceritis colletl,%m den/iriornm. G lojfator Beruardtu, OttC 0£ t^e 15. of Home bts &ecretarpe0j ejcpotinDetd hoc verh\imColleBHm. Collegia, inqnit, efi pra fiat to (juaiam, cjtiam i/inglici ^olvttnt ecclejlii RomAnA , & debet efie moderata, &c. g>Q0tl^e Pre fictions fS fabcn lf^% Peter. pens (nf^elB.Of Rome ijfS Ototl latD, T^enfons or Indemnity es. B" (& t\fi^, U)benaC^arc^f0ftnp2op}eDefoan 0bbepe o» College, t^en t^e i^rcb^Deacon fo; eiieclefpt^gisBlnonttJon-tnotiep; atiQ in recom- penceof t^at. ^ed^ali l^aDe ptrelp onf of tl[iefafD Ideneflce foe fmp^opereoe xii o. oj H 0. foj an ^ereip penfion* mo}e j leife, 30 m i0 agreeo at t^e tpmeof t^efmp}op}fatfon« Siw^iW monep is cat-- IfD PenfioHS, OJ Indemnityes: anO Ufee 30 t^C ^rCft- DeCOn coufervatHr iniempni^s , bp tl&f0 l)f0 perClp penftoti papo in t^e Iteto of t^e Blnouctfon, et)en foe EpifcopM coaferv^tftr t>tdempnis , ailO ^Stfj S U&C r-e:ifio^ foj ^10 fnoemnff PC fn f ftc ifeUj of ^<0 31n- Itittition, tDl)fcg^eUkeU)ifecallet&bi0 Pe»fion. The firit chat I nieec with, who was honoured t'^Godw: with this office of Arch-deacon , is Ric.Pecht* , dldefrtt- fon o(%ob. Peche B. of Cot)enfr8 in H. 1. time , /"^ and advanc'd ' to be Arch-deacon by his faid fa- ther : which Ric, afterwards became B. alfo of CotJ. in H. 2. time, upon the deceafe of Walt. , 1>nrdent •, but being a very devout man, and "txitt. Founder • of the Monaftery of S. Thomas near Kef. ^taffO}D , when he grew aged he left his Bifhop- fick, andtook-^'upon him the habit of a Canon- Regular XT] that Religious Houfe , where he de- parted this life, and was buryedi . The next , though not his immediate fucceflbr that I find , was a man, who became afterwards very eminent, viz..*'JVill. de Kilkenny, being after- wards for a timeChancelour of 22 Maii, 1433. Ro£. fVall, Cler. penult. Jh- rii, 1442. Jeh. Blythe , fcolar: Vni- verftt. Tarif. per rtfign. %ad. Colingyvood, 2 0£l. lyio. ,Will. James, S. Theol. Fro- P feffor , pofi- mortem Tho. (_ Lewes, 27 Aug. 1 577. . Nonhb.f\ 49. «. Sum.f. 7 I8.fr. ■ lb. ^ Burgb.f. J Heyw. f. JO.*. Jb.f.nx.(l. tt.f.s.y. Sampf. & B./.47.*. \mll. Hinton, S. Thtol.Bae, BHidtU, t; 4 liov. 1 5 84. 'Sam. Brooke, S, Tbeol.'Pro- fefor, 1 3 Maiiy 1635. ' Rad. Brewnrigge, S. Theol. Prof e for, 49 Sept .1631. Upon the Survey " made in 26H. 8. this dignity was certified to be worth xlv /. ix. s. per an», viz,, in Penfions, Procurations, and Sinodals. rCotjenf re, 9 /. 1 2. j. 4 d.^ Out of the Jsparfon, 10 /. 1 1 j. o d.^per Deanry of j&tOHlep, 1 1 /. 00 /. 2 d.\ann, L^irDen, 14/. jj. <5j fine fide , cjna mfpiamapud illos leguntur. tlnum cert'e defuic homini^ altoqui claro : ram qitanc^itam fdc , cr lucido ordine nu^- ejuam , facmdia tamen [dpiufcule dejlituttu erat. Quod non author ts , ^cd ictatis potitu vitium fait. Uude compofuit Gualterus. Chron. Britann. Lib. i. Anglo-Siix . Chron. Lib. i. ^nr.ales Angl. Lib. r. St alia ijuxdam edidit , uf ex hone fits at que Chri- jliAKis findiis, apfid pojieritatcm femper ejtts vive- ret ^owen. Vixit varia componens cr fcribens, re- gnanttbfts Joanne & Henrico tertio tllitu flio , uinglorum regibus. IHave now done witii CoftCHtrC ; which , as it much increart ? in wealth by Cloathing , and making of Caps; fo fince thole trades have de- cayed , is now not a little fallen from the glory it anticntly had. And being next to take view of thofe petty villages and places of note that en- viron it,I (hall for my more orderly procceding.be- gin with them that are on the Southwell fide there- of, and conclude with thofe on the Northeaft part. ;aftftuU-BrOt)0. But the firlt mention I find of it, is in" 34H. ?. upon the grant made by Kog. de Montali and Cecil) his wife , of Cot)Cntrg to the Monks; in which the faid ^«/f>- andCfc// did {i>:ter alia) rcferve the fcrvice o{ fVtll. deOlneie therein, for it fecm> he then held it. But in 3E. i. ic was certified*, that Olver de tyiubenv held half a Kts. fee here of the Mannourof CotJCIltre. And in 54 E. i. by a Fine levycd *• between PVill. 'D'aitbeny pi. and Amicia the widow of Oliver D'aubet.j dcfcrc. it was entailed upon the (^\AlVUl. and the heirs of his body , with remainder to his two brothers, viz.. Raph and John ; and for want of iffue by them, to OUva and Ifabellthcu fifters, and to the heirs of Ifabell. By vcrtue of which en- tail Raph de ty^uheny came to enjoy it, as it feems: for I find that he paft ' it away to P'^Ul. Baret , Lord of |3aircnl&am in i^ojt^amptonlb. Which W//. by his deed 5;. bearing date the morrow after the Ajfuniption of our Lady , 22 E. 5. granted it to Henry E, of ILancattcr ; who in 5 ? E. ^ dyed * ieized of.it, leaving Aland and blanch his daugh- ters and heirs. And this is all that lean fay to the fucccflion of it , by reafon it hath been parcell'd cut by fale.CD lundry perfons. r « Curt. It. I ftr Infpex.'i rv Ef(. 3 . E.I. X Craft. Afccnf, OInejie, Whahurlej, tf cm. »i. £.3. n.e. per ■p^ftx. r Ipq. per H. ife't. ttinlcp,^and divers other places, whereof this is one ; tha't which they had here , being 2 carucats of land, as in 19E. i. was certified **, and a cer- tain Cell. Which petty Cells were made ufe « of by the Abbots in thofe daies, as places of penance or punifhment to fuch Monks , as either for any offence committed , or fome dilpleafure from their Superiour , were thither fent. But more of !^OJ0» toelle I find not , other than that it is included within the County of this City , by K.H. 6. Charter before fpecified. StivichalL THere is no mention of this place in the Conq.' Survey; fo that we muft conclude it to have been then involved with CotJCntre ; and that as I a member thereof it came to tlie E. of Cftcffcr; | fox \nK.Sieph, time RanulphJi. of dT^effer pof- r^^^^_ J feft ^it. What injury that was which this E. '^c'- e. j.'w. * Mfilph had done to fV.ilter Dhrdent, then B.of Cot). ptr Injpe^ and c C^rt. I a £.1. ».3%. Kot. X. ioUnd, • 4. ^Vr.de \Cov.f Ltifnem, Cov, f. Other Lordfhips , defcended to Jean the daughter and heir of that family , firft wedded to John the fon of Sir ^lan Cherlton Kt. and afterwards to Sir fohn Trillow Kt. (as in JJfnlep I fhall fully mani- fert.j 'Tis very like that Sit John Trilloiv znd fhe paft it unto Sir Baldwin Frev!ilKz.,a.hoiit 40 E. 5. For I findi" , that Sir Peter Carefirell Kt. ion and heir of Sir fVill.Carefrvell , releafed all his title therein to the laid Sli Baldwtn , as he alfo did in |0fnlcp and OTibfti : but what right he had, I am not very certain, except that intimated in mydif- courfc of tllSIpbfJI were it. After which, upon the partition oiFrevill's lands (whereof in CamtDOJtb I fhall fpeakat large^ it fell 10 ThomM Ferrers Elq; in right oi Eltx., his wife , cldeft fifter , and one of the co-heirs to S'ur Baldwin Frevill Kt. as appears by the partition ? made 5 O^. 31 H.6. To whole pofterity it continued for divers defcents: But in 16 Eliz,. I find, that Thomas Gregory dyed »• feized thtreof , leaving tArthur his fon and heir 34 years of age, whofe fon, John, now enjoys it. TheChappel here, being a member belonging to the Church of S. Mich, in CotJCJltrC, was there- with appropriated ^ to the Monks , ann, 1260. 44H. 3. Which Monks did antiently ufe 'to find a Priert to celebrate divine fervice therein 3 daies every week ; bur the bodyes of the dead were " carrycd to (EolJCntre. In H. 6. time , there was an Anchorite mured up here ; who in thofe daies had a Lrgacy given »» to him by Edith Raggelej , widow unto mch. Ruggeley of jDurtfOII in this County. R'Eturnlng now to the other fide of COtJeilfre, I.dilcern Careflep firft in my view j of which I find no mention till K. Stepii. time, that Ran.'E. of Cftgffer rendred * the Chappel to the Monks of CDtJetUrg, as he did fitmOftiW and 3. p. 16. 3. m. the diffolution of that Religious Crown , upon Houfe,itwas in 1 E. 6. granted /to Sir Raph'Sad' fPat. i.e. ler Kt. (inter alia) by the name of IMlfitmoit- 6. p. 9. ^. grange in the parifti of the holy Trinity in CotJCIt- tVt X And from him foon after convey'd to John Hales (of, whom I have inS. >/;«'sHofp. made mention) who dyed « fcized of it, z6 Dec.i 5 £liz,. ^ nft i j^ leaving John his nephew (fon of ChriHoph.) his EUc^' next heir : who inann. i ^ 85. built a very fair houfe upon par: of it, called ^ettf-^OUfc ; which by John Hales Euj; his fon and heir, was fold in our time CO Sir Rtc. Bumaby Kt. and by him after- wards to ... . Cooke, who foon paft it away to Sir ChrifiopherTelvertonoiitftOn'MaHdm, in Qom. i^OJt^pt»Kt. of the Bath, the prefent pofTelTor thereof. ^^dford. yHis little village takes its name from the fojDC through which the road-wayfroaiCaf^Cpto Cot)Cnf re lyeth : and though it be rwt particularly mentioned in E. Leofrik^s Charter to the Monks of Cotentre , ye: was it then granted * thereto , as h Rig. ■pr. being included within that moytie of (CoDCnfre decov.f. belonging to the Monaftery , and in the parlfh of 80, b. the holy Trinity. After the diflblution of which Religious Houfe , the lands here were fold out to fundry perfons; fo that it will not be of moment, as for any hiftorical refpe(5l,to look further after them. Arnhak: TTHis place (flow reduced to one houfe) belxig a member • of Coteofrt, was involved in that » li. grant made by E. Ltofrikf to the Monks , upon R hU I}0 THE ANTiaUITIES OF his founda already therein . _ k Vtt.%7' < (inter ttb.%) to John Hales and his heirs, by the «• 3-f • *• name of ?^amall grange , wuh the paftures there- to belong-ng, and the pool called ^miaU-poal, or &feanftocU pool , lying within the precinA of thole grounds. Which John dyed feized thereof in 1 5 £/'*. leaving John , the Ion of his brother Chnfiopher, his nephew and heir. Stol{i e. _ MS f».i hath been a Prcfcntative , as the Inltitution of "'^ ^- A. thefe fc Vital Incunibciics doth manifcli. ^^' j^ ^] Patroni. Eliz, %egi)ia. Jacobus "K^x, ^aroltts RexJ] Incumbences. OvertoKt bhtid. C, • Henr. Belingham , Cler. 1 6. Junii, 1598. )JhIihms IV) »f per, Cler. 23, Mart a, 1598. •Huntfr.mldinge, 2j Jftnii, Oversit, 1 6 14, bund. A,, ^Cjco. Locl^ood, Cler. 12, Nov. 1 61 7. Ro^. ChaSur»e, ^Itr. 1 2, Jan. 16^6. Ik. lb. dc Cov. f. 76. a. w Ro.'.Kfff. m. 4. » Ctrt.zi. r..i. n.(. ferjtifpcx. OF §>tOfee, which in our old Englifli fignifieth a village, there is no mention in the Conq. Survey , ic being then as a member of COlJeiltre pofl'eft by tbtEarls of C^CttCC , as may I'ccm by that render ' of the Chappcl in K. Steph. time, made by E, %Aru!ph to the Monks. Which Chappel,beino within the parifh of S. Mtch. was ap^iropriaced* to the Monaftery therewith in 44. H. 5. From thefe E. of Cfteftet it came ioRog.de Mi^ntdt by the marriage of C'cil) , fiPer and one of the co-h ir^ unto Utigh E. of 0raiH)0l!, where- of in COlJCntre I have fpoke: cf vvhom feveral perfons held lands here in 54 H. 3. as appears by th .'ir refervation "of the fcrvices due upon thole tenures, at fuch time as the Mannour of COtcntrC , , r, ,i.c.- . . ,, was by them part in fee-ferm to the Monks ; the ^^^^ °^"" '1^"^°^' ^ad 8 lervants who held ^ca^ names of which perfons were fVMlter D'eyv,R, Rob. 'rucas of land here, by performance of certain ler Ae Stoke , Thorn , de Tsljuvill , and fFalt. (te €0- tBtifrr. Morion i bund, i»- tert. "Biggin. THere is ftow no other memorial left of this place, than a Ferm-houfe, called by the name of JBfgB^nHaJl ; antiently written SSogg^nS; which m our old Englirti fignifieth the lame with d',niM, and is in the North parts of this Realm IHU retained in that fenfc, divers Mannour-houf?s being there fo called. In 7 E. i. the Prior of CotStltte, H. Vott. b Inq. p, H. Nott.l > vile labours^. Which lands vfrere after thediffoluti- •^^•/•4i^! on of that Religious Houfc, granted '{inter alta)zo cptt.y the May.orsBayliffs, and Commonalty of that City. '^. ^-f* »■ "Bijfeleie. t Kx euiog. fines S. Clarko T Now return to the river ^l^frbPtll ; which.being ■ iflued out of CotJenfre, leaves IBftfelete on its Eaftern bank. This hath been very antiently de- populated,as itfecms : for fince K.5f fp^.time, that Ran. E. of CilClfer acknowledged ''the Chappel dtegJJl.i then here {inter alia") to belong unto the Monks decov. 'f CoDcnfre , I have not fccn any thing notable 7^.«. thereof. In 7 E. r. the faid 'Rj}g. de'Montah , being Lord of this Mannour, had • hdre two Free-holders occupying one carucat ot land': but the Prior of CotJentre had then 4. who held half a yard land, 3 acres and a half , with a croft and a meadow. f lb. 4t. «. A.C that time alfo had f Ntch. de Segrave 2 yard ([ :J>. 41J'. land here pcffelt by Frce-holders; and* Tho. de tArdeK one, in the tenure of 5 Cottycrs. Which '"Hich. and Thorn, held the premiffes of the faid "Rni^.de MoKtalt. But here wasanantient family that had their denomination from thii village j Kffiff. the firft whereof that I meet with, being' Seherm de ' de Sfoks, fon of Hugh le Harper ci^tt\t; who CKwfc-i, oave f to the Monks of COMlbS a wood called f'^S-". j-jjif-peyj.yfjood with amcfl". gaiden, G'c. in this place, about K. John's time. Fwm which Seher dcfccndcd Tho. dc Stokj of &tetfpla in &f.lffOjDll>. vviio bore ' for his Arms {retty , with a bo.^rs head cooped tn ei Qanton. And from him * Wtll. de Stoke; of wboln in as H. 8. . . . . . Hor^e purchafed » this Mitmour. Who, refervi/ig tohimfelf part of the dcmcl'fts, fold the iameibon after to the M.iyor, Bayliffs ', ' and Gommonahy of the City cf Cot). and their fucceflors, unto whom it now belongeth. In this place the Monks of ColJenfrC had the largcit proportion, as appears by that Survey* ta- kcnin 26 H. 8. But. the Hofpital of S.John'm Cobenfre hnd a par:-' , paying xii d. per antf. chief rent to the Mmnour of $^Ol(e. AH which having been purchafed byfimdry Citizens of CO- tienlC0 , is -now adom'd with many fair Summcr- houfes. The Chiippel, whercunto the Inhabitants of ^epll.Pi-. 251lnep airtiently relortcd.had theretofore Divine ^ -•' •■ — — / „...^.- , TtxhtW de Cov.f. fervice pe'rfcprtied therein thriqc every week at the ! fame Edwund de Chefltrton was feized thereof in ^^^^ ^,5 *:*• Prior of C(»t)CHtre'« charge;' the tithes whereof j 41 E. 3. as appears by his feoffment I then made tq. tur. were appropriat to the Monks , who allcnfvcd to ) to Sir fttlk^ de Btrmingham and others. *n.i(t' Hoy» Shordey, A Little lower 1 yes &603tlep, antiently a meai- ber *ofCot8ntre,and heldof theE.ofC|ie- e/&/.tfll Iter's heirs by the fervice of 2/. 17/. per a*in. a " j pound of Pepper yearly , and Hcriots. But before | 17 E. I. I find it not particularly mentioned ; at which time there was a Finc-^levyed thereof be- f 3. fef^ twixt Geffrey de Lnngley pi. and Ric. de fValdeJhef ^'■'^- '> and Beatrice his wife deforc. Whereby it appears, * '* ' that at tlie requeft of the faid Riand Beatrice, the fame Geffrey granted an efbte for life therein to Hugh de yienriA , with remainder to him the faid Geffrey and his heirs. Which Ceff. was a younger fon wGeffr.de Langley, of whom in |^intep I have fpoke. From this G^-jfr*/ it defcended unto Ed~ g^^- mund de Lungley his fon > and heir : who having tog.peni iffue Joan a daughter, gave it in marriage with her Edw. A ( as it feems ) to Edmund de Chefierton ; for the J^?" **'- VKA%lf^ICK^SHI%E ILLUSTRATED. i}/ ? klxitutog. ^ fmii I. ■ fetrers. vEfc. 4. H.7. t P.U. 1 1. H.S.p.z. p Aficfr. K fliall be fhewed:) and in 49 E. 5. dyed • feized thereof, leaving B/tUvnin his fon and heir 24 years of age. Which BaUivjn dyed in R. 2. time , lea- ving his heir within age , and what eftate he had herein , to loyce his widow ; who taking to hul- band Sir syidam Te-h.ils Kc.was in R, 2. time with him impleaded ^ for the title hereof by lolm Bran- deflej , in right 'of £//^. his wife , daughter and heir of Roger (^hefierton , fon and heir oi Edmund Cheflrerton before mentioned , and Sliz,, his wife, daughter unto Edm. de Langley , from whom the faid lohn and EHz,. claimed. How this difference determined, I have not feen: but in 4 H.y. by a Fine then levyed " betwixt Sir lohft Berkley Kt. John Brut the elder, with others plaintiffs, and Edvf. (^heFlerton deforc. it was fct- led upon the faid lohn Brut and his heirs. In which Fine it appeareth, that the above mentioned lobn Bar^efly held it by the curtcfy of - ffokC Elqjand the heirs of his body. Which £^7i'. in 3 E. 6. fold f it to Giles Forfter then of Jgal- ftail Efq. But the faid G;7^/ , within lefs than a month after , in confideration of 200/. fterling , re-conveyd * it to certain Feoffees to the ufe of the before fpecified Wf//. fFx^J?o» .• who, being fo fei- zed thereof, by his deed" bearing date ^gManii, I Af. being then a Knight , ibid it to Sdw. Agli- •nby of IBaiC^all Efq; and to Kath. his wife, fi'fter of the faid Sir fVill. After which I have ieen no more thereof, than thai James Tit z.