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 TRANSLATED AND EDITED 
 
 WILLIAM HARDY, F.S.A., 
 
 AND PRINTED BY ORDER OF 
 
 THE CHANCELLOR AND COUNCIL OK THE DUCHY. 
 
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 The Right Honorable 
 Lord GRANVILLE CHARLES HENRY SOMERSET. 
 
 THOMAS FLOWER ELLIS, Esquire. 
 
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 Colonel CHARLES RICHARD FOX. 
 
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 FREDERICK DAWES " DA5^ VERS, Enquire. 
 
 
PREFACE, 
 
 This volume is printed by the authority, and under the 
 direction, of the Chancellor and Council of the Duchy 
 of Lancaster. It contains the charters granted by the 
 Crown to the Earls and Dukes of Lancaster, from the 
 year 1342, to the accession of Henry of Bolingbroke, 
 Duke of Lancaster and Hereford, to the throne of 
 England, by the title of King Henry the Fourth, and 
 the subsequent statutes and acts of parliament relating 
 to the rule and management of the Lancastrian posses- 
 sions, as settled upon the King and his heirs for ever, 
 separate from the Crown estates. 
 
 Much valuable information concerning the origin and 
 constitution of the Duchy will be found in Plowden's Report 
 of the great case of the Duchy of Lancaster, in Michaelmas 
 Term, in the fourth year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth 
 (1 Plowd. 212) ; and the recent cases of Alcock v. Cooke 
 (5 Bingham, 340) and Jewison v. Dyson (9 Meeson and 
 Welsby, 540) may be advantageously consulted with re- 
 lation to the pre-eminent rights exercised within the Duchy, 
 under the several royal grants, and the confirmations 
 of them by Parliament, which provide for its rule and 
 government as an inheritance vested in the person of the 
 Sovereign, but apart from the rest of the royal patrimony. 
 
 These cases seem clearly to establish the doctrine that 
 all the prerogatives and privileges of the King belong to 
 him with reference to the lands parcel of the Duchy of 
 Lancaster, in no less a degree than they do with reference 
 to lands which belong to him immediately in right of his 
 Crown. Without, therefore, entering here upon any inves- 
 tigation of the legal effect of these charters, it may be 
 
VI PREFACE. 
 
 convenient to add, in exposition, a brief notice of the 
 Earls of Lancaster prior to the union of the Duchy and 
 the Crown in the person of King Henry the Fourth. 
 
 Edmund Plantagenet, a younger son of King Henry 
 the Third, was the first who enjoyed this dignity. By a 
 charter dated 30th June, 51 Henry HI. 1267, he obtained 
 from his father a grant of the Honor, County, Castle, 
 and Town of Lancaster, and so was made Earl of 
 Lancaster. H6 had previously been created Earl of 
 Leicester and High Steward of England, upon the for- 
 feiture of Simon de Montfort, who was slain at the 
 battle of Evesham on the 5th of August, 1265; and 
 on the 28th of June, 50 Henry HI. 1266, he was also 
 made Earl of Derby, with a grant of all the estates of 
 the last Earl, Robert de Ferrars, who had taken an 
 active part in the rebellion of De Montfort. Earl 
 Edmund left by his second wife, Blanche Queen of 
 Navarre, three sons; of these the two elder, Thomas 
 and Henry, were successively Earls of Lancaster. He 
 died at Bayonne on the 4th of June, 25 Edw. I. 1297. 
 
 Thomas, second Earl of Lancaster, Leicester, and 
 Derby, was also Earl of Lincoln and Baron of Halton 
 in right of his wife, Alice, daughter and sole heir of 
 Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln and Constable of Ches- 
 ter. Having been engaged in a rebellion against King 
 Edward the Second, he was beheaded at Pomfret Castle 
 on the 22nd of March, 15 Edward II. 1322, leaving 
 no issue of his body. 
 
 Henry of Lancaster, third Earl of Lancaster, brother 
 of the last Earl, had been summoned to Parliament 
 by writ, as a Baron of the realm, from 6th February, 
 27 Edward I. 1299 ; and in the Parliament holden in the 
 1st of Edward HI. 1327, having succeeded in obtaining 
 a reversal of the judgment against Earl Thomas, he 
 was restored to all his lands and honors, and there- 
 upon became Earl of Lancaster and Leicester. On the 
 
PREFACE. Vll 
 
 7th of May, 16 Edward III., a charter of divers Hber- 
 ties and franchises in all his lands and fees was granted 
 to him and the heirs of his body.* He died on the 
 22nd of September, 19 Edward III. 1345, and was suc- 
 ceeded by his son, 
 
 Henry, fourth Earl of Lancaster. This Henry was 
 created Earl of Derby on the 16th of March, 1337, in 
 his father's life-time, and Earl of Lincoln on the 20th 
 of August, 1349. By his repeated successes in the 
 wars he acquired the reputation of a distinguished sol- 
 dier, and his singular munificence is recorded in history. 
 The second English Dukedom having been bestowed 
 upon this Earl, the County of Lancaster became for 
 his life a Duchy, or County Palatine: the creation of 
 this regality was effected on the 6th March, 25 Edward 
 HI. 135J, and the title of Duke of Lancaster was con- 
 ferred on him at the same time by a charter of that date, 
 granted with the assent of Parliament.f Henry dying 
 without male issue on the 24th of March, 35 Edward 
 III. 1361, the Dukedom became extinct; but the Barony 
 of Lancaster, which was created by the writ of summons 
 of the 6th February, 1299, and was therefore a Barony in 
 fee, came into abeyance between his two daughters 
 and co-heirs, Blanche and Matilda, to whom, by par- 
 tition, his estates descended. The Lady Blanche, who 
 became eventually the sole heir to her father, mar- 
 ried John of Gaunt, Earl of Richmond, fourth son of 
 King Edward the Third. 
 
 John, surnamed of Gaunt, from Ghent in Flanders, the 
 place of his birth, fifth Earl and second Duke of Lan- 
 caster, in right of his wife Blanche Plantagenet, suc- 
 ceeded to all the lands and estates of the late Duke, 
 his father-in-law ; the portion of the Lady Matilda, the 
 other daughter and co-heir, having upon her death 
 without issue in 1362 vested in her sister Blanche.^ On 
 
 * I. page 1. t III. page 9. X ^* V^S^ 14- 
 
Vlll PREFACE. 
 
 the 13tb of November in the same year, he was created 
 Duke of Lancaster, to hold the dignity to him and the 
 heirs male of his body lawfully begotten for ever.* His 
 first wife Blanche survived the birth of her son, Henry of 
 Bolingbroke, scarcely more than three years, and died in 
 1369. In 1371 the Duke of Lancaster espoused Con- 
 stance, one of the two daughters and co-heirs of Pedro 
 El Cruel, King of Spain, by which marriage he became 
 titular King of Castillo and Leon; but he relinquished 
 his pretension to that title upon the marriage of his 
 daughter Katharine with Henry, son of King John 
 of Spain. In the year 1372, he surrendered into the 
 hands of King Edward his Earldom of Richmond, re- 
 ceiving, in recompense thereof, many valuable estates in 
 fee tail general ; among which are numbered the Honors 
 of Tickhill and Knaresborough, the High Peak, and many 
 other lands in several counties.f At his request, and 
 by a charter dated the 28th February, 1377,:!: the 
 County of Lancaster was again erected into a Palati- 
 nate, for the life of this Duke; and, in 1390, the 
 prerogative was extended to the heirs male of the 
 body of the grantee.§ Duke John of Lancaster having 
 been justly distinguished by the confidence of two suc- 
 cessive monarchs, his father and his nephew, whose coun- 
 sels he guided with disinterested zeal, his vast pos- 
 sessions endowed by their royal bounty with all but 
 sovereign power, closed his life on the 3rd of February, 
 1399, in the 22nd year of the reign of King Richard the 
 Second ; leaving to his only son and heir, by the Lady 
 Blanche Plantagenet, the rich inheritance of this Dukedom. 
 Henry of Bolingbroke, Earl of Derby and Duke of 
 Hereford, having been raised to the latter dignity on 
 the 29th of September, 1397, was at Paris in exile 
 when the news of his father's decease, and of the seizure 
 
 * VI. page 17. t VIII. page 26. 
 
 X IX. page 32. § XIV. page 65. 
 
PREFACE. IX 
 
 of bis paternal estates* by bis cousin, King Richard tbe 
 Second, determined bis immediate return to England, 
 ostensibly to claim bis inberitance of tbe Ducby of Lan- 
 caster, but perbaps witb tbe secret intention of assuming 
 a still bigber possession. Tbe result of Henry's pro- 
 ceedings on bis arrival bere is well known. He suc- 
 ceeded in wresting tbe Crown from tbe feeble bands 
 of its legitimate possessor, and assumed tbe title of King 
 Henry tbe Fourtb. 
 
 Tbe ducal possessions of Lancaster, and tbe ample 
 estates wbicb Henry beld witb tbe Dukedom of Here- 
 ford in rigbt of bis deceased wife, tbe Lady Mary de 
 Bobun, one of tbe daughters and co-beirs, of Humphrey 
 last Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, would, 
 by this assumption of the regal dignity, have merged in 
 the Crown : but this politic monarch was not minded 
 that so noble an inheritance, endowed witb the high and 
 splendid prerogatives which the policy of preceding Sove- 
 reigns bad conferred upon it, should wholly be lost in 
 tbe absorbing dignity of the Crown ; and, therefore, one 
 almost of tbe first measures taken by King Henry after 
 be ascended tbe throne, was to procure an act of par- 
 liament, declaring that bis eldest son, Henry, should 
 bear, among his other honors, tbe title of Duke of 
 Lancaster.f He also immediately caused a charter to 
 be passed, sanctioned by the Parliament, ordaining that 
 tbe Ducby of Lancaster, and all other bis hereditary 
 
 * Before Bolingbroke's departure from England, the King, to con- 
 ciliate John of Gaunt, had remitted four years of his son's banishment, the 
 original sentence being for ten years from 13 Oct. 1398 ; but no sooner 
 was the Duke of Lancaster dead, than Richard, throwing oiF all semblance 
 of moderation, exiled Bolingbroke for life and confiscated his property. 
 Froissart expressly says that Richard seized the Duke of Hereford's 
 patrimony, and divided it among his own favorites. Several grants of 
 these estates to the Duke of Surrey and other persons appear on the 
 Patent Roll, 22 Ric. II. p. 3. (Jewison v. Dyson, supra, 548.) 
 t XVIII. page 141. 
 
X PREFACE. 
 
 estates, with all their royalties and franchises, should 
 remain to him and his heirs for ever ; and should re- 
 main, descend, be administered, and governed in like 
 manner as if he never had attained the regal dignity.* 
 And on the same day he caused a charter to be sealed 
 for maintaining a similar management, distinct from the 
 Crown, with respect to the Hereford estates held by him 
 in right of his late wife, Mary, Countess of Derby.*!- 
 
 Sir William Blackstone,| on the authority of Plowden 
 and Sir Edward Coke, assigns as the motive King Henry 
 had in not suffering his private inheritance to be united 
 with the Crown the consideration that — " if he lost one, he 
 " should lose the other also ; for he knew he had the Duchy 
 " of Lancaster by sure and indefeasible title, but that his 
 '' title to the Crown was not so assured : for that, after the 
 '* decease of Richard II., the right of the Crown was in 
 " the heir of Lionel Duke of Clarence, second son of 
 " Edward III. ; John of Gaunt, father to this Henry IV., 
 " being but the fourth son." But surely very little foresight 
 is requisite to perceive that, in losing the Crown, Henry 
 would at once have been declared a traitor to the realm ; 
 and it is scarcely possible to conceive that, in such case, 
 he would have been allowed to retain possession of the 
 Duchy ; — a state of things which actually did take place 
 at the close of the reign of Henry, the grandson of 
 Bolingbroke, when the House of Lancaster fell before 
 the better fortune of the House of York. The learned 
 commentator proceeds justly to remark, that these here- 
 ditary estates "thus descended to his son and grandson, 
 '« Henry V. and Henry VI. Henry VI. being attainted 
 «' in 1 Edward IV., this Duchy was declared in Parlia- 
 " ment to have become forfeited to the Crown : and at 
 ''the same time an act was made to incorporate the 
 '* Duchy of Lancaster, to continue the County Palatine 
 " (which might otherwise have determined by the attain- 
 
 * XVII. page 102. t XVI. page 99. X Bl. Com. i. 118. 
 
PREFACE. XI 
 
 " der), and to make the same parcel of the Duchy : and 
 "farther, to vest the whole in King Edward IV. and 
 "his heirs, Kings of England, for ever; but under a 
 *' separate guiding and governance from the other in- 
 " heritances of the Crown. And in 1 Henry VII. another 
 " act was made, to resume such part of the Duchy lands 
 " as had been dismembered from it in the reign of Ed- 
 " ward IV., and to vest the inheritance of the whole in 
 " the King and his heirs for ever, as amply and largely, 
 " and in like manner, form, and condition, separate from 
 " the Crown of England and possession of the same, as 
 "the three Henries and Edward IV., or any of them, 
 " had and held the same."* 
 
 * " Some have entertained an opinion (Plowd. 220, 1, 2 ; Lamb. 
 " Archeion, 233 ; 4. Inst. 206) that by this act the right of the Duchy 
 " vested only in the natural, and not in the political person of King Henry 
 " VII., as formerly in that of Henry IV. ; and was descendible to his 
 " natural heirs, independent of the succession to the Crown. And, if this 
 " notion were well founded, it might have become a very curious question 
 " at the time of the Revolution in 1688, in whom the right of the Duchy 
 " remained after King James's abdication, and previous to the attainder 
 " of the pretended Prince of Wales. But it is observable, that in the 
 " same act the Duchy of Cornwall is also vested in King Henry VII. 
 " and his heirs : which could never be intended in any event to be 
 " separated from the inheritance of the Crown. And indeed it seems to 
 " have been understood very early after the statute of Henry VII. that 
 " the Duchy of Lancaster was by no means thereby made a separate 
 " inheritance from the rest of the royal patrimony, since it descended 
 " with the Crown to . the half-blood in the instances of Queen Mary and 
 " Queen Elizabeth ; which it could not have done, as the estate of a 
 " mere Duke of Lancaster, in the common course of legal descent. The 
 " better opinion, therefore, seems to be that of those judges who held 
 " (Plowd. 221), that, notwithstanding the statute of Henry VII. (which 
 " was only an act of resumption), the Duchy still remained as established 
 " by the act of Edward IV., separate from the other possessions of the 
 " Crown in order and government, but united in point of inheritance." 
 The consideration of this question, however, is not material, as the union 
 of the Duchy and the Crown in the same person is now indisputably 
 established, having been recognised by numerous acts of the legislature 
 from the accession of Queen Anne to the present time. (1 Anne, c. 7 ; 
 48 Geo. III. c. 73 ; 10 Geo. IV. c. 50, s. 130 ; and many others.) 
 
Xll PREFACE. 
 
 The Duchy of Lancaster thus being brought into the 
 same person as the Crown, the Sovereigns of England, 
 from the accession of Henry of Bolingbroke to the present 
 day, have continued in the actual possession of this rega- 
 lity, but have always held it as an inheritance separate 
 from the Crown. 
 
 The statutes and other proceedings in Parliament re- 
 lating to the Duchy, which passed after the union until 
 the last great annexation of lands made to it with the 
 sanction of the Legislature, in the 4th and 5th of Philip 
 and Mary,* afford the best possible account of its state 
 and condition during that period. 
 
 It only remains to add, that the charters in this 
 volume have been carefully collated with the originals, 
 where -^the original charter is in existence, and in every 
 instance with the inrolment on the Chancery Rolls pre- 
 served in the Tower of London, and in the custody of the 
 Master of the Rolls, pursuant to the Statute 1 and 2 Vict, 
 c. 94. The translations are close and literal, and no pains 
 have been spared to render them as accurate as possible. 
 
 The skill and assiduity of the Printers (Messrs. 
 Bentley and Co.) in carrying this volume through the 
 press, requiring, as it has done, no ordinary degree of in- 
 telligence on their part, cannot be passed over without 
 commendation ; and it would be unjust to withhold the 
 acknowledgment, that to their attention, and to the 
 valuable assistance derived from their establishment in 
 the revision of these sheets, is to be attributed much 
 of the correctness of the work. 
 
 W. H. 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster Office, 
 lith February, 1845. 
 
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CONTENTS. 
 
 CHARTER I. 
 
 V 
 
 7th May, 16 Edw. 3. 1342. — Recital of liberties previously grant- 
 ed to Henry Earl of Lancaster, viz. Return of writs ; pleas of 
 withernam; fines and amercements. Consideration for a 
 more extended grant — the merits of Henry Earl of Derby, 
 son of the said Earl. Grant to the said Earl of Lancaster 
 and the heirs of his body of further liberties, viz. — Acquit- 
 tance of paviage and other tolls ; Return of writs and sum- 
 mons of the Exchequer ; Attachment of pleas of the Crown ; 
 Chattels of felons and fugitives ; Fines and amercements, for- 
 feited issues, forfeitures, &c. Memorandum of cancellation of 
 this grant in the margin of the Charter Roll, 16 Ed. 3. 
 
 II. 
 
 25th Sept., 23 Edw. 3. 1349.— Recital of Charter of 7th May, 
 16 Edw. 3, and of surrender thereof by Henry Earl of Lan- 
 caster, son and heir of the former grantee. Grant to him for 
 life of the same liberties, viz. — Acquittance of tolls, &c. ; Re- 
 turn of writs and summons of the Exchequer ; Attachment of 
 pleas of the Crown ; Chattels of felons and fugitives ; Fines 
 and amercements, forfeited issues, forfeitures, &c. 
 
 in. 
 
 6th March, 25 Edw. 3. 1351.— Henry Earl of Lancaster created 
 Duke of Lancaster. Grant to him for his life of a Court of 
 Chancery, Chancellor, justices, cognizance of pleas, and other 
 jura regalia in the county of Lancaster which pertain to a 
 Count Palatine, as freely as the Earl of Chester enjoyed the 
 same in the county of Chester. Reservation to the Crown of 
 all tenths, fifteenths, and other subsidies and taxes granted by 
 Parliament, and of the power of pardoning life, with supe- 
 riority and correction of errors or defect of justice in the 
 courts of the Duke of Lancaster. The said Duke to send 
 knights of the shire and burgesses to serve in Parliament, and 
 to appoint collectors of parliamentary taxes and subsidies 
 
 b 
 
VI CONTENTS. 
 
 IV. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 13th Nov., 35 Edw. 3. 1361.— Grant to John Earl of Lancaster 
 and Richmond, and Blanche his wife, and the heirs of their two 
 bodies, of certain liberties in the lands and fees of the said 
 Blanche, one of the coheirs of Henry late Duke of Lancaster, 
 after the partition made between her and her sister Matilda, 
 viz. — Return of writs ; Pleas of withernam ; Fines and amerce- 
 ments ; Chattels of felons and fugitives . . .12 
 
 12th May, 36 Edw. 3. 1362.— Recital of Charter dated 13th Nov. 
 35 Edw. 3, and of descent of Matilda's portion on Blanche, 
 the surviving coheir. Grant to John Earl of Lancaster and 
 Richmond, and the heirs of his body and of the body of the 
 said Blanche his wife, of certain liberties in all their lands and 
 fees of the heritage of Henry late Duke of Lancaster, viz. — 
 Return of writs; Pleas of withernam ; Fines and amercements ; 
 Chattels of felons and fugitives . . . .14 
 
 VI. 
 
 13th Nov., 36 Edw. 3. 1362. — John Earl of Lancaster created 
 Duke of Lancaster in full Parliament : to hold the said name 
 and honor of Duke of Lancaster to him and the heirs male of 
 his body for ever . . • . . .17 
 
 VIL 
 
 14th July, 38 Edw. 3. 1364.— Recital of Charter of 7th May, 
 16 Edw. 3, to Henry Earl of Lancaster, and of surrender 
 thereof by the son and heir of the grantee ; and further recital 
 that the grant so made in fee-tail could not legally be an- 
 nulled. The said charter of liberties renewed in favor of John 
 Duke of Lancaster, and Blanche his wife, daughter and heir 
 of Henry the late Duke, viz. — Acquittance of tolls, &c. ; 
 Return of writs and summons of the Exchequer ; Attachment 
 of pleas of the Crown ; Chattels of felons and fugitives ; Fines 
 and amercements, forfeited issues, forfeitures, &c. Memo- 
 randum on the Charter Roll, 38 Edw. 3, shewing the limita- 
 tion of the above grant to the lands which were of the Earl 
 of Lancaster on the 7th May, 16 Edw. 3. . . .19 
 
CONTENTS. VII 
 
 VIII. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 25th June, 46 Edw. 3. 1372.— Grant of certain estates to John 
 King of Castille and Leon, Duke of Lancaster, in exchange for 
 the earldom of Richmond .... 26 
 
 IX. 
 
 28th Feb., 51 Edw. 3. 1377.— Grant to John King of Castille and 
 Leon_, Duke of Lancaster, for life, of a Court of Chancery, 
 Chancellor, justices, cognizance of pleas, and other jura regalia 
 in the county of Lancaster which pertain to a Count Palatine, 
 as freely as the Earl of Chester enjoyed the same in the 
 county of Chester. Reservation to the Crown of all tenths, 
 fifteenths, and other subsidies and taxes granted by Parlia- 
 ment, and of the power of pardoning life, with superiority and 
 correction of errors or defect of justice in the courts of the 
 Duke of Lancaster. The said Duke to send knights of the 
 shire and burgesses to serve in Parliament, and to appoint 
 collectors of parliamentary taxes and subsidies 
 
 X. 
 
 4th June, 51 Edw. 3. 1377. — Recital that certain estates had 
 been given to John Duke of Lancaster in exchange for the 
 earldom of Richmond, and that the Duke had afterwards pe- 
 tioned the King that certain towns, which, though not specially 
 mentioned in the charter, had been included in the valua- 
 tion, might by name be granted to him, together with the 
 liberties, &c. enjoyed by Queen Philippa, the former tenant 
 for life of the said estates. Considerations of present grant, 
 viz. — To quiet possession, compensate for liberties enjoyed by 
 the Duke in the earldom of Richmond, and further the great 
 merits of the grantee. Grant that the said Duke may retain 
 the towns of Grinstead (parcel of the manor of Marsfield), 
 Seaford (parcel of the castle and leucata of Pevensey), and 
 Laughton-in-le-Morthen (parcel of the honor of Tickhill), with 
 the other estates given to him in exchange for the said earl- 
 dom of Richmond; and enjoy therein certain liberties. Sec, 
 viz. — Knights' fees, advowsons, wardships, marriages, escheats, 
 chases, parks, warrens, wreck, waif and stray; Fines and 
 amercements ; Forfeited issues and forfeitures, &c. in any 
 of the King's courts ; and the Duke may levy the same by his 
 
 62 
 
viil CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 own officers, by estreats to be delivered to tbem ; Chattels of 
 felons and fugitives ; Return and execution of writs and sum- 
 mons of the Exchequer ; and fines and amercements of sheriffs 
 and bailiffs of liberties for negligence . . . .35 
 
 XL 
 
 15th Sept., 1 Ric. 2. 1377. — Confirmation by Inspeximus of the 
 Charter dated 14th July, 38 Edw. 3. 1364 . , .42 
 
 XII. 
 
 15th Sept., 1 Ric. 2. 1377. — Confirmation by Inspeximus of the 
 two Charters, dated severally 25th June, 46 Edw. 3. 1372, and 
 4th June, 51 Edw. 3. 1377 . . . . .49 
 
 XIII. 
 10th Nov., 2 Ric. 2. 1378.— Recital of grant of County Palatine 
 to John King of Castillo and Leon, Duke of Lancaster, and 
 that the grantee had subsequently petitioned the King to have 
 the general words specially expressed on certain points ; the 
 said general words are therefore declared to embrace the 
 powers exercised by the Duke in virtue thereof, viz. — To 
 have his Exchequer and barons thereof in the County Palatine, 
 and the appointment of justices of the forest, except in pleas 
 arising where the Crown is a party . . . .62 
 
 XIV. 
 
 16th Feb., 13 Ric. 2. 1390.— Recital of the Charter of King 
 Edw. 3, creating his son John Duke of Lancaster, and of 
 his grant to him for life of a Chancery and jura regalia as 
 a Count Palatine in the county of Lancaster ; and further 
 recital of the letters patent subsequently granted by King 
 Richard the Second, on the Duke's petition in Parliament, 
 declaring that, by virtue of the general words in the grant of 
 the Palatinate, the Duke should have his Exchequer, and ap- 
 pointment of justices of the forest, during the Duke's life ; and 
 a further recital that the Duke had netitioned for a grant of 
 these rights in tail-male. The King, in consideration of the 
 high merits of the Duke, grants that he and the heirs male 
 of his body shall have in the county of Lancaster their Chan- 
 cery, justices to hold pleas, and jura regalia^ as freely as the 
 Earl of Chester ; their Exchequer and barons thereof, and the 
 appointment of justices of the forest; except in pleas arising 
 where the Crown is party. Reservation to the Crown of par- 
 
CONTENTS. IX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 liamentary aids and taxes, pardon of life, and correction of 
 erroneous judgments, or in failure of justice. The said Duke 
 and his heirs to send members to Parliament for the shire 
 and boroughs, and to assign collectors of subsidies and taxes 
 granted by Parliament. Title of Duke of Lancaster to be 
 retained . . . . . • .65 
 
 XV. 
 29th June, 20 Ric. 2. 1396.— Confirmation by Inspeximus of the 
 two Charters dated severally 12th May, 36 Edw. 3. 1362, and 
 15th Sept.^ 1 Ric. 2. 1377, and of a third Charter, also dated 
 15th Sept., iRic. 2. 1377, — notwithstanding non-user, and with- 
 out let from any the King's bailiffs or ministers. The merits of 
 the grantee, John Duke of Lancaster, the King's uncle, being 
 a consideration for more ample grace, the King grants to him 
 for term of his life certain additional liberties, viz. — All fines 
 for trespass, prae-fines and post-fines_, ransoms, amercements, 
 forfeited issues : Forfeitures, year, day, and waste, imposed 
 or adjudged in any court, as fully as the King would have 
 them if not granted to the said Duke"; and the Duke may 
 levy the same by his own officers, by estreats to be delivered 
 to them, without let from the King's officers: Assay and 
 assize of bread, and other matters belonging to the office of 
 clerk of the market : Chattels of felons and fugitives, and 
 may seize the same without let from the King's bailiffs or 
 ministers : Return and execution of writs, summons, estreats, 
 and precepts : Attachment of pleas of the Crown ; No sheriff, 
 or other bailiff of the King, may intromit, unless in default : 
 Fines and amercements of sheriffs and bailiffs of liberties for 
 negligence; Wayfs and strays; Deodands; Treasure trove ; 
 Mainour ; — Saving of liberties before granted in fee-tail . 71 
 
 XVI. 
 14th Oct., 1 Hen. 4. 1399.— Recital that the King held certain 
 estates for life of the heritage of his deceased wife Mary de 
 Bohun. Declaration that the said estates shall continue to 
 be managed as though the King had not obtained the crown. 
 The tenants may enter and hold after their ancestors' death, 
 as they had been accustomed. Saving the royal prerogative 
 as to marriages. The Chancellor of England shall not present 
 to church benefices belonging to the said heritage. All re- 
 ceivers and others to account before special auditors, and not 
 at the royal Exchequer . . . . . .91 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 UthOct., 1 Hen. 4. 1399.— Recitalthat the King held the Duchy 
 of Lancaster and other estates in various counties by inherit- 
 ance^ and that divers liberties and jura regalia had been granted 
 therein by the several Charters after in this grant recited ; viz. 
 that of 28th Feb., 51 Edw.3. 1377— 16th Feb., 13 Ric. 2. 1390— 
 and 29th June, 20 Ric. 2. 1396. Declaration of the royal in- 
 tention that the Duchy of Lancaster, and other estates of the 
 heritage of Lancaster, shall not be changed by the King's 
 assumption of the regal dignity; and the franchises with 
 which John late Duke of Lancaster held the same shall be 
 continued. Settled upon King Henry the Fourth and his 
 heirs specified in the preceding charters, — to remain as before 
 his accession to the crown. The same liberties and Jura 
 regalia to be exercised as well in the said Duchy as other 
 the said estates, throughout, and to be governed by the like 
 officers as before. The tenants may enter and hold after 
 their ancestors' death, as they had been accustomed. Proviso 
 for the tenants of the County Palatine of Lancaster. Saving 
 the prerogative as to marriages out of the County Palatine. 
 The Chancellor or Treasurer of England not to intermeddle 
 in presenting to church benefices. All receivers and others 
 to account before special auditors^, and not at the royal Ex- 
 chequer . . . . . . . 102 
 
 XVIII. 
 10th Nov., 1 Hen. 4. 1399.— Statute declaring that Henry, the 
 King's eldest son, shall bear the title of Prince of Wales, 
 Duke of Aquitaine, of Lancaster, and of Cornwall_, and Earl 
 of Chester. The franchises to remain with the Prince and his 
 heirs, Dukes of Lancaster, dissevered from the crown . 141 
 
 XIX. 
 7th June, 7 Hen. 4. 1406. — Proviso as to the Duchy of Lan- 
 caster in the settlement of the crown. [Void, because it 
 occurs otherwise and in other form in the eighth year,] 22d 
 Dec, 8 Hen. 4. 1406. Proviso as to the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 The act of limitation of the crown to the heirs male of the 
 bodies of the King's four sons repealed. Settlement of the 
 crown after the King's demise on his four sons, and the heirs 
 of their respective bodies, successively. Proviso as to the 
 Duchy of Lancaster . . . . . .143 
 
CONTENTS. XI 
 
 XX. 
 
 19th Nov., 2 Hen. 5. UU. — For annexing the possessions of 
 the earldom of Hereford to the Duchy of Lancaster, viz. — The 
 heritage of the earldom of Hereford shall be severed from the 
 crown, and be annexed to the Duchy of Lancaster. The 
 lands, and men and tenants thereof, shall be under rule 
 and management of Duchy officers. Recital that the late 
 King Henry the Fourth held the Duchy of Lancaster and 
 other estates in various counties by inheritance, before his 
 accession to the crown ; and that divers liberties and jura 
 regalia had been granted therein by several charters. That 
 the said King, being unwilling that his Duchy and other 
 estates should be changed by his assumption of the regal 
 dignity, had settled the same upon himself and his heirs 
 specified in the charters, — to remain as before his accession 
 to the crown ; with the same liberties and jura regalia to 
 be exercised as well in the said Duchy as other the said 
 estates, throughout, and to be governed by the like officers 
 as before ; that the tenants might enter and hold after their 
 ancestors' death, as they had been accustomed. Proviso for 
 the^ tenants of the County Palatine of Lancaster, saving the 
 prerogative as to marriages out of the County Palatine. And 
 that the Chancellor or Treasurer of England should not 
 intermeddle in presenting to church benefices. All receivers 
 and others should account before special auditors, and not at 
 the royal Exchequer. Recital of grant from King Edward the 
 Third of acquittance of tolls, &c., and of King Richard's grant, 
 for term of life of the Duke of Lancaster, of fines for trespass, 
 prae-fines and post-fines, ransoms, amercements, forfeited 
 issues; Forfeitures, year, day, and waste, — imposed or ad- 
 judged in any court, and as fully as the King, — that the 
 same might be levied by the Duke of Lancaster's own officers, 
 by estreats to be delivered to them, without let from the 
 King's officers ; — assay and assize of bread, and other matters 
 belonging to the office of clerk of the market; chattels of 
 felons and fugitives, — without let from the King's bailiifs 
 or ministers ; — Return and execution of writs, summons, es- 
 treats, and precepts; Attachment of pleas of the Crown, — and 
 that no sheriff or other bailiff of the King should intromit 
 unless in default; — Fines and amercements of sheriffs and 
 bailiffs of liberties for negligence ; Wayfs and strays, deo- 
 
XII CONTENTS. 
 
 PAOE 
 
 dands, treasure trovCj mainour. And further recital that 
 King Henry the Fourth with the assent of Parliament had 
 declared that the same liberties and jura regalia should be 
 exercised as well in the said Duchy as other the said estates, 
 throughout, and should be governed by the like officers as 
 before. Confirmation of the charters above recited. Decla- 
 ration that the liberties, customs, and franchises shall be 
 exercised, throughout, without let from the King's officers. 
 All matters heretofore passed under the Duchy seal declared 
 to be valid. The same seal to be used in future for the affairs 
 of the Duchy. Further recital that divers other estates had 
 descended to King Henry the Fifth by inheritance in right 
 of his mother, daughter and co-heir of Humphrey de Bohun, 
 Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton. The said he- 
 ritage severed from the crown and annexed to the Duchy of 
 Lancaster. The liberties and jura regalia shall be exercised 
 throughout the estates of the earldoms of Hereford, Essex, 
 and Northampton ; and by the officers and ministers of the 
 Duchy ; and the said estates shall be subject to the same rule, 
 management, and seal, and the same liberties and jura regalia 
 be exercised therein, as were used in the Duchy of Lancas- 
 ter, out of the County Palatine. All matters relating to said 
 estates heretofore passed under the Duchy seal declared valid. 
 The tenants and resiants shall enjoy the liberties and customs 
 without let from the King's officers. Presentations to eccle- 
 siastical benefices shall pass under the Duchy seal. Chan- 
 cellor or Treasurer of England not to intermeddle by reason 
 of the King's title, or of their offices. All lands which since 
 the ordinance of King Henry the Fourth have come into the 
 King's hands by escheat, forfeiture, or otherwise, in right of 
 the Duchy, shall be annexed thereto, and aU lands so coming 
 into the King's hands in future shall be forthwith annexed to 
 the heritage to which they are known to belong ; all estates so 
 annexed shall be subject to the like rule, management, and 
 seal, and the said liberties and^wra regalia be exercised there 151 
 
 XXI. 
 19th Nov., 2 Hen. 5. 1414. — Statute enacting that justices of 
 peace shall be appointed from persons resident in the respec- 
 tive counties, except justices of assize. The chief stewards of 
 the Duchy of Lancaster for north and south parts shall be 
 justices of peace . . . . . .168 
 
CONTENTS. Xiu 
 
 XXII. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 11th May, 4 Hen. 5. 1416. — Statute relative to the Duchy of 
 Lancaster and its stewards, and as to the Duchy seal, on 
 petition of the Commons for confirmation of the letters patent 
 granted in the Parliament holden 2 Hen. 5, and for cer- 
 tain clauses to be added thereto, viz. — That the chief stewards 
 of the Duchy shall be named in all commissions of the peace. 
 No grants, &e. concerning the Duchy, passed under any other 
 seal than the Duchy seal, shall be valid, but the same shall be 
 null and void for ever . . . . .169 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 6th May, 9 Hen. 5. 1421. — Proceeding in Parliament relative to 
 the partition of the inheritance of Humphrey de Bohun late 
 Earl of Hereford and Essex. For Lady Anne Countess of 
 Stafford. Her petition to the King. Prayer — that in pur- 
 suance of the partition newly made of the heritage of the 
 earldom of Hereford between the King and the Countess of 
 Stafford, all that estate may again be of like nature at 
 common law as when the Earl died, notwithstanding the 
 annexation of the King's inheritance to the Duchy of Lan- 
 caster by statute 2 Hen. 5, The King's answer — that the 
 said Act be repealed, so far as regards the annexation to the 
 Duchy of Lancaster of the King's heritage of the Bohun 
 estates, and that the purparty so newly assigned to the King 
 be severed from the crown, and annexed to the Duchy in 
 such manner as the former annexation had been made by 
 the Act of 2 Hen. 5 ; and so with regard to the fees and 
 advowsons in gross not yet divided. Saving the rights of 
 claimants under any entails in the event of extinction of the 
 heirs of the body of Mary de Bohun. The partition now 
 made between the King and the Countess, and such as may 
 hereafter be made, shall stand in force. The purparty as- 
 signed to the Countess shall be as free and discharged as at 
 the death of Humphrey de Bohun, The Chancellor and 
 Lords of the Council may reform the partition within two 
 years. The Countess to have the choice of pardon for en- 
 tering upon her purparty without suing livery, or the King's 
 licence to enter . . . . • . . 1 72 
 
XIV CONTENTS. 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 9th Nov.j 1 Hen. 6. 1422. — Proceeding in Parliament relative to 
 the partition to be made between the King and Lady Anne 
 Countess of Stafford, of the fees and advowsons in gross of the 
 heritage of the earldom of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton. 
 Petition of Anne Countess of Stafford that such partition be 
 made, and that it may be determined whether Penkelly, 
 Broyn-llys, Llangoit, and Cantreffcelly, be lordships in gross, 
 or members of Brecon Castle . . * . . 192 
 
 XXV. 
 
 26th June, 10 Hen. 6. 1432. — Proceeding in Parliament on the 
 petition of Anne Countess of Stafford, that a partition be made 
 of the fees and advowsons in gross of the heritage of the earl- 
 dom of Hereford . . . . . .19 7 
 
 XXVI. 
 
 14th Jan., 18 Hen. 6. 1440. — Enactment that the revenues of 
 the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall shall be applied to the 
 expenses of the King's household for five years . . 200 
 
 XXVII. 
 
 14th Jan., 18 Hen. 6. 1440. — Enactment that the surplus re- 
 venues of the lands, parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster, held 
 by Feoffees to the use of King Henry the Fifth's will, beyond 
 £2,000 per annum, be applied to the expenses of the King's 
 household ....... 202 
 
 XXVIII. 
 
 14th Jan., 18 Hen. 6. 1440. — Enactment that one-fourth of the 
 tenth and fifteenth granted for the defence of the realm be 
 applied to the expenses of the King's household . . 207 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 25th Jan., 20 Hen. 6. 1442. — Enactment that certain persons may 
 be assigned to receive the declaration of the Feoffees of lands, 
 parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster, to the use of King Henry 
 the Fifth's will, touching the execution of the same . 209 
 
CONTENTS. XV 
 
 XXX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 6th April, 24 Hen. 6. 1446.— Enactment that the King's letters 
 patent be made out, confirming the several letters patent, 
 passed under the Duchy seal, for conveying certain lands to 
 Feoffees to perform the will of King Henry the Sixth . 220 
 
 XXXI. 
 
 16th July, 27 Hen. 6. 1449. — Enactment that certain lands, 
 parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster, be granted by letters patent 
 to Feoffees to perform the will of King Henry the Sixth. 
 The Feoffees of the lands so granted, and likewise of those 
 granted in the Parliament begun at Westminster in the 23rd 
 of Henry the Sixth, shall enjoy the same liberties, privileges, 
 and jura regalia, &c. therein, as fully as when the said lands 
 were in the King's hands. The lands shall be under the same 
 rule as theretofore, and the tenants enjoy their liberties as 
 before ; provided the lands be in the hands of the Feoffees, 
 or in the King's hands by their assignment ; without let from 
 the King's sheriffs, coroners, or other bailiffs. All matters 
 connected with the said lands or the officers thereof to pass 
 under the seal ordained for the same .... 232 
 
 XXXII. 
 
 20th Nov., 38 Hen. 6. 1459. — Appointment by letters patent 
 read in Parliament of new Feoffees to perform the will of 
 King Henry the Sixth, in room of certain of the Feoffees 
 appointed under the Acts of 23 Hen. 6 and 27 Hen. 6, since 
 deceased. The estate of surviving Feoffees shall cease, and 
 the new Feoffees hold as fully as the late. The King's term 
 and estate saved in the premises demised by the Feoffees. 
 The issues and profits of the premises to be applied only in 
 fulfilment of the King's will, though demised to the King by 
 the Feoffees for a farther term. The Feoffees shall enjoy the 
 liberties and jura regalia, &c, in the premises, or the King 
 holding by demise from the Feoffees, and likewise the tenants 
 and resiants, as before. The premises shall be managed under 
 same rule as before ...... 241 
 
XVI CONTENTS. 
 
 XXXIII. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 7th Oct.j 39 Hen. 6. 1460. — Enactment that the lands, parcel 
 of the Duchy of Lancaster, put in feoifment for performance 
 of the will of King Henry the Sixth, shall not henceforth 
 be governed by a distinct seal and officers, but shall be 
 managed by the officers and seal of the Duchy, as they 
 were in ancient times before the making of such feoffment . 258 
 
 XXXIV. 
 
 7th Oct., 39 Hen. 6. 1460. — The Commons pray that the re- 
 venues of the Duchy of Lancaster be paid over by the Re- 
 ceiver-General to the Treasurer of England, to be employed 
 for the present necessity of the realm. Saving all fees payable 
 to the officers of the Duchy. Saving for Richard Earl of 
 Warwick. Answer— Not to extend to lands in feoffment. 
 The Receiver-General to account before auditors of Duchy, 
 and not in the Exchequer ..... 261 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 7th Oct., 39 Hen. 6. 1460. — Enactment that new Feoffees, to 
 perform the will of King Henry the Sixth, be appointed in 
 room of certain of the Feoffees appointed under the Acts of 
 23 Hen. 6, and 27 Hen. 6, since deceased. The estate of sur- 
 viving Feoffees shall cease, and the new Feoffees hold as fully 
 as the late. The King's term and estate saved in the premises 
 demised by the Feoffees. The issues and profits of the pre- 
 mises to be applied only in fulfilment of the King's will, though 
 demised to the King by the Feoffees for a farther term. The 
 tenants and resiants shall enjoy the same liberties, &c., and 
 the premises be managed by the officers of the Duchy of Lan- 
 caster, and under the Duchy seal .... 264 
 
 XXX VI. 
 
 4th Nov., 1 Edw. 4, 1461. — Enactment that Henry, late called 
 King Henry the Sixth, be attainted of high treason, and shall 
 forfeit all his possessions of the Duchy of Lancaster to the 
 Crown; — the said possessions from 4th March (a. d. 1461) 
 shall be incorporated, and called '* The Duchy of Lancaster f 
 
CONTENTS. XVil 
 
 PAGE 
 
 the King to hold the same to him and his heirs Kings of Eng- 
 land. The county of Lancaster, a County Palatine — parcel 
 of the Duchy — shall have a Seal, Chancellor^ &c., another seal 
 called the Seal of the Duchy of Lancaster, and a Chancellor, 
 &c. The officers of the Duchy, and the tenants, shall enjoy 
 all liberties, &c., as in the time of King Henry the Fifth . 279 
 
 XXXVII. 
 
 14th Nov., 1 Edw. 4. 1461. — Confirmation by Inspeximus of the 
 Parliamentary Charter, dated 14th Oct., 1 Hen. 4. 1399. Re- 
 cital of Act declaring the forfeiture by Henry the Sixth of his 
 possessions of the Duchy of Lancaster to the Crown; — the 
 said possessions from 4th March (a.d. 1461) shall be incorpo- 
 rated, and called " The Duchy of Lancaster ;" the King to 
 hold the same to him and his heirs Kings of England. The 
 county of Lancaster, a County Palatine — parcel of the Duchy 
 — shall have a Seal, Chancellor, &c., another seal called the 
 Seal of the Duchy of Lancaster, and a Chancellor, &c. The 
 officers of the Duchy, and the tenants, shall enjoy all liberties, 
 ike, as in the time of King Henry the Fifth . . . 285 
 
 XXXVIII. 
 
 23rd Feb., 14 Edw. 4. 1475.— Enactment that certain lands, 
 parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster, be put in feofi^ment for 
 performance of the will of King Edward the Fourth ; his 
 intention being to cross the sea in person for recovery of the 
 realm of France. The will performed, or in case the King 
 shall declare no will concerning the premises, the Feoffees to 
 be seized thereof to the use of the King and his heirs ; the 
 same to continue in their hands as parcel of the Duchy, with 
 all liberties, &c., and under rule of the Duchy officers. All 
 leases, grants of offices, &c. during the King's life to pass 
 in the King's own name, by warrant and under the Duchy 
 seal. Feoffees to hold the premises to said intent, notwith- 
 standing any lease, &c. All officers at time of the King's 
 death to continue, and all leases, grants, &c., thenceforth 
 to be made in name of Feoffees by warrant, and under the 
 Duchy seal ; same to be as good in law as though made 
 under seals of Feoffees. Saving to the Queen. General 
 saving. Proviso in case of death of Feoffees . . . 326 
 
XViu CONTENTS. 
 
 XXXIX. 
 
 PAGE 
 
 1st March, 14 Edw. 4. 1475. — Enactment that the ordinance 
 made 6th Oct. a.d. 1473, for payment of the King's debts 
 (assigned by Patent Bill or Tally on the possessions of the 
 Duchy of Lancaster, &c.), upon proof of good ground to be 
 given to the Barons of the Exchequer before the Quinzaine 
 of Easter, a. D. 1475, shall continue in force until 26th May, 
 A. D. 1475 . . . . , . .332 
 
 XL. 
 
 20th Jan., 22 Edw. 4. 1483. — Enactment that the King, in right 
 of his Duchy of Lancaster, shall not be deprived of ward- 
 ship and marriage, and reliefs, by reason of feoffments in 
 trust, &c. This Act not to be prejudicial to the performance 
 of any wills of lands. Saving to the King a reasonable portion 
 of such lands for the finding of the heir during nonage, and 
 the wardship of the residue of the lands after performance of 
 the will. Saving of the King's prerogative for ward of the 
 body. Writs shall be granted out of Chancery against embez- 
 zlers of the King's ward in right of the Duchy in like manner 
 as in right of the Crown. The Judges in any of the King's 
 courts shall have power to award process by capias, on in- 
 formation of the Attorney-General of the Duchy. The King, 
 in all actions and suits in right of the Duchy, shall recover 
 damages as a subject. This Act to take effect from Easter, 
 A. D. 1483. Not to prejudice the Bishop of Norwich and 
 others . . . . . . . .337 
 
 XLL 
 
 7th Nov., 1 Hen. 7. 1485.— Recital of Act of Feoffment of 23rd 
 Feb. 14 Edw. 4. Repeal thereof from 21st August, a. d. 
 1 485. The lands late in hands of the Feoffees under said Act, 
 the County Palatine of Lancaster, and all estates parcel of the 
 Duchy (held by Kings Edward the Fourth and Richard the 
 Third), vested in King Henry the Seventh and his heirs for 
 ever; with all liberties; to be governed by like officers and 
 seals, in as ample manner, separate from the crown, as in the 
 times of King Henry the Fourth, or any subsequent King. 
 Receivers and others shall be chargeable to the King for all 
 monies due to the late Kings Edward or Richard. The King 
 
CONTENTS. XIX 
 
 PAGE 
 
 to have like remedy for recovery thereof, and the defendants 
 like answers for their discharge. All grants of offices re- 
 quiring actual exercise, made by the King before this Act, 
 shall be as valid as if made since; all other grants to officers 
 acting by deputy shall be void. Saving of rights. Proviso 
 for Cecily Duchess of York. Assent .... 341 
 
 XLII. 
 
 17th Oct., 7 Hen. 7. 1491. — An Act for putting lands, parcel of 
 the Duchy of Lancaster, into the hands of Feoffees. Preamble 
 stating the King's intended departure into France, to war; the 
 honors of Lancaster and Clithero, and divers other lordships, 
 &c., parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster, limited to Feoffees to 
 the use of the King's will. After performance of the said will, 
 or if no will, the Feoffees shall be seized to the use of the King 
 and his heirs. The same premises shall continue to be parcel 
 of the Duchy of Lancaster. All officers and governors of the 
 Duchy shall remain, with their fees, &c. Feoffments, leases, 
 &c., to be made during the King's life shall be good. Assur- 
 ance to the Feoffees, notwithstanding leases and grants. At 
 the time of the King's death officers shall remain ; and feoff- 
 ments, leases, &c., afterwards shall be made in the name of 
 the Feoffees. Rents and services shall be payable to the King 
 during his life, with wards, marriages, and reliefs ; and after 
 his death to the Feoffees. The King may levy arrears. All 
 actions shall be in his name. {Not reprinted.) . . 349 
 
 XLIIL 
 
 25th Jan., 19 Hen. 7. 1504. — An Act for the appointment of 
 new Feoffees in the room of others deceased. Recital of Stat. 
 7 Hen. 7, c. 12, § 1, 2, for limiting estates to Feoffees, to the 
 use of the King's will ; decease of several of the said Feoffees ; 
 new Feoffees appointed ; such Feoffees shall be seized, jointly 
 
 ' with the survivors of the former Feoffees, to the uses of the 
 recited Act. Succeeding Archbishops, &c. shall become 
 Feoffees in the stead of their predecessors. {Not reprinted.) , 350 
 
 XLIV. 
 
 16th Jan., 33 Hen. 8, 1542. — An Act concerning the order of 
 Wards and Liveries. {Not reprinted.) . . .351 
 
XX CONTENTS. 
 
 XLV. 
 
 23rd Nov., 37 Hen. 8. 1545. — An Act for annexing lands to the 
 Duchy of Lancaster. {Not reprinted.) . . . 354 
 
 XLVI. 
 
 4th Nov., 1 Edw. 6. 1547. — An Act whereby certain chantries, 
 colleges, free chapels, and the possessions of the same, be given 
 to the King's Majesty. {Not reprinted.) . . . 356 
 
 XLVII. 
 
 21st Oct., 2 and 3 Phil. a»d Mary, 1555.— An Act for the enlarg- 
 ing of the Duchy of Lancaster. Preamble shewing the decay of 
 the revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster ; all lands of the 
 Duchy alienated at any time since 28th Jan., I Edw. 6, 
 and since then re-vested in him or Queen Mary, shall be 
 re-united and annexed to the Duchy, as in their ancient 
 estate ; and shall pass under the seal of the Duchy, Sec. 
 Other lands may be annexed to the said Duchy by the 
 Crown; and shall then be under survey of the Duchy court, 
 &c. in like manner as other lands of the Duchy. General 
 saving of titles of strangers. Ancient Crown lands, &c. shall 
 not be annexed under this Act. Rents shall be paid in the 
 Duchy court at Westminster ; leases shall be sealed with the 
 Duchy seal. {Not reprinted.) . . . . .361 
 
 XLVIIL 
 
 15th April, 4 and 5 Phil, and Mary, 1558.— Letters Patent 
 under the Great Seal of England, whereby certain manors, 
 &c., in the counties of Hertford, Essex, Bucks, Suffolk, 
 Sussex, Cambridge, and York, are annexed to the Duchy of 
 Lancaster by the authority of the Act of 2nd and 3rd of Phil, 
 and Mary ....... 362 
 
ci^^3^ce<a^ 
 
 GRANTED BY 
 
 THE CROWN 
 
 C|)e Buc!)^ oi itaitcaster. 
 

 I. 
 
 Rot. Cart. 
 16 Edw. 3. 
 n.ll. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 Pro Henrico Comite Lancastri^. 
 
 DWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae 
 et Dominus Hibernise archiepiscopis episcopis ab- 
 batibus prioribus comitibus baronibus justitiariis 
 vicecomitibus praepositis ministris et omnibus bal- 
 livis et fidelibus suis salutem. Sciatis quod cum nuper de 
 gratia nostra speciali et ob affectionem sinceram quam ad 
 personam consanguinei et fidelis nostri, Henrici Comitis 
 Lancastrise, gerebamus et habuimus, necnon in recompensa- 
 tionem dampnorum et sumptuum quae idem Comes pluries 
 et multipliciter sustinuit pro conservatione honoris nostri, 
 et jurium coronae nostrae, ac negotiis regni nostri feliciter 
 dirigendis, per cartam nostram concesserimus, pro nobis et 
 haeredibus nostris, eidem Comiti quod ipse et haeredes sui 
 de cor pore suo legitime procreati imperpetuum habeant re- 
 torna omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, 
 et omnia placita de vetito namio in terris et feodis suis ; et 
 etiam quod habeant omnes fines et amerciamenta omnium 
 hominum et tenentium suorum, felonum et fugitivorum, 
 et dampnatorum, prout in eadem carta nostra plenius 
 continetur : Nos attendentes laudabilem gestum ipsius Co- 
 mitis erga nos et nostros, necnon ob sinceram dilectionem 
 quam ad personam dilecti consanguinei et fidelis nostri 
 Henrici Comitis Derbiae, filii praedicti Comitis, tam propter 
 excellentiam meritorum quam locum magnum quem nobis 
 et toti regno nostro, non absque laboribus gravibus et 
 expensis onerosis, tenuit et tenet in praesenti, gerimus et 
 habemus ; Volentes praemissorum con side rati one proefato 
 Comiti Lancastriae ampliorem gratiam facere in hac parte, 
 
For Henry Earl of Lancaster.* 
 
 DWARD, by the grace of God, King of England l'^^^\ 
 and France, and Lord of Ireland, to his arch- *'' ^^*^- 
 bishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, 
 justices, sheriffs, reeves, ministers, and all his 
 bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. Know ye, that RecUaiofu 
 
 berties pre- 
 
 whereas lately of our especial grace, and by reason of the viousiy 
 sincere affection which we had and bore to the person 
 of our trusty cousin Henry Earl of Lancaster, and also 
 in recompence for the costs and losses which the same 
 Earl had many times and in manifold ways sustained 
 for the conservation of our honor and the rights of our 
 crown, and in successfully directing the affairs of our 
 realm, we did grant by our charter, for us and our heirs, 
 to the same Earl, that he and the heirs of his body law- 
 fully beffotten, for ever, should have the return of all writs Return of 
 
 •' ° ^ ^ writs, pleas 
 
 of US and our heirs, and all pleas of withernam in their of wither- 
 
 ' i nam, nnes, 
 
 lands and fees ; and also that they should have all fines, ^"entJ!'"'''^" 
 and amercements of all their men and tenants, being felons 
 and fugitives and persons condemned, as in the same our 
 charter more fully is contained : We, being mindful of the ^^j^J^j^J^*- 
 praiseworthy bearing of the same Earl towards us and ours, ^''g^^n't!^"''" 
 and also by reason of the sincere love which we have and 
 bear to the person of our beloved and trusty cousin Henry 
 Earl of Derby, son of the aforesaid Earl, as well because 
 
 * This Charter, surrendered by Henry Earl of Lancaster, son and heir 
 of the grantee, was cancelled in 23 Edw. 3, as appears by the memo- 
 randum in the margin of the Charter Roll opposite to the cancelled 
 Charter. 
 
 B 2 
 
2 
 
 de gratia nostra special! concessimus, et hac carta nostra 
 confirmavimus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, praefato 
 Comiti Lancastrise, quod ipse et hseredes sui, de corpore 
 suo procreati, et omnes homines sui imperpetuum sint 
 quieti de pavagio, passagio, paagio, lastagio, stallagio, 
 tallagio, cariagio, pesagio, piccagio, et terragio per totum 
 regnum et potestatem nostram ; et etiam quod idem Comes 
 et hseredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant retorna 
 omnium brevium nostrorum et hseredum nostrorum, ac 
 summonitionum de scaccario nostro et haeredum nostro- 
 rum, et attachiamenta tam de placitis coronae quam de 
 aliis quibuscunque in omnibus terris et feodis suis, ita 
 quod nuUus vicecomes, vel ahus baUivus seu minister 
 noster, vel haeredum nostrorum, terras seu feoda ilia in- 
 grediatur, ad executiones eorundem brevium et summoni- 
 tionum, seu ad attachiamenta de placitis coronae vel aliis 
 praedictis, aut aliquod aliud officium ibidem faciendum, 
 nisi in defectum ipsius Comitis Lancastriae et haeredum 
 suorum praedictorum, ac ballivorum et ministrorum suo- 
 rum, in terris et feodis suis praedictis; et etiam quod 
 habeant catalla hominum et tenentium suorum, felonum 
 et fugitivorum, ita quod si quis hominum vel tenentium 
 suorum pro delicto suo vitam vel membrum debeat amit- 
 tere, vel fugerit et judicio stare noluerit, vel aliud quod- 
 cunque delictum fecerit, pro quo catalla sua debeat perdere, 
 ubicunque justitia de eo fieri debeat, sive in curia nostra 
 vel haeredum nostrorum, sive in alia curia, ipsa catalla 
 sint ipsius Comitis Lancastriae et haeredum suorum prae- 
 dictorum, et quod liceat eis seu ministris suis, sine im- 
 pedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, vicecomitum, 
 aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum quo- 
 rumcunque, ponere se in seisinam de catallis praedictis, 
 et ea ad usum ipsius Comitis Lancastriae et haeredum 
 
2 
 
 of the excellence of his merits as the good stead in which 
 he hath stood and at present stands to us and our whole 
 realm, not without great labors and expensive charges, and 
 wilHng, in consideration of the premises, to shew more ample 
 favor to the aforesaid Earl of Lancaster in this behalf, of 
 our especial grace have granted, and by this our charter 
 have confirmed, for us and our heirs, to the aforesaid Earl 
 of Lancaster, that he and. his heirs of his body begotten, 
 and all his men for ever, may be quit of paviage, passage. Acquittance 
 
 T 1, ,, . . of paviage 
 
 payage, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, picage, and other 
 
 and groundage, throughout all our realm and dominion; 
 
 and also that the same Earl, and his heirs aforesaid for ever, 
 
 may have the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and Return of 
 
 summons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, and the summons of 
 
 ••■ the exche- 
 
 attachraent as well of pleas of the crown as of other 5"!^' ^*: , 
 
 A tachment of 
 
 pleas whatsoever in all his lands and fees, so that no Jrown?^^^* 
 sheriff or other bailiff or minister of us or our heirs 
 may enter those lands or fees to execute the same writs 
 and summons, or to make attachment of pleas of the crown 
 or other pleas aforesaid, or to do any other office there, 
 unless in default of the same Earl of Lancaster and his 
 heirs aforesaid, and his bailiffs and ministers in his lands 
 and fees aforesaid ; and also that they may have the chattels chattels of 
 of their men and tenants, being felons and fugitives, so that 
 if any one of their men or tenants ought to lose life or limb 
 for his offence, or shall flee and be unwilUng to stand his 
 trial, or commit any other offence for the which he ought 
 to lose his chattels, wheresoever justice shall be had of him, 
 whether in the court of us or our heirs or in any other 
 court, such chattels shall belong to the same Earl of Lan- 
 caster and his heirs aforesaid ; and that it shall be lawful 
 for them or their ministers, without hinderance of us or 
 our heirs, or of our sheriffs or other bailiffs or ministers 
 
suorum praedictorum retinere; ac etiam quod habeant 
 imperpetuum omnes fines pro transgressionibus et aliis 
 delictis quibuscunque, et etiam fines pro licentia concor- 
 dandi, ac omnia amereiamenta, redemptiones et exitus 
 forisfactos, ac forisfacturas, annum diem et vastum, et 
 streppum, et omnia quae ad nos et hseredes nostros per- 
 tinere poterunt de hujusmodi anno die et vasto, et 
 murdris, de omnibus hominibus et tenentibus de terris et 
 feodis suis quibuscunque, in quibuscunque curiis nostris et 
 hseredum nostrorum homines et tenentes illos, tam coram 
 nobis, et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria nostra, et 
 haeredum nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et baronibus 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, et coram jus- 
 titiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, et coram 
 senescallo, et marescallis, seu clerico mercati hospitii 
 nostri et haeredum nostrorum, qui pro tempore fuerint, 
 et aliis curiis nostris et haeredum nostrorum, quam coram 
 justitiariis itinerantibus ad communia placita et ad pla- 
 cita forestse, et quibuscunque aliis justitiariis et ministris 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum, tam in praesentia nostra 
 et haeredum nostrorum quam in absentia nostra et hae- 
 redum nostrorum, fines facere, vel amerciari, exitus fo- 
 risfacere, annum diem et vastum, seu forisfacturas, et 
 murdra adjudicari contigerit; quae fines, amereiamenta, 
 redemptiones, exitus, annus dies vastum, sive streppum, 
 forisfacturae, et murdra, ad nos vel haeredes nostros pos- 
 sent pertinere, si praefato Comiti Lancastriae et haeredibus 
 suis praedictis concessa non fuissent : Ita quod idem Comes 
 Lancastriae et haeredes sui praedicti, per se vel per ballivos 
 et ministros suos, fines, amereiamenta, redemptiones, exitus, 
 et forisfacturas hujusmodi hominum et tenentium suorum 
 praedictorum, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes nostros per- 
 tinere poterunt de anno die et vasto, sive streppo, et mur- 
 
whomsoever, to put themselves in seizin of the chattels 
 aforesaid, and to retain them to the use of the same Earl 
 of Lancaster and his heirs aforesaid; and also that they Fines and 
 
 ** amerce- 
 
 may have for ever all fines for trespasses and other offences JJfteJf'J^ues 
 whatsoever, and also the fines for licence to agree, and Jjj^^it"^^^' 
 all amercements, ransoms, and forfeited issues and for- 
 feitures, year, day, and waste, and estrepements, and all 
 things which can pertain to us and our heirs of the like 
 year, day, and waste, and murdeVs, in respect of all the men 
 and tenants of their lands and fees whatsoever, in any 
 soever of the courts of us and our heirs where such men 
 and tenants shall happen to make fine or be amerced or for- 
 feit issues, or such year, day, and waste, or forfeitures and 
 murders, happen to be adjudged, as well before us and our 
 heirs, and in the chancery of us and our heirs, and before 
 the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and our 
 heirs, and before the justices of the bench of us and our 
 heirs, and before the steward and marshals or the clerk 
 of the market of the household of us and our heirs for 
 the time being, and in other the courts of ug and our heirs, 
 as before the justices in eyre to hold common pleas 
 and pleas of the forest, and before all other justices and 
 ministers of us and our heirs whomsoever, as well in pre- 
 sence of us and our heirs as in absence of us and our 
 heirs, which fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, year, 
 day, waste, or estrepement, forfeitures and murders, would 
 pertain to us or our heirs if they had not been granted to 
 the aforesaid Earl of Lancaster and his heirs aforesaid ; so 
 that the same Earl of Lancaster and his heirs aforesaid, by 
 themselves or by their bailiffs and ministers, may levy, per- 
 ceive, and have the fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, and 
 forfeitures of such their men and tenants aforesaid, and all 
 things which can pertain to us and our heirs of the year, 
 
dris praedictis levare, percipere, et habere possint, — sine 
 occasione vel impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, 
 justitiariorum, escaetorum, viceeomitum, coronatorum, aut 
 aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum, quorum - 
 cunque. Quare volumus et firmiter praecipimus pro nobis 
 et haeredibus nostris quod praefatus Comes Lancastriae et 
 haeredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant omnes liber- 
 tates et quietancias praedictas, sicut praedictum est, et eis, ac 
 earum qualibet decaetero plene gaudeant et utantur. Hiis 
 testibus venerabilibus patribus Johanne Cantuariensi Archie- 
 piscopo, totius Angliae Primate, R. Dunelmensi, et R. Lon- 
 dinensi, Episcopis, Willielmo de Bobun Comite Norhamp- 
 toniae, Thoma Comite Warwici, Ricardo Comite Arundelliae, 
 Henrico de Percy, Hugone le Despenser, Roberto Par- 
 nyng Cancellario nostro, Radulpho de Stafford Senescallo 
 hospitii nostri, et aliis. Data per manum nostram apud 
 Westmonasterium septimo die Maii anno regni nostri An- 
 gliae sextodecimo, regni vero nostri Franciae tertio. 
 
 Per ipsum Regem. 
 " Memorandum quod exhibita ista carta per Henricum 
 Comitem Lancastriae filium praedicti Comitis et perlecta 
 coram Rege et Concilio suo habitaque inde deliberatione 
 pleniori, videbatur eidem Regi et Concilio suo dictam car- 
 tam in maximum dampnum et nimiam exhaeredationem 
 Regis fuisse factam, per quod, de assensu tam ipsius Regis 
 et Concilii sui quam dicti Comitis, carta ista, quam dictus 
 Comes eidem Regi reddidit, revocata et dampnata fuit ac 
 cancellata, et omnino adnuUata, ita quod extunc nullius 
 foret valoris vel vigoris, et pro restitutione dictae cartae et 
 pro bono obsequio dicti Comitis Regi impendendo, idem 
 Rex per literas su^s patentes sub data vicesimo quinto die 
 Septembris, anno regni Regis hujusmodi vicesimo tertio 
 concessit eidem Comiti libertates in dicta carta contentas 
 
day, and waste, or estrepement, and murders aforesaid,— 
 without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or of our 
 justices, escheators, sheriffs, coroners, or other our bailiffs 
 or ministers whomsoever. Wherefore we will and strictly 
 command, for us and our heirs, that the aforesaid Earl of 
 Lancaster and his heirs aforesaid, for ever, may have all 
 the Hberties and acquittances aforesaid, as is aforesaid, 
 and henceforth may fully use and enjoy them and every 
 of them. These being witnesses, the venerable fathers 
 John Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England ; 
 Richard Bishop of Durham ; Ralph Bishop of London ; 
 WiUiam de Bohun, Earl of Northampton; Thomas Earl 
 of Warwick ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; Henry de Percy ; 
 Hugh le Despenser; Robert Parnyng, our Chancellor; 
 Ralph de Stafford, Steward of our household, and others. 
 Given under our hand at Westminster, on the seventh day 
 of May, in the sixteenth year of our reign of England, and 
 the third of our reign of France. 
 
 By the King himself. 
 " Be it remembered that this charter, having been ex- Memoran. 
 
 *-" dum in the 
 
 hibited by Henry Earl of Lancaster, son of the aforesaid "iirclrarfer 
 Earl, and read over before the King and his Council, and the fdw! 3^ 
 fullest deliberation being had thereupon, it did seem to 
 the same King and his Council that the said charter was 
 made to the very great damage and excessive disherison of 
 the King ; whereupon, with the assent as well of the same 
 King and his Council as of the said Earl, this charter, which 
 the said Earl surrendered to the same King, was revoked, 
 condemned, and cancelled, and altogether annulled, so that 
 thenceforth it should be of no force nor value ; and for the 
 restitution of the said charter and for the said Earl's good 
 service to be done to the King, the same King, by his letters 
 patent, bearing date the 25th day of September, in the 23rd 
 
dris praedictis levare, percipere, et habere possint, — sine 
 occasione vel impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, 
 justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, coronatorum, aut 
 aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum, quorum - 
 cunque. Quare volumus et firmiter praecipimus pro nobis 
 et hseredibus nostris quod praefatus Comes Lancastriae et 
 haeredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant omnes liber- 
 tates et quietancias praedictas, sicut praedictum est, et eis, ac 
 earum qualibet decaetero plene gaudeant et utantur. Hiis 
 testibus venerabilibus patribus Johanne Cantuariensi Archie- 
 piscopo, totius Angliae Primate, R. Dunelmensi, et R. Lon- 
 dinensi, Episcopis, Willielmo de Bobun Comite Norhamp- 
 toniae, Thoma Comite Warwici, Ricardo Comite Arundelliae, 
 Henrico de Percy, Hugone le Despenser, Roberto Par- 
 nyng Cancellario nostro, Radulpho de Stafford Senescallo 
 hospitii nostri, et aliis. Data per manum nostram apud 
 Westmonasterium septimo die Maii anno regni nostri An- 
 gliae sextodecimo, regni vero nostri Franciae tertio. 
 
 Per ipsum Regem. 
 " Memorandum quod exhibita ista carta per Henricum 
 Comitem Lancastriae filium praedicti Comitis et perlecta 
 coram Rege et Concilio suo babitaque inde deliberatione 
 pleniori, videbatur eidem Regi et Concilio suo dictam car- 
 tam in maximum dampnum et nimiam exhaeredationem 
 Regis fuisse factam, per quod, de assensu tam ipsius Regis 
 et Concilii sui quam dicti Comitis, carta ista, quam dictus 
 Comes eidem Regi reddidit, revocata et dampnata fuit ac 
 cancellata, et omnino adnullata, ita quod extunc nullius 
 foret valoris vel vigoris, et pro restitutione dictae cartae et 
 pro bono obsequio dicti Comitis Regi impendendo, idem 
 Rex per literas su§ls patentes sub data vicesimo quinto die 
 Septembris, anno regni Regis hujusmodi vicesimo tertio 
 concessit eidem Comiti libertates in dicta carta contentas 
 
day, and waste, or estrepement, and murders aforesaid,— 
 without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or of our 
 justices, escheators, sheriffs, coroners, or other our bailiffs 
 or ministers whomsoever. Wherefore we will and strictly 
 command, for us and our heirs, that the aforesaid Earl of 
 Lancaster and his heirs aforesaid, for ever, may have all 
 the liberties and acquittances aforesaid, as is aforesaid, 
 and henceforth may fully use and enjoy them and every 
 of them. These being witnesses, the venerable fathers 
 John Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England ; 
 Richard Bishop of Durham; Ralph Bishop of London; 
 William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton; Thomas Earl 
 of Warwick; Richard Earl of Arundel; Henry de Percy; 
 Hugh le Despenser; Robert Parnyng, our Chancellor; 
 Ralph de Stafford, Steward of our household, and others. 
 Given under our hand at Westminster, on the seventh day 
 of May, in the sixteenth year of our reign of England, and 
 the third of our reign of France. 
 
 By the King himself. 
 " Be it remembered that this charter, havinsr been ex- Memoran. 
 
 ^ dum in the 
 
 hibited by Henry Earl of Lancaster, son of the aforesaid JlirclrarTe 
 Earl, and read over before the King and his Council, and the iJw! 3^ 
 fullest deliberation being had thereupon, it did seem to 
 the same King and his Council that the said charter was 
 made to the very great damage and excessive disherison of 
 the King ; whereupon, with the assent as well of the same 
 King and his Council as of the said Earl, this charter, which 
 the said Earl surrendered to the same King, was revoked, 
 condemned, and cancelled, and altogether annulled, so that 
 thenceforth it should be of no force nor value ; and for the 
 restitution of the said charter and for the said EarPs good 
 service to be done to the King, the same King, by his letters 
 patent, bearing date the 25th day of September, in the 23rd 
 
in omnibus terris suis ad totam vitam ipsius Comitis ha- 
 bendas. Et concordatum est quod omnes cartae inde sigil- 
 latae restituantur et dampnentur, et si quae imposterum 
 inventae fuerint non restitutae, pro nuUis habeantur et 
 omnem vim perdant et vigorem."" 
 
year of the same King's reign, did grant to the same Earl 
 to have the hberties in the said charter contained in all his 
 lands for the whole life of the same Earl. And it was 
 agreed that all the charters thereof, sealed, should be re- 
 stored and condemned, and if any were thereafter found not 
 restored, they should be held as null and lose all force and 
 effect." 
 
II. 
 
 Pro Henrico Comite Lancastri^. 
 
 Rot. Pat. 
 23 Edw. 3. 
 p. 3. m. 30. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 (Orig.in arch. 
 Ducat.Lanc.) 
 
 
 DWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Francise 
 etDominus Hibernise omnibus ad quos preesentes 
 I literae pervenerintj salutem. Sciatis quod cum 
 %^ ^luj) iios nuper per cartam nostrara concesserimus Hen- 
 rico tunc Comiti Lancastriae consanguineo nostro diversas li- 
 bertates et quietautias * sub certa forma habendas ; nos f ad 
 hoc quod dilectus consanguineus et fidelis noster Henricus 
 nunc Comes Lancastriae, filius et hseres praedicti Henrici, 
 spontanea voluntate et mero motu dictam cartam in cancel- 
 laria nostra cancellandam restituit et dampnandam, remittens 
 pro se et haeredibus suis nobis et haeredibus nostris omni- 
 moda jus et clamium, quae ratione dictae cartae ipsi Comiti 
 aut haeredibus suis jam competunt aut imposterum compe- 
 tere poterunt quovismodo, J considerationem habentes ac 
 volentes eidem nunc Comiti Lancastriae gratiam facere spe- 
 cialem concessimus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, praefato 
 nunc Comiti quod ipse omnes et singulas libertates et quie- 
 tautias in dicta carta contentas, in omnibus terris et feodis 
 quae jam possidet, habeat et eis gaudeat ad totam vitam suam ; 
 videlicet, quod ipse et omnes homines sui sint quieti de pa- 
 vagio, passagio, paagio, lastagio, stallagio, tallagio, cariagio, 
 pesagio, piccagio, et terragio, per totum regnum et potesta- 
 
 * Sub certa forma habendas.'] The original Charter has these words, 
 " habendas sibi et haredibus de corpore suo procreatis in omnibus terris et 
 feodis suis imperpetuum.''^ 
 
 t Ad hoc.'] Written on an erasure. In the original Charter " pro eo." 
 X Considerationem.] Before this word occurs a blank left by erasure. 
 In the oridnal Charter are the words " Nos ad hoc.'''' 
 
II. 
 
 For Henry Earl of Lancaster.* 
 
 DWARD, by the grace of God, King of England ^f^sep*- 
 and France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom ^'^' ^^*^* 
 the present letters shall come, greeting. Know charteiof 
 ye, that whereas we lately, by our charter, did leEdwf'a. 
 grant to Henry then Earl of Lancaster, our cousin, divers 
 liberties and acquittances, to have under a certain form, 
 We, for that our trusty and beloved cousin Henry now 
 Earl of Lancaster, son and heir of the aforesaid Henry, 
 hath of his own free will and mere motion surrendered andsurren. 
 
 der thereof. 
 
 the said charter into our chancery, to be cancelled and 
 condemned, remitting for himself and his heirs to us and 
 our heirs all manner of right and claim which by reason 
 of the said charter do now or hereafter can in any wise 
 happen to the said Earl or his heirs, having considera- Grant for 
 tion hereunto, and being willing to shew to the same now 
 Earl of Lancaster especial favor, have granted for us and 
 our heirs, to the aforesaid now Earl, that he may have 
 all and singular the liberties and acquittances contained in 
 the said charter in all the lands and fees which he now 
 possesses, and may enjoy them for the whole of his life ; 
 that is to say, that he and all his men be quit of paviage. Acquittance 
 passage, payage, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, 
 picage, and groundage, throughout all our realm and domi- Return of 
 nion; and also that the same Earl may have the return of rummonsof 
 all writs of us and our heirs, and summons of the exchequer quer; 
 
 * The original Charter, under the great seal of England, is preserved 
 in the archives of the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
tem nostram ; et etiam quod idem Comes habeat retorna 
 omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, ac sum- 
 monitionum de scaccario nostro et hseredum nostrorum, et 
 attachiamenta tam de placitis coronae quam de aliis quibus- 
 cumque, in omnibus terris et feodis suis ; Ita quod nullus 
 vieecomes vel alius ballivus seu minister noster vel haere- 
 dum nostrorum terras *seu feoda ilia ingrediatur ad exe- 
 cutiones eorundem brevium et summonitionum, seu ad 
 attachiamenta de placitis coronae vel aliis praedictis aut 
 aliquod aliud officium ibidem faciendum, nisi in defectum 
 ipsius Comitis et ballivorum ac ministrorum suorum in terris 
 et feodis suis praedictis. Et etiam quod habeat catalla ho- 
 minum et tenentium suorum felonum et fugitivorum ; ita 
 quod si quis hominum vel tenentium suorum pro delicto 
 suo vitam vel membrum debeat amittere, vel fugerit et 
 judicio stare noluerit, vel aliud quodcumque delictum fe- 
 cerit, pro quo catalla sua debeat perdere, (ubicumque 
 de eo justitia fieri debeat, sive in curia nostra vel haeredum 
 nostrorum, sive in alia curia,) ipsa catalla sint ipsius Comi- 
 tis ; et quod liceat ei seu ministris suis, sine impedimento 
 nostri vel haeredum nostrorum vicecomitum aut aliorum bal- 
 livorum seu ministrorum nostrorum quorumcumque, ponere 
 se in seisinam de catallis praedictis, et ea ad usum ipsius 
 Comitis retinere. Ac etiam quod habeat f ad totam vitam 
 suam omnes fines pro transgressionibus et aliis delictis 
 quibuscumque, et etiam fines pro licentia concordandi, ac 
 omnia amerciamenta, redemptiones, et exitus forisfactos ac 
 forisfacturas, annum diem et vastum, et streppum, et omnia 
 quae ad nos et haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de hujus- 
 modi anno die et vasto, et murdris, de omnibus hominibus et 
 tenentibus de terris et feodis suis quibuscumque, in qui- 
 
 "* Seu.] In the original Charter " vel." 
 
 t Ad totam vitam suam.] Written on an erasure. In the original 
 Charter " imperpetutim." 
 
of us and our heirs, and the attachment as well of pleas of attachment 
 
 of pleas of 
 
 the crown as of other pleas whatsoever m all his lands and the crown, 
 
 fees, so that no sheriff or other bailiff or minister of us or 
 
 our heirs may enter those lands or fees to execute the same 
 
 writs and summons, or to make attachment of pleas of the 
 
 crown or other pleas aforesaid, or to do any other office 
 
 there, unless in default of the same Earl and his bailiffs 
 
 and ministers in his lands and fees aforesaid. And also chattels of 
 
 felons. 
 
 that he may have the chattels of his men and tenants, 
 being felons and fugitives, so that if any one of his men 
 or tenants ought to lose life or limb for his offence, or 
 shall flee and be unwilling to stand his trial, or commit 
 any other offence for the which he ought to lose his 
 chattels, wheresoever justice shall be had of him, whether 
 in the court of us or our heirs or any other court, such 
 chattels shall belong to the same Earl; and that it shall 
 be lawful for him or his ministers without hinderance of 
 ns or our heirs, or of our sheriffs, or other bailiffs or minis- 
 ters whomsoever, to put themselves in seizin of the chattels 
 aforesaid, and to retain them to the use of the same Earl. 
 And also that he may have for the whole of his life all Fines and 
 fines for trespasses and other offences whatsoever, and also ments, for- 
 
 feited issues, 
 
 the fines for licence to agree, and all amercements, ransoms, grfeitures, 
 and forfeited issues, and forfeitures, year, day, and waste, 
 and estrepement, and all things which can pertain to us and 
 our heirs of the like year, day, and waste, and murders, in 
 respect of all the men and tenants of his lands and fees 
 whatsoever in any soever of the courts of us and our 
 heirs where such men and tenants shall happen to make 
 fine or be amerced, or forfeit issues, or such year, day, 
 and waste, or forfeitures, and murders happen to be 
 adjudged, as well before us and our heirs, and in the 
 chancery of us and our heirs, and before the treasurer 
 
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 buscumque curiis nostris et haeredum nostrorum homines 
 et tenentes illos, tam coram nobis et hseredibus nostris, et in 
 cancellaria nostra et heeredum nostrorum, ac coram the- 
 saurario et baronibus nostris et heeredum nostrorum de 
 scaccario, ac coram justitiariis nostris et hseredum nos- 
 trorum de banco, et coram senescallo et marescallis seu 
 clerico mercati hospitii nostri et haeredum nostrorum, 
 qui pro tempore fuerint, et aliis curiis nostris et haeredum 
 nostrorum, quam coram justitiariis itinerantibus ad com- 
 munia placita et ad placita forestae, et quibuscumque aliis 
 justitiariis et ministris nostris et haeredum nostrorum, tam 
 in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam absentia 
 nostra et haeredum nostrorum, fines facere, vel amerciari, 
 exitus forisfacere, annum diem et vastum, seu forisfacturas, 
 et murdra, adjudicari contigerit ; quae fines, amerciamenta, 
 redemptiones, exitus, annus dies * vastum, sive streppum, 
 forisfacturae, et murdra, ad nos vel haeredes nostros possent 
 pertinere si praefato Comiti concessa non fuissent : ita quod 
 idem Comes per se vel per ballivos et ministros suos fines, 
 amerciamenta, redemptiones, exitus, et forisfacturas, hujus- 
 modi hominum et tenentium suorum praedictorum, et omnia 
 quae ad nos et haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de anno 
 die et vasto sive streppo, et murdris praedictis, levare, per- 
 cipere, et habere possint; sine occasione vel impedimento 
 nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, 
 vicecomitum, coronatorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu 
 ministrorum nostrorum quorumcumque. In cujus rei tes- 
 timonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste 
 me ipso apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto die Sep- 
 tembris anno regni nostri Angliae vicesimo tertio, regni vero 
 
 nostri Franciae decimo. 
 
 Per breve de privato sigillo. 
 
 * Vastum.'\ In the original Charter " et vastum."' 
 
8 
 
 and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, and be- 
 fore the justices of the bench of us and our heirs and be- 
 fore the steward and marshals or the clerk of the market of 
 the household of us and our heirs for the time being, and 
 in other the courts of us and our heirs, as before the justices 
 in eyre, to hold common pleas and pleas of the forest, and 
 before all other justices and ministers of us and our heirs 
 whomsoever, as well in presence of us and our heirs as in ab- 
 sence of us and our heirs; which fines, amercements, ransoms, 
 issues, year, day, waste, or estrepement, forfeitures and mur- 
 ders, would pertain to us or our heirs if they had not been 
 granted to the aforesaid Earl: so that the same Earl, by 
 himself or by his bailiffs and ministers, may levy, perceive, 
 and have the fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, and for- 
 feitures of such his men and tenants aforesaid, and all 
 things which can pertain to us and our heirs of the year, 
 day, and waste j or estrepement, and murders aforesaid; 
 without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or of our jus- 
 tices, escheators, sheriffs, coroners, or other our bailiffs or 
 ministers whomsoever. In witness whereof, we have caused 
 these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at 
 Westminster, on the twenty-fifth day of September, in the 
 twenty-third year of our reign of England, and in the tenth 
 of our reign of France. 
 
 By writ of privy seal. 
 
III. 
 
 Rot. Pat. 
 25 Edw. 3. 
 p. l.m. 18. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 Pro Henrico Duce Lancastri^. 
 
 DWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Francise 
 et Dominus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos prsesentes 
 literae pervenerint, salutem. Sciatis quod etsi nos, 
 debita consideratione pensantes gestus magnificos 
 cunctorum qui nobis in guerris nostris laudabiliter et strenue 
 servierunt, ipsos desideremus honoribus attollere et pro vi- 
 ribus juxta merita prgemiare, quanto magis consanguineos 
 nostros, quos tam in sapientia quara in gestu nobili alios prae- 
 cellere conspicimus, et qui nobis locum tenuerunt et tenere 
 poterunt potiorem, nos convenit majoribus honoribus et gra- 
 tiis praerogare. Considerantes itaque probitatem strenuam 
 et sapientiam prsecellentem consanguinei nostri carissimi 
 Henrici Comitis Lancastrias, qui nuUis cedens laboribus et 
 expensis semper se nobis obsequiosum exhibuit, et pro nobis 
 pluries in necessitatibus intrepide se guerrarum exponens 
 discriminibus de inimicis nostris magnifice triumphavit, ad 
 totius nationis Anglicanae titulos honorifice recolendos qua- 
 liter condignam sibi retributionem poterimus facere non vi- 
 demus; sed quia dignum est ut tanta factorum magnalia 
 celebrioris nominis excellentia subsequatur, de assensu prse- 
 latorum et procerum in instanti parliamento nostro apud 
 Westmonasterium convocato existentium, pragfato Henrico 
 nomen Ducis Lancastriae imponimus et ipsum de nomine 
 Ducis dicti loci per cincturam gladii praesentialiter inves- 
 timus. Et cum exaltationem nominis concomitare con- 
 veniat adjectio commodi et honoris, Iseto corde concessimus, 
 pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, praefato Duci, quod ipse ad 
 
III. 
 
 For Henry Duke of Lancaster.* 
 
 DWARD, by the grace of God, King of England eth March, 
 and France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom a.d.issi. 
 the present letters shall come, greeting. Know 
 ye, that if we, weighing with due consideration 
 the noble bearings of all those who laudably and stre- 
 nuously have served us in our wars, be desirous of 
 raising them to honors, and rewarding them for their 
 valour according to their merits, how much more doth 
 it become us to advance with greater honors and favors 
 our cousins, whom we see excelling others as well in wis- 
 dom as in noble bearing, and who have stood and may 
 stand us in better stead. Considering, therefore, the stre- 
 nuous goodness and excellent wisdom of our most dear 
 cousin Henry Earl of Lancaster, who, yielding to no labor 
 and charges, hath ever shewn himself ready to serve us, 
 and many times in our need intrepidly exposing himself 
 for us to the dangers of war, hath nobly triumphed over 
 our enemies, we do not see how we shall be able to make 
 him a suitable retribution that may honorably record the 
 remembrances of the whole English nation; but, because 
 it is meet such great and valiant deeds should attain 
 the excellence of a more famous name, with the assent Henry Eari 
 of the prelates and nobles assembled in our present creat^dSuke 
 
 T , , TTT • 1 • of Lancaster. 
 
 parliament convoked at Westminster, we do impose upon 
 the aforesaid Henry the name of Duke of Lancaster, 
 
 * The original Charter does not now exist in the archives of the 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 c 2 
 
10 
 
 totam vitam suam habeat infra eundem comitatum cancella- 
 riam suam, ac brevia sua sub sigillo suo pro officio cancel- 
 larii deputando consignanda, justitiarios suos tam ad placita 
 coronae quam ad qusecumque alia placita communem legem 
 tangentia tenenda, ac cognitiones eorundem, et quascum- 
 que executiones per brevia sua et ministros suos ibidem 
 faciendas, et quascumque alia libertates et jura regalia ad 
 comitem palatinum pertinentia, adeo integre et libere sicut 
 Comes Cestriae infra eundem comitatum Cestriae dinoscitur 
 obtinere (decimis et quintisdecimis et aliis quotis et sub- 
 sidiis nobis et haeredibus nostris per communitatem regni 
 nostri, et decimis et aliis quotis per clerum ejusdem regni 
 nobis concessis et imposterum concedendis, aut eidem clero 
 per sedem apostolicam impositis et imponendis, ac par- 
 donationibus vitae et membrorum in casu quo aliquis ejus- 
 dem comitatus aut alius in eodem comitatu pro aliquo 
 delicto vitam vel membrum amittere debeat, ac efiam 
 superioritate et potestate corrigendi ea quae in curiis ejus- 
 dem Ducis ibidem erronice facta fuerint, vel si idem Dux 
 aut ministri sui in justitia in curiis ejusdem Ducis inibi 
 facienda defecerint, semper salvis). Et est intentionis 
 nostrae quod idem Dux, ad mandata nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, ad parliamenta et concilia nostra duos milites 
 pro communitate comitatus praedicti et duos burgenses de 
 quolibet burgo ejusdem comitatus ad tractandum cum aliis 
 de communitate dicti regni nostri ad eadem parliamenta et 
 concilia venientibus de negotiis dicti regni nostri in eisdera 
 parliamentis et conciliis exponendis mittere teneatur. Et 
 quod idem Dux certos homines fideles et sufficientes ad 
 hujusmodi decimas et quintasdecimas subsidia et alia quota 
 quotiens ea nobis sen haeredibus nostris in parliamentis seu 
 conciliis concedi contigerit assignet ; ita quod nobis et hae- 
 redibus nostris de sic concessis respondeatur per eosdem. 
 
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 and presently do invest him with the name of Duke 
 of the said place by girding of the sword. And since 
 it is becoming that addition of honor and advantage 
 should accompany excellency of name, we have granted 
 with cheerful heart, for us and our heirs, unto the afore- 
 said Duke, that he for the whole of his life may have Grant to him 
 
 •' of a Court of 
 
 within the same county his chancery, and his writs to fjfe^coJJj; '" ^ 
 be sealed under his seal to be deputed for the office of ^^^^^^^^^' 
 the chancellor, his justices to hold as well pleas of the 
 crown as all other pleas whatsoever touching the common 
 law, and the cognisance thereof, and all manner of exe- 
 cution to be made by his writs and his ministers there, 
 and all other liberties and jura regalia pertaining to a anAjurare- 
 Count Palatine, as freely and entirely as the Earl of gjun"^p/ 
 Chester is well known to obtain within the same county of ^^*"^®' 
 Chester : (saving always the tenths and fifteenths, and other 
 contributions and subsidies granted and hereafter to be 
 granted to us and our heirs by the commonalty of our 
 realm, and the tenths and other contributions granted 
 and hereafter to be granted to us by the clergy of the 
 same our realm, or imposed and to be imposed upon 
 the same clergy by the apostolic see ; — and the pardon of 
 life and limbs in case that any person of the same county, 
 or other person in the same county, ought for any delict to 
 lose his life or limb; — and also the superiority and power 
 of correcting those things which shall have been erro- 
 neously done there in the courts of the same Duke, or if 
 the same Duke or his ministers shall have failed in doing 
 iustice there also in the courts of the same Duke.) And The Duke to 
 
 *' send knights 
 
 it is our intention that the same Duke, at the mandates of and^bur-""^^ 
 
 us and our heirs, be held to send to our parliaments and f|r??ii°par- 
 
 councils two knights for the commonalty of the shire afore- ^'^™^"*' 
 said, and two burgesses from every borough of the same 
 
11 
 
 In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus 
 patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium sexto die 
 Marcii anno regni nostri Angliae vicesimo quinto, regni vero 
 nostri Francias duodecimo. 
 
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 shire, to treat with the others of the commonalty of our 
 said realm coming to the same parliaments and councils 
 concerning the affairs of our said realm in the same parlia- 
 ments and councils to be declared. And that the same andtoap. 
 Duke shall assign certain trusty and sufficient men for torsofsutsil 
 
 dies granted 
 
 the like tenths and fifteenths, subsidies and other con- ^y parlia- 
 ment. 
 
 tributions, so often as they shall happen to be granted 
 to us or our heirs in parliament or council; so that we 
 and our heirs may by them be answered in respect of 
 such grants. In witness whereof we have caused these 
 our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at West- 
 minster on the sixth day of March, in the twenty-fifth 
 year of our reign of England, and the twelfth of our reign 
 of France. 
 
12 
 
 (Orig.in arch 
 Due. Lane.) 
 
 IV. 
 
 Pro Johanne Comite Lancastri^ et Richemondi^. 
 
 DWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise Dominus Hi- 
 bernise et Aquitaniae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, ab- 
 batibus, prioribus, comitibus, baronibus, justitia- 
 riis, vicecomitibus, praepositis, ministris, et omnibus 
 ballivis et fidelibus suis salutem. Sciatis quod nos conside- 
 rantes qualiter comitatus Laneastriae, et plura castra, villas, 
 maneria, terras, et tenementa, cum pertinentiis, tam in comi- 
 tatibus Lincolniae et Derbiae quam in diversis aliis comita- 
 tibus regni nostri, quae fuerunt Henrici nuper Ducis Laneas- 
 triae et Comitis Lincolniae et Derbiae post mortem ipsius 
 Ducis, (quaedam, videlicet, ad Johannem Comitem Riche- 
 mondiae filium nostrum carissimum et Blancbiam uxorem 
 ejus unam filiarum et haeredum praedicti Ducis, juxta parti- 
 tionem inter ipsos et Matildera alteram filiarum et haeredum 
 ipsius Ducis factam per descensum haereditarium sunt de- 
 voluta, et quaedam eisdem Comiti et Blanchiae, juxta ordina- 
 tionem et concessionem praedicti Ducis dum vixit, sub certa 
 forma sunt remansura,) ac volentes proinde eidem filio 
 nostro, ut se juxta status sui nobilitatem decentius manu- 
 tenere valeat, gratiam facere specialem, concessimus et hac 
 carta nostra confirmavimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris 
 praefato Johanni nunc Comiti Laneastriae et Richemondiae, 
 quod ipse et haeredes sui de corpore suo et corpore praedictae 
 Blanchiae legitime procreati imperpetuum habeant retorna 
 omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, et om- 
 nia placita de vetito namio in terris et feodis de haereditate 
 praedicti Ducis, quae jam in manibus ipsorum Comitis et 
 
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 IV. 
 
 For John Earl of Lancaster and Richmond.* 
 
 DWARD, by the grace of God, King of England, isth Nov. 
 Lord of Ireland and Aquitaine, to his arch- A.D.iIei.' 
 bishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, 
 justices, sheriffs, reeves, ministers, and all his 
 bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. Know ye, that we. Liberties 
 considering how that the county of Lancaster, and many the"/an^ds"of 
 castles, towns, manors, lands, and tenements, with their of^heco-""^ 
 appurtenances, as well in the counties of Lincoln and Henry Duke 
 Derby, as in divers other counties of our realm, which 
 were of Henry late Duke of Lancaster and Earl of Lin- 
 coln and Derby, lately after the death of the same Duke 
 had devolved, to wit, some by hereditary descent, upon 
 John Earl of Richmond, our most dear son, and Blanche 
 his wife, one of the daughters and co-heirs of the aforesaid 
 Duke, according to the partition made between them and 
 Matilda, the other daughter and co-heir of the same Duke, 
 and some were to remain, under a certain form, to the 
 same Earl and Blanche, according to an ordinance and 
 grant of the aforesaid Duke whilst he hved, and being 
 willing, therefore, to shew especial favor to the same 
 our son, in order that he may the more decently main- 
 tain himself according to the nobility of his station, have 
 granted and by this our charter have confirmed for us and 
 our heirs to the aforesaid John now Earl of Lancaster and 
 Richmond, that he and his heirs of his body and the 
 body of the aforesaid Blanche, lawfully begotten, for ever 
 shall have the return of all writs of us and our heirs, ^rit"!™°^ 
 
 * The original Charter, under the great seal of England, is pre- 
 served in the archives of the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
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 Blanchise existunt, et quae imposterum eis juxta ordinationem 
 et concessionem praedictas suntremansura cum ad manussuas 
 devenerint, et etiam omnes fines et amerciamenta omnium 
 hominum et tenentium suorum ubicumque ipsos homines et 
 tenentes in curiis nostris et hseredum nostrorum amerciari 
 vel fines facere contigerit; necnon omnia catalla omnium 
 hominum et tenentium suorum, felonum et fugitivorum et 
 dampnatorum. Quare volumus et firmiter prsecipimus pro 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris quod praedictus Comes et hsere- 
 des sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant retorna omnium bre- 
 vium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, et omnia placita 
 de vetito namio in terris et feodis suis praedictis ; ac omnes 
 fines et amerciamenta omnium hominum et tenentium suo- 
 rum praedictorum, ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in 
 curiis nostris et haeredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines 
 facere contigerit ; ac etiam omnia catalla omnium hominum 
 et tenentium suorum, felonum, fugitivorum, et dampnato- 
 rum, sicut praedictum est, et eodem modo quo Henricus 
 nuper Comes Lancastriae pater praedicti Ducis, vel idem 
 Dux, quibus consimiles libertates in terris et feodis suis ha- 
 bendas successive per cartas nostras concessimus, easdem 
 libertates habuit et eis rationabiliter uti consuevit. Hiis 
 testibus S. Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi, W. Wintoniensi 
 Episcopo Cancellario nostro, S. Abbate Westmonasteriensi, 
 Thesaurario nostro, Edwardo Principe Walliae primogenito 
 nostro carissimo, Ricardo Arundelliae, Thoma Warwici, et 
 Willielmo Sarum, Comitibus, et aliis. Data per manum 
 nostram apud Westmonasterium tertiodecimo die Novem- 
 bris, anno regni nostri tricesimo quinto. 
 
 Per ipsum Regem. 
 
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 and all pleas of withernam in the lands and fees of t^^^fnam^'" 
 the heritage of the aforesaid Duke, which now are in 
 the hands of the same Earl and Blanche, and which here- 
 after are to remain to them according -to the ordinance and 
 grant aforesaid, when they shall come into their hands; and 
 
 also all fines and amercements of all their men and tenants Fines and 
 
 amerce- 
 wheresoever the same men and tenants shall happen to "aents. 
 
 make fine or be amerced in the courts of us and our 
 
 heirs ; and also all the chattels of all their men and chattels of 
 
 . . felons. 
 
 tenants, being felons and fugitives and persons con- 
 demned. Wherefore we will and strictly command for 
 us and our heirs, that the aforesaid Earl and his heirs 
 aforesaid for ever shall have the return of all writs of 
 us and our heirs, and all pleas of withernam in their 
 lands and fees aforesaid, and all fines and amercements 
 of all their men and tenants aforesaid, wheresoever the 
 same men and tenants shall happen to make fine or be 
 amerced in the courts of us and our heirs; and also all 
 the chattels of their men and tenants, being felons and 
 fugitives and persons condemned, as is aforesaid, and 
 in the same manner in which Henry late Earl of Lan- 
 caster, father of the aforesaid Duke, or the same Duke, 
 to whom we granted by our charters successively to 
 have the like liberties in their lands and fees, had the 
 same liberties, and was accustomed reasonably to use 
 them. These being witnesses, Simon Archbishop of 
 Canterbury ; William Bishop of Winchester, our Chan- 
 cellor; Simon Abbot of Westminster, our Treasurer; 
 Edward Prince of Wales, our most dear eldest son ; 
 Richard Earl of Arundel ; Thomas Earl of Warwick ; and 
 William Earl of Salisbury, and others. Given under 
 our hand at Westminster on the thirteenth day of No- 
 vember, in the thirty-fifth year of our reign. 
 
 By the King himself. 
 
14 
 
 V. 
 
 Pro Comite Lancastri^. 
 
 Rot, Cart. 
 36 Edw. 3. 
 n. 15. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 (Orig.inarch. 
 Due. Lane.) 
 
 DWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae Dominus Hi- 
 berniae et Aquitaniae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, ab- 
 batibus, prioribus, comitibus, baronibus, justitia- 
 riis, vicecomitibus, praepositis, ministris, et omni- 
 bus ballivis et fidelibus suis salutem. Sciatis quod cum nuper 
 considerantes qualiter comitatus Lancastriae, et plura castra, 
 villae, maneria, terrae, et tenementa, cum pertinentiis, tarn 
 in comitatibus Lincolniae et Derbiae quam in diversis aliis 
 comitatibus regni nostri, quae fuerunt Henrici nuper Ducis 
 Lancastriae et Comitis Lincolniae et Derbiae post mortem 
 ipsius Ducis, (quaedam, videlicet, ad Johannem Comitem 
 Richemondiae filium nostrum carissimum et Blanchiam 
 uxorem ejus unam filiarum et haeredum praedicti Ducis, 
 juxta partitionem inter ipsos et Matildem tunc alteram 
 filiarum et haeredum ipsius Ducis factam per descensum 
 haereditarium fuerint devoluta, et quaedam eisdem Comiti 
 et Blanchiae, juxta ordinationem et concessionem praedicti 
 Ducis dum vixit, sub certa forma sunt remansura,) ac vo- 
 lentes proinde eidem filio nostro, ut se juxta status sui 
 nobilitatem decentius manutenere valeat, gratiam facere 
 specialem, concesserimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris 
 praefato Johanni nunc Comiti Lancastriae et Richemondiae, 
 quod ipse et haeredes sui de corpore suo et corpore prae- 
 dictae Blanchiae legitime procreati imperpetuum haberent re- 
 torna omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, 
 et omnia placita de vetito namio in terris et feodis de 
 haereditate praedicti Ducis, quae tunc in manibus ipsorum 
 
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 V. 
 
 For the Earl of Lancaster.* 
 
 DWARD, by the grace of God, King of England, 12th May, 
 Lord of Ireland and Aquitaine, to his arch- *^-^- ^362. 
 bishops, bishops, abbots, priors, earls, barons, 
 justices, sheriffs, reeves, ministers, and all his 
 bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. Know ye, that Redtaiof 
 whereas we, lately considering how that the county of dated isth 
 Lancaster, and many castles, towns, manors, lands, and ^^ ^^^- ^• 
 tenements, with their appurtenances, as well in the coun- 
 ties of Lincoln and Derby, as in divers other counties of . 
 our realm, which were of Henry late Duke of Lancaster 
 and Earl of Lincoln and Derby, lately after the death of 
 the same Duke had devolved, to wit, some by hereditary 
 descent, upon John Earl of Richmond, our most dear son, 
 and Blanche his wife, one of the daughters and co-heirs 
 of the aforesaid Duke, according to the partition made 
 between them and Matilda, the then other daughter and 
 co-heir of the same Duke, and some were to remain, under 
 a certain form, to the same Earl and Blanche, according to 
 an ordinance and grant of the aforesaid Duke whilst he 
 lived, and being willing, therefore, to shew especial favor 
 to the same our son, in order that he might the more de- 
 cently maintain himself according to the nobility of his 
 station, did grant for us and our heirs to the aforesaid John 
 now E^rl of Lancaster and Richmond, that he and his 
 heirs of his body and the body of the aforesaid Blanche, 
 
 * The original Charter, under the great seal of England, is preserved 
 in the archives of the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
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 Comitis et Blanchiae extiterunt, et quae imposterum eis 
 juxta ordinationem et concessionem praedictas sunt reman- 
 sura cum ad manus suas devenerint ; et etiara omnes fines 
 et amerciamenta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum, 
 ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in curiis nostris et 
 haeredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines facere continge- 
 ret, necnon omnia catalla omnium hominum et tenentium 
 suorum felonum et fugitivorum et dampnatorum, prout in 
 carta nostra inde confecta plenius continetur. Ac jam 
 omnia terree et tenementa cum pertinentiis quae prsedicta 
 Matildis tenuit in propartem suam prsedictam, de omnibus 
 terris et tenementis praedictis quae fuerunt praedicti Ducis, 
 necnon quaedam alia terrae et tenementa cum pertinentiis in 
 comitatibus Norfolciae et SufFolciae quae eadem Matildis 
 tenuit de haereditate ipsius Ducis ex dono et feofFamento Jo- 
 hannis Episcopi Lincolniensis, Ricardi Comitis Arundelliae, 
 Roberti de la Mare, Johannis de Buklond, Johannis Char- 
 nels, Walteri Power, Simonis Symeon et Johannis Neu- 
 marche, per mortem ejusdem Matildis praefatis Comiti et 
 Blanchiae, ut sorori et haeredi praedictae Matildis jure 
 haereditario descenderint. Nos volentes praedictos Comi- 
 tem et Blanchiam favore prosequi gratioso, concessimus 
 et hac carta nostra confirmavimus praefato Comiti quod 
 ipse et haeredes sui de corpore suo et corpore praedictse 
 Blanchiae legitime procreati imperpetuum habeant retorna 
 omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, et 
 omnia placita de vetito namio, tam in terris et feodis quae 
 iidem Comes et Blanchia de proparte ipsius Blanchiae 
 prasdicta, quam in terris et feodis quae fuerunt praedictse 
 Matildis et quae ipsi Comes et Blanchia ut soror et haeres 
 ejusdem Matildis jam tenent de haereditate prsedicta, et 
 etiam in terris et feodis, quae eisdem Comiti et Blanchiae 
 sunt de eadem haereditate imposterum remansura vel rever- 
 
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 lawfully begotten, for ever should have the return of all 
 writs of us and our heirs, and all pleas of withernam in the 
 lands and fees of the heritage of the aforesaid Duke, which 
 then were in the hands of the same Earl and Blanche, and 
 which thereafter were to remain to them according to the 
 ordinance and grant aforesaid, when they should come into 
 their hands ; and also all fines and amercements of all their 
 men and tenants wheresoever it should happen that such 
 men and tenants should make fine or be amerced in the 
 courts of us and our heirs ; and also all the chattels of all 
 their men and tenants, being felons and fugitives and per- 
 sons condemned, as in our charter thereof made more fully 
 is contained. And now all the lands and tenements, with and descent 
 
 of Matilda's 
 
 their appurtenances, which the aforesaid Matilda held as ^"aSe^^the 
 her purparty aforesaid of all the lands and tenements afore- surviving co* 
 said which were of the aforesaid Duke, and also certain 
 other lands and tenements, with appurtenances, in the 
 counties of Norfolk and Sufiblk, which the same Matilda 
 held of the inheritance of the same Duke by the gift and 
 feoffment of John Bishop of Lincoln, Richard Earl of 
 Arundel, Robert de la Mare, John de Buklond, John Char- 
 nels, Walter Power, Simon Symeon, and John Neumarche, 
 have by the death of the same Matilda descended by here- 
 ditary right to the aforesaid Earl and Blanche, as sister and 
 heir of the aforesaid Matilda : — We, willing to pursue with 
 our gracious favor the aforesaid Earl and Blanche, have 
 granted and by this our charter have confirmed to the 
 aforesaid Earl, that he and his heirs of his body and the 
 body of the aforesaid Blanche, lawfully begotten, for ever 
 may have the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and Return of 
 all pleas of withernam, as well in the lands and fees which pieasof 
 the same Earl and Blanche now hold of the aforesaid pur- 
 party of the same Blanche, as in the lands and fees which 
 
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 sura, cum ad manus suas devenerint, et etiam omnes fines 
 et amerciamenta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum 
 ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in curiis nostris et 
 haeredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines facere contigerit; 
 necnon omnia catalla omnium hominum et tenentium 
 suorum, felonum et fugitivorum et dampnatorum. Quare 
 volumus et firmiter praecipimus pro nobis et haeredibus 
 nostris quod prasdictus Comes et haeredes sui praedicti 
 imperpetuum habeant retorna omnium brevium nostrorum 
 et haeredum nostrorum, et omnia placita de vetito namio 
 in terris et feodis suis praedictis ; ac omnes fines et amer- 
 ciamenta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum prae- 
 dictorum, ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in curiis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines facere 
 contigerit; ac etiam omnia catalla omnium hominum et 
 tenentium suorum, felonum, fugitivorum, et dampnatorum, 
 sicut praedictum est, et eodem modo quo Henricus nuper 
 Comes Lancastriae pater praedicti Ducis, vel idem Dux, 
 quibus consimiles libertates in terris et feodis suis ha- 
 bendas successive per cartas nostras concessimus, easdem 
 libertates habuit et eis rationabiliter uti consuevit. Hiis 
 testibus S. Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius Angliae Pri- 
 mate, W. Wintoniensi Episcopo Cancellario nostro, S. 
 Eliensi Episcopo Thesaurario nostro, Edwardo Principe 
 Walliae primogenito nostro carissimo, Ricardo Arundelliae, 
 Thoma Warwici, et Willielmo Sarum, Comitibus, et aliis. 
 Data per manum nostram apud Westmonasterium duo- 
 decimo die Maii, anno regni nostri tricesimo sexto. 
 
 Per ipsum Regem. 
 
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 were of the aforesaid Matilda, and which the same Earl, 
 
 and Blanche as sister and heir of the same Matilda, now 
 
 hold of the inheritance aforesaid, and also in the lands and 
 
 fees of the same inheritance which are hereafter to remain 
 
 or revert to the same Earl and Blanche, when they shall 
 
 come into their hands; and also all fines and amercements Fines and 
 
 of all their men and tenants wheresoever the same men and ments." 
 
 tenants shall happen to make fine or be amerced in the 
 
 courts of us and our heirs ; and also all the chattels of all chattels of 
 
 felons. 
 
 their men and tenants, being felons and fugitives and per- 
 sons condemned. Wherefore we will and strictly command 
 for us and our heirs, that the aforesaid Earl and his heirs 
 aforesaid for ever shall have the return of all writs of us 
 and our heirs, and all pleas of withernam in their lands and 
 fees aforesaid; and all fines and amercements of all their 
 men and tenants aforesaid, wheresoever the same men and 
 tenants shall happen to make fine or be amerced in the 
 courts of us and our heirs ; and also all the chattels of their 
 men and tenants, being felons and fugitives and persons 
 condemned, as is aforesaid, and in the same manner in 
 which Henry late Earl of Lancaster, father of the afore- 
 said Duke, or the same Duke, to whom we granted by our 
 charters successively to have the like liberties in their lands 
 and fees, had the same liberties and was accustomed reason- 
 ably to use them. These being witnesses, Simon Arch- 
 bishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England; William 
 Bishop of Winchester, our Chancellor; Simon Bishop of 
 Ely, our Treasurer; Edward Prince of Wales, our most 
 dear eldest son ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; Thomas Earl 
 of Warwick ; and William Earl of Salisbury, and others. 
 Given under our hand at Westminster on the twelfth day 
 of May, in the thirty-sixth year of our reign. 
 
 By the King himself. 
 
17 
 
 Rot. Cart. 
 86 Edw. 3. 
 11. 9. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Pro Johanne Duce Lancastri^. 
 
 DWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise, Dominus Hi- 
 berniae et Aquitaniae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, ab- 
 batibus, prioribus, ducibus, comitibus, baronibus, 
 justitiariis, vicecomitibus, prsepositis, ministris, et 
 omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis, salutem. Sciatis quod nos 
 cousiderantes strenuitatem excrescentem et gestum lauda- 
 bilem quos in carissimo filio nostro Johanne Comite Lancas- 
 triae vigere conspicimus, ac volentes proinde personam suam 
 juxta claritatem generis sui ac morum suorum merita, ut per 
 ipsius potentiam et prudentiam regale sceptrum fulciatur, ad 
 exaltationem et decentiam status sui honorare, eidem Comiti 
 nomen et honorem Ducis dedimus et ipsum in Ducem Lan- 
 castriae praefecimus, ac de eisdem nomine et honore per cinc- 
 turam gladii et appositionem cappae suo capiti investimus ; 
 habenda et tenenda eadem nomen et honorem Ducis Lancas- 
 triae sibi et haeredibus suis masculis de corpore suo legitime 
 procreatis imperpetuum. Quare volumus et firmiter prae- 
 cipimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris quod praedictus filius 
 noster nomen et honorem Ducis Lancastriae habeat et te- 
 neat sibi et haeredibus suis masculis de corpore suo legitime 
 procreatis imperpetuum, sicut praedictum est. Hiis testibus 
 venerabilibus patribus Simone Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi 
 totius Angliae Primate, Willielmo Wintoniensi Cancellario, 
 Simone EHensi Thesaurario, nostris, Episcopis, Ricardo Co- 
 mite Arundelliae, Roberto Suffolciae, Thoma de Veer Oxo- 
 niae Camerario nostro, Comitibus, Edwardo le Despenser, 
 Radulpho de Nevill, Johanne de Nevill, Johanne atte Lee 
 
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 VI. 
 For John Duke of Lancaster.* 
 DWARD, by the grace of God, Kina: of England, i3ti. Nov. 
 
 TJi-Tii •.*.. 36Edw. 3. 
 
 jLord ot Ireland and Aquitame, to his arch- a.d.i362. 
 bishops, bishops, abbots, priors, dukes, earls, 
 barons, justices, sheriiFs, reeves, ministers, and 
 all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. Know ye, that John Eari 
 
 . . . 111111 ofLancaster 
 
 we, considering the growing prowess and laudable bear- created Duke 
 ing which we observe to flourish in our most dear son 
 John Earl of Lancaster, and willing therefore, for the ex- 
 altation and decency of his station, to honor his person 
 according to the renown of his race and the merits of his 
 demeanour, that by his puissance and prudence the royal 
 sceptre may be supported, have given to the same Earl the 
 name and honor of Duke, and have advanced him to be 
 Duke of Lancaster, and by girding of the sword and set- 
 ting upon his head the cap we do invest him with that 
 name and honor; to have and hold the same name and 
 honor of Duke of Lancaster to him and his heirs male 
 of his body lawfully begotten for ever. Wherefore we 
 will and strictly command for us and our heirs, that our 
 aforesaid son do have and hold the name and honor 
 of Duke of Lancaster to him and his heirs male of his 
 body lawfully begotten for ever, as is aforesaid. These 
 being witnesses, the venerable fathers, Simon Archbishop 
 of Canterbury, Primate of all England ; William Bishop 
 of Winchester, our Chancellor ; Simon Bishop of Ely, our 
 
 * The original Charter does not now exist in the archives of the 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 D 2 
 
18 
 
 Senescallo hospitii nostri, et aliis. Data per manum nos- 
 tram in pleno parliamento nostro apud Westmonasteriurn 
 tertio decimo die Novembris anno regni nostri tricesimo 
 sexto. Per ipsum Regera. 
 
18 
 
 Treasurer ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; Robert Earl of Suf- 
 folk ; Thomas de Veer Earl of Oxford, our Chamberlain ; 
 Edward le Despenser ; Ralph de Nevill ; John de Nevill ; 
 John atte Lee, Steward of our Household, and others. 
 Given under our hand, in our full parliament at West- 
 minster, on the thirteenth day of November, in the thirty- 
 sixth year of our reign. By the King himself. 
 
19 
 
 Rot. Cart. 
 38 Edw. 3. 
 n. 2. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 VII. 
 Pro Johanne Duce Lancastri^ et Blanchia uxore 
 
 EJUS. 
 
 DWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise, Dominus 
 Hibernise et Aquitaniae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, 
 ducibus, abbatibus, prioribus, comitibus, baroni- 
 iJ bus, justitiariis, vicecomitibus, prsepositis, minis- 
 tris, et omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis, salutem. Sciatis 
 quod cum nos nuper septimo die Maii anno regni nostri 
 sexto deeimo per cartam nostram concesserimus pro 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris Henrico tunc Comiti Lancas- 
 triae quod ipse et haeredes sui de corpore suo procreati 
 et omnes homines sui imperpetuum essent quieti de pa- 
 vagio passagio paagio lastagio stallagio tallagio cariagio 
 pesagio piccagio et terragio per totum regnum et po- 
 testatem nostram; et quod idem Comes et haeredes sui 
 praedicti imperpetuum haberent retorna omnium brevium 
 nostrorum et hasredum nostrorum ac summonitionum de 
 scaccario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, et attachiamen- 
 ta tarn de placitis coronas quam de aliis quibuscunque in 
 omnibus terris et feodis suis; ita quod nuUus vicecomes 
 vel alius ballivus seu minister noster vel haeredum nostro- 
 rum terras seu feoda ilia ingrederetur ad executiones eorun- 
 dem brevium et summonitionum, seu ad attachiamenta 
 de placitis coronas vel aliis praedictis aut aliquod aliud offi- 
 cium ibidem faciendum, nisi in defectum ipsius Comitis et 
 haeredum suorum prasdictorum ac ballivorum et ministro- 
 rum suorum in terris et feodis suis prsedictis. Et quod 
 haberent catalla hominum et tenentium suorum felonum 
 et fugitivorum; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenentium 
 
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 VII. 
 For John Duke of Lancaster and Blanche his 
 
 WIFE.* 
 
 DWARD, by the grace of God, King of England, nth juiy, 
 Lord of Ireland and Aquitaine, to his arch- a.d. i364.' 
 bishops, bishops, dukes, abbots, priors, earls, 
 barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves, ministers, and 
 bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. Know Recital of 
 whereas we did lately, on the seventh day of 7th May, 
 
 •^ "^16 Edw. 3. 
 
 May, in the sixteenth year of our reign, grant by our EaJ}^;/5[^an 
 charter, for us and our heirs, to Henry then Earl of Lan- *'^^*^^- 
 caster, that he and his heirs of his body begotten, and 
 all his men for ever, should be quit of paviage, passage, 
 payage, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, picage, 
 and groundage throughout all our realm and dominions; 
 and that the same Earl and his heirs aforesaid for ever 
 should have the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and 
 summons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, and the 
 attachment as well of pleas of the crown as of other pleas 
 whatsoever in all their lands and fees ; so that no sheriff or 
 other bailiff or minister of us or our heirs should enter 
 those lands or fees to execute the same writs and summons, 
 or to make attachment of the pleas of the crown or other 
 pleas aforesaid, or to do any other oflBce there, unless in 
 default of the same Earl and his heirs aforesaid, and their 
 bailiffs and ministers in their lands and fees aforesaid. 
 And that they should have the chattels of their men and 
 tenants being felons and fugitives; so that if any one of 
 
 * The original Charter does not now exist in the archives of the 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
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 suorum pro delicto suo vitam vel membrum deberet amit- 
 tere vel fugeret et jadicio stare nollet vel aliud quodcum- 
 que delictum faceret pro quo catalla sua deberet perdere, ubi- 
 cunque justitia de eo fieret, sive in curia nostra vel haere- 
 dum nostrorum sive in alia curia, ipsa catalla essent ipsius 
 Comitis et haeredum suorum prsedictorum, et quod liceret 
 eis vel ministris suis sine impedimento nostri vel hseredum 
 nostrorum vicecomitum aut aliorum ballivorum seu mi- 
 nistrorum nostrorum quorumcunque ponere se in seisi- 
 nam de catallis praedictis et ea ad usum ipsius Comitis et 
 hseredum suorum prsedictorum retinere. Et etiam quod 
 haberent imperpetuum omnes fines pro transgressionibus 
 et aliis delictis quibuscunque et fines pro licentia concor- 
 dandi, et omnia amerciamenta redemptiones et exitus 
 forisfactos ; ac forisfacturas, annum diem vastum et 
 streppum, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes nostros per- 
 tinere possent de hujusmodi anno die vasto et murdris 
 de omnibus hominibus et tenentibus de terris et feodis 
 suis quibuscunque in quibuscunque curiis nostris et haere- 
 dum nostrorum homines et tenentes illos, tam coram nobis 
 et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, et coram thesaurario et baronibus nostris et 
 haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, et coram justitiariis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, et coram senes- 
 callo et marescallis seu clerico mercati hospitii nostri et 
 haeredum nostrorum, ac aliis curiis nostris et haeredum 
 nostrorum, quam coram justitiariis itinerantibus ad com- 
 munia placita et ad placita forestae et quibuscunque aliis 
 justitiariis et ministris nostris et haeredum nostrorum, tam 
 in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam in ab- 
 sentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, fines facere vel 
 amerciari, exitus forisfacere, annum diem et vastum seu 
 forisfacturas et murdra adjudicari contingeret; quae fines, 
 
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 their men or tenants ought to lose life or limb for his 
 offence, or should flee and be unwilling to stand his 
 trial, or commit any other offence for the which he 
 ought to lose his chattels, wheresoever justice should 
 be had of him, whether in the court of us or our heirs, 
 or in any other court, such chattels should belong to the 
 same Earl and his heirs aforesaid, and that it should be 
 lawful for them or their ministers, without hinderance of 
 us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs or other bailiffs or mi- 
 nisters whomsoever, to put themselves in seizin of the 
 cTiattels aforesaid, and to retain them to the use of the 
 same Earl and his heirs aforesaid. And also that they 
 should have for ever all fines for trespasses and other 
 offences whatsoever, and fines for licence to agree, and 
 all amercements, ransoms, and forfeited issues and for- 
 feitures, year, day, waste, and estrepement, and all things 
 which could pertain to us and our heirs of the like year, 
 day, and waste, and murders, in respect of all the men and 
 tenants of their lands and fees whatsoever, in any soever 
 of the courts of us and our heirs, where such men and 
 tenants should happen to make fine, or be amerced or 
 forfeit issues, or such year, day, and waste, or forfeitures 
 and murders happen to be adjudged, as well before us 
 and our heirs, and in the chancery of us and our heirs, 
 and before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer 
 of us and our heirs, and before the justices of the bench 
 of us and our heirs, and before the steward and marshals 
 or the clerk of the market of the household of us and 
 our heirs, and in other the courts of us and our heirs, 
 as before the justices in eyre, to hold common pleas and 
 pleas of the forest, and before all other justices and mi- 
 nisters of us and our heirs whomsoever, as well in pre- 
 sence of us and our heirs as in absence of us and our 
 
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 amerciamenta, redemptiones, exitus, annus dies vastum 
 sive streppum, forisfacturaj et murdra, ad nos vel haere- 
 des nostros pertinere possent, si prsefato Comiti et hae- 
 redibus suis praedictis concessa non fuissent. Ita quod 
 idem Comes et hseredes sui praedicti, per se vel per balli- 
 vos et ministros suos, fines, amerciamenta, redemptiones, 
 exitus, et forisfaeturas hujusmodi hominum et tenen- 
 tium suorum praedictorum, et omnia quae ad nos et haere- 
 des nostros pertinere possent de anno die et vasto sive 
 streppo et murdris praedictis, levare percipere et habere 
 possent, — sine occasione vel impediraento nostri aut haere- 
 dum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, 
 coronatorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nos- 
 trorum quorumcunque. Quam quidem cartam post mor- 
 tem praedicti Comitis Henricus filius et haeres ejusdem 
 Comitis, cui omnia terrae et tenementa quae fuerunt ipsius 
 Comitis jure haereditario descendebant, nobis ex certis 
 causis reddidit cancellandam, et ea de causa carta ilia 
 cancellatur sicut per inspectionem rotulorum cancellariae 
 nostrae nobis constat. Nos advertentes ea quae sic in feodo 
 talliato praefato Comiti et haeredibus de corpore suo procre- 
 atis per nos concessa fuerunt, et de quibus praedictus Comes 
 virtute concessionis nostrae praedictae fuit seisitus in domi- 
 nico suo ut de feodo die quo obiit, per redditionem cartae 
 praedictae nobis per praedictum Henricum filium Henrici 
 sic factam, aut per quodcunque aliud factum ejusdem Hen- 
 rici filii, in praejudicium et exhaeredationem haeredum suo- 
 rum de corpore suo exeuntium, secundum legem et consue- 
 tudinem regni nostri cancellari non posse, sed in suo robore 
 permanere debere, ac volentes ea consideratione carissimo 
 filio nostro Johanni nunc Duci Lancastriae qui Blanchiam, 
 filiara et haeredem praedicti Henrici filii Henrici postmodum 
 Ducis Lancastriae, duxit in uxorem, et eidem Blanchiae, 
 
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 heirs; which fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, year, 
 day, waste, or estrepement, forfeitures, and murders, 
 would have pertained to us or our heirs, if they had 
 not been granted to the aforesaid Earl and his heirs 
 aforesaid. So that the same Earl and his heirs afore- 
 said, by themselves or by their bailiffs and ministers, 
 might levy, perceive, and have the fines, amercements, 
 ransoms, issues, and forfeitures of such their men and 
 tenants aforesaid, and all things which could pertain to 
 us and our heirs of the year, day, and waste or estrepe- 
 ment, and murders aforesaid, — without let or hinderance 
 of us or our heirs, or of our justices, escheators, sheriff's, 
 coroners, or other our bailiff's or ministers whomsoever. 
 Which said charter, after the death of the aforesaid Earl, surrender 
 
 . T-ii 1 111 thereof by 
 
 Henry, son and heir of the same Earl (to whom all the the son and 
 
 •" ^ ^ heir of the 
 
 lands and tenements which were of the same Earl did by he- grantee. 
 
 reditary right descend), for certain causes surrendered unto 
 
 us to be cancelled, and therefore the charter is cancelled, as 
 
 to us appears by inspection of the rolls of our chancery. 
 
 We, taking into consideration that those things which The grant in 
 
 ., ./» •■, If .i-r-ii fee-tail could 
 
 had been so granted by us m fee- tail to the aforesaid Earl not legaiiy 
 
 . , be annulled. 
 
 and the heirs of his body begotten, and whereof the afore- 
 said Earl by virtue of our grant aforesaid was seised in 
 his demesne as of fee on the day of his death, could not 
 by any surrender of the charter aforesaid to us so made 
 by the aforesaid Henry the son of Henry, nor by any 
 other act of the same Henry the son, in prejudice and 
 disherison of his heirs of his body issuing, be annulled 
 according to the law and custom of our realm, but ought 
 to remain in their full force, and being willing, with that 
 consideration, to shew especial favor to our most dear son 
 John now Duke of Lancaster (who took to wife Blanche, 
 daughter and heir of the aforesaid Henry son of Henry, 
 
qui quidem Johannes et Blanchia omnia terras et tene- 
 menta, quae fuerunt tam prsedicti Henrici patris quam 
 prsefati Henrici filii jure hsereditario, lit in jure prsedictse 
 Blanchise de corpore prsedicti Henrici filii Henrici pro- 
 creatse, jam tenent, gratiam facere specialem, dictam con- 
 cessionem nostram prsefato Henrico Comiti, ut prsemittitur, 
 factam, prsefatis Johanni nunc Duci Lancastrise et Blanchiae 
 uxori ejus duximus innovandam, et concessimus et hac 
 carta nostra confirmavimus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, 
 eisdem Johanni Duci et Blanchiae quod ipsi et haeredes 
 sui de corporibus ipsorum Johannis et Blanchiae procreati 
 et omnes homines sui de terris et feodis quae fuerunt 
 praedicti Henrici patris dicto septimo die Maii imperpetuum 
 sint quieti de pavagio, passagio, paagio, lastagio, stallagio, 
 tallagio, cariagio, pesagio, piccagio, et terragio per totum 
 regnum et potestatem nostram ; et etiam quod iidem Dux et 
 Blanchia et haeredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant 
 retorna omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, 
 ac summonitionum de scaccario nostro et haeredum nos- 
 trorum, et attachiamenta tam de placitis coronae quam de 
 aliis quibuscunque in omnibus terris et feodis praedictis; 
 ita quod nullus vicecomes vel ahus ballivus seu minister 
 noster vel haeredum nostrorum terras seu feoda ilia in- 
 grediatur ad executiones eorundem brevium et sum- 
 monitionum, seu ad attachiamenta de placitis coronae 
 vel aliis praedictis aut ahquod aliud officium ibidem 
 faciendum, nisi in defectum ipsorum Ducis et Blanchiae 
 et haeredum suorum praedictorum ac ballivorum et minis- 
 trorum suorum in terris et feodis suis praedictis. Et etiam 
 quod habeant catalla hominum et tenentium suorum fe- 
 lonum et fugitivorum ; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenen- 
 tium suorum pro delicto suo vitam vel membrum debeat 
 amittere vel fugerit et judicio stare noluerit vel aliud 
 
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 afterwards Duke of Lancaster), and to the same Blanche, 
 which same John and Blanche now hold by hereditary- 
 right, as in right of the aforesaid Blanche, begotten of 
 the body of the aforesaid Henry son of Henry, all the 
 lands and tenements which were as well of the aforesaid 
 Henry the father, as of the aforesaid Henry the son, have Renewed in 
 
 1 . . , favor of John 
 
 thought fit to renew our said grant, made as is premised ouke of 
 to the aforesaid Earl Henry, unto the aforesaid John now ^^^i^^*^^'^ 
 Duke of Lancaster and Blanche his wife; and we have hdr?fHen"y 
 granted, and by this our charter have confirmed, for us Suke*^ 
 and our heirs, to the same Duke John and Blanche, that 
 they and their heirs of the bodies of the same John and 
 Blanche begotten, and all their men of the lands and fees 
 which were of the aforesaid Henry the father on the said 
 seventh day of May, may be for ever quit of paviage, pas- Acquittance 
 sage, payage, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, 
 picage, and groundage throughout all our realm and domi- 
 nion ; and also that the same Duke and Blanche, and their 
 heirs aforesaid for ever, may have the return of all writs of Return of 
 
 writs and 
 
 US and our heirs, and summons of the exchequer of us and summons of 
 
 * the exche- 
 
 our heirs, and the attachment as well of pleas of the crown 'i"^'^- 
 
 *■ Attachment 
 
 as of other pleas whatsoever in all the lands and fees afore- ofpieasof 
 
 c the crown. 
 
 said; so that no sheriff, or other bailiff or minister of us 
 or our heirs, may enter those lands or fees, to execute 
 the same writs and summons, or to make attachment of 
 the pleas of the crown or other pleas aforesaid, or to do 
 any other office there, unless in default of the same Duke 
 and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid, and their bailiffs 
 and ministers in their lands and fees aforesaid. And also chattels of 
 
 felons. 
 
 that they may have the chattels of their men and tenants 
 being felons and fugitives; so that if any one of their 
 men or tenants ought to lose life or limb for his offence, 
 or should flee and be unwilling to stand his trial, or 
 
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 quodcumque delictum fecerit pro quo catalla sua debeat 
 perdere, ubicunque justitia de eo fieri debeat sive in 
 curia nostra vel haeredum nostrorum sive in alia curia, 
 ipsa catalla sint ipsorum Ducis et Blanchise et haeredum 
 suorum praedictorum, et quod liceat eis seu ministris suis 
 sine impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum vicecomi- 
 tum aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum quo- 
 rumcunque ponere se in seisinam de catallis praedictis et ea 
 ad usum ipsorum Ducis et Blanchiae et haeredum suorum 
 praedictorum retinere. Et etiam quod habeant imperpe- 
 tuum omnes fines pro transgressionibus et aliis delictis qui- 
 buscunque et etiam fines pro licentia concordandi, ac omnia 
 amerciamenta redemptiones et exitus forisfactos, ac foris- 
 facturas, annum diem vastum et streppum, et omnia quae 
 ad nos et haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de hujusmodi 
 anno die et vasto et murdris de omnibus hominibus et te- 
 nentibus de dictis terris et feodis quae fuerunt dicti Hen- 
 rici patris dicto septimo die Mali, in quibuscunque curiis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum homines et tenentes illos, 
 tam coram nobis et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria 
 nostra et haeredum nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et 
 baronibus nostris et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, et 
 coram justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, 
 ac coram senescallo et marescallis seu clerico mercati 
 hospitii nostri et haeredum nostrorum, qui pro tempore 
 fuerint, et aliis curiis nostris et haeredum nostrorum, 
 quam coram justitiariis itinerantibus ad communia pla- 
 cita et ad placita forestae et quibuscunque aliis jus- 
 titiariis et ministris nostris et haeredum nostrorum, 
 tam in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam 
 in absentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, fines facere vel 
 amerciari, exitus forisfacere, annum diem et vastum seu 
 forisfacturas et murdra adjudicari contigerit; quae fines, 
 
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 commit any other offence for the which he ought to 
 lose his chattels, wheresoever justice should be had of 
 him, whether in the court of us or our heirs, or in any 
 other court, such chattels shall belong to the same Duke 
 and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. And that it shall 
 be lawful for them or their ministers, without hinderance 
 of us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs, or other bailiffs or 
 ministers whomsoever, to put themselves in seizin of the 
 chattels aforesaid, and retain them to the use of the same 
 Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. And also Fines and 
 
 in ji n n -i amerce- 
 
 that they may have for ever all fines for trespasses and ments, for- 
 
 ^ ^ feited issues, 
 
 other offences whatsoever, and also the fines for licence forfeitures, 
 
 ' &c. 
 
 to agree, and all amercements, ransoms, and forfeited 
 issues and forfeitures, year, day, and waste, and estrepe- 
 ment, and all things which can pertain to us and our 
 heirs, of the like year, day, and waste, and murders, in 
 respect of all the men and tenants of the said lands and 
 fees, which were of the said Henry the father on the 
 said seventh day of May, in any soever of the courts of 
 us and our heirs, where such men and tenants shall 
 happen to make fine, or be amerced, or forfeit issues, 
 or such year, day, and waste, or forfeitures and murders, 
 happen to be adjudged, as well before us and our heirs, 
 and in the chancery of us and our heirs, and before the 
 treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, 
 and before the justices of the bench of us and our heirs, and 
 before the steward and marshals, or the clerk of the market 
 of the household of us and our heirs for the time being, 
 and in other the courts of us and our heirs, as before 
 the justices in eyre, to hold common pleas and pleas of 
 the forest, and before all other justices and ministers of 
 us and our heirs whomsoever, as well in presence of us 
 and our heirs as in absence of us and our heirs; which 
 
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 amerciamenta, redemption es, exitus, annus dies vastum 
 sive streppum, forisfacturae et murdra, ad nos vel haeredes 
 nostros possent pertinere, si prsefatis Duci et Blanchise et 
 hseredibus suis prsedictis concessa non fuissent. Ita quod 
 iidem Dux et Blanchia et haeredes sui praedicti, per se vel 
 per ballivos et ministros suos, fines, amerciamenta, redemp- 
 tiones, exitus, et forisfacturas hujusmodi hominum et 
 tenentium suorum praedictorum, et omnia quae ad nos et 
 haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto sive 
 streppo et murdris praedictis, levare percipere et habere 
 possint, — sine occasione vel impedimento nostri vel haere- 
 dum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, 
 coronatorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nos- 
 trorum quorumcunque. Quare volumus et firmiter prae- 
 cipimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris quod praefati Dux 
 et Blanchia et haeredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant 
 omnes libertates praedictas sicut praedictum est, et eis et 
 earum qualibet decaetero plene gaudeant et utantur, reddi- 
 tione seu cancellatione cartae praedictae non obstante. Ita 
 quod si praedicti Dux et Blanchia sine haerede de cor- 
 poribus suis exeunte obierint, tunc omnes et singulae 
 libertates praedictae, post mortem ipsorum Ducis et 
 Blanchiae ad nos et haeredes nostros integre rever- 
 tantur. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus patribus, Simone 
 Eliensi Cancellario, Johanne Bathoniensi et Wellensi The- 
 saurario, nostris, Episcopis, Leonello Duce Clarenciae filio 
 nostro carissimo, Humfrido de Bohun Herefordiae, Ricardo 
 Arundellise, Comitibus, Edwardo le Despenser Domino de 
 Glamorgan et Morgan no we, Guidone de Bryan, Johanne 
 atte Lee Senescallo hospitii nostri, et aliis. Data per 
 manum nostram apud Westmonasterium quartodecimo die 
 Julii, anno regni nostri tricesimo octavo. 
 
 Per ipsum Regem. 
 
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 fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, year, day, waste, or 
 estrepement, forfeitures, and murders, would pertain to 
 us or our heirs, if they had not been granted to the 
 aforesaid Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. 
 So that the same Duke and Blanche, and their heirs afore- 
 said, by themselves or by their bailiffs and ministers, may 
 levy, perceive, and have the fines, amercements, ransoms, 
 issues, and forfeitures of such their men and tenants afore- 
 said, and all things which can pertain to us and our heirs 
 of the year, day, and waste, or estrepement and murders 
 aforesaid, — ^without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or 
 of our justices, escheators, sheriffs, coroners, or other our 
 bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. Wherefore we will and 
 strictly command for us and our heirs, that the aforesaid 
 Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid, shall have 
 all the liberties aforesaid for ever, as is aforesaid, and 
 shall henceforth fully enjoy and use them and every of 
 them, notwithstanding the surrender or cancelling of the 
 charter aforesaid. So that if the aforesaid Duke and 
 Blanche shall die without heir of their bodies issuing, 
 then all and every the liberties aforesaid, after the death 
 of the same Duke and Blanche, shall entirely revert to 
 us and our heirs. These being witnesses, the venerable 
 fathers, Simon Bishop of Ely, our Chancellor; John 
 Bishop of Bath and Wells, our Treasurer ; our most dear 
 son Lionel Duke of Clarence ; Humphrey de Bohun, Earl 
 of Hereford ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; Edward le De- 
 spenser. Lord of Glamorgan and Morgannowe; Guy de 
 Brian ; John atte Lee, Steward of our household, and 
 others. Given under our hand at Westminster, on the 
 fourteenth day of July, in the thirty-eighth year of our 
 reign. By the King himself. 
 
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 " Et memorandum quod omnes prsedictae libertates sunt 
 in terris et feodis, quae fuerunt prsedicti Henrici patris nuper 
 Comitis Lancastriae dicto septimo die Maii, et non in aliis 
 terris et feodis quae praedicti Dux et Blanchia jam tenent, 
 concessae ; licet hoc in omnibus locis ubi hujusmodi terrae 
 et feoda in carta ilia specificantur non sit plenarie expres- 
 
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 " And be it remembered that all the aforesaid liberties Memoran- 
 
 dum on the 
 
 are granted in the lands and fees which were of the afore- charter rou, 
 
 O 38 Edw. 3. 
 
 said Henry the father, late Earl of Lancaster, on the said 
 seventh day of May, and not in the other lands and fees 
 which the aforesaid Duke and Blanche now hold; albeit 
 this be not fully expressed in all places where the like 
 lands and fees are specified in that charter." 
 
 E 2 
 
^6 
 
 Rot. Pat. 
 46 Edw. 3. 
 m. 35. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 VIII. 
 De escambio facto cum Comite Richemondi^. 
 
 MC carta indentata facta inter magnificum prin- 
 cipem Dominum Edwardum Regem Anglise et 
 S Francise et carissimum filium suum Johannem 
 Regem Castellse et Legionis et Ducem Lancas- 
 triae illustrera testatur quod cum idem Dominus Rex 
 Anglise prsefatum Johannem nunc Regem Castellae in 
 Comitem Richemondiae prsefecerit, et comitatum Riche- 
 mondise ac honorem castra maneria terras tenementa 
 et omnia alia loca ad dictum comitatum pertinentia quae 
 Johannes nuper Dux Britanniae et Comes loci preedicti 
 habuit ibidem, prsefato Johanni Regi Castellse per nomen 
 Comitis Richemondiae, habenda et tenenda sibi et hsere- 
 dibus de corpore suo exeuntibus, dederit et concesserit 
 per cartam suam, prout in carta prsedicta plane liquet: 
 Jamque dictus Johannes Rex Castellae, cum praelatis pro- 
 ceribus comitibus magnatibus nobilibus et sapientibus de 
 concilio regio existentibus praehabitis super hoc diversis 
 tractatibus, perpendens et advertens quod si comitatus 
 honor castra maneria terrse tenementa et loca praedicta 
 in se et solium regium, a quo prius exiverant, transfe- 
 rentur, in ipsius Regis Angliae et totius regni Anghae 
 commodum tenderet, quietem pariter et honorem. Et 
 propterea dictus Johannes Rex Castellae, sicut gratus filius, 
 patris sui beneplacita, honorem et commodum regni 
 Angliae, suis propriis utilitatibus anteponens, pura et 
 spontanea voluntate sua, causis et occasionibus antedictis, 
 speciaUter acquievit et concessit quod comitatus honor 
 
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 VIII. 
 
 Of the exchange made with the Earl of Richmond.* 
 
 HIS Charter indented, made between the high 46Edw"3'. 
 
 and mighty prince, Lord Edward King of Eng- ^'^' ^^^^' 
 land and France, and his most dear son John, 
 the illustrious King of Castillo and Leon and 
 
 Duke of Lancaster, witnesseth, that, whereas the same ^ve„?othe 
 
 Lord the King of England did advance the aforesaid ?as£°[^exl 
 
 John, now Kinff of Castillo, to be Earl of Richmond, theearidom 
 
 . . 1 1 /. . 1 of Rich- 
 
 and by his charter did give and grant unto the aforesaid mond. 
 John King of Castillo, by the name of Earl of Richmond, 
 the earldom of Richmond, and the honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, and all other places to the said earl- 
 dom pertaining, which John late Duke of Brittany and 
 Earl of the aforesaid place had there, to have and 
 hold to him and the heirs of his body issuing, as in the 
 charter aforesaid plainly doth appear: And now the 
 said John King of Castillo, divers treaties hereupon being 
 had with the prelates, peers, earls, grandees, nobles, and 
 sages of the royal council, well weighing and consider- 
 ing, that, if the earldom, honor, castles, manors, lands, 
 tenements, and places aforesaid were to be transferred 
 to him and the royal throne, whence they had first 
 issued, it would tend not less to the advantage of the 
 said King of England, and the whole realm of England, 
 than to the quiet and honor of the same. And for that 
 the said John King of Castillo, like a grateful son, pre^ 
 
 * The original Charter does not now exist in the archives of the 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
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 castra maneria terrse tenementa et loca prsedicta, necnon 
 feoda militum ad eadem comitatum honorem castra ma- 
 neria terras tenementa et loca prsedicta pertinentia, et 
 similiter advocationes eisdem spectantes simul cum mem- 
 bris hamelettis pratis pascuis pasturis piscariis moris maris- 
 cis turbariis chaciis parcis boscis warennis hundredis wapen- 
 tachiis feriis mercatis libertatibus liberis consuetudinibus 
 escaetis et omnibus aliis ad prsedicta comitatum honorem 
 castra maneria terras tenementa et loca prsedicta qualiter- 
 cumque et ubicumque spectantibus sive pertinentibus, prse- 
 fato patri suo traderentur ; unde prsedictus Dominus Rex 
 Anglise gratitudinem prsedictam multis attoUens laudibus, et 
 volens proinde prsefato Johanni Regi Castellse, et in status 
 sui supportationem majorem, retributionem sibi facere com- 
 petentem, castrum manerium et honorem de Tickhull, cas- 
 trum et manerium de Alto Pecco, cum feodis miUtum eisdem 
 castris maneriis et honori pertinentibus sive spectantibus, et 
 omnia feoda quse dictus Dominus Rex Anglise habuit ex 
 dono et concessione Roberti de Lisle militis (feodis quse in 
 manu ipsius Domini Regis Anglise sunt extincta dum- 
 taxat exceptis) necnon advocationes ecclesiarum de Steyn- 
 drop et Braunspath in episcopatu Dunolmensi, et libera- 
 rum capellarum de Tickhull et de Alto Pecco, ac ecclesise 
 de Marsfeld, Uberse capellse ibidem, liberae capellse infra 
 castrum de Pevenese, prioratus de Wilmingdon, qui est 
 cella abbatise Sanctse Marise de Greston in Normannia, 
 et prioratus de Withiham, qui est cella abbatise Sancti 
 Martini de Meremest Turon*, et domus Sancti Roberti 
 de Knaresburgh ; castrum manerium et honorem de Knares- 
 burgh cum pertinentiis, et hundredum sive wapentachium 
 de Staynclif, cum pertinentiis in comitatu Eboraci, ma- 
 neria de Grynglay et Whetelay, cum pertinentiis in co- 
 mitatu Notinghamise, maneria de Wyghton, Ailesham, Fa- 
 
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 ferring his father's pleasure, and the honor and con- 
 venience of the kingdom of England, to his own private 
 advantage, of his own pure will and free accord, for the 
 causes and reasons aforesaid, hath especially acquiesced 
 and granted that the earldom, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, and places aforesaid, and also the 
 knights"* fees pertaining to the same earldom, honor, 
 castles, manors, lands, tenements, and places aforesaid, 
 and in like manner the advowsons belonging to the same, 
 together with the members, hamlets, meadows, feedings, 
 pastures, fisheries, moors, marshes, turbaries, chases, parks, 
 woods, warrens, hundreds, wapentakes, fairs, markets, li- 
 berties, free customs, escheats, and all other things to the 
 aforesaid earldom, honor, castles, manors, lands, tenements, 
 and places aforesaid howsoever and wheresoever belong- 
 ing or pertaining, shall be given up to his aforesaid father ; 
 whereupon the aforesaid Lord the King of England, ex- 
 tolling with many praises the gratitude aforesaid, and 
 being willing therefore to make competent retribution 
 to him the aforesaid John King of Castille, and for the 
 better support of his station, hath given and granted 
 for himself and his heirs unto the aforesaid John King 
 of Castille the castle, manor, and honor of Tickhill, the 
 castle and manor of the High Peak, with the knights* 
 fees to the same castles, manors, and honor pertaining 
 or belonging, and all the fees which the said Lord the 
 King of England had by the gift and grant of Sir Robert 
 de Lisle, knight, (excepting only those fees which are 
 extinct in the hands of the said Lord the King of Eng- 
 land,) and also the advowsons of the churches of Stain- 
 drop and Brancepeth in the bishopric of Durham, and 
 of the free chapels of Tickhill and High Peak, and of 
 the church of Maresfield and free chapel there, of the 
 
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 kenhamdam, et Snetesham; necnon hundreda de North- 
 grenehowe, Northerpingham, Sutherpingham, et Smethe- 
 don, cum pertinentiis in comitatibus Norfolciae et SufFolciae, 
 maneria de Glatton et Holm, cum pertinentiis in comitatu 
 Huntingdoniae, manerium de Sahara, cum pertinentiis in 
 comitatu Cantabrigise, castrum et leucatam de Pevenese 
 ac maneria de Wilyndon et Marsfeld, necnon ballivam de 
 Endelenewyk, cum pertinentiis in comitatu Sussexise, et 
 liberam chaciam de Alto Pecco, quam dictus Dominus 
 Rex Anglise tenuit in manu sua ut forestam, tenendam ut 
 liberam chaciam, ac liberam chaciam de Asshedon, cum 
 juribus et libertatibus liberis chaciis pertinentibus ; et 
 annuam firmam ducentarum marcarum quam abbas et 
 conventus beatae Marise Eborum eidem Domino Regi 
 Angliae et hajredibus suis pro manerio de Whitegift sol- 
 vere tenentur, percipiendam per manus dictorum abbatis 
 et conventus et successorum suorum, dedit et concessit 
 pro se et haeredibus suis praefato Johanni Regi Castellae, 
 habenda sibi et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus una 
 cum membris hamelettis pratis pascuis pasturis piscariis 
 moris mariscis turbariis chaciis parcis boscis warennis 
 hundredis wapentachiis feriis mercatis libertatibus li- 
 beris consuetudinibus escaetis et omnibus aliis ad prae- 
 dicta castra maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam 
 et chacias qualitercunque et ubicunque spectantibus sive 
 pertinentibus de praefato Domino Rege Angliae et haere- 
 dibus suis per servitia inde debita et consueta imper- 
 petuum in escambium pro dictis comitatu Richemondiae 
 honore castris maneriis terris tenementis locis feodis et ad- 
 vocationibus prasdictis, quae idem Johannes Rex Castellae 
 per banc cartam indentatam dedit concessit et sursum red- 
 didit eidem Domino Regi Angliae et haeredibus suis im- 
 perpetuum in escambium pro castris maneriis honoribus 
 
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 free chapel within Pevensey castle, of the priory of Wil- 
 mingdon, which is a cell of the abbey of St. Mary de 
 Greston in Normandy, and of the priory of Withiham, 
 which is a cell of the abbey of St. Martin de Meremest 
 in Tourain, and of the house of St. Robert of Knares- 
 boro"; — the castle, manor, and honor of Knaresboro', with 
 appurtenances; and the hundred or wapentake of Stain- 
 clifF, with appurtenances, in the county of York ; — the 
 manors of Gringley and Wheatley, with appurtenances, in 
 the county of Nottingham ; — the manors of Wighton, Ayls- 
 ham, Fakenham, and Snettisham, and also the hundreds of 
 North Greenhoe, North Erpingham, South Erpingham, and 
 Smithdon, with appurtenances, in the counties of Norfolk 
 and Suffolk; — the manors of Glatton and Holm, with ap- 
 purtenances, in the county of Huntingdon; — the manor of 
 Soham, with appurtenances, in the county of Cambridge; 
 — the castle and leucata of Pevensey, and the manors of 
 Willingdon and Maresfield, and also the bailiwick of En- 
 delenewick, with appurtenances, in the county of Sussex ; 
 — and the free chase of the High Peak, which the said 
 Lord the King of England held in his hands as a forest, 
 to hold as a free chase ; — and the free chase of Ashdown, 
 with the rights and liberties to free chases pertaining; — 
 and the yearly farm of 200 marks which the abbot and 
 convent of St. Mary's at York are held to pay to the 
 same Lord the King of England and his heirs for the 
 manor of Whitegift, to be perceived by the hands of the 
 said abbot and convent, and their successors : — To have 
 to him and the heirs of his body issuing, together with the 
 members, hamlets, meadows, feedings, pastures, fisheries, 
 moors, marshes, turbaries, chases, parks, woods, warrens, 
 hundreds, wapentakes, fairs, markets, liberties, free cus- 
 toms, escheats, and all other things to the aforesaid castles, 
 
29 
 
 hundredis leucata balliva chaciis firma feodis et advo- 
 cationibus prsedictis, sibi per ipsum Dominum Regem 
 Anglise, ut praedicitur, datis et concessis, sub ea quae 
 sequitur conditione, quod si hseredes dicti Johannis Regis 
 Castellse recuperaverint per judicium inde rite redditum, 
 comitatum Richemondise, honorem castra maneria terras 
 tenementa loca feoda et advocationes praedicta aut ali- 
 quam parcellam eorundem, virtute doni talliae supradicti, 
 et possessionem inde habuerint, recuperationem illam affir- 
 mando, liceat eidem Domino Regi Angliae et haeredibus suis 
 castra maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam chacias 
 firmam feoda et advocationes praedicta, praefato Johanni 
 Regi Castellae sic in escambium praedictum data et con- 
 cessa, reintrare et tenere imperpetuum. Et si contin- 
 gat praedicta castra maneria honores hundreda leuca- 
 tam ballivam chacias firmam feoda et advocationes aut 
 aliquam parcellam eorumdem praefato Johanni Regi Cas- 
 tellae in escambium praedictum sic data et concessa ab 
 eodem Johanne Rege Castellae seu haeredibus suis praedic- 
 tis recuperari, dictus Dominus Rex Angliae et haeredes sui 
 debitam recompensationem praefato Johanni Regi Castellae 
 et haeredibus suis praedictis, de valore, sine difficultate 
 qualibet facere teneantur. Dumtamen idem Johannes Rex 
 Castellae et haeredes sui praedicti a dicto Domino Rege 
 Angliae aut haeredibus suis auxilium petant, et debitam 
 diligentiam apponant circa salvationem de eo quod versus 
 eos peti contingat. Et etiam si comitatum Richemondiae 
 honorem castra maneria terras tenementa loca feoda et 
 advocationes praedicta aut aliquam parcellam eorumdem 
 extra manus dicti Domini Regis Angliae seu haeredum 
 suorum in feodo simplici aut talliato poni contingat, et 
 imposterum ad manus ejusdem Domini Regis Angliae vel 
 haeredum suorum, ex justa causa, in feodo devenerint, 
 
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 manors, honors, hundreds, leucata^ bailiwick, and chases 
 hctwsoever and wheresoever belonging or pertaining, of 
 the aforesaid Lord the King of England and his heirs, 
 by the services therefore due and accustomed for ever, in 
 exchange for the said earldom of Richmond, and the honor, 
 castles, manors, lands, tenements, places, fees and advow- 
 sons aforesaid, which the same John King of Castille by 
 this charter indented hath given, granted, and surrendered 
 to the same Lord the King of England and his heirs for 
 ever in exchange for the castles, manors, honors, hundreds, 
 leucata^ bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and advowsons afore- 
 said, given and granted to him by the same Lord the King 
 of England as is aforesaid, — under the condition hereafter 
 following, — that if the heirs of the said John King of 
 Castille shall recover by judgment thereupon rightfully 
 given the earldom of Richmond, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, or 
 any parcel thereof, by virtue of the aforesaid gift in tail, 
 and thereof have possession, affirming that recovery, it may 
 be lawful for the same Lord the King of England and his 
 heirs to re-enter and hold for ever the castles, manors, 
 honors, hundreds, leucata, bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and 
 advowsons aforesaid so given and granted to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castille in exchange as aforesaid. And if 
 it happen that the aforesaid castles, manors, honors, hun- 
 dreds, leucata^ bailiwick, chases, farm, fees and advowsons, 
 or any parcel thereof, so given and granted to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castille in exchange as aforesaid, be re- 
 covered from the same John King of Castille or his heirs 
 aforesaid, the said Lord the King of England and his heirs 
 shall be held to make due compensation of the value to 
 the aforesaid John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid 
 without any difficulty. So however, that the same John 
 
so 
 
 tam idem Dominus Rex Angliae et haeredes sui castra 
 maneria honores hundred a leucatam ballivam chacias fir- 
 mam feoda et advocationes praedicta prsefato Johanni Regi 
 Castellae et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus sic 
 data et concessa, quam praefatus Johannes Rex Castellae 
 et haeredes sui praedicti dictum comitatum Richemondiae 
 ac honorem castra maneria terras tenementa loca feoda 
 et advocationes praedicta dicto Domino Regi Angliae et 
 haeredibus suis in escambium praedictum ut praemittitur 
 data et concessa, pro integro seu pro rata rehabeant hinc 
 et inde, et restitutio exinde fiat, tenenda prout prius. Et 
 idem Dominus Rex Angliae et haeredes sui castra maneria 
 honores hundreda leucatam ballivam chacias firmam feoda 
 et advocationes praedicta, praefato Johanni Regi Castellae 
 et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus per ipsum Do- 
 minum Regem Angliae data et concessa, praefato Johanni 
 Regi Castellae et haeredibus suis praedictis warantizabunt et 
 imperpetuum defendent, juxta vim et effectum escambii 
 et conditionum praedictorum. Et similiter idem Johannes 
 Rex Castellae et haeredes sui praedictum comitatum Riche- 
 mondiae, simul cum honore castris maneriis terris tenemen- 
 tis locis feodis et advocationibus praedictis, praedicto Do- 
 mino Regi Angliae et haeredibus suis contra omnes waran- 
 tizabunt et imperpetuum defendent, juxta vim et effectum 
 escambii et conditionum praedictorum. In cujus rei tes- 
 timonium praedictae cartae indentatae tam sigillum dicti Do- 
 mini Regis Angliae quam sigillum dicti Johannis Regis Cas- 
 tellae alternatim sunt appensa. Hiis testibus, venerabihbus 
 patribus Willielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius An- 
 gliae Primate, Simone Londinensi et Willielmo Wintoniensi, 
 Episcopis, Edmundo filio dicti Regis Angliae carissimo 
 Cantabrigiae, Ricardo Arundelliae, Humfrido de Bohun He- 
 refordiae et Willielmo de Monte Acuto Sarum, Comitibus, 
 
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 King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid pray aid of the 
 said Lord the King of England or his heirs, and apply 
 due diligence about the salvation of that which may 
 happen to be sued against them. And also if it happen 
 that the earldom of Richmond, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, 
 or any parcel thereof, be put out of the hands of the 
 said Lord the King of England or his heirs in fee 
 simple or tail, and thereafter shall come by just cause 
 into the hands of the same Lord the King of England 
 or his heirs in fee, as well the same Lord the King of 
 England and his heirs, the castles, manors, honors, hun- 
 dreds, leucata, bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and advowsons 
 aforesaid so given and granted to the aforesaid John 
 King of Castille and the heirs of his body issuing, as the 
 aforesaid John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid, the 
 said earldom of Richmond, and the honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid 
 given and granted to the said Lord the King of England 
 and his heirs in exchange aforesaid, as is premised, may 
 have back on either side entirely or proportionately, 
 and restitution thereupon be made, to hold as before. 
 And the same Lord the King of England and his heirs, 
 the castles, manors, honors, hundreds, leucata, bailiwick, 
 chases, farm, fees and advowsons aforesaid given and 
 granted by the same Lord the King of England to the 
 aforesaid John King of Castille and the heirs of his body 
 issuing, will warrant and for ever defend to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid, according 
 to the force and effect of the exchange and conditions 
 aforesaid. And in like manner the same John King of 
 Castille and his heirs, the aforesaid earldom of Richmond, 
 together with the honor, castles, manors, lands, tenements, 
 
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 Henrico de Percy, Roberto de Thorp Cancellario, Ricardo 
 de Scrop Thesaurario, Willielmo Latymer Camerario, Jo- 
 hanne de Neville Senescallo hospitii prsedicti Domini Regis 
 Anglise, Johanne Knyvet, Willielmo de Fynchedene, Jo- 
 hanne Moubray, Thoma de Ingelby, Willielmo de Wy- 
 chyngham, Rogero de Meres et Johanne de Cavendissh, 
 ejusdem Domini Regis Anglise justitiariis, et aliis. Data 
 apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto die Junii, anno 
 regni dicti Domini Regis Angliae quadragesimo sexto, regni 
 vero sui Franciae tricesimo tertio. 
 
 Per ipsum Regem et Concilium. 
 ** Et memorandum quod una pars istius indenturse re- 
 manens penes Regem Angliae decimo nono die Julii libe- 
 rata fuit Ricardo de Ravenesere clerico." 
 
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 places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, against all men will 
 warrant and for ever defend to the aforesaid Lord the 
 King of England and his heirs, according to the force 
 and effect of the exchange and conditions aforesaid. In 
 witness whereof, as well the seal of the said Lord the 
 King of England, as the seal of the said John King of 
 Castillo, alternately are set to the aforesaid charter in- 
 dented. These being witnesses, the venerable fathers, 
 William Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all Eng- 
 land; Simon Bishop of London, and William Bishop of 
 Winchester; Edmund Earl of Cambridge, the most dear 
 son of the said King of England ; Richard Earl of Arundel; 
 Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and Wilham de 
 Montacute, Earl of SaUsbury; Henry de Percy; Robert 
 de Thorp, Chancellor ; Richard de Scroope, Treasurer ; 
 William Latymer, Chamberlain ; John de Neville, Steward 
 of the household of the aforesaid Lord the King of Eng- 
 land; John Knyvet, William de Fynchedene, John Mou- 
 bray, Thomas de Ingelby, William de Wychyngham, Roger 
 de Meres, and John de Cavendissh, Justices of the same 
 Lord the King of England, and others. Given at West- 
 minster on the twenty-fifth day of June, in the forty-sixth 
 year of the reign of the said Lord the King of England, 
 and the thirty- third of his reign of France. 
 
 By the King himself and Council. 
 " And be it remembered that the one part of this in- 
 denture remaining with the King of England was delivered 
 on the nineteenth day of July to Richard de Ravensere, 
 clerk.'' 
 
S2 
 
 IX. 
 
 Pro Duce Lancastri^. 
 
 Rot. Pat. 
 51 Edw. 3. 
 p. 1. m. 33. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 (Orig.inarch. 
 Ducat Lane.) 
 
 DWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Francise 
 et Dominus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos prsesentes 
 literse pervenerint, salutem. Sciatis quod si nos, 
 debita consideratione pensantes gestus magnifi- 
 eos cunctorum qui nobis in guerris nostris laudabiliter et 
 strenue servierunt, ipsos desideremus honoribus attoUere 
 et pro viribus juxta merita praemiare, quanto magis filios 
 nostros, quos tarn in sapientia quam in gestu nobili alios 
 prsecellere conspicimus, et qui nobis locum tenuerunt et 
 tenere poterunt potiorem, nos convenit majoribus hono- 
 ribus et gratiis praerogare. Considerantes itaque pro- 
 bitatem strenuam et sapientiam prsecellentem carissimi 
 filii nostri Johannis Regis Castellse et Legionis, Ducis 
 Lancastrise, qui laboribus et expensis semper se nobis 
 obsequiosum exhibuit, pro nobis pluries in necessitati- 
 bus intrepide se guerrarum discriminibus exponendo; et 
 volentes eo prsetextu ac desiderantes eundem filium nos- 
 trum aliquali commodo et honore ad praesens, licet non ad 
 plenum, prout digna merita exposcunt, remunerare ; ex 
 certa scientia nostra et Iseto corde, de assensu prselatorum 
 et procerum in instanti parliamento nostro apud Westmo- 
 nasterium convocato existentium, concessimus, pro nobis et 
 haeredibus nostris, praefato filio nostro, quod ipse ad totam 
 vitam suam habeat infra comitatum Lancastriae cancella- 
 riam suam, ac brevia sua sub sigillo suo pro officio cancel- 
 
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 IX. 
 
 For the Duke of Lancaster.* 
 
 DWARD, by the grace of God, King of England ^sth Feb.^ 
 and France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom ^■^- ^"^^• 
 the present letters shall come, greeting. Know 
 ye, that if we, weighing with due consideration 
 the noble bearings of all those who laudably and stre- 
 nuously have served us in our wars, be desirous of 
 raising them to honors, and rewarding them for their 
 valour according to their merits, how much more doth 
 it become us to advance with greater honors and favors 
 our own sons, whom we see excelling others as well in wis- 
 dom as in noble bearing, and who have stood and may 
 stand us in better stead. Considering, therefore, the stre- Grant for life 
 
 °' ' of a Court of 
 
 nuous goodness and excellent wisdom of our most dear S'e^JSy'if 
 son John King of Castillo and Leon, Duke of Lancas- i'^"^^^*"' 
 ter, who hath ever shewn himself ready to serve us with 
 labor and charges, many times in our need intrepidly 
 exposing himself for us to the dangers of war, and being 
 willing on that account, and desiring now to reward, 
 albeit not in full, the same our son with some benefit 
 and honor as his merits worthily demand, of our certain 
 knowledge and with cheerful heart, with the assent of 
 the prelates and nobles assembled in our present par- 
 liament convoked at Westminster, we have granted, for 
 us and our heirs, unto our aforesaid son, that he for the 
 whole of his life may have within the county of Lan- 
 
 * The original Charter is preserved in the archives of the Duchy of 
 Lancaster. 
 
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 lariae deputando consignanda, justitiarios suos tarn ad pla- 
 cita coronse quam ad qusecumque alia placita communem 
 legem tangentia tenenda, ac cognitiones eorundem, et quas- 
 cumque executiones per brevia sua et ministros suos ibidem 
 faciendas, et qusecumque alia libertates et jura regalia ad 
 comitem palatinum pertinentia, adeo integre et libere sicut 
 Comes Cestrise infra eundem comitatum Cestriae dinoscitur 
 obtinere (decimis quintisdecimis et aliis quotis et subsidiis 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris per communitatem regni nostri, 
 et decimis et aliis quotis per clerum ejusdem regni nobis 
 concessis et imposterum concedendis, aut eidem clero per 
 sedem apostolieam impositis et imponendis, ac pardona- 
 tionibus vitae et membrorum in casu quo aliquis ejusdem 
 comitatus aut alius in eodem comitatu pro aliquo delicto 
 vitam vel membrum amittere debeat, ac etiam superioritate 
 et potestate corrigendi ea quae in curiis ejusdem filii nostri 
 ibidem erronice facta fuerint, vel si idem filius noster aut 
 ministri sui in justitia in curiis ejusdem filii nostri inibi 
 facienda defecerint, semper salvis). Et est intentionis nos- 
 trae quod idem filius noster, ad mandata nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, ad parliamenta et concilia nostra duos milites 
 pro communitate comitatus praedicti et duos burgenses de 
 quolibet burgo ejusdem comitatus ad tractandum cum aliis 
 de communitate dicti regni nostri ad eadem parliamenta et 
 concilia venientibus de negotiis dicti regni nostri in eisdem 
 parliamentis et conciliis exponendis mittere teneatur. Et 
 quod idem filius noster certos homines fideles et sufficientes 
 ad hujusmodi decimas et quintasdecimas subsidia et alia 
 quota quotiens ea nobis seu haeredibus nostris in parlia- 
 mentis seu conciliis concedi contigerit assignet; ita quod 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris de sic concessis respondeatur 
 
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 caster his chancery, and his writs to be sealed under 
 his seal to be deputed for the office of the chancery, his 
 justices to hold as well pleas of the crown as all other 
 pleas whatsoever touching the common law, and the cog- 
 nisance thereof, and all manner of execution to be made 
 by his writs and his ministers there, and all other liber- 
 ties and jura regalia pertaining to a Count Palatine, as and^Mmre. 
 
 , . galia per- 
 
 freely and entirely as the Earl of Chester is well known taming to a 
 
 ^ ^ •' County Pa- 
 
 to obtain within the same county of Chester: (saving ^^""®- 
 always the tenths, fifteenths, and other contributions 
 and subsidies granted and hereafter to be granted to us 
 and our heirs by the commonalty of our realm, and the 
 tenths and other contributions granted and hereafter to 
 be granted to us by the clergy of the same our realm, 
 or imposed and to be imposed upon the same clergy 
 by the apostolic see ; — and the pardon of life and limbs 
 in case that any person of the same county, or other 
 person in the same county, ought for any delict to lose 
 his life or limb; — and also the superiority and power 
 of correcting those things which shall have been erro- 
 neously done there in the courts of our same son, or if 
 our same son or his ministers shall have failed in doing 
 justice there also in the courts of the same our son.) And Jend?n?ghls 
 it is our intention that our same son, at the mandates of an^bur-''^^ 
 
 us and our heirs, be held to send to our parliaments and serve in par- 
 liament; 
 councils two knights for the commonalty of the shire afore- 
 said, and two burgesses from every borough of the same 
 shire, to treat with the others of the commonalty of our 
 said realm coming to the same parliaments and councils 
 concerning the affairs of our said realm in the same parlia- 
 ments and councils to be declared. And that our same pj? J^^^^^^^. 
 son shall assign certain trusty and sufficient men for the d°es grant^ed' 
 like tenths and fifteenths, subsidies and other contribu- S'eiT''^' 
 
 F 2 
 
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 per eosdem. In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras 
 fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonas- 
 terium vicesimo octavo die Februarii, anno regni nostri 
 Anglise quinquagesimo primo, regni vero nostri Franciae 
 tricesimo octavo. 
 
 Per ipsum Regem de assensu totius Parliamenti. 
 
tions, so often as they shall happen to be granted to 
 us or our heirs in parliament or council; so that we and 
 our heirs may by them be answered in respect of such 
 grants. In witness whereof we have caused these our 
 letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at West- 
 minster on the twenty-eighth day of February, in the 
 fifty-first year of our reign of England, and the thirty- 
 eighth of our reign of France. 
 
 By the King himself, with the assent of the whole 
 Parliament. 
 
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 X. 
 
 Pro Johanne Rege Castell^ et Legionis Duce 
 Lancastrije. 
 
 DWARDUS, Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Fran- 
 cise, et Dominus Hibernise, archiepiscopis, epi- 
 scopis, abbatibus, prioribus, ducibus, comitibus, 
 baronibus, militibus, justitiariis, vicecomitibus, 
 prsepositis, ballivis, ministris, et aliis fidelibus suis, sa- 
 lutem. Sciatis quod cum nuper per cartam nostram in- 
 dentatam dederimus et concesserimus pro nobis et haere- 
 dibus nostris quantum in nobis fuit carissimo filio nostro 
 Johanni Regi Castellse et Legionis, Duci Lancastrise, cas- 
 trum manerium et honorem de Tickhull, ac alia terras et 
 tenementa in dicta carta nostra specificata cum perti- 
 nentiis ; habenda sibi et hseredibus de corpore suo exeun- 
 tibus in escambium pro comitatu Richemondiae, ac honore 
 castris maneriis terris tenementis et omnibus aliis locis ad 
 dictum comitatum pertinentibus nobis et hseredibus nostris 
 per prsefatum filium nostrum datis concessis et sursum reddi- 
 tis, prout in carta nostra prsedicta plenius continetur ; ac jam 
 praefatus filius noster nobis supplicaverit ut cum villa de 
 Grenstede quae ut parcella manerii de Marsfeld, villa de 
 Seford quae ut parcella castri et leucatae de Pevensey, 
 et villa de Laghton in Morthyng quae ut parcella castri 
 et honoris de Tickhull, sibi in certum valorem in escam- 
 bium praedictum (nulla speciali mentione facta de villis illis 
 in dicta carta nostra) liberata fuerunt, tria grossa per se 
 separatim et non pertinentia ad manerium de Marsfeld 
 castrum et leucatam de Pevensey et castrum et honorem 
 
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 X. 
 
 For John King of Castille and Leon, Duke of 
 Lanoaster.* 
 
 DWARD, by the grace of God, King of England 4th June, 
 and France, and Lord of Ireland, to his arch- ^•^' i377. 
 bishops, bishops, abbots, priors, dukes, earls, 
 barons, knights, justices, sheriflfs, reeves, bailiffs, 
 
 ministers, and other his faithful people, greeting. Know Redtaithat 
 
 ,.,,-,. , . , , . certain es- 
 
 ve, that whereas we did lately by our charter indented trive tates had 
 
 •' ^ •/ u been given in 
 
 and grant for us and our heirs, as far as did in us lie, to our l^^^^^J^f^^^^ 
 most dear son John King of Castille and Leon and Duke ^ondf ' 
 of Lancaster the castle manor and honor of Tickhill 
 and other lands and tenements in our said charter spe- 
 cified, with appurtenances, to have to him and the heirs of 
 his body issuing, in exchange for the earldom of Richmond 
 and the honor castles manors lands tenements and all 
 other places to the said earldom pertaining, given granted 
 and surrendered to us and our heirs by our aforesaid son, 
 as in our charter aforesaid more fully is contained; and pifi^e^jf^^ 
 now our aforesaid son hath besought us, that, whereas the fhat^cTrtain 
 town of Grinstead, which as parcel of the manor of Mares- thoughndt^ 
 field, the town of Seaford, which as parcel of the castle and mentioned in 
 
 Charter,were 
 
 leucata of Pevensey, and the town of Lauehton-in-le- included in 
 
 •' ' ° valuation, 
 
 Morthen, which as parcel of the castle and honor of 
 Tickhill, were delivered to him at a certain valuation in 
 the exchange aforesaid, (no special mention being made 
 of those towns in our said charter,) be three towns in 
 gross severally of themselves, and be not nor were at any 
 
 * The original Charter is preserved in the archives of the Duchy of 
 Lancaster. 
 
