Selected quad for the lemma: england_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	hold_v	king_n	realm_n	3,228	5	8.3003	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70453	Historical antiquities, in two books the first treating in general of Great-Brettain and Ireland : the second containing particular remarks concerning Cheshire / faithfully collected out of authentick histories, old deeds, records, and evidences, by Sir Peter Leycester, Baronet ; whereunto is annexed a transcript of Doomsday-book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the original record.	Leycester, Peter, Sir, 1614-1678.	1673 (1673)	Wing L1943; ESTC R2116	480,429	448

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therein_o by_o the_o great_a defeat_n give_v to_o edward_n the_o second_v force_n at_o banocksburn_n not_o far_o from_o sterling_n ⚜_o one_o hamilton_n fly_v from_o the_o english_a court_n to_o this_o king_n robert_n who_o give_v he_o land_n juxta_fw-la glottam_n fluvium_fw-la his_o postetity_n afterward_o come_v to_o be_v rank_v among_o the_o nobility_n of_o scotland_n and_o the_o house_n and_o land_n which_o the_o king_n give_v he_o be_v call_v hamilton_n this_o be_v the_o original_n of_o the_o hamilton_n in_o scotland_n buchanan_n lib._n 8._o pag._n 271_o 272._o anno_fw-la 1318._o edward_n bruse_n brother_n to_o this_o king_n robert_n be_v take_v prisoner_n and_o behead_v at_o dundalk_n he_o have_v infest_a ireland_n three_o year_n and_o cause_v himself_o to_o be_v crown_v king_n thereof_o walsingham_n pag._n 111._o this_o king_n robert_n marry_v to_o his_o first_o wife_n isabel_n daughter_n of_o donald_n of_o who_o he_o beget_v marjory_n mother_n of_o robert_n stewart_n afterward_o 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divers_a other_o of_o the_o better_a sort_n of_o the_o irish_a rebel_v against_o the_o king_n of_o england_n hoveden_n pag._n 567._o joh._n bromton_n pag._n 1128._o the_o prince_n of_o ireland_n who_o submit_v to_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n henry_n the_o second_o anno_fw-la 1172._o chartis_fw-la subsignatis_fw-la &_o romam_fw-la transmissis_fw-la cambd._n britan._n pag._n 731._o rotheric_a o-conor-dun_n fuscus_n hiberniae_fw-la monarcha_fw-la dermot_n mac-carty_n king_n of_o cork_n donald_n obren_a king_n of_o limrick_n o-carel_n king_n of_o uriel_n mac-shaglin_a rex_fw-la ophaliae_fw-la o-roric_a king_n of_o meath_z only_a king_n of_o ulster_n and_o the_o chief_a nobleman_n of_o they_o all_o now_o follow_v a_o catalogue_n of_o all_o the_o lord_n deputy_n of_o ireland_n chap._n iii_o a_o catalogue_n of_o the_o chief_a governor_n of_o ireland_n under_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o the_o king_n of_o england_n since_o the_o conquest_n thereof_o by_o henry_n the_o second_o 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pag._n 447._o 1259._o 15._o william_n dene_fw-mi lord_n justice_n obiit_fw-la 1261._o 1261._o 16._o sir_n richard_n de_fw-fr capell_n lord_n justice_n 1267._o 17._o sir_n david_n de_fw-fr barry_n lord_n justice_n 1268._o 18._o sir_n robert_n de_fw-fr ufford_n lord_n justice_n 1269._o 19_o ricardus_n de_fw-fr exoniis_fw-la lord_n justice_n 1270._o 20._o sir_n james_n audley_n lord_n justice_n he_o be_v kill_v with_o a_o fall_n from_o his_o horse_n in_o toomond_n 1272._o sub_fw-la edwardo_n primo_fw-la 1272._o 21._o maurice_n fitz-maurice_n lord_n justice_n 1273._o 22._o sir_n geffrey_n de_fw-fr genevill_n lord_n justice_n 1276._o 23._o sir_n robert_n de_fw-fr ufford_n lord_n justice_n but_o go_v to_o england_n anno_fw-la 1279._o robert_n de_fw-fr fulborne_n bishop_n of_o waterford_n be_v put_v in_o his_o place_n ufford_n return_v 1280._o and_o be_v