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A28463 Fragmenta antiquitatis, antient tenures of land, and jocular customs of some mannors made publick for the diversion of some, and instruction of others / by T.B. of the Inner-Temple, Esquire. Blount, Thomas, 1618-1679. 1679 (1679) Wing B3333; ESTC R2884 79,276 200

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Hand towards the King upon Christmas day every year wheresoever the King should be in England Sculton The Mannor of Sculton otherwise called Burdos or Burdelois in Norfolk was held by this Tenure That the Lords thereof on the Coronation day of the Kings of England should be chief Lardiner Hemingston Rowlandle Sarcere held one hundred and ten Acres of land in Hemingston in Com. Suffolk by Sergeanty for which on Christmas day every year before our Sovereign Lord the King of England he should perform simul semel unum Saltum unum Sufflum unum Bombulum or as we read elsewhere in French un saut un pet un Syffet simul semel that is he should dance puff up his Cheeks making therewith a sound and let a Crack Et quia indecens servitium ideo arrentatur sayes the Record ad xxvi s. viij d. per annum ad Scaccarium Regis Sloley Richard Sloley held of the King in Capite one Messuage and four Acres of Land in Sloley in Com. Warwick by Serjeanty that is giving to the King upon every Expedition with an Army towards Scotland one Pole-axe or xij d. in silver for all Services Astley The Mannors of Astley Wedington Hill-morton Milverton and Merston Jabet were antiently held by Philip de Astley of William Earl of Warwick by the service of holding the Earl's Stirrop when he should get up or a light from his Horse Cotes Sir Stephen de Segrave in Henry the thirds time purchased the Mannor of Cotes in Com. Derby of the Daughters and Heirs of Stephen de Beauchamp to hold by the service of one Brache yearly Eastbrig Hubert de Burg Earl of Kent had a grant in Fee from King Henry the 3 d. of the mannor of Eastbrig in Kent To hold by the service of a Sore Sparhawk at Lammass yearly Tonge Roger la Zouch being Lord of the Mannor of Tonge in Com. Salop did by a fair deed in Henry the third's time grant to Henry de Hugefort and his Heirs certain Messuages and Lands lying in Norton and Shaw in the Parish of Tonge with liberty of fishing in the Waters pawnage for Hogs and liberty to get nuts for certain days in the woods of the said Mannor rendring yearly to the said Roger and his Heirs a Chaplet of Roses upon Midsomer day in case he should be then at Tonge if not then to put it upon the Image of the Blessed Virgin in the Church of Tonge for all Services Pole William Montacute obtained a grant from King Edward the third of the Mannor of Pole with the Advowson of the Church in Comitat. Cumbriae Paying the King his Heirs and Successors wheresoever he or they should happen to be a Sword of 3 s. 4 d. price in lieu of all Services Burg on the Sands The Barony of Burg on the Sands in Com. Cumbriae with divers other Mannors and Lands in that County were antiently held by the service of Cornage i. to blow a horne when any invasion of the Scots was perceived Northampton-Shire In 12 Hen. 2. Richard de Lizures was certified to be Forester in Fee to the King for North-hampton-shire and was by his Office obliged to attend him in his Army well fitted with Horse and Arms his Horn hanging about his neck Wilton In the time of King Henry the first Hugh de Logushamp obtained by the gift● of that King the Mannor of Wilton in Com. Heref. to hold by the service of two men at Arms in the Wars of Wales Ashele William de Hastings being Steward to King Henry the first held that Office by Sergeanty in respect of the Tenure of his Mannor of Ashele in Com. Norfolk by the service of taking Charge of the Napery i. the Table Clothes and linnen at the Coronations of the Kings of England Castle-Cary In 47. Hen. 3. Henry Lovel was found to dye seized of the Mannor of Castle-Cary in Com Somerset by him held in Capite of the King for a whole Barony by the service of finding two Souldiers in the Kings Army at his own cost for forty dayes Biwel Hugh de Baliol was certified to hold the Barony of Biwel in Com. Northumberland of the King by the service of five Knights Fees and to find thirty Souldiers for the Guard of New-Castle upon Tine as his Ancestors