- Herbert oi &tObe iu.xta COtJCnfCe, and Ric. Fitz^'Herbert of &WOJ|/«Caz,oMO? ftfttXitll in the fame County of iLelC Ifq; and Mary his wife. The Charter-houfe, Within the precinfts of &liOjtlep fomctime ftood a very fair Monaftery ofCarthuftan Monks : but before I fpeak of its foundation , it will be proper enough to digrefs a little in {hew- ing how and when that Order firft began , with the ftri^nefs of their Rule. invent, rt' rum, lib. 7. t'/.J. The Author *^ thereof was one Bmno , born at y Potjd, Colcfnin dPcrittairp, a very learned man, and Phi- f^irg-^' lofophy-Profcflor in the Univcrfity of ^atiS I where , being prefent at the Funerali of his friend that had been a man of good converfationj and oblcrving that whilft they were celebrating the office for the dead , the Corps raifed it ielf up on the Bier, and uttered at fevera! diftances thefe words, Jffjlo Dei judicio accnfattu [urn, Jnfio 'Dei jiidicio ]ttdicatni juTM, Jnjlo Dei]udicio conimna.' tpu fum,he became fo alfonidit, as that, confidcring if fuch were the condicion of one whofe life had been free from any eminent vice, what fhould be- come of himlclf and many others that were in no better Ifate; he thereupon, with fix more of his company , who were moved with the lame appre- henfion, refolvcd to fcek iome dcfcrt place, where chey might end their dales in an auftere and mor- tified courfe of living , without any dilfurbancc of worldly matters : which at ilength they found in the Diocefs of ©JcnoWe , at a place called (Car- t^nfe, in the mountainous parts of a vaft wilder- nets ; and obtaining an aflignation thereof from the Bifliop, erefted a Monaftery , inftituting moft fevere and ftriil Rules for himfelf and his Covent; viz.. wearing hair fhirts, never to feed on flefh, on the Fridays to eat nothing but bread and water ; to live apart in particular Cells, and thither to have their diet fingly brought them , except on certain Feftival dales when they dined together: Not to converfe with each other but at certain times: None to go out of the Monaftery but the Superior and Procurator , and they onely about the affairs of the Covent. Their habit a white loofe coat , with a cowl of the fame ; but whea*hey go out , a cafe of black fluff all over it, being (haved and fliorn juft as the Benedi3:ines are. Into their particular Cells, which are low built, and do contain 3 or 4 feveral rooms on the ground- floor onely , having behind each of them a little garden environ'd withan high wall , is their diet brought to them by Lay-brothers , and put in at a little door in the wall, near the entrance thereof; unto which there is a lock, whereof the key iskeptbyhim that ferves them. At the hours of publick prayers they meet in the Quire : But women are not permitted to come within the pre- cinfts of theirMonaftery,nora man to fpeak with any of them without fpecial licenfe given by the Superior. The Lay-brothers are not lliaven • but their hair on the head is cut ftiort and round ; their ha« bit being the fame with the Monks, faving the fca- pular,which reacheth but a little below the middle, and it girt clofe to them. Which Inftitution by BrHKo vvas in the year 1080. z%Tolydore z^imtth; but others z fay in "^Chron', ] ann. 1084. Howbeit they obferve ' the Rule of ^j^^^- S. BenediEi as to their diurnal and noflurnaloffi- "" ' ces ; yet have not antiently in any one Covent ex- ceeded* the number of xiii perfons. Into CnglanO they were firft brought by K. H. t.in* anrit 1181. (27H. 2.) whofounded'' a Monaftery for them at WSHVntOn in ^Omecretil^. whereof Hugh Bifliop of llfncolll was the firft ' Prior. But now returning to this in particular , I will begin with the time snd occafion of it* foundation. Rob. de o-jMonte b\MS. R % c Brempt. ' col. ii4»." 37. ■ Godw, \depiie- \Cart.X, R. ». K. .19. fit Infpex. t GedwyM ] Iq «/«r«. .. 13^ THE ANTIQUITIES OF Oi'diiiis Cat* thuriatii Moiiaclitts O 4. q ion' fts vtt. . . In/ the year 1 581. 5 R. *. W/7/. Lord Zoueh mimkr.in ( of ^^ngtoOJt!> in i^OJtlwmptOlli6. ) having a *i-'."*'* ^^^'^' ^° foundaHoufe of this Order near CO- 1)tntXt, in honour of S. tAme, obtained from Sir Baldwyn F revile, the elder, Kt. 14 acres of land here at ^^}tl0P , where he purpofed to build the Houfe , refolving to endow it with fufficicnt pof- fcflions : but being the fame year prevented by death, lying upon his fickbed , he appointed that C marks per ann. fliould be paid out of his fands, untill his heirs did procure as much in Churches appropriate to be fetled thereto. Which Legacy, his Confeflbr , and others who were then about him , thought too large ; and therefore prevailed with him , that it fliould be no more than Ix /. ftr am. The JFA\JFICK.SHI\E ILLUST RAT E D. ijj 4. f^».«, The grcac afte6tion that he had to the founding of this Monaftcry , occafioned him to procure from the Houfe ofCarthufuns in ^OtlDOtl three Monks; t//c one %ol;en Palmer at that time Procurator there , and the originall mover in that bufinds. John Vjtherhy, then Vicar of the fame Monaltery; znA Edmitni 'D ailing : who accordingly came to COtientre on the Eve of S. Anclrew the Apoftle , ana oegin their abode in the Hermitage oi S.Anne. In which place, affociating to themfclves chrce Monks from the Monaftery of 5!5cant)alC in j^O- t(tlg^am=fl). and four more , who were then newly profctl of this Order , they continued by the fpace of fevcn years. But the Lord Zouch departed this life in Lent following; whereupon his good intentions and fair beginnings were profecuted by others. For Rich. Luff, fometime Mayor of Col)0nfr0, and John Bf- toner his fellow Citizen.beftowed no lefs than 400. marks upon the Qjjire , Church , and Cloyfters ; -^ith three Cells in the eaft pait,nexc to the Chap- ter-houfe , and making of feven ponds, John Hol- meton of &IefO}D 1 80. //. towards the ftrufture of the Quire : and with xx. //. of the goods of Will. Tilney , whofc Executor he was , made the Cell at the Weft-corner of the Cloyfter. The fourth Cell on the Eaft fide -fHii built by iMargery Byri of i^cUiarbe ; who thereupon , and for the Books of J[4iah and Jeremie,mth Coments, beftowed xx.li. The fife, being the utmoft on the laid Eaft fide , by the Lady Jl4argerie Tthej of ]Rot0Otl ; who gave X. /'. alio to the making of the Eaft window of the Quire. The fixtby John Bokingham B.of ilfnCOltl. The leventh next to it on the fame fide, by Thomat Beai'.chamf'E. ofOTarUJfcS. And T^.%ich. a. returning from &COtlantt in the year i ; 8 j. (about the Nativity of the blefled Vir- gin ; ) and coming to COtetltre on Satturday Mrithin the Oftavcs of that Feaft,at the fpeciall in- ftanccof Q, Anne his confort,with his own hands layd the firft ftonc of the Church j viz,, at the Eaft end of the Quire; publiquely protefting in the pretence of his Nobles ; as alfo of the Mayor and Citizens of COtietltrS that he would be the Foun- der thereof, and bring it togoodperfcflion. Neither ■were others flack in fo pious a work : For the eight Cell ; vizj. the third on the South fide, was made with XX. li. given as a Legacy thereto by Adam Botoner Citizen of COtJCnbe. The ninth,(next to it) by Sir Ntgel Loryng Knight.at the procurement ciRob. Braybrok^ B. of ILwDOtl. The tenth , viz,. the firft in the Weft corner , out of the goods of W/7/. 7//«(r^ before mentioned. The eleventh, by John Morton Canon of iUct)feflO. But further I cannot go , in the defcription of thefe Cells , in regard I have not feene any more of the hiftory of its Foundation : Neither ftiould I have delivered thus much, but that,by the care and affection of my worthy friend Mr. John Langley , whofe delight and knowledge in Antiquities dc- ferves greater commendation then I can in a few lines exprefs, tlie fragment whence I had this , be- ing a Manufcript of two leaves in Parchment, and ■written in R» 2. time, was redeemed from utterly perifhing , having been by fome ignorant perfon made the Cover to a School-boy's Book. I (liall now therefore proceed with what I have from our publique Records : wherein I find , that K.Rich. i.hyh'is Precept i bearing date 18. HArtii in the faid fift year of his raign , directed to Sir Baldwin Frevill Kt. %ich, Dodenhale then Major I of (lC0t>eatre , and R.ch. Luff, wherein he expref- I Icth, that John Netherbury was alTigned Prior of \ this Houle, lo intended to be founded' in feljojUcp- ,ffelD within the libcrtyes of COUentrC; And de- I daring the bounds of chofe 14. acres of land fo given by S;r Baldmn FrevtU ; vi^. in length from the path-way leading towards ILOJIOOII on the Eaft part ,totheriverof&&frbacneon the Weft; and in breadth, from the common road which ooetli cowards OTarUjfcft on the South part , to the\lill called BatbclC-mtlnC on the North part, doth command, that the laid Sir Baldmn, Richard, and Richard fhall deliver poffcflion thereof unto" the lame Prior and Monks. Soon after which did the faidK. grant licenfe* to thefe Monks , that they fc ?«.<.«. might ob:ainadvoulons of Churches to be appro- *.p.i.M.i. priated, to the value of c. //. fer annum, over and above what ftiould be afligned for endowment of Vicars in the fame. And within two years follow- ing beftowed • on them the advoufon of the Church ' P'««8.X. of WMmfHper JTrcntin SDerbp-(6fre. ** "• '• Inp.of his reign he gave^them the advoufonof t p^t ,r the Church of ecclesfenD in pojfe ftfrc Jn 1 3. he r.^.^M.ii granted Licenle ' to the Monks of S. Ceorze at , Batiquertniein i^OjmanUp, that they misht lettle i^^f : '*• their mannour or Priory of COtUCtton in JRotlaita m. 'I' ' upon them. And in i5. in •• recompence for the '^ advoufon of the Church of MaUon before mtn^io- „\r!'^^: ned , which he had granted with the Mannour to nl{.m'. ■ John Delves e[q. gave themlicenfe" to purchafc »*• the Priory ofBLpmbWg (^lioi IL(mbjOfe«) in ^e«- fojD-lfifre with the parcells of Cnrtelpngfon , and SlUibpMares ; together with .the advoufon of the Vicaridgesj all which belong'd to the Abby of jatjenepe in /^jmanop. Certain it is, that the ftri(ftnefs of their Rule be- fot an exceeding regard towards them from many good people , as by the increafe of their pofTclTtons is evident : For in 17. R. 2. they had licenfe* to « Pit. if. I purchafe from the Abbot of S. Sergius and Bacbus ^'*-f- *•"'• in ^Ojmanfip the Minnours of ^toanfeyc and** 2D?P'H)}aptoti in Cambjfogc-ftfre . wi:h the advoulon of the Church of ^toapfep , excepting (5 J. marks fterling annually due to the Warden and Schollars of iifngs-^all in the Univerfity of Camb}fDg» And inf 20. R, 2. from the Monks .<'P'«'.»o. of S. Peters fuper 'Dinam in J^JtlianOp the Prio- ^-^-f^M ry of OTolttoninthis County, which was a Cell^*' belonging to that Monaftery. As alfo the Priory of ^asbam in ILfncoIn.fttre from the Abbot and Covent of S. Severns in j^OjmanOp. And nov» that they were grown thus rich in poffeflions , by his Charter* bearing date n.Maii in the ^i.year-Prff.n. of his reign, did he grant as ample proteftionK.»,».j.' . to them, and privileges, both for the choyfe of their Prior and otherwife as the originall Houfe atCSC- tbOfe had, together with immunity from all Taxes and payments whatfoever. Neither did his bounty to them ftay here: for the next year enfuing he releafed "• unto them the pay- ^ p^^ ^^ - ment of thofe tfj. marks per annum to the Schollars K.i.plj.wJ of CambjfBg before mentioned > upon condition 4. that they fliould find and maintain within the pre- cinft of their Houfe xii. poor Schollars from (even years old.till they accomplifh't the age of ly.therc to pray for the good eftate of him the faid King and of his confort, during this life ; and afterwards for the health of their fouls : as alfo of the foul of Qu. Annelzit deceafed.and for the fouls of his Father & Mother, and Jill the faithfull departed. And to/" the [IM, cndjthat the fervlce and vrorfhip of God might be R 3 ycc i}4 THE ANTIQUITI ES OF Co. ruy. a aPrft.io. W.7.W.3. Vt MS.pt- hes 5.Ar- chtr Eq. tur. f, J 9. cP/t.j4. tfAt.U. X Ib.f.if'.i b. 27. H. 8. ycc was the King pleafcd to flicltcr it at that inftant , as by a claufe in the Aft he had liber- ty to doc:perhaps that he might get the better cre- dit in his proceedings againrt the reR,by rcafon the Preamble of chat A«ft had reprefented the Monks redding in the leflcr Houles, to be perfons that did highly difhonour God by the loofnefs of their lives ; and therefore thought, through his favour to thefe of fo ftri^ a Rule, whatever was alleaged a- gainrtthc ocher,would be the fooner believed. Amongftthe Reptiles recorded* in that Survey, befides the yearly Penftons and Almes paid by com- pofition to the Holpitall of ^ft^jam in llutlatlft; To the poor of ^^otters-prt? in ji5ojt6ampton» fl}.To the poor oft[S9[OlffOI1in this Coun[y;And to the Friers Carmelites in COtJentrC , I find ' , that y H.f-y*' 'ils.-o^.d, per a»»(tm viis allowed for cxpenccs "• in bread and beer at the wafhing of poor peoples feet on MaHnday -Thursday . And 14. /, 10. /. per amum for bread and beer daily beftowed on the like poor, living in and necr Cot0ntCe,at the gates of this Monaftery ; f /*. in 30. quarters of Rye yearly at 5 x. a quarter , and 30. quarters of Male at 04. J.-08. d. a quarter. But it was neither their devout and ftrift lives ; nor thefe charitable allowances that could prefervc them from the common ruine, which befell all the reft of the Religious Houles in 30. H. 8. as the In- ftrument «Lof Surrender, whcreunto their publiquc X^" ^"■^ Seal isafifixt , bearing date i6.Jan.thz fame year, ^'*V' and fubfcribed by the particular perfons whofe names I have here inferred, with the feverall Pw- yet further augmented in this Monaftery.by a vent of Monks which werePriefts, he granted* un- to them the Priory-Alien of iLOBjM in 2D0jfCt.ai. which was a Cell to the Abby of SJfOnte&urgft in ijiojmanop ; the Priory of ^HUOttOn in this Coun- ty, ^A'hich belong'd to the Abby of COUnt^jeB in ^02mat»)p,wi:h the Mmnour of ^onkcnlonc in J^erefojD-ft.parccll of the polTefTions belonging to thefaid Piiory of MottOll I The Priory ofjlong' JiScnpngton in iL(ncoln-fl)(ic and ifclDaUpng in iliOjff. Cells to the Abby of&aWnef in j^OJIHatl- Dp: the Priory ofij^agft. in iLlltC0ln-(6. belonging to the Monallery of CWrburgft in i^OJItianOj?. Which faid Prioryes- Alien were all feized into the K. hands by rcafon of his Warrs with jfraHCe.But the mod: of thefe , laft mentioned , were rcaflumed in I . H. 4. (as in my dicourfe of t^TottOW , above- mentioned will appear.) To whichample Donations K.H, 7. in 10. of his reign added his Licenie * to them for appropria- ting the Church of }0Ofter0.|9(rp in JtOjtftaiUp- (On-Q). of their patronage ; and of (CgmOtlO in j^^p-.fi). whereof the Advoufon belong'd ro the Abby of S. Peter at fe^JCtofibtttP ; in conlidera- tion that they fhould daily pray for the goodellate of the faid King, his Queen , and their Children ; as alfo of his Mother : celebrating likewife once a week a Mafs of the holy Ghoft during the K. life , and a folemn yearly Obit for his foul after his de- parture hence. So that the full Revenue belonging thereto was by that fatall Survey , made in 26. H. 8. certified " to be clearly worth i ■^i.l.-o6-s,o'&J. pera»mm,hcf-^Ac^ all Reprifes.Which undervalue Uo«J granted to each of them for life doth mani- though it expofed it to diffolution by the Statute of I fcft. Thefe fubfcribed the Inftrument. Jsh. Bochard Prior. Joh. Tood fen, Rob. Bulde. mil. Abell. vicar. Ric. j4ppttlby. Tho. Letherbarow. Job. Todd ju». Rie.Sc latter. After which.v/i.ivJ^"" 34- H. 8. was the fite of thisMonaftery {inter alia) granted ' out of the Crown to %ichard Andrews gent, and Leonard Chamberleyn Efq. and to the heirs of ^Andrews. How fliort a time thefe two kept it I cannot fay : but I do not perceive that they enjoy'd it many years ; for in 9. EU^. Henry mtver , aUm Over (a CotJCntre Mercer) dyed* feized thereof.leaving Richard his fon and heir j<5. years of age : who in II. £//^.fo!d 'it to /:o^.E.of5Lefceffcr. Neither have. any other that did fince poflcfs it continued owners thereof very long : For from the Earl of BLeiceffcr it was fold * to one Tho. Riley. Yxom him to • .Sampfoit Baker. From Baki>r to f Edvf. Htlt of jBDuDffOltcfq. whofe fon and heirT^ow^* (now of jatttonK^.and Bar.) folds it to Rich. Butler of COtJCntre gent, which Richard ftiortly after ' paft it av/ay to one .... Lod^z Londoner; from whom £div. Hill gent, purchafcd it ; whofe fon Edward now enjoys it. TTHis place Is now known to very few , depopu- -* Jation having extirpated all its Inhabitantsrbut de Civ.^ 7«. «. Thefe had Pcnfions. J oh. Bochard Priori xl. I. Joh. Todd. CMonachoibid. vi. It. xiii. s, iv. d. Rob. Bold Mon. th. vi. I. xiii, s. iv. d. Iff II. Abell Mon, ib. vi. I- Tho. Corby M Mon. ib. v. I. vi. s, viii. d. %ich. Apptilby Mon. ib. vi. I. Rich. C'*'^}^^ Mon. ib. V, I. vi. s. viii. d. Tho. Letherbarow (JUon. ib. v. I. vi. viii. d. Joh. Tedde tJMon. ib. V. I. vi, S. viii. d. Rich. Slater Mon. ib. v. I, vi. s, viii. d. in the Conq.time it was involved with Cobenfff, fo that inhisSurvey it isnotfomuchas mentioned: Neither do I find any thing of it till King Stephens days , that %anulph Earl ol KL\j,zSiZX rendred i the Chappell thereof to the Monks of Cstienfre , with divers other of which I have already fpokc. As for the name I am of opinion that it was from the afcent whereon it flood , |^en jn the Brittifli language, fignifying the head , top , or chief part ; and 3LU the fame with Loctu, It fhould feem that antiently itwasa pretty village,otherwJfe there had beennocaufcfortheChappel ; but till H. 3. time, that Gef.de Lan^ley (a man of great note in thofe days ) made it his feat , I have not fcen any thing memorable of it. 