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 de Tickhull prsedicta existant, nee aliquo tempore fuerint, 
 sicut jam sibi datur intelligi, velimus ne ipse aut hse- 
 redes sui prsedicti super occupatione dictarum villarum 
 de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, ob defectum specialis 
 nominationis earumdem in concessione nostra praedicta 
 impetantur infuturum, dictas villas de Grenstede, Se- 
 ford, et Laghton, nominatim sibi concedere, habendas et 
 tenendas una cum dictis castro manerio et honore de 
 Tickhull, ac aliis terris et tenementis sibi in dictum es- 
 cambium datis, et etiam cum libertatibus quietantiis et 
 immunitatibus quas Philippa nuper Regina Anglise, tunc 
 consors nostra, quae dicta castrum manerium et honorem 
 de Tickhull et alia terras et tenementa, eidem filio nostro 
 per nos sic data, tenuit, in vita sua habuit ex concessione 
 nostra in eisdem, in recompensationem libertatum quietan- 
 tiarum et immunitatum quas idem filius noster in dicto 
 comitatu Richemondiae et honore castris maneriis terris 
 tenementis et aliis locis ad dictum comitatum pertinen- 
 tibus habuit, dum ea tenuit, ante escambium supradictum. 
 Nos escambium illud in qualibet parte ejusdem observare, 
 et tam quieti dicti filii nostri et haeredum suorum praedic- 
 torum in hac parte prospicere, quam dicta tenementa eidem 
 filio nostro ut praemittitur data et concessa ac dictas villas 
 de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, quas virtute dictae 
 concessionis nostrae sic tenet, libertatibus quietantiis et 
 immunitatibus, per praefatam consortem nostram habitis 
 ut praemittitur in eisdem, muniri et exornari, in recom- 
 pensationem libertatum quietantiarum et immunitatum 
 per praedictum filium nostrum in dicto comitatu Riche- 
 mondiae et pertinentiis suis praedictis nuper habitarum, 
 et praecipue ob specialem affectionem quam ad personam 
 ejusdem filii nostri, suis meritis magnificis laudabiUter 
 exigentibus, gerimus et habemus, concessimus eidem filio 
 
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 time pertaining to the aforesaid manor of Maresfield, castle 
 and leucata of Pevensey, and castle and honor of Tickhill, 
 as now he is given to understand, lest he or his heirs afore- 
 said should in future be impeached in the occupation of the 
 said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and Laughton for the 
 want of special naming of the same in our grant aforesaid, 
 we would be pleased to grant the said towns of Grinstead, JJ^jfl'g^be^ 
 Seaford, and Laughton to him by name, to have and to 11^/^^ ^" 
 hold together with the said castle manor and honor of 
 Tickhill and the other lands and tenements given to him 
 in the said exchange, and also with the liberties acquit- ii?ertks7&? 
 tances and immunities which Philippa, late Queen of Eng- Queen*^ ^^ 
 land, then our consort, (who held the said castle, manor, formeS. '^ 
 
 nant for life 
 
 and honor of Tickhill, and the other lands and tenements of slides. 
 
 tates. 
 
 so given by us to our same son,) in her lifetime had in 
 the same by our grant, in compensation for the liberties 
 acquittances and immunities which our same son had in 
 the said earldom of Richmond, and in the honor castles ma- 
 nors lands tenements and other places to the said earldom 
 pertaining, whilst he held them before the exchange above 
 said. We, to observe the said exchange in every part considera. 
 thereof, and to look as well to the quiet of our said son and sent graSt, ' 
 
 to quiet pos- 
 
 his heirs aforesaid in this behalf, as that the said tene- ^!!^!"„"j 
 ments given and granted to bur same son as is premised, 
 and the said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and Laughton, eSdirn'of 
 which by virtue of our said grant he so holds, be adorned "" '""''"''' 
 and armed with the liberties acquittances and immunities 
 had in the same by our aforesaid consort as is premised, in 
 compensation for the liberties acquittances and immuni- 
 ties lately had by our aforesaid son in the said earldom of 
 Richmond and its appurtenances aforesaid, and chiefly on 
 account of the special affection which we have and bear for and the 
 
 . merits of 
 
 the person of our same son, his high merits full worthily grantee. 
 
 compensate 
 for liberties 
 enjoyed by 
 the Duke in 
 
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 nostro pro nobis et haeredibus nostris quod ipse dictas 
 villas de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton cum pertinentiis 
 suis universis, etiam licet grossa sint per se, an ut praedic- 
 tum est pertinentia ad dictum manerium de Marsfeld, 
 castrum et leucatam de Pevensey et castrum et honorem 
 de Tickhull, habeat et retineat, unacum dictis castro manerio 
 et honore de Tickhull et aliis terris et tenementis praedictis 
 sibi per nos, ut praemittitur, datis, ac libertatibus quie- 
 tantiis et immunitatibus subscriptis (quas praefatae Reginae 
 in dictis terris et tenementis quae ipsa sic tenuit ad vitam 
 suam, concessimus, habendas, sicut per inspectionem rotu- 
 lorum cancellariae nostrae nobis constat), habendis utendis 
 et gaudendis in dictis castro manerio et honore de Tickhull, 
 ac aliis castris maneriis honoribus hundredis, et villis de 
 Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, ac aliis terris tenementis 
 et locis quibuscumque dicto filio nostro, ut est dictum, per 
 nos datis et in dicta carta nostra indentata plenius spe- 
 cificatis, et qualibet parte eorumdem eidem filio nostro 
 et dictis haeredibus de corpore suo, ut prsedictum est, 
 procreatis, in escambium supradictum, sub modo et forma 
 in eadem carta nostra indentata contentis imperpetuum, 
 videlicet, cum feodis militum, advocationibus domorum re- 
 ligiosarum hospitalium ecclesiarum et capellarum, wardis 
 maritagiis et escaetis de omnibus tenentibus de castris 
 honoribus maneriis terris tenementis et aliis locis praedic- 
 tis praefato filio nostro per nos sic datis, simul cum chaciis 
 parcis boscis warennis feriis mercatis aquis viis piscariis 
 communis assartis vastis et purpresturis, ac etiam arren- 
 tationibus et redditibus quorumcumque assartorum vas- 
 torum et purpresturarum tam teraporibus progenitorum nos- 
 trorum quondam Regum Angliae quam nostro in chaciis 
 et aliis locis praedictis arrentatorum et exnunc arrentan- 
 dorum, una cum finibus pro ingressu hujusmodi assartorum 
 
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 requiring it, have granted to our same son, for us and our 
 
 heirs, that he the said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and The Duke 
 
 may retain 
 
 Laughton, with all their appurtenances, albeit even they ^e towns of 
 be towns in gross of themselves, or whether as aforesaid LauSon^** 
 they be pertaining to the said manor of Maresfield, castle JUer^esutes 
 and leucata of Pevensey, and castle and honor of Tickhill, fn^exchangT, 
 may have and retain together with the said castle manor 
 and honor of Tickhill and the other lands and tenements 
 aforesaid by us given to him as is premised, and with ^"^I^^in^J^er- 
 the liberties acquittances and immunities underwritten, JJSein!' 
 (which we granted to the aforesaid Queen to have in 
 the said lands and tenements by her so held for her 
 life, as is evident to us by the inspection of the rolls 
 of our chancery,) to have, use, and enjoy in the said 
 castle manor and honor of Tickhill, and the other castles 
 manors honors hundreds, and the towns of Grinstead, Sea- 
 ford, and Laughton, and the other lands tenements and 
 places whatsoever, given by us as has been said to our 
 said son, and in our said charter indented more fully spe- 
 cified, and in every part thereof, — to our same son and the 
 said heirs of his body begotten as is aforesaid, in exchange 
 as abovesaid under the manner and form contained in 
 our same charter indented, for ever, that is to say, with 
 knights' fees, advowsons of religious houses, hospitals, Knights' 
 
 fees, advoW" 
 
 churches and chapels, wardships, marriages, and escheats sons* es- 
 of all the tenants of the castles, honors, manors, lands, te- 
 nements and other places aforesaid by us so given to our 
 aforesaid son, together with chases, parks, woods, warrens, chases, 
 
 . parks, &c, 
 
 fairs, markets, waters, ways, fisheries, commons, assarts, 
 wastes, and purprestures, and also with the arrentations 
 and rents of all manner of assarts, wastes, and purprestures 
 arrented in the chases and other places aforesaid, as well 
 in our time as in the times of our progenitors formerly 
 
vastorum et purpresturarum sic arrentandorum, et cum 
 curiis, visibus franci plegii, hundredis, wapentachiis, wrek, 
 wayf, stray', libertatibus regalibus, et liberis consuetudi- 
 nibus, et omnibus aliis ad eadem castra honores maneria 
 hundreda et alia terras tenementa et loca qualitercumque 
 et ubicumque spectantibus. Concessimus etiam pro nobis 
 et hasredibus nostris eidem filio nostro quod ipse et dicti 
 hseredes sui habeant omnes fines redemptiones et amercia- 
 menta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum de et in 
 castris honoribus maneriis hundredis villis terris tene- 
 mentis et aliis locis prsedictis sibi per nos sic datis, et 
 eorum feodis, ac etiam in omnibus villis hundredis et 
 aliis locis unde annuae firmse et redditus sibi inter caetera 
 terras et tenementa prsedicta per nos concessi proveniunt ; 
 necnon exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes 
 nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto, forisfac- 
 turis et murdris, in quibuscumque curiis nostris et haeredum 
 nostrorum homines et tenentes illos (tam coram nobis et 
 haeredibus nostris et in cancellaria nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et baronibus nostris 
 et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, quam coram justi- 
 tiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum itinerantibus ad 
 communia placita et ad placita forestae, ac etiam coram 
 justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, et 
 coram senescallo et marescallo ac coronatore hospitii 
 nostri et haeredum nostrorum et clerico de mercato, 
 ac coram aliis justitiariis et ministris nostris et haere- 
 dum nostrorum quibuscumque) fines seu redemptiones 
 facere vel amerciari, aut hujusmodi exitus murdra seu 
 forisfacturas annum diem et vastum adjudicari, contigerit, 
 adeo plene et integre sicut nos ea haberemus si praedicta 
 castra honores maneria hundreda villas terras tenementa 
 et aha loca praedicta, eidem filio nostro sic data, in manu 
 
Wreck. 
 
 Fines and 
 amerce- 
 ments, 
 
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 Kings of England, and hereafter to be arrented, together 
 with the fines for ingress of the Uke assarts, wastes, and 
 purprestures so to be arrented, and with courts, views of 
 frankpledge, hundreds, wapentakes, wreck, waif and stray, 
 royal liberties and free customs, and all other things to the 
 same castles, honors, manors, hundreds, and other lands, 
 tenements, and places howsoever and wheresoever belong- 
 ing. We have also granted for us and our heirs to our 
 same son that he and his said heirs may have all fines, 
 ransoms, and amercements of all their men and tenants 
 of and in the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, 
 lands, tenements, and other places aforesaid so given to 
 him by us, and in their fees, and also in all the towns, 
 hundreds, and other places whence the annual farms and 
 rents by us granted to him among the other lands and 
 tenements aforesaid do proceed ; and also forfeited issues, forfeited is- 
 
 1 Ti 1 • 1 • 1 • ^ 1 • sues, for- 
 
 and all thmgs which can pertam to us and our heirs feitures.&c. 
 of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders, in any 
 soever of the courts of us and our heirs, where such 
 men and tenants shall happen to make fine or ransom 
 or be amerced, or such issues, murders, forfeitures, year, 
 day, and waste happen to be adjudged, as well before us in any of the 
 and our heirs, and in the chancery of us and our heirs, and courts. 
 before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and 
 our heirs, as before the justices of us and our heirs in eyre 
 to hold common pleas and pleas of the forest, and also 
 before the justices of the bench of us and our heirs, and 
 before the steward and marshal and coroner of the house- 
 hold of us and our heirs, and the clerk of the market, and 
 before all other justices and ministers of us and our heirs 
 whomsoever, as fully and entirely as we should have them if 
 we had retained in our hand the aforesaid castles, honors, 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 
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 nostra retinuissemus. Ita quod ipse et dicti hseredes sui 
 per manus ballivorum et ministrorum suorum fines redemp- 
 tiones et amerciamenta hominum et tenentium prsedictorum 
 exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et hseredes nostros 
 pertinere poterunt de anno die vasto, forisfacturis et 
 murdris, de et in castris honoribus maneriis hundredis 
 villis terris tenementis et aliis locis praedictis per nos sic 
 datis ac eorum feodis, quae coram praedictis justitiariis iti- 
 nerantibus ad communia placita et ad placita forestae, ac 
 coram dictis senescallo et marescallo coronatore seu clerico 
 fieri et adjudicari contigerit, per extractas eorumdem jus- 
 titiariorum itinerantium in itineribus suis et senescalli 
 et marescalli et coronatoris ac clerici in sessionibus suis 
 eisdem ballivis et ministris inde liberandas, necnon fines 
 redemptiones et amerciamenta hominum et tenentium prae- 
 dictorum, ac exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et 
 haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto, 
 forisfacturis, et murdris, de et in castris honoribus 
 maneriis hundredis villis terris tenementis et aliis locis 
 praedictis per nos sic datis ac eorum feodis, quae coram 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris, vel in cancellaria nostra et 
 haeredum nostrorum, seu coram thesaurario et baronibus 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, seu coram 
 justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco aut 
 justitiariis ad assisas capiendas et gaolas deliberandas 
 seu justitiariis ad felonias et transgressiones audiendas et 
 terminandas assignatis, vel coram aliis justitiariis seu mi- 
 nistris nostris et haeredum nostrorum quibuscumque fieri 
 et adjudicari contigerit, per extractas scaccarii nostri et 
 haeredum nostrorum ballivis et ministris dicti filii nostri 
 et dictorum haeredum suorum per manus vicecomitum in 
 quorum ballivis castra honores maneria hundreda villae 
 terrae tenementa et alia loca praedicta, ut est dictum, per 
 
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 places aforesaid so given to our same son. So that he TheOuke 
 
 ... may levy 
 
 and his said heirs by the hands of his baiUffs and ministers '""^^ ^l ^'^^ 
 
 •' own oificers, 
 
 may be able to levy, perceive, and have the fines, ransoms, ^e delivered'' 
 and amercements of the men and tenants aforesaid, for- **'"^'^'"" 
 feited issues, and all things which to us and our heirs can 
 pertain of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders, of 
 and in the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, 
 tenements, and other places aforesaid by us so given, and in 
 their fees, — such as shall happen to be made and adjudged 
 before the aforesaid justices in eyre to hold common pleas 
 and pleas of the forest, and before the said steward and 
 marshal, coroner or clerk, by estreats of the same jus- 
 tices in eyre in their circuits, and of steward and marshal 
 and coroner and clerk in their sessions, to be delivered 
 thereof to the same bailiffs and ministers, — and also such 
 the fines, ransoms, and amercements of the aforesaid men 
 and tenants, and forfeited issues, and all things which to 
 us and our heirs can pertain of year, day, waste, for- 
 feitures and murders, of and in the castles, honors, 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid by us so given, and in their fees, as shall 
 happen to be made and adjudged before us and our heirs, 
 or in the chancery of us and our heirs, or before the trea- 
 surer and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, 
 or before the justices of us and our heirs of the common 
 bench, or our justices assigned to take the assizes and to 
 deliver our gaols, or the justices assigned to hear and deter- 
 mine felonies and trespasses, or before other the justices 
 or ministers of us and our heirs whomsoever, by estreats of 
 the exchequer of us and our heirs, to be delivered thereof 
 to the bailiffs and ministers of our said son and his 
 said heirs by the hands of the sheriffs in whose bailiwicks 
 the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tene- 
 
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 nos data, ac eorum feoda existunt, inde liberandas, levare 
 percipere et habere possint, — sine occasione vel impedi- 
 mento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum aut ballivorum seu mi- 
 nistrorum nostrorum quorumcumque. Et quod idem filius 
 noster et dicti haeredes sui habeant in castris honoribus 
 maneriis hundredis villis terris tenementis et aliis locis 
 prsedictis per nos sic datis, ac eorum feodis, catalla felonum 
 et fugitivorum; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenentium 
 suorum aut alii in locis praedictis vel eorum feodis pro 
 delicto suo vitam vel membrum debeant amittere vel 
 fugerint et judicio stare noluerint, vel aliquod delictum 
 fecerint pro quo catalla sua debeant perdere (ubicumque 
 justitia de eis fieri debeat sive in curia nostra vel 
 haeredum nostrorum sive in aliis curiis) ipsa catalla 
 sint praefati filii nostri et dictorum haeredum suorum, et 
 liceat eis seu ministris suis sine occasione vel impedi- 
 mento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum vicecomitum et alio- 
 rum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum vel haeredum 
 nostrorum quorumcumque ponere se in seisinam de catallis 
 praedictis et ea ad usum dicti filii nostri et haeredum suo- 
 rum retinere. Concessimus etiam praefato filio nostro pro 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris quod ipse et dicti haeredes 
 sui habeant in castris honoribus maneriis hundredis villis 
 terris tenementis et aliis locis praedictis dicto filio nostro 
 sic datis, ac eorum feodis, retorna omnium brevium nos- 
 trorum et haeredum nostrorum ac summonitionum extrac- 
 tarum et praeceptorum de scaccario praedicto necnon prae- 
 ceptorum et extractarum justitiariorum nostrorum et hae- 
 redum nostrorum itinerantium tam ad placita forestae 
 quam ad communia placita, et aliorum justitiariorum 
 quorumcumque, et executiones eorumdem brevium, sum- 
 monitionum, extractarum et praeceptorum per ballivos et 
 ministros suos faciendas. Ita quod nullus vicecomes bal- 
 
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 ments, and other places aforesaid given by us as afore- 
 said, and their fees, do lie; without let or hinderance of 
 us or our heirs, or of our bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. 
 And that our same son and his said heirs may have in chattels of 
 
 •^ felons. 
 
 the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, te- 
 nements, and other places aforesaid by us so given, and 
 in their fees, the chattels of felons and fugitives, so that 
 if any of their men or tenants or others in the places 
 aforesaid, or in their fees, for their delinquency ought 
 to lose life or limb, or shall flee and not be willing to 
 stand their trial, or shall commit' any offence for the which 
 they ought to lose their chattels, (wheresoever justice shall 
 be had of them, whether in the court of us or our heirs, or 
 whether in other courts,) such chattels shall belong to 
 our aforesaid son and his said heirs, and that it shall be 
 lawful for them or their ministers to put themselves in 
 seizin of the chattels aforesaid, and retain them to the 
 behoof of our said son and his heirs, without let or hin- 
 derance of us or our heirs, our sheriffs and other bailiffs 
 or ministers of us or our heirs whomsoever. We have also Return and 
 
 •in 1 1 • 1 execution 
 
 ffranted to our aforesaid son, for us and our heirs, that of writs and 
 
 " summons 
 
 he and his said heirs may have in the castles, honors, phfuer* 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid so given to our said son, and in their 
 fees, the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and of 
 summons, estreats, and precepts of the exchequer afore- 
 said, and also of the precepts and estreats of the justices 
 of us and our heirs in eyre to hold as well pleas of the 
 forest as common pleas, and of other justices whomso- 
 ever, and the execution of the same writs, summons, es- 
 treats, and precepts, to be made by their bailiffs and mi- 
 nisters. So that no sheriff, bailiff, or other minister of 
 us or our heirs shall enter the castles, honors, manors. 
 
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 livus aut minister noster vel hseredum nostrorum castra 
 honores maneria villas terras tenementa et alia loca 
 prsedicta, ut prseraittitur, per nos data, vel eorum feoda, 
 ad officia aliqua seu alia officia sua tangentia facienda 
 ingrediatur, nisi in defectum ipsius filii nostri aut dic- 
 torum hseredum vel ballivorum seu ministrorum suorum. 
 Volumus insuper et concedimus pro nobis et hseredibus 
 nostris quod si vicecomites vel ballivi libertatum hun- 
 dredorum seu wapentachiorum in aliquibus executionibus 
 pro eodem filio nostro auf dictis haeredibus suis per brevia 
 sive mandata nostra, vel haeredum nostrorum, aut quo vis 
 alio modo faciendis negligentes fuerint vel remissi per quod 
 ipsos in scaccario nostro seu aliis curiis nostris contigerit 
 amerciari vel fines facere, quod fines et amerciamenta ilia 
 sint^dicti filii nostri et dictorum haeredum suorum, et ad 
 eorum opus leventur. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus patribus 
 Simone Arehiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius Anglise Primate, 
 Adam Menevensi Cancellario, Henrico Wigornensi The- 
 saurario, nostris, Episcopis, Edmundo Comite Cantabrigige, 
 Thoma de Wodestok Constabulario Angliae, filiis nostris 
 carissimis, Henrico de Percy Marescallo Angliee, Johanne 
 de Ipre Senescallo hospitii nostri, Nicholao Carreu Custode 
 privati sigilli nostri, et aliis. Data per manum nostram 
 apud Shene quarto die Junii, anno regni nostri Angliae 
 quinquagesimo primo, regni vero nostri Franciae tricesimo 
 octavo. Barton. 
 
 Per breve de privato sigillo. 
 
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 towns, lands, tenements, and other places aforesaid by us 
 given as is premised, or their fees, to perform any offices, or 
 other things touching their offices, unless in default of our 
 same son or his said heirs, or of their bailiffs or ministers. 
 And furthermore we will and grant, for us and our said Fines and 
 
 '=' amerce- 
 
 heirs, that if the sheriffs or bailiffs of liberties, hundreds, or ^edffs°lnd 
 wapentakes be negligent or remiss in making any execu- bertSfoV'" 
 tions for our same son or his said heirs, by writs or man- °^^ '^^"*^** 
 dates of us or our heirs, or in any other wise, whereby it 
 shall happen that they be amerced or make fines in our 
 exchequer or in other our courts, such fines and amerce- 
 ments shall belong to our said son and his said heirs, 
 and may be levied to their behoof. These being wit- 
 nesses, the venerable fathers, Simon Archbishop of Can- 
 terbury, Primate of all England; Adam Bishop of St. 
 David's, our Chancellor; Henry Bishop of Worcester, 
 our Treasurer ; Edmund Earl of Cambridge, and Thomas 
 of Woodstock, Constable of England, our most dear sons; 
 Henry de Percy, Marshal of England; John de Ipre, 
 Steward of our household; Nicholas Carreu, Keeper of 
 our privy seal, and others. Given under our hand at 
 Sheen, on the fourth day of June, in the 5%-first 
 year of our reign of England, and the thirty-eighth of 
 
 our reign of France. 
 
 Barton. 
 
 By writ of Privy Seal. 
 
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 XL 
 
 Pko Johanne Rege Castell^ et Legionis Duce 
 Lancastri^. 
 ICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Francise et 
 Dominus Hiberniae, omnibus ad quos prsesentes 
 literae pervenerint salutem. Inspeximus quan- 
 dam car tarn carissimi Domini et avi nostri Do- 
 mini Edwardi nuper Regis Anglise defuncti, nuper factam 
 carissimo avunculo nostro Johahni Regi Castellae et Le- 
 gionis Duci Lancastriae, filio ipsius avi nostri, per nomen 
 Johannis Ducis Lancastrise, et Blanchiae nuper uxori ejus 
 in haec verba : 
 
 EDWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise, Dominus Hi- 
 berniae et Aquitaniae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, ducibus, 
 abbatibus, prioribus, eomitibus, baronibus, justitiariis, vice- 
 comitibus, praepositis, ministris, et omnibus ballivis et fide- 
 libus suis, salutem. Sciatis quod cum nos nuper septimo 
 die Maii anno regni nostri sexto decimo per cartam nostram 
 concesserimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris Henrico tunc 
 Comiti Lancastriae quod ipse et haeredes sui de corpore suo 
 procreati et omnes homines sui imperpetuum essent quieti 
 de pavagio passagio paagio lastagio stallagio tallagio cari- 
 agio pesagio piccagio et terragio per totum regnum et 
 potestatem nostram ; et quod idem Comes et haeredes sui 
 praedicti imperpetuum haberent retorna omnium brevium 
 nostrorum et hagredum nostrorum ac summonitionum de 
 scaccario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, et attachiamen- 
 ta tam de placitis coronae quam de aliis quibuscunque in 
 omnibus terris et feodis suis; ita quod nullus vicecomes 
 
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 XL 
 
 For John King of Castille and Leon, Duke of 
 Lancaster.* 
 
 I CHARD, by the grace of God, King of Eng- isthsept. 
 land and France, and Lord of Ireland, to all *•»• i^''''- 
 to whom the present letters shall come, greet- 
 ing. We have inspected a certain charter of 
 our most dear Lord and grandfather Lord Edward, late 
 King of England, deceased, lately made to our dearest 
 uncle John King of Castille and Leon, Duke of Lancas- 
 ter, son of our same grandfather, by name of John Duke 
 of Lancaster, and to Blanche, late his wife, in these words : 
 
 EDWARD, by the grace of God, King of England, i4thjuiy, 
 Lord of Ireland and Aquitaine, to his archbishops, bishops, a.d. i364.' 
 dukes, abbots, priors, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves, 
 ministers, and all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. 
 Know ye, that whereas we did lately, on the seventh day Recital of 
 
 n ^T ' t ' 1 r • 1 Charter Of 
 
 of May, m the sixteenth year oi our reign, grant by our 7th May, 
 charter, for us and our heirs, to Henry then Earl of Lan- *? if ^nry 
 
 ' ^ J Earl of Lan- 
 
 caster, that he and his heirs of his body begotten, and '^^^^^^' 
 
 all his men for ever, should be quit of paviage, passage, 
 
 payage, lastage,, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, picage, 
 
 and groundage throughout all our realm and dominions; 
 
 and that the same Earl and his heirs aforesaid for ever 
 
 should have the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and 
 
 summons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, and the 
 
 attachment as well of pleas of the crown as of other pleas 
 
 * The original Charter is preserved in the archives of the Duchy 
 of Lancaster. 
 
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 vel alius ballivus seu minister noster vel haeredum nostro- 
 rum terras seu feoda ilia ingrederetur ad executiones eorun- 
 dem brevium et summonitionum, seu ad attachiamenta 
 de placitis coronae vel aliis praedictis aut aliquod aliud offi- 
 cium ibidem faciendum, nisi in defectum ipsius Comitis et 
 haeredum suorum praedictorum ac ballivorum et ministro- 
 rura suorum in terris et feodis suis praedictis. Et quod 
 haberent catalla hominum et tenentium suorum felonum 
 et fugitivorum; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenentium 
 suorum pro delicto suo vitam vel membrum deberet amit- 
 tere vel fugeret et judicio stare nollet vel aliud quodcum- 
 que delictum faceret pro quo catalla sua deberet perdere, ubi- 
 cunque justitia de eo fieret, sive in curia nostra vel haere- 
 dum nostrorum sive in alia curia, ipsa catalla essent ipsius 
 Comitis et haeredum suorum praedictorum, et quod liceret 
 eis vel ministris suis sine impedimento nostri vel haeredum 
 nostrorum vicecomitum aut aliorum ballivorum seu mi- 
 nistrorum nostrorum quorumcunque ponere se in seisi- 
 nam de catallis praedictis et ea ad usum ipsius Comitis et 
 haeredum suorum praedictorum retinere. Et etiam quod 
 haberent imperpetuum omnes fines pro transgressionibus 
 et aliis delictis quibuscunque et fines pro licentia concor- 
 dandi, et omnia amerciamenta redemptiones et exitus 
 forisfactos ; ac forisfacturas, annum diem vastum et 
 streppum, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes nostros per- 
 tinere possent de hujusmodi anno die vasto et murdris 
 de omnibus hominibus et tenentibus de terris et feodis 
 suis quibuscunque in quibuscunque curiis nostris et haere- 
 dum nostrorum homines et tenentes illos, tam coram nobis 
 et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, et coram thesaurario et baronibus nostris et 
 haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, et coram justitiariis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, et coram senes- 
 
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 whatsoever in all their lands and fees ; so that no sheriff or 
 other baiUff or minister of us or our heirs should enter 
 those lands or fees to execute the same writs and summons, 
 or to make attachment of the pleas of the crown or othe. 
 pleas aforesaid, or to do any other office there, unless in 
 default of the same Earl and his heirs aforesaid, and their 
 bailiffs and ministers in their lands and fees aforesaid. 
 And that they should have the chattels of their men and 
 tenants being felons and fugitives; so that if any one of 
 their men or tenants ought to lose life or limb for his 
 offence, or should flee and be unwilling to stand his 
 trial, or commit any other offence for the which he 
 ought to lose his chattels, wheresoever justice should 
 be had of him, whether in the court of us or our heirs, 
 or in any other court, such chattels should belong to the 
 same Earl and his heirs aforesaid, and that it should be 
 lawful for them or their ministers, without hinderance of 
 us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs or other bailiffs or mi- 
 nisters whomsoever, to put themselves in seizin of the 
 chattels aforesaid, and to retain them to the use of the 
 same Earl and his heirs aforesaid. And also that they 
 should have for ever all fines for trespasses and other 
 offences whatsoever, and fines for licence to agree, and 
 all amercements, ransoms, and forfeited issues and for- 
 feitures, year, day, waste, and estrepement, and all things 
 which could pertain to us and our heirs of the like year, 
 day, and waste, and murders, in respect of all the men and 
 tenants of their lands and fees whatsoever, in any soever 
 of the courts of us and our heirs, where such men and 
 tenants should happen to make fine, or be amerced or 
 forfeit issues, or such year, day, and waste, or forfeitures 
 and murders happen to be adjudged, as well before us 
 and our heirs, and in the chancery of us and our heirs. 
 
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 callo et marescallis seu clerico mercati hospitii nostri et 
 haeredum nostrorum, ac aliis curiis nostris et hseredum 
 nostrorum, quam coram justitiariis itinerantibus ad com- 
 munia placita et ad placita forestse et quibuseunque aliis 
 justitiariis et ministris nostris et haeredum nostrorum, tam 
 in prsesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam in ab- 
 sentia nostra et hseredum nostrorum, fines facere vel 
 amerciari, exitus forisfacere, annum diem et vastum seu 
 forisfacturas et murdra adjudicari contingeret; quae fines, 
 amerciamenta, redemptiones, exitus, annus dies vastum 
 sive streppum, forisfacturse et murdra, ad nos vel hsere- 
 des nostros pertinere possent, si prsefato Comiti et hae- 
 redibus suis prsedictis concessa non fuissent. Ita quod 
 idem Comes et hseredes sui praedicti, per se vel per balli- 
 vos et ministros suos, fines, amerciamenta, redemptiones, 
 exitus, et forisfacturas hujusmodi hominum et tenen- 
 tium suorum praedictorum, et omnia quae ad nos et haere- 
 des nostros pertinere possent de anno die et vasto sive 
 streppo et murdris praedictis, levare percipere et habere 
 possent, — sine occasione vel impedimento nostri aut haere- 
 dum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, 
 coronatorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nos- 
 trorum quorumcunque. Quam quidem cartam post mor- 
 tem praedicti Comitis Henricus filius et haeres ejusdem 
 Comitis, cui omnia terrae et tenementa quae fuerunt ipsius 
 Comitis jure haeredttario descendebant, nobis ex certis 
 causis reddidit cancellandam, et ea de causa carta ilia 
 cancellatur sicut per inspectionem rotulorum cancellariae 
 nostras nobis constat. Nos advertentes ea quae sic in feodo 
 talliato praefato Comiti et haeredibus de corpore suo procre- 
 atis per nos concessa fuerunt, et de quibus praedictus Comes 
 virtute concessionis nostrae praedictae fuit seisitus in domi- 
 nico suo ut de feodo die quo obiit, per redditionem cartae 
 
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 and before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer 
 of us and our heirs, and before the justices of the bench 
 of us and our heirs, and before the steward and marshals 
 or the clerk of the market of the household of us and 
 our heirs, and in other the courts of us and our heirs, 
 as before the justices in eyre, to hold common pleas and 
 pleas of the forest, and before all other justices and mi- 
 nisters of us and our heirs whomsoever, as well in pre- 
 sence of us and our heirs as in absence of us and our 
 heirs ; which fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, year, 
 day, waste, or estrepement, forfeitures, and murders, 
 would have pertained to us or our heirs, if they had 
 not been granted to the aforesaid Earl and his heirs 
 aforesaid. So that the same Earl and his heirs afore- 
 said, by themselves or by their bailiffs and ministers, 
 might levy, perceive, and have the fines, amercements, 
 ransoms, issues, and forfeitures of such their men and 
 tenants aforesaid, and all things which could pertain to 
 us and our heirs of the year, day, and waste or estrepe- 
 ment, and murders aforesaid, — without let or hinderance 
 of us or our heirs, or of our justices, escheators, sheriffs, 
 coroners, or other our bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. 
 Which said charter, after the death of the aforesaid Earl, surrender 
 
 thereof by 
 
 Henry, son and heir of the same Earl (to whom all the the son and 
 
 , . heir of the 
 
 lands and tenements which were of the same Earl did by he- gra»tee. 
 
 reditary right descend), for certain causes surrendered unto 
 
 us to be cancelled, and therefore the charter is cancelled, as 
 
 to us appears by inspection of the rolls of our chancery. 
 
 We, taking into consideration that those things which The grant in 
 
 fee-tail could 
 
 had been so granted by us in fee-tail to the aforesaid Earl not legaiiy 
 
 ° •' be annulled. 
 
 and the heirs of his body begotten, and whereof the afore- 
 said Earl by virtue of our grant aforesaid was seised in 
 his demesne as of fee on the day of his death, could not 
 
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 praedictae nobis per praedictum Henricum filium Henrici 
 sic factam, aut per quodcunque aliud factum ejusdem Hen- 
 rici filii, in praejudicium et exhaeredationem haeredum suo- 
 rum de corpore suo exeuntium, secundum legem et consue- 
 tudinem regni nostri adnullari non posse, sed in suo robore 
 permanere debere, ac volentes ea consideratione carissimo 
 filio nostro Johanni nunc Duci Lancastriae qui Blanchiam, 
 filiam et haeredem praedicti Henrici filii Henrici postmodum 
 Ducis Lancastriae, duxit in uxorem, et eidem Blanchiae, 
 qui quidem Johannes et Blanchia omnia terras et tene- 
 menta, quae fuerunt tam praedicti Henrici patris quam 
 praefati Henrici filii jure haereditario, ut in jure praedictae 
 Blanchiae de corpore praedicti Henrici filii Henrici pro- 
 creatae, jam tenent, gratiam facere specialem, dictam con- 
 cessionem nostram praefato Henrico Comiti, ut praemittitur, 
 factam, praefatis Johanni nunc Duci Lancastriae et Blanchiae 
 uxori ejus duximus innovandam, et concessimus et hac 
 carta nostra confirmavimus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, 
 eisdem Johanni Duci et Blanchiae quod ipsi et haeredes 
 sui de corporibus ipsorum Johannis et Blanchiae procreati 
 et omnes homines sui de terris et feodis quae fuerunt 
 praedicti Henrici patris dicto septimo die Maii imperpetuum 
 sint quieti de pavagio, passagio, paagio, lastagio, stallagio, 
 tallagio, cariagio, pesagio, piccagio, et terragio per totum 
 regnum et potestatem nostram ; et etiam quod iidem Dux et 
 Blanchia et haeredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant 
 retorna omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, 
 ac summonitionum de scaccario nostro et haeredum nos- 
 trorum, et attachiamenta tam de placitis coronae quam de 
 aliis quibuscunque in omnibus terris et feodis praedictis ; 
 ita quod nullus vicecomes vel alius ballivus seu minister 
 noster vel haeredum nostrorum terras seu feoda ilia in- 
 grediatur ad executiones eorundem brevium et sum- 
 
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 by any surrender of the charter aforesaid to us so made 
 by the aforesaid Henry the son of Henry, nor by any - 
 other act of the same Henry the son, in prejudice and 
 disherison of his heirs of his body issuing, be annulled 
 according to the law and custom of our realm, but ought 
 to remain in their full force, and being willing, with that 
 consideration, to shew especial favor to our most dear son 
 John now Duke of Lancaster (who took to wife Blanche, 
 daughter and heir of the aforesaid Henry son of Henry, 
 afterwards Duke of Lancaster), and to the same Blanche, 
 which same John and Blanche now hold by hereditary 
 right, as in right of the aforesaid Blanche, begotten of 
 the body of the aforesaid Henry son of Henry, all the 
 lands and tenements which were as well of the aforesaid 
 Henry the father, as of the aforesaid Henry the son, have Renewed in 
 
 . 1 , . . , favor of John 
 
 thought fit to renew our said grant, made as is premised ouke of 
 to the aforesaid Earl Henry, unto the aforesaid John now t"^^ Blanche 
 
 •' ' his wife, 
 
 Duke of Lancaster and Blanche his wife; and we have hei?oVHen"J 
 granted, and by this our charter have confirmed, for us Suke!^ 
 and our heirs, to the same Duke John and Blanche, that 
 they and their heirs of the bodies of the same John and 
 Blanche begotten, and all their men of the lands and fees 
 which were of the aforesaid Henry the father on the said 
 seventh day- of May, may be for ever quit of paviage, pas- Acquittance 
 sage, pay age, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, 
 picage, and groundage throughout all our realm and domi- 
 nion ; and also that the same Duke and Blanche, and their 
 heirs aforesaid for ever, may have the return of all writs of Return of 
 
 writs and 
 
 US and our heirs, and summons of the exchequer of us and summons of 
 
 * the exche- 
 
 our heirs, and the attachment as well of pleas of the crown ^"«'■• 
 
 Attachment 
 
 as of other pleas whatsoever in all the lands and fees afore- or^ieasot 
 
 * the crown. 
 
 said ; so that no sheriff, or other bailiff^ or minister of us 
 or our heirs, may enter those lands or fees, to execute 
 
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 monitionum, seu ad attachiamenta de placitis coronse 
 vel aliis prsedictis aut aliquod aliud ofEcium ibidem 
 faciendum, nisi in defectum ipsorum Ducis et Blanchiae 
 et hseredum suorum praedictorum ac ballivorum et minis- 
 trorum suorum in terris et feodis suis prsedictis. Et etiam 
 quod habeant catalla hominum et tenentium suorum fe- 
 lonum et fugitivorum ; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenen- 
 tium suorum pro delicto suo vitam vel membrum debeat 
 amittere vel fugerit et judicio stare noluerit vel aliud 
 quodcumque delictum fecerit pro quo catalla sua debeat 
 perdere, ubicunque justitia de eo fieri debeat sive in 
 curia nostra vel hseredum nostrorum sive in alia curia, 
 ipsa catalla sint ipsorum Ducis et Blanchiae et haeredum 
 suorum praedictorum, et quod liceat eis seu ministris suis 
 sine impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum vicecomi- 
 tum aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum quo- 
 rumcunque ponere se in seisinam de catallis praedictis et ea 
 ad usum ipsorum Ducis et Blanchiae et haeredum suorum 
 praedictorum retinere. Et etiam quod habeant imperpe- 
 tuum omnes fines pro transgressionibus et aliis delictis qui- 
 buscunque et etiam fines pro licentia concordandi, ac omnia 
 amerciamenta redemptiones et exitus forisfactos, ac foris- 
 facturas, annum diem et vastum et streppum, et omnia quae 
 ad nos et haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de hujusmodi 
 anno die et vasto et murdris de omnibus hominibus et te- 
 nentibus de dictis terris et feodis quae fuerunt dicti Hen- 
 rici patris dicto septimo die Maii, in quibuscunque curiis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum homines et tenentes illos, 
 tam coram nobis et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria 
 nostra et haeredum nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et 
 baronibus nostris et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, et 
 coram justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, 
 ac coram senescallo et marescallis seu clerico mercati 
 
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 the same writs and summons, or to make attachment of 
 the pleas of the crown or other pleas aforesaid, or to do 
 any other office there, unless in default of the same Duke 
 and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid, and their bailiffs 
 and ministers in their lands and fees aforesaid. And also chattels of 
 
 felons. 
 
 that they may have the chattels of their men and tenants 
 
 being felons and fugitives; so that if any one of their 
 
 men or tenants ought to lose life or limb for his offence, 
 
 or should flee and be unwilling to stand his trial, or 
 
 commit any other offence for the which he ought to 
 
 lose his chattels, wheresoever justice should be had of 
 
 him, whether in the court of us or our heirs, or in any 
 
 other court, such chattels shall belong to the same Duke 
 
 and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. And that it shall 
 
 be lawful for them or their ministers, without hinderance 
 
 of us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs, or other bailiffs or 
 
 ministers whomsoever, to put themselves in seizin of the 
 
 chattels aforesaid, and retain them to the use of the same 
 
 Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. And also Fines and 
 
 that they may have for ever all fines for trespasses and ments.for- 
 
 «, ^ 1 1 n f ^• feited issues, 
 
 other offences whatsoever, and also the lines for licence forfeitures, 
 to agree, and all amercements, ransoms, and forfeited 
 issues and forfeitures, year, day, and waste, and estrepe- 
 ment, and all things which can pertain to us and our 
 heirs, of the like year, day, and waste, and murders, in 
 respect of all the men and tenants of the said lands and 
 fees, which were of the said Henry the father on the 
 said seventh day of May, in any soever of the courts of 
 us and our heirs, where such men and tenants shall 
 happen to make fine, or be amerced, or forfeit issues, 
 or such year, day, and waste, or forfeitures and murders, 
 happen to be adjudged, as well before us and our heirs, 
 and in the chancery of us and our heirs, and before the 
 
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 hospitii nostri et haeredum nostrorum, qui pro tempore 
 fuerint, et aliis curiis nostris et haeredum nostrorum, 
 quam coram justitiariis itinerantibus ad communia pla- 
 cita et ad placita forestae et quibuscunque aliis jus- 
 titiariis et ministris nostris et haeredum nostrorum, 
 tam in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam 
 in absentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, fines facere vel 
 amerciari, exitus forisfacere, annum diem et vastum seu 
 forisfacturas et murdra adjudicari contigerit; quae fines, 
 amerciamenta, redemptiones, exitus, annus dies vastum 
 sive streppum, forisfaeturae et murdra, ad nos vel haeredes 
 nostros possent pertinere, si praefatis Duci et Blanchiae et 
 haeredibus suis praedictis concessa non fuissent. Ita quod 
 iidem Dux et Blanchia et haeredes sui praedicti, per se vel 
 per ballivos et ministros sues, fines, amerciamenta, redemp- 
 tiones, exitus, et forisfacturas hujusmodi hominum et 
 tenentium suorum praedictorum, et omnia quae ad nos et 
 haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto sive 
 streppo et murdris praedictis, levare percipere et habere 
 possint, — sine occasione vel impedimento nostri vel haere- 
 dum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, 
 coronatorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nos- 
 trorum quorumcunque. Quare volumus et firmiter prae- 
 cipimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris quod praefati Dux 
 et Blanchia et haeredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant 
 omnes libertates praedictas sicut praedictum est, et eis et 
 earum qualibet decaetero plene gaudeant et utantur, reddi- 
 tione seu cancellatione cartae praedictae non obstante. Ita 
 quod si praedicti Dux et Blanchia sine haerede de cor- 
 poribus suis exeunte obierint, tunc omnes et singulae 
 libertates praedictae, post mortem ipsorum Ducis et 
 Blanchiae ad nos et haeredes nostros integre rever- 
 tantur. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus patribus, Simone 
 
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 treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, 
 and before the justices of the bench of us and our heirs, and 
 before the steward and marshals, or the clerk of the market 
 of the household of us and our heirs for the time being, 
 and in other the courts of us and our heirs, as before 
 the justices in eyre, to hold common pleas and pleas of 
 the forest, and before all other justices and ministers of 
 us and our heirs whomsoever, as well in presence of us 
 and our heirs as in absence of us and our heirs; which 
 fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, year, day, waste, or 
 estrepement, forfeitures, and murders, would pertain to 
 us or our heirs, if they had not been granted to the 
 aforesaid Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. 
 So that the same Duke and Blanche, and their heirs afore- 
 said, by themselves or by their bailiffs and ministers, may 
 levy, perceive, and have the fines, amercements, ransoms, 
 issues, and forfeitures of such their men and tenants afore- 
 said, and all things which can pertain to us and our heirs 
 of the year, day, and waste, or estrepement and murders 
 aforesaid, — without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or 
 of our justices, escheators, sheriflTs, coroners, or other our 
 bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. Wherefore we will and 
 strictly command for us and our heirs, that the aforesaid 
 Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid, shall have 
 all the liberties aforesaid for ever, as is aforesaid, and 
 shall henceforth fully enjoy and use them and every of 
 them, notwithstanding the surrender or cancelling of the 
 charter aforesaid. So that if the aforesaid Duke and 
 Blanche shall die without heir of their bodies issuing, 
 then all and every the liberties aforesaid, after the death 
 of the same Duke and Blanche, shall entirely revert to 
 us and our heirs. These being witnesses, the venerable 
 fathers, Simon Bishop of Ely, our Chancellor; John 
 
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 Eliensi Cancellario, Johanne Bathoniensi et Wellensi The- 
 saurario, nostris, Episcopis, Leonello Duce Clarencise filio 
 nostro carissimo, Humfrido de Bohun Herefordiae, Ricardo 
 Arundelliae, Comitibus, Edwardo le Despenser Domino de 
 Glamorgan et Morgannowe, Guidons de Bryan, Johanne 
 atte Lee Senescallo hospitii nostri, et aliis. Data per 
 manum nostram apud Westmonasterium quartodecimo die 
 Julii, anno regni nostri tricesimo octavo. 
 
 M"®^ autem cartam supradictam ac omnes donationes 
 concessiones et omnia alia in eadem contenta pro nobis et 
 hseredibus nostris tenore prsesentium ratificamus et confir- 
 mamus, juxta tenorem et effectum cartse supradictae. In 
 cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus 
 patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium quinto- 
 decimo die Septembris anno regni nostri primo. 
 
 Faryngton. 
 Per breve de privato sigillo. 
 
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 Bishop of Bath and Wells, our Treasurer ; our most dear 
 son Lionel Duke of Clarence ; Humphrey de Bohun, Earl 
 of Hereford; Richard Earl of Arundel; Edward le De- 
 spenser, Lord of Glamorgan and Morgannowe; Guy de 
 Brian ; John atte Lee, Steward of our household, and 
 others. Given under our hand at Westminster, on the 
 fourteenth day of July, in the thirty-eighth year of our 
 reign. 
 
 AM" Id) we the charter abovesaid, and all the donations, 
 grants, and all other things therein contained, do for us 
 and our heirs, by the tenor of these presents, ratify and 
 confirm according to the tenor and effect of the charter 
 abovesaid. In witness whereof we have caused these our 
 letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, 
 on the fifteenth day of September, in the first year of our 
 reign. Faryngton. 
 
 By writ of Privy Seal. 
 
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 Rot. Pat. 
 1 Ric. 2. 
 p. l.m. 11. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 (Orig.in arch. 
 Ducat.Laric.) 
 
 XII. 
 
 Pro Johanne Rege Castell^. et Legionis Duce 
 Lancastri^. De confirmatione. 
 ICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Franciae 
 et Dominus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos prse- 
 sentes literae pervenerint salutem. Inspexi- 
 mus quandam cartam indentatam nuper fac- 
 tam inter carissimum dominum et avum nostrum Dominum 
 Edward um nuper Regem Angliae defunctum et carissimum 
 filium suum Johannem Regem Castellse et Legionis Ducem 
 Lancastriae, avunculum nostrum, et sub magno sigillo prse- 
 dicti avi nostri sigillatam, in haec verba : 
 
 HMC carta indentata facta inter magnificum principem 
 Dominum Edwardum Regem Anglise et Francise et caris- 
 simum filium suum Johannem Regem Castellse et Legionis 
 et Ducem Lancastriae illustrem testatur quod cum idem 
 Dominus Rex Angliae praefatum Johannem nunc Regem 
 Castellae in Comitem Richemondiae praefecerit, et comita- 
 tum Richemondiae ac honorem castra maneria terras tene- 
 menta et omnia alia loca ad dictum comitatum pertinentia 
 quae Johannes nuper Dux Britanniae et Comes loci praedicti 
 habuit ibidem, praefato Johanni Regi Castellae per nomen 
 Comitis Richemondiae, habenda et tenenda sibi et haere- 
 dibus de corpore suo exeuntibus, dederit et concesserit 
 per cartam suam, prout in carta praedicta plane liquet: 
 Jamque dictus Johannes Rex Castellae, cum praelatis pro- 
 ceribus comitibus magnatibus nobilibus et sapientibus de 
 concilio regio existentibus praehabitis super hoc diversis 
 tractatibus, perpendens et advertens quod si comitatus 
 honor castra maneria terras tenementa et loca praedicta 
 
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 XII. 
 
 For John King of Castille and Leon, Duke of 
 Lancaster. Charter of Confirmation.* 
 
 ICHARD, by the grace of God, King of Eng- J^^^/7*- 
 land and France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to ^•"' ^^"' 
 whom the present letters shall come, greeting. 
 S We have inspected a certain Charter indented, 
 lately made between our most dear Lord and grandfather, 
 Lord Edward late King of England, deceased, and his most 
 dear son John King of Castille and Leon, Duke of Lan- 
 caster, our uncle, and sealed under the great seal of our 
 aforesaid grandfather, in these words : 
 
 THIS Charter indented, made between the high and 25th June, 
 mighty prince, Lord Edward King of England and France, a.d. 1372.' 
 and his most dear son John, the illustrious King of Cas- 
 tille and Leon and Duke of Lancaster, witnesseth, that, 
 whereas the same Lord the King of England did advance Estates 
 
 given to the 
 
 the aforesaid John, now King of Castille, to be Earl of cukeofLan- 
 
 '-' caster in ex- 
 
 Richmond, and by his charter did give and grant unto the j^he^elridSm 
 aforesaid John King of Castille, by the name of Earl of mond.^" 
 Richmond, the earldom of Richmond, and the honor, cas- 
 tles, manors, lands, tenements, and all other places to the 
 said earldom pertaining, which John late Duke of Brifc- 
 tany and Earl of the aforesaid place had there, to have 
 and hold to him and the heirs of his body issuing, as in 
 the charter aforesaid plainly doth appear: And now the 
 said John King of Castille, divers treaties hereupon being 
 
 * The original Charter is preserved in the archives of the Duchy of 
 Lancaster. 
 
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 in se et solium regium, a quo prius exiverant, transfer 
 rentur, in ipsius Regis Anglise et totius regni Angliae 
 commodum tenderet, quietem pariter et honorem. Et 
 propterea dictus Johannes Rex Castellse, sicut gratus 
 filius, patris sui beneplacita, honorem et commodum regni 
 Angliae, suis propriis utilitatibus anteponens, pura et 
 spontanea voluntate sua, causis et occasionibus antedictis, 
 specialiter acquievit et concessit quod comitatus honor 
 castra maneria terrse tenementa et loca prsedicta, necnon 
 feoda militum ad eadem comitatum honorem castra ma- 
 neria terras tenementa et loca praedicta pertinentia, et 
 similiter advocationes eisdem spectantes simul cum mem- 
 bris hamelettis pratis pascuis pasturis piscariis moris maris- 
 cis turbariis chaciis parcis boscis warennis hundredis wapen- 
 tachiis feriis mercatis libertatibus liberis consuetudinibus 
 escaetis et omnibus aliis ad praedicta comitatum honorem 
 castra maneria terras tenementa et loca praedicta qualiter- 
 cumque et ubicumque spectantibus sive pertinentibus, prae- 
 fato patri suo traderentur ; unde praedictus Dominus Rex 
 Angliae gratitudinem praedictam multis attoUens laudibus, et 
 volens proinde praefato Johanni Regi Castellae, et in status 
 sui supportationem majorem, retributionem sibi facere com- 
 petentem, castrum manerium et honorem de TickhuU, cas- 
 trum et manerium de Alto Pecco, cum feodis militum eisdem 
 castris maneriis et honori pertinentibus sive spectantibus, et 
 omnia feoda quae dictus Dominus Rex Angliae habuit ex 
 dono et concessione Roberti de Lisle miUtis (feodis quae in 
 manu ipsius Domini Regis Angliae sunt extincta dum- 
 taxat exceptis) necnon advocationes ecclesiarum de Steyn- 
 drop et Braunspath in episcopatu Dunolmensi, et libera- 
 rum capellarum de Tickhull et de Alto Pecco, ac ecclesiae 
 de Marsfeld, liberae capellae ibidem, liberae capellae infra 
 castrum de Pevenese, prioratus de Wilmingdon, qui est 
 
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 had with the prelates, peers, earls, grandees, nobles, and 
 sages of the royal council, well weighing and consider- 
 ing, that, if the earldom, honor, castles, manors, lands, 
 tenements, and places aforesaid were to be transferred 
 to him and the royal throne, whence they had first 
 issued, it would tend not less to the advantage of the 
 said King of England, and the whole realm of England, 
 than to the quiet and honor of the same. And for that 
 the said John King of Castille, like a grateful son, pre- 
 ferring his father's pleasure, and the honor and con- 
 venience of the kingdom of England, to his own private 
 advantage, of his own pure will and free accord, for the 
 causes and reasons aforesaid, hath especially acquiesced 
 and granted that the earldom, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, and places aforesaid, and also the 
 knights* fees pertaining to the same earldom, honor, 
 castles, manors, lands, tenements, and places aforesaid, 
 and in like manner the advowsons belonging to the same, 
 together with the members, hamlets, meadows, feedings, 
 pastures, fisheries, moors, marshes, turbaries, chases, parks, 
 woods, warrens, hundreds, wapentakes, fairs, markets, li- 
 berties, free customs, escheats, and all other things to the 
 aforesaid earldom, honor, castles, manors, lands, tenements, 
 and places aforesaid howsoever and wheresoever belong- 
 ing or pertaining, shall be given up to his aforesaid father ; 
 whereupon the aforesaid Lord the King of England, ex- 
 tolling with many praises the gratitude aforesaid, and 
 being willing therefore to make competent retribution 
 to him the aforesaid John King of Castille, and for the 
 better support of his station, hath given and granted 
 for himself and his heirs unto the aforesaid John King 
 of Castille the castle, manor, and honor of Tickhill, the 
 castle and manor of the High Peak, with the knights' 
 
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 cella abbatiae Sanctae Marise de Greston in Normannia, 
 et prioratus de Withiham, qui est cella abbatiae Sancti 
 Martini de Meremest Turon*, et domus Sancti Robert! 
 de Knaresburgh ; castrum manerium et honorem de Knares- 
 burgh cum pertinentiis, et hundredum sive wapentachium 
 de Staynclif, cum pertinentiis in comitatu Eboraci, ma- 
 neria de Grynglay et Whetelay, cum pertinentiis in co- 
 mitatu Notinghamise, maneria de Wyghton, Ailesham, Fa- 
 kenhamdam, et Snetesham; necnon hundreda de North- 
 grenehowe, Northerpingham, Sutberpingbam, et Smethe- 
 don, cum pertinentiis in comitatibus Norfolciae et Suffolciae, 
 maneria de Glatton et Holm, cum pertinentiis in comitatu 
 Huntingdoniae, manerium de Sabam, cum pertinentiis in 
 comitatu Cantabrigise, castrum et leucatam de Pevenese 
 ac maneria de Wilyndon et Marsfeld, necnon ballivam de 
 Endelenewyk, cum pertinentiis in comitatu Sussexiae, et 
 liberam chaciam de Alto Pecco, quam dictus Dominus 
 Rex Anglise tenuit in manu sua ut forestam, tenendam ut 
 liberam cbaciam, ac liberam cbaciam de Asshedon, cum 
 juribus et libertatibus liberis cbaciis pertinentibus ; et 
 annuam firmam ducentarum marcarum quam abbas et 
 conventus beatae Mariae Eborum eidem Domino Regi 
 Angliae et haoredibus suis pro manerio de Whitegift sol- 
 vere tenentur, percipiendam per manus dictorum abbatis 
 et conventus et successorum suorum, dedit et concessit 
 pro se et haeredibus suis praefato Johanni Regi Castellae, 
 babenda sibi et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus una 
 cum membris bamelettis pratis pascuis pasturis piscariis 
 moris mariscis turbariis cbaciis parcis boscis warennis 
 hundredis wapentachiis feriis mercatis libertatibus li- 
 beris consuetudinibus escaetis et omnibus aliis ad prae- 
 dicta castra maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam 
 et chacias qualitercunque et ubicunque spectantibus sive 
 
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 fees to the same castles, manors, and honor pertaining 
 or belonging, and all the fees which the said Lord the 
 King of England had by the gift and grant of Sir Robert 
 de Lisle, knight, (excepting only those fees which are 
 extinct in the hands of the said Lord the King of Eng- 
 land,) and also the advowsons of the churches of Stain- 
 drop and Brancepeth in the bishopric of Durham, and 
 of the free chapels of Tickhill and High Peak, and of 
 the church of Maresfield and free chapel there, of the 
 free chapel within Pevensey castle, of the priory of Wil- 
 mingdon, which is a cell of the abbey of St. Mary de 
 Greston in Normandy, and of the priory of Withiham, 
 which is a cell of the abbey of St. Martin de Meremest 
 in Tourain, and of the house of St. Robert of Knares- 
 boro**; — the castle, manor, and honor of Knaresboro', with 
 appurtenances; and the hundred or wapentake of Stain- 
 clifF, with appurtenances, in the county of York ; — the 
 manors of Gringley and Wheatley, with appurtenances, in 
 the county of Nottingham ; — the manors of Wighton, Ayls- 
 ham, Fakenham, and Snettisham, and also the hundreds of 
 North Greenhoe, North Erpingham, South Erpingham, and 
 Smithdon, with appurtenances, in the counties of Norfolk 
 and Suffolk; — the manors of Glatton and Holm, with ap- 
 purtenances, in the county of Huntingdon; — the manor of 
 Soham, with appurtenances, in the county of Cambridge; 
 — the castle and leucata of Pevensey, and the manors of 
 WiUingdon and Maresfield, and also the bailiwick of En- 
 delenewick, with appurtenances, in the county of Sussex ; 
 — and the free chase of the High Peak, which the said 
 Lord the King of England held in his hands as a forest, 
 to hold as a free chase; — and the free chase of Ashdown, 
 with the rights and liberties to free chases pertaining; — 
 and the yearly farm of 200 marks which the abbot and 
 
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 pertinentibus de praefato Domino Rege AngWsd et haere- 
 dibus suis per servitia inde debita et consueta imper- 
 petuum in escambiura pro dictis comitatu Richemondise 
 honore castris maneriis terris tenementis locis feodis et ad- 
 vocationibus prsedictis, quae idem Johannes Rex Castellse 
 per banc cartam indentatam dedit concessit et sursum red- 
 didit eidem Domino Regi Angliae et hseredibus suis im- 
 perpetuum in escambium pro castris maneriis honoribus 
 hundredis leucata balliva chaciis firma feodis et advo- 
 cationibus prsedictis, sibi per ipsum Dominum Regem 
 Anglise, ut praedicitur, datis et concessis, sub ea quae 
 sequitur conditione, quod si haeredes dicti Johannis Regis 
 Castellae recuperaverint per judicium inde rite redditum, 
 comitatum Richemondiae, honorem castra maneria terras 
 tenementa loca feoda et advocationes praedicta aut ali- 
 quam parcellam eorundem, virtute doni talliae supradicti, 
 et possessionem inde habuerint, recuperationem illam affir- 
 mando, liceat eidem Domino Regi Angliae et haeredibus suis 
 castra maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam cbacias 
 firmam feoda et advocationes praedicta, praefato Johanui 
 Regi Castellae sic in escambium praedictum data et con- 
 cessa, reintrare et tenere imperpetuum. Et si contin- 
 gat praedicta castra maneria honores hundreda leuca- 
 tam ballivam chacias firmam feoda et advocationes aut 
 aliquam parcellam eorumdem praefato Johanni Regi Cas- 
 tellae in escambium praedictum sic data et concessa ab 
 eodem Johanne Rege Castellae seu haeredibus suis praedic- 
 tis recuperari, dictus Dominus Rex Angliae et haeredes sui 
 debitam recompensationem praefato Johanni Regi Castellae 
 et haeredibus suis praedictis, de valore, sine difficultate 
 qualibet facere teneantur. Duratamen idem Johannes Rex 
 Castellae et haeredes sui praedicti a dicto Domino Rege 
 Angliae aut haeredibus suis auxilium petant, et debitam 
 
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 convent of St. Mary's at York are held to pay to the 
 same Lord the King of England and his heirs for the 
 manor of Whitegift, to be perceived by the hands of the 
 said abbot and convent, and their successors : — To have 
 to him and the heirs of his body issuing, together with the 
 members, hamlets, meadows, feedings, pastures, fisheries, 
 moors, marshes, turbaries, chases, parks, woods, warrens, 
 hundreds, wapentakes, fairs, markets, liberties, free cus- 
 toms, escheats, and all other things to the aforesaid castles, 
 manors, honors, hundreds, leucata^ bailiwick, and chases 
 howsoever and wheresoever belonging or pertaining, of 
 the aforesaid Lord the King of England and his heirs, 
 by the services therefore due and accustomed for ever, in 
 exchange for the said earldom of Richmond, and the honor, 
 castles, manors, lands, tenements, places, fees and advow- 
 sons aforesaid, which the same John King of Castillo by 
 this charter indented hath given, granted, and surrendered 
 to the same Lord the King of England and his heirs for 
 ever in exchange for the castles, manors, honors, hundreds, 
 leucatuy bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and advowsons afore- 
 said, given and granted to him by the same Lord the King 
 of England as is aforesaid, — under the condition hereafter 
 following, — that if the heirs of the said John King of 
 Castillo shall recover by judgment thereupon rightfully 
 given the earldom of Richmond, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, or 
 any parcel thereof, by virtue of the aforesaid gift in tail, 
 and thereof have possession, affirming that recovery, it may 
 be lawful for the same Lord the King of England and his - 
 heirs to re-enter and hold for ever the castles, manors, 
 honors, hundreds, levcata, bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and 
 advowsons aforesaid so given and granted to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castillo in exchange as aforesaid. And if 
 
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 diligentiam apponant circa salvationem de eo quod versus 
 eos peti contingat. Et etiam si comitatum Richemondise 
 honorem castra maneria terras tenementa loca feoda et 
 advocationes praedicta aut aliquam parcellam eorumdem 
 extra manus dicti Domini Regis Anglise seu hseredum 
 suorum in feodo simplici aut talliato poni contingat, et 
 impostor um ad manus ejusdem Domini Regis Angliae vel 
 haeredum suorum, ex justa causa, in feodo devenerint, 
 tam idem Dominus Rex Angliae et haeredes sui castra 
 maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam chacias fir- 
 mam feoda et advocationes praedicta praefato Johanni Regi 
 Castellae et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus sic 
 data et concessa, quam praefatus Johannes Rex Castellae 
 et haeredes sui praedicti dictum comitatum Richemondiae 
 ac honorem castra maneria terras tenementa loca feoda 
 et advocationes praedicta dicto Domino Regi Angliae et 
 haeredibus suis in escambium praedictum ut praemittitur 
 data et concessa, pro integro seu pro rata rehabeant hinc 
 et inde, et restitutio exinde fiat, tenenda prout prius. Et 
 idem Dominus Rex Angliae et haeredes sui castra maneria 
 honores hundreda leucatam ballivam chacias firmam feoda 
 et advocationes praedicta, praefato Johanni Regi Castellae 
 et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus per ipsum Do- 
 minum Regem Angliae data et concessa, praefato Johanni 
 Regi Castellae et haeredibus suis praedictis warantizabunt et 
 imperpetuum defendent, juxta vim et efifectum escambii 
 et conditionum praedictorum. Et simihter idem Johannes 
 Rex Castellae et haeredes sui praedictum comitatum Riche- 
 mondiae, simul cum honore castris maneriis terris tenemen- 
 tis locis feodis et advocationibus praedictis, praedicto Do- 
 mino Regi Anghae et haeredibus suis contra omnes waran- 
 tizabunt et imperpetuum defendent, juxta vim et eifectum 
 escambii et conditionum praedictorum. In cujus rei tes- 
 
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 it happen that the aforesaid castles, manors, honors, hun- 
 dreds, leucata^ bailiwick, chases, farm, fees and advowsons, 
 or any parcel thereof, so given and granted to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castille in exchange as aforesaid, be re- 
 covered from the same John King of Castille or his heirs 
 aforesaid, the said Lord the King of England and his heirs 
 shall be held to make due compensation of the value to 
 the aforesaid John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid 
 without any difficulty. So however, that the same John 
 King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid pray aid of the 
 said Lord the King of England or his heirs, and apply 
 due diligence about the salvation of that which may 
 happen to be sued against them. And also if it happen 
 that the earldom of Richmond, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, 
 or any parcel thereof, be put out of the hands of the 
 said Lord the King of England or his heirs in fee 
 simple or tail, and thereafter shall come by just cause 
 into the hands of the same Lord the King of England 
 or his heirs in fee, as well the same Lord the King of 
 England and his heirs, the castles, manors, honors, hun- 
 dreds, leucata, bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and advowsons 
 aforesaid so given and granted to the aforesaid John 
 King of Castille and the heirs of his body issuing, as the 
 aforesaid John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid, the 
 said earldom of Richmond, and the honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid 
 given and granted to the said Lord the King of England 
 and his heirs in exchange aforesaid, as is premised, may 
 have back on either side entirely or proportionately, 
 and restitution thereupon be made, to hold as before. 
 And the same Lord the King of England and his heirs, 
 the castles, manors, honors, hundreds, leucata, bailiwick. 
 
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 timonium praedictse cartse indentatae tarn sigillum dicti Do- 
 mini Regis Angliae quam sigillum dicti Johannis Regis Cas- 
 tellaj alternatim sunt appensa. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus 
 patribus Willielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius An- 
 gliae Primate, Simone Londinensi et Willielmo Wintoniensi, 
 Episcopis, Edmundo filio dicti Regis Angliae carissimo 
 Cantabrigiae, Ricardo Arundelliae, Humfrido de Bohun He- 
 refordiae et Willielmo de Monte Acuto Sarum, Comitibus, 
 Henrico de Percy, Roberto de Thorp Cancellario, Ricardo 
 de Scrop Thesaurario, Willielmo Latymer Camerario, Jo- 
 hanne de Neville Senescallo hospitii praedicti Domini Regis 
 Angliae, Johanne Knyvet, Willielmo de Fynchedene, Jo~ 
 hanne Moubray, Thoma de Ingelby, Willielmo de Wy- 
 chyngham, Rogero de Meres et Johanne de Cavendissh, 
 ejusdem Domini Regis Angliae justitiariis, et aliis. Data 
 apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto die Junii, anno 
 regni dicti Domini Regis Angliae Angliae quadragesimo 
 sexto, regni vero sui Franciae tricesimo tertio. 
 
 HMT^FH^EIMW^ etiam quandam aliam cartam 
 praefati avi nostri nuper factam praedicto avunculo nostro 
 in haec verba : 
 
 EDWARDUS, Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae, et 
 Dominus Hiberniae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, 
 prioribus, ducibus, comitibus, baronibus, militibus, justiti- 
 ariis, vicecomitibus, praepositis, ballivis, ministris, et aliis 
 fidelibus suis, salutem. Sciatis quod cum nuper per cartam 
 nostram indentatam dederimus et concesserimus pro nobis 
 et haeredibus nostris quantum in nobis fuit carissimo filio 
 nostro Johanni Regi Castellae et Legionis, Duci Lancastriae, 
 castrum manerium et honorem de TickhuU, ac alia terras 
 et tenementa in dicta carta nostra specificata cum perti- 
 nentiis ; habenda sibi et haeredibus de corpore suo exeun- 
 tibus in escambiura pro comitatu Richemondiae, ac honore 
 
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 chases, farm, fees and advowsons aforesaid given and 
 granted by the same Lord the King of England to the 
 aforesaid John King of Castillo and the heirs of his body 
 issuing, will warrant and for ever defend to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid, according 
 to the force and effect of the exchange and conditions 
 aforesaid. And in like manner the same John King of 
 Castille and his heirs, the aforesaid earldom of Richmond, 
 together with the honor, castles, manors, lands, tenements, 
 places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, against all men will 
 warrant and for ever defend to the aforesaid Lord the 
 King of England and his heirs, according to the force 
 and effect of the exchange and conditions aforesaid. In 
 witness whereof, as well the seal of the said Lord the 
 King of England, as the seal of the said John King of 
 Castille, alternately are set to the aforesaid charter in- 
 dented. These being witnesses, the venerable fathers, 
 William Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all Eng- 
 land; Simon Bishop of London, and William Bishop of 
 Winchester; Edmund Earl of Cambridge, the most dear 
 son of the said King of England ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; 
 Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and William de 
 Montacute, Earl of Salisbury; Henry de Percy; Robert 
 de Thorp, Chancellor ; Richard de Scroope, Treasurer ; 
 William Latymer, Chamberlain ; John de Neville, Steward 
 of the household of the aforesaid Lord the King of Eng- 
 land; John Knyvet, William de Fynchedene, John Mou- 
 bray, Thomas de Ingelby, William de Wychyngham, Roger 
 de Meres, and John de Cavendissh, Justices of the same 
 Lord the King of England, and others. Given at West- 
 minster on the twenty-fifth day of June, in the forty-sixth 
 year of the reign of the said Lord the King of England, 
 and the thirty -third of his reign of France. 
 
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 castris maneriis terris tenementis et omnibus aliis locis ad 
 dictum comitatum pertinentibus nobis et haeredibus nostris 
 per prsefatum filium nostrum datis concessis et sursum reddi- 
 tis, prout in carta nostra prsedicta plenius continetur ; ac jam 
 prsefatus filius noster nobis supplicaverit ut cum villa de 
 Grenstede quae ut parcella manerii de Marsfeld, villa de 
 Seford quae ut parcella castri et leucatse de Pevensey, 
 et villa de Laghton in Morthyng quae ut parcella castri 
 et honoris de Tickhull, sibi in certum valorem in escam- 
 bium praedictum (nulla special! mentione facta de villis illis 
 in dicta carta nostra) liberata fuerunt, tria grossa per se 
 separatim et non pertinentia ad manerium de Marsfeld 
 castrura et leucatam de Pevensey et castrum et honorem 
 de Tickhull praedicta existant, nee aliquo tempore fuerint, 
 sicut jam sibi datur intelligi, velimus ne ipse aut hae- 
 redes sui praedicti super occupatione dictarum villarum 
 de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, ob defectum specialis 
 nominationis earumdem in concessione nostra praedicta 
 impetantur infuturum, dictas villas de Grenstede, Se- 
 ford, et Laghton, nominatim sibi concedere, habendas et 
 tenendas una cum dictis castro manerio et honore de 
 Tickhull, ac aliis terris et tenementis sibi in dictum es- 
 cambium datis, et etiam cum libertatibus quietantiis et 
 immunitatibus quas Philippa nuper Regina Angliae, tunc 
 censors nostra, quae dicta castrum manerium et honorem 
 de Tickhull et alia terras et tenementa, eidem fiho nostro 
 per nos sic data, tenuit, in vita sua habuit ex concessione 
 nostra in eisdem, in recompensationem libertatum quietan- 
 tiarum et immunitatum quas idem filius noster in dicto 
 comitatu Richemondiae et honore castris maneriis terris 
 tenementis et aliis locis ad dictum comitatum pertinen- 
 tibus habuit, dum ea tenuit, ante escambium supradictum. 
 Nos escambium illud in qualibet parte ejusdem observare. 
 
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 I have inspected also a certain other Charter of our 
 aforesaid grandfather lately made to our aforesaid uncle, in 
 these words : 
 
 EDWARD, by the grace of God King of England and 4tii June, 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to his archbishops, bishops, a.d.is??" 
 abbots, priors, dukes, earls, barons, knights, justices, she- 
 riffs, reeves, bailiffs, ministers, and other his faithful people, 
 greeting. Know ye, that whereas we did lately by our char- Recital that 
 ter indented give and grant for us and our heirs, as far as tates had ' 
 
 ... ,. , been given in 
 
 did in us he, to our most dear son John King of Castille and exchange for 
 
 *-' the earldom 
 
 Leon and Duke of Lancaster the castle manor and honor of ^^ ^j'^^^- 
 
 moud, 
 
 Tickhill and other lands and tenements in our said charter 
 specified, with appurtenances, to have to him and the heirs of 
 his body issuing, in exchange for the earldom of Richmond 
 and the honor castles manors lands tenements and all 
 other places to the said earldom pertaining, given granted 
 and surrendered to us and our heirs by our aforesaid son, 
 as in our charter aforesaid more fully is contained ; and and the 
 now our aforesaid son hath besought us, that, whereas the petitioned 
 
 that certain 
 
 town of Grinstead, which as parcel of the manor of Mares- towns, which 
 
 ' *^ though not 
 
 field, the town of Seaford, which as parcel of the castle and SSned in 
 leucata of Pevensey, and the town of Laughton-in-le- fn^ciuded^in 
 Morthen, which as parcel of the castle and honor of 
 Tickhill, were delivered to him at a certain valuation in 
 the exchange aforesaid, (no special mention being made 
 of those towns in our said charter,) be three towns in 
 gross severally of themselves, and be not nor were at any 
 time pertaining to the aforesaid manor of Maresfield, castle 
 and leucata of Pevensey, and castle and honor of Tickhill, 
 as now he is given to understand, lest he or his heirs afore- 
 said should in future be impeached in the occupation of the 
 said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and Laughton for the 
 want of special naming of the same in our grant aforesaid. 
 
 Charter,were 
 Included 1 
 valuation, 
 
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 et tam quieti dicti filii nostri et hseredum suorum prsedic- 
 torum in hac parte prospicere, quam dicta tenenienta eidera 
 filio nostro ut praemittitur data et concessa ac dictas villas 
 de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, quas virtute dictse 
 concessionis nostrae sic tenet, libertatibus quietantiis et 
 imraunitatibus, per praefatam consortem nostram habitis 
 ut praemittitur in eisdem, muniri et exornari, in recom- 
 pensationem libertatum quietantiarum et immunitatum 
 per praedictum filium nostrum in dicto comitatu Riche- 
 mondiae et pertinentiis suis praedictis nuper habitarum, 
 et praecipue ob specialem afFectionem quam ad personam 
 ejusdem filii nostri, suis meritis magnificis laudabiliter 
 exigentibus, gerimus et habemus, concessimus eidem filio 
 nostro pro nobis et haeredibus nostris quod ipse dictas 
 villas de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton cum pertinentiis 
 suis uriiversis, etiam licet grossa sint per se, an ut praedic- 
 tum est pertinentia ad dictum manerium de Marsfeld, 
 castrum et leucatam de Pevensey et castrum et honorem 
 de Tickhull, habeat et retineat, unacum dictis castro ma- 
 nerio et honore de Tickhull et aliis terris et tenementis 
 praedictis sibi per nos, ut praemittitur, datis, ac liberta- 
 tibus quietantiis et immunitatibus subscriptis (quas prae- 
 fatae Reginae in dictis terris et tenementis quae ipsa sic 
 tenuit ad vitam suam, concessimus, habendas, sicut per in- 
 spectionem rotulorum cancellariae nostrae nobis constat), 
 habendis utendis et gaudendis in dictis castro manerio et 
 honore de Tickhull, ac aliis castris maneriis honoribus 
 hundredis, et villis de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, ac 
 aliis terris tenementis et locis quibuscumque dicto filio 
 nostro, ut est dictum, per nos datis et in dicta carta nos- 
 tra plenius specificatis, et qualibet parte eorumdem eidem 
 filio nostro et dictis haeredibus de corpore suo, ut prae- 
 dictum est, procreatis, in escambium supradictum, sub modo 
 
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 we would be pleased to ffrant the said towns of Grinstead, "I'ght by 
 
 * *-^ name be 
 
 Seaford, and Laughton to him by name, to have and to IJJJ'^^'^ ^*^ 
 hold together with the said castle manor and honor of 
 Tickhill and the other lands and tenements given to him 
 
 in the said exchange, and also with the liberties acquit- }Sues'*&? 
 
 tances and immunities which Philippa, late Queen of Eng- qIIH^ ^^ 
 
 land, then our consort, (who held the said castle, manor, foimevte!:^'^ 
 
 and honor of Tickhill, and the other lands and tenements otsaides- 
 
 tates. 
 
 so given by us to our same son,) in her lifetime had in 
 the same by our grant, in compensation for the liberties 
 acquittances and immunities which our same son had in 
 the said earldom of Richmond, and in the honor castles ma- 
 nors lands tenements and other places to the said earldom 
 pertaining, whilst he held them before the exchange above 
 said. We, to observe the said exchange in every part considera- 
 thereof, and to look as well to the quiet of our said son and to"ufef"*^s. 
 his heirs aforesaid in this behalf, as that the said tene- compensate 
 ments given and granted to our same son as is premised, enjoyed^ iTy 
 and the said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and Laughton, earidom of 
 
 Richmond, 
 
 which by virtue of our said grant he so holds, be adorned 
 and armed with the liberties acquittances and immunities 
 had in the same by our aforesaid consort as is premised, in 
 compensation for the liberties acquittances and immuni- 
 ties lately had by our aforesaid son in the said earldom of 
 Richmond and its appurtenances aforesaid, and chiefly on 
 account of the special affection which we have and bear for and the 
 
 * merits of 
 
 the person of our same son, his high merits full worthily grantee. 
 
 requiring it, have granted to our same son, for us and our 
 
 heirs, that he the said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and The Duke 
 
 _ • 1 n 1 • 11 • "^^y retain 
 
 JLaughton, with all their appurtenances, albeit even they the towns of 
 
 be towns in gross of themselves, or whether as aforesaid la^f'^Jton^"^ 
 
 they be pertaining to the said manor of Maresfield, castle ^ther^eftates 
 
 and leucata of Pevensey, and castle and honor of Tickhill, S^exchang™ 
 
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 et forma in eadem carta nostra contentis imperpetuum, 
 videlicet, cum feodis militum, advocationibus domorum re- 
 ligiosarum hospitalium ecclesiarum et capellarum, wardis 
 maritagiis et escaetis de omnibus tenentibus de ho- 
 noribus maneriis terris tenementis et aliis locis prgedictis 
 praefato filio nostro per nos sic datis, simul cum chaciis 
 parcis boscis warennis feriis mercatis aquis viis piscariis 
 communis assartis vastis et purpresturis, ac etiam arren- 
 tationibus et redditibus quorumcumque assartorum vas- 
 torum et purpresturarum tam temporibus progenitorum nos- 
 trorum quondam Regum Anglise quam nostro in chaciis 
 et aliis locis praedictis arrentatorum et exnunc arrentan- 
 dorum, una cum finibus pro ingressu hujusmodi assartorum 
 vastorum et purpresturarum sic arrentandorum, et cum 
 curiis, visibus franci plegii, hundredis, wapentachiis, wrek, 
 wayf* et stray', libertatibus regalibus, et liberis consuetudi- 
 nibus, et omnibus aliis ad eadem castra honores maneria 
 hundreda et alia terras tenementa et loca qualitercumque 
 et ubicumque spectantibus. Concessimus etiam pro nobis 
 et hseredibus nostris eidem filio nostro quod ipse et dicti 
 hseredes sui habeant omnes fines redemptiones et amercia- 
 menta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum de et in 
 castris honoribus maneriis hundredis villis terris tene- 
 mentis et aliis locis praedictis sibi per nos sic datis, et 
 eorum feodis, ac etiam in omnibus villis hundredis et 
 aliis locis unde annuae firmae et redditus sibi inter caetera 
 terras et tenementa praedicta per nos concessi proveniunt ; 
 necnon exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes 
 nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto, forisfac- 
 turis et murdris, in quibuscumque curiis nostris et haeredum 
 nostrorum homines et tenentes illos (tam coram nobis et 
 haeredibus nostris et in cancellaria nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et baronibus nostris 
 
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 may have and retain together with the said castle manor 
 and honor of Tickhill and the other lands and tenements 
 aforesaid by us given to him as is premised, and with and enjoy 
 
 •,,.,. . ,. .. ,. certain liber- 
 
 the liberties acquittances and immunities underwritten, ties, &c. 
 
 therein. 
 
 (which we granted to the aforesaid Queen to have in 
 the said lands and tenements by her so held for her 
 life, as is evident to us by the inspection of the rolls 
 of our chancery,) to have, use, and enjoy in the said 
 castle manor and honor of Tickhill, and the other cas- 
 tles manors honors hundreds, and the towns of Grin- 
 stead, Seaford, and Laughton, and the other lands te- 
 nements and places whatsoever, given by us as has 
 been said to our said son, and in our said charter more 
 fully specified, and in every part thereof, — to our same 
 son and the said heirs of his body begotten as is afore- 
 said, in exchange as abovesaid under the manner and 
 form contained in our same charter for ever, that is 
 to say, with knights' fees, advowsons of religious houses. Knights' 
 hospitals, churches and chapels, wardships, marriages, and sS, es-^*'^" 
 escheats of all the tenants of the honors, manors, lands, te- 
 nements and other places aforesaid by us so given to our 
 aforesaid son, together with chases, parks, woods, warrens, chases, 
 fairs, markets, waters, ways, fisheries, commons, assarts, ^^^ ^' 
 wastes, and purprestures, and also with the arrentations 
 and rents of all manner of assarts, wastes, and purprestures 
 arrented in the chases and other places aforesaid, as well 
 in our time as in the times of our progenitors formerly 
 Kings of England, and hereafter to be arrented, together 
 with the fines for ingress of the like assarts, wastes, and 
 purprestures so to be arrented, and with courts, views of 
 frankpledge, hundreds, wapentakes, wreck, waif and stray, wreck. 
 royal liberties and free customs, and all other things to the 
 same castles, honors, manors, hundreds, and other lands, 
 
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 et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, quam coram justi- 
 tiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum itinerantibus ad 
 communia placita et ad placita forestae, ac etiam coram 
 justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, et 
 coram senescallo et marescallo ac coronatore hospitii 
 nostri et haeredum nostrorum et clerico de mercato, 
 ac coram aliis justitiariis et ministris nostris et haere- 
 dum nostrorum quibuscumque) fines seu redemptiones 
 facere vel amerciari, aut hujusmodi exitus murdra seu 
 forisfacturas annum diem et vastum adjudicari, contigerit, 
 adeo plene et integre sicut nos ea haberemus si praedicta 
 castra honores maneria hundreda villas terras tenementa 
 et alia loca praedicta, eidem filio nostro sic data, in manu 
 nostra retinuissemus. Ita quod ipse et dicti haeredes sui 
 per manus ballivorum et ministrorum suorum fines redemp- 
 tiones et amerciamenta hominum et tenentium praedictorum 
 exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes nostros 
 pertinere poterunt de anno die vasto, forisfacturis et 
 murdris, de et in castris honoribus maneriis hundredis 
 villis terris tenementis et aliis locis praedictis per nos sic 
 datis ac eorum feodis, quae coram praedictis justitiariis iti- 
 nerantibus ad communia placita et ad placita forestae, ac 
 coram dictis senescallo et marescallo coronatore seu clerico 
 fieri et adjudicari contigerit, per extractas eorumdem jus- 
 titiariorum itinerantium in itineribus suis et senescalli 
 et marescalli et coronatoris ac clerici in sessionibus suis 
 eisdem ballivis et ministris inde Hberandas, necnon fines 
 redemptiones et amerciamenta hominum et tenentium prae- 
 dictorum, ac exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et 
 haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto, 
 forisfacturis, et murdris, de et in castris honoribus 
 maneriis hundredis villis terris tenementis et aliis locis 
 praedictis per nos sic datis ac eorum feodis, quae coram 
 
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 tenements, and places howsoever and wheresoever belong- 
 ing. We have also granted for us and our heirs to our Fines and 
 
 ... amerce- 
 
 same son that he and his said heirs may have all fines, ments, 
 ransoms, and amercements of all their men and tenants 
 of and in the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, 
 lands, tenements, and other places aforesaid so given to 
 him by us, and in their fees, and also in all the towns, 
 hundreds, and other places whence the annual farms and 
 rents by us granted to him among the other lands and 
 tenements aforesaid do proceed ; and also forfeited issues, forfeited is- 
 
 sues, for- 
 
 and all things which can pertain to us and our heirs feitures,&c. 
 of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders, in any 
 soever of the courts of us and our heirs, where such 
 men and tenants shall happen to make fine or ransom 
 or be amerced, or such issues, murders, forfeitures, year, 
 day, and waste happen to be adjudged, as well before us in any of 
 and our heirs, and in the chancery of us and our heirs, and courts. 
 before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and 
 our heirs, as before the justices of us and our heirs in eyre 
 to hold common pleas and pleas of the forest, and also 
 before the justices of the bench of us and our heirs, and 
 before the steward and marshal and coroner of the house- 
 hold of us and our heirs, and the clerk of the market, and 
 before all other justices and ministers of us and our heirs 
 whomsoever, as fully and entirely as we should have them if 
 we had retained in our hand the aforesaid castles, honors, 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid so given to our same son. So that he The Duke 
 
 itiay levy 
 
 and his said heirs by the hands of his baiUffs and ministers them by lus 
 
 '' own officers, 
 
 may be able to levy, perceive, and have the fines, ransoms, ^^^fip^*^]° 
 and amercements of the men and tenants aforesaid, for- to them. 
 feited issues, and all things which to us and our heirs can 
 pertain of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders, of 
 
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 nobis et hseredibus nostris, vel in cancellaria nostra et 
 hseredum nostrorum, seu coram thesaurario et baronibus 
 nostris et hseredum nostrorum de scaccario, seu coram 
 justitiariis nostris et baeredum nostrorum de banco aut 
 justitiariis ad assisas capiendas et gaolas deliberandas 
 seu justitiariis ad felonias et transgressiones audiendas et 
 terminandas assignatis, vel coram aliis justitiariis seu mi- 
 nistris nostris et baeredum nostrorum quibuscumque fieri 
 et adjudicari contigerit, per extractas scaccarii nostri et 
 baeredum nostrorum ballivis et ministris dicti filii nostri 
 et dictorum baeredum suorum per manus vicecomitum in 
 quorum ballivis castra bonores maneria bundreda villae 
 terrae tenementa et alia loca praedicta, ut est dictum, per 
 nos data, ac eorum feoda existunt, inde liberandas, levare 
 percipere et babere possint, — sine occasione vel impedi- 
 mento nostri vel baeredum nostrorum aut ballivorum seu mi- 
 nistrorum nostrorum quorumcumque. Et quod idem filius 
 noster te dicti baeredes sui babeant in castris bonoribus 
 maneriis bundredis villis terris tenementis et aliis locis 
 praedictis per nos sic datis, ac eorum feodis, catalla felonum 
 et fugitivorum; ita quod si quis bominum vel tenentium 
 suorum aut alii in locis praedictis vel eorum feodis pro 
 delicto suo vitam vel membrum debeant amittere vel 
 fugerint et judicio stare noluerint, vel aliquod delictum 
 fecerint pro quo catalla sua debeant perdere (ubicumque 
 justitia de eis fieri debeat sive in curia nostra vel 
 baeredum nostrorum sive in aliis curiis) ipsa catalla 
 sint praefati filii nostri et dictorum baeredum suorum, et 
 liceat eis seu ministris suis sine occasione vel impedi- 
 mento nostri vel baeredum nostrorum vicecomitum et alio- 
 rum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum vel baeredum 
 nostrorum quorumcumque ponere se in seisinam de catallis 
 praedictis et ea ad usum dicti filii nostri et baeredum suo- 
 
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 and in the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, 
 tenements, and other places aforesaid by us so given, and in 
 their fees, — such as shall happen to be made and adjudged 
 before the aforesaid justices in eyre to hold common pleas 
 and pleas of the forest, and before the said steward and 
 marshal, coroner or clerk, by estreats of the same jus- 
 tices in eyre in their circuits, and of steward and marshal 
 and coroner and clerk in their sessions, to be delivered 
 thereof to the same bailiffs and ministers, — and also such 
 the fines, ransoms, and amercements of the aforesaid men 
 and tenants, and forfeited issues, and all things which to 
 us and our heirs can pertain of year, day, waste, for- 
 feitures and murders, of and in the castles, honors, 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid by us so given, and in their fees, as shall 
 happen to be made and adjudged before us and our heirs, 
 or in the chancery of us and our heirs, or before the trea- 
 surer and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, 
 or before the justices of us and our heirs of the common 
 bench, or our justices assigned to take the assizes and to 
 deliver our gaols, or the justices assigned to hear and deter- 
 mine felonies and trespasses, or before other the justices 
 or ministers of us and our heirs whomsoever, by estreats of 
 the exchequer of us and our heirs, to be delivered thereof 
 to the bailiffs and ministers of our said son and his 
 said heirs by the hands of the sheriffs in whose bailiwicks 
 the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tene- 
 ments, and other places aforesaid given by us as afore- 
 said, and their fees, do lie; without let or hinderance of 
 us or our heirs, or of our bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. 
 And that our same son and his said heirs may have in chattels of 
 
 •' felons. 
 
 the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, te- 
 nements, and other places aforesaid by us so given, and 
 
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 rum retinere. Concessimus etiam prsefato filio nostro pro 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris quod ipse et dicti haeredes 
 sui habeant in castris honoribus maneriis hundredis villis 
 terris teneraentis et aliis locis prsedictis dicto filio nostro 
 sic datis, ac eorum feodis, retorna omnium brevium nos- 
 trorum et hseredum nostrorum ac summonitionum extrac- 
 tarum et praeceptorum de scaccario praedicto necnon prae- 
 ceptorum et extractarum justitiariorum nostrorum et hae- 
 redum nostrorum itinerantium tam ad placita forestae 
 quam ad communia placita, et aliorum justitiariorum 
 quorumcumque, et executiones eorumdem brevium, sum- 
 monitionum, extractarum et praeceptorum per ballivos et 
 ministros sues faciendas. Ita quod nullus vicecomes bal- 
 livus aut minister noster vel haeredum nostrorum castra 
 honores maneria villas terras tenementa et alia loca 
 praedicta, ut praemittitur, per nos data, vel eorum feoda, 
 ad officia aliqua seu alia officia sua tangentia facienda 
 ingrediatur, nisi in defectum ipsius filii nostri aut dic- 
 torum haeredum vel ballivorum seu ministrorum suorum. 
 Volumus insuper et concedimus pro nobis et haeredibus 
 nostris quod si vicecomites vel ballivi liber tatum hun- 
 dredorum seu wapentachiorum in aliquibus executionibus 
 pro eodem filio nostro aut dictis haeredibus suis per brevia 
 sive mandata nostra, vel haeredum nostrorum, aut quovis 
 alio modo faciendis negligentes fuerint vel remissi per quod 
 ipsos in scaccario nostro seu aliis curiis nostris contigerit 
 amerciari vel fines facere, quod fines et amerciamenta ilia 
 sint dicti filii nostri et dictorum haeredum suorum, et ad 
 eorum opus leventur. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus patribus 
 Simone Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius Angliae Primate, 
 Adam Menevensi Cancellario, Henrico Wigornensi The- 
 saurario, nostris, Episcopis, Edmundo Comite Cantabrigiae, 
 Thoma de Wodestok Constabulario Angliae, filiis nostris 
 
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 in their fees, the chattels of felons and fugitives, so that 
 if any of their men or tenants or others in the places 
 aforesaid, or in their fees, for their delinquency ought 
 to lose life or limb, or shall flee and not be willing to 
 stand their trial, or shall commit any offence for the which 
 they ought to lose their chattels, (wheresoever justice shall 
 be had of them, whether in the court of us or our heirs, or 
 whether in other courts,) such chattels shall belong to 
 our aforesaid son and his said heirs, and that it shall be 
 lawful for them or their ministers to put themselves in 
 seizin of the chattels aforesaid, and retain them to the 
 behoof of our said son and his heirs, without let or hin- 
 derance of us or our heirs, our sheriffs and other bailiff's 
 or ministers of us or our heirs whomsoever. We have also Return and 
 granted to our aforesaid son, for us and our heirs, that of wrUsTnd 
 he and his said heirs may have in the castles, honors, of the ex- 
 
 chequer. 
 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid so given to our said son, and in their 
 fees, the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and of 
 summons, estreats, and precepts of the exchequer afore- 
 said, and also of the precepts and estreats of the justices 
 of us and our heirs in eyre to hold as well pleas of the 
 forest as common pleas, and of other justices whomso- 
 ever, and the execution of the same writs, summons, es- 
 treats, and precepts, to be made by their bailiff's and mi- 
 nisters. So<^hat no sheriff', baiUffj or other minister of 
 us or our heirs shall enter the castles, honors, manors, 
 towns, lands, tenements, and other places aforesaid by us 
 given as is premised, or their fees, to perform any offices, or 
 other things touching their offices, unless in default of our 
 same son or his said heirs, or of their bailiff's or ministers. fme?ce"^ 
 And furthermore we will and grant, for us and our said SffJ'and 
 heirs, that if the sheriffs or bailiff's of liberties, hundreds, or ^^'^t'^^ ^''^ 
 
 negligence. 
 
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 carissimis, Henrico de Percy Marescallo Angliae, Johanne 
 de Ipre Senescallo hospitii nostri, Nicholao Carreu Custode 
 privati sigilli nostri, et aliis. Data per manum nostram 
 apud Shene quarto die Junii, anno regni nostri Angliae 
 quinquagesimo primo, regni vero nostri Francise tricesimo 
 octavo. 
 
 M® ^ autem tarn dictam cartam indentatam quam dic- 
 tam aliam cartam, ac omnes donationes concessiones et 
 omnia alia in eisdem cartis contenta pro nobis et hseredi- 
 bus nostris, tenore praesentium, ratificamus et confirmamus, 
 juxta tenorem et effectum cartarum supradictarum. In 
 cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus pa- 
 tentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium, quintode- 
 cimo die Septembris, anno regni nostri primo. 
 
 Faryngton. 
 Per breve de private sigillo. 
 
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 wapentakes be negligent or remiss in making any execu- 
 tions for our same son oi: his said heirs, by writs or man- 
 dates of us or our heirs, or in any other wise, whereby it 
 shall happen that they be amerced or make fines in our 
 exchequer or in other our courts, such fines and amerce- 
 ments shall belong to our said son and his said heirs, 
 and may be levied to their behoof. These being wit- 
 nesses, the venerable fathers, Simon Archbishop of Can- 
 terbury, Primate of all England ; Adam Bishop of St. 
 David's, our Chancellor; Henry Bishop of Worcester, 
 our Treasurer ; Edmund Earl of Cambridge, and Thomas 
 of Woodstock, Constable of England, our most dear sons ; 
 Henry de Percy, Marshal of England; John de Ipre, 
 Steward of our household; Nicholas Carreu, Keeper of 
 our privy seal, and others. Given under our hand at 
 Sheen, on the fourth day of June, in the fifty-first 
 year of our reign of England, and the thirty-eighth of 
 our reign of France. 
 
 AIMTIQ) we, as well the said charter indented as the said 
 other charter, and all the donations, grants, and all other 
 things in the same charters contained, for us and our heirs 
 by the tenor of these presents do ratify and confirm accord- 
 ing to the tenor and effect of the charters abovesaid. In 
 witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be 
 made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, on the 
 fifteenth day of September, in the first year of our reign. 
 
 Faryngton. 
 By writ of privy seal. 
 
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 XIII. 
 
 Pro Johanne Rege Castell^ et Legionis Duce 
 Lancastri^. 
 
 ICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Franciae 
 et Dominus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos prse- 
 sentes literae pervenerint salutem. Sciatis quod 
 cum dominus Edwardus nuper Rex Angliae, 
 avus noster, per literas suas patentes, quas per literas nos- 
 tras confirmavimus, in pleno parliaraento suo concessisset 
 carissimo avunculo nostro Johanni Regi Castellae et Le- 
 gionis Duci Laneastriae quod ipse ad totam vitam suam 
 habeat infra comitatum Laneastriae cancellariam suam, ac 
 brevia sua sub sigillo suo pro officio cancellariae deputando 
 consignanda, justitiarios sues tarn ad placita coronae quam 
 ad quaecumque alia placita communem legem tangentia te- 
 nenda, ac cognitiones eorundem. [et] quascumque execu- 
 tiones per brevia sua et ministros suos ibidem faciendas, 
 et quaecumque alia libertates et jura regalia ad Comitem 
 Palatinum pertinentia, adeo integre et libere sicut Comes 
 Cestriae infra eundem comitatum Cestriae dinoscitur obti- 
 nere, prout in literis patentibus ipsius avi nostri et con- 
 firmatione nostra praedicta plenius continetur. Ac jam 
 praefatus avunculus noster per petitionem suam coram nobis 
 et concilio nostro in praesenti parliamento nostro exbibitam 
 nobis supplicaverit ut cum ipse virtute dictorum verborum 
 generalium in dictis literis ipsius avi nostri contentorum' 
 communi intellectu rationabiliter clamare posset exercere 
 et habere omnimoda jurisdictiones proficua et commodi- 
 tates quae ad nos in dicto comitatu Lancastriao perti- 
 
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 XIII. 
 For John King of Castille and Leon, Duke of 
 Lancaster.* 
 ICHARD, by the grace of God, King of Eng- loth Nov. 
 land and France and Lord of Ireland, to all to a»- '378. 
 whom the present letters shall come, greeting. 
 Know ye, that whereas the Lord Edward, late Recital of 
 
 grant of 
 
 King of England, our grandfather, by his letters patent county paia- 
 (which by our letters we confirmed), in his full parlia- 
 ment did grant to our most dear uncle John King of 
 Castille and Leon, Duke of Lancaster, that he for the 
 whole of his life should have within the county of Lan- 
 caster his chancery, and his writs to be sealed under 
 his seal to be deputed for the office of the chancery, his 
 justices to hold as well pleas of the crown as all other 
 pleas whatsoever touching the common law and the cog- 
 nisance thereof, and all manner of execution to be made 
 by his writs and his ministers there, and all other liberties 
 and jura regalia pertaining to a Count Palatine, as freely 
 and entirely as the Earl of Chester is well known to obtain 
 within the same county of Chester, as in the letters 
 patent of our same grandfather and in our confirmation 
 aforesaid more fully is contained. And now our afore- and that 
 said uncle, by his petition exhibited before us and our petitioned 
 
 to have the 
 
 council in our present parliament, hath besought us, |f„"5^jfgx 
 that, whereas by virtue of the said general words con- Ei^oi^" 
 tained in the said letters of our same grandfather he poiSs" 
 might by the common understanding thereof reasonably 
 
 * The original Charter does not now exist in the archives of the 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
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 nere deberent, ipseque praetextu dictorum verborum ge- 
 neralium scaccarium suum in eodem comitatu Lancas- 
 trise et omnia ad hujusmodi scaccarium pertinentia, ac 
 jurisdictionem et potestatem faciendi et constituendi jus- 
 titiarios suos itinerantes ad placita forestse et alios jus- 
 titiarios ad quajcumque alia placita assisam forestae tan- 
 gentia infra dictum comitatum Lancastriae, a tempore 
 concessionis praedicti avi nostri tenuerit exercuerit et 
 habuerit, velimus dicta verba generalia, propter obscuri- 
 tatem intellectus eorumdem, et pro majori securitate prse- 
 fati avunculi nostri in hac parte, declarare, et praemissa, 
 per ipsum virtute dictorum verborum generalium ut prae- 
 mittitur usitata, per verba specialia et expressa sibi con- 
 cedere gratiose; Nos ad supplicationem ipsius avunculi 
 nostri, et ut ambiguitates amputentur in hac parte, de 
 assensu praelatorum ducum comitum baronum et commu- 
 nitatis regni nostri Angliae in praesenti parliamento nostro 
 existentium, declaramus eundem avunculum nostrum om- 
 nibus et singulis praemissis, per ipsum praetextu dictorum 
 verborum generalium ut praemittitur usitatis, virtute eorum- 
 dem verborum generalium uti posse et debere ; et ulterius 
 de gratia nostra speciali tenore praesentium expresse con- 
 cedimus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, eidem avunculo 
 nostro, quod ipse hujusmodi scaccarium suum in dicto 
 comitatu Lancastriae, ac barones et alios ministros in 
 eodem scaccario necessarios, necnon jurisdictiones execu- 
 tiones et consuetudines quascumque in scaccario nostro 
 Angliae rationabiliter usitatas habeat in eodem scaccario 
 suo et eis ibidem plene gaudeat et rationabiliter utatur ; et 
 quod ipse habeat jurisdictionem et potestatem faciendi et 
 constituendi justitiarios suos itinerantes ad placita forestse 
 et alios justitiarios ad quaecumque alia placita assisam fo- 
 restae tangentia infra dictum comitatum Lancastriae tenenda 
 
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 claim to have and exercise all manner of jurisdictions, 
 profits, and commodities which ought to pertain to us 
 in the said county of Lancaster, and that by pretext of 
 the said general words he had had, exercised, and held 
 from the time of the grant of our aforesaid grandfather his 
 exchequer in the same county of Lancaster and all things 
 to such exchequer pertaining, and the jurisdiction and 
 power of making and appointing his justices in eyre for 
 pleas of the forest, and other justices for all manner of 
 other pleas touching the assize of the forest within the 
 said county of Lancaster, we would be pleased graciously 
 to declare the said general words, on account of the ob- 
 scurity of their meaning and for the greater security 
 of our aforesaid uncle in this behalf, and to grant to 
 him by special and express words the premises by him 
 used by virtue of the said general words as is premised : 
 We, at the supplication of our same uncle, and to cut Grant for 
 off all ambiguity in this behalf, with the assent of the chequer in 
 
 County 
 
 prelates, dukes, earls, barons, and the commons of our Palatine. 
 realm of England in our present parliament assembled, 
 do declare that our same uncle by virtue of the said 
 general words can and ought to use all and every the 
 premises by him used by pretext of the same general 
 words as is premised ; and furthermore, of our especial 
 grace, by the tenor of these presents we do expressly 
 grant, for us and our heirs, to our same uncle, that he 
 may have such his exchequer in the said county of Lan- 
 caster, and barons and other ministers necessary in the 
 same exchequer, and also all jurisdictions, executions, 
 and customs whatsoever, which are reasonably used in our 
 exchequer of England, in the same his exchequer, and 
 may fully and reasonably use and enjoy them there ^* and 
 that he may have the jurisdiction and power of making 
 
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 durante vita ipsius avunculi nostri supradicta (placitis tamen 
 et querelis ac aliis quibuscumque, ubi nos vel haeredes 
 nostri in dicto scaccario vel coram prsefatis justitiariis 
 partes fuerimus vel fieri contingat, in futurum emergen- 
 tibus semper salvis) ; volumus etiam quod omnia verba 
 generalia in concessione ejusdem avi nostri prsedicta con- 
 tenta in suo robore permaneant tota vita avunculi nostri 
 supradicti, declaratione et concessione per praesentes factis 
 non obstantibus. In cujus rei testimonium has literas 
 nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Glou- 
 cestriam decimo die Novembris, anno regni nostri secundo. 
 Per petitionem ipsius Regis Castellse de Parliamento. 
 
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 and appointing his justices in eyre to hold pleas of the and appo.nt- 
 forest, and other justices to hold all manner of other ticesofuie" 
 
 forest, 
 
 pleas touching the assize of the forest, within the said 
 county of Lancaster, during the abovesaid life of our same 
 uncle (saving always nevertheless all manner of other except 
 
 ^ *=[ •' where the 
 
 pleas and plaints in future arising in the said exchequer, ^l^^"^^^ 
 or before the aforesaid justices, where we or our heirs 
 shall be, or shall happen to be made, parties) ; also we 
 will that all the general words contained in the afore- 
 said grant of our same grandfather shall remain in force 
 during the whole life of our abovesaid uncle, notwith- 
 standing the declaration and grant made by these pre- 
 sents. In witness whereof we have caused these our 
 letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at Glou- 
 cester, on the tenth day of November, in the second 
 year of our reign. 
 By petition of the same King of Castillo in parliament. 
 
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 XIV. 
 
 Pro Duce Lancastri^. 
 
 ICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Francige 
 et Dominus Hibernise archiepiscopis, episcopis, 
 abbatibus, prioribus, ducibus, comitibus, ba- 
 ronibus, justitiariis, vicecomitibus, praepositis, 
 ministris, et omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis, salutem. 
 Sciatis quod cum dominus Edwardus nuper Rex Angliae, 
 avus noster, per cartam suam dedisset et concessisset caris- 
 simo avunculo nostro, filio suo, Johanui Duci Lancastriae, 
 tunc Comiti Lancastriae, nomen et bonorem Ducis et ipsum 
 in Ducem Lancastriae praefecisset, ac de eisdem nomine et 
 honore per cincturam gladii et appositionem cappae suo 
 capiti investivisset, habenda eadem nomen et bonorem Ducis 
 Lancastriae, sibi et haeredibus suis masculis de corpore suo 
 legitime procreatis imperpetuum ; subsequenterque idem 
 avus noster per literas suas patentes concessisset pro se et 
 haeredibus suis praefato avunculo nostro quod ipse ad totam 
 vitam suam haberet infra comitatum Lancastriae cancel- 
 lariam suam, ac brevia sua sub sigillo suo pro officio can- 
 cellariae deputando consignanda, justitiarios suos tam ad 
 placita coronae quam ad quaecumque alia placita commu- 
 nem legem tangentia, tenenda, ac cognitiones eorundem, 
 et quascumque executiones per brevia sua et ministros suos 
 ibidem faciendas, et quaecumque alia libertates et jura re- 
 galia ad Comitem Palatinum pertinentia, adeo libere et in- 
 tegre sicut Comes Cestriae infra eundem comitatum Cestriae 
 dinoscitur obtinere (decimis quintisdecimis et aliis quotis et 
 subsidiis, eidem avo nostro et haeredibus suis per communi- 
 
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 XIV. 
 
 For the Duke of Lancaster.* 
 
 ICHARD, by the grace of God, King of Eng- |6th Feb. 
 land and France, and Lord of Ireland, to his ^•"- ^^^^• 
 archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, dukes, 
 earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves, minis- 
 ters, and all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. 
 Know ve, that whereas the Lord Edward, late Kinff of Recital of 
 
 •' . . . ° Charter of 
 
 England, our grandfather, did by his charter give and KingEdw.s. 
 grant to his son, our most dear uncle, John Duke of ^uke^Jf" 
 Lancaster, at that time Earl of Lancaster, the name and ^*"<^^*^*"' 
 honor of Duke, and did make him Duke of Lancaster, 
 and invest him with the same name and honor by gird- 
 ing of the sword and setting upon his head the cap, to 
 have the same name and honor of Duke of Lancaster to 
 him and his heirs male of his body lawfully begotten for 
 ever; and subsequently our same grandfather did by his and of his 
 letters patent erant for himself and his heirs to our afore- for life of a 
 
 * *-■ chancery 
 
 said uncle, that he for the whole of his life should have reliZ^s 
 within the county of Lancaster his chancery, and his writs pSSI in 
 to be sealed under his seal to be deputed for the office of of Lancaster. 
 the chancery, his justices to hold as well pleas of the 
 crown as all other pleas whatsoever touching the common 
 law, and the cognizance thereof, and all manner of execu- 
 tion to be made by his writs and his ministers there, and 
 all other liberties and jura regalia pertaining to a Count 
 Palatine, as freely and entirely as the Earl of Chester is 
 
 * The original Charter does not now exist in the archives of the 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
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 tatem regni sui, et decimis et aliis quotis per clerum ejus- 
 dem regni tunc concessis et extunc concedendis, aut eidem 
 clero per sedem apostolicam inipositis et imponendis, ac 
 pardonationibus vitse et membrorum, in casu quo aliquis 
 ejusdem comitatus, aut alius in eodem comitatu, pro aliquo 
 delicto vitam vel membrum amittere deberet, ac etiam su- 
 perioritate et potestate corrigendi ea quae in curia ejusdem 
 avunculi nostri ibidem erronice facta fuerint, vel [si] idem 
 avunculus noster aut ministri sui in justitia in curia sua 
 facienda defecerint. semper salvis) : Et quod idem avun- 
 culus noster ad mandata ejusdem avi nostri et hseredum 
 suorum ad parliamenta et concilia sua duos milites pro 
 communitate comitatus prsedicti et duos burgenses de 
 quolibet burgo ejusdem comitatus ad tractandum, cum 
 aliis dicti regni ad parliamenta et concilia venientibus, de 
 negotiis dicti regni in eisdem parliamentis et * aliis expo- 
 nendis, mittere teneretur: et quod idem avunculus noster 
 certos homines fideles et sufficientes ad hujusmodi decimas 
 et quintasdecimas subsidia et alia quota, quotiens ea eidem 
 avo nostro seu haeredibus suis in parliamentis seu con- 
 ciliis concedi contingeret, assignaret ; ita quod eidem avo 
 nostro de sic concessis responderetur per eosdem. Ac 
 nos nuper ad prosecutionem ipsius avunculi nostri per peti- 
 tionem suam nobis in parliamento nostro apud Gloucestriam 
 tento exhibitam, suggerentis ipsum praetextu dictorum ver- 
 borum generalium scaccarium suum in eodem comitatu 
 Lancastrise et omnia ad hujusmodi scaccarium pertinentia, 
 ac jurisdictionem et potestatem faciendi et constituendi jus- 
 titiarios suos itinerantes ad placita forestse et alios justitia- 
 rios ad qusecumque alia placita assisam forestae tangentia 
 infra dictum comitatum Lancastrise a tempore concessionis 
 dicti avi nostri tenuisse exercuisse et habuisse, de assensu 
 
 * Sic; pro " conciliis." 
 
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 well known to obtain within the same county of Chester; 
 saving always the tenths, fifteenths, and other contribu- 
 tions and subsidies then granted and thereafter to be 
 granted to our same grandfather and his heirs by the 
 commonalty of his realm, and the tenths and other con- 
 tributions then granted and thereafter to be granted by 
 the clergy of the same realm, or imposed and to be im- 
 posed upon the same clergy by the apostolic see; and 
 the pardon of life and limbs in case that any person of 
 the same county, or other person in the same county, ought 
 for any delict to lose his life or limb ; and also the su- 
 periority and power of correcting those things which shall 
 have been erroneously done there in the court of our 
 same uncle, or if our same uncle or his ministers should 
 have failed in doing justice in his court. And that our 
 same uncle, at the mandate of the same our grandfather 
 and his heirs, should be held to send to his parliaments 
 and councils two knights for the commonalty of the shire 
 aforesaid, and two burgesses from every borough of the 
 same shire, to treat with the others of the said realm 
 coming to the parliaments and councils concerning the 
 affairs of the said realm in the same parliaments and 
 councils to be declared : ^and that our same uncle should 
 assign certain trusty and suflBcient men for the like tenths 
 and fifteenths, subsidies and other contributions, so often 
 as they should happen to be granted to our same grand- 
 father or his heirs in parhament or council ; so that our 
 same grandfather might by them be answered in respect 
 of such grants. And we lately, at the prosecution of our Recital of 
 same uncle by his petition to us exhibited in our parlia- gd'by^^ilf" 
 ment holden at Gloucester, (suggesting that by pretext of the fnJheDuke's 
 said general words he had had, exercised, and held from the pSulmeit, 
 time of the grant of our said grandfather his exchequer in 
 
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 praelatorum ducurn comitum baronum et communitatis regni 
 nostri Anglise in eodem parliamento existentium, per literas 
 nostras patentes declaraverimus eundem avunculum nostrum 
 omnibus et singulis prsemissis, per ipsum prsetextu dictorum 
 verborum generalium ut prsemittitur usitatis, virtute eorum- 
 dem verborum generalium uti posse et debere ; et ulterius 
 de gratia nostra speciali concesserimus, pro nobis et hsere- 
 dibus nostris, eidem avunculo nostro, quod ipse scaccarium 
 suum in dicto comitatu Lancastrise, et barones et alios 
 ministros in eodem scaccario necessarios, necnon jurisdic- 
 tiones executiones et consuetudines quascumque in scac- 
 cario nostro Anglige rationabiliter usitatas habeat in eodem 
 scaccario suo et eis ibidem plene gaudeat et rationabiliter 
 utatur: et quod habeat jurisdictionem et potestatem fa- 
 ciendi et constituendi justitiarios suos itinerantes ad placita 
 forestsG et alios justitiarios ad qusecumque alia placita assi- 
 sam forestse tangentia infra dictum comitatum Lancastrige 
 tenenda durante vita ipsius avunculi nostri (placitis tamen 
 et querelis aliis quibuscumque, ubi nos vel bseredes nostri in 
 dicto scaccario vel coram praefatis justitiariis partes fuerimus 
 vel fieri contingat, emergentibus semper salvis) ; et volueri- 
 mus, quod omnia verba generalia in concessione ejusdem avi 
 nostri prsedicta contenta in suo robore permaneant durante 
 vita avunculi nostri supradicti, declaratione et concessione 
 praedictis non obstantibus, prout in carta et literis prsedictis 
 plenius continetur. Jamque praefatus avunculus noster 
 nobis supplicaverit, ut libertates franchesias privilegia jura 
 regalia supradicta, et omnia alia et singula sibi superius 
 concessa, sibi et hseredibus suis masculis de corpore suo 
 exeuntibus concedere dignemur, habenda eodem modo sicut 
 ea jam habet, una cum dicto nomine Ducis Lancastriae 
 perpetuis temporibus successivis. Nos probitatem stre- 
 nuam et sapientiam excellentissimam prsefati avunculi nos- 
 
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 the same county of Lancaster, and all things to such ex- 
 chequer pertaining, and the jurisdiction and power of 
 making and appointing "his justices in eyre for pleas of 
 the forest, and other justices for all manner of other pleas 
 touching the assize of the forest within the said county of 
 Lancaster,) with the assent of the prelates, dukes, earls, declaring, 
 barons, and the commons of our realm of England in the [^e^e^^ai 
 same parliament assembled, by our letters patent did grant^iVhe^ 
 declare that our same uncle should and might be able, ^^^^**°*'®' 
 by virtue of the said general words, to use all and every 
 the premises by him used by pretext of the same general 
 words as is premised ; and further, of our especial grace the Duke 
 
 1 1 • 1 should have 
 
 we did grant, for us and our heirs, to our same uncle, hisexche- 
 
 . . quer, 
 
 that he might have his exchequer in the said county of 
 Lancaster, and barons and other ministers necessary in 
 the same exchequer, and also all jurisdictions, executions, 
 and customs whatsoever in the same his exchequer which 
 are reasonably used in our exchequer of England, and 
 might fully and reasonably use and enjoy them there; 
 and that he might have the jurisdiction and power of and appoint- 
 
 ...... . 1111 ment of jus- 
 
 makmg and appointing his justices m eyre to hold pleas ticesofthe 
 of the forest, and other justices to hold all manner of 
 other pleas touching the assize of the forest, within the 
 said county of Lancaster, during the life of our same 
 uncle (saving always nevertheless all manner of other 
 pleas and plaints arising in the said exchequer, or before 
 the aforesaid justices, where we or our heirs should be, 
 or should happen to be made, parties) ; and we did will during the 
 
 ^^ ^ ^ Duke's life. 
 
 that all the general words contained in the aforesaid grant 
 of our same grandfather should remain in force during the 
 life of our abovesaid uncle, notwithstanding the declaration 
 and grant aforesaid, as in the charter and letters aforesaid 
 more fully is contauied. And now our aforesaid uncle 
 
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 tri, qui se laboribus et expensis ac consiliis continuis nobis 
 et regno nostro obsequiosum pariter et fructuosum semper 
 retroactis temporibus exhibuit et exhibet indefesse, debita 
 consideratione pensantes, ac sperantes indubie hseredes suos 
 masculos de corpore suo legitime procreatos vestigia pro- 
 genitorum suorum qui ex tam nobili progenie regali proces- 
 serunt, divina mediante dementia, in sapientia strenuitate 
 et honore sequi debere, et nobis et heeredibus nostris ac 
 regno nostro maxime valere et locumtenere posse infutu- 
 rum. Et volentes prsemissorum intuitu supplicationi prse- 
 dictae annuere gratiose, de assensu praesentis parliamenti 
 nostri, laeto corde et ex certa scientia nostra concessimus 
 pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, praefato avunculo nostro 
 quod ipse et haeredes sui masculi de corpore suo legitime 
 procreati habeant infra comitatum Lancastriae cancellariam 
 suam ac brevia sua sub sigillo suo pro officio cancellariae 
 deputando *conservanda, justitiarios suos tam ad placita 
 coronae quam ad quaecumque alia placita communem legem 
 tangentia tenenda, ac cognitiones eorundem, et quascum- 
 que executiones per brevia sua et ministros suos ibidem 
 faciendas, et quaecumque alia libertates et jura regalia ad 
 Comitem Palatinum pertinentia, adeo libere et integre sicut 
 Comes Cestriae dinoscitur obtinere. Et quod habeant scac- 
 carium suum in dicto comitatu Lancastriae ac barones et 
 alios ministros in eodem scaccario necessarios, necnon 
 jurisdictiones executiones et consuetudines quascumque in 
 scaccario nostro Angliae rationabiliter usitatas, et eis ibidem 
 plene gaudeant et rationabiliter utantur. Et quod habeant 
 jurisdictionem et potestatem faciendi et constituendi justi- 
 tiarios suos itinerantes ad placita forestae et alios justitia- 
 rios ad quaecumque alia placita assisam forestae tangentia 
 infra dictum comitatum Lancastriae tenenda imperpetuum 
 
 * Sic; pro " consignanda." 
 
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 hath besought us that we would deign to grant the above- The Duke 
 
 said liberties, franchises, privileges, jura regalia, and all titioned for a 
 
 and every other the things to him above granted, to him ™»*®' 
 
 and his heirs male of his body issuing, to have in the 
 
 same manner as he now hath them, together with the said 
 
 name of Duke of Lancaster in all times to come. We, in consider- 
 ation of his 
 weighing with due consideration the strenuous probity and high merits 
 
 most excellent wisdom of our aforesaid uncle, who hath 
 ever shown himself in times past, and unweariedly con- 
 tinues to prove, very ready to serve us and our realm, and 
 at the same time most profitably, with his continual labour, 
 charges, and counsel; and hoping undoubtedly that his 
 heirs male of his body lawfully begotten ought through 
 the mediation of Divine Mercy to follow the footsteps of 
 their progenitors, who have proceeded from so noble and 
 royal a stock, in wisdom, honor, and prowess, and that 
 they will be able, in times to come, mightily to avail and 
 stand ourselves and our heirs and our realm in good stead, 
 and being willing in regard of the premises graciously to 
 assent to the aforesaid petition, with the assent of our pre- 
 sent parliament, of our certain knowledge, and with cheer- 
 ful heart, do grant for us and our heirs to our aforesaid he and the 
 
 , heirs male of 
 
 uncle, that he and his heirs male of his body lawfully ^is body 
 
 J J shall have in 
 
 begotten may have within the county of Lancaster their ^aucaste/*'^ 
 chancery, and their writs to be sealed under their seal to "»eir 
 
 •' ^ chancery, 
 
 be deputed for the office of the chancery, their justices to justices to 
 
 ^ ^ ' J hold pleas, 
 
 hold as well pleas of the crown as all other pleas whatso- 
 ever touching the common law, and the cognizance thereof, 
 and all manner of execution to be made by their writs 
 and their ministers there, and all other liberties and jura and jura 
 
 . . regalia, as 
 
 regalia pertammg to a Count Palatine, as freely and entirely geejy as the 
 as the Earl of Chester is well known to obtain. And that ^^^s^^"^; 
 they may have their exchequer in the said county of Lan- exchequer 
 
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 (placitis tamen et querelis quibuscumque, ubi nos vel haere- 
 des nostri in dicto scaccario vel coram prsefatis justitiariis 
 partes fuerimus vel fieri contingat, emergentibus, ac deci- 
 mis quintisdecimis et aliis quotis et subsidiis nobis et hsere- 
 dibus nostris per communitatem regni nostri, et decimis et 
 aliis quotis per clerum ejusdem regni concessis et exnunc 
 eoncedendis, aut eidem clero per sedem apostolicam impo- 
 sitis et imponendis, ac pardonationibus vitae et membrorum 
 in casu quo aliquis ejusdem comitatus, aut alius in eodem 
 comitatu, pro delicto aliquo vitam vel membrum amittere 
 debeat, ac etiam superioritate et potestate corrigendi ea 
 quae in curia ejusdem avunculi nostri vel dictorum haeredum 
 suorum ibidem erronice facta fuerint, vel [si] idem avunculus 
 noster sen dicti haeredes sui, aut eorum ministri, in justitia 
 in curia sua facienda defecerint, semper salvis). Et quod 
 idem avunculus noster et dicti haeredes sui, ad mandata 
 nostra et haeredum nostrorum, ad parliamenta et concilia 
 nostra et haeredum nostrorum duos milites pro communi- 
 tate comitatus praedicti et duos burgenses de quolibet 
 burgo ejusdem comitatus ad tractandum cum aliis dicti regni 
 nostri ad parliamenta et concilia venientibus de negotiis 
 dicti regni in eisdem parliaments et* aliis exponendismittere 
 teneantur. Et quod idem avunculus noster et haeredes sui 
 praedicti certos homines fideles et suflScientes ad hujusmodi 
 decimas et quintasdecimas subsidia et alia quota, quotiens 
 ea nobis aut haeredibus nostris, in parliamentis seu con- 
 ciliis concedi contigerit, assignent ; ita quod nobis et hae- 
 redibus nostris de sic concessis respondeatur per eosdem. 
 Quare volumus et firmiter praecipimus quod idem avunculus 
 noster et haeredes sui praedicti habeant et teneant omnia 
 et singula libertates franchesias privilegia scaccarium jura 
 regalia et alia supradicta una cum dictis nomine et honore 
 
 '* Sic ; pro " conciliis." 
 
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 caster, and barons and other ministers necessary in the and barons 
 
 ' ... . thereof, 
 
 same exchequer, and also all jurisdictions, executions, and 
 
 customs whatsoever, which are reasonably used in our 
 
 exchequer of England, and may fully and reasonably use 
 
 and enjoy them there ; and that they may have the juris- and appoint- 
 
 diction and power of making and appointing their justices {]J^g*'f^^^g°/ 
 
 in eyre to hold pleas of the forest, and other justices to 
 
 hold all manner of other pleas touching the assize of the 
 
 forest within the said county of Lancaster for ever. Saving except where 
 
 •^ ^ ^ the Crown is 
 
 always, nevertheless, all manngr of other pleas and plaints v^^^y- 
 arising in the said exchequer, or before the aforesaid jus- 
 tices, where we or our heirs shall be, or shall happen to 
 be made, parties ; and saving always the tenths, fifteenths, saving of 
 
 parlia- 
 
 and other contributions and subsidies granted and here- mentary 
 
 ^ aids and 
 
 after to be granted to us and our heirs by the commonalty *^^«S' 
 of our realm, and the tenths and other contributions granted 
 or hereafter to be granted by the clergy of the same realm, 
 or imposed and to be imposed upon the same clergy by the 
 apostolic see ; and the pardon of life and limbs in case that f^l^^^ °^ 
 any person of the same county, or other person in the same 
 county, ought for any delict to lose his life or limb ; and a"d correc- 
 also the superiority and power of correcting those things ments^"^^" 
 which shall have been erroneously done there in the court 
 of our same uncle or his said heirs ; or if our same uncle, or in failure 
 
 of justice. 
 
 or his said heirs or their ministers, shall fail in doing jus- 
 tice in their court. And that our same uncle and his said The Duke 
 
 and his said 
 
 heirs, at the mandates of us and our heirs, shall be held to heirs to send 
 
 members to 
 
 send to the parliaments and councils of us and our heirs fo^/th™thire 
 two knights for the commonalty of the shire aforesaid, and SghTs, 
 two burgesses from every borough of the same shire, to 
 treat with the others of our said realm coming to the par- 
 liaments and councils concerning the affairs of the said 
 realm in the same parliaments and councils to be declared : 
 
70 
 
 Ducis Lancastrise (exceptis prseexceptis) eodem modo ac 
 adeo libere et integre sicut idem avunculus noster ea ad 
 prsesens habet et tenet, imperpetuum, sicut praedictum est. 
 Hiis testibus Willielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius 
 Angliae Primate, Thoma Arcbiepiscopo Eboracensi Angliae 
 Primate, Roberto Londinensi, Willielmo Wintonensi, Can- 
 cellario nostro, Johanne Menevensi, Thesaurario nostro, 
 Episcopis, Edmundo Eborum, Thoma Gloucestriae, Ducibus, 
 avunculis nostris carissimis, Ricardo Arundellise, Willielmo 
 Sarum, Henrico Northumbj;ise, Comitibus, Ricardo Le- 
 scrop, Johanne Devereux, Senescallo hospitii nostri, et 
 aliis. Data per manum nostram apud Westmonasterium, 
 sextodecimo die Februarii, anno regni nostri tertiodecimo. 
 Per ipsum Regem et concilium suum, ac petitione 
 in parliamento. 
 
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 and that our same uncle and his heirs shall assign certain andtoassign 
 trusty and sufficient men for the like tenths and fifteenths, subsidies 
 
 and taxes 
 
 subsidies, and other contributions, so often as they shall granted by 
 
 •' parliament. 
 
 happen to be granted to us or our heirs in parliament or 
 council ; so that we and our heirs may by the same men 
 be answered in respect of such grants. Wherefore we will 
 and strictly command that our same uncle and his heirs 
 aforesaid shall have and hold all and every the abovesaid 
 liberties, franchises, privileges, exchequer, jura regalia, 
 and other things, together with the said name and honor Title of 
 of Duke of Lancaster, except as before excepted, in the Lancaster. 
 same manner and as freely and entirely as our same uncle 
 at present has and holds them, for ever, as is aforesaid. 
 These being witnesses, William Archbishop of Canter- 
 bury, Primate of all England ; Thomas Archbishop of 
 York, Primate of England; Robert Bishop of London; 
 William Bishop of Winchester, our Chancellor; John 
 Bishop of Saint David's, our Treasurer; our most dear 
 uncles, Edmund Duke of York, and Thomas Duke of 
 Gloucester; Richard Earl of Arundel; William Earl of 
 Salisbury; Henry Earl of Northumberland; Richard Le- 
 scrope; John Devereux, Steward of our household, and 
 others. Given under our hand at Westminster, on the 
 sixteenth day of February, in the thirteenth year of our 
 reign. 
 
 By the King himself and his council, and by petition 
 in parliament. 
 
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 Rot. Cart. 
 20 Ric. 2. 
 n. 7. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 XV. 
 
 De confirmatione. 
 
 ICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Franciae et 
 Dominus Hibernise, archiepiscopis, episcopis, 
 abbatibus, prioribus, ducibus, comitibus, baro- 
 nibus, justitiariis, vicecomitibus, prsepositis, mi- 
 nistris, et omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis, salutem. In- 
 speximus cartam Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae, 
 avi nostri, factam in hsec verba : 
 
 EDWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae Dominus Hi- 
 berniae et Aquitaniae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, 
 prioribus, comitibus, baronibus, justitiariis, vicecomitibus, 
 praepositis, ministris, et omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis 
 salutem. Sciatis quod cum nuper considerantes qualiter 
 comitatus Lancastriae, et plura castra, villae, maneria, 
 terrae, et tenementa, cum pertinentiis, tam in comitatibus 
 Lincolniae et Derbiae quam in diversis aliis comitatibus 
 regni nostri, quae fuerunt Henrici nuper Ducis Lan- 
 castriae et Comitis Lincolniae et Derbiae post mortem ip- 
 sius Ducis, (quaedam, videlicet, ad Johannem Comitem 
 Richemondiae filium nostrum carissimum et Blanchiam 
 uxorem ejus unam filiarum et haeredum praedicti Ducis, 
 juxta partitionem inter ipsos et Matildem tunc alteram 
 filiarum et haeredum ipsius Ducis factam per descensum 
 haereditarium fuerint devoluta, et quaedam eisdem Comiti 
 et Blanchiae, juxta ordinationem et concessionem praedicti 
 Ducis dum vixit, sub certa forma sunt remansura,) ac vo- 
 lentes proinde eidem filio nostro, ut se juxta status sui 
 nobilitatem decentius manutenere valeat, gratiam facere 
 
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 XV. 
 
 Charter of confirmation^ 
 
 E^^^ICHARD, by the grace of God, King of Eng- 
 I IS®^ land and France, and Lord of Ireland, to his 
 "^^ archbishops, bishops, abbots, priors, dukes, 
 earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves, minis- 
 ters, and all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. We 
 have inspected the charter of the Lord Edward, late King 
 of England, our grandfather, made in these words : 
 
 EDWARD, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord 
 of Ireland and Aquitaine, to his archbishops, bishops, ab- 
 bots, priors, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves, minis- 
 ters, and all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. Know 
 ye, that whereas we, lately considering how that the county 
 of Lancaster, and many castles, towns, manors, lands, and 
 tenements, with their appurtenances, as well in the coun- 
 ties of Lincoln and Derby, as in divers other counties of 
 our realm, which were of Henry late Duke of Lancaster 
 and Earl of Lincoln and Derby, lately after the death of 
 the same Duke had devolved, to wit, some by hereditary 
 descent, upon John Earl of Richmond, our most dear son, 
 and Blanche his wife, one of the daughters and co-heirs 
 of the aforesaid Duke, according to the partition made 
 between them and Matilda, the then other daughter and 
 co-heir of the same Duke, and some were to remain, under 
 a certain form, to the same Earl and Blanche, according to 
 an ordinance and grant of the aforesaid Duke whilst he 
 
 •^ The original Charter does not now exist in the archives of the 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
 29th June, 
 20 Rlc. 2. 
 A.D. 1396. 
 
 12th May, 
 36 Edw. 3. 
 A.D. 1362. 
 
 Recital of 
 
 Charter 
 
 dated 13th 
 
 Nov. 
 
 35 Edw. 3. 
 
specialem, concesserimus pro nobis et hseredibus nostris 
 
 prsefato Johanni nunc Comiti Lancastriae et Richemondiae, 
 
 quod ipse et haeredes sui de corpore suo et corpore prae- 
 
 dictae Blanchiae legitime procreati imperpetuum haberent re- 
 
 torna omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, 
 
 et omnia placita de vetito namio in terris et feodis de 
 
 haereditate praedicti Ducis, quae tunc in manibus ipsorum 
 
 Comitis et Blanchiae extiterunt, et quae imposterum eis 
 
 juxta ordinationem et concessionem praedictas sunt reman- 
 
 sura cum ad manus suas devenerint ; et etiam omnes fines 
 
 et amerciamenta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum, 
 
 ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in curiis nostris et 
 
 haeredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines facere continge- 
 
 ret, necnon omnia catalla omnium hominum et tenentium 
 
 suorum felonum et fugitivorum et dampnatorum, prout in 
 
 carta nostra inde confecta plenius continetur. Ac jam 
 
 omnia terrae et tenementa cum pertinentiis quae praedicta 
 
 Matildis tenuit in propartem suam praedictam, de omnibus 
 
 terris et tenementis praedictis quae fuerunt praedicti Ducis, 
 
 necnon quaedam alia terrae et tenementa cum pertinentiis in 
 
 comitatibus Norfolciae et SufFolciae quae eadem Matildis 
 
 tenuit de haereditate ipsius Ducis ex dono et feoffamento Jo- 
 
 hannis Episcopi Lincolniensis, Ricardi Comitis Arundelliae, 
 
 Roberti de la Mare, Johannis de Buklond, Johannis Char- 
 
 nels, Walteri Power, Simonis Symeon et Johannis Neu- 
 
 marche, per mortem ejusdem Matildis praefatis Comiti et 
 
 Blanchiae, ut sorori et haeredi praedictae Matildis jure 
 
 haereditario descenderint. Nos volentes praedictos Comi- 
 
 tem et Blanchiam favore prosequi gratioso, concessimus 
 
 et hac carta nostra confirmavimus praefato Comiti quod 
 
 ipse et haeredes sui de corpore suo et corpore praedictae 
 
 Blanchiae legitime procreati imperpetuum habeant retorna 
 
 omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, et 
 
n 
 
 lived, and being willing, therefore, to shew especial favor 
 to the same our son, in order that he might the more de- 
 cently maintain himself according to the nobility of his 
 station, did grant for us and our heirs to the aforesaid John 
 now Earl of Lancaster and Richmond, that he and his 
 heirs of his body and the body of the aforesaid Blanche, 
 lawfully begotten, for ever should have the return of all 
 writs of us and our heirs, and all pleas of withernam in the 
 lands and fees of the heritage of the aforesaid Duke, which 
 then were in the hands of the same Earl and Blanche, and 
 which thereafter were to remain to them according to the 
 ordinance and grant aforesaid, when they should come into 
 their hands ; and also all fines and amercements of all their 
 men and tenants wheresoever it should happen that such 
 men and tenants should make fine or be amerced in the 
 courts of us and our heirs; and also all the chattels of all 
 their men and tenants, being felons and fugitives and per- 
 sons condemned, as in our charter thereof made more fully 
 is contained. And now all the lands and tenements, with and descent 
 their appurtenances, which the aforesaid Matilda held as portion on 
 
 ^^ . Blanche, the 
 
 her purparty aforesaid of all the lands and tenements afore- surviving co. 
 said which were of the aforesaid Duke, and also certain 
 other lands and tenements, with appurtenances, in the 
 counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, which the same Matilda 
 held of the inheritance of the same Duke by the gift and 
 feoffinent of John Bishop of Lincoln, Richard Earl of 
 Arundel, Robert de la Mare, John de Buklond, John Char- 
 nels, Walter Power, Simon Symeon, and John Neumarche, 
 have by the death of the same Matilda descended by here- 
 ditary right to the aforesaid Earl and Blanche, as sister and 
 heir of the aforesaid Matilda : — We, willing to pursue with 
 our gracious favor the aforesaid Earl and Blanche, have 
 granted and by this our charter have confirmed to the 
 
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 omnia placita de vetito namio, tarn in terris et feodis quae 
 iidem Comes et Blanchia de proparte ipsius Blanchiae 
 praedicta, quam in terris et feodis quae fuerunt praedictae 
 Matildis et quae ipsi Comes et Blanchia ut soror et haeres 
 ejusdem Matildis jam tenent de haereditate praedicta, et 
 etiam in terris et feodis, quae eisdem Comiti et Blanchiae 
 sunt de eadem haereditate imposterum remansura vel rever- 
 sura, cum ad manus suas devenerint, et etiam omnes fines 
 et amerciamenta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum 
 ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in curiis nostris et 
 hasredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines facere contigerit; 
 necnon omnia catalla omnium hominum et tenentium 
 suorum, felonum et fugitivorum et dampnatorum. Quare 
 volumus et firmiter praecipimus pro nobis et hseredibus 
 nostris quod praedictus Comes et haeredes sui praedicti 
 imperpetuum habeant retorna omnium brevium nostrorum 
 et haeredum nostrorum, et omnia placita de vetito namio 
 in terris et feodis suis praedictis ; ac omnes fines et amer- 
 ciamenta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum prae- 
 dictorum, ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in curiis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines facere 
 contigerit; ac etiam omnia catalla omnium hominum et 
 tenentium suorum, felonum, fugitivorum, et damdnatorum, 
 sicut praedictum est, et eodem modo quo Henricus nuper 
 Comes Lancastriae pater praedicti Ducis, vel idem Dux, 
 quibus consimiles libertates in terris et feodis suis ha- 
 bendas successive per cartas nostras concessimus, easdem 
 libertates habuit et eis rationabiliter uti consuevit. Hiis 
 testibus S. Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius Angliae Pri- 
 mate, W. Wintoniensi Episcopo Cancellario nostro, S. 
 Eliensi Episcopo Thesaurario nostro, Edwardo Principe 
 Walliae primogenito nostro carissimo, Ricardo Arundelliae, 
 Thoma Warwici, et Willielmo Sarum, Comitibus, et aliis. 
 
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 aforesaid Earl, that h^ and his heirs of his body and the 
 body of the aforesaid Blanche, lawfully begotten, for ever 
 may have the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and Return of 
 
 ■writs. 
 
 all pleas of withernam, as well in the lands and fees which pieas of 
 
 withernam. 
 
 the same Earl and Blanche now hold of the aforesaid pur- 
 party of the same Blanche, as in the lands and fees which 
 were of the aforesaid Matilda, and which the same Earl, 
 and Blanche as sister and heir of the same Matilda, now 
 hold of the inheritance aforesaid, and also in the lands and 
 fees of the same inheritance which are hereafter to remain 
 or revert to the same Earl and Blanche, when they shall 
 come into their hands ; and also all fines and amercements Fines and 
 of all their men and tenants wheresoever the same men and ments. 
 tenants shall happen to make fine or be amerced in the 
 courts of us and our heirs ; and also all the chattels of all chattels of 
 
 felons. 
 
 their men and tenants, being felons and fugitives and per- 
 sons condemned. Wherefore we will and strictly command 
 for us and our heirs, that the aforesaid Earl and his heirs 
 aforesaid for ever shall have the return of all writs of us 
 and our heirs, and all pleas of withernam in their lands and 
 fees aforesaid; and all fines and amercements of all their 
 men and tenants aforesaid, wheresoever the same men and 
 tenants shall happen to make fine or be amerced in the 
 courts of us and our heirs ; and also all the chattels of their 
 men and tenants, being felons and fugitives and persons 
 condemned, as is aforesaid, and in the same manner in 
 which Henry late Earl of Lancaster, father of the afore- 
 said Duke, or the same Duke, to whom we granted by our 
 charters successively to have the like liberties in their lands 
 and fees, had the same liberties and was accustomed reason- 
 ably to use them. These being witnesses, Simon Arch- 
 bishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England; William 
 Bishop of Winchester, our Chancellor; Simon Bishop of 
 
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 Data per manum nostram apud Westmonasterium duo- 
 decimo die Maii, anno regni nostri tricesimo sexto. 
 
 IIMF^IPIi^IIIMW^ etiam quandam cartam nostram 
 factam in haec verba : 
 
 RICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Francise et 
 Dominus Hibernise, omnibus ad quos prsesentes literse per- 
 venerint, salutem. Inspeximus quandam cartam carissimi 
 Domini et avi nostri Domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae 
 defuncti, nuper factam carissimo avunculo nostro Johanni 
 Regi Castellae et Legionis Duci Lancastriae, filio ipsius 
 avi nostri, per nomen Johannis Ducis Lancastrise, et 
 Blanchise nuper uxori ejus in hsec verba: EDWARDUS 
 Dei gratia Rex Angliae, Dominus Hibernise et Aquita- 
 niae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, ducibus, abbatibus, pri- 
 oribus, comitibus, baronibus, justitiariis, vicecomitibus, 
 prsepositis, ministris, et omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis, 
 salutem. Sciatis quod cum nos nuper septimo die Maii 
 anno regni nostri sexto decimo per cartam nostram con- 
 cesserimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris Henrico tunc 
 Comiti Lancastrise quod ipse et hseredes sui de corpore suo 
 procreati et omnes homines sui imperpetuum essent quieti 
 de pavagio passagio paagio lastagio stallagio tallagio cari- 
 agio pesagio piccagio et terragio per totum regnum et 
 potestatem nostram ; et quod idem Comes et hasredes sui 
 praedicti imperpetuum haberent retorna omnium brevium 
 nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum ac summonitionum de 
 scaccario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, et attachiamen- 
 ta tam de placitis coronae quam de aliis quibuscunque in 
 omnibus terris et feodis suis; ita quod nullus vicecomes 
 vel alius ballivus sen minister noster vel haeredum nostro- 
 rum terras seu feoda ilia ingrederetur ad executiones eorun- 
 dem brevium et summonitionum, seu ad attachiamenta 
 de placitis coronae vel aliis praedictis aut ahquod aliud offi- 
 
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 Ely, our Treasurer; Edward Prince of Wales, our most 
 dear eldest son ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; Thomas Earl 
 of Warwick ; and William Earl of Salisbury, and others. 
 Given under our hand at Westminster on the twelfth day 
 of May, in the thirty-sixth year of our reign. 
 
 '^S^J^]E have inspected also a certain charter of ours made 
 in these words : 
 
 RICHARD, by the grace of God, King of England and isth sept. 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present let- a.d. 1377. 
 ters shall come, greeting. We have inspected a certain 
 charter of our most dear Lord and grandfather Lord Ed- 
 ward, late King of England, deceased, lately made to our 
 dearest uncle John King of Castille and Leon, Duke of Lan- 
 caster, son of our same grandfather, by name of John Duke 
 of Lancaster, and to Blanche, late his wife, in these words : 
 EDWARD, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord uthjuiy, 
 of Ireland and Aquitaine, to his archbishops, bishops, a.d. i364. 
 dukes, abbots, priors, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves, 
 ministers, and all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. 
 Know ve, that whereas we did lately, on the seventh day Recital of 
 
 "^ . . *^ Charter of 
 
 of May, in the sixteenth year of our reign, grant by our jg^^^^', 
 charter, for us and our heirs, to Henry then Earl of Lan- EaS^?/ Lan- 
 caster, that he and his heirs of his body begotten, and ^^^*^'^' 
 all his men for ever, should be quit of paviage, passage, 
 payage, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, picage, 
 and groundage throughout all our realm and dominions; 
 and that the same Earl and his heirs aforesaid for ever 
 should have the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and 
 summons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, and the 
 attachment as well of pleas of the crown as of other pleas 
 whatsoever in all their lands and fees ; so that no sheriff or 
 other bailiff or minister of us or our heirs should enter 
 those lands or fees to execute the same writs and summons. 
 
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 cium ibidem faciendum, nisi in defectum ipsius Comitis et 
 hoeredum suorum praedictorum ac ballivorum et ministro- 
 rum suorum in terris et feodis suis praedictis. Et quod 
 haberent catalla hominum et tenentium suorum felonum 
 et fugitivorum; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenentium 
 suorum pro delicto suo vitam vel membrum deberet amit- 
 tere vel fugeret et judicio stare noilet vel aliud quodcum- 
 que delictum faceret pro quo catalla sua deberet perdere, ubi- 
 cunque justitia de eo fieret, sive in curia nostra vel haere- 
 dum nostrorum sive in alia curia, ipsa catalla essent ipsius 
 Comitis et hseredum suorum prsedictorum, et quod liceret 
 eis vel ministris suis sine impedimento nostri vel hseredum 
 nostrorum vicecomitum aut aliorum ballivorum sen mi- 
 nistrorum nostrorum quorumcunque ponere se in seisi- 
 nam de catallis praedictis et ea ad usum ipsius Comitis et 
 hseredum suorum praedictorum retinere. Et etiam quod 
 haberent imperpetuum omnes fines pro transgressionibus 
 et aliis delictis quibuscunque et fines pro licentia concor- 
 dandi, et omnia amerciamenta redemptiones et exitus 
 forisfactos ; ac forisfacturas, annum diem vastum et 
 streppum, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes nostros per- 
 tinere possent de hujusmodi anno die vasto et murdris 
 de omnibus hominibus et tenentibus de terris et feodis 
 suis quibuscunque in quibuscunque curiis nostris et haere- 
 dum nostrorum homines et tenentes illos, tam coram nobis 
 et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, et coram thesaurario et baronibus nostris et 
 haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, et coram justitiariis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, et coram senes- 
 callo et marescallis seu clerico mercati hospitii nostri et 
 haeredum nostrorum, ac aliis curiis nostris et haeredum 
 nostrorum, quam coram justitiariis itinerantibus ad com- 
 munia placita et ad placita forestae et quibuscunque aliis 
 
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 or to make attachment of the pleas of the crown or other 
 pleas aforesaid, or to do any other office there, unless in 
 default of the same Earl and his heirs aforesaid, and their 
 bailiffs and ministers in their lands and fees aforesaid. 
 And that they should have the chattels of their men and 
 tenants being felons and fugitives; so that if any one of 
 their men or tenants ought to lose life or limb for his 
 offence, or should flee and be unwilling to stand his 
 trial, or commit any other offence for the which he 
 ought to lose his chattels, wheresoever justice should 
 be had of him, whether in the court of us or our heirs, 
 or in any other court, such chattels should belong to the 
 same Earl and his heirs aforesaid, and that it should be 
 lawful for them or their ministers, without hinderance of 
 us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs or other bailiffs or mi- 
 nisters whomsoever, to put themselves in seizin of the 
 chattels aforesaid, and to retain them to the use of the 
 same Earl and his heirs aforesaid. And also that they 
 should have for ever all fines for trespasses and other 
 offences whatsoever, and fines for licence to agree, and 
 all amercements, ransoms, and forfeited issues and for- 
 feitures, year, day, waste, and estrepement, and all things 
 which could pertain to us and our heirs of the like year, 
 day, and waste, and murders, in respect of all the men and 
 tenants of their lands and fees whatsoever, in any soever 
 of the courts of us and our heirs, where such men and 
 tenants should happen to make fine, or be amerced or 
 forfeit issues, or such year, day, and waste, or forfeitures 
 and murders happen to be adjudged, as well before us 
 and our heirs, and in the chancery of us and our heirs, 
 and before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer 
 of us and our heirs, and before the justices of the bench 
 of us and our heirs, and before the steward and marshals 
 
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 justitiariis et ministris nostris et haeredum nostrorum, tarn 
 in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam in ab- 
 sentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, fines facere vel 
 amerciari, exitus forisfacere, annum diem et vastum seu 
 forisfacturas et murdra adjudicari contingeret; quae fines, 
 amerciamenta, redemptiones, exitus, annus dies vastum 
 sive streppum, forisfacturae et murdra, ad nos vel hsere- 
 des nostros pertinere possent, si praefato Comiti et hae- 
 redibus suis praedictis concessa non fuissent. Ita quod 
 idem Comes et haeredes sui praedicti, per se vel per balli- 
 vos et ministros sues, fines, amerciamenta, redemptiones, 
 exitus, et forisfacturas hujusmodi hominum et tenen- 
 tiura suorum praedictorum, et omnia quae ad nos et haere- 
 des nostros pertinere possent de anno die et vasto sive 
 streppo et murdris 'praedictis, levare percipere et habere 
 possent, — sine occasione vel impedimento nostri aut haere- 
 dum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, 
 coronatorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nos- 
 trorum quorumcunque. Quam quidem cartam post mor- 
 tem praedicti Comitis Henricus filius et haeres ejusdem 
 Comitis, cui omnia terrae et tenementa quae fuerunt ipsius 
 Comitis jure haereditario descendebant, nobis ex certis 
 causis reddidit cancellandam, et ea de causa carta ilia 
 cancellatur sicut per inspectionem rotulorum cancellariae 
 nostrae nobis constat. Nos advertentes ea quae sic in feodo 
 talliato praefato Comiti et haeredibus de corpore suo procre- 
 atis per nos concessa fuerunt, et de quibus praedictus Comes 
 virtute concessionis nostrae praedictae fuit seisitus in domi- 
 nico suo ut de feodo die quo obiit, per redditionem cartas 
 praedictae nobis per praedictum Henricum filium Henrici 
 sic factam, aut per quodcunque aliud factum ejusdem Hen- 
 rici filii, in praejudicium et exhaeredationem haeredum suo- 
 rum de corpore suo exeuntium, secundum legem et consue- 
 
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 or the clerk of the market of the household of us and 
 our heirs, and in other the courts of us and our heirs, 
 as before the justices in eyre, to hold common pleas and 
 pleas of the forest, and before all other justices and mi- 
 nisters of us and our heirs whomsoever, as well in pre- 
 sence of us and our heirs as in absence of us and our 
 heirs ; which fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, year, 
 day, waste, or estrepement, forfeitures, and murders, 
 would have pertained to us or our heirs, if they had 
 not been granted to the aforesaid Earl and his heirs 
 aforesaid. So that the same Earl and his heirs afore- 
 said, by themselves or by their bailiffs and ministers, 
 might levy, perceive, and have the fines, amercements, 
 ransoms, issues, and forfeitures of such their men and 
 tenants aforesaid, and all things which could pertain to 
 us and our heirs of the year, day, and waste or estrepe- 
 ment, and murders aforesaid, — without let or hinderance 
 of us or our heirs, or of our justices, escheators, sheriffs, 
 coroners, or other our bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. 
 Which said charter, after the death of the aforesaid Earl, surrender 
 Henry, son and heir of the same Earl (to whom all the the son and 
 
 ^ heir of the 
 
 lands and tenements which were of the same Earl did by he- grantee. 
 
 reditary right descend), for certain causes surrendered unto 
 
 us to be cancelled, and therefore the charter is cancelled, as 
 
 to us appears by inspection of the rolls of our chancery. 
 
 We, taking into consideration that those things which The grant in 
 
 i-ji 11 •/» '1 1/. •i-n-i fee-tail could 
 
 had been so granted by us m fee- tail to the aforesaid Earl not legaiiy 
 
 . *^ be annulled. 
 
 and the heirs of his body begotten, and whereof the afore- 
 said Earl by virtue of our grant aforesaid was seised in 
 his demesne as of fee on the day of his death, could not 
 by any surrender of the charter aforesaid to us so made 
 by the aforesaid Henry the son of Henry, nor by any 
 other act of the same Henry the son, in prejudice and 
 
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 tudinem regni nostri adnullari non posse, sed in suo robore 
 permanere debere, ac volentes ea consideratione carissimo 
 filio nostro Johanni nunc Duci Lancastria? qui Blancbiam, 
 filiam et haeredem prsedicti Henrici filii Henrici postmodum 
 Ducis Lancastrise, duxit in uxorem, et eidem Blanchiae, 
 qui quidem Johannes et Blanchia omnia terras et tene- 
 menta, quae fuerunt tam praedicti Henrici patris quam 
 praefati Henrici filii jure haereditario, ut in jure praedictae 
 Blanchiae de corpore praedicti Henrici filii Henrici pro- 
 creatae, jam tenent, gratiam facere specialem. dictam con- 
 cessionem nostram praefato Henrico Comiti, ut praeraittitur, 
 factam, praefatis Johanni nunc Duci Lancastriae et Blanchiae 
 uxori ejus duximus innovandam, et concessimus et hac 
 carta nostra confirmavimus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, 
 eisdem Johanni Duci et Blanchiae quod ipsi et haeredes 
 sui de corporibus ipsorum Johannis et Blanchiae procreati 
 et omnes homines sui de terris et feodis quae fuerunt 
 praedicti Henrici patris dicto septimo die Maii imperpetuum 
 sint quieti de pavagio, passagio, paagio, lastagio, stallagio, 
 tallagio, cariagio, pesagio, piccagio, et terragio per to turn 
 regnum et potestatem nostram ; et etiam quod iidem Dux et 
 Blanchia et haeredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant 
 retorna omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, 
 ac summonitionum de scaccario nostro et haeredum nos- 
 trorum, et attachiamenta tam de placitis coronae quam de 
 aliis quibuscunque in omnibus terris et feodis praedictis; 
 ita quod nullus vicecomes vel alius ballivus seu minister 
 noster vel haeredum nostrorum terras seu feoda ilia in- 
 grediatur ad executiones eorundem brevium et sum- 
 monitionum, seu ad attachiamenta de placitis coronae 
 vel aliis praedictis aut ahquod aliud ofiicium ibidem 
 faciendum, nisi in defectum ipsorum Ducis et Blanchiae 
 et haeredum suorum praedictorum ac ballivorum et minis- 
 
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 disherison of his heirs of his body issuing, be annulled 
 according to the law and custom of our realm, but ought 
 to remain in their full force, and being willing, with that 
 consideration, to shew especial favor to our most dear son 
 John now Duke of Lancaster (who took to wife Blanche, 
 daughter and heir of the aforesaid Henry son of Henry, 
 afterwards Duke of Lancaster), and to the same Blanche, 
 which same John and Blanche now hold by hereditary 
 right, as in right of the aforesaid Blanche, begotten of 
 the body of the aforesaid Henry son of Henry, all the 
 lands and tenements which were as well of the aforesaid 
 Henry the father, as of the aforesaid Henry the son, have Renewed in 
 
 favor of John 
 
 thought fit to renew our said grant, made as is premised Duke of 
 to the aforesaid Earl Henry, unto the aforesaid John now ^L'^^ffe"''^^^ 
 Duke of Lancaster and Blanche his wife; and we have hd/om'enry 
 granted, and by this our charter have confirmed, for us Suk?^ 
 and our heirs, to the same Duke John and Blanche, that 
 they and their heirs of the bodies of the same John and 
 Blanche begotten, and all their men of the lands and fees 
 which were of the aforesaid Henry the father on the said 
 seventh day of May, may be for ever quit of paviage, pas- Acquittance 
 sage, payage, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, 
 picage, and groundage throughout all our realm and domi- 
 nion ; and also that the same Duke and Blanche, and their 
 heirs aforesaid for ever, may have the return of all writs of Return of 
 us and our heirs, and summons of the exchequer of us and summons of 
 
 *■ the exche- 
 
 our heirs, and the attachment as well of pleas of the crown qu^f- 
 
 Attachment 
 
 as of other pleas whatsoever in all the lands and fees afore- ofpieasof 
 
 said ; so that no sherifi^, or other bailifi" or minister of us 
 
 or our heirs, may enter those lands or fees, to execute 
 
 the same writs and summons, or to make attachment of 
 
 the pleas of the crown or other pleas aforesaid, or to do 
 
 any other office there, unless in default of the same Duke 
 
 the crown. 
 
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 trorum suorum in terris et feodis suis prsedictis. Et etiam 
 quod habeant catalla hominum et tenentium suorum fe- 
 lonum et fugitivorum ; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenen- 
 tium suorum pro delicto suo vitam vel membrum debeat 
 amittere vel fugerit et judicio stare noluerit vel aliud 
 quodcumque delictum fecerit pro quo catalla sua debeat 
 perdere, ubicunque justitia de eo fieri debeat sive in 
 curia nostra vel hseredum nostrorum sive in alia curia, 
 ipsa catalla sint ipsorum Ducis et Blanchise et haeredum 
 suorum prsedictorum, et quod liceat eis sen ministris suis 
 sine impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum vicecomi- 
 tum aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum quo- 
 rumcunque ponere se in seisinam de catallis praedictis et ea 
 ad usum ipsorum Ducis et Blanchiae et haeredum suorum 
 praedictorum retinere. Et etiam quod habeant imperpe- 
 tuum omnes fines pro transgressionibus et aliis delictis qui- 
 buscunque et etiam fines pro licentia concordandi, ac omnia 
 amerciamenta redemptiones et exitus forisfactos, ac foris- 
 facturas, annum diem et vastum et streppum, et omnia quae 
 ad nos et haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de hujusmodi 
 anno die et vasto et murdris de omnibus hominibus et te- 
 nentibus de dictis terris et feodis quae fuerunt dicti Hen- 
 rici patris dicto septimo die Maii, in quibuscunque curiis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum homines et tenentes illos, 
 tam coram nobis et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria 
 nostra et hasredum nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et 
 baronibus nostris et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, et 
 coram justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, 
 ac coram senescallo et marescallis seu clerico mercati 
 hospitii nostri et haeredum nostrorum, qui pro tempore 
 fuerint, et aliis curiis nostris et haeredum nostrorum, 
 quam coram justitiariis itinerantibus ad communia pla- 
 cita et ad placita forestae et quibuscunque aliis jus- 
 
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 and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid, and their bailiffs 
 
 and ministers in their lands and fees aforesaid. And also chattels of 
 
 felons. 
 
 that they may have the chattels of their men and tenants 
 
 being felons and fugitives'; so that if any one of their 
 
 men or tenants ought to lose life or limb for his offence, 
 
 or should flee and be unwilling to stand his trial, or 
 
 commit any other offence for the which he ought to 
 
 lose his chattels, wheresoever justice should be had of 
 
 him, whether in the court of us or our heirs, or in any 
 
 other court, such chattels shall belong to the same Duke 
 
 and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. And that it shall 
 
 be lawful for them or their ministers, without hinderance 
 
 of us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs, or other bailiffs or 
 
 ministers whomsoever, to put themselves in seizin of the 
 
 chattels aforesaid, and retain them to the use of the same 
 
 Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. And also Fines and 
 
 that they may have for ever all fines for trespasses and ments, for- 
 
 '' , ^ felted issues, 
 
 other offences whatsoever, and also the fines for licence g^feitures, 
 to agree, and all amercements, ransoms, and forfeited 
 issues and forfeitures, year, day, and waste, and estrepe- 
 ment, and all things which can pertain to us and our 
 heirs, of the like year, day, and waste, and murders, in 
 respect of all the men and tenants of the said lands and 
 fees, which were of the said Henry the father on the 
 said seventh day of May, in any soever of the courts of 
 us and our heirs, where such men and tenants shall 
 happen to make fine, or be amerced, or forfeit issues, 
 or such year, day, and waste, or forfeitures and murders, 
 happen to be adjudged, as well before us and our heirs, 
 and in the chancery of us and our heirs, and before the 
 treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, 
 and before the justices of the bench of us and our heirs,-and 
 before the steward and marshals, or the clerk of the market 
 
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 titiariis et ministris nostris et hseredum nostrorum, 
 tam in prsesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam 
 in absentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, fines facere vel 
 amerciari, exitus forisfacere, annum diem et vastum seu 
 forisfacturas et murdra adjudicari contigerit; quae fines, 
 amerciamenta, redemptiones, exitus, annus dies vastum 
 sive streppum, forisfacturge et murdra, ad nos vel hseredes 
 nostros possent pertinere, si prgefatis Duci et Blanchiae et 
 hseredibus suis prsedictis concessa non fuissent. Ita quod 
 iidem Dux et Blanchia et haeredes sui prsedicti, per se vel 
 per ballivos et ministros sues, fines, amerciamenta, redemp- 
 tiones, exitus, et forisfacturas hujusmodi hominum et 
 tenentium suorum praedictorum, et omnia quae ad nos et 
 haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto sive 
 streppo et murdris praedictis, levare percipere et habere 
 possint, — sine occasione vel impedimento nostri vel haere- 
 dum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, 
 coronatorum, au*t aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nos- 
 trorum quorumcunque. Quare volumus et firmiter prae- 
 cipimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris quod praefati Dux 
 et Blanchia et haeredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant 
 omnes libertates praedictas sicut praedictum est, et eis et 
 earum qualibet decaetero plene gaudeant et utantur, reddi- 
 tione seu cancellatione cartae praedictae non obstante. Ita 
 quod si praedicti Dux et Blanchia sine haerede de cor- 
 poribus suis exeunte obierint, tunc omnes et singulae 
 libertates praedictae, post mortem ipsorum Ducis et 
 Blanchiae ad nos et haeredes nostros integre rever- 
 tantur. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus patribus, Simone 
 Eliensi Cancellario, Johanne Bathoniensi et Wellensi The- 
 saurario, nostris, Episcopis, Leonello Duce Clarenciae filio 
 nostro carissimo, Humfrido de Bohun Herefordiae, Ricardo 
 Arundelliae, Comitibus, Edwardo le Despenser Domino de 
 
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 of the household of us and our heirs for the time being, 
 and in other the courts of us and our heirs, as before 
 the justices in eyre, to hold common pleas and pleas of 
 the forest, and before all other justices and ministers of 
 us and our heirs whomsoever, as well in presence of us 
 and .our heirs as in absence of us and our heirs ; which 
 fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, year, day, waste, or 
 estrepement, forfeitures, and murders, would pertain to 
 us or our heirs, if they had not been granted to the 
 aforesaid Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. 
 So that the same Duke and Blanche, and their heirs afore- 
 said, by themselves or by their bailiffs and ministers, may 
 levy, perceive, and have the fines, amercements, ransoms, 
 issues, and forfeitures of such their men and tenants afore- 
 said, and all things which can pertain to us and our heirs 
 of the year, day, and waste, or estrepement and murders 
 aforesaid, — without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or 
 of our justices, escheators, sherifi^s, coroners, or other our 
 bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. Wherefore we will and 
 strictly command for us and our heirs, that the aforesaid 
 Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid, shall have 
 all the liberties aforesaid for ever, as is aforesaid, and 
 shall henceforth fully enjoy and use them and every of 
 them, notwithstanding the surrender or cancelling of the 
 charter aforesaid. So that if the aforesaid Duke and 
 Blanche shall die without heir of their bodies issuing, 
 then all and every the liberties aforesaid, after the death 
 of the same Duke and Blanche, shall entirely revert to 
 us and our heirs. These being witnesses, the venerable 
 fathers, Simon Bishop of Ely, our Chancellor; John 
 Bishop of Bath and Wells, our Treasurer ; our most dear 
 son Lionel Duke of Clarence ; Humphrey de Bohun, Earl 
 of Hereford; Richard Earl of Arundel; Edward le De- 
 
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 Glamorgan et Morgannowe, Guidone de Bryan, Johanne 
 atte Lee Senescallo hospitii nostri, et aliis. Data per 
 manura nostram apud Westmonasterium quartodecimo die 
 Julii, anno regni nostri tricesimo octavo. NOS autem 
 cartam supradictam ac omnes donationes concessiones et 
 omnia alia in eadem contenta pro nobis et hseredibus nos- 
 tris tenore prsesentium ratificamus et confirmamus, juxta 
 tenorem et effectum cartse supradictse. In cujus rei tes- 
 timonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste 
 me ipso apud Westmonasterium quintodecimo die Septem- 
 bris anno regni nostri primo. 
 
 EM^IFIl^EMI'lDi'^ insuper quandam aliam cartam 
 nostram factam in haec verba : 
 
 RICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae et Do- 
 minus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos prsesentes literae perve- 
 nerint salutem. Inspeximus quandam cartam indentatam 
 nuper factam inter carissimum dominum et avum nostrum 
 Dominum Edwardum Regem Angliae defunctum et caris- 
 simum filium suum Johannem Regem Castellae et Le- 
 gionis Ducem Lancastrise, avunculum nostrum, et sub 
 magno sigillo prsedicti avi nostri sigillatam, in hsec verba : 
 H^C carta indentata facta inter magnificum principem 
 Dominum Edwardum Regem Angliae et Franciae et caris- 
 simum filium suum Johannem Regem Castellae et Legionis 
 et Ducem Lancastriae illustrem testatur quod cum idem 
 Dominus Rex Angliae praefatum Johannem nunc Regem 
 Castellae in Comitem Richemondiae praefecerit, et comita- 
 tum Richemondiae ac honorem castra maneria terras tene- 
 menta et omnia alia loca ad dictum comitatum pertinentia 
 quae Johannes nuper Dux Britanniae et Comes loci praedicti 
 habuit ibidem, praefato Johanni Regi Castellae per nomen 
 Comitis Richemondiae, habenda et tenenda sibi et haere- 
 dibus de corpore suo exeuntibus dederit et concesserit 
 
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 spenser, Lord of Glamorgan and Morgannowe; Guy de 
 Brian ; John atte Lee, Steward of our household, and 
 others. Given under our hand at Westminster, on the 
 fourteenth day of July, in the thirty-eighth year of our 
 reign. AND we the charter abovesaid, and all the dona- 
 tions, grants, and all other things therein contained, do for 
 us and our heirs, by the tenor of these presents, ratify and 
 confirm according to the tenor and effect of the charter 
 abovesaid. In witness whereof we have caused these our 
 letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, 
 on the fifteenth day of September, in the first year of our 
 reign. 
 