lord_n justice_n 1281._o 24._o stephen_n de_fw-fr fulborne_n archiepiscopus_fw-la turonensis_n lord_n justice_n eodem_fw-la anno._n ufford_n go_v into_o england_n and_o fulborne_n die_v anno_fw-la 1287._o 1287._o 25._o john_n sampford_n archbishop_n of_o dublin_n lord_n justice_n ad_fw-la tempus_fw-la 1291._o 26._o william_n vescy_n lord_n justice_n 1294._o 27._o william_n d'oodyngzele_n lord_n justice_n obiit_fw-la 1298._o 1295._o 28._o sir_n thomas_n fitz-maurice_n lord_n justice_n obiit_fw-la 1298._o 1295._o 29._o john_n wogan_n lord_n justice_n sir_n thomas_n fitz-maurice_n surrender_v the_o place_n to_o he_o sub_fw-la edwardo_n secundo_fw-la ann._n dom._n 1312._o 30._o sir_n edmund_n le_fw-fr butler_n be_v make_v deputy_n to_o sir_n john_n wogan_n both_o die_v 1321._o 1314._o 31._o sir_n theobald_n de_fw-fr verdon_n lord_n justice_n he_o come_v into_o ireland_n the_o 20_o of_o june_n 1314._o 32._o sir_n edmund_n le_fw-fr butler_n lord_n justice_n he_o receive_v his_o commission_n on_o friday_n after_o st._n matthew_n day_n 1317._o 33._o sir_n roger_n de_fw-fr mortimer_n lord_n justice_n but_o go_v into_o england_n to_o the_o king_n make_v william_n archiepiscopum_fw-la cassiliensem_fw-la custodem_fw-la hiberniae_fw-la who_o be_v lord_n justice_n chancellor_z and_z archbishop_z all_o at_o a_o time_n 1318._o and_o in_o anno_fw-la 1319._o sir_n roger_n return_v and_o be_v lord_n justice_n

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to_o be_v disgrace_v with_o the_o name_n of_o a_o traitor_n ordericus_n lib._n 12._o pag._n 851_o &_o 879._o in_o a_o ancient_a roll_n of_o knight_n fee_n due_a to_o the_o duke_n of_o normandy_n i_o find_v comes_fw-la cestriae_fw-la servitium_n x_o militum_fw-la de_fw-la s._n severio_n &_o the_o bricasart_n &_o ad_fw-la suum_fw-la servitium_fw-la li_n milites_fw-la &_o dimidium_fw-la &_o quartam_fw-la partem_fw-la &_o octavam_fw-la unius_fw-la militis_fw-la in_o the_o appendix_n add_v by_o andrew_n du_fw-fr chesne_n to_o the_o norman_a writer_n at_o the_o end_n thereof_o pag._n 1045._o this_o earl_n randle_n be_v lord_n of_o cumberland_n and_o carlisle_n by_o descent_n from_o his_o father_n for_o after_o the_o norman_n have_v invade_v england_n cumberland_n fall_v to_o the_o share_n of_o ralph_n de_fw-fr meschines_n cujus_fw-la filius_fw-la natu_fw-la maximus_fw-la ranulfus_n fuit_fw-la cumbriae_fw-la dominus_fw-la &_o materno_fw-la jure_fw-la principísque_fw-la gratiâ_fw-la 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unius_fw-la militis_fw-la utque_fw-la iret_fw-la ad_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la regis_fw-la in_o exercitu_fw-la scotiae_fw-la &_o walliae_fw-la as_o cambden_n my_o author_n inform_v i_o 400._o i_o geffrey_n a_o three_o son_n to_o who_o his_o brother_n randle_n give_v gillesland_n in_o cumberland_n and_o to_o william_n coupland_n in_o cumberland_n a_o old_a parchment_n roll_n in_o custody_n of_o henry_n ferrars_n of_o badsley_n in_o warwickeshire_n see_v also_o monasticon_fw-la vol._n 1._o pag._n 400._o this_o william_n give_v the_o church_n of_o dissart_n to_o the_o abbey_n of_o st._n werburge_n in_o the_o city_n of_o chester_n as_o appear_v by_o a_o ancient_a charter_n among_o the_o evidence_n of_o that_o church_n and_o confirm_v by_o this_o randle_n earl_n of_o chester_n which_o for_o better_a satisfaction_n i_o think_v fit_a here_o to_o insert_v universis_fw-la matris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la filiis_fw-la ranulfus_n comes_fw-la cestriae_fw-la salutem_fw-la notum_fw-la sit_fw-la vobis_fw-la pariter_fw-la i_o concessisse_fw-la quandò_fw-la feci_fw-la transferri_fw-la corpus_fw-la hugonis_fw-la comitis_fw-la mei_fw-la auunculi_fw-la à_fw-la