'Tis very like that the necrnefsof its fituation to Cotttltte invited him to build here; , for in 2 2. H. 3 . he had a grant ' from the King , of tckuf. »? certain timber trees out of lfteililtDO)t{|-tDOOD0 for ^-J-*** that purpofe. Of what extraftion this family was, | I know not , though they had divers fair Lordfliips I in this County : but for as much as this was their i chief feat , I do here refolve to take notice of what I have found memorable of them. IfTjcj^lfTiE^SHI^E ILLUSTRATED. 13^ Gftlfir.de Langley temp.H. *> Mitilda-* Galfr.de Langley- ".'.^.H ox. z. • 11. H. J.obiiti. E.i.l ux. I. I Rob. icy. i9.£.i. Magr. Rob. dc Alicia Domina-Walt. de Langley- Galfr. dc Lajigley Langley. a. E.I. dc BykenhuU Idcfunftus 8. E. 1. 1 ux.i. i j.E. i. ux. 1 j I 1 i -^ dc Lang-Alianora filla E!a una fil.- Rad. dc Mo- & coha»r.lfab. lingcon. de Hulks. 17. E. 1. oh. de Lang-. . . . ley miles. ux. 19. E. I. .... filia Will, de Bereford luftic. Regis. Edm. de-Iohanna \7111. de-Marr. Peto.47. lfili»« E. J. |h«tci. I loh. dc Pet» Chjvalier, Walterus loh.obiii Magr.Tho. ob.S.p. 5. prole, de Langley 4. E. 3. I Langley 9.E,i. ux. I. Galfr.de-Mnrla- Willicl.de loh. de Langley dcfuniSus lo. E- h_ I iS.E.i.Carcfwell Lang- z. mavitus ley, +.E. ?.| Galfr.dc Langley. 4.E.5.I I WilUdcPeta loh. fil. A!a"lohanna— loh. TriUow Toh. dc confangu. 8c ni de Cherl, filia & hz- jun, miles 2. Langley hasres Galf.de l-angky 11. R.i. ton militit 33. E. 3. resjob.f.p. marinis. loh. de Langley dc Atherfton fu- per Sc our.i8. R.i.] loh, Barndcfley-Ellz. filia 4. H. 4. & hzres. loanna ux.Edm. de Che- ftcrton,| Rog. de Chefter- ton.| Galfir. obiit rit« Patris, nKigiH.de Cumba. f. n M. Parlf. B Fltta lib. i.Mp.4- fM.Parif. f. 78d.«. lo. r C^r.'.ij. 'i.'i.'n.^.m ■uiuU. Pat. it. >. ^ P«.J4.W, .w.ij. |li.«.7, Jb.m.e. The firft mention I have met with, of this name and ftock, is in H. 2. time; the K. confirming" the grant made by one Jeffrey de LaugUy to the Monks ot Coinbe , of lands in ^crtJBbcrjft ( now ci.\\e6-^S3^Vif>\a-magna) in this County. *Tis very like that the fame Geffrey was the father of this : but if there were more than two , in adircft line , of that Chriften name , I know not how to diflinguifh them. With Geffrey , whom I fuppofc to be the fon of that Jeffrey which was a. benefa- ftorto Combe, I will begm. He was firft , Mar- fhall" of the K. Hjufehold ; ("an office 'belonging to the E. MarfliiU of CngUnO in fee : who by the K. confent, appointba Kiight under him to exe- cute the fame.) In which he fof behaved himfelf , that the King took great notice of him for a thrif- ty fcrvantj and for that caufe afforded him much grace and refpccl , though others con'd him little thank, in regard he cut (horr the ancient allowance for the Kings own table, and iefiened the old hol- pitality of the Court. In 25. H. 5. he obtained a Charter * of ^ree- iDaiten in all his demefn-lands here. And in 26. H. 3. attended 'the King in that expedition of ©atcofgtI,wherein the Englifh fuffered great lofs : in which voyage he got fuch reputatioA with the King as accelerated (it fcems) his further profit and advancement. For in 54. H. 3. he obtained a Pa- tent/^ to his own ufe, dated 29. "Dec. of the whole benefit accruing by expeditationof Dogs throwgh Inrich't himfelf , let us hctr in impartiall relation from an Author* of that time. jM.Pati£ 5«^ etfdem fiquidem tem^oribtu , &c. About P- 7 8 ?• b.^ thefe times f faith he} a certain Knight called Gef- ^°- "^ f- frej de Lttng/ey, viho was aBayliffto the King.and ' '^ a ftriiS Inquifitor after all trefpaflcs cornmitred in the Forerts , rode through moft parts of (iBnglanO. In which Office he behaved himfelf with that cun- ning , frowardneis and violence , in extorting vaft fumms of money , efpecially from the Northern . gentry , as that the very Auditors thcmfelves were . aftonifht at fuch a mafs.And for the better carrying on this courfe of opprcffion , he rode with a c-reat company ofattcndants well armed ; fo that if any of thofe againft whom he thus proceeded did but ieem to excufc themfelves in a muttering way,their enemyes being Judges, he prcfently caufedthem to be cattinto prilon. Neither did he ufe any propor- tion in the punifhmentfutableto the offence :for, were it but the killing of a Fawn , or a Hare , and that crofling the way in a mans partage, though he were the greateft Noble-man that did it he would ruin him. So that this his cruelty made the memo- ry of his predeceffors pretious:nay Rohrt Taffelev himfelf in comparifon of him was counted a Saint. Which Rohrt .being Juftice ^^of the For'fis im- mediatly before , had been ' the man that firft brought him into that imployment ; whofe good cum he requited with fupplanting him , putting out all thofe under Officers that he had placed,and \Ub.r„ « (.19, out all the Forefts ofCttglailD. And the fourth of | undoing them to boot. Whereupon the faid ^<7- 'til'"-'- 1I&. March following, to be ' Jufticc of the Kings Fo refts from STtetlt Southwards. As alfo, within few days aftcr.to be Govemour " of the Cartle and Ho- nour of i^ebingtara in j^ojtftampton-ftjrc The (ame year likewik upon the return of a Writ of .^4d (juifd dttmp^am , had he liccnfe » to ftop up and inclofc a certain High-way which interpofed betwixt his Honfc amd woods here at ^ftrtcpUnd to impark thole woods. 'Tis not to be doubted, but, as he managed the bufincfs , his office of Ju- fticein the Forefts was very beneficiall to him: but with what credit he did the Kag that fervicc , and 'a. a». bert, confidering the inftability of thefe tcrreftriall things , forfook the Court and became a Prieft. Whichwaysof oppreffionand cniehy, *rendred our Geffrey fo odious, that the K, within two years thought beft, in prudence, to remove him from that Office, leaft the peoples difcontents fhruld refle(ft upon himfelf. And therefore, the betrpt to fatlsfy the world, he fent him away into &C0tlan8 , there to be one of the Govcrnoursunto his daughter the Queen of Scots : But the Nobles of that Realm , finding of what an infolent Spirit he was , would not long endure bim there : whereupon * he betook e Ih. n. 3 hioiTcIf ,5^ TgrTNTTQUTTTETOF d lUld. pi, 937. tlb.n. 10. he lo managed the bufinefs that he " l^J "P L^, gJ j^^ ^^^ fje^ry de £rd,nfjo» were ajpom- ^ ^^^_ ^ ,^ ny cncmyes co che King and P""^1l^' ^'l ^^, ,ed to levy and colka in this County and ILti- £. ». „.,«. himlelf: For 'being imployed 'n«C0by ^JM J g q^_ /^c Scutage due to K. E. x.m34-o his Prince ; he fo tirannized that m 40. H. J- the e ^^^^^^ ^.^^ ^^^^ ^^^, ,,1, Carleol . Welch broke out into lebelhon ; vihich maac J 1 „. .„ , ,,_j ^„^, begin • too late, to repent of his doings After this . it ^vas not long ere that Sym.de CMonifort Earl of ILt(C. ^uh diversof the Ba- r^s , taking advantage of certain milcarmges in raion, wncn ins j»i">j -•"•— '^b- 7 v^lVich ^'as not till then received And the next en- fuingvear v^as in Corr.niffion ^for making clioyfe ^cUui-9-^^ of one ftout and able Footman in every village ^^^^^;^_ throuMu-out this County, to march with the King as alio* to fee that aPat.^.E. | imployment tor ctioonng ""^ *.'i , ^ „„^ £•»•'»''''' villaoe of this Shire for the war of fetOtlanO ; and ^-^ ^^^ to lee them fufficiently arm'd with Haketones Bacenets, Swords,Bov»s, and Arrows ; as alfo with ... 1 ■ .U»c ^mi»rp nrnnpr TOr eovcrnment,occauuin.u ^jr jj / ther who had abulVd the power and truft commit- ted to them , put themfelves in Armes ^uiider pre- tence of affertin^ the Laws, and fubjeft s liberties; the particulars 0I which ftory I murt not here ftand to tell ; but fo much thereof as relates to the laid Grfrn 1 (hall briefly touch. Which is, that amidlt b Ri»t.F.i. thofe turbulent doings m 48- 1. ^ he was truitea „ t_ , . j £. a. he , with Rob. de Stoke were £. ,.^. ,. mM8H ^^uhtheculbdyofTOnDfOJ:Caale.as/appea s th^m. In l^^^^^^^^ .^ ^^^.^^ ^^^^^^^ ^_ ^^ Kt^ by hrsrenderthereofupontncK,ngscommand,b - afl'gnd to cou .^^^^^.^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^^^^_^^ ' ingthennecefTitacedtofubmituntoadiflionourable In n^^^^^^^ - C.*....?. truce with the Barons. Certainly he was a man of f°Vh. TJ.c.E - '- -^-- '^•-fl-^.n , . extraordinary note : for I find g him in the Cata- LTi./ ogue of thofe great men who ftood ffom y to the TuJ Kmgagainfthrs rebellious Barons , andlivedtoa orca^ aie. for he departed not this world tiU 2. E. i.and^henffWw his fon and Ireir. doing hisho- roage.had livery » of his lands. A younger fon he had, named Geffrey^ who was 'in the Welch expedition with his_ brother miter in 41. H.?. But of himand his djcrndants I hare laid fomething already in fe^Ojtlep ; and fhill have occafion to fay more when I come unto fltb«ffOn^p«'- fetOUre; and therefore now re- Tn ta mlL This ^.lur had h- Chriften name ( as 'tis moft l>kf) from mher M.trjhall Earl ot iSeinblOfeC , under whom his father executed the Tffice of Marfhall in the K. houfhold. And in 36. H.?. obtaind a Ipeciall Pat. texempting him from Srvino on any Juryes fo longas he Uved. Thenar V a following h= attended 'the K-nginto (Caf- tOign ; and in 41- H. 3. ^-nt -into Males with - - '- the Royall Army. In 3. E^t. he was conftimt.d " ^'*- J*'' one" of the luftices for the Gaol delivery at Wst' «•'•'"*" toUb And m 7. E. x-beirgcertif^ed-Lord ot this 1p.M « Sace.had here ien Cottiers holding nine Cottage. :.'S for which they payd ieverall Rents P^fo^^^ ^^ . m. rn vers fervices in Hav veft.and gathered Nutts for one H. mt. dav:He had then alio 3.Carucats of land, and 3. '^c.f-'^^-f' acres and a Water- myll in demeln; and kept a cer- tain outwood , containing S- ^cres. mclofedasa Park, which had wont to be common. _ The fame year I had? , that he wn 5 again a Ju- ftice for the Goal-del.very at Marto tfe ; and, o hkewife the year following , •" ^'"^'^ / ,V leaving his lun a- d he-r, ■^■'-John de Lafeyzi^. years of age , who d>d his Homage , arid had ive- L/ofhis lands immed..-it!y after And had alio a younger fon, called %.±;\;^^ "^'^^Vru^u'^ T ftcnty I nrall fpeak inMoUtiamCOte Which Jch., who h.d the inheritance of this mannour ; as alio of Wfem and S^titOle , had iummons' to be at -. .> -1 ^.u.rorpsr men. the Sunoav i^ Tiit.it. iP«. J7. H. 3-»» dotfo. m ?it. 41- In 14. and 1 5. E. 5. be was asain in ©SttifTion ^ ^^^^ ^^ for 'the Gaol-deii very at ©HarlDfCb, And in 1 8.en- -^f^^^rin. k izWdf this LordfViip with other lands upon his dorjo. fon Gejfrey and his heirs. After which 1 neither .^^ ^^^^^^ find more mention of him.nor any hiftoricall mat- oa. r. iZ tcr relating to his dcfcendants, exceptmgoyM« £, .. his ereat-grandchild,and!ieir to this branch of that ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^ family ; who being wedded* to ]oh» the ion ot bir i,^_„,i^, AUh Ch^rltor, of ^plep Knight , was » forcibly ^.^^^ j,, taken from him by Sir John TriUor^ the youuger h.^.g/.«, Kt. and kept as his wife many years : durmg which ^ ^.x nss raign , had the like «to« ,' ^ vvrittenOTDtt,the latter fyl- , , fummons - to be at IBnrtDtek upon 2CtoeW a the ^^^^^^[^Z, alfo from the Bnttiflr ILle , which ■''- feaft of the NativHy ot S.John Baft.fi, to wai on JJ^^^^/^j^if /.rn.. or /,^... Nor till ^^Stephens "^ ** "{' tlie K. inhisScotti(h war. wherein he was kmgh- ! is ^^^^^f/ ■ * ^ii nientioned : but then did SS. tl .as 'tis probable ; for the fame year hcfo Med , -^^^^iro^iWa^^^^^^^^ ^bofc fee it was . Bl.aur, »himfelf. ^^ " _, sendee »^ATt^lVlCKJHI%B ILLUSTRATED. 13^ n Cart.it, E.i.H.6. fir Inff. Ibid. •tot, V. 19. '^/f.J^.S. Kegill.Pr. }tCov, f, :». y. ' XV. Job. ^fc.i.M. Bartholomew Trtft of ^OJtftamptOnftJw was cer- fLib.s. tified / CO be Lord chcreof, and ot" full a^e. "f^ui, A little below ©Kljftlep , the river §»ljfrbHrn0, quitting the libertycs of CotJentre (wnerewuhal- fo I have now done)joyus with ^Oto:I mult there- fore alcend that (tream again untill it bring me ta its entrance of fijlfgfjfloto-Hiindred , which is juft at 90l]), a place caking its name from the brook neer which it is fitaat. H render" theChappell thereof to the Monks of Co- In J4. H. J. upon the palTing of C0%(l1tr6 in Fee-ferm,by Roger de Montalt a.nd Qecuy his wife, to chc Monks;amongft certain refervations made to them the faid Roger and Cecily and their heirs , are excepted • the homage & icrvices of iValcer Deyvill and A'filoGerbold for lands they then held in this ®®t)ftlep. Whereby it is clear , that they or their anccltors , were enfeof't of what they had here from fome of the Earls of ^\itVtZX, Which Roger and Cecily m 7. E, i. were t nmd fro be Lords thereof; but that the King had at that time foure ' Freeholders here, who held one cottage , two yard land and five acres under feverall rents. And chat the faid 'Rsi'^ ^hen had one Freeholder, viz., «A- dttm fil. (JHHenis , who held one yard land. It was then alfo certific?'^ that the Prior of Co- ■ ^itntXZ had (\x Freeholders here,who occupyed one yard land and half , two acres and half a rod, with a Water-mill. Of which tenants , who paid cer- tain rents and did fute to his Court twice in the year, %^fh de H^hitleywis one. I am of opinion, that the faid Milo Gerhld wa.s the father of that Adam , who is ftilcd /ih>n pi. Milonts. This Adam fil. LMilonii ( for I prefume it was he) was in 1 2. E.l.called*' Adam dt iVhit- ley , and then certified/ to hold one yard land in this place by inheritance, of Sim. fil. Manricii : Who had a grant* of K. H. 3. of xxii. s. free year- ly rent ifluing out of thofe lands fo held of the K. asabovefaid. Which Rentwas in 31. E. r. con-|'of7-E.i. it appears, that the Monks of Cot). had vey'd" by Kotrer le Tayllnr to one Adam de Okes \^^ this place one catucace of land , with a Mill in and his heirs. Who, in 1 8. E. 2. was found * to j demefnc , and tea fervants holding five yard land A.!f of this village was given s to the Priory >f COt)entrc,by E. Leofnke (the Founder ) in tne firli year of King Sdwardzhz Confeflbrjand by die Conq. Survey *" certified to containe 3. hides and a half , whereof the woods extended to half a mile in length, and 4.furlongs in breadth, all being valued at Ix. s.But the rcfidue thereof, the King and R. [Senator then hcld;which R.FeKator is alfo cal- led Rich. Forejrarnu , and had here only one hide. The Record* doth notexprefs the particular extent of his woodsjbutdcclares.thatthofe there belonging to the King , the Abbot (id eft) of CoDetltrS ) and him the faid Rithard, were three miles in length, and one in breadth ; which , with the abovelaiJ hide , being rated at the other half, were then alfo valued at Ix. s. With the Priors part, wherein the Monks in 41. H. ?. had iFtCe-tOarrCll< I will begin. By the Record dye feited of certain tenements here , held of the King by the payment of a half-penny per annum called yVarthe , at the feaft ^f S. Martin , by the handsof the SWiS oiM.9(Wt\L- Wtt,iVill.di O^es, fon of fl^ill. brother to the faid Adxm being his co. fin and heir and of full afje Which f^ill.m 18. E. lame, leaving Philip his Ion 3. dyed* feifed of the and heir of full age. But hitherto hath there been no mention of tldlbftlc? as a Mmnour : howbeit , in }. R. 2. it was found' , that Thorrtas de Freberne dyed fcized cfit by that name, leaving Alice his daughter an.:* heir then ten years of age. Neverthelefs in 6. R. 2. upon a luice for the title thereof, it was found ^ , that the faid Thomat Freberne had fold the inheri- tance thereof to one Thomas de Whitley and his heirs. Which Thomat de tVhitley part it away to John Botoner and two others , to whom it was ad- judged. What bargaining there had been for it I cannot declare : but in 19. R. 2. the King gran- ted « the cuftody thereof to Rob.de CMalton Clerk, and Henry vVybbe , it being feifed into his hands by reafon of the Minority of Margaret filler and heir to John Talmer , fon of mlliam Palmer. Which T'yill. dyed* in i(5.R.2. and his brother John in 1 9. After this viz.. \n H. 6. time , I find' that John Schipley of CotienftC was feizcd of it , perhaps by fome private deed to direft theufes unto that Fme levycd <* in i. H. 6. betwixt kVill. Schipley Clerk and others plaintiffs, and ?#A« Burton of CotJCH- frCind Jian his wife deforc. But herrce,for want of light , I muft make a leap to Ci_, M.trye's time ; in the fecond year of whole raign fVUl. Stark^y gent, dyed'feized of it: leaving Themat h\i fon and heir of full age. By whom , or his defcendancs it was fold to ... . Tate , as I have heard : which is by rent fervice; vix,. plowing, harrowing, mowing, making and carrying hay, reaping corne , raking , and the like work. As alio ij. Freeholders which held xii. yard land, paying each of them a certain annuall rent , and doing luit to the Priors Court wice in the year, for all fcrvices. And like wife the '•oyalty of So.acresof out-wood, in which all cheir Freeholders were to have houfe-bote and heybote : ind moreover the Chappell appropriat, with half m acre of land adjoyning thereto. Which faid ap- jropriatlon » was -rude by Reger MeuUnd B. ur-houfe , COCIit- itcet , Gallows , Pillory , C'lckingftool , Felons- goods : as alfo power to punifh the breakers of the A.flfize of bread and beer; to v'vch Ctkc did refort all the Priors tenants, in BdrtCp , W/ltllj^Ie , and lHapton, Some other grants there were made at feverall times to the faid Monallery by particular perfons , having Freeholders in dOUl ; which being fo inter- mixt with the reft , w^uld hardly now be diftin- guifh't, though I fTiould point at them as exaftly, as by the help of Records I could: therefore I fliall fpare that labour, and obrerve,that, after the dilTo* %Ctirt.