 "WH have inspected, moreover, a certain other charter 
 of ours made in these words: 
 
 RICHARD, by the grace of God, King of England and isthsept. 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present a.d. 1377. 
 letters shall come, greeting. We have inspected a certain 
 Charter indented, lately made between our most dear Lord 
 and grandfather. Lord Edward late King of England, de- 
 ceased, and his most dear son John King of Castille and 
 Leon, Duke of Lancaster, our uncle, and sealed under the 
 great seal of our aforesaid grandfather, in these words: 
 THIS Charter indented, made between the hiffh and 25th June, 
 
 ' ° 46 Edw. 3. 
 
 mighty prince. Lord Edward King of England and France, ^•^- 1^''^- 
 and his most dear son John, the illustrious King of Cas- 
 tille and Leon and Duke of Lancaster, witnesseth, that, 
 whereas the same Lord the Kinff of England did advance Estates 
 
 ° ° given to the 
 
 the aforesaid John, now Kinff of Castille, to be Earl of DukeofLan- 
 
 ^ <~> ' caster in ex- 
 
 Richmond, and by his charter did give and grant unto the fJJe "Iridom 
 aforesaid John King of Castille, by the name of Earl of mond.^' 
 Richmond, the earldom of Richmond, and the honor, cas- 
 tles, manors, lands, tenements, and all other places to the 
 said earldom pertaining, which John late Duke of Brit- 
 
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 per cartam suam, prout in carta prsedicta plane liquet: 
 Jamque dictus Johannes Rex Castellse, cum prselatis pro- 
 ceribus comitibus magnatibus nobilibus et sapientibus de 
 concilio regio existentibus prgehabitis super hoc diversis 
 tractatibus, perpendens et advertens quod si comitatus 
 honor castra maneria terrae tenementa et loca prsedicta 
 in se et solium regium, a quo prius exiverant, transfe- 
 rentur, in ipsius Regis Angliae et totius regni Angliae 
 commodum tenderet, quietem pariter et honorem. Et 
 propterea dictus Johannes Rex Castellse, sicut gratus 
 filius, patris sui beneplacita, honorem et commodum regni 
 Angliae, suis propriis utilitatibus anteponens, pura et 
 spontanea voluntate sua, causis et occasionibus antedictis, 
 specialiter acquievit et concessit quod comitatus honor 
 castra maneria terrae tenementa et loca praedicta, necnon 
 feoda militum ad eadem comitatum honorem castra ma- 
 neria terras tenementa et loca praedicta pertinentia, et 
 similiter advocationes eisdem spectantes simul cum mem- 
 bris hamelettis pratis pascuis pasturis piscariis moris maris- 
 cis turbariis chaciis parcis boscis warennis hundredis wapen- 
 tachiis feriis mercatis libertatibus liberis consuetudinibus 
 escaetis et omnibus aliis ad praedicta comitatum honorem 
 castra maneria terras tenementa et loca praedicta qualiter- 
 cumque et ubicumque spectantibus sive pertinentibus, prae- 
 fato patri suo traderentur ; unde praedictus Dominus Rex 
 Angliae gratitudinem praedictam multis attoUens laudibus, et 
 volens proinde praefato Johanni Regi Castellas, et in status 
 sui supportationem majorem, retributionem sibi facere com- 
 petentem, castrum manerium et honorem de Tickhull, cas- 
 trum et manerium de Alto Pecco, cum feodis militum eisdem 
 castris maneriis et honori pertinentibus sive spectantibus, et 
 omnia feoda quae dictus Dominus Rex Angliae habuit ex 
 dono et concessione Roberti de Lisle militis (feodis quae in 
 
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 tany and Earl of the aforesaid place had there, to have 
 and hold to him and the heirs of his body issuing, as in 
 the charter aforesaid plainly doth appear : And now the 
 said John King of Castille, divers treaties hereupon being 
 had with the prelates, peers, earls, grandees, nobles, and 
 sages of the royal council, well weighing and consider- 
 ing, that, if the earldom, honor, castles, manors, lands, 
 tenements, and places aforesaid were to be transferred 
 to him and the royal throne, whence they had first 
 issued, it would tend not less to the advantage of the 
 said King of England, and the whole realm of England, 
 than to the quiet and honor of the same. And for that 
 the said John King of Castille, like a grateful son, pre- 
 ferring his father's pleasure, and the honor and con- 
 venience of the kingdom of England, to his own private 
 advantage, of his own pure will and free accord, for the 
 causes and reasons aforesaid, hath especially acquiesced 
 and granted that the earldom, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, and places aforesaid, and also the 
 knights' fees pertaining to the same earldom, honor, 
 castles, manors, lands, tenements, and places aforesaid, 
 and in like manner the advowsons belonging to the same, 
 together with the members, hamlets, meadows, feedings, 
 pastures, fisheries, moors, marshes, turbaries, chases, parks, 
 woods, warrens, hundreds, wapentakes, fairs, markets, li- 
 berties, free customs, escheats, and all other things to the 
 aforesaid earldom, honor, castles, manors, lands, tenements, 
 and places aforesaid howsoever and wheresoever belong- 
 ing or pertaining, shall be given up to his aforesaid father ; 
 whereupon the aforesaid Lord the King of England, ex- 
 tolling with many praises the gratitude aforesaid, and 
 being willing therefore to make competent retribution 
 to him the aforesaid John King of Castille, and for the 
 
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 manu ipsius Domini Regis Angliae sunt extincta dum- 
 taxat exceptis) necnon advocationes ecclesiarum de Steyn- 
 drop et Braunspath in episcopatu Dunolmensi, et libera- 
 rum capellarum de Tickhull et de Alto Pecco, ac ecclesise 
 de Marsfeld, liberae capellae ibidem, liberae capellae infra 
 castrum de Pevenese, prioratus de Wilmingdon, qui est 
 cella abbatise Sanctae Marise de Greston in Normannia, 
 et prioratus de Withiham, qui est cella abbatiae Sancti 
 Martini de Meremest Turon*, et domus Sancti Roberti 
 de Knaresburgh ; castrum manerium et honorem de Knares- 
 burgh cum pertinentiis, et hundredum sive wapentachium 
 de Staynclif, cum pertinentiis in comitatu Eboraci, ma- 
 neria de Grynglay et Whetelay, cum pertinentiis in co- 
 mitatu Notinghamise, maneria de Wygbton, Ailesham, Fa- 
 kenhamdam, et Snetesham ; necnon hundreda de North- 
 grenehowe, Nortberpingham, Sutberpingbam, et Smetbe- 
 don, cum pertinentiis in comitatibus Norfolciae et SufFolcise, 
 maneria de Glatton et Holm, cum pertinentiis in comitatu 
 Huntingdoniae, manerium de Sahara, cum pertinentiis in 
 comitatu Cantabrigise, castrum et leucatam de Pevenese 
 ac maneria de Wilyndon et Marsfeld, necnon ballivam de 
 Endelenewyk, cum pertinentiis in comitatu Sussexise, et 
 liberam chaciam de Alto Pecco, quam dictus Dominus 
 Rex Anglige tenuit in manu sua ut forestam, tenendam ut 
 liberam chaciam, ac liberam cbaciam de Assbedon, cum 
 juribus et libertatibus liberis chaciis pertinentibus ; et 
 annuam firmam ducentarum marcarum quam abbas et 
 conventus beatae Mariae Eborum eidem Domino Regi 
 Angliae et haeredibus suis pro manerio de Whitegift sol- 
 vere tenentur, percipiendam per manus dictorum abbatis 
 et conventus et successorum suorum, dedit et concessit 
 pro se et baeredibus suis praefato Johanni Regi Castellae, 
 habenda sibi et baeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus una 
 
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 better support of his station, hath given and granted 
 for himself and his heirs unto the aforesaid John King 
 of Castillo the castle, manor, and honor of Tickhill, the 
 castle and manor of the High Peak, with the knights' 
 fees to the same castles, manors, and honor pertaining 
 or belonging, and all the fees which the said Lord the 
 King of England had by the gift and grant of Sir Robert 
 de Lisle, knight, (excepting only those fees which are 
 extinct in the hands of the said Lord the King of Eng- 
 land,) and also the advowsons of the churches of Stain- 
 drop and Brancepeth in the bishopric of Durham, and 
 of the free chapels of Tickhill and High Peak, and of 
 the church of Maresfield and free chapel there, of the 
 free chapel within Pevensey castle, of the priory of Wil- 
 mingdon, which is a cell of the abbey of St. Mary de 
 Greston in Normandy, and of the priory of Withiham, 
 which is a cell of the abbey of St. Martin de Meremest 
 in Tourain, and of the house of St. Robert of Knares- 
 boro'; — the castle, manor, and honor of Knaresboro', with 
 appurtenances; and the hundred or wapentake of Stain- 
 clifF, with appurtenances, in the county of York ; — the 
 manors of Gringley and Wheatley, with appurtenances, in 
 the county of Nottingham ; — the manors of Wighton, Ayls- 
 ham, Fakenham, and Snettisham, and also the hundreds of 
 North Greenhoe, North Erpingham, South Erpingham, and 
 Smithdon, with appurtenances, in the counties of Norfolk 
 and Suffolk; — the manors of Glatton and Holm, with ap- 
 purtenances, in the county of Huntingdon; — the manor of 
 Soham, with appurtenances, in the county of Cambridge; 
 — the castle and leucata of Pevensey, and the manors of 
 Willingdon and Maresfield, and also the bailiwick of En- 
 delenewick, with appurtenances, in the county of Sussex ; 
 —and the free chase of the High Peak, which the said 
 
cum membris hamelettis pratis pascuis pasturis piscariis 
 moris mariscis turbariis chaciis parcis boscis waremiis 
 hundredis wapentachiis feriis mercatis libertatibus li- 
 beris consuetudinibus escaetis et omnibus aliis ad prae- 
 dicta castra maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam 
 et chacias qualitercunque et ubicunque spectantibus sive 
 pertinentibus de praefato Domino Rege Anglias et haere- 
 dibus suis per servitia inde debita et consueta imper- 
 petuum in escambium pro dictis comitatu Richeraondiae 
 honore castris maneriis terris tenementis locis feodis et ad- 
 vocationibus praedictis, quae idem Johannes Rex Castellse 
 per banc cartam indentatam dedit concessit et sursum red- 
 didit eidem Domino Regi Anglise et hseredibus suis im- 
 perpetuum in escambium pro castris maneriis honoribus 
 hundredis leucata balliva chaciis firma feodis et advo- 
 cationibus prsedictis, sibi per ipsum Dominum Regem 
 Angliae, ut prsedicitur, datis et concessis, sub ea quae 
 sequitur condition e, quod si haeredes dicti Johannis Regis 
 Castellae recuperaverint per judicium inde rite redditum, 
 comitatum Richemondiae, honorem castra maneria terras 
 tenementa loca feoda et advocationes praedicta aut ali- 
 quam parcellam eorundem, virtute doni talliae supradicti, 
 et possessionem inde habuerint, recuperationem illam affir- 
 mando, liceat eidem Domino Regi Angliae et haeredibus suis 
 castra maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam chacias 
 firmam feoda et advocationes praedicta, praefato Johanni 
 Regi Castellae sic in escambium praedictum data et con- 
 cessa, reintrare et tenere imperpetuum. Et si contin- 
 gat praedicta castra maneria honores hundreda leuca- 
 tam ballivam chacias firmam feoda et advocationes aut 
 aliquam parcellam eorumdem praefato Johanni Regi Cas- 
 tellae in escambium praedictum sic data et concessa ab 
 eodem Johanne Rege Castellae seu haeredibus suis praedic- 
 
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 Lord the King of England held in his hands as a forest, 
 to hold as a free chase; — and the free chase of Ashdown, 
 with the rights and liberties to free chases pertaining; — 
 and the yearly farm of 200 marks which the abbot and 
 convent of St. Mary's at York are held to pay to the 
 same Lord the King of England and his heirs for the 
 manor of Whitegift, to be perceived by the hands of the 
 said abbot and convent, and their successors : — To have 
 to him and the heirs of his body issuing, together with the 
 members, hamlets, meadows, feedings, pastures, fisheries, 
 moors, marshes, turbaries, chases, parks, woods, warrens, 
 hundreds, wapentakes, fairs, markets, liberties, free cus- 
 toms, escheats, and all other things to the aforesaid castles, 
 manors, honors, hundreds, leucata^ bailiwick, and chases 
 howsoever and wheresoever belonging or pertaining, of 
 the aforesaid Lord the King of England and his heirs, 
 by the services therefore due and accustomed for ever, in 
 exchange for the said earldom of Richmond, and the honor, 
 castles, manors, lands, tenements, places, fees and advow- 
 sons aforesaid, which the same John King of Castille by 
 this charter indented hath given, granted, and surrendered 
 to the same Lord the King of England and his heirs for 
 ever in exchange for the castles, manors, honors, hundreds, 
 leucata, bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and advowsons afore- 
 said, given and granted to him by the same Lord the King 
 of England as is aforesaid, — under the condition hereafter 
 following, — that if the heirs of the said John King of 
 Castille shall recover by judgment thereupon rightfully 
 given the earldom of Richmond, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, or 
 any parcel thereof, by virtue of the aforesaid gift in tail, 
 and thereof have possession, affirming that recovery, it may 
 be lawful for the same Lord the King of England and his 
 
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 tis recuperari, dictus Dominus Rex Angliae et hseredes sui 
 debitam recompensationem praifato Johanni Regi Castellse 
 et haeredibus suis praedictis, de valore, sine difficultate 
 qualibet facere teneantur. Dumtamen idem Johannes Rex 
 Castellae et hseredes sui prsedicti a dicto Domino Rege 
 Anglise aut haeredibus suis auxilium petant, et debitam 
 diligentiam apponant circa salvationem de eo quod versus 
 eos peti contingat. Et etiam si comitatum Richemondiae 
 honorem castra maneria terras tenementa loca feoda et 
 advocationes praedicta aut aliquam parcellam eorumdem 
 extra manus dicti Domini Regis Angliae seu haeredum 
 suorum in feodo simplici aut talliato poni contingat, et 
 imposterum ad manus ejusdem Domini Regis Angliae vel 
 haeredum suorum, ex justa causa, in feodo devenerint, 
 tam idem Dominus Rex Angliae et haeredes sui castra 
 maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam chacias fir- 
 mam feoda et advocationes praedicta praefato Johanni Regi 
 Castellae et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus sic 
 data et concessa, quam praefatus Johannes Rex Castellae 
 et haeredes sui praedicti dictum comitatum Richemondiae 
 ac honorem castra maneria terras tenementa loca feoda 
 et advocationes praedicta dicto Domino Regi Angliae et 
 haeredibus suis in escambium praedictum ut praemittitur 
 data et concessa, pro integro seu pro rata rehabeant hinc 
 et inde, et restitutio exinde fiat, tenenda prout prius. Et 
 idem Dominus Rex Angliae et haeredes sui castra maneria 
 honores hundreda leucatam ballivam chacias firmam feoda 
 et advocationes praedicta, praefato Johanni Regi Castellae 
 et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus per ipsum Do- 
 minum Regem Angliae data et concessa, praefato Johanni 
 Regi Castellae et haeredibus suis praedictis warantizabunt et 
 imperpetuum defendent, juxta vim et efFectum escambii 
 et conditionum praedictorum. Et simihter idem Johannes 
 
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 heirs to re-enter and hold for ever the castles, manors, 
 honors, hundreds, leucata, bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and 
 advowsons aforesaid so given and granted to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castillo in exchange as aforesaid. And if 
 it happen that the aforesaid castles, manors, honors, hun- 
 dreds, leucata, bailiwick, chases, farm, fees and advowsons, 
 or any parcel thereof, so given and granted to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castillo in exchange as aforesaid, be re- 
 covered from the same John King of Castille or his heirs 
 aforesaid, the said Lord the King of England and his heirs 
 shall be held to make due compensation of the value to 
 the aforesaid John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid 
 without any difficulty. So however, that the same John 
 King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid pray aid of the 
 said Lord the King of England or his heirs, and apply 
 due diligence about the salvation of that which may 
 happen to be sued against them. And also if it happen 
 that the earldom of Richmond, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, 
 or any parcel thereof, be put out of the hands of the 
 said Lord the King of England or his heirs in fee 
 simple or tail, and thereafter shall come by just cause 
 into the hands of the same Lord the King of England 
 or his heirs in fee, as well the same Lord the King of 
 England and his heirs, the castles, manors, honors, hun- 
 dreds, leucata, bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and advowsons 
 aforesaid so given and granted to the aforesaid John 
 King of Castille and the heirs of his body issuing, as the 
 aforesaid John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid, the 
 said earldom of Richmond, and the honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid 
 given and granted to the said Lord the King of England 
 and his heirs in exchange aforesaid, as is premised, may 
 
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 Rex Castellae et haeredes sui prsedictum comitatum Riche- 
 mondise, simul cum honore castris maneriis terris tenemen- 
 tis locis feodis et advocationibus praedictis, prsedicto Do- 
 mino Regi Angliae et hgeredibus suis contra omnes waran- 
 tizabunt et imperpetuum defendent, juxta vim et efFectum 
 escambii et conditionum prsedictorum. In cujus rei tes- 
 timonium prsedictse cartae indentatae tarn sigillum dicti Do- 
 mini Regis Angliae quam sigillum dicti Johannis Regis Cas- 
 tellae alternatim sunt appensa. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus 
 patribus Willielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius An- 
 gliae Primate, Simone Londinensi et Willielmo Wintoniensi, 
 Episcopis, Edmundo filio dicti Regis Angliae carissimo 
 Cantabrigiae, Ricardo Arundelliae, Humfrido de Bohun He- 
 refordiae et Willielmo de Monte Acuto Sarum, Comitibus, 
 Henrico de Percy, Roberto de Thorp Cancellario, Ricardo 
 de Scrop Thesaurario, Willielmo Latymer Camerario, Jo- 
 hanne de Neville Senescallo hospitii praedicti Domini Regis 
 Angliae, Johanne Knyvet, Willielmo de Fynchedene, Jo- 
 hanne Moubray, Thoma de Ingelby, Willielmo de Wy- 
 chyngham, Rogero de Meres et Johanne de Cavendissh, 
 ejusdem Domini Regis Angliae justitiariis, et aliis. Data 
 apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto die Junii, anno 
 regni dicti Domini Regis Angliae, Angliae quadragesimo 
 sexto, regni vero sui Franciae tricesimo tertio. INSPEXI- 
 MUS etiam quandam aliam cartam praefati avi nostri 
 nuper factam praedicto avunculo nostro in haec verba: 
 EDWARD US, Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae, et 
 Dominus Hiberniae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, 
 prioribus, ducibus, comitibus, baronibus, militibus, justiti- 
 ariis, vicecomitibus, praepositis, ballivis, ministris, et aliis 
 fidelibus suis, salutem. Sciatis quod cum nuper per cartam 
 nostram indentatam dederimus et concesserimus pro nobis 
 et haeredibus nostris quantum in nobis fuit carissimo fiHo 
 
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 have back on either side entirely or proportionately, 
 and restitution thereupon be made, to hold as before. 
 And the same Lord the King of England and his heirs, 
 the castles, manors, honors, hundreds, leucata, bailiwick, 
 chases, farm, fees and advowsons aforesaid given and 
 granted by the same Lord the King of England to the 
 aforesaid John King of Castille and the heirs of his body 
 issuing, will warrant and for ever defend to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid, according 
 to the force and effect of the exchange and conditions 
 aforesaid. And in like manner the same John King of 
 Castille and his heirs, the aforesaid earldom of Richmond, 
 together with the honor, castles, manors, lands, tenements, 
 places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, against all men will 
 warrant and for ever defend to the aforesaid Lord the 
 King of England and his heirs, according to the force 
 and effect of the exchange and conditions aforesaid. In 
 witness whereof, as well the seal of the said Lord the 
 King of England, as the seal of the said John King of 
 Castille, alternately are set to the aforesaid charter in- 
 dented. These being witnesses, the venerable fathers, 
 William Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all Eng- 
 land; Simon Bishop of London, and William Bishop of 
 Winchester; Edmund Earl of Cambridge, the most dear 
 son of the said King of England; Richard Earl of Arundel; 
 Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and William de 
 Montacute, Earl of Salisbury; Henry de Percy; Robert 
 de Thorp, Chancellor ; Richard de Scroope, Treasurer ; 
 William Latymer, Chamberlain ; John de Neville, Steward 
 of the household of the aforesaid Lord the King of Eng- 
 land; John Knyvet, WiUiam de Fynchedene, John Mou- 
 bray, Thomas de Ingelby, William de Wychyngham, Roger 
 de Meres, and John de Cavendissh, Justices of the same 
 
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 nostro Johanni Regi Castellse et Legionis, Duci Lancastriae, 
 castrum manerium et honorem de TickhuU, ac alia terras 
 et tenementa in dicta carta nostra specificata cum perti- 
 nentiis ; habenda sibi et hseredibus de corpore suo exeun- 
 tibus in escambium pro comitatu Richemondiae, ac honore 
 castris maneriis terris tenementis et omnibus aliis locis ad 
 dictum comitatum pertinentibus nobis et hseredibus nostris 
 per praefatum filium nostrum datis concessis et sursum reddi- 
 tis, prout in carta nostra praedicta plenius continetur ; ac jam 
 praefatus filius noster nobis supplicaverit ut cum villa de 
 Grenstede quae ut parcella manerii de- Marsfeld, villa de 
 Seford quae ut parcella castri et leucatae de Pevensey, 
 et villa de Laghton in Mortbyng quae ut parcella castri 
 et honoris de Tickhull, sibi in certum valorem in escam- 
 bium praedictum (nulla speciali mentione facta de villis illis 
 in dicta carta nostra) liberata fuerunt, tria grossa per se 
 separatim et non pertinentia ad manerium de Marsfeld 
 castrum et leucatam de Pevensey et castrum et honorem 
 de Tickhull praedicta existant, nee aliquo tempore fuerint, 
 sicut jam sibi datur intelligi, velimus ne ipse aut hae- 
 redes sui praedicti super occupatione dictarum villarum 
 de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, ob defectum specialis 
 nominationis earumdem in concessione nostra praedicta 
 impetantur infuturum, dictas villas de Grenstede, Se- 
 ford, et Laghton, nominatim sibi concedere, habendas et 
 tenendas una cum dictis castro manerio et honore de 
 Tickhull, ac aliis terris et tenementis sibi in dictum es- 
 cambium datis, et etiam cum libertatibus quietantiis et 
 immunitatibus quas Philippa nuper Regina Angliae, tunc 
 censors nostra, quae dicta castrum manerium et honorem 
 de Tickhull et alia terras et tenementa, eidem filio nostro 
 per nos sic data, tenuit, in vita sua habuit ex concessione 
 nostra in eisdem, in recompeusationem libertatum quietan- 
 
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 Lord the King of England, and others. Given at West- 
 minster on the twenty-fifth day of June, in the forty-sixth 
 year of the reign of the said Lord the King of England, 
 and the thirty- third of his reign of France. WE have in- 
 spected also a certain other Charter of our aforesaid grand- 
 father lately made to our aforesaid uncle, in these words : 
 EDWARD, by the grace of God, King of England and 4th June, 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to his archbishops, bishops, ^•^- 1377. 
 abbots, priors, dukes, earls, barons, knights, justices, she- 
 riffs, reeves, bailiffs, ministers, and other his faithful people, 
 greeting. Know ye, that whereas we did lately by our char- Recital that 
 
 ° ^ ^ . certain es- 
 
 ter indented give and ffrant for us and our heirs, as far as ta^^s had 
 
 o o ^ been given m 
 
 did in us lie, to our most dear son John King of Castille and the earidom'' 
 
 Leon and Duke of Lancaster the castle manor and honor of ^^^T' 
 
 Tickhill and other lands and tenements in our said charter 
 
 specified, with appurtenances, to have to him and the heirs of 
 
 his body issuing, in exchange for the earldom of Richmond 
 
 and the honor castles manors lands tenements and all 
 
 other places to the said earldom pertaining, given granted 
 
 and surrendered to us and our heirs by our aforesaid son, 
 
 as in our charter aforesaid more fully is contained ; and and the 
 
 •' Duke had 
 
 now our aforesaid son hath besought us, that, whereas the petitioned 
 
 <->■'' that certain 
 
 town of Grinstead, which as parcel of the manor of Mares- JSougiTnot^' 
 field, the town of Seaford, which as parcel of the castle and KtSlfed in 
 leucata of Pevensey, and the town of Laughton-in-le- included in 
 
 valuation, 
 
 Morthen, which as parcel of the castle and honor of 
 Tickhill, were delivered to him at a certain valuation in 
 the exchange aforesaid, (no special mention being made 
 of those towns in our said charter,) be three towns in 
 gross severally of themselves, and be not nor were at any 
 time pertaining to the aforesaid manor of Maresfield, castle 
 and leucata of Pevensey, and castle and honor of Tickhill, 
 as now he is given to understand, lest he or his heirs afore- 
 
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 tiarum et immunitatum quas idem fill us noster in dicto 
 comitatu Richemondise et honore castris maneriis terris 
 tenementis et aliis locis ad dictum comitatum pertinen- 
 tibus habuit, dum ea tenuit, ante escambium supradictum. 
 Nos escambium illud in qualibet parte ejusdem observare, 
 et tam quieti dicti filii nostri et hseredum suorum prsedic- 
 torum in hac parte prospicere, quam dicta tenementa eidera 
 iilio nostro ut praemittitur data et concessa ac dictas villas 
 de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, quas virtute dictse 
 concessionis nostrge sic tenet, libertatibus quietantiis et 
 immunitatibus, per praefatam consortem nostram habitis 
 ut praemittitur in eisdem, muniri et exornari, in recom- 
 pensationem libertatum quietantiarum et immunitatum 
 per praedictum filium nostrum in dicto comitatu Riche- 
 mondiae et pertinentiis suis praedictis nuper habitarum, 
 et praecipue ob specialem aiFectionem quam ad personam 
 ejusdem filii nostri, suis meritis magnificis laudabiliter 
 exigentibus, gerimus et habemus, concessimus eidem filio 
 nostro pro nobis et haeredibus nostris quod ipse dictas 
 villas de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton cum pertinentiis 
 suis universis, etiam licet grossa sint per se, an ut praedic- 
 tum est pertinentia ad dictum manerium de Marsfeld, 
 castrum et leucatam de Pevensey et castrum et honorem 
 de Tickhull, habeat et retineat, unacum dictis castro ma- 
 nerio et honore de Tickhull et aliis terris et tenementis 
 praedictis sibi per nos, ut praemittitur, datis, ac liberta- 
 tibus quietantiis et immunitatibus subscriptis (quas prae- 
 fatae Reginae in dictis terris et tenementis quae ipsa sic 
 tenuit ad vitam suam, concessimus, habendas, sicut per in- 
 spectionem rotulorum cancellariae nostrae nobis constat), 
 habendis utendis et gaudendis in dictis castro manerio et 
 honore de Tickhull, ac aliis castris maneriis honoribus 
 hundredis, et villis de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, ac 
 
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 said should in future be impeached in the occupation of the 
 said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and Laugh ton for the 
 want of special naming of the same in our grant aforesaid, 
 we would be pleased to gr^nt the said towns of Grinstead, might by 
 
 name be 
 
 Seaford, and Laughton to him by name, to have and to f^^^^^^ *<* 
 hold together with the said castle manor and honor of 
 Tickhill and the other lands and tenements given to him 
 in the said exchange, and also with the liberties acquit- together with 
 
 ° ^ liberties, &c. 
 
 tances and immunities which Philippa, late Queen of Eng- qIH^^ ^^ 
 land, then our consort, (who held the said castle, manor, S'i?te-*^^ 
 and honor of Tickhill, and the other lands and tenements Said^es- ^ 
 so given by us to our same son,) in her lifetime had in 
 the same by our grant, in compensation for the liberties 
 acquittances and immunities which our same son had in 
 the said earldom of Richmond, and in the honor castles ma- 
 nors lands tenements and other places to the said earldom 
 pertaining, whilst he held them before the exchange above 
 said. We, to observe the said exchange in every part considera- 
 
 n 1 . ,, tionsofpre- 
 
 thereof, and to look as well to the quiet of our said son and l^^±flf^^ 
 his heirs aforesaid in this behalf, as that the said tene- 
 ments given and granted to our same son as is premised, 
 and the said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and Laughton, earidimy 
 which by virtue of our said grant he so holds, be adorned 
 and armed with the liberties acquittances and immunities 
 had in the same by our aforesaid consort as is premised, in 
 compensation for the liberties acquittances and immuni- 
 ties lately had by our aforesaid son in the said earldom of 
 Richmond and its appurtenances aforesaid, and chiefly on 
 account of the special affection which we have and bear for and the 
 
 1 f 1 • 1 • 1 • /• 11 1-1 merits of 
 
 the person of our same son, his high merits full worthily grantee. 
 
 to quiet pos- 
 session, 
 compensate 
 for liberties 
 enjoyed by 
 the Duke in 
 
 requiring it, have granted to our same son, for us and our The Duke 
 
 heirs, that he the said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and thetowns"of 
 
 T 1 • 1 11 1 • Grinstead, 
 
 Laughton, with all their appurtenances, albeit even they seaford, and 
 
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 aliis terris tenementis et locis quibuscumque dicto filio 
 nostro, ut est dictum, per nos datis et in dicta carta nos- 
 tra plenius specificatis, et qualibet parte eorumdem eidem 
 filio nostro et dictis haeredibus de corpore suo, ut prae- 
 dictum est, procreatis, in escambium supradictum, sub modo 
 et forma in eadem carta nostra contentis imperpetuum, 
 videlicet, cum feodis militum, advocationibus domorum re- 
 ligiosarum hospitalium ecclesiarum et capellarum, wardis 
 maritagiis et escaetis de omnibus tenentibus de ho- 
 noribus maneriis terris tenementis et aliis locis prsedictis 
 praefato filio nostro per nos sic datis, simul cum chaciis 
 parcis boscis warennis feriis mercatis aquis viis piscariis 
 communis assartis vastis et purpresturis, ac etiam arren- 
 tationibus et redditibus quorum cum que assartorum vas- 
 torum et purpresturarum tam temporibus progenitorum nos- 
 trorum quondam Regum Angliae quam nostro in cbaciis 
 et aliis locis prsedictis arrentatorum et exnunc arrentan- 
 dorum, una cum finibus pro ingressu hujusmodi assartorum 
 vastorum et purpresturarum sic arrentandorum, et cum 
 curiis, visibus franci plegii, hundredis, wapentachiis, wrek, 
 wayf* et stray', libertatibus regalibus, et liberis consuetudi- 
 nibus, et omnibus aliis ad eadem castra honores maneria 
 hundreda et alia terras tenementa et loca qualitercumque 
 et ubicumque spectantibus. Concessimus etiam pro nobis 
 et haeredibus nostris eidem filio nostro quod ipse et dicti 
 hseredes sui habeant omnes fines redemptiones et amercia- 
 menta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum de et in 
 castris honoribus maneriis hundredis villis terris tene- 
 mentis et aliis locis prsedictis sibi per nos sic datis, et 
 eorum feodis, ac etiam in omnibus villis hundredis et 
 aliis locis unde annuae firmae et redditus sibi inter caetera 
 terras et tenementa praedicta per nos concessi proveniunt ; 
 necnon exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes 
 
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 be towns in sross of themselves, or whether as aforesaid ^^ith the 
 
 •-' other estates 
 
 they be pertaining to the said manor of Maresfield, castle fn^gxchang? 
 and leucata of Pevensey, and castle and honor of Tickhill, 
 may have and retain together with the said castle manor 
 and honor of Tickhill and the other lands and tenements 
 aforesaid by us siven to him as is premised, and with and enjoy 
 
 •JO 1 certain liber- 
 
 the liberties acquittances and immunities underwritten, Jj^^g^g^''' 
 (which we granted to the aforesaid Queen to have in 
 the said lands and tenements by her so held for her 
 life, as is evident to us by the inspection of the rolls 
 of our chancery,) to have, use, and enjoy in the said 
 castle manor and honor of Tickhill, and the other cas- 
 tles manors honors hundreds, and the towns of Grin- 
 stead, Seaford, and Laughton, and the other lands te- 
 nements and places whatsoever, given by us as has 
 been said to our said son, and in our said charter more 
 fully specified, and in every part thereof, — to our same 
 son and the said heirs of his body begotten as is afore- 
 said, in exchange as abovesaid under the manner and 
 form contained in our same charter for ever, that is 
 to say, with knights'* fees, advowsons of religious houses, Knights' 
 
 fees, ad vow- 
 hospitals, churches and chapels, wardships, marriages, and ^°"^'/^- 
 
 escheats of all the tenants of the honors, manors, lands, te- 
 nements and other places aforesaid by us so given to our 
 aforesaid son, together with chases, parks, woods, warrens, chases, 
 
 ° ' parks, &c. 
 
 fairs, markets, waters, ways, fisheries, commons, assarts, 
 wastes, and purprestures, and also with the arrentations 
 and rents of all manner of assarts, wastes, and purprestures 
 arrented in the chases and other places aforesaid, as well 
 in our time as in the times of our progenitors formerly 
 Kings of England, and hereafter to be arrented, together 
 with the fines for ingress of the like assarts, wastes, and 
 purprestures so to be arrented, and with courts, views of 
 
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 nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto, forisfac- 
 turis et murdris, in quibuscumque curiis nostris et haeredum 
 nostrorum homines et tenentes illos (tarn coram nobis et 
 haeredibus nostris et in cancellaria nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et baronibus nostris 
 et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, quam coram justi- 
 tiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum itinerantibus ad 
 communia placita et ad placita forestae, ac etiam coram 
 justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, et 
 coram senescallo et marescallo ac coronatore hospitii 
 nostri et haeredum nostrorum et clerico de mercato, 
 ac coram aliis justitiariis et ministris nostris et haere- 
 dum nostrorum quibuscumque) fines seu redemptiones 
 facere vel amerciari, aut hujusmodi exitus murdra seu 
 forisfacturas annum diem et vastum adjudicari, contigerit, 
 adeo plene et integre sicut nos ea haberemus si praedicta 
 castra honores maneria hundreda villas terras tenementa 
 et aha loca praedicta, eidem fiUo nostro sic data, in manu 
 nostra retinuissemus. Ita quod ipse et dicti haeredes sui 
 per manus ballivorum et ministrorum suorum fines redemp- 
 tiones et amerciamenta hominum et tenentium praedictorum 
 exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes nostros 
 pertinere poterunt de anno die vasto, forisfacturis et 
 murdris, de et in castris honoribus maneriis hundredis 
 villis terris tenementis et aliis locis praedictis per nos sic 
 datis ac eorum feodis, quae coram praedictis justitiariis iti- 
 nerantibus ad communia placita et ad placita forestae, ac 
 coram dictis senescallo et marescallo coronatore seu clerico 
 fieri et adjudicari contigerit, per extractas eorumdem jus- 
 titiariorum itinerantium in itineribus suis et senescalli 
 et marescalli et coronatoris ac clerici in sessionibus suis 
 eisdem balHvis et ministris inde liberandas, necnon fines 
 redemptiones et amerciamenta hominum et tenentium prae- 
 
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 frankpledge, hundreds, wapentakes, wreck, waif and stray, wreck. 
 royal liberties and free customs, and all other things to the 
 same castles, honors, manors, hundreds, and other lands, 
 tenements, and places howsoever and wheresoever belong- 
 ing. We have also granted for us and our heirs to our Fines and 
 same son, that he and his said heirs may have all fines, ments, 
 ransoms, and amercements of all their men and tenants 
 of and in the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, 
 lands, tenements, and other places aforesaid so given to 
 him by us, and in their fees, and also in all the towns, 
 hundreds, and other places whence the annual farms and 
 rents by us granted to him among the other lands and 
 tenements aforesaid do proceed ; and also forfeited issues, forfeited is- 
 
 ^ _ sues, for- 
 
 and all things which can pertain to us and our heirs foitures,&c. 
 of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders, in any 
 soever of the courts of us and our heirs, where such 
 men and tenants shall happen to make fine or ransom 
 or be amerced, or such issues, murders, forfeitures, year, 
 day, and waste happen to be adjudged, as well before us in any of 
 and our heirs, and in the chancery of us and our heirs, and courts. 
 before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and 
 our heirs, as before the justices of us and our heirs in eyre 
 to hold common pleas and pleas of the forest, and also 
 before the justices of the bench of us and our heirs, and 
 before the steward and marshal and coroner of the house- 
 hold of us and our heirs, and the clerk of the market, and 
 before all other justices and ministers of us and our heirs 
 whomsoever, as fully and entirely as we should have them if 
 we had retained in our hand the aforesaid castles, honors, 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 
 ' ' ' The Duke 
 
 places aforesaid so ffiven to our same son. So that he JP^yit^y . 
 
 ^ o them by his 
 
 and his said heirs by the hands of his bailiffs and ministers by "strSfto 
 may be able to levy, perceive, and have the fines, ransoms, fo tl^em!'^^'^ 
 
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 dictorum, ac exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et 
 haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto, 
 forisfacturis, et murdris, de et in castris honoribus 
 maneriis hundredis villis terris tenementis et aliis locis 
 praedictis per nos sic datis ac eorum feodis, quae coram 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris, vel in cancellaria nostra et 
 haeredum nostrorum, seu coram thesaurario et baronibus 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, seu coram 
 justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco aut 
 justitiariis ad assisas capiendas et gaolas deliberandas 
 seu justitiariis ad felonias et transgressiones audiendas et 
 terminandas assignatis, vel coram aliis justitiariis seu mi- 
 nistris nostris et haeredum nostrorum quibuscumque fieri 
 et adjudicari contigerit, per extractas scaccarii nostri et 
 haeredum nostrorum ballivis et ministris dicti filii nostri 
 et dictorum haeredum suorum per manus vicecomitum in 
 quorum ballivis castra honores maneria hundreda villae 
 terrae tenementa et alia loca praedicta, ut est dictum, per 
 nos data, ac eorum feoda existunt, inde liberandas, levare 
 percipere et habere possint, — sine occasione vel impedi' 
 mento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum aut ballivorum seu mi- 
 nistrorum nostrorum quorumcumque. Et quod idem filius 
 noster et dicti haeredes sui habeant in castris honoribus 
 maneriis hundredis villis terris tenementis et aliis locis 
 praedictis per nos sic datis, ac eorum feodis, catalla felonum 
 et fugitivorum; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenentium 
 suorum aut alii in locis praedictis vel eorum feodis pro 
 delicto suo vitam vel membrum debeant amittere vel 
 fugerint et judicio stare noluerint, vel aliquod delictum 
 fecerint pro quo catalla sua debeant perdere (ubicumque 
 justitia de eis fieri debeat sive in curia nostra vel 
 haeredum nostrorum sive in aliis curiis) ipsa catalla 
 sint praefati filii nostri et dictorum haeredum suorum, et 
 
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 and amercements of the men and tenants aforesaid, for- 
 feited issues, and all things which to us and our heirs can 
 pertain of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders, of 
 and in the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, 
 tenements, and other places aforesaid by us so given, and in 
 their fees, — such as shall happen to be made and adjudged 
 before the aforesaid justices in eyre to hold common pleas 
 and pleas of the forest, and before the said steward and 
 marshal, coroner or clerk, by estreats of the same jus- 
 tices in eyre in their circuits, and of steward and marshal 
 and coroner and clerk in their sessions, to be delivered 
 thereof to the same bailiffs and ministers, — and also such 
 the fines, ransoms, and amercements of the aforesaid men 
 and tenants, and forfeited issues, and all things which to 
 us and our heirs can pertain of year, day, waste, for- 
 feitures and murders, of and in the castles, honors, 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid by us so given, and in their fees, as shall 
 happen to be made and adjudged before us and our heirs, 
 or in the chancery of us and our heirs, or before the trea- 
 surer and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, 
 or before the justices of us and our heirs of the common 
 bench, or our justices assigned to take the assizes and to 
 deliver our gaols, or the justices assigned to hear and deter- 
 mine felonies and trespasses, or before other the justices 
 or ministers of us and our heirs whomsoever, by estreats of 
 the exchequer of us and our heirs, to be delivered thereof 
 to the bailiffs and ministers of our said son and his 
 said heirs by the hands of the sheriffs in whose bailiwicks 
 the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tene- 
 ments, and other places aforesaid given by us as afore- 
 said, and their fees, do lie; without let or hinderance of 
 us or our heirs, or of our bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. 
 
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 liceat eis seu ministris suis sine occasione vel impedi- 
 mento nostri vel hseredum nostrorum vicecomitum et alio- 
 rum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum vel hseredum 
 nostrorum quorumcumque ponere se in seisinam de catallis 
 prsedictis et ea ad usum dicti filii nostri et haeredum suo- 
 rum retinere. Concessimus etiam prsefato filio nostro pro 
 nobis et hseredibus nostris quod ipse et dicti hseredes 
 sui habeant in castris honoribus maneriis hundredis villis 
 terris teneraentis et aliis locis prsedictis dicto filio nostro 
 sic datis, ac eorum feodis, retorna omnium brevium nos- 
 trorum et haeredum nostrorum ac summonitionum extrac- 
 tarum et prseceptorum de scaccario praedicto necnon prse- 
 ceptorum et extractarum justitiariorum nostrorum et hae- 
 redum nostrorum itinerantium tam ad placita forestae 
 quam ad communia placita, et aliorum justitiariorum 
 quorumcumque, et executiones eorumdem brevium, sum- 
 monitionum, extractarum et praeceptorum per ballivos et 
 ministros sues faciendas. Ita quod nullus vicecomes bal- 
 livus aut minister noster vel haeredum nostrorum castra 
 honores maneria villas terras tenementa et alia loca 
 praedicta, ut praemittitur, per nos data, vel eorum feoda, 
 ad officia aliqua seu alia officia sua tangentia facienda 
 ingrediatur, nisi in defectum ipsius filii nostri aut dic- 
 torum haeredum vel ballivorum seu ministrorum suorum. 
 Volumus insuper et concedimus pro nobis et haeredibus 
 nostris quod si vicecomites vel ballivi libertatum hun- 
 dredorum seu wapentachiorum in aliquibus executionibus 
 pro eodem filio nostro aut dictis haeredibus suis per brevia 
 sive mandata nostra, vel haeredum nostrorum, aut quovis 
 alio modo faciendis negligentes fuerint vel remissi per quod 
 ipsos in scaccario nostro seu aliis curiis nostris contigerit 
 amerciari vel fines facere, quod fines et amerciamenta ilia 
 sint dicti filii nostri et dictorum haeredum suorum, et ad 
 
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 And that our same son and his said heirs may have in 
 the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, te- 
 nements, and other places aforesaid by us so given, and 
 in their fees, the chattels of felons and fugitives, so that chattels of 
 
 °, felous. 
 
 if any of their men or tenants or others in the places 
 aforesaid, or in their fees, for their delinquency ought 
 to lose life or limb, or shall flee and not be willing to 
 stand their trial, or shall commit any offence for the which 
 they ought to lose their chattels, (wheresoever justice shall 
 be had of them, whether in the court of us or our heirs, or 
 whether in other courts,) such chattels shall belong to 
 our aforesaid son and his said heirs, and that it shall be 
 lawful for them or their ministers to put themselves in 
 seizin of the chattels aforesaid, and retain them to the 
 behoof of our said son and his heirs, without let or hin- 
 derance of us or our heirs, our sheriffs and other bailiffs 
 or ministers of us or our heirs whomsoever. We have also Return and 
 
 execution 
 
 granted to our aforesaid son, for us and our heirs, that of writs and 
 
 *-^ ' summons 
 
 he and his said heirs may have in the castles, honors, «ftheex 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid so given to our said son, and in their 
 fees, the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and of 
 summons, estreats, and precepts of the exchequer afore- 
 said, and also of the precepts and estreats of the justices 
 of us and our heirs in eyre to hold as well pleas of the 
 forest as common pleas, and of other justices whomso- 
 ever, and the execution of the same writs, summons, es- 
 treats, and precepts, to be made by their bailiffs and mi- 
 nisters. So that no sheriff, bailiff, or other minister of 
 us or our heirs shall enter the castles, honors, manors, 
 towns, lands, tenements, and other places aforesaid by us 
 given as is premised, or their fees, to perform any ofiices, or 
 other things touching their offices, unless in default of our 
 
 summons 
 of the ex 
 chequer. 
 
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 eorum opus leventur. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus patribus 
 Simone Arcbiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius Angliae Primate, 
 Adam Menevensi Cancellario, Henrico Wigornensi The- 
 saurario, nostris, Episcopis, Edmundo Comite Cantabrigise, 
 Thoma de Wodestok Constabulario Anglise, filiis nostris 
 carissimis, Henrico de Percy Marescallo Anglise, Johanne 
 de Ipre Senescallo hospitii nostri, Nicholao Carreu Custode 
 privati sigilli nostri, et aliis. Data per manum nostram 
 apud Shene quarto die Junii, anno regni nostri Angliae 
 quinquagesimo primo, regni vero nostri Franciae tricesimo 
 octavo. NOS autem tarn dictam cartam indentatam quam 
 dictam aliam cartam, ac omnes donationes concessiones et 
 omnia alia in eisdem cartis contenta pro nobis et haeredi- 
 bus nostris, tenore prgesentium, ratificamus et confirmamus, 
 juxta tenorem et effectum cartarum supradictarum. In 
 cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus pa- 
 tentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium, quintode- 
 cimo die Septembris, anno regni nostri primo. 
 
 Kr@g autem donationes, concessiones, confirmationes, 
 libertates, franchesias et quietantias praedictas, ac omnia alia 
 et singula in dictis cartis et literis contenta, rata habentes et 
 grata, ea, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, quantum in nobis 
 est, de gratia nostra speciali acceptamus, approbamus, et 
 praefato Duci et haeredibus suis praedictis imperpetuum, 
 tenore praesentium, concedimus et confirmamus, sicut cartse 
 et literae supradictae rationabiliter testantur. Prseterea vo- 
 lentes eidem Duci gratiam in hac parte facere ampliorem 
 de gratia nostra speciali concessimus pro nobis et hseredibus 
 nostris, et hac carta nostra confirmavimus quod licet ipse 
 aliqua vel aliquibus donationum, concessionum, confirma- 
 tionum, libertatum, franchesiarum et quietantiarum, aut 
 aliorum in dictis cartis et literis contentorum, aliquo 
 casu emergente, hactenus plene usus non fuerit, idem 
 
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 same son or his said heirs, or of their bailiffs or ministers. 
 
 And furthermore we will and grant, for us and our said Fines and 
 
 heirs, that if the sheriffs or bailiffs of liberties, hundreds, or ments of 
 
 sheriffs and 
 
 wapentakes be negligent or remiss in making any execu- ^^mffs of li- 
 tions for our same son or his said heirs, by writs or man- negligence. 
 dates of us or our heirs, or in any other wise, whereby it 
 shall happen that they be amerced or make fines in our 
 exchequer or in other our courts, such fines and amerce- 
 ments shall belong to our said son and his said heirs, 
 and may be levied to their behoof. These being wit- 
 nesses, the venerable fathers, Simon Archbishop of Can* 
 terbury. Primate of all England ; Adam Bishop of St. 
 David's, our Chancellor; Henry Bishop of Worcester, 
 our Treasurer ; Edmund Earl of Cambridge, and Thomas 
 of Woodstock, Constable of England, our most dear sons ; 
 Henry de Percy, Marshal of England ; John de Ipre, 
 Steward of our household; Nicholas Carreu, Keeper of 
 our privy seal, and others. Given under our hand at 
 Sheen, on the fourth day of June, in the fifty-first 
 year of our reign of England, and the thirty-eighth of 
 our reign of France. AND we, as well the said charter 
 indented as the said other charter, and all the donations, 
 grants, and all other things in the same charters con- 
 tained, for us and our heirs by the tenor of these presents 
 do ratify and confirm according to the tenor and effect of 
 the charters abovesaid. In witness whereof we have caused 
 these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at 
 Westminster, on the fifteenth day of September, in the 
 first year of our reign. 
 
 Alf E) we, ratifying and approving the donations, grants, confirmation 
 confirmations, liberties, franchises, and acquittances afore- ?edte?"'"^ 
 said, and all and singular other the things in the said charters 
 and letters contained, do, for us and our heirs, as far as in 
 
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 taraen Dux et haeredes sui praedicti donationibus, conces- 
 sionibus, confirmationibus, libertatibus, franchesiis et quie- 
 tantiis, ac omnibus aliis et singulis in cartis et Uteris 
 praedictis, ut praemittitur, contentis, et eorum quolibet de- 
 caetero plene gaudeant et utantur imperpetuum, sine occa- 
 sione vel impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, justi- 
 tiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum aut aliorum ballivorum 
 seu ministrorum nostrorum vel haeredum nostrorum quo- 
 rumcumque. Et ulterius, ad probitatem strenuam et sa- 
 pientiam excellentissimam ac alios multiplices mores et 
 merita praefati avunculi nostri, qui nullis cedens laboribus 
 vel expensis, se tam in consiliis obsequiis et aliis agendis 
 nobis et toti regno nostro fructuosis et honorificis semper 
 retroactis temporibus obsequiosum pariter et paratum ex- 
 hibuit et exhibet indefesse, condignam considerationem 
 habentes, et volentes, praemissorum intuitu, praefatum 
 avunculum nostrum, qui prae caeteris in sapientia, strenui- 
 tate et honore nobis et regno nostro praedicto maxime 
 valere et locum potiorem tenere potest, gratiis et favori- 
 bus amplioribus praerogare, de uberiori gratia nostra, pro 
 majori securitate ipsius Ducis avunculi nostri, declaramus, 
 concedimus, et confirmamus, pro nobis et haeredibus nos- 
 tris, praefato Duci, quod ipse ad totam vitam suam habeat 
 omnes fines pro transgressione et aliis malefactis quibus- 
 cumque ; ac etiam fines pro licentia concordandi, et omni- 
 modos alios fines, redemptiones, et amerciamenta, ex qua- 
 cumque causa et per quamcumque causam provenientia, 
 necnon exitus forisfactos de omnibus hominibus et tenentibus 
 de et in terris et feodis praedicti Ducis, et de omnibus infra 
 eadem terras et feoda residentibus, quanquam iidem ho- 
 mines, tenentes, seu residentes, ministri nostri vel haeredum 
 nostrorum existant. Et quod idem Dux ad totam vitam suam 
 habeat quascumque forisfacturas annum diem vastum et 
 
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 us lies, of our especial grace accept and approve the same, 
 and do grant and confirm them by the tenor of these pre- 
 sents to the aforesaid Duke and his heirs aforesaid for ever, 
 as the charters and letters abovesaid reasonably do wit- 
 ness. Willing, moreover, to shew the same Duke more notwith- 
 
 °' ' standing 
 
 ample favor in this behalf, we have granted of our espe- non-user, 
 cial grace for us and our heirs, and by this our charter 
 have confirmed, that albeit, any case arising, he have not 
 hitherto fully used any one or more of the donations, 
 grants, confirmations, liberties, franchises and acquittances, 
 or other things in the said charters and letters contained, 
 nevertheless the same Duke and his heirs aforesaid may 
 henceforth fully enjoy and use for ever the donations, 
 grants, confirmations, liberties, franchises, and acquittances, 
 and all and singular other the things contained in the char- 
 ters and letters aforesaid, as is premised, and every of without let 
 them, without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, the the King's 
 
 bailiffs or 
 
 justices, escheators, sheriffs, or other bailifiB or ministers ministers. 
 of us or our heirs whomsoever. And furthermore, hav- Merits of 
 
 grantee the 
 
 ing condign consideration of the strenuous goodness and f^^^'o^f^J;. 
 most excellent wisdom, and other manifold merits and sent grant 
 good demeanour of our aforesaid uncle, who yielding to 
 no labors or expenses hath ever in times past proved him- 
 self, and yet unweariedly proves himself, equally ready and 
 compliant in giving his counsel, and in the performance of 
 other duties profitable and honorable to us and our whole 
 realm, and being desirous in regard of the premises to 
 endow with ampler favors and grace our aforesaid uncle, 
 who, far beyond others in wisdom, prowess, and honor, 
 is able to avail and stand us and our realm aforesaid in 
 better stead, do, of our more abundant grace, for the 
 greater security of the same Duke our uncle, declare, grant, for term of 
 and confirm for us and our heirs to the aforesaid Duke, oukeofLan- 
 
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 estreppamentum, et quicquid ad nos vel haeredes nostros 
 pertinere poterit de anno die vasto et estreppamento, fo- 
 risfacturis et murdris, infra terras et feoda praedicta, in 
 quibuscumque euriis nostris et haeredum nostrorum sive in 
 quacumque curia alterius, contigerit quod praedicti homi- 
 nes, tenentes, seu residentes facient fines vel erunt amer- 
 ciati, vel exitus forisfacient, seu quod praedicta annus dies 
 vastum et estreppamentum, forisfactura vel murdrum, ad- 
 judicata erunt, tam in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostro- 
 rum, quam in absentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, et 
 tam coram nobis et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria nostra 
 et haeredum nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et baronibus 
 de scaccario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, et coram justitia- 
 riis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de communi banco, necnon 
 coram senescallo et marescallis seu coram coronatore hospitii 
 nostri et haeredum nostrorum vel clerico mercati, qui pro 
 tempore erunt, et in aliis euriis nostris et haeredum nostro- 
 rum, quam coram justitiariis nostris itinerantibus ad com- 
 munia placita et ad placita forestae, justitiariis ad assisas 
 capiendas et gaolas deliberandas, ac coram quibuscumque 
 aliis justitiariis et ministris nostris et haeredum nostrorum, 
 tam in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, quam in 
 absentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, adeo plene et integre 
 sicut nos vel haeredes nostri ea haberemus si ilia praefato 
 Duci non concessissemus. Ita quod praedictus Dux per 
 manus ballivorum et aliorum ministrorum suorum levare, 
 percipere, et habere possit, fines, redemptiones, et amercia- 
 menta ipsorum hominum tenentium et residentium de et in 
 terris et feodis praedictis, exitus forisfactos, et quicquid ad 
 nos vel haeredes nostros pertinere poterit de anno die vasto 
 estreppamento, forisfac^jris et murdris, de et in terris et 
 feodis praedictis, quae coram dictis justitiariis itinerantibus 
 ad communia placita et ad placita forestae, ac coram prae- 
 
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 that he for the whole of his life may have all fines for tres- fines for 
 pass and other misdeeds whatsoever, and also fines for li- 5oJt'fin?sr^ 
 cence to agree, and all manner of other fines, ransoms, and ISJ^!' 
 amercements, from whatever cause and through whatever fefted issue's. 
 cause proceeding, and also forfeited issues in respect of 
 all the men and tenants of and in the lands and fees of 
 the aforesaid Duke, and in respect of all resiants within 
 the same lands and fees, albeit the same men, tenants, or 
 resiants be ministers of us or our heirs. And that the Forfeitures, 
 
 year, day, 
 
 same Duke, for the whole of his life, may have all manner and waste 
 of forfeitures, year, day, waste, and estrepement, and what- 
 ever to us or our heirs can pertain of year, day, waste, and 
 estrepement, forfeitures and murders, within the lands and 
 fees aforesaid, in what courts soever, of us and our heirs, or imposed or 
 
 adjudged in 
 
 in whatever court of any other it may happen that the any court, 
 aforesaid men, tenants, or resiants shall make fines or be 
 amerced or forfeit issues, or that the aforesaid year, day, 
 waste, and estrepement, forfeiture or murder, be adjudged 
 — as well in presence of us and our heirs as in absence of us 
 and our heirs, and as well before us and our heirs, and in 
 the chancery of us and our heirs, and before the treasurer 
 and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, and be- 
 fore the justices of the common bench of us and our heirs, 
 and also before the steward and marshals, or before the 
 coroner of the household, of us and our heirs, or the clerk 
 of the market for the time being, and in other the courts 
 of us and our heirs, as before our justices in eyre to hold 
 common pleas and pleas of the forest, our justices assigned 
 to take the assizes and to deliver our gaols, and before all 
 other justices and ministers of us and our heirs whomso- 
 ever, as well in presence of us and our heirs as in absence 
 of us and our heirs, — as fully and entirely as we or our asfuuyas 
 heirs would have them if we had not granted them to the ^ '"^ 
 
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 dictis senescallo et marescallis coronatore vel clerico mer- 
 cati, fieri seu adjudicari contigerit, per extractas eorum- 
 dem justitiariorum itinerantium in itineribus suis, ac prse- 
 dictorum senescalli marescallorum coronatoris et clerici in 
 sessionibus suis, ballivis et ministris praedicti Ducis inde 
 liberandas ; ac etiam fines, redemptiones, et amerciamen- 
 ta de hominibus tenentibus et residentibus prsedietis, ac 
 exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos vel hseredes nostros 
 pertinere poterunt de anno die vasto estreppamento, foris- 
 facturis et murdris, de et in terris et feodis prsedietis, quae 
 coram nobis vel hseredibus nostris, vel in cancellaria nostra 
 et haeredum nostrorum, seu coram thesaurario et baronibus 
 de scaccario nostro et hseredum nostrorum, vel coram jus- 
 titiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de communi banco, 
 sive coram justitiariis ad assisas capiendas et gaolas de- 
 liberandas, aut justitiariis ad transgressiones et felonias 
 audiendas et terminandas assignatis, seu coram aliis justi- 
 tiariis vel ministris nostris quibuscumque et haeredum nos- 
 trorum, fieri vel adjudicari contigerit, per extractas de scac- 
 cario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, ballivis et ministris 
 praefati Ducis, per manus vicecomitum in quorum ballivis 
 dicta terrae et feoda existunt, inde liberandas ; — sine occa- 
 sione vel impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, jus- 
 titiariorum, vicecomitum, escaetorum, aut aliorum minis- 
 trorum nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum quorumcumque. 
 Et quod praedictus Dux ad totam vitam suam per se et 
 ministros suos in omnibus terris et feodis praedictis, tam 
 in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam in ab- 
 sentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, faciat et habeat 
 assaiam et assisam panis vini et cervisiae et omnimodorum 
 aliorum victualium quorumcumque ac aliorum ad ofiicium 
 clerici de mercato nostri et haeredum nostrorum pertinen- 
 tium, cum punitione eorumdem quotiens et quando expe- 
 
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 aforesaid Duke. So that the aforesaid Duke by the hands The puke 
 
 •' may levy the 
 
 of his bailiffs and other ministers may be able to levy, per- o^^^offl^cers, 
 ceive, and have the fines, ransoms, and amercements of the ll TeilllVa 
 same men, tenants, and resiants of and in the lands and 
 fees aforesaidj forfeited issues, and whatever to us or our 
 heirs can pertain of year, day, and waste, estrepement, for- 
 feitures, and murders, of and in the lands and fees afore- 
 said, which shall happen to be made or adjudged before 
 the said justices in eyre to hold common pleas and pleas 
 of the forest, and before the aforesaid steward and mar- 
 shals, coroner, or clerk of the market, by estreats of the 
 same justices in eyre in their circuits, and of the aforesaid 
 steward, marshals, coroner, and clerk, in their sessions, 
 to be delivered thereof to the bailiffs and ministers of the 
 aforesaid Duke ; and also the fines, ransoms, and amerce- 
 ments of the aforesaid men, tenants, and resiants, and for- 
 feited issues, and all things which to us or our heirs can 
 pertain of year, day, waste, estrepement, forfeitures, and 
 murders, of and in the lands and fees aforesaid, which 
 shall happen to be made or adjudged before us or our 
 heirs, or in the chancery of us and our heirs, or before 
 the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and 
 our heirs, or before the justices of us and our heirs of 
 the common bench, or before our justices assigned to 
 take the assizes and to deliver our gaols, or the justices 
 assigned to hear and determine trespasses and felonies, 
 or before other the justices or ministers of us and our 
 heirs whomsoever, by estreats of the exchequer of us 
 and our heirs, to be delivered thereof to the bailiffs and 
 ministers of the aforesaid Duke by the hands of the sheriffs 
 in whose bailiwicks the said lands and fees do lie; — without without let 
 let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or of our justices, k?^'s'^ 
 
 1 •«• 1 1 . . n Officers. 
 
 sheriffs, escheators, or other ministers of us and our heirs 
 
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 diens fuerit et necesse : ac etiam habeat et percipiat fines 
 amerciamenta et redemptiones ac omnimoda proficua inde 
 provenientia; ita quod clericus mercati nostri et haeredum 
 nostrorum non ingrediatur dicta terras vel feoda pro aliqui- 
 bus ad officium suum pertinentibus faciendis seu exercendis. 
 Et quod praedictus Dux ad totam vitam suam habeat catalla 
 fugitivorum et felon um tarn felonura de se quam aliorum 
 quorumcumque ac utlagatorum ex quacumque causa omni- 
 um hominum et tenentium de et in terris et feodis prae- 
 dictis, necnon omnium residentium infra eadem terras et 
 feoda, quanquam iidem homines tenentes aut residentes 
 ministri nostri vel hasredum nostrorum existant : ita quod 
 si aliquis hominum et tenentium de et in terris et feodis 
 praedictis seu aliquis residentium in dictis terris et feodis, 
 aut aliquis alius in eisdem terris et feodis, pro aliquo suo 
 malefacto quocumque debeat vitam vel membrum amittere, 
 seu fugiat, et judicio stare noluerit, aut aliquam aliam 
 transgressionem faciat pro qua ipse debet perdere catalla 
 sua, (in quo loco justitia de eo fieri debeat, sive in curia 
 nostra et haeredum nostrorum vel in aliis curiis,) catalla 
 ilia sint praedicti Ducis: et quod liceat ei seu ministris 
 suis ponere se in seisinam dictorum catallorum et eadem 
 catalla ad opus praefati Ducis retinere ; — sine occasione vel 
 impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, vicecomitum, 
 escaetorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nos- 
 trorum et haeredum nostrorum quorumcumque. Et quod 
 praefatus Dux ad totam vitam suam habeat retorna omnium 
 brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, necnon sum- 
 monitionum extractarum et praeceptorum de scaccario nostro, 
 et de scaccario haeredum nostrorum, ac extractarum et prae- 
 ceptorum justitiariorum nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum 
 itinerantium tarn ad placita forestae quam ad communia 
 placita, ac aliorum justitiariorum quorumcumque, necnon 
 
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 whomsoever. And that the aforesaid Duke, for the whole Assay and 
 
 ' assize of 
 
 of his life, by himself and his ministers, in all the lands SmTtters 
 and fees aforesaid, as well in presence of us and our heirs S^oKof 
 
 , f, 11' 111 clerk of the 
 
 as in absence of us and our heirs, may make and have market. 
 the assay and assize of bread, wine, and ale, and of all 
 manner of other victuals whatsoever, and of other things 
 pertaining to the office of the clerk of the market of us 
 and our heirs, together with the punishment thereof when- 
 ever and so often as it shall be necessary and expedient ; 
 and also that he may have and perceive the fines, amerce- 
 ments, and ransoms, and all manner of profits thence pro- 
 ceeding, so that the clerk of the market of us and our heirs 
 shall not enter the said lands or fees to do or exercise any 
 matters pertaining to his office. And that the aforesaid chattels of 
 
 felons and 
 
 Duke, for the whole of his life, may have the chattels of fugitives. 
 fugitives and felons, as well felons of themselves as of 
 others whomsoever, and of outlaws for any cause soever, 
 of all the men and tenants of and in the lands and fees 
 aforesaid, and also of all resiants within the same lands 
 and fees, albeit the same men, tenants or resiants be 
 ministers of us or our heirs, so that if any of the men 
 and tenants of and in the lands and fees aforesaid, or any 
 of the resiants in the said lands and fees, or any other 
 person in the same lands and fees, for any misdeed what- 
 soever, ought to lose life or limb, or shall flee and not be 
 willing to stand their trial, or shall commit any other tres- 
 pass for the which they ought to lose their chattels (in 
 whatsoever place justice shall be had of them, whether in 
 the court of us and our heirs or in other courts), such 
 chattels shall belong to the aforesaid Duke : And that it May seize 
 shall be lawful for him or his ministers to put themselves in without let 
 
 * ^ from the 
 
 seizin of the said chattels, and the same chattels to retain king's bai- 
 
 ' lilts or mi- 
 
 to the behoof of the aforesaid Duke ; — without let or bin- "^s^^^^- 
 
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 attach iamenta tarn de placitis coronae quam aliorum in omni- 
 bus terris et feodis praedictis. Et quod praedictus Dux ad 
 totam vitam suam per se et per ballivos et ministros suos 
 habeat in eisdem terris et feodis executionem eorumdem 
 brevium summonitionum extractarum et praeceptorum. Ita 
 quod nuUus vicecomes ballivus seu alius minister noster 
 vel hseredum nostrorum praedicta terras et feoda ingredia- 
 tur pro aliquo officio vel aliqua re officium suum tangen- 
 te faciendo, nisi in defectu ipsius Ducis vel ministrorum 
 suorum. Et ulterius concedimus et hac carta nostra con- 
 firmavimus pro nobis et dictis haeredibus nostris quod si 
 vicecomites vel ballivi libertatum hundredorum seu wapen- 
 tachiorum, in aliquibus executionibus pro praedicto Duce, 
 per brevia seu mandata nostra vel hseredum nostrorum, 
 seu aliquo alio modo, faciendis, negligentes fuerint vel 
 remissi, per quod contigerit ipsos amerciari aut fines facere 
 in scaccario vel in aliis curiis nostris et haeredum nostro- 
 rum, hujusmodi fines et amerciamenta sint prsefati Ducis, 
 et quod leventur ad opus ipsius Ducis per ministros suos 
 supradictos, durante vita sua. Et quod praedictus Dux ad 
 totam vitam suam habeat infra omnia praedicta terras et 
 feoda omnimoda catalla vocata wayf et stray, deodanda, 
 thesaurum inventum ac alias res vel catalla inventa; et 
 quod ipse per se et ministros suos seisire et capere possit 
 ad voluntatem suam ad opus praedicti Ducis, wayfs et 
 strayes, deodanda, thesaurum inventum ac alia inventa 
 supradicta. Et quod praedictus Dux ad totam vitam suam 
 habeat quaecumque bona et catalla vocata manuopera cap- 
 ta vel capienda cum quacumque persona infra terras et 
 feoda praedicta, ac per eandem personam coram quocum- 
 que judice dead vocata. Salvis semper et reservatis praefato 
 Duci, et haeredibus suis praedictis, omnimodis aliis privi- 
 legiis, immunitatibus, et quietantiis, eis, per nos aut per 
 
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 derance of us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs, escheators, 
 or other bailiffs or ministers of us and our heirs whomso- 
 ever. And that the aforesaid Duke, for the whole of his Return and 
 
 execution of 
 
 life, may have the return of all writs of us and our heirs, ^"t^, sum- 
 
 ' •' ' mons, es- 
 
 and also of summons, estreats, and precepts, of our ex- precepts"*^ 
 chequer and of the exchequer of our heirs, and of the 
 estreats and precepts of the justices of us and our heirs 
 in eyre to hold as well pleas of the forest as common 
 pleas, and of other justices whomsoever, and also the at- Attachment 
 
 ^ ' ** ^ of pleas of 
 
 tachment as well of pleas of the crown as of others in the crown. 
 all the lands and fees aforesaid. And that the afore- 
 said Duke, for the whole of his life, by himself and by his 
 bailiffs and ministers may have in the same lands and fees 
 the execution of the same writs, summons, estreats, and 
 precepts, so that no sheriff, bailiff, or other minister of no sheriff or 
 
 ^ ^ ' . other bailiff 
 
 us or our heirs shall enter the aforesaid lands and fees to of the Kin? 
 
 may intromit, 
 
 perform any office, or anything touching his office, unless ^^^^l^ ^" '^®" 
 in default of the same Duke or his ministers. And fur- Fi„es and 
 thermore we do grant, and by this our charter have con- S?2ntrof 
 firmed, for us and our said heirs, that if the sheriffs or bailiffs of 
 
 liberties for 
 
 bailiffs of liberties, hundreds, or wapentakes be negligent "egugence. 
 or remiss in making any executions for the aforesaid Duke 
 by writs or mandates of us or our heirs, or in any other 
 wise whereby it shall happen that they be amerced or 
 make fines in the exchequer or in other the courts of us 
 and our heirs, such fines and amercements shall belong 
 to the aforesaid Duke, and that they may be levied to the 
 behoof of the same Duke by his ministers abovesaid dur- 
 ing his life. And that the aforesaid Duke, for the whole of wayfs and 
 his life, may have within all the aforesaid lands and fees 
 all manner of chattels called wayf and stray, deodands, Deodands. 
 treasure trove, and other things or chattels found: and Treasure 
 
 . . trove. 
 
 that he by himself and his ministers may be able to seize 
 
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 dictum avum nostrum, datis concessis seu confirmatis. Hiis 
 testibus, venerabilibus patribus Willielrao Cantuariensi to- 
 tius Angliai Primate, Thoma Eboracensi Anglian Primate, 
 Cancellario nostro, Archiepiscopis, Roberto Londinensi, Ro- 
 berto Cicestrensi, Tideman Wigornensi, Episcopis, Edmundo 
 Eborum, Thoma Gloucestriae, Ducibus, avunculis nostris ea- 
 rissimis, Edwardo Rotelandse, Ricardo Arundelliae, Thoma 
 Marescallo et Notinghamise, Henrico Northumbrise, Comi- 
 tibus, Rogero Walden Thesaurario nostro, Thoma de Percy 
 Senescallo hospitii nostri, Guidone Mone Custode privati 
 sigilli nostri, et aliis. Data per manum nostram apud 
 Westmonasterium vicesimo nono die Junii, anno regni 
 nostri vicesimo. 
 
 Per ipsum Regem. 
 
and take at their pleasure, to the behoof of the aforesaid 
 Duke, the wayfs and strays, deodands, treasure trove, and 
 other things found as abovesaid. And that the aforesaid Mainour. 
 Duke, for the whole of his life, may have all manner 
 of goods and chattels called Mainour, taken or to be 
 taken upon any person soever within the lands and fees 
 aforesaid, and by the same person disclaimed before any 
 iudge soever; saving always and reserved to the aforesaid saving of n- 
 
 J o 7 n J berties before 
 
 Duke and his heirs aforesaid all manner of other privileges, feSu ^" 
 immunities, and acquittances, given, granted, or confirmed 
 to them by us or by our said grandfather. These being 
 witnesses, the venerable fathers, William Archbishop of 
 Canterbury, Primate of all England ; Thomas Archbishop 
 of York, Primate of England, our Chancellor; Robert 
 Bishop of London ; Robert Bishop of Chichester ; Tideman 
 Bishop of Worcester ; Edmund Duke of York, and Tho- 
 mas Duke of Gloucester, our most dear uncles; Edward 
 Earl of Rutland ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; Thomas Earl 
 Marshal and of Nottingham; Henry Earl of Northum- 
 berland ; Roger Walden, our Treasurer ; Thomas de Percy, 
 steward of our household; Guy Mone, Keeper of our 
 privy seal; and others. Given under our hand at West- 
 minster, on the twenty-ninth day of June, in the twentieth 
 year of our reign. 
 
 By the King himself. 
 
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 Rot. Pat. 
 1 Hen. 4. 
 p. 5.m.23. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 De declaratione intentionis Regis. 
 
 ENRICUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Francise 
 et Dominus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos prse- 
 sentes literae pervenerint salutem. Sciatis 
 quod cum nos nuper, antequam ad statum 
 regium aspiravimus, habuerimus et tenuerimus ac in prge- 
 senti habeamus et teneamus per legem Angliae diversa 
 honores, castra, hundreda, commota, maneria, terras, te- 
 nementa, annuitates, feoda, advocationes, ac plura alia 
 possessiones et dominia de hsereditate Marise, unius iili- 
 arum et hseredum Humfridi de Bohun nuper comitis Here- 
 fordise, Essexise, et Northamptonise, et Constabularii An- 
 gliae, nuper consortis nostrae defunctse : Nos, volentes 
 dicta honores, castra, hundreda, commota, maneria, terras, 
 tenementa, annuitates, feoda, advocationes, possessiones 
 et dominia, cum juribus libertatibus franchesiis et li- 
 beris consuetudinibus suis quibuscunque, eisdem modo 
 forma conditione et statu quibus ea [ante] adeptionem 
 status nostri regii habuimus et tenuimus, nobis ad ter- 
 minum vitse nostrse plenarie et integre conservari con- 
 tinuari et haberi, volumus ac tenore praesentium, ex certa 
 scientia nostra, concedimus declaramus et ordinamus quod 
 honores, castra, hundreda, commota, maneria, terrae, tene- 
 menta, annuitates, feoda, advocationes, possessiones et do- 
 minia praedicta cum juribus libertatibus franchesiis et 
 liberis consuetudinibus suis praedictis, taliter et tali modo 
 et per tales officiarios et ministros in omnibus deducantur, 
 gubernentur, et pertractentur,sicut deduci,gubernari, et per- 
 
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 XVI. 
 
 A Declaration of the King's intention.* 
 
 ENRY, by the grace of God, King of England i4th oct. 
 
 ■^ and France and Lord of Ireland, to all to a.d.isi 
 U^A '"^ whom the present letters shall come, greet- 
 
 ^=^^^^y^ ' ing. Know ye, that whereas we lately, before Recital that 
 
 we aspired to the re^al estate, did have and hold, and hew certain 
 
 ir o ' ' estates for life 
 
 do at this present have and hold, by the law of England, ^l^^l^^P' 
 divers honors, castles, hundreds, commotes, manors, lands, wifeSy 
 tenements, annuities, fees, advowsons, and many other pos- 
 sessions and lordships of the heritage of Mary, one of the 
 daughters and coheirs of Humphrey de Bohun, late Earl of 
 Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable of Eng- 
 land, our late consort deceased : We, willing that the said 
 honors, castles, hundreds, commotes, manors, lands, tene- 
 ments, annuities, fees, advowsons, possessions, and lord- 
 ships, with their rights, liberties, franchises, and free cus- 
 toms whatsoever, in the same manner, form, state, and 
 condition in which we had and held them before we 
 obtained our royal estate, be fully and entirely continued, 
 kept, and had to us for the term of our life, do will, and Declaration 
 
 ■•■ that said es- 
 
 by the tenor of these presents of our certain knowledge ^on^j^Jlg^^o 
 do grant, declare, and ordain, that the honors, castles, ast^ougf^ 
 hundreds, commotes, manors, lands, tenements, annuities, not obtained 
 fees, advowsons, possessions, and lordships aforesaid, with 
 their rights, liberties, franchises, and free customs aforesaid, 
 so and in such wise, and by such officers and ministers, 
 
 ■^ The original Charter does not now exist in the archives of the 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
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 tractari deberent, si ad culmen dignitatis regiae assumpti 
 minime fuissemus : Volentes ulterius et concedentes, ac ex 
 certa scientia nostra plenarie declarantes, quod universi et 
 singuli liberi tenentes nostri de honoribus, castris, hun- 
 dredis, commotis, maneriis, terris, tenementis, feodis, pos- 
 sessionibus et dominiis prsedictis, et hseredes sui, adeo 
 liberi sint et in omnibus talis ac adeo liberae et illesae 
 conditionis, tarn in ingressibus suis in haereditates suas 
 post mortem antecessorum suorum, quam in tenuris suis, 
 ac alias qualitercumque, sicut esse possent et deberent, de 
 consuetudine vel de jure, si [dicta] dignitas nostra regia 
 nobis nusquam accidisset, dicta assumptione nostra dig- 
 nitatis regiae, aut eo quod honores, castra, hundreda, com- 
 mota, maneria, terrae, tenementa, annuitates, feoda, advo- 
 cationes, possessiones et dominia praedicta in manu nostra 
 jam existunt, seu aliquibus aliis occasionibus, causis, colo- 
 ribus, vel impedimentis quibuscunque, quae incontrarium 
 praesentis voluntatis, concessionis, et declarationis nostrae, 
 vigorem seu efFectum aliquem habere nolumus, in aliquo 
 non obstantibus. Proviso semper quod praerogativa nostra 
 regia quoad maritagia et proficua maritagiorum haeredum 
 tenentium nostrorum dominiorum praedictorura seisienda et 
 habenda, locum habeat et vigorem. Volumus insuper et 
 concedimus, ac ex certa scientia nostra ordinamus, quod 
 universa et singula beneficia ecclesiastica ad honores, 
 castra, hundreda, commota, terras, tenementa, posses- 
 siones et dominia praedicta spectantia, per nos durante 
 vita nostra conferantur: Ita quod cancellarius vel the- 
 saurarius Angliae pro tempore existentes, seu quivis alius 
 officiarius regius, de coUatione vel praesentatione, seu etiam 
 de visitatione beneficiorum hujusmodi, ratione ofRciorum 
 suorum, se nullatenus intromittant durante vita nostra 
 supradicta. Volumus etiam ac tenore praesentium con 
 
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 be in all respects managed, governed, and treated, as they 
 would have been managed, governed, and treated if we had 
 never assumed the ensign of royal dignity: Willing, fur- The tenants 
 thermore, and granting, and of our certain knowledge fully and how 
 declaring, that all and singular our free tenants of the ancestors' 
 honors, castles, hundreds, commotes, manors, lands, tene- beenaccus- 
 ments, fees, possessions, and lordships aforesaid, and their ^°^^^' 
 heirs, may be as free, and in all respects of such and of 
 as free and unimpaired condition, as well in their entries 
 upon their inheritances after the death of their ancestors 
 as in their tenures, and otherwise howsoever, as they could 
 and ought to be by custom or of right if our said royal 
 dignity had never fallen to us, our said assumption of the 
 royal dignity notwithstanding, or notwithstanding that the 
 honors, castles, hundreds, commotes, manors, lands, tene- 
 ments, annuities, fees, advowsons, possessions, and lord- 
 ships aforesaid are now in our hands, or any other lets, 
 causes, colors, or impediments whatsoever, (which we will 
 not to have any force or effect to the contrary of this 
 our present will, grant, and declaration,) in anywise not- 
 withstanding. Provided always that our royal prero- saving the 
 gative in respect oi seizmg and havmg the marriages and rogativeas 
 the profits of the marriages of the heirs of our tenants of 
 the aforesaid lordships have effect and viffor. We will more- chancellor of 
 
 ^ ^ ° ^ England not 
 
 over and grant, and of our certain knowledge do ordain, ^JP^'^^^^Je ^° 
 that all and singular ecclesiastical benefices belonging to "^^<=®s- 
 the honors, castles, hundreds, commotes, lands, tenements, 
 possessions, and lordships aforesaid shall be conferred by 
 us during our life ; so that the chancellor or treasurer of 
 England for the time being, or any other royal officer, 
 do in nowise intermeddle by reason of their offices in the 
 collation or presentation, or even in the visitation, of the 
 like benefices during our life abovesaid. We will also, 
 
101 
 
 cedimus et ordinamus, quod omnes et singuli receptores, 
 feodarii, firmarii, ballivi, praepositi, ac quicumque alii ser- 
 vientes et ministri iiostri praedictorum honorum, castro- 
 rum, hundredorum, commotorum, maneriorum, terrarum, 
 tenementorum, annuitatum, feodorum, possessionum et 
 dominiorum, de omnibus et singulis denariis, firmis, red- 
 ditibus, exitibus, reventionibus, et proficuis quibuscumque 
 de eisdem honoribus, castris, hundredis, commotis, mane- 
 riis, terris, tenementis, annuitatibus, feodis, possessionibus 
 et dominiis, qualitercumque provenientibus, coram certis 
 auditoribus, officiariis et ministris, per nos de tempore in 
 tempus ad hoc limitandis et assignandis, duntaxat, et 
 non coram thesaurario et baronibus de scaccario regio, 
 computent et respondeant. Ita quod thesaurarius et 
 barones de scaccario prsedicto, de aliquibus hujusmodi 
 denariis, firmis, redditibus, exitibus, reventionibus aut pro- 
 ficuis, seu de aliquibus compotis vel ratiociniis inde au- 
 diendis, habendis, reddendis, vel terminandis, durante vita 
 nostra, se non intromittant ullo modo. In cujus rei tes- 
 timonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste 
 me ipso apud Westmonasterium, quarto decimo die Octo- 
 bris, anno regni nostri primo. 
 
 Per ipsum Regem. 
 
101 
 
 and by the tenor of these presents do grant and ordain, AuVeceivers 
 that all and singular our receivers, feodaries, farmers, to account 
 
 , , before special 
 
 bailiiFs, reeves, and other our servants and ministers who- auditors, and 
 
 ' ' not at the 
 
 soever of the aforesaid honors, castles, hundreds, com- Chequer." 
 motes, manors, lands, tenements, annuities, fees, posses- 
 sions, and lordships, for all and singular sums of money, 
 farms, rents, issues, revenues, and profits whatever in any 
 manner proceeding from the same honors, castles, hundreds, 
 commotes, manors, lands, tenements, annuities, fees, pos- 
 sessions, and lordships, shall account and answer only 
 before certain auditors, officers, and ministers from time 
 to time to be hereunto hmited and assigned by us, 
 and not before the treasurer and barons of the royal ex- 
 chequer. So that the treasurer and barons of the ex- 
 chequer aforesaid shall not in any wise intermeddle during 
 our life in any the like monies, farms, rents, issues, re- 
 venues, or profits, or in the auditing, having, rendering, 
 or determining any the accounts or reckonings thereof. 
 In witness whereof we have caused these our letters to 
 be made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, on the 
 fourteenth day of October, in the first year of our reign. 
 
 By the King himself. 
 
102 
 
 XVIL 
 
 De declaratione intentionis Regis. 
 
 ENRICUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae 
 ^ et Dominus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos prae- 
 Sl sentes literse pervenerint salutem. Sciatis 
 quod cum ducatus Lancastriae, ac quamplura 
 alia comitatus, honores, castra, maneria, feoda, posses- 
 siones et dominia, infra regnum nostrum Angliae et 
 Wallise, ac alibi, nobis tam per mortem Celebris memo- 
 riae Henrici nuper Ducis Lancastriae avi nostri, ac ca- 
 rissimi domini et patris nostri Johannis nuper Ducis 
 Lancastriae, necnon carissimae dominae et matris nostrae 
 Blanchiae uxoris ejus, filiae et haeredis praedicti Henrici, 
 nobis jure baereditario, antequam ad statum et dignitatem 
 regalem rerum Dominus omnium sua inefFabili dementia 
 nos nuperrime evocavit, descenderint et acciderint, in quibus 
 quidem ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, castris, maneriis, 
 possessionibus et dominiis, diversa libertates, jura re- 
 galia, consuetudines et franchesiae, dictis progenitoribus et 
 antecessoribus nostris, quaedam, videlicet, eis et haeredibus 
 de corporibus suis exeuntibus, et quaedam sibi et haeredibus 
 masculis de corporibus suis exeuntibus, ac quaedam praefato 
 domino et patri nostro ad terminum vitae suae, per diversas 
 cartas, tam domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae avi nos- 
 tri, quam domini Ricardi nuper Regis Angliae secundi 
 post conquestum, sunt et fuerant concessa, prout in cartis 
 praedictis quarum tenores sequuntur in haec verba, — 
 
 EDWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae et 
 Dominus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos praesentes literae per- 
 
102 
 
 XVII. 
 
 A Declaration of the King's intention.* 
 
 ENRY, by the grace of God, King of England {^^^^^''J- 
 and France and Lord of Ireland, to all to ^•°- ^^'^^• 
 S whom the present letters shall come, greet- 
 
 inff. Know ye, that whereas the duchy of Redtaithat 
 
 1 , . , 1 the King 
 
 JLancaster, and very many other counties, honors, castles, ^^^id the 
 manors, fees, possessions, and lordships, within our realm ^ndSer 
 of England and Wales and elsewhere, before the Lord of vadouV" 
 all things so lately in his unspeakable mercy called us to inEuance, 
 the regal estate and dignity, did descend and come unto us 
 by hereditary right, by the death as well of Henry of famous 
 memory, late Duke of Lancaster, our grandfather, as of our 
 most dear lord and father John late Duke of Lancaster, and 
 also of our most dear lady and mother Blanche, his wife, 
 daughter and heiress of the aforesaid Henry ; in which said and that 
 
 , divers liber- 
 
 duchy, counties, honors, castles, manors, possessions, and "^* f."*\/j^^" 
 lordships, divers liberties, jura regalia, customs, and fran- fhe^efn^bj?^^ 
 chises were and had been granted to our said progenitors tTs^viz!^^'^' 
 and ancestors, — to wit, some to them and the heirs of their 
 bodies issuing, and some to them and the heirs male of 
 their bodies issuing, and some to our aforesaid lord and 
 father for the term of his life, — by divers charters as well of 
 the lord Edward late King of England, our grandfather, as 
 of the lord Richard late King of England, the second after 
 the conquest, as is contained more fully in the charters 
 aforesaid, the tenors whereof follow in these words : 
 
 EDWARD, by the erace of God, Kinff of England and 28th Feb. 
 
 * The original Charter does not now exist in the archives of the -^-^-i^??. 
 Duchy of Lancaster. 
 
103 
 
 venerint, salutem. Sciatis quod si nos, debita considera- 
 tione pensantes gestus magnificos cunctorum qui nobis in 
 guerris nostris laudabiliter et strenue servierunt, ipsos desi- 
 deremus honoribus attoUere et pro viribus juxta merita prse- 
 miare, quanto magis filios nostros, quos tarn in sapientia quam 
 in gestu nobili alios prsecellere conspicimus, et qui nobis 
 locum tenuerunt et tenere poterunt potiorem, nos convenit 
 majoribus honoribus et gratiis praerogare. Considerantes 
 itaque probitatem strenuara et sapientiam prsecellentem 
 carissimi filii nostri Johannis Regis Castellae et Legionis, 
 Ducis Lancastrise, qui laboribus et expensis semper se 
 nobis obsequiosum exhibuit, pro nobis pluries in necessi- 
 tatibus intrepide se guerrarum discriminibus exponendo ; et 
 volentes eo prsetextu ac desiderantes eundem filium nos- 
 trum aliquali commodo et honore ad prsesens, licet non ad 
 plenum, prout digna merita exposcunt, remunerare ; ex 
 certa scientia nostra et Iseto corde, de assensu prselatorum 
 et procerum in instanti parliamento nostro apud Westrno- 
 nasterium convocato existentium, concessimus, pro nobis et 
 haeredibus nostris, prsefato filio nostro, quod ipse ad totam 
 vitam suam habeat infra comitatum Lancastrise cancella- 
 riam suam, ac brevia sua sub sigillo suo pro officio cancel- 
 lariae deputando consignanda, justitiarios suos tam ad pla- 
 cita coronge quam ad quaecumque alia placita communem 
 legem tangentia tenenda, ac cognitiones eorundem, et quas- 
 cumque executiones per brevia sua et ministros suos ibidem 
 faciendas, et quaecumque alia libertates et jura regalia ad 
 Comitem Palatinum pertinentia, adeo integre et libere sicut 
 Comes Cestriae infra eundem comitatum Cestriae dinoscitur 
 obtinere (decimis quintisdecimis et aliis quotis et subsidiis 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris per communitatem regni nostri, 
 et decimis et ahis quotis per clerum ejusdem regni nobis 
 concessis et imposterum concedendis, aut eidem clero per 
 
103 
 
 France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present 
 letters shall come, greeting. Know ye, that if we, weigh- 
 ing with due consideration the noble bearings of all those 
 who laudably and strenuously have served us in our wars, 
 be desirous of raising them to honors, and rewarding them 
 for their valor according to their merits, how much more 
 doth it become us to advance with greater honors and 
 favors our own sons, whom we see excelling others as well 
 in wisdom as in noble bearing, and who have stood and 
 may stand us in better stead. Considering, therefore, the Grant for iife 
 
 , ,, 'in . of a Court of 
 
 strenuous goodness and excellent wisdom oi our most dear chancery in 
 
 ^ the county of 
 
 son John King of Castille and Leon, Duke of Lancas- Lancaster, 
 ter, who hath ever shewn himself ready to serve us with 
 labor and charges, many times in our need intrepidly 
 exposing himself for us to the dangers of war, and being 
 willing on that account, and desiring now to reward, 
 albeit not in full, the same our son with some benefit 
 and honor as his merits worthily demand, of our certain 
 knowledge and with cheerful heart, with the assent of 
 the prelates and nobles assembled in our present par- 
 liament convoked at Westminster, we have granted, for 
 us and our heirs, unto our aforesaid son, that he for the 
 whole of his life may have within the county of Lan- 
 caster his chancery, and his writs to be sealed under 
 his seal to be deputed for the office of the chancery, his 
 justices to hold as well pleas of the crown as all other 
 pleas whatsoever touching the common law, and the cog- 
 nisance thereof, and all manner of execution to be made 
 by his writs and his ministers there, and all other liber- 
 ties diud jura regalia pertaining to a Count Palatine, as and jum re- 
 freely and entirely as the Earl of Chester is well known SS^toa 
 
 • . . Count Pa- 
 
 to obtam withm the same county of Chester : (saving i^tine. 
 always the tenths, fifteenths, and other contributions 
 
104 
 
 sedem apostolicam impositis et imponendis, ac pardona- 
 tionibus vitae et membrorum in casu quo aliquis ejusdem 
 comitatus aut alius in eodem comitatu pro aliquo delicto 
 vitam vel membrum amittere debeat, ac etiam superioritate 
 et potestate corrigendi ea quae in curiis ejusdem filii nostri 
 ibidem erronice facta fuerint, vel si idem filius noster aut 
 ministri sui in justitia in curiis ejusdem filii nostri inibi 
 facienda defecerint, semper salvis). Et est intentionis nos- 
 trae quod idem filius noster, ad mandata nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, ad parliamenta et concilia nostra duos milites 
 pro communitate comitatus praedicti et duos burgenses de 
 quolibet burgo ejusdem comitatus ad tractandum cum aliis 
 de communitate dicti regni nostri ad eadem parliamenta et 
 concilia venientibus de negotiis dicti regni nostri in eisdem 
 parliamentis et conciliis exponendis mittere teneatur. Et 
 quod idem filius noster certos homines fideles et sufRcientes 
 ad hujusmodi decimas et quintasdecimas subsidia et alia 
 quota quotiens ea nobis seu haeredibus nostris in parlia- 
 mentis seu conciliis concedi contigerit assignet; ita quod 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris de sic concessis respondeatur 
 per eosdem. In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras 
 fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonas- 
 terium vicesimo octavo die Februarii, anno regni nostri 
 Angliae quinquagesimo primo, regni vero nostri Franciae 
 tricesimo octavo. 
 
 RICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae et Do- 
 minus Hiberniae archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, prio- 
 ribus, ducibus, comitibus, baronibus, justitiariis, vicecomiti- 
 bus, praepositis, ministris, et omnibus ballivis et fidelibus 
 suis, salutem. Sciatis quod cum dominus Edwardus nuper 
 Rex Angliae, avus noster, per cartam suam dedisset et con- 
 cessisset carissimo avunculo nostro, filio suo, Johanni Duci 
 Lancastriae, tunc Comiti Lancastriae, nomen et honorem 
 
104 
 
 and subsidies granted and hereafter to be granted to us 
 and our heirs by the commonalty of our realm, and the 
 tenths and other contributions granted and hereafter to 
 be granted to us by the clergy of the same our realm, 
 or imposed and to be imposed upon the same clergy 
 by the apostolic see; — and the pardon of life and limbs 
 in case that any person of the same county, or other 
 person in the same county, ought for any delict to lose 
 his life or limb ; — and also the superiority and power 
 of correcting those things which shall have been erro- 
 neously done there in the courts of our same son, or if 
 our same son or his ministers shall have failed in doing 
 justice there also in the courts of the same our son.) And The Duke to 
 
 ** ' send kniyhts 
 
 it is our intention that our same son, at the mandates of ami^bur*!*'^^ 
 us and our heirs, be held to send to our parliaments and ferv?ii° par- 
 councils two knights for the commonalty of the shire afore- ^'^'"^"*'" 
 said, and two burgesses from every borough of the same 
 shire, to treat with the others of the commonalty of our 
 said realm coming to the said parliaments and councils 
 concerning the affairs of our said realm in the same parlia- 
 ments and councils to be declared. And that our same son andtoap. 
 
 in* • -y re ' piti point collec- 
 
 shall assign certam trusty and sumcient men for the like torsofsubsu 
 
 ^ ^ . dies granted 
 
 tenths and fifteenths, subsidies and other contributions, so ^^ p'»'^''«- 
 
 ' meiit. 
 
 often as they shall happen to be granted to us or our heirs 
 in parliament or council ; so that we and our heirs may by 
 them be answered in respect of such grants. In witness 
 whereof we have caused these our letters to be made 
 patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, on the twenty- 
 eighth day of February, in the fifty-first year of our reign 
 of England, and the thirty-eighth of our reign of France. 
 
 RICHARD, by the grace of God, King of England and lethFeb. 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to his archbishops, bishops, a.d. isyo. 
 abbots, priors, dukes, earls, barons, justices, sherifl^s, reeves, 
 
 p 
 
105 
 
 Ducis et ipsum in Ducem Lancastriae prsefecisset, ac de 
 eisdem nomine et honore per cincturam gladii et apposi- 
 tionem cappse suo capiti investivisset, habenda eadem 
 nomen et honorem Ducis Lancastriae, sibi et hseredibus 
 suis masculis de corpore suo legitime procreatis imper- 
 petuum ; subsequenterque idem avus noster per literas 
 suas patentes concessisset pro se et hseredibus suis prse- 
 fato avunculo nostro quod ipse ad totam vitam suam 
 haberet infra comitatum Lancastriae cancellariam suam, 
 ac brevia sua sub sigillo suo pro officio cancellariae de- 
 putando consignanda, justitiarios suos tam ad placita co- 
 ronas quam ad quaecumque alia placita communem legem 
 tangentia, tenenda, ac cognitiones eorundem, et quas- 
 cumque executiones per brevia sua et ministros suos 
 ibidem faciendas, et quaecumque alia libertates et jura re- 
 galia ad Comitem Palatinum pertinentia, adeo libere et in- 
 tegre sicut Comes Cestriae infra eundem comitatum Cestriae 
 dinoscitur obtinere (decimis quintisdecimis et aliis quotis et 
 subsidiis, eidem avo nostro et haeredibus suis per communi- 
 tatem regni sui, et decimis et aliis quotis per clerum ejus- 
 dem regni tunc concessis et extunc concedendis, aut eidem 
 clero per sedem apostolicam impositis et imponendis, ac 
 pardonationibus vitae et membrorum, in casu quo aliquis 
 ejusdem comitatus, aut alius in eodem comitatu, pro aliquo 
 delicto vitam vel membrum amittere deberet, ac etiam su- 
 perioritate et potestate corrigendi ea quae in curia ejusdem 
 avunculi nostri ibidem erronice facta fuerint, vel [si] idem 
 avunculus noster aut ministri sui in justitia in curia sua 
 facienda defecerint. semper salvis) : Et quod idem avun- 
 culus noster ad mandata ejusdem avi nostri et haeredum 
 suorum ad parliamenta et concilia sua duos milites pro 
 communitate comitatus praedicti et duos burgenses de 
 quolibet burgo ejusdem comitatus ad tractandum, cum 
 
105 
 
 ministers, and all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. 
 
 Know ye, that whereas the Lord Edward, late King of RecUaiof 
 
 T-t !/•! Tiii-1 • I Charter of 
 
 England, our grandfather, did by his charter give and KingEdw.s. 
 
 f=> ^ ^ O 'J O creating Lis 
 
 grant to his son, our most dear uncle, John Duke of ^P"/"*^" 
 
 o ' ' Duke of 
 
 Lancaster, 
 
 Lancaster, at that time Earl of Lancaster, the name and 
 honor of Duke, and did make him Duke of Lancaster, 
 and invest him with the same name and honor by gird- 
 ing of the sword and setting upon his head the cap, to 
 have the same name and honor of Duke of Lancaster to 
 him and his heirs male of his body lawfully begotten for 
 ever; and subsequently our same grandfather did by his and of his 
 
 /•I'li-ii'i' /» grant to him 
 
 letters patent grant for himself and his heirs to our afore- for life of a 
 
 ■*■ ° chancery 
 
 said uncle, that he for the whole of his life should have andi«ra 
 
 ' regalia, as 
 
 within the county of Lancaster his chancery, and his writs pS'fe in 
 to be sealed under his seal to be deputed for the office of U Lancaster. 
 the chancery, his justices to hold as well pleas of the 
 crown as all other pleas whatsoever touching the common 
 law, and the cognizance thereof, and all manner of execu- 
 tion to be made by his writs and his ministers there, and 
 all other liberties and jura regalia pertaining to a Count 
 Palatine, as freely and entirely as the Earl of Chester is 
 well known to obtain within the same county of Chester; 
 saving always the tenths, fifteenths, and other contribu- 
 tions and subsidies then granted and thereafter to be 
 granted to our same grandfather and his heirs by the 
 commonalty of his realm, and the tenths and other con- 
 tributions then granted and thereafter to be granted by 
 the clergy of the same realm, or imposed and to be im- 
 posed upon the same clergy by the apostolic see; and 
 the pardon of life and limbs in case that any person of 
 the same county, or other person in the same county, ought 
 for any delict to lose his life or limb ; and also the su- 
 periority and power of correcting those things which shall 
 
 p 2 
 
106 
 
 aliis dicti regni ad parliamenta et concilia venientibus, de 
 negotiis dicti regni in eisdem parliamentis et aliis expo- 
 nendisj mittere teneretur: et quod idem avunculus noster 
 certos homines fideles et sufficientes ad hujusmodi decimas 
 et quintasdecimas subsidia et alia quota, quotiens ea eidem 
 avo nostro seu haeredibus suis in parliamentis seu con- 
 ciliis concedi contingeret, assignaret; ita quod eidem avo 
 nostro de sic concessis responderetur per eosdem. Ac 
 nos nuper ad prosecutionem ipsius avunculi nostri per peti- 
 tionem suam nobis in parliamento nostro apud Gloucestriam 
 tento exhibitam, suggerentis ipsum praetextu dictorum ver- 
 borum generalium scaccarium suum in eodem comitatu 
 Lancastrise et omnia ad hujusmodi scaccarium pertinentia, 
 ac jurisdictionem et potestatem faciendi et constituendi jus- 
 titiarios suos itinerantes ad placita forestse et alios justitia- 
 rios ad qusecumque alia placita assisam forestse tangentia 
 infra dictum comitatum Lancastriae a tempore concessionis 
 dicti avi nostri tenuisse exercuisse et habuisse, de assensu 
 prselatorum ducum comitum baronum et communitatis regni 
 nostri Anglise in eodem parliamento existentium, per literas 
 nostras patentes declaraverimus eundem avunculum nostrum 
 omnibus et singulis praemissis, per ipsum praetextu dictorum 
 verborum generalium ut praemittitur usitatis, virtute eorum- 
 dem verborum generalium uti posse et debere ; et ulterius 
 de gratia nostra speciali concesserimus, pro nobis et haere- 
 dibus nostris, eidem avunculo nostro, quod ipse scaccarium 
 suum in dicto comitatu Lancastriae, et barones et alios 
 ministros in eodem scaccario necessarios, necnon jurisdic- 
 tiones executiones et consuetudines quascumque in scac- 
 cario nostro Angliae rationabiliter usitatas habeat in eodem 
 scaccario suo et eis ibidem plene gaudeat et rationabiliter 
 utatur: et quod habeat jurisdictionem et potestatem fa- 
 ciendi et constituendi justitiarios suos itinerantes ad placita 
 
106 
 
 have been erroneously done there in the court of our 
 same uncle, or if our same uncle or his ministers should 
 have failed in doing justice in his court. And that our 
 same uncle, at the mandate of the same our grandfather 
 and his heirs, should be held to send to his parliaments 
 and councils two knights for the commonalty of the shire 
 aforesaid, and two burgesses from every borough of the 
 same shire, to treat with the others of the said realm 
 coming to the parliaments and councils concerning the 
 affairs of the said realm in the same parliaments and 
 councils to be declared : and that our same uncle should 
 assign certain trusty and sufficient men for the like tenths 
 and fifteenths, subsidies and other contributions, so often 
 as they should happen to be granted to our same grand- 
 father or his heirs in parhament or council ; so that our 
 same grandfather might by them be answered in respect 
 of such grants. And we lately, at the prosecution of our Recital of 
 
 -111- • • 1 M • 1 • T letters pa- 
 
 same uncle by his petition to us exhibited in our parlia- tentgrant- 
 
 •^ ^ ^ ^ ed by King 
 
 ment holden at Gloucester, (suggesting that by pretext of the ^'JjJe'^u,:e' 
 said general words he had had, exercised, and held from the paliilment. 
 time of the grant of our said grandfather his exchequer in 
 the same county of Lancaster, and all things to such ex- 
 chequer pertaining, and the jurisdiction and power of 
 making and appointing his justices in eyre for pleas of 
 the forest, and other justices for all manner of other pleas 
 touching the assize of the forest within the said county of 
 Lancaster,) with the assent of the prelates, dukes, earls, declaring, 
 barons, and the commons of our realm of England in the vinAeof 
 
 the general 
 
 same parliament assembled, by our letters patent did words in the 
 declare that our same uncle should and might be able, Palatinate, 
 by virtue of the said general words, to use all and every 
 the premises by him used by pretext of the same general 
 words as is premised ; and further, of our especial grace 
 
107 
 
 forestae et alios justitiarios ad quaecumque alia placita assi- 
 sam forestae tangentia infra dictum comitatum Lancastriae 
 tenenda durante vita ipsius avunculi nostri (placitis tamen 
 et querelis aliis quibuscumque, ubi nos vel haeredes nostri in 
 dicto scaccario vel coram praefatis justitiariis partes fuerimus 
 vel fieri contingat, emergentibus semper salvis) ; et volueri- 
 mus, quod omnia verba generalia in concessione ejusdem avi 
 nostri praedicta contenta in suo robore permaneant durante 
 vita avunculi nostri supradicti, declaratione et concessione 
 prsedictis non obstantibus, prout in carta et literis praedictis 
 plenius continetur. Jamque praefatus avunculus noster 
 nobis supplicaverit, ut libertates franchesias privilegia jura 
 regalia supradicta, et omnia alia et singula sibi superius 
 concessa, sibi et haeredibus suis masculis de corpore suo 
 exeuntibus concedere dignemur, habenda eodem modo sicut 
 ea jam habet, una cum dicto nomine Ducis Lancastriae 
 perpetuis temporibus successivis. Nos probitatem stre- 
 nuam et sapientiarn excellentissimam praefati avunculi nos- 
 tri, qui se laboribus et expensis ac consiliis continuis nobis 
 et regno nostro obsequiosum pariter et fructuosum semper 
 retroactis temporibus exhibuit et exhibet indefesse, debita 
 consideratione pensantes, ac sperantes indubie haeredes suos 
 masculos de corpore suo legitime procreatos vestigia pro- 
 genitorum suorum qui ex tam nobili progenie regali proces- 
 serunt, divina mediante dementia, in sapientia strenuitate 
 et honore sequi debere, et nobis et haeredibus nostris ac 
 regno nostro maxime valere et locumtenere posse infutu- 
 rum. Et volentes praemissorum intuitu supplicationi prae- 
 dictae annuere gratiose, de assensu praesentis parliamenti 
 nostri, laeto corde et ex certa scientia nostra concessimus 
 pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, praefato avunculo nostro 
 quod ipse et haeredes sui masculi de corpore suo legitime 
 procreati habeant infra comitatum Lancastriae cancellariam 
 
107 
 
 we did grant, for us and our heirs, to our same uncle, the Duke 
 
 that he might have his exchequer in the said county of hisexche- 
 
 Lancaster, and barons and other ministers necessary in 
 
 the same exchequer, and also all jurisdictions, executions, 
 
 and customs whatsoever in the same his exchequer which 
 
 are reasonably used in our exchequer of England, and 
 
 might fully and reasonably use and enjoy them there; 
 
 and that he miffht have the jurisdiction and power of and appoint. 
 
 .... mentofjus- 
 
 makmg and appointing his justices in eyre to hold pleas ticesofthe 
 of the forest, and other justices to hold all manner of 
 other pleas touching the assize of the forest, within the 
 said county of Lancaster, during the life of our same 
 uncle (saving always nevertheless all manner of other 
 pleas and plaints arising in the said exchequer, or before 
 the aforesaid justices, where we or our heirs should be, 
 or should happen to be made, parties) ; and we did will during the 
 
 . . . Duke's life. 
 
 that all the general words contained in the aforesaid grant 
 of our same grandfather should remain in force during the 
 life of our abovesaid uncle, notwithstanding the declaration 
 and grant aforesaid, as in the charter and letters aforesaid 
 more fully is contained. And now our aforesaid uncle The Duke 
 
 having pe- 
 
 hath besought us that we wOuld deign to grant the above- titioned for a 
 
 said liberties, franchises, privileges, jura regalia^ and all "^^®' 
 
 and every other the things to him above granted, to him 
 
 and his heirs male of his body issuing, to have in the 
 
 same manner as he now hath them, together with the said 
 
 name of Duke of Lancaster in all times to come. We, in consider- 
 
 . ^ ^ ation of his 
 
 weighing with due consideration the strenuous probity and ^'&i» merits 
 most excellent wisdom of our aforesaid uncle, who hath 
 ever shewn himself in times past, and unweariedly con- 
 tinues to prove, very ready to serve us and our realm, and 
 at the same time most profitably, with his continual labor, 
 charges, and counsel; and hoping undoubtedly that his 
 
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 suam ac brevia sua sub sigillo suo pro officio cancellariae 
 deputando conservanda, justitiarios sues tam ad placita 
 corouse quam ad qusecumque alia placita communem legem 
 tangentia tenenda, ac cognitiones eorundem, et quascum- 
 que executiones per brevia sua et ministros suos ibidem 
 faciendas, et qusecumque alia libertates et jura regalia ad 
 Comitem Palatinum pertinentia, adeo libere et integre sicut 
 Comes Cestriae dinoscitur obtinere. Et quod habeant seac- 
 carium suum in dicto comitatu Lancastrias ac barones et 
 alios ministros in eodem scaccario necessarios, necnon 
 jurisdictiones executiones et consuetudines quascumque in 
 scaccario nostro Angliae rationabiliter usitatas, et eis ibidem 
 plene gaudeant et rationabiliter utantur. Et quod habeant 
 jurisdictionem et potestatem faciendi et constituendi justi- 
 tiarios suos itinerantes ad placita foresta3 et alios justitia- 
 rios ad quaecumque alia placita assisam forestae tangentia 
 infra dictum comitatum Lancastrise tenenda imperpetuum 
 (placitis tamen et querelis quibuscumque, ubi nos vel hsere- 
 des nostri in dicto scaccario vel coram praefatis justitiariis 
 partes fuerimus vel fieri contingat, emergentibus, ac deci- 
 mis quintisdecimis et aliis quotis et subsidiis nobis et haere- 
 dibus nostris per communitatem regni nostri, et decimis et 
 aliis quotis per clerum ejusdem regni concessis et exnunc 
 concedendis, aut eidem clero per sedem apostolicam impo- 
 sitis et imponendis, ac pardonationibus vitae et membrorum 
 in casu quo aliquis ejusdem comitatus, aut alius in eodem 
 comitatu, pro delicto aliquo vitam vel membrum amittere 
 debeat, ac etiam superioritate et potestate corrigendi ea 
 quae in curia ejusdem avunculi nostri vel dictorum baeredum 
 suorum ibidem erronice facta fuerint, vel [si] idem avunculus 
 noster sen dicti haeredes sui, aut eorum ministri, in justitia 
 in curia sua facienda defecerint, semper salvis). Et quod 
 idem avunculus noster et dicti haeredes sui, ad mandata 
 
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 heirs male of his body lawfully begotten ought through 
 the mediation of Divine Mercy to follow the footsteps of 
 their progenitors, who have proceeded from so noble and 
 royal a stock, in wisdom, honor, and prowess, and that 
 they will be able, in times to come, mightily to avail and 
 stand ourselves and our heirs and our realm in good stead, 
 and being willing in regard of the premises graciously to 
 assent to the aforesaid petition, with the assent of our pre- 
 sent parliament, of our certain knowledge, and with cheer- 
 ful heart, do grant for us and our heirs to our aforesaid {lei?rmaieof 
 uncle, that he and his heirs male of his body lawfully siluhlvein 
 
 • ^ • 1 /• T t • the county of 
 
 begotten may have withm the county oi l^ancaster their Lancaster 
 chancery, and their writs to be sealed under their seal to chancery 
 be deputed for the office of the chancery, their justices to i^fj^'^Je*" 
 hold as well pleas of the crown as all other pleas whatso- 
 ever touching the common law, and the cognizance thereof, 
 and all manner of execution to be made by their writs 
 and their ministers there, and all other liberties and jura ^nd mra 
 regalia pertaining to a Count Palatine, as freely and entirely frfe/y'aJ'uie 
 as the Earl of Chester is well known to obtain. And that Chester; 
 they may have their exchequer in the said county of Lan- exchequer 
 caster, and barons and other ministers necessary in the and barons 
 same exchequer, and also all jurisdictions, executions, and 
 customs whatsoever, which are reasonably used in our 
 exchequer of England, and may fully and reasonably use 
 and enjoy them there ; and that they may have the juris- and appoint- 
 
 /. 1 • I . . , . ment of 
 
 diction and power of makmg and appomtmg their justices justices of 
 in eyre to hold pleas of the forest, and other justices to 
 hold all manner of other pleas touching the assize of the 
 forest within the said county of Lancaster for ever. Saving except where 
 always, nevertheless, all manner of other pleas and plaints party, 
 arising in the said exchequer, or before the aforesaid jus- 
 tices, where we or our heirs shall be, or shall happen to 
 
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 nostra et haeredum nostrorum, ad parliamenta et concilia 
 nostra et haeredum nostrorum duos milites pro communi- 
 tate comitatus prsedicti et duos burgenses de quolibet 
 burgo ejusdem comitatus ad tractandum cum aliis dicti regni 
 nostri ad parliamenta et concilia venientibus de negotiis 
 dicti regni in eisdem parliamentis et aliis exponendis mittere 
 teneantur. Et quod idem avunculus noster et hseredes sui 
 preedicti certos homines fideles et sufficientes ad hujusmodi 
 decimas et quintasdecimas subsidia et alia quota, quotiens 
 ea nobis aut hseredibus nostris in parliamentis sen con- 
 ciliis concedi contigerit, assignent ; ita quod nobis et hae- 
 redibus nostris de sic concessis respondeatur per eosdem. 
 Quare volumus et firmiter praecipimus quod idem avunculus 
 noster et haeredes sui praedicti habeant et teneant omnia 
 et singula libertates franchesias privilegia scaccarium jura 
 regalia et alia supradicta una cum dictis nomine et honore 
 Ducis Lancastriae (exceptis praeexceptis) eodem modo ac 
 adeo libere et integre sicut idem avunculus noster ea ad 
 praesens habet et tenet, imperpetuum, sicut praedictum est. 
 Hiis testibus Willielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius 
 Angliae Primate, Thoma Archiepiscopo Eboracensi Angliae 
 Primate, Roberto Londinensi, Willielmo Wintoniensi, Can- 
 cellario nostro, Johanne Menevensi, Thesaurario nostro, 
 Episcopis, Edmundo Eborum, Thoma Gloucestriae, Ducibus, 
 avunculis nostris carissimis, Ricardo Arundelliae, Willielmo 
 Sarum, Henrico Northumbriae, Comitibus, Ricardo Le- 
 scrop, Johanne Devereux, Senescallo hospitii nostri, et 
 aliis. Data per manum nostram apud W^stmonasterium, 
 sextodecimo die Februarii, anno regni nostri tertiodecimo. 
 
 RICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae et Do- 
 minus Hiberniae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, pri- 
 oribus, ducibus, comitibus, baronibus, justitiariis, viceco- 
 mitibus, praepositis, ministris, et omnibus ballivis et fide- 
 
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 be made, parties ; and saving always the tenths, fifteenths, saving of 
 and other contributions and subsidies granted and here- *JJ5"aud 
 after to be granted to us and our heirs by the commonalty *^^^^' 
 of our realm, and the tenths and other contributions granted 
 or hereafter to be granted by the clergy of the same realm, 
 or imposed and to be imposed upon the same clergy by the 
 apostolic see ; and the pardon of life and limbs in case that pardon of 
 any person of the same county, or other person in the same 
 county, ought for any delict to lose his life or limb ; and and correc- 
 also the superiority and power of correcting those things "^"j^^^ ^"^^'' 
 which shall have been erroneously done there in the court 
 of our same uncle or his said heirs ; or if our same uncle, 
 or his said heirs or their ministers, shall fail in doing jus- 
 tice in their court. And that our same uncle and his said The Duke 
 heirs, at the mandates of us and our heirs, shall be held to heirs to send 
 
 members to 
 
 send to the parliaments and councils of us and our heirs parliament 
 
 ^ for the shire 
 
 two knights for the commonalty of the shire aforesaid, and ^^^^g] 
 two burgesses from every borough of the same shire, to 
 treat with the others of our said realm coming to the par- 
 liaments and councils concerning the affairs of the said 
 realm in the same parliaments and councils to be declared : 
 and that our same uncle and his heirs shall assign certain and to assign 
 
 , niT 1 1 nr collectors of 
 
 trusty and sufficient men for the like tenths and fifteenths, subsidies 
 
 •^ and taxes 
 
 subsidies, and other contributions, so often as they shall ^^riilmenu 
 happen to be granted to us or our heirs in parliament or 
 council ; so that we and our heirs may by the same men 
 be answered in respect of such grants. Wherefore we will 
 and strictly command that our same uncle and his heirs 
 aforesaid shall have and hold all and every the abovesaid 
 liberties, franchises, privileges, exchequer, jura regalia, 
 and other things, together with the said name and honor Titieor 
 of Duke of Lancaster, except as before excepted, in the Lancaster. 
 same manner and as freely and entirely as our same uncle 
 
 of justice. 
 
no 
 
 libus suis, salutem. Inspeximus cartam Domini Edwardi 
 nuper Regis Anglise, avi nostri, factam in hsec verba: 
 EDWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae Dominus Hi- 
 bernise et Aquitaniae, arehiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, 
 prioribus, comitibus, baronibus, justitiariis, vicecomitibus, 
 prsepositis, ministris, et omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis 
 salutem. Sciatis quod cum nuper considerantes qualiter 
 comitatus Lancastrise, et plura eastra, villse, maneria, 
 terrae, et tenementa, cum pertinentiis, tam in comitatibus 
 Lincolniae et Derbise quam in diversis aliis comitatibus 
 regni nostri, quae fuerunt Henrici nuper Ducis Lan- 
 castriae et Comitis Lincolniae et Derbiae post mortem ip- 
 sius Ducis, (quaedam, videlicet, ad Johannem Comitem 
 Richemondiae filium nostrum carissimum et Blanchiam 
 uxorem ejus unam filiarum et haeredum praedicti Ducis, 
 juxta partitionem inter ipsos et Matildem tunc alteram 
 filiarum et haeredum ipsius Ducis factam per descensum 
 haereditarium fuerint devoluta, et quaedam eisdem Comiti 
 et Blanchiae, juxta ordinationem et concessionem praedicti 
 Ducis dum vixit, sub certa forma sunt remansura,) ac vo- 
 lentes proinde eidem filio nostro, ut se juxta status sui 
 nobilitatem decentius manutenere valeat, gratiam facere 
 specialem, concesserimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris 
 praefato Johanni nunc Comiti Lancastriae et Ricbemondiae, 
 quod ipse et baeredes sui de corpore suo et corpore prae- 
 dictae Blanchiae legitime procreati imperpetuum haberent re- 
 torna omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, 
 et omnia placita de vetito namio in terris et feodis de 
 haereditate praedicti Ducis, quae tunc in manibus ipsorum 
 Comitis et Blanchiae extiterunt, et quae imposterum eis 
 juxta ordinationem et concessionem praedictas sunt reman- 
 sura cum ad manus suas devenerint; et etiam omnes fines 
 et amerciamenta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum. 
 
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 at present has and holds them, for ever, as is aforesaid. 
 These being witnesses, WiUiam Archbishop of Canter- 
 bury, Primate of all England ; Thomas Archbishop of 
 York, Primate of England; Robert Bishop of London; 
 William Bishop of Winchester, our Chancellor; John 
 Bishop of Saint David's, our Treasurer; our most dear 
 uncles, Edmund Duke of York, and Thomas Duke of 
 Gloucester; Richard Earl of Arundel; William Earl of 
 Salisbury; Henry Earl of Northumberland; Richard Le- 
 scrope; John Devereax, Steward of our household, and 
 others. Given under our hand at Westminster, on the 
 sixteenth day of February, in the thirteenth year of our 
 reign. 
 
 RICHARD, by the grace of God, King of England and 29th juno, 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to his archbishops, bishops, ^.d. 1.396. 
 abbots, priors, dukes, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves, 
 ministers, and all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. 
 We have inspected the charter of the Lord Edward, late 
 King of England, our grandfather, made in these words: 
 EDWARD, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord 12th May, 
 of Ireland and Aquitaine, to his archbishops, bishops, ab- a.d. i3C2." 
 bots, priors, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves, minis- 
 ters, and all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. Know Recital of 
 ye, that whereas we, lately considering how that the county dated 13th 
 of Lancaster, and many castles, towns, manors, lands, and ^s Edw. 3, 
 tenements, with their appurtenances, as well in the coun- 
 ties of Lincoln and Derby, as in divers other counties of 
 our realm, which were of Henry late Duke of Lancaster 
 and Earl of Lincoln and Derby, lately after the death of 
 the same Duke had devolved, to wit, some by hereditary 
 descent, upon John Earl of Richmond, our most dear son, 
 and Blanche his wife, one of the daughters and co-heirs 
 of the aforesaid Duke, according to the partition made 
 
Ill 
 
 ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in curiis nostris et 
 haeredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines facere eon tinge- 
 ret, necnon omnia catalla omnium hominum et tenentium 
 suorum felonum et fugitivorum et dampnatorum, prout in 
 carta nostra inde confeeta plenius continetur. Ac jam 
 omnia terrae et tenementa cum pertinentiis quae praedicta 
 Matildis tenuit in propartem suam praedictam, de omnibus 
 terris et tenementis praedictis quae fuerunt praedicti Ducis, 
 necnon quaedam alia terrae et tenementa cum pertinentiis in 
 comitatibus Norfolciae et SufFolciae quae eadem Matildis 
 tenuit de haereditate ipsius Ducis ex dono et feofFamento Jo- 
 hannis Episcopi Lincolniensis, Ricardi Comitis Arundelliae, 
 Robert! de la Mare, Johannis de Buklond, Johannis Char- 
 nels, Walteri Power, Simonis Symeon et Johannis Neu- 
 marche, per mortem ejusdem Matildis praefatis Comiti et 
 Blanchiae, ut sorori et haeredi praedictae Matildis jure 
 haereditario descenderint. Nos volentes praedictos Comi- 
 tem et Blanchiam favore prosequi gratioso, concessimus 
 et hac carta nostra confirmavimus praefato Comiti quod 
 ipse et haeredes sui de corpore suo et corpore praedictae 
 Blanchiae legitime procreati imperpetuum habeant retorna 
 omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, et 
 omnia placita de vetito namio, tam in terris et feodis quae 
 iidem Comes et Blanchia de proparte ipsius Blanchiae 
 praedicta, quam in terris et feodis quae fuerunt praedictae 
 Matildis et quae ipsi Comes et Blanchia ut soror et haeres 
 ejusdem Matildis jam tenent de haereditate praedicta, et 
 etiara in terris et feodis, quae eisdem Comiti et Blanchiae 
 sunt de eadem haereditate imposterum remansura vel rever- 
 sura, cum ad manus suas devenerint, et etiam omnes fines 
 et amerciamenta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum 
 ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in curiis nostris et 
 haeredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines facere contigerit; 
 
ur 
 
 between them and Matilda, the then other daughter and 
 co-heir of the same Duke, and some were to remain, under 
 a certain form, to the same Earl and Blanche, according to 
 an ordinance and grant of the aforesaid Duke whilst he 
 lived, and being willing, therefore, to shew especial favor 
 to the same our son, in order that he might the more de- 
 cently maintain himself according to the nobility of his 
 ■station, did grant for us and our heirs to the aforesaid John 
 now Earl of Lancaster and Richmond, that he and his 
 heirs of his body and the body of the aforesaid Blanche, 
 lawfully begotten, for ever should have the return of all 
 writs of us and our heirs, and all pleas of withernam in the 
 lands and fees of the heritage of the aforesaid Duke, which 
 then were in the hands of the same Earl and Blanche, and 
 which thereafter were to remain to them according to the 
 ordinance and grant aforesaid, when they should come into 
 their hands ; and also all fines and amercements of all their 
 men and tenants wheresoever it should happen that such 
 men and tenants should make fine or be amerced in the 
 courts of us and our heirs ; and also all the chattels of all 
 their men and tenants, being felons and fugitives and per- 
 sons condemned, as in our charter thereof made more fully 
 is contained. And now all the lands and tenements, with and descent 
 
 , 1 • 1 1 r» ^^ Matilda's 
 
 their appurtenances, which the aforesaid Matilda held as portion on 
 
 * *■ ^ Blanche, the 
 
 her purparty aforesaid of all the lands and tenements afore- heir '^'"^ ^*'" 
 said which were of the aforesaid Duke, and also certain 
 other lands and tenements, with appurtenances, in the 
 counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, which the same Matilda 
 held of the inheritance of the same Duke by the gift and 
 feoffment of John Bishop of Lincoln, Richard Earl of 
 Arundel, Robert de la Mare, John de Buklond, John Char- 
 nels, Walter Power, Simon Symeon, and John Neumarche, 
 have by the death of the same Matilda descended by here- 
 
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 necnon omnia catalla omnium hominum et tenendum 
 suorum, felon um et fugitivorum et dampnatorum. Quare 
 volumus et firmiter praecipimus pro nobis et hseredibus 
 nostris quod praedictus Comes et haeredes sui praedicti 
 imperpetuum habeant retorna omnium brevium nostrorum 
 et haeredum nostrorum, et omnia placita de vetito namio 
 in terris et feodis suis praedictis ; ac omnes fines et amer- 
 ciamenta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum pra?- 
 dictorum, ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in curiis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines facere 
 contigerit; ac etiam omnia catalla omnium hominum et 
 tenentium suorum, felonum, fugitivorum, et dampnatorum, 
 sicut praedictum est, et eodem modo quo Henricus nuper 
 Comes Lancastriae pater praedicti Ducis, vel idem Dux, 
 quibus consimiles libertates in terris et feodis suis ha- 
 bendas successive per cartas nostras concessimus, easdem 
 libertates habuit et eis rationabiliter uti consuevit. Hiis 
 testibus S. Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius Angliag Pri- 
 mate, W. Wintoniensi Episcopo Cancellario nostro, S. 
 Eliensi Episcopo Thesaurario nostro, Edwardo Principe 
 Wallias primogenito nostro carissimo, Ricardo Arundelliae, 
 Thoma Warwici, et Willielmo Sarum, Comitibus, et aliis. 
 Data per manum nostram apud Westmonasterium duo- 
 decimo die Maii, anno regni nostri tricesimo sexto. IN- 
 SPEXIMUS etiam quandam cartam nostram factam in 
 haec verba; RICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et 
 Franciae et Dominus Hiberniae, omnibus ad quos praesentes 
 literse pervenerint, salutem. Inspeximus quandam cartam 
 carissimi Domini et avi nostri Domini Edwardi nuper Regis 
 Angliae defuncti, nuper factam carissimo avunculo nostro 
 Johanni Regi Castellae et Legionis Duci Lancastriae, filio 
 ipsius avi nostri, per nomen Johannis Ducis Lancastriae, 
 et Blanchiae nuper uxori ejus in haec verba: Edwardus 
 
112 
 
 ditary right to the aforesaid Earl and Blanche, as sister and 
 heir of the aforesaid Matilda : — We, willing to pursue with 
 our gracious favor the aforesaid Earl and Blanche, have 
 granted and by this our charter have confirmed to the 
 aforesaid Earl, that he and his heirs of his body and the 
 body of the aforesaid Blanche, lawfully begotten, for ever 
 may have the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and Return of 
 
 writs. 
 
 all pleas of withernam, as well in the lands and fees which pieasof 
 the same Earl and Blanche now hold of the aforesaid pur- 
 party of the same Blanche, as in the lands and fees which 
 were of the aforesaid Matilda, and which the same Earl, 
 and Blanche as sister and heir of the same Matilda, now 
 hold of the inheritance aforesaid, and also in the lands and 
 fees of the same inheritance which are hereafter to remain 
 or revert to the same Earl and Blanche, when they shall 
 come into their hands ; and also all fines and amercements Fines and 
 
 , amerce- 
 
 of all their men and tenants wheresoever the same men and ments. 
 tenants shall happen to make fine or be amerced in the 
 courts of us and our heirs ; and also all the chattels of all chattels of 
 their men and tenants, being felons and fugitives and per- 
 sons condemned. Wherefore we will and strictly command 
 for us and our heirs, that the aforesaid Earl and his heirs 
 aforesaid for ever shall have the return of all writs of us 
 and our heirs, and all pleas of withernam in their lands and 
 fees aforesaid; and all fines and amercements of all their 
 men and tenants aforesaid, wheresoever the same men and 
 tenants shall happen to make fine or be amerced in the 
 courts of us and our heirs ; and also all the chattels of their 
 men and tenants, being felons and fugitives and persons 
 condemned, as is aforesaid, and in the same manner in 
 which Henry late Earl of Lancaster, father of the afore- 
 said Duke, or the same Duke, to whom we granted by our 
 charters successively to have the like liberties in their lands 
 
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113 
 
 Dei gratia Rex Anglise, Dominus Hibernise et Aquita- 
 niae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, ducibus, abbatibus, pri- 
 oribus, comitibus, baronibus, justitiariis, vicecomitibus, 
 praepositis, ministris, et omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis, 
 salutem. Sciatis quod cum nos nuper septimo die Maii 
 anno regni nostri sexto decimo per cartam nostram con- 
 cesserimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris Henrico tunc 
 Comiti Lancastrise quod ipse et ha^redes sui de corpore suo 
 procreati et omnes homines sui imperpetuum essent quieti 
 de pavagio passagio paagio lastagio stallagio tallagio cari- 
 agio pesagio piccagio et terragio per totum regnum et 
 potestatem nostram ; et quod idem Comes et haeredes sui 
 praedicti imperpetuum haberent retorna omnium brevium 
 nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum ac summonitionum de 
 scaccario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, et attachiamen- 
 ta tarn de placitis coronae quam de ahis quibuscunque in 
 omnibus terris et feodis suis ; ita quod nuUus vicecomes 
 vel aUus balUvus seu minister noster vel haeredum nostro- 
 rum terras seu feoda ilia ingrederetur ad executiones eorun- 
 dem brevium et summonitionum, seu ad attachiamenta 
 de placitis coronae vel aliis praedictis aut aliquod aliud offi- 
 cium ibidem faciendum, nisi in defectum ipsius Comitis et 
 haeredum suorum praedictorum ac ballivorum et ministro- 
 rum suorum in terris et feodis suis praedictis. Et quod 
 haberent catalla hominum et tenentium suorum felonum 
 et fugitivorum; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenentium 
 suorum pro delicto suo vitam vel membrum deberet amit- 
 tere vel fugeret et judicio stare nollet vel aliud quodcum- 
 que delictum faceret pro quo catalla sua deberet perdere, ubi- 
 cunque justitia de eo fieret, sive in curia nostra vel haere- 
 dum nostrorum sive in alia curia, ipsa catalla essent ipsius 
 Comitis et haeredum suorum praedictorum, et quod liceret 
 eis vel ministris suis sine impedimento nostri vel haeredum 
 
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 and fees, had the same liberties and was accustomed reason- 
 ably to use them. These being witnesses, Simon Arch- 
 bishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England; William 
 Bishop of Winchester, our Chancellor; Simon Bishop of 
 Ely, our Treasurer ; Edward Prince of Wales, our most 
 dear eldest son ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; Thomas Earl 
 of Warwick ; and William Earl of Salisbury, and others. 
 Given under our hand at Westminster on the twelfth day 
 of May, in the thirty-sixth year of our reign. WE have in- 
 spected also a certain charter of ours made in these words : 
 RICHARD, by the grace of God, King of England and isth sept. 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present let ^o- 1377. 
 ters shall come, greeting. We have inspected a certain 
 charter of our most dear Lord and grandfather Lord Ed- 
 ward, late King of England, deceased, lately made to our 
 dearest uncle John King of Castille and Leon, Duke of Lan- 
 caster, son of our same grandfather, by name of John Duke 
 of Lancaster, and to Blanche, late his wife, in these words : 
 Edward, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord i4thjuiy, 
 of Ireland and Aquitaine, to his archbishops, bishops, *°- 1^^*- 
 dukes, abbots, priors, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves, 
 ministers, and all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. 
 Know ye, that whereas we did lately, on the seventh day Recital of 
 
 /» -1% *• • 1 • 1 ^ • 1 Charter of 
 
 of May, m the sixteenth year oi our reign, grant by our 7th May, 
 charter, for us and our heirs, to Henry then Earl of Lan- g^^TLn. 
 caster, that he and his heirs of his body begotten, and ^^^^^'"* 
 all his men for ever, should be quit of paviage, passage, 
 payage, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, picage, 
 and groundage throughout all our realm and dominions; 
 and that the same Earl and his heirs aforesaid for ever 
 should have the return of all writs of us-and our heirs, and 
 summons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, and the 
 attachment as well of pleas of the crown as of other pleas 
 
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114 
 
 nostrorum vicecomitum aut aliorum ballivorum seu mi- 
 nistrorum nostrorum quorumcunque ponere se in seisi- 
 nam de catallis praedictis et ea ad usum ipsius Comitis et 
 haeredum suorum prsedictorum retinere. Et etiam quod 
 haberent imperpetuum omnes fines pro transgressionibus 
 et aliis delictis quibuscunque et fines pro licentia concor- 
 dandi, et omnia amerciamenta redemptiones et exitus 
 forisfactos ; ac forisfacturas, annum diem vastum et 
 streppum, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes nostros per- 
 tinere possent de hujusmodi anno die vasto et murdris 
 de omnibus hominibus et tenentibus de terris et feodis 
 suis quibuscunque in quibuscunque curiis nostris et haere- 
 dum nostrorum homines et tenentes illos, tam coram nobis 
 et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, et coram thesaurario et baronibus nostris et 
 haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, et coram justitiariis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, et coram senes- 
 callo et marescalUs seu clerico mercati hospitii nostri et 
 haeredum nostrorum, ac ahis curiis nostris et haeredum 
 nostrorum, quam coram justitiariis itinerantibus ad com- 
 munia placita et ad placita forestae et quibuscunque aliis 
 justitiariis et ministris nostris et haeredum nostrorum, tam 
 in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam in ab- 
 sentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, fines facere vel 
 amerciari, exitus forisfacere, annum diem et vastum seu 
 forisfacturas et murdra adjudicari contingeret; quae fines, 
 amerciamenta, redemptiones, exitus, annus dies vastum 
 sive streppum, forisfacturae et murdra, ad nos vel haere- 
 des nostros pertinere possent, si praefato Comiti et hae- 
 redibus suis praedictis concessa non fuissent. Ita quod 
 idem Comes et haeredes sui praedicti, per se vel per balli- 
 vos et ministros sues, fines, amerciamenta, redemptiones, 
 exitus, et forisfacturas hujusmodi hominum et tenen- 
 
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 whatsoever in all their lands and fees ; so that no sheriff or 
 other bailiflP or minister of us or our heirs should enter 
 those lands or fees to execute the same writs and summons, 
 or to make attachment of the pleas of the crown or other 
 pleas aforesaid, or to do any other office there, unless in 
 default of the same Earl and his heirs aforesaid, and their 
 bailiffs and ministers in their lands and fees aforesaid. 
 And that they should have the chattels of their men and 
 tenants being felons and fugitives; so that if any one of 
 their men or tenants ought to lose life or limb for his 
 offence, or should flee and be unwilling to stand his 
 trial, or commit any other offence for the which he 
 ought to lose his chattels, wheresoever justice should 
 be had of him, whether in the court of us or our heirs, 
 or in any other court, such chattels should belong to the 
 same Earl and his heirs aforesaid, and that it should be 
 lawful for them or their ministers, without hinderance of 
 us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs or other bailiffs or mi- 
 nisters whomsoever, to put themselves in seizin of the 
 chattels aforesaid, and to retain them to the use of the 
 same Earl and his heirs aforesaid. And also that they 
 should have for ever all fines for trespasses and other 
 offences whatsoever, and fines for licence to agree, and 
 all amercements, ransoms, and forfeited issues and for- 
 feitures, year, day, waste, and estrepement, and all things 
 which could pertain to us and our heirs of the like year, 
 day, and waste, and murders, in respect of all the men and 
 tenants of their lands and fees whatsoever, in any soever 
 of the courts of us and our heirs, where such men and 
 tenants should happen to make fine, or be amerced or 
 forfeit issues, or such year, day, and waste, or forfeitures 
 and murders happen to be adjudged, as well before us 
 and our heirs, and in the chancery of us and our heirs,^ 
 
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 tium suorum prsedictorum, et omnia quae ad nos et haere- 
 des nostros pertinere possent de aDno die et vasto sive 
 streppo et murdris prsedictis, levare percipere et habere 
 possent, — sine occasione vel impediraento nostri aut haere- 
 dum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, 
 coronatorum, aut aliorum ballivorum sen ministrorum nos- 
 trorum quorumcunque, Quam quidem cartam post mor- 
 tem prsedicti Comitis Henricus filius et haeres ejusdem 
 Comitis, cui omnia terrae et tenementa quae fuerunt ipsius 
 Comitis jure hsereditario descendebant, nobis ex certis 
 causis reddidit cancellandam, et ea de causa carta ilia 
 cancellatur sicut per inspectionem rotulorum cancellariae 
 nostrae nobis constat. Nos advertentes ea quae sic in feodo 
 talliato praefato Comiti et haeredibus de corpore suo procre- 
 atis per nos concessa fuerunt, et de quibus praedictus Comes 
 virtu te concessionis nostrae praedictae fuit seisitus in domi- 
 nico suo ut de feodo die quo obiit, per redditionem cartas 
 praedictae nobis per praedictum Henricum filium Henrici 
 sic factam, aut per quodcunque aliud factum ejusdem Hen- 
 rici filii, in praejudicium et exhaeredationem haeredum suo- 
 rum de corpore suo exeuntium, secundum legem et consue- 
 tudinem regni nostri adnullari non posse, sed in suo robore 
 permanere debere, ac volentes ea consideratione carissimo 
 filio nostro Johanni nunc Duci Lancastriae qui Blanchiam, 
 filiam et haeredem praedicti Henrici filii Henrici postmodum 
 Ducis Lancastriae, duxit in uxorem, et eidem Blanchiae, 
 qui quidem Johannes et Blanchia omnia terras et tene- 
 menta, quae fuerunt tam praedicti Henrici patris quam 
 praefati Henrici filii jure haereditario, ut in jure praedictae 
 Blanchiae de corpore praedicti Henrici filii Henrici pro- 
 createe, jam tenent, gratiam facere specialem, dictam con- 
 cessionem nostram praefato Henrico Comiti, ut praemittitur, 
 factam, praefati s Johanni nunc Duci Lancastriae et Blanchiae 
 
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 and before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer 
 of us and our heirs, and before the justices of the bench 
 of us and our heirs, and before the steward and marshals 
 or the clerk of the market of the household of us and 
 our heirs, and in other the courts of us and our heirs, 
 as before the justices in eyre, to hold common pleas and 
 pleas of the forest, and before all other justices and mi- 
 nisters of us and our heirs whomsoever, as well in pre- 
 sence of us and our heirs as in absence of us and our 
 heirs ; which fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, year, 
 day, waste, or estrepement, forfeitures, and murders, 
 would have pertained to us or our heirs, if they had 
 not been granted to the aforesaid Earl and his heirs 
 aforesaid. So that the same Earl and his heirs afore- 
 said, by themselves or by their bailiffs and ministers, 
 might levy, perceive, and have the fines, amercements, 
 ransoms, issues, and forfeitures of such their men and 
 tenants aforesaid, and all things which could pertain to 
 us and our heirs of the year, day, and waste or estrepe- 
 ment, and murders aforesaid,— without let or hinderance 
 of us or our heirs, or of our justices, escheators, sheriffs, 
 coroners, or other our bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. 
 Which said charter, after the death of the aforesaid Earl, surrender 
 
 thereof by 
 
 Henry, son and heir of the same Earl (to whom all the hd/JJ^^j;^'^ 
 
 lands and tenements which were of the same Earl did by he- s^^^^^^- 
 
 reditary right descend), for certain causes surrendered unto 
 
 us to be cancelled, and therefore the charter is cancelled, as 
 
 to us appears by inspection of the rolls of our chancery. 
 
 We, taking into consideration that those things which The grant in 
 
 . fee-tail could 
 
 had been so granted by us m fee-tail to the aforesaid Earl "ot legaiiy 
 
 , be annulled. 
 
 and the heirs of his body begotten, and whereof the afore- 
 said Earl by virtue of our grant aforesaid was seised in 
 his demesne as of fee on the day of his death, could not 
 
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 uxori ejus duximus innovandam, et concessimus et hac 
 carta nostra con firm avimus, pro nobis et hseredibus nostris, 
 eisdem Johanni Duci et Blanchiae quod ipsi et hseredes 
 sui de corporibus ipsorum Johannis et Blanchiae procreati 
 et omnes homines sui de terris et feodis quae fuerunt 
 prsedicti Henri ci patris dicto septimo die Mali imperpetuum 
 sint quieti de pavagio, passagio, paagio, lastagio, stallagio, 
 tallagio, cariagio, pesagio, piccagio, et terragio per totum 
 regnum et potestatem nostram ; et etiam quod iidem Dux et 
 Blanchia et hseredes sui prsedicti imperpetuum habeant 
 retorna omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, 
 ac summonitionum de scaccario nostro et haeredum nos- 
 trorum, et attachiamenta tam de placitis coronae quam de 
 aliis quibuscunque in omnibus terris et feodis praedictis; 
 ita quod nuUus vicecomes vel alius ballivus seu minister 
 noster vel haeredum nostrorum terras seu feoda ilia in- 
 grediatur ad executiones eorundem brevium et sum- 
 monitionum, seu ad attachiamenta de placitis coronas 
 vel aliis praedictis aut aliquod aliud oificium ibidem 
 faciendum, nisi in defectum ipsorum Ducis et Blanchiae 
 et haeredum suorum praedictorum ac ballivorum et minis- 
 trorum suorum in terris et feodis suis praedictis. Et etiam 
 quod habeant catalla hominum et tenentium suorum fe- 
 lonum et fugitivorum ; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenen- 
 tium suorum r»ro delicto suo vitam vel membrum debeat 
 amittere vel fugerit et judicio stare noluerit vel aliud 
 quodcunque delictum fecerit pro quo catalla sua debeat 
 perdere, ubicunque justitia de eo fieri debeat sive in 
 curia nostra vel haeredum nostrorum sive in alia curia, 
 ipsa catalla sint ipsorum Ducis et Blanchiae et haeredum 
 suorum praedictorum, et quod liceat eis seu ministris suis 
 sine impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum vicecomi- 
 tum aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum quo- 
 
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 by any surrender of the charter aforesaid to us so made 
 by the aforesaid Henry the son of Henry, nor by any 
 other act of the same Henry the son, in prejudice and 
 disherison of his heirs of his body issuing, be annulled 
 according to the law and custom of our realm, but ought 
 to remain in their full force, and being willing, with that 
 consideration, to shew especial favor to our most dear son 
 John now Duke of Lancaster (who took to wife Blanche, 
 daughter and heir of the aforesaid Henry son of Henry, 
 afterwards Duke of Lancaster), and to the same Blanche, 
 which same John and Blanche now hold by hereditary 
 right, as in right of the aforesaid Blanche, begotten of 
 the body of the aforesaid Henry son of Henry, all the 
 lands and tenements which were as well of the aforesaid 
 Henry the father, as of the aforesaid Henry the son, have Renewed in 
 thought fit to renew our said grant, made as is premised Duke^'of " " 
 to the aforesaid Earl Henry, unto the aforesaid John now and Blanche 
 
 his wife, 
 
 Duke of Lancaster and Blanche his wife: and we have ^aughterand 
 
 ' heir of Henry 
 
 granted, and by this our charter have confirmed, for us Dukf® 
 and our heirs, to the same Duke John and Blanche, that 
 they and their heirs of the bodies of the same John and 
 Blanche begotten, and all their men of the lands and fees 
 which were of the aforesaid Henry the father on the said 
 seventh day of May, may be for ever quit of paviaore, pas- Acquittance 
 
 , ,, „ 5 ° ' ^ of tolls, &c. 
 
 sage, payage, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, 
 picage, and groundage throughout all our realm and domi- 
 nion ; and also that the same Duke and Blanche, and their 
 heirs aforesaid for ever, may have the return of all writs of Return of 
 
 writs and 
 
 us and our heirs, and summons of the exchequer of us and summons of 
 
 ^ the exche- 
 
 our heirs, and the attachment as well of pleas of the crown '^""• 
 
 • 11 1 1 1 Attachment 
 
 as of other pleas whatsoever in all the lands and fees afore- otpieasof 
 
 '■ the crown. 
 
 said; so that no sheriff, or other bailiff or minister of us 
 or our heirs, may enter those lands or fees, to execute 
 
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 rumcunque ponere se in seisinam de catallis praedictis et ea 
 ad usum ipsorum Ducis et Blanchise et hseredum suorum 
 praedictorum retinere. Et etiam quod habeant imperpe- 
 tuum omnes fines pro transgressionibus et aliis delictis qui- 
 buscunque et etiam fines pro licentia eoncordandi, ac omnia 
 amerciamenta redemptiones et exitus forisfactos, ac foris- 
 facturas, annum diem et vastum et streppum, et omnia quae 
 ad nos et haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de hujusmodi 
 anno die et vasto et murdris de omnibus hominibus et te- 
 nentibus de dictis terris et feodis quae fuerunt dicti Hen- 
 rici patris dicto septimo die Maii, in quibuscunque curiis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum homines et tenentes illos, 
 tam coram nobis et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria 
 nostra et haeredum nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et 
 baronibus nostris et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, et 
 coram justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, 
 ac coram senescallo et marescallis seu clerico mercati 
 hospitii nostri et haeredum nostrorum, qui pro tempore 
 fuerint, et aliis curiis nostris et haeredum nostrorum, 
 quam coram justitiariis itinerantibus ad communia pla- 
 cita et ad placita forestae et quibuscunque aUis jus- 
 titiariis et ministris nostris et haeredum nostrorum, 
 tam in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam 
 in absentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, fines facere vel 
 amerciari, exitus forisfacere, annum diem et vastum seu 
 forisfacturas et murdra adjudicari contigerit; quae fines, 
 amerciamenta, redemptiones, exitus, annus dies vastum 
 sive streppum, forisfacturae et murdra, ad nos vel haeredes 
 nostros possent pertinere, si praefatis Duci et Blanchise et 
 haeredibus suis praedictis concessa non fuissent, Ita quod 
 iidem Dux et Blanchia et haeredes sui praedicti, per se vel 
 per ballivos et ministros suos, fines, amerciamenta, redemp- 
 tiones, exitus, et forisfacturas hujusmodi hominum et 
 
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 the same writs and summons, or to make attachment of 
 the pleas of the crown or other pleas aforesaid, or to do 
 any other office there, unless in default of the same Duke 
 and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid, and their baiUffs 
 and ministers in their lands and fees aforesaid. And also chattels of 
 
 felons. 
 
 that they may have the chattels of their men and tenants 
 being felons and fugitives; so that if any one of their 
 men or tenants ought to lose life or limb for his offence, 
 or should flee and be unwilling to stand his trial, or 
 commit any other offence for the which he ought to 
 lose his chattels, wheresoever justice should be had of 
 him, whether in the court of us or our heirs, or in any 
 other court, such chattels shall belong to the same Duke 
 and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. And that it shall 
 be lawful for them or their ministers, without hinderance 
 of us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs, or other bailiffs or 
 ministers whomsoever, to put themselves in seizin of the 
 chattels aforesaid, and retain them to the use of the same 
 Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. And also Fines and 
 
 ^ n n n /• amerce- 
 
 that they may have for ever all fines for trespasses and ments, for- 
 
 *■ feited issue 
 
 other offences whatsoever, and also the fines for licence forfeitures, 
 
 ' &c. 
 
 to agree, and all amercements, ransoms, and forfeited 
 issues and forfeitures, year, day, and waste, and estrepe- 
 ment, and all things which can pertain to us and our 
 heirs, of the like year, day, and waste, and murders, in 
 respect of all the men and tenants of the said lands and 
 fees, which were of the said Henry the father on the 
 said seventh day of May, in any soever of the courts of 
 us and our heirs, where such men and tenants shall 
 happen to make fine, or be amerced, or forfeit issues, 
 or such year, day, and waste, or forfeitures and murders, 
 happen to be adjudged, as well before us and our heirs, 
 and in the chancery of us and our heirs, and before the 
 
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 tenentium suorum prsedictorum, et omnia quae ad nos et 
 haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto sive 
 streppo et murdris prsedictis, levare percipere et habere 
 possint,— sine occasione vel impedimento nostri vel haere- 
 dum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, 
 coronatorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nos- 
 trorum quorumcunque. Qiiare volumus et firmiter prse- 
 cipimus pro nobis et hseredibus nostris quod prsefati Dux 
 et Blanchia et haeredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant 
 omnes libertates praedictas sicut praedictum est, et eis et 
 earum qualibet decaetero plene gaudeant et utantur, reddi- 
 tione seu cancellatione cartae praedictae non obstante. Ita 
 quod si praedicti Dux et Blanchia sine haerede de cor- 
 poribus suis exeunte obierint, tunc omnes et singulae 
 libertates praedictae, post mortem ipsorum Ducis et 
 Blanchiae ad nos et haeredes nostros integre rever- 
 tantur. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus patribus, Simone 
 EUensi Cancellario, Johanne Bathoniensi et Wellensi The- 
 saurario, nostris, Episcopis, Leonello Duce Clarenciae filio 
 nostro carissimo, Humfrido de Bohun Herefordiae, Ricardo 
 Arundelliae, Comitibus, Edwardo le Despenser Domino de 
 Glamorgan et Morgannowe, Guidone de Bryan, Johanne 
 atte Lee Senescallo hospitii nostri, et aliis. Data per 
 manum nostram apud Westmonasterium quartodecimo die 
 Julii, anno regni nostri tricesimo octavo. NOS autem 
 cartam supradictam ac omnes donationes concessiones et 
 omnia alia in eadem contenta pro nobis et haeredibus nos- 
 tris tenore praesentium ratificamus et confirmamus, juxta 
 tenorem et efFectum cartae supradictae. In cujus rei tes- 
 timonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste 
 me ipso apud Westmonasterium quintodecimo die Septem- 
 bris anno regni nostri primo. INSPEXIMUS insuper 
 quandam aliam cartam nostram factam in haec verba: 
 
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 treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, 
 and before the justices of the bench of us and our heirs, and 
 before the steward and marshals, or the clerk of the market 
 of the household of us and our heirs for the time being, 
 and in other the courts of us and our heirs, as before 
 the justices in eyre, to hold common pleas and pleas of 
 the forest, and before all other justices and ministers of 
 us and our heirs whomsoever, as well in presence of us 
 and our heirs as in absence of us and our heirs; which 
 fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, year, day, waste, or 
 estrepement, forfeitures, and murders, would pertain to 
 us or our heirs, if they had not been granted to the 
 aforesaid Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. 
 So that the same Duke and Blanche, and their heirs afore- 
 said, by themselves or by their bailiffs and ministers, may 
 levy, perceive, and have the fines, amercements, ransoms, 
 issues, and forfeitures of such their men and tenants afore- 
 said, and all things which can pertain to us and our heirs 
 of the year, day, and waste, or estrepement and murders 
 aforesaid, — without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or 
 of our justices, escheators, sheriffs, coroners, or other our 
 bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. Wherefore we will and 
 strictly command for us and our heirs, that the aforesaid 
 Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid, shall have 
 all the liberties aforesaid for ever, as is aforesaid, and 
 shall henceforth fully enjoy and use them and every of 
 them, notwithstanding the surrender or cancelling of the 
 charter aforesaid. So that if the aforesaid Duke and 
 Blanche shall die without heir of their bodies issuing, 
 then all and every the liberties aforesaid, after the death 
 of the same Duke and Blanche, shall entirely revert to 
 us and our heirs. These being witnesses, the venerable 
 fathers, Simon Bishop of Ely, our Chancellor; John 
 
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 RICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglisp et Francise et Do- 
 minus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos praesentes literae perve- 
 nerint salutem. Inspeximus quandam cartam indentatam 
 nuper factam inter carissimum dominum et avum nostrum 
 Dominum Edwardum Regem Angliae defunctum et caris- 
 simum filium suum Johannem Regem Castellae et Le- 
 gionis Ducem Lancastrise, avunculum nostrum, et sub 
 magno sigillo prsedicti avi nostri sigillatam, in haec verba : 
 Hjec carta indentata facta inter magnificum principem 
 Dominum Edwardum Regem Angliae et Francise et caris- 
 simum filium suum Johannem Regem Castellae et Legionis 
 et Ducem Lancastriae illustrem testatur quod cum idem 
 Dominus Rex Angliae praefatum Johannem nunc Regem 
 Castellae in Comitem Richemondiae praefecerit, et comita- 
 tum Richemondiae ac honorem castra maneria terras tene- 
 menta et omnia alia loca ad dictum comitatum pertinentia 
 quae Johannes nuper Dux Britanniae et Comes loci praedicti 
 habuit ibidem, praefato Johanni Regi Castellae per nomen 
 Comitis Richemondiae, habenda et tenenda sibi et haere- 
 dibus de corpore suo exeuntibus dederit et concesserit 
 per cartam suam, prout in carta praedicta plane liquet: 
 Jamque dictus Johannes Rex Castellae, cum praelatis pro- 
 ceribus comitibus maguatibus nobilibus et sapientibus de 
 concilio regib existentibus praehabitis super hoc diversis 
 tractatibus, perpendens et advertens quod si comitatus 
 honor castra maneria terrae tenementa et loca praedicta 
 in so et solium regium, a quo prius exiverant, transfer 
 rentur, in ipsius Regis Angliae et totius regni Anghae 
 commodum tenderet, quietem pariter et honorem. Et 
 propterea dictus Johannes Rex Castellae, sicut gratus 
 filius, patris sui beneplacita, honorem et commodum regni 
 Angliae, suis propriis utilitatibus anteponens, pura et 
 spontanea voluntate sua, causis et occasionibus antedictis, 
 
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 Bishop of Bath and Wells, our Treasurer ; our most dear 
 son Lionel Duke of Clarence ; Humphrey de Bohun, Earl 
 of Hereford ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; Edward le De- 
 spenser, Lord of Glamorgan and Morgannowe; Guy de 
 Brian ; John atte Lee, Steward of our household, and 
 others. Given under our hand at Westminster, on the 
 fourteenth day of July, in the thirty-eighth year of our 
 reign. AND we the charter abovesaid, and all the dona- 
 tions, grants, and all other things therein contained, do 
 for us and our heirs, by the tenor of these presents, 
 ratify and conlBrm according to the tenor and effect of 
 the charter abovesaid. In witness whereof we have 
 caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness our- 
 self at Westminster, on the fifteenth day of September, in 
 the first year of our reign. WE have inspected, more- 
 over, a certain other charter of ours made in these words : 
 RICHARD, by the grace of God, King of England and isth sept. 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present ^''^- '^^^• 
 letters shall come, greeting. We have inspected a certain 
 Charter indented, lately made between our most dear Lord 
 and grandfather. Lord Edward late King of England, de- 
 ceased, and his most dear son John King of Castillo and 
 Leon, Duke of Lancaster, our uncle, and sealed under the 
 great seal of our aforesaid grandfather, in these words: 
 This Charter indented, made between the his^h and 25th June, 
 
 ° 46 Edw. 3. 
 
 mighty prince. Lord Edward King of England and France, ^.d. 1372. 
 and his most dear son John, the illustrious King of Cas- 
 tillo and Leon and Duke of Lancaster, witnesseth, that, 
 whereas the same Lord the King of England did advance Estates 
 
 fiivcii to tll6 
 
 the aforesaid John, now Kinff of Castillo, to be Earl of cukeofLan- 
 
 *-^ caster in ex- 
 
 Richmond, and by his charter did give and grant unto the the"|rii[o' 
 aforesaid John King of Castillo, by the name of Earl of ^ond!'^' 
 Richmond, the earldom of Richmond, and the honor, cas- 
 
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 specialiter acquievit et concessit quod comitatus honor 
 castra maneria terrae tenementa et loca praedicta, necnon 
 feoda militum ad eadem comitatuni honorem castra ma- 
 neria terras tenementa et loca praedicta pertinentia, et 
 similiter advocationes eisdem spectantes simul cum mem- 
 bris hamelettis pratis pascuis pasturis piscariis moris maris- 
 cis turbariis chaciis parcis boscis warennis hundredis wapen- 
 tachiis feriis mercatis libertatibus liberis consuetudinibus 
 escaetis et omnibus aliis ad praedicta comitatum honorem 
 castra maneria terras tenementa et loca praedicta qualiter- 
 cunque et ubicunque spectantibus sive pertinentibus, prae- 
 fato patri suo traderentur ; unde praedictus Dominus Rex 
 Angliae gratitudinem praedictam multis attollens laudibus, et 
 volens proinde praefato Johanni Regi Castell^, et in status 
 sui supportationem majorem, retributionem sibi facere com- 
 petentem, castrum manerium et honorem de Tickhull, cas- 
 trum et manerium de Alto Pecco, cum feodis militum eisdem 
 castris maneriis et honori pertinentibus sive spectantibus, et 
 omnia feoda quae dictus Dominus Rex Angliae habuit ex 
 dono et concessione Roberti de Lisle militis (feodis quae in 
 manu ipsius Domini Regis Angliae sunt extincta dum- 
 taxat exceptis) necnon advocationes ecclesiarum de Steyn- 
 drop et Braunspath in episcopatu Dunolmensi, et libera- 
 rum capellarum de Tickhull et de Alto Pecco, ac ecclesiae 
 de Marsfeld, liberae capellae ibidem, liberse capellae infra 
 castrum de Pevenese, prioratus de Wilmingdon, qui est 
 cella abbatiae Sanctae Mariae de Greston in Normannia, 
 et prioratus de Withiham, qui est cella abbatiae Sancti 
 Martini de Meremest Turon', et domus Sancti Roberti 
 de Knaresburgh ; castrum manerium et honorem de Knares- 
 burgh cum pertinentiis, et hundredum sive wapentachium 
 de Staynchf, cum pertinentiis in comitatu Eboraci, ma- 
 neria de Grynglay et Whetelay, cum pertinentiis in co- 
 
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 ties, manors, lands, tenements, and all other places to the 
 said earldom pertaining, which John late Duke of Brit- 
 tany and Earl of the aforesaid place had there, to have 
 and hold to him and the heirs of his body issuing, as in 
 the charter aforesaid plainly doth appear : And now the 
 said John King of Castillo, divers treaties hereupon being 
 had with the prelates, peers, earls, grandees, nobles, and 
 sages of the royal council, well weighing and consider- 
 ing, that, if the earldom, honor, castles, manors, lands, 
 tenements, and places aforesaid were to be transferred 
 to him and the royal throne, whence they had first 
 issued, it would tend not less to the advantage of the 
 said King of England, and the whole realm of England, 
 than to the quiet and honor of the same. And for that 
 the said John King of Castillo, like a grateful son, pre- 
 ferring his father's pleasure, and the honor and con- 
 venience of the kingdom of England, to his own private 
 advantage, of his own pure will and free accord, for the 
 causes and reasons aforesaid, hath especially acquiesced 
 and granted that the earldom, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, and places aforesaid, and also the 
 knights' fees pertaining to the same earldom, honor, 
 castles, manors, lands, tenements, and places aforesaid, 
 and in like manner the advowsons belonging to the same, 
 together with the members, hamlets, meadows, feedings, 
 pastures, fisheries, moors, marshes, turbaries, chases, parks, 
 woods, warrens, hundreds, wapentakes, fairs, markets, li- 
 berties, free customs, escheats, and all other things to the 
 aforesaid earldom, honor, castles, manors, lands, tenements, 
 and places aforesaid howsoever and wheresoever belong- 
 ing or pertaining, shall be given up to his aforesaid father ; 
 whereupon the aforesaid Lord the King of England, ex- 
 tolling with many praises the gratitude aforesaid, and 
 
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 mitatu Notinghamiae, maneria de Wyghton, Ailesham, Fa- 
 kenhamdam, et Snetesham ; necnon hundreda de North- 
 grenehowe, Northerpingham, Sutherpingham, et Smethe- 
 don, cum pertinentiis in comitatibus Norfolcise et SufFolcise, 
 maneria de Glatton et Holm, cum pertinentiis in comitatu 
 Huntingdonise, manerium de Sahara, cum pertinentiis in 
 comitatu Cantabrigise, castrum et leucatam de Pevenese 
 ac manfiiia de Wilyndon et Marsfeld, necnon ballivam de 
 Endelenewyk, cum pertinentiis in comitatu Sussexise, et 
 liberam chaciam de Alto Pecco, quam dictus Dominus 
 Rex Angliae tenuit in manu sua ut forestam, tenendam ut 
 liberam chaciam, ac liberam chaciam de Asshedon, cum 
 juribus et Hbertatibus liberis chaciis pertinentibus ; et 
 annuam firmam ducentarum marcarum quam abbas et 
 conventus beatse Marise Eborum eidem Domino Regi 
 Anglise et haeredibus suis pro manerio de Whitegift sol- 
 vere tenentur, percipiendam per manus dictorum abbatis 
 et conventus et successorum suorum, dedit et concessit 
 pro se et haeredibus suis praefato Johanni Regi Castellae, 
 habenda sibi et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus una 
 cum membris hamelettis pratis pascuis pasturis piscariis 
 moris mariscis turbariis chaciis parcis boscis warennis 
 hundredis wapentachiis feriis mercatis libertatibus li- 
 beris consuetudinibus escaetis et omnibus aliis ad prae- 
 dicta castra maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam 
 et chacias qualitercunque et ubicunque spectantibus sive 
 pertinentibus de praefato Domino Rege Angliae et haere- 
 dibus suis per servitia inde debita et consueta imper- 
 petuum in escambium pro dictis comitatu Richemondiae 
 honore castris maneriis terris tenementis locis feodis et ad- 
 vocationibus praedictis, quae idem Johannes Rex Castellae 
 per banc cartam indentatam dedit concessit et sursum red- 
 didit eidem Domino Regi Angliae et haeredibus suis im- 
 
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 being willing therefore to make competent retribution 
 to him the aforesaid John King of Castille, and for the 
 better support of his station, hath given and granted 
 for himself and his heirs unto the aforesaid John King 
 of Castille the castle, manor, and honor of Tickhill, the 
 castle and manor of the High Peak, with the knights' 
 fees to the same castles, manors, and honor pertaining 
 or belonging, and all the fees which the said Lord the 
 King of England had by the gift and grant of Sir Robert 
 de Lisle, knight, (excepting only those fees which are 
 extinct in the hands of the said Lord the King of Eng- 
 land,) and also the advowsons of the churches of Stain- 
 drop and Brancepeth in the bishopric of Durham, and 
 of the free chapels of Tickhill and High Peak, and of 
 the church of Maresfield and free chapel there, of the 
 free chapel within Pevensey castle, of the priory of Wil- 
 mingdon, which is a cell of the abbey of St. Mary de 
 Greston in Normandy, and of the priory of Withiham, 
 which is a cell of the abbey of St. Martin de Meremest 
 in Tourain, and of the house of St. Robert of Knares- 
 boro'; — the castle, manor, and honor of Knaresboro', with 
 appurtenances; and the hundred or wapentake of Stain- 
 cliff, with appurtenances, in the county of York ; — the 
 manors of Gringley and Wheatley, with appurtenances, in 
 the county of Nottingham ; — the manors of Wighton, Ayls- 
 ham, Fakenham, and Snettisham, and also the hundreds of 
 North Greenhoe, North Erpingham, South Erpingham, and 
 Smithdon, with appurtenances, in the counties of Norfolk 
 and Suffolk; — the manors of Glatton and Holm, with ap- 
 purtenances, in the county of Huntingdon; — the manor of 
 Soham, with appurtenances, in the county of Cambridge; 
 — the castle and leucata of Pevensey, and the manors of 
 Willingdon and Maresfield, and also the bailiwick of En- 
 
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 perpetuum in escambium pro castris maneriis honoribus 
 hundredis leucata balliva chaciis firma feodis et advo- 
 cationibus prsedictis, sibi per ipsum Dominum Regem 
 Anglise, ut prsedicitur, datis et concessis, sub ea quae 
 sequitur conditione, quod si haeredes dicti Johannis Regis 
 Castellge reeuperaverint per judicium inde rite redditum, 
 comitatum Richemondise, honorem castra maneria terras 
 tenementa loca feoda et advocationes praedicta aut ali- 
 quam parcellam eorundem, virtute doni talliae supradicti, 
 et possessionem inde habuerint, recuperationem illam affir- 
 mandoj liceat eidem Domino Regi Angliae et haeredibus suis 
 castra maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam chacias 
 firmam feoda et advocationes praedicta, praefato Jobanui 
 Regi Castellae sic in escambium praedictum data et con- 
 cessa, reintrare et tenere imperpetuum. Et si contin- 
 gat praedicta castra maneria honores hundreda leuca- 
 tam balhvam chacias firmam feoda et advocationes aut 
 aliquam parcellam eorumdem praefato Johanni Regi Cas- 
 tellae in escambium praedictum sic data et concessa ab 
 eodem Johanne Rege Castellae seu haeredibus suis praedic- 
 tis recuperari, dictus Dominus Rex Angliae et haeredes sui 
 debitam recompensationem praefato Johanni Regi Castellae 
 et haeredibus suis praedictis, de valore, sine difficultate 
 qualibet facere teneantur. Dumtamen idem Johannes Rex 
 Castellae et haeredes sui praedicti a dicto Domino Rege 
 Angliae aut haeredibus suis auxilium petant, et debitam 
 diligentiam apponant circa salvationem de eo quod versus 
 eos peti contingat. Et etiam si comitatum Richemondiae 
 honorem castra maneria terras tenementa loca feoda et 
 advocationes praedicta aut aliquam parcellam eorumdem 
 extra manus dicti Domini Regis Angliae seu haeredum 
 suorum in feodo simpUci aut talliato poni contingat, et 
 imposterum ad manus ejusdem Domini Regis Angliae vel 
 
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 delenewickj with appurtenances, in the county of Sussex ; 
 — and the free chase of the High Peak, which the said 
 Lord the King of England held in his hands as a forest, 
 to hold as a free chase; — and the free chase of Ashdown, 
 with the rights and liberties to free chases pertaining; — 
 and the yearly farm of 200 marks which the abbot and 
 convent of St. Mary"'s at York are held to pay to the 
 same Lord the King of England and his heirs for the 
 manor of Whitegift, to be perceived by the hands of the 
 said abbot and convent, and their successors : — To have 
 to him and the heirs of his body issuing, together with the 
 members, hamlets, meadows, feedings, pastures, fisheries, 
 moors, marshes, turbaries, chases, parks, woods, warrens, 
 hundreds, wapentakes, fairs, markets, liberties, free cus- 
 toms, escheats, and all other things to the aforesaid castles, 
 manors, honors, hundreds, leucata^ bailiwick, and chases 
 howsoever and wheresoever belonging or pertaining, of 
 the aforesaid Lord the King of England and his heirs, 
 by the services therefore due and accustomed for ever, in 
 exchange for the said earldom of Richmond, and the honor, 
 castles, manors, lands, tenements, places, fees and advow- 
 sons aforesaid, which the same John King of Castillo by 
 this charter indented hath given, granted, and surrendered 
 to the same Lord the King of England and his heirs for 
 ever in exchange for the castles, manors, honors, hundreds, 
 leucatay bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and advowsons afore- 
 said, given and granted to him by the same Lord the King 
 of England as is aforesaid, — under the condition hereafter 
 following, — that if the heirs of the said John King of 
 Castillo shall recover by judgment thereupon rightfully 
 given the earldom of Richmond, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, or 
 any parcel thereof, by virtue of the aforesaid gift in tail. 
 
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 haereduni suorum, ex justa causa, in feodo devenerint, 
 tam idem Dominus Ilex Anglise et haeredes sui castra 
 maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam chacias fir- 
 mam feoda et advocationes prsedicta prsefato Johanni Regi 
 Castellse et hseredibus de corpora suo exeuntibus sic 
 data et concessa, quam prsefatus Johannes Rex Castellae 
 et haeredes sui prsedicti dictum comitatum Richemondiae 
 ac honorem castra maneria terras tenementa loca feoda 
 et advocationes prsedicta dicto Domino Regi Angliae et 
 haeredibus suis in escambium praedictum ut praemittitur 
 data et concessa, pro integro sen pro rata rehabeant hinc 
 et inde, et restitutio exinde fiat, tenenda prout prius. Et 
 idem Dominus Rex Angliae et haeredes sui castra maneria 
 honores hundreda leucatam ballivam chacias firmam feoda 
 et advocationes praedicta, praefato Johanni Regi Castellae 
 et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus per ipsum Do- 
 minum Regem Angliae data et concessa, praefato Johanni 
 Regi Castellae et haeredibus suis praedictis warantizabunt et 
 imperpetuum defendent, juxta vim et eifectum escambii 
 et conditionum praedictorum. Et similiter idem Johannes 
 Rex Castellae et haeredes sui praedictum comitatum Riche- 
 mondiae, simul cum honore castris maneriis terris tenemen- 
 ts locis feodis et advocationibus praedictis, praedicto Domino 
 Regi Angliae et haeredibus suis contra omnes gentes waran- 
 tizabunt et imperpetuum defendent, juxta vim et effectum 
 escambii et conditionum praedictorum. In cujus rei tes- 
 timonium praedictae cartae indentatae tam sigillum dicti Do- 
 mini Regis Angliae quam sigillum dicti Johannis Regis Cas- 
 tellae alternatim sunt appensa. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus 
 patribus Willielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius An- 
 gliae Primate^ Simone Londinensi et Willielmo Wintoniensi, 
 Episcopis, Edmundo filio dicti Regis Angliae carissimo 
 Cantabrigiae, Ricardo Arundelliae, Humfrido de Bohun He- 
 
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 and thereof have possession, affirming that recovery, it may 
 be lawful for the same Lord the King of England and his 
 heirs to re-enter and hold for ever the castles, manors, 
 honors, hundreds, leucata, bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and 
 advowsons aforesaid so given and granted to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castille in exchange as aforesaid. And if 
 it happen that the aforesaid castles, manors, honors, hun- 
 dreds, leucata^ bailiwick, chases, farm, fees and advowsons, 
 or any parcel thereof, so given and granted to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castille in exchange as aforesaid, be re- 
 covered from the same John King of Castille or his heirs 
 aforesaid, the said Lord the King of England and his heirs 
 shall be held to make due compensation of the value to 
 the aforesaid John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid 
 without any difficulty. So however, that the same John 
 King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid pray aid of the 
 said Lord the King of England or his heirs, and apply 
 due diligence about the salvation of that which may 
 happen to be sued against them. And also if it happen 
 that the earldom of Richmond, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, 
 or any parcel thereof, be put out of the hands of the 
 said Lord the King of England or his heirs in fee 
 simple or tail, and thereafter shall come by just cause 
 into the hands of the same Lord the King of England 
 or his heirs in fee, as well the same Lord the King of 
 England and his heirs, the castles, manors, honors, hun- 
 dreds, leucata^ bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and advowsons 
 aforesaid so given and granted to the aforesaid John 
 King of Castille and the heirs of his body issuing, as the 
 aforesaid John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid, the 
 said earldom of Richmond, and the honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid 
 
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 refordise et Willielmo de Monte Acuto Sarum, Comitibus, 
 Henrico de Percy, Roberto de Thorp Cancellario, Ricardo 
 de Scrop Thesaurario, Willielmo Latymer Camerario, Jo- 
 hanne de Neville Senescallo hospitii prsedicti Domini Regis 
 Anglise, Johanne Knyvet, Willielmo de Fynchedene, Jo- 
 hanne Moubray, Thoma de Ingelby, Willielmo de Wy- 
 chyngham, Rogero de Meres et Johanne de Cavendissh, 
 ejusdem Domini Regis Anglise justitiariis, et aliis. Data 
 apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto die Junii, anno 
 regni dicti Domini Regis Anglise, Angliae quadragesimo 
 sexto, regni vero sui Francise tricesimo tertio. INSPEXI- 
 MUS etiam quandam aliam cartam prsefati avi nostri 
 nuper factam prsedicto avunculo nostro in hsec verba: 
 Edwardus, Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Francise, et Do- 
 minus Hibernise, archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, pri- 
 oribus, ducibus, comitibus, baronibus, militibus, justiti- 
 ariis, vicecomitibus, prsepositis, ballivis, ministris, et aliis 
 fidelibus suis, salutem. Sciatis quod cum nuper per cartam 
 nostram indentatam dederimus et concesserimus pro nobis 
 et hseredibus nostris quantum in nobis fuit carissimo filio 
 nostro Johanni Regi Castellse et Legionis, Duci Lancastrise, 
 castrum manerium et honorem de Tickhull, ac alia terras 
 et tenementa in dicta carta nostra specificata cum perti- 
 nentiis ; habenda sibi et hseredibus de corpore suo exeun- 
 tibus in escambium pro comitatu Richemondise, ac honore 
 castris maneriis terris tenementis et omnibus aliis locis ad 
 dictum comitatum pertinentibus nobis et hseredibus nostris 
 per prsefatum filium nostrum datis concessis et sursum reddi- 
 tis, prout in carta nostra prsedicta plenius continetur ; ac jam 
 prsefatus filius noster nobis supplicaverit ut cum villa de 
 Grenstede quse ut parcella manerii de Marsfeld, villa de 
 Seford quse ut parcella castri et leucatse de Pevensey, 
 et villa de Laghton in Morthyng quse ut parcella castri 
 
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 given and granted to the said Lord the King of England 
 and his heirs in exchange aforesaid, as is premised, may 
 have back on either side entirely or proportionately, 
 and restitution thereupon be made, to hold as before. 
 And the same Lord the King of England and his heirs, 
 the castles, manors, honors, hundreds, leucata, bailiwick, 
 chases, farm, fees and advowsons aforesaid given and 
 granted by the same Lord the King of England to the 
 aforesaid John King of Castille and the heirs of his body 
 issuing, will warrant and for ever defend to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid, according 
 to the force and effect of the exchange and conditions 
 aforesaid. And in Ijke manner the same John King of 
 Castille and his heirs, the aforesaid earldom of Richmond, 
 together with the honor, castles, manors, lands, tenements, 
 places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, against all men will 
 warrant and for ever defend to the aforesaid Lord the 
 King of England and his heirs, according to the force 
 and effect of the exchange and conditions aforesaid. In 
 witness whereof, as well the seal of the said Lord the 
 King of England, as the seal of the said John King of 
 Castille, alternately are set to the aforesaid charter in- 
 dented. These being witnesses, the venerable fathers, 
 WiUiam Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all Eng- 
 land; Simon Bishop of London, and William Bishop of 
 Winchester; Edmund Earl of Cambridge, the most dear 
 son of the said King of England; Richard Earl of Arundel; 
 Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and Wilham de 
 Montacute, Earl of Salisbury; Henry de Percy; Robert 
 de Thorp, Chancellor; Richard de Scroope, Treasurer; 
 William Latymer, Chamberlain ; John de Neville, Steward 
 of the household of the aforesaid Lord the King of Eng- 
 land; John Knyvet, William de Fynchedene, John Mou- 
 
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 et honoris de Tickhull, sibi in certum valorem in escam- 
 bium prsedictum (nulla speciali mentione facta de villis illis 
 in dicta carta nostra) liberata fuerunt, tria grossa per se 
 separatim et non pertinentia ad manerium de Marsfeld 
 castrum et leucatam de Pevensey et castrum et honorem 
 de Tickhull prsedicta existant, nee aliquo tempore fuerint, 
 sicut jam sibi datur intelligi, velimus ne ipse aut hee- 
 redes sui praedicti super occupatione dictarum villarum 
 de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, ob defectum specialis 
 nominationis earumdem in concessione nostra prsedicta 
 impetantur infuturum, dictas villas de Grenstede, Se- 
 ford, et Laghton, nominatim sibi concedere, habendas et 
 tenendas una cum dictis castro manerio et honore de 
 Tickhull, ac aliis terris et tenementis sibi in dictum es- 
 cambium datis, et etiam cum libertatibus quietantiis et 
 immunitatibus quas Philippa nuper Regina Anglise, tunc 
 consors nostra, quae dicta castrum manerium et honorem 
 de Tickhull et alia terras et tenementa, eidem filio nostro 
 per nos sic data, tenuit, in vita sua habuit ex concessione 
 nostra in eisdem, in recompensationem libertatum quietan- 
 tiarum et immunitatum quas idem filius noster in dicto 
 comitatu Richemondiae et honore castris maneriis terris 
 tenementis et aliis locis ad dictum comitatum pertinen- 
 tibus habuit, dum ea tenuit, ante escambium supradictum. 
 Nos escambium illud in qualibet parte ejusdem observare, 
 et tam quieti dicti filii nostri et haeredum suorum praedic- 
 torum in hac parte prospicere, quam dicta tenementa eidem 
 filio nostro ut praemittitur data et concessa ac dictas villas 
 de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, quas virtute dictae 
 concessionis nostrae sic tenet, libertatibus quietantiis et 
 immunitatibus, per praefatam consortem nostram habitis 
 ut praemittitur in eisdem, muniri et exornari, in recom- 
 pensationem libertatum quietantiarum et immunitatum 
 
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 bray, Thomas de Ingelby, William de Wychyngham, Roger 
 de Meres, and John de Cavendissh, Justices of the same 
 Lord the King of England, and others. Given at West- 
 minster on the twenty-fifth day of June, in the forty-sixth 
 year of' the reign of the said Lord the King of England, 
 and the thirty- third of his reign of France. JVE have in- 
 spected also a certain other Charter of our aforesaid grand- 
 father lately made to our aforesaid uncle, in these words : 
 Edward, by the grace of God, King of England and 4th June, 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to his archbishops, bishops, ^■^' i^??. 
 abbots, priors, dukes, earls, barons, knights, justices, she- 
 riffs, reeves, bailiffs, ministers, and other his faithful people, 
 greeting. Know ye, that whereas we did lately by our char- Redtai that 
 
 '^ ^ . *^ . certain es- 
 
 ter indented give and grant for us and our heirs, as far as tates had 
 
 *^ '^ been given m 
 
 did in us he, to our most dear son John King of Castillo and the eaddom" 
 
 Leon and Duke of Lancaster the castle manor and honor of mond!^" 
 
 Tickhill and other lands and tenements in our said charter 
 
 specified, with appurtenances, to have to him and the heirs of 
 
 his body issuing, in exchange for the earldom of Richmond 
 
 and the honor castles manors lands tenements and all 
 
 other places to the said earldom pertaining, given granted 
 
 and surrendered to us and our heirs by our aforesaid son, 
 
 as in our charter aforesaid more fully is contained ; and and the 
 
 •^ ' Duke had 
 
 now our aforesaid son hath besought us, that, whereas the petitioned 
 
 o ' ' that certain 
 
 town of Grinstead, which as parcel of the manor of Mares- Sugiri^''''^' 
 field, the town of Seaford, which as parcel of the castle and 
 
 not 
 specially 
 mentioned in 
 
 leucata of Pevensey, and the town of Laughton-in-le- included 
 
 Morthen, which as parcel of the castle and honor of 
 Tickhill, were delivered to him at a certain valuation in 
 the exchange aforesaid, (no special mention being made 
 of those towns in our said charter,) be three towns in 
 gross severally of themselves, and be not nor were at any 
 time pertaining to the aforesaid manor of Maresfield, castle 
 
 valuatiun, 
 
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 per prsedictum filium nostrum in dicto comitatu Riche- 
 mondiae et pertinentiis suis praedictis nuper habitarum, 
 et prsecipue ob specialem afFectionem quam ad personam 
 ejusdem filii nostri, suis meritis magnificis laudabiliter 
 exigentibus, gerimus et habemus, concessimus eidem filio 
 nostro pro nobis et haeredibus nostris quod ipse dictas 
 villas de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton cum pertinentiis 
 suis universis, etiam licet grossa sint per se, an ut prsedic- 
 tum est pertinentia ad dictum manerium de Marsfeld, 
 castrum et leucatam de Pevensey et castrum et honorem 
 de Tickhull, habeat et retineat, unacum dictis castro ma- 
 nerio et honore de Tickhull et aliis terris et tenementis 
 prsedictis sibi per nos, ut praemittitur, datis, ac liberta- 
 tibus quietantiis et immunitatibus subscriptis (quas pras- 
 fatag Reginse in dictis terris et tenementis quae ipsa sic 
 tenuit ad vitam suam, concessimus, babendas, sicut per in- 
 spectionem rotulorum cancellariag nostrae nobis constat), 
 habendis utendis et gaudendis in dictis castro manerio et 
 honore de Tickhull, ac aliis castris maneriis honoribus 
 hundredis, et villis de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, ac 
 aliis terris tenementis et locis quibuscumque dicto filio 
 nostro, ut est dictum, per nos datis et in dicta carta nos- 
 tra plenius specificatis, et qualibet parte eorumdem eidem 
 filio nostro et dictis haeredibus de corpore suo, ut prae- 
 dictum est, procreatis, in escambium supradictum, sub modo 
 et forma in eadem carta nostra contentis imperpetuum, 
 videlicet, cum feodis militum, advocationibus domorum re- 
 ligiosarum hospitalium ecclesiarum et capellarum, wardis 
 maritagiis et escaetis de omnibus tenentibus de ho- 
 noribus maneriis terris tenementis et aliis locis praedictis 
 praefato filio nostro per nos sic datis, simul cum chaciis 
 parcis boscis warennis feriis mercatis aquis viis piscariis 
 communis assartis vastis et purpresturis, ac etiam arren- 
 
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 and leucata of Pevensey, and castle and honor of Tickhill, 
 as now he is given to understand, lest he or his heirs afore- 
 said should in future be impeached in the occupation of the 
 said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and Laughton for the 
 want of special naming of the same in our grant aforesaid, 
 we would be pleased to grant the said towns of Grinstead, might by 
 
 name be 
 
 Seaford, and Laughton to him by name, to have and to granted to 
 hold together with the said castle manor and honor of 
 Tickhill and the other lands and tenements given to him 
 
 in the said exchange, and also with the liberties acquit- together with 
 
 tances and immunities which Philippa, late Queen of Eng- enjoyed W ' 
 
 land, then our consort, (who held the said castle, manor, Phiiippa.the 
 
 ' ^ ' ' former te- 
 
 and honor of Tickhill, and the other lands and tenements "fsai^es"*^^ 
 so given by us to our same son,) in her lifetime had in ^^^^^' 
 the same by our grant, in compensation for the liberties 
 acquittances and immunities which our same son had in 
 the said earldom of Richmond, and in the honor castles ma- 
 nors lands tenements and other places to the said earldom 
 pertaining, whilst he held them before the exchange above 
 said. We, to observe the said exchange in every part considera- 
 thereof, and to look as well to the quiet of our said son and senTg^aStf" 
 his heirs aforesaid in this behalf, as that the said tene- session, 
 
 compensate 
 
 ments given and granted to our same son as is premised, ^"'■•"'S^jf^ 
 and the said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and Laughton, eari?om^of" 
 which by virtue of our said grant he so holds, be adorned ^^^^™°"*^' 
 and armed with the liberties acquittances and immunities 
 had in the same by our aforesaid consort as is premised, in 
 compensation for the liberties acquittances and immuni- 
 ties lately had by our aforesaid son in the said earldom of 
 Richmond and its appurtenances aforesaid, and chiefly on and the 
 account of the special affection which we have and bear for grantee. 
 the person of our same son, his high merits full worthily 
 requiring it, have granted to our same son, for us and our 
 
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 tationibus et redditibus quorumcumque assartorum vas- 
 torum et purpresturarum tam temporibus progenitorum nos- 
 trorum quondam Regum Angliae quam nostro in chaciis 
 et aliis locis prsedictis arrentatorum et exnunc arrentan- 
 dorum, una cum finibus pro ingressu hujusmodi assartorum 
 vastorum et purpresturarum sic arrentandorum, et cum 
 curiis, visibus franci plegii, hundredis, wapentachiis, wrek, 
 wayf* et stray', libertatibus regalibus, et liberis consuetudi- 
 nibus, et omnibus aliis ad eadem castra honores maneria 
 hundreda et alia terras tenementa et loca qualitercumque 
 et ubicumque spectantibus. Concessimus etiam pro nobis 
 et hseredibus nostris eidem filio nostro quod ipse et dicti 
 haeredes sui habeant omnes fines redemptiones et amercia- 
 menta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum de et in 
 castris honoribus maneriis hundredis villis terris tene- 
 mentis et aliis locis prsedictis sibi per nos sic datis, et 
 eorum feodis, ac etiam in omnibus villis hundredis et 
 aliis locis unde annuae firmse et redditus sibi inter csetera 
 terras et tenementa praedicta per nos concessi proveniunt ; 
 necnon exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes 
 nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto, forisfac- 
 turis et murdris, in quibuscumque curiis nostris ethaeredum 
 nostrorum homines et tenentes illos (tam coram nobis et 
 haeredibus nostris et in cancellaria nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et baronibus nostris 
 et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, quam coram justi- 
 tiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum itinerantibus ad 
 communia placita et ad placita forestae, ac etiam coram 
 justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, et 
 coram senescallo et marescallo ac coronatore hospitii 
 nostri et haeredum nostrorum et clerico de mercato, 
 ac coram aliis justitiariis et ministris nostris et haere- 
 dum nostrorum quibuscumque) fines seu redemptiones 
 
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 heirs, that he the said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and The Duke 
 
 may retain 
 
 Laughton, with all their appurtenances, albeit even they Jl'^^jfg^t^JJ ""^ 
 be towns in gross of themselves, or whether as aforesaid L^ughtonT*^ 
 they be pertaining to the said manor of Maresfield, castle wuh the 
 
 J ^ ° other estates 
 
 and leucata of Pevensey, and castle and honor of Tickhill, g^ven to him 
 
 •' 'in exchange, 
 
 may have and retain together with the said castle manor 
 and honor of Tickhill and the other lands and tenements 
 aforesaid by us given to him as is premised, and with and enjoy 
 
 •' ° ... certain liber- 
 
 the liberties acquittances and immunities underwritten, {j^^ljigj^^- 
 (which we granted to the aforesaid Queen to have in 
 the said lands and tenements by her so held for her 
 life, as is evident to us by the inspection of the rolls 
 of our chancery,) to have, use, and enjoy in the said 
 castle manor and honor of Tickhill, and the other cas- 
 tles manors honors hundreds, and the towns of Grin- 
 stead, Seaford, and Laughton, and the other lands te- 
 nements and places whatsoever, given by us as has 
 been said to our said son, and in our said charter more 
 fully specified, and in every part thereof, — to our same 
 son and the said heirs of his body begotten as is afore- 
 said, in exchange as abovesaid under the manner and 
 form contained in our same charter for ever, that is 
 to say, with knights'* fees, advowsons of religious houses. Knights' 
 
 . , , T , , , . ffics, advow- 
 
 hospitals, churches and chapels, wardships, marriages, and sons, es. 
 escheats of all the tenants of the honors, manors, lands, te- 
 nements and other places aforesaid by us so given to our 
 aforesaid son, together with chases, parks, woods, warrens, chases, 
 
 . . parks, &c 
 
 fairs, markets, waters, ways, fisheries, commons, assarts, 
 wastes, and purprestures, and also with the arrentations 
 and rents of all manner of assarts, wastes, and purprestures 
 arrented in the chases and other places aforesaid, as well 
 in our time as in the times of our progenitors formerly 
 Kings of England, and hereafter to be arrented, together 
 
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 facere vel amerciari, aut hujusmodi exitus murdra seu 
 forisfacturas annum diem et vastum adjudicari, contigerit, 
 adeo plene et integre sicut nos ea haberemus si praedicta 
 castra honores maneria hundreda villas terras tenementa 
 et alia loca praedicta, eidem filio nostro sic data, in manii 
 nostra retinuissemus. Ita quod ipse et dicti hseredes sui 
 per manus ballivorum et ministrorum suorum fines redemp- 
 tiones et amerciamenta hominum et tenentium praedictorum 
 exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes nostros 
 pertinere poterunt de anno die vasto, forisfacturis et 
 murdris, de et in castris honoribus maneriis hundredis 
 villis terris tenementis et aliis locis praedictis per nos sic 
 datis ac eorum feodis, quae coram praedictis justitiariis iti- 
 nerantibus ad coramunia placita et ad placita forestae, ac 
 coram dictis senescallo et marescallo coronatore seu clerico 
 fieri et adjudicari contigerit, per extractas eorumdem jus- 
 titiariorum itinerantium in itineribus suis et senescalli 
 et marescalli et coronatoris ac clerici in sessionibus suis 
 eisdem ballivis et ministris inde liberandas, necnon fines 
 redemptiones et amerciamenta hominum et tenentium prae- 
 dictorum, ac exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et 
 haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto, 
 forisfacturis, et murdris, de et in castris honoribus 
 maneriis hundredis villis terris tenementis et aliis locis 
 praedictis per nos sic datis ac eorum feodis, quae coram 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris, vel in cancellaria nostra et 
 haeredum nostrorum, seu coram thesaurario et baronibus 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, seu coram 
 justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco aut 
 justitiariis ad assisas capiendas et gaolas deliberandas 
 seu justitiariis ad felonias et transgressiones audiendas et 
 terminandas assignatis, vel coram aliis justitiariis seu mi- 
 nistris nostris et haeredum nostrorum quibuscumque fieri 
 
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 with the fines for ingress of the like assarts, wastes, and 
 purprestures so to be arrented, and with courts, views of 
 frankpledge, hundreds, wapentakes, wreck, waif and stray, Wreck. 
 royal liberties and free customs, and all other things to the 
 same castles, honors, manors, hundreds, and other lands, 
 tenements, and places howsoever and wheresoever belong- 
 ing. We have also granted for us and our heirs to our Fines and 
 same son, that he and his said heirs may have all fines, ments, 
 ransoms, and amercements of all their men and tenants 
 of and in the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, 
 lands, tenements, and other places aforesaid so given to 
 him by us, and in their fees, and also in all the towns, 
 hundreds, and other places whence the annual farms and 
 rents by us granted to him among the other lands and 
 tenements aforesaid do proceed ; and also forfeited issues, forfeited is- 
 
 ^ ' sues, for- 
 
 and all things which can pertain to us and our heirs feitures,&c. 
 of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders, in any 
 soever of the courts of us and our heirs, where such 
 men and tenants shall happen to make fine or ransom 
 or be amerced, or such issues, murders, forfeitures, year, 
 day, and waste happen to be adjudged, as well before us \^^IP^ , 
 and our heirs, and in the chancery of us and our heirs, and ^°"^^- 
 before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and 
 our heirs, as before the justices of us and our heirs in eyre 
 to hold common pleas and pleas of the forest, and also 
 before the justices of the bench of us and our heirs, and 
 before the steward and marshal and coroner of the house- 
 hold of us and our heirs, and the clerk of the market, and 
 before all other justices and ministers of us and our heirs 
 whomsoever, as fully and entirely as we should have them if 
 we had retained in our hand the aforesaid castles, honors, 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid so given to our same son. So that he 
 
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 et adjudicari contigerit, per extractas scaccarii nostri et 
 hseredum nostrorum ballivis et ministris dicti filii nostri 
 et dictorum hseredum suorum per manus viceeomitum in 
 quorum ballivis castra honores maneria hundreda villse 
 terrse tenementa et alia loca praedicta, ut est dictum, per 
 nos data, ac eorum feoda existunt, inde liberandas, levare 
 percipere et habere possint, — sine occasione vel impedi- 
 mento nostri vel ha^redum nostrorum aut ballivorum seu mi- 
 nistrorum nostrorum quorumcumque. Et quod idem filius 
 noster et dicti haeredes sui habeant in castris honoribus 
 maneriis hundredis villis terris tenementis et aliis locis 
 praedictis per nos sic datis, ac eorum feodis, catalla felonum 
 et fugitivorum; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenentium 
 suorum aut alii in locis praedictis vel eorum feodis pro 
 delicto suo vitam vel membrum debeant amittere vel 
 fugerint et judicio stare noluerint, vel aliquod delictum 
 fecerint pro quo catalla sua debeant perdere (ubicumque 
 justitia de eis fieri debeat sive in curia nostra vel 
 haeredum nostrorum sive in aliis curiis) ipsa catalla 
 sint praefati filii nostri et dictorum haeredum suorum, et 
 liceat eis seu ministris suis sine occasione vel impedi- 
 mento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum viceeomitum et alio- 
 rum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum vel haeredum 
 nostrorum quorumcumque ponere se in seisinam de catallis 
 praedictis et ea ad usum dicti filii nostri et haeredum suo- 
 rum retinere. Concessimus etiam praefato filio nostro pro 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris quod ipse et dicti haeredes 
 sui habeant in castris honoribus maneriis hundredis villis 
 terris tenementis et aliis locis praedictis dicto filio nostro 
 sic datis, ac eorum feodis, retorna omnium brevium nos- 
 trorum et haeredum nostrorum ac summonitionum extrac- 
 tarum et praeceptorum de scaccario praedicto necnon prae- 
 ceptorum et extractarum justitiariorum nostrorum et hae- 
 
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 and his said heirs by the hands of his baihffs and ministers The Duke 
 
 may levy 
 
 may be able to levy, perceive, and have the fines, ransoms, "^^^^jj^cer' 
 and amercements of the men and tenants aforesaid, for- J^Sveled*' 
 feited issues, and all things which to us and our heirs can *" *^^"*' 
 pertain of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders, of 
 and in the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, 
 tenements, and other places aforesaid by us so given, and in 
 their fees, — such as shall happen to be made and adjudged 
 before the aforesaid justices in eyre to hold common pleas 
 and pleas of the forest, and before the said steward and 
 marshal, coroner or clerk, by estreats of the same jus- 
 tices in eyre in their circuits, and of steward and marshal 
 and coroner and clerk in their sessions, to be delivered 
 thereof to the same bailiffs and ministers, — and also such 
 the fines, ransoms, and amercements of the aforesaid men 
 and tenants, and forfeited issues, and all things which to 
 us and our heirs can pertain of year, day, waste, for- 
 feitures and murders, of and in the castles, honors, 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid by us so given, and in their fees, as shall 
 happen to be made and adjudged before us and our heirs, 
 or in the chancery of us and our heirs, or before the trea- 
 surer and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, 
 or before the justices of us and our heirs of the common 
 bench, or our justices assigned to take the assizes and to 
 deliver our gaols, or the justices assigned to hear and deter- 
 mine felonies and trespasses, or before other the justices 
 or ministers of us and our heirs whomsoever, by estreats of 
 the exchequer of us and our heirs, to be delivered thereof 
 to the bailiffs and ministers of our said son and his 
 said heirs by the hands of the sherifi^s in whose bailiwicks 
 the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tene- 
 ments, and other places aforesaid given by us as afore- 
 
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130 
 
 redum nostrorum itinerantium tam ad placita forestse 
 quam ad communia placita, et aliorum justitiariorum 
 quorumcumque, et executiones eorumdem brevium, sum- 
 monitionum, extractarum et praeceptorum per ballivos et 
 ministros suos faciendas. Ita quod nullus vicecomes bal- 
 livus aut minister noster vel hseredum nostrorum eastra 
 honores maneria villas terras tenementa et alia loca 
 prsedicta, ut praemittitur, per nos data, vel eorum feoda, 
 ad officia aliqua seu alia officia sua tangentia facienda 
 ingrediatur, nisi in defectum ipsius filii nostri aut dic- 
 torum haeredum vel ballivorum seu ministrorum suorum. 
 Volumus insuper et concedimus pro nobis et haeredibus 
 nostris quod si vicecomites vel ballivi libertatum hun- 
 dredorum seu wapentachiorum in aliquibus executionibus 
 pro eodem filio nostro aut dictis haeredibus suis per brevia 
 sive mandata nostra, vel haeredum nostrorum, aut quovis 
 alio modo faciendis negligentes fuerint vel remissi per quod 
 ipsos in scaccario nostro seu aliis curiis nostris contigerit 
 amerciari vel fines facere, quod fines et amerciamenta ilia 
 sint dicti filii nostri et dictorum haeredum suorum, et ad 
 eorum opus leventur. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus patribus 
 Simone Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius Angliae Primate, 
 Adam Menevensi Cancellario, Henrico Wigornensi The- 
 saurario, nostris, Episcopis, Edmundo Comite Cantabrigiae, 
 Thoma de Wodestok Constabulario Angliae, filiis nostris 
 carissimis, Henrico de Percy Marescallo Angliae, Johanne 
 de Ipre Senescallo hospitii nostri, Nicholao Carreu Custode 
 privati sigilli nostri, et aliis. Data per manum nostram 
 apud Shene quarto die Junii, anno regni nostri Angliae 
 quinquagesimo primo, regni vero nostri Franciae tricesimo 
 octavo. NOS autem tam dictam cartam indentatam quam 
 dictam aliam cartam, ac omnes donationes concessiones et 
 omnia alia in eisdem cartis contenta pro nobis et haeredi- 
 
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 said, and their fees, do lie; without let or hinderance of 
 us or our heirs, or of our baiUfFs or ministers whomsoever. 
 And that our same son and his said heirs may have in 
 the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, te- 
 nements, and other places aforesaid by us so given, and 
 in their fees, the chattels of felons and fugitives, so that chattels of 
 
 .„ - - . ,.11 ^■^^oiis. 
 