coemeterio_fw-la in_o capitulum_n ut_fw-la in_o die_fw-la mortis_fw-la meae_fw-la darem_fw-la simul_fw-la cum_fw-la corpore_fw-la meo_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la werburgae_fw-la uptunam_fw-la solutam_fw-la &_o quietam_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la re_fw-la ut_fw-la elemosynam_n liberam_fw-la sicut_fw-la ego_fw-la ipse_fw-la in_o illâ_fw-la die_fw-la haberem_fw-la eam_fw-la in_fw-la terris_fw-la in_fw-la hominibus_fw-la in_fw-la planis_fw-la in_fw-la pascuis_fw-la in_o pratis_n in_o placitis_fw-la &_o in_o omnibus_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la suis_fw-la pro_fw-la animâ_fw-la ipsius_fw-la hugonis_fw-la comitis_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la salute_n animae_fw-la meae_fw-la &_o animarum_fw-la omnium_fw-la parentum_fw-la meorum_fw-la itèm_fw-la quià_fw-la comes_fw-la hugo_n concesserat_fw-la anteà_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la werburgae_fw-la theoloneum_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la reditus_fw-la nundinarum_fw-la trium_fw-la dierum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la à_fw-la nonâ_fw-la vigiliae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la werburgae_fw-la usquè_fw-fr ad_fw-la

cambden_n britannia_fw-la printed_n 1607_o pag._n 693._o matthew_n paris_n put_v out_o by_o wat_n 1764._o pag._n 430._o where_o also_o it_o appear_v that_o in_o anno_fw-la 1236._o alan_n have_v a_o brother_n name_v thomas_n and_o also_o a_o bastard_n son_n call_v thomas_n who_o by_o the_o assistance_n of_o their_o great_a ally_n seek_v by_o force_n to_o possess_v themselves_o of_o galloway_n in_o scotland_n which_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n have_v distribute_v to_o the_o three_o daughter_n and_o heir_n of_o alan_n but_o these_o rebel_n be_v beat_v and_o disperse_v by_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n anno_fw-la 1236._o but_o to_o return_v to_o our_o earl_n of_o chester_n the_o line_n of_o the_o ancient_a earl_n of_o chester_n now_o fail_v this_o earldom_n be_v by_o king_n henry_n the_o three_o take_v into_o his_o own_o hand_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1237._o 21_o hen._n 3._o it_o remain_v that_o i_o now_o show_v the_o earl_n of_o chester_n of_o the_o royal_a blood_n since_o this_o 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nor_o can_v i_o here_o pass_v by_o the_o mistake_n of_o the_o ancient_a roll_n of_o the_o baron_n of_o halton_n ⚜_o ⚜_o lib._n c._n fol._n 84_o 85_o monasticon_fw-la 2_o parson_n pag._n 187._o and_o several_a other_o old_a manuscript_n there_o be_v of_o the_o same_o in_o all_o which_o this_o maud_n de_fw-fr clare_n wife_n of_o roger_n lacie_n be_v say_v to_o be_v sister_n of_o the_o treasurer_n of_o york_n minster_n now_o bevoy_n the_o clare_n treasurer_n of_o york_n minster_n have_v no_o sister_n call_v maud_n for_o all_o the_o sister_n be_v punctual_o reckon_v up_o in_o the_o book_n of_o tewksbery_n as_o you_o may_v find_v they_o copy_v out_o by_o vincent_n in_o his_o correction_n of_o brook_n catalogue_n of_o nobility_n pag._n 221._o whereby_o it_o appear_v plain_o that_o those_o sister_n also_o be_v all_o bear_v after_o the_o death_n of_o roger_n lacy._n possible_o in_o the_o old_a roll_n there_o may_v be_v a_o omission_n of_o a_o word_n as_o where_o it_o be_v say_v sororem_fw-la thesaurarii_fw-la eboracensis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la for_o sororem_fw-la patris_fw-la thesaurarii_fw-la eboracensis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la or_o some_o other_o word_n quaere_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1211._o 13_o johannis_n regis_fw-la