%\. H.i.m.S. per Infp, , * Domefd. lib. i Ibj^t kCart. 41. / Inq.per, H. Hott. m Kot. R. Mitend, m, 4. » Regifi.Pr. de Cov. f. <4.«. eMS.pt' nisS.A.ft[. aur.f.zi.at f Regifl.Pr. dt Cov. f, ei,b. like to be true : for in 43. LUx,. Will, Tate , fon of] lucion of that Monaftery , the faid Priois Man- S nour* 138 THE A N T I CLU I T I E S O F H.8.P.15 nour, in 5 2. H. 8. being pafled 1 with other lands to Sir John Haringtort Knight and his heirs , to be \\t\dinCapite , there was then the remainder of a Icafe unexpired, which had been'' granted by Tho- moi ^/^/or^ Prior of COtjentrc and his Coventto one iVt'll. j^/licock, for 80. years , from the 29, of Sepr. 25. H. 8. And that afterwards ; •z'/^,. 32. Eliz.. the Q.. by her Letters Pat. /bearing date 21. Jlfnrtii, conveyed {inter alia) to Sir John Hartng- ton Knight (afterwards created Lord Harington of d^irfon; and John 'F.j-rf^ gentleman, this Mannour of g>0tO , fo before leafed. Which faid Sir Joh>i,iin6 John , by their deed 1 of bargain and fale , bearing date 2. jdnii the fame year , paft away the Man- nour hoiife to Sdw. Lapworth and his fon, with di- vers lands thereto belonging : from whom deicen- ded Alexander Lapworth the prefen: owner thereof zyfnno 1640. But the Royalty or Mannour , with fome lands there , being referved by the faid Sir John Haring' ton , were , by Lucie Counteffc of llBCDfOJlJ , his daughter and heir, bequeath'd by Will (as I have heard) to Mr. George Ptirefoy of 25clgra1)C in \t\- CClfcr(&. who ftill enjoys it. I now retMrn to that^part which Richardas Fore- ftarttis held. This , as Cljetterton in !&ine{on grants by Deed , or Charter were not frequent in .thofe elder times ; it will not be amiffe, (I fuppofc) to fhcw when fuch conceflions firft began.wherein I fliall exhibite the authority [of a mofl: authen- tique Hiftorian , I mean /»^«/f/j«/ ' Secretary to cf.tn b.'k theConq. while he was only D. of^OjmanOp, w.lo. and afterwards Abbot ofCjOnlanOj who , being logrQjt a SchoUar, and withall a ItriiSt obleryer of the moft eminent paffjges in his time , deferves much tlie more credit. - — J^im Chirographorum confeUionem uingli- cana»i (faith he) ^«tfs cum crrtctbpts aureU , alit^q; ftgnaculu firma fuerunt , Normanni condemriantes Chirographa Cartas voca- bant, ©" Chart arum frmitatem cum cere a impref- fione per uniufcujuftj-^ [peciale Sigillum fnb inftilU- tione trium velquatuor te^Q^un afiantiitm confioere C0»fiitfiebant .^onferebantur etiam primo multapne- dia nudo verba, abfsufcripto vel chart a,t ant urn cnm 1)onii»i gladio,velcorn»,vel galea, velcratera, cJ* plurima tettementa cum (^aleari,eyim Strigili, cum ArcH,& nemmlla cnm SagittaiSed hac initio re gni fui, poHerioribus annis immittatiis eSt ifie vtodus. The firfl fealed Charter ' that wc have in (ttlg- lattO , being chat of King Edrvard the Confeflbr up- d Autoirl in bikl. ^^tttlDjeD alfo did , went » with Margery the I on his foundation of tSJJettmftlffei; Abby ; who , ^*''°"' daughter and heir o£.the faid Richard xxaiofVilUam C^ok^: which tVilliam , leaving'^ it to his fon for felony , it elchea- JVilliam who was hang'd having his education in j^O}tnanDp , brought into this Kingdom that and lome other of their fafhions with him ;. which afterwards came to be imitated ted to the Crown ; but , by the favour of the | by all others , chough by the inferior fort not of a King was given* to ^0^. ^ -Bwi^ , chat had niar-j long time , as Mr. X-iiw^f rf out of che Hiftory of ryedyWrfrffr;,fifter to the faid W/V/z^rw ..which '^0- 515aftaU-3bb0p obferves *; where Ric. de Lucy hert , leaving one onely daughter and -heir , who Chief Juflice of (SnglatlD in H. 2. time , is re- was wedded to //w^^/^^ffLo^g^^/, it thereby came to, ported to have blamed a mean fubjeift, for that that family ; and fo , through. Loges his heir gene- he uied a privat Seal, when as that apperteyn'd,as rail , at length to Teto^ as will more clearly be dif- he faid, co che King and Nobility only. t Perainb. of Kent J \ 40^; &c. cernedby the defcentin CljCffcCton, where I have obfcrved whac is memorable of all thofe families. I fhall therefore here , take notice onely of them But returning to Loges , I dndcf , chat he held flnq. per\' five tenements in this place of the Earl of CbCffsr, "• ^o"' ^ by the fervice of conduiSting the faid Earl towards *^*'*r-44-i,» y 1 Jeh. "K^? Ut.de temp, in- ttn.K.Joh, ret. i, in derfo. H. Hoit, tlbift. fo far as they had relation to this place and no fur- ! tlie Kings Court, through the midR of the Forell of ther. " ~ ' " ' •«-"-— ■ '- And firft.concerning Croc I find , that though,by the abovefaid forfeiture , his elUte here was con- fifcate ; and chac Loges had his interett by force of the Kings grant ; yet did the faid Loges think fit to ftrengthen his title by an agreement with the heir oiCroc, as may appear by a Fine,> that GiU>. Croc levyed thereof in i.Joh.io theufe of the faid Hugh Loges ^T\d Margeri$ his wife and their heirs ; the proportion being the fame ; viz.. i. hide, as in the Conq.time the before fpccified %icbardus Forefia- rius held. Betwixt which Gilhert and the Prior of COtlClUrC there had been fuit concerning fome claimethat the laid Gilbert made here , forconclu- fion whereof the Prior granted ^to him Husbste and Heybote , and the moytic of the third pe- ny, which fliould be made cf the paunage^^in &OtB. In y.E.i.the particulars thztLoges poffeH in this place , were certified* for two Carucats of land , which he kept in demcfne ; with fix Freeholders who held cwo Cottages , one yard land , a half and fourth part, and cwo acres by cercain Rene and particular ferviccs:and xl.acres of out-wood wherein the Frepholder<: liad reai'onable eftovers ; together with a€OHrt-5L0ef;all which he held of the King by Sergeanty , viz.. to be Keeper of the Foreft of Catik > though he had no originali grant to fhew; but certifies * that it was per anticjuam tenuram ft- »i Ckarta. Which words clearly manifefting , that fiancb ; meeting him at 5RotfO>D-bjfOS , upon no- tice of his coming , and at ^OptoaS-bjfOg upon his return : In which Foreft the Earl might,lf he plea- fed , kill a Deer in his going , and another at his coming back ; giving unto Loges , at each time he fhould fo attend him,a barb'd Arrow. After which; vi^-. in H. 5. time , it appearsX , that Hugh de Loges granted to iVill. Bagot and his heirs all his lands in ^OtD , to hold of him the faid Hugh and his heirs by the payment of a pair of white Gloves, price I d.oi I d. in money at the feaft of St. iI/«- cW/ yearly for all fervices. Howbc!t,this, though confirm'd •" by the King. \6. Febr. 54. H. 3. took not efteift : For Richard de Loges , fon of the faid K«_g/> , commencing fuite for tke fame land as his inhernance, proved'; that his father was nozcompos '^''*^f«^ menti* at the time when he fealed that Deed ; and p,'^^^'^ fo recovered it again. Whereupon it became affig- PafcKf. ned ^ , by the name of a Mannour (inter alia) unto ' . Rtt. i Eliz.. the widow of the above mentioned Richard k cUuf.tl in 28. E. I. upon whofe dcceafc in li. E. 3. it *'.i.»».4j4 was found' , that fhe heldindowrie certain lands '£/f.ii.! here by petty-Sergeanty ; wi. giving to the King '•"• ^''C one barb'd Arrow as often , and whenfoever as he fliould pafs through the road-way in ^to , to- wards OTal0S, to hunt there. How this Mannour came by defcent from the family of Loges to Teta, the Pedegree in Cbeffetton will fully flicw ; In whofe line it bath ever fince continued till this pre- fen t age. In ¥1 jfTA ^ WIK^H I%Elhh\l ST R A T E D. 13^ In this parifh are the hamlets • of ^ttO^^ , pleaded him , and whereof 1 fliall have occafion prf i cov. and EZIOODCnO, with the Mannour of ^anfesbwp t /".4J. ' but of the two firft have I no: found any thing n F.kvit. memorable , other than the grant • of the moytie cr4: loh. of the Mannour of il^affofeeftsle ( for fo it was ^'P'"*"- written ) in 40 E. 3. by AUn Lefet znd Mar- gitret his wife to Thomas Langhurlf and his heirs. And as for ?^alDbSburp , in regard it is fituate within the liberties of the City of Cobetltre, I fliall referve what I have thereof to be there fpokcn. This Church is not Prefentative , nor is there any Arms therein , more than one Eicocheon of Feto, with his quarterings. JVithihrooke. HE ftrcam of &otD being here augmented _ by the accefs of a rivulet which arifetha- bovc tIRaftljfbjOOfee , I am to take notice of thofe places that lye adjacent thereunto ; which are onely Mttl^fbjOOte and ^opflfo;D, as the Map will flicw ; the former taking its name of the brook , on the banks whereof amiently, as well as now, many Willows have grown : but of this place is there nothing recorded in SDOmCftap-bOOfe ; fo that whether it were then involved with $]Sonk0- bJrtip or l^apsfOjO ( I mean in the continent of hides certified of them in that Survey ) I am not able direftly to affirm ; for that it was included in one of them there is no doubt, in regard that ^o«- bray afterwards had it with thole and other the lands which belong'd to Geffrey fVirce , then Lord of that place. The firft and moft antient mention that I find thereof, is, that Richard de Morevill had it oifVill. ■'• eixautog, de %udevill his kinfman, in exchange • for the "-fnis\V\]. tillage of HinDlef in JLefcel&rfl). by which deed it li»^«v ^f app'^i's. that the laid Richard had formerly grant- ' ed it unto the lame mlU de Rudevill. And that the anceftors cf this Richard de tJMoreviU were enfeoff: thereof by Nigel de Albania father oiRog. de Moubrai in H. i . time, the certificate f made by the faid Roger in 1 2 H. 2. of what fees were held of him de veteri feoffamento, doth fufficiently ma- nifeft ; in which it appears, that this Ric.de More- z'ill held 5 Knights fees. Which exchange was t{Ex autti- confirm'd 9 by the faid %og, de Monbray. 'feneseimd. This 7^/^:. de Morevill gave ' to the Monks of W.Burton. ^otn|)0 fj^ yard land, with the appurtenances, ly- \r Rfji/J. di jng in j^is Lordfliip , with his body to be buryed Utb' '" ^^^^ Monaftcry at his deceafe. But how or vihtn It pzRi'xom Morevill, I have not fcen ; fo that, whether that grant /which Ivo de Harecourt made to Rob. Bajfet , whereby he paffed unto him totam t errant ( fuam ) deWi\Voe}9a, & de€6p- ttott, & de Mrt^CbjOCft , in frank raaniagc with Beatrice his filler, did contain the whole town of ^itl^fbjOc^ , or onely fome land that Harecourt had therein, I cannot determine. The next mention ' I find thereof, is , that Ni- choUw fil. Half, in 7 Joh. recovered the right of Prefentation to the Church, againft the Abbot of Comb0. Which Nich. was afterwards called K'- cholatts de IVithibroe , as appears by the Record " , wherein mention is made what he contributed to- wards that great fum.which Wf//. de 3Mbr.ii gave to K. hhn for a Fine, that he might enjoy his in- heritance, concerning which iVill. deStHtevile im- to fpeak at large in ffijinfeloto. Betwixt t\\\%Vjch. and the Free-holders of tlHJffbibjOfeC on the one part, and the Monks of COttlbS on the other, was there an Agreement * made in 25 H. 5. concerning rv Refill. Common of pafture, and other matters, at which ^^<^"'"'"'>. time he was a Knight. To whom lucceeded x ^ as ^* ^** ** -f Lord of this Mannour, mil. de Cajhll, in 37 H. .j. * "'J'^^' which William was a Benefaftor to the Monks of Combe, by grant to them , and exchanges made with them of certain lands in this place ; and in 41 H. 5. gave ^ a Fine to the King of half a mark > ^'"' '• in gold for refpiting his Knighthood : but whether *' ^* ^' he v.'ere fon , or marrycd the daughter and heir of the before fpecified Nicholas t I know not : how- beit , in allufion to his name , he gave zCafile for his Arms , as by his Seal >.appears : which Coat \ Penis his Grandchild, JVilliam, altered, taking two bars , f '^®'„W°'' and putting the Gafile into a Canton. Hulf.j dcAfton, tq. awr, iSr I Nich. miles de Withibrcx:, 7 loh. • ' Wil'l. de Ciftell, dom. Henricus del Chaftel de deWithibroc. £ Bronmiz. y4H. 3. Nich. de Caftello, Remem. R,egisin5cic.7E.i. Wi'll. de Caftello , milesjJjE.i.J f Lib. rub, PI SCKC. f. 118. fr. I Georgius de Caftello , miles, 4H.1.I I Will.de Caftello, I E.J. Georgius de Caftello, Apb.f.ii.^ ■••"'! T.Triw. Xrt.i. a Rot, P. Rob. de Caftello, |ZH. 4. In 7E. 1. Nich.de Caftelh (fon to the laft mentioned fVilltam ) was the K. Remembrancer * in the Exchequer. To whom fucceeded another " P«- 7 E. fVslltam, who, in 13 E. i. paid a Finc*of xl j. for ^''"- *'• replevin of his liberties attSJIttybjOft, viz,. CottCt- * ^'"- ''* lecf , and punifliing the breakers of the Affile of ^'"' f'. Bread and Beer. Which Willtam was Shiriff » of f CmtHuxi the Counties of MartD. and JLefc. 2 2 E, i. and ^^T.MicK in 29 E. I. received command ^ to attend the K. g*; , ' at SBertofc upon ffitnefie on the Feaft of S. Ioh» ^ ciMf.x9 Baft, who then, making a warlike expedition a- E.i.ni, gainft the Scots, was viftorious , as our Hiftorians ». ij.; _^ do manifeft. 'Tis like he was made a Knight at that time- for the next mention I meet with of him , which was in * 3 5 E. i . fiiews him fo to t Langt.f. be. ^•b. - He had iffue George , aKnight ^in4 E. 2. but fib^f.ie.K deceafed before the 9 of that K. reign : for in that year was it founds , that Alice^ his widow, held gNom.Vil. this Lordfliip. Which Alice, in i E. J.procureda fpecial pardon * for ;^/7/. the fon and heir to the hRet. F.i, above mentioned (jeorge^ touching the fum of 28 /. ^- 3.w.i9« 7 /. 2. Ji.y.p.i. ind.nt.i^. S lb, f I. W.J. y F. /f Kflf. Ort. Hil.9. H.4. 4. p. I. i» ^. »>. 3 8. nP/if. I H. 5. p. I. i» rf. m. 3 y. fc W. p. |. ».44. f P4MI. H. (. p. t. ». »y. rf ttvat, Off.Mart. ctdiil. i Tat. 5<. H. 8. ;.ai; tHusba in iibl.Cot- and l^efceSerQ) . notwithftandlng his priviledge. In the Parliament of 10 R. 2. he ferved " as one of the Knights for this Shire : and in 1 1 R.2. being in CommilTion • , with divers others, for the levying of the moytie of a xv. andx. in this Coun- ty, at the later end of the fame year was conftitu- ted ShiriffP of this County and 5Letecffcr(btre. After which, viz,, in 13 and 14 R. 2. he was in « Coinmiflion for ccnfervation of the peace But the next and laft that I meet with of this name is Robert de ^afiell ( fon of the faid George fexhzps) which Robert was Shiriff'of thcfe Countyes in T 2 H. 4. Knight for this Shire in /"Parliament 2 H.j. one of the Juftices of peace in' 5H. 5. In 7 H. 5. in " Commiffion to treat with the people for a loan of money to the King ; and in pH. J. again joyned in CommilTion ^ for the peace in this County , being all that time Steward * for the Mannour of Cficplcfmoje ( in CotentrC) But how this Lordfliip paft from that family, or at what time, have I not feen j nor any thing further thereof till 8 H. 4. that one Vf^iil. Botemr purchafed it ' of Ihomat Compworth and '^liz,, his wife, it being of the inheritance of the faid£//i. fo that I fuppofe (he was daughter and heir to Cajletl. Which Vnil. Boteyier was of dDotcnfre ( fome wealthy tradefman, I prefume^ but , being letled here at tESIit^fb^O&O , grew to be a man of fome account in the world : for the fame year that he purchafed thisLordfhip , he was made \ a Juftice of peaceinOTartolcbft. So hkewife in'iH. 5. Of whom I further find , that he gave * a peicc of ground , containing Cxli foot in length, and xlv foot and a half in bredth, lying in Co%enfr6 , to the Triers Carmelites there, for the enlargement of their Houfe, in confideration that they fhould keep the Annivcrfary of John Percy and t/ilice his wife deceafed, for ever. And that in 1 2 H. 6. he IS recorded * amongft the other perfons of chicfefl quality in this County , for making oath as to the obfcrvance of divers Articles ordained in the Par- liament then held : but from that time I have not ■feen any more mention of him. After which, w'i., in 29H.6. this Mannour was letled by Fine 'upon Henry Evertngham and iAl'ce his wife , and the heirs ot Alice ; the other parties to the Fine being ThontM Wjlkjns and Rob. Bate. And in 15 H. 7. Humfry Grey dyed* feizcd of it , leaving Edw. his fon and heir 28 yearsof age. So likewifedid/Tlfef. Grey jn 2 Eli^. leaving John his fon and heir, who accomplifht his full age 5 'Dec. 4£//-c. ' As for that which belong'd to the Monks of ContbC within the precin.& C. Lich. Nmhb.f. Si.b. Burgh, f. 17. a. lb. f. 19.1 ;&./■. ii.ajl /&./. iy.«|i Keyw.f. 41. &. 144?- mil. aete Heth. 25 Febr. I^./.43.iii^ 1445- mil. Hall. i^Aug. 14 J 5. %ic. Kere , 5 CMartit , 1456. \CeorgtHs 'Perciy 3 ^pr* I 1501- Bow/. /. tj. a. Ib.f.i^M lb.f,io%M PacroniVicarlar, 'Pr.& Conv.de A.V' Joh. Darvby, Cap. 2^ Dec. holme. 1 5 34. Priifes & SoCii Coll. Rob. Bat [on, Clcr.i6Maii, S. Trin. Cantab. 