 II any of their men or tenants or others m the places 
 aforesaid, or in their fees, for their delinquency ought 
 to lose life or limb, or shall flee and not be willing to 
 stand their trial, or shall commit any offence for the which 
 they ought to lose their chattels, (wheresoever justice shall 
 be had of them, whether in the court of us or our heirs, or 
 whether in other courts,) such chattels shall belong to 
 our aforesaid son and his said heirs, and that it shall be 
 lawful for them or their ministers to put themselves in 
 seizin of the chattels aforesaid, and retain them to the 
 behoof of our said son and his heirs, without let or hin- 
 derance of us or our heirs, our sheriffB and other bailiff's 
 or ministers of us or our heirs whomsoever. We have also Return and 
 granted to our aforesaid son, for us and our heirs, that of writs and 
 
 summons 
 
 he and his said heirs may have in the castles, honors, «ftheex. 
 
 '' ' ' chequer. 
 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid so given to our said son, and in their 
 fees, the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and of 
 summons, estreats, and precepts of the exchequer afore- 
 said, and also of the precepts and estreats of the justices 
 of us and our heirs in eyre to hold as well pleas of the 
 forest as common pleas, and of other justices whomso- 
 ever, and the execution of the same writs, summons, es- 
 treats, and precepts, to be made by their bailiff's and mi- 
 nisters. So that no sheriff^, bailiff^, or other minister of 
 us or our heirs shall enter the castles, honors, manors, 
 towns, lands, tenements, and other places aforesaid by us 
 
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 bus nostriSj tenore praesentium, ratificamus et confirmamus, 
 juxta tenorem et efFectum cartarum supradictarum. In 
 cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus pa- 
 tentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium, quinto- 
 decimo die Septembris, anno regni nostri primo. NOS 
 autem donationes, concessiones, confirmationes, libertates, 
 franchesias et quietantias praedictas, ac omnia alia et sin- 
 gula in dictis cartis et Uteris contenta, rata habentes et 
 grata, ea, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, quantum in nobis 
 est, de gratia nostra speciali acceptamus, approbamus, et 
 praefato Duci et haeredibus suis praedictis imperpetuum, 
 tenore praesentium, concedimus et confirmamus, sicut cartas 
 et literae supradictae rationabiliter testantur. Praeterea vo- 
 lentes eidem Duci gratiam in hac parte facere ampliorem 
 de gratia nostra speciali concessimus pro nobis et haeredibus 
 nostris, et hac carta nostra confirmavimus quod licet ipse 
 aliqua vel aliquibus donationum, concessionum, confirma- 
 tion um, liber tatum, franchesiarum et quietantiarum, aut 
 aliorum in dictis cartis et Uteris contentorum, aliquo 
 casu emergente, hactenus plene usus non fuerit, idem 
 tamen Dux et haeredes sui praedicti donationibus, conces- 
 sionibus, confirmationibus, libertatibus, franchesiis et quie- 
 tantiis, ac omnibus aliis et singulis in cartis et Uteris 
 praedictis, ut praemittitur, contentis, et eorum quolibet de- 
 csetero plene gaudeant et utantur imperpetuum, sine occa- 
 sione vel impedimento nostri vel hseredum nostrorum, justi- 
 tiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum aut aliorum ballivorum 
 seu ministrorum nostrorum vel haeredum nostrorum quo- 
 rumcumque. Et ulterius, ad probitatem strenuam et sa- 
 pientiam excellentissimam ac alios multiplices mores et 
 merita praefati avunculi nostri, qui nullis cedens laboribus 
 vel expensis, se tam in consiliis obsequiis et aliis agendis 
 nobis et toti regno nostro fructuosis et honorificis semper 
 
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 given as is premised, or their fees, to perform any offices, or 
 other things touching their offices, unless in default of our 
 same son or his said heirs, or of their bailiffs or ministers. 
 And furthermore we will and grant, for us and our said Fines and 
 
 amerce-. 
 
 heirs, that if the sheriffs or bailiffs of liberties, hundreds, or ^ents of 
 
 ' snenffs and 
 
 wapentakes be negligent or remiss in making any execu- beSfor"" 
 tions for our same son or his said heirs, by writs or man- "^g^'s®"*^®- 
 dates of us or our heirs, or in any other wise, whereby it 
 shall happen that they be amerced or make fines in our 
 exchequer or in other our courts, such fines and amerce- 
 ments shall belong to our said son and his said heirs, 
 and may be levied to their behoof. These being wit- 
 nesses, the venerable fathers, Simon Archbishop of Can- 
 terbury, Primate of all England ; Adam Bishop of St. 
 David's, our Chancellor; Henry Bishop of Worcester, 
 our Treasurer ; Edmund Earl of Cambridge, and Thomas 
 of Woodstock, Constable of England, our most dear sons ; 
 Henry de Percy, Marshal of England; John de Ipre, 
 Steward of our household; Nicholas Carreu, Keeper of 
 our privy seal, and others. Given under our hand at 
 Sheen, on the fourth day of June, in the fifty-first 
 year of our reign of England, and the thirty-eighth of 
 our reign of France. ANJD we, as well the said charter 
 indented as the said other charter, and all the donations, 
 grants, and all other things in the same charters con- 
 tained, for us and our heirs by the tenor of these pre- 
 sents do ratify and confirm according to the tenor and 
 effect of the charters abovesaid. In witness whereof we 
 have caused these our letters to be made patent. Wit- 
 ness ourself at Westminster, on the fifteenth day of Sep- 
 tember, in the first year of our reign. AND we, ratifying confirmation 
 
 ^ , of foregoing 
 
 and approving the donations, grants, confirmations, liber- ^J'^'J^'^. 
 ties, franchises, and acquittances aforesaid, and all and 
 
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 retroactis temporibus obsequiosum pariter et paratum ex- 
 hibuit et exhibet indefesse, condignam considerationem 
 habentes, et volentes, praemissorum intuitu, praefatum 
 avunculum nostrum, qui prae cseteris in sapientia, strenui- 
 tate et honore nobis et regno nostro praedicto maxime 
 valere et locum potiorem tenere potest, gratiis et favori- 
 bus amplioribus praerogare, de uberiori gratia nostra, pro 
 majori securitate ipsius Ducis avunculi nostri, declaramus, 
 concedimus, et confirmamus, pro nobis et haeredibus nos- 
 tris, prsefato Duci, quod ipse ad totam vitam suam habeat 
 omnes fines pro transgressione et aliis malefactis quibus- 
 cumque ; ac etiam fines pro licentia concordandi, et omni- 
 modos alios fines, redemptiones, et amerciamenta, ex qua- 
 cumque causa et per quamcumque causam provenientia, 
 necnon exitus forisfactos de omnibus hominibus et tenentibus 
 de et in terris et feodis praedicti Ducis, et de omnibus infra 
 eadem terras et feoda residentibus, quanquam iidem ho- 
 mines, tenentes, seu residentes, ministri nostri vel hseredum 
 nostrorum existant. Et quod idem Dux ad totam vitam suam 
 habeat quascumque forisfacturas annum diem vastum et 
 estreppamentum, et quicquid ad nos vel haeredes nostros 
 pertinere poterit de anno die vasto et estreppamento, fo- 
 risfacturis et murdris, infra terras et feoda praedicta, in 
 quibuscumque curiis nostris et haeredum nostrorum sive in 
 quacumque curia alterius, contigerit quod praedicti homi- 
 nes, tenentes, seu residentes facient fines vel erunt amer- 
 ciati, vel exitus forisfacient, seu quod praedicta annus dies 
 vastum et estreppamentum, forisfactura vel murdrum, ad- 
 judicata erunt, tam in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostro- 
 rum, quam in absentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, et 
 tam coram nobis et haeredibus nostris, etin cancellaria nostra 
 et haeredum nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et baronibus 
 de scaccario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, et coram justitia- 
 
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 singular other the things in the said charters and letters 
 contained, do, for us and our heirs, as far as in us lies, 
 of our especial grace accept and approve the same, and . 
 do grant and confirm them by the tenor of these pre- 
 sents to the aforesaid Duke and his heirs aforesaid for ever, 
 as the charters and letters abovesaid reasonably do wit- 
 ness. WilUng, moreover, to shew the same Duke more notwuh. 
 
 , , standing 
 
 ample favor m this behalf, we have granted of our espe- non-user, 
 cial grace for us and our heirs, and by this our charter 
 have confirmed, that albeit, any case arising, he have not 
 hitherto fully used any one or more of the donations, 
 grants, confirmations, liberties, franchises and acquittances, 
 or other things in the said charters and letters contained, 
 nevertheless the same Duke and his heirs aforesaid may 
 henceforth fully enjoy and use for ever the donations, 
 grants, confirmations, liberties, franchises, and acquittances, 
 and all and singular other the things contained in the char- 
 ters and letters aforesaid, as is premised, and every of 
 them, without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, the without let 
 
 ' ' from any 
 
 justices, escheators, sheriffs, or other bailiffs or ministers baniffs'S^ 
 of us or our heirs whomsoever. And furthermore, hav- ™'"^^ ^^^* 
 ing condign consideration of the strenuous goodness and ^anSe^fhe 
 most excellent wisdom, and other manifold merits and So/J?e- 
 good demeanour of our aforesaid uncle, who yielding to ^"^ ^"^^^ 
 no labors or expenses hath ever in times past proved him- 
 self, and yet unweariedly proves himself, equally ready and 
 compliant in giving his counsel, and in the performance of 
 other duties profitable and honorable to us and our whole 
 realm, and being desirous in regard of the premises to 
 endow with ampler favors and grace our aforesaid uncle, 
 who, far beyond others in wisdom, prowess, and honor, 
 is able to avail and stand us and our realm aforesaid in 
 better stead, do, of our more abundant grace, for the 
 
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 riis nostris et hseredum nostrorum de communi banco, necnon 
 coram senescallo et marescallis seu coram coronatore hospitii 
 nostri et haeredum nostrorum vel clerico mercati, qui pro 
 tempore erunt, et in aliis curiis nostris et hseredum nostro- 
 rum, quam coram justitiariis nostris itinerantibus ad com- 
 munia placita et ad placita forestae, justitiariis ad assisas 
 capiendas et gaolas deliberandas, ac coram quibuscumque 
 aliis justitiariis et ministris nostris et hseredum nostrorum, 
 tam in prsesentia nostra et hseredum nostrorum, quam in 
 absentia nostra et hseredum nostrorum, adeo plene et integre 
 sicut nos vel hseredes nostri ea haberemus si ilia prsefato 
 Duci non concessissemus. Ita quod prsedictus Dux per 
 manus ballivorum et aliorum ministrorum suorum levare, 
 percipere, et habere possit, fines, redemptiones, et amercia- 
 menta ipsorum hominum tenentium et residentium de et in 
 terris et feodis praedictis, exitus forisfactos, et quicquid ad 
 nos vel haeredes nostros pertinere poterit de anno die vasto 
 estreppamento, forisfacturis et murdris, de et in terris et 
 feodis prsedictis, quse coram dictis justitiariis itinerantibus 
 ad communia placita et ad placita forestas, ac coram prae- 
 dictis senescallo et marescallis coronatore vel clerico mer- 
 cati, fieri seu adjudicari contigerit, per extractas eorum- 
 dem justitiariorum itinerantium in itineribus suis, ac prae- 
 dictorum senescalli marescallorum coronatoris et clerici in 
 sessionibus suis, ballivis et ministris praedicti Ducis inde 
 liberandas ; ac etiam fines, redemptiones, et amerciamen- 
 ta de hominibus tenentibus et residentibus praedictis, ac 
 exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos vel haeredes nostros 
 pertinere poterunt de anno die vasto estreppamento, foris- 
 facturis et murdris, de et in terris et feodis prsedictis, quae 
 coram nobis vel hseredibus nostris, vel in cancellaria nostra 
 et hseredum nostrorum, seu coram thesaurario et baronibus 
 de scaccario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, vel coram jus- 
 
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 greater security of the same Duke our uncle, declare, grant, [P^^^^^™ ^^ 
 and confirm for us and our heirs to the aforesaid Duke, J^^gfer?^ ^^"" 
 that he for the whole of his life may have all fines for tres- Fines for 
 
 '' ^ trespass, 
 
 pass and other misdeeds whatsoever, and also fines for li- prae-finesand 
 
 r ' post-tines, 
 
 cence to agree, and all manner of other fines, ransoms, and amerJS!' 
 amercements, from whatever cause and through whatever Sd issues. 
 cause proceeding, and also forfeited issues in respect of 
 all the men and tenants of and in the lands and fees of 
 the aforesaid Duke, and in respect of all resiants within 
 the same lands and fees, albeit the same men, tenants, or 
 resiants be ministers of us or our heirs. And that the Forfeitures, 
 same Duke, for the whole of his life, may have all manner and Waste, 
 of forfeitures, year, day, waste, and estrepement, and what- 
 ever to us or our heirs can pertain of year, day, waste, and 
 estrepement, forfeitures and murders, within the lands and 
 fees aforesaid, in what courts soever, of us and our heirs, or imposed or 
 
 1 «. 1 • 1 adjudged in 
 
 m whatever court of any other it may happen that the any court, 
 aforesaid men, tenants, or resiants shall make fines or be 
 amerced or forfeit issues, or that the aforesaid year, day, 
 waste, and estrepement, forfeiture or murder, be adjudged 
 — as well in presence of us and our heirs as in absence of us 
 and our heirs, and as well before us and our heirs, and in 
 the chancery of us and our heirs, and before the treasurer 
 and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, and be- 
 fore the justices of the common bench of us and our heirs, 
 and also before the steward and marshals, or before the 
 coroner of the household, of us and our heirs, or the clerk 
 of the market for the time being, and in other the courts 
 of us and our heirs, as before our justices in eyre to hold 
 common pleas and pleas of the forest, our justices assigned 
 to take the assizes and to deliver our gaols, and before all 
 other justices and ministers of us and our heirs whomso- 
 ever, as well in presence of us and our heirs as in absence 
 
134 
 
 titiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de communi banco, 
 sive coram justitiariis ad assisas capiendas et gaolas de- 
 liberandas, aut justitiariis ad transgressiones et felonias 
 audiendas et terminandas assignatis, seu coram aliis justi- 
 tiariis vel ministris nostris quibuscumque et haeredum nos- 
 trorum, fieri vel adjudicari contigerit, per extractas de scac- 
 cario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, ballivis et ministris 
 praefati Ducis, per manus vicecomitum in quorum ballivis 
 dicta terrae et feoda existunt, inde liberandas ; — sine occa- 
 sione vel impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, jus- 
 titiariorum, vicecomitum, escaetorum, aut aliorum minis- 
 trorum nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum quorumcumque. 
 Et quod praedictus Dux ad totam vitam suam per se et 
 ministros suos in omnibus terris et feodis praedictis, tarn 
 in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam in ab- 
 sentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, faciat et habeat 
 assaiam et assisam panis vini et cervisiae et omnimodorum 
 aliorum victualium quorumcumque ac aliorum ad officium 
 clerici de mercato nostri et haeredum nostrorum pertinen- 
 tium, cum punitione eorumdem quotiens et quando expe- 
 diens fuerit et necesse : ac etiam habeat et percipiat fines 
 amerciamenta et redemptiones ac omnimoda proficua inde 
 provenientia; ita quod clericus mercati nostri et haeredum 
 nostrorum non ingrediatur dicta terras vel feoda pro aliqui- 
 bus ad officium suum pertinentibus faciendis seu exercendis. 
 Et quod praedictus Dux ad totam vitam suam habeat catalla 
 fugitivorum et felonum tam felonum de se quam aliorum 
 quorumcumque ac utlagatorum ex quacumque causa omni- 
 um hominum et tenentium de et in terris et feodis prae- 
 dictis, necnon omnium residentium infra eadem terras et 
 feoda, quanquam iidem homines tenentes aut residentes 
 ministri nostri vel haeredum nostrorum existant : ita quod 
 si aliquis hominum et tenentium de et in terris et feodis 
 
to them, 
 
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 of us and our heirs, — as fully and entirely as we or our as fuiiy as 
 
 ' •' *' the King. 
 
 heirs would have them if we had not granted them to the 
 aforesaid Duke. So that the aforesaid Duke by the hands The Duke 
 
 •' may levy the 
 
 of his bailiffs and other ministers may be able to levy, per- ^^'J^o^^'eers, 
 ceive, and have the fines, ransoms, and amercements of the ll delivered** 
 same men, tenants, and resiants of and in the lands and 
 fees aforesaidj forfeited issues, and whatever to us or our 
 heirs can pertain of year, day, and waste, estrepement, for- 
 feitures, and murders, of and in the lands and fees afore- 
 said, which shall happen to be made or adjudged before 
 the said justices in eyre to hold common pleas and pleas 
 of the forest, and before the aforesaid steward and mar- 
 shals, coroner, or clerk of the market, by estreats of the 
 same justices in eyre in their circuits, and of the aforesaid 
 steward, marshals, coroner, and clerk, in their sessions, 
 to be delivered thereof to the bailiffs and ministers of the 
 aforesaid Duke ; and also the fines, ransoms, and amerce- 
 ments of the aforesaid men, tenants, and resiants, and for- 
 feited issues, and all things which to us or our heirs can 
 pertain of year, day, waste, estrepement, forfeitures, and 
 murders, of and in the lands and fees aforesaid, which 
 shall happen to be made or adjudged before us or our 
 heirs, or in the chancery of us and our heirs, or before 
 the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and 
 our heirs, or before the justices of us and our heirs of 
 the common bench, or before our justices assigned to 
 take the assizes and to deliver our gaols, or the justices 
 assigned to hear and determine trespasses and felonies, 
 or before other the justices or ministers of us and our 
 heirs whomsoever, by estreats of the exchequer of us 
 and our heirs, to be delivered thereof to the bailiffs and 
 ministers of the aforesaid Duke by the hands of the sheriffs 
 in whose bailiwicks the said lands and fees do lie ; — without 
 
135 
 
 praedictis seu aliquis residentium in dictis terris et feodis, 
 aut aliquis alius in eisdem terris et feodis, pro aliquo suo 
 malefacto quocumque debeat vitam vel membrum amittere, 
 seu fugiat, et judicio stare noluerit, aut aliquam aliam 
 transgressionem faciat pro qua ipse debet perdere catalla 
 sua, (in quo loco justitia de eo fieri debeat, sive in curia 
 nostra et haeredum nostrorum vel in aliis curiis,) catalla 
 ilia sint praedicti Ducis: et quod liceat ei seu ministris 
 suis ponere se in seisinam dictorum catallorum et eadem 
 catalla ad opus prasfati Ducis retinere ; — sine occasione vel 
 impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, vicecomitum, 
 escaetorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nos- 
 trorum et haeredum nostrorum quorumcumque. Et quod 
 praefatus Dux ad totam vitam suam habeat retorna omnium 
 brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, necnon sum- 
 monitionum extractarum et praeceptorum de scaccario nostro, 
 et de scaccario haeredum nostrorum, ac extractarum et prae- 
 ceptorum justitiariorum nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum 
 itinerantium tam ad placita forestae quam ad communia 
 placita, ac aliorum justitiariorum quorumcumque, necnon 
 attachiamenta tam de placitis coronae quam aliorum in omni- 
 bus terris et feodis praedictis. Et quod praedictus Dux ad 
 totam vitam suam per se et per ballivos et ministros suos 
 habeat in eisdem terris et feodis executionem eorumdem 
 brevium summonitionum extractarum et praeceptorum. Ita 
 quod nuUus vicecomes ballivus seu alius minister noster 
 vel haeredum nostrorum praedicta terras et feoda ingredia- 
 tur pro aliquo ofiicio vel aliqua re officium suum tangen- 
 te faciendo, nisi in defectu ipsius Ducis vel ministrorum 
 suorum. Et ulterius concedimus et hac carta nostra con- 
 firmavimus pro nobis et dictis haeredibus nostris quod si 
 vicecomites vel ballivi libertatum hundredorum seu wapen- 
 tachiorum, in aliquibus executionibus pro praedicto Duce, 
 
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 let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or of our justices, without let 
 
 from the 
 
 sheriffs, escheators, or other ministers of us and our heirs i^ng's 
 
 ' ' ^ officers. 
 
 whomsoever. And that the aforesaid Duke, for the whole Assay and 
 of his life, by himself and his ministers, in all the lands bread, and 
 
 '' , other matters 
 
 and fees aforesaid, as well in presence of us and our heirs fj^^^Jg^"/ Jj 
 as in absence of us and our heirs, may make and have ^Se^t!*'^^ 
 the assay and assize of bread, wine, and ale, and of all 
 manner of other victuals whatsoever, and of other things 
 pertaining to the office of the clerk of the market of us 
 and our heirs, together with the punishment thereof when- 
 ever and so often as it shall be necessary and expedient ; 
 and also that he may have and perceive the fines, amerce- 
 ments, and ransoms, and all manner of profits thence pro- 
 ceeding, so that the clerk of the market of us and our heirs 
 shall not enter the said lands or fees to do or exercise any 
 matters pertaining to his office. And that the aforesaid chattels of 
 Duke, for the whole of his life, may have the chattels of fugitives. 
 fugitives and felons, as well felons of themselves as of 
 others whomsoever, and of outlaws for any cause soever, 
 of all the men and tenants of and in the lands and fees 
 aforesaid, and also of all resiants within the same lands 
 and fees, albeit the same men, tenants or resiants be 
 ministers of us or our heirs, so that if any of the men 
 and tenants of and in the lands and fees aforesaid, or any 
 of the resiants in the said lands and fees, or any other 
 person in the same lands and fees, for any misdeed what- 
 soever, ought to lose life or limb, or shall flee and not be 
 willing to stand their trial, or shall commit any other tres- 
 pass for the which they ought to lose their chattels (in 
 whatsoever place justice shall be had of them, whether in 
 the court of us and our heirs or in other courts), such 
 chattels shall belong to the aforesaid Duke : And that it 
 shall be lawful for him or his ministers to put themselves in 
 
136 
 
 per brevia seu mandata nostra vel haeredum nostrorum, 
 seu aliquo alio modo, faciendis, negligentes fuerint vel 
 remissi, per quod contigerit ipsos amerciari aut fines facere 
 in scaccario vel in aliis curiis nostris et hseredum nostro- 
 rum, hujusmodi fines et amerciamenta sint praefati Ducis, 
 et quod leventur ad opus ipsius Ducis per ministros suos 
 supradictos, durante vita sua. Et quod prsedictus Dux ad 
 totam vitam suam habeat infra omnia praedicta terras et 
 feoda omnimoda catalla vocata wayf et stray, deodanda, 
 thesaurum inventum ac alias res vel catalla inventa; et 
 quod ipse per se et ministros suos seisire et capere possit 
 ad voluntatem suam ad opus praedicti Ducis, wayfs et 
 stray es, deodanda, thesaurum inventum ac alia inventa 
 supradicta. Et quod praedictus Dux ad totam vitam suam 
 habeat quaecumque bona et catalla vocata manuopera cap- 
 ta vel capienda cum quacumque persona infra terras et 
 feoda praedicta, ac per eandem personam coram quocum- 
 que judice dead vocata. Sal vis semper et reservatis praefato 
 Duci, et haeredibus suis praedictis, omnimodis aliis privi- 
 legiis, immunitatibus, et quietantiis, eis, per nos aut per 
 dictum avum nostrum, datis concessis seu confirmatis. Hiis 
 testibus, venerabilibus patribus Willielmo Cantuariensi to- 
 tius Angliae Primate, Thoma Eboracensi Angliae Primate, 
 Cancellario nostro, Archiepiscopis, Roberto Londinensi, Ro- 
 berto Cicestrensi, Tideman Wigornensi, Episcopis, Edmundo 
 Eborum, Thoma Gloucestriae, Ducibus, avunculis nostris ca- 
 rissimis, Edwardo Rotelandae, Ricardo Arundelliae, Thoma 
 Marescallo et Notinghamiae, Henrico Northumbriae, Comi- 
 tibus, Rogero Walden Thesaurario nostro, Thoma de Percy 
 Senescallo hospitii nostri, Guidone Mone Custode privati 
 sigilli nostri, et aliis. Data per manum nostram apud 
 Westmonasterium vicesimo nono die Junii, anno regni 
 nostri vicesimo. — plenius continetur. 
 
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 seizin of the said chattels, and the same chattels to retain May seize 
 
 the same 
 
 to the behoof of the aforesaid Duke ; — without let or hm- without let 
 
 from the _ 
 
 derance of us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs, escheators, 1^^"^'^ ^1" 
 or other bailiffs or ministers of us and our heirs whomso- "i^^^"- 
 ever. And that the aforesaid Duke, for the whole of his Returu and 
 
 ■..J, \ , n ^^ ' n i • execution of 
 
 liie, may have the return oi all writs oi us and our heirs, writs, sum- 
 mons, es- 
 and also of summons, estreats, and precepts, of our ex- treats, and 
 
 ' ' r I ' precepts. 
 
 chequer and of the exchequer of our heirs, and of the 
 estreats and precepts of the justices of us and our heirs 
 in eyre to hold as well pleas of the forest as common 
 pleas, and of other justices whomsoever, and also the at- -^"^^^^^7* 
 tachment as well of pleas of the crown as of others in *^^ '"^''^"• 
 all the lands and fees aforesaid. And that the afore- 
 said Duke, for the whole of his life, by himself and by his 
 bailiffs and ministers may have in the same lands and fees 
 the execution of the same writs, summons, estreats, and 
 precepts, so that no sheriff, bailiff, or other minister of no sheriff or 
 
 r r ' ' ' other bailiff 
 
 US or our heirs shall enter the aforesaid lands and fees to ^^ayfnJ^oJfjt, 
 perform any office, or anything touching his office, unless Y^^]^^ '" '^^' 
 in default of the same Duke or his ministers. And fur- Fines and 
 
 amerce- 
 
 thermore we do grant, and by this our charter have con- "?*^"ti.of 
 
 ° •' sheriffs and 
 
 firmed, for us and our said heirs, that if the sheriffs or JSes^for 
 bailiffs of liberties, hundreds, or wapentakes be negligent "^s^^eence. 
 or remiss in making any executions for the aforesaid Duke 
 by writs or mandates of us or our heirs, or in any other 
 wise whereby it shall happen that they be amerced or 
 make fines in the exchequer or in other the courts of us 
 and our heirs, such fines and amercements shall belong 
 to the aforesaid Duke, and that they may be levied to the 
 behoof of the same Duke by his ministers abovesaid dur- 
 ing his life. And that the aforesaid Duke, for the whole of wayfs and 
 his life, may have within all the aforesaid lands and fees 
 all manner of chattels called wayf and stray, deodands, oeodands. 
 
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137 
 
 M"©^ M®IL]l]M^Ii^ dictam hsereditatem nostram, 
 aut libertates ejusdem, occasione instantis assumptionis re- 
 galis status et dignitatis nostrsein aliquomutari, transferri, di- 
 minui, seu derogari, sed eandem haereditatem nostram cum 
 juribus et libertatibus suis praedictis, eisdem modo, forma, 
 conditione, et statu quibus nobis descenderant et evenerant, 
 ac etiam cum omnibus et singulis talibus libertatibus et fran- 
 chesiis, ac aliis privilegiis, commoditatibus, et proficuis qui- 
 buscumque, quibus prsedictus dominus et pater noster, dum 
 vixit, eam, ad terminum vitae suae, ex concessione praedicti 
 Ricardi nuper Regis, habuit et tenuit, nobis et dictis haeredi- 
 bus nostris in dictis cartis specificatis, plenarie et integre 
 conservari, continuari, et haberi, volumus, ac tenore prae- 
 sentium ex certa scientia nostra, de assensu praesentis par- 
 liamenti nostri, concedimus, declaramus, discernimus, et 
 ordinamus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, quod tam 
 ducatus noster Lancastriae, quam universa et singula alia 
 comitatus, honores, castra, maneria, feoda, advocationes, 
 possessiones, annuitates et dominia quaecumque, nobis, 
 ante adeptionem dignitatis nostras regiae, qualitercumque 
 et ubicumque, jure haereditario, in dominico servitio vel in 
 reversione, seu alias qualitercumque discensa, nobis et dictis 
 haeredibus nostris in cartis praedictis specificatis, in forma 
 praedicta remaneant imperpetuum, et quod taliter et tali 
 modo, et per tales officiarios et ministros in omnibus dedu- 
 cantur, gubernentur, et pertractentur, sicut remanere, de- 
 duci, gubernari, et pertractari deberent si ad culmen dig- 
 nitatis regiae assumpti minime fuissemus, ac insuper quod 
 talia et hujusmodi libertates, jura regalia, consuetudines et 
 franchesiae, in ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, castris, 
 maneriis, feodis, ac caeteris possessionibus et dominiis 
 praedictis, in omnibus et per omnia, imperpetuum habean- 
 tur, exerceantur, continuentur, fiant et utantur, et per 
 
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 treasure trove, and other things or chattels found ; and Treasure 
 
 trove. 
 
 that he by himself and his ministers may be able to seize 
 
 and take at their pleasure, to the behoof of the aforesaid 
 
 Duke, the wayfs and strays, deodands, treasure trove, and 
 
 other things found as abovesaid. And that the aforesaid Mainour. 
 
 Duke, for the whole of his life, may have all manner 
 
 of goods and chattels called Mainour, taken or to be 
 
 taken upon any person soever within the lands and fees 
 
 aforesaid, and by the same person disclaimed before any 
 
 iudsje soever; savins always and reserved to the aforesaid saving of h- 
 
 ** ° / ° •' berties before 
 
 Duke and his heirs aforesaid all manner of other privileges, fg'^J'tSf "' 
 immunities, and acquittances, given, granted, or confirmed 
 to them by us or by our said grandfather. These being 
 witnesses, the venerable fathers, William Archbishop of 
 Canterbury, Primate of all England ; Thomas Archbishop 
 of York, Primate of England, our Chancellor; Robert 
 Bishop of London ; Robert Bishop of Chichester ; Tideman 
 Bishop of Worcester ; Edmund Duke of York, and Tho- 
 mas Duke of Gloucester, our most dear uncles; Edward 
 Earl of Rutland ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; Thomas Earl 
 Marshal and of Nottingham; Henry Earl of Northum- 
 berland ; Roger Walden, our Treasurer ; Thomas de Percy, 
 Steward of our household; Guy Mone, Keeper of our 
 privy seal ; and others. Given under our hand at West- 
 minster, on the twenty-ninth day of June, in the twentieth 
 year of our reign. 
 'W H) — not willinff that our said heritage, or the liberties The duchy 
 
 ofLancaster, 
 
 thereof, be in aught changed, transferred, lessened, or dero- and other 
 
 ' O o ' ' ' estates of 
 
 gated from, on account of our present assumption of the ofLancLS 
 royal estate and dignity, but that our same heritage, with chalSby 
 its rights and liberties aforesaid, in the same manner, asrumptfon 
 
 of the regal 
 
 state, form, and condition, in which it descended and dignity; 
 came to us, and also with all and singular such liberties 
 
 T 2 
 
138 
 
 tales officiarios et ministros gubernentur et exequantur, 
 quae et qualia et per quales officiarios et ministros, tam 
 tempore dicti domini et patris nostri, quam temporibus 
 aliorum progenitorum et antecessorum nostrorum, in eisdem 
 ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, castris, maneriis, feodis, 
 ac aliis possessionibus et dominiis prsedictis, uti et haberi, 
 ac regi et gubernari consueverunt, virtute cartarum prae- 
 dictarum : Volentes ulterius et concedentes, ac pro nobis et 
 haeredibus nostris praedictis, ex certa scientia nostra et de 
 assensu praedictis, plenarie declarantes, quod universi et 
 singuli tenentes nostri de ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, 
 maneriis, feodis, ac aliis possessionibus et dominiis prae- 
 dictis, et haeredes sui, adeo liberi sint et in omnibus talis ac 
 adeo liberae et illesae conditionis, tam in ingressibus suis in 
 haereditates suas post mortem antecessorum suorum, quam 
 in tenuris suis, ac alias qualitercumque, sicut esse possent 
 et deberent, de consuetudine vel de jure, si dicta dignitas 
 nostra regia nobis nusquam accidisset, dicta assumptione 
 nostra dignitatis regiae, aut eo quod ducatus, comitatus, 
 honores, castra, maneria, feoda, advocationes, posses- 
 siones, dominia et libertates praedicta in manu nostra 
 jam existunt, seu aliqua interruptione, cessatione, vel dis- 
 continuatione libertatum praedictarum, seu aliquibus aliis 
 occasionibus, causis, coloribus, vel impedimentis quibus- 
 cumque, quae incontrarium praesentis voluntatis, conces- 
 sionis, et declarationis nostrae vigorem seu efFectum ali- 
 quem habere nolumus, in aliquo non obstantibus. Proviso 
 semper quod tenentes nostri infra comitatum nostrum 
 palatinum Lancastriae haereditates suas in manum nostram 
 et dictorum haeredum nostrorum in dictis cartis specifica- 
 torum, post mortem antecessorum suorum, seu alio modo 
 seisiendas et capiendas, extra eandem manum nostram, et 
 dictorum haeredum nostrorum in cartis praedictis specifica- 
 
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 and franchises, and other privileges, advantages, and profits ^"^ t^e 
 whatsoever, with which our aforesaid lord and father, whilst jStn^aVe^ 
 he lived, had and held the same, for the term of his life, by Ss^ertew"' 
 grant from the aforesaid late King Richard, shall be to us shaii b™^con- 
 and our said heirs in the said charters specified, fully and 
 entirely kept, continued, and had : — will, and by the tenor settled upon 
 
 •^ ^ . -^ . King Henry 
 
 of these presents, of our certain knowledge, and with the the Fourth 
 
 ^ " and his heirs 
 
 assent of our present parliament, do grant, declare, decree, tErrectdSi 
 and ordain, for us and our heirs, that as well our duchy of toremSras 
 Lancaster, as all and singular the other counties, honors, accession to 
 
 , _ . . . the crowu. 
 
 castles, manors, fees, advowsons, possessions, annuities, 
 and lordships whatever, to us howsoever and wheresoever 
 descended before our adoption of the royal dignity, by 
 hereditary right, in demesne, in service, or in reversion, or 
 otherwise howsoever, shall for ever remain to us and our 
 said heirs in the charters aforesaid specified in form afore- 
 said; and that they so and in such wise, and by such 
 officers and ministers, in all things be managed, governed, 
 and treated, as they would have remained, been managed, 
 governed, and treated, if we had never assumed the ensign 
 of royal dignity. And, moreover, that such and the hke The same 
 liberties, jtcra repalia, customs, and franchises, in the said jura regalia 
 
 to be exer- 
 
 duchy, counties, honors, castles, manors, fees, and other cisedasweii 
 
 •^ ' ' ' '' in the said 
 
 possessions and lordships aforesaid, in all, and throughout oS,t7the 
 
 all, be had, exercised, continued, done, and used for ever, throughout,' 
 
 and they by such officers and ministers be governed and exe- governed by 
 
 cuted, as and which were wont to be had and used in the officers as 
 
 before. 
 
 same duchy, counties, honors, castles, manors, fees, and 
 other possessions and lordships, and by whom they were 
 wont to be ruled and governed, as well in the time of our 
 said lord and father, as in the times of other our pro- 
 genitors and ancestors, by virtue of the charters aforesaid: 
 Willing, furthermore, and granting, and for us and our heirs 
 
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 torum, per liberationem in cancellaria regalitatis ibidem 
 habendam, prosequantur, ut est moris et fuerit faciendum 
 ratione regalitatis supradictse ; et quod praerogativa nostra 
 quoad maritagia et proficua maritagiorum hseredum aliorum 
 tenentium nostrorum, extra dictum comitatum palatinum, 
 seisienda et habenda, locum habeat et vigorem. Volumus 
 insuper et concedimus, pro nobis et hseredibus nostris, ex 
 certa scientia nostra et assensu prsedictis, quod universa 
 et singula beneficia ecclesiastica ad haereditatem nostram 
 praedictam spectantia, per nos et dictos haeredes nostros in 
 dictis cartis specificatos, continue futuris temporibus con- 
 ferantur : Ita quod cancellarius vel thesaurarius Angliae 
 pro tempore existentes, seu quivis alius officiarius regius, 
 de collatione vel praesentatione, seu etiam de visitatione 
 beneficiorum hujusmodi, ratione ofEciorum suorum, se 
 nullatenus intromittant in futuro. Volumus etiam et con- 
 cedimus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, ex certa scientia 
 nostra et de assensu praedictis, quod omnes et singuli re- 
 ceptores, feodarii, firmarii, ballivi, praepositi, officiarii, ac 
 quicumque alii servientes et ministri nostri, et dictorum 
 haeredum nostrorum in dictis cartis specificatorum, prae- 
 dictorum ducatus, comitatuum, honorum, castrorum, 
 maneriorum, feodorum, possessionum, dominiorum et li- 
 bertatum, de omnibus et singulis denariis, firmis, reddi- 
 tibus, exitibus, reventionibus, et proficuis quibuscumque 
 de eisdem ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, castris, ma- 
 neriis, feodis, possessionibus, dominiis et libertatibus, 
 qualitercumque provenientibus, coram certis specialibus 
 auditoribus, officiariis et ministris, per nos et dictos 
 haeredes nostros in cartis praedictis specificatos de tem- 
 pore in tempus ad hoc hmitandis et assignandis, duntaxat, 
 et non coram thesaurario et baronibus de scaccario re- 
 gio, computent et respondeant continue infuturum. Ita 
 
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 aforesaid, of our certain knowledge and with the assent The tenants 
 
 may enter 
 
 aforesaid, fully declaring, that all and singular our tenants a^gr^their 
 of the duchy, counties, honors, manors, fees, and other pos- death!°as 
 sessions and lordships aforesaid, and their heirs, may be as be?n accus- 
 free, and in all respects of such and of as unimpaired and 
 free condition, as well in their entries upon their in- 
 heritances after the death of their ancestors as in their 
 tenures, and otherwise howsoever, as they could and ought 
 to be by custom or of right if our said royal dignity had 
 never fallen to us, our said assumption of the royal dignity 
 notwithstanding, or notwithstanding that the duchy, coun- 
 ties, honors, castles, manors, fees, advowsons, possessions, 
 lordships, and liberties aforesaid are now in our hands, or 
 any interruption, cessation, or discontinuance of the liberties 
 aforesaid, or any other lets, causes, colors, or impediments 
 whatsoever (which we will not to have any force or effect to 
 the contrary of this our present will, grant, and declara- 
 tion,) in anywise notwithstanding. Provided always, that Proviso for 
 our tenants within our county palatine of Lancaster may of the county 
 sue their inheritances (to be taken and seized into the Lancaster. 
 hands of us and our said heirs in the said charters specified 
 after the death of their ancestors or in other manner) out 
 of the same hands of us and our said heirs in the aforesaid 
 charters specified, by livery to be had in the chancery of 
 the regality there, as is the custom, and would have been 
 done by reason of the abovesaid regality; and that our saving the 
 
 . . i. r • • J U • i.t> • prerogative 
 
 prerogative m respect oi seizmg and havmg the marriages as to mar- 
 
 and the profits of the marriages of the heirs of other our t^e county 
 tenants out of the said county palatine have effect and 
 
 viffor. We will moreover and ffrant, for us and our heirs, chancellor or 
 
 ® D ' » Treasurer of 
 
 not 
 intermed- 
 
 of our certain knowledge and with the assent aforesaid, ^"fnte^^p 
 that all and singular ecclesiastical benefices belonging to senti"ng^to" 
 our heritage aforesaid shall in time to come be conferred nefices.**^' 
 
140 
 
 quod thesaurarius et barones de scaccario praedicto, de 
 aliquibus hujusmodi denariis, firmis, redditibus, exitibus, 
 reventionibus aut proficuis, seu de aliquibus compotis, vel 
 ratiociniis inde audiendis, habendis, reddendis, vel termi- 
 nandis infuturum, se non intromittant ullo modo. In 
 cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus 
 patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium, quarto 
 decimo die Octobris, anno regni nostri primo. 
 
 Per ipsum Regem et de assensu Parliamenti. 
 
All receivers 
 
 140 
 
 uninterruptedly by us and our said heirs in the said charters 
 specified : so that in future the chancellor or treasurer of 
 England for the time being, or any other royal officer, do in 
 nowise intermeddle in the collation or presentation, or even 
 in the visitation, of the like benefices by reason of their 
 offices. We will also and grant, for us and our heirs, of fnd oTher7to 
 our certain knowledge and with the assent aforesaid, that fore special 
 
 auditors, and 
 
 all and singular receivers, feodaries, farmers, bailiff^s, reeves, not at the 
 officers, and other the servants and ministers whosoever of chequer. 
 us and our said heirs in the said charters specified of the 
 aforesaid duchy, counties, honors, castles, manors, fees, 
 possessions, lordships, and liberties, for all and singular 
 sums of money, farms, rents, issues, revenues, and profits 
 whatever in any manner proceeding from the same duchy, 
 counties, honors, castles, manors, fees, possessions, lordships, 
 and liberties, shall without interruption account and answer 
 in future before certain special auditors, officers, and minis- 
 ters from time to time to be hereunto limited and assigned 
 only by us and our said heirs in the charters aforesaid spe- 
 cified, and not before the treasurer and barons of the royal 
 exchequer. So that the treasurer and barons of the ex- 
 chequer aforesaid shall not in any wise intermeddle in 
 future in any the like monies, farms, rents, issues, re- 
 venues, or profits, or in the auditing, having, rendering, 
 or determining any the accounts or reckonings thereof. In 
 witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be 
 made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, on the 
 fourteenth day of October, in the first year of our reign. 
 By the King himself, and with the assent of Parliament. 
 
141 
 
 Rot. Pari. 
 1 Hen. 4. 
 art. 81. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti summoniti et tenti apud Westmonasteriuin die 
 Lunse in festo sanctse Fidis Virginis, anno regni Regis Henrici Quarti 
 post Conquestum primo. 
 
 Qe le Prince porte le noun de Due de 
 Lancastre. 
 
 TEM, nostre dit Seigniour le Roy considerant 
 coment luy Dieu tout-puissant de sa grande 
 grace luy ad mys en Tonurable estat du Roy, 
 et pourtant il ne poet mesmes pur certeine 
 cause porter le noun de Due de Lancastre en son estile : 
 Et auxi mesme nostre Seigniour le Roy considerant 
 coment eel honurable noun et estat de Due ad este 
 mesnez et governez moelt honurablement en Tonurable 
 persone de son pier, qi Dieu assoile, et des pleusours 
 ses honurables auncestres : Et veullant sur ceo que le 
 dit noun de Due de Lancastre soit continuez en honur 
 come affiert, de Tadvis et assent des toutz lez Seigniours 
 espirituelx et temporelx, et de les Communes avaunt- 
 ditz, ad ordeignez que Henry son eisnez filz ait et 
 porte le noun de Due de Lancastre, et q'il soit noraez 
 Prince de Gales, Due d'Aquitaigne, de Lancastre, et de 
 Cornewaille, et Count de Cestre. Et outre ceo, mesme 
 notre Seigniour le Roy considerant coment diverses li- 
 bertees et franchises aient este grantez devant ces heures, 
 si bien a son dit pier come as autres ses auncestres Dues 
 et Countz de Lancastre, voet et grante, de Tadvys et assent 
 avauntditz, que mesmes les libertees et franchises soient et 
 
141 
 
 XVIIL 
 
 Roll of the Parliament summoned and liolden at Westminster, on 
 Monday the feast of Saint Faith the Virgin (6th October), in the first 
 year of the reign of King Henry the Fourth after the Conquest. 
 
 That the Prince may bear the name of Duke 
 OF Lancaster. 
 
 LSO, our said Lord the King considering how loth Nov. 
 
 ° ° 1 Hen. 4. 
 
 Almighty God of his great grace hath placed a.d. 1399. 
 him in the honorable estate of King, and 
 nevertheless he cannot yet for certain cause 
 bear the name of Duke of Lancaster in his style: And Henry, the 
 
 . I . I 1*1 King's eldest 
 
 also, our same Lord the King considerm^ how this ho- son, shaii 
 
 ' 00 have the title 
 
 norable name and station of Duke hath been most ^^^^"Duke 
 honorably treated and governed in the honorable person SfL^ncSerl 
 of his father, on whom may God have mercy, and of waii^and™ 
 his several honorable ancestors: And on that account Chester. 
 being willing that the said name of Duke of Lancaster 
 be continued in honor, as is meet, hath ordained, by and 
 with the advice and assent of all the Lords spiritual and 
 temporal, and of the Commons aforesaid, that Henry, 
 his eldest son, do have and bear the name of Duke of 
 Lancaster, and that he be named Prince of Wales, Duke 
 of Aquitaine, of Lancaster, and of Cornwall, and Earl of 
 Chester. And, moreover, our same Lord the Kinff, con- Thefran- 
 
 ° chises to re- 
 
 sidering how divers liberties and franchises have been main with 
 
 *-" the Prince 
 
 granted before these times, as well to his said father as Dukes^o/'"^^' 
 to other his ancestors Dukes and Earls of Lancaster, dSsevS 
 wills and grants, by and with the advice and assent crown. 
 
142 
 
 demorgent a son dit eisnez filz, et ses heires Dues de Lan- 
 castre, disseverez de la eorone d'Engleterre quitement et 
 entierment, solonc TefFect et purport de les grantes avaunt- 
 dites. Et sur ceo monstra une chartre en parlement ent 
 faite, et la bailla a son eisnez filz avauntdit. 
 
142 
 
 aforesaid, that the same liberties and franchises be and 
 remain with his said eldest son, and his heirs Dukes of 
 Lancaster, wholly and entirely dissevered from the crown of 
 England, according to the effect and purport of the grants 
 aforesaid. And hereupon he exhibited a charter thereof 
 made in parliament, and delivered it to his eldest son 
 aforesaid. 
 
143 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasterium primo die Marcii, 
 anno regni Regis Henrici Quarti post Conquestum septimo, et finiti 
 ibidem vicesimo secundo die Decembris, anno regni ejusdem Regis 
 octavo. 
 
 L'enheritance de la Corone. 
 
 Rot. Pari. 
 7 & 8 Hen. 4. 
 m. 18. n. 38. 
 in Turr. 
 Lond. 
 [Vacat quia 
 aliter in- 
 ferius.] 
 
 giTEM, mesme le jour [Lundy le 7^ jour de Juyn], 
 seant nostre Seigniour le Roy en soun see 
 roiale, en presence des Seigniours en Parle- 
 ment, &c. 
 
 ET SUR CE, de I'advys et assent avant ditz, feust 
 faite et ensealee une autre lettre patente dessoutz le 
 grand seal mesme nostre Seigniour le Roy, et de les 
 Seigniours, et le Commune Parlour suisditz, briefment 
 contenante la substance de la matere comprise en la dite 
 exemplification; laquele lettre patente fuist auxi lue et 
 pleinement accordez devaunt le Roy et les ditz Seigniours 
 et Communes, dont le tenure auxi s'enseute : 
 
 Pro Henrico principe WALLiiE h^rede apparente. 
 " Proviso etiam quod jus successionis in ducatu nostro 
 '* Lancastriae illi vel illis, cui vel quibus de jure et consue- 
 [vlcaf quia " tudine regni nostri Anglise debeatur seu debebitur in 
 ahSmT'' " futuro, istis non obstantibus, salvum omnino maneat et 
 
 in anno 
 
 octavo.] « illaesum." 
 
 Ibid. ; et 
 Rot. Pat. 
 7 Hen. 4. 
 p. 2. m. 23. in 
 
143 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Roll of the Parliament holden at Westminster on the first day of 
 March, in the seventh year of the reign of King Henry the Fourth after 
 the Conquest, and there ended on the twenty-second day of December, 
 in the eighth year of the same King's reign. 
 
 The inheritance of the Crown. 
 
 LSO, on the same day [Monday the seventh 7th June, 
 day of June], our Lord the King sitting on his a.d. hog. 
 royal throne in presence of the Lords in Par- causVitisin 
 
 -r»n /»-r»T another form 
 
 hament,* &c. [See the Uolls of Parhament, beiow.j 
 vol. iii. p. 574.] 
 
 AND HEREUPON, by and with the advice and assent 
 aforesaid, other letters patent were made and sealed under 
 the great seal of our same Lord the King, and the seals of 
 the Lords, and that of the Common Speaker abovesaid, 
 containing briefly the substance of the matter comprised 
 in the said exemplification; which letters patent were 
 also read, and fully agreed to, before the King and the 
 said Lords and Commons, the tenor whereof also fol- 
 loweth. [See the Rolls of Parliament, vol. iii. p. 576.] 
 
 For Henry Prince of Wales, the heir apparent. 
 
 " Provided also that the right of succession in our rthjune, 
 
 " duchy of Lancaster do remain wholly saved and unim- A.D.T406. 
 
 " paired to him or to them, to whom by law and custom clusf'i?^" 
 
 " of our realm of England it is due, or shall be due in wise^and fn" 
 
 T „ Other form in 
 
 " future, these notwithstanding. the eighth 
 
 * By this statute the crown was settled, after the King's decease, on 
 
m. 15. n. 
 
 144 
 L'enheritance de la Corone. 
 f&sHe'iu. ITEM, Mesquardy le 22 jour de Decembre, les Com- 
 munes vindrent devaunt le Roy et les Seigniours en 
 Parlement, et illeosqes esteantz memses les Communes, 
 le dit Monsieur Johan Tybetot pria en lour noun a mesme 
 nostre Seigniour le Roy qe mesmes les Communes pur- 
 roient avoir illeosqes communication ovesque toutz les 
 Seigniours espirituelx et temporelx; quel prier le Roy 
 leur ottroia. Sur quoy mesmes les Seigniours eue ad- 
 vyse et deliberation ovesque les ditz Communes, TErce- 
 vesque de Cantirbirs, el noun des mesmes les Seigniours 
 et Communes, myst avaunt une petition toucbant l'en- 
 heritance et la succession de la Corone d'Engleterre, et 
 pria a mesme nostre Seigniour le Roy q'il luy plerroit 
 afFermer la dite petition en Parlement, et qe mesme la 
 petition purroit estre enactez et enrollez en rolle de 
 Parlement, et tenuz et proclamez pur estatut : fesantz 
 protestation qe ne fuist pas leur entention de parler riens 
 celle partie toucbant la ducbie ne I'eritage de Lancastre. 
 Quel prier le Roy lour ottroia. Et au fyn qe les ditz 
 enberitances et succession purront overtement estre pub- 
 liez et conuz as toutz roialmes, terres, et seigniouries 
 queconqes, accordez est et assentuz par le Roy et les 
 Seigniours en Parlement qe la dite petition soit exem- 
 
 the King's eldest son Henry Prince of Wales, and the heirs male of his 
 body ; and if he should die without issue male, then on the King's 
 second son Thomas, and the heirs male of his body ; with remainders 
 to John and Humfrey, the King's third and fourth sons, and the heirs 
 male of their bodies successively. The statute was ordered to be exem- 
 plified under the King's great seal, the seals of the Lords, and that 
 of the Speaker of the Commons, and the exemplification was ordered 
 to be entered on the Roll. The proviso relative to the Duchy of Lan- 
 caster occurs in the letters patent containing the substance of the matter 
 comprised in the exemplification. 
 
144 
 
 The Inheritance of the Crown.* 
 
 ALSO, on Wednesday the twenty-second day of De- 22dDec. 
 cember, the Commons came before the King and the Lords a»- '^oe. 
 in Parliament, and, the same Commons being there, the 
 said Sir John Tybetot in their name prayed our same 
 Lord the King that the said Commons might there have 
 communication with all the Lords spiritual and temporal ; 
 which prayer the King granted to them. Whereupon the 
 same Lords having had advice and deliberation with the 
 said Commons, the Archbishop of Canterbury in the name 
 of the' same Lords and Commons laid before them a peti- 
 tion touching the inheritance and succession of the Crown 
 of England, and prayed our same Lord the King that he 
 would be pleased to affirm the said petition in Parliament, 
 and that the same petition might be enacted and inrolled 
 on the roll of Parliament, and be held and proclaimed as a 
 statute : making protestation that it was not their inten- 
 tion to speak aught in that behalf touching the duchy 
 or the heritage of Lancaster. Which prayer the King 
 granted to them. And to the end that the said inhe- 
 ritance and succession might be openly published and 
 known to all kingdoms, lands, and seignories whatsoever, 
 
 * The previous statute, passed in this Parliament for limitation of the 
 crown to the heirs male of the bodies of the King's four sons respect- 
 ively, being contrary to the settlement made in the fifth year of the 
 King, [Rot. Pari. 5 Hen. 4, n. 17. See the Parliament Rolls, vol. iii. 
 p. 525, " Affermance des Estatz du Roy et du Prince,"] it was, there- 
 fore, in the same Parliament repealed, and a second act was passed, 
 by which the inheritance of the crown and of the kingdoms of England 
 and France, and of the King's other dominions beyond the sea, was set- 
 tled on the King, and the heirs of his body, and on the King's four sons, 
 and the heirs of their respective bodies, successively. The proviso 
 relative to the duchy of Lancaster occurs in the exemplification of the 
 instrument declaring the latter settlement. 
 
 u 
 
8 Hen. 4. 
 p. l.m. 4. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 145 
 
 plifiez dessouth' le grant seal du Roy, et auxi ensealez 
 dessouth' les sealx des ditz Seigniours et le seal des 
 armes du dit Monsieur Johan Tybetot Commune Parlour 
 pur les Communes pur et en les nouns de les Communes 
 d'Engleterre avaunt ditz. Laquel exemplification fuist 
 lue et pleinement accordez devaunt le Roy et les Seig- 
 niours et Communes, et ensealee en la fourme suis dite. 
 De quel exemplification le tenure s'enseut en cestes 
 parols : 
 
 De Successione regni Anglic. 
 Rofpat. " Proviso semper quod castra, honores, maneria, terrse, 
 
 " tenementa, ac alia dominia et possessiones quaecunque 
 " haereditatis nostrse Lancastrise in eadem natura, statu, 
 " gubernatione et conditione, ac taliter in omnibus, prse- 
 " sentibus non obstantibus, permaneant, babeantur, et 
 " teneantur, sicut ante inceptionem prsesentis Parliament! 
 " nostri extiterunt." 
 
 Rot. Pari. ET SUR CE, de Tadvys et assent avaunt ditz, fuist faite 
 
 7&8Hen.4. ' -^ ' 
 
 ™'6o-6i ^^ ensealee une autre lettre patente dessouth' le grande seal 
 mesme nostre Seigniour le Roy, et de les Seigniours et le 
 Commune Parlour suisditz, briefment con tenant la sub- 
 stance de la matere comprise en la dite exemplification : 
 la quele lettre patente fuist auxi lue et pleinement ac- 
 cordez devant le Roy et les ditz Seigniours et Com- 
 munes, dont le tenure auxi s'ensuite : 
 
 HENRICUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Francise et Do- 
 minus Hibernige omnibus ad quos prsesentes litera3 perve- 
 nerint salutem in Domino sempiternam. Noverit univer- 
 sitas vestra quod, licet in Parliamento nostro apud West- 
 monasterium septimo die Junii anno regni nostri septimo, 
 per nos, de consensu et avisamento omnium prselatorum 
 magnatum et procerum ac cleri et communitatis regni 
 
145 
 
 it is agreed and assented to by the King and the Lords in 
 Parhament that the said petition be exempHfied under the 
 King's great seal, and also be sealed under the seals of the 
 said Lords, and the seal of the arms of the said Sir John 
 Tybetot, the Common Speaker of the Commons, for and in 
 the names of the Commons of England aforesaid. Which 
 exemplification was read and fully agreed to before the 
 King and the Lords and Commons, and was sealed in 
 the form abovesaid. The tenor of which exemplifica- 
 tion followeth in these words — [See the Rolls of Parlia- 
 ment, vol. iii. p. 580] : 
 
 Of the succession to the realm of England. 
 " Provided always, that the castles, honors, manors, Proviso as to 
 
 the duchy of 
 
 " lands, tenements, and other lordships and possessions Lancaster. 
 " whatsoever of our heritage of Lancaster, may remain, l^^'i'Ji 
 " be had, and be held in the same nature, state, gover- 
 " nance and condition, and in such wise in all respects, 
 " notwithstanding these presents, as they were before the 
 " beginning of our present Parliament." 
 
 AND HEREUPON, by and with the advice and assent 
 aforesaid, other letters patent were made and sealed under 
 the great seal of our same Lord the King, and the seals 
 of the Lords, and that of the Common Speaker abovesaid, 
 containing briefly the substance of the matter comprised 
 in the said exemplification : which letters patent were also 
 read, and fully agreed to, before the King and the said 
 Lords and Commons, the tenor whereof also followeth : 
 
 HENRY, by the grace of God, King of England and 22dDec. 
 France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present a.d. hog. 
 letters shall come, sendeth health everlasting in the Lord. 
 Be it known to you all, that, albeit in our Parliament holden 
 at Westminster on the seventh day of June in the seventh 
 
 u 2 
 
146 
 
 nostri Anglise, fuerit statutum et ordinatum quod jus 
 successionis post decessum nostrum in corona et regnis 
 nostris Anglise et Franciae et dominiis nostris quibus- 
 cunque ultra mare ubilibet constitutis, cum suis juribus 
 et pertinentiis universis, ad Henricum eadem gratia Prin- 
 cipem Walliae, Ducem Aquitaniae Lancastrise et Cornubise, 
 et Comitem Cestriae, filium nostrum primogenitum, ej usque 
 liberos masculos legitime procreandos, ipsoque Henrico pri- 
 mogenito nostro sine heerede masculo decedente jus suc- 
 cessionis praedictse ad Thomam secundo-genitum, Johan- 
 nem tertio-genitum, et Humfridum quarto-genitum nostros, 
 eorumque liberos masculos successive pertineret modo et 
 forma in literis nostris inde confectis plenius expressatis, 
 quae omnia hie habere volumus pro insertis ; nihilominus 
 tamen praelati, magnates, proceres, clerus, et communitas 
 antedicti attendentes quod statutum et ordinatio hujusmodi 
 jus successionis eorundem filiorum nostrorum ac liberorum 
 eorum, sexum excludendo foBmininum, nimium restringebat, 
 quod aliquo modo diminuere non intendebant sed potius 
 adaugere, nobis cum instantia non modica unanimiter 
 supplicarunt quatinus statutum et ordinationem hujusmodi 
 cassare et adnullare, jusque successionis praedictae ad dictum 
 primogenitum nostrum et alios filios nostros supradictos 
 eorumque haeredes de corporibus suis legitime procreandos 
 post nostrum decessum successive pertinere, ordinare et 
 statuere dignaremur. Nos igitur supplicationi hujusmodi 
 tanquam juri consonae inclinati ad instantem petitionem 
 eorundem praelatorum magnatum procerum cleri et com- 
 munitatis supradictorum et de eorum omnium et sin- 
 gulorum voluntate et assensu expressis, necnon nostra 
 et praesentis Parliamenti nostri auctoritate statutum et 
 ordinationem praedicta cassamus et adnullamus, necnon 
 ad eorundem praelatorum magnatum procerum cleri et com- 
 
146 
 
 year of our reign, it was resolved and ordained by us, with J^Jt^^o^of 
 the advice and assent of all the prelates, grandees, and JhehSrT^'' 
 nobles, and of the clergy and commonalty of our realm bodies of the 
 of England, that the right of succession after our decease sons 
 to the crown, and our realms of England and France, 
 and all our dominions beyond the sea, wheresoever they 
 may be, together with all their rights and appurtenances, 
 did belong to Henry, by the same grace, Prince of Wales, 
 Duke of Aquitaine, Lancaster and Cornwall, and Earl of 
 Chester, our first-born son, and to his children male law- 
 fully to be begotten ; and, the same Henry our first-born 
 dying without heir male, that the right of succession afore- 
 said did belong to Thomas our second son, John our third 
 son, and Humphrey our fourth son, and their children male 
 successively, in manner and form more fully expressed in 
 our letters thereof made ; all of which we will to be re- 
 garded as if inserted here : yet, nevertheless, the afore- 
 said prelates, grandees, nobles, clergy, and commonalty, 
 taking heed that such statute and ordinance by excluding 
 the female sex too far restrained the right of succession of 
 our same sons and their children, which in no wise did 
 they intend to diminish, yea rather to increase, have una- 
 nimously besought us with great instance that we would 
 vouchsafe to quash and annul such statute and ordi- 
 nance, and to resolve and ordain that the right of suc- 
 cession aforesaid after our decease does belong to our said 
 first-born son, and to our other sons abovesaid, and to their 
 heirs of their bodies lawfully to be begotten, successively. 
 We, therefore, inclining to the like supplication, as being repealed. 
 consonant with right, at the instant petition of the same pre- 
 lates, grandees, nobles, clergy, and commonalty abovesaid, 
 and with their and every of their express will and assent, 
 and also by our authority and that of our present Parlia- 
 
147 
 
 munitatis prsedictorum petitionem et rogatum ac de eorum 
 consensu concordi et auctoritate qua supra prsefatum Hen- 
 ricum nostrum primogenitum nostrum verum legitimum 
 certum et indubitatum hseredem ac universalera succes- 
 sorem in corona et regnis nostris Anglise et Franciae ac 
 dominiis nostris quibuscunque ultra mare ubilibet consti- 
 tutis cum suis juribus et pertinentiis universis fore et esse 
 ac fore et esse debere ; necnon jus nobis universaliter suc- 
 cedendi in dictis corona regnis et dominiis prsefato Henrico 
 nostro primogenito et ad eum et post ipsum successive 
 hseredibus suis de ipsius corpore legitime procreandis et 
 ad eos in perpetuum competere et pertinere competereque 
 et pertinere debere tenore prsesentium statuimus ordinamus 
 decernimus et etiam declaramus. Et in eventu quo prse- 
 fatus Henricus primogenitus noster absque haerede na- 
 turali et legitimo de corpore suo legitime procreato ab 
 hac luce migraverit statuimus ordinamus decernimus et 
 declaramus ad petitionem et rogatum prsedicta ac de 
 consensu voluntate et auctoritate quibus supra quod uni- 
 versale jus successionis hujusmodi in dictis corona regnis 
 et dominiis nostris cum suis juribus et pertinentiis uni- 
 versis ad Thomam secundo-genitum nostrum et post eum 
 successive ad haeredes suos de ejus corpore legitime 
 nascituros plene ac libere transeat ac remaneat pro per- 
 petuo. Quod si praefatum Thomam absque haerede na- 
 turali et legitimo de corpore suo legitime procreato 
 diem claudere contingat extremum ad Johannem tertio- 
 genitum nostrum haeredesque suos de ejus corpore legi- 
 time procreandos. Et si ipsum Johannem sine haerede 
 hujusmodi decedere contigerit ad Humfridum quarto- 
 genitum nostrum et ejus haeredes de corpore suo legitime 
 procreandos jus successionis hujusmodi in corona regnis et 
 dominiis antedictis cum eorum pertinentiis absque contra- 
 
147 
 
 ment, the statute and ordinance aforesaid do quash and 
 
 annul; and Ukewise at the petition and request of the settlement of 
 
 same prelates, grandees, nobles, clergy, and commonalty after the 
 
 aforesaid, and with their unanimous consent, and by the miseonhis 
 
 •' four sons, 
 
 authority as above, we do by the tenor of these presents ofthek^e^.'" 
 resolve, ordain, decree, and also declare our aforesaid bodfesrsuc 
 first-born son Henry to be, and that he is and ought to ''^^^"^^y- 
 be, our true, legitimate, sure, and undoubted heir and 
 universal successor to the crown, and our realms of 
 England and France, and all our dominions beyond the 
 sea, wheresoever they may be, with all their rights and 
 appurtenances; and that the right of succeeding us uni- 
 versally in the said crown, realms, and dominions does 
 belong and pertain, and ought to belong and pertain, to 
 our aforesaid first-born son Henry, and after him to 
 his heirs of his body lawfully to be begotten succes- 
 sively for ever. And in the event of our aforesaid first- 
 born son Henry departing this life without natural and 
 legitimate heir of his body lawfully begotten, we do re- 
 solve, ordain, decree, and declare, at the petition and 
 request aforesaid, and by and with the consent, will, and 
 authority as above, that the universal right of the like 
 succession to our said crown, realms, and dominions, 
 with all their rights and appurtenances, shall fully and 
 freely pass and remain to Thomas our second son, and 
 after him to his heirs who shall be lawfully born of his 
 body successively for ever. And if it happen that the 
 aforesaid Thomas shall close his life without natural and 
 legitimate heir of his body lawfully begotten, the like 
 right of succession to the crown, realms, and dominions 
 aforesaid, with their appurtenances, without any contradic- 
 tion whatever shall freely devolve upon John our third 
 son, and his heirs of his body lawfully to be begotten : 
 
148 
 
 dictione quacunque libere devolvatur. Per hoc tamen sta- 
 tutum sive ordinationem quoad ducatum Lancastrise ejusque 
 jura possessiones honores et consuetudines cum suis per- 
 tinentiis universis ac successionem et modum succedendi 
 in ducatu prsedicto sive in capite vel in membris nihil 
 immutare vel innovare intendimus, sed in omnibus prse- 
 missis et aliis quibuscunque modis et formis quibus ante 
 hoc statutum ducatus ipse regi administrari et gubernari 
 solebat antiqua jura statuta et consuetudines ejusdem 
 ducatus teneri, exequi et illibate observari in posterum 
 volumus, statuimus, decernimus et declaramus, hoc nostro 
 statute et quocunque alio in hoc Parliamento edito non 
 obstante. In cujus rei testimonium non solum sigillura 
 nostrum sed etiam omnium dominorum spiritualium et 
 temporalium prsedictorum pro se clero et communitate 
 prsedictis sigilla prsesentibus sunt appensa. Et nos 
 Thomas Cantuariensis Archiepiscopus totius Anglise 
 primas, Nicholaus Londinensis, Henricus Wintoniensis, 
 Johannes Eliensis, Edmundus Exoniensis, Thomas Du- 
 nelmensis, Robertus Cicestrensis, Ricardus Sarum, Guido 
 Menevensis, Johannes Coventrensis et Lichfeldensis, Ri- 
 cardus Wigorniensis, Henricus Bathoniensis et Wellensis, 
 Robertus Herefordensis, Philippus Lincolniensis, Thomas 
 Landavensis, et Willielmus Carliolensis, Episcopi, Gustos 
 Spiritualitatis Archiepiscopatus Eboracensis, Gustos Epi- 
 scopatus Norwicensis, et Gustos Episcopatus Roffensis, 
 Abbas Westmonasterii, Abbas de Sancto Albano, Abbas 
 de Waltham, Abbas Salopise, Abbas de Burgo Sancti 
 Petri, Abbas Beati Johannis Golcestrise, Abbas de 
 Sancto Edmundo de Bury, Abbas de Abyndon, Abbas 
 Beatae Mariae Eborum, Abbas de Groyland, Abbas de 
 Bardeney, Abbas Sancti Benedicti de Hulmo, Abbas Glas- 
 toniee, Abbas de Malmesbury, Abbas de Redyng, Abbas 
 
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 And if it shall happen that the said John die without such 
 heir, then upon Humphrey our fourth son, and his heirs 
 of his body lawfully to be beo^otten. Nevertheless by Proviso as to 
 
 ■ / ° 1 1 1 , \. theduchyof 
 
 this statute or ordinance, so far as regards the duchy of Lancaster. 
 Lancaster, and its rights, possessions, honors, and cus- 
 toms, with all their appurtenances, and the succession 
 and manner of succeeding in the aforesaid duchy, whether 
 in chief or in its members, we do nothing intend to change 
 or innovate, but that in all the premises and in all other 
 modes and forms in which before this statute the same 
 duchy was wont to be ruled, administered, and governed, 
 we will, resolve, decree, and declare, that the ancient 
 rights, statutes, and customs of the same duchy shall 
 be held, executed, and purely observed for ever, not- 
 withstanding this our statute, or any other soever passed 
 in this Parliament. In witness whereof, not only our seal, 
 but also the seals of all the Lords spiritual and temporal 
 aforesaid, for themselves, the clergy, and the Commons 
 aforesaid, to these presents are set And we, Thomas 
 Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England, Ni- 
 cholas Bishop of London, Henry Bishop of Winchester, 
 John Bishop of Ely, Edmund Bishop of Exeter, Thomas 
 Bishop of Durham, Robert Bishop of Chichester, Richard 
 Bishop of Salisbury, Guy Bishop of St. David's, John 
 Bishop of Coventry and Litchfield, Richard Bishop of 
 Worcester, Henry Bishop of Bath and Wells, Robert 
 Bishop of Hereford, Philip Bishop of Lincoln, Thomas 
 Bishop of LlandafF, and William Bishop of Carlisle, the 
 Keeper of the Spirituality of the Archbishopric of York, 
 the Keeper of the Bishopric of Norwich, and the Keeper 
 of the Bishopric of Rochester, the Abbot of Westminster, 
 the Abbot of St. Alban's, the Abbot of Waltham, the Abbot 
 of Shrewsbury, the Abbot of Peterborough, the Abbot of St. 
 
149 
 
 de Selby, Abbas de Thorney, Abbas de Bello, Abbas de 
 Cirencestre, Abbas Beati Petri Gloucestrise, Abbas de 
 Evesbam, Abbas de Rameseye, Abbas de Hida juxta Win- 
 toniam, Abbas de Wynchecombe, et Prior de Coventre, 
 Edwardus Dux Eborum, Johannes Somersetise, Edmimdus 
 Kantise, Thomas ArundelHse, Ricardus Warwici, Edwardus 
 Devonise, Michael Suffolcise, Ricardus Oxonise, et Ra- 
 dulphus Westmerlandise, Comites; ac Walterus Prior 
 Hospitalis Sancti Johannis Jerusalem in Anglia, Wil- 
 helmus Dominus de Roos, Ricardus Dominus de Grey 
 de Codenore, Henricus Dominus de Beaumont, Regi- 
 naldus Dominus de Grey de Ruthyn, Wilhelmus Domi- 
 nus de Ferrers, Thomas Dominus de Furnyvale, WilUel- 
 mus Dominus de Wylughby, Hugo Dominus de Burnell, 
 Wilhelmus Dominus de Clynton, Thomas Dominus de 
 Morley, Johannes Dominus de Darcy, Johannes Dominus 
 de Lovell, Bartholomseus Dominus de Burghchier, Gil- 
 bertus Dominus de Talbot, Wilhelmus Dominus de la 
 Zouche, Thomas Dominus de Camoys, Ricardus Domi- 
 nus de Seymour, Henricus Fitz-Hugh, Henricus le Scrop 
 de Masham, Johannes de Welles, Johannes Cobham, 
 Petrus de Malolacu, Johannes de Latymer, Edwardus 
 de Charleton de Powys, Magister Thomas de la Warre, 
 Thomas de Berkeley, Radulphus de Crumwell, Radul- 
 phus de Greystok, Wilhelmus Beauchamp de Bergeveny, 
 Johannes Touchet, Robertus Ponynges, Johannes Haryng- 
 ton, et Ricardus Lestraunge; ac Johannes Typtot, Miles, 
 Prselocutor Communitatis praedictse in Parliamento prsesenti, 
 meo et ipsius Communitatis nomine, omnibus supradictis 
 nostrum prsebentes consensum pariter et assensum juramus 
 ad sancta Dei evangelia per nos et quemlibet nostrum 
 corporaliter tacta omnia et singula prsemissa perpetuis 
 temporibus per nos et nostros, quantum in nobis est. 
 
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 John's at Colchester, the Abbot of Bury St. Edmund's, the 
 Abbot of Abingdon, the Abbot of St. Mary's at York, the 
 Abbot of Croiland, the Abbot of Bardney, the Abbot of St. 
 Bennet de Hulme, the Abbot of Glastonbury, the Abbot of 
 Malmsbury, the Abbot of Reading, the Abbot of Selby, 
 the Abbot of Thorney, the Abbot of Battle, the Abbot of 
 Cirencester, the Abbot of St. Peter's at Gloucester, the 
 Abbot of Evesham, the Abbot of Ramsey, the Abbot of 
 Hide near Winchester, the Abbot of Winchcombe, and 
 the Prior of Coventry, Edward Duke of York, John Duke 
 of Somerset, Edmund Earl of Kent, Thomas Earl of 
 Arundel, Richard Earl of Warwick, Edward Earl of 
 Devon, Michael Earl of Suffolk, Richard Earl of Ox- 
 ford, and Ralph Earl of Westmoreland, and Walter Prior 
 of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, Wil- 
 liam Lord de Roos, Richard Lord de Grey of Codenore, 
 Henry Lord de Beaumont, Reginald Lord de Grey of 
 Ruthyn, William Lord de Ferrers, Thomas Lord de Fur- 
 nyvale, William Lord de Willoughby, Hugh Lord de Bur- 
 nell, William Lord de Clynton, Thomas Lord de Morley, 
 John Lord Darcy, John Lord de Lovell, Bartholomew 
 Lord de Bourgchier, Gilbert Lord de Talbot, William 
 Lord de la Zouche, Thomas Lord de Camoys, Richard 
 Lord de Seymour, Henry Fitz-Hugh, Henry le Scrope 
 of Masham, John de Welles, John Cobham, Peter de 
 Mauley, John le Latymer, Edward de Charleton of 
 Powys, Master Thomas de la Warre, Thomas de Berkeley, 
 Ralph de Crumwell, Ralph de Greystok, William Beau- 
 champ of Bergavenny, John Touchet, Robert Ponynges, 
 John Haryngton, and Richard Lestraunge, and I Sir 
 John Typtot, Knight, Speaker of the Commons aforesaid 
 in the present Parliament, in my own name, and in the 
 name of the same Commons, giving our consent and 
 
150 
 
 inconcusse et inviolabiliter observare, nee quiequam in 
 contrarium, re vel verbo, publice vel occulta, directe 
 vel indirecte facere vel attemptare, sen fieri vel at- 
 temptari facere vel procurare quovismodo. Datae in 
 prgesenti Parliamento nostro infra palatium nostrum West- 
 monasterii, vicesimo secundo die Decembris, anno Domini 
 millesimo quadringentesimo sexto et regni nostri octavo. 
 
150 
 
 assent to all the matters abovesaid, do swear upon the 
 Holy Gospels of God, corporally touched by us and 
 each of us, steadfastly and inviolably to observe all and 
 every the premises by us and ours, as far as in us lies, 
 in all times to come, and nothing to the contrary thereof, 
 in word or deed, publicly or privily, directly or indi- 
 rectly, to do or attempt, or procure or suffer to be done 
 or attempted in any wise. Given in our present Parlia- 
 ment within our palace of Westminster on the twenty- 
 second day of December, in the year of our Lord one 
 thousand four hundred and six, and in the eighth year 
 of our reign. 
 
151 
 
 XX. 
 
 Rot. Pari. 
 2 Hen. 5. 
 p. 2. n. 30. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasterium die Lunse proximo 
 post Octabas Sancti Martini, anno regni Regis Henrici Quinti post Con- 
 questum secundo. 
 
 De unione jurium et possessionum comitatus Here- 
 fordensis ducatui lancastriie facta. 
 
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 ^5^^m 
 
 TEM, fait assavoir que le Roy, de sa certeine 
 science, et del assent des Seigniours espirituelx 
 et temporelx, et des Communes, assemblez en 
 ceste parlement, par pleine auctorite de mesme 
 le parlement, declarast, grantast, et ordeignast, entre autres 
 choses, que toutz les honours, chasteux, hundredes, com- 
 motes, manoirs, terres, tenementz, reversions, annuitees, 
 rentes, services, fees, avoesons, possessions, et seigniouries 
 queconqes, si bien deins le roialme d'Engleterre, come es 
 parties de Gales, et es autres lieux dedeinz les seigniouries 
 et pouste du Roy, queux sont descenduz ou descenderont 
 enheritablement a Roy apres la mort Dame Marie, une 
 des filles et heires Humfrey de Bohun nadgairs Count de 
 Hereford, Essex, et Northampton, et Constable d'Engleterre, 
 come a fitz et heir mesme cele Dame Marie, ovesque toutz 
 les droitures, libertees, franchises, et francs custumes a 
 mesme cele enheritance appurtenantz ou regardantz, 
 soient severez de la corone d'Engleterre, et adjointz an- 
 nectez uniz et encorporetz au duchee le dit Roy de 
 Lancastre, a mesme le Roy et a ses heirs, come a 
 mesme le duchee issint adjointz annectez uniz et en- 
 corporetz, perpetuelment a demurrerz ; et que tres toutz 
 les honours, chasteux, hundredes, commotes, manoirs. 
 
151 
 
 XX. 
 
 Roll of the Parliament holden at Westminster on the Monday next 
 after the Octaves of Saint Martin, in the second year of the reign of King- 
 Henry the Fifth after the Conquest. 
 
 Of a union of the rights and possessions of the 
 earldom of hereford with the duchy of lan- 
 CASTER. 
 
 LSO5 be it known that the King, of his certain 19th Nov. 
 
 2 Hen. 5. 
 
 knowledge, and with the assent of the Lords a.d. hh. 
 spiritual and temporal, and of the Commons, 
 in this parhament assembled, by full authority 
 
 of the same parliament, has declared, granted, and ordained, The heritage 
 
 amongst other things, that all the honors, castles, huh- domof 
 
 dreds, commotes, manors, lands, tenements, reversions, an- shaii be se- 
 
 ' ^ ^ ' ' 7 vered from 
 
 nuities, rents, services, fees, advowsons, possessions, and lord- "id bTS 
 ships whatsoever, as well within the realm of England as STf dVchy of 
 in the parts of Wales, and in other places within the King's ^"""^^ ^^' 
 power and dominions, which since the death of the Lady 
 Mary, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Humphrey de 
 Bohun, formerly Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northamp- 
 ton, and Constable of England, have descended, or shall 
 descend by inheritance to the King, as son and heir of 
 the same Lady Mary, with all the rights, liberties, fran- 
 chises, and free customs to such heritage belonging or 
 appertaining, shall be severed from the crown of Eng- 
 land, and be adjoined, annexed, united and incorporated 
 to and with the said King's duchy of Lancaster, to 
 remain to the same King and to his heirs so adjoined, 
 annexed, united, and incorporated to and with the same 
 
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 terres, tenementz, et reversions suisditz, et les autres 
 choses queconques a la dite enheritance regardantz, et 
 les hommes et tenantz a ycelle appurteiiantz, soient 
 auxi entierment enfranchisez, et par autielx officers tretez, 
 gardez, et governez en toutz points, come les possessions 
 a le dit duchee appurtenantz et les hommes et tenantz a 
 mesme le duchee regardantz sont enfranchisez, tretez, 
 gardez, et governez pur toutz jours ; et ceo solonc la 
 fourme, force, et effect de les paroles contenuz en une 
 cedule rays en ceste parlement, et par le Roy, del assent 
 des Seigniours avauntditz et par I'auctorite suis dite, oves- 
 que toutz clauses en ycelle contenuz, pleinement afFermez, 
 dount le tenure cy ensuit : 
 
 HENRICUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Franciae et 
 Dominus Hiherniae omnibus ad quos prsesentes literse 
 pervenerint salutem. Sciatis quod cum ducatus Lancas- 
 triae, ac quamplura alia comitatus, honores, castra, ma- 
 neria, feoda, possessiones et dominia, infra regnum nos- 
 trum Anglise et partes Walliae, ac alibi, carissimo domino 
 et patri nostro domino Henrico nuper Regi Anglise de- 
 functo tam per mortem Celebris memoriae Henrici nuper 
 Ducis Lancastriae proavi nostri, ac carissimi domini et 
 avi nostri Johannis nuper Ducis Lancastriae, necnon ca- 
 rissimae dominae et aviae nostrae dominae Blanchiae nuper 
 uxoris ejus, filiae et haeredis praedicti proavi nostri, jure 
 haereditario, antequam ad statum et dignitatem regalem 
 rerum Dominus omnium sua ineffabili dementia ipsum 
 patrem nostrum nuperrime evocavit, descenderint et ac- 
 ciderint, in quibus quidem ducatu, comitatibus, hono- 
 ribus, castris, maneriis, possessionibus et dominiis, diversa 
 libertates, jura regalia, consuetudines et franchesiae, dictis 
 progenitoribus et antecessoribus nostris, quaedam, vide- 
 licet, eis et haeredibus de corporibus suis exeuntibus, et 
 
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 duchy for ever; and that all the honors, castles, hun- The lands, 
 
 J 1 I 1 J A. i. J an^ ™en and 
 
 dreds, commotes, manors, lands, tenements, and rever- tenants 
 
 . , , , 11' 1 • 1 thereof, shall 
 
 sions abovesaid, and whatsoever other thmgs to the said be under 
 
 rule and 
 
 heritage belonging, and the men and tenants to the "J^^^uf,^"""^* 
 
 same appurtenant, shall be as entirely free, and by the '^^<^®'^s- 
 
 same officers treated, kept, and governed in all respects, 
 
 as the possessions appurtenant to the said duchy, and 
 
 the men and tenants belonging to the same duchy, are 
 
 free, and are treated, kept, and governed, for ever ; — and 
 
 this according to the form, force, and effect of the words 
 
 contained in a schedule in this parliament exhibited, and 
 
 by the King, with the assent of the Lords aforesaid and by 
 
 the authority abovesaid, fully confirmed, with all the clauses 
 
 therein contained, the tenor whereof hereafter follow eth ; 
 
 HENRY, by the grace of God, King of England and 19th Nov. 
 France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present A.n^'ni. 
 letters shall come, greeting. Know ye, that whereas the Redtaithat 
 duchy of Lancaster, and very many other counties, honors, iien^y^he"^ 
 
 , f, . Till' • 1 • Fourth held 
 
 castles, manors, lees, possessions, and lordships, within our the duchy of 
 
 Lancaster 
 
 realm of England and the parts of Wales and elsewhere, e^^^^gg^f^ 
 before the Lord of all things so lately in his unspeakable counties by 
 mercy called our most dear lord and father, the lord before^ws''^' 
 Henry late King of England, deceased, to the regal estate thecriw"n; 
 and dignity, did descend and come unto our same father by 
 hereditary right, by the death as well of Henry of famous 
 memory, late Duke of Lancaster, our great-grandfather, as 
 of our most dear lord and grandfather John late Duke of 
 Lancaster, and also of our most dear lady and grandmother 
 the lady Blanche, late his wife, daughter and heiress of our 
 aforesaid great-grandfather ; in which said duchy, counties', and that 
 honors, castles, manors, possessions, and lordships, divers tieYand^S-a 
 liberties, jura regalia, customs, and franchises were and been granted 
 
 therein by 
 
 had been granted to our said progenitors and ancestors, — several char, 
 
 X 
 
153 
 
 quaedam sibi et hseredibus masculis de corporibus suis 
 exeuntibus, ac qusedam praefato domino et avo nostro 
 ad terminum vitse suae, per diversas cartas, tam domini 
 Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae proavi nostri, quam do- 
 mini Ricardi nuper Regis Angliae secundi post conques- 
 tum, fuerant concessa. Praefatusque pater noster nolens 
 dictam haereditatem suam, aut libertates ejusdera, occa- 
 sione assumptionis regalis status et dignitatis suae in 
 aliquo mutari, transferri, diminui, seu derogari, sed ean- 
 dem haereditatem suam in juribus et libertatibus suis prae- 
 dictis, eisdem modo, forma, conditione, et statu quibus 
 sibi descenderant et evenerant, ac etiam cum omnibus et 
 singulis talibus libertatibus et francbesiis, ac aliis privi- 
 legiis, commoditatibus, et proficuis quibuscunque, quibus 
 praedictus dominus et avus noster, dum vixit, eam, ad ter- 
 minum vitae suae, ex concessione praedicti Ricardi nuper 
 Regis, habuit et tenuit, eidem patri nostro, et dictis haere- 
 dibus suis in cartis praedictis specificatis, plenarie et in- 
 tegre conservari, continuari, et haberi, — voluerit, ac per 
 cartam suam, ex certa scientia sua, de assensu parliamenti 
 sui anno regni sui primo tenti, concesserit, declaraverit, de- 
 creverit, et ordinaverit pro se et haeredibus suis, quod tam 
 ducatus suus Lancastriae, quam universa et singula alia 
 comitatus, honores, castra, maneria, feoda, advocationes, 
 possessiones, annul tates et dominia quaecunque, sibi, ante 
 adeptionem dignitatis suae regiae, qualitercunque et ubi- 
 cunque, jure haereditario, in dominico servitio vel in re- 
 versione, seu alias qualitercunque discensa, eidem patri 
 nostro, et dictis haeredibus suis in cartis praedictis spe- 
 cificatis, in forma praedicta remaneant in perpetuum, et 
 quod taliter et tali modo, et per tales ojficiarios et mi- 
 nistros in omnibus deducantur, gubernentur, et pertrac- 
 tentur, sicut remanere, deduci, gubernari, et pertractari 
 
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 to wit, some to them and the heirs of their bodies issuing, 
 and some to them and the heirs male of their bodies 
 issuing, and some to our aforesaid lord and grandfather 
 for the term of his life, — by divers charters as well of 
 the lord Edward late King of England, our great-grand- 
 father, as of the lord Richard late King of England the 
 second after the conquest. And our aforesaid father, not That the 
 willing that his said heritage, or the liberties thereof, being un-' 
 
 ° ° ' ' willing that 
 
 should be in aueht changed, transferred, lessened, or de- hisduchyand 
 
 DO' ' ' Other estates 
 
 rogated from, on account of his assumption of the royal Sang'^ed^by 
 estate and dignity, but that his same heritage in its uon^onh?" 
 rights and liberties aforesaid, in the same manner, state, ^^^^ '^'"^' 
 form, and condition in which it descended and came to 
 him, and also with all and singular such liberties and 
 franchises, and other privileges, advantages, and profits 
 whatsoever, with which our aforesaid lord and grandfather, 
 whilst he lived, had and held the same, for the term of his 
 Hfe, by grant from the aforesaid late King Richard, should 
 be to our same father and his said heirs in the said char- 
 ters specified fully and entirely kept, continued, and had, 
 — willed, and by his charter, of his certain knowledge, with had settled 
 the assent of his parliament holden in the first year of his upon himself 
 
 and his heirs 
 
 reign, did grant, declare, decree, and ordain, for himself and specified in 
 
 his heirs, that as well his duchy of Lancaster as all and 
 
 the charters, 
 — to remain 
 as before his 
 
 singular the other counties, honors, castles, manors, fees, ?hrcrownr 
 advowsons, possessions, annuities, and lordships whatever, 
 to him howsoever and wheresoever descended before his 
 adoption of the royal dignity, by hereditary right, in de- 
 mesne, in service, or in reversion, or otherwise howsoever, 
 should for ever remain to our same father, and his said heirs 
 in the charters aforesaid specified, in form aforesaid ; and 
 that they so and in such wise, and by such officers and 
 ministers, in all things be managed, governed, and treated. 
 
154 
 
 deberent, si prsedictus pater noster ad culmen dignitatis 
 regiae assumptus minime fuisset; ac insuper, quod talia 
 et hujusmodi libertates, jura regalia, consuetudines et 
 franchesiae, in ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, castris, ma- 
 neriis, feodis, ac cseteris possessionibus et dominiis prae- 
 dictis, in omnibus et per omnia in perpetuum habean- 
 tur, exerceantur, continuentur, fiant, et utantur, et per 
 tales officiarios et ministros gubernentur et exequantur, 
 quae et qualia et per quales officiarios et ministros, tam 
 tempore dicti domini et avi nostri, quam temporibus 
 aliorum progenitorum et antecessorum suorum, in eisdem 
 ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, castris, raaneriis, feodis, 
 ac aliis possessionibus et dominiis prsedictis, uti et haberi, 
 ac regi et gubernari consueverunt, virtute cartarum inde 
 confectarum : Volens ulterius et concedens praefatus pater 
 noster, ac pro se et hseredibus suis, ex certa scientia sua 
 et assensu praedictis, plenarie declarans, quod universi et 
 singuli tenentes sui de ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, 
 castris, maneriis, feodis, ac aliis possessionibus et domi- 
 niis praedictis, et haeredes sui, adeo liberi sint et in om- 
 nibus talis ac adeo liberae et illaesae conditionis, tam in 
 ingressibus suis in haereditates suas post mortem ante- 
 cessorum suorum, quam in tenuris suis, ac alias quali- 
 tercunque, sicut esse potuissent et debuissent, de con- 
 suetudine vel de jure, si dicta dignitas regia dicto patri 
 nostro nusquam accidisset, dicta assumptione sua digni- 
 tatis regiae, aut eo quod ducatus, comitatus, honores, 
 castra, maneria, feoda, advocationes, possessiones, domi- 
 nia et libertates praedicta in manu ipsius patris nostri 
 adtunc extiterunt, seu aliqua interruptione, cessatione, 
 vel discontinuatione libertatum praedictarum, seu aliqui- 
 bus aliis occasionibus, causis, coloribus, vel impedimentis 
 quibuscunque, quae idem pater noster incontrarium prae- 
 
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 as they would have remained, been managed, governed, and 
 treated if our aforesaid father had never assumed the en- 
 sign of royal dignity; and moreover, that such and the like with the 
 
 fi • • T 1/. 1. 'Ill same liber. 
 
 liberties, jMra regalia, customs, and franchises, m the duchy, ties and jura 
 
 regalia to be 
 
 counties, honors, castles, manors, fees, and other posses- ^^^^[7^^^^,^^ 
 
 sions and lordships aforesaid, in all and throughout all, as'otheMhe 
 
 be had, exorcised, continued, done, and used for ever, and t'hrougw,' 
 
 they by such officers and ministers be governed and exe- governed by 
 
 1 11-1 the like 
 
 cuted, as and which were wont to be had and used in officers as 
 
 before, 
 
 the same duchy, counties, honors, castles, manors, fees, 
 and other possessions and lordships aforesaid, and by whom 
 they were wont to be ruled and governed, as well in the 
 time of our said lord and grandfather, as in the times of 
 other his progenitors and ancestors, by virtue of the char- 
 ters thereof made: Our aforesaid father willing, further- that the te- 
 more, and grantinir, and for himself and his heirs, of his enter and 
 
 ° ^ hold after 
 
 certain knowledge and with the assent aforesaid, fully de- Sors'^jf"a?h^ 
 daring, that all and singular his tenants of the duchy, coun- beJn accusal. 
 
 ties, honors, castles, manors, fees, and other possessions and 
 lordships aforesaid, and their heirs, might be as free, and in 
 all respects of such and of as unimpaired and free condition, 
 as well in their entries upon their inheritances -after the 
 death of their ancestors as in their tenures, and otherwise 
 howsoever, as they would and ought to have been by cus- 
 tom or of right if the said royal dignity had never fallen 
 to our said father, notwithstanding his said assumption 
 of the royal dignity, or notwithstanding that the duchy, 
 counties, honors, castles, manors, fees, advowsons, posses- 
 sions, lordships, and liberties aforesaid at that time were 
 in the hands of our same father, or any interruption, ces- 
 sation, or discontinuance of the liberties aforesaid, or any 
 other lets, causes, colors, or impediments whatsoever 
 (which our same father willed not to have any force 
 
 tomed. 
 
155 
 
 dictarum voluntatis, concessionis, et declarationis suarum 
 vigorera seu efFectum aliquem habere noluit, in aliquo non 
 obstantibus. Proviso semper quod tenentes ipsius patris 
 nostri infra comitatum palatinum Lancastrise haereditates 
 suas in manum prsedicti patris nostri, et dictorum hseredum 
 suorum in dictis cartis specificatorum, post mortem ante- 
 cessorum suorum, seu alio modo seisiendas et capiendas, 
 extra eandem manum prsefati patris nostri, et dictorum 
 hseredum suorum in cartis prsedictis specificatorum, per 
 liberationem in cancellaria regalitatis ibidem habendam, 
 prosequantur, ut est moris et fuerit faciendum ratione 
 regalitatis supradictae; et quod prserogativa sua quoad 
 maritagia et proficua maritagiorum hseredum aliorum te- 
 nentium suorum, extra dictum comitatum palatinum, sei- 
 sienda et habenda, locum habeat et vigorem. Prsedic- 
 tusque pater noster voluerit insuper et concesserit, pro se et 
 hseredibus suis, ex certa scientia sua et assensu prsedictis, 
 quod universa et singula beneficia ecclesiastica ad haere- 
 ditatem suam prsedictam spectantia, per se et dictos hse- 
 redes suos in dictis cartis specificatos, continue futuris 
 temporibus conferantur : Ita quod cancellarius vel thesau- 
 rarius Anglise pro tempore existentes, seu quivis alius 
 officiarius regius, de collatione vel prsesentatione, seu 
 etiam de visitatione beneficiorum hujusmodi, ratione offi- 
 ciorum suorum se nuUatenus intromittant in futuro. Et 
 ulterius idem pater noster voluerit et concesserit pro se 
 et hseredibus suis, ex certa scientia sua et de assensu prse- 
 dictis, quod omnes et singuli receptores, feodarii, firmarii, 
 ballivi, prsepositi, oflficiarii, ac quicunque alii servientes et 
 ministri prsefati patris nostri, et dictorum hseredum suorum 
 in dictis cartis specificatorum, prsedictorum ducatus, comi- 
 tatuum, honorum, castrorum, maneriorum, feodorum, pos- 
 sessionum, dominiorum et libertatum, de omnibus et sin- 
 
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 or effect to the contrary of his aforesaid will, grant, and 
 declaration,) in anywise notwithstanding. Provided al- Proviso for 
 ways, that the tenants of our same father within the oflhe"Junty 
 
 1 • /• X • 1 1 • • 1 • palatine of 
 
 county palatine oi Lancaster might sue their inherit- Lancaster, 
 ances (to be taken and seized into the hands of our 
 aforesaid father and his said heirs in the said charters 
 specified after the death of their ancestors or in other 
 manner) out of the same hands of our aforesaid father, 
 and his said heirs in the aforesaid charters specified, by 
 livery to be had in the chancery of the regality there, 
 as was the custom, and would have been done by reason 
 of the abovesaid regality; and that his prerogative in saving the 
 
 p . . 11- 1 . 11 prerogative 
 
 respect of seizing and having the marriages and the as to mar- 
 profits of the marriages of the heirs of other his tenants ^^laune"^^ 
 out of the said county palatine should have effect and vigor. 
 And our aforesaid father moreover willed and granted, And that the 
 
 i/» ii'i* PI' -1 11 1 Chancellor or 
 
 for himself and his heirs, of his certain knowledge and Treasurer of 
 
 ^ ° England 
 
 with the assent aforesaid, that all and singular eccle- ^ntg'Jl^e^die 
 
 siastical benefices belonging to his heritage aforesaid JSg^tSmch 
 
 should in time to come be conferred uninterruptedly by 
 
 him and his said heirs in the said charters specified : so 
 
 that in future the chancellor or treasurer of England 
 
 for the time being, or any other royal . oflScer, should in 
 
 nowise intermeddle in the collation or presentation, or 
 
 even in the visitation, of the like benefices by reason of 
 
 their offices. And furthermore our same father willed ah receivers 
 
 and granted, for himself and his heirs, of his certain shou?daX^ 
 
 I'll r '11 11 count before 
 
 knowledoje and with the assent aforesaid, that all and special au- 
 
 ° ^ ditors, and 
 
 singular receivers, feodaries, farmers, bailiffs, reeves, "^"^afex-^ 
 officers, and other the servants and ministers whosoever ^^®^"^'^- 
 of our aforesaid father and of his said heirs in the said 
 charters specified, of the aforesaid duchy, counties, honors, 
 castles, manors, fees, possessions, lordships, and liberties, 
 
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 gulis denariis, firmis, redditibus, exitibus, reventionibus, 
 et proficuis quibuseunque de eisdem ducatu, comitatibus, 
 honoribus, castris, maneriis, feodis, possessionibus, domi- 
 niis et libertatibus, qualitercunque provenientibus, coram 
 certis specialibus auditoribus, officiariis et ministris, per 
 ipsum patrem nostrum, et dictos hseredes suos in cartis 
 praedictis specificatos, de tempore in terapus ad hoc limi- 
 tandis et assignandis, duntaxat, et non coram thesaurario 
 et baronibus de scaccario regio, computent et respondeant 
 continue infuturum : Ita quod thesaurarius et barones de 
 scaccario prsedicto, de aliquibus hujusmodi denariis, firmis, 
 redditibus, exitibus, reventionibus aut proficuis, seu de 
 aliquibus compotis vel ratiociniis inde audiendis, habendis, 
 reddendis, vel terminandis infuturum, se non intromittant 
 ullo modo. Ac cum prsefatus proavus noster per cartara 
 suam nuper concesserit, pro se et hseredibus suis, prae- 
 dictis avo et avise nostris quod ipsi et haeredes sui de cor- 
 poribus suis procreati et omnes homines sui de terris et 
 feodis quae fuerunt Henrici quondam Comitis Lancastriae 
 patris praefati Henrici nuper Ducis, proavi nostri, septimo 
 die Maii anno regni dicti domini Edwardi proavi nostri 
 sexto decimo, in perpetuum sint quieti de pavagio, pas- 
 sagio, paagio, lastagio, stallagio, tallagio, cariagio, pesa- 
 gio, piccagio, et terragio per totum regnum et potestatem 
 ipsius domini Edwardi, proavi nostri. Postmodumque 
 praefatus Ricardus nuper Rex per cartam suam conces- 
 serit praedicto avo nostro quod ipse ad totam vitam 
 suam haberet omnes fines pro transgressione et aliis ma- 
 lefactis quibuseunque; ac etiam fines pro hcentia con- 
 cordandi, et omnimodos alios fines, redemptiones, et amer- 
 ciamenta ex quacunque causa et per quamcunque causam 
 provenientia, necnon exitus forisfactos de omnibus homi- 
 nibus et tenentibus de et in terris et feodis praedicti avi 
 
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 for all and singular sums of money, farms, rents, issues, 
 revenues, and profits whatever in any manner proceeding 
 from the same duchy, counties, honors, castles, manors, 
 fees, possessions, lordships, and liberties, should with- 
 out interruption account and answer in future before cer- 
 tain special auditors, officers, and ministers from time to 
 time to be hereunto hmited and assigned only by our 
 same father and his said heirs in the charters aforesaid 
 specified, and not before the treasurer and barons of the 
 royal exchequer. So that the treasurer and barons of the 
 exchequer aforesaid should not in any wise intermeddle 
 in future in any the like monies, farms, rents, issues, 
 revenues, or profits, or in the auditing, having, rendering, 
 or determining any the accounts or reckonings thereof. 
 And whereas our aforesaid great-grandfather did lately Recital of 
 errant by his charter, for himself and his heirs, unto our KmgEd- 
 
 *= / ' ward 3, of 
 
 aforesaid grandfather and grandmother, that they and acquittance 
 their heirs of their bodies begotten, and all their men 
 of the lands and fees which were of Henry, formerly 
 Earl of Lancaster, father of the aforesaid late Duke 
 Henry our great-grandfather, on the seventh day of May, 
 in the sixteenth year of the reign of the said Lord 
 Edward our great-grandfather, might be for ever quit 
 of paviage, passage, pay age, lastage, stallage, tallage, 
 carriage, pesage, picage, and groundage throughout all 
 the realm and dominion of the same Lord Edward our 
 great-grandfather. And afterwards the aforesaid late and of King 
 King Richard by his charter did grant unto our afore- grant, for 
 
 term of life 
 
 said grandfather that he for the whole of his life might of the Duke 
 
 ° *-' of Lancaster, 
 
 have all fines for trespass and other misdeeds whatsoever, °^^l^llJ^^ 
 
 and also fines for licence to agree, and all manner of other Joft*.fin?sr^ 
 
 fines, ransoms, and amercements, from whatever cause and ame?c™!' 
 
 through whatever cause proceeding, and also forfeited feited Issues. 
 
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 nostri et de omnibus infra eadem terras et feoda residen- 
 tibus, quanquam iidem homines, tenentes, sen residentes, 
 ministri ipsius nuper Regis Ricardi vel hseredum suorum 
 existerent. Et quod idem avus noster ad totam vitam 
 suam haberet quascunque forisfacturas annum diem vastum 
 et estreppamentum, et quicquid ad ipsum nuper Regem 
 Ricardum vel hseredes suos pertinere posset de anno die 
 vasto et estreppamento, forisfacturis et murdris, infra terras 
 et feoda prsedicta, in quibuscunque curiis suis et hseredum 
 suorum sive in quacunque curia alterius contingeret quod 
 prsedieti homines, tenentes, seu residentes facerent fines 
 vel essent amerciati, vel exitus forisfacerent, seu quod 
 preedicta annus dies vastum et estreppamentum, forisfac- 
 tura vel murdrum, adjudicata essent, tam in prsesentia 
 ipsius nuper Regis Ricardi et hseredum suorum, quam 
 in absentia sua et hseredum suorum, et tam coram ipso 
 et haeredibus suis, et in cancellaria sua et hseredum 
 suorum, ac coram thesaurario et baronibus de scaccario 
 suo et haeredum suorum, et coram justitiariis suis et hse- 
 redum suorum de communi banco, necnon coram senes- 
 callo et marescallis seu coronatore hospitii sui et hse- 
 redum suorum vel clerico mercati, qui pro tempore es- 
 sent, et in aliis curiis suis et hseredum suorum, quam 
 coram justitiariis suis itinerantibus ad communia placita 
 et ad placita forestse, justitiariis ad assisas capiendas et 
 gaolas deliberandas, ac coram quibuscunque aliis justi- 
 tiariis et ministris suis et hseredum suorum, tam in prse- 
 sentia sua et hseredum suorum, quam in absentia sua et 
 hseredum suorum, adeo plene et integre sicut idem nuper 
 Rex Ricardus ea haberet si ilia prsefato avo nostro non 
 concessisset. Ita quod prsedictus avus noster per man us 
 ballivorum et aliorum ministrorum suorum levare, perci- 
 pere, et habere posset, fines, redemptiones, et amercia^ 
 
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 issues in respect of all the men and tenants of and in 
 the lands and fees of our aforesaid grandfather, and in 
 respect of all resiants within the same lands and fees, 
 albeit the same men, tenants, or resiants were ministers 
 of the same late King Richard or his heirs. And that Forfeitures, 
 our same grandfather, for the whole of his life, might and 'waste, 
 have all manner of forfeitures, year, day, waste, and es- 
 trepement, and whatever to the same late King Richard 
 or his heirs could pertain of year, day, waste, and estrepe- 
 ment, forfeitures and murders, within the lands and fees 
 aforesaid, in what courts soever of him and his heirs, or imposed or 
 
 , . . , , , - adjudged in 
 
 ni whatever court or any other it might happen that the any court, 
 aforesaid men, tenants, or resiants should make fines or be 
 amerced or forfeit issues, or that the aforesaid year, day, 
 waste, and estrepement, forfeiture or murder were ad- 
 judged — as well in presence of the same late King llichard 
 and his heirs as in absence of him and his heirs, and as 
 well before him and his heirs, and in the chancery of him 
 and his heirs, and before the treasurer and barons of the 
 exchequer of him and his heirs, and before the justices 
 of the common bench of him and his heirs, and also before 
 the steward and marshals or the coroner of the household 
 of him and his heirs, or the clerk of the market for the 
 time being, and in other the courts of him and his heirs, 
 as before his justices in eyre to hold common pleas and 
 pleas of the forest, his justices assigned to take the assizes 
 and to deliver his gaols, and before all other justices and 
 ministers of him and his heirs whomsoever, as well in 
 presence of him and his heirs as in absence of him and 
 his heirs, — as fully and entirely as the same late King asfuiiyas 
 Richard would have had them if he had not granted them * ^ '"^' 
 to our aforesaid grandfather. So that our aforesaid grand- 
 father by the hands of his bailiffs and other ministers might 
 
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 menta ipsorum hominum tenentium et residentium de et 
 in terris et feodis prsedictis, exitus forisfactos, et quicquid 
 ad ipsum nuper Regem Ricardum vel hseredes suos per- 
 tinere posset de anno die vasto, estreppamento, forisfacturis 
 et murdris, de et in terris et feodis praedictis, quae coram 
 dictis justitiariis itinerantibus ad communia placita et ad 
 placita forestse, ac coram prsedictis senescallo et mares- 
 callis coronatore vel clerico mercati, fieri seu adjudicari 
 contingeret, per extractas eorundem justitiariorum itine- 
 rantium in itineribus suis, ac praedictorum senescalli ma- 
 rescallorum coronatoris et clerici in sessionibus suis, bal- 
 livis et ministris praedicti avi nostri inde liberandas; ac 
 etiam fines, redemptiones, et amerciamenta de hominibus 
 tenentibus et residentibus praedictis, ac exitus forisfactos, 
 et omnia quae ad ipsum nuper Regem Ricardum vel hae- 
 redes suos pertinere possent de anno die vasto et estrep- 
 pamento, forisfacturis et murdris, de et in terris et feodis 
 praedictis, quae coram ipso vel haeredibus suis, vel in can- 
 cellaria sua et baeredum suorum, seu coram thesaurario et 
 baronibus suis de sc^ccario et baeredum suorum, vel coram 
 justitiariis suis et baeredum suorum de communi banco, 
 sive coram justitiariis ad assisas capiendas et gaolas de- 
 liberandas, aut justitiariis ad transgressiones et felonias 
 audiendas et terminandas assignatis, seu coram aliis justi- 
 tiariis vel ministris suis quibuscunque et baeredum suorum, 
 fieri vel adjudicari contingeret, per extractas de scaccario 
 suo et baeredum suorum, ballivis et ministris praefati avi 
 nostri, per manus vicecomitum in quorum ballivis dicta 
 terrae et feoda existerent, inde liberandas; — sine occa- 
 sione vel impedimento ipsius nuper Regis Ricardi vel 
 baeredum suorum, justitiariorum, vicecomitum, escaeto- 
 rum, aut aliorum ministrorum suorum et baeredum 
 suorum quorumcunque. Et quod praedictus avus noster 
 
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 be able to levy, perceive, and have the fines, ransoms, and That the 
 
 . same might 
 
 amercements of the same men, tenants, and resiants of and be levied by 
 
 the Duke of 
 
 in the lands and fees aforesaid, forfeited issues, and what- Lanca^er-s 
 
 ^ own oiBcers, 
 
 ever to the same late King Richard or his heirs could SSeled' 
 pertain of year, day, and waste, estrepement, forfeitures, *°*^^""' 
 and murders, of and in the lands and fees aforesaid, which 
 should happen to be made or adjudged before the said 
 justices in eyre to hold common pleas and pleas of the 
 forest, and before the aforesaid steward and marshals, 
 coroner, or clerk of the market, by estreats of the same 
 justices in eyre in their circuits, and of the aforesaid 
 steward, marshals, coroner, and clerk, in their sessions, 
 to be delivered thereof to the bailiffs and ministers of 
 our aforesaid grandfather; and also the fines, ransoms, 
 and amercements of the aforesaid men, tenants, and re- 
 siants, and forfeited issues, and all things whicH' to the 
 same late King Richard or his heirs could pertain of 
 year, day, waste, and estrepement, forfeitures, and mur- 
 ders, of and in the lands and fees aforesaid, which should 
 happen to be made or adjudged before him or his heirs, 
 or in the chancery of him and his heirs, or before the 
 treasurer and barons of the exchequer of him and his 
 heirs, or before the justices of him and his heirs of the 
 common bench, or 'before his justices assigned to take 
 the assizes and to deliver his gaols, or the justices as- 
 signed to hear and determine trespasses and felonies, or 
 before other the justices or ministers of him and his 
 heirs whomsoever, by estreats of the exchequer of him 
 and his heirs, to be delivered thereof to the bailiffs and 
 ministers of our aforesaid grandfather by the hands of 
 the sheriffs in whose bailiwicks the said lands and fees 
 did lie; — without let or hinderance of the same late ^'^t^outiet 
 
 ' jrom the 
 
 King Richard or his heirs, or of his justices, sheriffs, Sicfrl 
 
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 ad totam vitam suam per se et ministros suos in omni- 
 bus terris et feodis prsedictis, tam in praesentia ipsius 
 nuper Regis Ricardi et hseredum suorum quam in ab- 
 sentia sua et haeredum suorum, faceret et haberet as- 
 saiam et assisam panis vini et cervisiae et omnimodorum 
 aliorum victualium quorumcunque ac aliorum ad officium 
 clerici de mercato suo et hseredura suorum pertinentium, 
 cum punitione eorundem quotiens et quando expediens 
 foret et necesse : ac etiam haberet et perciperet fines 
 amerciamenta et redemptiones ac omnimoda proficua inde 
 provenientia ; ita quod clericus mercati ipsius nuper Regis 
 Ricardi et haeredum suorum non ingrederetur dicta terras 
 vel feoda pro aliquibus ad officium suum pertinentibus 
 faciendis seu exercendis. Et quod idem avus noster ad 
 totam vitam suam haberet catalla felonum et fugitivorum 
 tam felonum de se quam aliorum quorumcunque ac ut- 
 lagatorum ex quacunque causa omnium hominum et te- 
 nentium de et in terris et feodis praedictis, necnon omnium 
 residentium infra eadem terras et feoda, quanquam iidem 
 homines tenentes aut residentes ministri ipsius nuper 
 Regis Ricardi vel haeredum suorum existerent : ita quod 
 si aliquis hominum et tenentium de et in terris et feodis 
 praedictis seu aliquis residentium in dictis terris et feodis, 
 aut aliquis alius in eisdem terris et feodis, pro aliquo suo 
 malefacto quocunque debeat vitam vel membrum amittere, 
 seu fugeret, et judicio stare nollet, aut aliquam aliam trans- 
 gressionem faceret pro qua ipse deberet perdere catalla 
 sua, (in quo loco justitia de eo fieri deberet, sive in curia 
 ipsius nuper Regis Ricardi et haeredum suorum vel in aliis 
 curiis,) catalla ilia essent praedicti avi nostri: et liceret ei 
 seu ministris suis ponere se in seisinam dictorum catal- 
 lorum et eadem catalla ad opus praedicti avi nostri reti- 
 nere; — sine occasione vel impedimento ipsius nuper Regis 
 
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 escheators, or other ministers of him and his heirs whom- 
 soever. And that our aforesaid grandfather, for the whole Assay and 
 of his life, by himself and his ministers, in all the lands bread, and 
 
 other matters 
 
 and fees aforesaid, as well in presence of the same late Jl^g""^^"/^^ 
 King Richard and his heirs as in absence of him and ^IrketV^^ 
 his heirs, might make and have the assay and assize 
 of bread, wine, and ale, and of all manner of other vic- 
 tuals whatsoever, and of other things pertaining to the 
 office of the clerk of the market of him and his heirs, 
 together with the punishment thereof whenever and so 
 often as it should be necessary and expedient; and also 
 that he might have and perceive the fines, amercements, 
 and ransoms, and all manner of profits thence proceed- 
 ing, so that the clerk of the market of the same late 
 King Richard and his heirs should not enter the said 
 lands or fees to do or exercise any matters pertaining 
 to his office. And that our same grandfather, for the chattels of 
 whole of his life, might have the chattels of felons and fugitives; 
 fugitives, as well felons of themselves as of others whom- 
 soever, and of outlaws for any cause soever, of all the 
 men and tenants of and in the lands and fees aforesaid, 
 and also of all resiants within the same lands and fees, 
 Albeit the same men, tenants, or resiants were ministers 
 of the same late King Richard or his heirs, so that if 
 any of the men and tenants of and in the lands and 
 fees aforesaid, or any of the resiants in the said lands 
 and fees, or any other person in the same lands and 
 fees, for any misdeed whatsoever, ought to lose life or 
 limb, or should flee and not be willing to stand their 
 trial, or should commit any other trespass for the which 
 they ought to lose their chattels (in whatsoever place 
 justice should be had of them, whether in the court of the 
 same late King Richard and his heirs or in other courts). 
 
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 Ricardi vel hseredum suorum, vicecomitum, escaetorum, 
 aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum suorum et hse- 
 redum suorum quorumcunque. Et quod praefatus avus 
 noster ad totam vitam suam haberet retorna omnium bre- 
 vium ipsius nuper Regis Ricardi et hseredum suorum, nec- 
 non summonitionum extractarum et prseceptorum de scac- 
 cario suo, et scaccario haeredum suorum, ac extractarum 
 et prseceptorum justitiariorum suorum et hseredum suorum 
 itinerantium tam ad placita forestse quam ad communia 
 placita, aut aliorum justitiariorum quorumcunque, necnon 
 attachiamenta tam de placitis coronse quam aliorum in om- 
 nibus terris et feodis prsedictis. Et quod praedictus avus 
 noster ad totam vitam suam per se et per ballivos et mi- 
 nistros suos haberet in eisdem terris et feodis execu- 
 tionem eorundem brevium summonitionum extractarum 
 et prseceptorum: ita quod nuUus vicecomes ballivus aut 
 alius minister ipsius nuper Regis Ricardi vel hseredum 
 suorum prsedicta terras et feoda ingrederetur pro aliquo 
 officio vel aliqua re officium suum tangente faciendo, nisi 
 in defectu ipsius avi nostri vel ministrorum suorum. Ac 
 insuper idem nuper Rex Ricardus per eandem cartam suam 
 concesserit pro se et dictis hseredibus suis quod si viceco- 
 mites'vel ballivi libertatum hundredorum seu wapenta-*' 
 chiorum, in aliquibus executionibus pro prsedicto avo 
 nostro per brevia seu mandata sua vel hseredum suorum, 
 seu aliquo aUo modo, faciendis, negligentes essent vel re- 
 missi, per quod contingeret ipsos amerciari aut fines facere 
 in scaccario vel in aliis curiis suis et hseredum suorum, 
 hujusmodi fines et amerciamenta essent prsefati avi nostri, 
 et quod levarentur ad opus ipsius avi nostri per ministros 
 suos supradictos, durante vita sua. Et quod praedictus 
 avus noster ad totam vitam suam haberet infra omnia 
 praedicta terras et feoda omnimoda catalla vocata wayf 
 
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 such chattels should belong to our aforesaid grandfather : 
 and it should be lawful for him or his ministers to put 
 themselves in seizin of the said chattels, and the same 
 chattels to retain to the behoof of our aforesaid grand- 
 father; — without let or hinderance from the same late without let 
 Kinff Richard or his heirs, or his sheriffs, escheators, or King's bai- 
 
 ° , , , ^ ' ' liffs or mi- 
 
 other bailiffs or ministers of him and his heirs whomsoever. nJsters. 
 
 And that our aforesaid grandfather, for the whole of his netum and 
 
 TP '11 1 /» n • /» 1 I execution of 
 
 life, might have the return of all writs of the same late writs, sum- 
 
 "^ ^ ^ mons, es- 
 
 King Richard, and his heirs, and also of summons, es- ^^ece^'tJ"^ 
 
 treats, and precepts of his exchequer and of the exchequer 
 
 of his heirs, and of the estreats and precepts of the justices 
 
 of him and his heirs in eyre to hold as well pleas of the 
 
 forest as common pleas, or of other justices whomsoever, 
 
 and also the attachment as well of pleas of the crown as Attaeiiment 
 
 of pleas of 
 
 of others in all the lands and fees aforesaid. And that our t^e "own. 
 aforesaid grandfather, for the whole of his life, by himself 
 and by his bailiffs and ministers might have in the same 
 lands and fees the execution of the same writs, summons, 
 estreats, and precepts, so that no sheriff, bailiff, or other That no she- 
 minister of the same late King Richard or his heirs should baiiiffof the 
 
 King should 
 
 enter the aforesaid lands and fees to perform any office, or intromit, un- 
 
 * •' less m de- 
 
 anything touching his office, unless in default of our same ^^"'*- 
 grandfather or his ministers. And, moreover, the same Fines and 
 late Kinff Richard by his same charter did grant, for mentsof 
 
 ° ^ "^ ^ ^ . sheriffs and 
 
 himself and his said heirs, that if the sheriffs or bailiffs ,^f"'5''°S 
 
 ' liberties for 
 
 of liberties, hundreds, or wapentakes were negligent or "«s''gence. 
 remiss in making any executions for our aforesaid grand- 
 father by writs or mandates of him or his heirs, or in 
 any other wise whereby it should happen that they be 
 amerced or make fines in the exchequer or in other the 
 courts of him and his heirs, such fines and amercements 
 should belong to our aforesaid grandfather, and that they 
 
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 et stray, deodanda, thesaurum inventum ac alias res vel 
 catalla inventa ; et quod ipse per se et ministros suos 
 seisire et capere posset ad voluntatem suam ad opus 
 praedicti avi nostri, wayfs et stray es, deodanda, thesaurum 
 inventum, ac alia inventa supradicta. Et quod prsedictus 
 avus noster ad totam vitam suam haberet qusecunque 
 bona et catalla vocata manuopera capta vel capienda 
 cum quacunque persona infra terras et feoda prsedicta, 
 ac per eandem personam coram quocunque judice dead- 
 vocata. Subsequenterque praefatus pater noster ex certa 
 scientia sua, de assensu parliamenti sui, per cartam suam 
 concesserit, declaraverit, et ordinaverit, pro se et haeredibus 
 suis, quod tarn in ducatu suo Lancastriae, quam in universis 
 et singulis aliis comitatibus, honoribus, maneriis, feodis, pos- 
 sessionibus, et dominiis eidem patri nostro ante adeptionem 
 dignitatis suae regiae, qualitercunque et ubicunque, jure 
 haereditario, in dominico servitio vel reversione, sen alias 
 qualitercunque discensis, talia et hujusmodi libertates, jura 
 regalia, consuetudines et franchesiae, in omnibus et per 
 omnia, in perpetuum habeantur, exerceantur, continuentur, 
 fiant et utantur, et per tales officiarios et ministros guber- 
 nentur et exequantur, quae et qualia et per quales officia- 
 rios et ministros, tarn tempore dicti domini et avi nostri, 
 quam temporibus aliorum progenitorum et antecessorum 
 suorum, in eisdem ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, castris, 
 maneriis, feodis, et aliis possessionibus et dominiis praedictis, 
 uti et haberi, ac regi et gubernari consueverunt, virtute car- 
 tarum inde confectarum, prout in cartis praedictis plenius con- 
 tinetur. Sf®^ autem concessiones, declarationes, decre- 
 turn, ordinationem, voluntates, libertates, consuetudines et 
 franchesias praedicta, ac omnia alia et singula in cartis prae- 
 dictis contenta, rata habentes et grata, ea pro nobis et hae- 
 redibus nostris, quantum in nobis est, de gratia nostra spe- 
 
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 might be levied to the behoof of our same grandfather by his 
 ministers abovesaid during his life. And that our aforesaid 
 grandfather, for the whole of his life, might have within all 
 the aforesaid lands and fees all manner of chattels called wayfs and 
 wayf and stray, deodands, treasure trove, and other things Deodands. 
 or chattels found ; and that he by himself and his ministers Jo^ve"'^'' 
 might be able to seize and take at their pleasure, to the 
 behoof of our aforesaid grandfather, the wayfs and strays, 
 deodands, treasure trove, and other things found as above- 
 said. And that our aforesaid grandfather, for the whole of Mainour. 
 his life, might have all manner of goods and chattels called 
 mainour, taken or to be taken upon any person soever 
 within the lands and fees aforesaid, and by the same 
 person disclaimed before any judge soever. And sub- And that 
 sequently our aforesaid father, of his certain knowledge, the Fourth 
 with the assent of his parliament, did by his charter ^ariilmJnt 
 grant, declare, and ordain, for himself and his heirs, Sttlfeilmt 
 that as well in his duchy of Lancaster as in all and ^jumTeg^la 
 
 - , , . , „ should be ex- 
 
 singular the other counties, honors, manors, tees, pos- ercisedas 
 sessions, and lordships, to our same father howsoever said duchy as 
 
 ' ^ ' other the 
 
 and wheresoever descended before his adoption of the thJ.oug5fout; 
 royal dignity, by hereditary right, in demesne, in ser- begoSed 
 
 .•I • 1 1 1 hy the like 
 
 Vice, or in reversion, or otherwise howsoever, such and officers as 
 the like liberties, ju7'a regalia^ customs, and franchises, 
 in all and throughout all, should be had, exercised, con- 
 tinued, done, and used for ever, and by such officers and 
 ministers be governed and executed as and which were 
 wont to be had and used in the same duchy, counties, 
 honors, castles, manors, fees, and other possessions and 
 lordships aforesaid, and by whom they were wont to be 
 ruled and governed, as well in the time of our said lord 
 and grandfather, as in the times of other his progenitors 
 and ancestors, by virtue of the charters thereof made, 
 
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 ciali, et ex certa scientia nostra, ac de assensu dominorum 
 spiritualium et temporalium necnon communitatis regni 
 nostri Angliae in praesenti parliamento nostro existentium, 
 auctoritate ejusdem parliamenti, acceptamus, approbamus, 
 concedimus et confirmamus, sicut cartae prsedictse ratio- 
 nabiliter testantur. Volentes ulterius et concedentes pro 
 nobis et dictis hseredibus nostris, de assensu et auctoritate 
 praedictis, quod libertates, consuetudines et franehesise 
 praedictae, et earum singulae, in omnibus et per omnia, 
 in perpetuum babeantur, exerceantur, continuentur, fiant, 
 et utantur, juxta tenorem cartarum praedictarum, sine 
 occasione vel impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, 
 justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, aut aliorum bal- 
 livorum vel ministrorum nostrorum seu haeredum nostro- 
 rum quorumcunque. Et quod sigillum pro ducatu prae- 
 dicto bactenus usitatum ad omnia et singula quae sub 
 sigillo illo ante haec tempora data concessa acta facta 
 sive gesta fuerunt, aut qualitercunque emanarunt, locum 
 habeat et vigorem in perpetuum, absque reclamatione seu 
 contradictione aliquali, aut impetitione, inquietatione, vel 
 molestatione nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, aut justitia- 
 riorum, baronum de scaccario nostro et haeredum nostro- 
 rum, vel aliorum officiariorum seu ministrorum nostrorum 
 vel haeredum nostrorum coronae quorumcunque. Quodque 
 hujusmodi sigillum exnunc in ducatu illo pro negotiis 
 et agendis ejusdem ducatus faciendis et exequendis habe- 
 atur et exerceatur in perpetuum. Praeterea cum diversa 
 honores, castra, hundreda, commota, maneria, terrae, te- 
 nementa, reversiones, annuitates, feoda, advocationes, ac 
 quamplura alia possessiones et dominia infra regnum nos- 
 trum Angliae et partes Walliae praedictas, ac alibi infra 
 dominium et potestatem nostra, quae fuerunt de haeredi- 
 tate praeclarae memoriae dominae Mariae, unius filiarum et 
 
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 as in the charters aforesaid more fully is contained. 
 
 AM 10) we, ratifying and approving the grants, declara- confirmation 
 
 . ... J of the char- 
 
 tions, decree, ordinance, wills, liberties, customs, and ters above 
 
 ' . recited. 
 
 franchises aforesaid, and all and every other the matters 
 and things in the charters aforesaid contained, do, for 
 us and our heirs, as far as in us lies, of our especial 
 grace and of our certain knowledge, and with the a'Ssent 
 of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and of the Com- 
 mons of our realm of England, in our present parlia- 
 ment assembled, by the authority of the same parliament, 
 accept, approve, grant, and confirm the same, as the 
 charters aforesaid reasonably testify. Willing, further- xheiiber- 
 more, and erantino^ for us and our said heirs, by and toms, and 
 
 ' ^ ° . . franchises 
 
 with the assent and authority aforesaid, that the liber' shaiibe 
 
 •^ exercised 
 
 ties, customs, and franchises aforesaid, and every of them, throughout, 
 in all and throughout all, shall be had, exercised, con- 
 tinued, done, and used for ever, according to the tenor 
 
 of the charters aforesaid, without let or hinderance from without let 
 
 us or our heirs, the justices, escheators, sheriffs, or other kiJJ^'s ^ 
 the bailiffs or ministers of us or our heirs whomsoever. 
 
 And that the seal heretofore used for the duchy afore- ah matters 
 
 said, in respect of all and every the things which have passed under 
 
 ^ . the duchy 
 
 been given, granted, made, done, or passed, or m any ^J^^/^^J?^®"^ 
 wise have emanated under that seal before these times, 
 shall have force and effect for ever, without any reclaim 
 or contradiction or impeachment, disturbance or moles- 
 tation, of us or our heirs, or the justices, barons of the 
 exchequer of us and our heirs, or other officers or mi- 
 nisters of the crown of us or our heirs whomsoever. 
 And that hereafter the like seal shall be had and exer- The same 
 
 seal to be 
 
 cised in that duchy for executing and transacting the used in 
 business and affairs of the same duchy for ever. Further- {JeduS^^^ 
 more, whereas divers honors, castles, hundreds, commotes, 
 
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 hseredum Humfridi de Bohun nuper Comitis Herefordiae, 
 Essexige, et Northampton ise, et Constabularii Anglise, 
 matris nostrae carissimse defunctae, cujus hseres nos 
 sura us, post mortem praedicti domini et patris nostri, 
 qui ea tenuit ad terminum vitae suae per legem Augliae, 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris jure haereditario descenderint 
 et acciderint; nos jam, ex certa scientia nostra, et de 
 assensu et auctoritate praedictis, omnia et singula ho- 
 nores, castra, hundreda, commota, maneria, terras, tene- 
 menta, reversiones, annuitates, feoda, advocationes, pos- 
 sessiones, et dorainia praedicta dictae haereditatis nostrae 
 comitatuum Herefordiae, Essexiae, et Northamptoniae, cum 
 suis juribus libertatibus franchesiis et liberis consuetudi- 
 nibus quibuscunque, a corona nostra Angliae tenore prae- 
 sentium separamus, et ea praedicto ducatui nostro Lancas- 
 triae adjungimus, annectimus, unimus, et incorporamus, 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris, eidem ducatui sic adjuncta, 
 annexa, unita, et incorporata, in perpetuum, ut praedic- 
 tum est, remansura. Ac etiam ut dicta haereditas nostra 
 praedictorum comitatuum Herefordiae, Essexiae, et North- 
 amptoniae magnificentius insigniri et decorari, ac uni- 
 versi et singuli homines et tenentes haereditatis illius, 
 necnon residentes infra eandem, eo quietius, honorificen- 
 tius, et tranquillius exnunc deduci, gubernari, et per- 
 tractari valeant, caeterique ligei nostri corda assumant hi- 
 lariora ad terras et tenementa ejusdem haereditatis nostrae 
 indies confluere et ibidem libentius permanere, quo variis 
 fuerint libertatibus, franchesiis, et immunitatibus ex nostra 
 liberalitate suffulti, ex certa scientia nostra, ac de assensu 
 et auctoritate praedictis, volumus, ad tenore praesen- 
 tium concedin^s, declaramus, et ordinamus, pro nobis 
 et haeredibus nostris, quod in universis et singulis hono- 
 ribus, castris, hundredis, commotis, maneriis, terris, tene- 
 
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 manors, lands, tenements, reversions, annuities, fees, ad- RecUaithat 
 
 divers other 
 
 vowsons, and very many other possessions and lordships ^^^^^^^^J^^^o 
 vi^ithin our realm of England and the aforesaid parts of t^'J'lifth'b^ 
 Wales, and elsewhere within our power and dominions, jj^r^ghtor 
 (which were of the inheritance of the lady Mary of dau^iterYAd 
 famous memory, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Humphrey 
 
 •" ° ^ deBohun, 
 
 Humphrey de Bohun, late Earl of Hereford, Essex, and jF^J'^'^g^lf ' 
 
 Northampton, and Constable of England, our dearest aJ^pJJS';'^" 
 
 mother deceased, whose heir we are,) have descended 
 
 and come unto us and our heirs by hereditary right 
 
 since the death of our aforesaid lord and father who 
 
 held them for term of his life by the law of England; — 
 
 we now, of our certain knowledge, and by and with the The said 
 
 assent and authority aforesaid, all and singular the honors, veredfrom 
 
 J ^ o 'the crown, 
 
 castles, hundreds, commotes, manors, lands, tenements, re- ^^\^H^^ 
 versions, annuities, fees, ad vowsons, possessions, and lord- o^^^^^^^ster. 
 ships aforesaid of our said heritage of the earldoms of 
 Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, with all their rights, 
 liberties, franchises, and free customs whatsoever, do, by the 
 tenor of these presents, sever from our crown of England, 
 and the same do adjoin, annex, unite, and incorporate to 
 and with our aforesaid duchy of Lancaster, to remain 
 to us and our heirs so adjoined, annexed, united, and 
 incorporated to and with the same duchy as is afore- 
 said for ever. And also in order that our said heritage The liberties 
 of the aforesaid earldoms of Hereford, Essex, and North- ^"wiThau 
 
 . 1 ^^ exercised 
 
 ampton may be the more magnificently signalized and throughout 
 decorated, and all and every the men and tenants of ofH^g^eS* 
 that heritage, and also the resiants within the same, Northkmp^ 
 may be the more quietly, honorably, and peacefully ma- **'"' 
 naged, governed, and treated hereafter, and that the rest . 
 of our lieges may be daily heartened more cheerfully 
 to flock to the lands and tenements of our same he- 
 
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 mentis, feodis, dominiis, et aliis possessionibus praedictae 
 haereditatis nostrse comitatuum Herefordise, Essexiae, et 
 Northamptoniae, omnia et singula libertates, consuetudines, 
 franchesiae, et jura regalia praedicta, quae nobis et hae- 
 redibus nostris remanere volumus, in omnibus et per 
 omnia, et per officiarios et ministros nostros ducatus, 
 comitatuum, honorum, castrorum, maneriorum, hundred- 
 orum, commotorum, terrarum, tenementorum, feodorum, 
 dominiorum, et aliarum possessionum praedictorum, jam 
 constitutos assignatos et deputatos, ac per nos et haeredes 
 nostros decaetero constituendos assignandos et deputan- 
 dos, exnunc futuris temporibus adeo plene integre et pa- 
 cifice habeantur exerceantur continuentur fiant et utan- 
 tur^ praedictaque honores, castra, hundreda, commota, 
 maneria, terrae, tenementa, feoda, dominia, et aliae posses- 
 siones ejusdem haereditatis nostrae comitatuum Herefordiae, 
 Essexiae, et Northamptoniae, regantur, deducantur, et gu- 
 bernentur, eisdem modo et forma, ac sub sigillo praedicto, 
 prout eadem honores, castra, hundreda, commota, maneria, 
 terrae, tenementa, feoda, dominia, et ahae possessiones per 
 hujusmodi officiarios et ministros ducatus praedicti, ac sub 
 eodem sigillo, melius et liberius regi, deduci, et gubernari, 
 dictaque libertates, consuetudines, franchesiae, et jura re- 
 galia in ducatu praedicto, extra comitatum palatinum Lan- 
 castriae, haberi, exerceri, continuari, et fieri consueverunt, 
 virtute cartarum inde confectarum : quodque omnia et sin- 
 gula dictam haereditatem nostram comitatuum Herefordiae, 
 Essexiae, et Northamptoniae concernentia, quae sub sigillo 
 praedicto per nos data concessa acta facta sive gesta fuerunt, 
 seu qualitercunque emanarunt, locum habeant et vigorem in 
 perpetuum, modo quo superius quoad praedictum ducatum 
 nostrum Lancastriae plenius est declaratum. Et quod omnes 
 et singuli homines et tenentes ejusdem haereditatis nostrae 
 
164 
 
 ritage, and there more willingly induced to remain, the 
 more they are upheld by our bounty with various liber- 
 ties, franchises, and immunities ; we will, of our certain 
 knowledge, and by and with the assent and authority 
 aforesaid, and by the tenor of these presents do grant, 
 declare, and ordain, for us and our heirs, that in all and 
 singular the honors, castles, hundreds, commotes, manors, 
 lands, tenements, fees, lordships, and other possessions of 
 our aforesaid heritage of the earldoms of Hereford, Essex, 
 and Northampton, all and singular the liberties, customs, 
 franchises, and jura regalia aforesaid, which we will to 
 remain to us and our heirs, shall in future from this 
 time forth be in all and throughout all, and by our officers and by the 
 
 oflBcers and 
 
 and ministers of the aforesaid duchy, counties, honors, ministers of 
 
 •" ' ' the duchy; 
 
 castles, manors, hundreds, commotes, lands, tenements, 
 fees, lordships, and other possessions, now appointed, as- 
 signed, and deputed, and hereafter by us and our heirs 
 to be appointed, assigned, and deputed, as fully, entirely, 
 and peacefully had, exercised, continued, done, and used, 
 ^and the aforesaid honors, castles, hundreds, commotes, and the said 
 
 . . rill" 11 estates shall 
 
 manors, lands, tenements, lees, lordships, and other pos- be subject to 
 
 the same 
 
 sessions of our same heritage of the earldoms of Here- ^uie, ma- 
 
 ^ nagement, 
 
 ford, Essex, and Northampton, be ruled, managed, and fhesamV^*^ 
 governed in the same manner and form, and under the ^jurarTgaUa 
 aforesaid seal, as the same honors, castles, hundreds, com- theS^^s^ 
 
 were used in 
 
 motes, manors, lands, tenements, fees, lordships, and other the duchy of 
 
 J-id.ncHst6ry 
 
 possessions by the like officers and ministers of the afore- o^tofthe 
 
 *^ J county 
 
 said duchy, and under the same seal, have been accus- p^^^^'"®- 
 tomed in the best and freest manner to be ruled, ma- 
 naged, and governed, and the said liberties, customs, 
 franchises, and jura regalia to be had, exercised, con- 
 tinued, and done in the aforesaid duchy, out of the county 
 palatine of Lancaster, by virtue of the charters thereof 
 
165 
 
 comitatuum Herefordiae, Essexise, et Northamptoniae, ac 
 residentes infra eandem, libertatibus, franchesiis, consue- 
 tudinibus, et juribus prsedictis, et eorum quolibet, decsetero 
 plene et integre gaudeant et utantur in perpetuum, sine 
 occasione vel impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorura, 
 justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, aut aliorum bal- 
 livorum seu ministrorum nostrorura vel haeredum nostro- 
 rum quorumcunque. Quod que uni versa et singula bene- 
 ficia ecclesiastica ad dictam haereditatem nostram comi- 
 tatuum Herefordiae, Essexiae, et Northamptoniae spectantia 
 per nos et haeredes nostros continue futuris temporibus sub 
 sigillo praedicto conferantur ; ita quod cancellarius vel the- 
 saurarius Angliae pro tempore existentes, seu qui vis alius 
 officiarius regius, de collatione vel praesentatione, seu etiam 
 de visitatione beneficiorum hujusmodi, ratione alicujus tituli 
 nostri aut officiorum suorum, se nuUatenus intromittant in 
 futuro. Volentes insuper, et ex certa scientia nostra, ac 
 de assensu ac auctoritate praedictis, concedentes, et decla- 
 rantes per praesentes, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, quod 
 omnia et singula honores, castra, hundreda, commota, ma- 
 neria, terrae, tenementa, reversiones, annuitates, feoda, ad- 
 vocationes, ac alia possessiones et dominia, quae ad manus 
 praefati patris nostri aut nostras post dicta concessionem 
 declarationem decretum et ordinationem ipsius patris 
 nostri, de assensu parliamenti sui praedicti sic facta, ut 
 de jure ducatus praedicti, occasione escaetae, forisfac- 
 turae, recuperationis, remanere, aut discensus, sive alte- 
 rius tituli, seu alias qualitercunque devenerunt, praedicto 
 ducatui adjungantur, annectentur, uniantur, et incorpo- 
 rentur, nobis et haeredibus nostris, ut praedictum est, re- 
 mansura. Ac etiam quod quandocunque et quotiens- 
 cunque aliqua alia honores, castra, hundreda, commota, 
 
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 made : and that all and every the matters and things ah matters 
 
 concerning our said heritaare of the earldoms of Here- said estates 
 
 ° ° , heretofore 
 
 ford, Essex, and Northampton, which by us have been f^^^f^""^^^ 
 given, granted, made, done, or passed, or in anywise have y®?!/^^^^'^^^ 
 emanated under the seal aforesaid, shall have force and 
 effect for ever, in the same manner as is above more 
 fully declared respecting our aforesaid duchy of Lan- 
 caster. And that all and every the men and tenants of The tenants 
 our same heritage of the earldoms of Hereford, Essex, shaii enjoy* 
 
 . • 1 • 1 the liberties 
 
 and Northampton, and the resiants withm the same, an^ customs 
 
 ^ , , without let 
 
 may henceforth fully and entirely enjoy and use the liber- k?^,**^® 
 
 ties, franchises, customs, and rights aforesaid, and every ^^^^^'^s- 
 of them for ever, without let or hinderance from us or 
 our heirs, or the justices, escheators, sheriffs, or other 
 
 bailiffs or ministers of us or our heirs whomsoever. And presenta- 
 
 that all and singular ecclesiastical benefices belonging to ciSsticai 
 
 our said heritage of the earldoms of Hereford, Essex, shaiipass 
 
 ° ' ' under the 
 
 and Northampton shall in time to come be conferred duchy seal. 
 uninterruptedly by us and our said heirs under the seal 
 
 aforesaid: so that in future the chancellor or treasurer chancellor or 
 
 of England for the time being, or any other royal oflBcer, England not 
 
 , . . . 1 n • 1 n • *° intermed- 
 
 do m nowise mtermeddle m the collation or presenta- die by reason 
 
 ^ of the King's 
 
 tion, or even in the visitation, of the like benefices by JiJeir offices 
 
 reason of any title of ours or of their offices. Willing, ah lands 
 
 in i'lii ^ 1 1 which since 
 
 moreover, and oi our certain knowledge, and by and the ordi. 
 
 . . nance of 
 
 With the assent and authority aforesaid granting and de- King Henry 
 
 daring by these presents, for us and our heirs, that all fj^t^the"^ 
 
 and singular honors, castles, hundreds, commotes, manors, fy "fcheat,^* 
 
 lands, tenements, reversions, annuities, fees, advowsons, otherwise' S 
 
 and other possessions and lordships, which after the said duchy%han 
 
 grant, declaration, decree, and ordinance of our aforesaid thereto, 
 father, so made with the assent of his parliament afore- 
 
166 
 
 maneria, terrae, tenementa, reversiones, annuitates, feoda, 
 advocationes, aut alia possessiones et dominia quaecunque, 
 ubicunque infra dominium et potestatem nostra prsedicta, 
 tanquam ad dictas hsereditates nostras, vel alteram earun- 
 dem, pertinentia, ad manus nostras, seu hseredum nostro- 
 rum, ratione juris nostri, aut oecasione hujusmodi escaetae, 
 forisfacturse, recuperationis, remanere, aut discensus, sive 
 alterius tituli, seu alias qualitercunque, futuris temporibus 
 devenerint, eo ipso et quamcitius honores, castra, hun- 
 dreda, commota, maneria, terrae, tenementa, reversiones, 
 annuitates, feoda, advocationes, ac alia possessiones vel 
 dominia ilia in manibus nostris vel baeredum suorum sic 
 fuerint, uni vel alteri haereditatum nostrarum praedictarum, 
 ad quam dinoscuntur pertinere, similiter adjungantur, uni- 
 antur, et incorporentur, nobis et haeredibus nostris ut prae- 
 mittitur remansura. Et quod tam ea omnia et singula 
 quam alia supradicta, quae post concessionem, declara- 
 tionem, decretum, et ordinationem ipsius patris nostri 
 praedicta, ad manus suas sive nostras sic devenerunt, seu 
 imposterum ut praedictum est devenerint, per hujusmodi 
 officiarios et ministros nostros vel baeredum nostrorum, 
 modoque et forma supradictis, ac sub sigillo praedicto, 
 regantur et gubernentur ; quodque libertates, consuetu- 
 dines, franchesiae, et jura regalia, omnia et singula in 
 eisdem plene et integre exerceantur, continuentur, fiant, 
 et utantur in perpetuum; sine oecasione vel impedimento 
 nostri vel baeredum nostrorum, justitiariorum, vicecomi- 
 tum, escaetorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum 
 nostrorum vel baeredum nostrorum quorumcunque. In 
 cujus rei testimonium bas literas nostras fieri fecimus 
 patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium, de- 
 cimo nono die Novembris, anno regni nostri secundo. 
 
166 
 
 said, came into the hands of our same father, or into 
 ours on occasion of escheat, forfeiture, recovery, re- 
 mainder, or descent, or by other title, or otherwise how- 
 soever, as in the right of the aforesaid duchy, shall be 
 adjoined, annexed, united, and incorporated to and with 
 the said duchy, to remain to us and our heirs, as is 
 aforesaid. And also that whensoever and as often soever and aii lands 
 as any other honors, castles, hundreds, commotes, manors, into the 
 
 •' ^ ^ King's hands 
 
 lands, tenements, reversions, annuities, fees, advowsons, or ^"^"t"^*^- 
 other possessions and lordships whatever, wheresoever a^nneliJto 
 within our aforesaid power and dominion, shall come in SwhSufey 
 future to the hands of us or of our heirs, as pertain- beiongT" ° 
 ing to our said heritages or to either of them, by reason 
 of our right, or on occasion of the like escheat, forfeiture, 
 recovery, remainder, or descent, or by other title, or other- 
 wise howsoever, immediately and so soon as such honors, 
 castles, hundreds, commotes, manors, lands, tenements, re- 
 versions, annuities, fees, advowsons, and other possessions 
 or lordships shall so be in the hands of us or of our heirsj 
 they shall in like manner be adjoined, united, and incor- 
 porated to and with one or other of our aforesaid he- 
 ritages, to the which they are known to pertain, to remain 
 to us and our heirs, as is premised. And that as well all aii estates so 
 
 annexed 
 
 and every of them as the others abovesaid, which after the shaii be sub- 
 
 •' ^ jeettothe 
 
 aforesaid erant, declaration, decree, and ordinance of our li^eruie, 
 
 o ^ 7 7 manage- 
 
 same father, so came into his hands or into ours, or here- ^a"/' ^"'^ 
 after shall come as is aforesaid, shall be ruled and governed 
 by the like officers and ministers of us or our heirs in 
 manner and form abovesaid, and under the seal afore- 
 said ; and that the liberties, customs, franchises, and and the said 
 
 rt 1 r» n liberties and 
 
 jura reqalia shall all and every of them be fully and juraregaiia 
 
 'f J •/ •'be exercised 
 
 entirely exercised, continued, done, and used in the same *^^'^®- 
 
167 
 
 Les queux paroles lieux en pleine parlement, le Roy de 
 I'assent et auctorite suisdites comanda soun Chaunceller 
 d*ent faire lettres patentes desoutz soun grande seal 
 solonc la contenue de mesme la cedule, en overte tes- 
 moignance et afFermance de ses declaration grante et 
 ordinance avauntditz. 
 
167 
 
 for ever ; — without let or hinderance from us or our 
 heirs, or the justices, sheriffs, escheators, or other the 
 bailiffs or ministers of us or of our heirs whomsoever. In 
 witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be 
 made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, on the 
 nineteenth day of November in the second year of our 
 reign. 
 
 Which words being read in full parliament, the King 
 by and with the assent and authority abovesaid commanded 
 his Chancellor to make out letters patent * thereof under 
 his great seal, according to the contents of the same 
 schedule, in open testimony and affirmation of his de- 
 claration, grant, and ordinance abovesaid. 
 
 * The letters patent inrolled on the Patent Roll, 2 Hen, 5, p. 3, 
 m. 23, bear date at Westminster, on the 7th day of December. 
 
XXI. 
 
 Rot. Pari. 
 2 Hen. 5. 
 p. 2.n. 6. 
 m. 3. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasterium die Lunse proximo 
 post Octabas Sancti Martini, anno regni Regis Henrici Quinti post Con- 
 questum secundo. 
 
 TEM, priont les Communes que pleise a nostre 
 tres redoute Seigniour le Roi, par avis des 
 Seigniours espirituelx et temporelx, en ycest 
 present parlement assemblez, d'ordeiner que 
 les justices du pees desore en avaunt affairez deinz les 
 countees d'Engleterre soient faitz des pluis suffisantz 
 persones, par avys du Chaunceller et Conseill nostre 
 Seigniour le Roi, demurantz deins mesmes les countees, 
 saunz prendre autres persones demurantz en foreins coun- 
 tees a tiel office occupier, forspris justices de les assises, 
 en pleyn accomplissement de tout droit et justice deins 
 mesmes les countees : Savant tout foitz que les chiefs 
 seneschaux nostre Seigniour le Roi des terres et seig- 
 niories del duchee de Lancastre en le north et south 
 parmy Engleterre, pur le temps esteantz, soient justices 
 de la pees en lour offices et sessions a la volunte du Roy. 
 Responsio. — Le Roi le voet; ovesque ceo que les 
 Seigniours soient nommez en les commissions des jus- 
 tices de la pees come ils soleint estre nommez par devaunt. 
 
168 
 
 XXI. 
 
 Roll of the Parliament holden at Westminster on the Monday next 
 after the Octaves of Saint Martin, in the second year of the reign of King 
 Henry the Fifth after the Conquest. 
 
 19th Nov. 
 
 2 Hen. 5. 
 A.D. 1414. 
 
 LSO, the Commons pray that it may please our 
 most dread Sovereign Lord the King, by the 
 advice of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in 
 this present Parliament assembled, to ordain 
 that the justices of the peace henceforth to be made in justices of 
 the counties of England be made from the most sufficient Srappointed 
 
 . , • 1 1 J • from persons 
 
 persons dwelling in the same counties, by the advice resident in 
 
 ^ ^ •'the respec- 
 
 of the Chancellor and Council of our Lord the King, tive counties, 
 without taking other persons dwelUng in foreign coun- 
 ties to occupy such office, except the justices of assize, except jus- 
 in full accomplishment of all right and justice in the sizt!° 
 same counties: Saving always that the chief stewards The chief 
 of our Lord the King of the lands and lordships of theTuchy^of 
 the duchv of Lancaster in the north and south parts north and 
 
 *' _ ^ \ south parts 
 
 throughout England, for the time being, may be justices ^win^fU"'. 
 of the peace in their offices and sessions at the King's 
 pleasure. 
 
 Answer. — The King wills it; so that the Lords be 
 named in the commissions of justices of the peace, as 
 they were wont to be named before. 
 
 tices of peace. 
 
 I 
 
169 
 
 XXII. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasteriiim sexto decimo die 
 Marcii, anno regni Regis Henrici Quinti post Conquestum tertio. 
 
 De ducatu Lancastri^ et ipsius senescallis. 
 
 AIT assavoir que les Communes d'Engleterre, 
 assemblez en ceste parlement, baillerent une 
 petition en mesme le parlement, en la fourme 
 [ q'ensuit: 
 
 Please au Roy nostre Seigniour Soverain, de I'assent 
 des Seigniours espirituelx et temporelx et de les Com- 
 munes en cest present parlement assemblez, par auc- 
 toritee de mesme le parlement, d*acceptier, approver, ra- 
 tifier, granter, et confermer voz lettres patentes, par vous 
 faitz et grantez, en vostre parlement tenuz a Westmonastre 
 I'an de vostre regne second, touchantz les libertees cus- 
 tumes et francbises a usiers avoirs et a continuers deinz 
 voz heritages de vostre duche de Lancastre, et des 
 countees de Hereford Essex et Northampton, et autres 
 choses comprises en les dites lettres, solonc TeflFect tenure 
 et purport de mesmes les lettres en due forme, adjoustantz 
 et en outre par voz lettres ent a fairs grantantz pour vous 
 et voz heirs, de Tassent des ditz Seigniours et Communes 
 de mesme cest parlement, et par auctoritee d'icele parle- 
 ment, pour vostre grande proffit de voz heritages suis- 
 ditz et pour la meillour governance d'icelles, et en con- 
 servation et sustentation de les avant-dites libertees et 
 custumes et franchises, les clauses et paroles qui cy en- 
 suyent : 
 
169 
 
 XXII. 
 
 Roll of the Parliament holden at Westminster, on the sixteenth day 
 of March, in the third year of the reign of King Henry the Fifth after 
 the Conquest. 
 
 Of the Duchy of Lancaster and its Stewards. 
 
 E it known that the Commons of England, nth May, 
 in this Parliament assembled, delivered a a.d. uie. 
 petition in the same Parliament, in the form 
 which follows : 
 
 May it please our Sovereign Lord the King, with Petition of 
 the assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of ^^mation 
 the Commons in this present Parliament assembled, by patent grant! 
 authority of the same Parliament, to accept, approve, parnament 
 ratify, grant, and confirm your letters patent, by you 2 Hen. 5. 
 made and granted in your Parliament holden at West- 
 minster in the second year of your reign, touching the 
 liberties, customs, and fi-anchises to be used, had, and 
 continued in your heritages of your duchy of Lancaster 
 and earldoms of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, 
 and other things comprised in the said letters, according 
 to the effect, tenor, and purport of the same letters in due 
 form, addinff and moreover by your letters thereof to be and that cer. 
 
 ^ •' "^ tain clauses 
 
 made granting for you and your heirs, with the assent JJe^g^to*^*^^'^ 
 of the said Lords and Commons of this same Parlia- 
 ment, and by the authority of the same Parliament, for 
 your great profit of your heritages abovesaid, and for 
 the better governance of the same, and in preservation 
 and maintenance of the aforesaid liberties and customs 
 
 z 2 
 
170 
 
 Volentes insuper, de assensu dominorum spiritualium et 
 temporalium ac communitatum regni nostri Anglise in prae- 
 senti parliamento nostro existentium, et auctoritate ejus- 
 dem parliamenti, concedentes et declarantes, pro nobis et 
 hseredibus nostris, quod uterque capitalium senescallorum 
 nostrorum ac haeredum et assignatorum nostrorum haeredi- 
 tatum nostrarum prsedictarum, pro tempore existentium, in 
 singulis comitatibus dicti regni nostri infra ballivam suam, 
 vel in quibus officium suum senescalciae exercet, seu ex- 
 ercere debeat, in singulis commissionibus custodum pacis 
 ac justitiariorum laboratorum servientium et artificum 
 necnon justitiariorum ad diversa felonias transgressiones 
 et malefacta audienda et terminanda assignatorum exnunc 
 faciendis, de tempore in tempus assignetur et nominetur, 
 ultra numerum hujusmodi custodum et justitiariorum juxta 
 formam statuti inde editi prius limitatorum, statuto prae- 
 dicto non obstante. Quodque nullae donationes, conces- 
 siones, pardonationes, remissiones vel relaxationes, quae 
 dictas haereditates nostras, aut honores, castra, maneria, 
 terras, tenementa, redditus, feoda, advocationes, libertates, 
 et franchesias ad easdem haereditates nostras qualitercunque 
 pertinentia, seu aliquam parcellam earundem, aut wardas, 
 custodias, maritagia, relevia, exitus, fines, amerciamenta, 
 proficua, et commoditates, aut officiarios vel ministros 
 nostros seu haeredum vel assignatorum nostrorum haere- 
 ditatum praedictarum, (sive honores, castra, maneria, terrae, 
 tenementa, redditus, feoda, advocationes, libertates, et fran- 
 chesiae ilia in manibus nostris aut dictorum haeredum vel 
 assignatorum nostrorum, sive in manibus aliorum quorum- 
 cunque ex concessione sive feofFamento nostri aut eorun- 
 dem haeredum vel assignatorum nostrorum inde facto seu 
 faciendo, ad terminum vitae vel annorum, aut in feodo 
 seu alias qualitercunque ad opus nostrum seu haeredum 
 
170 
 
 and franchises, the clauses and words which hereinafter 
 follow : 
 
 Willing, moreover, with the assent of the Lords Spiritual The chief 
 and Temporal, and of the Commons of our realm of Enff- the duchy 
 
 ■^ ' ° shall be 
 
 land in our present Parliament assembled, and by au- "^™«4 '."^^i 
 
 t^ 'J commissions 
 
 thority of the same Parliament, granting and declaring o^t^e peace. 
 for us and our heirs that each of the chief stewards of 
 us and our heirs and assigns of our heritages aforesaid, 
 for the time being, in every the counties of our said 
 realm within his bailiwick, or in which he exercises or 
 ought to exercise his office of steward, shall be assigned 
 and nominated from time to time, in all commissions here- 
 after to be made of keepers of the peace and justices, of 
 labourers, servants, and artificers, and also of justices as- 
 signed to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, 
 and offences, over and above the number of like keepers 
 and justices first limited according to the form of the 
 statute thereof passed, the aforesaid statute notwithstand- 
 ing. And that no donations, grants, pardons, remissions, no grants, 
 
 1 1 • 1 • • • &c. concern- 
 
 or releases, which concern, or m any case arising or on ingthe 
 
 duchy, pass- 
 any pretence sought can concern, our said heritages, or ed under any 
 
 the honors, castles, manors, lands, tenements, rents, fees, duchy^stai 
 advowsons, liberties, and franchises to our same heritages ?aHd,*but 
 in any wise soever pertaining, or any parcel thereof, or shaiilSnuii 
 the wards, wardships, marriages, reliefs, issues, fines, ever. 
 amercements, profits and commodities, or the officers or 
 ministers of us or our assigns, of the heritages aforesaid, 
 or which shall happen to proceed in future in regard to 
 our said heritages, or any parcel of the same, or in the 
 same to be made or arise, (whether the said honors, cas- 
 tles, manors, lands, tenements, rents, fees, advowsons, 
 liberties, and franchises be in the hands of us or of our 
 said heirs or assigns, or in the hands of others whom- 
 
171 
 
 vel assignatorum nostrorum,) concernunt, seu aliquo casu 
 emergente aut quovis qusesito colore concernere poterunt, 
 aut de dictis haereditatibus nostris seu aliqua parcella 
 earundem in futuro emergere, aut in eisdem fieri vel oriri 
 contigerint, sub aliquo alio sigillo nostro, hseredum vel 
 assignatorum nostrorum prsedictorum, magno vel parvo, 
 praeterquam sub sigillo nostro pro ducatu prsedicto, ut 
 prsemittitur, ordinate vel ordinando dumtaxat, exnunc 
 facienda, seu quae sub aliquo alio sigillo aliqualiter ema- 
 nare contigerint in futuro, valida sint aut efFectualia 
 quovis modo, — immo cassa irrita et inania reputentur et 
 habeantur in perpetuum. 
 
 La quele petition, lewe overtement en cest parlement, 
 et bien entendu, fuist respondu en la manere q'ensuit : 
 Le Roy, de I'assent des Seigniours espirituelx et tem- 
 porelx esteantz en cest parlement, et a la requeste des 
 Communes avaunt ditz, le voet en toutz pointz. 
 
171 
 
 soever by grant or feoffment of us or of our same heirs 
 or assigns thereof made or to be made for term of life 
 or years, or in fee, or otherwise howsoever to the behoof 
 of us or our heirs or assigns,) to be made hereafter 
 under any other seal of us, our heirs or assigns afore- 
 said, great or small, other than under our seal ordained 
 or to be ordained for the duchy aforesaid only, as is 
 premised, or which shall in future happen in any way to 
 emanate under any other seal, shall be valid or effectual 
 in any wise, — nay, they shall be held and reputed null, 
 void, and quashed for ever. 
 
 The which petition, being openly read in this Parlia- 
 ment and well understood, was answered in the manner 
 following : The King, with the assent of the Lords Spi- 
 ritual and Temporal in this Parliament assembled, and at 
 the request of the Commons aforesaid, wills it in all points. 
 
172 
 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasterium secundo die Mali, 
 anno regni Regis Henriei Quinti post Conquestum nono. 
 
 La purpartie de l'enheritance Humfrey de Bohun 
 jADis Count de Hereford et de Essex. 
 
 ^Hen.t' |^^I^=^ EMORANDUM quod super concordia inter 
 Turr.Lond. m| i\W/i KM dominum Henricum Regem Anglise Quin- 
 
 tum post Conquestum, filium et haeredem 
 Mariae unius filiarum et haeredum bonae me- 
 moriae Humfridi de Bohun nuper comitis Herefordiae Es- 
 sexiae et Northamptoniae ac constabularii Angliae, et Annam 
 filiam et haeredem Alianorae alterius filiarum et haeredum 
 ejusdem nuper comitis, habita ut dicitur, — videlicet, de 
 eo quod ipsa Anna partitionem legalem, tarn dictum do- 
 minum Regem quam praefatam Annam, de omnibus et 
 singulis castris maneriis et eorum membris cum perti- 
 nentiis, necnon de hundredis terris tenementis mariscis 
 feodis comitatuum curiis visibus forestis parcis boscis et 
 reversionibus cum pertinentiis in Anglia et in Wallia, una 
 cum feodis militum et advocationibus ecclesiarum abba- 
 tiarum prioratuum vicariarum hospitalium capellarum et 
 aliorum beneficiorum ecclesiasticorum ac aliis quibus- 
 cunque ad praedicta castra maneria terras tenementa et 
 alias possessiones vel ad aliquod eorundem quoquo modo 
 pertinentibus appendentibus sive spectantibus, de quibus 
 praefatus nuper comes avus dictorum domini Regis et 
 Annse fuit seisitus tam in dominico quam in reversione 
 die quo obiit, contingentem, in duas partes aequales, quarum 
 dictus dominus Rex electionem haberet, faceret ; — praefata 
 
172 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 Roll of the Parliament holden at Westminster on the second day of 
 May, in the ninth year of the reign of King Henry the Fifth after the 
 Conquest. 
 
 The partition of the inheritance of Humphrey de 
 BoHUN, late Earl of Hereford and Essex. 
 
 E it remembered, that upon an agreement had, 
 as is said, between Lord Henry the Fifth after 
 the Conquest, King of England, son and heir 
 of Mary, one of the daughters and co-heirs of 
 Humphrey de Bohun of good memory, late Earl of Here- 
 ford, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable of England, 
 and Anne daughter and heir of Eleanor another of the 
 daughters and co-heirs of the same late Earl, — to wit, that 
 the same Anne should make a lawful partition into two 
 equal parts, touching as well the said lord the King, as the 
 aforesaid Anne, of which the said lord the King should 
 have his choice, of all and singular the castles, manors, 
 and their members, with appurtenances, as also of the 
 hundreds, lands, tenements, marshes, fees of counties, 
 courts, views, forests, parks, woods, and reversions, with 
 their appurtenances in England and Wales, together with 
 the knights' fees and advowsons of churches, abbeys, 
 priories, vicarages, hospitals, chapels, and other ecclesi- 
 astical benefices, and other things whatsoever in any manner 
 pertaining, appendent, or belonging to the aforesaid cas- 
 tles, manors, lands, tenements, and other possessions, or 
 to any of the same, of which the aforesaid late Earl, 
 grandfather of the said lord the King and Anne, was 
 seised, as well in demesne as in reversion, on the day on 
 
 6th May, 
 9 Hen. 5. 
 A.D. 1421. 
 
173 
 
 Anna partitionem inde (prseterquam de feodis militum et 
 advocationibus ecclesiarum abbatiarum prioratuum vica- 
 riarum hospitalium capellarum et aliorum beneficiorum ec- 
 clesiasticorum de hsereditate prsedicta in grosso existenti- 
 bus,) per ipsam factam, virtute concordiae praedictae, in 
 duobus rotulis contentam, eidem domino Regi in prae- 
 senti Parliamento sedenti, in praesentia Dominorum Spi- 
 ritualium et Temporalium in eodem existentium, ut idem 
 dominus Rex propartem suam inde virtute ejusdem con- 
 cordiae eligeret, optulit et liberavit. Super quo idem 
 dominus Rex, habitis de et super rotulis praedictis et 
 contentis in eisdem inspectione et avisamento pleniori, 
 partem illam, quae ad propartem suam in uno rotulorum 
 praedictorum intitulatur, et quae sic incipit, " La purpartie 
 du Roy^ forspris Fees et Avoesons queux sont en grossed* 
 sibi tanquam haeredi dictae Mariae elegit, videlicet, omnia 
 et singula castra maneria membra hundreda terras tene- 
 menta mariscos feoda comitatuum curias visus forestas 
 parcos boscos et reversiones praedicta, cum pertinentiis, 
 una cum feodis et advocationibus ac aliis ad eadem 
 vel ad aliquod eorundem ut praemittitur pertinentibus ap- 
 pendentibus sive spectantibus, in parte ilia specificata, 
 in perpetuum ; alteram vero partem quae ad propartem 
 praefatae Annae in altero dictorum rotulorum intitulatur, 
 et quae sic incipit, " La purpartie del Dame Anne la 
 Countesse de Stafford, forspris Fees et Avoesons queux 
 sont en grosse,'''' eidem Annae tanquam haeredi praefatae 
 Alianorae reliquit, videlicet, omnia et singula castra ma- 
 neria membra hundreda terras tenementa mariscos feoda 
 comitatuum curias visus forestas parcos boscos et re- 
 versiones praedicta, cum pertinentiis, una cum feodis et 
 advocationibus ac aliis ad eadem vel ad aliquod eorun- 
 dem ut praedictum est pertinentibus appendentibus sive 
 
173 
 
 which he died ; — the aforesaid Anne offered and delivered 
 the partition made thereof by herself in virtue of the afore- 
 said agreement, contained in two rolls, (except of the 
 knights' fees, and advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, 
 vicarages, hospitals, chapels, and other ecclesiastical be- 
 nefices, being of the aforesaid inheritance in gross,) to the 
 same lord the King sitting in the present Parliament, in the 
 presence of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal being in the 
 same, that the same Lord the King might choose his pur- 
 party thereof by virtue of the same agreement. Whereupon 
 the same lord the King, very full inspection of and advice 
 respecting the rolls aforesaid and their contents having been 
 had, chose to himself for ever, as heir of the said Mary, 
 that part which is ascribed to his purparty in one of the 
 aforesaid rolls, and which thus begins, " The purparty 
 of the King, excepting the Fees and Advowsons which are 
 in gross,'''' to wit, all and singular the castles, manors, 
 members, hundreds, lands, tenements, marshes, fees of 
 counties, courts, views, forests, parks, woods, and rever- 
 sions aforesaid, with their appurtenances, together with 
 the fees and advowsons and other things pertaining, ap- 
 pendent or belonging to the same, or to any of the same, 
 as is aforesaid, specified in that part ; and the other part, 
 which is ascribed to the purparty of the aforesaid Anne 
 in the other of the said rolls, and which begins thus, 
 " The purparty of the Lady Anne Countess of Stafford, 
 except the Fees and Advowsons which are in gross," he 
 left to the same Anne for ever, as heir of the aforesaid 
 Eleanor, to wit, all and singular the castles, manors, 
 members, hundreds, lands, tenements, marshes, fees of 
 counties, courts, views, forests, parks, woods, and rever- 
 sions aforesaid, with their appurtenances, together with 
 the fees and advowsons, and other things pertaining, ap- 
 
174 
 
 spectantibus, in parte ilia sibi sic intitulata specificata, 
 in perpetuum ; — feodis et advocationibus praedictis, sic 
 in grosso existentibus, in manibus ipsius domini Regis re- 
 manentibus, prsesenti partitione non obstante, quousque le- 
 galis partitio de eisdem per praefatam Annam in duas partes 
 sequales, quarum electio cedet eidem domino Regi in forma 
 prsedicta, fiat. Qui quidem duo rotuli dorso prsesentis 
 rotuli hujus Parliamenti sunt consuti, et quorum tenor 
 sequitur ut patet hie inferius. Et postea, veniente dicta co- 
 mitissa Stafibrdiae coram dicto domino Rege, in ipso eodem 
 Parliamento sedente, fatebatur ibidem praedicta comitissa, 
 in praesentia Dominorum praedictorum, quod manerium 
 de Arnale in comitatu Notinghamiae, in proparte ejusdem 
 domini Regis per ipsam sic facta specificatum, fuit a diu 
 perantea per dominam Alianoram nuper ducissam Glou- 
 cestriae, matrem ejusdem comitissae, alienatum in feodo, 
 et per eandem comitissam alienatio ilia extitit confirmata ; 
 idem dominus Rex super hoc dixit quod eadem comitissa 
 tunc omnino satisfacere oporteret tenenti dicti manerii de 
 Arnale, sic quod dictus dominus Rex illud ob tin ere posset 
 tam tramite conscientiae quam ratione juris haereditarii, 
 juxta formam et effectum propartis suae praedictae, aut 
 quod praefata comitissa eidem domino Regi pro dicto ma- 
 nerio de Arnale debitam in hac parte faceret recompen- 
 sationem. Ad quod praedicta comitissa ibidem tunc con- 
 sentiit. 
 
 La purpartie de Roy, forspris les Fees et Avoesons queux 
 soNT en groos nient appurtenantz ou appendantz a les 
 possessions soutz escriptz : 
 
 Essex'. 
 