obiit_fw-la 1211_o vir_fw-la nobilis_fw-la &_o miles_n egregius_fw-la rogerus_fw-la cestriae_fw-la constabularius_fw-la vitam_fw-la finivit_fw-la mat._n paris_n put_v out_o by_o wats_n pag._n 230._o anno_fw-la 1211._o obiit_fw-la rogerus_fw-la de_fw-la lacie_n in_o festo_fw-la sancti_fw-la remigii_fw-la which_o be_v the_o first_o day_n of_o october_n cvi_fw-la successit_fw-la johannes_n filius_fw-la ejus_fw-la posteà_fw-la comes_fw-la lincolniae_fw-la per_fw-la vxorem_fw-la svam_fw-la manuscript_n in_o oxford_n library_n among_o the_o book_n give_v by_o william_n laud_v archbishop_n of_o canterbury_n note_v g._n 9_o fol._n 125._o b._n he_o be_v one_o of_o those_o great_a person_n of_o england_n who_o pope_n innocent_a the_o three_o excommunicate_v for_o conspire_v against_o king_n john_n anno_fw-la dom._n 1216._o mat._n paris_n pag._n 277._o see_v also_o pag._n 262._o anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1218._o there_o come_v to_o the_o siege_n of_o damiata_n a_o city_n in_o egypt_n many_o stranger_n out_o of_o divers_a part_n of_o the_o world_n out_o of_o england_n come_v the_o illustrious_a randle_n earl_n of_o chester_n with_o saher_n earl_n of_o winchester_n and_o william_n earl_n of_o arundel_n and_o the_o baron_n robert_n fitz-walter_n john_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n william_n de_fw-fr harecourt_n with_o much_o company_n idem_fw-la paris_n pag._n 303._o this_o john_n have_v two_o wife_n the_o first_o be_v alice_n daughter_n to_o gilbert_n de_fw-fr aquila_n she_o be_v bury_v at_o norton_n abby_n afterward_o he_o marry_v margaret_n daughter_n and_o heir_n or_o co-heir_n at_o least_o to_z robert_z the_o quency_n elder_a son_n of_o saher_n the_o quency_n earl_n of_o winchester_n this_o saher_n de_fw-fr quency_n earl_n of_o winchester_n be_v lord_n of_o groby_n in_o leycestershire_n and_o die_v anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1220._o as_o mat._n paris_n say_v he_o marry_v margaret_n young_a sister_n and_o

cornwall_n in_o cook_n be_v report_n lib._n 8._o be_v print_v by_o his_o majesty_n special_a command_n 1613._o 11_o jacobi_n where_o it_o be_v set_v forth_o that_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o the_o privy_a council_n it_o be_v clear_o and_o absolute_o resolve_v that_o prince_n charles_n now_o the_o king_n be_v elder_a son_n be_v in_o right_o and_o by_o virtue_n of_o the_o statute_n of_o 11_o edw._n 3._o ought_v to_o be_v duke_n of_o cornwall_n and_o therefore_o his_o majesty_n command_v that_o prince_n charles_n his_o son_n shall_v have_v and_o enjoy_v the_o honour_n and_o style_n of_o duke_n of_o cornwall_n which_o he_o present_o have_v and_o enjoy_v according_o vincent_n upon_o brook_n pag._n 146_o 147._o and_o on_o the_o three_o of_o november_n 1616._o 14_o jacobi_n he_o be_v also_o create_v prince_n of_o wales_n and_o earl_n of_o chester_n and_o be_v afterward_o king_n of_o england_n by_o the_o name_n of_o king_n charles_n the_o first_o a_o summary_n collection_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o chester_n contain_v in_o this_o second_o part._n 1._o gherbod_v a_o nobleman_n of_o flanders_n have_v the_o earldom_n of_o chester_n give_v he_o by_o the_o conqueror_n about_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 1068._o but_o go_v into_o flanders_n be_v there_o take_v prisoner_n and_o then_o do_v william_n the_o conqueror_n give_v the_o earldom_n of_o chester_n to_o hugh_n surname_v lupus_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1070._o 2._o hugh_n surname_v lupus_n earl_n of_o auranche_n in_o normandy_n be_v make_v earl_n of_o chester_n anno_fw-la 1070._o he_o die_v july_n 27._o 1101._o after_o he_o have_v hold_v the_o