1553- Jacob ffs Rex. Joh. PValton , 23 Afaii , 1(^14. Magifl.Sjcii & Sco- Joh. Malyn , in art. Bacc. lar. Coll. S. Trin. 9 Off. 161 7. Cantab, Monumental Infcriptlons in the body of theChurch. Upon a Plate of Brafs fixt on a Marble Grave- ftone, this Infcription. JDrav fo? t^c fttollcs of TRimfa aatfgfet ann CElfaHttB ^K totft , t^t puccbcflD t6e lo;li(!)t)j of t'oyptsro^o ; ttt)icl) ISictiarD BrfelTfB tlie ficR rstv of jbccnnbcc in c()t tm of 0B> tm S0CeEC«,anD «n (&^U aitm (auHKif > Mu 6«ti( tnirnf* flmft. On Str. & P,| Snmpf.&l B.f.i.e. OveritU, Bund, /t, lb. WA^JflCKSHI^E ILLUSTRATED. 141 On the South'fide of the Chanccll is a raifed Mo- nument of Alabafter , with the portraiture of a man and woman drawn thereon in black lines , and this Epitaph on the verge thereof. t)m \m^ t|t boo? ofQnftOati&tr sarfg^t of l^iapMfbtti (it Qt iSount? ef SOartof ck CRinf ce, to^a uas one of toe Xttdices: of yticr in t4t Count; afo?tratD to out mod gracfoud fint;. trfsnc LaDi; Qticcne (JEUHbett {^eDeccareot^tfltt oai! of Dcctmbcc tn tt)c sttt: of out iPjOj X502. WvM {0nl( 000 Ctft. Above it againft the wall is an Arch, within which is the Arms of Upright y y\z. [ah le a cheveron eti' ^railed Or , betrtixt 5 f^orver de laces argent , ■with mantle helme and ere ft, empaling Furefei • The Motto under his Coat , RECTUM RECTE CHRISTO FERET. And under hers , PUREFOY MA JOY, Eredlcd by Jane the wife of Chriftopher Wriik, III ilie WitiooWAV orilie Clmrcln, z, L^i^i^rtl of vSittlw^kr' J L^tafforo. oT Grafioix . ■^ J&oten.cr t ^ <> JPofaii^v entpalm^ -Low oT Xnfeiui ^ Jjoten^i* ctnpalinff '£v«riiigiMio S I.oteiKT eiJipaiinJ fcni^klev- IJ; CUre X.of Glouc o -Broofcc '^16" Old X. of leioffter 10 JBrooKe enuMlttig foiigiiHey r? Alilev u Km^Kiley . . ^ IS Gufell f2 kaiglitley IP JBolcnei' viTarlein^ ^^'J*' 1^ 2ki \Fl-itfKL clva4-tEl*nig3arwiii( (^^ ai . V?ri^n* cntpaliti^ Rirefi^ Hofsford. Domefd. I), a. \»U p. H.«. THls is in the parifli of WttjftjOOlt, and now little better than a depopulated place, there being no more left of the Mannour-houfc than the bare skeleton thereof, not habitable, and two mean Cottages. IntheConq. time Geffrey mrce (of whom I have fo often fpoke) poffeft it ; by whofe Survey » it was certified to contain 3 hydes , and valued at xxx s. being there written j9plefejD , through miflake of ihe f for an 1, and the ^ omit- ted ; which letter was in antient time indifferently ufed or let alone in writing , as not being very cf- fential. Howbeit mrce his poffefllons coming an- tiently to the anceftor of Monbray (as I have for- merly fliew'd ) this, as I believe, was granted by MoHbray , foon after, unto Herbert Putct • for I find, that the fame Herbert gave • three yard land here to the Monks of Combe in the beginning of H. 2. time, which grant was confirmed P by K.H.2. and that it was f de feodo Rogeridt Molbrai : But all that I have found msmorable of this Herbert Ptitot, is, that in' 4 R. I. he , with William Ba- r M. T. lance ( who was owner of 0fl^O}ne ini^fnefOII- 4K. i. Hundred) were imployed byK. R. i.in 4 of his reign, to overfee the building of a Goal at ^fnefOtl in this County ; and that he had a fon called Efiftacef, who long enjoy 'd not this place. For fExauto^. amongft the fees of Ni^el de Moubray (fon to the P''"*^ '^^'=- faid %oger) Robert Hafteng is certified' to hold a ^'J^^'^n'/ a fourth and twentieth part of a Kts. fee in this )^ap0fp}&- in whofe line it continued for divers delcents, as I could inftance at large : but in re- gard what I am to fay hiftorically of that family is to be fpoke in iLemftlgfOn-H^/^wf , where they had their fear, I fhajl onely point thereat by fome marginal references*. Howbeit at length John de Lyouns having an » eftate for life therein, paflfing it in 31 E. 5. unto ma. de Catesby , Sir John Haflang Kt. not onely confirm'd the fame , but granted * to the faid mil. the inheritance thereof, as by his Deed dated at Cotenfrethe year following, upon Saturday with- in the OBaves of Eaftcr, appeareth. S 3 From eq. aur. t Lib. rub. infceduU. l/^Z THE ANTIQUITIES OF \i ? From which /r////j,\€iv\v.g iffue Sir Hww/r;' his Ion and heir, attainted * in Pari. 1 H. 7. the faid K. in 8 of his reign , granted* this Mannour, then in the Crown by vertue of the laid attainder , unto his fcrvant Sir fVill. f^amfagi Kt. and the heirs male of his body. Howbeit, Htimf. Ion and heir to the laid Sir Humf. being reftored ''in 6H. 8. became again poffeft thereof; and in 8 H. 8. part ' it to Sir Edv. Belk_»ap Kt : who, by his deed bearing date r /«»//, 10 H. 8. fold-^it to Ric.lVright , then o^ l^appcafOjB , znAHumf-y yTright hisfonand heir,, in confidcration of 5 1 2/. 2s. 9 d. fterling. Which Hurnfry, rcfiding here , was inCommimonof the peace in this County for divers years of Q. E//~. time , and dyed I the laft year of her reign. Cart. 5 H.3.W.I Cumha,t 3?-''. ^ ti ^.fcptim. Pafch. b '7{it.Pa>I. I H. 7. c Ex auiog. in Scec. in baga de Catesby. d Hi!!- Re€. ^ H. 8. Rot. 5 J. t F. le-uat. T. Mich. 9H. 8. fEx Mtog. ftnis frte- fat. S. Clarke. g Ittfcrip. Utmuli a- fJwfWidii- broke. ^rw\!oiv. S;fi)Uj pafling on, rcceiveth another fmall ftreamj which, having its rile in ^OHfeaWrbp t run- neth under llBjfnblOto ; and lo leaving g>mtte , (jnow a. depopubtcd place, ) on the Norrh-welt fide thereof, andCoipbeon theother fide, .falieth ittto it about two miles lower. This place hath its name, doubtlefs , from that cnuncni Tuffitdus , whereon the Keep , cr Watch- tower of the Caftle, which long ago was there, did flmd: but whether it was becaul'e that this little hill-, by our anceftorstermed a loUJ (fov the re;ifcns I have cxpreftin my difcourfc of !infgfttlOlfll^H') ftoodupoii the edge crbjfnfe of the natural afcent, overtoppirtg the reft of theCountry thereabouts; or from the Bricifh word 31B>P*W. which is the fame with ^o//« in Latine, 'tis hard to fay. Leaving my Reader therefore to his own fancy, I fhall firlVcon- fider the ruins of that i^wow^/w Caft'e ; concluding, that had it been a work fince the Norman Coriq. our publick Records , or fome other authorities , y»ould have taken notice thereof: but that it was more antienti the div^rfion.of thtc notable Roman way, (viz,., the IFofle) for the railing fuch a Fort , doth no Icfs ar^e, than the extent of that Pool j which from the laid road (being the head thereof} covered the adjacent valley , even unto the skirts of j^ctDbolti-'K^t'f//. Howbeit , in SDomeftap- book there is no mention of it, forafmuchas it was tlicn involved * with ^ntftS, and lb confcquently part of the pofleflions which E. Alberic had, and then in the K. hands ; but afterwards given to the E. of ^client and JLdcetter ; and by him to Ni- gel de yilbarsy, father of Rog. Alonhray , together with ^xniiZ, as there I have more fully Hiewcd • which Roger'' held it of the laid E. ofBLClC. by the Icrvicc of one Knights fee. And as it was a member of ^mftC, fo was it of that pariflr : for in the time of H. i . Samfot de Al- btneio, the then Incumbent, by the confent of Ro^. de Moubray his patron , granted • to the Priory of ^ ^^g''- JScnUtoOJtl) with the Church of ^mfte, the Chap. J^'"''^'' pclhereacBjfncftClacij which gift R/^%ciBmmenced new fuits againft the before fpecified Vt^ill. de Aiotibray, in the beginning ofK. Ioh»s time , which at length were dctcrttiincd ' by the faid King and his great Councel,in this manner, w^.that the h\d VVtll.de Stutevile fhould relinquifh his claim to the before fpecified Barony, in confidcration whereof. Will, de Moubray was to pafs unto him iJcKts. fees, and /. rent: whereupon they were made friends in m Keg. fi Cunwa.,^ 34. ". n7(pt. 10. K. r Ibid. xu the prefcnce of the King, then at ILUC ( a houfe of the B. of ILfnc. within the Province of ILftlDfep in ll(ncolttll). ) on the Sunday called Seftuagejfima , the iccond year of K. loh». But thel'e ix Kts. fees were over and above the other ix; which, by the Agreement in H.2. time, Stutevile had : for they were in aHgmeutHm,zs the Hiftorian-'^, as alfo the Record • touching that de- termination manifefteth. And for the xii /. rent a- bove mentioned, this very ]15}fnklOto was afTigned •* to the faid VVtll.deStutevtle,cxQCY>^\r\oonc\^ the ^"jfr. & fervice of one Sampf. deCornitbiaiox what he held Rqt.i$. here by military fervice of the faid WM Moubray. d»r[». To flVtd. u Ttfeh. luh. Rot. So. JFA^JFICt^SHI^E ILLUSTRATED. 14^ Kot. de mfenw. rr Hundr. E. t. pl- ^\is Camer, cue. \Kcg[!i. de w>b:i,f. J. A. ■i)v*t. \xr. Ix tutog. nh S. larkc, fb.&M. b.p. ii> tfc. 1, tc. R«t. I. ousin rf: ' MS Scac. MS fc- sS.^. .aur. To which mil. de StHtevtle fuaeeded Nicholas h: s brother ; and to "^jchoUs , Nicholof his fon and heir , who had a i^CWatC granted co him here by K. John , to be kept upon the Monday every weck.atid aiFafrC yearly upon theFeaftof S.^^ir- garet ; whjch were confirmed to the iame Nich. asbyK.H. 5. his Charter*, dated here at iBjfnft- lotD, 15 J.-*/.'/, 2 H. 3. and attefted with the Seal of Will. JlL'.refckiH (then Governour of the K. and Kingdome) manifcfteth. But, after this, ere long, it came to the poffelTion of Se^rave ; for in 34 H. T;. the K. granted J' to Steph. de Segrave a weekly i^Crcafe here upon the Tuefday. Ic feems that it continued but a while in that family : for '^oan de Stutevile, daughter and heir to the laft NichoUi , and afterwards the wife of Hugh JVake , granted 2 ic to Alhed de iV^tlebiri , to hold by the fervice of a fore Sparhauk yearly , at LammM , or ii s. howbeit at that time the E. of %CtCSitet held a Court * here twice a year, as alfo pleas of iVtther- nam , and had Aflize of Bread and Beer in this place. From which tAlhred defcended John de JVhi- telhury, who in pE. 2. was certified* robe Lord thereof: but after him I find no more of that fa- mily that had to do here, neither any thing elfe notable relating thereto , till i 8 E. 3. that the K. pave licehfe * to iVill. the fon of Sir Rob, Thorpe K:. to grant it to the Monks of Cottlbe and their fuccefl'ors for ever , it being then held <* of Thomas Lord Wake of ilpOCli by fealty, and the fervice of afore Sparhauk , or 2 j. yearly. Which Thomas held it over of the E. of JLsnc. by Kts. fervice. Whereupon the faid Will, de Thorpe paft it to them by his deed ' accordingly , afligningy^^w Merin. ton and Thilip Pttrefey to deliver poffeflion thereof. Which ad of his was not onely confirmed / by the faid Thomoi Wake , but by John Lord Moh- hray, and Henry E.oflLauC. (who were fuperiour Lords of the Fee.) Howbeit , out of that grant to the Monks of Comb0 was exccpteilf a VVatermill, with the Pool belonging thereto, as alfo xx acres of meadow, and ten acres of pafture (all which Sir John RivellKz. Sliz.. h's wife, and John their fon , held * for term of their lives, by leafe from the faid Wtll.de Therpe) Which Pool was called » Magnttm vivarium de 3i5?fnbl0to. But upon the diffolution of that Mo- nartery, this Mannour coming to the Crown, was granted ^ by Q^ Adary in 4 c?' 5 T'h. & M. to Sir Rob. La>ieKt. and tAnthony Throgmorton^Cqi to be held in focage. Which faid Sir %ob. and An- thony had licenfe ', the fame year, to alien it unto Will. Daws to be held in capite. Touching the fite of theCafHe, all that I find, is, that it came " afterwards to tArth. Gregory of &tit)tc^all (near CotJCHfrc) who dyed feized thereof, i Dec. 2 Jac. leaving John his fon aged 25 years. But further it is memorable of this 3l5}fnblOUl, that our famous Antiquary John Rous (of whom I fliall fpeak in dDopea-tUff ) was de- fcended » of a family of that name, which refided here. In ann. 1 191. (i 9 E. i.) the Church ( dedic. to S. John Bapt. ) was valued • at vi marks ; the annual Venfton t iffuing out thereof in ^6 H. 8. being ^6 s. %d. Patroni Ecdcfix. Incumbentcs. fHttgo de Vnderwood, Cler. 1252. Will, de PontefraElo. Hugo de Uppewell, Shbdiac. 1298. Joh. de Poppering , Accol. 7 Id. Maii, 1 309. Joh. de Hot. on , Cap. Id, J»l'i, 1320. Hen. de Half or d, Cal.Febr. 1324- Hugo de Stoke, Accol. 4. Cat. Sept. 1318. 'Htch. de tAfle/egh, Cler. 2 Cal. Jftlif, I 3 3 1 . Tho. de Banebtiry, Cltr. 5. Cal. Sept. 1334, Rob.de Shakerfion,Sfibdiac. 6 Id. fan. 1337. Trier & C'"^v. de^ Ric. de Scharefion , 4 Cal. Kenitworth, Ric. Haw, Gen. ra- tione concejf. Pr, & C. de KenilU Eliz,, %egina. lacebtii %ex. Caroltts Rex, i Febr. 1338. 1^^^. Saraz,in, x6 Cal.OB. 1339- Ric. de Shakerfion , Cler. Non. Maii, 1 349. ^/7/. de Franks on > C"?' a Cal. (jMati, 1 3 50. Adam tAbhots , Tbr. 24. N'ov. I 374. D. Joh. Stokes, Triburenfis epffc. ^ J ft lit, 1407. Rog. Reyner, Cap. 5 Febr. 1408. Tho.Dremh,Cap, 23 Sept. , '455. Joh. Wtlhams , 20 JnUi , 1524. 'Kad. whitehead: 1528. Henr, Breton , in Deer et is Bacc. 4 Maii, j 5 34. mil. Harwar, Cler. 28. Maii- 1541. ^trvaftHS Carington , Cler. f 3 Itilii. 1583. )loh. Bolton, Per. i^Febr. r 1584. ^Franc. Rodfs, Cler, 12 0£l. 1611. )DavidStokes, in art.Magr. 15 CMartii, 1^24. Will. Gierke, in art. Magr. II lulii, 162^. Ex autog. feves t>,<^ C. Lich, lb. Ungt. f. Ib.f'SU- Ib.f.jf.'a. HmtU.f. 19. a. Ib.f.rz.a, Ib.f.in.b, Ib.f.ii.a. Ib.f.3t.a. Ib.f.si.a. Ib.f.ss.a. /&./". 47. t. Ib.f.ii.*. Strttt.f. Burgh.f. 19. b. Ib.f.it.a, iowl. f. ii.fr. Bl.f.n.a. Ib.f. 14.&. Str. & P.J lb.f.ii.M. Bifftd.B. lb. UeaU Bund. c. t Morttn w. buitd, in. cert. IK Smite, ' Following the before fpecified rivulet ,' I come next to certain pafture grounds, called by the name of £)t3er»&mfte, and j^ttHitt'&mHe, where antiently two villages bearing that name ftood, the depopulation whereof hath been very antient, it feems, for the vefligia of the towns arc fcarcc now ip dedifccmed.In the beginning of the Conq. time, this place was held * of the King by E. Alberie , ? ^Domef (of whom I have made mention inCUftStli) but ' c'^'y'*^ at the :im.c of the general Survey ' , it, wth the refl of i<44 THE ANTIQUITIES OF of E. iAlheric's lands, was in the K. hands , and commitied to the cu^ody oi Geffreymrce{io often before mentioned:) but in that Record it is written ^niftfiani, and then contained 6 hydes, the woods being half a mile in length,and as'much in breadth/ and ail valued at vi/, whereof , iii £3 •y TrA%J FlC K,S HI'K^E ILLUSTRATED. i4t J*. tt. 34.«. ttb. de tontc MS ■ bihl. i Which Richard, being a devout and pious man, and much aftefting the Cillertian Monks , Twhofc Order had then been but newly tranlplanted into 7. 1 1 5 2. 5 3 H. 1 . But that Win\itAz in &ttr- fCp preceded it (whereof this of Catnbe was a daughter ) I am much the more confident , in re- gard 'tis clear, that Will. Giffard B. of tSJUincb^lfet was * Founder thereof; which »^/7/. dyed '25 Jan. 29 H. I. four year before l/lfetaulF is faid to be founded. And to confirm this that I fay, hearken to what our old Poet * Robert of Gloucefter hath to that purpofe. I^oafes ef IReHgfott as 31 fefoc er 3f teene ,' fepnge Henry lotieDe mocftc a0 b't inas tod fcne Srn tbc ojDje of ©japMtionfees tftoctu; tbcn men bjonjt jFarS ^ere fnfo Englonde, ano perabenfetnten gfmbfroa^t asfn tbe abbpof Wiverle fbatbft fnrff become ^0 fn t^e ef |te ano tioentp peer of bfs l^pngbome. Having faid thus much of their original and firft coming into CnglaitD, I fhall adde a word or two of the ftriiftnefs in their Rule, and fo proceed with my difcourfe touching the further endowment of this Monaftery. T Firfl c In bihl. Bodl. MS iaint. H. d Rob.de Monte, ut e Ibid. fchrtn'. MS H. Knighton, /■- 34. «. gUl. CoK. %ol. 1. f. 313- h Lei. Cell. vol. Ji g. iJ3. i Codw. de prteful. k MS (Digb.) in bibl. Bodl. f.iii. a. THE ANT IQ,U ITI E S OF i- Cumbi in bibl. Cot- ion f 3 1. (J t 34. b. v fi.b. Firft for their ^ablte/ they wear no Leather or Linncn , nor ipdecd any fine Woollen Cloth j neither, except it be in a journey, do they put on any breeches, and then, upon their return, deli- ver them fair wafht. Having two Coats with Cowles in Winter time, they arc not to augment; but in Summer, if they plcafe may Icflcn them : In which habite they are to fleep, and after Ma:- tens not to return to cheirbcds. For pjaperS" the hour of Prime they fo con- clude, rha: before the Laudes it may be Day- breakj (hiftly oblerving their Rule, that not one jote or tittle of their lervicc is omitted. Immedi- atly after "ZWf/, they Sing the i'r/wf, and af- ter Trim! they go out performing their appointed hours in work ; what is to be done in the day, they aft by day-light : for none of them, except he befick, is tobeablent from his Diurnall hours, or the Comfline. When the Compline is finiflicd, the Steward of the Houfe,and he that hath charge ofthcgueftsgo forth, but with great care of fi- lence lerve them. ForSDprt, 'the Abbot afltimes no more liber- ty tohimlclf then any of his Covenr, every where beingprefcnt with them, and taking care of his flock, except at meat, in regard his Table is al- waies with the Ihangers and poor people : ne- ■verthelefswherefoevcrhe eats is he ablkmious of tolk, orany dainty fare: nor hath he or any of them ever above two difhes of meat ; neither do they cat of fat or flcfli, except in cafe of ficknefs : And from the Ides of Seftember till Eafter, they eat no more than once a day, except on Sundays ; no not on any Feftivall. Out P of the precinfts of their Cloyfter they go not but to work : neither there or any where do they difcourfe with any but the Abbot or ; Prior. They * unweariedly continue their Canonicall hours, not peicing any fer vice to another, except the Vtgils for the decealed. They obferve the Of- fice of St. Ambrefe, fo far as they could have per- fc(ft knowledge thereof from ^illaftl : and taking care of {grangers and fick-people, do devilc ex- traordinary affliftions for their own bodies, to the intent their fouls may be advantaged. Which Rules' were duly obferved by the firft Abbot and Covent ; but afterwards fomewhat was abated of that aufterity : but their habite is flill white, and nothing different in the fafliion iromihcMonVsoiSr.. Ber.ediEl's Rule, except a girdk.which thefe wear about their middle. Bcin^ now to fpeak of the particular endow- ments which this Monafkry had, I fliallbutonc- ly point at the Benefaftors,with the places where thofc lands and pofTtflions fo given were fituate, inrcfpcftthat the fublbnceof them were in this County, fo that, as they fall in my way, I omit them not. And fiiil touching the polkrity of Cw7/ lonely find, that Gerard de (^amvill. Ion and heir to Richard the Founder, and Nichola de Haya his wife (Daughter cf Geffrey de la Hay a) gave /"to thefe Monks Q. fol. to keep his Anniverfary there for ever : but 'HJx'^ ^^ Mou- hray * added all therett of the woods, which ad- joyned to thofe that Roger his Father had befiow- ed on them before ; JT;//. de Moubrny fon to the fame A^'^f/ confirming" wbatfoevcj; his anceftors had given. The other fpeciall Bcnefaftors were thefe ; Ri- chard de Morevtll, who gave * certain land* in tSJftWbjObe. Thmbert de Btlneie, with fome o- thers, a large * part of 35lll10J6. Laurence Prior of CO^ntre, with the Covent cf that place, half } a hide of land in the laid town of 315. WA%}nCKSHl%E ILLUSTRATED. {.p.i.m. 16. S.