 Le manoir de Waldene, {"^^^^*^- '''' "^^ j un park. 
 
174 
 
 pendent, or belonging to the same, or to any of the 
 same, as is aforesaid, specified in that part so ascribed 
 to her; — the fees and advowsons aforesaid, so being in 
 gross, remaining in the hands of the same lord the King, 
 notwithstanding the present partition, until a lawful par- 
 tition of the same into two equal parts be made by the 
 aforesaid Anne, the choice of which shall fall to the 
 same lord the King in form aforesaid. Which two rolls 
 are stitched to the back of the present roll of this Par- 
 liament, and the tenor of which follows as appears here 
 below. And, afterwards, the said Countess of Stafford 
 coming before the said lord the King, he sitting in the 
 same Parliament, the said Countess there confessed, in 
 the presence of the aforesaid lords, that the manor of 
 Arnold in the county of Nottingham, specified in the 
 purparty so made by her of the same lord the King, 
 was long ago alienated in fee ^by Lady Eleanor late 
 Duchess of Gloucester, mother of the same Countess, and 
 that that alienation was confirmed by the same Countess ; 
 the same lord the King hereupon said that the same 
 Countess ought then thoroughly to satisfy the tenant of 
 the said manor of Arnold, so that the said lord the King 
 might obtain it as well in the way of conscience, as by 
 reason of hereditary right, according to the form and 
 effect of his aforesaid purparty, or that the aforesaid 
 Countess should make recompense due in this respect 
 unto the same lord the King for the said manor of Arnold. 
 To which the aforesaid Countess then there consented. 
 
 The purparty of the King, except the Fees and Advow- 
 sons WHICH are in gross, NOT APPURTENANT OR APPENDENT 
 TO THE possessions UNDERWRITTEN : 
 
 Essex. £. s. d. 
 
 The manor of Walden, 72 2 Si a park. 
 
175 
 
 Le manoir de Depden, xxxiti. xi s. ob. un boys. 
 
 . , ^ , f xiti. XVI d. ob. ) , 
 
 Le manoir de Quenden, < , V un boys. 
 
 I quadr. ) 
 
 r deux boys, et 
 
 Le manoir de Lieghes, xxiti.xis. iid.ob. \ ^^ ^rove. 
 
 Le manoir de Dunmowe, xxxiiiiti.viiis.vd. J ^ ' 
 
 ( un boys. 
 
 Le manoir [de]Masshebury, xiiiti. xixs. iiid. un boys. 
 
 Le manoir de Badewe, xxxiiiti. vs. viiid;. J ^ ' 
 
 ( groves. 
 
 Le chastell et manoir del ^ , , 
 
 -r», > cvis. VIII a. un park. 
 
 Plecy, ) 
 
 Le manoir de Hieghl ^^^^ ^^ p^rk. 
 
 Estre, J 
 
 Le manoir de Waltham, tti. deux parkes. 
 
 Le manoir de Wikes, xxviti. xiiis.iiiid. un park. 
 
 Le manoir de Shenefeld, xxiiti. 
 
 Le viewe de Chishull, mis. 
 La court de I'honour del ,. 
 
 Hiegh Estre, J 
 
 Le manoir de Farnham, xixti. 
 
 Le fee del countee d'Es-i ^^^^ ^-^ ^^^ 
 
 sex, i 
 
 La somme, ccccxxxvti. xiiiis. id. q"^ 
 
 Midd\ 
 
 run chace, et 
 Le manoir de Enefeld, xLiiti. xd.ob.q"^ \ ^^ park. 
 
 Le tenement appellezi ,. ^ ^ 
 TT 1 > nil 11. XI s. vd. 
 
 Hakenoys, f 
 
 London'. 
 Blaunchappulton, lxvis. viiid. 
 
175 
 
 The manor of Depden, 
 The manor of Quendon, 
 
 The manor of Leighs, 
 
 The manor of Dunmow, 
 The manor of Mashbury, 
 The manor of Baddow, 
 
 The castle and manor of \ 
 Pleshey, f 
 
 The manor of High Easter, 
 The manor of Waltham, 
 The manor of Wickes, 
 The manor of Shenfield, 
 The view of Chishall, 
 The court of the honor ) 
 of High Easter, / 
 
 The manor of Farnham, 
 The fee of the county of \ 
 Essex, j 
 
 The sum, 
 
 £. s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 31 11 
 
 Oi 
 
 a wood. 
 
 11 1 
 
 4f 
 
 a wood. 
 
 21 11 
 34 8 
 
 5 
 
 ( two woods, 
 ( and a grove. 
 c a park, and a 
 I wood. 
 
 13 19 
 
 3 
 
 a wood. 
 
 33 5 
 
 8 
 
 ( a park, two 
 ^ groves. 
 
 
 
 6 6 
 
 8 
 
 a park. 
 
 50 
 50 
 26 13 
 22 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 a park, 
 two parks, 
 a park. 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 
 19 
 
 
 
 
 40 10 : 
 
 10 
 
 
 435 14 11 
 
 Middlesex. 
 
 The manor of Enfield, 
 
 The tenement called . 
 « Hakenoys," } 
 
 London. 
 Blaunchappulton, 
 
 42 
 
 lOf I 
 
 a chace, and a 
 park. 
 
 4 11 5 
 
 3 6 8 
 
176 
 
 Hertford*. 
 La court de Hertford ove ) ^ , 
 
 le viewe de Hoddesdon, ) 
 Tout le manoir de Noth- 1 ^^ j._ ^^ ^^^^ 
 
 ampstede, J 
 
 Cantebr'. 
 Le viewe de Sauston, vs. 
 
 NoRFF*. 
 
 Le manoir de Fulmodes- 1 ^. r. ^ 
 
 mis. viiia. 
 ton. 
 
 > XX ti. 
 
 Nicole. 
 Le manoir de Longebe- 
 nyngton, 
 
 j- LXXIlti. XVI S. VIII d. 
 
 Oxenford'. 
 
 Le manoir de Haselee, xti. 
 
 Le manoir de Kirtlyngton, xiiiti. vis. viiid. un boys. 
 
 Le manoir de Dadyngton, xiiiti. vis. viiid. 
 
 Le manoir de Periton, xviti. xiiis. mid:, un boys. 
 
 L'entier manoir deAscote, xiiiiti.xms.mid. un boys. 
 
 WlLTES\ 
 
 Le manoir de Up Haven, xxviti. xiiis. mid. 
 
 Le viewe de Nether) ~ ^ 
 
 > VIS. viiia. 
 Haven, ) 
 
 La court de Monkfarley, xiiis. mid. 
 
 un park, et 
 Le manoir de Wokeseye, xLvti. xs. viiid. <J deux foreins 
 
 boys. 
 

 76 
 
 
 
 
 Hertford. 
 
 £. 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 The court of Hertford, . 
 
 
 
 
 
 with the view of Hod- I 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 4 
 
 
 desdon, J 
 
 
 
 
 
 All the manor of Nut- . 
 hampstead, | 
 
 15 
 
 
 
 
 
 a wood. 
 
 Cambridge. 
 
 
 
 
 
 The view of Sawston, 
 
 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 
 
 
 
 The manor of Fulmodes- i 
 ton, J 
 
 20 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 
 Lincoln. 
 
 
 
 
 
 The manor of Long Ben- \ 
 nington, j 
 
 72 
 
 16 
 
 8 
 
 
 Oxford. 
 
 
 
 
 
 The manor of Haseley, 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The manor of Kirtlington, 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 a wood. 
 
 The manor of Dedding- ) 
 ton, i 
 
 13 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The manor of Pirton, 
 
 16 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 a wood. 
 
 The entire manor of As- 
 cott. 
 
 14 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 a wood. 
 
 Wiltshire. 
 
 
 
 
 
 The manor of Uphaven, 
 
 26 
 
 13 
 
 4 
 
 
 The view of Netherhaven, 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 
 The court of Monkton \ 
 Farley, j 
 
 o 
 
 1^ 
 
 4 
 
 
 yj 
 
 xo 
 
 TC 
 
 / a park, and 
 <. two foreign 
 ^ woods. 
 
 The manor of Oaksey, 
 
 45 
 
 10 
 
 8 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 A 
 
177 ' 
 
 Suff'. 
 
 Le manoir de Elmesete,! xxxviiiti. xiiis. 
 
 ove Somersham, ' vid. ob. 
 
 Le manoir de Ofton, xvti. xiis. ob. 
 
 > un boys. 
 
 Linea haec NoTYNGHAM. 
 
 cancellatur 
 
 inrotuio. Le manoir de Arnale, vili. un boys. 
 
 Memorandum quod manerium de Southam cum pertinentiis in co- 
 mitatu Gloucestrise, in proparte comitissse Staffordise specificatum, loco 
 istius manerii de Arnale cancellati eo quod idem manerium de Arnale 
 alienatum fuit in feodo per dominam Alianoram nuper ducissam Glou- 
 cestrise matrem ejusdem comitissse Staffordise, et per ipsam comitissam 
 alienatio ipsa est confirmata, ut superius fatebatur, proparti dicti domini 
 Regis per eandem comitissam assignatur, in prsesentia domini Cancel- 
 larii Anglise ac dominorum Concilii ipsiiis domini Regis ; quod quidcm 
 manerium de Southam iidem Cancellarius et domini virtute potestatis 
 eis auctoritate prsesentis Parliamenti, prout in fine cujusdam acti hie 
 inferius inserti et quod sic incipit " Le Roi/ voet par auctorite du 
 ceste present Parlement'^ continetur, in hac parte attributae et com- 
 missse decreverunt eidem domino Regi et haeredibus suis, loco dicti 
 manerii de Arnale, remansurum sub forma qua idem manerium de 
 Arnale sibi perprius assignabatur. 
 
 Buk\ 
 
 T • J TXT I. \ Lxviiiti. vid. ob.) 
 
 Le manoir de Wycombe, | j- einq boys. 
 
 Le manoir de Crondon, xxiiiiti. xs. 
 
 Un tenement ove certeins | y 
 terres in Westcote, J 
 
 Berk\ 
 
 Le manoir de Uplam- 1 i- -* , f deux boys, 
 
 ^ ^ V xxviiiti. XI 5. q"^ - , ^ 
 
 bourne, J ^ deux gro^ 
 
 Le manoir de Speene, viiiti. xiiis. iiiict. un boys. 
 
 Le manoir de Henton, xxviti. xiii s. mid. 
 
38 13 6 J a wood. 
 
 This line 
 
 177 
 
 Suffolk. £. s. d. 
 
 The manor of Elmset, 
 
 with Somersham, 
 The manor of Offton, 15 12 OJ 
 
 Nottingham. 
 The manor of Arnold, 6 a wood. canceTedon 
 
 the roll. 
 
 Be it remembered that the manor of Southam with its appurtenances 
 in the county of Gloucester, specified in the purparty of the Countess 
 of Stafford, is assigned to the purparty of the said lord the King by the 
 said Countess in the presence of the Lord Chancellor of England and of 
 the Lords of the Council of the same lord the King, in lieu of that 
 manor of Arnold cancelled because the same manor of Arnold was 
 alienated in fee by the Lady Eleanor late Duchess of Gloucester, 
 mother of the same Countess of Stafford, and the same alienation 
 has been confirmed by the same Countess, as she confessed above ; 
 which manor of Southam the same Chancellor and Lords, by virtue 
 of the power given and committed to them on this behalf by au- 
 thority of the present Parliament, as is contained in the conclusion of 
 a certain act inserted here below, and which begins thus, " T/ie King 
 wills, hy the authority of this present Pa7'liament" decreed to remain to 
 the same lord the King and his heirs, in lieu of the said manor of 
 Arnold, under the form by which the same manor of Arnold was before 
 assigned to him. 
 
 Buckinghamshire. 
 The manor of Wycombe, 
 The manor of Crendon, 
 A tenement with certain \ 
 
 lands in Westcott, j 
 
 £, s. d. 
 
 
 68 6f 
 
 five woods. 
 
 24 10 
 
 
 10 
 
 Berkshire. 
 
 
 
 The manor of Upper . 
 Lambourne, 
 
 28 
 
 ( two woods, two 
 111 { ' 
 * ( groves. 
 
 The manor of Speen, 
 
 8 13 
 
 4 a wood. 
 
 The manor of Henton, 
 
 2Q 13 
 
 4 
 
 2 A 2 
 
178 
 
 WlLTES\ 
 
 Le manoir de Pole, xxiiiti. viii s. ixc1. deux boys. 
 
 Le manoir de Manyng-) ,. r. ^ 
 
 •^ ° > xxviifi.viiis. IX a. 
 ford, i 
 
 Gales. 
 Le chastell et manoir de -j 
 
 Caldeeote, et Newton, ^ xxviti.xiiis. mid. 
 ove les membres, ^ 
 
 Surr'. 
 Le manoir de Walton, xxviti. un boys. 
 
 Gloucestr'. 
 
 Le manoir de Whiten-) v ~ u 
 
 j- xxiTL VII s. un boys. 
 
 hurst, 
 
 Dorset' 
 Les terres et tenements! 
 en Gwyssich 
 
 j- viti. xiiis. mid. variat. iis. 
 
 Hereford. 
 La reversion del manoir^ 
 
 de Yerkehull, le quell ( ^,ti. xiiis. mid. 
 William Rasyn tient ( 
 
 pur terme de vie, f ^^^ parkes, 
 
 une chace. 
 La somme totale Mcti. ixs. { vingt sis boys 
 
 foreins, cinq 
 groves. 
 
 Ove toutz maners fees et avouesons et autres choses qe- 
 conqes as ditz chastelles, manoirs, terres, tenements, et 
 autres possessions, ou a ascun d'eux, en ascun manere 
 appurtenauntz appendantz ou regardantz. 
 
178 
 
 Wiltshire. 
 The manor of Poole, 
 The manor of Manning- 
 ford, 
 
 '} 
 
 Wales. 
 The castle and manor of 
 Caldicot, and Newton 
 with the members, 
 
 Surrey. 
 The manor of Walton, 
 
 Gloucester. 
 The manor of Wheaten- ) 
 hurst, / 
 
 Dorset. 
 The lands and tenements ^ 
 in Gussage, j 
 
 Hereford. 
 The reversion of the 
 manor of Yarkhill, 
 which William Rasyn 
 holds for the term of 
 his life, 
 
 £. s. d. 
 23 8 9 
 
 27 8 9 
 
 26 13 4 
 
 6 13 4 
 
 6 13 4 
 
 two woods. 
 
 26 a wood. 
 
 21 7 a wood. 
 
 variation 2s. 
 
 The sum total, 1100 9 
 
 ten parks, one 
 chace, twen- 
 ty-six foreign 
 woods, five 
 groves. 
 
 With all manors, fees, and advowsons, and other things 
 whatsoever in anywise appurtenant to, appendent on, or 
 respecting the said castles, manors, lands, tenements, and 
 other possessions, or any of them. 
 
179 
 
 La purpartie del Dame Anne la Countesse de Stafford, 
 forspris les fees et avouesons queux sont en groos nient 
 apptjrtenantz ou appendantz a les possessions soutz 
 escriptz : 
 
 Gales. 
 Les chastell et manoir de ) xx +• 
 
 Brekenok, ove les P^""^"'^'' '''^- I un foreste. 
 
 - \ VIII ct. J 
 
 membres, -' 
 
 Les chastell et manoir de i 
 
 Les chastell et manoir de ) , . f un park, 
 
 XXVIII 11. 
 
 Liti. 
 
 Hay, ove les membres, 
 
 Huntyngdon, ]■ ^^vtnii. ^ deux boys. 
 
 La somme, cccLxxiiti. vis. viiid. 
 
 Gloucestr*. 
 Le manoir de Haresfeld, a 
 
 ove les membres, } ^^«- "" P*''*'- 
 
 La court de I'honur de-v 
 Hereford tenuz a Glou- > x s. 
 cestre, ) 
 
 Le manoir de Newen- \ 
 ham, ove les appurte- >■ xls. 
 • nances, * 
 
 Lineahaec Lc manoir de Southam, xxti. deux boys. 
 
 cancellatur 
 
 Memorandum quod istud manerium de Southam hie cancellatur eo 
 quod manerium de Arnale in comitatu Notinghamise in proparte do- 
 mini Regis specificatum, alienatum fuit in feodo per dominam Alie- 
 noram nuper ducissam Gloucestriae matrem ejusdem comitissse StaifordiaB, 
 et per ipsam comitissam alienatio ipsa est confirmata, ut superius fatebatur, 
 et loco dicti manerii de Arnale est prsedictum manerium de Southam 
 proparti dicti domini Regis per eandem comitissam assignatum in prse- 
 sentia domini Cancellarii Anglise ac dominorum Concilii ipsius domini 
 Regis et per ipsos virtute potestatis eis auctoritate prsesentis Parliamenti, 
 prout in fine cujusdam acti hie inferius inserti et quod sic incipit " Le 
 Roy voet par auctorite de ceste present Parlement " continetur, in hac 
 
179 
 
 The purpart y of Lady Anne Countess op Stafford, except 
 THE Fees and Advowsons which are in gross, not appur- 
 tenant OR appendent to the possessions underwritten: 
 
 Wales. 
 The castle and manor of 
 
 Brecknock, with the 
 
 members, 
 The castle and manor of 
 
 Hay, with the mem 
 
 bers, 
 The castle and manor of 
 
 Huntington, 
 
 The sum, 
 
 ■\ 
 
 £. s. d. 
 
 293 6 8 
 
 51 
 
 28 
 
 372 6 8 
 
 a forest. 
 
 a park, two 
 woods. 
 
 Gloucester. 
 The manor of Haresfield, 
 
 with the members, 
 The court of the honor 
 
 of Hereford held at 
 
 Gloucester, 
 The manor of Newnham, \ 
 
 with the appurtenances, j 
 The manor of Southam, 
 
 I 20 a park. 
 
 10 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 two woods. 
 
 Be it remembered that this manor of Southam is here cancelled 
 because the manor of Arnold in the county of Nottingham, specified 
 in the purparty of the lord the King, was alienated in fee by Lady 
 Eleanor late Duchess of Gloucester, mother of the same Countess of 
 Stafford, and the alienation itself was confirmed by the same Countess, 
 as she confessed above ; and the aforesaid manor of Southam has been 
 assigned by the same Countess to the purparty of the said lord the King, 
 in lieu of the said manor of Arnold, in presence of the Lord Chancellor 
 of England and of the Lords of the Council of the same lord the King, 
 and by them, by virtue of the power given and committed to them on this 
 behalf by the authority of the present Parliament, as is contained in the 
 conclusion of a certain act inserted here below, and which begins thus. 
 
 This line is 
 cancelled on 
 the roll. 
 
180 
 
 parte attributse et commissse dictum manerium de Southam domino Regi 
 et haeredibus suis decretum fuit remansurum, loco dicti manerii de 
 Arnale. 
 
 La somme, XLiiti. xs. 
 
 Hereford. 
 
 Le fee del countee de ) , . 
 
 Hereford, J 
 
 Les synk hundredes en ) ~ ^ 
 ^ > XVII s. Vina. 
 
 countee de Hereford, ^ 
 
 Northt'. 
 Le fee del countee de ) 
 Northamton, / 
 
 NOTYNGHAM. ,. ^ , 
 
 T • J Tr 1- 1 r XXI h. XI Ills. IX d. I un park, 
 
 Le manoir de Kneshale, < ^ c i ^ 
 
 [ ob. J deux boys. 
 
 Kent. 
 La moite de certeins te--j ' 
 
 nements en West Gren- > xxct. 
 wych, 3 
 
 La somme, Lxiiti. xiiiis. id. ob. 
 
 ^ss^x:. un forest, 
 
 T • J TT .i. 11 r ""**i- ""s. viid. I un park, 
 
 Le manoir de Hatfeld, < , <^ ^ ' 
 
 i OD- I septfo- 
 
 Le manoir de Halyng- ) reins boys. 
 
 •^ [• xxviiti. xiiis.iiiid. un park. 
 
 /- deux parkes, 
 Le manoir de Wry tell, imviiti. xixs. -< un forein 
 
 (. boys. 
 Le manoir deChiggenhale xti. iiis. ixd. un boys. 
 
180 
 
 '* The King wills, by the authority of this present Parliament" the said 
 manor of Southam has been decreed to remain to the lord the King and 
 his heirs in lieu of the said manor of Arnold. 
 
 The sum. 
 
 £. s. d. 
 42 10 
 
 Hereford. 
 The fee of the county of 
 
 Hereford, 
 The five hundreds in the 
 
 county of Hereford, 
 
 20 
 17 8 
 
 Northampton. 
 ■The fee of the county of) 
 Northampton, ' 
 
 20 
 
 Nottingham. 
 The manor of Kneesal, 
 
 Kent. 
 The moiety of certain te- 
 nements in West Green- 
 wich, 
 
 The sum, 
 
 21 
 
 14 9i{ 
 
 a park, two 
 woods. 
 
 1 8 
 
 Essex. 
 
 The manor of Hatfield, 
 
 The manor of Hailing- \ 
 bury, I 
 
 The manor of Writtle, 
 
 The manor of Chignal, 
 
 a forest, a 
 
 81 4 1h 2 ^^^^' ^^^^^ 
 foreign 
 
 woods. 
 
 27 13 4 a park. 
 
 two parks, one 
 foreign wood. 
 10 3 9 a wood. 
 
 87 19 
 
 «i 
 
181 
 
 Le manoir de Ramesden, xiiiiti. ixs. un park. 
 
 Le manoir de Est Lee, viti. xiiis. mid. 
 
 Le manoir de Wakeryng, imviti. viis. vd. un boys. 
 
 Le mareys de Polmerssh, xiiiti. vis. viiid. 
 
 Le manoir de Southorp, xxiiti. 
 
 Le manoir de Haydon, cs. 
 
 Le manoir de Fobbyng, XLiiiti. xiiiis. vd. ob. 
 
 Le manoir de Norton, xxiiiiti. 
 
 Le mareys deBermuerssh, xxti. 
 
 La somme, ccccxLiiti. xi s. vii d. 
 
 HUNTYNGDON. 
 
 Le manoir de Kymbalton, j cxxviti. ii s. ( "" ^^^^^' "" 
 
 ove les membres, / xid.ob. 1 park, un 
 
 ^ boys. 
 
 BUK. 
 
 Le manoir de Amondes- ) i-- ~ -* • i, 
 
 I XLViiiii.xiiis. una. sis boys, 
 ham, j 
 
 WiLTES'. 
 
 {Lxiiiti. viiis. XI d. ) un park, 
 ob.q-. I unboys. 
 
 Le manoir de Stratton, xiti. xs. vid. ob. q"*. 
 Le manoir de Wylesford, xxxiiiti. 
 
 La somme, ccimiiti. xvs. xd. 
 
 / deux fo- 
 1. ^ . restes, dix 
 
 Lasommetotale, |«-'^|'Jjt--^^-">s- j p,,kes,une 
 
 chace, dix- 
 huit boys. 
 
 Ove toutz manors fees et avouesons et autres choses que- 
 conqes as ditz cbastells, manoirs, terres, tenements, 
 et autres possessions, ou a ascun de eux, en ascun 
 manere appurtenantz, appendantz ou regardantz. 
 
181 
 
 £. s. d. 
 
 The manor of Ramsden, 
 The manor of East Lee, 
 The manor of Wakering, 
 The marsh of Pelmarsh, 
 The manor of Southorp, 
 The manor of Haydon, 
 The manor of Fobbing, 
 The manor of Norton, 
 The marsh of Burmarsh, 
 The sum, 
 
 Huntingdon. 
 The manor of Kimbolton, ) 
 with the members, ^ 
 
 I Buckinghamshire. 
 The manor of Agmondes- ) 
 ham, i 
 
 Wiltshire. 
 The manor of Seend, 
 The manor of Stratton, 
 |," The manor of Wilsford, 
 The sum, 
 
 14 9 
 
 
 
 a park. 
 
 6 13 
 
 4 
 
 
 86 7 
 
 6 
 
 a wood. 
 
 13 6 
 
 8 
 
 
 22 
 
 
 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 
 43 14 
 
 5i 
 
 
 24 
 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 442 11 
 
 7 
 
 
 126 2 
 
 Hi 
 
 j achace,apark, 
 I a wood. 
 
 48 13 4 six woods. 
 
 63 8 llf a park, a wood. 
 
 11 10 6i 
 
 33 
 
 282 15 10 
 
 two forests, 
 ten parks, 
 
 The sum total, 1202 18 2^ { ^ne chace, 
 
 eighteen 
 woods. 
 
 With all manors, fees, and advowsons, and other things 
 whatsoever in any manner appurtenant to, appendent on, 
 or respecting the said castles, manors, lands, tenements, 
 and other possessions, or any of them. 
 
182 
 
 Pur Dame FAIT E remembrer que Tonurable dame Dame Anne 
 
 tessedestaf. Countesse de Stafford, file a Allan ore une des files et 
 
 ford. 
 
 heirs del bone memorie Humfrey de Bohun jadis Count 
 de Hereford, bailla au Roi nostre soverain Seigniour en 
 ceste Parlement une supplication dont le tenure cy ensuit. — 
 A nostre tres soverain seigniour le Roi supplie tres hum- 
 blement Anne Countesse de Stafford, qe come vous, tres 
 soverain seigniour, ore tarde suistes en vostre Chauncerie 
 d'Engleterre envers la dite suppliante, par vostre brief de 
 scire facias, pur reformer la purpartie fait en la Chauncerie 
 Seigniour Richard nadgairs Roi d'Engleterre, par entre 
 la tres noble dame Dame Marie vostre miere, que Dieu 
 assoile, une des files et heirs Humfrey de Bohun nadgairs 
 Count de Hereford, et Alianore miere de dite suppliante 
 Tautre des files et heirs du dit nadgairs Count, des chastell 
 et manoir de Plessitz, del manoir de Haut Estre, del manoir 
 de Waltham, del manoir de Wykes, del viewe de franc- 
 plegge de Chishull, del manoir de Shenefeld, de la court 
 de rhonure de Haut Estre, del fee de countee d' Essex, del 
 manoir de Farnham, en le countee d'Essex, — de la court 
 de Hertford, del viewe de franc-plegge de Hoddesdon, en 
 le counte de Hertford, — del manoir de Whitenhurst en le 
 countee de Gloucestre, — del chastell de Huntyngdon ove 
 ses membres, del chastell de Caldecote et Neweton ove ses 
 membres, el Marche de Gales, — del manoir de Longebe- 
 nyngton en le countee de Nicole, — del manoir de Knes- 
 hale, de les deux parties del manoir de Arnale, en le 
 countee de Notyngham, — del manoir de Hasele, del manoir 
 de Kyrtlyngton, del manoir de Dadyngton, del manoir de 
 Peryngton, en le countee d'Oxenford, — des deux partes 
 del manoir de Wodespene en le countee de Berks, — del 
 manoir de Fulmodeston en le countee de Norffolk, — del 
 viewe de franc-plegge de Sauston en le countee de Can- 
 
182 
 BE it remembered that the honorable lady, Lady Anne For Lady 
 
 •' Anne 
 
 Countess of Staiford, daughter of Eleanor, one of the ^''"i?^^.^® ^^ 
 
 ° ' staiford. 
 
 daughters and co-heirs of Humphrey de Bohun, of good 
 memory, late Earl of Hereford, delivered to the King 
 our sovereign lord in this Parliament a petition, the Her petition 
 tenor whereof here followeth. — To our most sovereign 
 lord the King very humbly prayeth Anne Countess of 
 Stafford, that whereas you, most sovereign lord, now lately 
 did sue in your Chancery of England against the said pe- 
 titioner, by your writ of scire facias, to reform the partition 
 made in the Chancery of Lord Richard late King of Eng- 
 land, between the very noble lady. Lady Mary your mother, 
 whom God pardon, one of the daughters and co-heirs of 
 Humphrey de Bohun late Earl of Hereford, and Eleanor 
 mother of the said petitioner, the other of the daughters 
 and co-heirs of the said late Earl, of the castle and manor 
 of Pleshey, of the manor of High Easter, of the manor of 
 Waltham, of the manor of Wickes, of the view of frank- 
 pledge of Chishall, of the manor of Shenfield, of the court 
 of the honor of High Easter, of the fee of the county of 
 Essex, of the manor of Farnham, in the county of Essex, — ■ 
 of the court of Hertford, of the view of frank-pledge of 
 Hoddesdon, in the county of Hertford, — of the manor of 
 Wheatenhurst, in the county of Gloucester, — of the castle 
 of Huntington with its members, of the castle of Caldicot 
 and Newton with their members, in the Marches of Wales, 
 — of the manor of Long Bennington, in the county of Lin- 
 coln, — of the manor of Kneesal, of the two parts of the 
 manor of Arnold, in the county of Nottingham, — of the 
 manor of Haseley, of the manor of Kirtlington, of the 
 manor of Deddington, of the manor of Pirton, in the 
 county of Oxford, — of the two parts of the manor of Wood 
 Speen, in the county of Berks, — of the manor of Fulmo- 
 
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 tabrige, — ove lour appurtenances, a la purpartie de dite 
 Alianore assignez. Et del chastell de Brekenoc ove ses 
 membres, del chastell de Hay ove ses membres, en Gales, — 
 del manoir de Henton en le countee de Berks, — del manoir 
 de Uphaven, del veue de franc-plegge de Netherhaven, de 
 la court de I'honure de Monkenfarle, en le countee de 
 Wiltesire, — de la court de Thonure de Hereforde tenuz a 
 Gloucestre, del manoir de Haresfeld, del manoir de New- 
 enham, en le countee de Gloucestre, — del fee del countee 
 de Hereford, de synk hundredes en le countee de 
 Hereford, c^est assavoir Bodenham, graunde Cowern, 
 Kyngeston, Burghull, et Stratford, en le countee de Here- 
 ford, — del moite de certeins tenements ove les appurte- 
 nances en West Grenewich el countee de Kent, — del fee 
 del countee de Northampton, en le countee de North- 
 ampton, — des deux partes del manoir de Halyngbury en le 
 countee d'Essex, — des deux partes del manoir de Ascote 
 en le countee d'Oxenford, — d'un toft cent sessant et sept 
 acres de terre arable et deux acres de pree ove les ap- 
 purtenances en Westcote el counte de Bucks, — ove lour 
 appurtenances, assignez a la purpartie de vostre dite 
 tres noble miere, sicome il est de recorde en mesme la 
 Chauncerie de dit nadgairs Roi; et proces sur le dit 
 brief continue tanque juggement fuist rendue sur ycell : 
 — c'est assavoir, que les ditz chastelles, ove les mem- 
 bres, manoirs, courtes, fee de countee, veuwes de franc- 
 plegges, deux partes des manoirs ove les appurtenances, 
 a la dite purpartie de dite Alianore assignez, serroient 
 resumez et reseisiez en voz mains. Et come vous, tres 
 soverain seigniour, en vostre Parlement tenuz a West- 
 monastre, Tan de vostre regno secunde, recitant, coment 
 diverses honours, chastelles, hundredes, commotes, ma- 
 noirs, terres, tenements, reversions, annuitees, fees, avoue- 
 
183 
 
 deston, in the county of Norfolk, — of the view of frank- 
 pledge of Sawston, in the county of Cambridge, — with 
 their appurtenances, assigned to the purparty of the said 
 Eleanor. And of the castle of Brecknock with its mem- 
 bers, of the castle of Hay with its members, in Wales, 
 — of the manor of Henton, in the county of Berks,— of 
 the manor of Uphaven, of the view of frank-pledge of 
 Netherhaven, of the court of the honor of Monkton Far- 
 ley, in the county of Wilts, — of the court of the honor 
 of Hereford holden at Gloucester, of the manor of Hares- 
 field, of the manor of Newnham, in the county of Glou- 
 cester, — of the fee of the county of Hereford, of five 
 hundreds in the county of Hereford, to wit, Bodenham, 
 Great Cowarne, Kingston, Burghill, and Stretford, in the 
 county of Hereford, — of the moiety of certain tenements 
 with the appurtenances in West Greenwich, in the county 
 of Kent, — of the fee of the county of Northampton, in 
 the county of Northampton, — of the two parts of the 
 manor of HaUingbury, in the county of Essex, — of the 
 two parts of the manor of Ascott, in the county of Ox- 
 ford, — of one toft, one hundred and sixty-seven acres of 
 arable land, and two acres of meadow, with the appur- 
 tenances, in Westcott, in the county of Bucks, — with 
 their appurtenances, assigned to the purparty of your 
 said very noble mother, as it is of record in the same 
 Chancery of the said late King; and process upon the 
 said writ continued until judgment was given upon the 
 same : — to wit, that the said castles, with the members, 
 manors, courts, fee of county, views of frank -pledges, two 
 parts of the manors with the appurtenances, assigned to 
 the said purparty of the said Eleanor, should be resumed 
 and reseised into your hands. And whereas you, most 
 sovereign Lord, in your Parliament holden at Westminster 
 
184 
 
 sons, et diverses autres possessions et seigniouries deins 
 vostre roialme d'Engleterre, et parties de Gales, et aillours 
 deins vostre seigniourie et power, queux furent de I'heri- 
 tage de tres bone memorie I'avantdite Marie, une des files 
 et heirs le dit Humfrey de Bohun nadgairs Count de 
 Hereford Essex et Norhampton et Conestable d'Engle- 
 terre, vostre tres chiere miere adonqes mort, qi heir vous 
 fuistez, puis la mort Sire Henry nadgairs Roi d'Engle- 
 terre, que Dieu assoile, vostre tres noble piere, qi les 
 tenoit a terme de sa vie, par la leie d'Engleterre, a 
 vous, tres soverain seigniour, et a voz heirs, par droit 
 hereditarie descenderent et deviendrent, de vostre certein 
 science, et de I'auctorite de mesrae le Parlement, mesmes 
 les honours, chastelles, hundredes, commotes, manoirs, 
 terres, tenements, reversions, annuitees, fees, avouesons, 
 possessions, et seigniouries, de mesme vostre heritage des 
 countees de Hereford Essex et Norhampton, ove toutz 
 lour droitures, libertees, franchises, et franc custumes 
 queuxconqes de vostre Corone d'Engleterre par tenure 
 de mesme le Parlement severastes, et ycelles a vostre 
 duchee de Lancastre ajoinastes, annexastes, unistes, et 
 encorporastes, a vous et a voz heirs, a mesme le duchee 
 ensy adjointz, annexez, uniz, et encorporez, perpetuelment 
 a demurrerz : et auxi come Johanne de Bohun nadgairs 
 Countesse de Hereford vostre honurable aiele a Dieu 
 commandee, a temps de sa murriant avoit et tenoit cer- 
 teins chastelles, manoirs, terres, tenements, fees, avoue- 
 sons, libertees, franchises, et autres possessions en En- 
 gleterre et Gales, c'est assavoir ascuns en dower del 
 dowement de dit nadgairs Counte de Hereford, et ascunes 
 a terme de vie de dite nadgairs Countesse par force de 
 jointz estats ent faitz a mesmes les nadgairs Counte et 
 Countesse, et ascunes par force de Testate fait soulment 
 
184 
 
 in the second year of your reign, reciting how that divers ho- 
 nors, castles, hundreds, commotes, manors, lands, tenements, 
 reversions, annuities, fees, advowsons, and divers other pos- 
 sessions and lordships within your realm of England and 
 the parts of Wales, and elsewhere within your dominion 
 and power, which were of the inheritance of the afore- 
 said Mary, of very good memory, one of the daughters 
 and co-heirs of the said Humphrey de Bohun late Earl 
 of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable of 
 England, your very dear mother, then deceased, whose 
 heir you were, after the death of Lord Henry late King 
 of England, whom God pardon, your very noble father, 
 who held them for the term of his life by the law of Eng- 
 land^ descended and came to you, most sovereign Lord, 
 and to your heirs, by hereditary right, did, of your certain 
 knowledge, and by the authority of the same Parliament, 
 sever the same honors, castles, hundreds, commotes, 
 manors, lands, tenements, reversions, annuities, fees, ad- 
 vowsons, possessions, and lordships, of the same your 
 heritage of the earldoms of Hereford, Essex, and North- 
 ampton, with all their rights, liberties, franchises, and 
 free customs whatsoever, from your crown of England 
 by tenor of the same Parliament, and did adjoin, annex, 
 unite, and incorporate the same to your duchy of Lan- 
 caster, to remain, so adjoined, annexed, united, and in- 
 corporated to the same duchy, to you and to your heirs for 
 ever : and whereas also Joan de Bohun, late Countess of 
 Hereford, your honorable grandmother departed to God, 
 had and held at the time of her death certain castles, 
 manors, lands, tenements, fees, advowsons, liberties, fran- 
 chises, and other possessions in England and Wales, 
 to wit, some in dower by the endowment of the said 
 late Earl of Hereford, and some for the term of life 
 
 2 B 
 
185 
 
 a dite nadgairs Countesse a terme de sa vie, apres la 
 mort de dit nadgairs Counte, par certeins persones en 
 ycelles par luy enfeofFez ; come auxi le dit nadgairs 
 Counte enfeffa certeins persones en diverses manoirs, 
 terres, et tenements, pur les vendre et paier ses dettes, 
 et les dettes de William de Bohun nadgairs Counte de 
 Norhampton, les queux feofFes, apres les ditz dettes 
 pleinement paiez, de parcell de mesmes les manoirs 
 adonqes remaignauntz en lour mains enfeoiFerent autres 
 persones a Toeps et profit de dite nadgairs Countesse; 
 — des queux chastelles, manoirs, terres, tenements, fees, 
 avouesons, libertees, fraunchises, et possessions ascunes 
 apres la mort de vostre dite aiele sont descenduz a 
 vous, tres soverain seigniour, et a dite suppliante, c'est 
 assavoir a vous come a fitz la dite Marie, et a dite sup- 
 pliant come a file la dite Alianore, et cosyns et heirs 
 de dit nadgairs Counte, par force de certeins dounes 
 en la taille ent faitz a les auncestres des ditz Marie 
 et Alianore, et ascunes sont descenduz a vous, tres so- 
 verain seigniour, et a la dite suppliante, en fee simple, 
 come as cosyns et heirs de dit nadgairs Counte de sank 
 en la fourme suisdite, et ascunes sont escheiez a vous, 
 tres soverain seigniour, et a dite suppliante, par force 
 des certeins grantes et reservations, de reversions et de 
 remeindres ent faitz as droitz heirs de dit nadgairs 
 Counte, et ascunes sont descenduz a dite suppliante 
 soule, come a file et heir de dite Alianore, par force 
 d'estate ent fait a dite nadgairs Countesse, pur terme 
 de sa vie, la remeindre outre as ditz Marie et Alianore 
 et a lour heirs a toutz jours, a cause que la dite Alianore 
 survesquit vostre dite tres noble miere (de quell accrestre 
 de droit par le sourvyvir il n'est pas I'entent de dite sup- 
 pliante de prendre a vantage en leie). Et come apres une 
 
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 of the said late Countess by force of joint estates made 
 thereof to the same late Earl and Countess, and some 
 by force of the estate made solely to the said late Countess 
 for the term of her life, after the death of the said late 
 Earl, by certain persons enfeoiFed by him in the same : 
 whereas also the said late Earl enfeoffed certain persons 
 in divers manors, lands, and tenements, to sell them and 
 to pay his debts, and the debts of William de Bohun, late 
 Earl of Northampton, which feoffees, after the said debts 
 fully paid, enfeoffed with the parcel of the same manors 
 then remaining in their hands other persons to the behoof 
 and profit of the said late Countess; — of which castles, 
 manors, lands, tenements, fees, advowsons, liberties, fran- 
 chises, and possessions, some, after the death of your said 
 grandmother, have descended to you, most sovereign Lord, 
 and to the said petitioner, to wit, to you as son of the said 
 Mary, and to the said petitioner as daughter of the said 
 Eleanor, and cousins and heirs of the said Earl, by force of 
 certain gifts in tail thereof made to the ancestors of the 
 said Mary and Eleanor, and some have descended to you, 
 most sovereign Lord, and to the said petitioner, in fee 
 simple, as to the cousins and heirs of the said late Earl 
 of the blood in the form abovesaid, and some have fallen 
 to you, most sovereign Lord, and to the said petitioner, 
 by force of certain grants and reservations, of reversions 
 and remainders made thereof to the right heirs of the 
 said late Earl, and some have descended to the said pe- 
 titioner alone, as daughter and heir of the said Eleanor, 
 by force of the estate thereof made to the said late 
 Countess for term of her life, remainder over to the 
 said Mary and Eleanor, and to their heirs for ever, by 
 reason that the said Eleanor survived your said very 
 noble mother (of which accrual of right by survivor- 
 
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186 
 
 purpartie ore soit fait de novell, de vostre tres gracious 
 assent, et agrement de dite suppliante, parentre vous, 
 tres soverain seigniour, et la dite suppliante, si bien de 
 toutz les ditz chastelles, ove les membres, manoirs, veuwes 
 de franc -plegges, courtes, fees des countees, hundredes, 
 toft, terre, pree, moitee des tenements, deux partes des 
 manoirs especifiez en Tambedeux parties de dite auncien 
 purpartie, come de toutz les ditz chastelles, manoirs, 
 terres, tenements, fees, avouesons, libertees, franchises, 
 et autres possessions en Engleterre et Gales, queux vostre 
 dite aiele avoit et tenoit a temps de sa mouriant, et des 
 ditz manoirs, terres, tenements, es queux certeins per- 
 sones furent enfefFez a I'oeps de vostre dite aiele pur 
 terme de sa vie, et a I'oeps des droitz heirs de dit nad- 
 gairs Counte de Hereford apres la mort vostre dite aiele, 
 forspris des fees et avouesons queux sont en groos a par 
 luy et nient appurtenantz ou appendantz a ascunes des 
 possessions ou choses suisdites, sicome en une bill ent 
 faite et a yceste petition annexee est contenuz pluis au 
 plein. Plese a vostre Hautesse de considerer les pre- 
 misses, et sur ceo ordeiner et establier par auctorite de 
 ceste present Parlement, que si bien toutz les enherite- 
 ments come titles et droitures de toutz les chastelles, 
 honures, seigniouries, commotes, hundredes, viewes de 
 franc-plegges, courtes, manoirs, terres, tenements, rentes, 
 services, custumes, fees des countees, fees des chivalers, 
 avouesons, annuitees, franchises, libertees, reversions, et 
 autres possessions et choses queuxconqes avantditz, ove 
 lour appurtenances, a vous, tres soverain seigniour, et 
 a dite suppliante, en ascun manere descenduz, ou par 
 ascun title escheiez ou devenuz, et de toutz autres en 
 temps a venir a descendrerz, escheierz, ou aveinerz, parmy 
 le dit nadgairs Counte de Hereford, ou parmy les ditz 
 
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 ship it is not the intention of the said petitioner to 
 take advantage in law). And whereas, afterwards, a 
 partition is now made anew, by your very gracious as- 
 sent and the agreement of the said petitioner, between 
 you, most sovereign Lord, and the said petitioner, as 
 well of all the said castles, with the members, manors, 
 views of frank-pledge, courts, fees of counties, hundreds, 
 toft, land, meadow, moiety of tenements, two parts of 
 manors specified in both parts of the said ancient par- 
 tition, as of all the said castles, manors, lands, tenements, 
 fees, advowsons, liberties, franchises, and other posses- 
 sions in England and Wales, which your said grand- 
 mother had and held at the time of her death, and of 
 the said manors, lands, tenements, in which certain per- 
 sons were enfeoffed to the behoof of your said grand- 
 mother for the term of her life, and to the behoof of 
 the right heirs of the said late Earl of Hereford after the 
 death of your said grandmother, except the fees and ad- 
 vowsons which are in gross by themselves, and not ap- 
 purtenant or appendent on any of the possessions or 
 things abovesaid, as is more fully contained in a bill Prayer— that 
 
 _ in pursuance 
 
 thereof made and annexed to this petition. May it please ^! ^^^ par"- 
 
 ^ J tr tion newly 
 
 your Highness to consider the premises, and thereupon to ™eritageor 
 ordain and establish by the authority of this present Par- of nTreford* 
 liament, that as well all the inheritances, as the titles and King and the 
 
 Countess of 
 
 riffhts of all the castles, honors, lordships, commotes, bun- statibrd, aii 
 
 O ? J r ' ' that estate 
 
 dreds, views of frank-pledge, courts, manors, lands, tene- ^/^,^^^^^ ^^ 
 ments, rents, services, customs, fees of counties, knights* Jo^mmon*iaw 
 fees, advowsons, annuities, franchises, liberties, reversions, Ead died, ^ 
 and other possessions, and things whatsoever aforesaid, standing the 
 
 annexation 
 
 with their appurtenances, in any manner to you, most onhe King's 
 sovereign Lord, and to the said petitioner descended, offanca^t^er 
 or by any title escheated or come, and, of all others in 2 H^en^^s? 
 
187 
 
 Memoran- 
 dum quod 
 ista petitio 
 est consuta 
 dorso hujus 
 rotuli prout 
 exhibita fuit 
 domino Regi 
 in Parlia- 
 mento per 
 Comitissam 
 StaflFordiag 
 infrascrip- 
 tam. 
 
 Marie et Alianore, soient et estoisent desore en avant, 
 en mesme la nature et effect a la commune leie sicome 
 ils feurent al temps del moriant du dit nadgairs Count, 
 et al temps del moriant des dites Marie et Alianore. Et 
 auxi que la dite partition ore faite de novell soit et estoise 
 efFectuele en leie en temps a venir, parentre vous et voz 
 heirs, et la dite suppliante et ses heirs, a demurer selonc 
 Tauncien cours et nature de mesmes les enheritementz, 
 titles, et droitures ; les dites annexion, union, incorporation, 
 en vostre dit Parlement tenuz le dit an secunde, ou ascun 
 autre ordinance ou act fait en mesme le Parlement ou 
 aillours, ou la dite auncien purpartie, ou ascune autre 
 chose, nient obstantz. Pur Dieu et en oevere de charite. 
 
 La quele supplication lieu en mesme le Parlement et 
 bien entendue, fuist respondue par le Roi, de Tassent des 
 Seigniours Espirituelx et Temporelx, et auxi de les Com- 
 munes d'Engleterre en ceo presente Parlement assemblez, 
 en manere q'ensuit. — LE Roy voet, par auctorite de ceste 
 presente Parlement, qe les acts et ordinances faitz en son 
 Parlement tenuz a Westmonastre, le Lundy proschein 
 apres les oeptaves de Seint Martyn, Tan de son regne 
 seconde, de I'adj unction, annexion, union, et encorpora- 
 tion, et la reule et governance de les honours, chastelles, 
 hundredes, commotes, manoirs, terres, tenements, rever- 
 sions, annuitees, fees, avouesons, possessions, et seig- 
 niouries, de son heritage des countees de Hereford Essex 
 et Norhampton, ove ses droitures, libertees, franchises, et 
 franks custumes queuxconqes, queux feurent de Theritage 
 de Dame Marie, une des filles et heirs Humfrey de Bohun 
 jadis Counte de Hereford Essex et Norhampton et Con- 
 stable d'Engleterre, miere a nostre seigniour le Roy q'or 
 est, qi heir il est, queux apres la mort le Roi Henry 
 piere nostre seigniour le Roi q'or est, qi yceux tenoit 
 
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 after time to descend, escheat, or come, through the said 
 late Earl of Hereford, or through the said Mary and 
 Eleanor, may be and be deemed from henceforth of the 
 same nature and effect at common law, as they were at 
 the time of the death of the said late Earl, and at the time 
 of the death of the said Mary and Eleanor. And also that 
 the said partition now made anew may be and be deemed 
 effectual in law in time to come, between you and your 
 heirs, and the said petitioner and her heirs, to remain 
 according to the ancient course and nature of the same 
 inheritances, titles, and rights; the said annexation, union, 
 incorporation, in your said Parliament holden in the said ^/rlVtr" 
 second year, or any other ordinance or act made in the as'ft^wrs*S?.' 
 same Parliament or elsewhere, or the said ancient partition, SthVKing 
 or any other thinar, notwithstanding. For God and as a liament by 
 
 - „ , . ° ° the Countess 
 
 work of chanty. of Stafford 
 
 •' within-writ- 
 
 Which petition having been read in the same Parliament g^li'^jfed on 
 
 and well understood, was, by the assent of the Lords Spi- Ims roiL °^ 
 
 ritual and Temporal, and also of the Commons of England 
 
 assembled in this present Parliament, answered by the King 
 
 in manner as follows. — THE King wills, by the authority The King's 
 
 of this present Parliament, that the acts and ordinances that the said 
 
 *^ Act be re- 
 
 made in his Parliament holden at Westminster, on Monday p^aied so far 
 
 ' •' as regards 
 
 next after the octaves of Saint Martin in the second year of 5?on^to"thT 
 his reign, for the adjoining, annexation, union, and incorpo- LancLt*erof 
 ration, and the rule and governing of the honors, castles, he?itage^of 
 
 , , J 11 . theBohun 
 
 hundreds, commotes, manors, lands, tenements, reversions, estates, 
 annuities, fees, advowsons, possessions, and lordships, of 
 his heritage of the earldoms of Hereford, Essex, and 
 Northampton, with their rights, liberties, franchises, and 
 free customs whatsoever, which were of the inheritance 
 of Lady Mary, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Hum- 
 phrey de Bohun, late Earl of Hereford, Essex, and North- 
 
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 pur terme de sa vie par la leie d'Engleterre, a nostre 
 seigniour le Roi et a ses heirs par droit enheritance 
 descenderent et escheierent, deins le roialme d'Engle- 
 terre, et es parties de Gales, et aillours deins ses seig- 
 niouries et power, et de toutz autres honours, chastelles, 
 hundredes, commotes, manoirs, terres, tenements, rever- 
 sions, annuitees, fees, avouesons, et d^autres possessions, 
 et seigniouries queuxconqes, ou q'ils soient deins les 
 seigniouries et power suisditz, a dite heritage appurte- 
 nantz, a nostre seigniour le Roi, et a ses heirs, a son 
 duchee de Lancastre adjointz, annexez, uniez, et eu- 
 corporez, a toutz jours a remaindrerz, soient par auc- 
 torite de ceste present Parlement adnuUez et defaitz, 
 qant a mesmes les honours, chastelx, hundredes, com- 
 motes, manoirs, terres, tenements, reversions, annuitees, 
 fees, avouesons, possessions, et seigniouries, et ycelles 
 de mesme le duchee disannexez et severez. Et que si 
 bien tout ceo que nostre dit seigniour le Roi ad esluz 
 pur sa parte en yceste Parlement, forspris le dit manoir 
 de Arnale, come ceo que a luy serra par la dite Coun- 
 tesse de Stafford assignee en recompense pur mesme le 
 manoir de Arnale, soit et serra severee de la corone 
 d'Engleterre, et a Tavauntdit duchee de Lancastre adjoinct, 
 annexee, uniee, et incorporee, a nostre seigniour le Roi, 
 et a ses heirs, a mesme le duchee issint adjoinct, annectee, 
 uniee et incorporee, a toutz jours a remaindrer et demurer, 
 auxi entierment, frank, cleer, et deschargee sicome les 
 chastelx, manoirs, terres, tenements, courtes, fees, avoue- 
 sons, vieues, reversions, et autres choses et possessions 
 contenuz en mesme la purpartie nostre dit seigniour le 
 Roi, ovesque ceo que pur le dit manoir de Arnale serra 
 issint assignee, feurent al temps del moriant de dit Hum- 
 frey de Bohun, et en mesmes les manere, fourme, reule. 
 
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 ampton, and Constable of England, mother of our lord the 
 King who now is, whose heir he is, which after the death 
 of King Henry father of our lord the King who now is, 
 who held them for the term of his life by the law of Eng- 
 land, descended and fell to our lord the King and to his 
 heirs by right inheritance, in the realm of England, and in 
 the parts of Wales, and elsewhere within his dominion and 
 power, and of all other honors, castles, hundreds, com- 
 motes, manors, lands, tenements, reversions, annuities, 
 fees, advowsons, and other possessions and lordships what- 
 soever, or wheresoever they may be, within the dominion and 
 power abovesaid, to the said heritage appurtenant, to re- 
 main for ever to our lord the King and his heirs, adjoined, 
 annexed, united, and incorporated with his duchy of Lan- 
 caster, be by the authority of this present Parliament an- 
 nulled and repealed as to the same honors, castles, hun- 
 dreds, commotes, manors, lands, tenements, reversions, an- 
 nuities, fees, advowsons, possessions, and lordships, and 
 that they be disannexed and severed from the said duchy. 
 And that as well all that our said lord the King has and that the 
 chosen for his share in this Parliament, except the said Sewiyls-*° 
 manor of Arnold, as that which shall be assigned to him King be se- 
 
 vered from 
 
 by the said Countess of Stafford in compensation for the thecrown, 
 
 •' '■ and annexed 
 
 said manor of Arnold, be and shall be severed from the SnSfch'^"'^**^ 
 crown of England, and adjoined, annexed, united, and the"former 
 incorporated with the aforesaid duchy of Lancaster, to had?een° 
 
 made by 
 
 remain and endure, thus adjoined, annexed, united, and the Act of 
 
 ' J 5 'J 2 Hen. 5; 
 
 incorporated with the same duchy, to our lord the King 
 and to his heirs for ever, as entirely free, clear, and dis- 
 charged as the castles, manors, lands, tenements, courts, 
 fees, advowsons, views, reversions, and other things and 
 possessions contained in the same purparty of our said 
 lord the King, with that which shall be so assigned for 
 
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 governance, et ove tielx officers, fraunchises, libertees, 
 droitures, et franks custumes, en toutz choses et par 
 toutz choses, sicome les ditz honours, chastelx, hun- 
 dredes, commotes, manoirs, terres, tenements, reversions, 
 annuitees, fees, avouesons, et autres possessions et seig- 
 niouries suisditz, queux le dit nadgairs Roi Henry tenoit 
 a terme de sa vie, et apres sa mort descenderent a nostre 
 dit seigniour le Roi, come dit est, par force du dit act fait 
 en le dit Parlement tenuz a Westmonastre le dit an second, 
 feurent et estre devoient; ascunes alienations, feffementz, 
 dimises, recovereres, discontinuances, grantes ou charges 
 en cell partie, apres la mort de dit Humfrey faitz, non 
 obstantz. Et que la purpartie nostre dit seigniour le 
 Roi de les fees et avouesons en groos de Pheritage du 
 dit nadgairs Count que ne sont unqore departiez, apres 
 la purpartie ent affaire fait, soit come avaunt est dit, de 
 la dite corone d'Engleterre severee, et al dit duchee de 
 Lancastre adjoinct, annexee, uniee, et incorporee, a nostre 
 seigniour le Roi, et a ses heirs, a mesme le duchee issint ad- 
 joinct, annexee, uniee, et incorporee, a toutz jours a remain- 
 drer et demurer, en mesmes les manere, fourme, reule, et 
 governance en toutz choses et par toutz choses, et ove tielx 
 officers, franchises, libertees, droitures, et franks custumes, 
 sicome dit est de tout ceo que nostre dit seigniour le Roi ad 
 issint esluz en ceste present Parlement pur sa parte, hors- 
 pris le dit manoir de Arnale, et auxi de ceo que a luy par 
 la dite Countesse de Stafford serra assignee en recompense 
 pur mesme le manoir de Arnale ; ascunes alienations, 
 feffements, dimises, discontinuances, grauntes ou charges 
 en cell partie, apres la mort du dit Humfrey de Bohun 
 faitz, nient obstantz. Purveu toutz foitz que ceux qi 
 serront ou devoient estre de droit enheritablez par force 
 d'ascun taill, par quell le dit Humfrey fuist enheritee 
 ou enheritable, des ditz chastelx, manoirs, terres, tene- 
 
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 the said manor of Arnold, were at the time of the death 
 of the said Humphrey de Bohun, and in the same manner, 
 form, rule, governance, and with such officers, franchises, 
 hberties, rights, and free customs, in all things, and 
 through all things, as the said honors, castles, hundreds, 
 commotes, manors, lands, tenements, reversions, annuities, 
 fees, advowsons, and other possessions and lordships above- 
 said, which the said late King Henry held for the term of 
 his life, and after his death descended to our said lord the 
 King, as has been said, were and ought to be by force 
 of the said act made in the said Parliament holden at 
 Westminster in the said second year; any alienations, feoff- 
 ments, demises, recoveries, discontinuances, grants, or 
 charges in that part made since the death of the said 
 Humphrey, notwithstanding. And that the purparty of and so with 
 our said lord the King of the fees and advowsons in Sand°ad-^ 
 
 />i -i. n 1 • 1 t -r-»i I'll vowsons in 
 
 gross 01 the heritage of the said late Earl which have gross not yet 
 not yet been divided, after partition thereof to be made 
 shall have been made, be, as is aforesaid, severed from 
 the said crown of England, and adjoined, annexed, united, 
 and incorporated with the said duchy of Lancaster, to re- 
 main and endure, thus adjoined, annexed, united, and in- 
 corporated with the same duchy, to our lord the King 
 and to his heirs for ever, in the same manner, form, 
 rule, and governance in all things and through all things, 
 and with such officers, franchises, liberties, rights, and 
 free customs, as has been said, of all that which our 
 said lord the King has so chosen for his share in this 
 present Parliament, except the said manor of Arnold, 
 and also of that which shall be assigned to him by the 
 said Countess of Stafford in compensation for the same 
 manor of Arnold ; any alienations, feoffments, demises, 
 discontinuances, grants, or charges in that part made since 
 the death of the said Humphrey de Bohun, notwith- 
 
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 ments, courts, fees, viewes, avouesons, reversions, et autres 
 possessions contenuz en la purpartie quell nostre seigniour 
 le Roi ad esluz pur sa parte en ceste Parlement, ou en 
 ascun parcell d'icelles, forspris de le dit manoir de A male, 
 ou de ceo que par la dite Countesse de Stafford serra as- 
 signee au Roi en recompense pur mesme le manoir de 
 Arnale, ou de ceo q'en la purpartie des ditz fees et 
 avouesons en groos a faire de part nostre seigniour le 
 Roi a eslire, ne soient forclosez a demander, recoverer, 
 et avoir mesmes les chastelx, manoirs, terres, tenements, 
 courtes, fees, veuwes, avouesons, reversions, et autres pos- 
 sessions suisditz, apres les ditz tailles en nostre dit seig- 
 niour le Roi et ses heirs de son corps engendrez, et en 
 les heirs de corps du dite Marie engendrez, terminez 
 et exteintz, que Dieu defende, par ceste adjunction, an- 
 nection, union, et incorporation; et que si bien tout 
 ceo que le Roi issint eslist pur sa parte en cest present 
 Parlement, horspris le dit manoir de Arnale, ovesque 
 ceo q'il avera par assignement de la dite Countesse de 
 Stafford en recompense pur mesme le manoir de Ar- 
 nale, come la dite purpartie quell le Roi linquist a 
 mesme la Countesse de Stafford en ceo mesme Parlement, 
 pur sa parte, et auxi la purpartie affaire de les ditz fees 
 et avouesons en groos parentre nostre seigniour le Roi, 
 et mesme la Countesse de Stafford, qant ele soit fait, 
 estoisent en lour force et vertue, parentre eux et lour 
 heirs a toutz jours, en manere et forme come dessuis 
 est declaree; savant toutdis Tenheritance, si bien de 
 parte nostre seigniour le Roi et de ses heirs, come de 
 parte du dite Countesse de Stafford et de ses heirs, en 
 manere come avant est dit et purveu. Et auxi que la 
 purpartie quell la dite Countesse ad pur sa parte, come 
 appiert de recorde en ceste present Parlement, soit auxi 
 entierment franke, cleer, et deschargee sicome les chas- 
 
190 
 
 standing. Provided always that those who shall be or saving the 
 ought to be of riffht inheritable, by force of any tail claimants 
 
 ^ ° "^ , •' under any 
 
 through which the said Humphrey had inherited or was t^f^'J^^Sftof 
 inheritable of the said castles, manors, lands, tenements, thehSrof^ 
 courts, fees, views, advowsons, reversions, and other pos- Sary^'dl"^ 
 sessions contained in the purparty which our lord the 
 King has chosen for his share in this Parliament, or in 
 any parcel of them, except of the said manor of Arnold, 
 or of that which shall be assigned to the King by the 
 said Countess of Stafford in compensation for the said 
 manor of Arnold, or of that to be chosen on the part 
 of our said lord the King in the partition to be made 
 of the said fees and advowsons in gross, be not fore- 
 closed by this adjoining, annexation, union, and incor- 
 poration, from demanding, recovering, and having the 
 same castles, manors, lands, tenements, courts, fees, views, 
 advowsons, reversions, and other possessions abovesaid, 
 after the said tails in our said lord the King, and his 
 heirs of his body begotten, and in the heirs begotten 
 of the body of the said Mary, have become determined 
 and extinct, which God forbid. And that as well all that The partition 
 
 . , . T1 now made 
 
 which the Kinff so chose for his share in this present Par- between the 
 
 ^ ^ ^ King and the 
 
 liament, except the said manor of Arnold, with that which and^Sas 
 he will have by assignment of the said Countess of Stafford SSbe'^^' 
 in compensation for the same manor of Arnold, as the SanJin ^ 
 said purparty which the King left to the same Countess 
 of Stafford for her share in this same Parliament, and also 
 the partition to be made of the said fees and advowsons in 
 gross between our lord the King and the same Countess of 
 Stafford, when it shall have been made, shall endure in their 
 force and virtue, between them and their heirs for ever, 
 in manner and form as is above declared; saving always 
 the inheritance, as well on the part of our lord the King 
 and his heirs, as on the part of the said Countess of Staf- 
 
 force. 
 
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 telx, manoirs, courtes, fees, avouesons, hundredes, et 
 autres choses et possessions contenuz en sa dite purpar- 
 tie, feurent au temps du moriant de dit Humfrey de 
 Bohun; ascunes alienations, fefFements, dimises, recove- 
 reres, discontinuances, grantes ou charges en cell partie, 
 apres la mort de dit Humfrey de Bohun faitz, nient ob- 
 stantz. Et outre ceo nostre dit seigniour le Roi voet 
 par Tauctorite suisdite, que le Chanceller d'Engleterre 
 et les Seigniours du Counseill mesme nostre seigniour le 
 Roi pur le temps esteantz, appellez a eux tielx justices 
 de Roi come lour semblera a faire, aient plein poair 
 par auctorite du ceste Parlement, par entre cy et le 
 fyn del seconde an ore proschein ensuant, de amender 
 et refourmer les suisdites purparties, annection, et disan- 
 nection, et toutz autres choses contenuz en ycelles bo- 
 soignables, selonc lour advis et discretions; savant tout 
 ditz la substance, Tentent, et I'efFect de mesmes les 
 purpartie, annection, et disannection, et d'autres choses 
 suisditz. Et le Roi disoit auxi en mesme ceo Parle- 
 ment, que si la dite Countesse de Stafford vorroit entrer 
 en les honours, chastelx, hundredes, commotes, manoirs, 
 terres, tenements, et autres choses et possessions, en sa 
 purpartie de novell faite especifiez, sanz suer ent sa livere 
 en la Chauncellerie, et de cell entre avoir pardon du Roi, 
 ou q*ele vorroit avoir licence du Roi d'entrer en icelles, que 
 ceo serroit a sa election, et graunta outre q'ele averoit tiele 
 licence ou pardon a sa voluntee desoutz le graund scale du 
 Roi a faire en due fourme, par advis de son Conseil. 
 
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 ford and her heirs, in manner as is before said and provided. 
 
 And also that the purparty which the said Countess has for Thepurparty 
 
 1 . 1 • -n» T assigned to 
 
 her share, as appears of record m this present Parliament, the countess 
 
 ' ^^ ^ shaUbeas 
 
 be as entirely free, clear, and discharged, as the castles, J^f^r^edasat 
 manors, courts, fees, advowsons, hundreds, and other nSmphJ'eJ'^ 
 things and possessions contained in her said purparty *^® ^**^"n- 
 were at the time of the death of the said Humphrey de 
 Bohun; any alienations, feoffments, demises, recoveries, 
 discontinuances, grants or charges in that part made since 
 the death of the said Humphrey de Bohun, notwithstand- 
 ing. And, moreover, our said lord the King wills, by Thechan- 
 the authority abovesaid, that the Chancellor of England Lords of the 
 
 ^ Council may 
 
 and the Lords of the Council of our said lord the Kinff reform the 
 
 o partition 
 
 for the time being, having called to them such justices yj^s"*^° 
 of the King as shall seem to them requisite, may have 
 full power by the authority of this Parliament, between 
 this and the end of the second year now next ensuing, 
 to amend and reform the abovesaid partition, annexa- 
 tion, and disannexing, and all other necessary things con- 
 tained in the same, according to their advice and discre- 
 tion ; saving always the substance, intent, and effect of 
 the same partition, annexation, and disannexing, and other 
 things abovesaid. And the King also said in this same The countess 
 Parliament, that if the said Countess of Stafford should choice of 
 
 pardon for 
 
 wish to enter upon the honors, castles, hundreds, com- entering 
 motes, manors, lands, tenements, and other things and ^"[JoJ7 
 possessions specified in her purparty anew made, with- or\h^emn74 
 out suing livery thereof in the Chancery, and to have enten^ ° 
 the King's pardon for this entry, or that she should 
 wish to have the King's licence for entering upon the 
 same, that it should be at her choice ; and granted be- 
 sides that she should have such licence or pardon at 
 her will, to be made in due form under the King's great 
 seal, by advice of his Council. 
 
192 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 Rot. Pari. 
 1 Hen. 6. 
 n. 34. In 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmoiiasterium die Lunse proximo 
 ante festum Sancti Martini, anno regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Con- 
 questum primo. 
 
 Pur la partition affaire parentre le Roy et Dame 
 Anne Contesse de Stafford des fees et advoesons 
 
 EN GROSSE DE l'eNHERITANCE DE LE CoUNTEE DE 
 
 Hereford Essex et Norhampton. 
 
 TEM fait assavoir q'une supplication fuist baillez 
 en ceste Parlement par les Communes esteantz 
 en le mesme, pur Dame Anne Countesse de 
 Stafford file et heir a Alianore une des files et 
 heirs' Humfrey de Bohun nadgairs Count de Hereford 
 Essex et Norhampton et Constable d'Engleterre, dont le 
 tenure cy ensuit. — A nostre tres soverain seigniour le 
 Roy et Seigniours Espirituelx et Temporelx de ceste 
 present Parlement supplie Anne Countesse de Stafford, 
 file et heir a Alianore une des files et heirs Humfrey 
 de Bohun nadgairs Count de Hereford Essex et Nor- 
 hampton et Constable d'Engleterre, qe come al Parle- 
 ment tenuz a Westmonastre, le second jour de May, 
 Pan du regno le Roi Henry nadgairs Roi d'Engleterre 
 pier nostre seigniour le Roi q'ore est neofisme pur- 
 partie estoit faite par entre le dit nadgairs Roi fitz et 
 heir a Marie I'autre des files et heirs de dit nadgairs 
 Count, et la dite suppliante, de toutz chastelx manoirs 
 ove lour appurtenances et membres, et auxi des hun- 
 dredes terres tenements mareis fees des countees courts 
 viewes forestes parks bois et reversions ove les appur- 
 
9th Nov, 
 1 Hen. 6. 
 
 192 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 Roll of the Parliament holden at Westminster on Monday next before 
 the feast of Saint Martin, in the first year of the reign of King Henry the 
 Sixth after the Conquest. 
 
 For the partition to be made between the King 
 AND Lady Anne Countess of Stafford of the fees 
 and advowsons in gross of the heritage of the 
 Earldom of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton. 
 
 TEM, be it known that a petition was de- 
 livered in this Parliament by the Commons 
 present in the same, for Lady Anne Countess 
 of Stafford, daughter and heir of Eleanor one 
 of the daughters and co-heirs of Humphrey de Bohun, late 
 Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable 
 of England, the tenor of which here follows. — Anne petition 
 Countess of Stafford, daughter and heir of Eleanor, one countess of 
 
 . Stafford that 
 
 of the daughters and co-heirs of Humphrey de Bohun, late partition be 
 
 ° r J ^ made of the 
 
 Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable ^owsons tn" 
 
 of England, beseecheth our most sovereign lord the King, Sagl^of 
 
 and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this present Par- of Hereford, 
 
 liament, that whereas in the Parliament holden at West- may be de- 
 termined 
 minster on the second day of May in the ninth year of ^^'^^^^l 
 
 the reign of King Henry, late King of England, father of £'°4"oJJf ' 
 
 our lord the King who now is, partition was made between l^\\^lT^^^' 
 
 the said late King, son and heir of Mary one other of the g°ross, 
 
 ji 1 •11-riiii •! members of 
 
 dauo^hters and co-heirs of the said late Earl, and the said Brecon 
 
 lordships in 
 
 petitioner, of all castles, manors, with their appurtenances 
 and members, and also of the hundreds, lands, tenements, 
 marshes, fees of counties, courts, views, forests, parks, 
 
 2 c 
 
 castle. 
 
193 
 
 tenaunces en Engleterre et en Gales, ensemblement ove 
 fees des chivalers et avoesons des esglises abbeiees pri- 
 oriees vicariees hospitalx chapelx et autres benefices de 
 Seint Esglise, et de toutz autres choses queuxconqes 
 as ditz chastelx manoirs terres tenements et autres pos- 
 sessions, ou a ascun de eux, en ascun manere appurte- 
 nantz appendantz ou regardantz ; des queux le dit nad- 
 gairs Count, aiel du dit nadgairs Roi et du dite suppliante, 
 fuist seisi si bien en demesne come en reversion a temps de 
 sa moriant (forspris les fees des chivalers et avoesons des 
 esglises abbeiees prioriees vicariees hospitalx chapelx et 
 autres benefices de Seinte Esglise de dite heritage adonqes 
 esteantz en groos), sicome en deux rolles de mesme la pur- 
 partie enactiez de record en le dit Parlement est contenuz 
 pluis au plein : et les queux fees et avoesons ensi esteantz 
 en groos, apres la dite purpartie, demurrerent en les mains 
 du dit nadgairs Roi tout sa vie et unqore demurront en les 
 mains nostre seigniour le Roi q''or est, a cause que null 
 purpartie ent fuist faite en la vie de mesme le nadgairs 
 Roi ; et auxi toutz les chartres muniments et evidences 
 touchantz ambedeux parties del purpartie avauntdite sont 
 en la garde de Johan Leventhorp, q'est del Counseil del 
 Duchee de Lancastre, quell Johan rien voet deliverer des 
 ditz evidences a dite suppliante sanz commandement del 
 tres honurable Counseil nostre seigniour le Roi. Et auxi, 
 combien sur mesme la purpartie, les chastell et manoir de 
 Brekenok, ove les membres, entre autres furent assignez al 
 purpartie du dite suppliante, sicome appiert par les ditz rolles 
 du dite purpartie, (des queux chastell et manoir les seig- 
 niouries de Penkethlyn, Brenles, Langoit, et Canturcelly 
 en Gales, furent membres a temps du dite purpartie, et 
 tout ditz a devaunt), nientmeins mesmes les seigniouries de 
 Penkethlyn, Brenles, Langoit, et Canturcelly, continuel- 
 
193 
 
 woods, and reversions, with the appurtenances, in England 
 and Wales, together with knights' fees and advowsons of 
 churches, abbeys, priories, vicarages, hospitals, chapels, and 
 other benefices of Holy Church, and of all other things 
 whatsoever in any manner appurtenant to, appendent on, 
 or respecting the said castles, manors, lands, tenements, and 
 other possessions, or any of them ; of which the said late 
 Earl, grandfather of the said late King and of the said 
 petitioner, was seised as well in demesne as in reversion 
 at the time of his death (except the knights' fees and 
 advowsons of the churches, abbeys, priories, vicarages, 
 hospitals, chapels, and other benefices of Holy Church 
 of the said heritage then being in gross), as is more 
 fully contained in two rolls of the same partition enacted 
 of record in the same Parhament: and which fees and 
 advowsons, so being in gross, remained, after the said 
 partition, in the hands of the said late King all his life, 
 and yet remain in the hands of our lord the King who 
 now is, by reason that no partition was thereof made in 
 the hfe of the same late King ; and also all the charters, 
 muniments, and evidences touching both parts of the 
 partition aforesaid are in the custody of John Leven- 
 thorp, who is of the Council of the Duchy of Lancas- 
 ter, which John will deliver no part of the said evidences 
 to the said petitioner without command of the very ho- 
 norable Council of our lord the King. And whereas, also, 
 upon the same partition, the castle and manor of Breck- 
 nock, with the members, were, among others, assigned to 
 the purparty of the said petitioner, as appears by the said 
 rolls of the said partition, (of which castle and manor the 
 lordships of Penkelly, Broyn-llys, Llangoit, and CantrefF- 
 celly in Wales were members at the time of the said par- 
 tition, and always before,) nevertheless the same lordships 
 
 2 c 2 
 
194 
 
 ment puis la dite purpartie ont demurrez seisez en les 
 mains le dit nadgairs Roi et en les mains nostra seig- 
 niour le Roi q'or est, pur ceo q'est pretenduz par le 
 Counseil del dit Duchee de Lancastre mesmes les seig- 
 niouries de Penkethlyn, Brenles, Langoit, et Canturcelly, 
 a temps de dite purpartie estre seigniouries en groos et 
 nient membres des ditz chastell et manoir de Brekenock ; 
 et a cause que null especial mencion fuist faite d'icell 
 en la dite purpartie, a tres grande perde et damage du 
 dite suppliante. Please a THautesse de nostre dit tres 
 soverain seigniour le Roi et a les tres sages discretions 
 des ditz seigniours de ceste present Parlement d'ordeigner, 
 par auctorite de mesme le Parlement covenable voie pur 
 la partition a faire parentre nostre seigniour le Roi et 
 la dite suppliante des ditz fees et avoesons esteantz en 
 groos ; et pur la severance des ditz chartres evidences 
 et muniments queux touchent severalment les dites pur- 
 parties, et auxi pur la manere de la saulf garde des chartres 
 evidences et muniments touchantz en comune de mesmes 
 les purparties ; et auxi pur la discution et determination 
 de les clayrn et pretence suisditz, c'est assavoir, le quell des 
 ditz seigniouries de Penkethlyn, Brenles, Langoit, et Can- 
 turcelly, a temps de dite purpartie, furent seigniouries en 
 groos, ou autrement membres et parcelles des ditz chas- 
 tell et manoir de Brekenok. Et en outre par mesme I'auc- 
 torite d'ordeigner q'en cas que determine soit que les ditz 
 seigniouries de Penkethlyn, Brenles, Langoit et Cantur- 
 celly, ou ascun parcell d'icell, furent ou fuist, au temps 
 du dite purpartie, membres ou membre des ditz chastell 
 et manoir de Brekenok, q'adonqes la dite suppliante 
 puisse entrer, enjoier, et reteigner a luy et a ses heirs, 
 a sa dite purpartie, mesmes les seigniouries ou parcell 
 d'icelles queux serront ou serra ensi determinez ou de- 
 
194 
 
 of Penkelly, Broyu-llys, Llangoit, and CantrefFcelly have re- 
 mained ever since the said partition seised in the hands of 
 the said late King, and in the hands of our lord the King 
 who now is, because it is pretended by the Council of the 
 said Duchy of Lancaster that the same lordships of Pen- 
 kelly, Broyn-llys, Llangoit, and CantrefFcelly were at the 
 time of the said partition lordships in gross, and not mem- 
 bers of the said castle and manor of Brecknock ; and by 
 reason that no especial mention was made of the same in 
 the said purparty, to the great loss and damage of the said 
 petitioner. May it please our most sovereign lord the 
 King's Highness, and the said very wise and discreet 
 Lords of this present Parliament, to ordain, by authority 
 of the same Parliament, a convenient way for making par- 
 tition between our lord the King and the said petitioner of 
 the said fees and advowsons being in gross; and for the 
 severance of the said charters, evidences, and muniments 
 which touch the said purparties severally, and also for the 
 manner of safe custody of the charters, evidences, and muni- 
 ments touching the same purparties in common; and also for 
 the discussion and determination of the claim and pretence 
 aforesaid, to wit, which of the said lordships of Penkelly, 
 Broyn-llys, Llangoit, and CantrefFcelly were, at the time of 
 the said partition, lordships in gross, or else members and 
 parcels of the said castle and manor of Brecknock. And, 
 moreover, to ordain, by the same authority, that in case it 
 be determined that the said lordships of Penkelly, Broyn- 
 llys, Llangoit, and CantrefFcelly, or any parcel of the same, 
 were or was, at the time of the said partition, members or 
 member of the said castle and manor of Brecknock, that 
 then the said petitioner may enter, enjoy, and retain to 
 her and her heirs, for her said purparty, the same lordships 
 or parcel thereof which shall be so determined members or 
 
195 
 
 termine membres ou parcell des ditz chastell et manoir 
 de Brekenok, selonc Teffect et forme del dite primer pur- 
 par tie; et auxi q'ele eit toutz les issues et profitz ent 
 prisez puis le temps del dite primer purpartie, et tielx 
 et tantz briefs desoutz le graunde seal, ou privee seal 
 nostre seigniour le Roi, pur lever mesmes les issues, 
 come semblera a dite suppliante et sen counseill meultz 
 bosoignables en ceste partie. Et en cas que determine 
 soit que mesmes les seigniouries ou ascun parcell d'icell, 
 a temps de dite primer purpartie, furent en groos, et 
 nient membres des ditz cbastell et manoir de Brekenok, 
 adonqes d'ordeigner voie pur la partition ent a faire 
 par entre nostre dit seigniour le Roi et la dite sup- 
 pliante, et q'ele eit toutz les issues et profits provenauntz 
 puis le temps du dite primer purpartie de tout ceo q'ent 
 serra assigne a la purpartie de dite suppliante, et auxi 
 tielx et atantz des briefs desoutz le graunde seal, ou privee 
 seal nostre seigniour le Roi, pur lever mesmes les issues 
 et profitz, come semblera a dite suppliante et a son coun- 
 seill meultz bosoignables, et ceo pur Dieu et en oevere 
 de charite. Considerant que les feoffes du dit Humfrey 
 de Bohun lesserent a Johanne de Bohun, jadis Countesse 
 de Hereford, que Dieux assoille, manoirs terres et tene- 
 ments a la value de cent livers par an, a tenir a dite 
 Countesse pur sa vie, issint que apres la mort de dite 
 Countesse mesmes les manoirs terres et tenements re- 
 maindroient as ditz Marie et Alianore, files et heirs du 
 dit Count, pur toutz jours: quell Marie morust vivant 
 la dite Alianore, par quoi la reversion des mesmes les 
 manoirs terres et tenements accrust a dite Alianore par 
 la surviver ; la quele Alianore morust, par quoi la re- 
 version des ditz manoirs terres et tenements descendist 
 a dite suppliante, come a file et heir la dite Alianore : 
 
195 
 
 parcel of the said castle and manor of Brecknock, accord- 
 ing to the effect and form of the said first partition ; and 
 also that she may have all the issues and profits thence 
 taken since the time of the said first partition, and such 
 and so many writs under the great seal or privy seal of our 
 lord the King, to levy the same issues, as shall seem to the 
 said petitioner and her counsel most necessary in this re- 
 spect. And in case it be determined that the same lord- 
 ships or any parcel thereof were in gross at the time of 
 the said first partition, and not members of the said castle 
 and manor of Brecknock, then to ordain a way for parti- 
 tion thereof to be made between our said lord the King 
 and the said petitioner, and that she may have all the 
 issues and profits arising since the time of the said first 
 partition from all that which shall be thereof assigned to 
 the purparty of the said petitioner, and also such and so 
 many writs under the great seal or privy seal of our lord 
 the King, to levy the same issues and profits, as shall seem 
 to the said petitioner and her counsel most necessary, and 
 this for God and as a work of charity. Considering that 
 the feoffees of the said Humphrey de Bohun released to 
 Joan de Bohun, late Countess of Hereford, whom God 
 pardon, manors, lands, and tenements to the value of one 
 hundred pounds a-year, to hold to the said Countess for 
 her life, so that after the death of the said Countess the 
 same manors, lands, and tenements should remain for 
 ever to the said Mary and Eleanor, daughters and co- 
 heirs of the said Earl : which Mary died during the life 
 of the said Eleanor, whereby the reversion of the same 
 manors, lands, and tenements accrued to the said Eleanor 
 by survivorship ; which Eleanor died, whereby the rever- 
 sion of the said manors, lands, and tenements descended 
 to the said petitioner, as daughter and heir to the said 
 
196 
 
 et nient obstant cell descent, la dite suppliante, al plesir 
 du dit nadgairs Roi, pier nostre seigniour le Roi q'or 
 est, mist mesmes les manoirs terres et tenements en 
 purpartie, ensemblement ove le remenaunt de mesme Ten- 
 heritance. — A la quele supplication leeu en mesme le 
 Parlement, et bien entendu, respondu fuit en le manere 
 come cy ensuit. 
 
 Responsio. — Soit ceste supplication, ove la respons 
 cy ensuant, apres ceo q'eles soient enrollez en le roll 
 d'icell Parlement, mandez a le grande Conseil du Roi : 
 et que sur ceo les Seigniours de mesme le Conseil, pur 
 le temps esteantz presentz en le mesme, aient plein poair 
 par auctorite de ceo mesme Parlement d'ordener pur et 
 de les partition a faire, et discutions, determinations, et 
 toutz les autres choses et matiers en la dite supplica- 
 tion especifieez, et les circumstances d'iceles, selonc lour 
 bones advises et discretions. 
 
196 
 
 Eleanor: and notwithstanding this descent, the said peti- 
 tioner, at the pleasure of the said late King, father of our 
 lord the King who now is, placed the same manors, lands, 
 and tenements in purparty, together with the remainder 
 of the same inheritance. To which petition, read in the 
 same Parliament, and well understood, answer was made 
 in manner as here follows. 
 
 Answer. — Let this petition, with the answer here fol- 
 lowing, after they shall have been enrolled on the roll of 
 this Parliament, be sent to the Great Council of the 
 King : and thereupon let the Lords of the same Council, 
 for the time being present in the same, have full power, by 
 authority of this same Parliament, to ordain for and re- 
 specting the partition to be made, and the discussions, de- 
 terminations, and all other things and matters specified in 
 the said petition, and the circumstances thereof, according 
 to their good advice and discretion. 
 
197 
 
 XXV. 
 
 Ex originali 
 in Turr. 
 Lond. 
 
 Per Ducem 
 
 Gloucestrise. 
 
 26odieJunii. 
 
 Petitio in Parliamento tento anno regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Con- 
 questum decimo. 
 
 NOSTRE tres sovereigne seigniour nostre 
 seigniour le Roy supplie humblement Anne 
 Countesse de Staiford, file et heir Alianore 
 une dez filez et heirs Humfrei de Bohun jadis 
 Count de Hereford, Essex, et Northampton, et Constable 
 d'Engleterre, qe come sur certein accord e ewe parentre le 
 tres noble Prince Henry jadis Roy d'Engleterre vostre 
 tres noble piere, qe Dieu assoil, fitz et heir Marie, autre 
 dez filez et heirs du dit Count, purpartie fuist fait par- 
 entre vostre dit tres noble piere et la dite suppliant, 
 par auctorite de Parlement vostre dit tres noble piere 
 tenuz a Westmonastre le secund jour de May I'an de 
 son reigne neofisme, de toutz chastels et manoirs ove 
 lour appurtenantz et dez hundredes terres tenementz 
 mariscz fees countees courtez vewez forestez parkes 
 boysz reversions et autres possessions qeconqes, ove lour 
 appurtenantz, en Engleterre, Galez, et Marche de Galez, 
 des queux le dit Count murust seisie, sibien en demesne 
 come en reversion, forspris feez et avousons esteantz en 
 gros. Et auxi en mesme le Parlement acorde fuist par- 
 entre vostre dit tres noble piere et la dite suppliant, 
 qe la dite suppliant ferroit particion de lez fees et avou- 
 sons en gros avant ditz ; et qe vostre dit tres noble piere 
 eslieroit la quele part qe luy plerra de lez fees et avousons 
 en gros avant ditz, issint par la dite suppliant a departiers, 
 lesqueux unquore remaignent en voz mains nient depar« 
 
197 
 
 XXV. 
 
 Petition in the Parliament holden in the tenth year of the reign of King 
 Henry the Sixth after the Conquest. 
 
 NNE Countess of Stafford, daughter and heir 26th June, 
 
 ° 10 Hen. 6. 
 
 of Eleanor one of the daughters and co-heirs *•»• 1*32 
 
 of Humphrey de Bohun, late Earl of Here- 
 ford, Essex, and Northampton, and Constable 
 
 By the Duke 
 of Glouces- 
 ter. 
 
 of England, humbly beseecheth our most sovereign lord Petition 
 
 our lord the King, that whereas upon a certain agreement g""^'^^.^^ f 
 
 had between the most noble Prince Henry late King of SeoTth^ 
 
 England, your very noble father, whom God pardon, son vo^ws^ontin' 
 
 and heir of Mary, one other of the daughters and co-heirs hSage of 
 
 • iT-ii .. 1, .1 the earldom 
 
 of the said Earl, partition was made between your said very of Hereford. 
 noble father and the said petitioner, by authority of the 
 Parliament of your said very noble father holden at West- 
 minster on the second day of May in the ninth year of his 
 reign, of all the castles and manors with their appurte- 
 nances, and of the hundreds, lands, tenements, marshes, 
 fees of counties, courts, views, forests, parks, woods, rever- 
 sions, and other possessions whatsoever, with their appur- 
 tenances, in England, Wales, and the Marches of Wales, of 
 which the said Earl died seised, as well in demesne as in 
 reversion, except fees and advowsons being in gross. And 
 it was also agreed in the same Parliament between your 
 said very noble father -and the said petitioner, that the said 
 petitioner should make partition of the aforesaid fees and 
 advowsons in gross, and that your said very noble father 
 should choose which share should please him of the afore- 
 said fees and advowsons in gross, so to be divided by the 
 
198 
 
 tiez. Qe please a vostre Hautesse de grauntier par auc- 
 torite de cest present Parlement, qe la dit Countesse 
 poet faire particion dez feez et avousons en gros avant 
 ditz, et lez particions issint a fairs mettier en vostre 
 Chauncerie en escriptz, et qe apres mesme la parti- 
 cion ensy fait, voz Chaunceler et Tresorer d'Engleterre 
 pur le temps esteantz eient power par mesme Pauctoritee 
 d'eslier pur vous quele part qe lour semblera meiliour 
 pur vous des fees et avousons en gros avant ditz ; et qe la 
 dite Countesse poet entrer aver et enjoier, et eit et enjoie 
 lez ditz feez et avousons en gros avant ditz, nient pur vous 
 esluz par lez Chaunceler et Tresorer avant ditz, et eux 
 tener a luy et a sez heirs, sans reclamacion ou empeche- 
 ment de vous ou de voz heirs en temps a vener, sanz 
 suer livere, licence, pardon, ou ascoun autre suyte, en 
 ascoun autre maner, de lez fees et avousons en gros avant 
 ditz : et oustre ceo, qe lez ditz particion et election issint 
 a fairs faitz estoient en lour fors a touts jours par auctorite 
 suis ditz, ascuns descent, doune, graunt, feffement, matier 
 ou cause qeconqes nient obsteantz. Savant tout foitz a 
 toutz voz liegez lour actions titulez et interessez, si ascuns 
 eient en ycelles. Pur Dieu et en eovere de charitee. 
 
 A ceste bille les Communes ount donne lour assent. 
 {In dor so.) 
 
 FACIAT infrascripta Comitissa partitionem de feodi 
 et advocationibus in grosso, in prsesenti petitione specifi- 
 catis, et eandem partitionem sic factam deferat in cancel- 
 lariam domini Regis, et vocatis coram Cancellario et The- 
 saurario Angliae pro tempore existentibus, in cancellaria 
 praedicta, Camerario et Generali Receptore ducatus Lan- 
 castria3, ac aliis de concilio Regis ejusdem ducatus quos 
 pra^fati Cancellarius et Thesaurarius in hac parte fore vi- 
 derint evocandos, habeant iidem Cancellarius et Thcsau- 
 
198 
 
 said petitioner; the which yet remain undivided in your 
 hands. May it please your Highness to grant, by au- 
 thority of this present Parhament, that the said Countess 
 may make partition of the aforesaid fees and advowsons 
 in gross, and place the portions so to be made in writing 
 in your Chancery, and that after the same partition so 
 made your Chancellor and Treasurer of England for the 
 time being may have power by the same authority to 
 choose for you the portion which shall seem to them 
 the better for you of the aforesaid fees and advowsons in 
 gross ; and that the said Countess may be enabled to enter, 
 have, and enjoy, and may have and enjoy, the said fees and 
 advowsons in gross aforesaid not chosen for you by the 
 Chancellor and Treasurer aforesaid, and hold them to 
 herself and to her heirs, without reclaim or hinder- 
 ance of you, or of your heirs in time to come, without 
 suing livery, licence, pardon, or any other suit, in any 
 other manner, of the fees and advowsons in gross afore- 
 said : and moreover, that, the said partition and choice 
 so to be made having been made, they may remain in 
 their force for ever by the authority abovesaid, any de- 
 scent, gift, grant, feoffment, matter, or cause whatever 
 notwithstanding. Saving always to all your lieges their 
 actions, titles, and interests, if any they have in the same. 
 For God and as a work of charity. 
 
 To this bill the Commons have given their assent. 
 (On the back.) 
 
 LET the within-written Countess make partition of the Answer, 
 fees and advowsons in gross specified in the present peti- 
 tion, and let her carry the same partition so made into the 
 Chancery of our lord the King ; and the Chamberlain and 
 Receiver General of the Duchy of Lancaster, and others 
 of the King's Council of the same Duchy of Lancaster 
 
190 
 
 rarius plenam, auctoritate praesentis Parliamenti, potes- 
 tatem eligendi pro domino Rege illam propartem quam 
 de avisamento et assensu dictorum Camerarii, Receptoris, 
 et aliorum de dicto concilio, melius pro domino Rege vi- 
 debitur eligendam. Qua quidem electione per prsefatos 
 Cancellarium et Thesaurarium in forma praedicta facta, 
 habeat praefata Comitissa auctoritate praedicta libera- 
 tionem extra manus Regis alterius propartis ipsam con- 
 tingentis in forma juris. 
 
199 
 
 whom the Chancellor and Treasurer of England for the 
 time being shall see proper to be called in this case, 
 being called into the aforesaid Chancery before the afore- 
 said Chancellor and Treasurer, let the same Chancel- 
 lor and Treasurer, by authority of the present Parlia- 
 ment, have the full power of choosing for our lord the 
 King that purparty which, by the advice and assent of the 
 said Chamberlain, Receiver, and others of the said Council, 
 shall seem the better to be chosen for our lord the King. 
 Which choice having been made by the aforesaid Chan- 
 cellor and Treasurer in form aforesaid, let the aforesaid 
 Countess, by the authority aforesaid, have livery in due 
 form out of the King's hands of the other purparty belong- 
 ing to herself. 
 
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 XXVI. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tend apud Westmonasterium in crastino Sancti 
 Martini, anno regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum deeimo oc- 
 tavo. 
 
 Rot. Pari. 
 18 Hen. 6. 
 n. 16. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 14th Jan. 
 18 Hen. 6. 
 A.D. 1440. 
 
 The reve- 
 nues of the 
 Duchies of 
 Lancaster 
 and Cornwall 
 shall be ap- 
 plied to the 
 expenses of 
 the King's 
 household 
 for five years. 
 
 TEM, for so moche as the King oure Soverayn 
 Lord, havyng knoweliche of grete murmour 
 and clamour that shold be in his Roialme of 
 Englond for non paiment of the dispensis of 
 his Houshold, willyng, of his goode grace, paiment to his 
 hege peple to be made for the dispensis of the same Hous- 
 hold, graunteth and ordeineth hi thassent of the Lordes 
 Spirituell and Temporell, and the Communes of the saide 
 Roialme, in this present Parlement assemblid, and hi auc- 
 torite of the same Parlement, that alle the profiles, issues, 
 revenues, customes and commoditees, comyng or for to 
 come, of alle the castellis, honnures, maners, lordschippes, 
 landis, tenementis, rentes, reversions, services, fraunchises, 
 libertees, viewes of francplegge, hundredes, letis, courtis, 
 and alle other enheritaunces and possessions of the Duchie 
 of Lancastre remaynyng in his hand, and of the Duchie of 
 Cornewaille, while the same Duchie shall be in his hand, 
 fro the fest of Seint Michell the archangell last passid, 
 except alle fees, wages, annuytees, reparations, and other 
 chargis necessarie goyng out of the same, be ordeined, 
 aplied, and emploied to the dispensis of his saide Hous- 
 hold, and deUvered bi the Receyvours Generall of the 
 saide Duchies for the tyme beyng to the Tresourer of 
 his saide Houshold for the tyme beyng, bi endentures 
 thereof bitwene thaym to be made: and that the Re- 
 
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 ceyvours Generall of the said Duchees, uppon thair ac- 
 compt alleweyes shall have allowance and discharge of thair 
 paymentis, made bi suche endentures. And yf the same 
 Receyvours make payement in eny other wise than in 
 fourme aforeseide, that than thereof they be disalowed 
 uppon thaire accompt: Savyng to alle the King's lieges 
 there title, right, and interesse that they have in the seide 
 Ducbees, or in eny parcell thereof, this Acte notwithstand- 
 yng: and that this Ordinance endure to the ende of five 
 yere next ensuyng. 
 
 
 2 D 
 
202 
 
 Rot. Pari. 
 18 Hen. 6. 
 n. 19. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 14th Jan. 
 18 Hen. 6. 
 A.D. 1440. 
 
 That the sur- 
 plus reve- 
 nues of the 
 lands, parcel 
 of the Duchy 
 of Lancaster, 
 held by Feof- 
 fees to the 
 use of King 
 Henry the 
 Fifth's will, 
 beyond 
 2,000/. per 
 annum, be 
 applied to 
 the expenses 
 of the King's 
 Household. 
 
 XXVII. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasterium in crastino Sancti 
 Martini, anno riegni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum decimo oc- 
 tavo. 
 
 TEM, quaedam cedula, sive billa, Communibus 
 praedictis, de mandate ipsius Domini Regis, 
 exhibita fuit et liberata sub bac verborum 
 serie ; 
 
 For so moch as the King our Soverain Lord is en- 
 fourmed of gret murmour and clamour that shuld be in 
 his Roialme her in Englond that the Purveours of his 
 Houshold taken dayly for hym of his peple of this land 
 their oxen, shepe, pullaile, whete, otes, barlich, malt, 
 benes, all manere of salt-fyssh, wyn, ale, wax, spicere, 
 and all manere vitaille and stuff J?at longith to Houshold, 
 with cariage; under colour of the which takyng, and 
 namely of more })an is necessarie to his Hous, and in 
 di'versez wises by diversez menes not resonable, take ex- 
 actions of his people be colour of j7office and taking afore- 
 said, notwithstondyng full noble ordinances penales that 
 have ben mad therof in his full noble progenitours^ tyme, 
 to their importable hurt: for the which causes our Sove- 
 raine Lord ]>e King aforesaid, havyng compassion of his 
 people''s compleynt, have sought J>e meenes howe his said 
 Houshold and the dispensez })erof might be contened and 
 assethed, and his people noght so greved ; in so moch ]?at 
 for be cause ]?at he havyng consideration to Ipe manyfold 
 grete charges ]?at he hath for ]>e defence outward, and for 
 the poUitique reule of this his lond within, forth it couth 
 not be seen howe his revenus above this charges wold 
 
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 streche, to J?e pleyn contentyng of the dispenses of his 
 said Houshold: for the which he desired my Lord fe 
 Cardinall and the Lord Hungerford, nowe beyng present 
 in this Parlement, FeofFes with the Archebishop of Caun- 
 terbury of a part of the Duchie of Lancastre, in certeins 
 castells, hoenours, maners, lordships, lands, tenements, 
 rentz, reversions and servicez, fraunchisez, libertees, vewes 
 of francplegge, hundredes, leetes, fees, advowsons, proffitz, 
 commodites, and other enheritaunces and possessions, by 
 the fefFement of the most Cristen Prince, of the most vic- 
 torious and blessid memorie, fader to our said Soverain 
 Lord, J?at ]>ei wold assent Jjat ]>e said revenus of ther 
 feffementz myght be emploied for paiment apart for the 
 dispenses of his said Houshold ; to the which my said 
 Lord the Cardinall and the Lord Hungerford answered 
 unto the Kynges Highnesse, that it was not unknowen 
 to hym howe that they were entitled as strongly and as 
 treuly as the lawe couth make hem, and howe that the 
 most noble King, fader to our Soveraine Lord, praied 
 hem, usyng of his grace thes termes, to perfourme and 
 fulfille his wille, the which he be writing declared unto 
 them, of the revenues of the said feofFement; and ther 
 upon thei as trewe FeofFes have fullfilled a gret part, and 
 wold doo, of his will, and all shuld er this tyme have doon, 
 ne hadde leen Jje gret loones and presttes J)e which J^ei 
 have afore this tyme made unto our said Soverain Lord, 
 the which, as it apperith of record, is owyng unto hem 
 at this day of many thousands: declaryng forthermore 
 unto our said Soveraine Lorde, that, if his said wille 
 were fully perfourmed, J?ei wold with all Jjeir hertes 
 make hym astate of all the said castells, honnures, ma- 
 ners, lordshipps, landes, tenementz, rentz, reversions, ser- 
 vicez, and all ofer enheritaunces and possessions afore- 
 
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204 
 
 said pat J?ey were enfelFed ynne, and so )?ey wold have 
 doon er this, hadde not J^e said chevisaunce bee. Never- 
 theles, notwithstonding that all is not perfourmed of the 
 said wille, yet J?e said Feifes under certain conditions J?e 
 which J)at folowen, have graunted unto ]>e King, )?at 
 after ]>e dette )?at is owyng unto the said Cardinall and 
 to the said Archebisshop of Caunterbury paied, for the 
 which assignement was made by J>e Feffes upon ]>e said 
 lordshipps, maners, and other enheritaunces comprised in 
 the said feoffement, to certain personez by the King's com- 
 maundement, to J^e use of the said Cardinall and Archie- 
 bisshop, reservyng first to the said Feoffes 2,000/. yerely, 
 unto the tyme J>ei have fulli perfourmed ]?e said King's 
 will ]?ere FefFour; and after the said 2,000Z. reserved, and 
 )?e fees, annuitees, wages, and reparations yerely paied, 
 and o)?er assignementz afore this tyme made upon ]?e said 
 maners, lordships, landes and tenementz, paied, that all 
 ]>e surpluse of the said revenue, such as shall be found 
 deue upon )?e accompts fro tyme to tyme of ]?e Receyvour 
 Generall for the tyme beyng of the said FeiFes of J)e 
 maners, lands, tenementz, and other enheritaunce afor- 
 said, afore the Auditours of the seid Feoffes for the tyme 
 beyng, shall be delyvered by warant of ]>e said Feoffes to 
 the Tresorer of ]?e Kyng's Houshold for the tyme beyng, 
 for ))expensez of }>e same Household, by indentures J?erof 
 to be made betwen hem pat such warant shall have for 
 to paie and delivere pe said surpluse, and )?e said Tre- 
 sorer; of pe which surpluse so receyved ]>e said Tre- 
 sorer shall accompt in the King's Eschequer, and pat 
 thei pat shalle have such warantz have due allouaunce 
 upon ther accomptz, to be made to pe said Feffes by pe 
 said indentures ; and yef pei make paiment in oper wise, 
 pat pan pei be disalowed perof in peir accomptz. And 
 
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 J?at J)e said Feoffes, nor J^e said Receyvour Generall, nor 
 noon Jjat shall have warant of such paymentz of )?e said 
 FefFes, or any of hem, shall not be compelled to accompt 
 for the said revenus in noon o)?er place J^an afore the 
 Auditour or Auditours of the said FefFes; and yef the 
 saide surplus be not emploied to J)e King's Houshold 
 as it is aforesaid, f>at then it be leefuU to J?e said FefFes 
 to restreyne ]?e said warantz and paymentz. The condi- 
 tions aforesaid ben thees. Oon, }?at it like the King of 
 his grace to declare by his lettres patentez ]?at J)e said 
 FefFes mow, with J>eir worshipp, which J>ei tendre most 
 of any ertly thing, do as is abovesaid, and for the causes 
 above declared drawe so moch J^e lengar ]?e fulfylling of 
 J^e King's ]?eir FefFour's will and entent; and J)at every 
 of )?e said FefFes may have severall paten tz ))erof for 
 ]>e conservation of J?eir worshipp. The secound condi- 
 tion is, how be it J?at the said Feffes owght not by rigour 
 of lawe to declare hem self of )?expendyng and deraenyng 
 of ]?e proffitz and revenus of ]fe said castells, honnurs 
 and maners, oJ)ere enheritauncez and possessions afore- 
 said, comprised in J>e said feofFement; yit of ther own 
 free will )?ei have shewed J?at ]>ere was never noon of 
 hem J?at ever hadde any of the said revenus to their 
 owne behoofe, but treuly, as they wolle answer afore 
 God, hath dispended it accordyng to J?entent of J>e Kyng 
 )?eir FefFour : that by consideration ]?erof the said FeofFes, 
 ther heirs, executours and terretenauntz, ne noon of hem, 
 be empeched, vexed, nor endamaged by the King, his 
 heirs and successours, for takyng or receyvyng of any 
 issues, revenuez, commoditez, or any proffitz, be hem 
 or any of hem, or by any other in ]>eiv name, of )?e said 
 castell, honnurs, maners, enheritauncez, and oJ?er posses- 
 sions comyng, taken, or recey ved, hot therof thay be quitt 
 
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 and discharged; and ]?at ]>e said conditions and alle J?e 
 premissez myght be graunted and enacted by auctorite 
 of this present Parlement : it alwey provided, that noon 
 of the londes, tenementz and possessions, J?at the seide 
 Feffes have made estat or relesse of, by J?e ordinaunce, 
 will, or commaundement of the King that deed is, or 
 the Kyng that nowe is, nor any revenus ))at have or 
 shall be received of fe same, be comprised under J?e 
 force or bonde of this act, as toward any restitution to 
 be made of hem by the seide FefFez to the Kyng, his 
 heirs or successours; or to any other entent myght be 
 to the charge or bonde of theim, their heirs, executours 
 or terretenauntz. 
 
 Cui quidem cedulae, sive billae, ac materiae in ea con- 
 tentse, iidem Communes assensum suum praebuerunt sub 
 hiis verbis : 
 
 A cest bille les Communes sount assentuz. 
 
 Quibus quidem cedula, sive billa, et assensu, coram 
 ipso Domino Rege in Parliamento prsedicto, ac Dominis 
 Spiritualibus et Temporalibus in eodem existentibus, lectis 
 et plenius intellectis, idem Dominus Rex, habita inde cum 
 eisdem Dominis matura et diligente deliberatione, de avi- 
 samento et assensu eorundem Dominorum et Communi- 
 tatis, auctoritate Parliamenti prsedicti, concessit omnia et 
 singula in billa, sive cedula, et assensu prsedictis speci- 
 ficata et contenta, et voluit et concessit quod ea in Par- 
 liamento praedicto inactitentur de recordo. 
 
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 XXVIII.* 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westraonasterium in crastino Sancti 
 Martini, anno regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum decimo oc- 
 tavo. 
 
 REYN you the Communes, that where it Rot. Pari. 
 
 liketh you afore this tyme, for the defense of n. eiAn ' 
 
 this your noble Reaume, to apphe and dis- ufhjan. 
 
 pende divers notables sommes of the revenues a.d.i44o.' 
 
 of youre Corone, the which sommes, an they had not be fourth "f'the 
 
 applied to the said defens, had ben expended in your fifteenth 
 
 TT 1 1 1 1 . • , 1 , granted for 
 
 Howseholde and necessaries expensis therto longynge, and the defonce 
 divers of your pouer Communes of this your noble Reaume, [Jje^^^^enses 
 for vitailles and other necessaries for your Howseholde of Househ^id!^ 
 theym purveyd and take, paied and satisfied; and now it 
 is so, that ye, Soverain Lord, of your tendre pite and com- 
 passion, consideryng the grete hynderyng and clamour of 
 the said diverse of your Communes be mene of the said 
 purvyance so had, be thadvis of your Lordes Spirituel and 
 Temporel in this your present Parlement assembled, and 
 be thauctoritee of the same, have ordeyned of the reve- 
 nues of your Duches of Lancastre and of Cornewaile 
 to be applied to your said Housolde dispenses, and to 
 noon other use; in settyng aside thabuse of the said 
 purveaunce, and sessyng of the said diverse clamour and 
 hynderyng of your said Communes. 
 
 * See more relating to the Revenues of the Duchies of Lancaster and 
 Cornwall applied to the expenses of the King's Household, on the Par- 
 liament Rolls, vol. V. pp. 62, 63, 174, 175, 246, 247 ; viz. in the Par- 
 liaments holden 20 Hen. 6. (n. 35 and 36), 28 Hen. 6 (n. 13), 31 and 
 32 Hen. 6 (n. 43 and 44). 
 
208 
 
 Please it you, our Soverain Lord, of your benyngne grace, 
 that of the xv™^ and dyme of your laie people of this your 
 noble Roialme graunted unto you for the defense of your 
 said Roialme, at this your present Parlement, that than it 
 like you to graunt and ordeyn that the fourthe part of the 
 said xv™^ and x™^ nowe graunted, paiable at the fest of the 
 Nativite of Seint John Baptist next coinyng, be delivered 
 to your Tresorer of your Housholde for the tyme beyng 
 to pay redie money in hand for expenses of your said 
 Housholde, as ferre as the said money will atteyn or 
 stretch to. 
 
 Responsio. — Le Roy le voet. 
 
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 XXIX. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasterium in die Conversionis 
 Sancti Pauli, anno regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum vicesimo. 
 
 O the Kynar oure Soverain Lord besechethe Rot. Pari. 
 
 •^ ° 20 Hen. 6. 
 
 youre Communes of this youre present Parle- xur?'j"ond 
 ment assembled, that it plese youre Hiffhnesse 25th jan. 
 
 ^ J O 20 Hen. 6. 
 
 to considre how that the right excellent, most ^•»- ^**2. 
 famouse, and victoriouse Prynce Harry, sum tyme Kyng persons ma" 
 of Englond, youre right noble fadir, whome God assoile, to receive the 
 by his lettres patentz enffefEd Harry Bisshop of Wyn- Jfes^o/iands 
 chestre now Cardinal of Englond, Harry Archebisshop of Khy"?/^® 
 Caunturbury, Waulter Lord Hungerford, and other, for thTuse^of*^ 
 the grete truste that he hadde in hem, of dyvers castellez, the"Fifth"s'^ 
 
 ° . will, touch- 
 
 manerez, townez, lordschippez, honurez, londez, tenementz, ^^^}^^ f-^- 
 rentes, reversions, servicez, jurisdictions, libertees, fraun- ^*"^^- 
 chisez, fees, avousons, and other possessions, aswell in 
 Englond as in Walez, as of his enheritaunce, parcell of 
 his Duchie of Lancastre, of the yerely value of 6,000Z. and 
 more by estimation, to have to theym and to theire heirez, 
 to the entente and efFecte to execute and perfourme his 
 wille upon the seide fefFement to hem by hym made 
 and declarid in writyng ; the value of whiche castellez, 
 manerz, townez, lordschippez, honurez, londez, rentes, 
 tenementez, reversions, jurisdictions, libertez, fraunchisez, 
 avousons and possessions, aftur the seide extente, fro the 
 deth of your seide noble fadir, into the fest of Seint Mi- 
 chell last passed, by the seide Feffeez resceived and to 
 be resceived, amounteth to the somme of 114,000/. and 
 more by estimation. And how it is to suppose and con- 
 
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 ceyve, that the seide wille of youre seide noble fadir, by the 
 seide FefFeez, of so grete and notable sommes by hem res- 
 ceived of the issuez, profitz, and revenuz comyng of the 
 seide castellez, manerez, townez, lordschippez, honurez, 
 londes, tenementis, rentes, reversions, servieez, jurisdic- 
 tions, liberteez, fraunehisez, feez and possessions, by so 
 longe tyme beyng in theire hondez, might afore this tyme 
 dieuly have ben fully executed and perfourmed, above all 
 other chargiez that are knowyn ; whiche wille perfourmed, 
 it is to understond by all reson, good feith, and conscience, 
 that alle the seid castellez, lordshippez, manours, londez, 
 tenementz, and all the other seid possessions, as the olde 
 right and enheritaunce of youre seide noble fadir, belongeth 
 unto yow, Soverain Lord, as heire to hym; consideryng 
 that the seid Feffees have no title ner interesse therynne, 
 but only upon trust, and to his use, to execute his wille, 
 as it is afore rehersid; and that the seid FefFeez be but 
 fewe in noumbre, whereby of liklyhode the possession 
 therof by casuelte of dethe myght reste in oon of theyme, 
 and so descende unto his heirez that over ly ved ; in whiche 
 case, and it fortune upon a temporall man, thenne his 
 wyfe were therof endowable, and by suche menys your 
 right and interesse therof, by youre lawe, the further fro 
 you thenne they now be, to your grete hurte and to 
 youre likly disheritaunce. Therof considered also, that 
 in youre Counceill, the xv day of Juyn, the xii*^^ yere 
 of your reigne, beyng thenne there my Lord of Bedford 
 youre uncle, whome God assoille, the seid Feffeez de- 
 sired that by yow certeyne Lordez of youre Councell 
 myght be depute to see the bookes of receyte and of 
 the ministration of the revenuez, in all goodly haste, of 
 thoo londez that they were so enfeffid ynne ; and, that 
 done, they agreed that ye myght have and resceyve alle 
 
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 that shulde growe of the seide fefferaent aftur Michel- 
 messe day thanne next comyng, by the hondez of the 
 officerez and deputeez of the seide Feffeez, so that pro- 
 clamation schulde be made before the Parlement thenne 
 next sewyng that every man that wolde aske dette for 
 Housholde, Chaumbre, Warderobe, Kyngez Werkes, or 
 for money borowed, brynge ynne to the seide Feffeez 
 the growndez that they aske it by, and if it myght ap- 
 pere that the sommez of the assignementz or of the re- 
 venuz of that yere wolde not suffice for paiement for 
 the Kyngez dettez afore rehersid, and for perfourmyng 
 of his Chaunterye and of his Toumbe, thenne ye to 
 make to the seid Feffeez, for the rest that schuld so 
 be founde, dieu assignement and agrement: and if so 
 were that the somme of the assignement made to the 
 seide Feffeez, and the revenuez of that yere, wolde 
 amounte to a gretter somme thenne the somme of the 
 dettez and makyng of the seid Chauntrye and Tombe, 
 thenne the residue therof to be paied up to yowe. And 
 over that, the seid Feffeez, this done, willed and agreed 
 to make astate to yowe, Soverain Lord, of alle the seide 
 londes and tenementz that they stode enfeffed ynne ; that 
 is to sey, of that that was fee-taille, in fee-taill, and of 
 that that was fee-symple, in fee-symple ; how be it and 
 ye toke astate therof of youre seide Feffeez in suche wise, 
 or that they enfeffe yowe therynne, ye myght not have, 
 holde, ner enjoye the seide possessions in enheritaunce 
 to youre availle and suerte, in suche manor and fourme of 
 enheritaunce, and as parcell of youre seid Duchie, as 
 youre seide noble fadir hem hadde and helde at the 
 tyme of the seid feffement, and before; upon whoos de- 
 sirez, writtez of proclamation procedut accordyng to theise 
 premissez. Considered also, that in the Parlement at 
 
21 '2 
 
 Redyng, the xviii*''^ yere of youre regrie, the seide Feffeez, 
 among other, grauntid to yow, Soverain Lord, that aftur 
 the dette that thenne was owyng unto the seide Cardinall 
 and to the seide Archebisshop of Caunturbury paied, for the 
 whiche assignement was made by the seid FefFeez, upon 
 the seid castellez, manerez, townes, lordschippez, honurez, 
 londez, tenementez, rentes, reversions, servieez, jurisdic- 
 tions, hberteez, fraunchisez, feez, avousons, and other pos- 
 sessions comprised by the seide fefFement, by certeyne 
 personez by your commaundement, to the use of the 
 seid Cardinall and Archebisshop ; reservyng to the seide 
 Feffeez 2,000/. yerely, unto the tyme they hadde per- 
 fourmed the seid Kyngis wille their Feffour : that thenne 
 all the surplusage therof schuld be delyverid to the Tre- 
 sorer of youre Householde for the tyme beyng, for the ex- 
 pensez of the same Householde ; of whiche surplusage so 
 resceived the seid Tresorer schulde accompte in your 
 Eschequer; whiche dette, long tyme before the first day 
 of this present Parlement, was paied to the seid Cardinall 
 and Archebishop ; and, over that, grete and notable sommes 
 have ben resceyved sithyn the seid Parlement so beyng 
 at Redyng. And therupon, of youre noble grace, theise 
 premissez considerid, and for the counfort and ease of 
 youre peple, that it plese youre Highnesse by auctorite 
 of this present Parlement to ordeigne and assigne certein 
 person es, suche as may like to your Highnesse, to here 
 the declaration of the seide Feffeez, or of other persones 
 by hem suche as thei will depute and name in writyng, 
 of the seide wille and of the execution therof, and of 
 all the dependentz therof, and of all the issues, profites, 
 revenuez, paiementes, costes, and expenses of and for 
 the seide castellez, manerez, townes, lordschippez, ho- 
 nurez, landes, tenementz, rentez, reversions, servieez, ju- 
 
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 risdictions, libertees, fraunchisez, fees, and possessions ; 
 and that the seide Feffeez, or other persones by hem 
 to be depute and named, be redy upon resonable warn- 
 yng, atte suche tymes and as ofte as the seide personez 
 so to be assigned woUe ordeigne, to declare the trought 
 of theise premisses, with alle the circumstances and de- 
 pendentez of the same : and yif neither the seide FefFeez, 
 aftur resonable warnyng to hem in that partie made, ner 
 other personez for hem in the fourme aforeseide to be 
 by hem namyd, come for to declare the seide wille and 
 execution therof, and of alle other premisses ; or elles, if 
 they come and woUe not declare theis premissez in the 
 fourme afore rehersid, afore the seid persones so by yow 
 to be ordeyned and assigned; or ellys, if it may be founden 
 by suche declaration, for the parte of the seid Feffeez, 
 afore the seid persones so to be assigned, that the seide 
 wille is perfourmed and executed, or elles that parcell 
 therof restuthe and remayneth unperfourmede and not 
 executed; and ye, aftur reporte therof to you made, 
 agree and contente the seide Feffeez by sufficiaunt as- 
 signement or other wise, for the execution of the seide 
 wille, of as moche as thenne remayned un perfourmed 
 and not executed; that thenne it be levefuU to you, So- 
 verain Lorde, by the seide auctorite to entre and take 
 into your hondes alle the seide castellez, manerz, townes, 
 lordschippez, honurez, londez, tenementz, rentez, rever- 
 sions, servicez, jurisdictions, liberteez, franchisez, feez, 
 avousons, and possessions forseide, with theire appurte- 
 nauncez, excepte the manerez of Tiberton, Rie, Rodde- 
 leye and Ettlowe, with the appurtenauncez, in the schire 
 of Gloucestre, parcell of the seid possessions; to have, 
 holde, and enjoye hem, to yow and to youre heirez, as 
 parcell of youre seide Duchie, as pleynly, hoolly, and in 
 
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 the same maner and fourme of enheritaunce and astate as 
 youre seide fadir hadde and helde hem whenne they 
 were in his handes at the tyme of the seide feffement, any 
 maner of aete, fefFement, lettres patentz, statutes, orde- 
 nauncez, or other thyngs what so ever they be, afore 
 this tyme made, not withstonding : savyng alwey to alle 
 your other liegez alle suche astatez, and noon other, as 
 they or any of hem hadde in any londes, tenementz, 
 offices, fees, or annuitez, or other possessions in the seide 
 parcell, by youre noble progenitours, or by the seide 
 Cardinall, Archebisshop, and Waulter, and theire other Co- 
 fefFez, or by any of theym, jointly or severally, graunted 
 by youre commaundement, or by the wille of youre seide 
 fadir declarid before this present Parlement, alwey ex- 
 cepte the seide FefFeez and iehe of hem. And that if, upon 
 suche declaration hadde, it appere not that the seide Car- 
 dinall, Archebisshop, and Lord Hungerford, or any of their 
 CofFeffiez now passid to God, or any of hem, have applied 
 or emploied the issuez, profitez, or revenuez by hem re- 
 ceived of the seid castellez, manerez, townez, lordschip- 
 pez, honurez, londez, tenementez, rentez, reversions, ser- 
 vicez, jurisdictions, liberteez, fraunchisez, feez, avousons, 
 and possessions, or eny parte of hem, to their owne use, 
 or in any other wise, save only accordyng to the wille 
 of the seide late Kyng J?er FefFour, or for the wele, good 
 rule, and governaunce of the seide castelles, manerez, 
 townez, lordschippez, honurez, londes, tenementez, rentz, 
 reversions, servicez, jurisdictions, liberteez, fraunchisez, 
 fees, avousons, and possessions, or elles at your request 
 or desire, oure Soverain Lord ; that thenne the seide 
 Cardinall, Archebisshop, and Lord Hungerford, theire 
 heirez, executours, terre-tenauntez, officers, and ministres, 
 and also the heirez, executours, and terre-tenauntez of 
 
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 . their Cofeffies now passid to God, of the seid castelles, 
 manerez, townez, lordschippez, honures, londes, tene- 
 mentez, rentz, reversions, servicez, jurisdictions, liber- 
 teez, fraunchisez, fees, avousons, and possessions, be quytte 
 and discharged ageyns you, Soverain Lord, youre heirez 
 and successours for ever more, of all maner actions, em- 
 pechementez, and demaundes to be made or hadde ageyne 
 hem or any of hem by any cause or colour of occupa- 
 tion, interesse, profitez takyng, usyng, and excersisyng, of 
 the seide castellez, manerez, townes, lordschippez, ho- 
 nurez, londez, tenementez, rentes, reversions, services, 
 jurisdictions, liberteez, fraunchisez, fees, avousons, and 
 possessions, and of all liberteez, fraunchises, and juris- 
 dictions whiche thei have cleymed, hadde, or used by 
 the reason, vertu, or colour of the seide feffement, so 
 that they ner noon of theim in any wise in tyme to 
 come be empeched, chargid, vexed, or greved for any of 
 the causes aforeseid. And that the Receyvour Generall 
 of the seid Duchie that nowe is, or for the tyme schall 
 be, by the seide auctorite take and resceyve all the issuez, 
 profites, and revenuez comyng of the seide castellez, ma-" 
 nerez, townez, lordschippez, honurez, londez, tenementz, 
 rentez, reversions, servicez, jurisdictions, liberteez, fraun- 
 chisez, fees, and possessions forseid, aftur thei come into 
 your hondez; and the same issues, profitez, and revenuez 
 pay and delyver to the Tresorer of your Housholde for the 
 tyme beyng, by endenturez therof bytwix hem to be made, 
 for the provision and expensez of youre seide Housholde ; 
 to be made by as long tyme and in like fourme as the 
 profitez and revenuez of the remenaunt of your seide 
 Duchie now beyng in your hondez be apphed to the ex- 
 pensez of youre seide Housholde, aftur the effecte of the 
 purviaunce therof made at your last Parlement, the seid 
 
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 Tresorer of youre Housholde for the tyme beyng therof to 
 be accomptable in youre Eschequer. And that alle Recey- 
 vours Particulerz of any of the possessions and enheri- 
 taunce forseide schall pay and delyver to the seid Re- 
 ceyvour Generall all the issuez, profitz, and revenuez 
 forseide, wherof they schall to yow be chargeablez and ac- 
 comptablez by reson of heire seide officez, by endentures 
 bytwix hem and the seide Receyvour Generall therof to 
 be made ; and that the seide Receivour Generall be not 
 allowed upon his accompte of any maner of paymentz 
 of the profitez and revenuez forseid made to any other 
 persone or personez but alonly of payementez made to 
 your seide Tresorer, excepte the paymentz of the seid 
 fees, annuitez, wagies, and offices forseide, and other ex- 
 pensez necessaries; and that noon of the seide Recey- 
 vours Particulerz be not alowed upon his accompte of 
 any maner of paymentez of the issuez, profites, and reve- 
 nues forseide made to any other persone but to the seide 
 General Receyvour, except paymentz of the seide fees, 
 annuitez, and wagiez afore this tyme ordeyned and as- 
 signed to be paied by theire hondez, and except repara- 
 tions and other expensez necessariez. And that theise 
 seide assignementez so made for the provision and ex- 
 pensez of youre seide Housholde, of the issuez and pro- 
 fitez of the enheritaunce and possessions forseide, to be 
 taken by the seide Tresorer of your seide Housholde, 
 by the hondes of the seide Receyvour Generall of youre 
 seide Duchie, or for to be taken by the seide Receyvour 
 Generall of the seide Receivours Particulerez, stande by 
 this auctorite in theire strenght, and not alterate ner 
 chaunged ; and if any of the seide Receivours, from this 
 tyme forth, make any payment to the contrarie of the 
 seide ordenaunce and assignementz, that thenne he thereof 
 
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 be disalowed upon his accompte. Alwey forseyn, that 
 Thomas Rothewell, squier, and Elizabeth his wyf, late 
 the wif of Thomas Swynford, knyght, by the auctorite of 
 this same Parlement have, and from this tyme forth hold 
 in possession, terme of the lif of the same Elizabeth, the 
 seide manerez of Tyberton, Rye, Roddeley, and Etlowe, 
 with the appurtenaunce, in the schire of Gloucestre, par- 
 cellez of the seide castellez, lordschippez, manerez, londes, 
 tenementez, and other possessions beforeseide, in reeom- 
 pence of the maner of Snaythe, and the soke of Snayth, 
 in the schire of Yorke, with the appurtenaimcez ; whiche 
 maner with the seide soke was parcell of the seid Duchie 
 at the tyme of the seid feffement; and that the same Fef- 
 feez by this same auctorite have and holde the same 
 manere and the soke, with the appurtenaunce, for the 
 tyme that they schall have and holde the residue of the 
 same castellez, lordschippez, manerez, londez, and tene- 
 mentez, in whiche thei were in fourme aforeseide en- 
 feffid ; and ye, Soveraigne Lord, to entre and take into 
 your hondes the same manere of Snayth and the soke, 
 with the appurtenauncez, to have and to holde to yow 
 and to your heirez, in suche manere and fourme as it is 
 above rehersid, of the residue of the seid castellez, lord- 
 schippes, manerez, londes, and tenementez, wherof the 
 seide FefFeez were enfeffid by your seide noble fadir, 
 with the reversion of the seide manerez of Tiberton, Rye, 
 Roddeleye, and Etlowe, with the appurtenaunce, aftur 
 the deth of the seid Elizabeth, to have and to hold to 
 you and to your heirez in suche manere and fourme as 
 youre seid noble fadir hem hadde and helde at the tyme 
 of the seide feffement, and before, as parcell of youre 
 seide Duchie : And also alwey forseyn and purveyed, 
 that the seide declaration so to be made by the seid 
 
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 Feoffeez or their deputeez be not hadde, repute, ner 
 takyn for accompte, ner thei ner noon of them charge- 
 able by force therof aftur the effect of accompte. Pur- 
 veied also, that William Paston, Robert Clere, and Es- 
 mond Clere, by the seid auctorite, have and hold to hem 
 and to the heirez of the seid William, of yow and your 
 heirez, as of your seid Duchie, by the service of feaute 
 for all maner of servicez, xxxvi acris and an half, ix 
 perchys, a quarter and an half of a perche, and a pek 
 of londe, pasture, hethe, and maresse, callid Copie-holde, 
 with two mansions edified in certeyns parcelles therof, 
 in Paston and Edithorp in the counte of Northfolk, par- 
 cell of the seid londez, tenementz, and possessions, in 
 whiche the seid Cardinall, Archebisshop, and Waulter ar 
 or were enfeffid; and the feerde parte of a rode of londe, 
 parcell of the wastez of the seid towne of Paston; in re- 
 compense of XXXVI acris and an half, xxvi perchis and 
 an half, half a quarter of a perche, half a pek and a 
 nayle of londe, pasture and hethe, of the seid William, 
 Robert, and Esmond, callid Chartir-holde, with two man- 
 sions edified in certeynz parcellez therof, in the seid 
 townez of Paston and Edithorp; and ye, by the seid 
 auctorite, to have and holde the same londez and tene- 
 mentz, callid Chartre-holde, to yow and your heirez as 
 parcell of the seid Duchie ; and, so privelegid and fraun- 
 chised, to be letyn to the base tenauntez of the seid 
 londes and tenementez, callid Copie-holde, or other by 
 her assent, in like fourme as the same tenementez ar 
 now holden ; alle whiche tenementez, callid Copie-holde 
 and Chartre-holde, and • the seid feerde parte, ar specified 
 in an inquisition, by force of certeynz lettres of the 
 seid Cardinall directid to the Lord Bardolf and other, 
 takyn the xviii day of May, the xviii yere of youre 
 
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 reigne, remaynyng in your Tresory of your seid Duchie. 
 And also purveied and savyd to alle youre liegez, and 
 to iche of hem, except the seid FefFeez, alle restitutions 
 of londez, tenementez, rentez, reversions, servicez, ju- 
 risdictions, libertees, fraunchisez, fees, avousons, or pos- 
 sessions, made by yow or by the seide FefFees, of any 
 parcell of the fefFement aforeseid. And also, that all 
 maner grauntez of officez and fees, made by the seide 
 FefFees, by desire or commaundement of yow, Soverain 
 Lord, to any of your liegez, of the seid castellez, ma- 
 nerez, townez, lordschippez, honurez, londes, tenementez, 
 rentez, reversions, services, jurisdictions, libertees, fraun- 
 chisez, fees, avousons, or possessions, or of any of hem, afore 
 the XII day of Marche, aftur the first day of this present 
 Parlement next folowyng, be good and effectuell; except 
 all maner officez of officeres accomptable afore the seid 
 XII day of Marche, made by the seide FeiFeez. 
 Responsio. — Le Roy le voet. 
 
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 XXX. 
 
 Rotulus Parliament! tenti apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto 
 die Februarii, anno regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Conquestum vicesimo 
 tertio. 
 
 Rot. Pari. |^*%\^PS1 EMORANDUM, quod, sexto die Aprilis 
 
 23 Hen. 6. ]h k V^Y i l?S^ • t ,• i • • -r* • 
 
 m.24.n.i7.in w ^Wi IM anno regni dicti domim Regis vicesimo 
 
 Turr. Lond. *^ "^^ *^' #. l«fe o 
 
 quarto, idem dominus Rex, de avisamento 
 et assensu Dominorum Spiritualium et 
 Temporalium, ac Communitatis regni sui Angliae, in prse- 
 senti Parliamento existentium, auctoritate ejusdem Parlia- 
 menti ordinavit et concessit, quod literae ipsius domini 
 Regis patentes, tam sub magno sigillo quam sub sigillo 
 ducatus sui Lancastriae, fiant auctoritate supradicta in 
 forma debita, juxta formam cujusdam cedulae in prsesenti 
 Parliamento in prsesentia ipsius domini Regis, ac Domi- 
 norum et Communitatis praedictorum, lectse, auditse, et 
 plenius intellectae. Cujus tenor sequitur in hsec verba: 
 
 HENRICUS, Dei gratia, Rex Angliae et Francise, et 
 Dominus Hibernise, omnibus ad quos praesentes literae per- 
 venerint, salutem. Sciatis, quod nos inspeximus literas 
 nostras patentes sub sigillo ducatus nostri Lancastriae 
 factas in baec verba : 
 
 Henricus, Dei gratia, Rex Angliae et Franciae, et Do- 
 minus Hiberniae, omnibus ad quos praesentes literae per- 
 venerint, salutem. Sciatis, quod nos, ex certa scientia 
 et mero motu nostris, certis necessariis et notabilibus de 
 causis nos intime moventibus, aedimus, concessimus, et 
 hac carta nostra confirmavimus, pro nobis et haeredibus 
 
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 XXX. 
 
 Roll of the Parliament holden at Westminster on the twenty-fifth 
 day of February, in the twenty-third year of the reign of King Henry 
 the Sixth after the Conquest. 
 
 E it remembered, that on the sixth day of April eth April, 
 
 , r 1 I. 1 • n 24 Hen. 6. 
 
 m the twenty-fourth year of the reign oi our a.d. 1446. 
 said lord the King, the same lord the King, k?ters^p"*^ 
 by the advice and assent of the Lords Spi- under the 
 
 Duchy Seal, 
 
 ritual and Temporal, and Commons of his realm of Enff- for convey. 
 
 ^ ^ ° ing certain 
 
 land, in the present Parliament assembled, ordained and fe"ffees°to 
 granted, by authority of the same Parliament, that letters wu^oTK^ing 
 patent of the same lord the King be made in due form, sixthfcdiT- 
 by the authority abovesaid, as well under the great seal th^King-s 
 
 •^ letters patent 
 
 as under the seal of his duchy of Lancaster, according read in Par- 
 to the form of a certain schedule read, heard, and very 
 fully understood in the present Parhament, in the pre- 
 sence of the same lord the King, and of the Lords and 
 Commons aforesaid. The tenor whereof follows in these 
 words : 
 
 HENRY, by the grace of God, King of England and 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present 
 letters shall come, greeting. Know ye, that we inspect- 
 ed our letters patent made under the seal of our duchy 
 of Lancaster in these words : 
 
 Henry, by the grace of God, King of England and 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present 
 letters shall come, greeting. Know ye, that we, of our 
 certain knowledge and mere motion, for certain neces- 
 
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 nostris, venerabilibus patribus Johanni cardinal! arcbie- 
 piscopo Eborum, Jobanni arcbiepiscopo Cantuarietisi ; 
 Roberto Londonensi, Willielmo Lincolnensi, Willielmo 
 Sarum, et Tbomse Batbonensi et Wellensi, episcopis; 
 Henrico Nortbumbriae, et Willielmo SufFolcise, comiti- 
 bus ; Jobanni Carpenter electo Wigornensis ecclesise ; Jo- 
 hanni vicecomiti Beaumont; Waltero domino de Hun- 
 gerford, Radulpbo domino de Cromwell, et Radulpbo 
 domino de Seudeley; Jobanni Somerset, Henrico Seuer, 
 Jobanni Langton, Ricardo Andrew, Adae Moleyns, Jo- 
 hanni de la Bere, Waltero Lyhert, et Waltero Sbiring- 
 ton, clericis; Edmundo Hungerford, et Jobanni Beau- 
 champ, militibus; Jacobo Fenys, Edwardo Hull, Jobanni 
 Saintlo, Jobanni Hampton, Jobanni Noreys, Willielmo 
 Tresham, Jobanni Vampage, et Ricardo Aired, armige- 
 ris ; castrum, manerium, et hundredum nostra de Higbam 
 Ferrers, cum pertinentiis ; maneria nostra de Raundes, 
 Russbeden, Caldecote, Irencbestre, Daventre, et Des- 
 burgb; molendina nostra de Dicheford; ac omnia terras 
 et tenementa, redditus et servitia nostra, cum pertinentiis, 
 in Weldon ; necnon omnia terras et tenementa, cum per- 
 tinentiis, quae nuper fuerunt Stepbani Rumbilowe in Da- 
 ventre prsedicta; et omnia terras et tenementa, redditus 
 et servitia nostra, cum pertinentiis, quae nuper fuerunt Wil- 
 lielmi Croiser militis, in Higbam Ferrers et Caldecote prae- 
 dicta, in comitatu Nortbamtoniae ; — feodi firmam centum 
 et viginti librarum villae de Gormoncbestre, feodi firmam 
 quadraginta et trium librarum villae de Huntingdonia, 
 et manerium de Glatton cum Holme, cum pertinentiis, 
 in comitatu Huntingdoniae ; — manerium de Wardyngton 
 in comitatu Bukingbamiae ; — manerium de Aldebourn in 
 comitatu Wiltesiae; — maneria nostra de Aylesbam, Wigb- 
 ton, Snetesbam, Fakenbam, Gymyngbam, Tunstede, et Tbet- 
 
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 sary and notable causes inwardly moving us, have given, 
 granted, and by this our charter have confirmed, for us 
 and our heirs, to the venerable fathers, John cardinal 
 archbishop of York, John archbishop of Canterbury, Ro- 
 bert bishop of London, William bishop of Lincoln, William 
 bishop of Salisbury, and Thomas bishop of Bath and 
 Wells ; Henry earl of Northumberland and William earl 
 of Suffolk ; John Carpenter the elect of the church of 
 Worcester ; John viscount Beaumont ; Walter lord de Hun- 
 gerford, Ralph lord de Cromwell, and Ralph lord de 
 Sudley; John Somerset, Henry Seuer, John Langton, 
 Richard Andrew, Adam Moleyns, John de la Bere, Walter 
 Lyhert, and Walter Shirington, clerks ; Edmund Hunger- 
 ford and John Beauchamp, knights; James Fenys, Ed- 
 ward Hull, John Saintlo, John Hampton, John Noreys, 
 William Tresham, John Vampage, and Richard Aired, 
 esquires ; our castle, manor, and hundred of Higham Fer- 
 rers, with the appurtenances; our manors of Raunds, 
 Rushden, Caldecott, Irchester, Daventry, and Desborough; 
 our mills of Dicheford ; and all our lands and tenements, 
 rents and services, with the appurtenances, in Weldon; 
 also all the lands and tenements, with the appurtenances, 
 which were late of Stephen Rumbilowe in Daventry afore- 
 said, and all our lands and tenements, rents and services, 
 with the appurtenances, which were late of Sir William 
 Croiser, knight, in Higham Ferrers and Caldecott aforesaid, 
 in the county of Northampton ;— the fee-farm of one hun- 
 dred and twenty pounds of the town of Godmanchester, 
 the fee-farm of forty-three pounds of the town of Hunt- , 
 ingdon, and the manor of Glatton with Holme, with 
 the appurtenances, in the county of Huntingdon; — the 
 manor of Wardyngton, in the county of Buckingham ; — the 
 manor of Aldbourn, in the county of Wilts;— our manors 
 
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 ford, cum viginti et octo libris, sex solidis, et octo de- 
 nariis, de feodi firma prions et conventus monachorum 
 de Thetford, et manerium de Methewolde, cum terris 
 et tenementis nostris vocatis Rodmere juxta Methewold; 
 ac hundreda nostra de Northerpyngham, Southerpyng- 
 ham, Gallowe, et Brothercrosse, cum pertinentiis, in co- 
 mitatu NorfFolcise ; — maneria nostra de Hungerford, Esgars- 
 ton, et Staunden, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu Bercherise ; 
 — et manerium nostrum de Soham, cum pertinentiis, in co- 
 mitatu Cantabrigise : — Habendum et tenendum omnia prae- 
 dicta castrum, maneria, hameletta, feodi firmas, hundreda, 
 molendina, terras, tenementa, redditus, et servitia, cum per- 
 tinentiis, una cum feodis militum, ac omnibus aliis proficuis 
 et commoditatibus eisdem castro, maneriis, terris, et tene- 
 mentis spectantibus sive pertinentibus, eisdem cardinal], 
 archiepiscopo, episcopis, comitibus, Johanni, Johanni, Wal- 
 tero, Radulpho, Radulpho, Johanni, Henrico, Johanni, 
 Ricardo, Adse, Johanni, Waltero, Waltero, Edmundo, Jo- 
 hanni, Jacobo, Edwardo, Johanni, Johanni, Johanni, Wil- 
 lielmo, Johanni, et Ricardo, hseredibus et assignatis suis, 
 de nobis et haeredibus nostris, per fidehtatem tantum, abs- 
 que ahquo alio nobis vel haeredibus nostris inde reddendo, 
 in perpetuum. Salvis semper et reservatis, nobis et hae- 
 redibus nostris Ducibus Lancastriae, advocationibus eccle- 
 siarum, abbatiarum, prioratuum, vicariarum, cantariarum, 
 capellarum, hospitalium, et aliorum beneficiorum ecclesi- 
 asticorum quorumcunque, eisdem castro, maneriis, sive 
 terris et tenementis, ullo modo spectantibus. Et nos et 
 ^ dicti haeredes nostri castrum, maneria, ac omnia singula 
 praemissa, cum pertinentiis, praefatis cardinali, archiepi- 
 scopo, episcopis, comitibus, Johanni, Johanni, Waltero, 
 Radulpho, Radulpho, Johanni, Henrico, Johanni, Ricardo, 
 Adae, Johanni, Waltero, Waltero, Edmundo, Johanni, Ja- 
 
of Aylsham, Wighton, Snettisham, Fakenham, Giming- 
 ham, Tunstead, and Thetford, with twenty-eight pounds 
 six shillings and eight-pence of the fee-farm of the 
 prior and convent of monks of Thetford, and the manor 
 of Methwold, with our lands and tenements called Rod- 
 mere, near Methwold, and our hundreds of North Er- 
 pingham. South Erpingham, Gallow, and Brothercross, 
 with the appurtenances, in the county of Norfolk ; — our 
 manors of Hungerford, East Garston, and Staunden, with 
 the appurtenances, in the county of Berks; — and our 
 manor of Soham, with the appurtenances, in the county of 
 Cambridge : — To have and to hold all the aforesaid cas- 
 tle, manors, hamlets, fee-farms, hundreds, mills, lands, 
 tenements, rents, and services, with the appurtenances, 
 together with the knights' fees, and all other profits 
 and commodities belonging or pertaining to the same 
 castle, manors, lands, and tenements, to the same car- 
 dinal, archbishop, bishops, earls, John, John, Walter, 
 Ralph, Ralph, John, Henry, John, Richard, Adam, John, 
 Walter, Walter, Edmund, John, James, Edward, John, 
 John, John, William, John, and Richard, their heirs and 
 assigns, of us and our heirs for ever, by fealty only, 
 without rendering to us or our heirs any other thing 
 therefore. Saving always and reserved to us and our 
 heirs Dukes of Lancaster, the advowsons of churches, 
 abbeys, priories, vicarages, chantries, chapels, hospitals, 
 and other ecclesiastical benefices whatsoever in anywise 
 belonging to the same castle, manors, or lands and tene- 
 ments. And we and our said heirs will warrant and de- 
 fend against all men the castle, manors, and all and sin- 
 gular the premises, with the appurtenances, to the aforesaid 
 cardinal, archbishop, bishops, earls, John, John, Walter, 
 Ralph, Ralph, John, Henry, John, Richard, Adam, John, 
 
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 cobo, Edwardo, Johanni, Johanni, Johanni, Willielmo, Jo- 
 hanni, et Ricardo, haeredibus et assignatis suis, contra omnes 
 homines warantizabimus et defendemus in perpetuum. Eo 
 quod expressa mentio de vero valore annuo eorumdem 
 castri, maneriorum, hamelettorum, feodi firmarum, hun- 
 dredorum, molendinorum, terrarum, tenementorum, red- 
 dituum et servitiorum preedictorum, et cseterorum prse- 
 missorum, sic per nos ad prsesens datorum et concessorum, 
 ut praefertur, seu de aliis donis, rebus, vel possessionibus 
 eisdem cardinali, archiepiscopo, episcopis, comitibus, Jo- 
 hanni, Johanni, Waltero, Radulpho, Radulpho, Johanni, 
 Henrico, Johanni, Ricardo, Adse, Johanni, Waltero, Wal- 
 tero, Edmundo, Johanni, Jacobo, Edwardo, Johanni, Jo- 
 hanni, Johanni, Willielmo, Johanni, et Ricardo, aut eorum 
 alicui, per nos, seu prsedecessores nostros vel progenitores 
 nostros, factis sive concessis, in prsesentibus juxta formam 
 statuti inde editi facta non existit, seu aliis causis, ma- 
 te riis, actibus, sive ordinationibus quibuscunque in con- 
 trarium editis, non obstantibus. In cujus rei testimonium 
 has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Datse sub si- 
 gillo ducatus nostri Lancastriae, apud manerium nostrum de 
 Shene, penultimo die Novembris anno regni nostri vice- 
 simo secundo. 
 
 Inspeximus etiam quasdam alias literas nostras patentes 
 sub sigillo nostro ducatus nostri Lancastriae factas in hsec 
 verba : 
 
 Henricus, Dei gratia, Rex Angliae et Franciae, et Do- 
 minus Hiberniae, omnibus ad quos praesentes literae per- 
 venerint, salutem. Sciatls, quod nos, ex certa scientia et 
 mero motu nostris, certis necessariis et notabilibus de 
 causis nos intime moventibus, dedimus, concessimus, et 
 hac carta nostra confirmavimus, pro nobis et haeredibus 
 nostris, venerabilibus patribus Johanni cardinali archie- 
 
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 Walter, Walter, Edmund, John, James, Edward, John, 
 John, John, William, John, and Richard, their heirs and 
 assigns for ever. Notwithstanding that express mention 
 is not made in these presents, according to the form 
 of the statute in that behalf made, of the true yearly 
 value of the same castle, manors, hamlets, fee-farms, hun- 
 dreds, mills, lands, tenements, rents and services afore- 
 said, and other the premises, so by us now given and 
 granted, as is aforesaid, or of other gifts, things, or pos- 
 sessions made or granted by us, or our predecessors, 
 or our progenitors, to the same cardinal, archbishop, 
 bishops, earls, John, John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, John, 
 Henry, John, Richard, Adam, John, Walter, Walter, Ed- 
 mund, John, James, Edward, John, John, John, William, 
 John, and Richard, or either of them, or notwithstand- 
 ing any other causes, matters, acts, or ordinances what- 
 soever passed to the contrary. In witness whereof we 
 have caused these our letters to be made patent. Given 
 under the seal of our duchy of Lancaster, at our manor 
 of Sheen, on the last day but one of November in the 
 twenty-second year of our reign. 
 
 We have also inspected certain other our letters patent 
 made under our seal of our duchy of Lancaster in these 
 words : 
 
 Henry, by the grace of God, King of England and 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the pre- 
 sent letters shall come, greeting. Know ye, that we, 
 of our certain knowledge and mere motion, for certain 
 necessary and notable causes inwardly moving us, have 
 given, granted, and by this our charter have confirmed, 
 for us and our heirs, to the venerable fathers John car- 
 dinal archbishop of York, John archbishop of Canter- 
 bury, Robert bishop of London, William bishop of Lin- 
 
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 piscopo Eborum, Johanni archiepiscopo Cantuariensi ; Ro- 
 berto Londonensi, Willielmo Lincolnensi, Willielmo Sa- 
 rum, Thomse Bathonensi et Wellensi, ac Jobanni Wigor- 
 nensi, episcopis; Henrico Nortbumbrise, et Willielmo Suf- 
 folciae, comitibus; Jobanni vicecomiti Beaumont; Waltero 
 domino de Hungerford, Radulpbo domino de Cromwell, et 
 Radulpbo domino de Seudeley ; Jobanni Somerset, Hen- 
 rico Seuer, Jobanni Langton, Ricardo Andrewe, Adae Mo- 
 leyns, Jobanni de la Bere, Waltero Lybert, et Waltero Sbi- 
 rington, clericis; Edmundo Hungerford et Jobanni Beau- 
 cbamp, militibus ; Jacobo Fenys, Edwardo Hull, Jobanni 
 Saintlo, Jobanni Hampton, Jobanni Noreys, Willielmo 
 Tresbam, Jobanni Vampage, et Ricardo Aired, armigeris ; 
 maneria de Sombourn, Weston-Hertley, et Langstoke, cum 
 pertinentiis, in comitatu Sutbamtonise; — maneria de Everley, 
 Colyngburn, Trowbrigge, Berewyk, et Esterton, cum per- 
 tinentiis, in comitatu Wiltesise ; — manerium de Chepyng- 
 lamburne, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu Bercberise ; — ma- 
 neria de Kyngeston Lacy, Wymborne, Blanford, et Sbap- 
 wyke, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu Dorsetise; — manerium 
 de Mynstrewortb, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu Glouces- 
 trise ; — manerium de Hodenak, cum pertinentiis, in marcbiis 
 Wallise ; — manerium et socam de Snaytb, cum pertinentiis, 
 in comitatu Eborum: — Habendum et tenendum omnia prse- 
 dicta maneria et socam, cum pertinentiis suis quibuscun- 
 que, una cum feodis militum ac omnibus aliis proficuis et 
 commoditatibus prsedictis maneriis et socae spectantibus sive 
 pertinentibus, eisdem cardinali, arcbiepiscopo, episcopis, co- 
 mitibus, Jobanni, Waltero, Radulpbo, Radulpbo, Jobanni, 
 Henrico, Jobanni, Ricardo, Adae, Jobanni, Waltero, Wal- 
 tero, Edmundo, Johanni, Jacobo, Edwardo, Jobanni, Jo- 
 banni, Jobanni, Willielmo, Johanni, et Ricardo, bseredibus 
 et assignatis suis, de nobis et baeredibus nostris, per fide- 
 
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 coin, William bishop of Salisbury, Thomas bishop of 
 Bath and Wells, and John bishop of Worcester; Henry 
 earl of Northumberland and William earl of Suffolk; 
 John viscount Beaumont; Walter lord de Hungerford, 
 Ralph lord de Cromwell, and Ralph lord de Sudley; 
 John Somerset, Henry Seuer, John Langton, Richard 
 Andrewe, Adam Moleyns, John de la Bere, Walter Ly- 
 hert, and Walter Shirington, clerks; Edmund Hunger- 
 ford and John Beauchamp, knights ; James Fenys, Ed- 
 ward Hull, John Saintlo, John Hampton, John Noreys, 
 William Tresham, John Vampage, and Richard Aired, 
 esquires; the manors of Sombourn, Weston -Hartley, and 
 Longstock, with the appurtenances, in the county of 
 Southampton ; — the manors of Everley, Collingbourne, 
 Trowbridge, Berwick, and Easterton, with the appur- 
 tenances, in the county of Wilts ; — the manor of Chip- 
 ping Lambourn, with the appurtenances, in the county 
 of Berks; — the manors of Kingston Lacy, Wimborne, 
 Blandford, and Shapwick, with the appurtenances, in 
 the county of Dorset; — the manor of Minsterworth, with 
 the appurtenances, in the county of Gloucester ;— the 
 manor of Hodenak, with the appurtenances, in the Marches 
 of Wales; — the manor and soke of Snaith, with the ap- 
 purtenances, in the county of York: — To have and to 
 hold all the aforesaid manors and soke, with whatso- 
 ever their appurtenances, together with the knights' fees, 
 and all other profits and commodities belonging or ap- 
 pertaining to the aforesaid manors and soke, to the same 
 cardinal, archbishop, bishops, earls, John, Walter, Ralph, 
 Ralph, John, Henry, John, Richard, Adam, John, Walter, 
 Walter, Edmund, John, James, Edward, John, John, John, 
 William, John, and Richard, and to their heirs and assigns, 
 of us and our heirs for ever, by fealty only, without ren- 
 
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 litatem tantum, absque aliquo alio nobis vel hseredibus 
 nostris inde reddendo, in perpetuum. Salvis semper et 
 reservatis, nobis et haeredibus nostris Ducibus Lancas- 
 triae, advocationibus ecclesiarum, prioratuum, abbatiarum, 
 vicariarum, cantariavum, eapellarum, hospitalium, et alio- 
 rum beneficiorum ecclesiasticorum quorumcunque, eisdem 
 maneriis et socse, cum pertinentiis, ullo modo spectantibus. 
 Et nos et dicti hseredes nostri maneria et socam, ac omnia 
 et singula prsemissa cum pertinentiis, prsefatis cardinali, 
 archiepiscopo, episcopis, comitibus, Johanni, Waltero, Ra- 
 dulpho, Radulpho, Johanni, Henrico, Johanni, Ricardo, 
 Adse, Johanni, Waltero, Waltero, Edmundo, Johanni, Ja- 
 cobo, Edwardo, Johanni, Johanni, Johanni, Willielmo, Jo- 
 hanni, et Ricardo, haeredibus et assignatis suis, contra 
 omnes homines warantizabimus et defendemus in perpe- 
 tuum. Eo quod expressa mentio de vero valore annuo 
 eorumdem maneriorum et socae, ac caeterorum praemis- 
 sorum sic per nos ad praesens datorum et concessorum, 
 ut praefertur, seu de aliis donis, rebus, vel possessioni- 
 bus eisdem cardinali, archiepiscopo, episcopis, comitibus, 
 Johanni, Waltero, Radulpho, Radulpho, Johanni, Henrico, 
 Johanni, Ricardo, Adae, Johanni, Waltero, Waltero, Ed- 
 mundo, Johanni, Jacobo, Edwardo, Johanni, Johanni, Jo- 
 hanni, WilUelmo, Johanni, et Ricardo, aut eorum ahcui, 
 per nos seu praedecessores vel progenitores nostros, factis 
 sive concessis, in praesentibus juxta formam statuti inde 
 editi facta non existit, seu aliis causis, materiis, actibus, 
 sive ordinationibus quibuscunque in contrarium editis, 
 factis, sive habitis, non obstantibus. In cujus rei testi- 
 monium has hteras nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Datae 
 sub sigillo nostro ducatus nostri Lancastriae, apud mane- 
 rium nostrum de Shene, septimo die Julii anno regni 
 nostri vicesimo secundo. 
 
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 dering to us or our heirs any other thing therefore. Saving 
 always and reserved to us and to our heirs Dukes of Lan- 
 caster the advowsons of churches, priories, abbeys, vi- 
 carages, chantries, chapels, hospitals, and other ecclesias- 
 tical benefices whatsoever in anywise belonging to the 
 same manors and soke, with their appurtenances. And 
 we and our said heirs will warrant and defend against 
 all men the manors and soke, and all and singular the 
 premises, with the appurtenances, to the aforesaid car- 
 dinal, archbishop, bishops, earls, John, Walter, Ralph, 
 Ralph, John, Henry, John, Richard, Adam, John, Walter, 
 Walter, Edmund, John, James, Edward, John, John, John, 
 William, John, and Richard, their heirs and assigns for 
 ever. Notwithstanding that express mention is not 
 made in these presents, according to the form of the 
 statute in that behalf made, of the true yearly value of 
 the same manors and soke, and of the rest of the pre- 
 mises, so by us now given and granted, as is aforesaid, 
 or of other gifts, things, or possessions made or granted 
 by us or our predecessors or progenitors to the same 
 cardinal, archbishop, bishops, earls, John, Walter, Ralph, 
 Ralph, John, Henry, John, Richard, Adam, John, Walter, 
 Walter, Edmund, John, James, Edward, John, John, 
 John, William, John, and Richard, or any one of them, 
 or notwithstanding any other causes, matters, acts, or 
 ordinances whatsoever had, made, or passed to the con- 
 trary. In witness whereof we have caused these our 
 letters to be made patent. Given under our seal of 
 our duchy of Lancaster, at our manor of Sheen, on the 
 seventh day of July in the twenty-second year of our 
 reign. 
 
 We have inspected, moreover, other our letters patent 
 made under our seal of our said duchy in these words : 
 
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 Inspeximus insuper alias literas nostras patentes sub 
 sigillo nostro dicti ducatus nostri factas in hsec verba : 
 
 Henricus, Dei gratia. Rex Anglise et Francise, et Do- 
 minus Hibernise, omnibus ad quos prsesentes literse per- 
 venerint, salutem. Sciatis, quod nos, ex certa scientia 
 et mero motu nostris, certis necessariis et notabilibus de 
 causis nos intime moventibus, dedimus, concessimus, et 
 hac prsesenti carta nostra confirmavimus, pro nobis et 
 heeredibus nostris, venerabilibus patribus Johanni cardi- 
 nali archiepiscopo Eborum, Johanni archiepiscopo Can- 
 tuariensi ; Roberto Londonensi, Willielmo Lincolnensi, 
 Willielmo Sarum, Thomse Bathonensi et Wellensi, et Jo- 
 hanni Wigornensi, episcopis ; WilHelmo marchioni Suf- 
 folcise ; Henrico comiti North umbrise ; Johanni vicecomiti 
 Beaumont ; Walter© domino de Hungerford, Radulpho do- 
 mino de Cromwell, et Radulpho domino de Seudeley ; Jo-, 
 hanni Somersette, Henrico Seuer, Johanni Langton, Ri- 
 cardo Andrewe, Adse Moleyns, Johanni de la Bere, Wal- 
 tero Lyhert, et Waltero Shirington, clericis; Edmund o 
 Hungerford, Johanni Beauchamp, Jacobo Fenys, et Ed- 
 wardo Hull, mihtibus; Johanni Saintlo, Johanni Hamp- 
 ton, Johanni Noreys, Willielmo Tresham, Johanni Vam- 
 page, et Ricardo Aired, armigeris ; manerium et dominium 
 de Bernolwyke, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu Eborum ; ma- 
 nerium de Kylborn, cum pertinentiis, in eodem comitatu ; 
 feodi firmam vocatam Whitgift, cum pertinentiis, in co- 
 mitatu praedicto: — Habendum et tenendum omnia pra3- 
 dicta maneria, dominium, et feodi firmam, cum pertinen- 
 tiis suis quibuscunque, una cum feodis militum et om- 
 nibus aliis proficuis et commoditatibus praedictis maneriis, 
 dominio, et feodi firmse spectantibus sive pertinentibus, 
 eisdem cardinali, archiepiscopo, episcopis, marchioni, co- 
 miti, Johanni, Waltero, Radulpho, Radulpho, Johanni, 
 
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 Henry, by the grace of God, King of England and 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the pre- 
 sent letters shall come, greeting. Know ye, that we, 
 of our certain knowledge and mere motion, for certain 
 necessary and notable causes inwardly moving us, have 
 given, granted, and by this our present charter have 
 confirmed, for us and our heirs, to the venerable fathers 
 John cardinal archbishop of York, John archbishop of 
 Canterbury, Robert bishop of London, William bishop 
 of Lincoln, William bishop of Salisbury, Thomas bishop 
 of Bath and Wells, and John bishop of Worcester ; Wil- 
 liam marquis of Suifolk ; Henry earl of Northumberland ; 
 John viscount Beaumont; Walter lord de Hungerford, 
 Ralph lord de Cromwell, and Ralph lord de Sudley ; John 
 Somersette, Henry Seuer, John Langton, Richard An- 
 drewe, Adam Moleyns, John de la Bere, Walter Lyhert, 
 and Walter Shirington, clerks; Edmund Hungerford, John 
 Beauchamp, James Fenys, and Edward Hull, knights ; John 
 Saintlo, John Hampton, John Noreys, William Tresham, 
 John Vampage, and Richard Aired, esquires; the manor 
 and lordship of Barnoldwick, with the appurtenances, in 
 the county of York ; the manor of Kilburn, with the appur- 
 tenances, in the same county; the fee-farm called Whitgift, 
 with the appurtenances, in the aforesaid county : — To have 
 and to hold all the aforesaid manors, lordship, and fee-farm, 
 with whatsoever their appurtenances, together with the 
 knights' fees, and all other profits and commodities be- 
 longing or appurtenant to the aforesaid manors, lordship, 
 and fee-farm, to the same cardinal, archbishop, bishops, 
 marquis, earl, John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, John, Henry, 
 John, Richard, Adam, John, Walter, Walter, Edmund, 
 John, James, Edward, John, John, John, William, John, 
 and Richard, their heirs and assigns, of us and our heirs 
 
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 Henrico, Johanni, Ricardo, Adee, Johanni, Waltero, Wal- 
 tero, Edmundo, Johanni, Jacobo, Edwardo, Johanni, Jo- 
 hanni, Johanni, Willielmo, Johanni, et Ricardo, haeredibus 
 et assignatis suis, de nobis et hseredibus nostris, per fideli- 
 tatem tantum, absque aUquo alio nobis vel hseredibus nos- 
 tris inde reddendo, in perpetuum. Salvis semper et reser- 
 vatis, nobis et haeredibus nostris Ducibus Lancastriae, ad- 
 vocationibus ecclesiarum, abbatiarum, prioratuum, vica- 
 riarum, cantariarum, capellarum, hospitalium, et aliorum 
 beneficiorum ecclesiasticorum quorumcunque, eisdem ma- 
 neriis, dominio, et feodi firmse, cum pertinentiis, ullo modo 
 spectantibus. Et nos et dicti haeredes nostri maneria, do- 
 minium, et feodi firmam, ac omnia et singula praemissa, 
 cum pertinentiis, praefatis cardinali, archiepiscopo, episco- 
 pis, marchioni, comiti, Johanni, Waltero, Radulpho, Ra- 
 dulpho, Johanni, Henrico, Johanni, Ricardo, Adae, Jo- 
 hanni, Waltero, Waltero, Edmundo, Johanni, Jacobo, Ed- 
 wardo, Johanni, Johanni, Johanni, Willielmo, Johanni, et 
 Ricardo, haeredibus et assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes 
 warantizabimus et defendemus in perpetuum. Eo quod 
 expressa mentio de vero valore annuo eoruradem mane- 
 riorum, dominii, et feodi firmae, ac caeterorum praemissorum 
 sic per nos ad praesens datorum et concessorum, ut prae- 
 fertur, seu de aliis donis, rebus, vel possessionibus eisdem 
 cardinali, archiepiscopo, episcopis, marchioni, comiti, Jo- 
 hanni, Waltero, Radulpho, Radulpho, Johanni, Henrico, 
 Johanni, Ricardo, Adae, Johanni, Waltero, Waltero, Ed- 
 mundo, Johanni, Jacobo, Edwardo, Johanni, Johanni, Jo- 
 hanni, Willielmo, Johanni, et Ricardo, aut eorum alicui, 
 per nos seu praedecessores vel progenitores nostros factis 
 sive concessis, in praesentibus juxta formam statuti inde 
 editi facta non existit, seu aliis causis, materiis, actibus, 
 sive ordinationibus quibuscunque in contrarium factis, edi- 
 
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 for ever, by fealty only, without rendering to us or our 
 heirs any other thing therefore. Saving always and re- 
 served to us and to our heirs Dukes of Lancaster the 
 advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, vicarages, 
 chantries, chapels, hospitals, and other ecclesiastical be- 
 nefices whatsoever, in any manner belonging to the same 
 manors, lordship, and fee-farm, with their appurtenances. 
 And we and our said heirs will warrant and defend against 
 all people the manors, lordship, and fee-farm, and all 
 and singular the premises, with their appurtenances, to 
 the aforesaid cardinal, archbishop, bishops, marquis, earl, 
 John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, John, Henry, John, Richard, 
 Adam, John, Walter, Walter, Edmund, John, James, Ed- 
 ward, John, John, John, William, John, and Richard, 
 their heirs and assigns for ever. Notwithstanding that 
 express mention is not made in these presents, accord- 
 ing to the form of the statute in that behalf made, of 
 the true annual value of the same manors, lordship, and 
 fee-farm, and other the premises, so by us now given 
 and granted, as is aforesaid, or of other gifts, things, 
 or possessions made or granted by us or our prede- 
 cessors or progenitors to the same cardinal, archbishop, 
 bishops, marquis, earl, John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, 
 John, Henry, John, Richard, Adam, John, Walter, 
 Walter, Edmund, John, James, Edward, John, John, 
 John, William, John, and Richard, or any one of them, 
 or notwithstanding other causes, matters, acts, or ordi- 
 nances whatsoever made, passed, or had to the contrary. 
 In witness whereof we have caused these our letters 
 to be made patent. Given under our seal of our duchy 
 of Lancaster, at our castle of Windsor, on the twenty- 
 third day of February in the twenty-third year of our 
 reign. 
 
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 tis, sive habitis, non obstantibus. In cujus rei testimo- 
 nium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Datse 
 sub sigillo nostro ducatus nostri Lancastrise, apud castrum 
 nostrum de Wyndesore, vicesimo tertio die Februarii anno 
 regni nostri vicesimo tertio. 
 
 Inspeximus etiam alias literas nostras patentes sub si- 
 gillo nostro dicti ducatus nostri factas in hsec verba : 
 
 Henricus, Dei gratia, Rex Angliae et Francise, et Do- 
 minus Hiberniae, omnibus ad quos prsesentes literae per- 
 venerint, salutem. Sciatis, quod nos, ex certa scientia et 
 mero motu nostris, certis necessariis et notabilibus de 
 causis nos intime moventibus, dedimus, concessimus, et 
 hac prsesenti carta nostra confirmavimus, pro nobis et 
 hseredibus nostris, venerabilibus patribus Johanni cardi- 
 nali archiepiscopo Eborum, Johanni archiepiscopo Can- 
 tuariensi; Roberto Londonensi, Willielmo Lincolnensi, 
 Willielmo Sarum, Thomse Bathonensi et Wellensi, ac Jo- 
 hanni Wigornensi, episcopis; Willielmo marchioni Suf- 
 folcise; Henrico Northumbriae comiti; Johanni vicecomiti 
 Beaumont ; Waltero domino de Hungerford, Radulpho do- 
 mino de Cromwell, et Radulpho de Seudeley ; Johanni So- 
 merset, Henrico Seuer, Johanni Langton, Ricardo An- 
 drewe, Adae Moleyns, Johanni de la Bere, Waltero Lyhert, 
 et Waltero Shirington, clericis ; Edmundo Hungerford, Jo- 
 hanni Beauchamp, Jacobo Fenys, et Edwardo Hull, mili- 
 tibus ; Johanni Saintlo, Johanni Hampton, Johanni Noreys, 
 WiUielmo Tresham, Johanni Vampage, et Ricardo Aired, 
 armigeris ; castra, dominia, et maneria de Keawelly, Kair- 
 kenny, Iskenny, et Karnwalthan, cum membris et perti- 
 nentiis suis; castrum, manerium, et dominium de Ogge- 
 more, cum membris et pertinentiis suis; castra, dominia, 
 et maneria de Monnemouth, Grossemont, Skenfrith, et 
 Whitecastell, cum membris et pertinentiis suis ; et manerium 
 
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 We have also inspected other our letters patent made 
 under our seal of our said duchy in these words : 
 
 Henry, by the grace of God, King of England and 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the pre- 
 sent letters shall come, greeting. Know ye, that we, of 
 our certain knowledge and mere motion, for certain ne- 
 cessary and notable causes inwardly moving us, have 
 given, granted, and by this our present charter have 
 confirmed, for us and our heirs, to the venerable fathers, 
 John cardinal archbishop of York, John archbishop of 
 Canterbury, Robert bishop of London, William bishop 
 of Lincoln, William bishop of Salisbury, Thomas bishop 
 of Bath and Wells, and John bishop of Worcester; Wil- 
 liam marquis of Suffolk ; Henry earl of Northum- 
 berland; John viscount Beaumont; Walter lord de Hun- 
 gerford, Ralph lord de Cromwell, and Ralph lord de 
 Sudley; John Somerset, Henry Seuer, John Langton, 
 Richard Andrewe, Adam Moleyns, John de la Bere, 
 Walter Lyhert, and Walter Shirington, clerks; Edmund 
 Hungerford, John Beauchamp, James Fenys, and Ed- 
 ward Hull, knights; John Saintlo, John Hampton, John 
 Noreys, William Tresham, John Vampage, and Richard 
 Aired, esquires; the castles, lordships, and manors of 
 Kidwelly, Kairkenny, Iskenny, and Karnwalthan, with 
 their members and appurtenances; the castle, manor, and 
 lordship of Ogmore, with its members and appurtenances ; 
 the castles, lordships, and manors of Monmouth, Gros- 
 mont, Skenfreth, and Whitecastle, with their members and 
 appurtenances; and the manor or lordship of Ebboth 
 with its members and appurtenances, in South Wales 
 and the Marches of the same ; — the castle, lordship, 
 manor, and honor of Pevensey, with its members and 
 appurtenances, in the county of Sussex; — the lordship. 
 
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 sive dominium de Ebboth, cum^membris et pertinentiis 
 suis, in Suthwallia et marchiis ejusdem; — castrum, domi- 
 nium, manerium, et honorem de Pevenesey, cum membris et 
 pertinentiis suis, in comitatu Sussexise;— dominium, mane- 
 rium, et villam de Beston super mare, cum membris et per- 
 tinentiis suis, in comitatu Norffolcise ; — castrum, dominium, 
 et manerium de Casteldonyngton, cum membris et perti- 
 nentiis suis, in comitatu Leicestrise; — feoda comitatuum 
 Lincolnise et Derbeise, cum pertinentiis suis; — castrum, 
 villam, dominium, manerium, et honorem de Tikhill, cum 
 membris et pertinentiis suis, in comitatu Eborum: — Ha- 
 bendum et tenendum omnia prsedicta castra, dominia, 
 villas, maneria, et honores, et feoda comitatuum, cum mem- 
 bris et pertinentiis suis quibuscunque, una cum feodis mi- 
 litum et omnibus aliis proficuis et commoditatibus eisdem 
 castris, dominiis, villis, maneriis, honoribus, et feodis co- 
 mitatuum spectantibus sive pertinentibus, eisdem cardi- 
 nal, archiepiscopo, episcopis, marchioni, comiti, Johanni, 
 Waltero, Radulpho, Radulpho, Johanni, Henrico, Johanni, 
 Ricardo, Adse, Johanni, Waltero, Waltero, Edmundo, Jo- 
 hanni, Jacobo, Edwardo, Johanni, Johanni, Johanni, Wil- 
 lielmo, Johanni, et Ricardo, haeredibus et assignatis suis, 
 per fidelitatem tantum, absque aliquo alio nobis vel hae- 
 redibus nostris inde reddendo, in perpetuum. Salvis sem- 
 per et reservatis, nobis et hseredibus nostris Ducibus Lan- 
 castrise, advocationibus ecclesiarum, abbatiarum, priora- 
 tuum, vicariarum, cantariarum, capellarum, hospitalium, 
 et aliorum beneficiorum ecclesiasticorum quorumcunque, 
 eisdem castris, dominiis, villis, maneriis, honoribus, et 
 feodis comitatuum, cum membris et pertinentiis suis, ullo 
 modo spectantibus. Et nos et dicti hseredes nostri castra, 
 dominia, villas, maneria, honores, et feoda comitatuum, ac 
 omnia et singula prsemissa, cum pertinentiis, praefatis car- 
 
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 manor, and town of Beeston on the Sea, with its mem- 
 bers and appurtenances, in the county of Norfolk ; — the 
 castle, lordship, and manor of Castle Donington, with 
 its members and appurtenances, in the county of Leices- 
 ter; — the fees of the counties of Lincoln and Derby, 
 with their appurtenances; — the castle, town, lordship, 
 manor, and honor of Tickhill, with its members and ap- 
 purtenances, in the county of York: — To have and to 
 hold all the aforesaid castles, lordships, towns, manors, 
 and honors, and fees of counties, with whatsoever their 
 members and appurtenances, together with the knights' 
 fees, and all other profits and commodities belonging 
 or appertaining to the same castles, lordships, towns, 
 manors, honors, and fees of counties, to the same car- 
 dinal, archbishop, bishops, marquis, earl, John,* Walter, 
 Ralph, Ralph, John, Henry, John, Richard, Adam, John, 
 Walter, Walter, Edmund, John, James, Edward, John, 
 John, John, William, John, and Richard, their heirs 
 and assigns for ever, by fealty only, without rendering 
 to us or our heirs any other thing therefore. Saving 
 always and reserved to us and to our heirs Dukes of 
 Lancaster the advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, 
 vicarages, chantries, chapels, hospitals, and other eccle- 
 siastical benefices whatsoever, in any manner belonging 
 to the same castles, lordships, towns, manors, honors, 
 and fees of counties, with their members and appurte- 
 nances. And we and our said heirs will warrant and 
 defend against all people the castles, lordships, towns, 
 manors, honors, and fees of counties, and all and sin- 
 gular the premises, with their appurtenances, to the 
 aforesaid cardinal, archbishop, bishops, marquis, earl, 
 John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, John, Henry, John, Richard, 
 Adam, John, Walter, Walter, Edmund, John, James, Ed- 
 
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 dinali, archiepiscopo, episcopis, marchioni, comiti, Johanni, 
 Waltero, Radulpho, Radulpho, Johanni, Henrico, Johanni, 
 Ricardo, Adae, Johanni, Waltero, Waltero, Edmundo, Jo- 
 hanni, Jacobo, Edwardo, Johanni, Johanni, Johanni, Wil- 
 lielmo, Johanni, et Ricardo, hseredibus et assignatis suis, 
 contra omnes gentes warantizabimus et defendemus in per- 
 petuum. Eo quod expressa mentio de vero valore annuo 
 eorumdem castrorum, dominiorum, villarum, maneriorum, 
 honorum, et feodorum comitatuum, ac cseterorum praemis- 
 sorum, sic per nos ad prsesens datorum et concessorum, ut 
 prsefertur, seu de aliis donis, rebus, vel possessionibus 
 eisdem cardinali, archiepiscopo, episcopis, marchioni, co- 
 miti, Johanni, Waltero, Radulpho, Radulpho, Johanni, 
 Henrico, Johanni, Ricardo, Adae, Johanni, Waltero, Wal- 
 tero, Ecknundo, Johanni, Jacobo, Edwardo, Johanni, Jo- 
 hanni, Johanni, Willielmo, Johanni, et Ricardo, aut eorum 
 alicui, per nos seu praedecessores vel progenitores nostros 
 factis sive concessis, in praesentibus juxta formam statuti 
 inde editi facta non existit, seu aliis causis, materiis, ac- 
 tibus, sive ordinationibus quibuscunque in contrarium factis, 
 editis, sive habitis, non obstantibus. In cujus rei testimo- 
 nium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Datae 
 sub sigillo nostro ducatus nostri Lancastriae, apud castrum 
 nostrum de Wyndesore, vicesimo nono die Junii anno regni 
 nostri vicesimo tertio. 
 
 Nos autem hteras nostras praedictas, praefatis cardinali, 
 archiepiscopo, episcopis, Johanni Carpenter nunc episcopo 
 Wigornensi, Adae Moleyns nunc episcopo Cicestrensi, Wal- 
 tero Lyhert nunc episcopo Norwicensi ; Willielmo comiti 
 Suffolciae nunc marchioni Suffolciae ; Henrico comiti Nor- 
 thumbriae; Johanni vicecomiti Beaumont ; Waltero domino 
 de Hungerford, Radulpho domino de Cromwell, Radulpho 
 domino de Seudeley; Johanni Somerset, Henrico Seuer, 
 
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 ward, John, John, John, William, John, and Richard, 
 their heirs and assigns for ever. Notwithstanding that 
 express mention is not made in these presents, accord- 
 ing to the form of the statute in that behalf made, 
 of the true yearly value of the same castles, lordships, 
 towns, manors, honors, and fees of counties, and other 
 the premises, so by us now given and granted, as is 
 aforesaid, or of other gifts, things, or possessions made 
 or granted by us or our predecessors or progenitors to 
 the same cardinal, archbishop, bishops, marquis, earl, 
 John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, John, Henry, John, Richard, 
 Adam, John, Walter, Walter, Edmund, John, James, Ed- 
 ward, John, John, John, William, John, and Richard, or 
 any of them, or notwithstanding other causes, matters, 
 acts, or ordinances whatsoever made, passed, or had to 
 the contrary. In witness whereof, we have caused these 
 our letters to be made patent. Given under our seal 
 of our duchy of Lancaster, at our castle of Windsor, on 
 the twenty-ninth day of June in the twenty- third year 
 of our reign. 
 