earldom_n of_o chester_n 31_o year_n 3._o richard_n the_o only_a child_n of_o hugh_n lupus_n by_o his_o wife_n be_v but_o seven_o year_n old_a when_o his_o father_n die_v he_o be_v drown_v with_o many_o other_o as_o he_o be_v sail_v from_o normandy_n towards_o england_n anno_fw-la 1120._o after_o he_o have_v be_v earl_n 18_o year_n but_o have_v no_o issue_n 4._o randle_n de_fw-fr mecinis_n 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of_o montalt_n steward_n of_o cheshire_n in_o fee_n after_o the_o example_n of_o the_o lord_n high-steward_n of_o england_n these_o baron_n under_o the_o earl_n rule_v and_o govern_v the_o county_n and_o from_o their_o great_a power_n and_o sway_n have_v the_o appellation_n of_o baron_n iii_o as_o to_o the_o time_n of_o their_o first_o institution_n i_o find_v the_o great_a man_n of_o cheshire_n about_o the_o earl_n style_v baron_n in_o the_o time_n of_o hugh_n lupus_n in_o the_o charter_n of_o his_o foundation_n of_o the_o monastery_n of_o st._n werburge_n in_o chester_n anno_fw-la 1093._o 6_o willielmi_n rufi_n in_o the_o conclusion_n thereof_o it_o be_v say_v ego_fw-la comes_fw-la hugo_n &_o mei_fw-la barones_n confirmavimus_fw-la ista_fw-la omne_fw-la coràm_fw-la anselmo_n archiepiscopo_fw-la etc._n etc._n neither_o must_v we_o fond_o imagine_v or_o expect_v any_o formal_a creation_n of_o they_o either_o by_o patent_n for_o such_o be_v of_o late_a time_n by_o much_o or_o any_o 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among_o themselves_o in_o relation_n to_o other_o out_o of_o the_o county_n i_o conceive_v they_o inferior_a to_o the_o rank_n of_o the_o baron_n of_o our_o realm_n for_o these_o be_v but_o titular_o or_o analogical_o baron_n as_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v to_o those_o of_o the_o kingdom_n nay_o in_o place_n beneath_o all_o knight_n but_o they_o be_v the_o great_a man_n in_o the_o county_n under_o the_o earl_n for_o power_n and_o estate_n their_o priority_n or_o dignity_n among_o themselves_o we_o shall_v trace_v as_o exact_o as_o we_o can_v in_o so_o remote_a and_o obscure_a a_o path._n some_o will_v have_v the_o baron_n of_o malpas_n to_o be_v the_o prime_a baron_n forasmuch_o as_o robert_n fitz-hugh_n who_o be_v baron_n of_o malpas_n under_o hugh_n lupus_fw-la in_o the_o conqueror_n time_n have_v for_o the_o most_o part_n the_o preeminence_n in_o the_o subscription_n of_o old_a chart_n of_o those_o ancient_a time_n as_o also_o in_o the_o record_n of_o

james_n whitlok_n winifrid_n wife_n of_o peter_n derby_n near_o leverpool_n in_o lancashire_n ellen_n wife_n of_o george_n manwaring_n of_o ightfield_n in_o shropshire_n gentleman_n a_o young_a brother_n ursula_z wife_n of_o geffrey_n holcroft_n of_o hurst_n in_o lancashire_n also_o richard_n a_o bastard-son_n who_o live_v at_o rocksavage_a and_o die_v at_o halton_n 1616._o this_o john_n exchange_v certain_a land_n in_o whitley_n with_o richard_n starky_v of_o stretton_n esq_n for_o land_n in_o aston_n 1_o elizabethae_fw-la he_o die_v 5_o augusti_n 15_o eliz._n 1573._o margaret_z his_o widow_n marry_v hugh_n beeston_n of_o torperley_n in_o cheshire_n esq_n 27_o eliz._n xv._o sir_n thomas_n aston_n of_o aston_n son_n and_o heir_n of_o john_n be_v knight_v 1603._o and_o marry_v elizabeth_n daughter_n of_o sir_n arthur_n manwaring_n of_o ightfield_n in_o shropshire_n 11_o eliz._n 1569._o and_o have_v issue_n john_n son_n and_o heir_n sir_n arthur_n aston_n of_o fulham_n in_o middlesex_n second_o son_n who_o have_v issue_n richard_n aston_n and_o sir_n arthur_n aston_n a_o colonel_n in_o germany_n and_o governor_n of_o oxford_n for_o the_o king_n 1644._o but_o be_v barbarous_o kill_v after_o at_o tredagh_n in_o ireland_n