had done from the time of King William Rufus by whom they were enfeoff'd of that Barony as the Record expresseth East-Gareston In 11. Edw. 1. Paganellus de Cadurcis i. Pain Chaworth was found to be seized of a Messuage and 400 Acres of Land in East-Gareston in Com. Berks held by the service of finding a Knight armed with Plate-Armour in the Kings Army when it should be in the Territory of Kidwelly in Wales Staveley In 17. Edw. 1. John Musard was found to be seized of the Mannor of Staveley in Com. Derby held of the King in Capite by Barony finding for that and his other Lordships two souldiers in the Kings Army in Wales Riddesdale In the tenth year of William the Conquerour Robert de Vmfranvil Knight obtained from that King a grant of the Lordship Valley and Forest of Riddesdale in Com. Northumb. by the service of defending that part of the Countrey for ever from Enemies and Wolves with that Sword which King William had by his side when he entred Northumberland with liberty also to hold and determine Pleas of the Crown Drakelow William de Gresely tenet Manerium de Drakelaw in Com. Derby in Capite reddit unum Arcum sine Corda unam Pharetram de Tutesbit duodecem Sagittas flectatas unum Buzonem Pightesle Thomas Engaine held certain Lands in Pightesle now called Pitchley in Com. Northhampton by the service of finding at his own proper Costs certain Dogs for the destruction of Wolves Foxes Martrons Cats and other Vermin within the Countys of Northampton Roteland Oxford Essex and Buckingham Kings-Brome In 14 Edw. 2. Rich de Stanford held one Toft and four Yard Land and a half in Kings-Brome in Com. Warwick of the King in Capite by the Service of a pair of Tongs to be delivered yearly into the Exchequer by the hands of the Sherif of that County Northampton William the Conqueror gave to Simon St. Liz a noble Norman the Town of Northampton and the whole Hundred of Falkely then valued at forty pounds per annum to provide shoes for his Horses Marden Johannes Freeman held one Yard Land in Marden in Com. Heref. per Seriantiam mensurandi Fossata opera Domini Regis ad custum ipsius Domini Regis Coningston Thomas Winchard held land in Coningston in Comitat. Leyc in Capite by the Service of saying daily five Pater Nosters and five Ave Marias for the Souls of the Kings Progenitors and the Souls of all the faithful departed pro omni servitio Bridgnorth King Henry the first
City of London That is to say that the said Robert and his heirs ought to be and are cheif Banner-bearers of London in Fee for the Castelry which he and his Ancestors have of Baynards Castle in the said City In the time of war the said Robert and his heirs ought to serve the City in manner hereafter written That the said Robert ought to come armed upon his Horse of service with twenty men at Armes mounted upon Horses harnessed with Mail or with Iron even to the great door of the Minster of St. Paul with a Banner of his Armes displayed before him And when he is come to the great door of the said Minster mounted and armd as aforesaid then ought the Mayor of London with all his Sheriffs and Aldermen to come on foot armed out of the Minster of St. Paul to the said door with his Banner in his hand and the Banner ought to be Gules an Image of St. Paul d'or the feet hands and head Argent with a sword Argent in the hand of the said Image And as soon as the said Robert shall see the Mayor and his Sheriffs and Aldermen coming on foot out of the said Minster armed with this Banner he or his heirs who shall perform this service to the City shall dismount his Horse and salute the Mayor as his Companion and shall say to him Sir Mayor I am come to do my service which I owe to the City And the Mayor Sheriffs and Aldermen shall say we allow you here as our Banner-bearer of this City in Fee this Banner of the City to carry and govern to your power to the Honour and profit of our City And the said Robert and his heirs shall take the Banner in his hand And the Mayor and Sheriffs of the said City shall follow him to the door and present him with a Horse of xx l. price which Horse shall have a Saddle garnished with the Arms of the said Robert and covered with a Sendal of the same Armes and shall deliver xx l. sterling to the Chamberlain of the said Robert for his charges of that day And the said Robert shall