}.p-i.f }.per infp. fRegifl.de ii^.b.&c IrenilTV.p, of Sir Robert Thorpe Kt. in i8 E. J. And the per- petuall Patronage of the Church of ^Sbtsbp in i^Ojt&tOlta, obtained 'by them in 8 H. 6. Neither vvere th; priviledges, which they had throughout all their lands of mean confideration : for K. H. 2. granted? to them iFrCB-toarretl , Court-Ieet, Felons goods, iKfaugthef and Out- fnngthef-^ (/^ i;)? power to judge any thief taken within their Fee j and toqueftion any man dwel- ling with their own Fee ; and taken for felony in another place ; as aUb to judge him in their own Court.) To be free like wile from fcrvices to the County or Hundred-Court ; and moreover for paymgof To//; and all other cuftomcs pertaining to the Crown. To thcle K. ^f . I. added* an immunity from paying Toll, and repayring High- ways and Bridges. AndK. H. j. from 'giving any Fine for murder committed within their liberties. But fuch as they had from the Popes, were in general], to their whole Order ; Innocent the 1 1 1. in 6. Job. exempting f them from payment of any Tithes for thofe lands, which they husbanded with their own proper labour or charges ; afwell luch as had been antiently tilled, as thofe that were but new broke up. And his fucceflor, Honoritu, extending* that Priviledge, alwell to all fuch lands as they had obtained after the generall Councell {id eft of ILateran) as what they had before j which Bull of nis bears date at UniSSSXl 7. Kal. Jttlti, Tontif. 147 receive Tithes before this agreement, that they Ihould ftill pay tythes for the fame, except it were new broke up ground ; as of woods redu- „ ccd to tillage ; and except Gardens and indofures within the precindls of the Grange, there, belong- ing to the Monks, and what (hould arile by the keeping of Cattell J which Award was made an 1187. C3J.H. 2.) Thus in great glory, plentifully endowed, ftood this Monaftcry little Icfs then 400 . years, till thatK.H. 8. a perfon whofe fenluall difpofition, uting lo right with tWat corrupt age wherein he Jived, finding Inflruments fit for his facrile^ioHs purpolcs, contrived the deftruaion of it. and all thereRof thofe pious foundations that his an- ccrtors and other devout perfons had made; Of whole lubtilepraaifes for efteaing that work I fliall in a fhort Corollary, before I finilh this traft makelomcdifcovcry: Amongft which that gene- ral] Survey and valuation , by Commiffioncrs from him, in 25. of his reign , at Robin Hoods penni-worths.didnot a little conduce thereto: At which time this Monaftery, with all its Reve- nues, over and above reprifes, was certified * to *f«rf. MS be worth CCCii./. xv.j. iii. d. per an. pe^is S. Of their Hofpitality to (Grangers , and ^^reat ^■''^J]"'?' charity in dayly reJeif of poor people. I need ""''•/■'»*•*• notdelccnd to particulars, our common Hiftori- ans and the tradition of iuch, who were eye-wit- I ., , _ neffes thereof before that facall fubver'fion of /«/ VI. Howoeit, by the Ipeciall command • of thole Houfes, may fufficiently inform the world. Thom'oi Becket Archb. of CSIIterburp, they were 1 T fhall therefore oncly adde what the certificate to pay Tithes to the Canons of i^nilfOOJt^ for ' upon the before mentioned Survey takes notice 3 ^b fRegiflAe iHmbdf, — r-} — — — -•..-_-, -^ ._. all that they had within the Parim of fynAtt, asfuUyas the faid Church of &taHt received the fame before the Cifiercian Monks were feated there, till that by complaint to Pope Urban the third, who appointed B'tldtvin, then Archb. of CsntSrtlttFp to hear the matter, the fame was other vile letled ; viz,. » that the Monks of ConbC ihould thenceforth provide Divine fervice to be fi:ly celebrated in the Church of &nift0, dtfcharging all duties to the Bifhop and Arch- deacon for that Church. And touching viii. marks yearly which the Canons of ftenfltDOjt^ were to receive, it was determined, that fix marks thereo^'vhkh they had yei'-ly out of the Church of €^tt\eiOn (id efl n-Camvile in com. ^OmetCSt and the other two marks out of the Church of JBjfnftlOtD.which the Monksof CombC were contenc (hould be payd to thofe Canons, they for peace lake allowing two fhill, yearly Penfion to be pivdat the Feaft of St. Michael, towards the charge of Lights in the Monaftery of Combe {hould iuflfice; upon condition, that if the Monks of COItlbC did till any ground out of which the Chappell of 55jfnbloto had wont to %obtrtM Kjnner Abbas. %ic. Qtventre fub-Prior. Humfr. Byrmicham, alias Starkcy. Tho. Hdmpton, alias Sutton Cellerar. Vnil. Ha»ipten,3i\\iS SttttCM. Ric. Binley, alias Ff^arde. ynU. Freman, alias Aylfon. Ric. Adams, alias Bradnaek,. Oliverus V^olfton. Will. Erynkjow, alias ?arr. Thorn. Beke, alias Holme. Them. Hermworth, alias Clarke. Galfr. Snead, alias DanyeU. Rob. Derbj, alias Hepworth. oi touching this Khhy ;vix,. that by their Foun- dation, and a Decree by a generall Chapter of their Order.they beftowcdin Almeson fJ^aonDap- aCtjurtUap, every year 4./.-8.^. in money, ten QuartersofRye made in Bread at y, s. the Quar- ter; three Quarters of Malt made in Beer at 4. /. the Qiiarter ; and 300. Herings at 20.^. the Hun- dred, diftributed to poor people at the gate of the Monaftery: Their principal] Officers being at that time thefc ; viz. Thomas Howard D . of i^jflf. high Steward, whofe fee therefore was v. marks per an. (which fhews what refpcft the great NobiJity had to thofe Religious perfons) mU.iVilcock^Ktct\str generall, whofe fee was 6. 1 per an. And Baldwin Porter, Auditor, his fee being xl.s, per an. After which ere long , cnfued the furrendet thercofto the K. hands, viz^.n. Jan. jg. H. 8. by the then Abbot and his Coyenf, whofe names, as they ftandfubfcribed under their feverall hands to their publick Inftrument, \ whercunto their r^^mcur. conrentuall Seal is affixed, with the Penftons A»gm. granted to them, recorded in the Court of Aug- mentation, I have here infcrted. %oberto Bate Abbati ib. Humfr. Sterky mon. Them. Sutton mon, yVill. Sutton mon. Ric, Symning men. Ric. rrafl-eU mon. Will. Freman mon. R'V. Braddo\^monm Olivers WarAwjn mon, VnU. Verfey mon. Tho. Holme mon. The. Clarice mon. Galfr. Danytll mon, Keb. Hepworth mon. T i lxxx.U vi.l. vi.I. vij. V'.I. v.l.vi.s.viii.ftuie;f'-c. that it may probably be com- pounded of two Saxon words, ]l5iUtie, fignifying to dwell, and M, water; which, being contradlcd together came at length to be written according to the ufuall pronunciation. And that this Ety- molcgieisnor unfutable to its fituation is plain enough j but now wc wiite it WitllCJ^, as it is vulgarly called, though in all antient authorities Stic recorded by the name of J10ill10i0. Asto the fucceflion of its owners, I ffiall firtt proceed with that* part which the Prior of CO- tenf(e held, whereof the Chappell dedicated to St. ^rf>'^^<'/'»*M'» is a Member, having been con- firgi'd * tothat Monaftery by Ranulflj E. of CftC- lICCinH. I. time, and appropriated' thereto by Rog. / Laurence de Stoke fometime enjoyed ; and of a croft which Geffrey, Lord of SBflnCg, heretofore held; as alfo of the Mills. For which meadow,croft, and Mills the Monks of CSIttbC did pay yearly to thofe ofCOtJentrC half a mark on the Feafi: day cf the Circutncifion of our Lord, by Gompofuion. Butof the Tithes of a certain wad within the \\- mits of i5iln0|0, with the meadow adjoyningj which, being reduced to tillage by the Monks of Combe, reacheth from the old field of JlStltTC^ al- moft to CCrnCStojO, the Priors of C0t)entC8 had releafed^ their right to the Monks of Combe, re- ferving to their tenants Common of pafture therein. All which lands, cfrc. being reputed Mannour,* were by that name granted * to John 'Dudley'E. of OTattofcfe, together with the fitcof the Monartery of Combs, and other lands belonging thereto, in I E. 6. And, coming again to the Crown by his attainder, part with Combe to Rol>. Kejlivay, as I have there declared, and from him to Harington, as that did. In this village alfo had « the HofpitaUn two hiq.pN Cottages, held in 7£. i.by Freeholders of them: Noc. 'but thele were originally of that which the Monks cf. of COlJCntreantiently had there : for it was then certified,'' that they were held by the taid Hofpi- taUrs of %ob. de Mertimtr (^v^Kich was.ashe was delcended, by heirs gcnerallfrom that 0;^.^/.^;1«, havinglcft ffiiltlcp, pafTerh next by WAn- nail; which, though it lye in this Hundred of 35n' with Hngh Dejpenfer'm the K. A my ; for which caule the ShirlfF had command to ref- pight thole demands he made of him ; (this being the time when Ric. E.of Ce)ntuaU,the ICBrother; belliouny in Armes) but dyed • in 1 j H. 3,. (the fj^f'^'f' fame H. De [penfer having the cultody of his heir , ^^j. as father to T^tr<>w// his wife) leaving ilTue Gef. ^^^t/pij /r*)- ; who, being thus in ward, dyed* without H,i.m.9. iflue in 32H. 3. whereupon (Vill. le Savage, his oKot.T.n. brother, then Reiftor of the Church of j^entOtl in fl.J.w.8. this County, became heir to the eftatc, and doing his homage had liveryf of all his lands held of the Yi.inC'ipite. P^^' Galfridus Salvagius-Lcticia filla Henr, jHi. (dcArdern. I J Heliat Galfr. Salvagius Galfr« Salvaglus •Petronilla (ilia « H. 3 . detundus - 1 Hug. Ic Derpenfet I Rob. I f ff Inff. eKxautog. penis St Roper ar. fRet. X.I. P. 7 WjU.fra- ter & hjE- resGalfr, Redor Eccl. de Ncuton ; defunftus 43 H. 3. JfH.3^ Oalfr.Sal- vagiutjde: fundus 3 » H.3.f-pro- Ic. i Lucia us. ThomjE dc Edne- foure Ph'ilippa ux. Hug. Menill 43 H.3.1 Gulielmus db \ lohanna Amicia foror & Tho.deEdnC'' ux. Ric. cobMcsji.iiup- fourc i.har'du MenilJ. de Here, ta Walr.de Mi- Wil.le Sauv. gc HuD.l riden,2 de 4jH.3.obiic 13 Deiley, obiit f. E.i.f. prole. prole. l~ I c Adam dc Herthul fi . & Hugo de -lohanna primo hxresjdcfnnftus 13 E.I. Meinill 7 £.2. geruta Aliatu & hxredutn Robert! de la Ward. Ric. de Herthull miles, obiit 18 E. a.l Ric. de Herthull »J E. ». ^ I Ric de MeiniU I Adam de Herthull miles, defunflus iiE. 3.I I ■ Maria filianothaThomx-Ric. de Herthull- Alicia filia hVaf i.indoi, dc Bellocampo Comicis niiles,defunfh)s Warwici, poftca nupta 13 R. i. Othoni Worthington. X6K.t. Egidii de Aftley militis, ux, pri- ma. i Rot. p. 6. H3. J^ Rof.F.^. /Rot.F.ii. H. J.W.I. I I j AdaradeHert- Egid.dcHeTt--Kath.filia Eliz.amlta& hull, obiit, vivo hull obiit vivo|loK.Walfli. hzresWUl.dc patrc, f, prole, patrc.j Herthull, i . nupta Edm , Cokeyn ar. i.Ioh. fran- ceis de In- |clby.| .1 i ' Will.de Herthull conrangu.St hires loh. Cokeyn Ric.deHerthall.mil. it. Iq. an, miles 13 R.i. obiic f. prole 3 H.4. Which mil. h3.d a brother called 'K?l'ert ; who, being Steward 1 to the Nuns of |9olcfiDOJt^,'gave ^ certain Rent ifluing out of lands in Jf rcfelcp for r maintenance of cheLights belonging to the Chap- f pell of our blefled Lady in that Monaftery, by reafon of his purpofe to be buried there ; for fo I find he was ; as alfo TetroniU his mother,- and that there was afpeciall Indulgence/" of xx. days penance afforded by Brandanus B. of jSrDag^ in 4». 1 25 3. ( 37 H. 3.) to all thofe of what Dioces whatfoever that fliould fay three Pater-xefiers, and as many Ave's for the health of his the faid Rob. and Petremll's fouls. This 'Ex m \ hog.^c- \nis. Fr.Ne. therfole ;^^ fj. tf«r. IfAXjVIC K S HI%E VLh U S T R A T E D. i^ i I r IX au'-og. j:nes S. j Roper ar. u CimfAi- H.5.W.3. iJnq. fcr Not. •c.f. II. K :u At h.n.6. ■ xautog. pesG. tUins de Illey. This iVill. :he Parfon, overlived his laid brother Rahin, and was a further Benefador to thole Nuns,giving them* all luch meC lands, and rents which^the lame Roh. held in |f rgfele and 2DoDcn- l^alc, with his part of that land where the Chappel beyond St. Edith' s-\Nt\\ in }0Ot)elC-wood was buiIc;to the end, that out of the profits thereof a mark of Hlver (liould be yearly paid 5 viz,, half at the Anniverfary of the Lady Petronill his mother, and the other at the Anniverlary of the belore men- tioned %ol'. Srt'V^^^jhis brother: as alio a rtone of wax for the Lights itMattois in the laid MonaHe- ry ; and dyed » in 45 H.g. feifed of large pofTeU lions in this Shire, and in the Counties oi Wit- gOjn:&taft.ilCfc. and SDCrb. leaving w Tho.de Ed- nefotire, fhelon of Tho. de £dne\oHre by Lucia his lifter, and Philipp.'{,thm the wife of Hugh de Mey- fiill, his other fifier, his heirs ; which faid TJjo. and Hugh had * livery of thofe lands, doing their ho- mage in 44 H. 3. whereupon the poffefltonof this Mannour went with Edfsefoure, Menill having oi Savages \znAi\n this County, ^CUtOtl before mentioned (as Ihall there be fhewedat large.) Of this Tht, de Ednefoure I find, that he was In Armes with the Barons againft K.H.3. whereupon his lands were confilcate, and givenJ" by the K.firlt to Stephen de Eddervorth, zndzherwoivds (making other fatisfa<5tion to the laid Stephen) to 'Philip Harmion (Lord of Camto03t&.) But, by the De- cree ca!ledD/f?;f.f time out of mind : howbeit, as to his other claims he fell fhort,and fo they were not allowed. This Tho. gave * to the Monks of fetOnelCJ all his landsin l^tlllKvt^OTotfon (vulgarly now cal- led ^m toOttOI1> and to * the Nuns of |0Olefll>O?fft a piece of ground within his Lordfhip of 31BaBfl0p» Sdneloure, containing 125, foot in length, and 6x. in breadth ; in both which grants he is ftiled aK;, For his delcenthe wasofa very jntient fa- tally i viz.: of (BUncfOtirc in SDerbpft. whence his d Ex au- tig. penis Bromley ' ancertors aflumed the name ; and in rcfpeft of his relation to the Ferrers, Earls of 2Derbp (I mean by the tenure of his lands in that County) bore for his Armes afejfe l>ettvi.xt tbreg Horfe^hoos, as by his Seal "^ appears ; but dyed * in I 3 ^. I . with- out iflue : fo that ^micia his filler, the wife of Tho. Le- ^\x iValt.de Mirids■,l^^l.^wA Rtc.dg Herthull gt^nd- virg Grw. child to Joa^e his other filter, became his heirs "S^-l'-^i^ ■^which Sir (■Salter had then livery £ of her inhe- f^^ -E-i-". ritance doing his homage. '* This Amtcia (upon the partition, it leems) had | "'' '^^ IBagintOn for her Oiare ; but over living Sir //U/f . de A.s. one of the Kts. for this Shire in the Pari. then held ? clauf.^a at^SJeffm. was joyn'd in Commiifion'' With the ^•^■■'»<'. Shirlff to colle Lord /?#f. This £j'*"(-f^ Sir ^/V. gave * to theNuns off0ol0ftoOjf{j, and to '■ • — rheChappellofSr. A7>c;7.at BaDflep (of which L%»7i Mannour he was Lord) that mefs. and half yard 5. koper. land which thofe Nuns ha-dheld of his anceftorsin yExauug. JBaDflcpaforelaid. And on mil. Silvefler Vicar penis G. " there, and his fucceflors, he bcftowed j a certain Collins, enement, which Alan the precedent > in she time of fp///. Sattvage his anceftour. And "?'?•£, tenement, which >^/4« the precedent Vicar held, ^^Kat.T. ■■-■-■■ rt^iJ.E. dyed •^ in I S £. i.leaving ^^<<»» hisfon and heirj ^'"'^ ' who, doing his homage had livery *of his lands, b sff.t}^ being then* 31 years of age. E,t,niS. In I^Z THE ANTIQUITIES OF tExaif- In lo E, 3. this Adam was a K:. • but depar- tog. penii ted * the world the next enluing year, leaving 'j^'c. W. Broni;' ^jg fon and heir * then aged 25. years : which Ric. 