 NOW we, with the assent of the Lords Spiritual and 
 Temporal, and Commons, of our realm of England, in 
 our present Parliament assembled, do ratify, confirm, and 
 approve, by the authority of the same Parhament, our 
 aforesaid letters, made, as is aforesaid, to the aforesaid 
 cardinal, archbishop, bishops, John Carpenter now bishop 
 of Worcester, Adam Moleyns now bishop of Chichester, 
 Walter Lyhert now bishop of Norwich; William earl 
 of Suffolk now marquis of Suffolk; Henry earl of 
 Northumberland; John viscount Beaumont; Walter lord 
 de Hungerford, Ralph lord de Cromwell, Ralph lord 
 de Sudley ; John Somerset, Henry Seuer, John Lang- 
 ton, Richard Andrew, John de la Bere, and Walter Shi- 
 
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 Johanni Langton, Ricardo Andrew, Johanni de la Bere, et 
 Waltero Shirington, clericis ; Edmundo Hungerford, et Jo- 
 hanni Beauchamp, militibus ; Jacobo Fenys nunc militi, 
 Edwardo Hull nunc militi; Johanni Saintlo, Johanni 
 Hampton, Johanni Noreys, Willielmo Tresham, Johanni 
 Vampage, et Ricardo Aired, armigeris, ut prgedicitur, fac- 
 tas, ex assensu Dominorum Spiritualium et Temporalium, 
 ac Communitatis regni nostri Angliae, in prsesenti Parlia- 
 mento nostro existentium, auctoritate ejusdem Parliamenti, 
 ratificamus, confirmamus, et approbamus ; ac omnia et sin- 
 gula castra, dominia, maneria, hameletta, feodi firm as, hun- 
 dreda, molendina, terras, tenementa, redditus, servitia, ho- 
 nores, villas, socas, et feoda comitatuum, ac caetera prse- 
 missa, in eisdem literis nostris contenta, nominata, sive 
 speeificata, eisdem cardinali, archiepiscopo, episcopis, mar- 
 chioni, comiti, Johanni, Waltero, Radulpho, Radulpho, Jo- 
 hanni, Henrico, Johanni, Ricardo, Johanni, Waltero, Ed- 
 mundo, Johanni, Jacobo, Edwardo, Johanni, Johanni, Jo- 
 hanni, Willielmo, Johanni, et Ricardo, auctoritate prgedicta, 
 damns et concedimus per praesentes. Habenda sibi, ba3- 
 redibus et assignatis suis in perpetuum, ad perficiendum 
 et perimplendum voluntatem nostram de et super disposi- 
 tione eorumdem castrorum, dominiorum, maneriorum, ha- 
 melettorum, feodi firmarum, hundredorum, molendinorum, 
 terrarum, et tenementorum, reddituum, servitiorum, ho- 
 norum, villarum, socarum, et feodorum comitatuum, ac 
 caeterorum praemissorum, per nos in posterum fiendam 
 et ordinandam, eisdem feolFatis nostris praedictis, ex parte 
 nostra declarandam et notificandam. Salvis quibuscunque 
 ligeis nostris statu, possessione, jure, titulo, et interesse 
 suis, ac vadiis, feodis, annuitatibus, custodiis, officiis, et 
 firmis quibuscunque in seu de dicto ducatu nostro Lan- 
 castriae, aut aliqua parcella praemissorum, si quae habeant 
 in eisdem. 
 
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 rington, clerks; Edmund Hungerford and John Beau- 
 champ, knights; James Fenys now knight, Edward 
 Hull now knight; John Saintlo, John Hampton, John 
 Noreys, William Tresham, John Vampage, and Richard 
 Aired, esquires ; and do give and grant by these pre- 
 sents, with the authority aforesaid, all and singular the 
 castles, lordships, manors, hamlets, fee-farms, hundreds, 
 mills, lands, tenements, rents, services, honors, towns, 
 sokes, and fees of counties, and the rest of the premises, 
 contained, named, or specified in our same letters, unto 
 the same cardinal, archbishop, bishops, marquis, earl, 
 John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, John, Henry, John, Richard, 
 John, Walter, Edmund, John, James, Edward, John, John, 
 John, William, John, and Richard : To have to them, their 
 heirs and assigns for ever, to do and fulfil our will, by us 
 hereafter to be made and ordained, and to be declared 
 and notified on our behalf to our aforesaid feofffees, upon 
 and concerning the disposition of the same castles, lord- 
 ships, manors, hamlets, fee-farms, hundreds, mills, lands 
 and tenements, rents, services, honors, towns, sokes, and 
 fees of counties, and the rest of the premises. Saving to all 
 our lieges whomsoever their estate, possession, right, title, 
 and interest, and whatsoever their wages, fees, annuities, 
 wardships, offices, and farms in or of our said duchy of 
 Lancaster, or of any parcel of the premises, if they have 
 any in the same. 
 
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 XXXI. 
 
 Petitio in Parliamento tento anno regni Regis Henrici Sexti post Con- 
 questum vicesimo septimo. 
 
 SOIT BAILLE AS SeIGNEURS. 
 
 HE King willeth that his lettres patentes, suf- 
 ficient in lawe, be made by auctorite of this 
 present Parlement unto the persones beneth 
 specified, after the forme under writon : 
 Rex, omnibus ad quos, &c. salutem. Sciatis, quod nos, 
 ex certa scientia et mero motu nostris, ac certis necessariis 
 et notabilibus de causis nos intime moventibus, de avisa- 
 mento et assensu Dominorum Spiritualium et Tempora- 
 lium, ac Communitatis regni nostri Anghae, in praesenti 
 Parliamento nostro existentium, ac auctoritate ejusdem 
 Parliamenti, dedimus, concessimus, et hac praesenti carta 
 nostra confirmavimus, pro nobis et hseredibus nostris, Jo- 
 hanni cardinali et archiepiscopo Eborum, Johanni archie- 
 piscopo Cantuariensi, WilUelmo Wintonensi, WilUelmo 
 Lincolnensi, WiUielmo Saresburiensi, Thomae Bathonensi 
 et Wellensi, Johanni Wigornensi, Adse Cicestrensi, Wal- 
 tero Norwicensi, Johanni Menevensi, episcopis ; WilUelmo 
 duci Sutfolciae; Henrico comiti Northumbriae ; Johanni 
 vicecomiti Beaumont; Waltero domino de Hungreford, 
 Radulpho domino de Cromwell, Radulpho domino de 
 Seudeley, Jacobo domino de Say, Johanni domino de 
 Beauchamp; Johanni Chedworth, Willielmo Westbury, 
 Johanni Somerset, Henrico Seuer, Ricardo Andrewe, Wil- 
 lielmo Say, Nicholao Cloos, Roberto Wodelarke, Thomae 
 Barker, clericis; Edmundo Hungreford, Edwardo Hull, 
 
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 XXXL 
 
 Petition in the Parliament holden in the twenty-seventh year of the 
 reign of King Henry the Sixth after the Conquest. 
 
 Let it be delivered to the Lords. 
 HE Kinff willeth that his letters patent, suf- leth juiy. 
 
 ° ^ ' 27 Hen. 6. 
 
 ficient in law, be made by authority of this a.d. 1449. 
 present Parliament unto the persons beneath parcel 01 the' 
 
 •n 1 c 1 *» 1 . Duchy of 
 
 specified, after the form under written : Lancaster, 
 
 * granted to 
 
 The King, to all to whom, &c. greeting. Know ye, perSi^ie 
 that we, of our certain knowledge and mere motion, Hen?yfhe^ 
 and for certain necessary and notable causes inwardly 
 moving us, have, by the advice and assent of the Lords 
 Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of our realm of 
 England, in our present Parliament assembled, and by 
 the authority of the same Parliament, given, granted, 
 and by this our present charter have confirmed, for us 
 and our heirs, to John cardinal and archbishop of York, 
 John archbishop of Canterbury, William bishop of Win- 
 chester, William bishop of Lincoln, William bishop of 
 Salisbury, Thomas bishop of Bath and Wells, John bishop 
 of Worcester, Adam bishop of Chichester, Walter bishop 
 of Norwich, John bishop of St David's; William duke 
 of Suffolk ; Henry earl of Northumberland ; John viscount 
 Beaumont; Walter lord de Hungerford, Ralph lord de 
 Cromwell, Ralph lord de Sudley, James lord de Say, John 
 lord de Beauchamp; John Chedworth, William West- 
 bury, John Somerset, Henry Seuer, Richard Andrewe, 
 WiUiam Say, Nicholas Cloos, Robert Wodelarke, Thomas 
 Barker, clerks ; Edmund Hungerford, Edward Hull, 
 
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 militibus; Johanni Hampton, Johanni Norreys, Johanni 
 Say, Willielmo Tresham, et Johanni Vampage, armigeris ; 
 haeredibus et assignatis suis, castrum, dominium, sive ma- 
 nerium de Novo Castro subtus Linam, in comitatu Staf- 
 fordise, cum pertinentiis ; — wapentachium sive socagium 
 de Wirkesworth, maneria et villas de Wirkesworth et 
 Assheburne, ac wapentachia de Plumtre et Rysley, cum 
 singulis eorum pertinentiis, in comitatu Derbeise ; — wapen- 
 tachium de Allerton cum pertinentiis, maneria de Laugh- 
 ton, Gryngley, et Wheteley, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu 
 Notinghamiae, et alibi ; — manerium de Fulmodeston, nec- 
 non firmam et redditum ejusdem, in comitatu NorfFolciae, 
 cum pertinentiis; — manerium de Bradford cum pertinen- 
 tiis, castrum, dominium, et manerium de Knaresburgh, ma- 
 neria de Screvyn, Rouclyf, et Aldeburgh, ballivam burgi de 
 Knaresburgh, molendina de Knaresburgh, et forestam sive 
 chaceam de Knaresburgh cum pertinentiis, una cum om- 
 nibus et singulis exitibus, firmis, reventionibus, proficuis, 
 et commoditatibus de Wharfedale, Swyndon, Okeden, et 
 Fulwith, cum pertinentiis, ac aliis proficuis dictae forestae 
 quibuscunque, parcum de Haywra, parcum de Bilton, et 
 parcum del Hay cum pertinentiis, cum omnibus et singulis 
 firmis, proficuis, reventionibus, commoditatibus ballivae li- 
 bertatis de Knaresburgh praedictae, molendina de Burgh- 
 bryg, et wapentachium de Staneclyf cum pertinentiis, 
 castrum, dominium, et manerium de Pikeryng cum per- 
 tinentiis, manerium de Scalby cum pertinentiis, et cum 
 agistamento et omnibus aliis proficuis ejusdem manerii, 
 una cum exitibus, proficuis, reventionibus, et commodi- 
 tatibus ballivae liber tatis de Pikeryng praedictae in comi- 
 tatu Eborum, et alibi; — manerium de Henton cum per- 
 tinentiis, manerium de Wodespene cum pertinentiis, in 
 comitatu Bercheriae; — et manerium de Pole cum perti- 
 
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 knights; John Hampton, John Norreys, John Say, Wil- 
 liam Tresham, and John Vampage, esquires, their heirs 
 and assigns, the castle, lordship, or manor of Newcastle- 
 under-Lyne, in the county of Stafford, with its appur- 
 tenances; — the wapentake or socage of Wirksworth, the 
 manors and towns of Wirksworth and Ashborne, and 
 the wapentakes of Plumtree and Risley, with every of 
 their appurtenances, in the county of Derby ; — the wapen- 
 take of Allerton, with its appurtenances, the manors of 
 Laughton, Gringley, and Wheatley, with the appurte- 
 nances, in the county of Nottingham, and elsewhere ; 
 — the manor of Fulmodeston, also the farm and rent of 
 the same, in the county of Norfolk, with the appurte- 
 nances ; — the manor of Bradford, with the appurtenances, 
 the castle, lordship, and manor of Knaresborough, the 
 manors of Scriven, Rocliffe, and Aldborough, the baili- 
 wick of the borough of Knaresborough, the mills of 
 Knaresborough, and the forest or chace of Knaresborough 
 with the appurtenances, together with all and singular the 
 issues, farms, revenues, profits, and commodities of Wharfe- 
 dale, Swindon, Okeden, and Fulwith, with the appurte- 
 nances, and all other profits whatsoever of the said forest, 
 the park of Haywra, the park of Bilton, and the park of 
 the Hay with the appurtenances, with all and singular the 
 farms, profits, revenues, and commodities of the bailiwick 
 of the liberty of Knaresborough aforesaid, the mills of Bo- 
 roughbridge, and the wapentake of Staincliffe with the ap- 
 purtenances, the castle, lordship, and manor of Pickering 
 with the appurtenances, the manor of Scalby with the ap- 
 purtenances, and with the agistment and all other profits of 
 the same manor, together with the issues, profits, revenues, 
 and commodities of the bailiwick of the liberty of Pickering 
 aforesaid, in the county of York, and elsewhere ;— the manor 
 
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 nentiis, in comitatu Wiltesiae ; — necnon omnia et singula 
 terras, tenementa, redditus, reversiones, et servitia cum 
 pertinentiis, una cum feodis militum, parcis, warennis, 
 chaceis, mineris, piscariis, ac omnibus et singulis aliis 
 proficuis et commoditatibus, quae nobis, vel haeredibus 
 nostris Ducibus Lancastriae, ratione dictorum castrorum, 
 dominiorum, villarum, maneriorum, socagii, wapentachio- 
 rum, ballivarum, terrarum, et tenementorum, ac caetero- 
 rum praemissorum, in comitatibus praedictis, vel alibi, 
 quae parcella ducatus nostri Lancastriae praedicti exist- 
 unt, pertinent vel competunt, aut pertinere vel competere 
 poterunt, quovismodo; et quae nos, aut progenitores vel 
 antecessores nostri Duces Lancastriae, in eisdem castris, 
 dominiis, villis, maneriis, burgo, socagio, wapentachiis, 
 ballivis, terris, tenementis, ac caeteris praemissis, ratione 
 ducatus nostri praedicti habere seu percipere consuevimus ; 
 necnon cum omnibus proficuis, exitibus, reventionibus, et 
 emolumentis, de quibus per feodarios nostros, seu proge- 
 nitorum nostrorum vel antecessorum nostrorum Ducum 
 Lancastriae, comitatuum Sussexiae, Norffolciae, Somer- 
 setiae, Dorsetiae, Suthamtoniae, Wiltesiae, Oxoniae, et Ber- 
 cheriae, cum pertinentiis, seu eorum aliquem, nobis seu ali- 
 quibus dictorum progenitorum sive antecessorum nostro- 
 rum ante haec tempera responderi usitatum fuerit vel con- 
 suetum: — Habendum et tenendum omnia et singula prae- 
 dicta castra, dominia, villas, maneria, socagium, wapen- 
 tachia, molendina, ballivas, forestam sive chaceam, parcos, 
 agistamentum, terras, tenementa, redditus, reversiones, et 
 servitia cum pertinentiis, una cum exitibus, proficuis, re- 
 ventionibus, et commoditatibus, emolumentis et caeteris 
 praemissis quibuscunque, praefatis cardinali, archiepiscopo, 
 episcopis, duci, comiti, Johanni, Waltero, Radulpho, Ra- 
 dulpho, Jacobo, Johanni, Johanni, Willielmo, Johanni, 
 
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 of Henton with the appurtenances, the manor of Wood Speen 
 with the appurtenances, in the county of Berks; — and the 
 manor of Poole with the appurtenances, in the county of 
 Wilts; — and also all and singular the lands, tenements, 
 rents, reversions, and services, with the appurtenances, 
 together with the knights' fees, parks, warrens, chaces, 
 mines, fisheries, and all and singular the other profits 
 and commodities, which pertain or belong, or may in 
 any way pertain or belong, to us or to our heirs Dukes 
 of Lancaster by reason of the said castles, lordships, 
 towns, manors, socage, wapentakes, bailiwicks, lands and 
 tenements, and the rest of the premises, in the counties 
 aforesaid, or elsewhere, which are parcel of our duchy 
 of Lancaster aforesaid; and which we, or our proge- 
 nitors or ancestors Dukes of Lancaster, have, by reason 
 of our duchy aforesaid, been accustomed to have or to 
 receive in the same castles, lordships, towns, manors, 
 borough, socage, wapentakes, bailiwicks, lands, tenements, 
 and the rest of the premises; also with all the profits, 
 issues, revenues, and emoluments, in respect of which we 
 or any of our said progenitors or ancestors have been 
 previously used or accustomed to be answered by the 
 feodaries, or any one of them,, of us, or of our proge- 
 nitors or ancestors Dukes of Lancaster, of the counties 
 of Sussex, Norfolk, Somerset, Dorset, Southampton, Wilts, 
 Oxford, and Berks, with the appurtenances: — To have 
 and to hold, from the feast of St. Michael last past, 
 all and singular the aforesaid castles, lordships, towns, 
 manors, socage, wapentakes, mills, bailiwicks, forest or 
 chace, parks, agistment, lands, tenements, rents, reversions, 
 and services, with the appurtenances, together with the 
 issues, profits, revenues, and commodities, emoluments and 
 other premises whatsoever, to the aforesaid cardinal, arch- 
 
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 Henrico, Ricardo, Willielmo, Nicholao, Roberto, Thomse, 
 Edmundo, Edwardo, Johanni, Johanni, Johanni, Willielmo, 
 et Johanni, hseredibus et assignatis suis, a festo Sancti 
 Michaelis ultimo prseterito in perpetuum, de nobis et 
 hseredibus nostris, per fidelitatem tantum, absque aliquo 
 nobis vel haeredibus nostris inde reddendo; ad inde per- 
 ficiendum et perimplendum voluntatem nostram, per nos 
 factam et ordinatam, vel per nos super eisdem exnunc 
 fiendam et ordinandam, ac eisdem cardinali, archiepiscopo, 
 episcopis, duci, comiti, Johanni, Waltero, Radulpho, Ra- 
 dulpho, Jacobo, Johanni, Johanni, Willielmo, Johanni, 
 Henrico, Ricardo, Willielmo, Nicholao, Roberto, Thomse, 
 Edmundo, Edwardo, Johanni, Johanni, Johanni, Willielmo, 
 et Johanni, haeredibus seu assignatis suis, ex parte nostra 
 declaratam et notificatam, vel imposterum declarandam et 
 notificandam. Sal vis semper et reservatis nobis, et hae- 
 redibus nostris Ducibus Lancastriae, advocationibus ec- 
 clesiarum, abbatiarum, prioratuum, vicariarum, cantari- 
 arum, capellarum, hospitalium, et aliorum beneficiorum 
 ecclesiasticorum quorumcunque, eisdem castris, dominiis, 
 villis, maneriis, terris seu tenementis, aut alicui eorum, 
 ullo modo spectantibus. Et nos vero et haeredes nostri 
 praedicta castra, dominia, maneria, villas, socagium, wa- 
 pentachia, molendina, ballivas, forestam, parcos, agista- 
 mentum, terras, tenementa, redditus, reversiones, et ser- 
 vitia, cum pertinentiis, una cum omnibus et singulis aliis 
 praemissis, exceptis praeexceptis et reservatis, praefatis car- 
 dinali, archiepiscopo, episcopis, duci, comiti, Johanni, Wal- 
 tero, Radulpho, Radulpho, Jacobo, Johanni, Johanni, Wil- 
 lielmo, Johanni, Henrico, Ricardo, WiUielmo, Nicholao, 
 Roberto, Thomae, Edmundo, Edwardo, Johanni, Johanni, 
 Johanni, Willielmo, et Johanni, haeredibus et assignatis 
 suis, contra omnes gentes in forma praedicta warantiza- 
 
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 bishop, bishops, duke, earl, John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, 
 James, John, John, William, John, Henry, Richard, Wil- 
 liam, Nicholas, Robert, Thomas, Edmund, Edward, John, 
 John, John, William, and John, their heirs and assigns, of 
 us and our heirs for ever, by fealty only, without rendering 
 any other thing to us or our heirs therefore; therewith to do 
 and fulfil our will by us made and ordained respecting the 
 same, or hereafter to be made and ordained by us, and de- 
 clared and notified, or hereafter to be declared and notified 
 on our behalf, to the same cardinal, archbishop, bishops, 
 duke, earl, John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, James, John, 
 John, William, John, Henry, Richard, William, Nicholas, 
 Robert, Thomas, Edmund, Edward, John, John, John, 
 William, and John, their heirs or assigns. Saving always 
 and reserved to us and our heirs Dukes of Lancaster the 
 advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, vicarages, chan- 
 tries, chapels, hospitals, and other ecclesiastical benefices 
 whatsoever, in any manner belonging to the same castles, 
 lordships, towns, manors, lands or tenements, or any of 
 them. And we, moreover, and our heirs, will warrant and 
 defend against all people, in form aforesaid, the aforesaid 
 castles, lordships, manors, towns, socage, wapentakes, mills, 
 bailiwicks, forest, parks, agistment, lands, tenements, 
 rents, reversions, and services, with the appurtenances, to- 
 gether with all and singular other the premises, except the 
 before excepted and reserved, to the aforesaid cardinal, 
 archbishop, bishops, duke, earl, John, Walter, Ralph, 
 Ralph, James, John, John, William, John, Henry, Richard, 
 WiUiam, Nicholas, Robert, Thomas, Edmund, Edward, 
 John, John, John, William, and John, their heirs and as- 
 signs for ever. We have also granted, with the assent The feoffees 
 and authority aforesaid, to the aforesaid cardinal, arch- now granted, 
 
 and likewise 
 
 bishop, bishops, duke, earl, John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, of those 
 
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 bimus et defendemus in perpetuum. Concessimus etiam, 
 ex assensu et auctoritate prsedictis, prsefatis cardinali, ar- 
 chiepiscopo, episcopis, duci, comiti, Johanni, Waltero, 
 Radulpho, Radulpho, Jacobo, Jobanni, Jobanni, Willielmo, 
 Jobanni, Henrico, Ricardo, Willielmo, Nicbolao, Roberto, 
 Tbomse, Edmundo, Edwardo, Jobanni, Jobanni, Jobanni, 
 Willielmo, et Jobanni, quod ipsi, bseredes et assignati 
 sui, tam in omnibus et singulis praedictis castris, domi- 
 niis, maneriis, villis, socagio, wapentacbiis, ballivis, terris, 
 tenementis, forestis, cbacea, parcis, et cseteris prsemissis 
 quibuscunque, quam in omnibus aliis castris, dominiis, 
 honoribus, villis, maneriis, terris, tenementis, molendinis, 
 feodifirmis, bundredis, feodis comitatuum, et aliis posses- 
 sionibus quibuscunque, nuper parcella ducatus nostri pra3- 
 dicti, quae dicti cardinabs, arcbiepiscopus, Willielmus Lin- 
 colnensis, Willielmus Sarisburiensis, Tbomas Batbonensis 
 et Wellensis, Jobannes Wigornensis, Adam Cicestrensis, 
 Walterus Norwicensis, Jobannes nunc Menevensis, epi- 
 scopi, dux, comes, Jobannes vicecomes Beaumont, Walterus 
 dominus de Hungerford, Radulpbus, Radulpbus, Jacobus, 
 Jobannes nunc dominus de Beaucbarap, Jobannes Somer- 
 set, Henricus, Ricardus, Edmundus, Edwardus, Jobannes 
 Hampton, Jobannes Norreys, Willielmus Tresbam, et Jo- 
 bannes Vampage, jam babent, [virtute] quorundam doni et 
 concessionis per nos in Parliamento nostro apud Westmo- 
 nasterium vicesimo quinto die Februarii, anno regni nostri 
 vicesimo tertio, incepto, et usque duodecimum diem Martii, 
 anno regni nostri vicesimo quarto, et postea durante dicto 
 Parliamento, et assensu Dominorum Spiritualium et Tem- 
 poralium, ac Communitatis regni nostri Angliae in Par- 
 liamento illo existentium, auctoritate ejusdem Parliamenti, 
 eodem duodecimo die Martii, eisdem cardinali, arcbiepi- 
 scopo, episcopis, duci, comiti, Jobanni, Waltero, Radulpbo, 
 
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 James, John, John, William, John, Henry, Richard, Wil- fH^l^^'l 
 liam, Nicholas, Robert, Thomas, Edmund, Edward, John, S w*estmX 
 John, John, William, and John, that they, their heirs 23rd ot Henry 
 
 ^ ' ' •" the Sixth, 
 
 and assigns, may have and exercise such and such sort Se^a^ilJ^J'J'i, 
 of liberties, jura regalia^ customs, franchises, immuni- vneges'/aVid 
 
 jura regalia, 
 
 ties, and privileges, together with all and all kinds of f/^jj*''^^'"' 
 profits of the same, in all things and through all things, SdsweVeln 
 and enjoy and use them, as fully and completely as we hands. 
 or our progenitors or ancestors aforesaid Dukes of Lancas- 
 ter ever most fully or freely had or perceived them, as well 
 in all and singular the aforesaid castles, lordships, manors, 
 towns, socage, wapentakes, bailiwicks, lands, tenements, 
 forests, chace, parks, and other premises whatsoever, as 
 in all other the castles, lordships, honors, towns, manors, 
 lands, tenements, mills, fee-farms, hundreds, fees of coun- 
 ties, and other possessions whatsoever, late parcel of our 
 duchy aforesaid, which the said cardinal, archbishop, Wil- 
 liam bishop of Lincoln, WiUiam bishop of Salisbury, 
 Thomas bishop of Bath and Wells, John bishop of Wor- 
 cester, Adam bishop of Chichester, Walter bishop of Nor- 
 wich, John now bishop of St. David's, duke, earl, John 
 viscount Beaumont, Walter lord de Hungerford, Ralph, 
 Ralph, James, John now lord de Beauchamp, John So- 
 merset, Henry, Richard, Edmund, Edward, John Hamp- 
 ton, John Norreys, William Tresham, and John Vampage 
 now have [by virtue] of a certain gift and grant, in our Par- 
 liament begun at Westminster on the twenty-fiftli day of 
 February in the twenty-third year of our reign, and [con- 
 tinued] until the twelfth day of March in the twenty-fourth 
 year of our reign, and afterwards during the said Parlia- 
 
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 Radulpho, Jacobo nunc domino de Say, Johanni nunc do- 
 mino de Beauchamp, Henrico, Ricardo, Edmundo, Ed- 
 wardo, Johanni, Johanni, Willielmo, et Johanni, ac Roberto 
 tunc Londinensi episcopo, Johanni Langton, Waltero Shi- 
 ryngton, clericis, Johanni Seyntlowe et Ricardo Alrede, ar- 
 migeris, jam defunctis, factorum, prout in Uteris nostris 
 patentibus inde super quodam acto dicti Parliamenti nostri, 
 sub magno sigillo nostro factis, plenius continetur, habeant 
 et exerceant talia et hujusmodi libertates, jura regalia, 
 consuetudines, franchesias, immunitates, et privilegia, una 
 cum omnibus et omnimodis proficuis eorundem in omnibus 
 et per omnia, ac eis gaudeant et utantur adeo plene et in- 
 tegre sicut nos, aut progenitores sive antecessores nostri 
 prsedicti Duces Lancastriae, ea unquam plenius seu li- 
 berius habuimus seu percepimus. Et quod dicta castra, 
 dominia, honores, villse, maneria, terrse, et tenementa, ac 
 csetera prsemissa quaecunque, per tales et hujusmodi offi- 
 ciarios et ministros regantur et gubernentur, per quales 
 eadem castra, dominia, villse, honores, maneria, terrae, 
 tenementa, et caetera praemissa, tam tempore nostro ante 
 concessiones supradictas, quam temporibus aliorum proge- 
 nitorum seu antecessorum nostrorum praedictorum Ducum 
 Lancastriae, virtute quarumcunque cartarum per progeni- 
 tores seu praedecessores nostros Reges Angliae, seu auc- 
 toritate aliquorum Parliamentorum ante haec tempora ten- 
 torum, factarum, uti, haberi, ac regi et gubernari consue- 
 verunt. Concessimus insuper, ex assensu dictorum Do- 
 minorum Spiritualium et Temporalium, ac dictae Commu- 
 nitatis, in praesenti Parhamento nostro existentium, et 
 auctoritate ejusdem Parliamenti, quod omnes et singuli ho- 
 mines, tenentes residentes, et alii residentes de et in prae- 
 dictis castris, honoribus, dominiis, villis, maneriis, socagiis, 
 ballivis, wapentachiis, terris, et tenementis, ac aliis pos- 
 
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 ment, and with the assent of the Lords Spiritual and 
 Temporal, and Commons of our realm of England, in 
 that Parliament assembled, by us made, by the authority 
 of the same Parliament, on the same twelfth day of 
 March, unto the same cardinal, archbishop, bishops, duke, 
 earl, John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, James now lord de 
 Say, John now lord de Beauchamp, Henry, Richard, 
 Edmund, Edward, John, John, William, and John, and 
 Robert then bishop of London, John Langton, Walter 
 Shiryngton, clerks, John Seyntlowe and Richard Alrede, 
 esquires, now deceased, as in our letters patent there- 
 upon under our great seal made upon a certain act 
 of our said Parliament, is more fully contained. And The lands 
 
 •' shall be 
 
 that the said castles, lordships, honors, towns, manors, g^^gVuieas 
 lands, and tenements, and other premises whatsoever, "eoore, 
 may be ruled and governed by such and such kind of 
 officers and ministers as the same castles, lordships, 
 towns, honors, manors, lands, tenements, and other pre- 
 mises were accustomed to be used, had, and ruled and 
 governed, as well in our own time before the aforesaid 
 grants, as in the times of others our progenitors or an- 
 cestors aforesaid Dukes of Lancaster, by virtue of any 
 charters made by our progenitors or predecessors Kings 
 of England, or by authority of any Parliaments hereto- 
 fore held. We have moreover granted, with the assent and the te- 
 nants enjoy 
 
 of the said Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the ^ b^Jorr*'^^ 
 said Commons, in our present Parliament assembled, 
 and by the authority of the same Parliament, that all 
 and singular the men, resident tenants, and other re- 
 siants of and in the aforesaid castles, honors, lordships, 
 
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 sessionibus prsedictis quibuscunque, talibus et hujusmodi 
 franchesiis, privilegiis, et libertatibus, adeo plene et libera 
 gaudeant et utantur, dummodo eadem castra, honores, do- 
 minia, villse, maneria, et csetera prsemissa, in manibus 
 prsedictorum cardinalis, archiepiscopi, episcoporum, ducis, 
 comitis, Johannis, Walteri, Radulphi, Radulphi, Jacobi, 
 Johannis, Johannis, Willielmi, Johannis, Henrici, Rieardi, 
 Willielmi, Nicholai, Roberti, Thomae, Edmundi, Edwardi, 
 Johannis, Johannis, Johannis, Willielmi, et Johannis, jam 
 superstitum, hseredum seu assignatorum suorum, aut eorum 
 alicujus, virtute concessionum prsedictarum, existere con- 
 tingent, sive in manibus nostris virtute aliquarum dimis- 
 sionum inde nobis per eosdem cardinalem, archiepiscopum, 
 episcopos, ducem, comitem, Johannem, Walterum, Ra- 
 dulphum, Radulphum, Jacobum, Johannem, Johannem, 
 Willielmum, Johannem, Henricum, Ricardum, Williel- 
 mum, Nicholaum, Robertum, Thomam, Edmundum, Ed- 
 wardum, Johannem, Johannem, Johannem, Willielmum, et 
 Johannem, vel partem eorum, ante hsec tempora factarum, 
 aut per eos, hseredes seu assignatos suos, vel eorum ali- 
 quos, exnunc faciendarum, existere contingent, quibus et 
 qualibus ac sicut aliqui homines, tenentes residentes, seu 
 alii residentes in eisdem, usi et gavisi fuerunt tempori- 
 bus quibus dicta castra, honores, dominia, villse, maneria, 
 socagia, ballivse, wapentachia, terrae, et tenementa, ac 
 caeterse possessiones praedictae, in manibus nostris, seu 
 aliquorum progenitorum sive antecessorum nostrorum prae- 
 dictorum Ducum Lancastriae, extiterunt, sine occasione 
 vel impedimento nostri, vel haeredum nostrorum, justitia- 
 riorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, coronatorum, aut aliorum 
 ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum, vel haeredum nos- 
 trorum quorumcunque ; quodque omnia praedicta castra, 
 honores, dominia, villae, maneria, socagium, ballivae, wa- 
 
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 towns, manors, socages, bailiwicks, wapentakes, lands, and 
 tenements, and other possessions aforesaid whatsoever, may 
 as fully and freely enjoy and use such and such sort of fran- 
 chises, privileges, and liberties, — provided the same castles, provided the 
 
 lands be in 
 
 honors, lordships, towns, manors, and other premises happen Hi Seef 
 to be, by virtue of the aforesaid grants, in the hands King's hands 
 
 bv tli6ir RS' 
 
 of the aforesaid cardinal, archbishop, bishops, duke, earl, signment; 
 John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, James, John, John, William, 
 John, Henry, Richard, William, Nicholas, Robert, Thomas, 
 Edmund, Edward, John, John, John, William, and John, 
 yet living, their heirs or assigns, or any one of them ; 
 or that they happen to be in our own hands by virtue 
 of any demises heretofore thereof made to us by the# 
 same cardinal, archbishop, bishops, duke, earl, John, 
 Walter, Ralph, Ralph, James, John, John, WiUiam, 
 John, Henry, Richard, William, Nicholas, Robert, Thomas, 
 Edmund, Edward, John, John, John, William, and John, 
 or a part of them, or hereafter to be made by them, 
 their heirs or assigns, or by some of them, — as and 
 which any men, resident tenants, or other resiants 
 in the same have used and enjoyed in the times when 
 the said castles, honors, lordships, towns, manors, so- 
 cages, bailiwicks, wapentakes, lands, and tenements, and 
 other possessions aforesaid, were in the hands of us, or 
 any our progenitors or ancestors aforesaid Dukes of Lan- 
 caster, without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or without let 
 
 from the 
 
 of the justices, escheators, sheriffs, coroners, or other ^[^"^^0??* 
 bailiffs or ministers of us or of our heirs whomsoever; "ther bailiffs. 
 and that all the aforesaid castles, honors, lordships, towns, 
 manors, socage, bailiwicks, wapentakes, lands, tenements. 
 
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 pentachia, terrse, tenementa, foresta sive chacea, parci, 
 warennse, et possessiones, ac csetera prsemissa qusecun- 
 que, ac quicunque officiarii et ministri eorundem castro- 
 rum, honorum, dominiorum, villarum, maneriorum, so- 
 cagii, terrarum, et tenementorum, forestse, chaceae, par- 
 corum, warennarum, ac omnium et singularum posses- 
 sionum prsedictarum, cum pertinentiis, sub sigillo illo 
 quod pro gubernatione eorundem ordinavimus gubernen- 
 tur et constituentur, et non sub aliquo alio sigillo nostro 
 et haeredum nostrorum Ducum Lancastrise, nee aliquo 
 alio sigillo, dummodo ipsa in manibus eorundem cardi- 
 nalis, archiepiscopi, episcoporum, ducis, comitis, Johan- 
 nis, Walteri, Radulpbi, Radulphi, Jacobi, Johannis, Jo- 
 •hannis, Willielmi, Johannis, Henrici, Ricardi, Willielmi, 
 Nicholai, Roberti, Thomae, Edmundi, Edwardi, Johan- 
 nis, Johannis, Johannis, Willielmi, et Johannis, haeredum 
 seu assignatorum suorum praeUictorum, vel eorum ali- 
 cujus, occasione praemissa existant, sive in manibus nos- 
 tris virtute aliquarum dimissionum inde nobis per eosdem 
 cardinalem, archiepiscopum, episcopos, ducem, comitem, 
 Johannem, Walterum, Radulphum, Radulphum, Jacobum, 
 Johannem, Johannem, Willielmum, Henricum, Ricardum, 
 Willielmum, Nicholaum, Robertum, Thomam, Edmundum, 
 Edwardum, Johannem, Johannem, Johannem, Willielmum, 
 et Johannem, vel partem eorum, ante haec tempora fac- 
 tarum, aut per eos, haeredes seu assignatos suos, seu 
 eorum aliquos, exnunc faciendarum, ut praemittitur, ex- 
 istere contingent. Salvis quibuscunque ligeis nostris pos- 
 sessione, jure, titulo, et interesse suis, ac annuitatibus, 
 officiis, vadiis, feodis, custodiis, et firmis quibuscunque 
 in seu de dictis castris, dominiis, maneriis, et caeteris prae- 
 missis quibuscunque, aut ahqua parcella eorundem, quae 
 
dained for 
 the same. 
 
 239 
 
 forest or chace, parks, warrens, and possessions, and ah matters 
 other premises whatsoever, and the officers and minis- IllSs^orthe'^ 
 ters whosoever of the same castles, honors, lordships, thereof to 
 
 pass under 
 
 towns, manors, socage, lands, and tenements, forest, ^aS^fc 
 chace, parks, warrens, and all and singular the posses- 
 sions aforesaid, with the appurtenances, be governed and 
 appointed under that seal which we have ordained for 
 the governance of the same, and not under any other 
 seal of us and our heirs Dukes of Lancaster, nor any 
 other seal, — provided that the same be, by the occasion 
 aforesaid, in the hands of the same cardinal, archbishop, 
 bishops, duke, earl, John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, James, 
 John, John, William, John, Henry, Richard, William, 
 Nicholas, Robert, Thomas, Edmund, Edward, John, 
 John, John, William, and John, their heirs or assigns 
 aforesaid, or of any one of them ; or that they happen to 
 be in our own hands by virtue of any demises thereof 
 heretofore made to us by the same cardinal, archbishop, 
 bishops, duke, earl, John, Walter, Ralph, Ralph, James, 
 John, John, William, Henry, Richard, WilUam, Nicholas, 
 Robert, Thomas, Edmund, Edward, John, John, John, 
 William, and John, or a part of them, or hereafter to be 
 made by them, their heirs or assigns, or by some of 
 them, as is aforesaid. Saving -to whomsoever our lieges 
 their possession, right, title, and interest, and the an- 
 nuities, offices, wages, fees, wardships, and farms what- 
 soever, in or respecting the said castles, lordships, manors, 
 and other premises whatsoever, or any parcel of the same, 
 which they have or any one of them lawfully has in the 
 same. In witness whereof, &c. 
 
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 ipsi habent, seu eorum aliquis habet legitime in eisdem. 
 In cujus, &c. 
 
 [In dor so.) 
 LE Roy, de Tadvys et assent de lez Seigneurs Espiri- 
 tuell et Temporell, et les Comunes, esteantz en cest pre- 
 sent Parlement, et par auctorite du dit Parlement, ad 
 graunte tout le continue en ycell peticion, et q'il soit fait 
 en toutz pointz sicome il est desire. 
 
240 
 
 (Indorsed.) 
 The King, with the advice and assent of the Lords Spi- 
 ritual and Temporal, and the Commons, in this present 
 Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the said 
 Parliament, has granted all the contents of this petition, 
 and that it be done in all points as is desired. 
 
241 
 
 Rot. Pari. 
 38 Hen. 6. 
 n. 28. in 
 Turr. Lond- 
 
 XXXIl. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Coventre, anno regni Regis Henrici 
 Sexti post Conqiiestum tricesimo octavo. 
 
 jTEM, qusedam cedula exhibita fuit praefato do- 
 mino Regi, in prsesenti Parliamento, per Com- 
 munitates regni Angliae in dicto Parliamento ex- 
 istentes, sub eo qui sequitur tenore verborum: 
 REX omnibus, &c. Cum nos nuper per literas nos- 
 tras patentes, sub sigillo nostro ducatus nostri Lancas- 
 triee factas, quarum datum est apud manerium nostrum 
 de Shene, penultimo die Novembris anno regni nostri vice- 
 simo secundo, ex certa scientia et mero motu nostris, certis 
 de causis nos intime moventibus, dederimus, coneesseri- 
 mus, et per easdem confirmaverimus, pro nobis et hsere- 
 dibus nostris, Thomae Batbonensi et Wellensi, Johanni Wi- 
 gornensi per nomen Johannis Carpenter electi Wigornensis 
 ecclesise, Waltero Norwicensi per nomen Walteri Lybert 
 clerici, Johanni Menevensi per nomen Johannis Delabere 
 clerici, episcopis; Johanni viceeomiti Beaumont; Ra- 
 dulpho domino de Sudeley, Johanni domino de Beauchamp 
 militi, Edmundo Hungerford militi; Johanni Hampton et 
 Johanni Noreys armigeris, adhuc superstitibus, ac ahis jam 
 defunctis, castrum, manerium, et hundredum de Hiegham 
 Ferrers cum pertinentiis ; maneria de Raundes, Russhden, 
 Caldecote, Irenchestre, Daventre, et Deisburgh, molendina 
 de Desheford, ac omnia terras et tenementa, redditus et ser- 
 vitia, tunc nostra, cum pertinentiis, in Welledon ; necnon 
 omnia terras et tenementa, cum pertinentiis, quae nuper fue- 
 runt Stephani Rumbylowe in Daventre praedicta, et omnia 
 
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 XXXII. 
 
 Roll of the Parliament holden at Coventry, in the thirty-eighth year of 
 the reign of King Henry the Sixth after the Conquest. 
 
 20th Nov. 
 38 Hen. 6. 
 
 LSO, a certain schedule was exhibited to our 
 ^^i aforesaid lord the King, in the present Parlia- a.d. ilig 
 1^ ment, by the Commons of the realm of Eng- 
 land in the said Parliament assembled, under 
 the tenor of words which follows : 
 
 The KING, to all, &c. Whereas we lately, by our Appoint- 
 
 ment of new 
 
 letters patent made under our seal of our duchy of Lan- feoffees to 
 
 * •' perform the 
 
 caster, the date whereof is at our manor of Sheen on the SenJyfh"^ 
 last day but one of November in the twenty-second year foJmotcer- 
 
 /. . » , • 1 1 1 1 tain of the 
 
 oi our reign, oi our certain knowledge and mere mo- feoffees ap. 
 
 . • n • pointed 
 
 tion, for certam causes inwardly moving us, gave, grant- under the 
 ed, and by the same confirmed, for us and our heirs, to ^y^^g^'^g^ 
 Thomas bishop of Bath and Wells, John bishop of Wor- clased.^' 
 cester by the name of John Carpenter the elect of the 
 church of Worcester, Walter bishop of Norwich by the 
 name of Walter Lyhert clerk, John bishop of St. David's 
 by the name of John Delabere, clerk ; John visaount Beau- 
 mont; Ralph lord de Sudley, John lord de Beauchamp, 
 knight, Edmund Hungerford, knight ; John Hampton 
 and John Noreys, esquires, still living, and others now 
 deceased, the castle, manor, and hundred of Higham Fer- 
 rers, with the appurtenances ; the manors of Raunds, 
 Rushden, Caldecott, Irchester, Daventry, and Desbo- 
 rough, the mills of Desheford, and all the lands and 
 tenements, rents and services, then ours, with the ap- 
 purtenances, in Weldon; also all the lands and tene- 
 ments, with the appurtenances, which were late of Stephen 
 
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 terras et tenementa, redditus et servitia, tunc nostra, cum 
 pertinentiis, quae nuper fuerunt Willielmi Croyser militis, in 
 Hiegham Ferrers et Caldecote prsedicta, in comitatu North- 
 amptonise; — feodi firmam centum et viginti librarum villae 
 de Gormonchestre ; feodi firmam quadraginta et trium li- 
 brarum villae de Huntyngdon, et manerium de Glatton cum 
 Holme, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu Huntingdonise ; — ma- 
 nerium de Wardyngton, in comitatu Bukinghamise ; — ma- 
 nerium de Aldeborn, in comitatu Wiltesiae; — maneria de 
 Aylysham, Wighton, Snetisham, Fakenbam, Gymmyng- 
 ham, Tonsted et Thetford, cum viginti et octo libris, sex 
 solidis, et octo denariis, de feodi firma prioris et conventus 
 monacborum de Thetford; et manerium de Metbewolde, 
 cum terris et tenementis, tunc nostris, vocatis Rodmer, 
 juxta Metbewold; ac bundredum, tunc nostrum, de Nortber- 
 pyngbam, Sowtberpyngbam, Gallowe, et Brotbercros, cum 
 pertinentiis, in comitatu Norffolciae; — maneria, tunc nos- 
 tra, de Hungerford, Estgarston, et Standen, in comitatu 
 Bercberiae; — et manerium, tunc nostrum, de Swobam, in 
 comitatu Cantebrigise : — Habendum et tenendum eadem 
 castrum, manerium, bameletta, feodi firmas, bundreda, mo- 
 lendina, terras, tenementa, redditus et servitia, cum per- 
 tinentiis, una cum feodis militum, ac omnibus aliis pro- 
 ficuis et commoditatibus eisdem castro, maneriis, terris, 
 et tenementis spectantibus sive pertinentibus, eisdem epi- 
 scopis, vicecomiti, Radulpbo, Jobanni Beaucbamp, Ed- 
 mundo, Jobanni Hampton, et Jobanni Noreys, ac prae- 
 dictis aliis jam defunctis, baeredibus et assignatis suis, 
 de nobis et baeredibus nostris, per fidelitatem tantum, 
 absque aliquo alio nobis vel baeredibus nostris inde red- 
 dendo. Salvis semper et reservatis nobis, et baeredibus 
 nostris Ducibus Lancastriae, advocationibus ecclesiarum, 
 abbatiarum, prioratuum, vicariarum, cantariarum, capel- 
 
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 Rumbylowe in Daveiitry aforesaid; and all the lands and 
 tenements, rents and services, then ours, with the appur- 
 tenances, which were late of William Croyser, knight, in 
 Higham Ferrers and Caldecott aforesaid, in the county 
 of Northampton ;— the fee-farm of a hundred and twenty 
 pounds of the town of Godmanchester, the fee-farm of 
 forty-three pounds of the town of Huntingdon, and the 
 manor of Glatton with Holme, with the appurtenances, 
 in the county of Huntingdon;— the manor of Warding- 
 ton, in the county of Bucks; — the manor of Aldbourn, in 
 the county of Wilts; — the manors of Aylsham, Wigh- 
 ton, Snettisham, Fakenham, Gimingham, Tunstead, and 
 Thetford, with twenty-eight pounds six shillings and 
 eight pence of the fee-farm of the prior and convent of 
 monks of Thetford; and the manor of Methwold, with 
 the lands and tenements, then ours, called Rodmere, 
 near Methwold; and the hundred, then ours, of North 
 Erpingham, South Erpingham, Gallow, and Brothercross, 
 with the appurtenances, in the county of Norfolk; — the 
 manors, then ours, of Hungerford, East Garston, and 
 Standen, in the county of Berks; — and the manor, then 
 ours, of Soham, in the county of Cambridge: — To have 
 and to hold the same castle, manors, hamlets, fee-farms, 
 hundreds, mills, lands, tenements, rents and services, 
 with the appurtenances, together with the knights' fees, 
 and all other profits and commodities belonging or per- 
 taining to the same castle, manors, lands, and tenements, 
 to the same bishops, viscount, Ralph, John Beauchamp, 
 Edmund, John Hampton, and John Noreys, and others 
 aforesaid now deceased, their heirs and assigns, of us 
 and our heirs, by fealty only, without rendering to us 
 or our heirs anything else therefore. Saving always and 
 reserved to us and our heirs Dukes of Lancaster the 
 
 2 H 
 
243 
 
 larum, hospitalium, et aliorum beneficiorum ecclesiasticorum 
 quorumcunque, eisdem castro, maneriis, sive terris et tene- 
 mentis, ullo modo spectantibus. Et per easdem literas nos- 
 tras obligaverimus nos et baeredes nostros ad castrum, mane- 
 ria, ac omnia et singula prsemissa, cum pertinentiis, praefatis 
 episcopis, Sec, et praefatis aliis jam defunctis, baeredibus et 
 assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warantizanda et defen- 
 denda. Ac per alias literas nostras patentes sub eodem si- 
 gillo, datas apud manerium nostrum de Sbene septimo die 
 Julii anno regni nostri vicesimo secundo, ex certa scientia 
 et mero motu praedictis, dederimus et concesserimus et per 
 easdem literas nostras confirmaverimus, pro nobis et bae- 
 redibus nostris, praefatis episcopis, vicecomiti, Radulpbo, 
 Johanni domino de Beaucbamp, Edmundo, Jobanni Hamp- 
 ton, et Jobanni Noreys, per nomina in praedictis primis 
 Uteris contenta, ac praedictis aliis jam defunctis, maneria 
 de Somborne, Weston, Hertley, et Langstok, cum perti- 
 nentiis, in comitatu Soutbamptoniae ; maneria de Everley, 
 Colyngborn, Trobrigge, Berewyk, et Esterton, cum perti- 
 nentiis, in comitatu Wiltesiae ; — maneria de Sbepynglam- 
 born, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu Bercberiae ; — maneria 
 de Kyngeston Lacy, Wymborn, Blanford, et Sbapwyk, cum 
 pertinentiis, in comitatu Dorsetiae ; — manerium de Myns- 
 terwortb, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu Gloucestriae ; — ma- 
 nerium de Hodenak, cum pertinentiis, in marcbia Walliae ; 
 — manerium et socam de Snaitb, cum pertinentiis, in co- 
 mitatu Eborum : — Habendum et tenendum omnia praedicta 
 maneria et socam cum pertinentiis suis quibuscunque, una 
 cum feodis militum, et omnibus aliis proficuis et commo- 
 ditatibus praedictis maneriis et socae spectantibus, eisdem 
 episcopis, vicecomiti, &c., et praedictis aliis jam defunctis, 
 baeredibus et assignatis suis, de nobis et baeredibus nostris, 
 per fidelitatem tantum, absque aliquo alio nobis vel baere- 
 
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 advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, vicarages, chan- 
 tries, chapels, hospitals, and other ecclesiastical benefices 
 whatsoever, in anywise belonging to the same castle, manors, 
 or lands and tenements. And by our same letters we bound 
 ourself and our heirs to warrant and defend against all people 
 the castle, manors, and all and singular the premises, with 
 the appurtenances, to the aforesaid bishops, &c., and to the 
 aforesaid others now deceased, and their heirs and assigns. 
 And by other our letters patent under the same seal, 
 dated at our manor of Sheen on the seventh day of July 
 in the twenty-second year of our reign, we, of our certain 
 knowledge and mere motion aforesaid, gave and granted, 
 and by the same our letters confirmed, for us and our 
 heirs, to the aforesaid bishops, viscount, Ralph, John 
 lord de Beauchamp, Edmund, John Hampton, and John 
 Noreys, by the names in the aforesaid first letters con- 
 tained, and to the aforesaid others now deceased, the manors 
 of Sombourn, Weston, Hartley, and Longstock, with the 
 appurtenances, in the county of Southampton ; — the 
 manors of Everley, Collingbourne, Trowbridge, Berwick, 
 and Easterton, with the appurtenances, in the county of 
 Wilts;— the manors of Chipping Lambourn, with the ap- 
 purtenances, in the county of Berks; — the manors of Kings- 
 ton Lacy, Wimborne, Blandford, and Shapwick, with the 
 appurtenances, in the county of Dorset ; — the manor of 
 Minsterworth, with the appurtenances, in the county of 
 Gloucester; — the manor of Hodenak, with the appurte- 
 nances, in the marches of Wales ; — the manor and soke of 
 Snaith, with the appurtenances, in the county of York : — 
 To have and to hold all the aforesaid manors and soke, with 
 whatsoever their appurtenances, together with the knights' 
 fees, and all other profits and commodities belonging to the 
 aforesaid manors and soke, to the same bishops, viscount, 
 
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 dibus nostris inde reddendo. Salvis semper et reservatis 
 nobis, et hgeredibus nostris Ducibus Lancastrise, advoca- 
 tionibus ecclesiarura, abbatiarum, prioratuum, vicariarum, 
 cantariarum, capellarum, hospitalium, et aliorum bene- 
 ficiorum ecclesiasticorum quorumcunque, eisdem maneriis 
 et socse, cum pertinentiis, ullo modo spectantibus. Et 
 per easdem literas nostras obligaverimus nos et hseredes 
 nostros ad warantizandum et defendendum omnia prae- 
 missa, cum pertinentiis, eisdem episcopis, &c., et bsere- 
 dibus et assignatis suis, prout, &c. Ac etiam, per alias 
 literas nostras patentes sub sigillo nostro prsedicto, 
 quarum datum est apud castrum nostrum de Wyndesore 
 vicesimo tertio die Februarii anno regni nostri vicesimo 
 tertio, dederimus, concesserimus, et per easdem literas 
 confirmaverimus, prsefatis episcopis, &c., et praedictis 
 aliis jam defunctis, per nomina in dictis primis literis 
 contenta, manerium, dominium de Bernolwike, cum per- 
 tinentiis, in comitatu Eborum; manerium de Kilborne, 
 cum pertinentiis, in eodem comitatu; feodi firmam voca- 
 tam Wbitgift, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu prsedicto: — 
 Habendum et tenendum omnia praedicta maneria, domi- 
 nium, et feodi firmam, cum pertinentiis suis quibuscunque, 
 una cum feodis militum et omnibus aliis proficuis et com- 
 moditatibus praedictis maneriis, dominio, et feodi firmae 
 spectantibus sive pertinentibus, eisdem episcopis, &c., bae- 
 redibus et assignatis suis, de nobis et baeredibus nostris, 
 per fidelitatem tantum, absque aliquo alio nobis vel bae- 
 redibus nostris inde reddendo in perpetuum. Salvis semper 
 et reservatis nobis, et baeredibus nostris Ducibus Lancas- 
 triae, advocationibus ecclesiarum, abbatiarum, prioratuum, 
 vicariarum, cantariarum, capellarum, hospitalium, et alio- 
 rum beneficiorum ecclesiasticorum quorumcunque, eisdem 
 maneriis, dominio, et feodi firmae, cum pertinentiis, spec- 
 
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 &c., and to the aforesaid others now deceased, their heirs 
 and assigns, of us and our heirs, by fealty only, without ren- 
 dering to us or our heirs anything else therefore. Saving 
 always and reserved to us and our heirs Dukes of Lancaster 
 the advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, vicarages, chan- 
 tries, chapels, hospitals, and other ecclesiastical benefices 
 whatsoever, in anywise belonging to the same manors and 
 soke, with the appurtenances. And by the same our 
 letters we bound ourself and our heirs to warrant and 
 defend all the premises with the appurtenances to the 
 same bishops, &c., and to their heirs and assigns, as, &c. 
 And also, by other our letters patent under our aforesaid 
 seal, the date whereof is at our castle of Windsor on the 
 twenty-third day of February in the twenty-third year of 
 our reign, we gave, granted, and by the same letters con- 
 firmed to the aforesaid bishops, &c., and to the aforesaid 
 others now deceased, by the names contained in the said 
 first letters, the manor and lordship of Barnoldwick, with 
 the appurtenances, in the county of York ; the manor of 
 Kilburn, with the appurtenances, in the same county; 
 the fee-farm called Whitgift, with the appurtenances, in 
 the aforesaid county : — To have and to hold all the afore- 
 said manors, lordship, and fee-farm, with whatsoever their 
 appurtenances, together with the knights' fees and all 
 other profits and commodities belonging or pertaining to 
 the aforesaid manors, lordship, and fee-farm, to the same 
 bishops, &c., their heirs and assigns, of us and our heirs 
 for ever, by fealty only, without rendering to us or our 
 heirs anything else therefore. Saving always and re- 
 served to us and our heirs Dukes of Lancaster the ad- 
 vowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, vicarages, chan- 
 tries, chapels, hospitals, and other ecclesiastical benefices 
 whatsoever, belonging to the same manors, lordship, and 
 
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 tantibus. Et per easdem literas nostras obligaverimus 
 nos et hseredes nostros ad warantizandum et defendendum 
 eadem maneria, dominium, et feodi firmam, ac omnia et 
 singula in eisdem literis praemissa, prsefatis episcopis, 
 &e., et praedictis aliis jam defunctis, hseredibus et as- 
 signatis suis, contra omnes gentes. Ac etiam, per alias 
 literas nostras patentes sub sigillo nostro praedicto factas, 
 quarum datum est apud castrum nostrum de Wynde- 
 sore vicesimo nono die Junii anno regni nostri vice- 
 simo tertio, dederimus, concesserimus, et per easdem 
 literas nostras confirmaverimus, prsefatis episcopis, &c., 
 et praedictis aliis jam defunctis, per nomina in dictis 
 primis literis contenta, castra, dominia, et maneria de 
 Kedwelly, Karkenny, Hiskenny, et Karnwalthon, cum 
 membris et pertinentiis suis ; castrum, dominium, et ma- 
 nerium de Oggemore, cum membris et pertinentiis suis; 
 castra, dominia, et maneria de Monmouth, Grosemonde, 
 Skenfrith, et Whitcastell, cum membris et pertinentiis 
 suis; manerium et dominium de Ebbothe, cum membris 
 et pertinentiis suis, in Southwallia et marchiis ejusdem ; 
 — castrum, dominium, manerium, et honorem de Pevensey, 
 cum membris et pertinentiis suis, in comitatu Sussexiae; — 
 dominium, manerium, et villam de Beston super mare, cum 
 membris et pertinentiis suis, in comitatu NorfFolciae; — cas- 
 trum, dominium, et manerium de Casteldonyngton, cum 
 membris et pertinentiis suis, in comitatu Leycestriae; — 
 feoda comitatuum Lincolniae et Derbeiae, cum pertinentiis 
 suis; — castrum, villam, dominium, manerium, et honorem 
 de Tikhull, cum membris et pertinentiis suis, in comitatu 
 Eborum : — Habendum et tenendum omnia praedicta castra, 
 dominia, villas, maneria, honores, et feoda comitatuum, 
 cum membris et pertinentiis suis quibuscunque, una cum 
 feodis militum et omnibus aliis proficuis et commoditatibus. 
 
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 fee-farm, with the appurtenances. And by the same 
 our letters we bound ourself and our heirs to warrant 
 and defend against all people the same manors, lord- 
 ship, and fee-farm, and all and singular the premises in 
 the same letters, to the aforesaid bishops, &c., and to 
 the aforesaid others now deceased, their heirs and assigns. 
 And also, by other our letters patent made under our 
 aforesaid seal, the date whereof is at our castle of Windsor 
 on the twenty-ninth day of June in the twenty- third year 
 of our reign, we gave, granted, and by the same our letters 
 confirmed to the aforesaid bishops, &c., and to the afore- 
 said others now deceased, by the names contained in the 
 said first letters, the castles, lordships, and manors of Kid- 
 welly, Karkenny, Iskenny, and Karnwalthan, with their 
 members and appurtenances ; the castle, lordship, and 
 manor of Ogmore, with its members and appurtenances ; 
 the castles, lordships, and manors of Monmouth, Gros- 
 mont, Skenfreth, and White-castle, with their members 
 and appurtenances; the manor and lordship of Ebbothe, 
 with its members and appurtenances, in South Wales 
 and the marches of the same ; — the castle, lordship, manor, 
 and honor of Pevensey, with its members and appurte- 
 nances, in the county of Sussex; — the lordship, manor, 
 and town of Beeston on the Sea, with its members and 
 appurtenances, in the county of Norfolk ; — the castle, 
 lordship, and manor of Castle Donington, with its mem- 
 bers and appurtenances, in the county of Leicester; — 
 the fees of the counties of Lincoln and Derby, with 
 their appurtenances; — the castle, town, lordship, manor, 
 and honor of Tickhill, with its members and appurte- 
 nances, in the county of York : — To have and to hold 
 all the aforesaid castles, lordships, towns, manors, honors, 
 and fees of counties, with whatsoever their members and 
 
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 eisdem castris, dominiis, villis, maneriis, honoribus, et 
 feodis comitatuum spectantibus sive pertinentibus, eisdem 
 episcopis, &c., et prsedictis aliis jam defunctis, hseredibus 
 et assignatis suis, de nobis et hseredibus nostris, per fide- 
 litatem tantum, absque aliquo alio nobis vel hseredibus 
 nostris inde reddendo. Salvis semper et reservatis nobis, 
 et haeredibus nostris Ducibus Lancastrise, advocationibus 
 ecclesiarum, abbatiarum, prioratuum, vicariarum, canta- 
 riarum, capellarum, hospitalium, et aliorum beneficiorum 
 ecclesiasticorum quorumcunque, eisdem castris, dominiis, 
 villis, maneriis, honoribus, et feodis comitatuum, cum mem- 
 bris et pertinentiis suis, uUo modo spectantibus. Et per 
 easdem literas obligaverimus nos et hseredes nostros ad wa- 
 rantizandum et defendendum eadem castra, dominia, villas, 
 maneria, honores, et feoda comitatuum, ac omnia in eisdem 
 Uteris prsemissa, cum pertinentiis, prsefatis episcopis, &c., 
 et prsedictis aliis personis jam defunctis, hseredibus et as- 
 signatis suis, contra omnes gentes. Quas quidem omnes 
 prsedictas literas nostras, auctoritate Parliamenti nostri apud 
 Westmonasterium [vicesimo] quinto die Februarii anno regni 
 nostri vicesimo tertio incepti et usque duodecimum diem 
 Martii anno regni nostri vicesimo quarto et postea durantis, 
 eodem duodecimo die ratificaverimus, confirmaverimus, et 
 approbaverimus ; ac omnia et singula castra, dominia, ma- 
 neria, hameletta, feodi firmas, hundreda, molendina, terras, 
 tenementa, redditus, servitia, honores, villas, socas, et feoda 
 comitatuum, ac csetera prsemissa in eisdem Uteris contenta, 
 nominata, sive specificata, eisdem episcopis, &c., et prse- 
 dictis aliis personis jam defunctis, hseredibus et assignatis 
 suis, auctoritate prsedicta, dederimus et concesserimus : — 
 Habenda sibi et hseredibus et assignatis suis in perpetuum, 
 ad perficiendum et perimplendum voluntatem uostram de 
 et guper dispositione eorundem castrorum, dominiorum, 
 
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 appurtenances, together with the knights' fees and all 
 other profits and commodities belonging or pertaining to 
 the same castles, lordships, towns, manors, honors, and 
 fees of counties, to the same bishops, &c., and to the 
 aforesaid others now deceased, their heirs and assigns, 
 of us and our heirs, by fealty only, without rendering 
 to us or our heirs anything else therefore. Saving al- 
 ways and reserved to us and our heirs Dukes of Lan- 
 caster the advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, vi- 
 carages, chantries, chapels, hospitals, and other ecclesias- 
 tical benefices whatsoever, in any manner belonging to the 
 same castles, lordships, towns, manors, honors, and fees of 
 counties, with their members and appurtenances. And 
 by the same letters we bound ourself and our heirs to 
 warrant and defend against all people the same castles, 
 lordships, towns, manors, honors, and fees of counties, 
 and all the premises in the same letters, with the appur- 
 tenances, to the aforesaid bishops, &c., and to the afore- 
 said other persons now deceased, their heirs and assigns. 
 All which our aforesaid letters, by the authority of our 
 Parliament begun at Westminster on the [twenty-] fifth day 
 of February in the twenty-third year of our reign, and 
 continuing until the twelfth day of March in the twenty- 
 fourth year of our reign and after, we on the same 
 twelfth day ratified, confirmed, and approved; and all and 
 singular the castles, lordships, manors, hamlets, fee-farms, 
 hundreds, mills, lands, tenements, rents, services, honors, 
 towns, sokes, and fees of counties, and the rest of the pre- 
 mises contained, named, or specified in the same letters, we, 
 by the authority aforesaid, gave and granted to the same 
 bishops, &c., and to the aforesaid other persons now de- 
 ceased, their heirs and assigns : —To have to them and 
 their heirs and assigns for ever, to do and fulfil our will, 
 
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 maneriorum, hamelettorum, feodi firmarum, hundredorum, 
 molendinorum, terrarum, tenementorum, reddituum, ser- 
 vitiorum, honorum, villarum, socarum, et feodorum comi- 
 tatuum, ac cseterorum prsemissorura, per nos tunc in pos- 
 terum fiendam et ordinandam, eisdem feofFatis nostris prae- 
 dictis ex parte nostra declarandam et notificandam. Salvis 
 quibuscunque ligeis nostris, statu, possessione, jure, titulo, 
 et interesse suis, ac vadiis, feodis, annuitatibus, custodiis, 
 officiis, et firmis quibuscunque, de dicto ducatu nostro Lan- 
 castrise, aut aliqua parcella prsemissorum, si quae habuerint 
 in eisdem. Ac ex certa scientia et mero motu nostris, aucto- 
 ritate Parliamenti nostri apud Westmonasterium duodecimo 
 die Februarii anno regni nostri vicesimo septimo incepti, et 
 usque decimum sextum diem Julii eodem anno et postea 
 durantis, eodem decimo sexto die dederimus, concesseri- 
 mus, et carta nostra confirmaverimus Willielmo Winto- 
 nensi, ac praefatis Thomae Bathonensi et Wellensi, Johanni 
 Wigornensi, Waltero Norwicensi, Johanni Menevensi, Jo- 
 hanni Lincolnensi per nomen Johannis Chedworth clerici, 
 episcopis; necnon praefatis vicecomiti, Radulpho domino 
 de Seudeley, Johanni domino de Beauchamp ; necnon Wil- 
 lielmo Westbury, Henrico Seuer, Ricardo Andrewe, Wil- 
 lielmo Say, Roberto Wodelark, Thomae Barker, clericis; 
 Edmundo Hungerford militi ; Johanni Hampton, Johanni 
 Noreys, et Johanni Say, armigeris ; ac aliis jam defunctis, 
 haeredibus et assignatis suis, castrum, dominium, sive ma- 
 nerium de Novo Castro subtus Lymam, in comitatu Staf- 
 fordiae, cum pertinentiis ; — wapentachium sive socagium de 
 Werkisworth et Assheburn, ac wapentachium de Plumtre 
 et Ryseley, cum singulis eorum pertinentiis, in comitatu 
 Derbeiae; — wapentachium de Allerton cum pertinentiis, 
 maneria de Laugton, Gryngeley, et Wheteley, cum perti- 
 nentiis, in comitatu Notinghamiae et ahbi; — manerium de 
 
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 by us at that time thereafter to be made and ordained, 
 and to be declared and notified on our behalf to our 
 aforesaid feoffees, of and respecting the disposition of 
 the same castles, lordships, manors, hamlets, fee-farms, 
 hundreds, mills, lands, tenements, rents, services, honors, 
 towns, sokes, and fees of counties, and the other pre- 
 mises. Saving to whomsoever our lieges their estate, pos- 
 session, right, title, and interest, and the wages, fees, an- 
 nuities, wardships, ofiices, and farms whatsoever, of our 
 said duchy of Lancaster, or any parcel of the premises, 
 if they should have any in the same. And of our cer- 
 tain knowledge and mere motion, by the authority of 
 our Parliament at Westminster, begun on the twelfth day 
 of February in the twenty-seventh year of our reign, and 
 continuing until the sixteenth day of July in the same 
 year and after, we on the same sixteenth day gave, grant- 
 ed, and confirmed by our charter to William bishop of 
 Winchester, and to the aforesaid Thomas bishop of Bath 
 and Wells, John bishop of Worcester, Walter bishop of 
 Norwich, John bishop of St. David's, John bishop of 
 Lincoln by the name of John Chedworth, clerk; also to 
 the aforesaid viscount, Ralph lord de Sudley, John lord 
 de Beauchamp; also to William Westbury, Henry Seuer, 
 Richard Andrew e, William Say, Robert Wodelark, Thomas 
 Barker, clerks ; Edmund Hungerford, knight; John Hamp- 
 ton, John Noreys, and John Say, esquires; and others now 
 deceased, their heirs and assigns, the castle, lordship, or 
 manor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Staf- 
 ford, with its appurtenances; — the wapentake or socage 
 of Wirksworth and Ashborne, and the wapentake of 
 Plumtree and Risley, with every of their appurtenances, 
 in the county of Derby ; — the wapentake of Allerton, with 
 the appurtenances, the manors of Laughton, Gringley, and 
 
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 Fullmodeston, necnon firmam et redditus ejusdem in co- 
 mitatu NorfFolcise, cum pertinentiis; — manerium de Brad- 
 ford cum pertinentiis, castrum, dominium, et manerium de 
 Knaresburgh, maneria de Screvene, Rouclyff, et Aldelburn, 
 ballivam burgi de Knaresburgh, molendina de Knaresburgh, 
 et forestam sive chaceam de Knaresburgh, cum pertinentiis, 
 una cum omnibus et singuHs exitibus, firmis, reventioni- 
 bus, proficuis, et commoditatibus de Warfedale, Swyndon, 
 Okeden, et Fullwyth, cum pertinentiis, ac ahis proficuis 
 dictse forestse quibuscunque, parcum de Haywra, parcum 
 de Bylton, et parcum del Hay cum pertinentiis, cum om- 
 nibus et singuhs firmis, proficuis, reventionibus, et commo- 
 ditatibus baUivae hbertatis de Knaresburgh prsedictse, [mo- 
 lendina] de Burghbrigge, et wapentachium de Stanclyff cum 
 pertinentiis, castrum, dominium, et manerium de Pikeryng 
 cum pertinentiis, manerium de Scalby cum pertinentiis, 
 et cum agistamento et omnibus ahis proficuis ejusdem 
 manerii, una cum exitibus, proficuis, reventionibus, et 
 commoditatibus balhvse hbertatis de Pikeryng praedictse, 
 in comitatu Eborum et ahbi ; — manerium de Henton cum 
 pertinenths, manerium de Wodespene cum pertinentiis, 
 in comitatu Bercheriae ; — et manerium de Pole cum per- 
 tinentiis, in comitatu Wiltesiae; necnon omnia et singula 
 terras, tenementa, redditus, reversiones, et servitia, cum 
 pertinentiis, una cum feodis militum, parcis, warennis, 
 chaceis, mineris, piscariis, ac omnibus et singulis aliis 
 proficuis et commoditatibus, quae nobis, vel haeredibus 
 nostris Ducibus Lancastriae, ratione dictorum castrorum, 
 dominiorum, villarum, maneriorum, socagii, wapentachio- 
 rum, ballivarum, terrarum, et tenementorum, ac caetero- 
 rum praemissorum, in comitatibus praedictis vel alibi, quae 
 parcella ducatus nostri Lancastriae praedicti tunc exti- 
 terunt, pertinebant vel competebant, aut pertinere vel com- 
 
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 Wheatley, with the appurtenances, in the county of Not- 
 tingham, and elsewhere ; — the manor of Fulmodeston, 
 also the farm and rent of the same, in the county of 
 Norfolk, with the appurtenances ; — the manor of Brad- 
 ford, with the appurtenances, the castle, lordship, and 
 manor of Knaresborough, the manors of Scriven, Rocliffe, 
 and Aldborough, the bailiwick of the borough of Knares- 
 borough, the mills of Knaresborough, and the forest or 
 chace of Knaresborough, with the appurtenances, together 
 with all and singular the issues, farms, revenues, profits, 
 and commodities of Wharfedale, Swindon, Okeden, and 
 Fulwith, with the appurtenances, and other profits what- 
 ever of the said forest, the park of Haywra, the park of Bil- 
 ton, and the park of the Hay, with the appurtenances, with 
 all and singular the farms, profits, revenues, and commo- 
 dities of the bailiwick of the liberty of Knaresborough 
 aforesaid, [the mills] of Boroughbridge, and the wapentake 
 of StainclifFe, with the appurtenances, the castle, lordship, 
 and manor of Pickering with the appurtenances, the manor 
 of Scalby with the appurtenances, and with the agistment 
 and all other profits of the same manor, together with the 
 issues, profits, revenues, and commodities of the bailiwick 
 of the liberty of Pickering aforesaid, in the county of York, 
 and elsewhere ; — the manor of Henton with the appurte- 
 nances, the manor of Wood Speen with the appurtenances, 
 in the county of Berks; — and the manor of Poole with the 
 appurtenances, in the county of Wilts ; — and also all and 
 singular the lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and ser- 
 vices, with the appurtenances, together with the knights' 
 fees, parks, warrens, chaces, mines, fisheries, and all and 
 singular the other profits and commodities, which then 
 pertained or belonged, or might in any manner pertain 
 or belong, to us or our heirs Dukes of Lancaster by 
 
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 petere tunc possent quovis modo ; et quae nos, aut pro- 
 genitores vel antecessores nostri Duces Lancastrise, in 
 eisdem castris, dominiis, villis, maneriis, burgo, socagio, 
 wapentachiis, ballivis, terris, tenementis, ac cseteris prse- 
 missis, ratione ducatus nostri praedicti habere [sen] percipere 
 consuevimus ; necnon cum omnibus proficuis, exitibus, re- 
 ventionibus, et emolumentis, de quibus per feodarios nos- 
 tros, seu progenitorum nostrorum vel antecessorum nos- 
 trorum Ducum Lancastriae, comitatuum Sussexise, Norf- 
 folciae, Somersetise, Dorsetiae, Suthamptoniae, Wiltesiae, 
 Oxoniae, et Bercheriae, cum pertinentiis, seu aliorum [?eorum] 
 aliquem, nobis seu aliquibus dictorum progenitorum sive 
 antecessorum nostrorum, ante ilia tempora responderi usi- 
 tatum fuerit vel consuetum : — Habendum et tenendum 
 omnia et singula praedicta castra, dominia, villas, maneria, 
 socagium, wapentachia, molendina, ballivas, forestam sive 
 chaceam, parcos, agistamentum, terras, tenementa, red- 
 ditus, reversiones, et servitia, cum pertinentiis, una cum 
 exitibus, proficuis, reventionibus, et commoditatibus, emo- 
 lumentis, et caeteris praemissis quibuscunque, praefatis epi- 
 scopis, &c. ; et praedictis aliis defunctis, haeredibus et assig- 
 natis suis, a festo Sancti Michaelis archangel! tunc ultimo 
 praeterito in perpetuum, de nobis et haeredibus nostris, per 
 fidelitatem tantum, absque aliquo nobis vel haeredibus 
 nostris reddendo; ad inde perficiendum et perimplendum 
 voluntatem nostram, per nos tunc factam et ordinatam, 
 vel per nos super eisdem extunc fiendam et ordinandam, 
 ac eisdem episcopis, &c., et praedictis aliis jam defunctis, 
 haeredibus et assignatis suis, ex parte nostra declaratam et 
 notificatam, vel in posterum declarandam vel notificandam. 
 Salvis semper et reservatis nobis, et haeredibus nostris 
 Ducibus Lancastriae, advocationibus ecclesiarum, abbatia- 
 rum, prioratuum, vicariarum, cantariarum, capellarum, hos- 
 
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 reason of the said castles, lordships, towns, manors, socage, 
 wapentakes, bailiwicks, lands, and tenements, and the rest 
 of the premises, in the counties aforesaid, or elsewhere, 
 which were then parcel of our duchy of Lancaster afore- 
 said ; and which we, or our progenitors or ancestors afore- 
 said Dukes of Lancaster, had by reason of our duchy 
 aforesaid been accustomed to have or receive in the 
 same castles, lordships, towns, manors, borough, socage, 
 wapentakes, bailiwicks, lands, tenements, and the rest of 
 the premises ; also with all the profits, issues, revenues, 
 and emoluments, respecting which we or any of our said 
 progenitors or ancestors had thitherto been used or ac- 
 customed to be answered by the feodaries, or any one 
 of them, of us or our progenitors or ancestors Dukes of 
 Lancaster, of the counties of Sussex, Norfolk, Somerset, 
 Dorset, Southampton, Wilts, Oxford, and Berks, with the 
 appurtenances:— To have and to hold, from the feast of 
 St. Michael the Archangel then last past, all and sin- 
 gular the aforesaid castles, lordships, towns, manors, so- 
 cage, wapentakes, mills, bailiwicks, forest or chace, parks, 
 agistment, lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and services, 
 with the appurtenances, together with the issues, profits, re- 
 venues, and commodities, emoluments, and other premises 
 whatsoever, to the aforesaid bishops, &c., and to the afore- 
 said others deceased, their heirs and assigns, of us and our 
 heirs for ever, by fealty only, without rendering to us or 
 our heirs any other thing; therewith to do and fulfil 
 our will by us then made and ordained respecting the 
 same, or thereafter to be made and ordained by us, and 
 then declared and notified, or thereafter to be declared 
 or notified on our behalf, to the same bishops, &c., and 
 to the aforesaid others now deceased, their heirs and 
 assigns. Saving always and reserved to us and our 
 
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 pitalium, et aliorum beneficiorum ecclesiasticorum quorum- 
 cunque, eisdem castris, dominiis, villis, maneriis, terris, seu 
 tenementis, aut alicui eorum, ullo modo spectantibus. Et 
 eadem auctoritate obligaverimus nos et hseredes nostros ad 
 warantizandum et defendendum praedicta castra, dominia, 
 villas, maneria, socagium, wapentachia, molendina, bal- 
 livas, forestam, parcos, agistamentum, terras, tenementa, 
 redditus, servitia, et reversiones, cum pertinentiis, una cum 
 omnibus et singulis aliis praemissis, exceptis prseexceptis 
 et reservatis, prsefatis episcopis, &c., et prsedictis aliis 
 jam defunctis, haeredibus et assignatis suis, contra omnes 
 gentes. Concesserimus etiam, auctoritate ejusdem Par- 
 liamenti, quod omnes feofFati nostri praedicti in omnibus 
 praemissis, tunc superstitibus, haberent et exercerent talia 
 et hujusmodi libertates, jura regalia, consuetudines, fran- 
 chesias, immunitates, et privilegia, una cum omnibus et 
 omnimodis proficuis eorundem, in omnibus et per omnia, 
 ac eis gauderent et utantur, adeo plene et integre sicut 
 nos, aut progenitores sive antecessores nostri praedicti 
 Duces Lancastriae, ea unquam plenius seu liberius habui- 
 mus seu percepimus; et quod dicta castra, dominia, ho- 
 nores, villae, maneria, terrae, tenementa, et caetera praemissa 
 quaecunque, per tales et hujusmodi officiarios et ministros 
 regerentur et gubernarentur, per quales eadem castra, 
 dominia, villae, honores, maneria, terrae, tenementa, et 
 caetera praemissa, tam tempore nostro ante concessiones 
 supradictas, quam temporibus aliorum progenitorum seu 
 antecessorum nostrorum praedictorum Ducum Lancas- 
 triae, virtute quarumcunque cartarum per progenitores 
 seu praedecessores nostros Reges Angliae, seu auctoritate 
 aliorum Parliamentorum ante ilia tempora tentorum, facta^ 
 rum, uti, haberi ac regi et gubernari consueverunt. Conces- 
 serimus etiam, eadem auctoritate, quod omnes et singuli 
 
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 heirs Dukes of Lancaster the advowsons of churches, 
 ahbeys, priories, vicarages, chantries, chapels, hospitals, 
 and other ecclesiastical benefices whatsoever, in any 
 manner belonging to the same castles, lordships, towns, 
 manors, lands, or tenements, or to any one of them. 
 And by the same authority we bound ourself and our 
 heirs to warrant and defend against all people the afore- 
 said castles, lordships, towns, manors, socage, wapentakes, 
 mills, bailiwicks, forest, parks, agistment, lands, tene- 
 ments, rents, services, and reversions, with the appur- 
 tenances, together with all and singular the other pre- 
 mises, except the before excepted and reserved, to the 
 aforesaid bishops, &c., and to the aforesaid others now 
 deceased, their heirs and assigns. We likewise granted, 
 by the authority of the same Parliament, that all our 
 aforesaid feoffees in all the premises, then alive, should 
 have and exercise such and such sort of liberties, jura 
 regalia, customs, franchises, immunities, and privileges, 
 together with all and all kinds of profits of the same, in 
 all things and through all things, and should enjoy and 
 use them, as fully and entirely as we or our proge- 
 nitors or ancestors aforesaid Dukes of Lancaster ever 
 most fully or freely had or perceived them ; and that the 
 said castles, lordships, honors, towns, manors, lands, tene- 
 ments, and other premises whatsoever, should be ruled and 
 governed by such and such kind of officers and ministers as 
 the same castles, lordships, towns, honors, manors, lands, te- 
 nements, and other premises were accustomed to be used, 
 had, and ruled and governed, as well in our own time 
 before the aforesaid grants, as in the times of others 
 our progenitors or ancestors aforesaid Dukes of Lan- 
 caster, by virtue of any charters made by our proge- 
 nitors or predecessors Kings of England, or by the au- 
 
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 homines, tenentes residentes, et alii residentes, de et in 
 prsedictis castris, dominiis, honoribus, villis, maneriis, so- 
 cagio, ballivis, wapentachiis, terris, et tenementis, ac aliis 
 possessionibus prsedictis quibuscunque, talibus hujusmodi 
 franchesiis, libertatibus, et privilegiis, adeo plene et libere 
 gauderent et utantur, dummodo eadem castra, honores, do- 
 minia, villae, maneria, et csetera praemissa, in manibus prae- 
 dictorum episcoporum et aliorum, &C.5 hseredum seu assig- 
 natorum suorum, aut eorum alicujus, virtute concessionum 
 praedictarum existere contingerent, sive in manibus nostris 
 virtute aliquarum dimissionum inde nobis per eosdem epi- 
 scopos et alios, &c., vel partem eorum, ante ilia tempera fac- 
 tarum, aut per eos, hseredes seu assignatos sues, vel eorum 
 aliquos, extunc faciendarum, existere contingerent, quibus et 
 qualibus ac sicut aliqui homines, tenentes residentes, seu alii 
 residentes, in eisdem usi et gavisi fuerunt temporibus quibus 
 dicta castra, honores, villae, dominia, maneria, socagium, bal- 
 livae, wapentachia, terrae, et tenementa, ac caeterae posses- 
 siones praedictae, in manibus nostris, seu aliquorum proge- 
 nitorum aut antecessorum nostrorum praedictorum Ducum 
 Lancastriae extiterunt, sine occasione vel impedimento nos- 
 tri vel haeredum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, vice- 
 comitum, coronatorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu minis- 
 trorum nostrorum vel haeredum nostrorum quorumcunque ; 
 quodque omnia praedicta castra, honores, dominia, villae, 
 maneria, socagium, ballivae, wapentachia, terrae, et tene- 
 menta, foresta sive chacea, parci, warennae, et posses- 
 siones, ac caetera praemissa quaecunque, officiarii et mi- 
 nistri eorundem castrorum, honorum, dominiorum, vil- 
 larum, maneriorum, socagii, ballivae, terrarum, et tene- 
 mentorum, forestae, chaceae, parcorum, warennarum, ac 
 omnium et singularum possessionum praedictarum, cum 
 pertinentiis, sub sigillo illo quod pro gubernatione eorun- 
 
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 thority of any other Parliaments theretofore held. We 
 also granted, by the same authority, that all and sin- 
 gular the men, resident tenants, and other resiants of 
 and in the aforesaid castles, lordships, honors, towns, 
 manors, socage, bailiwicks, wapentakes, lands and tene- 
 ments, and other possessions aforesaid whatsoever, might 
 as fully and freely enjoy and use such and such sort of 
 franchises, liberties, and privileges, — provided the same 
 castles, honors, lordships, towns, manors, and other pre- 
 mises should happen to be, by virtue of the aforesaid 
 grants, in the hands of the aforesaid bishops and others, 
 &c., their heirs or assigns, or of any one of them > oi* 
 that they should happen to be in our own hands by 
 virtue of any demises thereof theretofore made to us 
 by the same bishops and others, &c., or a part of them, 
 or thereafter to be made by them, their heirs or assigns, 
 or by some of them, — as and which any men, resident 
 tenants, or other resiants used and enjoyed in the 
 same in the times when the said castles, honors, towns, 
 lordships, manors, socage, bailiwicks, wapentakes, lands 
 and tenements, and other possessions aforesaid, were in 
 the hands of us, or of any our progenitors or ancestors 
 aforesaid Dukes of Lancaster, without let or hinderance 
 of us or our heirs, or of the justices, escheators, sheriffs, 
 coroners, or other bailiffs or ministers of us or of our 
 heirs whomsoever ; and that all the aforesaid castles, 
 honors, lordships, towns, manors, socage, baiUwicks, wa- 
 pentakes, lands and tenements, forest or chace, parks, 
 warrens, and possessions, and other premises whatso- 
 ever, and the officers and ministers of the same castles, 
 honors, lordships, towns, manors, socage, bailiwick, lands 
 and tenements, forest, chace, parks, warrens, and all and 
 singular the possessions aforesaid, with the appurtenances, 
 
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 flem ordinavimus, gubernarentur et constituerentur, et non 
 sub aliquo [alio] sigillo nostro et haeredum nostrorum 
 Ducum Lancastrise, nee aliquo alio sigillo, dummodo ipsa 
 in manibus eorundem episcoporum et aliorum, &c., hsere- 
 dum seu assignatorum suorum, vel eorum alicujus, ocea- 
 sione prgemissa existerent, sive in manibus nostris, virtute 
 aliquarum dimissionum nobis inde per eosdem episcopos 
 et alios, &c., vel partem eorum, ante ea tempera factarum, 
 aut per eos, bseredes seu assignatos suos, seu eorum ali- 
 quos, extunc faciendarum, ut prsemittitur, existere con- 
 tingerent. Salvis quibuseunque ligeis nostris possessione, 
 jure, titulo, et interesse suis, ac annuitatibus, officiis, 
 vadiis, feodis, custodiis, et firmis quibuseunque, in seu 
 de dictis castris, dominiis, maneriis, et caeteris prsemissis 
 quibuseunque, aut aliqua parcella eorundem, quae ipsi 
 habuerint seu eorum aliquis habuerit legitime in eisdem. 
 ET quia quamplures de dictis feofFatis ab hac luce migra- 
 verint, nos, de fidelitate, circumspectione, et conscientiis 
 Thomae Cantuariensis, Willielmi Eboracensis, archiepisco- 
 porum ; Thomae Londonensis, Willielmi Wintonensis, Jo- 
 bannis Roffensis, Thomae Bathonensis, Johannis Wigor- 
 nensis, Johannis Herefordensis, Thomae Assavensis, Jo- 
 hannis Lincolnensis, Johannis Landavensis, Laurentii Du- 
 nelmensis, Johannis Coventrensis et Lichefeldensis, epi- 
 scoporum ; Jasperis comitis Pembrochiae, Johannis comitis 
 Oxoniae, Henrici comitis Northumbriae, Jacobi comitis 
 Wiltesiae ; Johannis vicecomitis Beaumont ; Leonis do- 
 mini de Welles, Radulphi domini de Sudeley ; Johannis 
 Fortescu militis, Johannis Prisot militis, Ricardi Tunstall 
 militis ; Ricardi Andrewe, Roberti Wodelark, Willielmi 
 Westbury, Willielmi Myllyngton, Hugonis Damlet, Thomae 
 Barker, clericorum ; Johannis Hampton, Willielmi Grym- 
 mesby, et Thomae Tresham, armigerorum, plenius con- 
 
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 should be governed and appointed under that seal which we 
 had ordained lor the governance of the same, and not under 
 any [other] seal of us and of our heirs Dukes of Lancaster, 
 nor any other seal, — provided the same should be, by the 
 occasion aforesaid, in the hands of the same bishops and 
 others, &c., their heirs or assigns, or of some one of them; 
 or that they should happen to be in our hands by virtue of 
 any demises thereof theretofore made to us by the same 
 bishops and others, &c., or a part of them, or thereafter 
 to be made by them, their heirs or assigns, or by some 
 of them, as is aforesaid. Saving to whomsoever our lieges 
 their possession, right, title, and interest, and the annuities, 
 offices, wages, fees, wardships, and farms whatsoever, in, 
 from, or out of the said castles, lordships, manors, and other 
 premises whatsoever, or any parcel of the same, which they 
 or any one of them should have lawfully had in the same. 
 AND whereas many of the said feoffees have departed The estate 
 
 of deceased 
 
 from this life, we, fully confiding in the faithfulness, cir- feoffees shaii 
 cumspectness, and conscience of Thomas archbishop of 
 Canterbury, William archbishop of York ; Thomas bishop 
 of London, WiUiam bishop of Winchester, John bishop of 
 Rochester, Thomas bishop of Bath, John bishop of Wor- 
 cester, John bishop of Hereford, Thomas bishop of St. 
 Asaph, John bishop of Lincoln, John bishop of Llandaff, 
 Lawrence bishop of Durham, John bishop of Coventry and 
 Lichfield ; Jasper earl of Pembroke, John earl of Oxford, 
 Henry earl of Northumberland, James earl of Wilts ; John 
 viscount Beaumont; Leo lord de Wells, Ralph lord de 
 Sudley ; John Fortescue, knight, John Prisot, knight, 
 Richard Tunstall, knight; Richard Andrewe, Robert 
 Wodelark, WilUam Westbury, William Myllyngton, Hugh 
 Damlet, Thomas Barker, clerks: John Hampton, William 
 Grymmesby, and Thomas Tresham, esquires; and for cer- 
 
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 fidentes, ac certis de causis necessariis nos intime moven- 
 tibus, ex certa scientia et mero motu nostris, auctoritate 
 praesentis Parliamenti nostri, apud Coventreiam vicesimo 
 die Novembris anno regni nostri tricesimo octavo inchoati 
 et tenti, ordinamus, concedimus, et stabilimus, quod prae- 
 dictus status prsedictorum Walteri Lyhert Norwicensis 
 episcopi, Johannis Delabere Menevensis episcopi, Johan- 
 nis domini de Beauchamp, Edmundi Hungerford militis, 
 Willielmi Say clerici, Johannis Noreys et Johannis Say, 
 armigerorum, in omnibus prsemissis et qualibet parcella 
 eorum cesset; quodque prsedicti Thomas Cantuariensis, 
 Willielmus Eboracensis, archiepiscopi ; Thomas Londonen- 
 sis, WilUelraus Wintonensis, Johannes RofFensis, Thomas Ba- 
 thonensis, Johannes Wigornensis, Johannes Herefordensis, 
 Thomas Assavensis, Johannes Lincolnensis, Johannes Lan- 
 davensis, Laurentius Dunelmensis, Johannes Coventrensis 
 et Lichefeldensis, episcopi; Jasper comes Pembrochise, 
 Johannes comes Oxoniae, Henricus comes Northumbriae, 
 Jacobus comes Wiltesiae; Johannes vicecomes Beaumont; 
 Leo dominus de Welles, Radulphus dominus de Seudeley ; 
 Johannes Fortescu miles, Johannes Pry sot miles, Ricardus 
 Tunstall miles; Ricardus Andrewe, Robertus Wodelark, 
 Willielmus Westbury, Willielmus Myllyngton, Hugo Dam- 
 let, Thomas Barker, clerici ; Johannes Hampton, Williel- 
 mus Grymmesby, et Thomas Tresham, armigeri, habeant 
 statum in omnibus castris, maneriis, dominiis, possessioni- 
 bus, terris et tenementis, redditibus, servitiis, feodi firmis, 
 feodis comitatuum, hbertatibus, franchesiis, et caeteris prae- 
 missis quibuscunque, et ea omnia habeant et teneant sibi, 
 haeredibus et assignatis suis, in perpetuum, ad perficien- 
 dum et perimplendum inde voluntatem nostram de et super 
 dispositione eorundem declaratam seu declarandam, de 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris, per fidelitatem tantum, pro 
 
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 tain necessary causes inwardly moving us, do, of our cer- 
 tain knowledge and mere motion, by the authority of 
 our present Parliament, begun and holden at Coventry 
 on the twentieth day of November in the thirty-eighth 
 year of our reign, ordain, grant, and establish that the 
 aforesaid estate of the aforesaid Walter Lyhert bishop 
 of Norwich, John Delabere bishop of St. David's, John 
 lord de Beauchamp, Edmund Hungerford, knight, Wil- 
 liam Say, clerk, John Noreys and John Say, esquires, 
 in all the premises and in every parcel of them, do cease ; 
 and that the aforesaid Thomas archbishop of Canter- and the new 
 
 feoffees hold 
 
 bury, William archbishop of York; Thomas bishop of asfuuyas 
 London, William bishop of Winchester, John bishop of 
 Rochester, Thomas bishop of Bath, John bishop of Wor- 
 cester, John bishop of Hereford, Thomas bishop of St. 
 Asaph's, John bishop of Lincoln, John bishop of Llan- 
 daff, Lawrence bishop of Durham, John bishop of Co- 
 ventry and Lichfield; Jasper earl of Pembroke, John 
 earl of Oxford, Henry earl of Northumberland, James 
 earl of Wilts; John viscount Beaumont; Leo lord de 
 Wells, Ralph lord de Sudley; John Fortescue, knight, 
 John Prysot, knight, Richard Tunstall, knight; Richard 
 Andrewe, Robert Wodelark, William Westbury, William 
 Myllyngton, Hugh Damlet, Thomas Barker, clerks ; John 
 Hampton, William Grymmesby, and Thomas Tresham, 
 esquires, do have an estate in all the castles, manors, 
 lordships, possessions, lands and tenements, rents, ser- 
 vices, fee-farms, fees of counties, liberties, franchises, and 
 other premises whatsoever, and do have and hold them 
 all to themselves, their heirs and assigns, for ever, there- 
 with to do and fulfil our will declared or to be declared 
 respecting and upon the disposal of the same, of us 
 and our heirs, by fealty only, in lieu of all services, 
 
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 omnibus servitiis, una cum feodis militum, &c., et aliis pro- 
 ficuis et commoditatibus supradictis quibuscunque, adeo 
 plene et integre, et eisdem modo et forma, sicut nos 
 omnia praemissa prsefato Willielmo Wintonensi, ac prae- 
 fatis Thomse Bathonensi et Wellensi, Johanni Wigornensi, 
 Waltero Norwicensi, Johanni Menevensi, Johanni Lincoln- 
 ensi per nomen Johannis Chedworth clerici, episcopis ; 
 necnon prsefatis vicecomiti, Radulpho domino de Seudeley, 
 Johanni domino de Beauchamp ; necnon Willielmo West- 
 bury, Henrico Seuer, Ricardo Andrewe, Willielmo Say, 
 Roberto Wodelark, Thomse Barker, clericis; Edmundo 
 Hungerford militi; Johanni Hampton, Johanni Noreys, 
 et Johanni Say, armigeris, per praedictas alias literas 
 nostras patentes, et auctoritate aliorum Parliamentorum 
 prsedictorum, conjunctim dedissemus, concessissemus, et 
 confirmavissemus. Et nos et haeredes nostri omnia prae- 
 missa cum pertinentiis praefatis Thomae Cantuariensi, Wil- 
 lielmo Eboracensi, archiepiscopis ; Thomae Londonensi, Wil- 
 lielmo Wintonensi, Johanni RofFensi, Thomae Bathonensi, 
 Johanni Wigornensi, Johanni Herefordensi, Thomae Assa- 
 vensi, Johanni Lincolnensi, Johanni Landavensi, Laurentio 
 Dunelmensi, Johanni Coventrensi et Lichefeldensi, epi- 
 scopis ; Jasperi comiti Pembrochiae, Johanni comiti Oxonise, 
 Henrico comiti Northumbriae, Jacobo comiti Wiltesiae; Jo- 
 hanni vicecomiti Beaumont; Leoni domino de Welles, Ra- 
 dulpho domino de Seudeley ; Johanni Fortescu militi, Jo- 
 hanni Prysot miUti, Ricardo Tunstall militi ; Ricardo An- 
 drewe, Roberto Wodelark, WilHelmo Westbury, Willielmo 
 Millyngton, Hugoni Damlet, Thomae Barker, clericis; 
 Johanni Hampton, WilHelmo Grymmesby, et Thomae 
 Tresham, armigeris, haeredibus et assignatis suis, contra 
 omnes gentes warantizamus in perpetuum. Salvis nobis 
 statu et termino nostris quos habemus in praemissis ex 
 
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 together with the knights' fees, &c., and other profits 
 and commodities aforesaid whatsoever, as fully and en- 
 tirely, and in the same manner and form, as we by our 
 aforesaid letters patent, and by the authority of the 
 other Parliaments aforesaid, did give, grant, and confirm 
 all the premises conjointly to the aforesaid William 
 bishop of Winchester, and the aforesaid Thomas bishop 
 of Bath and Wells, John bishop of Worcester, Walter 
 bishop of Norwich, John bishop of St. David's, John 
 bishop of Lincoln by the name of John Chedworth, clerk ; 
 and to the aforesaid viscount, Ralph lord de Sudley, John 
 lord de Beauchamp ; and to William Westbury, Henry 
 Seuer, Richard Andrewe, William Say, Robert Wodelark, 
 Thomas Barker, clerks; Edmund Hungerford, knight; 
 John Hampton, John Noreys, and John Say, esquires. 
 And we and our heirs do warrant against all people all 
 the premises, with their appurtenances, to the aforesaid 
 Thomas archbishop of Canterbury, William archbishop of 
 York ; Thomas bishop of London, William bishop of Win- 
 chester, John bishop of Rochester, Thomas bishop of Bath, 
 John bishop of Worcester, John bishop of Hereford, 
 Thomas bishop of St. Asaph's, John bishop of Lincoln, 
 John bishop of Llandaff, Lawrence bishop of Durham, 
 John bishop of Coventry and Lichfield ; Jasper earl of 
 Pembroke, John earl of Oxford, Henry earl of Northum- 
 berland, James earl of Wilts ; John viscount Beaumont ; 
 Leo lord de Wells, Ralph lord de Sudley ; John Fortescue, 
 knight, John Prysot, knight, Richard Tunstall, knight; 
 Richard Andrewe, Robert Wodelark, William Westbury, 
 WiUiam Millyngton, Hugh Damlet, Thomas Barker, 
 clerks; John Hampton, William Grymmesby, and Thomas 
 Tresham, esquires, their heirs and assigns for ever. Saving The King's 
 to us our estate and term which we have in the pre- estSe''"aved 
 
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 dimissione prsedictorum Willielmi Wintonensis, Thomse 
 Bathonensis et Wellensis, Johannis Wigornensis, Walter! 
 Norwicensis, Johannis Menevensis, Johannis Lincolnensis, 
 episcoporum; necnon praefatorum vicecomitis, Radulphi 
 domini de Seudeley, Johannis domini de Beauchamp ; nec- 
 non Willielmi Westbury, Henrici Seuer, Ricardi Andrewe, 
 Willielmi Say, Roberti Wodelark, Thomse Barker, cleri- 
 corum; Edmundi Hungerford miUtis; Johannis Hampton, 
 Johannis Noreys, et Johannis Say, armigerorum. Insu- 
 perque, auctoritate prsesentis Parliamenti, ordinamus, vo- 
 lumus, et stabiHmus, quod omnia exitus, proficua, et emo- 
 lumenta de omnibus prsemissis, necnon de arreragiis eo- 
 rundem, ultra onera ea incumbentia provenientia, in nullos 
 alios usus convertantur, nisi tantummodo in perfectionem 
 et complementum voluntatis nostrae super dispositione eo- 
 rundem per nos declaratae vel in posterum declarandae ; 
 quamvis nos praemissa vel aliquod prsemissorum ad termi- 
 num diutiorem, ex dimissione praedictorum Thomae Cantu- 
 ariensis, WilUelmi Eboracensis, archiepiscoporum ; Thomae 
 Londonensis, Willielmi Wintonensis, Johannis RofFensis, 
 Thomae Bathonensis, Johannis Wigornensis, Johannis 
 Herefordensis, Thomae Assavensis, Johannis Lincolnensis, 
 Johannis Landavensis, Laurentii Dunelmensis, Johannis 
 Coventrensis et Lichefeldensis, episcoporum; Jasperis co- 
 mitis Pembrochiae, Johannis comitis Oxoniae, Henrici co- 
 mitis Northumbriae, Jacobi comitis Wiltesiae ; Johannis 
 vicecomitis Beaumont; Leonis domini de Welles, Ra- 
 dulphi domini de Seudeley ; Johannis Fortescu militis, Jo- 
 hannis Prysot militis, Ricardi Tunstall militis ; Ricardi An- 
 drewe, Roberti Wodelark, Willielmi Westbury, Willielmi 
 Millyngton, Hugonis Damlet, Thomae Barker, clericorum ; 
 Johannis Hampton, Willielmi Grymmesby, et Thomae 
 Tresham, armigerorum ad certum terminum habuerimus in 
 
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 mises by demise of the aforesaid William bishop of Win- ^".*^« ?"■ 
 
 •' ^ mises de- 
 
 Chester, Thomas bishop of Bath and Wells, John bishop of t"Je feoffees. 
 Worcester, Walter bishop of Norwich, John bishop of St. 
 David's, John bishop of Lincoln ; and of the aforesaid vis- 
 count ; Ralph lord de Sudley, John lord de Beauchamp ; 
 and of William Westbury, Henry Seuer, Richard Andrewe, 
 William Say, Robert Wodelark, Thomas Barker, clerks; 
 Edmund Hungerford, knight; John Hampton, John No- 
 reys, and John Say, esquires. And, moreover, by the The issues 
 authority of the present Parliament, we do ordain, will, ^{g^gfo^e 
 and estabhsh, that all the issues, profits, and emoluments Kumimelft 
 arising from all the premises, as also from the arrears wiu)^^'"^* 
 of the same, beyond the charges incumbent on them, 
 be converted to no other uses but the doing and ful- 
 filment of our will declared or hereafter to be declared 
 respecting the disposal of the same ; though we should though de- 
 
 n 1 \ • c ^ • f raised to the 
 
 m future have the premises, or any oi the premises, lor King by the 
 
 ^ . feoffees for 
 
 a farther certain term, by demise of the aforesaid Thomas » farther 
 
 ' •' _ ^ term. 
 
 archbishop of Canterbury, William archbishop of York ; 
 Thomas bishop of London, William bishop of Winchester, 
 John bishop of Rochester, Thomas bishop of Bath, John 
 bishop of Worcester, John bishop of Hereford, Thomas 
 bishop of St. Asaph's, John bishop of Lincoln, John bishop 
 of Llandaff, Lawrence bishop of Durham, John bishop 
 of Coventry and Lichfield ; Jasper earl of Pembroke, John 
 earl of Oxford, Henry earl of Northumberland, James earl 
 of Wilts ; John viscount Beaumont ; Leo lord de Wells, 
 Ralph lord de Sudley, John Fortescue, knight, John Pry- 
 sot, knight, Richard Tunstall, knight; Richard Andrewe, 
 Robert Wodelark, William Westbury, William Millyngton, 
 Hugh Damlet, Thomas Barker, clerks; John Hamp- 
 ton, William Grymmesby, and Thomas Tresham, esquires. 
 Moreover, by the authority of our present Parliament, we 
 
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 futurum. Insuper, auctoritate prsesentis Parliamenti nostri, 
 ordinamus, concedimus, et stabilimus, quod prsedicti Thomas 
 Cantuariensis,WillielmusEboracensis5archiepiscopi;Thomas 
 Londonensis, Willielmus Wintonensis, Johannes RofFensis, 
 Thomas Bathonensis, Johannes Wigornensis, Johannes 
 Herefordensis, Thomas Assavensis, Johannes Lincolnensis, 
 Johannes Landavensis, Laurentius Dunelmensis, Johannes 
 Coventrensis et Lichefeldensis, episcopi; Jasper comes 
 Pembrochise, Johannes comes Oxonise, Henricus comes 
 Northumbrise, Jacobus comes Wiltesise; Johannes vice- 
 comes Beaumont ; Leo dominus de Welles, Radulphus do- 
 minus de Sewedelee ; Johannes Fortescu miles, Johannes 
 Prysot miles, Ricardus Tunstall miles ; Ricardus Andre we, 
 Robertus Wodelark, Willielmus Westbury, Willielmus Mil- 
 lyngton, Hugo Daralet, Thomas Barker, clerici ; Johannes 
 Hampton, Willielmus Grymmesby, et Thomas Tresham, ar- 
 migeri, hseredes et assignati sui, habeant, gaudeant, et exer- 
 ceant, in omnibus prsemissis et circa omnia prsemissa, — quod- 
 que nos omnia prsemissa vel aliquod prsemissorum ex dimis- 
 sione prsedictorum Willielmi Wintonensis, Thorase Batho- 
 nensis etWellensis, Johannis Wigornensis, Walteri Norwicen- 
 sis, Johannis Menevensis, Johannis Lincolnensis, episcopo- 
 rum ; necnon prsefatorum vicecomitis, Radulphi domini de 
 Seuedeley, Johannis domini de Beauchamp ; necnon Willielmi 
 Westbury, Henrici Seuer, Ricardi Andrewe, Willielmi Say, 
 Roberti Wodelark, Thomse Barker, clericorum; Edmundi 
 Hungerford, militis ; Johannis Hampton, Johannis Norys, 
 et Johannis Say, armigerorum, hseredura vel assignatorum 
 suorum, habentes, vel si ampliorem terminum in prsemissis 
 habuerimus, habebimus, gaudebimus, et exercebimus, in om- 
 nibus praemissis et circa omnia praemissa, — quodque omnes 
 dicti homines, tenentes residentes, et alii residentes, simi- 
 liter habeant et gaudeant et exerceant, — omnia libertates, 
 
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 do ordain, grant, and establish, that the aforesaid Thomas The feoffees 
 
 shall enjoy 
 
 archbishop of Canterbury, WiUiam archbishop of York ; the liberties 
 Thomas bishop of London, WiUiam bishop of Winchester, Kepre^*'' 
 
 pre- 
 mises, 
 
 John bishop of Rochester, Thomas bishop of Bath, John 
 bishop of Worcester, John bishop of Hereford, Thomas 
 bishop of St. Asaph's, John bishop of Lincoln, John bishop 
 of Llandaff, Lawrence bishop of Durham, John bishop of 
 Coventry and Lichfield; Jasper earl of Pembroke, John 
 earl of Oxford, Henry earl of Northumberland, James earl 
 of Wilts ; John viscount Beaumont ; Leo lord de Wells, 
 Ralph lord de Sudley, John Fortescue, knight, John 
 Prysot, knight, Richard Tunstall, knight; Richard An- 
 drewe, Robert Wodelark, William Westbury, William Mil- 
 lyngton, Hugh Damlet, Thomas Barker, clerks; John 
 Hampton, William Grymmesby, and Thomas Tresham, es- 
 quires, their heirs and assigns, shall and may have, enjoy, 
 and exercise in all the premises, and about all the pre- or the King 
 
 1 • n 1 • /• 1 holding by 
 
 mises, — and that we, havmg all the premises, or any of the demise from 
 premises, by demise of the aforesaid WiUiam bishop of 
 Winchester, Thomas bishop of Bath and Wells, John 
 bishop of Worcester, Walter bishop of Norwich, John 
 bishop of St. David's, John bishop of Lincoln ; also the 
 aforesaid viscount; Ralph lord de Sudley, John lord de 
 Beauchamp; also WiUiam Westbury, Henry Seuer, Richard 
 Andrewe, WiUiam Say, Robert Wodelark, Thomas Barker, 
 clerks ; Edmund Hungerford, knight, John Hampton, John 
 Noreys, and John Say, esquires, their heirs or assigns ; or, 
 if we shall have an ampler term in the premises, shall and 
 may have, enjoy, and exercise in all the premises, and 
 about all the premises, — and that all the said men, resident and likewise 
 
 . . the tenants 
 
 tenants, and other resiants may hkewise have and eniov andresiants, 
 
 ' , ; . . as before. 
 
 and exercise, — all the liberties, franchises, privileges, 
 jura regalia^ customs, and immunities aforesaid; and also 
 
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 franchesias, privilegia, jura regalia, consuetudines, immuni- 
 tates supradicta ; ac etiam quod omnia et singula prsemissa 
 juxta ordinationes supradictas, et non aliter, gubernentur et 
 conserventur. Salvis quibuscunque ligeis nostris posses- 
 sione, jure, titulo, et interesse suis, ac annuitatibus, officiis, 
 vadiis, feodis, custodiis, et firmis quibuscunque, in seu de 
 prsemissis aut de qualibet parcella inde, quae ipsi habent, 
 seu eorum aliquis habet, legitime in eisdem. 
 
 QUA quidem petitione in Parliamento praedicto lecta, 
 audita, et plenius intellecta, de avisamento et assensu Do- 
 minorum Spiritualium et Temporalium, ac Communitatis 
 regni Anglise, in dicto Parliamento existentium, responde- 
 batur eidem in forma sequenti : 
 
 Responsio. — Le Roy, de Tadvis et assent des Seigneurs 
 Espirituelx et Temporelx, et les Communes, en cest son 
 Parlement tenuz a Coventre le vintisme jour de Novembre, 
 Tan de son reigne trent oeptisme assemblez, et par Taucto- 
 rite de mesme le Parlement, ad grauntee tout le contenue 
 en cest cedule especifiez ; et sur ceo ad commaunde sez 
 lettrez patentz aiFairez en due fourme, si mester y soit. 
 
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 that all and singular the premises be governed and kept JjJ^fJg'^f^ 
 according to the ordinances abovesaid, and not otherwise. "amJ^uw 
 Saving to whomsoever our lieges their possession, right, ^^^°'® 
 title, and interest, and the annuities, offices, wages, fees, 
 wardships, and farms whatsoever, in, from, or out of the 
 premises or any parcel of the same, which they have or 
 any one of them lawfully has in the same. 
 
 WHICH petition having been read, heard, and very 
 fully understood in the aforesaid Parliament, by the ad- 
 vice and assent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, 
 and the Commons of the realm of England, in the said 
 Parliament assembled, it was answered to the same in 
 the following form : 
 
 Answer. — The King, by the advice and assent of the 
 Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Commons, assem- 
 bled in this his Parliament holden at Coventry on the 
 twentieth day of November in the thirty-eighth year of 
 his reign, and by the authority of the same Parliament, 
 has granted all the contents specified in this schedule ; 
 and thereupon has commanded his letters patent to be 
 made in due form, if there be need. 
 
258 
 
 Rot. Pari. 
 39 Hen. 6. 
 n. 33. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 7th Oct. 
 39 Hen. 6. 
 A.D, 1460. 
 
 The lands, 
 parcel of the 
 Duchy of 
 Lancaster, 
 put in feoff- 
 ment for per- 
 formance of 
 the will of 
 King Henry 
 the Sixth, 
 shall not 
 henceforth 
 be governed 
 by a distinct 
 Seal and 
 Officers, but 
 shall be ma- 
 naged by the 
 Officers and 
 Seal of the 
 Duchy, as 
 they were 
 in ancient 
 times before 
 the making 
 of such 
 feoffment. 
 
 XXXIII. 
 
 Rotulus Parliament! de anno tricesimo nono Henrici Sexti. 
 CONCERNENS DuCATUM LANCASTRIiE. 
 
 OR asmuche as dyvers honours, castells, lord- 
 ships, maiioirs, londes, tenementes, rentes, 
 hundredes, wapentakes, vewes of fraunciplege, 
 knyghts' fees, and other possessions of oure 
 ^3uchie of Lancastre, been in the North parties of this 
 oure Reaume, wherof in the dayes of oure noble proge- 
 nitours Dukes of Lancastre ther hath been oon Chief 
 Steward, oon Auditour; and also dyvers honours, cas- 
 tells, lordships, maners, landes, tenementes, rentes, hun- 
 dredes, wapentakes, vewes of fraunciplege, knyghtes* 
 fees, and other possessions of oure said Duchie, been in 
 the South parties of this oure said Reaume, wherof in 
 the daies of oure said noble progenitours ther hath 
 been an other Chief Steward and oon Auditour; and 
 in and of all oure said Duchie ther hath been in the 
 seid dayes oon Chaunceller, oon Generall Receyvour, 
 oon Generall Attourney ; and also of oure Counte Pala- 
 tyne of Lancastre oon Chaunceller, oon Chief Steward, 
 and a Generall Attourney; which Officers have had, for 
 excercisyng of their said oflSces, fees and wages ther- 
 unto of old tyme due and accustumed. And where we 
 have putte in feoffement dyvers honours, castells, lord- 
 ships, maners, landes, tenementez, rentez, hundredez, 
 wapentakes, vewes of fraunciplege, knyghts' fees, and 
 other possessions, parcell of the seid honours, castells, 
 lordships, maners, landes, tenementes, rentez, hundredez, 
 wapentages, vewes of fraunciplege, knyght fees, and other 
 possessions, &c. for the perfourmyng and fulfillyng of 
 oure wille, with the revenuez, profittez, and issuez grow- 
 
259 
 
 yng of the same; and therof we nowe late have made 
 and ordeyned an other Chaunceller, oon other Chief 
 Steward, oon other Generall Receyvour, a Generall At- 
 tourney, other two Auditours. The which Officers, of 
 the same honours, castells, lordships, maners, landes, 
 tenementez, rentez, hundredez, wapentages, vewes of 
 fraunciplege, knyghtz' fees, and other possessions, by us 
 late putte in feoffement, take and perceyve yerely of the 
 issuez, profittez, revenuez of the same, grete and ex- 
 cessive fees and wages for excercisyng of the same 
 offices, to oure grete hurte and charge in that behalf; 
 notwithstandyng that all the seid honours, castells, lord- 
 ships, maners, londes, tenementez, rentez, hundredes, 
 wapentages, vewes of fraunciplege, knyghtz' fees, and 
 other possessions afore reherced, in the dayes of oure 
 noble progenitours, and also in oures before the seid 
 feofFement made, were by the said old Officers full ho- 
 nourably, wisely, discretely, and profitably rewled and go- 
 verned. WE therfore, by th'avis and assent of the Lordes 
 Spirituell and Temporell, and the Commens, in this oure 
 present Parlement assembled, and by auctorite of the 
 same, will and ordeyn, that all letters patentes, by us 
 of the same officez and occupations severally made to the 
 same Chief Steward, Chaunceller, Generall Receyvour, 
 Generall Attourney, and Auditours of the same honours, 
 castells, lordships, maners, landes, tenementez, rentez, 
 hundredez, wapentages, vewes of fraunciplege, knyghtz' 
 fees, and other possessions, or parcell of theym, late by us 
 in forme afore reherced putte in feofFement, be from hens- 
 forth voide and of noon effect, and by thaym nor any of 
 theym in noo wise occupied ; and that the same honours, 
 castells, lordships, maners, londes, tenementez, rentez, 
 hundredes, wapentages, vewes of fraunciplege, knyghtz' 
 
 2 K 
 
260 
 
 fees, and other possessions, by us put in feoffement, be 
 demeaned, governed, and occupied by oure Officers of 
 oure said Duchie of Lancastre, not put in feoffement, 
 in lyke wise and fourme as they shuld and owe to have 
 been yf the same honours, castells, lordships, maners, 
 landes, tenementes, rentes, hundredes, wapentages, vewes 
 of fraunciplege, knyghtz' fees, and other possessions, late 
 by us putte in feoffement, had not by us been putte in 
 feoffement, nor such Officers therof made; takyng ther- 
 fore such fees, wages, and reward as such Officers of the 
 seid Duchie toke afore the seid feoffement made, and noon 
 other. And that all manere fees, annuitees, and charges, 
 afore this tyme graunted by oure letters patentes under the 
 Seall ordeyned for the same honours, castells, lordships, 
 maners, landes, tenementez, rentez, hundredez, wapentages, 
 vewes of fraunciplege, knyghtz' fees, and other possessions, 
 by us in forme aforeseid putte in feoffement, except fees 
 and wages belongyng to any office, or graunted for doyng 
 or excercisyng any office, which were office before the 
 same feoffement, be voide from hensforth ; and also that 
 the same Seall, and all things by us hereafter to be 
 graunted by or under the same Seall, be voide and of 
 noon auctorite nor effecte. And that all fermes, issuez, 
 profittez, rentez, revenuez, and arreragez, of all the seid 
 honours, castells, lordships, maners, landes, tenementes, 
 rentez, hundredez, wapentages, vewes of fraunciplege, 
 knyghtz' fees, and other possessions, put in feoffement in 
 forme aforesaid, not rered ne leved by the Officers of 
 the same, be rered, leved, and resceyved by the Recey- 
 vours of oure said Duchie, and by thaym to be de- 
 lyvered to the Generall Receyvour of oure said Duchie 
 for the tyme beyng, to be enployed to the perfourmyng 
 of oure wille. 
 
261 
 
 XXXIV. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti de anno tricesimo nono Henrici Sexti. 
 QUALITER REVENTIONES DICTI DuCATUS DEDUCERENTUR. 
 
 TEM, Quaedam petitio exhibita fuit prsefato do- Rot. Pari. 
 
 -r, . . 39 Hen. 6. 
 
 mino Regi, in praesenti Parliamento, per Com- "- 34. m ^^ 
 munitates Regni Angliae in dicto Parliamento 7th oct. 
 
 . . 39 Hen. 6. 
 
 existentes, sub eo qui sequitur tenore verbo- a.d. hco. 
 rum; 
 
 To the Kyng oure Soverayne Lord, prayen the Com- The com. 
 
 1 • -r» 1 1 1 1 p • nions pray 
 
 mens m this present Parlement assembled, as for provi- that the re- 
 
 * *• venues of the 
 
 sion of redy money to be had to the entent of necessite L^n^a^stwhe 
 
 in this present Parlement opened and disclosed, to or- fhe'^Rlceiver 
 
 deyne, enacte, and establissh, by th'avis of the Lordes the^Trea-" 
 
 Spirituell and Temporell in this present Parlement as- iS^tob"^" 
 
 employed for 
 
 sembled, and by auctorite of the same, that all manere the present 
 
 ^ •! * necessity of 
 
 issuez, profittez, and revenuez, comyn, growyn, or due, t^^ realm. 
 or comyng, growyng, or to be due, of all honoures, lord- 
 ships, maneres, londes, and tenementes of youre Duchie 
 of Lancastre beyng in youre handes, and of that partie 
 of the same Duchie beyng in the handes of youre feoffes 
 of youre seid Duchie, and of every of theym, by any 
 mean due and owyng, in whos handes so evere they 
 bee or be becomyn from the morowe next after the fest 
 of Seint John Baptiste, the yere of youre reigne xxxviii, 
 unto the last day of September, the yere of youre seid 
 reigne xxxix, and from the same last day of September 
 unto the last day of September then next sewyng, be 
 levyed, taken, and resceyved by youre Generall Rescey- 
 vour of the seid partie of the seid Duchie beyng in 
 
 2 K 2 
 
262 
 
 youre handes ; the same Generall Resceyvoure to de- 
 lyvere all the seid sommes to youre Tresourer of Eng- 
 lond then beyng, to be employed to such use as shall 
 be thought resonable to youre Highnes, by th'avis of 
 youre Lordes Spirituall and Temporall in this present 
 Parlement assembled, for the seid neeessite, and the 
 wele of this youre Reaume : And that all maner of 
 grauntes and assignementes, and every of theym, to be 
 taken and resceyved of the seid Duchie or eny partie 
 therof, to eny persone or persones at eny tyme made afore 
 the fest of All Halowen, the yere of youre seid reigne 
 XXXIX, be differred and putt in suspence, of any paie- 
 ment to be had, made, or levyed by force of the seid 
 grauntes and assignementez, or eny of theym, unto the 
 fest of Cristemasse that shall be in the yere of oure 
 Lord God mcccclxii : And that aswell the seid Rescey- 
 vour, as all other persone and persones delyveryng the 
 seid sommes to youre seid Receyvour, for reseyte and 
 delyveraunce of the same sommes, be in noo wise charge- 
 able nor charged ageyn youre Highnes, nor eny other per- 
 sone or persones, havyng eny title or interest aswell in the 
 forseid honoures, lordships, maneres, and other premisses, 
 as in the forseid graunts and assignementez, or eny of 
 theym, but oonly the seid Resceyvour to be chargeable 
 S°f able ^g^y"^^ youre Highnes. Savyng alway all manere fees, 
 oftheDuch" rewardes, and wages, of old tyme due and accustumed, 
 to all Officers of the partie of the seid Duchie beyng in 
 youre handes, and of the partie of the same beyng in 
 Saving for feoffemeut. Savyng also, that it shall be lawfull to the 
 
 Richard Earl '' ° 
 
 of Warwick, scid Rcsccyvour Generall to content, make, or do to be 
 made to Richard erle of Warrewyk payment of all such 
 sommes of money and other duetees as be due unto hym 
 of the seid Duchie, beyng in the handes and possessions 
 
263 
 
 of youre seid feoffes, of or for eny coven aunts, assigne- 
 mentez, or grauntez by you to the seid Erie afore this 
 tyme made for kepyng of the see, in recompense of the 
 portes of Sandewych and Southampton, this Acte not- 
 withstondyng. Savyng also, that the seid Resceyvour 
 Generall shall have auctorite and power, duryng the 
 seid tyme, to paye unto the Councell of the seid Duchie 
 all such fees, wages, expenses, and rewardes as shall be 
 thought necessarie and convenient for the seid Duchie 
 by the heede Officers of the same. 
 
 QUA quidem petitione in Parliamento praedicto lecta, 
 audita, et plenius intellecta, de avisamento et assensu Do- 
 minorum Spiritualium et Temporalium, et ad requisitionem 
 Communitatis prsedictse, in dicto Parliamento existentium, 
 respondebatur eidem sub hac forma : 
 
 Responsio. — The Kyng agreeth to this petition : savyng Answer. 
 alway, that it extend not to eny thyng of the seid Duchie SnVtYiands 
 by his Highnes put in feoffement. 
 
 Provided also, that the Receyvour Generall of his Duchie Receiver gc- 
 of Lancastre be not called ne charared to accompte in his count before 
 
 ° ^ Auditors of 
 
 Eschequer by vertue of eny Acte made or to be made in ouchy, and 
 this present Parlement, but oonly before his Auditours of <=^equer. 
 his said Duchie, in manere and fourme as it hath been of 
 old tyme used. 
 
264 
 
 Rot. Pari. 
 39 Hen. 6. 
 n. 35. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti de anno tricesimo nono Henrici Sexti. 
 
 Feoffamentum factum de certis parcellis Ducatus 
 Lancastri^. 
 
 EX omnibus ad quos, &c. Cum nos nuper per 
 literas nostras patentes, sub sigillo nostro du- 
 catus nostri Lancastriae factas, quarum datum 
 est apud manerium nostrum de Shene, penul- 
 timo die Novembris anno regni nostri vicesimo secundo? 
 ex certa scientia et mero motu nostris, certis de causis nos 
 intime moventibus, dederimus, concesserimus, et per eas- 
 dem confirmaverimus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, 
 Thomge Bathonensi et Wellensi, Johanni Wigornensi per 
 nomen Johannis Carpenter electi Wigornensis ecclesise, 
 Waltero Norwicensi per nomen Walteri Lyhert clerici, 
 Johanni Menevensi per nomen Johannis Delabere clerici, 
 episcopis; Johanni vicecomiti Beaumont; Radulpho do- 
 mino de Sudeley, Johanni domino de Beauchamp militibus, 
 Edmundo Hungreford militij Johanni Hampton et Jo- 
 hanni Noreys armigeris, adhuc superstitibus, ac ahis jam 
 defunctis, castrum, manerium, et hundredum de Hiegham 
 Ferrers cum pertinentiis ; maneria de Raundes, Russhden, 
 Caldecote, Irenchestre, Daventre, et Deisburgh, molendina 
 de Desheford, ac omnia terras et tenementa, redditus et ser- 
 vitia, tunc nostra, cum pertinentiis, in Welledon; necnon 
 omnia terras et tenementa, cum pertinentiis, quae nuper fue- 
 runt Stephani Rumbylowe in Daventre prsedicta, et omnia 
 terras et tenementa, redditus et servitia, tunc nostra, cum 
 
264 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 Roll of the Parliament of the thirty-ninth year of Henry the Sixth. 
 
 Feoffment made of certain parcels of the Duchy 
 OF Lancaster.* 
 
 HE KING, to all to whom, &c. Whereas we 7th oct. 
 
 39 Hen, 6. 
 
 lately, by our letters patent made under our ^.d. neo. 
 seal of our duchy of Lancaster, the date meSTofnew 
 
 , feoflFees to 
 
 whereof is at our manor of Sheen on the perform the 
 
 will of King 
 
 last day but one of November in the twenty-second year fS^l^^ 
 of our reign, of our certain knowledge and mere mo- SiTofthe'^ 
 
 , • r» , • • n • , feoffees ap- 
 
 tion, tor certam causes mwardly movmg us, gave, grant- pointed 
 ed, and by the same confirmed, for us and our heirs, to Acts of 2.3 
 
 : . Hen. 6 and 
 
 Thomas bishop of Bath and Wells, John bishop of Wor- gf^J^^J- ^' 
 cester by the name of John Carpenter the elect of the ^^^^^'^• 
 church of Worcester, Walter bishop of Norwich by the 
 name of Walter Lyhert clerk, John bishop of St. David's 
 by the name of John Delabere, clerk ; John viscount Beau- 
 mont; Ralph lord de Sudley, John lord de Beauchamp, 
 knights, Edmund Hungerford, knight; John Hampton 
 and John Noreys, esquires, still living, and others now 
 deceased, the castle, manor, and hundred of Higham Fer- 
 rers, with the appurtenances ; the manors of Raunds, 
 Rushden, Caldecott, Irchester, Daventry, and Desbo- 
 rough, the mills of Desheford, and all the lands and 
 tenements, rents and services, then ours, with the ap- 
 
 * All the Acts passed in the preceding Parliament holden at Coventry 
 (20 Nov. 38 Hen. 6.) were repealed in this Parliament, bcgmi at West- 
 minster on the 7th of October, 39 Hen. 6. See Parliament Rolls, vol. v., 
 p. 374, No. 8. 
 
265 
 
 pertinentiis, quae nuper fuerunt Willielmi Croyser militis, in 
 Hiegham Ferrers et Caldecote praedicta, in comitatu North- 
 amptonise; — feodi firmam centum et viginti librarum villse 
 de Gormonchestre ; feodi firmam quadraginta et trium li- 
 brarum villae de Huntyngdon, et manerium de Glatton cum 
 Holme, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu Huntingdoniae ; — ma- 
 nerium de Wardyngton, in comitatu Bukinghamiae ; — ma- 
 nerium de Aldeborn, in comitatu Wiltesiae; — maneria de 
 Aylysham, Wighton, Snetisham, Fakenbam, Gymmyng- 
 bam, Tonsted et Thetford, cum viginti et octo libris, sex 
 solidis, et octo denariis, de feodi firma prioris et conventus 
 monacborum de Tbetford; et manerium de Metbewolde, 
 cum terris et tenementis, tunc nostris, vocatis Rodmer, 
 juxta Metbewold; ac bundredum, tunc nostrum, de Nortber- 
 pyngbam, Soutberpyngbam, Gallowe, et Brotbercros, cum 
 pertinentiis, in comitatu NorfFolciae; — maneria, tunc nos- 
 tra, de Hungerford, Estgarston, et Standen, in comitatu 
 Bercberiae; — et manerium, tunc nostrum, de Swobam, in 
 comitatu Cantebrigiae : — Habendum et tenendum eadem 
 castrum, maneria, bameletta, feodi firmas, bundreda, mo- 
 lendina, terras, tenementa, redditus et servitia, cum per- 
 tinentiis, una cum feodis militum, ac omnibus aliis pro- 
 ficuis et commoditatibus eisdem castro, maneriis, terris, 
 et tenementis spectantibus sive pertinentibus, eisdem epi- 
 scopis, vicecomiti, Radulpho, Jobanni Beaucbamp, Ed- 
 mundo, Jobanni Hampton, et Jobanni Noreys, ac prae- 
 dictis aliis jam defunctis, baeredibus et assignatis suis, 
 de nobis et baeredibus nostris, per fidelitatem tantum, 
 absque aliquo alio nobis vel baeredibus nostris inde red- 
 dendo. Salvis semper et reservatis nobis, et baeredibus 
 nostris Ducibus Lancastriae, advocationibus ecclesiarum, 
 abbatiarum, prioratuum, vicariarum, cantariarum, capel- 
 larum, bospitalium, et aliorum beneficiorum ecclesiasticorum 
 
^65 
 
 purtenances, in Weldon; also all the lands and tene- 
 ments, with the appurtenances, which were late of Stephen 
 Rumbylowe in Daventry aforesaid; and all the lands and 
 tenements, rents and services, then ours, with the appur- 
 tenances, which were late of William Croyser, knight, in 
 Higham Ferrers and Caldecott aforesaid, in the county 
 of Northampton ; — the fee-farm of a hundred and twenty 
 pounds of the town of Godmanchester, the fee-farm of 
 forty-three pounds of the town of Huntingdon, and the 
 manor of Glatton with Holme, with the appurtenances, 
 in the county of Huntingdon;— the manor of Warding- 
 ton, in the county of Bucks; — the manor of Aldbourn, in 
 the county of Wilts ; — the manors of Aylsham, Wigh- 
 ton, Snettisham, Fakenham, Gimingham, Tunstead, and 
 Thetford, with twenty-eight pounds six shillings and 
 eight pence of the fee-farm of the prior and convent of 
 monks of Thetford; and the manor of Methwold, with 
 the lands and tenements, then ours, called Rodmere, 
 near Methwold ; and the hundred, then ours, of North 
 Erpingham, South Erpingham, Gallow, and Brothercross, 
 with the appurtenances, in the county of Norfolk; — the 
 manors, then ours, of Hungerford, East Garston, and 
 Standen, in the county of Berks; — and the manor, then 
 ours, of Soham, in the county of Cambridge: — To have 
 and to hold the same castle, manors, hamlets, fee-farms, 
 hundreds, mills, lands, tenements, rents and services, 
 with the appurtenances, together with the knights^ fees, 
 and all other profits and commodities belonging or per- 
 taining to the same castle, manors, lands, and tenements, 
 to the same bishops, viscount, Ralph, John Beauchamp, 
 Edmund, John Hampton, and John Noreys, and others 
 aforesaid now deceased, their heirs and assigns, of us 
 and our heirs, by fealty only, without rendering to us 
 
266 
 
 quorumcunque, eisdem castro, maneriis, sive terris et tene- 
 mentis, ullo modo spectantibus. Et per easdem literas nos- 
 tras obligaverimus nos et haeredes nostros ad castrum, maiie- 
 ria, ac omnia et singula prsemissa, cum pertinentiis, praefatis 
 episcopis, Sec, et praefatis aliis jam defunctis, haeredibus et 
 assignatis suis, contra omnes gentes warantizanda et defen- 
 denda. Ac per alias literas nostras patentes sub eodem si- 
 gillo, datas apud manerium nostrum de Shene septimo die 
 Julii anno regni nostri vicesimo secundo, ex certa scientia 
 et mero motu praedictis, dederimus et concesserimus et per 
 easdem literas nostras confirmaverimus, pro nobis et hae- 
 redibus nostris, praefatis episcopis, vicecomiti, Radulpho, 
 Johanni domino de Beauchamp, Edmundo, Johanni Hamp- 
 ton, et Johanni Noreys, per nomina in praedictis primis 
 literis contenta, ac praedictis aliis jam defunctis, maneria 
 de Somborne, Weston, Hertley, et Langstok, cum perti- 
 nentiis, in comitatu Southamptoniae ; maneria de Everley, 
 Colyngborn, Trobrigge, Berwyk, et Ester ton, cum perti- 
 nentiis, in comitatu Wiltesiae;— maneria de Shepynglam- 
 born, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu Bercheriae; — maneria 
 de Kyngeston Lacy, Wymborn, Blanford, et Shapwyk, cum 
 pertinentiis, in comitatu Dorsetiae ; — manerium de Myns- 
 terworth, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu Gloucestriae ;— ma- 
 nerium de Hodenak, cum pertinentiis, in marchia Walliae ; 
 — manerium et socam de Snaith, cum pertinentiis, in co- 
 mitatu Eborum : — Habendum et tenendum omnia praedicta 
 maneria et socam cum pertinentiis suis quibuscunque, una 
 cum feodis militum, et omnibus aliis proficuis et commo- 
 ditatibus praedictis maneriis et socae spectantibus, eisdem 
 episcopis, vicecomiti, &c., et praedictis aliis jam defunctis, 
 haeredibus et assignatis suis, de nobis et haeredibus nostris, 
 per fidelitatem tantum, absque aliquo alio nobis vel haere- 
 dibus nostris inde reddendo. Salvis semper et reservatis 
 
266 
 
 or our heirs anything else therefore. Saving always and 
 reserved to us and our heirs Dukes of Lancaster the 
 advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, vicarages, chan- 
 tries, chapels, hospitals, and other ecclesiastical benefices 
 whatsoever, in anywise belonging to the same castle, manors, 
 or lands and tenements. And by our same letters we bound 
 ourself and our heirs to warrant and defend against all people 
 the castle, manors, and all and singular the premises, with 
 the appurtenances, to the aforesaid bishops, &c., and to the 
 aforesaid others now deceased, and their heirs and assigns. 
 And by other our letters patent under the same seal, 
 dated at our manor of Sheen on the seventh day of July 
 in the twenty-second year of our reign, we, of our certain 
 knowledge and mere motion aforesaid, gave and granted, 
 and by the same our letters confirmed, for us and our 
 heirs, to the aforesaid bishops, viscount, Ralph, John 
 lord de Beauchamp, Edmund, John Hampton, and John 
 Noreys, by the names in the aforesaid first letters con- 
 tained, and to the aforesaid others now deceased, the manors 
 of Sombourn, Weston, Hartley, and Longstock, with the 
 appurtenances, in the county of Southampton ; — the 
 manors of Everley, Collingbourne, Trowbridge, Berwick, 
 and Easterton, with the appurtenances, in the county of 
 Wilts ; — the manors of Chipping Lambourn, with the ap- 
 purtenances, in the county of Berks; — the manors of Kings- 
 ton Lacy, Wimborne, Blandford, and Shapwick, with the 
 appurtenances, in the county of Dorset ; — the manor of 
 Minsterworth, with the appurtenances, in the county of 
 Gloucester; — the manor of Hodenak, with the appurte- 
 nances, in the marches of Wales ; — the manor and soke of 
 Snaith, with the appurtenances, in the county of York : — 
 To have and to hold all the aforesaid manors and soke, with 
 whatsoever their appurtenances, together with the knights' 
 
267 
 
 nobis, et hseredibus nostris Ducibus Lancastrise, advoca- 
 tionibus ecclesiarum, abbatiarum, prioratuum, vicariarum, 
 cantariarum, capellarum, hospitalium, et aliorum bene- 
 ficiorum ecclesiasticorum quorumcunque, eisdem maneriis 
 et socse, cum pertinentiis, ullo modo spectantibus. Et 
 per easdem literas nostras obligaverimus nos et haeredes 
 nostros ad warantizandum et defendendum omnia prse- 
 missa, cum pertinentiis, eisdem episcopis, &c., et bgere- 
 dibus et assignatis suis, prout, &c. Ac etiam, per alias 
 literas nostras patentes sub sigillo nostro prsedicto, 
 quarum datum est apud castrum nostrum de Wyndesore 
 vicesimo tertio die Februarii anno regni nostri vicesimo 
 tertio, dederimus, concesserimus, et per easdem literas nos- 
 tras confirmaverimus, praefatis episcopis, &c., et prgedictis 
 aliis jam defunctis, per nomina in dictis primis literis 
 contenta, manerium, dominium de Bernolwike, cum per- 
 tinentiis, in comitatu Eborum; manerium de Kilborne, 
 cum pertinentiis, in eodem comitatu; feodi firmam voca- 
 tam Wbitgift, cum pertinentiis, in comitatu prsedicto: — 
 Habendum et tenendum omnia praedicta maneria, domi- 
 nium, et feodi firmam, cum pertinentiis suis quibuscunque, 
 una cum feodis militum et omnibus aliis proficuis et com- 
 moditatibus praedictis maneriis, dominio, et feodi firmae 
 spectantibus sive pertinentibus, eisdem episcopis, &c., hse- 
 redibus et assignatis suis, de nobis et haeredibus nostris, 
 per fidelitatem tantum, absque aliquo alio nobis vel hae- 
 redibus nostris inde reddendo in perpetuum. Salvis semper 
 et reservatis nobis, et haeredibus nostris Ducibus Lancas- 
 triae, advocationibus ecclesiarum, abbatiarum, prioratuum, 
 vicariarum, cantariarum, capellarum, hospitalium, et alio- 
 rum beneficiorum ecclesiasticorum quorumcunque, eisdem 
 maneriis, dominio, et feodi firmae, cum pertinentiis, spec- 
 tantibus. Et per easdem literas nostras obligaverimus 
 
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 fees, and all other profits and commodities belonging to the 
 aforesaid manors and soke, to the same bishops, viscount, 
 &c., and to the aforesaid others now deceased, their heirs 
 and assigns, of us and our heirs, by fealty only, without ren- 
 dering to us or our heirs anything else therefore. Saving 
 always and reserved to us and our heirs Dukes of Lancaster 
 the advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, vicarages, chan- 
 tries, chapels, hospitals, and other ecclesiastical benefices 
 whatsoever, in anywise belonging to the same manors and 
 soke, with the appurtenances. And by the same our 
 letters we bound ourself and our heirs to warrant and 
 defend all the premises with the appurtenances to the 
 same bishops, &c., and to their heirs and assigns, as, &c. 
 And also, by other our letters patent under our aforesaid 
 seal, the date whereof is at our castle of Windsor on the 
 twenty-third day of February in the twenty-third year of 
 our reign, we gave, granted, and by the same our letters 
 confirmed to the aforesaid bishops, &c., and to the aforesaid 
 others now deceased, by the names contained in the said 
 first letters, the manor and lordship of Barnoldwick, with 
 the appurtenances, in the county of York ; the manor of 
 Kilburn, with the appurtenances, in the same county; 
 the fee-farm called Whitgift, with the appurtenances, in 
 the aforesaid county : — To have and to hold all the afore- 
 said manors, lordship, and fee-farm, with whatsoever their 
 appurtenances, together with the knights' fees and all 
 other profits and commodities belonging or pertaining to 
 the aforesaid manors, lordship, and fee-farm, to the same 
 bishops, &c., their heirs and assigns, of us and our heirs 
 for ever, by fealty only, without rendering to us or our 
 heirs anything else therefore. Saving always and re- 
 served to us and our heirs Dukes of Lancaster the ad- 
 vowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, vicarages, chan- 
 
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 nos et haeredes nostros ad warantizandum et defendendum 
 eadem maneria, dominium, et feodi firmam, ac omnia et 
 singula in eisdem Uteris prsemissa, prsefatis episcopis, 
 &c., et praedictis aliis jam defunctis, haeredibus et as- 
 signatis suis, contra omnes gentes. Ac etiam, per alias 
 literas nostras patentes sub sigillo nostro praedicto factas, 
 quarum datum est apud castrum nostrum de Wynde- 
 sore vicesimo nono die Junii anno regni nostri vice- 
 simo tertio, dederimus, concesserimus, et per easdem 
 literas nostras confirmaverimus, praefatis episcopis, &c., 
 et praedictis aliis jam defunctis, per nomina in dictis 
 primis Uteris contenta, castra, dominia, et maneria de 
 Kedwelly, Karkenny, Hiskenny, et Karnwalthon, cum 
 membris et pertinentiis suis ; castrum, dominium, et ma- 
 nerium de Oggemore, cum membris et pertinentiis suis; 
 castra, dominia, et maneria de Monmouth, Grosemonde, 
 Skenfrith, et Whitcastell, cum membris et pertinentiis 
 suis; manerium et dominium de Ebbothe, cum membris 
 et pertinentiis suis, in Southwallia et marchiis ejusdem; 
 — castrum, dominium, manerium, et honorem de Pevensey, 
 cum membris et pertinentiis suis, in comitatu Sussexiae ; — 
 dominium, manerium, et villam de Beston super mare, cum 
 membris et pertinentiis suis, in comitatu NorfFolciae;— cas- 
 trum, dominium, et manerium de Casteldonyngton, cum 
 membris et pertinentiis suis, in comitatu Leycestriae; — 
 feoda comitatuum Lincolniae et Derbeiae, cum pertinentns 
 suis; — castrum, villam, dominium, manerium, et honorem 
 de Tikhull, cum membris et pertinentiis suis, in comitatu 
 Eborum : — Habendum et tenendum omnia praedicta castra, 
 dominia, villas, maneria, honores, et feoda comitatuum, 
 cum membris et pertinentiis suis quibuscunque, una cum 
 feodis miUtum et omnibus aUis proficuis et commoditatibus, 
 eisdem castris, dominiis, viUis, maneriis, honoribus, et 
 
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 tries, chapels, hospitals, and other ecclesiastical benefices 
 whatsoever, belonging to the same manors, lordship, and 
 fee-farm, with the appurtenances. And by the same 
 our letters we bound ourself and our heirs to warrant 
 and defend against all people the same manors, lord- 
 ship, and fee -farm, and all and singular the premises in 
 the same letters, to the aforesaid bishops, &c., and to 
 the aforesaid others now deceased, their heirs and assigns. 
 And also, by other our letters patent made under our 
 aforesaid seal, the date whereof is at our castle of Windsor 
 on the twenty-ninth day of June in the twenty-third year 
 of our reign, we gave, granted, and by the same our letters 
 confirmed to the aforesaid bishops, &c., and to the afore- 
 said others now deceased, by the names contained in the 
 said first letters, the castles, lordships, and manors of Kid- 
 welly, Karkenny, Iskenny, and Karnwalthan, with their 
 members and appurtenances ; the castle, lordship, and 
 manor of Ogmore, with its members and appurtenances ; 
 the castles, lordships, and manors of Monmouth, Gros- 
 mont, Skenfreth, and White-castle, with their members 
 and appurtenances; the manor and lordship of Ebbothe, 
 with its members and appurtenances, in South Wales 
 and the marches of the same ;— the castle, lordship, manor, 
 and honor of Pevensey, with its members and appurte- 
 nances, in the county of Sussex; — the lordship, manor, 
 and town of Beeston on the Sea, with its members and 
 appurtenances, in the county of Norfolk ; — the castle, 
 lordship, and manor of Castle Donington, with its mem- 
 bers and appurtenances, in the county "of Leicester; — 
 the fees of the counties of Lincoln and Derby, with 
 their appurtenances ; — the castle, town, lordship, manor, 
 and honor of Tickhill, with its members and appurte- 
 nances, in the county of York : — To have and to hold 
 
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 feodis comitatuum spectantibus sive pertinentibus, eisdem 
 episcopis, &c., et praedictis aliis jam defunctis, hseredibus 
 et assignatis suis, de nobis et haeredibus nostris, per fide- 
 litatem tantum, absque aliquo alio nobis vel haeredibus 
 nostris inde reddendo. Salvis semper et reservatis nobis, 
 et haeredibus nostris Ducibus Lancastriae, advocationibus 
 ecclesiarum, abbatiarum, prioratuum, vicariarum, canta- 
 riarum, capellarum, hospitahum, et aUorum beneficiorum 
 eeclesiasticorum quorumcunque, eisdem castris, dominiis, 
 villis, maneriis, honoribus, et feodis comitatuum, cum mem- 
 bris et pertinentiis suis, ullo modo spectantibus. Et per 
 easdem Hteras obligaverimus nos et haeredes nostros ad wa- 
 rantizandum et defendendum eadem castra, dominia, villas, 
 maneria, honores, et feoda comitatuum, ac omnia in eisdem 
 Uteris praemissa, cum pertinentiis, praefatis episcopis, &c., 
 et praedictis aliis personis jam defunctis, haeredibus et as- 
 signatis suis, contra omnes gentes. Quas quidem omnes 
 praedictas literas nostras, auctoritate Parliamenti nostri apud 
 Westmonasterium [vicesimo] quinto die Februarii anno regni 
 nostri vicesimo tertio incepti et usque duodecimum diem 
 Martii anno regni nostri vicesimo quarto et postea durantis, 
 eodem duodecimo die ratificaverimus, confirmaverimus, et 
 approbaverimus ; ac omnia et singula castra, dominia, ma- 
 neria, hameletta, feodi firmas, hundreda, molendina, terras, 
 tenementa, redditus, servitia, honores, villas, socas, et feoda 
 comitatuum, ac caetera praemissa in eisdem literis contenta, 
 nominata, sive specificata, eisdem episcopis, &c., et prae- 
 dictis aliis personis jam defunctis, haeredibus et assignatis 
 suis, auctoritate praedicta, dederimus et concesserimus : — 
 Habenda sibi et haeredibus et assignatis suis in perpetuum, 
 ad perficiendum et perimplendum voluntatem nostram de 
 et super dispositione eorundem castrorum, dominiorum, 
 maneriorum, hamelettorum, feodi firmarum, hundredorum, 
 
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 all the aforesaid castles, lordships, towns, manors, honors, 
 and fees of counties, with whatsoever their members and 
 appurtenances, together with the knights' fees and all 
 other profits and commodities belonging or pertaining to 
 the same castles, lordships, towns, manors, honors, and 
 fees of counties, to the same bishops, &c., and to the 
 aforesaid others now deceased, their heirs and assigns, 
 of us and our heirs, by fealty only, without rendering 
 to us or our heirs anything else therefore. Saving al- 
 ways and reserved to us and our heirs Dukes of Lan- 
 caster the advowsons of churches, abbeys, priories, vi- 
 carages, chantries, chapels, hospitals, and other ecclesias- 
 tical benefices whatsoever, in any manner belonging to the 
 same castles, lordships, towns, manors, honors, and fees of 
 counties, with their members and appurtenances. And 
 by the same letters we bound ourself and our heirs to 
 warrant and defend against all people the same castles, 
 lordships, towns, manors, honors, and fees of counties, 
 and all the premises in the same letters, with the appur- 
 tenances, to the aforesaid bishops, &c., and to the afore- 
 said other persons now deceased, their heirs and assigns. 
 All which our aforesaid letters, by the authority of our 
 Parliament begun at Westminster on the [twenty-] fifth day 
 of February in the twenty-third year of our reign, and 
 continuing until the twelfth day of March in the twenty- 
 fourth year of our reign and after, we on the same 
 twelfth day ratified, confirmed, and approved; and all and 
 singular the castles, lordships, manors, hamlets, fee-farms, 
 hundreds, mills, lands, tenements, rents, services, honors, 
 towns, sokes, and fees of counties, and the rest of the pre- 
 mises contained, named, or specified in the same letters, we, 
 by the authority aforesaid, gave and granted to the same 
 bishops, &c., and to the aforesaid other persons now de- 
 
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 molendinorum, terrarum, tenementorum, reddituum, ser- 
 vitiorum, honorum, villarum, socarum, et feodorum comi- 
 tatuum, ac cseterorum praemissorum, per nos tunc in pos- 
 terum fiendam et ordinandam, eisdem feofFatis nostris prse- 
 dictis ex parte nostra declarandam et notificandam. Salvis 
 quibuscunque ligeis nostris, statu, possessione, jure, titulo, 
 et interesse suis, ac vadiis, feodis, annuitatibus, custodiis, 
 officiis, et firmis quibuscunque, de dicto ducatu nostro Lan- 
 castrise, aut aliqua parcella praemissorum, si quae habuerint 
 in eisdem. Ac ex certa scientia et mero motu nostris, aucto- 
 ritate Parliamenti nostri apud Westmonasterium duodecimo 
 die Februarii anno regni nostri vicesimo septimo incepti, et 
 usque decimum sextum diem Julii eodem anno et postea 
 durantis, eodem decimo sexto die dederimus, concesseri- 
 mus, et carta nostra confirmaverimus Willielmo Winto- 
 nensi, ac praefatis Thomae Bathonensi et Wellensi, Johanni 
 Wigornensi, Waltero Norwicensi, Johanni Menevensi, Jo- 
 hanni Lincolnensi per nomen Johannis Chedworth clerici, 
 episcopis; necnon praefatis vicecomiti, Radulpho domino 
 de Sudeley, Johanni domino de Beauchamp ; necnon Wil- 
 lielmo Westbury, Henrico B^euer, Ricardo Andrewe, Wil- 
 lielmo Say, Roberto Wodelarke, Thomae Barker, clericis ; 
 Edmundo Hungerford militi ; Johanni Hampton, Johanni 
 Noreys, et Johanni Say, armigeris ; ac aliis jam defunctis, 
 haeredibus et assignatis suis, castrum, dominium, sive ma- 
 nerium de Novo Castro subtus Lymam, in comitatu Staf- 
 fordiae, cum pertinentiis ; — wapentachium sive socagium de 
 Werkis worth et Assheburn, ac wapentachium de Plumtre 
 et Ryseley, cum singulis eorum pertinentiis, in comitatu 
 Derbeiae; — wapentachium de Allerton cum pertinentiis, 
 maneria de Laugton, Gryngeley, et Wheteley, cum perti- 
 nentiis, in comitatu Notinghamiae et alibi; — manerium de 
 FuUmodeston, necnon firmam et redditus ejusdem in co- 
 
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 ceased, their heirs and assigns;— To have to them and 
 their heirs and assigns for ever, to do and fulfil our will, 
 by us at that time thereafter to be made and ordained, 
 and to be declared and notified on our behalf to our 
 aforesaid feoffees, of and respecting the disposition of 
 the same castles, lordships, manors, hamlets, fee-farms, 
 hundreds, mills, lands, tenements, rents, services, honors, 
 towns, sokes, and fees of counties, and the other pre- 
 mises. Saving to whomsoever our lieges their estate, pos- 
 session, right, title, and interest, and the wages, fees, an- 
 nuities, wardships, offices, and farms whatsoever, of our 
 said duchy of Lancaster, or any parcel of the premises, 
 if they should have any in the same. And of our cer- 
 tain knowledge and mere motion, by the authority of 
 our Parliament at Westminster, begun on the twelfth day 
 of February in the twenty-seventh year of our reign, and 
 continuing until the sixteenth day of July in the same 
 year and after, we on the same sixteenth day gave, grant- 
 ed, and confirmed by our charter to William bishop of 
 Winchester, and to the aforesaid Thomas bishop of Bath 
 and Wells, John bishop of Worcester, Walter bishop of 
 Norwich, John bishop of St. David's, John bishop of 
 Lincoln by the name of John Chedworth, clerk; also to 
 the aforesaid viscount, Ralph lord de Sudley, John lord 
 de Beauchamp; also to William Westbury, Henry Seuer, 
 Richard Andrewe, William Say, Robert Wodelark, Thomas 
 Barker, clerks ; Edmund Hungerford, knight; John Hamp- 
 ton, John Noreys, and John Say, esquires ; and others now 
 deceased, their heirs and assigns, the castle, lordship, or 
 manor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in the county of Staf- 
 ford, with its appurtenances; — the wapentake or socage 
 of Wirksworth and Ashborne, and the wapentake of 
 Plumtree and Risley, with every of their appurtenances, 
 
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 mitatu NorfFolciae, cum pertinentiis ; — manerium de Brad- 
 ford cum pertinentiis, castrum, dominium, et manerium de 
 Knaresburgh, maneria de Screvene, Rouclyff, et Aldelburn, 
 ballivam burgi de Knaresburgh, molendina de Knaresburgh, 
 et forestam sive chaceara de Knaresburgh, cum pertinentiis, 
 una cum omnibus et singuhs exitibus, firmis, reventioni- 
 bus, proficuis, et commoditatibus de Warfedale, Swyndon, 
 Okeden, et Fullwyth, cum pertinentiis, ac aUis proficuis 
 dictae forestse quibuscunque, parcum de Haywra, parcum 
 de Bylton, et parcum del Hay cum pertinentiis, cum om- 
 nibus et singulis firmis, proficuis, reventionibus, et commo- 
 ditatibus ballivae libertatis de Knaresburgh prsedictae, [mo- 
 lendina] de Burghbrigge, et wapentachium de StanclyflPcum 
 pertinentiis, castrum, dominium, et manerium de Pikeryng 
 cum pertinentiis, manerium de Sealby cum pertinentiis, 
 et cum agistamento et omnibus aliis proficuis ejusdem 
 manerii, una cum exitibus, proficuis, reventionibus, et 
 commoditatibus ballivae libertatis de Pikeryng praedictae, 
 in comitatu Eborum et alibi ; — manerium de Henton cum 
 pertinentiis, manerium de Wodespene cum pertinentiis, 
 in comitatu Bercheriae ; — et manerium de Pole cum per- 
 tinentiis, in comitatu Wiltesiae; necnon omnia et singula 
 terras, tenementa, redditus, reversiones, et servitia, cum 
 pertinentiis, una cum feodis militum, parcis, warennis, 
 chaceis, mineris, piscariis, ac omnibus et singulis aliis 
 proficuis et commoditatibus, quae nobis, vel haeredibus 
 nostris Ducibus Lancastriae, ratione dictorum castrorum, 
 dominiorum, villarum, maneriorum, socagii, wapentachio- 
 rum, ballivarum, terrarum, et tenementorum, ac caetero- 
 rum praemissorum, in comitatibus praedictis vel alibi, quae 
 parcella ducatus nostri Lancastriae praedicti tunc exti- 
 terunt, pertinebant vel competebant, aut pertinere vel com- 
 petere tunc possent quovis modo ; et quae nos, aut pro- 
 
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 in the county of Derby ;t— the wapentake of Allerton, with 
 the appurtenances, the manors of Laughton, Gringley, and 
 Wheatley, with the appurtenances, in the county of Not- 
 tingham, and elsewhere ; — the manor of Fulmodeston, 
 also the farm and rents of the same, in the county of 
 Norfolk, with the appurtenances ; — the manor of Brad- 
 ford, with the appurtenances, the castle, lordship, and 
 manor of Knaresborough, the manors of Scriven, RoclifFe, 
 and Aldborough, the bailiwick of the borough of Knares- 
 borough, the mills of Knaresborough, and the forest or 
 chace of Knaresborough, with the appurtenances, together 
 with all and singular the issues, farms, revenues, profits, 
 and commodities of Wharfedale, Swindon, Okeden, and 
 Fulwith, with the appurtenances, and other profits what- 
 ever of the said forest, the park of Haywra, the park of Bil- 
 ton, and the park of the Hay, with the appurtenances, with 
 all and singular the farms, profits, revenues, and commo- 
 dities of the bailiwick of the liberty of Knaresborough 
 aforesaid, [the mills] of Boroughbridge, and the wapentake 
 of StainclifFe, with the appurtenances, the castle, lordship, 
 and manor of Pickering with the appurtenances, the manor 
 of Scalby with the appurtenances, and with the agistment 
 and all other profits of the same manor, together with the 
 issues, profits, revenues, and commodities of the bailiwick 
 of the liberty of Pickering aforesaid, in the county of York, 
 and elsewhere ; — the manor of Henton with the appurte- 
 nances, the manor of Wood Speen with the appurtenances, 
 in the county of Berks ; — and the manor of Poole with the 
 appurtenances, in the county of Wilts ; — and also all and 
 singular the lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and ser- 
 vices, with the appurtenances, together with the knights' 
 fees, parks, warrens, chaces, mines, fisheries, and all and 
 sirigular the other profits and commodities, which then 
 
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 genitores vel antecessores nostri Duces Lancastrise, in 
 eisdem castris, dominiis, villis, maneriis, burgo, socagio, 
 wapentachiis, ballivis, terris, tenementis, ac caeteris prae- 
 missis, ratione ducatus nostri praedicti habere sen percipere 
 consuevimus ; necnon cum omnibus proficuis, exitibus, re- 
 ventionibus, et emolumentis, de quibus per feodarios nos- 
 tros, seu progenitorum nostrorum vel antecessorum nos- 
 trorum Ducum Lancastrise, comitatuum Sussexiae, Norf- 
 folciae, Somersetiae, Dorsetiae, Suthamptoniae, Wiltesiae, 
 Oxoniae, et Bercheriaej cum pertinentiis, seu aliorum [Peorum] 
 aliquem, nobis vel aliquibus dictorum progenitorum sive 
 antecessorum nostrorum, ante ilia tempora responderi usi- 
 tatum fuerit vel consuetum : — Habendum et tenendum 
 omnia et singula prsedicta castra, dominia, villas, maneria, 
 socagium, wapentachia, molendina, ballivas, forestam sive 
 chaceam, parcos, agistamentum, terras, tenementa, red- 
 ditus, reversiones, et servitia, cum pertinentiis, una cum 
 exitibus, proficuis, reventionibus, et comraoditatibus, emo- 
 lumentis, et caeteris praemissis quibuscunque, praefatis epi- 
 scopis, &c. ; et praedictis aliis defunctis, haeredibus et assig- 
 natis suis, a festo Sancti Michaelis archangeli tunc ultimo 
 praeterito in perpetuum, de nobis et haeredibus nostris, per 
 fidelitatem tantum, absque aliquo nobis vel haeredibus 
 nostris reddendo; ad inde perficiendum et perimplendum 
 voluntatem nostram, per nos tunc factam et ordinatam, 
 vel per nos super eisdem extunc fiendam et ordinandam, 
 ac eisdem episcopis, &c., et praedictis aliis jam defunctis, 
 haeredibus et assignatis suis, ex parte nostra declaratam et 
 notificatam, vel in posterum declarandam vel notificandam. 
 Salvis semper et reservatis nobis, et haeredibus nostris 
 Ducibus Lancastriae, advocationibus ecclesiarum, abbatia- 
 rum, prioratuum, vicariarum, cantariarum, capellarum, hos- 
 pitalium, et aliorum beneficiorum ecclesiasticorum quorum- 
 
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 pertained or belonged, or might in any manner pertain 
 or belong, to us or our heirs Dukes of Lancaster by 
 reason of the said castles, lordships, towns, manors, socage, 
 wapentakes, bailiwicks, lands, and tenements, and the rest 
 of the premises, in the counties aforesaid, or elsewhere, 
 which were then parcel of our duchy of Lancaster afore- 
 said ; and which we, or our progenitors or ancestors afore- 
 said Dukes of Lancaster, had by reason of our duchy 
 aforesaid been accustomed to have or perceive in the 
 same castles, lordships, towns, manors, borough, socage, 
 wapentakes, bailiwicks, lands, tenements, and the rest of 
 the premises ; also with all the profits, issues, revenues, 
 and emoluments, respecting which we or any of our said 
 progenitors or ancestors had thitherto been used or ac- 
 customed to be answered by the feodaries, or any one 
 of them, of us or our progenitors or ancestors Dukes of 
 Lancaster, of the counties of Sussex, Norfolk, Somerset, 
 Dorset, Southampton, Wilts, Oxford, and Berks, with the 
 appurtenances: — To have and to hold, from the feast of 
 St. Michael the Archangel then last past, all and sin- 
 gular the aforesaid castles, lordships, towns, manors, so- 
 cage, wapentakes, mills, baiUwicks, forest or chace, parks, 
 agistment, lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and services, 
 with the appurtenances, together with the issues, profits, re- 
 venues, and commodities, emoluments, and other premises 
 whatsoever, to the aforesaid bishops, &c., and to the afore- 
 said others deceased, their heirs and assigns, of us and our 
 heirs for ever, by fealty only, without rendering to us or 
 our heirs any other thing; therewith to do and fulfil 
 our will by us then made and ordained respecting the 
 same, or thereafter to be made and ordained by us, and 
 then declared and notified, or thereafter to be declared 
 or notified on our behalf, to the same bishops, &c., and 
 
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 cunque, eisdem castris, dominiis, villis, maneriis, terris, seu 
 tenementis, aut alicui eorum, ullo modo spectantibus. Et 
 eadem auctoritate obligaverimus nos et hseredes nostros ad 
 warantizandum et defendendum prsedicta castra, dominia, 
 villas, maneria, socagium, wapentachia, molendina, bal- 
 livas, forestam, parcos, agistamentum, terras, tenementa, 
 redditus, servitia, et reversiones, cum pertinentiis, una cum 
 omnibus et singulis aliis praemissis, exceptis prseexceptis 
 et reservatis, prsefatis episeopis, &c., et prsedictis aliis 
 jam defunctis, hseredibus et assignatis suis, contra omnes 
 gentes. Concesserimus etiam, auctoritate ejusdem Par- 
 liament!, quod omnes feofFati nostri prsedicti in omnibus 
 prsemissis, tunc superstitibus, haberent et exercerent talia 
 et hujusmodi libertates, jura regalia, consuetudines, fran- 
 chesias, immunitates, et privilegia, una cum omnibus et 
 omnimodis proficuis eorundem, in omnibus et per omnia, 
 ac eis gauderent et utantur, adeo plene et integre sicut 
 nos, aut progenitores sive antecessores nostri prsedicti 
 Duces Lancastriae, ea unquam plenius seu liberius habui- 
 mus seu percepimus; et quod dicta castra, dominia, ho- 
 nores, villse, maneria, terrse, tenementa, et caetera praemissa 
 quaecunque, per tales et hujusmodi officiarios et ministros 
 regerentur et gubernarentur, per quales eadem castra, 
 dominia, villae, honores, maneria, terrae, tenementa, et 
 caetera praemissa, tam tempore nostro ante concessiones 
 supradictas, quam temporibus aliorum progenitorum seu 
 antecessorum nostrorum praedictorum Ducum Lancas- 
 triae, virtute quarumcunque cartarum per progenitores 
 seu praedecessores nostros Reges Angliae, seu auctoritate 
 aliorum Parliamentorum ante ilia tempera tentorum, facta- 
 rum, uti, haberi ac regi et gubernari consueverunt. Conces- 
 serimus etiam, eadem auctoritate, inter alia, quod omnes et 
 singuli homines, tenentes residentes, et alii residentes, de 
 
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 to the aforesaid others now deceased, their heirs and 
 assigns. Saving always and reserved to us and our 
 heirs Dukes of Lancaster the advowsons of churches, 
 abbeys, priories, vicarages, chantries, chapels, hospitals, 
 and other ecclesiastical benefices whatsoever, in any 
 manner belonging to the same castles, lordships, towns, 
 manors, lands, or tenements, or to any one of them. 
 And by the same authority we bound ourself and our 
 heirs to warrant and defend against all people the afore- 
 said castles, lordships, towns, manors, socage, wapentakes, 
 mills, bailiwicks, forest, parks, agistment, lands, tene- 
 ments, rents, services, and reversions, with the appur- 
 tenances, together with all and singular the other pre- 
 mises, except the before excepted and reserved, to the 
 aforesaid bishops, &c., and to the aforesaid others now 
 deceased, their heirs and assigns. We likewise granted, 
 by the authority of the same Parliament, that all our 
 aforesaid feoffees in all the premises, then alive, should 
 have and exercise such and such sort of liberties, jura 
 regalia^ customs, franchises, immunities, and privileges, 
 together with all and all kinds of profits of the same, in 
 all things and through all things, and should enjoy and 
 use them, as fully and entirely as we or our proge- 
 nitors or ancestors aforesaid Dukes of Lancaster ever 
 most fully or freely had or perceived them ; and that the 
 said castles, lordships, honors, towns, manors, lands, tene- 
 ments, and other premises whatsoever, should be ruled and 
 governed by such and such kind of officers and ministers as 
 the same castles, lordships, towns, honors, manors, lands, te- 
 nements, and other premises were accustomed to be used, 
 had, and ruled and governed, as well in our own time 
 before the aforesaid grants, as in the times of others 
 our progenitors or ancestors aforesaid Dukes of Lan- 
 
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 et in praedictis castris, dominiis, honoribus, villis, maneriis, 
 socagio, ballivis, wapentachiis, terris, et tenementis, ac aliis 
 possessionibus praedictis quibuscunque, talibus hujusmodi 
 franchesiis, libertatibus, et privilegiis, adeo plene et libere 
 gauderent et utantur, dummodo eadem castra, honores, do- 
 minia, villse, maneria, et csetera prsemissa, in manibus prae- 
 dictorum episcoporum et aliorum, &c., haeredum seu assig- 
 natorum suorum, aut eorum alicujus, virtute concessionum 
 praedictarum existere contingerent, sive in manibus nostris 
 virtute aliquarum dimissionum inde nobis per eosdem epi- 
 scopos et alios, Stc, vel partem eorum, ante ilia tempora fac- 
 tarum, aut per eos, haeredes seu assignatos suos, vel eorum 
 aliquos, extunc faciendarum, existere contingerent, quibus et 
 qualibus ac sicut aliqui homines, tenentes residentes, seu alii 
 residentes, in eisdem usi et gavisi fuerunt temporibus quibus 
 dicta castra, honores, villae, dominia, maneria, socagium, bal- 
 livae, wapentachia, terrae, et tenementa, ac caeterae posses- 
 siones praedictae, in manibus nostris, seu aliquorum proge- 
 nitorum aut antecessorum nostrorum praedictorum Ducum 
 Lancastriae extiterunt, sine occasione vel impedimento nos- 
 tri vel haeredum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, vice- 
 comitum, coronatorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu minis- 
 trorum nostrorum vel haeredum nostrorum quorumcunque. 
 Jamque pro eo quod quamplures feofFatorum praedictorum 
 ab hac luce migraverunt, nos, de fidelitate, circumspectione, 
 et conscientiis Thomae Cantuariensis,Willielmi Eboracensis, 
 archiepiscoporum ; Thomae Londonensis, Willielmi Winto- 
 nensis, Johannis Roffensis, Thomae Bathonensis et Wel- 
 lensis, Johannis Wigornensis, Walteri Norwicensis, Georgii 
 Exoniensis, Johannis Herefordensis, Johannis Lincolnensis, 
 Laurentii Dunelmensis, Johannis Coventrensis et Liche- 
 feldensis, episcoporum ; Johannis Whetehamstede abbatis 
 Sancti Albani; Jasperis comitis Pembrochiae, Ricardi co- 
 mitis Warewici, Willielmi comitis Arundelliae, Johannis 
 
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 caster, by virtue of any charters made by our progenitors or 
 predecessors Kings of England, or by the authority of any 
 other Parliaments theretofore held. We also granted, by 
 the same authority, amongst other things, that all and 
 singular the men, resident tenants, and other resiants 
 of and in the aforesaid castles, lordships, honors, towns, 
 manors, socage, bailiwicks, wapentakes, lands and tene- 
 ments, and other possessions aforesaid whatsoever, might 
 as fully and freely enjoy and use such and such sort of 
 franchises, liberties, and privileges, — provided the same 
 castles, honors, lordships, towns, manors, and other pre- 
 mises should happen to be, by virtue of the aforesaid 
 grants, in the hands of the aforesaid bishops and others, 
 &c., their heirs or assigns, or of any one of them; or 
 that they should happen to be in our own hands by 
 virtue of any demises thereof theretofore made to us 
 by the same bishops and others, &c., or a part of them, 
 or thereafter to be made by them, their heirs or assigns, 
 or by some of them, — as and which any men, resident 
 tenants, or other resiants used and enjoyed in the 
 same in the times when the said castles, honors, towns, 
 lordships, manors, socage, bailiwicks, wapentakes, lands 
 and tenements, and other possessions aforesaid, were in 
 the hands of us, or of any our progenitors or ancestors 
 aforesaid Dukes of Lancaster, without let or hinderance 
 of us or our heirs, or of the justices, escheators, sheriffs, 
 coroners, or other bailiffs or ministers of us or of our 
 heirs whomsoever. And now, for that many of the The estate 
 
 of surviving 
 
 feoffees aforesaid have departed from this life, we, fully feoffees shaii 
 confiding in the faithfulness, circumspectness, and con- 
 science of Thomas archbishop of Canterbury, William 
 archbishop of York; Thomas bishop of London, William 
 bishop of Winchester, John bishop of Rochester, Thomas 
 bishop of Bath and Wells, John bishop of Worcester, 
 
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 comitis Oxoniae, Ricardi comitis Sarum; Henrici vice- 
 comitis Bourgchier; Edmundi domini de Grey de Ruthyn, 
 Leonis domini de Welles, Radulphi domini de Sudeley, 
 Johannis domini de Beauchamp ; Johannis Nevill militis, 
 Thomse Tyrell militis ; Roberti Stilly ngton, Willielmi Say, 
 Jacobi Goldwell, Roberti Wodelarke, Willielmi Westbury, 
 Willielmi Myllyngton, Hugonis Damlet, Thomse Barker, cle- 
 ricorum; Johannis Say, Johannis Hampton, Johannis Grene, 
 et Nicholai Sharpe, armigerorum, plenius confidentes, ac 
 certis de eausis nos intime moventibus, ex certa scientia et 
 mero motu nostris, auctoritate prsesentis Parliament! nostri, 
 apud Westmonasterium septimo die Octobris anno regni 
 nostri tricesimo nono tenti, ordinamus, concedimus, et sta- 
 bilimus, quod prsedictus status prsedictorum Johannis De- 
 labere Menevensis episcopi, Edmundi Hungerford militis, 
 Johannis Noreys, in omnibus prsemissis et qualibet par- 
 cella eorundem amodo cesset; quodque prsedicti Thomas 
 Cantuariensis, et Willielmus Eboracensis, archiepiscopi ; 
 Thomas Londonensis, Willielmus Wintonensis, Johannes 
 RofFensis, Thomas Bathonensis et Wellensis, Johannes Wi- 
 gornensis, Walterus Norwicensis, Georgius Exoniensis, 
 Johannes Herefordensis, Johannes Lincolnensis, Lauren- 
 tius Dunelmensis, et Johannes Coventrensis et Lichfeld- 
 ensis, episcopi ; Johannes abbas Sancti Albani ; Jasper 
 comes Pembrochiae, Ricardus comes Warewici, Willielmus 
 comes Arundellise, Johannes comes Oxoniae, Ricardus comes 
 Sarum ; Henricus vicecomes Bourgchier ; Edmundus do- 
 minus de Grey de Ruthyn, Leo dominus de Welles, Ra- 
 dulphus dominus de Sudeley, Johannes dominus de Beau- 
 champ ; Johannes Nevill miles, Thomas Tyrell miles ; Ro- 
 bertus Stillyngton, Willielmus Say, Jacobus Goldwell, Ro- 
 bertus Wodelarke, Willielmus Westbury, WilHelmus Mil- 
 lyngton, Hugo Damlet, Thomas Barker, clerici ; Johannes 
 Say, Johannes Hampton, Johannes Grene, et Nicholaus 
 
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 Walter bishop of Norwich, George bishop of Exeter, 
 John bishop of Hereford, John bishop of Lincoln, Law- 
 rence bishop of Durham, John bishop of Coventry and 
 Lichfield ; John Whetehamstede, abbot of Saint Albans ; 
 Jasper earl of Perabroke, Richard earl of Warwick, Wil- 
 liam earl of Arundel, John earl of Oxford, Richard earl of 
 Salisbury; Henry viscount Bourgchier; Edmund lord de 
 Grey of Ruthyn, Leo lord de Wells, Ralph lord de Sud- 
 ley, John lord de Beauchamp ; John Nevill, knight, 
 Thomas Tyrell, knight; Robert Stillyngton, William 
 Say, James Goldwell, Robert Wodelark, William West- 
 bury, William Myllyngton, Hugh Damlet, Thomas Bar- 
 ker, clerks; John Say, John Hampton, John Grene, and 
 Nicholas Sharpe, esquires; and for certain causes in- 
 wardly moving us, do, of our certain knowledge and 
 mere motion, by the authority of our present Parlia- 
 ment, holden at Westminster on the seventh day of Oc- 
 tober in the thirty-ninth year of our reign, ordain, grant, 
 and establish that the aforesaid estate of the aforesaid 
 John Delabere bishop of St. David^s, Edmund Hunger- 
 ford, knight, and John Noreys, in all the premises and 
 in every parcel of them, do from this time cease ; and and the new 
 
 1.1 feoffees hold 
 
 that the aforesaid Thomas archbishop of Canterbury, asfuuyas 
 and William archbishop of York; Thomas bishop of 
 London, William bishop of Winchester, John bishop of 
 Rochester, Thomas bishop of Bath and Wells, John 
 bishop of Worcester, Walter bishop of Norwich, George 
 bishop of Exeter, John bishop of Hereford, John bi- 
 shop of Lincoln, Lawrence bishop of Durham, and John 
 bishop of Coventry and Lichfield; John abbot of 
 Saint Albans ; Jasper earl of Pembroke, Richard earl of 
 Warwick, William earl of Arundel, John earl of Ox- 
 ford, Richard earl of Salisbury; Henry viscount Bourg- 
 chier; Edmund lord de Grey of Ruthyn, Leo lord de 
 
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 Sharpe, armigeri, habeant statum in omnibus castris, ma- 
 neriis, dominiis, possessionibus, terris, tenementis, servitiis, 
 feodi firmis, feodis comitatuum, libertatibus, francbesiis, et 
 cseteris prsemissis quibuscunque, et ea omnia habeant et 
 teneant sibi, haeredibus et assignatis suis, in perpetuum, 
 ad perficiendum et perimplendum inde voluntatem nostram 
 de et super dispositione eorundem declaratam seu declaran- 
 dam, de nobis et haeredibus nostris, per fidelitatem tantum, 
 pro omnibus servitiis, una cum feodis militum, &c., et ahis 
 proficuis et commoditatibus supradictis quibuscunque, adeo 
 plene et integre, et eisdem modo et forma, sicut nos omnia 
 prsemissa praefatis Willielmo Wintonensi, Thomae Batho- 
 nensi et Wellensi, Johanni Wigornensi, Waltero Nor- 
 wicensi, Johanni Menevensi, Johanni Lincolnensi per no-, 
 men Johannis Chedworth clerici, episcopis ; necnon Jo- 
 hanni vicecomiti Beaumont, Radulpho domino de Sudeley, 
 Johanni domino de Beauchamp ; necnon WilUelmo West- 
 bury, Henrico Seuer, Ricardo Andrewe, WiUielmo Say, 
 Roberto Wodelarke, Thomae Barker, clericis; Edmundo 
 Hungerford mihti; Johanni Hampton, Johanni Noreys, 
 et Johanni Say, armigeris, per praedictas alias literas 
 nostras patentes, et auctoritate aUorum Parhamentorum 
 praedictorum, conjunctim dedissemus, concessissemus, et 
 confirmavissemus. Et nos et haeredes nostri omnia prae- 
 missa cum pertinentiis praefatis Thomae Cantuariensi, Wil- 
 lielmo Eboracensi, archiepiscopis ; Thomae Londonensi, Wil- 
 lielmo Wintonensi, Johanni Roffensi, Thomae Bathonensi 
 et Wellensi, Johanni Wigornensi, Waltero Norwicensi, 
 Georgio Exoniensi, Johanni Herefordensi, Johanni Lin- 
 colnensi, Laurentio Dunelmensi, Johanni Coventrensi et 
 Lichefeldensi, episcopis ; Johanni abbati ; Jasperi comiti 
 Pembrochiae, Ricardo comiti Warewici, Willielmo comiti 
 Arundelliae, Johanni comiti Oxoniae, Ricardo comiti Sarum ; 
 Henrico vicecomiti Bourgchier ; Edmundo domino de Grey, 
 
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 Wells, Ralph lord de Sudley, John lord de Beauchamp; 
 John Nevill, knight, Thomas Tyrell, knight; Robert Stil- 
 ly ngton, William Say, James Gold well, Robert Wodelark, 
 William Westbury, William Myllyngton, Hugh Damlet, 
 Thomas Barker, clerks; John Say, John Hampton, John 
 Grene, and Nicholas Sharpe, esquires, do have an estate 
 in all the castles, manors, lordships, possessions, lands, 
 tenements, services, fee-farms, fees of counties, liber- 
 ties, franchises, and other premises whatsoever, and do 
 have and hold them all to themselves, their heirs and 
 assigns, for ever, therewith to do and fulfil our will de- 
 clared or to be declared respecting and upon the dis- 
 posal of the same, of us and our heirs, by fealty only, 
 in lieu of all services, together with the knights' fees, 
 &c., and other profits and commodities aforesaid what- 
 soever, as fully and entirely, and in the same manner 
 and form, as we by our aforesaid letters patent, and by 
 the authority of the other Parliaments aforesaid, did give, 
 grant, and confirm all the premises conjointly to the 
 aforesaid William bishop of Winchester, Thomas bishop 
 of Bath and Wells, John bishop of Worcester, Walter 
 bishop of Norwich, John bishop of St. David's, John 
 bishop of Lincoln by the name of John Chedworth, clerk ; 
 and to John viscount Beaumont, Ralph lord de Sudley, 
 John lord de Beauchamp ; and to William Westbury, 
 Henry Seuer, Richard Andrewe, William Say, Robert 
 Wodelark, Thomas Barker, clerks; Edmund Hungerford, 
 knight; John Hampton, John Noreys, and John Say, 
 esquires. And we and our heirs do warrant against all 
 people all the premises, with their appurtenances, to the 
 aforesaid Thomas archbishop of Canterbury, William 
 archbishop of York; Thomas bishop of London, William 
 bishop of Winchester, John bishop of Rochester, Thomas 
 bishop of Bath and Wells, John bishop of Worcester, 
 
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 Leoni domino de Welles, Radulpho domino de Sudeley, 
 Johanni domino de Beauchamp; Johanni Nevill militi, 
 Thomse Tyrell militi ; Roberto Stillyngton, Willielmo Say, 
 Jacobo Goldwell, Roberto Wodelarke, Willielmo Westbury, 
 Willielmo Millyngton, Hugoni Damlet, Thomae Barker, 
 clericis; Johanni Say, Johanni Hampton, Johanni Grene, 
 et Nicholao Sharpe, armigeris, heeredibus et assignatis suis, 
 contra omnes gentes warantizabimus in perpetuum. Salvis 
 nobis statu et termino nostris quos habemus in prsemissis 
 ex dimissione prsedictorum Willielmi Wintonensis, Thomae 
 Bathonensis et Wellensis, Johannis Wigornensis, Walteri 
 Norwicensis, Johannis Menevensis, Johannis Lincolnensis, 
 episcoporum; neenon praefatorum vicecomitis Beaumont, 
 Radulphi domini de Sudeley, Johannis domini de Beau- 
 champ; neenon WilUelmi Westbury, Henrici Seuer, Ri- 
 cardi Andrewe, Roberti Wodelarke, Thomae Barker, cleri- 
 corum; Edmundi Hungerford militis; Johannis Hampton, 
 Johannis Noreys, et Johannis Say, armigerorum. Insu- 
 perque, auctoritate praesentis Parliamenti, ordinamus, vo- 
 lumus, et stabilimus, quod omnia exitus, proficua, et emo- 
 lumenta de omnibus praemissis, neenon de arreragiis eo- 
 rundem, ultra onera ea incumbentia provenientia, in nullos 
 alios usus convertantur, nisi tantummodo in perfectionem 
 et complementum voluntatis nostrae super dispositione eo- 
 rundem per nos declaratae vel in posterum declarandae ; 
 quamvis nos praemissa vel aliquod praemissorum ad termi- 
 num diutiorem, ex dimissione praedictorum Thomae Cantu- 
 ariensis, Willielmi Eboracensis, archiepiscoporum ; Thomae 
 Londonensis, Willielmi Wintonensis, Johannis Roffensis, 
 Thomae Bathonensis et Wellensis, Johannis Wigornensis, 
 Walteri Norwicensis, Georgii Exoniensis, Johannis Here- 
 fordensis, Johannis Lincolnensis, Laurentii Dunelmensis, 
 Johannis Coventrensis et Lichefeldensis, episcoporum ; Jo- 
 hannis abbatis ; Jasperis comitis Pembrochiae, Ricardi co- 
 
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 Walter bishop of Norwich, George bishop of Exeter, 
 John bishop of Hereford, John bishop of Lincoln, Law- 
 rence bishop of Durham, John bishop of Coventry and 
 Lichfield ; John the abbot; Jasper earl of Pembroke, Richard 
 earl of Warwick, William earl of Arundel, John earl of Ox- 
 ford, Richard earl of Salisbury; Henry viscount Bourg- 
 chier, Edmund lord de Grey, Leo lord de Wells, Ralph lord 
 de Sudley, John lord de Beauchamp ; John Nevill, knight, 
 Thomas Tyrell, knight ; Robert Stillyngton, William Say, 
 James Goldwell, Robert Wodelark, William Westbury, 
 William Millyngton, Hugh Damlet, Thomas Barker, 
 clerks; John Say, John Hampton, John Grene, and Ni- 
 cholas Sharpe, esquires, their heirs and assigns for ever. 
 Saving to us our estate and term which we have in The King's 
 
 ^ term and 
 
 the premises by demise of the aforesaid William bishop f^^f^e " rl-*^ 
 of Winchester, Thomas bishop of Bath and Wells, John Sisedby 
 bishop of Worcester, Walter bishop of Norwich, John **^®^^^^^^^- 
 bishop of St. David's, John bishop of Lincoln ; and of the 
 aforesaid viscount Beaumont; Ralph lord de Sudley, John 
 lord de Beauchamp; and of William Westbury, Henry 
 Seuer, Richard Andrewe, Robert Wodelark, Thomas Bar- 
 ker, clerks ; Edmund Hungerford, knight ; John Hampton, 
 John Noreys, and John Say, esquires. And, moreover, by The issues 
 the authority of the present Parliament, we do ordain, will, ofthepre- 
 
 •^ * mises to be 
 
 and establish, that all the issues, profits, and emoluments ?pp"ff /"^y 
 
 ' ' r ' in fulfilment 
 
 arising from all the premises, as also from the arrears wm^®^"'^^ 
 of the same, beyond the charges incumbent on them, be 
 converted to no other uses but only to the doing and ful- 
 filment of our will declared or hereafter to be declared 
 respectinof the disposal of the same ; though we should though de- 
 
 ^ ° ^ ° . misedtothe 
 
 in future have the premises, or any of the premises, for fl^^^f^^ 
 a farther certain term, by demise of the aforesaid Thomas tJ^^^^'^ 
 archbishop of Canterbury, William archbishop of York; 
 
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 mitis Warewici, Willielmi comitis Arundellise, Johannis co- 
 mitis Oxonise, Ricardi comitis Sarum ; Henrici vicecomitis 
 Bourgchier; Edmundi domini de Grey, Leonis domini 
 de Welles, Radulphi de Sudeley, Johannis domini de 
 Beauehamp; Johannis Nevill militis; Thomae Tyrell mi- 
 litis ; Roberti Stillyngton, Willielmi Say, Jacobi Gold well, 
 Roberti Wodelarke, Willielmi Westbury, Willielmi Mil- 
 lyngton, Thomae Barker, clericorum ; Johannis Say, Jo- 
 hannis Hampton, Johannis Grene, et Nicholai Sharpe, 
 armigerorum, ad certum terminum habuerimus in futurum. 
 Et ulterius, auctoritate dicti praesentis Parliamenti nostri, 
 concedimus, ordinamus, et stabilimus, quod omnes et sin- 
 guli dicti homines, tenentes residentes, et alii residentes, 
 habeant, gaudeant et exerceant, omnia libertates, franche- 
 sias, privilegia, jura regalia, consuetudines, immunitates 
 supradicta ; ac etiam quod omnia et singula praemissa per 
 officiarios et ministros nostros dicti ducatus nostri Lancas- 
 triae et per sigillum nostrum ejusdem ducatus, et non aliter, 
 gubernentur et conserventur ; et quod status et terminus 
 noster in prsemissis sit et pertineat nobis in Jure Ducatus 
 nostri praedicti. 
 