mount the Horse which the Mayor then presented him with the Banner in his hand and as soon as he is mounted he shall desire the Mayor forthwith to cause a Marshall to be chosen out of the Host of the City of London And as soon as the Marshall is chosen the said Robert shall command the Mayor and his Burgesses of the City to cause the common Signal to be sounded through the City that all the Communalty may follow the Banner of St. Paul carried before them by the said Roberts own hand to Algate to which the said Robert and the Mayor shall assent If it so happen that the said Robert shall march out of the City then he shall choose two of the most sage persons out of every Ward of the City to take care how it may best be guarded in his absence and this Council shall be held in the Priory of the Trinity near Aldgate And before every Town or Castle which the Army of London shall beseige if he continue a year about the seige the said Robert ought to have from the Commons of London one hundred shillings for his pains and no more These are the Rights which the said Robert ought to have in London in the time of War That is to say that the said Robert hath a Soke in the City of London viz. from the Wall of the Canonry of St. Paul as a man goes down by the Bracine of St. Paul to the Thames and so to the side of the Mill which stands on the water that runs down by Fleet-Bridge and thence by London Walls round about the Friers Preachers to Ludgate And so returns by the back of the said Friers House to the corner of the said Canons Wall of St. Paul That is to say all the Parish of the Church of St. Andrew which is in the gift of his Ancestors by the said Seignory The said Robert hath also apppendant to this Soke all these things here under written That he ought to have a Sokeman of his own choice provided he be of the Sokemanry And if any of the Sokemanry shall be impleaded in the Guild Hall for any matter which touches not the body of the Mayor for the time being or any Sheriff of the said City it shall be lawful for the Sokeman of the Sokemanry of the said Robert le Fitz-Walter to demand the Court of the said Robert le Fitz-Walter And the Mayor and Citizens of London ought to grant him to have his Court in which his Judgment ought to be agreeable to that of the Guild-Hall If any thief shall be taken In his Soke he ought to have his flocks and imprisonment in his Soke and from thence he shall be carried to the Guild-Hall before the Mayor to receive his Judgment which ought there to be given but the Judgment shall not be pronounced untill he come in the Court of the said Robert and in his Franchise And the Judgment shall be such If he have deserved death for Treason he ought to be tied to a Pillar which stands in the Thames at Wood-wharf whereunto Water-men tye their Barges or Boats and there continue two Floods and two Ebbs of the Water And if he be condemned for a common Larcin he ought to be hangd at the Elms and there suffer his Judgment as other common Thieves Also the said Robert and his heirs have a great honour in holding so great a Franchise in the said City where the Mayor and Citizens ought to doe him right that is to say that when the Mayor is minded to hold a great Council he ought to call the said Robert or his heirs to be of his Council and of the said Cities Council And the said Robert ought to be sworn of the Cities Council against all people save the King of England and his heirs And when the said Robert shall come to the Hustings at the Guild-Hall of the said City the Mayor or his Deputy ought to rise to him and then place him by him And whilst he is in the Guild-Hall all Judgments ought to be pronounced by his mouth according to the Record of the Recorders of the Guild-Hall And all the Waifs which shall happen whilst he is there he ought to give to the Bailifs of the City or to whom he pleases by advice of the Mayor of the said City Whorlton Nicholaus de Menyll tenuit Manerium de Whorlton c. de Archiepiscopo Cantuarensi serviente dictum Archiepiscopum die Consecrationis suae de Coupa qua idem Archiepiscopus bibere debet eodem die Michleham Radulfus de Belvoir tenet duas Carucatas terrae in Michleham de Rogero de Mowbray Reddendo annuatim quasdam Caligas de Scarleto ad Natale Domini pro omnibus servitiis London Anostre Seignour le Roy et a