'y*"* ■" being likcwilca Kc./in 16 E. 3. was in 18. in rft^fc. II CommifTioni for aflefltng of a xv. then granted to theK.inParl.and in* 20. with others, afligned in this County, to levy the Aid granted to the K. in Pari, for making his eldeft fon Kt. In 21 E.3. up- on the array of fouldier.s being charg'd with two Hoblers, he was forfome Ipeciall relpefl (as the Record • expreireth)by the K. Councell,difcharg'd hRai.V.xo of one. In 3 3 E. 3. I find him in two ^ Commif- Ei-'»-7- fions, with iundry perfons of the beft quality in iT{nt. F.ii this County, for arraying of Souldlers according to E.3.W.32.. jj^g Statute of tSUincfteller. In '40. and 42." one kPat.de of theKts. for this Shire in the Pari, then held. In 45. ShirifF" of.thei'e Counties ; and the fame* year one of thofe that wasafligned for the aflclTing of a fubfidy then granted to the K. in Pari. The next [Ex aiitog. ftnisF.W, eq.aur, gRotJM £.J.w.i4. iifd. an, indi I Ccla, mi de i, Clauf. deiifd. in year following for f the alfefling of a x. and xv. in In ^o E. 3. Shirift ? once more ; which £.J.»7.IO E.J.w.ii- rRot.T.i. R.t.p.i.w. 30. f-Jiegifl. de Stonlcf.e.b t Ex Coll. W.Burton wE/f.iJ. w Clauf.i. H.4.P.I.W. 6. xCEfc.f. ^^H.4 W. 06. R.zMd. b Clauf. 1 0. K.i.Ind, m.io. IClauf.Hr. R.t-Jn d. m.i^'. rVatide O ''/'''• f clauf. m\ de iifd^ Ji 7 im. In *)quickly rais'd anArmy of no lefs than 60000 andbefiegingthatCaftJc, in fliort time took it, and therein all £>f them except this Sir Will, Bagot '^ i H.4.B, 18, who, having made hisefcape, fled 'into ^rOlatlO : andof thofe lo taken, forthwith beheaded Will, le Scrope L. Trealurer, Sir John Bujhy, and Sir i/f«- ry(jree». AH which fell out in the 22. and laft year of K. \R^ 2. whole defpofall foon after enfued. It fecms, that this Sii Will, came back again in- to C^nglanO with K.Ric. for,within a month after, the new K. began his reign, he committed /him prilbner to the Tower of iionDon, fi*. 22. Nov. yet, on 'the 24. of X>fc. loliowing, the ShirifF of 9 5^''. P« this County received command (for ipeciall rea- ' c39f. ions thereunto moving the K.as the Writ faith)that * he fliould permit the B.of S.I)/?'y/(i/,and other the {^^'^'ll feoftces of his lands in thisCounty;amongft which "' this Mannour of ffiagfltgtOlt is mentioned in the firft place, to have pofleiTion of them : howbeit, though for what reafon I know noti the 23. of 7) now Lord of this Man-' Of the Caftle, fometime ftanding here, is there now, befides the moat, nothing remayning except heaps of rubbifh ; norwh:nit wasdemoli!l-it have I yet found :but this is memorable thereof; vix^., * that when Henry D. of I^erefOjO, and John D. of j^Ojff» fliould have determined the difference, then betw xt themfclves, by a perfonall combat I upon CDOflfOjO glXCn, near COtJentre, in 21 R. . 2. the faid Henry then lodg'd thereat ; and from I thence advanc't to the place appointed, upon his white Courier barded with blew and green velvet, gorgeoufly embroidered with Swans and Ancelops of Goldfmiths work, and armed at all points. In an. 1291.(19 E. i.^ the Church, here, (de- dicated toS. lohn ^(«pf.) was valued at vii. marks: but in 2(5 H. 8. at viii. /. xx. d. over and above allowed for Procuratims and Synodalls, dm. via. J. Patroni Ecc], Incumbentes, &c. JTho Prior & C<"*^' ^'< Kenilxporh. iVtH. Willington ie Bercheflon, ra- tione cone. (^c. *Pr. & C.deKe- nill. Henr. TorterGen. ratione ut fupra Johanna Winter de Stonley Gen. £dw . Underbill Gen. Ph.&M.Rex& R. Ed>v. Underhill de Bathk.inton Gen. Henr. Goodere ar. Caroliis Rex,ra' tione minoris a- tat.mll.Bromley de Dnnton Cler. 1285. Will, de Shulton Cler. 4. Id. Sept. 1314. Ric.hatte Birches, de Solihull, Cap./^.Cal.Jnn. 1353. Joh. Fylot, Cler. ■^. Cat. Feb. 1361. Henr. Wyther Pbr, 4. Jan . >377v Will, de Stonley Pbr.z^. Sept. 1383. %ic.de Bttrley 21 Jrtnii I384 Joh. Torter ^ap, 26. Aug . 140^. Joh. HaghmnndCap.i 8. J^w. 1409. Will. Smyth Cap.^.Dec.t'^^ii. ' ^^£' J"^' Sparrow in decre- tis baccal.l^. Apr.\ ^o(5. loh. Pyjfort art, Mag. 11. Apr. 1 y 1 1 . %!>b. Wddy ^4/>. 17. Febr. 1539. Joh. Farmer Qer. 9. Sept. 1552. Joh. Hyckes Cler. 2j,Martii 1555- Edtn.Mylnerfon 1 2.0B. 1557 Ex auto^'. penh D.& C/ip.I.kh. Langt.f.ji Nonhb.f. 56.b. Stret.f.io. b. Ib.f.n.a. Ib.f.io.b, Ib.f.l^.it. tHtgh.f.ii a. Jb.f.ts.n. ' Heyvu.f.T.a Bl.fA.b. lb.f.6.t. Str.cSf P. ' smpf.f.^i a. Sampf. «&". B.f.9-ii. Ib.f.t&.b. Tho. Dagyll Cler. 1558. Tho. (TfTotton Cler. i Jac. Gjbfon Cler. 24 1J84. Tho.: Gybfonin art. Mag, 16 Det. 1628. 9. Dec. ib.f.ii.ft. Sept, t/^pr. Bimd.l;. tentbam bmd.H. Morton bund, in- cert. u In ikf .iJlrv on tkc i^outt flcLc ike Crtfcrck ? ■> ■:-a'i Jlr^^ JlT^J ui gn ipjmatm9tT\i' tluiQiinccf In ike JSTortk wall o£ tkc CkancelL, hx. ike eaJi n-mrlow of tnE Korik lift 3 . Colfox . In. a- 5ouill wnulo w ofthp Cbiirck. © @/ \1Ml-& ^ EDBD) I . 1 bJ 1 i Sii&rA. of Eroe tntpikngSaeoi. In ike Zifi WiaabbP. Which Caftle Itood upon a place called ^Otn=t)fll , but was dcmolifhed in thofe turbulent times of warr betwixt King Edmund , and Canittus CDomef ^^^ Di"f • By the Conq. Survey * , it appears , that dishb. ^'^^^ which now beares oneiy the name of feCttil- toOjtfl, .vasthenin two pans ; the one called J©p- tonc , certified to contain three hides , being then held, immediatly of the King by Albert Hi (^lericm, in pure A'mes ; upon which were refidenc two Priefls : the woods whereof conteyncd half a mile in length ,and four furlongs in breadth j This be- ing that part of IftentltOO^t^ which now the Inha- bitants call the ^fg^-tOtDH, and fituate upon the afcent on the North part of the Church. But the other.whichin the lame Record' is written C^f- nei])2O0, and polTell by Rich. Forefl-^trifu, did then contain no more than three virgats , befides the woods , which were certified to be half a mile in length.and four furlongs in breadth. Hiif duo mem- i>ra ( faith 3Domeftap-bOOfe ) iacent ad f^tmki manerinm Regis. That the name , originally , did proceed from feme antient pofTelTor of it , whofe habitation was there , is not to be doubted, the fyllable WLttit . which fiiould be Witiz (id efl) OTojt^C)^ and fig- nifietha manfion or dwelling place, manifefting as much ; but whether his name was Kenelm , or Ke- xulph , for antiently it was written l^enilU)0}ttl ; or whether it were the above mentioned 'FjcI:.Fo- reftarifu , who had bis feat there , which Richard in fome very antient authorities, that I have feen,is called • Rich, (^hinett , I cannot pofitively dcter- mine;and therefore will not infill longer on conje- ctures. Certain it is , that it continued in the Kings hands till H. i. time, and then was given/ to Geffrey de Clinton, a Norman; who (doubllefs)had his firft abode in CnglaijO , at CUnJOH ( now vul- garly called ©Itnton) in j9DFfOjD>U)ire,and thence aflumed his firnamc. This Jeffrey , if we may credit our Countrey- j( jg^ man Row i, was grandfon to l^tll. de Tankervile IS penes Chamberlain of j^O}tnanOp , and Maud his wife, daughter to iVill, de Arches, whofe defcent is de- rived from fTisr/^jfifter to ^««o)'<5 Dutchefsof ^OJ- manOp -. but of the certainty thereof I much doubt, confidering that an authentique Hiftorian '' , his Contemporary, renders him to have beert of very mean parentage, and meeriy railed from the du(t by the favour of the faid King Henry , from whofe hands he received large po{Vertions,and no fmall ho- nour , being made , both' Lord Chamberlein and Trrafiirpr to the laid King, and afterwards Juftice ^ of CEttglanB : which great advancements do argue, that he was a man of extraordinary parts. It feems betook much delight in this place , in rcfpe(fl of the fpacious woods , and that la-, e and pleafant ^^^0- Lakefthrough which divers petty ftreames do pafs) ^SH^' 'y'"° amo"i'^ them ; for he it was that firll' built .p.j. * '^at great and flrong Caftic here , which was the n Catal. S.vn[iornm pt' P. de glory of all thefe parts , and , for many refpe(Ss , I may be ranked in a third place, at the leatt , with the mort flately Callks of CtlfilanD. Necr unto which he alio founded «• , at the fame timc.a good- ly Monartery for Black^Catofis : of which Order ic will not be amifs to take a brief view before I go on with my difcourfe of this particular Mona- flery. The moft received opinion is , that thefe Ca>:o}is RejTnl.tr had their firli inftitution from S.Jngnftin Bilhop of l^fppO; wherefore I will fuccinftiy de- liver the occahon and ground thereof. This" e^w- guflin was born in the City of SCagaffC m Sfffca , and , betaking himfelf to the Hudy of Philoiophy '^ ulthus in his younger years, grew to be an excellent Schol- hbi.c.ii,i, lar, and a famous Rhetorician , for which hp be- came fo eminent , that being lent for to ^tltafn , there to teach Rhetoriqur, Sy the preaching ot S. .4nt(>ro[e thenB.fhop of i^iUatn, he was reclaimed fom the Herciy of Mamcheus, wherewith he had been tainted ; And afterwards, coming to ^{ppo^ac the lolicitation of a great perlon, was , by Valerius then B. of that p'ace,ordayncda Pricft ; in which City he fhortly inftituted a Covcnt of Clerks , and lived according to the Rule conftituted by the holy Apoftles , inttrufting* them in the Evangc- lique perfeilion ; viz,, love ofTovertj, ObedteKce, and Chastity, After which, upon the death o^f^aleriuf he be- came B. of ^fppO ; but notwithftanding , being defirous to continue hisRehgiousCourfeof life,he founded a Monaftery of Clerks, within the pre- cinfts of his Church. Divers forts of Religious perfons have taken him for their Law-giver ; viz., the Hercmites , cal- led Augufiines , Camus Regular , Sec. making all profefTion under his Rule. Their habite , as Polyd. ^irg. f afflrmeth, is a white coat and a linncn fur- plis , under a black cloak , with a hood cov:'ring 'tft de vill. iji/?. de nlefs. b. Ar. I. ai-, b>,-d.v'!t. ?. Pr. ,e \piilrv, Kpia.H. 1 mindon. l^.de t 'emptu '■ 'idi, in t '. Cot- t . f.S.fe. Som- maire des vies des fondiKurs &c. des ordrcs Re- lig. per Louys BturierJ Impr, Pa«, ris T<3J. /. 9. J. b. cap, J. • Clarke BrfC. p, I. I :hcir head and neck, which reacheth to the lliou!- ders ; having , under it , doublet , breeches , white ftockings , and fhoosor flippers , and when they walk out a black corner'd cap, or a broad Hat;theic Crowns being (haven , but not fo much as other Monks.Thus much as to the Order. With this Monaftery fo founded by the faid Geffrey de Clinton, \ wiU now proceed, in regard it was lb fignall a Monument of his piety , referving my ftory of the Caftle till anon. By his Foundation Charter * it appsares.that he q Ex Ke0. gave to the Canonsof this Houfe , for the redemp- '''' K^w'fn'* tion of his fins ;as alfo for the good eftate of Kino f""^- ^""* Henry , whofe confent he had thereto j and of his own wife and children ; all the lands and woods of this i&eniltDO^t^ , excepting what he had referved for the making of his Caftle and Park. Together with theMannorsof &alfOjO, ftWcOfCand j^eatt- ^iimin this County. The Church of OTfoftOn.wuh a hide of land thereto belonging. Tw-i hides inlLf- lenfOn ; with the Churches of dUnfOM ( in £Dt- fojo-tftftrc ) and Wttttoii in i!iojtt)tiampton»Q)lre Granting further unto them , of paliuragc ; viz.. that wherefoever his own Cattell & Hoggs (hoi'Id be.whether within his Park or without , there alfo might theirs have liberty to fefd.And their tenants Hoggs to have the like freedom in all other , except his inclofed woods and Park, as his own tenants had. Adding by another Charter 'the gift of a full rib.p.t, tenth of whatfoever fhould be brought to his Caftle; fz/s.. either to his CelUr.Kiichin, Larder, Granary, V i ox I? as of his Own proper revenue. To- gether with all his Lambskins throughout every his Mannours, as well thofe as fhould be kill'd to eat , as of others that might dy cafually. .rfi^i;!'> CanoiLicuiS Be^ulari* ^." Aue'Ttfiiai. ^^3?^Jii^SHI2i£ ILLUSTRATED. 15^ /5 Md. slp.3. u EX vet. tabiiU Car- vthum Angl.qaon- dtm'm VrioratH de Scone m;/2. W Regi^. de Kenitrv.p. 8. Reglll. de mUw.p, p. ^ '.9. :{"■ n. ij. ^ p. It. :'. 61. ii>. y. 10. ».1X7. ti I'-' To thefc large and munificent gifts, he added the Mannour of ^{c^CtlDetl /" in Com. IBttCfe. which he had by the bounty of King Hem-y ; and the Church of atone' in &faffOJD-16fre , which he procured of one Enifan , within whofe Lordlliip it lay, by the confent of I^Fich. de Stafford, it being founded in his fee. But that which I call , here, the Church of atone was a fmall Monartery "founded in memory of JVolfade and %>}§n , fliin by King iVolpherM their father , in relpeft that they became ChrilVians , being converted from Paganifm , and baptized by that holy man S. Chad B.of llfC^fiClD, near a thouland years fince. Andbcfides thele particulars did he liltewife give » to the faid Canons, liberty to fifli with boa: and nets, one day in every week ; viz,. Thurfday.in his pool, here at ilenflUlOjt^. But other particulars , of him, worthy of Note have not Ifeen any , except that fall'e accufaci^n * of Treafon made againft him at tOToOOttOtb, where K. Henry kept his Ea- ftcrin 50. ofhisiaign. To him fucceeded Gefrey his fon and heir , Lord Chamberlain ' likewife to the King as his father was, and poffeflof a great eftate: for by the certi- ficate ■Koi miu,im Ei of Mariufcfe , in 12. H. i. it appears , that beheld of himnolefsthan XVII. Knights fees de veteri feoff nmento. Which Geffrey wedded * ^gnes daughter unto %2,gt^ Earl of QSSactnfC^ , with whom he had in * marriage ten of thole 17. Knights fees ; id efi a difcharge from, any fervicefor them, except in fome fpeciall cafes :[ As alfo thcShrivalty * of thisCounty , to hold to him and his heirs, in fuch fort, as he the faid Earl, | had held, or might hold it of the King : and was a great benefaftor to this Monaftery of itelliltDO}tlP ; not onely by confirming' all his fathers grants thereto; but adding thcfe particulars ; viz,, the land at i^etOtOII' ,at the buriall of his father.The Man- nour /of laahfntOtt with the Church and Mill , there. The greateft i part of iLemfntOH with the Church and Mill .The Mill > of of dDtip-Clfff* The Cell of 115r«tf0)l»* , with lands at WtfOfen * and MottOn'.The Churches of OTflttielcgj^on " (now called Mojmleg^ton) ^^erberbutp » , IJlaufojo • , and JBPDbjObe F , all in this County ; with the Church of atrtCCle* in )!5Cttbfng^am-fl&fre , con- firmed f to them by I9illicim Tipard. All which were likewife ratified /by Henry de Cli»to» , fon to the laft fpecified Gefrey , who alfo gave » thereunto the town of ^Cacbcbjofec , with much more land at" OTrfOfen: in confideration whereof the before fpecified Canons allow'd •» to bim every day, during his life, two manchets,fuch as two of the faid Canons ufed to have , and four gallons of their better beer, according to wine mea- fure which he was to have whither he were at fie- ttfltoOJtft ornot,from the time he fhould enter into a religious life, in cafe he did fo do, except on thofe dayes he had entertainment in the faid Monaftery. After whofc death , Amiciit de Bidun, his wife,re- leafed *unto thefe Canons all her right ofdowrie, which fhe bad in the lands fo given by her faid huf- band. I will now onely enumerate the principall grams made by divers other perfons to this Mona- ftery , for as much as of fuch that were in this County , I fpeak more largely as I difcourfe of thofe particular places. viT^,. JBjtterIa (now called fettle near MottOH) givcn^ by Odo de THrri.The Church of atonelcp ^ by K. H. I . Divers lands in ^oUngton* by /«/»;!» de S\ %emigio-^ As alfo the Church ofpffele,* , vvich a yard land in* COOlBp (neer ^FfOJD ). Tht Church of ^ttfje J fin Qf fOjtt-ftfre) by Lefcdtna , dan>»l)ter to Geffrey the Founder ; and wife to Norman de Verdoit • which Bertram ^f^(rr£/(»«,her fon.confirmed*; grancing/, befides, a meadow at ^ttfto called 5ttageB|>alC, a'^id another at IBjrtfo;!]. The Churches of IBjafleS^ , and WitWtUhvmz * by -Asg'r Earl of Martofcb. Of !LOtUflCp • by Roh. fil, Oiianls , with certain lands alio there. Of Ml)ftnalh*.by R.iph de t^ura and Lefceline his wife. Of i^ampton ' in aruen and amftC" with the ChappcU of iSjinfelOlD " by Ro^er de Mou- bray. Of ILangfbjO • in SDrrbp-lftfrU^by Ntch, de (jrejley and C\f.irgaret his wife ; which i^Mirga- rfaff, By CecHy the daugh- ter of Rog. le fVayte. Of lands in ^erberbW? '' by Henry (JMaUry and others ». Of fire-wood in IBerbftDell / by Nigel de Mnndevill. Of lands in OTolfton* by Rogde Frevill and Sibill his wife. And to thefe wereVdded the Church of S^fltJertOO * by IValter Sfpigurnell and Q'^eflina his wife , in 16. H. 3. With the greateft part ' of ILOlUflep , OTettCOte , and ^0}tOn ; and the advoufon * of the Church of ILOCbfle? by Peter de tJMjrA, about the 38. of H. 3. Afterwards; viz.. in 19.E.2. "John Loj^and ^0- gerde BoyvillhaA licenfe ' from the King to grant the Mannour of patlefljtrtl in &taffO?b-ftfcC to this Monaftery. In 20. E. ^.Thomas de Ha^nton to give" five mefs. with cxii. acres of land ir. IRaO- fO}D thereunto. And in 25. of the fame K- raign, John the fon o£john de Peto , for granting » xiv. mefs. two Carucats, and five yard land in EoFlep to it. Many other fmall parcells , in feverall places , were at fundry times given to thefe Canons by common perfons , the mention whereof I do pur- pofely pafs by, for brevities fake. Of all which the Prior and Covent of this Houfc, being thus pofl'cft in I 2. E. I . granted * away the Churches of JFen • itp-Compton , and Cftcfterton to the b. of co- tetltre and JLfe^fielO , and his fucceftors for ever. And of thefe their poffeflions.as they had ample confirmations' by feverall Kings of tWs Realrae , fo were the priviledges very great which they en- joyed by thofe Charters ; viz,. 