have_v surrender_v the_o town_n to_o the_o parliament-rebel_n upon_o condition_n 1655._o and_o have_v issue_n sir_n thomas_n aston_n three_o son_n of_o this_o sir_n thomas_n matryed_z elizabeth_z daughter_n of_o john_n shugborough_n of_o burdenbury_n in_o warwickshire_n esquire_n and_o have_v issue_n frances_n elder_a daughter_n of_o sir_n thomas_n aston_n of_o aston_n marry_v john_n hocknell_n of_o hocknell_n in_o cheshire_n after_o to_o richard_n davys_n of_o croughton_n and_o three_o to_o owen_n longford_n of_o burton_n in_o denbighshire_n grace_n second_o daughter_n die_v without_o issue_n margaret_n three_o daughter_n marry_a sir_n thomas_n ireland_n who_o buy_v beusy_a nigh_o warrington_n in_o lancashire_n and_o be_v vice-chamberlain_n of_o 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of_o sir_n thomas_n be_v sewer_n to_o queen_n anne_n wife_n of_o king_n james_n and_o marry_a maude_n daughter_n of_o robert_n nedham_n of_o shenton_n in_o shropshire_n esquire_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1611._o and_o have_v issue_n thomas_n son_n and_o heir_n john_n aston_n second_o son_n die_v unmarried_a 1648._o robert_n three_o son_n die_v young_a maude_n marry_v thomas_n parson_n of_o cubbington_n in_o warwickshire_n esquire_n after_o to_o john_n shugborough_n now_o of_o upton_n in_o wirrall_n 1666._o a_o young_a son_n of_o the_o shugborough_n in_o warwickstire_n anne_n another_o daughter_n die_v young_a elizabeth_n another_o daughter_n die_v unmarried_a 1628._o this_o john_n aston_n of_o aston_n die_v 13_o maii_n 16●5_n 13_o jacobi_n xvii_o sir_n thomas_n aston_n of_o aston_n baronet_n son_n and_o heir_n of_o john_n marry_v magdalene_n daughter_n of_o sir_n john_n poultney_n and_o sister_n and_o coheir_n to_o john_n poultney_n of_o misterton_n in_o leycestershire_n esquire_n 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the_o conqueror_n and_o one_o pagan_a then_o hold_v it_o under_o the_o say_v william_n scilicèt_fw-la sub_fw-la anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1086._o this_o appear_v by_o the_o record_n of_o doomsday_n book_n and_o at_o this_o day_n it_o be_v within_o the_o fee_n of_o halton_n john_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n and_o baron_n of_o halton_n tabley_n the_o original_n penes_fw-la leycester_o de_fw-fr tabley_n give_v the_o manor_n of_o hield_n in_o this_o aston_n unto_o methroso_n punterlinge_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o second_o render_v yearly_o a_o welsh_a lance_n on_o the_o feast-day_n of_o st._n bartholomew_n m._n num_fw-la 1._o afterward_o geffrey_n son_n of_o adam_n de_fw-fr dutton_n ancestor_n to_o warburton_n of_o arley_n buy_v the_o same_o from_o one_o hugh_n the_o welsh_a deacon_n son_n of_o hugh_n deal_v hield_n for_o twenty_o four_o mark_n of_o silver_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o and_o give_v it_o to_o agnes_n de_fw-fr dutton_n his_o daughter_n m._n num_fw-la 2._o &_o num_fw-la 5_o 6._o but_o after_o towards_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o robert_z de_fw-fr denbigh_n and_o margaret_n his_o wife_n purchase_v it_o again_o from_o geffrey_n son_n of_o geffrey_n son_n of_o adam_n de_fw-fr dutton_n for_o three_o mark_n of_o silver_n and_o a_o wich-house_n in_o northwich_n i._o num_fw-la 91._o which_o margaret_n be_v daughter_n of_o the_o say_v geffrey_n son_n of_o geffrey_n but_o robert_n denbigh_n die_v without_o issue_n the_o say_a margaret_n his_o widow_n marry_v nicholas_n de_fw-fr leycester_n about_o 1276._o afterward_o sir_n nicholas_n leycester_n knight_n unto_o who_o issue_n it_o remain_v till_o john_n leycester_n of_o tabley_n sell_v it_o again_o unto_o william_n deal_v hold_v and_o goditha_n his_o wife_n and_o to_o the_o heir_n of_o the_o body_n of_o the_o say_v william_n reserve_v the_o yearly_a rent_n of_o forty_o shilling_n anno_fw-la domini_fw-la 1355._o 29_o e._n 3._o m._n num_fw-la 14._o &_o num_fw-la 13._o and_o afterward_o it_o become_v to_o be_v divide_v by_o the_o two_o daughter_n and_o coheir_n of_o william_n deal_v hold_v