 Proviso semper, quod praesens Actus non sit praejudi- 
 cialis alicui officiariorum seu ministrorum nostrorum du- 
 catus nostri praedicti, aut aliquorum praemissorum vel ali- 
 cujus inde parcellae, de, in, seu pro aliquibus officiis, feodis, 
 vadiis, et regardis eis vel eorum alicui inde ante haec tem- 
 pora concessis sive in posterum concedendis. 
 
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 Thomas bishop of London, William bishop of Winchester, 
 John bishop of Rochester, Thomas bishop of Bath and 
 Wells, John bishop of Worcester, Walter bishop of Nor- 
 wich, George bishop of Exeter, John bishop of Hereford, 
 John bishop of Lincoln, Lawrence bishop of Durham, John 
 bishop of Coventry and Lichfield ; John the abbot ; Jasper 
 earl of Pembroke, Richard earl of Warwick, William earl 
 of Arundel, John earl of Oxford, Richard earl of Salis- 
 bury; Henry viscount Bourgchier; Edmund lord de 
 Grey, Leo lord de Wells, Ralph [lord] de Sudley, John 
 lord de Beauchamp ; John Nevill, knight, Thomas Tyrell, 
 knight: Robert Stillyngton, William Say, James Gold- 
 well, Robert Wodelark, William Westbury, William Mil- 
 lyngton, [Hugh Damlet,] Thomas Barker, clerks ; John Say, 
 John Hampton, John Grene, and Nicholas Sharpe, esquires. 
 And furthermore, by the authority of our said present Par- The tenants 
 liament, we do grant, ordain, and establish, that all and shaii enjoy 
 
 ^ the same li- 
 
 every the said men, resident tenants, and other resiants Gerties, &c. 
 
 •' ' ' andthepre- 
 
 may have, enjoy, and exercise all the liberties, franchises, ™aged*byThe 
 privileges, jura regalia, customs, and immunities abovesaid ; E?S Duchy of 
 and also that all and singular the premises be governed and'Jnder 
 
 the Duchy 
 
 and kept by our Officers and Ministers of our said Duchy seai. 
 of Lancaster, and by our Seal of the same Duchy, and not 
 otherwise ; and that our estate and term in the premises be 
 and pertain to us in right of our Duchy aforesaid. 
 
 Provided always, that this present Act be not prejudicial 
 to any of our Officers or Ministers of our aforesaid Duchy, 
 or of any of the premises or any parcel thereof, in, for, or 
 in respect of any offices, fees, wages, and rewards therein 
 before this time granted, or hereafter to be granted, to 
 them or any of them. 
 
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 XXXVI. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasterium, anno regni Regis 
 Edwardi Quarti primo. 
 
 CONVICI'IO QUORUNDAM DOMINORUM ET ALIORUM 
 AUCTORITATE PaRLIAMENTI. 
 
 TEM, quaedam cedula, formam Actus in se 
 continens, exhibita fuit prsefato domino Regi 
 in prsesenti Parliaraento, sub eo qui sequitur 
 tenore verborum. 
 
 4th Nov. For asmoche as Henry, late Kyng Henry the Sixt, 
 
 A.D. 1461*. ayenst the honoure and trouth that owe to be stablisshed 
 in every Christien Prynce, dissimilyng with the right noble 
 and famous Prynce Richard Due of York, to whome it 
 lyked at the grete and speciall instaunce of the same 
 Henry, and of the Lordes Spirituelx and Temporelx, 
 and Commyns of the Reame of Englond, solempnely 
 to hym made, and for the tender and naturall zele and 
 affection that he bare unto the Commyn Wele, good pol- 
 litique, and restful! governaunce therof, to take his viage 
 from the cite of London toward the North parties of 
 the seid Reame, to represse, subdue and resist the un- 
 leefuU and inordynat commotion and riotte there bigonne, 
 to the subversion of the seid Commen Wele, politique 
 and restfull governaunce ; natheles procured, stered 
 and excited, ayenst his promisse, and the forme of the 
 convention and concorde made bitwene hem of and uppon 
 the right and title of the seid Coroune, Roiall power, 
 Dignite, Estate, Preemynence and Possession of the seid 
 
280 
 
 Reame, the murdre of the same Due. And where the 
 seid Henry Usurpour, dissimilyng the destruction of 
 other Lordes and persones of the same Reame, by his 
 writts called to assist hym to attend uppon his persone, 
 to resiste and represse another commocion of people, by 
 his assent and wille gadered, and waged not oonly in 
 the North parties, but also oute of Scotlond, coramyng 
 from the same parties with Margarete late called Queue 
 of Englond, and hir son Edward, late called Prynce of 
 Wales, entendyng to the extreme destruction of the seid 
 Reame, namely of the South parties therof, wherof ex- 
 perience sheweth the clerenes, respect had to the spoile 
 by theym of Godds chirch, of chalesses, crosses of sylver, 
 boxes for the Sacrament, and other onourments longyng 
 therunto, of defoulyng and ravisshing Religious wymmen, 
 wedowes and maydens, of unmanly and abhomynable 
 entretyng of wymmen beyng in the naturall labour and 
 bataille of travailyng of child, by the moyne therof pi- 
 teously disperaged, Heven sorowyng the lost therby of 
 the soules that shuld have been of the felauship of 
 Cristendom and of the blisse of Heven, not abhorryng 
 of unmanly, unnaturall and beestly cruelte to drawe wym- 
 men beyng in childebedde from their bedds naked, and to 
 spoile hem of all her goods, a piteous desolacion. The 
 same Henry, actour, factour and provoker of the seid 
 commocion, and assentyng of covyne with the seid Mar- 
 garete, Henry Due of Somerset, and Henry late Erie of 
 Northumberlond, in a bataille to be shewed unto hym, 
 and offered of fraudulent dissimilacion, in a feld beside 
 the toune of Seint Albones, the xvii day of Feverer 
 last past, not joynyng his persone and blode to the de- 
 fence, tuition and salvacion of the same Lordes and per- 
 sones commen to assist hym by his auctorite and com- 
 
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 maundement, lyke a victorious and a noble captayne, 
 but lyke a disseyvable coward, ayenst princely and 
 knyghtly duetee, sodenly, privately and shamefully re- 
 fused theym, sufFeryng and procuryng to disseivably th"* 
 effucion of their blode, and horrible murdre and deth, 
 not havyng therof sorowe, pitee or compassion; ad- 
 heryng to the seid Margaret, and to the seid Due of 
 Somerset, and other Lordes and persones that committed 
 the seid orrible and cruell murdre of the seid Due of 
 York, and of the Erles of Rutlond and Salesbury, and 
 also of the seid people, in the seid felde beside the seid 
 toune of Seint Albones, yevyng therfor to the seid Due 
 and other assistyng theym therin a speciall laude and 
 thank, from thensforth appliyng to theym and to their 
 outrageous, unlefuU, and unlawfuU riotts and mysgover- 
 naunce; after that sufFeryng wilfully thoo worthy and good 
 Knyghtes, William Lord Bonvile and Sir Thomas Kiryell, 
 for the prowesse of knyghthode approved in their persones 
 called to the order of the Garter, and William Gower, 
 squier, the berer of oon of his baners, whom to he made 
 feith and assurans under Kynges word, procedyng from 
 his mouth, to kepe and defend theym there from all 
 hurt, joupardie and perell, to be murdred, and after that 
 tyrannously heded, with grete violence, withoute processe 
 of lawe or any pitee, contrary to his seid feith and pro- 
 mysse, abhomynable in the heryng of all Christen Prynces. 
 
 Henry, late 
 called King 
 Henry the 
 Sixth, shall 
 be attainted 
 of High 
 Treason, 
 
 It be declared and adjuged, by th'assent and advis of the 
 Lordes Spirituelx and Temporelx, and Commyns, beyng 
 in this present Parlement, and by auctorite of the same, 
 that the seid Henry, late called Kyng Henry the Sixt, 
 for the consideracions of the grete, haynouse, and de- 
 testable malice and offenses afore specifyed, by hym com- 
 
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 mitted ayenst his Feith and Liegeaunce to oure seid 
 Liege Lord Kyng Edward the Fourth, his true, right- 
 wisse, and naturall Liege Lord, offended and hurte un- 
 justely and unlawfully the Roiall Mageste of oure seid 
 Soverayne Lord, [*stand and be, by the seid advise and 
 assent, convicted and atteinted of Hiffh Treason]. And andshaiifor- 
 
 feit all his 
 
 that it be ordeyned and stablisshed, by the seid advis, possessions 
 
 •' 'J of the Duchy 
 
 assent and auctorite, that the same Henry forfet unto t^th^cToTn- 
 
 the same oure Liege Lord Kyng Edward the Fourth, 
 
 and to the seid Coroune of Englond, all castelxs, ma- 
 
 ners, lordships, tounes, touneships, honours, landes, te- 
 
 nementes, rentes, services, feefermes, knyghtes' fees, ad- 
 
 vousons, hereditaments and possessions, with their ap- 
 
 purtenauncez, which he, or any other to his use, had 
 
 the third day of Marche last past, beyng of the Duchie 
 
 of Lancastre, or that were any parcell or membre of 
 
 the same Duchie, or therunto unyed or annexed, in the 
 
 first yere of the reigne of Henry, late called Kyng 
 
 Henry the Fyft, or at any tyme sith. And that it be the said pos- 
 
 "' "^ ./ ^ ^ sessions from 
 
 ordeyned and stablisshed, by the seid advis, assent and ithuax^ch 
 auctorite, that the same maners, castelles, lordships, ho- ^J^oJltid^ 
 nours, tounes, touneships, landes, tenementes, rentes, f^Th^^Duchy 
 services, feefermes, knyghtes' fees, advousons, heredita- t^;"^"''^^' 
 ments and possessions, with their appurtenaunces, in Eng- 
 lond, Wales and Caleis, and the Marches therof, make, 
 and from the seid fourth day of Marche be, the seid 
 Duchie of Lancastre corporat, and be called the Duchie 
 of Lancastre. And that oure seid Soverayne Lord Kyng the King to 
 
 •^ . , hold the 
 
 Edward the Fourth have, sease, take, hold, enjoy and same to him 
 
 ' ' ' 7 J J and his heirs 
 
 enherit, all the same manoirs, castelles, and other pre- |jgg„^^ 
 misses, with their appurtenauncez, by the same name 
 
 * The words between crotchets are written in the margin of the Par- 
 liament Roll. 
 
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 of Duchie, fro all other his enheritauncez separate, fro 
 
 the seid fourth day of Marche, to hym and to his heires 
 
 The County Kyiigs of Englond perpetuelly. And that the Counte 
 
 a County Pa- of Lancastro be a Counte Palatyne. And that oure Liege 
 
 latine — par- 
 
 eel of the and Soverayn Lord Kyng Edward the Fourth, and his 
 
 seailchln-^ heiros, have, as parcell of the seid Duchie, the same 
 
 ceiior, &c. Countie of Lancastre a Counte Palatyne, and a Seale, 
 
 Chaunceller, Juges and Officers there for the same; and 
 
 all manere^ libertees, custumes, lawes roiall and fraun- 
 
 chises, in the same Countie Palatyne lawfully and right- 
 
 another Seal wiscly used ; and over that another Seale, called the Seale 
 
 Seal of the of the Duchic of Lancastre, and a Chaunceller for the 
 
 Duchy of 
 
 and?^*^^' k^Py^g therof, Officers and Counceillers for the gidyng 
 
 Chancellor, ^^^ govcmaunce of the same Duchie, and of the par- 
 
 ticuler officers, ministres, tenauntes and inhabitaunts 
 
 therof, in as grete, ample, and large forme as Henry, 
 
 callyng hymsilf Kyng Henry the Fyft, at any tyme 
 
 The officers thcHn had, used, or enjoyed lawfully. And that, by 
 
 of the Duchy, ? J J J J -> J 
 
 and the te- the samc auctorite, the seid officers and ministres, and 
 
 nants, shall ' 
 
 beJtLs&c" ^^^ *^^ tenauntez and inhabitaunts of and in the same 
 timeof\ing Duchic, havc, use, excercise and enjoy such and all 
 Fifth? ^ libertees, fraunchises, privileges and custumes, as the 
 officers, ministres, tenauntes and inhabitaunts of the 
 same Duchie had, used, excercised or enjoyed lawfully, 
 in the tyme of the same Henry callyng hymsilf Kyng 
 Henry the Fyft. And that also in the same Duchie be 
 used, had and occupied, all such fredomes, libertees, 
 fraunchises, custumes, privileges, and jurisdictions as 
 were used therin lawfully afore the seid fourth day of 
 Marche. And that the officers, ministres, tenauntes and 
 inhabitaunts of or in the seid Duchie be entreated and 
 demeaned accordyng to the same fredomes, libertees, 
 fraunchises, custumes, privileges and jurisdictions, and not 
 
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 distreyned, arted, or compelled to the contrary, in any 
 
 wise. 
 
 Savyng also to all the Kynges Lieges, and to their saving. 
 heires, and to every of theym, other than such as been 
 attaynted by this Act, and their heires, claymyng by 
 discent by any of theym in manere aforeseid attaynted, 
 such title, right, interesse and possession as they or 
 any of theym have, or the seid xxix day of Decembre, 
 or the seid fourth day of Marche, had in the premisses 
 or any parcell therof, the seid Duchie of Lancastre, and 
 every parcell and membre therof except, other than they 
 or any of theym have, or the seid xxix day, or the 
 seid fourth day of Marche, had in the premisses, or any 
 parcell therof, to the use and behofe of the seid per- 
 sones in manere aforeseid attaynted, or any of theym, 
 or to the use of the heires of any of theym soo attaynted. 
 * * * * * 
 
 Qua quidem cedula Communibus regni Angliae in eodem Assent. 
 Parliamento existentibus transportiata fuit, cui iidem Com- 
 munes assensum suum praebuerunt sub hiis verbis : 
 
 A cest Acte les Communez sount assentuz. 
 
 Quibus quidem cedula et assensu in Parliamento prse- 
 dicto lectis, auditis et plenius intellectis, de avisamento et 
 assensu Dominorum Spiritualium et Temporalium in 
 dicto Parliamento existentium, respondebatur eisdem sub 
 hiis verbis. 
 
 LE Roy le voet. 
 
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 XXXVIL 
 
 Pro Ducatu Lancastri^e. 
 
 DWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Francise 
 
 et Dominus Hibernise omnibus ad quos prae- 
 
 sentes li terse pervenerint, salutem. Inspexi- 
 
 mus literas patentes Henrici Quarti nuper de 
 
 facto et non de jure Regis Angliae factas in haec verba : 
 
 iiiiis^mH^wg Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae et Do- 
 minus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos praesentes literae perve- 
 nerint salutem. Sciatis quod cum ducatus Lancastriae, ac 
 quamplura alia comitatus, honores, castra, maneria, feoda, 
 possessiones et dominia, infra regnum nostrum Angliae et 
 Walliae, ac alibi, nobis tam per mortem Celebris memo- 
 riae Henrici nuper Ducis Lancastriae avi nostri, ac ca~ 
 rissimi domini et patris nostri Johannis nuper Ducis 
 Lancastriae, necnon carissimae dominae et matris nostrae 
 Blancbiae uxoris ejus, filiae et haeredis praedicti Henrici, 
 nobis jure haereditario, antequam ad statum et dignitatem 
 regalem rerum Dominus omnium sua inefFabili dementia 
 nos nuperrime evocavit, descenderint et acciderint, in quibus 
 quidem ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, castris, maneriis, 
 possessionibus et dominiis, diversa libertates, jura re- 
 galia, consuetudines et franchesiae, dictis progenitoribus et 
 antecessoribus nostris, quaedam, videlicet, eis et haeredibus 
 de corporibus suis exeuntibus, et quaedam sibi et haeredibus 
 masculis de corporibus suis exeuntibus, ac quaedam praefato 
 domino et patri nostro ad terminum vitae suae, per diversas 
 cartas, tam domini Edwardi nuper Regis Angliae avi nos- 
 tri, quam domini Ricardi nuper Regis Angliae secundi 
 
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 XXXVII. 
 For the Duchy of Lancaster.* 
 
 DWARD, by the grace of God, King of England 
 and France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom 
 the present letters shall come, greeting. We have 
 inspected the letters patent of Henry the Fourth, 
 late in fact and not of right King of England, made in 
 these words : 
 
 miiE^lE^, by the grace of God, King of England and 
 France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present let- 
 ters shall come, greeting. Know ye, that whereas the duchy 
 of Lancaster, and very many other counties, honors, castles, 
 manors, fees, possessions, and lordships, within our realm 
 of England and Wales and elsewhere, before the Lord of 
 all things so lately in his unspeakable mercy called us to 
 the regal estate and dignity, did descend and come unto us 
 by hereditary right, by the death as well of Henry of famous 
 memory, late Duke of Lancaster, our grandfather, as of our 
 most dear lord and father John late Duke of Lancaster, and 
 also of our most dear lady and mother Blanche, his wife, 
 daughter and heiress of the aforesaid Henry ; in which said 
 duchy, counties, honors, castles, manors, possessions, and 
 lordships, divers liberties, jura regalia, customs, and fran- 
 chises were and had been granted to our said progenitors 
 and ancestors, — to wit, some to them and the heirs of their 
 bodies issuing, and some to them and the heirs male of 
 their bodies issuing, and some to our aforesaid lord and 
 
 * The original Charter is preserved in the archives of the Duchy 
 of Lancaster. 
 
 4th Nov. 
 1 Edw. 4. 
 A.D. 1461. 
 
 14th Oct. 
 1 Hen. 4. 
 A.D. 1399. 
 
 Recital that 
 the King 
 held the 
 Duchy of 
 Lancaster 
 and other 
 estates in 
 various 
 counties by 
 inheritance, 
 
 and that 
 divers liber- 
 ties and jura 
 regalia had 
 been granted 
 therein by 
 several char- 
 ters, viz. 
 
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 post conquestum, sunt et fuerant concessa, prout in cartis 
 prsedictis quarum tenores sequuntur in hsec verba, — 
 EDWARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Francise et Do- 
 minus Hibernise omnibus ad quos prsesentes literse per- 
 venerint, salutem. Sciatis quod si nos, debita considera- 
 tione pensantes gestus magnificos cunctorum qui nobis in 
 guerris nostris laudabiliter et strenue servierunt, ipsos desi- 
 deremus honoribus attollere et pro viribus juxta merita prae- 
 miare, quanto magis filios nostros, quos tarn in sapientia quam 
 in gestu nobili alios praeeellere conspicimus, et qui nobis 
 locum tenuerunt et tenere poterunt potiorem, nos eonvenit 
 majoribus honoribus et gratiis prserogare. Considerantes 
 itaque probitatem strenuara et sapientiam prsecellentem 
 carissimi filii nostri Johannis Regis Castellse et Legionis, 
 Dueis Lancastrise, qui laboribus et expensis semper se 
 nobis obsequiosum exhibuit, pro nobis pluries in necessi- 
 tatibus intrepide se guerrarum discriminibus exponendo ; et 
 volentes eo prsetextu ac desiderantes eundem filium nos- 
 trum aliquali commodo et honore ad praesens, licet non ad 
 plenum, prout digna merita exposcunt, remunerare ; ex 
 certa scientia nostra et Iseto corde, de assensu praelatorum 
 et procerum in instanti parliamento nostro apud Westmo- 
 nasterium convocato existentium, concessimus, pro nobis et 
 hseredibus nostris, prsefato filio nostro, quod ipse ad totam 
 vitam suam habeat infra comitatum Lancastrise cancella- 
 riam suam, ac brevia sua sub sigillo suo pro officio cancel- 
 lariae deputando consignanda, justitiarios suos tam ad pla- 
 cita coronse quam ad qusecumque alia placita communem 
 legem tangentia tenenda, ac cognitiones eorundem, et quas- 
 cumque executiones per brevia sua et ministros suos ibidem 
 faciendas, et qusecumque alia libertates et jura regalia ad 
 Comitem Palatinum pertinentia, adeo integre et libere sicut 
 Comes Cestrige infra eundem comitatum Cestriee dinoscitur 
 
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 father for the term of his life, — by divers charters as well of 
 the lord Edward late King of England, our grandfather, as 
 of the lord Richard late King of England, the second after 
 the conquest, as is contained more fully in the charters 
 aforesaid, the tenors whereof follow in these words: — 
 EDWARD, by the grace of God, King of England and 28th Feb. 
 France and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present a.d. 1377." 
 letters shall come, greeting. Know ye, that if we, weigh- 
 ing with due consideration the noble bearings of all those 
 who laudably and strenuously have served us in our wars, 
 be desirous of raising them to honors, and rewarding them 
 for their valor according to their merits, how much more 
 doth it become us to advance with greater honors and 
 favors our own sons, whom we see excelling others as well 
 in wisdom as in noble bearing, and who have stood and 
 may stand us in better stead. Considering, therefore, the Grant for life 
 
 of a Court of 
 
 strenuous goodness and excellent wisdom 01 our most dear chancery in 
 
 ^ the county of 
 
 son John King of Castille and Leon, Duke of Lancas- J-ancaster, 
 ter, who hath ever shewn himself ready to serve us with 
 labor and charges, many times in our need intrepidly 
 exposing himself for us to the dangers of war, and being 
 willing on that account, and desiring now to reward, 
 albeit not in full, the same our son with some benefit 
 and honor as his merits worthily demand, of our certain 
 knowledge and with cheerful heart, with the assent of 
 the prelates and nobles assembled in our present par- 
 liament convoked at Westminster, we have granted, for 
 us and our heirs, unto our aforesaid son, that he for the 
 whole of his life may have within the county of Lan- 
 caster his chancery, and his writs to be sealed under 
 his seal to be deputed for the office of the chancery, his 
 justices to hold as well pleas of the crown as all other 
 pleas whatsoever touching the common law, and the cog- 
 
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 obtinere (decimis quintisdecimis et aliis quotis et subsidiis 
 nobis et baeredibus nostris per communitatem regni nostri, 
 et decimis et aliis quotis per clerum ejusdem regni nobis 
 concessis et imposterura concedendis, aut eidem clero per 
 sedem apostolicam impositis et imponendis, ac pardona- 
 tionibus vitae et membrorum in casu quo aliquis ejusdem 
 comitatus aut alius in eodem comitatu pro aliquo delicto 
 vitam vel membrum amittere debeat, ac etiam superioritate 
 et potestate corrigendi ea quae in curiis ejusdem filii nostri 
 ibidem erronice facta fuerint, vel si idem filius noster aut 
 ministri sui in justitia in curiis ejusdem filii nostri inibi 
 facienda defecerint, semper salvis). Et est intentionis nos- 
 tras quod idem filius noster, ad mandata nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, ad parliamenta et concilia nostra duos milites 
 pro communitate comitatus praedicti et duos burgenses de 
 quolibet burgo ejusdem comitatus ad tractandum cum aliis 
 de communitate dicti regni nostri ad eadem parliamenta et 
 concilia venientibus de negotiis dicti regni nostri in eisdem 
 parliamentis et conciliis exponendis mittere teneatur. Et 
 quod idem filius noster certos homines fideles et sufiicientes 
 ad hujusmodi decimas et quintasdecimas subsidia et alia 
 quota quotiens ea nobis seu baeredibus nostris in parlia- 
 mentis seu conciliis concedi contigerit assignet; ita quod 
 nobis et baeredibus nostris de sic concessis respondeatur per 
 eosdem. In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fe- 
 cimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium vice- 
 simo octavo die Februarii, anno regni nostri Angliae quin- 
 quagesimo primo, regni vero nostri Franciae tricesimo octavo. 
 RICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae et Do- 
 minus Hiberniae archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, prio- 
 ribus, ducibus, comitibus, baronibus, justitiariis, vicecomiti- 
 bus, praepositis, ministris, et omnibus ballivis et fidelibus 
 suis, salutem. Sciatis quod cum dominus Edwardus nuper 
 
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 nisance thereof, and all manner of execution to be made 
 by his writs and his ministers there, and all other liber- 
 ties and jura regalia pertaining to a Count Palatine, as and jura re- 
 freely and entirely as the Earl of Chester is well known SnhfgToa 
 to obtain within the same county of Chester: (saving latine. 
 always the tenths, fifteenths, and other contributions 
 and subsidies granted and hereafter to be granted to us 
 and our heirs by the commonalty of our realm, and the 
 tenths and other contributions granted and hereafter to 
 be granted to us by the clergy of the same our realm, 
 or imposed and to be imposed upon the same clergy 
 by the apostolic see; — and the pardon of life and limbs 
 in case that any person of the same county, or other 
 person in the same county, ought for any delict to lose 
 his life or limb; — and also the superiority and power 
 of correcting those things which shall have been erro- 
 neously done there in the courts of our same son, or if 
 our same son or his ministers shall have failed in doing 
 justice there also in the courts of the same our son.) And The Duke to 
 
 ..... IIP send knights 
 
 it is our intention that our same son, at the mandates oi of the shire 
 
 and bur- 
 US and our heirs, be held to send to our parliaments and gessesto 
 
 ' ^ serve in par- 
 
 councils two knights for the commonalty of the shire afore- "^™ent; 
 said, and two burgesses from every borough of the same 
 shire, to treat with the others of the commonalty of our 
 said realm coming to the said parliaments and councils 
 concerning the aifairs of our said realm in the same parlia- 
 ments and councils to be declared. And that our same son and to ap- 
 point collec- 
 
 shall assign certain trusty and sufficient men for the like *^J^ **ra^ted 
 tenths and fifteenths, subsidies and other contributions, so SeJ?"*" 
 often as they shall happen to be granted to us or our heirs 
 in parliament or council ; so that we and our heirs may by 
 them be answered in respect of such grants. In witness 
 whereof we have caused these our letters to be made 
 
288 
 
 Rex Angliae, avus noster, per cartara suam dedisset et con- 
 cessisset carissimo avunculo nostro, filio suo, Johanni Duci 
 Lancastrise, tunc Comiti Lancastriae, nomen et honorem 
 Ducis et ipsum in Ducem Lancastriae praefecisset, ac de 
 eisdem nomine et honore per cincturam gladii et apposi- 
 tionem cappae suo capiti investivisset, habenda eadem 
 nomen et honorem Ducis Lancastriae, sibi et haeredibus 
 suis masculis de corpore suo legitime procreatis imper- 
 petuum; subsequenterque idem avus noster per literas 
 suas patentes concessisset pro se et haeredibus suis prae- 
 fato avunculo nostro quod ipse ad totam vitam suam 
 haberet infra comitatum Lancastriae cancellariam suam, 
 ac brevia sua sub sigillo suo pro officio cancellariae de- 
 putando consignanda, justitiarios suos tam ad placita co- 
 ronae quam ad quaecuraque alia placita communem legem 
 tangentia, tenenda, ac cognitiones eorundem, et quas- 
 cumque executiones per brevia sua et ministros suos 
 ibidem faciendas, et quaecumque alia libertates et jura re- 
 galia ad Comitem Palatinum pertinentia, adeo libere et in- 
 tegre sicut Comes Cestriae infra eundem comitatum Cestriae 
 dinoscitur obtinere (decimis quintisdecimis et aliis quotis et 
 subsidiis, eidem avo nostro et haeredibus suis per communi- 
 tatem regni sui, et decimis et aliis quotis per clerum ejus- 
 dem regni tunc concessis et extunc concedendis, aut eidem 
 clero per sedem apostolicam impositis et imponendis, ac 
 pardonationibus vitae et membrorum, in casu quo aliquis 
 ejusdem comitatus, aut alius in eodem comitatu, pro aliquo 
 delicto vitam vel membrum amittere deberet, ac etiam su- 
 perioritate et potestate corrigendi ea quae in curia ejusdem 
 avunculi nostri ibidem erronice facta fuerint, vel [si] idem 
 avunculus noster aut ministri sui in justitia in curia sua 
 facienda defecerint, semper salvis) : Et quod idem avun- 
 culus noster ad mandata ejusdem avi nostri et haeredum 
 
288 
 
 patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, on the twenty- 
 eighth day of February, in the fifty-first year of our reign 
 of England, and the thirty- eighth of our reign of France. 
 RICHARD, by the grace of God, King of England and lethFeb. 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to his archbishops, bishops, a.d. 1^390. 
 abbots, priors, dukes, earls, barons, justices, sheriff's, reeves, 
 ministers, and all his bailiff^s and faithful people, greeting. 
 Know ye, that whereas the Lord Edward, late King of Recital of 
 England, our grandfather, did by his charter give and KingEdw.s. 
 
 - creating his 
 
 ffrant to his son, our most dear uncle, John Duke of son John 
 
 ® ' ^ ' Duke of 
 
 Lancaster, at that time Earl of Lancaster, the name and i^aucaster, 
 honor of Duke, and did make him Duke of Lancaster, 
 and invest him with the same name and honor by gird- 
 ing of the sword and setting upon his head the cap, to 
 have the same name and honor of Duke of Lancaster to 
 him and his heirs male of his body lawfully begotten for 
 ever; and subsequently our same grandfather did by his andofhis 
 letters patent grant for himself and his heirs to our afore- for life of a 
 
 chancery 
 
 said uncle, that he for the whole of his life should have andiwra 
 
 regalia, as 
 
 within the county of Lancaster his chancery, and his writs paiSe in 
 to be sealed under his seal to be deputed for the office of S L^Ster. 
 the chancery, his justices to hold as well pleas of the 
 crown as all other pleas whatsoever touching the common 
 law, and the cognizance thereof, and all manner of execu- 
 tion to be made by his writs and his ministers there, and 
 all other liberties and jura regalia pertaining to a Count 
 Palatine, as freely and entirely as the Earl of Chester is 
 well known to obtain within the same county of Chester; 
 saving always the tenths, fifteenths, and other contribu- 
 tions and subsidies then granted and thereafter to be 
 granted to our same grandfather and his heirs by the 
 commonalty of his realm, and the tenths and other con- 
 tributions then granted and thereafter to be granted by 
 
 2 N 
 
289 
 
 suorum ad parliamenta et concilia sua duos milites pro 
 communitate comitatus prsedicti et duos burgenses de 
 quolibet burgo ejusdem comitatus ad tractandum, cum 
 aliis dicti regni ad parliamenta et concilia venientibus, de 
 negotiis dicti regni in eisdem parliamentis et aliis expo- 
 nendis, mittere teneretur : et quod idem avunculus noster 
 certos homines fideles et sufficientes ad hujusmodi decimas 
 et quintasdecimas subsidia et alia quota, quotiens ea eidem 
 avo nostro seu hseredibus suis in parliamentis seu con- 
 ciliis concedi contingeret, assignaret ; ita quod eidem avo 
 nostro de sic concessis responderetur per eosdem. Ac 
 nos nuper ad prosecutionem ipsius avunculi nostri per peti- 
 tionem suam nobis in parliamento nostro apud Gloucestriam 
 tento exhibitam, suggerentis ipsum praetextu dictorum ver- 
 borum generalium scaccarium suum in eodem comitatu 
 Lancastrise et omnia ad hujusmodi scaccarium pertinentia, 
 ac jurisdictionem et potestatem faciendi et constituendi jus- 
 titiarios suos itinerantes ad placita forestse et alios justitia- 
 rios ad qusecumque alia placita assisam forestse tangentia 
 infra dictum comitatum Lancastriae a tempore concessionis 
 dicti avi nostri tenuisse exercuisse et habuisse, de assensu 
 praelatorum ducum comitum baronum et communitatis regni 
 nostri Angliae in eodem parliamento existentium, per literas 
 nostras patentes declaraverimus eundem avunculum nostrum 
 omnibus et singulis prsemissis, per ipsum prsetextu dictorum 
 verborum generalium ut praemittitur usitatis, virtute eorum- 
 dem verborum generalium uti posse et debere ; et ulterius 
 de gratia nostra speciali concesserimus, pro nobis et heere- 
 dibus nostris, eidem avunculo nostro, quod ipse scaccarium 
 suum in dicto comitatu Lancastriae, et barones et alios 
 ministros in eodem scaccario necessarios, necnon jurisdic- 
 tiones executiones et consuetudines quascumque in scac- 
 cario nostro Anghae rationabiliter usitatas habeat in eodem 
 
289 
 the clergy of the same realm, or imposed and to be im^ 
 posed upon the same clergy by the apostolic see; and 
 the pardon of life and limbs in case that any person of 
 the same county, or other person in the same county, ought 
 for any delict to lose his life or limb ; and also the su- 
 periority and power of correcting those things which shall 
 have been erroneously done there in the court of our 
 same uncle, or if our same uncle or his ministers should 
 have failed in doing justice in his court. And that our 
 same uncle, at the mandate of the same our grandfather 
 and his heirs, should be held to send to his parliaments 
 and councils two knights for the commonalty of the shire 
 aforesaid, and two burgesses from every borough of the 
 same shire, to treat with the others of the said realm 
 coming to the parliaments and councils concerning the 
 affairs of the said realm in the same parliaments and 
 councils to be declared : and that our same uncle should 
 assign certain trusty and sufficient men for the like tenths 
 and fifteenths, subsidies and other contributions, so often 
 as they should happen to be granted to our same grand- 
 father or his heirs in parliament or council ; so that our 
 same grandfather might by them be answered in respect 
 of such grants. And we lately, at the prosecution of our Recital of 
 
 Icttsrs DS~ 
 
 same uncle by his petition to us exhibited in our parlia- tent grant- 
 
 J r r ed by King 
 
 ment holden at Gloucester, (suggesting that by pretext of the ^,'theDukes 
 said general words he had had, exercised, and held from the Jariiiment, 
 time of the grant of our said grandfather his exchequer in 
 the same county of Lancaster, and all things to such ex- 
 chequer pertaining, and the jurisdiction and power of 
 making and appointing his justices in eyre for pleas of 
 the forest, and other justices for all manner of other pleas 
 touching the assize of the forest within the said county of 
 Lancaster,) with the assent of the prelates, dukes, earls, 
 
 2 N 2 
 
290 
 
 scaccario suo et eis ibidem plene gaudeat et rationabiliter 
 utatur: et quod habeat jurisdictionem et potestatem fa- 
 ciendi et constituendi justitiarios suos itinerantes ad placita 
 forestse et alios justitiarios ad qusecumque alia placita assi- 
 sam forestse tangentia infra dictum comitatum Lancastrise 
 tenenda durante vita ipsius avunculi nostri (placitis tamen 
 et querelis aliis quibuscumque, ubi nos vel bseredes nostri in 
 dicto scaccario vel coram praefatis justitiariis partes fuerimus 
 vel fieri contingat, emergentibus semper salvis) ; et volueri- 
 mus, quod omnia verba generalia in concessione ejusdem avi 
 nostri prsedicta contenta in suo robore permaneant durante 
 vita avunculi nostri supradicti, declaratione et concessione 
 praedictis non obstantibus, prout in carta et literis prsedictis 
 plenius continetur. Jamque prsefatus avunculus noster 
 nobis supplicaverit, ut libertates franchesias privilegia jura 
 regalia supradicta, et omnia alia et singula sibi superius 
 concessa, sibi et hseredibus suis masculis de corpore suo 
 exeuntibus concedere dignemur, habenda eodem modo sicut 
 ea jam habet, una cum dicto nomine Ducis Lancastrise 
 perpetuis temporibus successivis. Nos probitatem stre- 
 nuam et sapientiam excellentissimam prsefati avunculi nos- 
 tri, qui se laboribus et expensis ac consiliis continuis nobis 
 et regno nostro obsequiosum pariter et fructuosum semper 
 retroactis temporibus exhibuit et exhibet indefesse, debita 
 consideratione pensantes, ac sperantes indubie haeredes suos 
 masculos de corpore suo legitime procreatos vestigia pro- 
 genitorum suorum qui ex tam nobili progenie regali proces- 
 serunt, divina mediante dementia, in sapientia strenuitate 
 et honore sequi debere, et nobis et hseredibus nostris ac 
 regno nostro maxime valere et locumtenere posse infutu- 
 rum. Et volentes praemissorum intuitu supplicationi prae- 
 dictae annuere gratiose, de assensu praesentis parliamenti 
 nostri, laeto corde et ex certa scientia nostra concessimus 
 
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 barons, and the commons of our realm of England in the 
 
 same parliament assembled, by our letters patent did declaring, 
 
 declare that our same uncle should and miffht be able, virtue of 
 
 ^ the general 
 
 by virtue of the said general words, to use all and every Yram^o^/jJ'e® 
 
 the premises by him used by pretext of the same general t^fe1)uke^' 
 
 words as is premised ; and further, of our especial grace w^excht^* 
 
 we did grant, for us and our heirs, to our same uncle, '^"^^' 
 
 that he might have his exchequer in the said county of 
 
 Lancaster, and barons and other ministei^ necessary in 
 
 the same exchequer, and also all jurisdictions, executions, 
 
 and customs whatsoever in the same his exchequer which 
 
 are reasonably used in our exchequer of England, and 
 
 might fully and reasonably use and enjoy them there; 
 
 and that he miffht have the jurisdiction and power of and appoint- 
 ^ ^ ^ •* ^ ment of jus- 
 
 making and appointing his justices in eyre to hold pleas ticesofthe 
 
 of the forest, and other justices to hold all manner of 
 
 other pleas touching the assize of the forest, within the 
 
 said county of Lancaster, during the life of our same 
 
 uncle (saving always nevertheless all manner of other 
 
 pleas and plaints arising in the said exchequer, or before 
 
 the aforesaid justices, where we or our heirs should be, 
 
 or should happen to be made, parties) ; and we did will during the 
 
 „ , 1 1 • 1 . 1 n -1 Duke's life. 
 
 that all the general words contamed m the aforesaid grant 
 of our same grandfather should remain in force during the 
 life of our abovesaid uncle, notwithstanding the declaration 
 and grant aforesaid, as in the charter and letters aforesaid 
 more fully is contained. And now our aforesaid uncle The Duke 
 
 1 V T • having pe- 
 
 hath besought us that we would deiffn to grant the above- titionedfor a 
 said liberties, franchises, privileges, jura regalia, and all ™aie» 
 and every other the things to him above granted, to him 
 and his heirs male of his body issuing, to have in the 
 same manner as he now hath them, together with the said 
 name of Duke of Lancaster in all times to come. We, 
 
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 pro nobis et hseredibus nostris, praefato avuuculo nostro 
 quod ipse et hseredes sui masculi de corpore suo legitime 
 procreati habeant infra comitatum Lancastriae cancellariam 
 suam ac brevia sua sub sigillo suo pro officio eancellariae 
 deputando conservanda, justitiarios suos tam ad placita 
 coronse quam ad quaecumque alia placita communem legem 
 tangentia tenenda, ac cognitiones eorundem, et quascum- 
 que executiones per brevia sua et ministros suos ibidem 
 faciendas, et qusecumque alia libertates et jura regalia ad 
 Comitem Palatinum pertinentia, adeolibere et integre si cut 
 Comes Cestriae dinoscitur obtinere. Et quod habeant scac- 
 carium suum in dicto comitatu Lancastriae ac barones et 
 alios ministros in eodem scaccario necessarios, necnon 
 jurisdictiones executiones et consuetudines quascumque in 
 scaccario nostro Angliae rationabiliter usitatas, et eis ibidem 
 plene gaudeant et rationabiliter utantur. Et quod habeant 
 jurisdictionem et potestatem faciendi et constituendi justi- 
 tiarios suos itinerantes ad placita forestae et alios justitia- 
 rios ad quaecumque alia placita assisam forestae tangentia 
 infra dictum comitatum Lancastriae tenenda imperpetuum 
 (placitis tamen et querelis quibuscumque, ubi nos vel haere- 
 des nostri in dicto scaccario vel coram praefatis justitiariis 
 partes fuerimus vel fieri contingat, emergentibus, ac deci- 
 mis quintisdecimis et aliis quotis et subsidiis nobis et haere- 
 dibus nostris per communitatem regni nostri, et decimis et 
 aliis quotis per clerum ejusdem regni concessis et exnunc 
 concedendis, aut eidem clero per sedem apostolicam impo- 
 sitis et imponendis, ac pardonationibus vitae et membrorum 
 in casu quo aliquis ejusdem comitatus, aut alius in eodem 
 comitatu, pro delicto aliquo vitam vel membrum amittere 
 debeat, ac etiam superioritate et potestate corrigendi ea 
 quae in curia ejusdem avunculi nostri vel dictorum haeredum 
 suorum ibidem erronice facta fuerint, vel [si] idem avunculus 
 
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 weiffhins: with due consideration the strenuous probity and in consider- 
 
 . . ation of his 
 
 most excellent wisdom of our aforesaid uncle, who hath high merits 
 ever shewn himself in times past, and unweariedly con- 
 tinues to prove, very ready to serve us and our realm, and 
 at the same time most profitably, with his continual labor, 
 charges, and counsel; and hoping undoubtedly that his 
 heirs male of his body lawfully begotten ought through 
 the mediation of Divine Mercy to follow the footsteps of 
 their progenitors, who have proceeded from so noble and 
 royal a stock, in wisdom, honor, and prowess, and that 
 they will be able, in times to come, mightily to avail and 
 stand ourself and our heirs and our realm in good stead, 
 and being willing in regard of the premises graciously to 
 assent to the aforesaid petition, with the assent of our pre^ 
 sent parliament, of our certain knowledge, and with cheer- 
 ful heart, do ffrant for us and our heirs to our aforesaid he and the 
 
 ^ heirs male of 
 
 uncle, that he and his heirs male of his body lawfully ^^'^jf "'^/^^ j„ 
 begotten may have within the county of Lancaster their ^ancaste/"^ 
 chancery, and their writs to be sealed under their seal to their 
 
 ... chancery, 
 
 be deputed for the office of the chancery, their justices to justices to 
 hold as well pleas of the crown as all other pleas whatso- 
 ever touching the common law, and the cognizance thereof, 
 and all manner of execution to be made by their writs 
 and their ministers there, and all other liberties and jura and jum 
 
 . i> ^ J • 1 regalia, as 
 
 regalia pertaining to a Count Palatine, as freely and entirely freeiy as the 
 
 as the Earl of Chester is well known to obtain. And that Chester; 
 
 they may have their exchequer in the said county of Lan- exchequer 
 
 caster, and barons and other ministers necessary in the and barons 
 
 . thereof, 
 
 same exchequer, and also all jurisdictions, executions, and 
 customs whatsoever, which are reasonably used in our 
 exchequer of England, and may fully and reasonably use 
 and enjoy them there ; and that they may have the juris- ^"e^„t^P?°'"*' 
 diction and power of making and appointing their justices ^S'ioxlS, 
 
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 noster sen dicti haeredes sui, aut eorum ministri, in justitia 
 in curia sua facienda defecerint, semper salvis). Et quod 
 idem avunculus noster et dicti haeredes sui, ad mandata 
 nostra et hseredum nostrorum, ad parliamenta et concilia 
 nostra et haeredum nostrorum duos milites pro communi- 
 tate comitatus praedicti et duos burgenses de quolibet 
 burgo ejusdem comitatus adtractandum cum aliis dicti regni 
 nostri ad parliamenta et concilia venientibus de negotiis 
 dicti regni in eisdem parliament! s et aliis exponendis mittere 
 teneantur. Et quod idem avunculus noster et haeredes sui 
 praedicti certos homines fideles et sufficientes ad hujusmodi 
 decimas et quintasdecimas subsidia et alia quota, quotiens 
 ea nobis aut haeredibus nostris in parliamentis seu con- 
 ciliis concedi contigerit, assignent ; ita quod nobis et hae- 
 redibus nostris de sic concessis respondeatur per eosdem. 
 Quare volumus et firmiter praecipimus quod idem avunculus 
 noster et haeredes sui praedicti habeant et teneant omnia 
 et singula libertates franchesias privilegia scaccarium jura 
 regalia et alia supradicta una cum dictis nomine et honore 
 Ducis Lancastriae (exceptis praeexceptis) eodem modo ac 
 adeo libere et integre sicut idem avunculus noster ea ad 
 praesens habet et tenet, imperpetuum, sicut praedictum est. 
 Hiis testibus Willielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius 
 Angliae Primate, Thoma Archiepiscopo Eboracensi Angliae 
 Primate, Roberto Londinensi, Willielmo Wintoniensi, Can- 
 cellario nostro, Johanne Menevensi, Thesaurario nostro, 
 Episcopis, Edmundo Eborum, Thoma Gloucestriae, Ducibus, 
 avunculis nostris carissimis, Ricardo Arundelliae, Willielmo 
 Sarum, Henrico Northumbriae, Comitibus, Ricardo Le- 
 scrop, Johanne Devereux, Senescallo hospitii nostri, et 
 aliis. Data per manum nostram apud Westmonasterium, 
 sextodecimo die Februarii, anno regni nostri tertiodecimo. 
 RICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae et Do- 
 
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 in eyre to hold pleas of the forest, and other justices to 
 hold all manner of other pleas touching the assize of the 
 forest within the said county of Lancaster for ever. Saving exceptwhere 
 always, nevertheless, all manner of other pleas and plaints pany!^""^" ^* 
 arising in the said exchequer, or before the aforesaid jus- 
 tices, where we or our heirs shall be, or shall happen to 
 be made, parties; and saving always the tenths, fifteenths, saving of 
 and other contributions and subsidies granted and here- mentary 
 
 aids and 
 
 after to be granted to us and our heirs by the commonalty *^^^^' 
 of our realm, and the tenths and other contributions granted 
 or hereafter to be granted by the clergy of the same realm, 
 or imposed and to be imposed upon the same clergy by the 
 apostolic see ; and the pardon of life and limbs in case that pardon of 
 
 life, 
 
 any person of the same county, or other person in the same 
 county, ought for any delict to lose his life or limb; and andcorrec- 
 also the superiority and power of correcting those things neous jSdg- 
 
 ments, 
 
 which shall have been erroneously done there in the court 
 
 of our same uncle or his said heirs; or if our same uncle, or in failure 
 
 of justice. 
 
 or his said heirs or their ministers, shall fail in doing jus- 
 tice in their court. And that our same uncle and his said The Duke 
 heirs, at the mandates of us and our heirs, shall be held to ^eirs to send 
 
 members to 
 
 send to the parliaments and councils of us and our heirs Jf/th^shire 
 two knights for the commonalty of the shire aforesaid, and roughs] 
 two burgesses from every borough of the same shire, to 
 treat with the others of our said realm coming to the par- 
 liaments and councils concerning the affairs of the said 
 realm in the same parliaments and councils to be declared : 
 and that our same uncle and his heirs shall assign certain and to assign 
 
 collectors of 
 
 trusty and sufficient men for the like tenths and fifteenths, subsidies 
 
 *' ' and taxes 
 
 subsidies, and other contributions, so often as they shall ^^liamem. 
 happen to be granted to us or our heirs in parliament or 
 council ; so that we and our heirs may by the same men 
 be answered in respect of such grants. Wherefore we will 
 
minus Hibernise, archiepiscopis, episcopisj abbatibus, pri- 
 oribus, ducibus, comitibus, baronibus, justitiariis, viceco- 
 mitibus, prsepositis, ministris, et omnibus ballivis et fide- 
 libus suis, salutem. Inspeximus cartam Domini Edwardi 
 nuper Regis Anglise, avi nostri, factam in hsec verba: 
 ED WARD US Dei gratia Rex Anglise Dominus Hi- 
 berniae et Aquitanise, archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, 
 prioribus, comitibus, baronibus, justitiariis, vicecomitibus, 
 prsepositis, ministris, et omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis 
 salutem. Sciatis quod cum nuper considerantes qualiter 
 comitatus Lancastriae, et plura castra, villae, maneria, 
 terrse, et tenementa, cum pertinentiis, tarn in comitatibus 
 Lincolniae et Derbise quam in diversis aliis comitatibus 
 regni nostri, quae fuerunt Henrici nuper Ducis Lan- 
 castriae et Comitis Lincolniae et Derbiae post mortem ip- 
 sius Ducis, (quaedam, videlicet, ad Johannem Comitem 
 Richemondiae filium nostrum carissimum et Blanchiam 
 uxorem ejus unam filiarum et haeredum praedicti Ducis, 
 juxta partitionem inter ipsos et Matildem tunc alteram 
 filiarum et haeredum ipsius Ducis factam per descensum 
 haereditarium fuerunt devoluta, et quaedam eisdem Comiti 
 et Blanchiae, juxta ordinationem et concessionem praedicti 
 Ducis dum vixit, sub certa forma sunt remansura,) ac vo- 
 lentes proinde eidem filio nostro, ut se juxta status sui 
 nobilitatem decentius manutenere valeat, gratiam facere 
 specialem, concesserimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris 
 praefato Johanni nunc Comiti Lancastriae et Richemondiae, 
 quod ipse et haeredes sui de corpore suo et corpore prae- 
 dictae Blanchiae legitime procreati imperpetuum haberent re- 
 torna omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, 
 et omnia placita de vetito namio in terris et feodis de 
 haereditate praedicti Ducis, quae tunc in manibus ipsorum 
 Comitis et Blanchiae extiterunt, et quae imposterum eis 
 
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 and strictly command that our same uncle and his heirs 
 aforesaid shall have and hold all and every the abovesaid 
 liberties, franchises, privileges, exchequer, jura regalia^ 
 and other things, together with the said name and honor Title of 
 of Duke of Lancaster, except as before excepted, in the Lancaster. 
 same manner and as freely and entirely as our same uncle 
 at present has and holds them, for ever, as is aforesaid. 
 These being witnesses, William Archbishop of Canter- 
 bury, Primate of all England; Thomas Archbishop of 
 York, Primate of England; Robert Bishop of London; 
 William Bishop of Winchester, our Chancellor; John 
 Bishop of Saint David's, our Treasurer; our most dear 
 uncles, Edmund Duke of York, and Thomas Duke of 
 Gloucester ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; William Earl of 
 Salisbury; Henry Earl of Northumberland; Richard Le- 
 scrope; John Devereux, Steward of our household, and 
 others. Given under our hand at Westminster, on the six- 
 teenth day of February, in the thirteenth year of our reign. 
 RICHARD, by the grace of God, King of England and 29th June, 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to his archbishops, bishops, ^•^- ^^^^^ 
 abbots, priors, dukes, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves, 
 ministers, and all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. 
 We have inspected the charter of the Lord Edward, late 
 King of England, our grandfather, made in these words : 
 EDWARD, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord 12th May, 
 of Ireland and Aquitaine, to his archbishops, bishops, ab- a.d. 1362.' 
 bots, priors, earls, barons, justices, sheriffs, reeves, minis- 
 ters, and all his baihffs and faithful people, greeting. Know RecUai of 
 
 • 1 • 1 Charter 
 
 ye, that whereas we, lately considermg how that the county dated 13th 
 of Lancaster, and many castles, towns, manors, lands, and 35 Edw. 3. 
 tenements, with their appurtenances, as well in the coun- 
 ties of Lincoln and Derby, as in divers other counties of 
 our realm, which were of Henry late Duke of Lancaster 
 
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 juxta ordinationem et concessionem praedictas sunt reman- 
 sura cum ad manus suas devenerint ; et etiam omnes fines 
 et amerciamenta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum, 
 ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in curiis nostris et 
 haeredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines facere continge- 
 ret, necnon omnia catalla omnium hominum et tenentium 
 suorum felonum et fugitivorum et dampnatorum, prout in 
 carta nostra inde confecta plenius continetur. Ac jam 
 omnia terrae et tenementa cum pertinentiis quae prsedicta 
 Matildis tenuit in propartem suam prsedictam, de omnibus 
 terris et tenementis prsedictis quae fuerunt praedicti Ducis, 
 necnon quaedam alia terrae et tenementa cum pertinentiis in 
 comitatibus Norfolciae et SufFolciae quae eadem Matildis 
 tenuit de haereditate ipsius Ducis ex dono et feofFamento Jo- 
 hannis Episcopi Lincolniensis, Ricardi Comitis Arundelliae, 
 Robert! de la Mare, Johannis de Buklond, Johannis Char- 
 nels, Walteri Power, Simonis Symeon et Johannis Neu- 
 marche, per mortem ejusdem Matildis praefatis Comiti et 
 Blanchiae, ut sorori et haeredi praedictae Matildis jure 
 haereditario descenderint. Nos volentes praedictos Comi- 
 tem et Blanchiam favore prosequi gratioso, concessimus 
 et hac carta nostra confirmavimus praefato Comiti quod 
 ipse et haeredes sui de corpore suo et corpore praedictae 
 Blanchiae legitime procreati iraperpetuum habeant retorna 
 omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, et 
 omnia placita de vetito namio, tam in terris et feodis quae 
 iidem Comes et Blanchia de proparte ipsius Blanchiae 
 praedicta, quam in terris et feodis quae fuerunt praedictas 
 Matildis et quae ipsi Comes et Blanchia ut soror et haeres 
 ejusdem Matildis jam tenent de haereditate praedicta, et 
 etiam in terris et feodis, quae eisdem Comiti et Blanchiae 
 sunt de eadem haereditate imposterum remansura vel rever- 
 sura, cum ad manus suas devenerint, et etiam omnes fines 
 
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 and Earl of Lincoln and Derby, lately after the death of 
 the same Duke had devolved, to wit, some by hereditary 
 descent, upon John Earl of Richmond, our most dear son, 
 and Blanche his wife, one of the daughters and co-heirs 
 of the aforesaid Duke, according to the partition made 
 between them and Matilda, the then other daughter and 
 co-heir of the same Duke, and some were to remain, under 
 a certain form, to the same Earl and Blanche, according to 
 an ordinance and grant of the aforesaid Duke whilst he 
 lived, and being willing, therefore, to shew especial favor 
 to the same our son, in order that he might the more de- 
 cently maintain himself according to the nobility of his 
 station, did grant for us and our heirs to the aforesaid John 
 now Earl of Lancaster and Richmond, that he and his 
 heirs of his body and the body of the aforesaid Blanche, 
 lawfully begotten, for ever should have the return of all 
 writs of us and our heirs, and all pleas of withernam in the 
 lands and fees of the heritage of the aforesaid Duke, which 
 then were in the hands of the same Earl and Blanche, and 
 which thereafter were to remain to them according to the 
 ordinance and grant aforesaid, when they should come into 
 their hands ; and also all fines and amercements of all their 
 men and tenants wheresoever it should happen that such 
 men and tenants should make fine or be amerced in the 
 courts of us and our heirs ; and also all the chattels of all 
 their men and tenants, being felons and fugitives and per- 
 sons condemned, as in our charter thereof made more fully 
 is contained. And now all the lands and tenements, with and descent 
 their appurtenances, which the aforesaid Matilda held as portion on * 
 
 ^ • 1 /. n 1 1 1 Blanche, the 
 
 her purparty aforesaid of all the lands and tenements afore- surviving co. 
 said which were of the aforesaid Duke, and also certain 
 other lands and tenements, with appurtenances, in the 
 counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, which the same Matilda 
 
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 et amerciamenta omnium hominum et tenendum suorum 
 ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in curiis nostris et 
 haeredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines facere contigerit; 
 necnon omnia catalla omnium hominum et tenentium 
 suorum, felonum et fugitivorum et dampnatorum. Quare 
 volumus et firmiter praecipimus pro nobis et hseredibus 
 nostris quod praedictus Comes et haeredes sui praedicti 
 imperpetuum habeant retorna omnium brevium nostrorum 
 et haeredum nostrorum, et omnia placita de vetito namio 
 in terris et feodis suis praedictis ; ac omnes fines et amer- 
 ciamenta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum prae- 
 dictorum, ubicumque ipsos homines et tenentes in curiis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum amerciari vel fines facere 
 contigerit; ac etiam omnia catalla omnium hominum et 
 tenentium suorum, felonum, fugitivorum, et dampnatorum, 
 sicut praedictum est, et eodem modo quo Henricus nuper 
 Comes Lancastriae pater pragdicti Ducis, vel idem Dux, 
 quibus consimiles hbertates in terris et feodis suis ha- 
 bendas successive per cartas nostras concessimus, easdem 
 libertates habuit et eis rationabiliter uti consuevit. Hiis 
 testibus S. Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius Anghae Pri- 
 mate, W. Wintoniensi Episcopo Cancellario nostro, S. 
 Eliensi Episcopo Thesaurario nostro, Edwardo Principe 
 Walliae primogenito nostro carissimo, Ricardo Arundellise, 
 Thoma Warwici, et Willielmo Sarum, Comitibus, et aliis. 
 Data per manum nostram apud Westmonasterium duo- 
 decimo die Maii, anno regni nostri tricesimo sexto. IN- 
 SPEXIMUS etiam quandam cartam nostram factam in 
 haec verba: RICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise et 
 Franciae et Dominus Hiberniae, omnibus ad quos prsesentes 
 literae pervenerint, salutem. Inspeximus quandam cartam 
 carissimi Domini et avi nostri Domini Edwardi nuper Regis 
 Anghae defuncti, nuper factam [carissimo avunculo nostro] 
 
writs. 
 Pleas 
 withernam. 
 
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 held of the inheritance of the same Duke by the gift and 
 feoffment of John Bishop of Lincoki, Richard Earl of 
 Arundel, Robert de la Mare, John de Buklond, John Char- 
 nels, Walter Power, Simon Symeon, and John Neumarche, 
 have by the death of the same Matilda descended by here- 
 ditary right to the aforesaid Earl and Blanche, as sister and 
 heir of the aforesaid Matilda : — We, willing to pursue with 
 our gracious favor the aforesaid Earl and Blanche, have 
 granted and by this our charter have confirmed to the 
 aforesaid Earl, that he and his heirs of his body and the 
 body of the aforesaid Blanche, lawfully begotten, for ever 
 may have the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and Return of 
 all pleas of withernam, as well in the lands and fees which pieas of 
 the same Earl and Blanche now hold of the aforesaid pur- 
 party of the same Blanche, as in the lands and fees which 
 were of the aforesaid Matilda, and which the same Earl, 
 and Blanche as sister and heir of the same Matilda, now 
 hold of the inheritance aforesaid, and also in the lands and 
 fees of the same inheritance which are hereafter to remain 
 or revert to the same Earl and Blanche, when they shall 
 come into their hands ; and also all fines and amercements Fines and 
 of all their men and tenants wheresoever the same men and mSnts!" 
 tenants shall happen to make fine or be amerced in the 
 courts of us and our heirs ; and also all the chattels of all 
 their men and tenants, being felons and fugitives and per- 
 sons condemned. Wherefore we will and strictly command 
 for us and our heirs, that the aforesaid Earl and his heirs 
 aforesaid for ever shall have the return of all writs of us 
 and our heirs, and all pleas of withernam in their lands and 
 fees aforesaid; and all fines and amercements of all their 
 men and tenants aforesaid, wheresoever the same men and 
 tenants shall happen to make fine or be amerced in the 
 courts of us and our heirs ; and also all the chattels of their 
 
 Chattels of 
 felons. 
 
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 Johanni Regi Castellse et Legionis Duci Lancastrise, filio 
 ipsius avi nostri, per nomen Johannis Ducis Lancastriae, 
 et Blanchise nuper uxori ejus in hsec verba: Ebwardus 
 Dei gratia Rex Anglise, Dominus Hibernlse et Aquita- 
 niae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, ducibus, abbatibus, pri- 
 oribus, comitibus, baronibus, justitiariis, vicecomitibus, 
 praepositis, ministris, et omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis, 
 salutem. Sciatis quod cum nos nuper septimo die Maii 
 anno regni nostri sexto decimo per cartam nostram con- 
 cesserimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris Henrico tunc 
 Comiti Lancastriae quod ipse et haeredes sui de corpore suo 
 procreati et omnes homines sui imperpetuum essent quieti 
 de pavagio passagio paagio lastagio stallagio tallagio cari- 
 agio pesagio piccagio et terragio per totum regnum et 
 potestatem nostram ; et quod idem Comes et haeredes sui 
 praedicti imperpetuum haberent retorna omnium brevium 
 nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum ac summonitionum de 
 scaccario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, et attachiamen- 
 ta tam de placitis coronae quam de ahis quibuscunque in 
 omnibus terris et feodis suis; ita quod nullus vicecomes 
 vel alius ballivus sen minister noster vel haeredum nostro- 
 rum terras seu feoda ilia ingrederetur ad executiones eorun- 
 dem brevium et summonitionum, seu ad attachiamenta 
 de placitis coronae vel aliis praedictis aut aliquod aliud ofE- 
 cium ibidem faciendum, nisi in defectum ipsius Comitis et 
 haeredum suorum praedictorum ac ballivorum et ministro- 
 rum suorum in terris et feodis suis praedictis. Et quod 
 haberent catalla hominum et tenentium suorum felonum 
 et fugitivorum; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenentium 
 suorum pro delicto suo vitam vel membrum deberet amit- 
 tere vel fugeret et judicio stare nollet vel aliud quodcum- 
 que delictum faceret pro quo catalla sua deberet perdere, ubi- 
 cunque justitia de eo fieret, sive in curia nostra vel haere- 
 
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 men and tenants, being felons and fugitives and persons 
 condemned, as is aforesaid, and in the same manner in 
 which Henry late Earl of Lancaster, father of the afore- 
 said Duke, or the same Duke, to whom we granted by our 
 charters successively to have the like liberties in their lands 
 and fees, had the same liberties and was accustomed reason- 
 ably to use them. These being witnesses, Simon Arch- 
 bishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England; William 
 Bishop of Winchester, our Chancellor; Simon Bishop of 
 Ely, our Treasurer; Edward Prince of Wales, our most 
 dear eldest son ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; Thomas Earl 
 of Warwick ; and William Earl of Salisbury, and others. 
 Given under our hand at Westminster on the twelfth day 
 of May, in the thirty-sixth year of our reign. WE have in- 
 spected also a certain charter of ours made in these words : 
 RICHARD, by the grace of God, King of England and 15th sept. 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present let- a.d. 137V. 
 ters shall come, greeting. We have inspected a certain 
 charter of our most dear Lord and grandfather Lord Ed- 
 ward, late King of England, deceased, lately made to [our 
 dearest uncle] John King of Castillo and Leon, Duke of Lan- 
 caster, son of our same grandfather, by name of John Duke 
 of Lancaster, and to Blanche, late his wife, in these words : 
 Edward, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord i4thjuiv. 
 
 .... I . 1 1 • 1 1 . 1 38 Edw. 3. 
 
 of Ireland and Aquitame, to his archbishops, bishops, a.d. i364. 
 dukes, abbots, priors, earls, barons, justices, sheriiFs, reeves, 
 ministers, and all his bailiffs and faithful people, greeting. 
 Know ye, that whereas we did lately, on the seventh day Recital of 
 of May, in the sixteenth year of our reign, grant by our n^uly! 
 charter, for us and our heirs, to Henry then Earl of Lan- to Henry 
 caster, that he and his heirs ot his body begotten, and caster. 
 all his men for ever, should be quit of paviage, passage, 
 payage, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, picage, 
 
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 dum nostrorum sive in alia curia, ipsa catalla essent ipsius 
 Comitis et haeredum suorum prsedictorum, et quod liceret 
 eis vel ministris suis sine impedimento nostri vel haeredum 
 nostrorum vicecomitum aut [aliorum] ballivorum seu mi« 
 nistrorum nostrorum quorumcunque ponere se in seisi- 
 nam de catallis prsedictis et ea ad usum ipsius Comitis et 
 haeredum suorum praedictorum retinere. Et etiam quod 
 haberent imperpetuum omnes fines pro transgressionibus 
 et aliis delictis quibuscunque et fines pro licentia concor- 
 dandi, et omnia amerciamenta redemptiones et exitus 
 forisfactos; ac forisfacturas, annum diem vastum et 
 streppum, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes nostros per- 
 tinere possent de hujusmodi anno die vasto et murdris 
 de omnibus hominibus et tenentibus de terris et feodis 
 suis quibuscunque in quibuscunque curiis nostris et haere- 
 dum nostrorum homines et tenentes illos, tam coram nobis 
 et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, et coram thesaurario et baronibus nostris et 
 haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, et coram justitiariis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, et coram senes- 
 callo et marescalUs seu clerico mercati hospitii nostri et 
 haeredum nostrorum, ac aUis curiis nostris et haeredum 
 nostrorum, quam coram justitiariis itinerantibus ad com- 
 munia placita et ad placita forestae et quibuscunque aliis 
 justitiariis et ministris nostris et haeredum nostrorum, tam 
 in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam in ab- 
 sentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, fines facere vel 
 amerciari, exitus forisfacere, annum diem et vastum seu 
 forisfacturas et murdra adjudicari contingeret; quae fines, 
 amerciamenta, redemptiones, exitus, annus dies vastum 
 sive streppum, forisfacturae et murdra, ad nos vel haere- 
 des nostros pertinere possent, si praefato Comiti et hae- 
 redibus suis praedictis concessa non fuissent. Ita quod 
 
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 and groundage throughout all our realm and dominions; 
 and that the same Earl and his heirs aforesaid for ever 
 should have the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and 
 summons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, and the 
 attachment as well of pleats of the crown as of other pleas 
 whatsoever in all their lands and fees ; so that no sheriff or 
 other baiUff or minister of us or our heirs should enter 
 those lands or fees to execute the same writs and summons, 
 or to make attachment of the pleas of the crown or other 
 pleas aforesaid, or to do any other oflBce there, unless in 
 default of the same Earl and his heirs aforesaid, and their 
 baiUffs and ministers in their lands and fees aforesaid. 
 And that they should have the chattels of their men and 
 tenants being felons and fugitives; so that if any one of 
 their men or tenants ought to lose life or limb for his 
 offence, or should flee and be unwilling to stand his 
 trial, or commit any other offence for the which he 
 ought to lose his chattels, wheresoever justice should 
 be had of him, whether in the court of us or our heirs, 
 or in any other court, such chattels should belong to the 
 same Earl and his heirs aforesaid, and that it should be 
 lawful for them or their ministers, without hinderance of 
 us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs or [other] bailiffs or mi- 
 nisters whomsoever, to put themselves in seizin of the 
 chattels aforesaid, and to retain them to the use of the 
 same Earl and his heirs aforesaid. And also that they 
 should have for ever all fines for trespasses and other 
 offences whatsoever, and fines for licence to agree, and 
 all amercements, ransoms, and forfeited issues and for- 
 feitures, year, day, waste, and estrepement, and all things 
 which could pertain to us and our heirs of the like year, 
 day, and waste, and murders, in respect of all the men and 
 tenants of their lands and fees whatsoever, in any soever 
 
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 idem Comes et hseredes sui praedicti, per se vel per balli- 
 vos et ministros suos, fines, amerciamenta, redemptiones, 
 exitus, et forisfacturas hujusmodi hominum et tenen- 
 tium suorum praedictorum, et omnia quae ad nos et haere- 
 des nostros pertinere possent de anno die et vasto sive 
 streppo et murdro praedictis, levare percipere et habere 
 possent, — sine occasione vel impediment© nostri aut haere- 
 dum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, 
 coronatorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nos- 
 trorum quorumcunque. Quam quidem cartam post mor- 
 tem ipsius Comitis Henricus filius et haeres ejusdem 
 Comitis, cui omnia terrae et tenementa quae fuerunt ipsius 
 Comitis jure [haereditario] descendebant, nobis ex certis 
 causis reddidit cancellandam, et ea de causa carta ilia 
 cancellatur sicut per inspectionem rotulorum cancellariae 
 nostrae nobis constat. Nos advertentes ea quae sic in feodo 
 talliato praefato Comiti et haeredibus de corpore suo procre- 
 atis per nos concessa fuerunt, et de quibus praedictus Comes 
 virtute concessionis nostrae praedictae fuit seisitus in domi- 
 nico suo ut de feodo die quo obiit, per redditionem cartas 
 praedictae nobis per praedictum Henricum filium Henrici 
 sic factam, aut per quodcunque aliud factum ejusdem Hen- 
 rici filii, in praejudicium et exhaeredationem haeredum suo- 
 rum de corpore suo exeuntium, secundum legem et consue- 
 tudinem regni nostri adnullari non posse, sed in suo robore 
 permanere debere, ac volentes ea consideratione carissimo 
 filio nostro Johanni nunc Duci Lancastriae qui Blanchiam, 
 filiam et haeredem praedicti Henrici filii Henrici postmodum 
 Ducis Lancastriae, duxit in uxorem, et eidem Blanchiae, 
 qui quidem Johannes et Blanchia omnia terras et tene- 
 menta, quae fuerunt tam praedicti Henrici patris quam 
 praefati Henrici filii jure haereditario, ut in jure praedictae 
 Blanchiae de corpore praedicti Henrici filii Henrici pro- 
 
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 of the courts of us and our heirs, where such men and 
 tenants should happen to make fine, or be amerced or 
 forfeit issues, or such year, day, and waste, or forfeitures 
 and murders happen to be adjudged, as well before us 
 and our heirs, and in the chancery of us and our heirs, 
 and before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer 
 of us and our heirs, and before the justices of the bench 
 of us and our heirs, and before the steward and marshals 
 or the clerk of the market of the household of us and 
 our heirs, and in other the courts of us and our heirs, 
 as before the justices in eyre, to hold common pleas and 
 pleas of the forest, and before all other justices and mi- 
 nisters of us and our heirs whomsoever, as well in pre- 
 sence of us and our heirs as in absence of us and our 
 heirs ; which fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, year, 
 day, waste, or estrepement, forfeitures, and murders, 
 would have pertained to us or our heirs, if they had 
 not been granted to the aforesaid Earl and his heirs 
 aforesaid. So that the same Earl and his heirs afore- 
 said, by themselves or by their bailiff's and ministers, 
 might levy, perceive, and have the fines, amercements, 
 ransoms, issues, and forfeitures of such their men and 
 tenants aforesaid, and all things which could pertain to 
 us and our heirs of the year, day, and waste or estrepe- • 
 ment, and murders aforesaid,— without let or hinderance 
 of us or our heirs, or of our justices, escheators, sheriff's, 
 coroners, or other our bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. 
 Which said charter, after the death of the aforesaid Earl, surrender 
 Henry, son and heir of the same Earl (to whom all the the^onaid 
 lands and tenements which were of the same Earl did by [he- grantee, 
 reditary] right descend), for certain causes surrendered unto 
 us to be cancelled, and therefore the charter is cancelled, as 
 to us appears by inspection of the^rolls of our chancery. 
 
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 creatOB, jam tenent, gratiam facere specialem, dictam con- 
 cessionem nostram praefato Henrico Comiti, ut prsemittitur, 
 factam, praefatis Johanni nunc Duci Lancastrise et Blanchiae 
 uxori ejus duximus innovandam, et concessimus et hac 
 carta nostra confirmavimus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, 
 eisdem Johanni Duci et Blanchiae quod ipsi et haeredes 
 sui de corporibus ipsorum Johannis et Blanchiae procreati 
 et omnes homines sui de terris et feodis quae fuerunt 
 praedicti Henrici patris dicto septimo die Maii imperpetuum 
 sint quieti de pavagio, passagio, paagio, lastagio, stallagio, 
 tallagio, cariagio, pesagio, piccagio, et terragio per totum 
 regnum et potestatem nostram ; et etiam quod iidem Dux et 
 Blanchia et haeredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant 
 retorna omnium brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, 
 ac summonitionum de scaccario nostro et haeredum nos- 
 trorum, et attachiamenta tam de placitis coronae quam de 
 aliis quibuscunque in omnibus terris et feodis praedictis; 
 ita quod nullus vicecomes vel alius ballivus sen minister 
 noster vel haeredum nostrorum terras seu feoda ilia in- 
 grediatur ad executiones eorundem brevium et sum- 
 monitionum, seu ad attachiamenta de placitis coronae 
 vel aliis praedictis aut aliquod aliud officium ibidem 
 faciendum, nisi in defectum ipsorum Ducis et Blanchiae 
 et haeredum suorum praedictorum ac ballivorum et minis- 
 trorum suorum in terris et feodis suis praedictis. Et etiam 
 quod habeant catalla hominum et tenentium suorum fe- 
 lonum et fugitivorum ; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenen- 
 tium suorum pro delicto suo vitam vel membrum debeat 
 amittere vel fugerit et judicio stare noluerit vel aliud 
 quodcunque delictum fecerit pro quo catalla sua debeat 
 perdere, ubicunque justitia de eo fieri debeat sive in 
 curia nostra vel haeredum nostrorum sive in alia curia, 
 ipsa catalla sint ipsorum Ducis et Blanchiae et haeredum 
 
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 We, taking into consideration that those things which The grant in 
 had been so granted by us in fee-tail to the aforesaid Earl notiegaiiy 
 
 . be annulled. 
 
 and the heirs of his body begotten, and whereof the afore- 
 said Earl by virtue of our grant aforesaid was seised in 
 his demesne as of fee on the day of his death, could not 
 by any surrender of the charter aforesaid to us so made 
 by the aforesaid Henry the son of Henry, nor by any 
 other act of the same Henry the son, in prejudice and 
 disherison of his heirs of his body issuing, be annulled 
 according to the law and custom of our realm, but ought 
 to remain in their full force, and being willing, with that 
 consideration, to shew especial favor to our most dear son 
 John now Duke of Lancaster (who took to wife Blanche, 
 daughter and heir of the aforesaid Henry son of Henry, 
 afterwards Duke of Lancaster), and to the same Blanche, 
 which same John and Blanche now hold by hereditary 
 right, as in right of the aforesaid Blanche, begotten of 
 the body of the aforesaid Henry son of Henry, all the 
 lands and tenements which were as well of the aforesaid 
 Henry the father, as of the aforesaid Henry the son, have Renewed in 
 
 •' ^ •' ^ favor of John 
 
 thought fit to renew our said grant, made as is premised J^'^^fj/ej. 
 to the aforesaid Earl Henry, unto the aforesaid John now S^ffe?'''*^ 
 Duke of Lancaster and Blanche his wife; and we have hei?oVHen"ry 
 granted, and by this our charter have confirmed, for us Duke. 
 and our heirs, to the same Duke John and Blanche, that 
 they and their heirs of the bodies of the same John and 
 Blanche begotten, and all their men of the lands and fees 
 which were of the aforesaid Henry the father on the said 
 seventh day of May, may be for ever quit of paviage, pas- ^fXii"*&c* 
 sage, pay age, lastage, stallage, tallage, carriage, pesage, 
 picage, and groundage throughout all our realm and domi- 
 nion ; and also that the same Duke and Blanche, and their 
 heirs aforesaid for ever, may have the return of all writs of 
 
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 sudrum prsedictorum, et quod liceat eis seu ministris suis 
 sine impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum vicecomi- 
 tum aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum quo- 
 rumcunque ponere se in seisinam de catallis prsedictis et ea 
 ad usum ipsorum Ducis et Blanchise et haeredum suorum 
 praedictorum re tin ere. Et etiam quod habeant imperpe- 
 tuum omnes fines pro transgressionibus et aliis delictis qui- 
 buscunque et etiam fines pro licentia concordandi, ac omnia 
 amerciamenta redemptiones et exitus forisfactos, ac foris- 
 facturas, annum diem et vastum et streppum, et omnia quae 
 ad nos et haeredes uostros pertinere poterunt de hujusmodi 
 anno die et vasto et murdris de omnibus hominibus et te- 
 nentibus de dictis terris et feodis quae fuerunt dicti Hen- 
 rici patris dicto septimo die Maii, in quibuscunque curiis 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum homines et tenentes illos, 
 tam coram nobis et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria 
 nostra et haeredum nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et 
 baronibus nostris et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, et 
 coram justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, 
 ac coram senescallo et marescaUis seu clerico mercati 
 hospitii nostri et haeredum nostrorum, qui pro tempore 
 fuerint, et ahis curiis nostris et haeredum nostrorum, 
 quam coram justitiariis itinerantibus ad communia pla- 
 cita et ad placita forestae et quibuscunque aliis jus- 
 titiariis et ministris nostris et haeredum nostrorum, 
 tam in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam 
 in absentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, fines facere vel 
 amerciari, exitus forisfacere, annum diem et vastum seu 
 forisfacturas et murdra adjudicari contigerit; quae fines, 
 amerciamenta, redemptiones, exitus, annus dies vastum 
 sive streppum, forisfacturae et murdra, ad nos vel haeredes 
 nostros possent pertinere, si praefatis Duci et Blanchiae et 
 haeredibus suis praedictis concessa non fuissent. Ita quod 
 
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 us and our heirs, and summons of the exchequer of us and Return of 
 our heirs, and the attachment as well of pleas of the crown summons of 
 
 , the exche- 
 
 as of other pleas whatsoever in all the lands and fees afore- quer. 
 said; so that no sheriff, or other bailiff or minister of us otpieasof 
 
 , 1 1 1 /• *^® crown. 
 
 or our heirs, may enter those lands or fees, to execute 
 
 the same writs and summons, or to make attachment of 
 
 the pleas of the crown or other pleas aforesaid, or to do 
 
 any other office there, unless in default of the same Duke 
 
 and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid, and their bailiffs 
 
 and ministers in their lands and fees aforesaid. And also chattels of 
 
 that they may have the chattels of their men and tenants 
 
 being felons and fugitives; so that if any one of their 
 
 men or tenants ought to lose life or limb for his offence, 
 
 or should flee and be unwilling to stand his trial, or 
 
 commit any other offence for the which he ought to 
 
 lose his chattels, wheresoever justice should be had of 
 
 him, whether in the court of us or our heirs, or in any 
 
 other court, such chattels shall belong to the same Duke 
 
 and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. And that it shall 
 
 be lawful for them or their ministers, without hinderance 
 
 of us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs, or other bailiffs or 
 
 ministers whomsoever, to put themselves in seizin of the 
 
 chattels aforesaid, and retain them to the use of the same 
 
 Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. And also Fines and 
 
 that they may have for ever all fines for trespasses and ments, for- 
 
 •> '' ^ ^ feited issues, 
 
 other offences whatsoever, and also the fines for licence forfeitures, 
 
 ' ^ &c. 
 
 to agree, and all amercements, ransoms, and forfeited 
 issues and forfeitures, year, day, and waste, and estrepe- 
 ment, and all things which can pertain to us and our 
 heirs, of the like year, day, and waste, and murders, in 
 respect of all the men and tenants of the said lands and 
 fees, which were of the said Henry the father on the 
 said seventh day of May, in any soever of the courts of 
 
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 iidera Dux et Blanchia et haeredes sui prsedicti, per se vel 
 per ballivos et ministros suos, fines, amerciamenta, redemp- 
 tiones, exitus, et forisfacturas hujusmodi hominum et 
 tenentium suorum praedictorum, et omnia quae ad nos et 
 haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto sive 
 streppo et murdris praedictis, levare percipere et habere 
 possint, — sine occasione vel impedimento nostri vel haere- 
 dum nostrorum, justitiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum, 
 coronatorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nos- 
 trorum quorumcunque. Quare volumus et firmiter prse- 
 cipimus pro nobis et haeredibus nostris quod praefati Dux 
 et Blanchia et haeredes sui praedicti imperpetuum habeant 
 omnes libertates praedictas sicut praedietum est, et eis et 
 earum qualibet decaetero plene gaudeant et utantur, reddi- 
 tione seu cancellatione cartae praedictae non obstante. Ita 
 quod si praedicti Dux et Blanchia sine haerede de cor- 
 poribus suis exeunte obierint, tunc omnes et singulae 
 libertates praedictae, post mortem ipsorum Ducis et 
 Blanchiae ad nos et haeredes nostros integre rever- 
 tantur. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus patribus, Simone 
 Eliensi Cancellario, Johanne Bathoniensi et Wellensi The- 
 saurario, nostris, Episcopis, Leonello Duce Clarenciae filio 
 nostro carissimo, Humfrido de Bohun Herefordiae, Ricardo 
 Arundelliae, Comitibus, Edwardo le Despenser Domino de 
 Glamorgan et Morgannowe, Guidone de Bryan, Johanne 
 atte Lee Senescallo hospitii nostri, et aliis. Data per 
 manum nostram apud Westmonasterium quartodecimo die 
 Julii, anno regni nostri tricesimo octavo. NOS autem 
 cartam supradictam ac omnes donationes concessiones et 
 omnia alia in eadem contenta pro nobis et haeredibus nos- 
 tris tenore praesentium ratificamus et confirmamus, juxta 
 tenorem et efFectum cartae supradictae. In cujus rei tes- 
 timonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste 
 
SOI 
 
 us and our heirs, where such men and tenants shall 
 happen to make fine, or be amerced, or forfeit issues, 
 or such year, day, and waste, or forfeitures and murders, 
 happen to be adjudged, as well before us and our heirs, 
 and in the chancery of us and our heirs, and before the 
 treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, 
 and before the justices of the bench of us and our heirs, and 
 before the steward and marshals, or the clerk of the market 
 of the household of us and our heirs for the time being, 
 and in other the courts of us and our heirs, as before 
 the justices in eyre, to hold common pleas and pleas of 
 the forest, and before all other justices and ministers of 
 us and our heirs whomsoever, as well in presence of us 
 and our heirs as in absence of us and our heirs; which 
 fines, amercements, ransoms, issues, year, day, waste, or 
 estrepement, forfeitures, and murders, would pertain to 
 us or our heirs, if they had not been granted to the 
 aforesaid Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid. 
 So that the same Duke and Blanche, and their heirs afore- 
 said, by themselves or by their bailiffs and ministers, may 
 levy, perceive, and have the fines, amercements, ransoms, 
 issues, and forfeitures of such their men and tenants afore- 
 said, and all things which can pertain to us and our heirs 
 of the year, day, and waste, or estrepement and murders 
 aforesaid, — without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or 
 of our justices, escheators, sheriffs, coroners, or other our 
 bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. Wherefore we will and 
 strictly command for us and our heirs, that the aforesaid 
 Duke and Blanche, and their heirs aforesaid, shall have 
 all the liberties aforesaid for ever, as is aforesaid, and 
 shall henceforth fully enjoy and use them and every of 
 them, notwithstanding the surrender or cancelling of the 
 charter aforesaid. So that if the aforesaid Duke and 
 
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 me ipso apud Westmonasterium quartodecimo die Septem- 
 bris anno regni nostri primo. INSPEXIMUS insuper 
 quandam aliam cartam nostram factam in hsec verba: 
 RICARDUS Dei gratia Rex Anglise et Francise et Do- 
 minus Hiberniae omnibus ad quos prsesentes literae perve- 
 nerint salutem. Inspeximus quandam cartam indentatam 
 nuper factam inter carissimum dominum et avum nostrum 
 Dominum Edwardum Regem Anglise defunctum et caris- 
 simum filium suum Johannem Regem Castellae et Le- 
 gionis Ducem Lancastrise, avunculum nostrum, et sub 
 magno sigillo prsedicti avi nostri sigillatam, in haec verba : 
 H^c carta indentata facta inter magnificum principem 
 Dominum Edwardum Regem Anglia3 et Franciae et caris- 
 simum filium suum Johannem Regem Castellae et Legionis 
 et Ducem Lancastriae illustrem testatur quod cum idem 
 Dominus Rex Angliae prsefatum Johannem nunc Regem 
 Castellae in Comitem Richemondiae praefecerit, et comita- 
 tum Richemondiae ac honorem castra maneria terras tene- 
 menta et omnia alia loca ad dictum comitatum pertinentia 
 quae Johannes nuper Dux Britannise et Comes loci praedicti 
 habuit ibidem, praefato Johanni Regi Castellae per nomen 
 Comitis Richemondiae, habenda et tenenda sibi et haere- 
 dibus de corpore suo exeuntibus dederit et concesserit 
 per cartam suam, prout in carta praedicta plane liquet: 
 Jamque dictus Johannes Rex Castellae, cum praelatis pro- 
 ceribus comitibus magnatibus nobilibus et sapientibus de 
 concilio regio existentibus praehabitis super hoc diversis 
 tractatibus, perpendens et advertens quod si comitatus 
 honor castra maneria terrse tenementa et loca praedicta 
 in se et solium regium, a quo prius exiverant, transfer 
 rentur, in ipsius Regis AngUae et totius regni Anghae 
 commodum tenderet, quietem pariter et honorem. Et 
 praeterea dictus Johannes Rex Castellae, sicut gratus 
 
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 Blanche shall die without heir of their bodies issuing, 
 then all and every the liberties aforesaid, after the death 
 of the same Duke and Blanche, shall entirely revert to 
 us and our heirs. These being witnesses, the venerable 
 fathers, Simon Bishop of Ely, our Chancellor; John 
 Bishop of Bath and Wells, our Treasurer ; our most dear 
 son Lionel Duke of Clarence ; Humphrey de Bohun, Earl 
 of Hereford ; Richard Earl of Arundel ; Edward le De- 
 spenser. Lord of Glamorgan and Morgannowe; Guy de 
 Brian; John atte Lee, Steward of our household, and 
 others. Given under our hand at Westminster, on the 
 fourteenth day of July, in the thirty-eighth year of our 
 reign. AND we the charter abovesaid, and all the dona- 
 tions, grants, and all other things therein contained, do 
 for us and our heirs, by the tenor of these presents, ra- 
 tify and confirm according to the tenor and effect of the 
 charter abovesaid. In witness whereof we have caused 
 these our letters to be made patent. Witness ourself at 
 Westminster, on the 14th [? fifteenth] day of September, in 
 the first year of our reign. WE have inspected, more- 
 over, a certain other charter of ours made in these words : 
 RICHARD, by the grace of God, King of England and 15th sept. 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to all to whom the present a.d. 1377. 
 letters shall come, greeting. We have inspected a certain 
 Charter indented, lately made between our most dear Lord 
 and grandfather. Lord Edward late King of England, de- 
 ceased, and his most dear son John King of Castillo and 
 Leon, Duke of Lancaster, our uncle, and sealed under the 
 great seal of our aforesaid grandfather, in these words: 
 This Charter indented, made between the high and 25th June, 
 
 ° 46 Edw. 3. 
 
 mighty prince. Lord Edward King of England and France, ^.d. 1372. 
 and his most dear son John, the illustrious King of Cas- 
 tillo and Leon and Duke of Lancaster, witnesseth, that, 
 
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 filius, patris sui beneplacita, honorem et commodum regni 
 Anglise, suis propriis utilitatibus anteponens, pura et 
 spontanea voluntate sua, causis et oceasionibus antedictis, 
 specialiter acquievit et concessit quod comitatus honor 
 castra maneria terrse tenementa et loca prsedicta, necnon 
 feoda militum ad eadem comitatum honorem castra ma- 
 neria terras tenementa et loca praedicta pertinentia, et 
 similiter advocationes eisdem spectantes simul cum mem- 
 bris hamelettis pratis pascuis pasturis piscariis moris maris- 
 cis turbariis chaciis parcis boscis warennis hundredis wapen- 
 tachiis feriis mercatis libertatibus liberis consuetudinibus 
 escaetis et omnibus aliis ad praedicta comitatum honorem 
 castra maneria terras tenementa et loca praedicta qualiter- 
 cunque et ubicunque spectantibus sive pertinentibus, prae- 
 fato patri suo traderentur ; unde praedictus Dominus Rex 
 Angliae gratitudinem praedictam multis attollens laudibus, et 
 volens proinde praefato Johanni Regi Castellae, et in status 
 sui supportationem majorem, retributionem sibi facere com- 
 petentem, castrum manerium et honorem de TickhuU, cas- 
 trum et manerium de Alto Pecco, cum feodis militum eisdem 
 castris maneriis et honori pertinentibus sive spectantibus, et 
 omnia feoda quae dictus Dominus Rex Angliae habuit ex 
 dono et concessione Roberti de Lisle militis (feodis quae in 
 manu ipsius Domini Regis Angliae sunt extincta dum- 
 taxat exceptis) necnon advocationes ecclesiarum de Steyn- 
 drop et Braunspath in episcopatu Dunolmensi, et libera- 
 rum capellarum de Tickhull et de Alto Pecco, ac ecclesiae 
 de Marsfeld, liberae capellae ibidem, liberae capellae infra 
 castrum de Pevenese, prioratus de Wilmingdon, qui est 
 cella abbatiae Sanctae Mariae de Greston in Normannia, 
 et prioratus de Withiham, qui est cella abbatiae Sancti 
 Martini de Meremest Turon*, et domus Sancti Roberti 
 de Knaresburgh ; castrum manerium et honorem de Knares- 
 
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 whereas the same Lord the King of England did advance Estates 
 the aforesaid John, now King of Castille, to be Earl of DukeofLan- 
 
 . caster in ex- 
 
 Richmond, and by his charter did give and errant unto the change for 
 
 ' •' . ^^^ earldom 
 
 aforesaid John King of Castille, by the name of Earl of ^^^^' 
 Richmond, the earldom of Richmond, and the honor, cas- 
 tles, manors, lands, tenements, and all other places to the 
 said earldom pertaining, which John late Duke of Brit- 
 tany and Earl of the aforesaid place had there, to have 
 and hold to him and the heirs of his body issuing, as in 
 the charter aforesaid plainly doth appear : And now the 
 said John King of Castille, divers treaties hereupon being 
 had with the prelates, peers, earls, grandees, nobles, and 
 sages of the royal council, well weighing and consider- 
 ing, that, if the earldom, honor, castles, manors, lands, 
 tenements, and places aforesaid were to be transferred 
 to him and the royal throne, whence they had first 
 issued, it would tend not less to the advantage of the 
 said King of England, and the whole realm of England, 
 than to the quiet and honor of the same. And besides 
 the said John King of Castille, like a grateful son, pre- 
 ferring his father's pleasure, and the honor and con- 
 venience of the kingdom^ of England, to his own private 
 advantage, of his own pure will and free accord, for the 
 causes and reasons aforesaid, hath especially acquiesced 
 and granted that the earldom, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, and places aforesaid, and also the 
 knights' fees pertaining to the same earldom, honor, 
 castles, manors, lands, tenements, and places aforesaid, 
 and in like manner the advowsons belonging to the same, 
 together with the members, hamlets, meadows, feedings, 
 pastures, fisheries, moors, marshes, turbaries, chases, parks, 
 woods, warrens, hundreds, wapentakes, fairs, markets, li- 
 berties, free customs, escheats, and all other things to the 
 
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 burgh cum pertinentiis, et hundredum sive wapentachium 
 de Staynclif, cum pertinentiis in comitatu Eboraci, ma- 
 neria de Grynglay et Whetelay, cum pertinentiis in co- 
 mitatu Notinghamiae, maneria de Wygbton, Ailesham, Fa- 
 kenhamdam, et Snetesham ; necnon hundreda de North- 
 grenehowe, Northerpingham, Sutherpingham, et Smethe- 
 don, cum pertinentiis in comitatibus Norfolcise et SuiFolcise, 
 maneria de Glatton et Holm, cum pertinentiis in comitatu 
 Huntingdonise, manerium de Sahara, cum pertinentiis in 
 comitatu Cantabrigise, castrum et leucatam de Pevenese 
 ac maneria de Wilyndon et Marsfeld, necnon baUivam de 
 Endelenewyk, cum pertinentiis in comitatu Sussexise, et 
 liberam chaciam de Alto Pecco, quara dictus Dominus 
 Rex Angliae tenuit in manu sua ut forestam, tenendam ut 
 liberam chaciam, ac liberam chaciam de Asshedon, cum 
 juribus et libertatibus liberis chaciis pertinentibus ; et 
 annuam firmam ducentarum marcarum quam abbas et 
 conventus beatse Mariae Eborum eidem Domino Regi 
 Angliae et hasredibus suis pro manerio de Whitegift sol- 
 vere tenentur, percipiendam per manus dictorum abbatis 
 et conventus et successorum suorum, dedit et concessit 
 pro se et haeredibus suis praefato Johanni Regi Castellae, 
 habenda sibi et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus una 
 cum membris hamelettis pratis pascuis pasturis piscariis 
 moris mariscis turbariis chaciis parcis boscis warennis 
 hundredis wapentachiis feriis mercatis libertatibus li- 
 beris consuetudinibus escaetis et omnibus aliis ad prag- 
 dicta castra maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam 
 et chacias qualitercunque et ubicunque spectantibus sive 
 pertinentibus de praefato Domino Rege Angliae et hasre- 
 dibus suis per servitia inde debita et consueta imperpe- 
 tuum in escambium pro dictis comitatu Richemondiae et 
 honore castris maneriis terris tenementis locis feodis et ad- 
 
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 aforesaid earldom, honor, castles, manors, lands, tenements, 
 and places aforesaid howsoever and wheresoever belong- 
 ing or pertaining, shall be given up to his aforesaid father ; 
 whereupon the aforesaid Lord the King of England, ex- 
 tolling with many praises the gratitude aforesaid, and 
 being willing therefore to make competent retribution 
 to him the aforesaid John King of Castille, and for the 
 better support of his station, hath given and granted 
 for himself and his heirs unto the aforesaid John King 
 of Castille the castle, manor, and honor of Tickhill, the 
 castle and manor of the High Peak, with the knights* 
 fees to the same castles, manors, and honor pertaining 
 or belonging, and all the fees which the said Lord the 
 King of England had by the gift and grant of Sir Robert 
 de Lisle, knight, (excepting only those fees which are 
 extinct in the hands of the said Lord the King of Eng- 
 land,) and also the advowsons of the churches of Stain- 
 drop and Brancepeth in the bishopric of Durham, and 
 of the free chapels of Tickhill and High Peak, and of 
 the church of Maresfield and free chapel there, of the 
 free chapel within Pevensey castle, of the priory of Wil- 
 mingdon, which is a cell of the abbey of St. Mary de 
 Greston in Normandy, and of the priory of Withiham, 
 which is a cell of the abbey of St. Martin de Meremest 
 in Tourain, and of the house of St. Robert of Knares- 
 boro' ; — the castle, manor, and honor of Knaresboro', with 
 appurtenances ; and the hundred or wapentake of Stain- 
 clifF, with appurtenances, in the county of York ; — the 
 manors of Gringley and Wheatley, with appurtenances, in 
 the county of Nottingham ; — the manors of Wighton, Ayls- 
 ham, Fakenham, and Snettisham, and also the hundreds of 
 North Greenhoe, North Erpingham, South Erpingham, and 
 Smithdon, with appurtenances, in, the counties of Norfolk 
 
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 vocationibus prsedictis, quae idem Johannes Rex Castellae 
 per banc cartam indentatam dedit concessit et sursum red- 
 didit eidem Domino Regi Anglise et haeredibus suis im- 
 perpetuum in escambium pro castris maneriis honoribus 
 hundredis leucata balliva chaciis firma feodis et advo- 
 cationibus praedictis, sibi per ipsum Dominum Regem 
 Angliae, ut prsedicitur, datis et concessis, sub ea quae 
 sequitur conditione, quod si haeredes dicti Johannis Regis 
 Castellae recuperaverint per judicium inde rite redditum, 
 comitatum Richemondiae, honorem castra maneria terras 
 tenementa loca feoda et advocationes praedicta aut ali- 
 quam parcellam eorundem, virtute doni talliae supradicti, 
 et possessionem inde babuerint, recuperationem illam affir- 
 mando, liceat eidem Domino Regi [Angliae] et haeredibus suis 
 castra maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam cbacias 
 firmam feoda et advocationes praedicta, praefato Johanni 
 Regi Castellae sic in escambium praedictum data et con- 
 cessa, reintrare et tenere imperpetuum. Et si con tin- 
 gat praedicta castra maneria honores hundreda leuca- 
 tam ballivam chacias firmam feoda et advocationes aut 
 aliquam parcellam eorumdem praefato Johanni Regi Cas- 
 tellae in escambium praedictum sic data et concessa ab 
 eodem Johanne Rege [Castellae] sen haeredibus suis praedic- 
 tis recuperari, dictus Dominus Rex Angliae et haeredes sui 
 debitam recompensationem praefato Johanni Regi Castellae 
 et haeredibus suis praedictis, de valore, sine difficultate 
 qualibet facere teneantur. Dumtamen idem Johannes Rex 
 Castellae et haeredes sui praedicti a dicto Domino Rege 
 Angliae aut haeredibus suis auxilium petant, et debitam 
 diligentiam apponant circa salvationem de eo quod versus 
 eos peti contingat. Et etiam si comitatum Richemondiae 
 honorem castra maneria terras tenementa loca feoda et 
 advocationes praedicta aut aliquam parcellam eorumdem 
 
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 and Suffolk; — the manors of Glatton and Holm, with ap- 
 purtenances, in the county of Huntingdon; — the manor of 
 Soham, with appurtenances, in the county of Cambridge ; 
 — the castle and leucata of Pevensey, and the manors of 
 WiUingdon and Maresfield, and also the bailiwick of En- 
 delenewick, with appurtenances, in the county of Sussex ; 
 — and the free chase of the High Peak, which the said 
 Lord the King of England held in his hands as a forest, 
 to hold as a free chase ; — and the free chase of Ashdown, 
 with the rights and liberties to free chases pertaining; — 
 and the yearly farm of 200 marks which the abbot and 
 convent of St. Mary's at York are held to pay to the 
 same Lord the King of England and his heirs for the 
 manor of Whitegift, to be perceived by the hands of the 
 said abbot and convent, and their successors : — To have 
 to him and the heirs of his body issuing, together with the 
 members, hamlets, meadows, feedings, pastures, fisheries, 
 moors, marshes, turbaries, chases, parks, woods, warrens, 
 hundreds, wapentakes, fairs, markets, liberties, free cus- 
 toms, escheats, and all other things to the aforesaid castles, 
 manors, honors, hundreds, leucata, bailiwick, and chases 
 howsoever and wheresoever belonging or pertaining, of 
 the aforesaid Lord the King of England and his heirs, 
 by the services therefore due and accustomed for ever, in 
 exchange for the said earldom of Richmond, and the honor, 
 castles, manors, lands, tenements, places, fees and advow- 
 sons aforesaid, which the same John King of Castille by 
 this charter indented hath given, granted, and surrendered 
 to the same Lord the King of England and his heirs for 
 ever in exchange for the castles, manors, honors, hundreds, 
 leucata, bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and advowsons afore- 
 said, given and granted to him by the same Lord the King 
 of England as is aforesaid, — under the condition hereafter 
 
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 extra manus dicti Domini Regis Anglise seu hgeredum 
 suorum in feodo simplici aut talliato poni contingat, et 
 imposterum ad manus ejusdem Domini Regis Angliae vel 
 hseredum suorum, ex justa causa, in feodo devenerint, 
 tam idem Dominus Rex Anglise et haeredes sui castra 
 maneria honores hundreda leucatam ballivam chacias fir- 
 mam feoda et advocationes prsedicta prsefato Johanni Regi 
 Castellse et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus sic 
 data et concessa, quam prsefatus Johannes Rex Castellae 
 et hseredes sui praedicti dictum comitatum Richemondiae 
 ac honorem castra maneria terras tenementa loca feoda 
 et advocationes prsedicta dicto Domino Regi Angliae et 
 hseredibus suis in escambium praedictum ut praemittitur 
 data et concessa, pro integro seu pro rata rehabeant hinc 
 et inde, et restitutio exinde fiat, tenenda prout prius. Et 
 idem Dominus Rex Angliae et haeredes sui castra maneria 
 honores hundreda leucatam ballivam chacias firmam feoda 
 et advocationes praedicta, praefato Johanni Regi Castellae 
 et haeredibus de corpore suo exeuntibus per ipsum Do- 
 minum Regem Angliae data et concessa, praefato Johanni 
 Regi Castellae et haeredibus suis praedictis warantizabunt et 
 imperpetuum defendent, juxta vim et effectum escambii 
 et conditionum praedictorum. Et similiter idem Johannes 
 Rex [Castellae] et haeredes sui praedictum comitatum Riche- 
 mondiae, simul cum honore castris maneriis terris tenemen- 
 tis locis feodis et advocationibus praedictis, praedicto Domino 
 Regi Angliae et haeredibus suis contra omnes gentes waran- 
 tizabunt et imperpetuum defendent, juxta vim et effectum 
 escambii et conditionum praedictorum. In cujus rei tes- 
 timonium praedictae cartae indentatae tam sigillum dicti Do- 
 mini Regis Angliae quam sigillum dicti Johannis Regis Cas- 
 tellae alternatim sunt appensa. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus 
 patribus WiUielmo Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius An- 
 
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 following, — that if the heirs of the said John King of 
 Castillo shall recover by judgment thereupon rightfully 
 given the earldom of Richmond, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, or 
 any parcel thereof, by virtue of the aforesaid gift in tail, 
 and thereof have possession, affirming that recovery, it may 
 be lawful for the same Lord the King [of England] and his 
 heirs to re-enter and hold for ever the castles, manors, 
 honors, hundreds, leucata, bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and 
 advowsons aforesaid so given and granted to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castillo in exchange as aforesaid. And if 
 it happen that the aforesaid castles, manors, honors, hun- 
 dreds, leucata^ bailiwick, chases, farm, fees and advowsons, 
 or any parcel thereof, so given and granted to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castillo in exchange as aforesaid, be re- 
 covered from the same John King [of Castillo] or his heirs 
 aforesaid, the said Lord the King of England and his heirs 
 shall be held to make due compensation of the value to 
 the aforesaid John King of Castillo and his heirs aforesaid 
 without any difficulty. So however, that the same John 
 King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid pray aid of the 
 said Lord the King of England or his heirs, and apply 
 due diligence about the salvation of that which may 
 happen to be sued against them. And also if it happen 
 that the earldom of Richmond, honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, 
 or any parcel thereof, be put out of the hands of the 
 said Lord the King of England or his heirs in fee 
 simple or tail, and thereafter shall come by just cause 
 into the hands of the same Lord the King of England 
 or his heirs in fee, as well the same Lord the King of 
 England and his heirs, the castles, manors, honors, hun- 
 dreds, leucata, bailiwick, chases, farm, fees, and advowsons 
 
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 glise Primate, Simone Londinensi et Willielmo Wintoniensi, 
 Episcopis, Edmundo filio dicti Regis Angliae carissimo 
 Cantabrigise, Ricardo Arundellise, Humfrido de Bohun He- 
 refordise et Willielmo de Monte Acuto Sarum, Comitibus, 
 Henrico de Percy, Roberto de Thorp Cancellario, Ricardo 
 de Scrop Thesaurario, Willielmo Latymer Camerario, Jo- 
 hanne de Neville Senescallo hospitii prsedicti Domini Regis 
 Angliae, Johanne Knyvet, Willielmo de Fynchedene, Jo- 
 hanne Moubray, Thoma de Ingelby, Willielmo de Wy- 
 chyngham, Rogero de Meres et Johanne de Cavendissh, 
 eJQsdem Domini Regis Angliae justitiariis, et aliis. Data 
 apud Westmonasterium vicesimo quinto die Junii, anno 
 regni dicti Domini Regis Angliae, [Angliae] quadragesimo 
 sexto, regni vero sui Franciae tricesimo tertio. INSPEXI- 
 MUS etiam quandam aliam cartam praefati avi nostri 
 nuper factam praedicto avunculo nostro in haec verba: 
 Edw'ardus, Dei gratia Rex Angliae et Franciae, et Do- 
 minus Hiberniae, archiepiscopis, episcopis, abbatibus, pri- 
 oribus, ducibus, comitibus, baronibus, militibus, justiti- 
 ariis, vicecomitibus, praepositis, ballivis, ministris, et aliis 
 fidelibus suis, salutem. Sciatis quod cum nuper per cartam 
 nostram indentatam dederimus et concesserimus pro nobis 
 et haeredibus nostris quantum in nobis fuit carissimo filio 
 nostro Johanni Regi Castellae et Legionis, Duci Lancastriae, 
 castrum manerium et honorem de Tickhyll, ac alia terras 
 et tenementa in dicta carta nostra specificata cum perti- 
 nentiis ; habenda sibi et haeredibus de corpore suo exeun- 
 tibus in escambium pro comitatu Richemondiae, ac honore 
 castris maneriis terris tenementis et omnibus aliis locis ad 
 dictum comitatum pertinentibus nobis et haeredibus nostris 
 per praefatum filium nostrum datis concessis et sursum reddi- 
 tis, prout in carta nostra praedicta plenius continetur ; ac jam 
 praefatus filius noster nobis supplicaverit ut cum villa de 
 
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 aforesaid so given and granted to the aforesaid John 
 King of Castille and the heirs of his body issuing, as the 
 aforesaid John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid, the 
 said earldom of Richmond, and the honor, castles, manors, 
 lands, tenements, places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid 
 given and granted to the said Lord the King of England 
 and his heirs in exchange aforesaid, as is premised, may 
 have back on either side entirely or proportionately, 
 and restitution thereupon be made, to hold as before. 
 And the same Lord the King of England and his heirs, 
 the castles, manors, honors, hundreds, leucata, bailiwick, 
 chases, farm, fees and advowsons aforesaid given and 
 granted by the same Lord the King of England to the 
 aforesaid John King of Castille and the heirs of his body 
 issuing, will warrant and for ever defend to the aforesaid 
 John King of Castille and his heirs aforesaid, according 
 to the force and effect of the exchange and conditions 
 aforesaid. And in like manner the same John King [of 
 Castille] and his heirs, the aforesaid earldom of Richmond, 
 together with the honor, castles, manors, lands, tenements, 
 places, fees, and advowsons aforesaid, against all men will 
 warrant and for ever defend to the aforesaid Lord the 
 King of England and his heirs, according to the force 
 and effect of the exchange and conditions aforesaid. In 
 witness whereof, as well the seal of the said Lord the 
 King of England, as the seal of the said John King of 
 Castille, alternately are set to the aforesaid charter in- 
 dented. These being witnesses, the venerable fathers, 
 William Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all Eng- 
 land; Simon Bishop of London, and William Bishop of 
 Winchester; Edmund Earl of Cambridge, the most dear 
 son of the said King of England ; Richard Earl of Arundel; 
 Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and William de 
 
SOS 
 
 Grenstede quae ut parcella manerii de Marsfeld, villa de 
 Seford quae ut parcella castri et leucatae de Pevensey, 
 et villa de Laghton in Morthyng quae ut parcella castri 
 et honoris de Tickhull, sibi in certum valorem in escam- 
 bium prsedictum (nulla speciali mentione facta de villis illis 
 in dicta carta nostra) liberata fuerunt, tria grossa per se 
 separatim et non pertinentia ad manerium de Marsfeld 
 castrum et leucatam de Pevensey et castrum et honorem 
 de Tickhull praedicta existant, nee aliquo tempore fuerint, 
 sicut jam sibi datur intelligi, velimus ne ipse aut hae- 
 redes sui praedicti super occupatione dictarum villarum 
 de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, ob defectum specialis 
 nominationis earumdem in concessione nostra praedicta 
 impetantur infuturum, dictas villas de Grenstede, Se- 
 ford, et Laghton, nominatim sibi concedere, habendas et 
 tenendas una cum dictis castro manerio et honore de 
 Tickhull, ac aliis terris et tenementis sibi in dictum es- 
 cambium datis, et etiam cum libertatibus quietantiis et 
 immunitatibus quas Philippa nuper Regina Angliae, tunc 
 censors nostra, quae dicta castrum manerium et honorem 
 de Tickhull et alia terras et tenementa, eidem filio nostro 
 per nos sic data, tenuit, in vita sua habuit ex concessione 
 nostra in eisdem, in recompensationem libertatum quietan- 
 tiarum et immunitatum quas idem filius noster in dicto 
 comitatu Richemondiae et honore castris maneriis terris 
 tenementis et aliis locis ad dictum comitatum pertinen- 
 tibus habuit, dum ea tenuit, ante escambium supradictum. 
 Nos escambium illud in qualibet parte ejusdem observare, 
 et tam quieti dicti filii nostri et haeredum suorum praedic- 
 torum in hac parte prospicere, quam dicta tenementa eidem 
 filio nostro ut praemittitur data et concessa ac dictas villas 
 de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, quas virtu te dictae 
 concessionis nostrae sic tenet, libertatibus quietantiis et 
 
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 Montacute, Earl of Salisbury; Henry de Percy; Robert 
 de Thorp, Chancellor ; Richard de Scroope, Treasurer ; 
 William Latymer, Chamberlain ; John de Neville, Steward 
 of the household of the aforesaid Lord the King of Eng- 
 land; John Knyvet, William de Fynchedene, John Mou- 
 bray, Thomas de Ingelby, William de Wychyngham, Roger 
 de Meres, and John de Cavendissh, Justices of the same 
 Lord the King of England, and others. Given at West- 
 minster on the twenty-fifth day of June, in the forty-sixth 
 year of the reign of the said Lord the King of England, 
 and the thirty -third of his reign of France. JVE have in- 
 spected also a certain other Charter of our aforesaid grand- 
 father lately made to our aforesaid uncle, in these words : 
 Edward, by the grace of God, King of England and 4thjuue, 
 France, and Lord of Ireland, to his archbishops, bishops, a.d. 1377.' 
 abbots, priors, dukes, earls, barons, knights, justices, she- 
 riffs, reeves, bailiffs, ministers, and other his faithful people, 
 greeting. Know ye, that whereas we did lately by our char- Redtai that 
 
 • 11' f 1 1 • i. certain es- 
 
 ter indented eive and grant for us and our heirs, as far as t^^es had 
 
 *^ *-> ' been given in 
 
 did in us lie, to our most dear son John King of Castillo and the earidom'^ 
 
 Leon and Duke of Lancaster the castle manor and honor of mond^^" 
 
 Tickhill and other lands and tenements in our said charter 
 
 specified, with appurtenances, to have to him and the heirs of 
 
 his body issuing, in exchange for the earldom of Richmond 
 
 and the honor castles manors lands tenements and all 
 
 other places to the said earldom pertaining, given granted 
 
 and surrendered to us and our heirs by our aforesaid son, 
 
 as in our charter aforesaid more fully is contained ; and and the 
 
 now our aforesaid son hath besought us, that, whereas the petitioned 
 
 i«i ii»i r ^T ^^^^ certain 
 
 town of Grinstead, which as parcel of the manor of Mares- towns.wwch, 
 
 *■ though not 
 
 field, the town of Seaford, which as parcel of the castle and S'entSnedin 
 leucata of Pevensey, and the town of Laughton-in-le- fnduS"^ 
 Morthen, which as parcel of the castle and honor of ^^^"^^'''°' 
 
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 iramunitatibus, per prsefatam consortem nostram habitis 
 ut praemittitur in eisdem, muniri et exornari, in recom- 
 pensationem libertatum quietantiarum et immunitatum 
 per prsedictum filium nostrum in dicto comitatu Riche- 
 mondiae et pertinentiis suis prsedictis nuper habitarum, 
 et praecipue ob specialem affection em quam ad personam 
 ejusdem filii nostri, suis meritis magnificis laudabiliter 
 exigentibus, gerimus et habemus, concessimus eidem filio 
 nostro pro nobis et haeredibus nostris quod ipse dictas 
 villas de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton cum pertinentiis 
 suis universis, etiam licet grossa sint per se, an ut praedic- 
 tum est pertinentia ad dictum manerium de Marsfeld, 
 castrum et leucatam de Pevensey et castrum et honorem 
 de Tickhull, habeat et retineat, una cum dictis castro ma- 
 nerio et honore de Tickhull et aliis terris et tenementis 
 praedictis sibi per nos, ut praemittitur, datis, ac liberta- 
 tibus quietantiis et immunitatibus subscriptis (quas prae- 
 fatae Reginae in dictis terris et tenementis quae ipsa sic 
 tenuit ad vitam suam, concessimus, habendas, sicut per in- 
 spectionem rotulorum cancellariae nostrae nobis constat), 
 habendis utendis et gaudendis in dictis castro manerio et 
 honore de Tickhull, ac aliis castris maneriis honoribus 
 hundredis, et villis de Grenstede, Seford, et Laghton, ac 
 aliis terris tenementis et locis quibuscumque dicto filio 
 nostro, ut est dictum, per nos datis et in dicta carta nos- 
 tra plenius specificatis, et qualibet parte eorumdem eidem 
 filio nostro et dictis haeredibus de corpore suo, ut prae- 
 dictum est, procreatis, in escambium supradictum, sub modo 
 et forma in eadem carta nostra contentis imperpetuum, 
 videlicet, cum feodis militum, advocationibus domorum re- 
 ligiosarum hospitalium ecclesiarum et capellarum, wardis 
 maritagiis et escaetis de omnibus tenentibus de ho- 
 noribus maneriis terris tenementis et aliis locis praedictis 
 
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 Tickhill, were delivered to him at a certain valuation in 
 the exchange aforesaid, (no special mention being made 
 of those towns in our said charter,) be three towns in 
 gross severally of themselves, and be not nor were at any 
 time pertaining to the aforesaid manor of Maresfield, castle 
 and leucata of Pevensey, and castle and honor of Tickhill, 
 as now he is given to understand, lest he or his heirs afore- 
 said should in future be impeached in the occupation of the 
 said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and Laughton for the 
 want of special naming of the same in our grant aforesaid, 
 we would be pleased to grant the said towns of Grinstead, might by 
 Seaford, and Laughton to him by name, to have and to granted to 
 hold together with the said castle manor and honor of 
 Tickhill and the other lands and tenements given to him 
 in the said exchange, and also with the liberties acquit- togetherwith 
 
 1 • 1 -r»i •!• 1 r^ n liberties, &c, 
 
 tances and immunities which Philippa, late Queen of Eng- enjoyed by 
 land, then our consort, (who held the said castle, manor, J^rStV^^ 
 and honor of Tickhill, and the other lands and tenements S^es"^^ 
 so given by us to our same son,) in her lifetime had in 
 the same by our grant, in compensation for the liberties 
 acquittances and immunities which our same son had in 
 the said earldom of Richmond, and in the honor castles ma- 
 nors lands tenements and other places to the said earldom 
 pertaining, whilst he held them before the exchange above 
 said. We, to observe the said exchange in every part considera- 
 
 tions of pre- 
 
 thereof, and to look as well to the quiet of our said son and sent grant, 
 
 * to quiet pos- 
 
 his heirs aforesaid in this behalf, as that the said tene- session, 
 
 ' compensate 
 
 ments given and granted to our same son as is premised, enjJy^eTb? 
 and the said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and Laughton, eariSm^of" 
 which by virtue of our said grant he so holds, be adorned 
 and armed with the liberties acquittances and immunities 
 had in the same by our aforesaid consort as is premised, in 
 compensation for the liberties acquittances and immuni- 
 
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 prsefato filio nostro per nos sic datis, simul cum chaciis 
 parcis boscis warennis feriis mercatis aquis viis piscariis 
 communis assartis vastis et purpresturis, ac etiam arren- 
 tationibus et redditibus quorumcumque assartorum vas- 
 torum et purpresturarum tam temporibus progenitorum iios- 
 trorum quondam Regum Anglise quam nostro in chaciis 
 et aliis locis praedictis arrentatorum et exnunc arrentan- 
 dorum, una cum finibus pro ingressu hujusmodi assartorum 
 vastorum et purpresturarum sic arrentandorum, et cum 
 curiis, visibus franci plegii, hundredis, wapentachiis, wrek, 
 wayf* et stray', libertatibus regalibus, et liberis consuetudi- 
 nibus, et omnibus aliis ad eadera castra honores maneria 
 hundreda et alia terras teneraenta et loca qualitercumque 
 [et] ubicumque spectantibus. Concessimus etiam pro nobis 
 et hseredibus nostris eidem filio nostro quod ipse et dicti 
 hseredes sui habeant omnes fines redemptiones et amercia- 
 menta omnium hominum et tenentium suorum de et in 
 castris honoribus maneriis hundredis villis terris tene- 
 mentis et aliis locis praedictis sibi per nos sic datis, et 
 eorum feodis, ac etiam in omnibus villis hundredis et 
 aliis locis unde annuse firmse et redditus sibi inter caetera 
 terras et tenementa praedicta per nos concessi proveniunt ; 
 necnon exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes 
 nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto, forisfac- 
 turis et murdris, in quibuscumque curiis nostris et haeredum 
 nostrorum homines et tenentes illos (tam coram nobis et 
 haeredibus nostris et in cancellaria nostra et haeredum 
 nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et baronibus nostris 
 et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, quam coram justi- 
 tiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum itinerantibus ad 
 communia placita et ad placita forestae, ac etiam coram 
 justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco, et 
 coram senescallo et marescallo ac coronatore hospitii 
 
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 ties lately had by our aforesaid son in the said earldom of 
 Richmond and its appurtenances aforesaid, and chiefly on and the 
 account of the special affection which we have and bear for Jantee? 
 the person of our same son, his high merits full worthily 
 requiring it, have granted to our same son, for us and our 
 heirs, that he the said towns of Grinstead, Seaford, and The Duke 
 Laughton, with all their appurtenances, albeit even they Sownrof 
 
 Grinstead, 
 
 be towns in ffross ot themselves, or whether as aforesaid seaford, and 
 
 ^ ^ ^ Laughton, 
 
 they be pertaining to the said manor of Maresfield, castle with the 
 and leucata of Pevensey, and castle and honor of Tickhill, given to him 
 
 • 1 1 • 1 ^" exchange, 
 
 may have and retam together with the said castle manor 
 and honor of Tickhill and the other lands and tenements 
 aforesaid by us given to him as is premised, and with and enjoy 
 
 ,,.,. ., ,. .. , . certain liber- 
 
 the liberties acquittances and immunities underwritten, ties, &c. 
 
 therein. 
 
 (which we granted to the aforesaid Queen to have in 
 the said lands and tenements by her so held for her 
 life, as is evident to us by the inspection of the rolls 
 of our chancery,) to have, use, and enjoy in the said 
 castle manor and honor of Tickhill, and the other cas- 
 tles manors honors hundreds, and the towns of Grin- 
 stead, Seaford, and Laughton, and the other lands te- 
 nements and places whatsoever, given by us as has 
 been said to our said son, and in our said charter more 
 fully specified, and in every part thereof, — to our same 
 son and the said heirs of his body begotten as is afore- 
 said, in exchange as abovesaid under the manner and 
 form contained in our same charter for ever, that is 
 to say, with knights^ fees, advowsons of religious houses. Knights' 
 hospitals, churches and chapels, wardships, marriages, and sS, U^^' 
 escheats of all the tenants of the honors, manors, lands, te- 
 nements and other places aforesaid by us so given to our 
 aforesaid son, together with chases, parks, woods, warrens, chases, 
 fairs, markets, waters, ways, fisheries, commons, assarts, ^^''^^' ^^ 
 
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 nostri et hgeredum nostrorum et clerico de mercato, 
 ac coram aliis justitiariis et miriistris nostris et haere- 
 dum nostrorum quibuscumque) fines sen redemptiones 
 facere vel amerciari, aut hujusmodi exitus murdra seu 
 forisfacturas annum diem et vastum adjudicari, contigerit, 
 adeo plena et integre sicut nos ea haberemus si praedicta 
 castra honores maneria hundreda villas terras tenementa 
 et alia loca praedicta, eidem filio nostro sic data, in manu 
 nostra retinuissemus. Ita quod ipse et dicti haeredes sui 
 per manus ballivorum et ministrorum suorum fines redemp- 
 tiones et amerciamenta hominum et tenentium praedictorum 
 exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et haeredes nostros 
 pertinere poterunt de anno die vasto, forisfacturis et 
 murdris, de et in castris honoribus maneriis hundredis 
 villis terris tenementis et aliis locis praedictis per nos sic 
 datis ac eorum feodis, quae coram praedictis justitiariis iti- 
 nerantibus ad communia placita et ad placita forestae, ac 
 coram dictis senescallo et marescallo coronatore seu clerico 
 fieri et adjudicari contigerit, per extractas eorumdem jus- 
 titiariorum itinerantium in itineribus suis et senescalli 
 et marescalli et coronatoris ac clerici in sessionibus suis 
 eisdem ballivis et ministris inde liberandas, necnon fines 
 redemptiones et amerciamenta hominum et tenentium prae- 
 dictorum, ac exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos et 
 haeredes nostros pertinere poterunt de anno die et vasto, 
 forisfacturis, et murdris, de et in castris honoribus 
 maneriis hundredis villis terris tenementis et aliis locis 
 praedictis per nos sic datis ac eorum feodis, quae coram 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris, vel in cancellaria nostra et 
 haeredum nostrorum, seu coram thesaurario et baronibus 
 nostris et haeredum nostrorum de scaccario, seu coram 
 justitiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de banco aut 
 justitiariis ad assisas capiendas et ad gaolas deliberandas 
 
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 wastes, and purprestures, and also with the arrentations 
 and rents of all manner of assarts, wastes, and purprestures 
 arrented in the chases and other places aforesaid, as well 
 in our time as in the times of our progenitors formerly 
 Kings of England, and hereafter to be arrented, together 
 with the fines for ingress of the like assarts, wastes, and 
 purprestures so to be arrented, and with courts, views of 
 frankpledge, hundreds, wapentakes, wreck, waif and stray, wreck. 
 royal liberties and free customs, and all other things to the 
 same castles, honors, manors, hundreds, and other lands, 
 tenements, and places howsoever and wheresoever belong- 
 ing. We have also granted for us and our heirs to our Fines and 
 same son, that he and his said heirs may have all fines, ments, 
 ransoms, and amercements of all their men and tenants 
 of and in the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, 
 lands, tenements, and other places aforesaid so given to 
 him by us, and in their fees, and also in all the towns, 
 hundreds, and other places whence the annual farms and 
 rents by us granted to him among the other lands and 
 tenements aforesaid do proceed ; and also forfeited issues, forfeited is- 
 
 sues, for- 
 
 and all things which can pertain to us and our heirs feitures.&c. 
 
 of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders, in any 
 
 soever of the courts of us and our heirs, where such 
 
 men and tenants shall happen to make fine or ransom 
 
 or be amerced, or such issues, murders, forfeitures, year, 
 
 day, and waste happen to be adjudged, as well before us in any of 
 
 . . . tl^6 King's 
 
 and our heirs, and in the chancery of us and our heirs, and courts. 
 before the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and 
 our heirs, as before the justices of us and our heirs in eyre 
 to hold common pleas and pleas of the forest, and also 
 before the justices of the bench of us and our heirs, and 
 before the steward and marshal and coroner of the house- 
 hold of us and our heirs, and the clerk of the market, and 
 
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 seu justitiariis ad felonias et transgressiones audiendas et 
 terminandas assignatis, vel coram aliis justitiariis seu mi- 
 nistris nostris et haeredum nostrorum quibuscumque fieri 
 et adjudicari contigerit, per extractas scaccarii nostri et 
 hseredum nostrorum ballivis et ministris dicti filii nostri 
 et dictorum haeredum suorum per manus vicecomitum in 
 quorum ballivis castra honores maneria hundreda villae 
 terrae tenementa et alia loca praedicta, ut est dictum, per 
 nos data, ac eorum feoda existunt, inde liberandas, levare 
 percipere et habere possint, — sine occasione vel impedi- 
 mento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum aut ballivorum seu mi- 
 nistrorum nostrorum quorumcumque. Et quod idem filius 
 noster et dicti haeredes sui habeant in castris honoribus 
 maneriis hundredis villis terris tenementis et aliis locis 
 praedictis per nos sic datis, ac eorum feodis, catalla felonum 
 et fugitivorum; ita quod si quis hominum vel tenentium 
 suorum aut alii in locis praedictis vel eorum feodis pro 
 delicto suo vitam vel membrum debeant amittere vel 
 fugerint et judicio stare noluerint, vel aliquod delictum 
 fecerint pro quo catalla sua debeant perdere (ubicumque 
 justitia de eis fieri debeat sive in curia nostra vel 
 haeredum nostrorum sive in aliis curiis) ipsa catalla 
 sint praefati filii nostri et dictorum haeredum suorum, et 
 liceat eis seu ministris suis sine occasione vel impedi- 
 mento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum vicecomitum et alio- 
 rum ballivorum seu ministrorum nostrorum vel haeredum 
 nostrorum quorumcumque ponere se in seisinam de catallis 
 praedictis et ea ad usum dicti filii nostri et haeredum suo- 
 rum retinere. Concessimus etiam praefato filio nostro pro 
 nobis et haeredibus nostris quod ipse et dicti haeredes 
 sui habeant in castris honoribus maneriis hundredis villis 
 terris tenementis et aliis locis praedictis dicto filio nostro 
 sic datis, ac eorum feodis, retorna omnium brevium nos- 
 
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 before all other justices and ministers of us and our heirs 
 whomsoever, as fully and entirely as we should have them if 
 we had retained in our hand the aforesaid castles, honors, 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid so given to our same son. So that he The Duke 
 and his said heirs by the hands of his bailiffs and ministers them by his 
 
 own officers 
 
 may be able to levy, perceive, and have the fines, ransoms, Jy ^eJfvgJed" 
 and amercements of the men and tenants aforesaid, for- t"*^^™- 
 feited issues, and all things which to us and our heirs can 
 pertain of year, day, and waste, forfeitures and murders, of 
 and in the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, 
 tenements, and other places aforesaid by us so given, and in 
 their fees, — such as shall happen to be made and adjudged 
 before the aforesaid justices in eyre to hold common pleas 
 and pleas of the forest, and before the said steward and 
 marshal, coroner or clerk, by estreats of the same jus- 
 tices in eyre in their circuits, and of steward and marshal 
 and coroner and clerk in their sessions, to be delivered 
 thereof to the- same baihffs and ministers, — and also such 
 the fines, ransoms, and amercements of the aforesaid men 
 and tenants, and forfeited issues, and all things which to 
 us and our heirs can pertain of year, day, waste, for- 
 feitures and murders, of and in the castles, honors, 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid by us so given, and in their fees, as shall 
 happen to be made and adjudged before us and our heirs, 
 or in the chancery of us and our heirs, or before the trea- 
 surer and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, 
 or before the justices of us and our heirs of the common 
 bench, or our justices assigned to take the assizes and to 
 deliver our gaols, or the justices assigned to hear and deter- 
 mine felonies and trespasses, or before other the justices 
 or ministers of us and our heirs whomsoever, by estreats of 
 
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313 
 
 trorum et hseredum nostrorum ac summonitionum extrac- 
 tarum et prseceptorum de scaccario prsedicto necnon prae- 
 ceptorum et extractarum justitiariorum nostrorum et hse- 
 redum nostrorum itinerantium tarn ad placita forestae 
 quam ad communia placita, et aliorum justitiariorum 
 quorumcumque, et executiones eorumdem brevium, sum- 
 monitionum, extractarum et praeceptorum per ballivos et 
 ministros sues faciendas. Ita quod nullus vicecomes bal- 
 livus aut minister noster vel hseredum nostrorum castra 
 honores maneria villas terras tenementa et alia loca 
 praedicta, ut praemittitur, per nos data, vel eorum feoda, 
 ad officia aliqua seu alia officia sua tangentia facienda 
 ingrediatur, nisi in defectum ipsius filii nostri aut dic- 
 torum haeredum vel ballivorum seu ministrorum suorum. 
 Volumus insuper et concedimus pro nobis et haeredibus 
 nostris quod si vicecomites vel ballivi libertatum hun- 
 dredorum seu wapentachiorum in aliquibus executionibus 
 pro eodem filio nostro aut dictis haeredibus suis per brevia 
 sive mandata nostra, vel haeredum nostrorum, aut quovis 
 alio modo faciendis negligentes fuerint vel remissi per quod 
 ipsos in scaccario nostro seu aliis curiis nostris contigerit 
 amerciari vel fines facere, quod fines et amerciamenta ilia 
 sint dicti filii nostri et dictorum haeredum suorum, et ad 
 eorum opus leventur. Hiis testibus, venerabilibus patribus 
 Simone Archiepiscopo Cantuariensi totius Angliae Primate, 
 Adam Menevensi Cancellario, Henrico Wigornensi The- 
 saurario, nostris, Episcopis, Edmundo Comite Cantabrigiae, 
 Thoma de Wodestok Constabulario Angliae, filiis nostris 
 carissimis, Henrico de Percy Marescallo Angliae, Johanne 
 de Ipre Senescallo hospitii nostri, Nicholao Carreu Custode 
 privati sigilli nostri, et aliis. Data per manum nostram 
 apud Shene quarto die Junii, anno regni nostri Angliae 
 quinquagesimo primo, regni vero nostri Franciae tricesimo 
 
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 the exchequer of us and our heirs, to be delivered thereof 
 to the bailiffs and ministers of our said son and his 
 said heirs by the hands of the sheriffs in whose bailiwicks 
 the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tene- 
 ments, and other places aforesaid given by us as afore- 
 said, and their fees, do lie; without let or hinderance of 
 us or our heirs, or of our bailiffs or ministers whomsoever. 
 And that our same son and his said heirs may have in 
 the castles, honors, manors, hundreds, towns, lands, te- 
 nements, and other places aforesaid by us so given, and 
 in their fees, the chattels of felons and fugitives, so that chattels of 
 
 °. felons. 
 
 if any of their men or tenants or others in the places 
 aforesaid, or in their fees, for their delinquency ought 
 to lose life or limb, or shall flee and not be willing to 
 stand their trial, or shall commit any offence for the which 
 they ought to lose their chattels, (wheresoever justice shall 
 be had of them, whether in the court of us or our heirs, or 
 whether in other courts,) such chattels shall belong to 
 our aforesaid son and his said heirs, and that it shall be 
 lawful for them or their ministers to put themselves in 
 seizin of the chattels aforesaid, and retain them to the 
 behoof of our said son and his heirs, without let or hin- 
 derance of us or our heirs, our sheriffs and other bailifi*s 
 or ministers of us or our heirs whomsoever. We have also Reftim and 
 
 execution 
 
 ffranted to our aforesaid son, for us and our heirs, that of writs and 
 
 ■^ -^ summons 
 
 he and his said heirs may have in the castles, honors, che^ue^n' 
 manors, hundreds, towns, lands, tenements, and other 
 places aforesaid so given to our said son, and in their 
 fees, the return of all writs of us and our heirs, and of 
 summons, estreats, and precepts of the exchequer afore- 
 said, and also of the precepts and estreats of the justices 
 of us and our heirs in eyre to hold as well pleas of the 
 forest as common pleas, and of other justices whomso- 
 
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 octavo. NOS autem tarn dictam cartam indentatam qiiam 
 dictam aliam cartam, ac omnes donationes concessiones et 
 omnia alia in eisdem cartis contenta pro nobis et hseredi- 
 bus nostris, tenore praesentium, ratificamus et confirmamus, 
 juxta tenorem et effectum cartarum supradictarum. In 
 cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus pa- 
 tentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium, quinto- 
 decimo die Septembris, anno regni nostri primo. NOS 
 autem donationes, concessiones, confirmationes, libertates, 
 franchesias et quietantias prsedictas, ac omnia alia et sin- 
 gula in dictis cartis et literis contenta, rata habentes et 
 grata, ea, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, quantum in nobis 
 est, de gratia nostra speciali acceptamus, approbamus, et 
 pragfato Duci et haeredibus suis praedictis imperpetuum, 
 tenore praesentium, concedimus et confirmamus, sicut cartae 
 et literae supradictae rationabiliter testantur. Praeterea vo- 
 lentes eidem Duci gratiam in hac parte facere ampliorem 
 de gratia nostra speciali concessimus pro nobis et haeredibus 
 nostris, et hac carta nostra confirmavimus quod licet ipse 
 aliqua vel aliquibus donationum, concessionum, confirma- 
 tion um, liber tatum, franchesiarum et quietantiarum, aut 
 aliorum in dictis cartis et literis contentorum, aliquo 
 casu emergente, hactenus plene usus non fuerit, idem 
 tamen Dux et haeredes sui praedicti donationibus, conces- 
 sionibus, confirmationibus, libertatibus, franchesiis et quie- 
 tantiis, ac omnibus aliis et singulis in cartis et literis 
 praedictis, ut praemittitur, contentis, et eorum quolibet de- 
 caetero plene gaudeant et utantur imperpetuum, sine occa- 
 sione vel impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, justi- 
 tiariorum, escaetorum, vicecomitum aut aliorum ballivorum 
 seu ministrorum nostrorum vel haeredum nostrorum quo- 
 rumcumque. Et ulterius, ad probitatem strenuam et sa- 
 pientiam excellentissimam ac alios multiplices mores et 
 
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 ever, and the execution of the same writs, summons, es- 
 treats, and precepts, to be made by their baiUfFs and mi- 
 nisters. So that no sheriff^ baiUif, or other minister of 
 us or our heirs shall enter the castles, honors, manors, 
 towns, lands, tenements, and other places aforesaid by us 
 given as is premised, or their fees, to perform any offices, or 
 other things touching their offices, unless in default of our 
 same son or his said heirs, or of their bailiffs or ministers. 
 And furthermore we will and grant, for us and our said Fines and 
 
 ° ^ ^ amerce- 
 
 heirs, that if the sheriffs or bailiffs of liberties, hundreds, or "?^"ti.of 
 
 ' ' sheriffs and 
 
 wapentakes be negligent or remiss in making any execu- ^^j."^^^ \l^^' 
 tions for our same son or his said heirs, by writs or man- ^^e^'g®"*^^- 
 dates of us or our heirs, or in any other wise, whereby it 
 shall happen that they be amerced or make fines in our 
 exchequer or in other our courts, such fines and amerce- 
 ments shall belong to our said son and his said heirs, 
 and may be levied to their behoof. These being wit- 
 nesses, the venerable fathers, Simon Archbishop of Can- 
 terbury, Primate of all England ; Adam Bishop of St. 
 David's, our Chancellor; Henry Bishop of Worcester, 
 our Treasurer ; Edmund Earl of Cambridge, and Thomas 
 of Woodstock, Constable of England, our most dear sous ; 
 Henry de Percy, Marshal of England ; John de Ipre, 
 Steward of our household; Nicholas Carreu, Keeper of 
 our privy seal, and others. Given under our hand at 
 Sheen, on the fourth day of June, in the fifty-first 
 year of our reign of England, and the thirty-eighth of 
 our reign of France. AND we, as well the said charter 
 indented as the said other charter, and all the donations, 
 grants, and all other things in the same charters con- 
 tained, for us and our heirs by the tenor of these pre- 
 sents do ratify and confirm according to the tenor and 
 effect of the charters abovesaid. In witness whereof we 
 
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 merita praefati avunculi nostri, qui nuUis cedens laboribus 
 vel expensis, se tarn in consiliis obsequiis et aliis agendis 
 nobis et toti regno nostro fructuosis et honorificis semper 
 retroactis temporibus obsequiosum pariter et paratum ex- 
 bibuit et exhibet indefesse, condignam considerationem 
 habentes, et volentes, praemissorum intuitu, prsefatum 
 avunculum nostrum, qui prae cseteris in sapientia, strenui- 
 tate et honore nobis et regno nostro praedicto maxime 
 valere et locum potiorem tenere potest, gratiis et favori- 
 bus amplioribus praerogare, de uberiori gratia nostra, pro 
 majori securitate ipsius Ducis avunculi nostri, declaramus, 
 concedimus, et confirmamus, pro nobis et haeredibus nos- 
 tris, praefato Duci, quod ipse ad totam vitam suam babeat 
 omnes fines pro transgressione et aliis malefactis quibus- 
 cumque ; ac etiam fines pro licentia concordandi, et omni- 
 modos alios fines, redemptiones, et amerciamenta, ex qua- 
 cumque causa et per quamcumque causam provenientia, 
 necnon exitus forisfactos de omnibus hominibus et tenentibus 
 de et in terris et feodis praedicti Ducis, et de omnibus infra 
 eadem terras et feoda residentibus, quanquam iidem ho- 
 mines, tenentes, seu residentes, ministri nostri vel hseredum 
 nostrorum existant. Et quod idem Dux ad totam vitam suam 
 babeat quascumque forisfacturas annum diem vastum et 
 estreppamentum, et quicquid ad nos vel hseredes nostros 
 pertinere poterit de anno die vasto et estreppamento, fo- 
 risfacturis et murdris, infra terras et feoda praedicta, in 
 quibuscumque curiis nostris et haeredum nostrorum sive in 
 quacumque curia alterius, contigerit quod praedicti homi- 
 nes, tenentes, seu residentes facient fines vel erunt amer- 
 ciati, vel exitus forisfacient, seu quod praedicta annus dies 
 vastum et estreppamentum, forisfactura vel murdrum, ad- 
 judicata erunt, tarn in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostro- 
 rum, quam in absentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, et 
 
of foregoing 
 
 recited 
 
 charters. 
 
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 have caused these our letters to be made patent. Wit- 
 ness ourself at Westminster, on the fifteenth day of Sep 
 tember, in the first year of our reign. AND we, ratifying confirmation 
 and approving the donations, grants, confirmations, liber- ?eciS 
 ties, franchises, and acquittances aforesaid, and all and 
 singular other the things in the said charters and letters 
 contained, do, for us and our heirs, as far as in us lies, 
 of our especial grace accept and approve the same, and 
 do grant and confirm them by the tenor of these pre- 
 sents to the aforesaid Duke and his heirs aforesaid for ever, 
 as the charters and letters abovesaid reasonably do wit- 
 ness. WilUng, moreover, to shew the same Duke more notwtth- 
 ample favor in this behalf, we have granted of our espe- non-user, 
 cial grace for us and our heirs, and by this our charter 
 have confirmed, that albeit, any case arising, he have not 
 hitherto fully used any one or more of the donations, 
 grants, confirmations, liberties, franchises and acquittances, 
 or other things in the said charters and letters contained, 
 nevertheless the same Duke and his heirs aforesaid may 
 henceforth fully enjoy and use for ever the donations, 
 grants, confirmations, liberties, franchises, and acquittances, 
 and all and singular other the things contained in the char- 
 ters and letters aforesaid, as is premised, and every of 
 them, without let or hinderance of us or our heirs, the without let 
 
 from any 
 
 justices, escheators, sheriffs, or other bailiffs or ministers J^^^jj^j'^^^'^ 
 of us or our heirs whomsoever. And furthermore, hav- ministers. 
 ing condign consideration of the strenuous goodness and ^^f^'^^J^^^^ 
 most excellent wisdom, and other manifold merits and ^JJ^f^'^f^je, 
 good demeanour of our aforesaid uncle, who yielding to s^n^g"^*"* 
 no labors or expenses hath ever in times past proved him- 
 self, and yet unweariedly proves himself, equally ready and 
 compliant in giving his counsel, and in the performance of 
 other duties profitable and honorable to us and our whole 
 
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 tam coram nobis et haeredibus nostris, et in cancellaria nostra 
 et hseredum nostrorum, ac coram thesaurario et baronibus 
 de scaccario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, et coram justitia- 
 riis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de communi banco, necnon 
 coram senescallo et marescallis seu coram coronatore hospitii 
 nostri et haeredum nostrorum vel clerico mercati, qui pro 
 tempore erunt, et in aliis curiis nostris et haeredum nostro- 
 rum, quam coram justitiariis nostris itinerantibus ad com- 
 munia placita et ad placita forestae, justitiariis ad assisas 
 capiendas et gaolas deliberandas, ac coram quibuscumque 
 aliis justitiariis et ministris nostris et haeredum nostrorum, 
 tam in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, quam in 
 absentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, adeo plene et integre 
 sicut nos vel haeredes nostri ea haberemus si ilia praefato 
 Duci non concessissemus. Ita quod praedictus Dux per 
 man us ballivorum et aliorum ministrorum suorum levare, 
 percipere, et habere possit, fines, redemptiones, et amercia- 
 menta ipsorum hominum tenentium et residentium de et in 
 terris et feodis praedictis, exitus forisfactos, et quicquid ad 
 nos vel haeredes nostros pertinere poterit de anno die vasto 
 estreppamento, forisfacturis et murdris, de et in terris et 
 feodis praedictis, quae coram dictis justitiariis itinerantibus 
 ad comraunia placita et ad placita forestae, ac coram prae- 
 dictis senescallo et marescallis coronatore vel clerico mer- 
 cati, fieri seu adjudicari contigerit, per extractas eorum- 
 dem justitiariorum itinerantium in itineribus suis, ac prae- 
 dictorum senescalli marescallorum coronatoris et clerici in 
 sessionibus suis, ballivis et ministris praedicti Ducis inde 
 liberandas; ac etiam fines, redemptiones, et amerciamen- 
 ta de hominibus tenentibus et residentibus prsedictis, ac 
 exitus forisfactos, et omnia quae ad nos vel haeredes nostros 
 pertinere poterunt de anno die vasto estreppamento, foris- 
 facturis et murdris, de et in terris et feodis praedictis, quae 
 
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 realm, and being desirous in regard of the premises to 
 endow with ampler favors and grace our aforesaid uncle, 
 who, far beyond others in wisdom, prowess, and honor, 
 is able to avail and stand us and our realm aforesaid in 
 better stead, do, of our more abundant srrace, for the for term of 
 
 ° life of the 
 
 greater security of the same Duke our uncle, declare, grant, oukeofLan- 
 
 and confirm for us and our heirs to the aforesaid Duke, 
 
 that he for the whole of his life may have all fines for tres- Fines for 
 
 •' trespass, 
 
 pass and other misdeeds whatsoever, and also fines for li- PoJt".fl"es^"^ 
 cence to agree, and all manner of other fines, ransoms, and amer™!' 
 amercements, from whatever cause and through whatever SSed issues. 
 cause proceeding, . and also forfeited issues in respect of 
 all the men and tenants of and in the lands and fees of 
 the aforesaid Duke, and in respect of all resiants within 
 the same lands and fees, albeit the same men, tenants, or 
 resiants be ministers of us or our heirs. And that the Forfeitures, 
 
 year, day, 
 
 same Duke, for the whole of his life, may have all manner and waste, 
 of forfeitures, year, day, waste, and estrepement, and what- 
 ever to us or our heirs can pertain of year, day, waste, and 
 estrepement, forfeitures and murders, within the lands and 
 fees aforesaid, in what courts soever, of us and our heirs, or imposed or 
 
 1 /» 1 • 1 11 adjudged in 
 
 in whatever court of any other it may happen that the any court, 
 aforesaid men, tenants, or resiants shall make fines or be 
 amerced or forfeit issues, or that the aforesaid year, day, 
 waste, and estrepement, forfeiture or murder, be adjudged 
 — as well in presence of us and our heirs as in absence of us 
 and our heirs, and as well before us and our heirs, and in 
 the chancery of us and our heirs, and before the treasurer 
 and barons of the exchequer of us and our heirs, and be- 
 fore the justices of the common bench of us and our heirs, 
 and also before the steward and marshals, or before the 
 coroner of the household, of us and our heirs, or the clerk 
 of the market for the time being, and in other the courts 
 
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 coram nobis vel haeredibus nostris, vel in cancellaria nostra 
 ^t haeredum nostrorum, seu coram thesaurario et baronibus 
 de scaccario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, vel coram jus- 
 titiariis nostris et haeredum nostrorum de communi banco, 
 sive coram justitiariis ad assisas capiendas et gaolas de- 
 liberandas, aut justitiariis ad transgressiones et felonias 
 audiendas et terminandas assignatis, seu coram aliis justi- 
 tiariis vel ministris nostris quibuscumque et haeredum nos- 
 trorum, fieri vel adjudicari contigerit, per extractas de scac- 
 cario nostro et haeredum nostrorum, ballivis et ministris 
 praefati Ducis, per manus vicecomitum in quorum ballivis 
 dicta terrae et feoda existunt, inde liberandas ; — sine occa- 
 sione vel impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, jus- 
 titiariorum, vicecomitum, escaetorum, aut aliorum minis- 
 trorum nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum quorumcumque. 
 Et quod praedictus Dux ad totam vitam suam per se et 
 ministros suos in omnibus terris et feodis praedictis, tam 
 in praesentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum quam in ab- 
 sentia nostra et haeredum nostrorum, faciat et habeat 
 assaiam et assisam panis vini et cervisiae et omnimodorum 
 aliorum victualium quorumcumque ac aliorum ad officium 
 clerici de mercato nostri et haeredum nostrorum pertinen- 
 tium, cum punitione eorumdem quotiens et quando expe- 
 diens fuerit et necesse : ac etiam habeat et percipiat fines 
 amerciamenta et redemptiones ac omnimoda proficua inde 
 provenientia; ita quod clericus mercati nostri et haeredum 
 nostrorum non ingrediatur dicta terras vel feoda pro aliqui- 
 bus ad officium suum pertinentibus faciendis seu exercendis. 
 Et quod praedictus Dux ad totam vitam suam habeat catalla 
 fugitivorum et felonum tam felonum de se quam aliorum 
 quorumcumque ac utlagatorum ex quacumque causa omni- 
 um hominum et tenentium de et in terris et feodis prae- 
 dictis, necnon omnium residentium infra eadem terras et 
 
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 of us and our heirs, as before our justices in eyre to hold 
 common pleas and pleas of the forest, our justices assigned 
 to take the assizes and to deliver our gaols, and before all 
 other justices and ministers of us and our heirs whomso- 
 ever, as well in presence of us and our heirs as in absence 
 of us and our heirs, — as fully and entirely as we or our as fuuy as 
 heirs would have them if we had not granted them to the 
 aforesaid Duke. So that the aforesaid Duke by the hands The Duke 
 of his bailiffs and other ministers may be able to levy, per- same by his 
 
 •' ^ ' r o^n officers, 
 
 ceive, and have the fines, ransoms, and amercements of the ^^ ftreats to 
 
 ' be delivered 
 
 same men, tenants, and resiants of and in the lands and ^°*^®"' 
 fees aforesaid, forfeited issues, and whatever to us or our 
 heirs can pertain of year, day, and waste, estrepement, for- 
 feitures, and murders, of and in the lands and fees afore- 
 said, which shall happen to be made or adjudged before 
 the said justices in eyre to hold common pleas and pleas 
 of the forest, and before the aforesaid steward and mar- 
 shals, coroner, or clerk of the market, by estreats of the 
 same justices in eyre in their circuits, and of the aforesaid 
 steward, marshals, coroner, and clerk, in their sessions, 
 to be delivered thereof to the bailiffs and ministers of the 
 aforesaid Duke ; and also the fines, ransoms, and amerce- 
 ments of the aforesaid men, tenants, and resiants, and for- 
 feited issues, and all things which to us or our heirs can 
 pertain of year, day, waste, estrepement, forfeitures, and 
 murders, of and in the lands and fees aforesaid, which 
 shall happen to be made or adjudged before us or our 
 heirs, or in the chancery of us and our heirs, or before 
 the treasurer and barons of the exchequer of us and 
 our heirs, or before the justices of us and our heirs of 
 the common bench, or before our justices assigned to 
 take the assizes and to deliver our gaols, or the justices 
 assigned to hear and determine trespasses and felonies, 
 
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 feoda, quanquam iidem homines tenentes aut residentes 
 ministri nostri vel haeredum nostrorum existant: ita quod 
 si aliquis hominum et tenentium de et in terris et feodis 
 prsedictis seu aliquis residentium in dictis terris et feodis, 
 aut aliquis alius in eisdem terris et feodis, pro aliquo suo 
 malefacto quocumque debeat vitam vel membrum amittere, 
 seu fugiat, et judicio stare noluerit, aut aliquam aliam 
 transgressionem faciat pro qua ipse debet perdere catalla 
 sua, (in quo loco justitia de eo fieri debeat, sive in curia 
 nostra et haeredum nostrorum vel in aliis curiis,) catalla 
 ilia sint praedicti Ducis: et quod liceat ei seu ministris 
 suis ponere se in seisinam dictorum catallorum et eadeni 
 catalla ad opus praefati Ducis retinere ;— sine occasione vel 
 impedimento nostri vel haeredum nostrorum, vicecomitum, 
 escaetorum, aut aliorum ballivorum seu ministrorum nos- 
 trorum et haeredum nostrorum quorumcumque. Et quod 
 praefatus Dux ad totam vitam suam habeat retorna omnium 
 brevium nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum, necnon sum- 
 monitionum extractarum et praeceptorum de scaccario nostro, 
 et de scaccario haeredum nostrorum, ac extractarum et prae- 
 ceptorum justitiariorum nostrorum et haeredum nostrorum 
 itinerantium tam ad placita forestae quam ad communia 
 placita, ac aliorum justitiariorum quorumcumque, necnon 
 attachiamenta tam de placitis coronae quam aliorum in omni- 
 bus terris et feodis praedictis. Et quod prsedictus Dux ad 
 totam vitam suam per se et per ballivos et ministros sues 
 habeat in eisdem terris et feodis executionem eorumdem 
 brevium summonitionum extractarum et praeceptorum. Ita 
 quod nullus vicecomes ballivus seu alius minister noster 
 vel haeredum nostrorum praedicta terras et feoda ingredia- 
 tur pro aliquo officio vel aliqua re officium suum tangen- 
 te faciendo, nisi in defectu ipsius Ducis vel ministrorum 
 suorum. Et ulterius concedimus et hac carta nostra con- 
 
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 or before other the justices or ministers of us and our 
 heirs whomsoever, by estreats of the exchequer of us 
 and our heirs, to be delivered thereof to the bailiffs and 
 ministers of the aforesaid Duke by the hands of the sheriffs 
 in whose bailiwicks the said lands and fees do lie; — without without let 
 let or hinderance of us or our heirs, or of our justices, King 
 sheriffs, escheators, or other ministers of us and our heirs 
 whomsoever. And that the aforesaid Duke, for the whole Assay and 
 of his life, by himself and his ministers, in all the lands bread, and 
 
 , . other matters 
 
 and fees aforesaid, as well in presence of us and our heirs fh^^T"^*? 
 
 officers. 
 
 as in absence of us and our heirs, may make and have ^^^''^'^^t^^ 
 
 the office of 
 clerk of tht 
 market. 
 
 the assay and assize of bread, wine, and ale, and of all 
 manner of other victuals whatsoever, and of other things 
 pertaining to the office of the clerk of the market of us 
 and our heirs, together with the punishment thereof when- 
 ever and so often as it shall be necessary and expedient ; 
 and also that he may have and perceive the fines, amerce- 
 ments, and ransoms, and all manner of profits thence pro- 
 ceeding, so that the clerk of the market of us and our heirs 
 shall not enter the said lands or fees to do or exercise any 
 matters pertaining to his office. And that the aforesaid chattels of 
 Duke, for the whole of his life, may have the chattels of fugitives. 
 fugitives and felons, as well felons of themselves as of 
 others whomsoever, and of outlaws for any cause soever, 
 of all the men and tenants of and in the lands and fees 
 aforesaid, and also of all resiants within the same lands 
 and fees, albeit the same men, tenants or resiants be 
 ministers of us or our heirs, so that if any of the men 
 and tenants of and in the lands and fees aforesaid, or any 
 of the resiants in the said lands and fees, or any other 
 person in the same lands and fees, for any misdeed what- 
 soever, ought to lose life or limb, or shall flee and not be 
 willing to stand their trial, or shall commit any other tres- 
 
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 firmavimus pro nobis et dictis hagredibus nostris quod si 
 vicecomites vel ballivi libertatum hundredorum seu wapen- 
 tachiorum, in aliquibus executionibus pro prsedicto Duce, 
 per brevia seu mandata nostra vel hseredum nostrorum, 
 seu aliquo alio modo, faciendis, negligentes fuerint vel 
 remissi, per quod contigerit ipsos amerciari aut fines facere 
 in scaccario vel in aliis curiis nostris et hseredum nostro- 
 rum, hujusmodi fines et amerciamenta sint prsefati Ducis, 
 et quod leventur ad opus ipsius Ducis per ministros suos 
 supradictos, durante vita sua. Et quod prsedictus Dux ad 
 totam vitam suam habeat infra omnia prsedicta terras et 
 feoda omnimoda catalla vocata wayf et stray, deodanda, 
 thesaurum inventum ac alias res vel catalla inventa; et 
 quod ipse per se et ministros suos seisire et capere possit 
 ad voluntatem suam ad opus prsedicti Ducis, wayfs et 
 strayes, deodanda, thesaurum inventum ac alia inventa 
 supradicta. Et quod praedictus Dux ad totam vitam suam 
 habeat qusecumque bona et catalla vocata manuopera cap- 
 ta vel capienda cum quacumque persona infra terras et 
 feoda prsedicta, ac per eandem personam coram quocum- 
 que judice dead vocata. Sal vis semper et reservatis prsefato 
 Duci, et haeredibus suis praedictis, omnimodis aliis privi- 
 legiis, immunitatibus, et quietantiis, eis, per nos aut per 
 dictum avum nostrum, datis concessis seu confirmatis. Hiis 
 testibus, venerabilibus patribus Willielmo Cantuariensi to- 
 tius Angliae Primate, Thoma Eboracensi Anglise Primate, 
 Cancellario nostro, Archiepiscopis, Roberto Londinensi, Ro- 
 berto Cicestrensi, Tideman Wigornensi, Episcopis, Edmundo 
 Eborum, Thoma Gloucestriae, Ducibus, avunculis nostris ca- 
 rissimis, Edwardo Rotelandae, Ricardo Arundellise, Thoma 
 Marescallo et Notinghamise, Henrico Northumbriae, Comi- 
 tibus, Rogero Walden Thesaurario nostro, Thoma de Percy 
 Senescallo hospitii nostri, Guidone Mone Custode privati 
 
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 pass for the which they ought to lose their chattels (in 
 whatsoever place justice shall be had of them, whether in 
 the court of us and our heirs or in other courts), such 
 chattels shall belong to the aforesaid Duke : And that it May seize 
 shall be lawful for him or his ministers to put themselves in withoiS^et 
 
 ••/•i '11 1 11 -I from the 
 
 seizm 01 the said chattels, and the same chattels to retam King's bai- 
 liffs or ml- 
 to the behoof of the aforesaid Duke ; — without let or hin- listers. 
 
 derance of us or our heirs, or of our sheriffs, escheators, 
 or other bailiifs or ministers of us and our heirs whomso- 
 ever. And that the aforesaid Duke, for the whole of his Return and 
 
 , execution of 
 
 life, may have the return of all writs of us and our heirs, ^"t^- ^um- 
 
 •' ' mons, es- 
 
 and also of summons, estreats, and precepts, of our ex- precepts"*^ 
 chequer and of the exchequer of our heirs, and of the 
 estreats and precepts of the justices of us and our heirs 
 in eyre to hold as well pleas of the forest as common 
 pleas, and of other justices whomsoever, and also the at- Attachment 
 
 of pleas of 
 
 tachment as well of pleas of the crown as of others in the crown. 
 all the lands and fees aforesaid. And that the afore- 
 said Duke, for the whole of his life, by himself and by his 
 bailiffs and ministers may have in the same lands and fees 
 the execution of the same writs, summons, estreats, and 
 precepts, so that no sheriff, bailiff, or other minister of no sheriff or 
 
 r r ' ' ^ other bailiff 
 
 us or our heirs shall enter the aforesaid lands and fees to of the King 
 
 maymtromit, 
 
 perform any office, or anything touching his office, unless ^^^^l^ *" ^®' 
 in default of the same Duke or his ministers. And fur- Fines and 
 
 amerce- 
 
 thermore we do ffrant, and by this our charter have con- ™ents of 
 
 o ' J sheriffs and 
 
 firmed, for us and our said heirs, that if the sheriffs or jjbejtierfor 
 bailiffs of liberties, hundreds, or wapentakes be negligent "«e^'&*^"<^«- 
 or remiss in making any executions for the aforesaid Duke 
 by writs or mandates of us or our heirs, or in any other 
 wise whereby it shall happen that they be amerced or 
 make fines in the exchequer or in other the courts of us 
 and our heirs, such fines and amercements shall belong 
 
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 sigilli nostri, et aliis. Data per manum nostram apud 
 Westmonasterium vicesimo nono die Junii, anno regni 
 nostri vicesimo. — plenius continetur. BJ®S nolentes 
 dictam haereditatem nostram, aut libertates ejusdem, oc- 
 casione instantis assumptionis regalis status et dignitatis 
 nostrae in aliquo mutari, transferri, diminui, seu dero- 
 gari, sed eandem haereditatem nostram cum juribus et li- 
 bertatibus suis praedictis, eisdem modo, forma, conditione, 
 et statu quibus nobis descenderant et evenerant, ac etiam 
 cum omnibus et singulis talibus libertatibus et franchesiis, 
 ac aliis privilegiis, commoditatibus, et proficuis quibus- 
 cumque, quibus praedictus dominus et pater noster, dum 
 vixit, eam, ad terminum vitae suae, ex concessione praedicti 
 Ricardi nuper Regis, habuit et tenuit, nobis et dictis haeredi- 
 bus nostris in dictis cartis specificatis, plenarie et integre 
 conservari, continuari, et haberi, volumus, ac tenore prae- 
 sentium ex certa scientia nostra, de assensu praesentis par- 
 liamenti nostri, concedimus, declaramus, discernimus, et 
 ordinamus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, quod tam 
 ducatus noster Lancastriae, quam universa et singula alia 
 comitatus, honores, castra, maneria, feoda, advocationes, 
 possessiones, annuitates et dominia quaecumque, nobis, 
 ante adeptionem dignitatis nostrae regiae, qualitercumque 
 et ubicumque, jure haereditario, in dominico servitio vel in 
 reversione, seu alias qualitercumque discensa, nobis et dictis 
 haeredibus nostris in cartis praedictis specificatis, in forma 
 praedicta remaneant imperpetuum, et quod taliter et tali 
 modo, et per tales officiarios et ministros in omnibus dedu- 
 cantur, gubernentur, et pertractentur, sicut remanere, de- 
 duci, gubernari, et pertractari deberent si ad culmen dig- 
 nitatis regiae assumpti minime fuissemus, ac insuper quod 
 talia et hujusmodi libertates, jura regalia, consuetudines et 
 franchesiae, in ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, castris, 
 
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 to the aforesaid Duke, and that they may be levied to the 
 behoof of the same Duke by his ministers abovesaid dur- 
 ing his Ufe. And that the aforesaid Duke, for the whole of wayfs and 
 
 strays. 
 
 his life, may have within all the aforesaid lands and fees 
 
 all manner of chattels called wayf and stray, deodands, Deodands. 
 
 treasure trove, and other things or chattels found ; and Treasure 
 
 that he by himself and his ministers may be able to seize 
 
 and take at their pleasure, to the behoof of the aforesaid 
 
 Duke, the wayfs and strays, deodands, treasure trove, and 
 
 other things found as abovesaid. And that the aforesaid Mainour. 
 