4 power to keep C0lirf-3Lcef , AfTife of bread and beer , authority to try malefaflors within divers of their Lordfhips y 3 and /p.4J.44. p. j8. rp.J6z. fp.6o: t p. 31. F. levit. on. Job. Bnp.it.E.i. p Cart.t E. i. n. 4. per iHfp. q Pat. t J. E. 4p.». OT.17. per infp. 1^8 THE ANTIQUITIES OF and ficcdom from luite to chc County and | Ic was like wi^fc then decreed . that when the Hundred-Courts, as by the fame Charters, unto | Priory of JienfltoO?tt) fhould happen to be_Toid,thc which I hate pointed , may be leen : bcfides fXtt'iomtn in divers of their Mannours , as 1 r X«i.F.4. to ypif.j J.E, «GJ#:/.«4. fhall inltancc when I come to them in particu lar. To thelc was added 'by King E. 5. that the Sub-prior and Covent (hould , during the vacan- cy, have the culbdy of the laid Houlc , and all the Temporaltics appertaining thereumo, paying only the King his heirs and fucccffors , tor every whole year , cxvii/'. ii -f- viii^. , As to the appropriation of the particular Churches before recited , to the ule and benefit ot chisMonaftcry, I (Kali take notice of them when I come to thole places where they are fuuate ; as alio of iuch Chappells which were belonging to a- ny of them, that 1 have not yet mentioned. Thus was their plenty very great , wanting no- thing that might be iifefull to them in a full and fit manner , even to the meaneft convenicnciesjK. H. 3. granting^ them liberty to conduit Spring- water, by pipes, from a pure fountain which lay fit for that purpofcto the leverall offices in the Mo- naftery. -. i- That the Priory of ^tone i» Com. &iaff» was a Cell to this Houfc, and how it came to be lo I have already Qiewed : And that the nature of thofe Cells was to be fubordinate , as to matter of goverment, and the like , unto thole whereof they, were thus members , it is not unknown to any man of judg- ment. I (hall now therefore briefly (hew , when, how,and upon what termcs the Canons cf ^tone became excmrred from fuch their fubjeftion to thele of iftenfltoO?tlj ; which was by an unani- mous reference to tne Decree » and finall determi- nation of Roger Meuland Bifliop of CfitJCHtrC and JLfeWclO.in Jino 1 25o. (44. H. J.) Who, there- upon, did ordain , that from thenceforth the Prior of &tone might receive Canons to that habit and profcflion , and freely difpofe of every thing both Ipirituall and temporall appertayning to them , without the allowance of the Prior of lienfltoOJt&. And that the faid Prior of &tOBC, and every of the Canons there fcrving God , with their fucceffors, fhould be free and exempt from any future fubje- ftion to the Pr. and C. of itenfltUOjt^ tor evcr,ex- cept in thele particulars; -viz.. that the Prior of JtetrfltDOjt^ , for the time being , ought once every year to vifn the laid Priory of §?tone with ten Horl'es, flaying onely two days, and performing his office there, as of Cuftome , not removing any Canon of that Houfe ; nor fending any Canon to the Houfe of ^tOne. there to continue. And when the Priory of &tOne fhould happen to be void, two of the Canons of JSenlltoOjtft , to- qeiher with thofe of &tOnC to be at the election. That fuch eleftion fhould be made by. licenfefirft required of the Prior of aennUJOjtft , in cafe he were then within the Kingdom; or of his lubf^itute, if he were abfent ; and v ithin eight d.->.ys foliow- ng, the two Canons of fierttltDOJtft to repair thi- ther , to fee that all things were carryed uprightly at the faid eledion : but if they came not within that time, the Canons of ^f Qlie to proceed with- out them. And moreover , that during the vacan- cy , the Prior and Covent of iSenlllDOjtft, as Pa- trons , fhould have the cuflody thereof by one of their Canons ; who , till the new Prior were ele- Aed , V7"" '■'' bave fitting dyet there , not medling ^^ith »i '-"^Me. movable ox unmo- yabl<' E.Jp.t. tn.il. Prior of &tone , in cafe he had been a Canon of &entltDO;tI^ , fhould be prefent at the eleftion of the new Prior of !SenUlOO Jtft ; tak n^ his place in the Chapter-Houle, and -^jjirc, as his prcdrcclTirs had done. And , that all Iuch Charters of 1^011(1- iOOJt^, which might be of ule to theCanjns of ^tonc, fhould be tranlcribed,and thofe tr;'nrcrip:s a:celkd with the Scales of the laid B. and Prior of I^eniltDO^t^ ; And upon neccflaryoccafion.the ori- ginalis CO be delivered to the Prior of &t0nc, or his certain Atturney for the defence of that Hou;e , and profecution of their rights. Which Decree beares date on the day of the tranflationof S.T^^owrf*' the Martyr in the year abovefaid. But after this;'z//i. in /?«. 1 api.Cai.E.i.) there growing fome difference bciwixt the Canons of l&eniltDOJtb Sc &fOne, concerning the lands,which they of ^tone held , theycnme to a finall Agree- meet". Wher upon they of feemltDOJtjJnteafed to *^^';7 thofe of &t0n6 and their fucceffors , their total! in terert in the faid Houfe of ^tonc , and the parti cular lands and Churchei thereunto appertaining; all which are mentioned therein ; Saving to thele of afinfltDO)t& their right of patronage,as aforeiaid; atvd the yearly Rent of xii. marks and a half fler- lingjchatby their publique Inftrument the Canons of ^tone were bound to pay to iftenfltDOJt&.Which Agreement and Releafes were confirmed by King E. 9.16. Aug. in the x. year of his raign. Of the damages that this Monartery fuftained when the Caflle was befieged in 50. H. 5. I pur- pofe to take notice when 1 come to difcourfe of the lame Leaguer , having, in the next page infer* ted the names of all the Priors of this Houfe which I have met with ; together with the times when moft of them were admitted : But litilc is there now memorable of them , confidering that their Monuments , and hiftoricall adions ,kept in cer- tain Regiiters , which they had in the nature of Annals , were all deftroyed at that fatall difTolu- lution of it, and the reft, by K. H. 8. fo that there is nothing now remayning , but a very great Bell yet hanging in the prefent Parifh-Church, made, itfeemesby Prior ^tf^frwr»/rfr, who lived temf. I H. 4. H. y. and beginning of H. 6. time ; about which there isanlnfcription in large Chara(^ers,as maybe feen where I have exhibited the Armesftill rem.ayning in the windows of the faid Church. I now defcend to that Survey, taken in 26.H.8. 3 as preparatory to the faid generall diffolution ; at which time this Monaftery was valued * a: 5 3 3 //. ^ J^^g ; 15 /.- 04 «/./>fr b. itt.f.9.*. i>yiHrg.f. ifl.f.17. I "M.col- rdt H\.f. r ir. I, itrdat, ^ I n. Col- Catalogus Prioinnu Bernardtu temp» JJ. I. Laurentius temp. Regis Steph, Silvefter 2. Joh. HenrtcHs 16. H. %. David X7,.IJ. 5. Robert us de Eft ley e $1. H. 5. Rob. de Salle, deftinBns 6. E. i. 7 Tho. de marmynton 6. E. 2. j Joh. de Teyto. 1. Id. April. 19. £. 3. Henr. de Bradrvey 22. %Attg. I 361. Tho. de Mer/fon. 9. R. 2. ? mil. de Brayles. 11. A'^g.J^OO. S Tho. Kidderminfter. i 2. Ftbr. 1402. Tho. Holy gr eve 5. v^«f . 1439. Joh. Tardley, 2. CMaii 14^8. Rad. Maxfeild i x.Jan. 1494. mil. w^il 9. H. 8. Simon Jekjs 2g.H. 8. Touching the Mannour of ISenttiUOjfft , which belong'd to this religious H'ufe , Ifind , that it continued in the Crown rill 6. EVz,. and then was granted • to Rob. Earl of Hefecffer ( at that time poffeft of :he CafHe , as I fhall fhew by and by. But tlie fne of the Monaftery, which had been given by K.H. 8. to Sir Andrew Flamol^(3. Cour- tier of thofe dayes) defcendcd to Sir mill. FUmok^ his fon and heir.who dyed /feizcd thereof ij.Julii, a. Eliz.. leaving Katherin his daughter and heir a- bout three years old , afterwards marryed to John Colburn of i^CtJfOn-Sj^rell in this County efquire. Which John, having bought certain Horfes, ftolen out of che faid Earles ftables here at fiettiltDOjtt)- CtalHe , as wis pretended , became fo terrified by Leicefttr , that he quitted unto him. all his right therein, upon cafy tearmes,as I have heard, x K^nihorth Cajlle. It. biot.-p. H.i, i Kot.P. ij. H.i. k K.Uov.f. H.J. Preciuna rcruia. TT Hat this Caftle was built by Gefrey de Clintou Chamberlain and Treafurer to K. H. r. I have alpeady in my difcourfe of the Priory, by him then founded/ufficiencly manifefted ; where alfo I have fpoke , both of his parentage , and what elfe , in relation to him , is notable : but , being a place of fuch extraordinary rtrength and largenefs ( as may be fecn by the circuit . breadth , and depth of the outer moats , and hir unnparalel'd prir: thereof, called CDefars^SCotjer , which by the'tbicknefs of it s walls and form of building , appears to have been of the firft foundation) continued not long to his poftericy : for in ii. H. 2. the Shiriff accoun- ted * for the profit of the Park ; and in 1 9. H. 2, it was poffeft andgarrifon'di by the King, his eldeft fon (whom he had Crown'd ) then rebelling a- gainft him; with whom Lewes ^K. of ^FfaittC , Rob. ' Earl of ILefe. Hugh » Earl of CfteffW , and ^^ many other great men took part, as our Hiftorians 40, do declare. At which time tiiere \Vas layd in»a c. rikf. quarters of bread-corn, at viii //'. viii s. ii d. charge / ^ io<>. (being not then much more than id. a bufhell;) »»(»• J°- 20. quarters of Barley at ^^s.^d. An hundred nm.F.19. Hogs at 7 li. 10 /. Forty Cows , faked , at 4 li. cxx. Cheefesat 40/. 25. quarters of fait at 50 s. at which time c. fol. were allow'd for making of a Gaol there. And the next year foil owing.did the fame Shirirf; f/*. Bertram de yerdon, account • large fumms of oRot.p.if, money , for payment of the Souldiers , Horfe and ^' *• Foot,therein.'Tis true.that Gefrey de Clinton,(on & heir to the (ixdGeffrey theFounder,had it a while in poffeflion again,asfome words of his Charrer,wherc- by he granted certain lands in SjpQMettm do im- portj viz..r PoftquamCaftelltim mettm <^ honor em fKegijf.dt meum recuperavi ; but it remained with him fcarce K'^tt^.f. 7. years; and , after that time was never out of the *^^* Kings hands.till Henry g, granted it to Sim. Mont' ftfrtE.ofiLefc.asIfliall fliew anon : for in 27. H. a. the ShirifF accounted » for the Perm of the qKtt.P.if. ward thereof : (which I take to be fuch money as "• *• was payd by the Country people, who were,other- wile , to perform their icrvice in perfon for the guarding of this Caftle ) : as alfo for certain mo- ney that he received . in the natwre of Rent, from fuch as had their abode therein.: ^Which makes mc conjefture, that fome perfons, for fecurity to them- iclves and their goods, obtained leave, there to re- fide,whereby they might be preferved from robbery and mifchief in thofe turbulent tim«s. The next year following, he accounted •• for the •'*<«.?.»•. Perm of fuch ground as was within the compafs of "" ** the fortifications. Inf 30. H. 2.forthe charge of rcpayring the walls. In jr.* for workmanftiip about the Goalc there. In"J3. for the ground within the Caftle, and paunage of the Park. In I R. I. again », for the fcrm of the fame ground. In 2. X and 3. ' for the cuftody and repair thereof. And in the beginning of King John's time , Henry de Clinton ( grandfon to the founder ) rcleafed ^to the King all his right in the fame; as alfo in the woods and pools,and whatever elfe belonoed there- Scacc. *d to.excepting what he hadpoffeflionofatthe death "^««. of K.H. a. his father. Which Hem-f de Clinton had iffue Henry ; who , being in the rebellion K. John ' ( at the later end of his raign) fubm'itted * himfelf , and returned to obedience in a. H. 3. aflliring the K, of \Kot. P. /de i'lfd. XEx Cod. rubra in i6o THE ANTIQ.UITIES OF f I of his future fidelity , whereupon the Shiri£F had command * to give him livery of thofe lands.in ^t- nUtoOjt^ , of his inheritance by right from his fa- ther. But after him I find little here , in t&etlH- fDOJf() of this family ; and therefore , in regard it was of Icngcr continuance in CoIQlfll , and ^81^- ffofeC, in ^cnrifngfOjO-Hundred , I have there in- ferted the whole defcent , and made my hiftoricall obfervations thereupon : and fo returning again to this Caftle , do obferve, that , in 5. Job. Hughde Cljaucumb ( afterwards Shiriffof thefe Countyes , for divers years } was made Governour ' thereof ( his prcdeceflor in that command having^ been Hugh Bardulf) j who continued in that place till 9. Joh. and then Eoh. de Rotefle (the then Shiriff) 'J"-^ . In 1 3. Joh. mil. /r Cam- ■'**'• """ was * put in his roomc /«ff Shiriff alio at that time) acounted /for l6iJ$. ^ 07 s.-co. laid out in more building upon this { Caille : as alfo 102. li.-rp s.«05 d, for makinga h Chamber and Wardrobe. The next year following, 224/;. fori more buildirg there: and in* 17. Joh. (for he continued many years Shiriff) 402//. 02 /.-CO. more, forrepaires thereof. ^ ^ T^./'^^T"^^^ P^ y? ^ F J Si-fi--k ^-.-..C^-^^— TxiegroTxtia plot o£ Kf^nilwortK Castlf 1! ,fd „^ % % .(. m 'Mrr" ^ i^- .^% ^-^. ^r—- --^=?=:S^^=_=^--i t^- -■:_ . i=^^^ \ ' I Cliutoil ^reene a Trie Svr3.lL lawrj 5 The ^tjarden. ^ Tke great ^atrluiuU- y- LtVOLS To-wer q' TLe ^tiisle - Tlie Water tower ' ^_i > Tke eroimilLetm-Tt tteVjllind, ^ Ttie -poole h^ Vb-c pleiAnce jt PuShrcms' tower arcted tkree fiono 12, ike ilirw tutckiiis ■ (T C*L»r^ Tower • t(. Tkc Hail If The inner Court /t> ^n^ fffi lotlgini^,, 17 TkeVkih--lJr ts Toe prele-tu-e Cu.vmr»er iq TKc priv>- Cbanujer, 10 vSrBp&ert Durlleyj loUiv l; Leicefier^ ijuiLilngj za TUe isaie (V»urt- IS -Slortimers Tb'wcr Zf Tke IxhyAT^ z^pf,the Kngs Steward and Governour thereof, the Kings fon being there then, for fafety , as it fhould leeme! In q. H. 5. there was I 50 //. ois.oi d. accounted \ for building up of a Tower thereof, which fell down at Chriftmafs before. And in ' 5. and in 6,H. 3. more money Jayd out in re- paircj. It feems that the fa'id W. deCamilufe (Shiriff • of this County and ^tktHtX'VcMt • from 1 2.' ^oh, till 8. H. 3.) refidcd at this Caflle; for , in 7.H. 5. command • was given to thofe that fold the windefall-trees in the Park , that they fhould al- low unto him part of that timber , to repair the buildings wherein hedwel't, which were ruin'd by the winde. And the fame year , and the next , did the laid jVtll. a.ccount rfor hjs charges therein, and other repaires. But in 8. H. 3. the cuflody thereof was committed 1 to John Ru^ell, In ' 9. H. 5. Reh. Lupus (or Lew) then the Shiriff.accounted for the carriage of five tonns of wine,brought from 6011Q1- ijampton and laid in here. And in /^ 1 1 . H. 3. W/7/. dc StHttvill , fox mending the Caolc and other tbiags K' ' pKot,}* iifd.ai, q Ttt.M. 3. m. I. riKif. h irA%lVlCKSHl%E ILLUSTRATED. ^6^ t f RuM w V.'t. I?, IJ.j.md. xCKot.?. ^■ide iijd. ■ ^ami. f-CUuf. 'Pat;, ^i.i'id. Pat. i8. f.3.OT.8. . W. 1 1 . t.3.m. ii. Rit.vifc. i.H.i.p. things amifs.he hiving that y«ar the Cuftody there- of, together with the Sliiriftalty of thefe Conn- lyes. In' I J. H» 3. Stefhart.de Segrtive (xhz then Shiriff) accounted for mending the banks of the pool , and in " i y. for repaires of the Cadle. It feemes that fome MalefatSlors had wont to be im- prifoned here ; for in i y. H. 3. iVill. Bajfet , and others, were conrtitutcd"' Juftices for the Gaol-de- livery thereof. In* 19. H. 3. the then Shiriff ac- counted 06 It. 16 s.'Oj^ d. for a fait and bcauti- fuU boat to lye necr the dare of the Kings great Chamber, here. InJ' 21. H. 3. here was another Gaol-delivery. In a 2. H. 3. //«^/j le Poer , the then Governour , had comrpand \ to deliver it to iValier Cjray Archbifhop of ^Ojke to the ufe oiOttobone the Popes Legate , to whom the King had then committed the cuftody of it. ( Which Ottobotie was afterwards Pope , by the name of Adrian 5. ) ; the occafion of whofe coming into ^tlglanD , and the ftirrs thereupon, our Hiftorians do /hew. Which Ottobone fubitituted * Ric.de Gray, to keep it in his ftead ; for by a Precept of the K. to the fame Richard, bearing date that year , he is ftiled Conftable thereof. In 26. H. 3. much coft in building , and repaires, was beftowed here ; vi^. * in feeling the Chappell with Wainfcote , and painting it , making feats for the King and Queen, handfomly adorn'd; repai- ring the Tower where the bells hung ; making all the walls new on the South-fide , by the pool , ( which I conceive to be the fame, without altera- tion that yet ftands) ; beautifying theQ.Chamber with painting.and enlarging it:the fame year ^Hb. de Se^r.%ve being made Governor * thereof; who by his Letters Pat.dated at SMtttDfOje, 7. Afril. doth declare^, ^hat he was to keep it only during the Kings pleafure,and not deliver it into the hands of any one but the Kinghimfelf , fo long as he lived : and, that if the King fliould dy during his cu- ftody thereof , to yield it to Quccnc Elianor for the ufe of the Kings heirs : but in cafe the faid Q. could nor come in perfon, that then he would not deliver it to any , except to fome of her uncles, to the ufe of the Kings heires , who were not in league with the King of JfraitCC. And for his ob- fervance of thefe conditions, he took a folcmn oath upon the holy Bible in the Kings prefence. How- beit, iTiortly rifcervvards,w'i. in 28. H. 3. the King made Simon Mont fort Earl of ILcfC. ' Governour thereof ; And in 32.H. 3. granted /the cuftody of it to Aiianore,h\s fifter, then wife of the faid Simcn, to hold during her life : about which time the woods belonging to it, lying necr the road betwixt