of_o ease_n within_o the_o parish_n of_o great-budworth_a call_v stretton-chappel_n but_o it_o be_v now_o very_o ruinous_a and_o in_o decay_n 1666._o sutton_n juxta_fw-la frodsham_n sutton_n nigh_o frodsham_n be_v not_o mention_v in_o doomsday-book_n it_o be_v of_o the_o fee_n of_o halton_n adam_n de_fw-fr dutton_n young_a son_n of_o hugh_n dutton_n of_o dutton_n and_o and_o ancestor_n to_o warburton_n of_o arley_n be_v possess_v of_o this_o township_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o richard_n the_o first_o who_o heir_n enjoy_v the_o same_o at_o this_o day_n 1666._o this_o adam_n dedit_fw-la deo_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la constructionem_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la beatae_fw-la mariae_fw-la de_fw-la norton_n &_o canonicis_fw-la ibidem_fw-la deo_fw-la servientibus_fw-la three_o shilling_n yearly_a rent_n issue_v out_o of_o his_o mill_n in_o sutton_n juxta_fw-la halton_n and_o after_o his_o own_o life_n the_o mill_n of_o sutton_n entire_o to_o which_o deed_n roger_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n be_v witness_n 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luce_n in_o his_o hand_n write_v about_o sigillum_fw-la galfridi_fw-la de_fw-fr dutton_n in_o a_o roundlet_n not_o in_o a_o escocheon_n this_o margaret_n dutton_n first_o marry_v robert_n de_fw-fr denbigh_n but_o have_v no_o issue_n by_o he_o after_o she_o marry_v nicolas_n de_fw-fr leycester_n about_o 1276._o by_o who_o she_o have_v issue_n and_o to_o who_o succeed_a progeny_n the_o manor_n of_o nether-tabley_a still_o belong_v at_o this_o day_n 1666._o this_o nicolas_n leycester_n have_v also_o by_o margaret_n the_o manor_n of_o wethale_n and_o hield_n both_o situate_a in_o aston_n nigh_o great-budworth_a which_o his_o heir_n also_o enjoy_v at_o this_o present_a r._n num_fw-la 3._o i._o num_fw-la 91._o he_o be_v afterward_o sir_n nicolas_n leycester_n knight_n so_o style_v 1292._o 20_o edw._n 1._o i._o num_fw-la 98._o in_o this_o township_n be_v not_o any_o charterer_n at_o all_o for_o the_o freehold_n of_o heart_n of_o nether-tabley_a and_o some_o other_o be_v all_o buy_v out_o in_o 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pro_fw-la omni_fw-la servitio_fw-la hiis_fw-la testibus_fw-la rogero_n constabulario_fw-la cestriae_fw-la willielmo_n de_fw-fr boydell_n ricardo_n &_o alano_n de_fw-fr boydele_n johanne_n de_fw-fr boidele_n willielmo_n de_fw-mi radeclyve_fw-mi hugone_fw-mi de_fw-fr dutton_n galfrido_n de_fw-fr dutton_n hugone_n dispensario_n hereberto_n de_fw-fr waleton_n rogero_n venables_n ricardo_n starky_n alano_n de_fw-fr daresbery_n &_o aliis_fw-la one_o of_o these_o witness_n roger_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n die_v 1211._o the_o thirteen_o of_o king_n john_n say_v matthew_z paris_z wherefore_o this_o deed_n must_v be_v make_v before_o that_o year_n now_o this_o deed_n be_v produce_v in_o pleno_fw-la comitatu_fw-la cestriae_fw-la 1233._o before_o sir_n richard_n fitton_n then_o judge_v of_o chester_n walter_n abbot_n of_o chester_n william_n de_fw-fr venables_n hamon_n de_fw-fr massy_n richard_n de_fw-fr wibbenbury_n then_o sheriff_n of_o cheshire_n and_o other_o upon_o a_o writ_n of_o warranty_n bring_v against_o sir_n william_n boydell_n by_o sir_n geffrey_n dutton_n son_n of_o adam_n dutton_n