 Duke, for the whole of his life, may have all manner 
 
 of goods and chattels called Mainour, taken or to be 
 
 taken upon any person soever within the lands and fees 
 
 aforesaid, and by the same person disclaimed before any 
 
 judge soever; savins always and reserved to the aforesaid saving of h- 
 
 •' ° ' ° •^ berties before 
 
 Duke and his heirs aforesaid all manner of other privileges, gj."2i! '" 
 immunities, and acquittances, given, granted, or confirmed 
 to them by us or by our said grandfather. These being 
 witnesses, the venerable fathers, William Archbishop of 
 Canterbury, Primate of all England ; Thomas Archbishop 
 of York, Primate of England, our Chancellor; Robert 
 Bishop of London ; Robert Bishop of Chichester ; Tideman 
 Bishop of Worcester; Edmund Duke of York, and Tho- 
 mas Duke of Gloucester, our most dear uncles; Edward 
 Earl of Rutland ; Righard Earl of Arundel ; Thomas Earl 
 Marshal and of Nottingham; Henry Earl of Northum- 
 berland; Roger Walden, our Treasurer; Thomas de Percy, 
 Steward of our household ; Guy Mone, Keeper of our privy 
 seal; and others. Given under our hand at Westminster, on 
 the twenty-ninth day of June, in the twentieth year of our 
 reiffn. W3is — not willing that our said heritage, or the li- Thecondi- 
 berties thereof, be in aught changed, transferred, lessened, or ^l^'/Jl^ 
 derogated from, on account of our present assumption of the and other 
 
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 maneriis, feodis, ac caeteris possessionibus et dominiis 
 praedictis, in omnibus et per omnia, imperpetuum habean- 
 tur, exerceantur, continuentur, fiant et utantur, et per 
 tales officiarios et ministros gubernentur et exequantur, 
 quae et qualia et per quales officiarios et ministros, tam 
 tempore dicti domini et patris nostri, quam temporibus 
 aliorum progenitorum et antecessorum nostrorum, in eisdem 
 ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, castris, maneriis, feodis, 
 ac aliis possessionibus et dominiis praedictis, uti et haberi, 
 ac regi et gubernari consueverunt, virtute cartarum prae- 
 dictarum : Volentes ulterius et concedentes, ac pro nobis et 
 haeredibus nostris praedictis, ex certa scientia nostra et de 
 assensu praedictis, plenarie declarantes, quod universi et 
 singuli tenentes nostri de ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, 
 maneriis, feodis, ac aliis possessionibus et dominiis prae- 
 dictis, et haeredes sui, adeo liberi sint et in omnibus talis ac 
 adeo liberae et illesae conditionis, tam in ingressibus suis in 
 haereditates suas post mortem antecessorum suorum, quam 
 in tenuris suis, ac alias qualitercumque, sicut esse possent 
 et deberent, de consuetudine vel de jure, si dicta dignitas 
 nostra regia nobis nusquam accidisset, dicta assumptione 
 nostra dignitatis regiae, aut eo quod ducatus, comitatus, 
 honores, castra, maneria, feoda, advocationes, posses- 
 siones, dominia et libertates praedicta in manu nostra 
 jam existunt, seu aliqua interruptione, cessatione, vel dis- 
 continuatione libertatum praedictarum, seu aliquibus aliis 
 occasionibus, causis, coloribus, vel impedimentis quibus- 
 cumque, quae incontrarium praesentis voluntatis, conces- 
 sionis, et declarationis nostras vigorem seu efFectum ali- 
 quem habere nolumus, in aliquo non obstantibus. Proviso 
 semper quod tenentes nostri infra comitatum nostrum 
 palatinum Lancastriae haereditates suas in manum nostram 
 et dictorum haeredum nostrorum in dictis cartis specifica- 
 
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 royal estate and dignity, but that our same heritage, with estates of 
 its rights and liberties aforesaid, in the same manner, «f Lancaster, 
 
 <-' ' ' shall not be 
 
 state, form, and condition, in which it descended and fueRTng?" 
 came to us, and also with all and singular such liberties ofthTrS 
 and franchises, and other privileges, advantages, and profits and the 
 
 . or franchises 
 
 whatsoever, with which our aforesaid lord and father, whilst ^^\^ ^'"ch 
 
 ' John late 
 
 he lived, had and held the same, for the term of his life, by J^s^e^hew"" 
 grant from the aforesaid late King Richard, shall be to us shaifbT^con- 
 and our said heirs in the said charters specified, fully and ^^^^^' ' 
 entirely kept, continued, and had; — will, and by the tenor settled upon 
 
 King Henry 
 
 of these presents, of our certain knowledge, and with the the Fourth 
 
 assent of our present parliament, do grant, declare, decree, tJepfefeding 
 
 and ordain, for us and our heirs, that as well our duchy of SreSras 
 
 Lancaster, as all and singular the other counties, honors, accession to 
 
 . . . the crown. 
 
 castles, manors, fees, advowsons, possessions, annuities, 
 and lordships whatever, to us howsoever and wheresoever 
 descended before our adoption of the royal dignity, by 
 hereditary right, in demesne, in service, or in reversion, or 
 otherwise howsoever, shall for ever remain to us and our 
 said heirs in the charters aforesaid specified in form afore- 
 said; and that they so and in such wise, and by such 
 officers and ministers, in all things be managed, governed, 
 and treated, as they would have remained, been managed, 
 governed, and treated, if we had never assumed the ensign 
 of royal dignity. And, moreover, that such and the like The same 
 
 T • 1 n 1 • • 1 • J liberties and 
 
 llbertiesj jura regalia, customs, and franchises, m the said jura regatta 
 
 duchy, counties, honors, castles, manors, fees, and other l^^^tJ/JJ'^''" 
 
 possessions and lordships aforesaid, in all, and throughout oth'eVthe 
 
 all, be had, exercised, continued, done, and used for ever, throughout,' 
 
 and thev by such officers and ministers be governed and exe- governed by 
 
 •^ •' ° .the like 
 
 cuted, as and which were wont to be had and used in the officers as 
 
 ' before. 
 
 same duchy, counties, honors, castles, manors, fees, and 
 other possessions and lordships, and by whom they were 
 
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 torum, post mortem antecessorum suorum, seu alio modo 
 seisiendas et capiendas, extra eandem manum nostram, et 
 dictorum hseredum nostrorum in cartis prsedictis specifica- 
 torum, per liberationem in cancellaria regalitatis ibidem 
 habendam, prosequantur, ut est moris et fuerit faciendum 
 ratione regalitatis supradictae ; et quod praerogativa nostra 
 quoad maritagia et proficua maritagiorum hseredum aliorum 
 tenentium nostrorum, extra dictum comitatum palatinum, 
 seisienda et habenda, locum habeat et vigorem. Volumus 
 insuper et concediraus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, ex 
 certa scientia nostra et assensu praedictis, quod universa 
 et singula beneficia ecclesiastica ad haereditatem nostram 
 praedictam spectantia, per nos et dictos haeredes nostros in 
 dictis cartis specificatos, continue futuris temporibus con- 
 ferantur : Ita quod cancellarius vel thesaurarius Angliao 
 pro tempore existentes, seu quivis alius officiarius regius, 
 de collatione vel praesentatione, seu etiam de visitatione 
 beneficiorum hujusmodi, ratione officiorum suorum, se 
 nuUatenus intromittant in futuro. Volumus etiam et con- 
 cedimus, pro nobis et haeredibus nostris, ex certa scientia 
 nostra et de assensu praedictis, quod omnes et singuli re- 
 ceptores, feodarii, firmarii, ballivi, praepositi, officiarii, ac 
 quicumque alii servientes et ministri nostri, et dictorum 
 haeredum nostrorum in dictis cartis specificatorum, prae- 
 dictorum ducatus, comitatuum, honorum, castrorum, 
 maneriorum, feodorum, possessionum, dominiorum et li- 
 bertatum, de omnibus et singulis denariis, firmis, reddi- 
 tibus, exitibus, reventionibus, et proficuis quibuscumque 
 de eisdem ducatu, comitatibus, honoribus, castris, raa- 
 neriis, feodis, possessionibus, dominiis et libertatibus, 
 qualitercumque provenientibus, coram certis specialibus 
 auditoribus, officiariis et ministris, per nos et dictos 
 haeredes nostros in cartis praedictis specificatos de tem- 
 
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 wont to be ruled and governed, as well in the time of our 
 said lord and father, as in the times of other our pro- 
 genitors and ancestors, by virtue of the charters aforesaid: 
 Willing, furthermore, and granting, and for us and our heirs The tenants 
 aforesaid, of our certain knowledge and with the assent S^how" 
 
 e •i/«nii' ■t^ i» after their 
 
 aforesaid, fully declaring, that all and singular our tenants ancestors* 
 of the duchy, counties, honors, manors, fees, and other pos- {J^^J, \l^^^_ 
 sessions and lordships aforesaid, and their heirs, may be as *°*"*'^' 
 free, and in all respects of such and of as unimpaired and 
 free condition, as well in their entries upon their in- 
 heritances after the death of their ancestors as in their 
 tenures, and otherwise howsoever, as they could and ought 
 to be by custom or of right if our said royal dignity had 
 never fallen to us, our said assumption of the royal dignity 
 notwithstanding, or notwithstanding that the duchy, coun- 
 ties, honors, castles, manors, fees, advowsons, possessions, 
 lordships, and liberties aforesaid are now in our hands, or 
 any interruption, cessation, or discontinuance of the liberties 
 aforesaid, or any other lets, causes, colors, or impediments 
 whatsoever (which we will not to have any force or effect to 
 the contrary of this our present will, grant, and declara- 
 tion,) in anywise notwithstanding. Provided always, that proviso for 
 
 ... , . « -r the tenants 
 
 our tenants witnm our county palatine of L.ancaster may of the county 
 
 . 1 • 1 • Palatine of 
 
 sue their inheritances (to be taken and seized into the Lancaster, 
 hands of us and our said heirs in the said charters specified 
 after the death of their ancestors or in other manner) out 
 of the same hands of us and our said heirs in the aforesaid 
 charters specified, by livery to be had in the chancery of 
 the regality there, as is the custom, and would have been 
 done by reason of the abovesaid regality; and that our saving the 
 prerogative in respect of seizing and having the marriages ?JTo°mar!^ 
 
 /» i> ^ • #• 1 1 • ft riages out of 
 
 and the profits of the marriages ot the heirs of other our the county 
 tenants out of the said county palatine have effect and 
 
pore in tempus ad hoc limitandis et assignandis, duntaxat, 
 et non coram thesaurario et baronibus de scaccario re- 
 gio, computeiit et respondeant continue infuturum. Ita 
 quod thesaurarius et barones de scaccario praedicto, de 
 aliquibus hujusmodi denariis, firmis, redditibus, exitibus, 
 reventionibus aut proficuis, seu de aliquibus compotis, vel 
 ratiociniis inde audiendis, habendis, reddeudis, vel termi- 
 nandis infuturum, se non intromittant uUo modo In 
 cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras fieri fecimus 
 patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium, quarto 
 decimo die Octobris, anno regni nostri primo. 
 
 M©^j pro eo quod de avisamento et assensu Domi- 
 norum Spiritualium et Temporalium, ac Communitatis 
 regni nostri Angliae, in instanti parliamento nostro exis- 
 tentium, ac auctoritate ejusdem, ordinatum et stabilitum 
 existit quod Henricus nuper nuncupatus Rex Henricus 
 Sextus omnia castra, maneria, dominia, villas, villatas, ho- 
 nores, terras, tenementa, redditus, servitia, feodi-firmas, 
 feoda militum, advocationes, hsereditamenta, et posses- 
 siones, cum suis pertinentiis, quae ipse seu aliquis alius 
 ad usum suum tertio die Marcii ultimo praeterito habuit, 
 de ducatu Lancastriae existentia, vel quae aliqua par- 
 cella sive membrum ejusdem ducatus aut eidem, primo 
 anno Henrici nuper nuncupati Regis Henrici Quinti, 
 aut aliquo tempore citra, unita vel annexa fuerunt, nobis 
 et coronae nostras Angliae forisfaciat, — de eisdem avisa- 
 mento assensu et auctoritate ordinavimus et stabilivimus 
 quod eadem maneria, castra, dominia, honores, villae, vil- 
 latae, terrae, tenementa, redditus, servitia, feodi-firmae, 
 feoda militum, advocationes, haereditamenta et posses- 
 siones, cum suis pertinentiis, in Anglia, Wallia, et Calesio 
 et marchiis earundem, fiant, et a quarto die Marcii ul- 
 timo praeterito sint, dictus ducatus Lancastriae corporatus, 
 
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 vigor. We will moreover and grant, for us and our heirs, chancellor or 
 
 . . treasurer of 
 
 of our certain knowledge and with the assent aforesaid, England not 
 
 *-' to intermed- 
 
 that all and singular ecclesiastical benefices belonging to sgn^JJ^P^o' 
 our heritage aforesaid shall in time to come be conferred nefices.^^ 
 uninterruptedly by us and our said heirs in the said charters 
 specified : so that in future the chancellor or treasurer of 
 England for the time being, or any other royal officer, do in 
 nowise intermeddle in the collation or presentation, or even 
 in the visitation, of the like benefices by reason of their 
 offices. We will also and ffrant, for us and our heirs, of ah receivers 
 
 o ' ' and others to 
 
 our certain knowledge and with the assent aforesaid, that ^rg spgc^Ii" 
 all a;id singular receivers, feodaries, farmers, bailifl^s, reeves, ^ot^S^tie^^ 
 officers, and other the servants and ministers whosoever of chequer." 
 us and our said heirs in the said charters specified of the 
 aforesaid duchy, counties, honors, castles, manors, fees, 
 possessions, lordships, and liberties, for all and singular 
 sums of money, farms, rents, issues, revenues, and profits 
 whatever in any manner proceeding from the same duchy, 
 counties, honors, castles, manors, fees, possessions, lordships, 
 and liberties, shall without interruption account and answer 
 in future before certain special auditors, officers, and minis- 
 ters from time to time to be hereunto limited and assigned 
 only by us and our said heirs in the charters aforesaid spe- 
 cified, and not before the treasurer and barons of the royal 
 exchequer. So that the treasurer and barons of the ex- 
 chequer aforesaid shall not in any wise intermeddle in 
 future in any the like monies, farms, rents, issues, re- 
 venues, or profits, or in the auditing, having, rendering, 
 or determining any the accounts or reckonings thereof. In 
 witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be 
 made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster, on the 
 fourteenth day of October, in the first year of our reign. 
 
 ■^^j — for as much as by and with the advice and as- Recital of 
 
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 et DucATUs LANCASTRiiE nominentur ; et quod omnia 
 eadem maneria, castra, et caetera prsemissa, cum suis 
 pertinentiis, per idem nomen Ducatus, ab omnibus aliis 
 nostris hsereditamentis separata, a dicto quarto die Marcii, 
 nobis et hseredibus nostris Regibus Angliae seisiamus, 
 habeamus, pereipiamus, teneamus, et hsereditemus, eisdem- 
 que gaudeamus in perpetuum. Et quod comitatus Lan- 
 castriae sit Comitatus Palatinus, ac quod nos et haeredes 
 nostri habeamus, ut parcellam dicti ducatus, eundem co- 
 mitatum Lancastriae comitatum palatinum, ac Sigillum, 
 Cancellarium, Justitiarios et Officiarios ibidem pro eodem, 
 ac omnimoda libertates, consuetudines, jura regalia, et 
 franchesias in eodem comitatu palatino juste et legitime 
 usitata : Ulteriusque aliud sigillum vocatum Sigillum Du- 
 catus Lancastriae, ac Cancellarium pro custodia ejusdem, 
 Officiarios et Conciliarios pro regimine et gubernatione 
 ejusdem ducatus, ac particularium officiariorum, minis- 
 trorum, tenentium et inhabitantium ejusdem, in adeo 
 magna ampla et larga forma, prout Henricus se nomi- 
 natus Henricum Quintum aliquo tempore in eodem ha- 
 bebat, excercebat, et legitime gaudebat, et quod eadem 
 auctoritate dicti officiarii et ministri, ac etiam tenentes 
 et inhabitantes de et in eodem ducatu, habeant et ex- 
 cerceant talia et omnia hujusmodi libertates, franchesias, 
 privilegia, et consuetudines, eisdemque gaudeant et utan- 
 tur, quae qualia vel quibus officiarii, ministri, tenentes et 
 inhabitantes ejusdem ducatus, tempore Henrici se nomi- 
 nantis Regem Henricum Quintum habebant, excercebant, 
 utebantur, vel legitime gaudebant; ac etiam quod in 
 eodem ducatu omnia talia libertates, franchesiae, consue- 
 tudines, privilegia, et jurisdictiones excerceantur, habe- 
 antur, et occupentur, qualia in eodem ante dictum quar- 
 tum diem Marcii legitime usitata fuerunt, et quod offi- 
 
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 sent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and of the Com- Act declaring 
 mons of our realm of England in our present parliament as- ^y "^"'•y ^^« 
 
 ° r r Sixth, of his 
 
 sembled, and by the authority of the same, it is ordained Jfthe'Siy 
 and established that Henry, late called King Henry the ?ot^he"SowT>; 
 Sixth, should forfeit to us and our Crown of England all 
 the castles, manors, lordships, towns, townships, honors, 
 lands, tenements, rents, services, fee-farms, knights' fees, 
 advowsons, hereditaments, and possessions with their ap- 
 purtenances, which he or any other to his use had on the 
 third day of March last past, being of the duchy of Lancas- 
 ter, or which were any parcel or member of the same duchy, 
 or thereunto united or annexed in the first year of the reign 
 of Henry, late called King Henry the Fifth, or at any time 
 since, — have, by and with the same advice, assent, and au- the said pos- 
 thority ordained and established that the same manors, cas- 4ti?Ma?cr™ 
 
 ties, lordships, honors, towns, townships, lands, tenements, shaiibe in- 
 corporated, 
 fents, services, fee-farms, kniffhts' fees, advowsons, heredita- »"^,^»ll«<^, 
 
 ' ' ' o ' 7 "The Duchy 
 
 ments, and possessions, with their appurtenances, in Eng- "g*^^^?"*^^^- 
 
 land, Wales, and Calais, and the marches thereof, shall 
 
 make, and from the fourth day of March last past be the 
 
 said Duchy of Lancaster corporate, and shall be called 
 
 THE Duchy of Lancaster ; and that from the said fourth the King to 
 
 day of March we do seize, have, perceive, hold, and in- same to him 
 
 '' ' ' 1 ^ and his heirs 
 
 herit all the same manors, castles, and other the premises, |Snd! 
 with their appurtenances, by the same name of the 
 Duchy, and the same enjoy for ever to us and our 
 heirs Kings of England, separate from all our other he- 
 reditaments. And that the county of Lancaster shall be The county 
 
 " of Lancaster 
 
 a County Palatine ; and that we and our heirs shall have, f^fj^^^^^f' 
 as parcel of the said Duchy, the same county of Lan- pi^hy^^ 
 caster as a county palatine, and a Seal, Chancellor, Jus- |eai, chan* 
 tices, and Officers there for the same, and all manner of 
 liberties, customs, jura regalia, and franchises justly and 
 
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 ciarii, ministri, tenentes et inhabitantes de vel in eodem 
 ducatu, juxta eadem libertates, franchesias, custumas, pri- 
 vilegia et jurisdictiones tractentur et deducantur, incon- 
 trariumque non distringantur, arctentur, vel compellantur 
 quovismodo. In cujus rei testimonium has literas nostras 
 fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ipso apud Westmonas- 
 terium quarto die Novembris, anno regni nostri primo. 
 
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 lawfully used in the same county palatine ; and further- another seai 
 more another seal called the Seal of the Duchy of Lan- seai of the 
 
 •' Duchy of 
 
 caster, and a Chancellor for the keeping thereof, and aniT*^"^' 
 Officers and Councillors for the rule and governance of ^J^'^««"°'*' 
 the same duchy, and of the particular officers, ministers, 
 tenants, and inhabitants thereof, in as great, ample, and 
 large a form as Henry, calling himself Henry the Fifth, 
 at any time lawfully had, exercised, and enjoyed in the 
 same; and that by the same authority the said officers ^.^5°^'^^" 
 and ministers, and also the tenants and inhabitants of nantg^shaii 
 and in the same Duchy shall have and exercise all such befc"&i'. 
 and the like liberties, franchises, privileges, and customs, tfme offing 
 and the same enjoy and use, as and which the officers, mi- Fifth. 
 nisters, tenants, and inhabitants of the same duchy law- 
 fully had, exercised, used, or enjoyed in the time of Henry 
 calling himself King Henry the Fifth ; and also that in the 
 same duchy all such liberties, franchises, customs, privi- 
 leges, and jurisdictions be exercised, had, and occupied, 
 as before the said fourth day of March were lawfully 
 used in the same ; and that the officers, ministers, tenants, 
 and inhabitants of or in the same duchy shall be treated 
 and managed according to the same liberties, franchises, * 
 customs, privileges, and jurisdictions, and not be distressed, 
 straitened, or compelled to the contrary thereof in anywise. 
 In witness whereof we have caused these our letters to be 
 made patent. Witness ourself at Westminster on the 
 fourth day of November, in the first year of our reign. 
 
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 Rot. Pari. 
 14Edv¥.4. 
 n. 9. in 
 Turr. Lond. 
 
 n. 11. 
 
 23rd Feb. 
 14 Edw. 4. 
 A.D. 1475. 
 
 Certain 
 lands, parcel 
 of the Du- 
 chy of Lan- 
 caster, put 
 in feoffment 
 for perform- 
 ance of the 
 Will of King 
 Edward the 
 Fourth, his 
 intention 
 being to 
 crots the sea 
 in person for 
 recovery of 
 the realm of 
 France. 
 
 XXXVIII. 
 
 Rotulus Pailianienti de anno quartodecimo Regis Edwardi Quaiti. 
 
 Reassumptio Parliamenti. 
 
 EMORANDUM quod vicesimo tertio die 
 Januarii dicto anno quartodecimo, ad 
 quem diem prsesens Parliamentum ut prse- 
 dicitur fuit prorogatum, prsefatus dominus 
 Rex, ac Domini et Communes, in prsesenti Parliamento 
 apud Westmonasterium, locis consuetis, juxta mandatum 
 regium sibi injunctum, negotia ejusdem Parliamenti trac- 
 taturi personaliter convenerunt, et sic de die in diem usque 
 ad et in quartumdecimum diem Martii tunc proximo se- 
 quentis. 
 
 Actus Feoffamenti. 
 The Kyng, thorough the grete help of God, in whoos 
 defense and tuition he putteth his hoole trust and affiaunce, 
 entendeth in his roiall persone to passe over the see, ayenst 
 his auncien ennemye of Fraunce, for the lecovere of his 
 oold enheritaunce of the corone and reame of Fraunce, 
 the duchies of Normandie, Gascoigne, and Guyan, and 
 for the defense of this his realme of Englond, and to 
 reduce the same reame to his olde fame and renomes 
 and prosperite : remembryng, as a Cristen Prynce, to 
 provide and ordeigne for contentation of his dueties and 
 other dyvers thynges and memoriall to be doon to the 
 pleasure of God, and for the wele of his soule, and for 
 the perfite execution, establisshement, and perfourmyng of 
 the same, his Highnes, the xxiii day of the moneth of Fe- 
 
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 verer, in the xiiu*** yere of his reigne, by th'advise and 
 assent of the Lordes Spirituelx and Temporelx, and 
 Comons, in this present Parlement assembled, and by 
 auctorite of the same, willeth, ordeynetb, and enacteth, 
 that Thomas cardynall archiebisshop of Canterbury, Wil- 
 liam bisshop of Ely, Richard bisshop of Sarum, Robert 
 bisshop of Bath and Welles, Thomas bisshop of Lincoln, 
 Henry erl of Essex, Antonie erle Ryvers, William lord 
 Hastynges, John lord Dynham, maister John Russell, 
 clerk, Keper of the Kynge's pryve seale, maister Wil- 
 liam Dudley, Dean of the Kyng's chapel, Thomas Burgh, 
 knyght, William Parre, knyght, Thomas Mongomery, 
 knyght, maister John Gunthorp, clerk, Richard Fowler, 
 and William Huse, fro the same xxiii day, have, hold, 
 enyoie, and possede the honour, castell, lordship, and ma- 
 nour of Tuttebury, with the membres and appurtenaunces, 
 and all maners, lordships, londes, tenementes, rentes, and 
 services, parcell of the Duchie of Lancastre, in the coun- 
 tees of Stafford and Derby, with their appurtenaunces : 
 the castell, lordship, and manour of Kenelworth, parcell 
 of the Duchie of Lancastre, in the counte of Warrewik, 
 with th'appurtenaunces ; the honour, castell, and manour 
 of Leycestre, with the membres and appurtenaunces, and 
 all other manours, londes and tenementes, rentes and ser- 
 vices, parcell of the Duchie of Lancastre, in the countees 
 of Leycestre, Warrewyk, and Northampton, with th'ap- 
 purtenaunces : the honour, castell, lordship, and manour 
 of Bolynbroke, with the membres and appurtenaunces, 
 and all other manours, lordships, landes, tenementes, 
 rentes, and services, parcell of the Duchie of Lancastre, 
 in the counte of Lincoln, with th'appurtenaunces ; the 
 lordship and manour of Longbenyngton, parcell of the 
 Duchie of Lancastre, in the counte of Lincoln, with th* 
 
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 appurtenaunces : the honours, castles, lordships, and ma- 
 nours of Pountfret, Tikhull, Knaresburgh, and Pikeryng, 
 with their membres and appurtenaunces, and all manours, 
 lordships, londes, tenementes, rentes, and services, parcell 
 of the Duchie of Lancastre, in the countees of York and 
 Notyngham, with their appurtenaunces: the castell, lord- 
 ship, and manour of Dunstanburgh, with the members and 
 appurtenaunces, and all manours, lordships, londes, tene- 
 mentes, rentes, and services, parcell of the Duchie of Lan- 
 castre, in the counte of Northuraberlond, with their appur- 
 tenaunces, to theym and their heires for evere : to th'en- 
 tent that the revenuez, prouffitez, and commoditees, comyng 
 and growyng thereof, may and be emploied to the perfourm> 
 yng and executyng of the last Wille that his said Highnes 
 shall make and ordeyne to be doon with the same honours, 
 castels, manours, londes and tenementes, and other premisses, 
 or with the prouffites, revenuez, and commoditees comyng 
 The Will per- and growyug of the same. And that it be ordeyned by 
 case the the samc auctorite, that after the same Wille perfourmed 
 declare no and cxccutcd, or cllcs if his seid Highnes declare and 
 
 Will concern- *-" 
 
 vrlmhls n^ake no Wille concernyng the premysses, that then the 
 
 feS'there! Said Thomas cardynall archiebisshop, bisshopes, erles, Wil- 
 
 theKiiJgrnd liam lord Hastynges, John lord Dynham, maister John 
 
 Russell, clerk, Keper of the Kyng's prive scale, maister 
 
 WiUiam Dudley, Dean of the Kyng's chapell, Thomas 
 
 Burgh, knyght, William Parre, knyght, Thomas Mon- 
 
 gomery, knyght, maister John Gunthorp, clerk, Richard 
 
 Fowler, and William Huse be and stond seased and 
 
 feoffees of and in the said honours, castelx, lordshippes, 
 
 manours, londes, tenementes, and other the premysses, 
 
 ?fre?nthe1; *» thc usc of his Highucs and his heires. And that it 
 
 par"ei of the bc ordcyued and stablisshed by the seid advis, assent, and 
 
 all liberties, auctoritc, that all the same honours, castelx, lordshippes. 
 
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 matiers, londes, tenementes, and other the premisses, with &c., and 
 
 under rule of 
 
 their appurteiiaunees, stond and be, contynue and remayne, ^^2. ^"''^^ 
 in the possession of the said Thomas cardynall, bisshopes, 
 erles, WiUiam lord Hastynges, John lord Dynham, maister 
 John Russell, clerk, Keper of the Kynge^s prive seale, 
 maister William Dudley, Dean of the Kyng's chapell, 
 Thomas Burgh, knyght, William Parre, knyght, Thomas 
 Mongomery, knyght, maister John Gunthorp, clerk, 
 Richard Fowler, and William Huse, parcell of the Duchie 
 of Lancastre, and be called, reputed, and taken parcell 
 therof, havyng and usyng all liberties, fredoms, fraun- 
 chises, profittes, commoditees, and availes as have been 
 had and used in the same; and that all Officers and 
 Governours of the said Duchie stonde, remayne, and 
 abide Officers and Governours therof, havyng such astate 
 and interesse theryn as they nowe have, usyng, exer- 
 cisyng, and occupiyng their said offices, with all fees, 
 wages, prouffites, and advayles perteynyng and belong- 
 yng to the same and every of theym, as they did and 
 had, and myght have had and doon, afore the makyng 
 hereof. And that all leeses and dymyses, erauntes of ah leases, 
 
 •' •' ^ grants of 
 
 offices, fees, annuytees, presentations, and advousons be Su^^j^f'fif; 
 made from hensforth, duryng the lyf of cure said Sove- t^pfsjj'fuie 
 reigne Lord, in his oune name, by waraunt from his j^amlfby" 
 Highnes, and under the Scale of his said Duchie nowe under the 
 
 . Duchy Seal. 
 
 beyng the Seale therof, as it hath been used and accus- 
 
 tumed in tyme passed. And that it be ordeyned by the Feoffees to 
 
 said auctorite, that the said 1 homas cardynall, bisshoppes, premises to 
 
 •^ * * said intent, 
 
 erles, Wilham lord Hastynges, John lord Dynham, mais- "t^ndu^'an 
 ter John Russell, clerk, Keper of the Kyng's prive seale, ^««'^«'&'=- 
 maister William Dudley, Dean of the Kyng^s chapell, 
 Thomas Burgh, knyght, William Parre, knyght, Thomas 
 Mongomery, knyght, maister John Gunthorp, clerk, Rich- 
 
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 ard Fowler, and William Hiise, and the lengest lyfyng 
 of theym, have, possede, hold, and enyoie all the pre- 
 misses, to theym and their heires, to th^entent and 
 behove aboveseid ; any leese, graunte, or other thyng 
 had, made, or doon, of or in the premisses or any part 
 therof, by oure said Sovereign e Lord in his lyfe, or of 
 All officers at the Said Officers in his name, notwithstondyng. And 
 
 time of the 
 
 King's death that all Officers and Governours of and in the same, 
 
 to continue, 
 
 the tyme of the diyng of oure seid Sovereigne Lord, 
 
 stond, remayne, and abide Officers and Governours, ac- 
 
 and all leases, cordyug to their title and interesse in theym. And that 
 
 grants, &c. i n i 
 
 thenceforth fro theusforth all leses, dimyses, ffrauntes of offices, fees, 
 
 to be made in . 
 
 offresby^^" annuytees, presentations, and advousons be made in the 
 
 under^the"'^ uamcs of the same Thomas cardynall, bisshops, erles, 
 
 Dnchy Sea , ^7-j|-^j^ |qj,^j Hastyngcs, Johu lord Dynham, maister 
 
 John Russell, clerk, Keper of the Kyng's pryve seale, 
 
 maister William Dudley, Dean of the Kyng's chapell, 
 
 Thomas Burgh, knyght, William Parre, knyght, Thomas 
 
 Mongomery, knyght, maister John Gunthorp, clerk, 
 
 Richard Fowler, and William Huse, or the lengest lyfyng 
 
 of theym, by waraunt, and under the Seale of the said 
 
 same to be Duchie ; and that every such lese, dymyse, graunt, and 
 
 as good in 
 
 law as though presentation made under the said Seale be as goode, 
 
 made under ^ o ' 
 
 offees"^^^" effectuell, and avaylable in the lawe as though it were 
 made by the said Thomas cardynall, bisshops, erles, Wil- 
 liam lord Hastynges, John lord Dynham, maister John 
 Russell, clerk, Keper of the Kyng's pryve seale, maister 
 William Dudley, Dean of the Kyng's chapell, Thomas 
 Burgh, knyght, William Parre, knyght, Thomas Mon- 
 gomery, knyght, maister John Gunthorp, clerk, Richard 
 
 Saving to the Fowlcr, and William Huse under their sealx. Savvnff to 
 
 Queen. "^ ° 
 
 Elizabeth Queue of Englond such right, title, and in- 
 terest in and of the premisses as she hath in the same 
 
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 or any part therof. Savyng also to all other the Kyng's General sa- 
 
 ving. 
 
 liege people such title, right, action, and interesse in 
 and of the premysses as they shuld have had if this 
 Acte had not be made. And, overe this, it is ordeyned proviso in 
 
 1 ' 1 • 1 -p /•! ' 1 r nr 1 ^^'^^ "^ death 
 
 by the said auctonte, that if eny or the seid leottes dye, of feoffees. 
 or make estate in or of any of the premisses, that then 
 all services and rentes due to the Kyng, or to eny of 
 the seid feoifes, by reason or cause of any of the pre- 
 mysses, afore the makyng of this Acte, be of hke effecte 
 and condition as this Acte had never be made. 
 
 2 s 
 
832 
 
 Rot. Pari. 
 
 14Edw.4. 
 n. 56. m.3, 
 in Turr. 
 Lond. 
 
 1st March, 
 14 Edw. 4. 
 A.D. 1475. 
 
 That the 
 ordinance 
 made 6th 
 Oct. A.D. 
 1473, for pay- 
 ment of the 
 King's debts 
 (assigned by 
 Patent Bill 
 or Tally on 
 the posses, 
 sions of the 
 Duchy of 
 Lancaster, 
 &c.), upon 
 proof of good 
 ground to be 
 given to the 
 Barons of the 
 Exchequer 
 before the 
 Quinzaine 
 of Easter, 
 A.D. 1475, 
 shall con- 
 tinue in force 
 until 26th 
 May, 
 A.D. 1475. 
 
 XXXIX. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti de anno quartodecimo Regis Edwardi Quarti. 
 
 TEM, vicesimo tertio die Januarii anno dicti 
 Domini Regis quartodecimo, ad quern diem 
 prsesens Parliamentum per diversas proroga- 
 tiones, prout superius liquet de recordo, extitit 
 continuatum, Petitio et Actus Communes diversi in prae- 
 senti Parliamento similiter exhibiti, tractati, et expediti 
 fuerunt, quorum tenores, cum suis responsionibus, hie 
 inferius annotantur. 
 
 Prayen the Coraons in this present Parlement* as- 
 sembled, that where in the same Parlement, begon 
 and holde at Westminster the vi*^ day of Octobre, the 
 xii*^ yere of your reigne, Sovereigne Lord, and by dy- 
 vers prorogations unto the vi^^ day of Octobre, the xiii*^ 
 yere of your said reigne, contynued, grete multitude of 
 assignementes, aswell by letters patentes of you, Sove- 
 reigne Lord, tallies, debentours, and other billes levied 
 and reared at the receipt of your Eschequer or other- 
 wise, as by billes under the scale or scales beyng in 
 the same receipt ordeyned for assignations to be made 
 uppon the possessions of the Duchie of Lancastre, Wales, 
 Duchie of York, and Erldom of Marche, aswell for your 
 Houshold and Warderobe, and for your Werkes, as for 
 many and dyvers sommes of money, in tymes of dyvers 
 
 * See the Act of Resumption in this Parliament, (begun 6th Oct. 
 12 Edw. 4, and prorogued to the 6th October, 13 Edw. 4,) Parliament 
 Rolls, vol. vi. p. 71. 
 
333 
 
 persones late Tresorers of Englond, sithen the first day 
 of your reigne dyversly have be made; grete part of the 
 which assignations, by bille and otherwyse, inordinatly and 
 withoute grounde of duetie have be had and made, as it 
 is understoud : It was then therfore ordeyned, by th'advis 
 and assent of the Lordes Spirituelx and Temporelx, and 
 Commens, in the same Parlement, the said vi*^ day of 
 Octobre in the said xiii^^ yere assembled, and by aucto- 
 rite of the same, that, afore the xv"'^ of Ester then next 
 to come, open proclamation shuld be made within every 
 shire of this reame, in every market toune within the 
 same shire, by the shirefF or shirefs of the same shire or 
 shires for the tyme beyng, and every shiref duely shuld 
 make the proclamation in that partie, and the writte 
 therof duely shuld serve and retourne at the day of 
 retourne of the same, upon the payne to forfett to you, 
 Sovereigne Lord, at every defaute, c li. ; that every per- 
 sone and persones havyng any patent, taille, or bille 
 made, reared, or assigned before the first day of Decem- 
 bre in the x**^ yere of your reigne, for any somme or 
 sommes of money conteyned or specified in any of the 
 same, shuld appiere before the Barons of your Eschequer 
 at Westminster in his propre persone, or by his attorney 
 or servaunt having sufficiaunt auctorite of hym, afore 
 the xv™^ of Ester the which shuld be in the yere of oure 
 Lord God m.cccclxxv, the which xv""^ of Ester is the 
 xv^ of Ester nowe next to come, there to shewe and prove 
 that the sommes of money conteyned and specified in his 
 or their patent, taille, or bille was by or uppon any true 
 grounde or cause due by you, Sovereigne Lord, at the 
 tyme of the makyng, rearyng, or assignement of the said 
 patent, taille, or bille made, reared, or assigned, to the 
 same persone or persones named in the same patent, 
 
 2 s 2 
 
S34 
 
 taille, or byll, or for your Houshold, your Chambre, 
 Warderobe, your Werkes, or money to you lent for tbe 
 Vitailer of Caleys, or any of theym, or for any other 
 cause; that the said Barons, uppon due prove by their 
 discretions had and made of any somme or sommes in 
 any such taille or bille to be due by you, and at the 
 tyme of the said prove made not payed, shuld have auc- 
 torite and power by the same Ordenaunce to certeiie 
 into the receipt of your Eschequer of the somme and 
 sommes so proved due, and of the name or names of the 
 persone or persones to whome the said somme or sommes 
 so shal be proved to be due. And theruppon, by the 
 said Ordenaunce, the Tresorer and Chamberleyns of your 
 receipt for the tyme beyng, dyvyding severally the same 
 duetie into xx*' partes by evyn portions, withoute delaye 
 or denyer, at your propre coste and charge, shuld reare 
 there, make, and delyvere xx*' tailles or billes accordyng, 
 paiable yerely, ich after other, within xx*' yere then next 
 ensuyng, to have and receyve in such place or places, and 
 under such fourme, as the Tresorer of Englond for the 
 tyme beyng, with resonable agrement of the said persone 
 and persones to whome such dette shuld be proved due, 
 shuld be thought resonable. And as for such dueties as 
 shuld be found due to any of the said persones afore the 
 said Barons by reason of any such letters patentes, that 
 the said Barons shuld certifie such dueties as they shuld 
 fynde due by any such letters patentes made undre youre 
 Grete Seale, to the Chaunceller of Englond for the 
 tyme beyng; and such dueties as shuld be founde due to 
 any persone afore the said Barons, by any of your letters 
 patentes made under your Scale of your Duchie of Lan- 
 castre, to the Chaunceller of the same Duchie for the 
 tyme beyng : and then that every of the said Chauncellers, 
 
335 
 
 for such sommes so to theym certefied, shuld doo make, 
 at your cost and charge, to such persones as such dueties 
 shuld be founde due to, letters patentes to receyve, have, 
 or reteyne such sommes of money as shuld be to theym 
 certefied, to be had, receyved, or reteyned yerely within 
 xx" yeres then next ensuyng the date of the said letters 
 patentes, rately as is aforesaid, in such place or places, 
 grounde or groundes, as the same persones afore the said 
 Ordenaunce were assigned or lymyted. And that the said 
 tailles, billes and letters patentes, severally to be reared 
 and made, shuld be and stond goode and effectuell in 
 lawe, and preferred in payment afore any other payment 
 by patent, taille or bille, or any other assignement or cause, 
 reared, made, or had after the rearyng of the saide tailles. 
 And that all the said letters patentes, tailles, billes, and 
 every of theym, not shewed afore the said xv""^ afore the 
 said Barons, shuld be voide, and your Highnes, Sovereigne 
 Lord, therof acquited and discharged. And also that all 
 letters patentes, tailles, billes, and every of theym, shewed 
 afore the said Barons, and before theym proved not to be 
 made, reared, or assigned uppon true grounde or cause 
 of duetie, in like wise shuld be voide, and ye, Sovereigne 
 Lord, therof quite and discharged for evermore. The 
 which forseid proclamations conteyned in the said Orde- 
 naunce have not be duely made accordyng to the same 
 Ordenaunce in dyvers parties of this your roialme, so 
 that dyvers your lieges, to whome such dettes been due 
 in that partie, have in no wise notise of the said Orde- 
 naunce to come into your said Eschequer afore your said 
 Barons, there to make their prove accordyng to the said 
 Ordenaunce; and the said Ordenaunce was not certefied 
 into your said Eschequer by grete space and longe tyme 
 after the makyng of the same ; and your said Barons, as 
 
336 
 
 is to us your said Commens pleynly understoude, myght 
 ne can not, for brevenes of tyme, examyne your lieges, 
 for the grete multitude resortyng unto theym for that 
 cause, sithen the said Ordenaunce made; and the said 
 xyme Qf Ester is so nygh, that it is full requisite and 
 necessarie that the said Ordenaunce have longer tyme 
 then to the same xv™^. 
 
 Pleas it your said Highnes, the premisses considered, 
 by th'advis and assent of the Lordes Spirituelx and Tem- 
 porelx in this present Parlement assembled, and by the 
 auctorite of the same, to ordeyne and establissh, this pre- 
 sent first day of Marche, the xiiii*^ yere of your blessed 
 reigne, that the said late Ordenaunce, made the vi*^ day of 
 Octobre, the said xin*^ yere of your said reigne, touchyng 
 the premysses, and everych thyng in the same late Orde- 
 naunce conteyned, be and stond in strenght and vertue 
 unto the xxvi day of May the which shal be in the yere 
 of oure Lord God m.cccclxxv, although the execution of 
 the premysses in the said Ordenaunce conteyned referre 
 to be had and doon afore the said xv'' of Ester nowe next 
 to come. 
 
 Responsio. Lc Roy Ic VOCt. 
 
337 
 
 XL. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasterium vicesimo die Janu- 
 arii, anno regni Regis Edwardi Quarti vicesimo secundo. 
 
 Pro ReGE. TaNGENS DuCATUM LANCASTRIiE. 
 
 ORASMOCHE as by recouverees, fines, fe- Rot. Pari. 
 
 i -^ ' ' 22Edw. 4. 
 
 offements, and other states of landes, tens- "-^^l" , 
 
 ' Turr. Lond. 
 
 mentes, hereditaments, made and had of 20th Jan. 
 
 trust by the tenaunts immediatly holdyng a.d. \m.' 
 of the Kyng oure Soverayn Lord, or of other to his use, 
 as of his Duchie of Lancastre, by knyghts* service, or of 
 oure Soverain Lady the Queue by reason of eny manoirs 
 or seigniories, parcell of the same Duchie, being in her 
 hands, by Hke service, they not oonly have lost and daily 
 lese the wardes and manages of the heires of the same 
 tenaunts, to whos use suche recouverees, fines, feffementes, 
 and states bee soo made and had, but also the wardes of 
 the same landes, tenementes, and hereditamentes, relieves 
 and other profits, which to thaim shuld belonge by the 
 deth of their said tenaunts if suche recouverees, fines, 
 feoffementes, and other states were not had ne made. 
 
 It is therfore ordeyned, enacted, and establisshed, by auc- The King, in 
 torite of this present Parliament, that oure said Soverain Duchy of 
 
 ■^ Lancaster, 
 
 Lord and his heires, and oure Soverayn Lady the Queue, ^^^""g^oJ 
 severally have the warde of the body and mariage of every ^1'^^^°** 
 persone beeing within age to whos use th'interesse of fee SJI reasoVof 
 symple or fee taill of eny lands, tenements, or heredita- trust, &c. 
 ments soo holden shall mo we growe or belonge as heires 
 by the deth of any of his auncestres : And also the warde 
 of all the lands, tenements, and hereditaments soo holden 
 
by reason of the same Duchie, or of eny parcell therof, of 
 the Kyng or of his heires, or of eny other to thair use, or 
 of the Quene, the which shall descende, or wherof th'inter- 
 esse of fee symple or fee tail shall mowe growe or come to 
 the same heires, or to their use, being within age, by the 
 deth of the same auncestres ; and that to be had and taken 
 to oure said Soverayn Lord the Kyng and his heires, and 
 to the Quene, severally, by wey of seasir, as if th'auncestres 
 of the same heires had died sole seased of the same londes, 
 tenements, and hereditaments, of estate of enheritaunce ; 
 any such recoverees, fines, feoffamentes, or stats of trust, as 
 is beforesaid, had or made in any wise notwithstandyng. 
 And in such cas, as if it happen eny suche heire to be of 
 full age at the tyme of the deth of such his auncestres, 
 then oure said Souverain Lord the Kyng, his heires, and 
 the Quene, severally shall have relieves after the deth of 
 such auncestres as soo held of thaim, or of other persones, 
 as is before reherced, to the Kyng's use and behove, by 
 knights' service; any such recouverees, fines, feoffementes, or 
 states of trust, as before reherced, had or made in any wise 
 notwithstandyng. 
 This Act not PROVIDED alwcy, that this present Acte extende nat 
 
 to be preju- 
 dicial to the to the lette, ne be prejudiciall to the perfourmyns of any 
 
 performance r o r j n j 
 
 of land^''*' Will of any persone made and declared, or hereafter to 
 
 be made and declared, of the laiides, tenementes, and here- 
 
 savingtothe ditamcntcs aforcsaid : Savyng to oure seid Soverayn Lorde 
 
 King area- ^ rr' t i • i • 
 
 sonabiepor- the Km or aud to his heires, and to oure Soverain Lady the 
 
 tion of such ° "^ 
 
 Snfo'fthe Q^sne, severally, such resonable portion of the same 
 llonagef"^' l^udcs, tenemeutcs, and hereditamentes as shall be suffi- 
 cient for the fyndyng of such heires duryng thair nonnage 
 accordyng to their astate, degree, or condition, the same 
 and the Willcs notwithstaudyng. And that immediatly after suche 
 th?resXe Willcs pcrfourmed, the heires then being within age, oure 
 
339 
 
 said Soverayn Lorde the Kyng and his heires, and oure So- of the lands 
 verayn Lady the Quene, severally may sease the residue of formam^eof 
 all the said landes and tenementes, and thaim to have in 
 warde duryng the nonnage of the seid heires, in fourme 
 abovesaid : Savyng also to oure said Soverayn Lord and his saving of the 
 heires thair preroffatif for the warde of the body of any roga^ive for 
 
 ^ , . J J ward of the 
 
 suche heires, this Acte natwithstandyng. And if the said body. 
 heires within age be embesellid or alloigned by any per- begrlnted 
 sone or persones, so that the Kyng's Officers of his seid eery against 
 
 , , , embezzlers 
 
 Duchie may not sease the bodies of the seid heires; that oftheKi„g'g 
 
 •' ' ward in right 
 
 then, upon information yeven unto the Chauneeller of Eng- "niike^mai- 
 lond for the tyme beyng by the Generall Attourney of the Sfthecrowll! 
 said Duchie, it shall be liefull to the Chauneeller of Eng- 
 land to graunte asmany writts of Subpena out of the 
 court of Chauncerie ayenst any persone or persones the 
 which soo shall alloigne or embesille the seid heires, beying 
 the Kyng's warde, as the seid Attourney shall require and 
 desire in the Kyng's behalve, in like maner and forme as 
 shuld be graunted out of the said court of Chauncerie 
 ayenst thaim that alloigne or embesill the Kyng's warde, 
 due to hym in the right of his Corone, after Office therof 
 retourned into the seid court of Chauncerie : And in like 
 wise the Attourney of the seid Quene to have the same 
 auctorite of the premisses concernyng her right of the 
 said Duchie of Lancastre. And also, by the seid advyse, The judges 
 assent, and auctorite, it is ordeyned, enacted, and estab- KiS° 
 lisshed, that if the Kyng's Attourney- Generall of his said have power 
 
 ' •' ^ *' to award pro- 
 
 Duchie of Lancastre for the tyme beyng put a bill into ^J^^ ^H^^n- 
 eny of the Kyng's courtes by wey of enformation, shewyng fheTttorae^'y- 
 in the same to the court what and wherin the Kyng, or eny tSTDuihy. 
 other to his use, shuld be unlawfully hurted or wronged in 
 any thing to hym apperteynyng in the right of the same 
 Duchie; that forthwith, at the request of the same Attour- 
 
340 
 
 The King, in 
 all actions 
 and suits in 
 right of the 
 Duchy, shall 
 recover da- 
 
 subject. 
 
 This Act to 
 take effect 
 from Easter, 
 A.D. 1483. 
 
 Not to pre- 
 judice the 
 Bishop of 
 Norwich 
 and others. 
 
 ney, the justices of the same court where the said bill and 
 enformation shall rest, shall have power uppon the same to 
 awarde processe by Capias, and to make other such pro- 
 cesses into every countie of Englond as by the cours of 
 the lawe shuld be made upon that mater if ther were 
 therupon due originall sued by th'ordre of the lawe, or 
 such processe for the same as shuld be awarded for 
 the Kyng for like offence doon to hym in the right of his 
 Corone. 
 
 And also, by the seid advys, assent, and auctorite, it is 
 ordeyned and establisshed, that the Kyng, in all actions, 
 suetes, and demaundes the which he shall sue and attaine 
 in any of his courts, in and for any materes that shall ap- 
 perteigne and belonge unto hym in the right of his seid 
 Duchie of Lancastre, that he shall recouvere like damages 
 in his seid suyts, actions, and demaundes as a commen per- 
 sone of his subgetts shuld recovere in like actions by hym 
 sued by the cours of the commen lawe : And in like wise 
 the Queue to recovere damages in such actions as shall be 
 sued by her by reason of the seid Duchie. 
 
 And also, by the seid advys, assent, and auctorite, it is- 
 ordeigned, enacted, and establisshed, that thies present 
 Actes begynne and take effect from the fest of Ester nex 
 comyng. 
 
 Provided alwey, that this Acte, ne any other Acte 
 made or to be made in this present Parlement, extend 
 not, ne in any wise be prejudiciall unto James nowe 
 bishop of Norwich, ne to his successours, ner to John 
 priour and covent of the cathedrall churche of Norwich, 
 ner to their successours, ner to Thomas abbot and 
 covent of Seint Benetts, ne to their successours, ne to any 
 of theim, in or for any maner things to any of theym per- 
 teynyng or belongyng. 
 
341 
 
 XLI. 
 
 Rotulus Parliamenti tenti apud Westmonasterium, septimo die No- 
 vembris, anno regni Regis Henrici Septimi primo. 
 
 Actus concernens annexationem Ducat* Lanc' 
 Cornub' et al\ 
 
 TEM, qusedam alia billa, cum quadam ce- Rot.Pari. 
 dula eidem annexa, exhibita fuit coram do- n. L?ntiie 
 
 -r. • -r. T 1- , , .. Rolls'Chapel. 
 
 mino Kege m rarliamento prsedicto, sub bus 
 verbis : 
 
 Where, in the Parliament begun and holden at West- nh Nov. 
 
 minster, the sixt daie of Octobre, the xii*'^ yere of the a.d. hss. 
 
 reigne of Edward late King of Englond the IIIIt^ Acfo?Feoff- 
 
 and by divers prorogacions unto the xxiii day of Feve- Sd^peb., 
 
 rer, the xiiii*^ yere of his reigne, continued, and then 
 there holden, for certeine consideracions, by thadvyse 
 and assent of the Lords Spirituelx and Temporelx, and 
 Commons, in that Parliament assembled, and by the auc- 
 torite of the same, willed, ordeined and enacted, that 
 Thomas Cardinall Archbishop of Canterbury, William 
 Bishop of Ely, Richard Bishop of Sarum, Robert Bishop 
 of Bath and Wells, Thomas Bishop of Lincolne, Henry 
 Erie of Essex, Anthony Erie Rieviers, William Lord Hast- 
 inges, John Lord Dynham, Maister John Russell, Clerke, 
 Keeper of the King's Privie Scale, Maister William Dud- 
 ley, Deane of the King's Chappell, Thomas Burgh, Knight, 
 William Parre, Knight, Thomas Mountgomery, Knight, 
 Maister John Gunthorp, Clerke, Richard Fowler and 
 William Huse, fro the same xxiii daie, have, hold, 
 enjoy and possede the honour, castell, lordship and man- 
 
 14 Edw. 4. 
 
342 
 
 nor of Tuttburie, with the members and appurtenances, 
 and all manners, lordships, lands, tenements, rents, and 
 services, parcell of Duchie ^of Lancastre, in the countees 
 of Stafford and Derbie, with the ' appurtenances ; the 
 castle, lordship and manner of Kennellworth, parcell of 
 the Duchie of Lancastre, in the countie of Warwick, 
 with the appurtenances ; the honour, castell and man- 
 ner of Leicestre, with the members and appurtenances, 
 and all the manners, lands and tenements, rents and 
 services, parcell of the Duchie of Lancastre, in the coun- 
 ties of Leicestre, Warwicke and Northampton, with the 
 appurtenances; the honour, castell, lordship and manner 
 of Bollingbrook, with the members and appurtenances, 
 and all other manners, lordships, lands, tenements, rents, 
 and services, parcell of the Duchie of Lancastre, in the 
 county of Lincolne, with the appurtenances ; the lord- 
 ship and manner of Long Bennington, parcell of the 
 Duchie of Lancastre, in the countie of Lincoln, with 
 the appurtenances ; the honors, castells, lordships and 
 manners of Pountfrete, Tykhull, Knaresburgh and Py- 
 kering, with theire members and appurtenances, and 
 all manners, lordships, lands, tenements, rents and ser- 
 vices, parcell of the Duchie of Lancastre, in the coun- 
 ties of Yorke and Nottingham, with their appurtenances; 
 the castell, lordship and mannor of Dunstanburgh, with 
 the members and appurtenances, and all manners, lord- 
 ships, lands, tenements, rents and services, parcell of the 
 Duchie of Lancastre, in the counte of Northumberland, 
 with theyr appurtenances, to them and to theyr heires 
 for ever: to the entent that the revenues, profites and 
 commodities, cominge and growinge thereof, may be em- 
 ployed to the performinge and executing of the last 
 Will that his said Highnesse shall make and ordeyn to 
 
343 
 
 be doon with the same honors, castells, manors, landes 
 and tenements, and other premisses, or with the prof- 
 fitez, revenuez, and commodities cominge and growinge 
 of the same. And that it be ordeined by the same auc- 
 torite, that after the same Will performed and exe- 
 cuted, or else if his said Highnes declare and make 
 no Will concerning the premisses; that thann the said 
 Thomas Cardinal Archbishop, Bishoppes, Erles, Wil-- 
 Ham Lord Hastinges, John Lord Dynham, Maister John 
 Russell, Gierke, Keeper of the King^s Privie Seale, Maister 
 William Dudley, Deane of the King's Chappell, Thomas 
 Burgh, Knight, William Parre, Knight, Thomas Mount- 
 gomerie, Knight, Maister John Gunthorpp, Gierke, Richard 
 Fowler and William Huse, be and stand seised and Feof- 
 fees of and in the said honors, castells, lordshippes, man- 
 ners, lands, tenements, and other the premisses, to the 
 use of his Highness and his heires. And that it be or- 
 deined and established by the said advyse, assent and 
 auctorite, that all the same honors, castles, lordshipps, 
 manners, lands, tenements, and other the premisses, with 
 theyr appurtenances, stand and be, continue and re- 
 maine, in the possession of the said Thomas Gardinal, Bi- 
 shops, Erles, William Lord Hastinges, John Dynham, Mais- 
 ter John Russell, Gierke, Keeper of the King's Privie 
 Seale, Master William Dudley, Dean of the King's Ghapell, 
 Thomas Burgh, Knight, William Parr, Knight, Thomas 
 Mountgomerie, Knight, Maister John Gunthorp, Gierke, 
 Richard Fowler and William Huse, parcell of the Duchie 
 of Lancastre, and be called, reputed, and taken parcell 
 thereof, haveing and useing all liberties, freedomes, fran- 
 chises, proffitz, commodities, and availes as have been had 
 and used in the same. And that all Officers and Gover- 
 nours of the said Duchie stand, remaine, and abyde Of- 
 
344 
 
 ficers and Govern ours thereof, haveing such estate and 
 interesse therein as they now have, useinge, occupieinge, 
 and exerciseinge theire said offices, with all the fees, 
 wages, proffitz, and availes perteining and belonging to 
 the same, and every of theym, as they did and had, 
 and might have had and doon, afore the makeing 
 hereof. And that all leases and demises, graunts and 
 offices, fees, annuities, presentacions, and advowsons be 
 made from henceforth, dureing the lyfe of oure said 
 Soveraigne Lord, in his owne name, by warrant from 
 his Highnes, and under the scale of his said Duchie, 
 nowe being the scale thereof, as it hath been used and 
 accustumed in tyme past. And that it be ordeined by 
 the said auctoritie, that the said Thomas Cardinal, Bi- 
 shops, Erics, William Lord Hastinges, John Lord Dyn- 
 ham, Maister John Russell, Gierke, Keeper of the King's 
 Privie Scale, Maister William Dudley, Deanc of the 
 King's GhappcU, Thomas Burgh, Knight, William Parr, 
 Knight, Thomas Montgomcrie, Knight, Maister John Gun- 
 thorp, Gierke, Richard Fowler and William Huse, and 
 the longest living of them, have, possede, hold, and 
 enjoye all the premisses, to theyme and theire heires, 
 to the entent and behoofe abovesaid; any lease, graunt, 
 or other thyng had, made, or done, of or in the pre- 
 misses or any parte thereof, by oure said Soveraigne 
 Lord in his lyfe, or any of the said officers in his name, 
 notwithstandinge. And that all Officers and Governours 
 of and in the same, the tyme of the dyeinge of oure 
 said Soveraigne Lord, stand, remaine, and abyde Of- 
 ficers and Governours, according to theire title and in- 
 teresse in theym. And that from henceforth all leases, 
 demises, graunts of offices, fees, annuities, presentacions, 
 and advowsons, to be made in the names of the said 
 
345 
 
 Thomas Cardinal, Bishops, Erles, William Lord Hast- 
 inges, John Lord Dynham, Maister John Russell, Clerk, 
 Keeper of the Kinges Privie Seale, Maister WilHam Dud- 
 ley, Deane of the Kinges Chappell, Thomas Burgh, Knight, 
 William Parre, Knight, Thomas Mountgomerie, Knight, 
 Maister John Gunthorp, Clerke, Richard Fowler and 
 William Huse, or the longest liveinge of them, by war- 
 rant under the seale of the said Duchie ; and that every 
 such lese, demise, graunt, and presentacione, made under 
 the said seale, be as good, effectuall, and availlable in the 
 lawe as though it were made by the said Thomas Car- 
 dinal, Bishops, Erles, William Lord Hastinges, John 
 Lord Dynham, Maister John Russell, Clerke, Keeper 
 of the Kinges Privie Seale, Maister William Dudley, Deane 
 of the King's Chappell, Thomas Burgh, Knight, William 
 Parre, Knight, Thomas Mountgomery, Knight, Master John 
 Gunthorpe, Clerke, Richard Fowler and William Huse, 
 under their scales : Savinge to Elizabeth Queene of Eng- 
 land such right, title, and interesse, in and of the pre- 
 misses, as she hath in the same, or any parte thereof; 
 saveing allso to all other the Kinge's liege people such 
 title, right, and action and interesse, in and of the pre- 
 misses, as they should have had if this Act had not 
 be made. And, over this, it is ordeined by the said 
 auctoritie, that if any of the said Feoffees dye, or make 
 estate in or of any of the premisses, that then all ser- 
 vices and rents due to the Kinge, or to any of the seid 
 Feoffees, by reason or cause of any of the premisses, 
 afore the makinge of this Acte, be of like effect and 
 condicione as thys Acte had never be made ; as in the 
 said Acte pleinly appereth. Be it enacted, ordeined, 
 and established, by thadvyse and assent of the Lords 
 Spirituelx and Temporelx and Commons, in this present 
 
346 
 
 Repeal 
 thereof from 
 2 1st August, 
 A.D. 1485. 
 
 The lands 
 late in hands 
 oftheFeoffees 
 under said 
 Act, the 
 County Pa- 
 latine of 
 Lancaster, 
 and all es- 
 tates parcel 
 of the Ducliy 
 (held by 
 Kings Ed- 
 ward 4 and ' 
 Richard 3), 
 vested in 
 King Hen. 7 
 and his heirs 
 for ever ; 
 
 with all 
 liberties ; 
 
 to be go- 
 verned by 
 like Officers 
 and Seals, 
 in as ample 
 manner, se- 
 parate from 
 the Crown, as 
 in times of 
 King Henry 
 4, or any 
 subsequent 
 King. 
 
 Receivers 
 and others 
 shall be 
 
 Parliament assembled, and by auctoritie of the same, 
 that the said Acte, and every thinge therein conteyned, 
 be, fro' the xxi dale of August last past, void, repelled, 
 anulled, and of noon effect. And, over that, by the 
 same auctoritie, the King oure Soveraigne Lord have, 
 hold, enjoye and possede, fro"* the said xxi dale of 
 August, to him and his heyres for evermore, all the ho- 
 nors, castells, lordshippes, mannors, lands, tenements, rents, 
 revercions, services, possessions, and other hereditaments, 
 with their appurtenances, in the said Acte conteyned, and 
 the Counte Palatyne of Lancastre, and all honors, castells, 
 lordshippes, mannors, lands, tenements, rents, revercions, 
 services, possessions, and other hereditaments, vt^ith their 
 appurtenances, that vi^ere parcell of the said Duchie of 
 Lancastre, and in the hands or possession of the said 
 Edward late Kinge of Englond, the mi*'' daie of Marche, 
 the first yere of his reigne, or any time after, or in the 
 handes or possession of Richard the Third, late in dede 
 and not of right Kinge of Englond, any time dureing 
 his reigne, with all libertees, fredoms, franchises, and 
 other thynges, as well to the said Counte Palatyne, or 
 to any other of the premises apperteyninge or belong- 
 inge, and to be governed by like officers, and use like 
 scales as aforetyme have been used and accustumed, in 
 as ample and large manner, and in like manner and fourme 
 and condicion, separat from the Corone of England and 
 possessione of the same, as Henry the iiii**', Henry the 
 v^'^, Henry the vi*'', the King's noble progenitours late 
 Kings of thys roy™% or the said Edward late Kinge, 
 had and held, or any of the said Kings had or held ; 
 any Acte Statute before this made in any wyse notwith- 
 standynge. And that every Free tenaunt. Receiver, Bail- 
 liffe, Reve, Farmer, and other Officer and Ministre of the 
 
347 
 
 said Duchie, be severally charged and chargeable to onre chargeable to 
 said Soveraigne Lord, of all such receipts and sommes of Mmonu:!''^ 
 
 ... - due to the 
 
 monevj m which he or they were charged or chargeable Jate Kings 
 
 -^ c> o Edward or 
 
 unto the said late Kings Edward or Richard, or either ^'^'^^"^^ 
 of theym, by reason of the said Duchie, not content 
 ne paid to the said Kings, or either of them, nor to 
 theyr Officers haveing auctoritie to receive the same, 
 ne by the said Kings discharged, by lettres of pardon 
 under the scale of the said Duchie, billes, tallies, as- 
 signments or grauntes, before the said xxi dale of Au- 
 gust; and he to have and use like remedie for the re- The King to 
 
 have like re- 
 
 coverie of the same as the said late Kinffs, or either medyior 
 
 o ' recovery 
 
 of them, had or might have had, and the defendants {JleSend!? 
 
 like answers as they -had or might have had for theire ansUra^or 
 
 discharge, in, of, and for the same ; and that all offices cimrge!^' 
 
 of the said Duchie, which require actuall exercise, graunt- tmcJ^re^ °^ 
 
 ed by our said Soveraigne Lord the King, before thys pre- act"auxer- 
 
 , /Y» 11 1 '-■'*^' ™3de by 
 
 sent Acte, to any persone or persones, be as eiiectuell and the King 
 
 *' ^ ^ before this 
 
 availlable to the same g^untes, and they to have and enjoye fg'^y'a^if^^'l.^^f 
 
 their offices, according to the tenour of their graunts and ™ade since; 
 
 lettres patentis, as if the graunts were made unto theyme 
 
 by oure said Soveraigne Lord after this present Acte; 
 
 and all other graunts made or to be made to any per- another 
 
 , J grants to 
 
 sone, givemg auctorite to hym to make or depute any officers act- 
 Officer or Officers of the said Duchie, be utterly void and Je^^^w^^^ 
 of noon effect: Saveing to all the King's liege people, saving of 
 other than the said Cardinal and other with him above- 
 named, and theyre heyres clayminge by the said Acte, and 
 the heires of the said late Kings Edward and Richard, 
 such tytle, right, accione, and interesse as they had or 
 should have had if thys present Act had not be made. 
 
 2 T 
 
 t 
 
848 
 
 Tenor vero cedulse sequitur sub hac serie verborum : 
 Proviso for Provided allwey, that any Acte of Resumpcion, or any 
 Duchess of other Acte made or to be made in thys present Parliament, 
 be not in eny wise hurtefull ne prejudicial! to oure well- 
 beloved cousin Cecile Duchesse of York, ne to the hurte 
 ne voydeing to or of eny lettres patents made to the same 
 Duchesse, ne extend ne touche to the hurte or prejudice 
 of her, in, to, or of enie castelles, lordshippes, manners, 
 londes, tenements and possessions, or any parcell of 
 theyme, the which the same Duchesse had and possessed, 
 the last daie of the reigne of King Edward the Fourth. 
 
 Qu^ quidem Billa, cum cedula, Communibus in dicto 
 Parliamento existentibus transportata fuit; cui quidem 
 Billse iidem Communes assensum suum prsebuerunt in 
 forma sequenti : 
 
 A ceste Bille les Communes sount assentuz. 
 
 Et cedulae prgedictse iidem Communes similiter assen- 
 sum suum dederunt sub hiis verbis : 
 
 A ceste cedule les Communes sount assentuz. 
 
 QuiBUs quidem Billa, cedula et assensu, coram domino 
 Rege in Parliamento preedicto lectis, auditis, et plenius in- 
 tellectis, de avisamento et assensu Dominorum Spiritualium 
 et Temporalium, in dicto Parliamento similiter existen- 
 tium, ac Communitatis praedictae, necnon auctoritate ejus- 
 dem, eisdem Billse et cedulse respondebatur sub eo qui 
 sequitur tenore verborum : 
 Assent. Le Hoy le voet en toutz pointz. 
 
349 
 
 XLII. 
 
 Ex Rotulo Parliament! de anno regni Regis Henrici Septimi septimo. 
 
 Statutes made in the session of Parliament begun to 
 be holden at Westminster, on Monday the seventeenth 
 day of October, in the seventh year of the reign of King 
 Henry VII. chapter xii. 
 
 De Feoffamento Regis. 
 
 [See the printed Statutes of the Realm, 7 Henry VII. Y^^^^'l' 
 chap, xii.— Sec. I. Intended departure of the King into a-^- i*^'- 
 France, to war ; the honor of Lancaster and Clithero, and 
 divers other lordships, &c. parcel of the Duchy of Lan- 
 caster, limited to feoffees to the use of the King's will. — 
 Sec. II. After performance of the said will, or if no will, 
 feoffees shall be seized to the use of the King and his 
 heirs. — Sec. III. The same premises shall continue to be 
 parcel of the Duchy of Lancaster. All officers and go- 
 vernors of the Duchy shall remain, with their fees, &c. 
 Feoffments, leases, &c., to be made during the King's 
 life, shall be good. — Sec. IV. Assurance to the feoffees, 
 notwithstanding leases and grants. At the time of the 
 King^^s death officers shall remain ; and feoffments, leases, 
 &c., afterwards shall be made in the name of the feoffees. 
 — Sec V. Rents and services shall be payable to the King 
 during his life, with wards, marriages, and reliefs; and 
 after his death to the feoffees. The King may levy 
 arrears. All actions shall be in his name.] 
 
 2 t2 
 
 t 
 
350 
 
 XLIII. 
 
 Ex Rotulo Parliamenti de anno regni Regis Henrici Septimi decimo 
 nono. 
 
 Statutes made in the session of Parliament begun to 
 be holden at Westminster, on Thursday the twenty-fifth 
 day of January, in the nineteenth year of the reign of King 
 Henry VII. chapter xxv. 
 
 De Feoffamento per Regem facto. 
 
 25th Jan [See the printed Statutes of the Realm, 19 Hen. VII. 
 
 19 Hen. T. '- ' ' 
 
 A.D. i5ot. (jjjap^ XXV.— Sec. I. Recital of stat. 7 Hen. VII. c. 12, § 1, 
 2, for limiting estates to feoffees, to the use of the King's 
 will; decease of several of the said feoffees; new feoffees 
 appointed ; such feoffees shall be seized, jointly with the 
 survivors of the former feoffees, to the uses of the recited 
 Act. — Sec. II. Succeeding Archbishops, &c. shall become 
 feoffees in the stead of their predecessors.] 
 
351 
 
 XLIV. 
 
 Ex Rotulo Parliamenti de anno regni Regis Henrici Octavi tricesimo 
 
 tertio. 
 
 Statutes made in the session of Parliament begun 
 to be holden at Westminster, on the sixteenth day of 
 January, in the thirty- third year of King Henry VIII. 
 chapter xxii. 
 
 An Act concerning the Order of Wards and 
 Liveries. 
 
 [See the printed Statutes of the Realm, 33 Henry VIII. \^\ll\ 
 chap, xxii.— Sec. I. Recital of stat. 32 Henry VIII. c. 46, ^•»- i^^z' 
 for erecting the Court of Wards ; expediency of inrolling 
 indentures of livery there, &c. Office of the Master of the 
 Liveries united to the said court, which shall be called the 
 Court of Wards and Liveries. — Sec. II. Surveyor of the 
 Liveries the Second officer of the court; King's Attorney 
 the Third officer, &c. — Sec. III. Clerk of the Liveries for 
 making indentures, &c. Oath of the Surveyor of the Liveries. ^ 
 — Sec. IV. Oath of Clerk of the Liveries. All liveries shall 
 be in the survey of the said court. — Sec. V. None shall sue 
 livery of lands above 51. per annum before inquest of office 
 found, or upon warrant from the said court : fees upon such 
 inquests. — Sec. VI. Such inquests of office shall be duly 
 returned, and transcripts made into the Court of Wards, 
 &c. — Sec. VII. Master of the Wards, &c. may agree with 
 
the parties, and take security for liveries; warrant to 
 the Chancellor, &c. for suing hvery. — Sec. VIII. Fees to 
 officers on suing of liveries. — Sec. IX. General livery 
 may be sued of lands not exceeding 207. a-year. — Sec. X. 
 Fees on suing general livery of such lands. — Sec. XI. 
 Fees in Exchequer on respiting homage, &c. Ascertaining 
 value of lands. — Sec. XII. Penalty on Escheators neglect- 
 ing to execute their office, 20/. — Sec. XIII. Escheators 
 shall not take inquests of lands above 51. per annum with- 
 out the King''s writ, penalty 51. ; nor take more than certain 
 fees on inquests of lands not exceeding 5/., penalty 51 
 Penalty on officers refusing to receive inquests returned, 51. 
 — Sec. XIV. Penalty on Surveyor, &c. concealing the 
 King's profits, double value. — Sec. XV. Master of the 
 Wards, &c. may take recognisances; and, with the advice 
 of the court, mitigate the same, if forfeited ; and set fines, 
 leviable by scire facias, as under stat. 27 Henry VIII, 
 c. 27, and may commit offenders for contempt, &c. and 
 may cancel recognisances. — Sec. XVI. How general livery 
 may be sued without office found, of lands not exceeding 
 51. per annum. — Sec. XVII. Patents for such livery shall 
 be sued within three months after warrant for the same. 
 — Sec. XVIII. Transcripts of inquests shall be certified 
 into the Exchequer in Michaelmas and Easter terms.] 
 
 Provided alwayes that this Acte, nor any 
 vis<,foriihertie7of thiugc thcrciu coutcyncd, shall in anywise 
 caster^ '^° ^^ cxtendc to bc prejudiciall or hurtfull to 
 anye royalties, libertyes, franchises, privi- 
 leges, prehemynences, and jurisdiccions of the 
 Countye Palantyne and Duchy of Lancaster, or of any of 
 them ; but that the same royalties, libertyes, franchises, 
 privileges, prehemynences, and jurisdiccions, and everie of 
 
them, shall still contynue and remayne to the Countie 
 Palantyne and Duchy of Lancaster, as fully, plenarly, and 
 holye as they did before the makinge of this Acte; any 
 thinge in the same Acte conteyned to the contrarie not- 
 withstandinge. 
 
354 
 
 XLV. 
 
 Ex Rotulo Parliamenti de anno regni Regis Henrici Octavi tricesimo 
 
 septimo. 
 
 Statutes made in the Parliament begun and holden at 
 Westminster, on the twenty-third day of November, in the 
 thirty-seventh year of the reign of King Henry VIII. 
 chapter xvi. 
 
 An Act for annexing Lands to the Duchy of 
 Lancaster. 
 
 ?7 nfn^'s ^^^^ *^^ printed Statutes of the Realm, 37 Henry VIIL 
 
 A.i>. 1545. chap. xvi. — Sec. I. Decrease of the revenues of the Duchy 
 of Lancaster. The King seized of certain manors, &c. at 
 Rippon in Yorkshire, &c. ; the said lordship and manor, 
 &c. of Rippon, and divers parcels of lands within the 
 circuit of certain Duchy parks (but not theretofore parcel 
 thereof), the vaccary in the forest of Ashdown in Sussex 
 (late parcel of the dissolved monastery of Michelham), 
 annexed to the said Duchy of Lancaster, and shall be 
 managed, &c. as other lands of the said Duchy. — Sec II. 
 Rents of the said manor of Rippon, &c. shall be received 
 and accounted for as Duchy lands. — Sec. III. Conveyance 
 by the Archbishop of York to the King by indenture, 
 6 Feb. 36 Henry VIIL, of the said manor of Rippon and 
 several others : the said manors, &c. assured to the King 
 against the Archbishop and the Dean and Chapter of the 
 see of York. — Sec IV. Like assurance to the King of 
 
355 
 
 several manors, &c., conveyed to him by the Archbishop 
 and Dean and Chapter of Canterbury. — Sec. V. The 
 manors of Chelmsford and Crandon in Essex conveyed 
 to the King by the Bishop of London by deed, 3 Sept. 
 37 Henry VIII. ; and the manor of Crondon by the 
 King to Sir W. Peter, 2 October, 37 Henry VIII. The 
 said manor of Chelmsford assured to the King. — Sec. VI. 
 Manor of Crondon assured to the said Sir W. Peter. 
 — Sec. VII. General saving for titles of strangers. — 
 Sec. VIII. Lands mentioned in this Act, and not appro- 
 priated to the Duchy, shall be under the Court of Aug- 
 mentations. — Sec IX. Proviso for payment of rents out 
 of lands, &c. during the unity of possession thereof in the 
 Crown.] 
 
S56 
 
 XLVI. 
 
 Ex Rotulo Parliaraenti de anno regni Regis Edwardi Sexti primo. 
 
 Statutes made in the session of Parliament begun to 
 be holden at Westminster, on the fourth day of November 
 in the first year of the reign of King Edward VI. chapter 
 xiv. 
 
 An Act whereby certain Chantries, Colleges, Free 
 Chapels, and the Possessions of the same, be 
 GIVEN TO the King's Majesty. 
 
 4th Nov [See the printed Statutes of the Realm, 1 Edward VI. 
 
 A.D. 1547. chap. xiv. — Sec. I.' Superstition of Masses for the Dead, 
 supported by Chantries, &c. The revenues thereof better 
 applied to schools, colleges, &c. Recital of stat. 37 Henry 
 VIII. c. 4, for Dissolution of Colleges, Chantries, &c. 
 The late King empowered to commission persons, during 
 his life, to enter into the possessions of all Chantries, &c. 
 All Colleges, free Chapels, and Chantries existing within 
 five years preceding this Parliament, and not in the actual 
 possession of the late or present King, (except such as shall 
 be altered by the King's commission,) declared to be in 
 the actual seizin and possession of the present King, with 
 all their lands and revenues, without any office found, &c. 
 — Sec. II. Lands, &c. given to Priests for years, shall be 
 vested in the King for the remainder of such term of years. 
 — Sec. III. On expiration of such term reversioners may 
 enter, without suing livery, &c. — Sec. IV. Lands given for 
 
357 
 
 maintenance of perpetual Obits, vested in the King. — 
 Sec. V. Where part of profits of lands has been given for 
 any perpetual Obit, the King shall have an annual rent- 
 charge to the amount, with power of distress and entry for 
 default of payment. — Sec. VI. All sums of money payable 
 by Corporations for Priests, Obits, &c. vested in the King 
 as rent- charges ; with power of distress on all the lands of 
 the Corporations ; without office found. — Sec. VII. All 
 Brotherhoods or Guilds, and their possessions, except 
 Companies of Trade, vested in the King. — Sec. VIII. 
 Commissioners to be appointed under the Great Seal ; with 
 ^ower to survey all Lay Corporations, and to enquire of 
 the revenues applicable to Priests, Obits, &c. ; and of lands, 
 &c. vested in the King by this Act ; and to assign lands 
 applicable to Grammar Schools ; and to appoint and endow 
 Vicars ; and to assign lands for maintenance of additional 
 Priests in any parish ; and to make rules for Priests and 
 Schoolmasters; and to assign yearly pensions for life to 
 Deans, Priests, or poor persons dependent on dissolved 
 Colleges, &c. ; and to enquire of perpetual allowances to 
 poor people, and make assignments for payment thereof; 
 and also to apply lands for piers, sea-banks, &c. Annuities, 
 pensions, &c. so allowed, shall be paid half-yearly by the 
 King's receivers, &c. — Sec. IX. Commissioners shall make 
 all assignments of such pensions, &c. favorably. All as- 
 signments and rules made by Commissioners declared valid. 
 — Sec. X. Pensions, &c. shall not exceed annual amount 
 of former advantages.— Sec. XI. Pensions, &c. shall cease, 
 on promotion of the parties. — Sec. XII. Commissioners 
 shall, within one year, make certificate of all lands, &c. 
 assigned by them under this Act. — Sec. XIII. Goods, 
 plate, &c. of suppressed Colleges given to the King. — 
 Sec. XIV. Debts of such Colleges, &c. shall be paid by 
 
358 
 
 the King. — Sec. XV. Act shall not extend to Colleges in 
 Cambridge or Oxford ; nor to St. George's Chapel, Windsor ; 
 nor to Winchester and Eton ; nor to Chapel in the Sea, 
 in Ely; nor to Parochial Chapels of Ease; nor to any 
 Cathedrals, or their lands, &c. except Chantries there 
 existing within five years. — Sec. XVI. The King may alter 
 Chantries in the Universities. [And see § XXXIII.] — 
 Sec XVII. General saving of rights of strangers. Saving 
 of rents, duties, &c. reserved by patrons or founders, &c. 
 of Colleges, &c. suppressed. — Sec. XVIII. Persons having 
 sold lands vested in the King by this Act shall repay 
 the money to the buyers, which shall be recoverable 
 by action of debt. — Sec XIX. Lands, &c. vested in 
 the King by this Act shall be under the survey of the 
 Court of Augmentations, &c. — Sec XX. Leases by officers 
 of suppressed Chantries, &c. not reserving the old rent, 
 declared void. All other leases declared valid. — Sec. XXI. 
 Act shall not extend to private lands or possessions of 
 officers, &c. of Chantries suppressed ; nor to lands or pen- 
 sions granted to them by the King for life. — Sec XXII. 
 Patrons and others shall enjoy their yearly reserved rents, 
 &c. — Sec XXIII. Arrears of first fruits shall not be 
 payable on suppressed promotions. — Sec XXIV. Ex- 
 chequer rents shall continue payable, notwithstanding 
 unity of possession in the Crown. — Sec XXV. Gifts of 
 Colleges, &c. or their lands, &c. made to any persons by 
 King Henry VIII. or King Edward VI. or by their licence, 
 confirmed and declared valid. — Sec XXVI. Gifts and 
 grants by Deans, &c. of their spiritual promotions, and the 
 possessions thereof, made to King Henry VIII. and King 
 Edward VI. ; all such gifts and grants declared valid. — 
 Sec XXVII. General saving of rights of others on such 
 gifts and grants. — Sec XXVIII. Not to extend to Parsons, 
 
359 
 
 Vicars, &c.— Sec. XXIX. Proviso for Lord Cobham.— 
 Sec. XXX. Proviso for Corporations.] 
 
 Provided allso, and be it enacted by thauc- 
 sec.xxxi.Lands toritic aforcsaidc, that all suche of the saide 
 suppressed within Collegcs, frcc Chappelles, Chaunteries, and 
 
 the Duchy of Lan- ^ rr ' 7 
 
 caster, shall be othcr the premisscs, beinff appointed and 
 
 under survey of the •*■ o rr 
 
 ""col^ZZnf'as give" to the Kingcs Highnes by the auc 
 witunlheDuthy thorityc of this Acte, as be within the Duchie 
 
 shall be certified o -r . in i 1 . 
 
 into the Duchy 01 Lancastcr, and all mannours, landes, tene- 
 
 Court. Ill 
 
 mentes, and heredytamentes perteyninge or 
 belonging to the same Colleges, free Chap- 
 pelles, and Chaunteries, shall after the said feaste of Easter 
 next cominge be within the surveye and order of the Courte 
 of the Duchie of Lancaster, in suche manner and fourme as 
 other the premisses be assigned or appointed by aucthoritie 
 of this Acte to be in the surveye and order of the Courte 
 of the Augmentacions and Revenues of the Kinges Crowne, 
 or other courte to the King to be assigned ; and that all 
 commissions that hereafter shalbe awarded by vertewe and 
 force of this Acte concerninge suche Colleges, free Chap- 
 pelles, Chaunteries, and other the premisses as be within 
 the saide Duchie of Lancaster, shalbe awarded under the 
 Greate Seale of Englande, and shalbe certifyed into the 
 saide Courte of the Duchie of Lancaster, anny thing above- 
 saide to the contrarie in anny wise notwithstanding. 
 
 [Sec. XXXIL Proviso for College or Chantry of Attle- 
 borough in Norfolk. — Sec. XXXIII. The King may alter 
 Obits, and apply them to poor students, &c. — [See § XVI.] 
 — Sec. XXXIV. No entry allowed on breach of condition 
 for not finding a Priest, Obit, &c.— Sec. XXXV. Act shall 
 not vest copyhold lands in the King ; but they shall remain 
 to the possessors for their maintenance. — Sec. XXXVI. 
 Proviso for lands bond fide recovered against any Chantry, 
 
360 
 
 &c. — Sec. XXXVI I. All grants, licences, confirmations, 
 and patents of Chantries, &c. made to any persons by King 
 Henry VIII. or Edward VI. confirmed and declared valid. 
 This Act, or stat. 37 Henry VHI. c. 4, shall not extend to 
 Chantries, &c. so granted; but grantees shall hold the 
 same under their grants.] 
 
361 
 
 XLVII. 
 
 Ex Rotulo Parliamenti de annis regnorum Philippi Regis et Marie 
 Regine secundo et tertio. 
 
 Statutes made in the Parliament holden at West- 
 minster, on the twenty-first day of October, in the second 
 and third years of the reign of King Philip and Queen 
 Mary, chapter xx. 
 
 An Act for the enlarging of the Duchy of 
 Lancaster. 
 
 [See the printed Statutes of the Realm, 2 and 3 Phil, and 2istoct. 
 
 *- ^ 2 & 3 Phil. 
 
 Mary, chap. xx. — Sec. I. Decay of the revenues of the Duchy & May- 
 of Lancaster ; all lands of the Duchy alienated at any time 
 since 28th Jan. 1 Edw. VI., and since then re- vested in him 
 or the present Queen, shall be re-united and annexed to 
 the Duchy, as in their ancient estate ; and shall pass under 
 the Seal of the Duchy, &c. — Sec. IL Other lands may be 
 annexed to the said Duchy by the Crown ; and shall then 
 be under survey of the Duchy Court, &c. in like manner 
 as other lands of the Duchy. — Sec. IIL General saving of 
 titles of strangers.— Sec. IV. Ancient Crown lands, &c. 
 shall not be annexed under this Act. — Sec. V. Rents 
 shall be paid in the Duchy Court at Westminster ; leases 
 shall be sealed with the Duchy Seal.] 
 
362 
 
 Ex Orig. in 
 Ducat. Lane. 
 
 (Rot. Pat. p. 
 3. 4&5PhU 
 & Mar. in 
 the Rolls 
 Chapel ) 
 
 1 .'ith April, 
 4 & 5 Phil. 
 & Mar. 
 A.D. 1558. 
 
 XLVIIL 
 
 HILIPPUS ET MARIA, Dei gratia, Rex et 
 Regina Anglise, Hispaniarum, Francise, utrius- 
 que Siciliae, Jerusalem, et Hibernise, Fidei De- 
 fensores, Archiduces Austriae, Duces Burgun- 
 dise, Mediolani et Brabantise, Comites Haspurgi, Flandrise 
 et Tirolis, omnibus ad quos praesentes literse pervenerint, 
 salutem. Cum per quoddam Statutum editum apud West- 
 monasterium vicesimo primo die Octobris annis regnorum 
 nostrorum secundo et tertio inter alia inactitatum et ordi- 
 natum ac stabilitum existit auctoritate Parliamenti quod 
 nos dicti Rex et Regina hseredes et successores nostri 
 prsefatse Reginse de tempore in tempus in posterum ad 
 libitum et beneplacitum nostrum per literas nostras pa- 
 tentes magno sigillo nostro Anglise sigillandas unire an- 
 nectere limitare assignare et appunctuare possimus Du- 
 catui nostro Lancastrise aliqua honores castra dominia 
 maneria terras tenementa et hsereditamenta nostra exis- 
 tentia et jacentia infra hoc regnum nostrum Anglise pro 
 ampliori et ulteriori augmentatione honoris et status 
 ejusdem Ducatus. Et quod omnes et singula3 tales et 
 hujusmodi annexationes limitationes et appunctuatiories 
 per nos praefatos Regem et Reginam vel per hseredes 
 vel successores nostri prsefatse Reginse de aliquibus ho- 
 noribus castris dominiis maneriis terris tenementis et 
 hsereditamentis dicto Ducatui Lancastrise per aliquas li- 
 teras nostras patentes sub magno sigillo Anglise factas 
 
362 
 
 XLVIII. 
 HILIP and MARY, by the grace of God, isth Apni, 
 
 •^ ° , 4 & 5 PhU. * 
 
 King and Queen of England, Spain, France, ^"j^j 
 of both the Sicilies, Jerusalem, and Ireland, 
 Defenders of the Faith, Archduke and Duchess 
 
 of Austria, Duke and Duchess of Burgundy, Milan, and Letters Pa- 
 
 Brabant, Count and Countess of Hapsburg, Flanders, and the Gieat*^ 
 
 the Tyrol, to all to whom the present letters shall come, iand,where- 
 
 * ^ by certain 
 
 greeting. Whereas by a certain statute published at West- Jf/tre'^JoJlJ:' 
 
 minster on the twenty-first day of October in the second S.^'L^e^*" 
 
 and third years of our reign, it is among other things fo"k, Sussex, 
 
 enacted and ordained and established by the authority and York, ' 
 
 are annexed 
 
 of Parliament that we the said Kinsr and Queen, the to the Duchy 
 
 ° of Lancaster 
 
 heirs and successors of us the aforesaid Queen, may from ruy^ofthe^"' 
 time to time hereafter at our will and pleasure be able ^ndsrdof 
 by our letters patent to be sealed with our great seal Maryf" 
 of England to unite, annex, limit, assign, and appoint to 
 our Duchy of Lancaster any our honors, castles, lordships, 
 manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments being and 
 lying within this our realm of England, for the greater 
 and farther augmentation of the honor and estate of the 
 same Duchy. And that all and singular such and such- 
 like annexations, limitations, and appointments made or 
 to be made by us the aforesaid King and Queen, or by 
 the heirs or successors of us the aforesaid Queen, of any 
 honors, castles, lordships, manors, lands, tenements, and 
 hereditaments to the said Duchy of Lancaster by any our 
 
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vel fiendas erunt tarn bonae et efficaces in lege prout 
 actae fuerunt auctoritate Parliamenti. Ac ulterius ordi- 
 natum et inactitatum fuit quod omnia talia honores castra 
 dominia maneria terrse tenementa et hsereditamenta jacen- 
 tia et existentia in Comitatu Palentino Lancastrise quae 
 prsetextu et auctoritate aliquarum talium literarum paten- 
 tium dicto Ducatui nostro Lancastrise uniri et assignare 
 [? assignari] contigerint essent a teste dictarum literarum 
 patentium in ordinatione supervisione regimine guber- 
 natione jurisdictione concessione et dimissione dicti Du- 
 catus Lancastrise pro tempore existentis, prout alise pos- 
 sessiones dicti Ducatus nostri Lancastrise infra dictum 
 Comitatum Palentinum Lancastrise jacentes et existentes 
 usi fuerunt et esse deberent. Et quod omnia alia honores 
 castra dominia maneria terrae tenementa et hsereditamenta 
 jacentia et existentia extra dictum Comitatum Palentinum 
 Lancastrise quae dicto Ducatui virtute aliquarum talium 
 literarum patentium uniri et annecti contigerint prsetextu 
 aliquarum talium literarum patentium a data et teste 
 dictarum literarum patentium erunt infra ordinationem 
 supervisionem regimen gubernationem jurisdictionem di- 
 missionem et concessionem dicti Ducatus Lancastrise, 
 prout alise possessiones dicti Ducatus Lancastrise jacentes 
 et existentes extra prsedictum Comitatum Palentinum 
 Lancastrise usi fuerunt et esse deberent, prout per Sta- 
 tutum prsedictum inter alia plenius apparet, Sciatis quod 
 nos prsefati Rex et Regina pro ampliori augmentatione 
 dicti Ducatus nostri Lancastrise secundum effectum dicti 
 Statuti sive Actus Parliamenti, ac juxta veram intentionem 
 ejusdem Actus, pro nobis hseredibus et successoribus 
 nostri prsefatse Reginae, per has literas nostras patentes 
 unimus annectimus limitamus et appunctuamus dicto Du- 
 
letters patent under the great seal of England shall be 
 as good and effectual in the law as if they were done 
 by the authority of Parliament. And further it was or- 
 dained and enacted, that all such honors, castles, lord- 
 ships, manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, lying 
 and being in the County Palatine of Lancaster, as, by 
 pretext and authority of any such letters patent, should 
 happen to be united and assigned to our said Duchy 
 of Lancaster, should be from the teste of the said 
 letters patent within the order, survey, rule, govern- 
 ance, jurisdiction, setting, and letting of the said Duchy 
 of Lancaster for the time being, as the other pos- 
 sessions of our said Duchy of Lancaster lying and being 
 within the said County Palatine of Lancaster have been 
 used and ought to be. And that all other honors, castles, 
 lordships, manors, lands, tenements, and hereditaments 
 lying and being without the said County Palatine of 
 Lancaster, which by virtue of any such letters patent 
 should happen to be united and annexed to the said 
 Duchy, should, by pretext of any such letters patent, be, 
 from the date and teste of the said letters patent, 
 within the order, survey, rule, governance, jurisdiction, 
 setting, and letting of the said Duchy of Lancaster, 
 as other the possessions of the said Duchy of Lancaster 
 lying and being without the aforesaid County Palatine of 
 Lancaster have been used and ought to be, as by the statute 
 aforesaid among other things more fully appears. Know 
 ye that we the aforesaid King and Queen, for the farther 
 augmentation of our said Duchy of Lancaster according to 
 the effect of the said statute or act of parliament, and ac- 
 cording to the true intent of the same act, do, for us, 
 the heirs and successors of us the aforesaid Queen, by 
 
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 catui nostro Lancastrise omnia et singula honores castra 
 dominia maneria terras tenementa boscos subboscos red- 
 ditus reversiones servitia et hsereditamenta nostra cum 
 eorum pertinentiis quae postea sequuntur nominantur vel 
 exprimuntur, cum omnibus libertatibus jurisdictionibus 
 privilegiis et francbesiis in eisdem modo usitatis vel ex- 
 ercendis, videlicet, totum illud honorem manerium et do- 
 minium nostrum de Hunsden in comitatu nostro Hert- 
 fordiae, cum suis juribus membris libertatibus et perti- 
 nentiis universis, ac omnia ilia terras tenementa et hsere- 
 ditamenta nostra vocata Parislandes jacentia et existentia 
 in Hunsden praedicta et Estwicke, ac omnia ilia dominia 
 maneria terras tenementa redditus reversiones servitia et 
 haereditamenta nostra de Estwicke, More, Milkeley, Tib- 
 burse, Kendall, et Langley Regis, in dicto comitatu nostro 
 Hertfordiae, cum suis juribus membris libertatibus et per- 
 tinentiis universis ; — ac omnia ilia dominia maneria terras 
 tenementa et haereditamenta nostra de Lucton, Bradwell 
 juxta mare, Mundenhall, Stamforde Ryvers, Stamfordhall, 
 Traces, Bridges, et Piggesland, in parochia de Stamford 
 Ryvers, ac Suttons, in parochia de Stapleford Tawney, ac 
 dominia nostra de Coppidhall, Eppinge, Coggeshall, Ded- 
 hame, Langham, et Clare hall alias Clarett hall, in Asshen, in 
 comitatu nostro Essexiae, cum omnibus suis juribus membris 
 libertatibus et pertinentiis universis ; — ac totum illud mane- 
 rium nostrum, ac omnia ilia terras tenementa et haeredita- 
 menta nostra de Olney in comitatu nostro Buckinghamiae, 
 cum suis juribus membris libertatibus et pertinentiis uni- 
 versis ; — ac totum illud honorem dominium sive manerium 
 nostrum de Clare in comitatu nostro SufFolciae, cum suis 
 juribus membris libertatibus et pertinentiis universis, ac 
 omnia ilia maneria terras tenementa redditus reversiones 
 
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 these our letters patent, unite, annex, limit, and appoint 
 to our said Duchy of Lancaster all and singular our 
 honors, castles, lordships, manors, lands, tenements, woods, 
 underwoods, rents, reversions, services, and hereditaments, 
 with their appurtenances, which hereafter follow, are 
 named or expressed, with all the liberties, jurisdictions, 
 privileges, and franchises now used or to be exercised in 
 the same, to wit, all that our honor, manor, and lordship 
 of Hunsdon in our county of Hertford, with all its rights, 
 members, liberties, and appurtenances, and all those our 
 lands, tenements, and hereditaments, called Parislands, 
 lying and being in Hunsdon aforesaid and Eastwick, and 
 all those our lordships, manors, lands, tenements, rents, 
 reversions, services, and hereditaments of Eastwick, More, 
 Milkeley, Tibburse, Kendal, and King's Langley, in our 
 said county of Hertford, with all their rights, members, 
 liberties, and appurtenances ; — and all those our lordships, 
 manors, lands, tenements and hereditaments of Loughton, 
 Bradwell near the Sea, Mundenhall, Stamford Rivers, 
 Stamfordhall, Traces, Bridges, and Piggesland, in the 
 parish of Stamford Rivers, and Suttons in the parish of 
 Stapleford Tawney, and our lordships of Coppidhall, Ep- 
 ping, Coggeshall, Dedham, Langham, and Clare Hall, 
 otherwise Clarett Hall, in Ashen in our county of Essex, 
 with all and every their rights, members, liberties, and 
 appurtenances ; — and all that our manor, and all those our 
 lands, tenements, and hereditaments of Olney in our county 
 of Buckingham, with all their rights, members, liberties, 
 and appurtenances; — and all that our honor, lordship, or 
 manor of Clare in our county of Suffolk, with all its rights, 
 members, liberties, and appurtenances; and all those our 
 manors, lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and heredita- 
 
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 servitia et hsereditamenta nostra de Clare Burgus, Erbury, 
 Sudbury, Woodhall juxta Sudbury, Stoke juxta Clare, 
 Chipleyhunden, Stratford, et Mildenhall, in dieto comitatu 
 nostro SufFolcise, cum suis juribus membris et pertinentiis 
 universis, ac totam illam grangiam nostram de Mildenhall 
 in dicto comitatu nostro Suffolcise, cum suis juribus mem- 
 bris et pertinentiis universis, ac totum ilium situm cir- 
 cuitum ambitum et precinctum nostrum nuper CoUegii 
 de Stoke in dicto comitatu nostro SufFolcise, cum om- 
 nibus edificiis terris et solo infra eundem situm vel 
 precinctum existentibus, ac cum omnibus aliis suis ju- 
 ribus membris et pertinentiis universis ; — ac totum illud 
 manerium nostrum de Langehey in comitatu nostro Sus- 
 sexise, cum suis juribus membris et pertinentiis uni- 
 versis; — necnon totum illud manerium nostrum de Bas- 
 singeburne in comitatu nostro Cantabrigise, cum suis 
 juribus membris et pertinentiis universis ; — ac totum illud 
 manerium nostrum, ac omnia ilia terras tenenienta et hse- 
 reditamenta nostra, de Wakefelde in comitatu nostro 
 Eborum, cum suis juribus membris libertatibus et perti- 
 nentiis universis, ac omnia ilia maneria terras tenementa 
 et hsereditamenta nostra in Wakefelde, Sandall, Hipper- 
 holme, Ossett, Horburye, Rastricke, Stanley, Scamonden, 
 Thornese, Sowerbye, Holmefrithe, et Alverthorpe, cum 
 suis juribus membris et pertinentiis universis in dicto 
 comitatu nostro Eborum. Ac insuper sciatis quod nos 
 prsefati Rex et Regina auctoritate pra3dicta pro nobis 
 hseredibus et successoribus nostri prsefatse Reginse per 
 praesentes unimus annectimus limitamus assignamus et 
 appunctuamus dicto Ducatui nostro Lancastrise praedictse 
 omnia et singula praedicta honores dominia maneria terras 
 tenementa redditus reversiones et hsereditamenta nostra 
 
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 ments of Clare-borough, Erbury, Sudbury, Woodhall near 
 Sudbury, Stoke near Clare, Chipleyhunden, Stratford and 
 Mildenhall, in our said county of Suffolk, with all their 
 rights, members, and appurtenances; and all that our 
 grange of Mildenhall in our said county of Suffolk, with 
 all its rights, members and appurtenances; and all that 
 our site, circuit, environ, and precinct of the late College 
 of Stoke in our said county of Suffolk, with all the build- 
 ings, lands, and ground being within the same site or pre- 
 cinct, and with all and every its other rights, members, 
 and appurtenances ; — and all that our manor of Langeney 
 in our county of Sussex, with all its rights, members, and 
 appurtenances ; — also all that our manor of Bassingbourne 
 in our county of Cambridge, with all its rights, members, 
 and appurtenances ; — and all that our manor, and all those 
 our lands, tenements, and hereditaments of Wakefield in 
 our county of York, with all their rights, members, liber- 
 ties, and appurtenances ; and all those our manors, lands, 
 tenements, and hereditaments, in Wakefield, Sandall, Hip- 
 perholme, Ossett, Horbury, Rastrick, Stanley, Scammon- 
 den, Thornes, Sowerby, Holmfrith, and Alverthorpe, with 
 all their rights, members, and appurtenances, in our said 
 county of York. And know ye, moreover, that we the 
 aforesaid King and Queen, by the authority aforesaid, 
 do, for us, the heirs and successors of us the aforesaid 
 Queen, by these presents unite, annex, limit, assign, and 
 appoint to our said Duchy of Lancaster aforesaid all 
 and singular the aforesaid honors, lordships, manors, 
 lands, tenements, rents, reversions, and our hereditaments 
 aforesaid, and all the lands, tenements, rents, reversions, 
 services, meadows, feedings, pastures, woods, underwoods, 
 advowsons, knights' fees, wardships, marriages, reliefs, 
 
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 prsedicta, ac omnia terras tenementa redditus reversiones 
 servitia prata pascua pasturas boscos subboscos advo- 
 cationes feoda militum warda maritagia relevia escaeta 
 parcos chaceas forestas warrennas tolneta custumas 
 ferias mercata nundinas curias letas visus franciplegii 
 hundreda turnos proficua curiarum oflBcia feodariorum 
 natives nativas et villanos cum eorum sequelis bona et 
 catalla felonum fugitivorum felonum de se et in exigendo 
 positorum thesaurum inventum deodanda et alia jura 
 jurisdictiones franchesias libertates privilegia et alia hae- 
 reditamenta nostra quaecunque cujuscunque sunt generis 
 naturse seu speciei aut quibuscunque nominibus sciantur 
 censeantur vel dignoscantur et in quibuscunque comita- 
 tibus regni nostri Anglise existentia dictis honoribus do- 
 miniis maneriis et cseteris praemissis aut eorum alicui per- 
 tinentia sive spectantia vel cum eisdem seu eorum aliquo 
 occupata dimissa seu locata aut quae modo accepta re- 
 putata vel cognita existentia pro vel ut partes vel par- 
 cellae eorundem sive eorum alicujus aut quae reputata 
 accepta habita cognita collecta seu computabilia exis- 
 tentia vel aliquo alio modo antehac usitata fuerunt ut 
 partes membra vel parcellae eorum aut eorum alicujus 
 ac adeo plene libere et integre ac in tam amplis et con- 
 similibus modo et forma et cum omnibus eisdem hujusmodi 
 et consimilibus libertatibus franchesiis privilegiis jurisdic- 
 tionibus commoditatibus et advantagiis prout ea omnia et sin- 
 gula in manibus et dispositione nostra jam existunt et prout 
 ea omnia et singula modo usitata sunt ac prout ea omnia 
 modo habemus et gaudemus. Quaequidem omnia praedicta 
 honores castra dominia maneria terrae tenementa et caetera 
 praemissa non excedunt clarum annuum valorem duarum 
 mille librarum per annum nee sunt parcella antiquae haere- 
 
escheats, parks, chases, forests, warrens, tolls, customs, 
 fairs, markets, market-places, courts-leet, views of frank- 
 pledge, hundreds, tourns, profits of courts, offices of feoda- 
 ries, bondmen and bondwomen and vilains, with their 
 suit, the goods and chattels of felons, fugitives, felons 
 of themselves, and of persons put in exigent, treasure 
 trove, deodands, and other rights, jurisdictions, franchises, 
 liberties, privileges, and other our hereditaments what- 
 soever, of whatever kind, nature, or species they are, or 
 by whatever names they may be known, esteemed, or dis- 
 tinguished, and in whatever counties of our realm of 
 England being, pertaining or belonging to the said honors, 
 lordships, manors, and other the premises, or to any one 
 of them, or occupied, demised, or let with the same or 
 any one of them, or which being now accepted, reputed, 
 or known for or as parts or parcels of the same or of 
 any of them, or which being reputed, accepted, had, 
 known, collected, or accountable, or in any other manner 
 heretofore they were used as parts, members, or parcels 
 of them or of any one of them, and as fully, freely, and 
 completely, and in as ample and like manner and form, 
 and with all the same, like, and similar liberties, franchises, 
 privileges, jurisdictions, commodities, and advantages as 
 they all and singular now exist in our hands and dispo- 
 sition, and as they all and singular are now used, and 
 as we now have and enjoy them all. All which afore- 
 said honors, castles, lordships, manors, lands, tenements, 
 and other premises do not exceed the clear yearly value of 
 two thousand pounds by the year, nor are they parcel of 
 the ancient inheritance of our Crown of England, nor parcel 
 of the possessions of our Principality of Wales, nor parcel 
 of our Duchy of Cornwall, nor parcel of our Earldom of 
 
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 ditatis Coronse nostrse Anglise, nee parcella possessionum 
 Principalitatis nostrse Walliae, nee parcella Ducatus nostri 
 Cornubise, nee parcella Comitatus nostri Cestrise, nee sunt 
 aliqua honores castra dominia maneria terrae tenementa vel 
 hsereditamenta nostra situata jacentia vel existentia in co- 
 mitatibus nostris Cestrise et Flynt vel eorum altero. Et 
 ulterius damns concedimus et appunctuamus dicto Du- 
 catui nostro Lancastrise omnia exitus et proficua omnium 
 et singulorum praedictorum honorum maneriorum domi- 
 niorum terrarum tenementorum et cseterorum praemisso- 
 rum a festo sancti Michaelis Archangeli ultimo praeterito 
 hucusque provenientia sive crescentia absque compote seu 
 aliquo alio nobis in Scaccario nostro hseredum vel suc- 
 cessorum nostrorum vel alibi nisi solummodo et tantum- 
 modo in dicto Ducatu nostro Lancastrise et per officiarios 
 et ministros nostros Ducatus nostri Lancastrise praedicti 
 hseredum vel successorum nostri praefatae Reginae in Du- 
 catu nostro Lancastriae praedicto modo et forma prout 
 in dicto Ducatu nostro Lancastriae de aliis possessioni- 
 bus et reventionibus ejusdem Ducatus nostri Lancas- 
 triae usualiter nobis responsum existit fiendo vel red- 
 dendo. Ac insuper volumus et concedimus pro nobis 
 haeredibus et successoribus nostri praefatae Reginae quod 
 Thesaurarius, Barones, Auditores, Receptores et omnes 
 alii officiarii et ministri nostri de Scaccario nostro hae- 
 redum et successorum nostri praefatae Reginae pro tem- 
 pore existentes super solam demonstrationem harum li- 
 terarum nostrarum patentium debitam allocationem exo- 
 nerationem et deliberationem manifeste faciant et fieri 
 causabunt omnium et singulorum praemissorum et om- 
 nium et singulorum exituum reventionum et proficuorum 
 eorundem tam Cancellario et Concilio nostro quam aliis 
 
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 Chester, nor are they any our honors, castles, lordships, 
 manors, lands, tenements, or hereditaments situate, lying, 
 or being in our counties of Chester and Flint or in either 
 of them. And moreover we give, grant, and appoint to 
 our said Duchy of Lancaster all the issues and profits of 
 all and singular the aforesaid honors, manors, lordships, 
 lands, tenements, a.nd other the premises, arising and 
 accruing from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel 
 last past to the present time, without making or rendering 
 to us an account or any other thing in the Exchequer of us, 
 our heirs or successors, or elsewhere, except solely and only 
 in our said Duchy of Lancaster, and by our officers and 
 ministers of our aforesaid Duchy of Lancaster, or of the 
 heirs or successors of us the aforesaid Queen in our afore- 
 said Duchy of Lancaster, in manner and form as is 
 usually answered to us in our said Duchy of Lancaster 
 respecting the other possessions and revenues of our 
 same Duchy of Lancaster. And, moreover, we will and 
 grant for us, the heirs and successors of us the afore- 
 said Queen, that the Treasurer, Barons, Auditors, and 
 Receivers, and all other our officers and ministers for 
 the time being of the Exchequer of us, the heirs and 
 successors of us the aforesaid Queen, do, upon the mere 
 shewing of these our letters patent, manifestly make and 
 shall cause to be made due allowance, exoneration, and 
 delivery of all and singular the premises, and of all and 
 singular the issues, revenues, and profits of the same, from 
 the said feast of St. Michael the Archangel last past, as 
 well to our Chancellor and Council as to our other officers 
 and ministers for the time being of our Duchy of Lan- 
 caster, or of the heirs and successors of us the aforesaid 
 Queen, according to our true intent aforesaid, without 
 
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 officiariis et ministris nostris Ducatus nostri LancastritB 
 hseredum et successorura nostri prsefatae Reginae pro 
 tempore existentibus a dicto festo sancti Michaelis Arch- 
 angel! ultimo prseterito juxta veram intentionem nostram 
 prsedictam absque aliquo alio brevi seu warranto aut aliquo 
 brevi de privato sigillo aut aliquo alio warranto in hac 
 parte impetrando obtinendo seu prosequendo. Ac volumus 
 ac per prsesentes firmiter praecipimus dictis Thesaurario 
 Baronibus et ministris nostris prsedictis de Scaccario nos- 
 tro prsedicto quod nee ipsi nee eorum aliquis in posterum 
 se intromittant sive intromittat cum aliquibus praedictis 
 honoribus dominiis maneriis terris et tenementis seu prae- 
 missis aut de vel cum aliqua inde parcella aut cum pro- 
 ficuis exitibus redditibus et reventionibus eorundem aut 
 eorum aliquo nee de receptione eorundem sive eorum ali- 
 cujus quovismodo. Et hae literae nostras patentes vel irro- 
 tulamentum eorundem erunt de tempore in tempus suffi- 
 ciens warrantum et exoneratio tam dictis Thesaurario Ba- 
 ronibus Auditoribus et Receptoribus Scaccarii nostri hae- 
 redum et successorum nostri praefatae Reginae et eorum 
 cuilibet quam omnibus aliis oflSciariis et ministris nostris 
 in hac parte. Eo quod expressa mentio de vero valore 
 annuo aut de aliquo alio valore aut certitudine praemis- 
 sorum sive eorum alicujus aut de aliquibus aliis honoribus 
 castris dominiis maneriis terris tenementis seu haeredita' 
 mentis per nos vel per aliquem progenitorum nostrorum 
 praefatae Reginae praedicto Ducatui nostro Lancastriae ante 
 haec tempora annexis unitis limitatis vel appunctuatis in 
 praesentibus minime facta existit, aut aliquo statuto actu 
 ordinatione provisione proclamatione sive restrictione in 
 contrarium inde antehac habito facto edito ordinato seu 
 proviso aut aliqua alia re causa vel materia quacunque in 
 
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 requesting, obtaining, or suing out any other writ or 
 warrant, or any writ of privy seal or any other warrant 
 in this behalf. And we will and by these presents do 
 firmly command the said Treasurer, Barons, and our 
 aforesaid ministers of our aforesaid Exchequer, that neither 
 they nor any one of them do henceforth in any way in- 
 termeddle with any of the aforesaid honors, lordships, 
 manors, lands and tenements, or premises, or respecting 
 or with any parcel of the same, or with the profits, issues, 
 rents, or revenues of the same or with any one of the 
 same, nor with the receipt of the same or of any one of 
 the same. And these our letters patent, or the enrol- 
 ment of the same, shall be from time to time a sufficient 
 warrant and exoneration in this behalf as well to the said 
 Treasurer, Barons, Auditors, and Receivers of the Ex- 
 chequer of us, the heirs and successors of us the afore- 
 said Queen, and every one of them, as to all other our 
 officers and ministers. Albeit express mention of the 
 true annual value, or of any other value or certainty of 
 the premises or of any one of them, or of any other 
 honors, castles, lordships, manors, lands, tenements or he- 
 reditaments heretofore annexed, united, limited, or ap- 
 pointed to our aforesaid Duchy of Lancaster by us or by 
 any of the progenitors of us the aforesaid Queen, be not 
 made in these presents, or any statute, act, ordinance, 
 provision, proclamation, or restriction to the contrary 
 thereof heretofore had, made, published, ordained, or pro- 
 vided, or any other thing, cause, or matter whatsoever in 
 anywise notwithstanding. In witness whereof we have 
 caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness our- 
 selves at Westminster, on the fifteenth day of April in the 
 fourth and fifth years of our reign. P. Cordell. 
 
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 aliquo non obstante. In cujus rei testimonium has literas 
 nostras fieri fecimus patentes. Testibus nobis ipsis apud 
 Westmonasterium quinto decimo die Aprilis annis regnorum 
 nostrorum quarto et quinto. P. Cordell. 
 
 Per ipsos Regem et Reginam et de data prsedicta, &c. 
 
 " Examinatur per me Anthonium Hayforde "■ 
 Deputatum Valentini Browne Auditoris." J 
 
 " Irrotulatur coram me Johanne Thomson 
 Auditore pro maneriis, &c., in comitatibus 
 Sussex' et Buck'." 
 
 " Irrotulatur in officio Auditoris 
 Comitatus Eborum." 
 
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 By the King and Queen themselves, and of the aforesaid 
 date, &c. 
 
 " Examined by me, Anthony Hayforde, De- 1 
 puty of Valentine Browne, Auditor. ) 
 
 " Enrolled before me, John Thomson, Au- \ 
 ditor for the manors, &c., in the counties V 
 of Sussex and Buckingham. j 
 
 " Enrolled in the office of the Audi- | 
 tor of the county of York." ) 
 
INDEX. 
 
 A. 
 
 ABINGDON, Abbot of, 149. 
 
 Acquittance of tolls, &c., 2, 6, 22, 
 45,77, lie, 156,299. 
 
 Advowsons of churches, 37, 57, 88, 
 127, 310, — see also Presentations. 
 
 Agmondesham, manor of, 181, 
 
 Alban's, St., Abbot of, 148. 
 
 John Abbot of, 275. 
 
 Alban's, St., town of, 281. 
 
 Aldl)orough, manor of, 233, 248, 
 271. 
 
 Aldbourn, manor of, 221, 242, 265. 
 
 Allerton, wapentake of, 233, 247, 
 271. 
 
 Aired, Richard, 221, 224, 226, 228, 
 231. 
 
 Alverthorpe, manor of, 365. 
 
 Amercements, 1, 3, 7> 13, 15, 16, 
 20, 21, 23, 38. 41, 46, 58, 73, 78, 
 89, 94, 112, 117, 128, 133, 156, 
 295,300,311,316. 
 
 Amercements of bailiffs, — see Bai- 
 liffs. 
 
 Andrewe, Richard, 221, 224, 226, 
 228, 230, 232, 247, 252, 253, 255, 
 270. 
 
 Anne, daughter and heir of Eleanor, 
 one of the daughters and co-heirs 
 of the Earl of Hereford, 172, — see 
 also Stafford. 
 
 Arnold, manor of, 174, 177, 182. 
 
 Arundel, Richard Earl of, 4, 13, 15, 
 16, 18, 24, 31, 48, 54, 70, 72, 74, 
 79,85,98,110, 111, 113, 119,124, 
 137, 275, 293, 295, 296, 302, 307, 
 320. 
 Arundel, Thomas Earl of, 149. 
 Arundel, William Earl of, 275. 
 Asaph's, St., Thomas Bishop of, 252, 
 
 253. 
 Ash borne, manor and town of, 233. 
 Ashhorne, wapentake of, 247, 270. 
 
 Ashdown, free chase of, 28, 51, 83, 
 
 122, 305. 
 Ashdown, forest of, 354. 
 Ascott, manor of, 176, 183. 
 Assay and assize of bread, — see 
 
 Market, clerk of. 
 Attachment of pleas of the Crown, 
 
 2, 7, 19, 22, 45, 77, 97, 116, 136, 
 
 160,300,319. 
 Attleborough, college or chantry of, 
 
 359. 
 Attorney-General of the County 
 
 Palatine, — see County Palatine. 
 Attorney General of the Duchy of 
 
 Lancaster, — see Lancaster, Duchy. 
 Auditors, — see Receivers. 
 Auditors of the Duchy of Lan- 
 caster, — see Lancaster, Duchy. 
 Aylsham, manor of, 28, 51, 82, 
 
 121, 222, 242, 265, 304. 
 
 B. 
 
 Baddow, manor of, 175. 
 
 Bailiffs of Hberties, 41. 
 
 fines and amercements of, 
 
 for negligence, 60, 92, 97, L31, 
 
 136, 160, 314, 319. 
 Bardney, Abbot of, 149. 
 Bardolf, Lord, 218. 
 Barker, Thomas, 232, 247, 252, 253, 
 
 255, 270, 275, 276. 
 Barnoldwick, manor and lordship of, 
 
 226, 244, 267. 
 Basssingbourne, manor of, 365. 
 Bath and Wells, Henry Bishop of, 
 
 148. 
 John Bishop of, 24, 48, 79, 119, 
 
 302. 
 
 Robert Bishop of, 327, 341. 
 
 Thomas Bishop of, 221, 224, 
 
 226, 228, 232, 241, 247, 252, 253, 
 
 255, 264, 266, 270, 274, 275. 
 Battle, Abbot of, 149. 
 
 2x 
 
372 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Beauchamp, John, 221, 224, 226, 
 228, 231. 
 
 . Lord de, 232, 241, 
 
 247, 253, 255, 264, 266, 270, 275, 
 276. 
 
 Beauchamp, William, of Bergavenny, 
 149. 
 
 Beaumont, Henry Lord de, 149. 
 
 Beaumont, John Viscount, 221, 224, 
 226, 228, 230, 232, 241, 252, 253, 
 264, 266, 270. 
 
 Beeston, manor of, 229, "^45, 268. 
 
 Benett's, St., Thomas Abbot and 
 convent of, 340. 
 
 Bennington, Long, manor of, 176, 
 182. 
 
 Bere, John de la, 221, 224, 226, 
 228, 230. 
 
 Berkeley, Thomas de, 1 49. 
 
 Berks, county of, 182, 222, 224, 234, 
 242, 243, 248, 265, 266, 271. 
 
 Berwick, manor of, 224, 243, 266. 
 
 Bilton, park of, 233, 248, 271. 
 
 Blanche, one of the daughters and 
 co-heirs of Henry Duke of Lan- 
 caster, and wife of John Duke of 
 Lancaster, 12, 14, 21, 45, 71, 74, 
 102, 110, 113, 152, 285, 294, 296. 
 
 Blandford, manor of, 224, 243, 266. 
 
 Blaunchappulton(Whitechapel),175. 
 
 Bodenham, hundred of, 183. 
 
 Bohun, Humphrey de. Earl of Here- 
 ford, Essex, and Northampton, 24, 
 31, 48, 54, 79, 85, 99, 1 19, 124, 151, 
 172, 182, 184, 192, 197, 302, 307, 
 — see also Hereford. 
 
 Bohun, Joan de. Countess of Here- 
 ford, 184,185, 195. 
 
 Bohun, Mary de, one of the daughters 
 and co-heirs of Humphrey de Bo- 
 hun, 99, 151, 172, 182, 187, 192; 
 wife of Henry, son of John Du*ke 
 of Lancaster, afterwards King 
 Henry IV., 99.— Eleanor de Bo- 
 hun, another daughter and co- 
 heir, 172, 182, 187, 192 ; parti- 
 tion of the estates, — see Hereford, 
 and also Staflfbrd. 
 
 Bohun, William de. Earl of North- 
 ampton, 4, 185. 
 
 Bolingbrook, honor, castle, lordship, 
 and manor of, 327, 342. 
 
 Bonvile, William Lord, 281. 
 
 Boroughbridge, mills of, 233, 248,271. 
 
 Bourgchier, Bartholomew, Lord de, 
 149. 
 
 Bourgchier, Henry Viscount, 275. 
 
 Bradford, manor of, 233, 248, 271. 
 Bradwell, manor of, 364. 
 Brancepeth, church of, 27, 51, 82, 
 
 121, 304. 
 Brecknock, castle and manor of, 179» 
 
 183,193. 
 Brecon castle, 192. 
 Brian, Guy de, 24, 48, 80, 119, 302. 
 Bridges, lordship of, 364. 
 Brittany, John Duke of, and Earl of 
 
 Richmond, 26, 49, 80, 120, 303. 
 Brothercross, hundred of, 222, 242, 
 
 265. 
 Browne, Valentine, 369. 
 Broyn-llys, lordship of, 192, 193. 
 Buckingham, county of, 221, 242, 
 
 265, 364, 369. 
 Buklond, John de, 15, 72, 111,295. 
 Burghill, hundred of, 183. . 
 Burgh, Sir Thomas, Knight, 327, 
 
 341. 
 Burmarsh, marsh of, 181. 
 Burnell, Hugh Lord de, 149. 
 Bury St. Edmund's, Abbot of, 149. 
 
 C. 
 
 Caldicot, castle and manor of, 178, 
 
 182, 221, 241, 264. 
 Cambridge, county of, 28, 51, 82, 
 
 121, 222, 242, 265, 305, 365. 
 Cambridge, Edmond Earl of, 31, 41, 
 
 64, 61, 85, 92, 124, 131, 307, 314. 
 Camoys, Thomas Lord de, 149. 
 Canterbury, Archbishop of, 144, 203, 
 
 355. 
 Canterbury, Harry Archbishop of, 
 
 209. 
 Canterbury, John Archbishop of, 
 
 4,221,223,226,228,232. 
 Canterbury, Simon Archbishop of, 
 
 13, 16, 17, 41, 61, 73, 92, 113, 
 
 131, 266, 314. 
 Canterbury, Thomas Archbishop of, 
 
 148, 252, 253, 274, 275. 
 Canterbury, Thomas Cardinal Arch- 
 bishop of, 327, 341. 
 Canterbury, William Archbishop of, 
 
 31, 54, 70, 85, 98, 110, 124, 137, 
 
 293, 307, 320. 
 Canterbury, Dean and Chapter of, 
 
 355. 
 Cantreffcelly, lordship of, 192, 193. 
 Carlisle, William Bishop of, 148. 
 Carpenter, John, 221, 264. 
 Bishop of Wor- 
 
INDEX. 
 
 373 
 
 cester, 230, 241,— see also Wor- 
 cester, Bishop of. 
 
 Carreu, Nicholas, (Keeper of the 
 King's Privy Seal.) 41, 61, 92, 
 131,314. 
 
 Carriage, acquittance of, 2, 19, 42, 
 74. 113. 156,296. 
 
 Castille and Leon, John King of, 
 Duke of Lancaster, — see Lancas- 
 ter. 
 
 Castle Donington, lordship and 
 manor of, 229, 245, 268. 
 
 Cavendish, John de, 31, 54, 85, 125, 
 308. 
 
 Chamberlain of the Duchy of Lan- 
 caster, — see Lancaster, Duchy. 
 
 Chancellor of England, 155, 334, 
 339 ; or Treasurer, not to pre- 
 sent to livings in the King's 
 heritage of the Earldom of Here- 
 ford, 100 ; nor in the Duchy of 
 Lancaster, 139, 155, 165, 323. 
 
 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan- 
 caster, — see Lancaster, Duchy. 
 
 Chancellor of the County Palatine, 
 — see County Palatine. 
 
 Chancery, court of, in the county of 
 Lancaster, — see Lancaster. 
 
 Charleton, Edward de, of Powys, 
 149. 
 
 Charnels, John, 15, 72, 111, 295. 
 
 Chases, 37, 57, 88, 127, 310. 
 
 Chattels of felons and fugitives, — 
 see Felons. 
 
 Chedworth, John, 232. 
 
 Chelmsford, manor of, 355. 
 
 Chester, county of, 33, 62, 06, 103, 
 105, 288. 367. 
 
 Chester, earldom of, 367. 
 
 Chester, Earl of, 10, 33, 62. 65, 68, 
 103, 105, 287, 288. 
 
 Chichester, Adam Bishop of, 232, 
 — see also Moleyns. 
 
 Chichester, Robert Bishop of, 98, 
 137, 148, 320. 
 
 Chignal, manor of, 180. 
 
 Chipleyhunden, manor of, 365. 
 
 Chipping liambourn, manor of, 224, 
 243, 266. 
 
 Chishall, view of frankpledge of, 175, 
 182. 
 
 Churches, — see Presentations, and 
 also Advowsons. 
 
 Cirencester, Abbot of, 149. 
 Clare -borough, manor of, 365. 
 Clare Hall, otherwise Clarett Hall, 
 lordship of, 364. 
 
 Clare, honor and manor of, 364. 
 Clarence, Lionel Duke of, 24, 48, 79, 
 
 11.9,302. 
 Clarett Hall, otherwise Clare Hall, 
 
 lordship of, 364. 
 Clere, Edmund, 218. 
 Clere, Robert, 218. 
 Clithero, honor of, 349. 
 Cloos, Nicholas, 232. 
 Clynton, William Lord de, 149. 
 Cobham, John, 149. 
 Cobham, Lord, 359. 
 Coggeshall, lordship of, 364. 
 Colchester, Abbot of St. John's at, 
 
 148. 
 Collingbourne, manor of, 224, 243, 
 
 266. 
 Coppidhali, lordship of, 364. 
 Cornwall, Duchy of, 200, 207, 366. 
 Coroners, appointment of, — see At- 
 tachment of Pleas of the Crown. 
 County Palatine of Lancaster, 10, 
 
 33, 62, 65, 68, 103, 105, 139, 155, 
 
 283, 287, 288, 322, 324, 342; 
 
 parcel of the Duchy, 283, 324 ; 
 
 Attorney- General thereof, 258 ; 
 
 Chancellor thereof, 258, 283, 324 ; 
 
 Chief Steward thereof, 258 ; Seal 
 
 thereof, 283 ; — see also Lancaster. 
 Coventry, John Bishop of, 148, 252, 
 
 253, 275. 
 Coventry, Prior of, 149. 
 Cowarne, Great, hundred of, 183. 
 Crandon, manor of, 355. 
 Crendon, manor of, 177. 
 Croiland, Abbot of, 149. 
 Croiser, Sir William, 221,— see also 
 
 Croyser. 
 Cromwell, Ralph Lord de, 221, 224, 
 
 226, 228, 230, 232,— see aUo Crum- 
 
 well. 
 Crondon, manor of, 355. 
 Crown, attachment of pleas of, 2, 7, 
 
 19,22,45,77, 97, 116, 136, 160, 
 
 300, 319. 
 Croyser, William, 242, 265,— see 
 
 also Croiser. 
 Cmmwell, Ralph de, 149,— «ee also 
 
 Cromwell, 
 
 D. 
 
 Damages in actions and suits, how 
 recoverable by the King in right 
 of the Duchy of Lancaster, 340. 
 
 Damlet, Hugh, 252, 253, 276. 
 
 Darcy, John Lord, 149. 
 
 2x2 
 
874 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Daventry, manor of, 221, 241, 264. 
 
 David's, St., Bishop of, — see St. Da- 
 vid's. 
 
 Deddington, manor of, 176, 182. 
 
 Dedhara, lordship of, 364. 
 
 Delahere, John, Bishop of St. Da- 
 vid's, 241, 253, 264, 21b— see also 
 St. David's. 
 
 Deodands, 97, 136, 161, 320. 
 
 Depden, manor of, 175. 
 
 Derby, county of, 12, 14, 71, HO, 
 229, 233, 245, 247, 268, 271, 293, 
 327, 342. 
 
 Derby, Henry Earl of, 1, 14, 110,— 
 see also Lancaster. 
 
 Desborongh, manor of, 221, 241, 264. 
 
 Desheford or Dicheford, mills of, 
 221,241,264. 
 
 Despenser, Edward le, 18. 
 
 liord of Gla- 
 morgan and Morgannowe, 24, 48, 
 80, 119,302. 
 
 Despenser, Hugh le, 4. 
 
 Devereux, John, 70, 1 10, 293. 
 
 Devon, Edward Earl of, 149. 
 
 Dicheford or Desheford, mills of, 
 221,241,264. 
 
 Dorset, county of, 224, 234, 243, 
 249, 266. 
 
 Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, 
 200, — see also Lancaster and 
 Cornwall. 
 
 Duchy of Lancastei', — see Lancaster. 
 
 Dudley, William, Dean of the 
 King's chapel, 327, 341. 
 
 Dunmow, manor of, 175. 
 
 Dunstanburgh, castle, lordship, and 
 manor of, 328, 342. 
 
 Durham, bishopric of, 121, 304. 
 
 Durham, Lawrence Bishop of, 252, 
 253, 275. 
 
 Durham, Richard Bishop of, 4. 
 
 Durham, Thomas Bishop of, 148. 
 
 Dynham, John Lord, 327, 341. 
 
 E. 
 
 Easter, High, court of the honor 
 
 of, 175. 
 
 manor of, 175, 182. 
 
 Easterton, manor of, 224, 243, 266. 
 East Garston, manor of, 222, 242, 
 
 265. 
 East Lee, manor of 181. 
 Eastwick, lordship of, 364. 
 Ebboth, manor and lordship of, 228, 
 
 245, 268. 
 
 Ecclesiastical benefices, — see Pre- 
 sentations. 
 
 Edithorp, town of, 218. 
 
 Edward, called Prince of Wales, 
 280, — see also Wales. 
 
 Edward the Fourth, Feoffees to the 
 uses of his Will. — see Feoffees. 
 
 Eleanor, daughter and co-heir of 
 the Earl of Hereford, 172, 182, 
 187. 192 ; Duchess of Gloucester, 
 174 ; mother of the Countess of 
 Stafford, 182. 
 
 Elmset, manor of, 177. 
 
 Ely, John Bishop of, 1 48. 
 
 Ely, Simon Bishop of, Chancellor, 
 24, 47, 79, 302; Treasurer, 16, 
 17,74, 113, 118,296. 
 
 Ely, William Bishop of, 327, 341. 
 
 Endelenewick, bailiwick of, 28, 51, 
 82, 122, 305. 
 
 Enfield, manor of, 175. 
 
 Epping, lordvship of, 364. 
 
 Erbury, manor of, 365. 
 
 Erpingham, North, hundred of, 28, 
 51, 82, 121, 222, 242, 265, 304. 
 
 Erpingham, South, hundred of, 28, 
 51, 82, 121, 222, 242, 265, 304. 
 
 Escheats, 37, 57, 88, 127, 310,— see 
 also Forfeiture. 
 
 Essex, county of, 364 ; fee of the 
 county of, 175, 182. 
 
 Essex, earldom of, 163, 169, 184. 
 
 Essex, Earl of, 172, 341, — see also 
 Bohun. 
 
 Essex, Henry Earl of, 327. 
 
 Estreats of fines to be deliveredto 
 the officers of the Duke of Lan- 
 caster, 95, 158, 312, 317,— see also 
 Fines 
 
 Etlowe or Ettlowe, manor of, 213, 
 217. 
 
 Everley, manor of. 224, 243, 266. 
 
 Evesham. Abbot of, 149. 
 
 Exchequer, summons of, 2, 6, 19, 22, 
 40,45,60, 77, 91, 96, 116, 130, 
 300,313. 
 
 Exeter, Edmund Bishop of, 148. 
 
 Exeter, George Bishop of, 275. 
 
 F. 
 
 Faken HAM, manor of, 28, 51, 82, 
 
 121, 222, 242, 265, 304. 
 Farnham, manor of, 175, 182. 
 Felons and fugitives, chattels of, 2, 
 
 7, 13, 15, 16, 19, 22, 40, 46, 59, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 375 
 
 73, 78, 91, 96, 112, 117, 130, 135, 
 159, 295, 300, 313, 318. 
 Fenys, James, 221, 224, 226, 228. 
 
 Sir James, Knight, 231. 
 
 Feodaries, 101, 140, 272. 
 
 Feoffees of the Duchy of Lancaster 
 to the use of the Will of King 
 Henry V., 202, 209; to per- 
 form the Will of King Henry VI., 
 220, 232, 235 ; new appointment 
 in room of those deceased, 241, 
 264 ; for performance of the Will 
 of King Edward IV., 326 ; the 
 act of feoffment repealed, 346 ; 
 appointed to the uses of the Will 
 of King Henry VII., 349; new 
 appointment in room of those de- 
 ceased, 350 ; shall enjoy the same 
 liberties and jura regalia as when 
 the lands wei-e in the King's 
 hands, 235, 236, 256. 
 
 Ferrers, Higham,— *e^ Higham. 
 
 Ferrers, William Lord de, 149. 
 
 Finchedene, William de, 31, 54, 85, 
 124, 308. 
 
 Finding of heirs during nonage, 338. 
 
 Fines and amercements, 1, 3, 7, 13, 
 15, 16, 20, 21,23,38,41,46,58, 
 73,78,89, 94, 112, 117, 128, 133, 
 156, 295,300,311, 316. 
 
 of bailiffs and sheriffs, for neg- 
 ligence, 41, 60, 92, 97, 131, 136, 
 160,314,319. 
 
 Fitz-Hugh, Henry, 149. 
 
 Flint, county of, 367. 
 
 Fobbing, manor of, 181. 
 
 Forfeited issues, 3, 7, 20, 21, 23, 38, 
 46, 58, 78, 89, 94, 117, 128, 156, 
 300,311,316. 
 
 Forfeiture or escheat, lands coming 
 into the King's hands thereby, in 
 right of the Duchy of Lancaster, 
 shall be annexed to the Duchy, 
 165, 166. 
 
 Forfeitures, 3, 7, 20, 21, 23, 38, 46, 
 68, 78, 89, 94, 117, 128, 133, 157, 
 300,311,316. 
 
 Fortescue, John, 252, 253. 
 
 Fowler, Richard, 327- 
 
 Fugitives and felons, chattels of, — 
 see Felons. 
 
 Fulmodeston, manor of, 176, 183, 
 233. 240, 271. 
 
 Fulwith, 233, 248, 271. 
 
 Furnyvale, Thomas Lord de, 149. 
 
 G. 
 
 Gal LOW, hundred of, 222, 242, 265. 
 Garston, East, manor of, 222, 242, 
 
 265. 
 Gascoigne, duchy of, 326. 
 Gimingham, manor of, 222, 242, 265. 
 Glastonbury, Abbot of, 149. 
 Glatton, manor of, 28, 51, 82, 121, 
 
 221, 242, 265, 305. 
 Gloucester, Abbot of St. Peter's at, 
 
 149. 
 Gloucester, Parliament hold en at, 
 
 66, 106. 
 Gloucester, shire of, 217. 
 Gloucester, Thomas Duke of, 70, 
 
 98,110,137,293,320. 
 Gloucester, Duchess of, — see Eleanor. 
 Godmanchester, town of, 221, 242, 
 
 265. 
 Goldwell, James, 275, 276, — see also 
 
 Norwich. 
 Gower, William, 281. 
 Great Cowarne, 183. 
 Greenhoe, North, hundred of, 28, 
 
 51, 82, 121, 304. 
 Greenwich, West, moiety of certain 
 
 tenements in, 180, 183. 
 Grene, John, 275, 276. 
 Greston, Abbey of St. Mary de, — see 
 
 Wilmingdon, priory. 
 Grey, Edmund Lord de, of Ruthyn, 
 
 275. 
 Grey, Reginald Lord de, of Ruthyn, 
 
 149. 
 Grey, Richard Lord de, of Codenore, 
 
 149. 
 Greystok, Ralph de, 149. 
 Gringley, manor of, 28, 51, 82, 121, 
 
 233, 247, 271, 304. 
 Grinstead, town of, 35, 55, 86, 126, 
 
 308. 
 Groundage, acquittance of, 2, 19, 42, 
 
 74, 113, 156,245,297. 
 Grosmont, castle, lordship, and ma- 
 nor of, 228, 268. 
 Grymmesby, William, 262, 263. 
 Gun thorp. Master John, clerk, 327, 
 
 341. 
 Gussage, lands and tenexneuta in, 
 
 178. 
 Guyan, Duchy of, 326. 
 
 H. 
 
 Hakenoys, a tenement called, 175. 
 Hallingbury, manor of, 180, 183. 
 
376 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Hampton, John, 221, 224, 226, 228, 
 231, 233, 241, 247, 252, 253, 255, 
 264, 266, 270, 275, 276. 
 
 Haresfield, manor of, 179, 183. 
 
 Hartley, manor of, 224, 243, 266. 
 
 Haryngton, John, 149. 
 
 Haseley, manor of, 176, 182. 
 
 Hastings, William Lord, 327, 341. 
 
 Hatfield, manor of, 180. 
 
 Hay, castle and manor of, 179, 183. 
 
 Hay, park of, 233, 248, 271. 
 
 Haydon, manor of, 181. 
 
 Hayforde, Anthony, 369. 
 
 Haywra, park of, 233, 248, 271. 
 
 Henry, eldest son of King Henry 
 IV., Duke of Lancaster, 141 ; 
 son and heir of Mary daughter 
 and co-heir of Humphrey de Bo- 
 hun, 172. 
 
 Henry V., Feoffees to the uses of 
 his Will, 202, 207. 
 
 Henry VI , Feoffees to the uses of 
 his Will,— see Feoffees; attainted 
 of high treason, 279, 324. 
 
 Henry VII. Feoffees to the uses of 
 his Will, — see Feoffees. 
 
 Henton, manor of, 177, 183, 234, 
 248, 271. 
 
 Hereford, court of the honor of, 
 held at Gloucester, 179, 183. 
 
 Hereford, Earl of, — see Bohun ; earl- 
 dom of, 151, 163, 169, 184, 192; 
 the heritage of the earldom of, 
 partition thereof between the co- 
 heirs of Humphrey de Bohun, 
 172 ; new partition made at the 
 prayer of Anne Countess of Staf- 
 ford, 186; the purpa rtyheld by 
 King Henry IV. in right of his 
 deceased wife Mary de Bohun, 
 99, descended to King Henry V. 
 in right of his mother, 163 ; 
 severed from the Crown, 99, 188 ; 
 and annexed to the Duchy of 
 liancaster, 151. 163, 188; jura 
 regalia to be exercised therein, 
 163, 164 ; shall be subject to the 
 Seal of the Duchy, 164, 165 ; 
 saving for the tenants thereof, 
 after death of their ancestors, 100 ; 
 they shall enjoy the liberties and 
 customs without let, 165 ; royal 
 prerogative as to marriages there- 
 in, 100 ; ecclesiastical benefices, 
 in whose presentation, 100 ; shall 
 pass under the Seal of the Duchy 
 of liancaster, 165 ; receivers, how 
 
 accountable, 101 ; the act re- 
 pealed so far as regards the an- 
 nexation thereof to the Duchy of 
 Lancaster, 187 ; a new partition of 
 the estates having been made be- 
 tween the descendants of the co- 
 heirs of the Earl of Hereford, the 
 purparty newly assigned to the 
 King, severed from the Crown and 
 annexed to the Duchy of Lan- 
 caster, as before, 188; more as to 
 the partition, 192, 197 ; — see also 
 Lancaster, Duchy of. 
 
 Hereford, John Bishop of, 262, 253, 
 275. 
 
 Hereford, Robert Bishop of, 148. 
 
 Hereford, the five hundreds in the 
 county of, 180, 183; fee of the 
 county of, 180, 183. 
 
 Hertford, county of, 364. 
 
 court of, 176, 182. 
 
 Hide, Abbot of, near Winchester, 
 149. 
 
 Higham Ferrers, castle, &c., of, 221, 
 241, 264. 
 
 High Easter, court of the honor 
 of, 175, 182. 
 
 manor of, 175, 182. 
 
 High Peak, castle and manor of, 27, 
 50, 82, 121, 304. 
 
 free chapel of, 27, 51, 82, 
 
 121, 304. 
 
 free chase of, 28, 61, 82, 
 
 122, 305. 
 Hipperholme, manor of, 365. 
 Hoddesdon, view of, I76. 
 view of frank pledge of, 
 
 182. 
 Hodenak, manor of, 224, 243, 266. 
 Holm or Holme, manor of, 28, 51, 
 
 82, 121,221,242,265,305. 
 Holmfrith, manor, lands, &c., in, 
 
 365. 
 Horbury, manor of, 365. 
 Household, the King's, expenses 
 
 thereof, 200, 202, 207, 215. 
 Hull, Sir Edward, Knight, 221, 224, 
 
 226, 228,231, 232. 
 Hulme, Abbot of St. Bennet de, 
 
 149. 
 Hungerford, Edmund, 221, 224, 
 
 226, 228, 231, 232, 241, 247, 253, 
 
 255, 264, 266, 270, 275. 
 Hungerford, Lord, 203. 
 Hungerford, Walter Lord, 209, 221, 
 
 224, 226, 228, 230, 232. 
 Hungerford, manor of, 222, 242, 265. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 377 
 
 Hunsdon, honor, manor, and lord- 
 ship of, 364. 
 
 Huntingdon, castle and manor of, 
 179, 182. 
 
 Huntingdon, county of, 28, 51, 82, 
 121, 221, 242, 265. 305. 
 
 Huntingdon, town of, 221, 242, 265. 
 
 Huse, William, 327, 341. 
 
 I. 
 
 Ingelby, Thomas de, 31, 54, 85, 
 
 125, 308. 
 Ipre, John de, 41, 61,92, 131, 314. 
 Irchester, manor of, 221, 241, 264. 
 Issues forfeited, 3, 7. 20, 21, 23, 38, 
 
 46, 58, 78, 89, 117, 128, 156, 300, 
 
 311,316. 
 Iskennv, castle, lordship, and manor 
 
 of, 228, 245, 268. 
 
 Jeku SALEM, St. John of, — see St. 
 John. 
 
 Jura regalia, 102, 138, 152, 154, 
 161, 163, 164, 166, 236, 256, 
 287, — see also Lancaster, County 
 Palatine. 
 
 Justices in eyre, appointment of, 
 64, 68, — see also Lancaster, 
 County Palatine. 
 
 Justices of the forest, appointment 
 of, 64, 68, — see also Lancaster. 
 
 Justices of peace. 168, 170. 
 
 Justices or judges of the County Pa- 
 latine, 283, 324. 
 
 K. 
 
 Kairkenny or Karkenny, castle, 
 
 lordship, and manor of, 228, 245, 
 
 268. 
 Karnwaltham, castle, lordship, and 
 
 manor of, 228, 245, 268. 
 Kendal, manor of, 364. 
 Kenel worth, castle, lordship, and 
 
 manor of, 327, 342. 
 Kent, Edmund Earl of, 149. 
 Kid welly, castle, lordship, and manor 
 
 of, 228, 245, 268. 
 Kilburn, manor of, 226, 244, 267. 
 Kimbolton, manor of, 181. 
 King's Langley, lordship of, 364. 
 Kingston, hundred of, 183. 
 Kingston Lacy, manor of, 224, 243, 
 
 Kirtlington, manor of, 176, 182. 
 
 Kiryell, Sir Thomas, 281. 
 
 Knaresborough, bailiwick of the bo- 
 rough of, 233, 248, 271. 
 
 bailiwick of the liberty 
 
 of, 233, 248, 271. 
 
 castle, honor, lordship, 
 
 and manor of, 28, 51, 82, 121, 
 233, 248, 271, 304, 328, 342. 
 
 forest or chace of, 233, 
 
 248, 271. 
 Knaresborough, house of St. Robert 
 
 of, 28, 51, 82, 121, 304. 
 mills of, 233, 248, 
 
 271. 
 Kneesal, manor of, 180, 182. 
 Knights' fees, 37, 57, 88, 127, 310. 
 Knyvet, John, 31, 54, 85, 124, 308. 
 
 L. 
 
 Lambourn, Chipping, manor of, 
 224. 
 
 Lambourne, Upper, manor of, 177* 
 
 Lancaster, county of, 12, 14, 32, 
 62, 65, 67, 68, 71, 103, 105, 
 110, 283, 288, 293; Court of 
 Chancery and Palatinate rights 
 granted therein, 10, 32, 42, 65, 
 68, 103, 105, 286, 288, 290, 291 ; 
 Exchequer granted therein, 63, 
 68, 108, 291 ; County Palatine of, 
 139, 155, 258, 283, 291, 322, 324, 
 342; parcel of the Duchy, 283, 
 324 ; Chancellor thereof, 258, 283, 
 324 ; Attorney-General thereof, 
 258 ; Chief Steward thereof, 145, 
 258 ; Seal thereof, 283. 
 
 Duchy of, and various 
 
 other estates of the heritage of 
 Lancaster, descended to Henry 
 IV. before his accession to the 
 Crown, 102, 152, 285 ; liberties 
 and^'wra regalia granted therein, 
 102, 152, 285 ; shall continue as 
 before, 137, 153, 161, 320 ; set- 
 tled upon King Henry and his 
 heirs, 138, 153, 321 ; the liberties 
 and jura regalia to be exercised 
 throughout the same, 138, 154, 
 162, 321 ; saving for the tenants 
 thA-eof, after death of their an- 
 cestors, 139, 154, 322, — proviso 
 for the tenants of the County 
 Palatine, 139, 155, 322 ; the 
 royal prerogative as to marriages 
 
378 
 
 INDEX, 
 
 out of the County Palatine, 139, 
 155, 322 ; ecclesiastical benefices, 
 in whose presentation, 139, 155, 
 323, — shall pass under the Duchy 
 Seal, 165 ; receivers how account- 
 able, 140,155,323; the Seal thereof, 
 283, 324, — all matters under the 
 Duchy Seal to be valid, 162, 165, 
 — grants under any other seal, null 
 and void, I70, — matters connected 
 with lands in the hands of feoffees 
 shall pass under a seal ordained for 
 the same, 239, — shall not pass un- 
 der a distinct seal, but under the 
 Duchy Seal, as before the feoff- 
 ment, 258 ; the franchises shall re- 
 main with the Prince of Wales and 
 his heirs, Dukes of liancaster, dis- 
 severed from the Crown, 141 ; 
 proviso as to the Duchy in the 
 settlement of the Crown, 145, 148, 
 — in the act concerning the order 
 of wards and liveries, 352, and 
 in the act for the suppression 
 of chantries and colleges, 359 ; 
 all lands coming into the King's 
 hands by escheat or forfeiture in 
 right of the Duchy shall be an- 
 nexed thereto, 165, 166 ; all the 
 possessions thereof forfeited to the 
 Ci-own, 282, 324 ; incorporated, 
 and called " The Duchy of Lan- 
 caster," 282, 324 ; King Edward 
 IV. to hold the same to him and 
 his heirs. Kings of England, 282, 
 324 ; the County Palatine parcel 
 thereof, 283, 324 ; the King, in 
 right thereof, shall not be deprived 
 of wardsliip by reason of feoffments 
 in trust, 337 ; writs to be granted 
 out of Chancery against embez- 
 zlers of the King's ward, 339 ; 
 the King, in right of the Duchy, 
 shall recover damages in actions 
 and suits as a subject, 340 ; the 
 County Palatine and all the Duchy 
 estates vested in King Henry 
 VII. and his heirs for ever, 346 ; 
 act for annexing lands thereto, 
 354 ; further act for enlarging 
 thereof, 361 ; divers manors and 
 lands annexed thereto by au- 
 thority of said act, 362 ; the two 
 chief stewards thereof, for north 
 and south parts, 258, — to be jus- 
 tices of the peace, 168, 170 ; the 
 revenues applied to the expenses 
 
 of the King's household, 200, 202, 
 207, 215, — for payment of the 
 King's debts, 332, — to be paid 
 to the Treasurer of England for 
 the necessity of the realm, 261, — 
 not to extend to the lands in feoff- 
 ment, 263 ; feoffees thereof to the 
 use of the Will of King Henry 
 v., 202, 209,— and to perform the 
 Will of King Henry VI., 220, 232, 
 235,— new appointment in room 
 of those deceased, 241, 204, — for 
 performance of the Will of King 
 Edward IV., 326,— repeal of act 
 of feoffment, 346, — feoffment to 
 the uses of the Will of King Henry 
 VII., 349, — new appointment in 
 room of those deceased, 350 ; 
 feoffees thereof shall enjoy the 
 same liberties and jura regalia 
 as when the lands were in the 
 King's hands, 235, 236, 256,— the 
 lands shall not be governed by a 
 distinct seal and' officers, but by 
 the officers and seal of the Duchy, 
 as in ancient times before the feoff- 
 ment, 258, 329 ; Attorney-Ge- 
 neral thereof, 258, 339 ; Auditors 
 of north and south parts thereof, 
 258, 263 ; Chamberlain thereof, 
 198 ; Chancellor thereof, 258, 283, 
 324 ; Receiver- General thereof, 
 198,215, 258,261,263. 
 
 Lancaster, honor of, 349. 
 
 Lancaster, Henry Earl of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 
 6, 13, 16, 19, 42, 113, 296. 
 
 Lancaster, Henry Earl of, (son of 
 Earl Henry), 6, 9, 17, — created 
 Duke of Lancaster, 9. 14, 71, 102, 
 110, 152, 285, 293,— his co-heirs, 
 Blanche and Matilda, 12, 14, 71, 
 110,293. 
 
 Lancaster, Henry (son of King Henry 
 IV.) Duke of, 141, 146. 
 
 Lancaster, John Earl of, 12, 14, 65, 
 105, 288,— created Duke of, 17, 
 21, 26, 32, 35, 45, 49, 55, 62, 65, 
 68, 70, 74, 80, 86, 102, 103, 
 105, 109, 113, 119, 122, 125, 133, 
 138, 152, 285, 293, 296, 303, 308, 
 321. 
 
 Lancaster, title of Duke of, 70, 109, 
 293, — borne by Henry, eldest son 
 of King Henry IV., 141. 
 
 Langeney, manor of 365. 
 
 Langton, John, 221, 224, 226, 228, 
 230. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 379 
 
 Lastage, acquittance of, 2, 19, 42, 
 
 74, 113, 15G, 296. 
 Latymer, John le, 149. 
 Latymer, William, Chamberlain, 31, 
 
 54, 85, 124, 308. 
 Langham, lordship of, 364. 
 Laughton-in-le-Morthen, town of, 
 
 35, 55, 86, 125, 308. 
 manor of, 233, 247, 
 
 271. 
 Lee, East, manor of, 181. 
 Lee, John atte. Steward, 18, 24, 48, 
 
 80, 119,302. 
 Leicester, castle, honor, and manor 
 
 of, 327. 
 ■ county of, 229, 245, 268, 
 
 327, 342. 
 Leighs. manor of, 175. 
 Leon, King of, — see Castille. 
 Lescrope, Richard, 70, 110, 149,293. 
 Leventhorp, John, 193. 
 Liberties, bailiffs of, 41, — see Bailiffs. 
 Lincoln, county of, 12, 14, 71, HO, 
 
 229. 245, 268, 293, 327, 342. 
 Lincoln, Henry Earl of, 14, 110, — 
 
 see also Lancaster. 
 Lincoln, John Bishop of, 15, 72, 1 11, 
 
 247, 252, 253, 255, 270, 275, 
 
 295. 
 Lincoln, Philip Bishop of, 148. 
 Lincoln, Thomas Bishop of, 327, 341. 
 Lincoln, William Bishop of, 221, 223, 
 
 226, 228, 232. 
 Lisle, Sir Robert de, Knight, 27, 51, 
 
 82, 121, 304 
 Litchfield, John Bishop of, 148, 252, 
 
 253, 275. 
 Liveries, — see Wards. 
 Llandaff, John Bishop of, 252, 253. 
 Llandaff, Thomas Bishop oi\ 148. 
 Llangoit, lordship of, 192, 193. 
 London, Bishop of, 355. 
 London, Nicholas Bishop of, 148. 
 London, Ralph Bishop of, 4. 
 liondon, Robert Bishop of, 70, 98, 
 
 110, 137, 221, 223, 226, 228, 
 
 293, 320. 
 London, Simon Bishop of, 31, 54, 85, 
 
 124, 307. 
 London, Thomas Bishop of, 252, 253, 
 
 274, 275. 
 Long Bennington, lordship and 
 
 manor of, 176, 327, 342. 
 Longstock, manor of, 224, 243, 266. 
 Lords, seals of, 145. 
 Lough ton, lordship of, 364. 
 Lovell, John Lord de, 149. 
 
 Lyhert, Walter, 221, 224, 226, 228; 
 Bishop of Norwich, 230, 253,— 
 see also Norwich. 
 
 M. 
 
 Mainour, 98, 137, 161, 320. 
 
 Malmsbury, Abbot of, 149. 
 Manningford, manor of, 178. 
 March, earldom of, 332. 
 Mare, Robert de la, 15, 72, 111, 295. 
 Maresfield, church of, 27, 51, 82, 
 304. 
 
 - free chapel of, 27, 51, 
 
 82, 304. 
 
 manor of, 28, 35, 51, 55, 
 
 82, 86, 121, 125. 305, 308. 
 
 Margaret, Queen of England, 280. 
 
 Market, Clerk of, cognisance of mat- 
 ters pertaining to the office of, 96, 
 135, 159, 318. 
 
 Marriages, 37, 57, 88, 127, 310; 
 the royal prerogative in respect 
 thereof in the heritage of the 
 earldom of Hereford, 100 ; and in 
 the heritage of liancaster, out of 
 the County Palatine, 139, 155 ; — 
 see also Wardships. 
 
 Marshal, Thomas Earl, 320. 
 
 Mary, daughter and co-heir of 
 Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of 
 Hereford, &c., 99, 151, 172, 182, 
 187, 192. 
 
 Mashbury, manor of, 75. 
 
 Matilda, one of the daughters and 
 co-heirs of Henry Duke of Lan- 
 caster, 12, 14, 71, 111, 294. 
 
 Mauley, Peter de, 149. 
 
 Meremest, Abbey of St. Martin de, — 
 see Withiham Priory. 
 
 Meres, Roger de, 31, 54, 85, 125, 
 308. 
 
 Methwold, manor of, 222, 242, 265. 
 
 Michelliam, monastery of, 354. 
 
 Mildenhall, manor of, 365. 
 
 Milkeley, manor of, 364. 
 
 Minsterworth, manor of, 224, 243, 
 266. 
 
 Moleyns, Adam, 221, 224, 226, 228 ; 
 Bishop of Chichester, 230;— sec 
 also Chichester. 
 
 Mone, Guy. Keeper of the privy 
 seal, 98, 137, 320. 
 
 Monkton Farley, court of the honor 
 of, 176, 183. 
 
 Monmouth, castle, lordsliip, and 
 manor of, 2:i8, 245, 268. 
 
380 
 
 [NDEX. 
 
 Montacute, William de, Earl of 
 
 Salisbury, 31, 54, 85, 124, 308. 
 Montgomery, Sir Thomas, Knight, 
 
 327, 341. 
 More, manor of, 364. 
 Morley, Thomas Lord de, 1 49. 
 Moubray, John, 31, 54, 85, 125, 
 
 308. 
 MiUington, William, 252, 253, 275, 
 
 276. 
 Mundenhall, lordship of, 364. 
 
 Norwich, Keeper of the bishopric 
 
 of, 148. 
 Norwich, Walter Bishop of, 232, 241, 
 
 247, 255, 264, 266, 270, 275,— 
 
 see also Lyhert. 
 Nottingham, county of, 28, 51, 82, 
 
 121, 233, 248, 271, 304, 328, 
 
 342. 
 Nottingham, Thomas Earl of, 98, 
 
 137. 
 Nuthampstead, manor of, 176. 
 
 N. 
 
 Netherhavent, view of frank- 
 pledge of, 176. 183. 
 
 Nevill, John de, 18 ; Steward, 31, 
 54, 85, 124, 308. 
 
 Nevill, Sir John, Knight, 275, 276. 
 
 Nevill, Ralph de, 18. 
 
 Neuraarche, John, 15, 72, 111, 295. 
 
 Newcastle-under-Lyme, castle, lord- 
 ship, and manor of, 233, 247, 270. 
 
 Newnham, manor of, 179, 183. 
 
 Newton, castle and manor of, 178, 
 182. 
 
 Non-user, 93, 132, 315. 
 
 Noreys, John, 221, 224, 226, 228, 
 231, 233, 241, 247, 253, 255, 264, 
 266,270,275. 
 
 Norfolk, county of, 15, 28, 51, 72, 
 82, 111, 121,218, 222, 229, 233, 
 234, 242, 245, 248, 249, 265, 268, 
 271, 294, 304. 
 
 Normandy, duchy of, 326. 
 
 Northampton, county of, 221, 242, 
 265, 327, 342 ; fee of the county 
 of, 180, 183 ; earldom of, 163, 
 169, 184 ; Earl of, 11-2,— see also 
 Bohun. 
 
 North Erpingham, hundred of, 28, 
 51, 82, 121, 222, 242, 265, 304. 
 
 North Greenhoe, hundred of, 28, 
 51, 82, 121,304. 
 
 Northumberland, county of, 328, 
 342. 
 
 Northumberland, Henry Earl of, 
 70,98, 110, 137, 221, 224, 226, 
 228, 230, 232, 252, 253, 280, 293, 
 320. 
 
 Norton, manor of, 181. 
 
 Norwich, church of, 340. 
 
 Norwich, James Bishop of, 340, — see 
 also Goldwell. 
 
 Oaksey, manor of, 176. 
 
 OiFton, manor of, 177. 
 
 Ogmore, castle, lordsWip, and manor 
 
 of, 228, 245, 268. 
 Okeden, 233, 248, 271. 
 Olney, manor of, 364. 
 Ossett, manor of, 365. 
 Oxford, county of, 234, 249. 
 Oxford, John Earl of, 252, 253, 275. 
 Oxford, Richard Earl of, 149. 
 Oxford, Thomas de Vere Earl of. 
 
 Chamberlain, 18. 
 
 Palatinate rights, grant of, in 
 the county of Lancaster, — see Lan- 
 caster. 
 
 Pardon of life, saved by the Crown 
 in the grant of the County Pala- 
 tine, — see Lancaster, County Pa- 
 latine. 
 
 Parks, 37, 57, 88, 127,310. 
 
 Parliament, knights and burgesses 
 for the County Palatine, — see 
 Lancaster. 
 
 Parliamentary aids and taxes saved 
 to the Crown in the grant of the 
 County Palatine, 10, 33, 69,— 
 collectors thereof to be appointed 
 by the Duke of Lancaster, 11, 
 33, 70, — see also Lancaster. 
 
 Parnyng, Robert, 4. 
 
 Parre, Sir William, Knight, 327, 
 341. 
 
 Passage, acquittance of, 2, 42, 74, 
 113, 156,296. 
 
 Paston, town of, 218. 
 
 Paston, William, 218. 
 
 Paviage, acquittance of, 2, 19, 42, 
 74, 113, 156,296. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 381 
 
 Payage, acquittance of, 2, 19, 42, 74, 
 
 113, 156,296. 
 Pelmarsh, marsh of, 181. 
 Pembroke, Jasper Earl of, 252, 253, 
 
 275. 
 Penkelly, lordship of, 192, 193. 
 Percy, Henry de, 4, 31, 41, 54, 61, 
 
 85,92, 124, 131,308,314. 
 Percy, Thomas de, Steward,98, 137, 
 
 320. 
 Pesage, acquittance of, 2, 19, 42, ^4, 
 
 113, 156, 296. 
 Peterborough, Abbot of, 148. 
 Peter, Sir W., 355. 
 Pevensey, castle and leucata of, 28, 
 
 35, 51, 55, 82, 86, 121, 125, 305, 
 
 308. 
 castle, lordship, manor, 
 
 and honor of, 228, 245, 268. 
 
 castle, free chapel within, 
 
 28, 51, 82, 121, 304. 
 
 Picage, acquittance of, 2, 19, 42, 74, 
 113, 156, 296. 
 
 Pickering, castle, manor, and 
 lordship of, 233, 248, 271, 328, 
 342. 
 
 Piggesland, lordship of, 364. 
 
 Pirton, manor of, 176, 182. 
 
 Philippa, Queen of England, 36, 55, 
 87, 126, 309. 
 
 Pleas of the Crown, attachment of, 
 2,7,19,22,45,77, 97, 116, 136, 
 160, 300, 319. 
 
 Pleas of withernam, 13, 15, 16, 73, 
 112. 
 
 Pleas, justices assigned to hold, — see 
 Justices. 
 
 Pleshey, castle and manor, 175, 182. 
 
 Plumtree, wapentake of, 233, 247, 
 270. 
 
 Pontefract, — see Pountfret. 
 
 Ponynges, Roliert, 149. 
 
 Poole, manor of, 178, 234, 248, 271. 
 
 Post-fines, 94, 133, 156, 316. 
 
 Pountfret, honor, castle, &c., of, 328, 
 342. 
 
 Power, Walter, 15, 72, 111, 295. 
 
 Prae-fines, 94, 133, 156, 316. 
 
 Presentations to ecclesiastical bene- 
 fices belonging to the heritage of 
 the earldom of Hereford, — see 
 Hereford ; and to the Duchy of 
 liancaster, — see Lancaster. 
 
 Prisot, John, 252, 253. 
 
 QuENDO^f, manor of, 175. 
 
 R. 
 
 Ramsden, manor of, 181. 
 
 Ramsey, Abbot of, 149. 
 
 Rastrick, manor of, 365. 
 
 Rasyn, William, 178. 
 
 Raunds, manor of, 221, 241, 264. 
 
 Reading, Abbot of, 149. 
 
 Receiver- General of the Duchy of 
 
 Lancaster, — see Lancaster, Duchy 
 
 of. 
 Receivers of the heritage of the 
 
 earldom of Hereford accountable 
 
 befoi'e special auditors, 101 ; same 
 
 as to the Duchy of Lancaster, 140, 
 
 155. 
 Recognizances forfeited, — see Fines, 
 Reliefs, — see Wardships. 
 Return of writs, 6, 15, 16, 19, 22, 
 
 40, 45, 60, 73, 77, 91, 97, 112, 116, 
 
 130, 136, 160, 295, 300, 313, 
 
 319. 
 Richmond, earldom of, 26, 35, 49, 
 
 55, 80, 86, 119, 122, 125, 126, 
 
 303, 308. 
 Richmond, Earl of, 49, 80, 110, 119. 
 Richmond, John Earl of, 12, 14, 71, 
 
 294, — see also Lancaster. 
 Rie, manor of, — see Rye. 
 Rippon, manor and lordship of, 354. 
 Risley, wapentake of, 233, 247, 
 
 270. 
 Rivers, Anthony Earl, 327, 341. 
 Rochester, John Bishop of, 252, 
 
 253, 274, 275. 
 Rochester, the Keeper of the bishop- 
 ric of, 148. 
 Roclifl*e, manor of, 233, 248,271. 
 Roddeley, manor of, 2 1 3, 217. 
 Rodmere, lands called, 242, 265. 
 Roos, William Lord de, 149. 
 Rothewell, Thomas, Esquire, 217. 
 Roth well, Elizabeth, 217. 
 Rumbilowe, Stephen, 221, 242, 265. 
 Rushden, manor of, 221, 241, 264. 
 Russell, Master John, Keeper of the 
 
 privy seal, 327, 341. 
 Rutland, Earl of, 281. 
 Rutland, Edward Earl of, 98, 137, 
 
 320. 
 Ruthyn, Lord de Grey of, — see 
 
 Grey. 
 Rye or Rie, manor of, 213, 217. 
 
 Saint Alban's, Abbot of, 148. 
 Saint Alban's, John Abbot of, 275. 
 
382 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Saint Alban's, town of, 281. 
 
 Saint Asaph's, Thomas Bishop of, 
 252, 253. 
 
 Saint Benett's, Thomas Abbot 
 and convent of, 340. 
 
 Saint David's, Adam Bishop of. 
 Chancellor, 41, 61, 92, 131, 314. 
 
 Saint David's, Guy Bishop of, 148. 
 
 Saint David's, John Bishop of, 
 Treasurer, 70, 110, 293. 
 
 Saint David's, John Bishop of, 232, 
 247, 255, 266, 270,— by the name 
 of John Delabere, Clerk, 241, 
 264 ; — see also Delabere. 
 
 Saint John of Jerusalem, in Eng- 
 land, Walter Prior of the hospital 
 of, 149. 
 
 Saint JMartin de Meremest abbey, 
 in Toui-ain, — see Withiham, 
 priory. 
 
 Saint Mary de Greston abbey, in 
 Normandy, — see Wilmingdon, 
 priory. 
 
 Saintlo, John, 221, 224, 226, 228, 231 . 
 
 Salisbury, Richard Bishop of, 148, 
 327, 341. 
 
 Salisbury, William Bishop of, 221, 
 224, 226, 228, 232. 
 
 Salisbury, Earl of, 13, 16, 70, 74, 
 110, 113,281,293,296. 
 
 Salisbury, Richard Earl of, 275. 
 
 Sandall, manor of, 365. 
 
 Sarum, — see Salisbury. 
 
 Sawston, view of, 178, 183. 
 
 Say, James Lord de, 232. 
 
 Sav, John, 233, 247, 253, 255, 270, 
 275, 276. 
 
 Say, William, 232, 247, 253, 255, 
 270, 275, 276. 
 
 Scalby, manor of, 233, 248, 271. 
 
 Scammonden, manor of, 365. 
 
 Scotland, 280. 
 
 Sci-iven, manor of, 233, 248, 271. 
 
 Scrope Henry le, of Masham, 149. 
 
 Scrope, Richard de. Treasurer, 31, 
 54, 85, 124, 308. 
 
 Seaford, town of, 35, 55, 86, 125, 
 308. 
 
 Seal of the Duchy of Lancaster, 283, 
 324 ; all matters passed there- 
 under, relative to the affairs of 
 the Duchy, to be valid, 162 ; the 
 heritage of Hereford made sub- 
 ject thereto, 164, 165; presenta- 
 tions to ecclesiastical benefices 
 shall pass thereunder, 165 ; all 
 grants, &c , under any other seal. 
 
 null and void, 170 ; matters con- 
 nected with lands in hands of the 
 feoffees to pass under a seal or- 
 dained for the same, 239 — shall 
 not pass under a distinct seal, but 
 under the Duchy Seal, as before 
 the feoffment, 258, 278. 
 
 Seal of the County Palatine, 283, 
 324. 
 
 Seend, manor of, 181. 
 
 Selby, Abbot of, 149. 
 
 Seuer, Henry, 221, 224, 226, 228, 
 232, 247, 255, 270. 
 
 Seymour, Richard I^ord de, 149, 
 
 Shapwick, manor of, 224, 243, 266. 
 
 Sharpe, Nicholas, 275, 276. 
 
 Sheen, 92, 243, 264, 266. 
 
 Shenfield, manor of, 175, 182. 
 
 Sheriffs and bailiffs, fines and 
 amercements of, for negligence, 
 41, 60, 92, 97, 136, 160, 314, 319. 
 
 Shirington, Walter, 221, 224, 226, 
 228, 231. 
 
 Shrewsbury Abbot of, 148. 
 
 Skenfreth, castle, lordship, and 
 manor of. 228, 245, 268. 
 
 Smithdon, hundred of, 28, 51, 82, 
 121, 304. 
 
 Snaith, manor and soke of, 224,243, 
 266. 
 
 Snettisham, manor of, 28, 51, 82, 
 121, 222, 242, 265,304. 
 
 Soham, manor of, 28, 51, 82, 121, 
 222, 242, 265, 305. 
 
 Sombourn, manor of, 224, 243, 266. 
 
 Somerset, John, 221, 224, 226, 228, 
 230, 232. 
 
 Somerset, county of, 234, 249. 
 
 Somerset, John Duke of, 149. 
 
 Somerset, Henry Duke of, 280. 
 
 Somersham, manor of, 177- 
 
 Southampton, county of, 224, 234, 
 243, 249, 266. 
 
 Southam, manor of, 179. 
 
 South Erpingham, hundred of, 28, 
 51, 82, 222, 242, 265, 304. 
 
 Southorp, manor of, 181. 
 
 South Wales, marches of, 228, 245, 
 268. 
 
 Sowerby, manor of, 365. 
 
 Speen, manor of, 177. 
 
 Speen, Wood, manor of, — see Wood 
 Speen. 
 
 Stafford. Ralph de, 4. 
 
 Stafford, county of, 233, 247, 270, 
 327, 342. 
 
 Stafford, Lady Anne Countess of. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 383 
 
 173, 188 ; daughter and heir of 
 
 Eleanor, one of the daughters and 
 
 co-heirs of the Earl of Hereford, 
 
 17*2 ; her petition to the King, 
 
 182, 192, 197. 
 Stainclitf, hundred of, 51, 82, 121. 
 wapentake of, 28, 233, 
 
 248, 304. 
 Staindrop, church of, 27, 51, 82, 121, 
 
 304. 
 Stallage, acquittance of, 2, 19, 42, 
 
 74, 113, 156,296. 
 Stamford Hall, lordship of, 364. 
 Stamford Rivers, lordship of, 364. 
 Standen, manor of, 222, 242,.265. 
 Stanley, manor of, 365. 
 Stewards of the Duchy of Lancaster, 
 
 for north and south parts, 258, 
 
 — shall he justices of the peace, 
 
 168, 170. 
 Stillyngton, Robert, 275, 276. 
 Stoke, manor of, 365. 
 Stratton, manor of, 181. 
 Stratford, manor of, 365. 
 Strays, — see Wayfs. 
 Stratford, hundred, 183. 
 Sudbury, manor of, 365. 
 Sudley, Ralph Lord de, 221, 224, 
 
 226, 228, 230, 232, 241, 247, 252, 
 
 253, 255, 264, 266, 270, 275, 276. 
 Suffolk, countv of, 15, 28, 51, 72, 
 
 82, 111, 121', 294, 305, 364. 
 Suffolk, Michael Earl of, 149. 
 Suffolk, Robert Earl of, 18. 
 Suffolk, William Earl of, 221, 224 ; 
 
 Marquis of, 226, 228, 230 ; Duke 
 
 of, 232. 
 Summons of the Exchequer, 6, 19, 
 
 22, 40, 45, 60, 77, 91, 97. 116, 
 
 130, 136, 160, 300, 313, 319. 
 Sussex, county of, 28. 51, 82, 122, 
 
 228, 234, 245, 249, 268, 305, 369. 
 Suttons, lordship of, 364. 
 Swindon, 233, 248, 271. 
 Swinford, Sir Thomas, Knight, 217. 
 Symeon, Simon, 15, 72, 111, 295. 
 
 T. 
 
 Talbot, Gilbert Lord de, 149. 
 Tallage, acquittance of, 2, 19, 42, 74, 
 
 113,156, 196. 
 Thetford, manor of, 222, 242, 265. 
 Thetford, monks of. 222, 242, 265. 
 Thomson, John, 369. 
 Thornes, manor of, 365. 
 Thorney, Abbot of, 149. 
 
 Thorp, Robert de, Chancellor, 31, 
 
 54,85, 124,308. 
 Tibburse, lordship of, .364. 
 Tibertonor Tyberton, manor of, 2 13, 
 
 217. 
 Tybetot or Typtot,Sir John, Knight, 
 
 144, 149 ; seal of his arms, 145. 
 Tickhill, castle, manor, and honor 
 
 of, 27, 35, 50, 65, 82, 86, 121, 125, 
 
 229, 245, 268, 304, 308, 328, 342. 
 free chapel of, 27, 51, 82, 
 
 120,304. 
 Tolls, acquittance of, 2, 6, 22, 45, 
 
 77, 116, 156,299. 
 Touchet, John, 149. 
 Traces, lordship of, 364. 
 Treasure trove, 97, 137, 161, 320. 
 Treasurer of England, 261, 333,— 
 
 see also Chancellor, 
 Tresham, Thomas, 252. 
 Tresham, William, 221, 224, 226, 
 
 228,231,233. 
 Trowbridge, manor of, 224, 243, 
 
 266. 
 Tunstall, Richard, 252, 253. 
 TunsteaH, manor of, 222, 242,265. 
 Tuthurv, honor, castle, lordship, and 
 
 manor of, 327, 342. 
 Tyrell, Thomas, 275, 276. 
 
 U. 
 
 Uphaven, manor of, 176, 183. 
 Upper Lambourne, manor of, 177. 
 
 Vampage, John, 221, 224, 226, 
 228,231,233. 
 
 W. 
 
 Wakefield, manor of, 365. 
 
 Wakering, manor of, 181. 
 
 Walden, manor of, 174. 
 
 Walden, Roger, Treasurer, 98, 137, 
 320. 
 
 Wales, Edward Prince of, 13, 16, 
 74,11.3,280,296. 
 
 Wales, Henry Prince of, — see Lan- 
 caster. 
 
 Wales, marches of, 197, 224, 228, 
 243, 245, 266, 332. 
 
 Waltham, Abbot of, 148. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Waltham, manor of, 175, 178, 182. 
 
 Ward, the King's, prerogative there- 
 of saved, 339 ; embezzlers there- 
 of, writs to be granted out of 
 Chancery against them for the 
 Duchy, as for the Crown, 339. 
 
 Wards and liveries, act concerning, 
 351. 
 
 Wardington, manor of, 221, 242, 
 265. 
 
 Wardships, 37, 57, 88, 127, 310 ; 
 the King in right of his Duchy 
 shall not be deprived thereof, and 
 of marriages and reliefs, by reason 
 of feoiFments in trusts, 337. 
 
 Warfedale, 233, 248, 271. 
 
 Warre, Master Thomas de la, 149. 
 
 Warwick, county of, 327, 342. 
 
 Warwick, Richard Earl of, 149, 261, 
 275. 
 
 Warwick, Thomas Earl of, 4, 13, 16, 
 74,113,296. 
 
 Warrens, 37, 57, 88, 127, 310. 
 
 Wavfs and strays, 37, 57, 88, 97, 
 136, 161, 320. 
 
 Weldon, 221,241,265. 
 
 Welles, John de, 149. 
 
 Welles, Leo Lord de, 252, 253, 275, 
 276. 
 
 Wells, Henry Bishop of, 148. 
 
 Wells, John Bishop of. Treasurer, 
 24, 48,79, 119. 
 
 Wells, John Bishop of, 302. 
 
 Wells, Robert Bishop of, 327, 341. 
 
 Wells, Thomas Bishop of, 221, 224, 
 226, 228, 232, 241, 247, 252, 253, 
 255, 264, 266, 270, 274, 275. 
 
 Westbury, William, 232, 247, 252, 
 253, 255, 270, 275, 276. 
 
 Westcott, lands in, 177, 183. 
 
 West Greenwich, moiety of certain 
 tenements in, 180. 
 
 Westminster, Abbot of, 148. 
 
 Westminster, Simon Abbot of. Trea- 
 surer, 13. 
 
 Westmoreland, Ralph Earl of, 149. 
 
 Weston, manor of, 224, 243, 266, 
 
 Wheatenhurst, manor of, 178, 182. 
 
 Wheatley, manor of, 28, 51, 82, 121, 
 233,247,271,304. 
 
 Whetehamstede, John, Abbot of St. 
 Alban's, 275. 
 
 Whitecastle, castle, lordship, and 
 manor of, 228, 245, 268. 
 
 Whitechapel, see Blaunchappulton. 
 
 Whitgift, manor of, 28, 52, 83, 122. 
 
 the fee-farm called, 226, 
 
 244, 267. 
 
 Wickes, manor of, 175, 182. 
 Wighton, manor of, 28, 51, 82, 121, 
 
 222, 242, 265, 304. 
 Willingdon, manor of, 28, 51, 82, 
 
 121, 305. 
 Willoughby, William Lord de, 149. 
 Wills of lands, 338. 
 Wilmingdon, priory of, — a cell of 
 
 the abbey of St. Mary de Greston 
 
 in Normandy, 28, 51, 82, 121, 
 
 304. 
 Wilsford, manor of, 181. 
 Wilts, county of, 221, 224, 234, 242, 
 
 243, 248, 249, 265, 266, 271. 
 Wilts, James Earl of, 252, 253. 
 Wimborne, manor of, 224, 243, 
 
 266. 
 Winchester, Henry Bishop of, 148. 
 Winchester, Harry Bishop of, Car- 
 dinal of England, 209. 
 Winchester, William Bishop of, 31, 
 
 54, 85, 124, 232, 247, 252, 253, 
 
 255, 270, 274, 275, 307. 
 Winchester, William Bishop of. 
 
 Chancellor, 13, 16, 17, 70, 73, 110, 
 
 113,293,296. 
 Winchcombe, Abbot of, 1 49. 
 Windsor, castle of, 227, 245, 267. 
 Wirksworth, manor and town of, 
 
 2,33. 
 wapentake of, 233, 247, 
 
 270. 
 Withernam, pleas of, 1, 13, 15, 16, 
 
 73, 112. 
 Withiham, priory of, a cell of the 
 
 abbey of St. Martin de Mere- 
 
 mest in Tourain, 28, 51, 82, 121, 
 
 304. 
 Wodelarke, Robert, 232, 247, 252, 
 
 253, 255, 270, 275, 276. 
 Woodhall, manor of, 365. 
 Wood Speen, manor of, 182, 234, 
 
 248, 271. 
 Woodstock, Thomas of. Constable 
 
 of England, 41, 61, 92, 131, 314. 
 Worcester, church of, 241. 
 Worcester, Henry Bishop of. Trea- 
 surer, 41, 61, 92, 131,314. 
 Worcester, John Bishop of, 224, 226, 
 
 228, 232, 241, 247, 252, 253, 255, 
 
 264, 266, 270, 274, 275. 
 Worcester, Richard Bishop of, 148. 
 Worcester, Tideman Bishop of, 98, 
 
 137, 320. 
 Wreck, 38,57, 88, 128, 311. 
 Writs, execution of, 40, 60, 91, 97, 
 
 130, 136, 160,313. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 385 
 
 Writs, return of, 1, 2, 6, 15, 16, 19, 
 22, 40, 45, 60, 73, 77, 91, 97, 112, 
 116, 130, 136, 160,295, 300, 313, 
 319. 
 
 Writtle, manor of, 180. 
 
 Wychyngham, William de, 31, 54, 
 85, 125, 308. 
 
 Wycombe, manor of, 177- 
 
 Y. 
 
 Yarkhill, manor of, 178. 
 
 Year, day, and waste, 94, — see also 
 
 Forfeitures. 
 York, Abbot and convent of St. 
 
 Mary's at, 28, 52, 83, 122, 149, 
 
 305. 
 York, Archbishop, and Dean and 
 
 Chapter of, 354. 
 
 York, Keeper of the Spirituality of 
 
 the archbishopric of, 148. 
 York, Thomas Archbisliop of, 70, 
 
 98,110,137,293,320. 
 York, John Cardinal and Archbishop 
 
 of, 221, 223,226, 228, 231. 
 York, William Archbishop of, 252, 
 
 253, 274, 275. 
 York, county of, 28, 51, 82, 121, 
 
 217, 224, 226, 229, 233, 243, 248, 
 
 266, 271, 304, 328, 342, 369. 
 York, Duchy of, 332. 
 York, Edward Duke of, 70, 98, 110, 
 
 137,149,293,320. 
 York, Richard Duke of, 279. 
 York, Cecily Duchess of, 348. 
 
 Z. 
 
 ZouCHE, William Lord dela, 149. 
 
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