aforesaid_a lib._n c._n fol._n 136._o a._n et_fw-fr de_fw-fr anno_fw-la 23_o edw._n 3._o inter_fw-la feoda_fw-it willielmi_n boydell_n sir_n geffrey_n warburton_n hold_v the_o manor_n of_o hull_n &_o appleton_n and_o half_a of_o warburton_n of_o the_o say_v william_n boydell_n by_o the_o service_n of_o one_o knight_n fee_n and_o twelve_o shilling_n yearly_a rent_n and_o two_o shilling_n every_o three_o year_n these_o note_n i_o receive_v from_o the_o collection_n of_o will._n vernon_n late_a of_o houlme_n in_o cheshire_n anno_fw-la 5_o hen._n 5._o division_n be_v make_v of_o the_o inheritance_n of_o boydell_n and_o six_o shilling_n of_o the_o rent_n issue_v out_o of_o warburton_n which_o sir_n geffrey_n de_fw-fr warburton_n heir_n ought_v to_o pay_v be_v allot_v to_o reddish_n which_o come_v after_o to_o merbury_n of_o merbury_n juxtà_fw-la comberbach_n lib._n c._n fol._n 282._o ay_o so_o that_o the_o rent_n of_o warburton_n be_v divide_v the_o other_o moiety_n of_o warburton_n be_v of_o the_o fee_n of_o halton_n john_n constable_n of_o cheshire_n give_v to_o adam_n dutton_n in_o these_o word_n johannes_n constabularius_fw-la cestriae_fw-la omnibus_fw-la sanctae_fw-la matris_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la filiis_fw-la salutem_fw-la sciatis_fw-la i_o dedisse_fw-la &_o concessisse_fw-la adae_fw-la de_fw-la dutton_n dare_v deo_n &_o sancto_n johanni_n baptistae_fw-la &_o beatis_fw-la pauperibus_fw-la sanctae_fw-la domus_fw-la hospitalis_n hierosolymitanae_n &_o fratribus_fw-la in_o eâdem_fw-la domo_fw-la deo_fw-la servientibus_fw-la pro_fw-la salute_n meâ_fw-la &_o domine_fw-la aeliz_n uxoris_fw-la meae_fw-la &_o infantium_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la &_o omnium_fw-la parentum_fw-la &_o amicorum_fw-la &_o antecessorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la totam_fw-la partem_fw-la meam_fw-la villae_fw-la de_fw-la werburtonâ_fw-la videlicèt_fw-la plenariè_fw-la &_o integrè_fw-la totam_fw-la medietatem_fw-la villae_fw-la cùm_fw-la omnibus_fw-la pertinentiis_fw-la in_o puram_fw-la &_o perpetuam_fw-la elemosynam_n liberam_fw-la solutam_fw-la &_o quietam_fw-la ab_fw-la omni_fw-la seculari_fw-la servitio_fw-la hiis_fw-la testibus_fw-la henrico_n priore_n de_fw-fr nortonâ_fw-la anselmo_n capellano_n ricardo_n capellano_n fratre_fw-la roberto_n filio_fw-la ricardi_n hugone_n de_fw-fr dutton_n gilberto_n filio_fw-la rondulphi_n hamone_n de_fw-fr berthinton_n willielmo_n de_fw-fr camull_n mattheo_n tuschet_fw-mi stephano_z da_fw-mi muschamp_n willielmo_n filio_fw-la rogeri_n johanne_n burdon_n galfrido_n de_fw-fr stretlèe_v aytropio_n ricardo_n filio_fw-la rogeri_n simone_n cusin_n willielmo_n de_fw-fr baale_n henrico_n camerario_n willielmo_n de_fw-fr comberbache_n &_o multis_fw-la aliis_fw-la seal_v with_o a_o large_a seal_n the_o forepart_n whereof_o be_v break_v and_o cleave_v off_o on_o the_o backpart_n a_o lion_n rampant_a write_v about_o thus_o sigillum_fw-la johannis_n constabularii_fw-la cestriae_fw-la the_o original_a among_o the_o evidence_n at_o dutton_n 1649._o and_o this_o moiety_n he_o hold_v from_o the_o priory_n of_o st._n john_n of_o jerusalem_n in_o england_n ever_o since_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o this_o adam_n de_fw-fr dutton_n have_v by_o agnes_n his_o wife_n the_o daughter_n and_o heir_n or_o co-heir_n at_o least_o of_o roger_n fitz-alfred_n half_a of_o warburton_n half_a of_o limb_n the_o town_n of_o newton_n juxtà_fw-la daresbery_n hatton_n appilton_n and_o the_o royalty_n of_o stretton_n sure_o i_o be_o the_o say_a adam_n dutton_n and_o geffrey_n his_o son_n about_o the_o reign_n of_o king_n john_n be_v possess_v of_o the_o town_n of_o great-budworth_a aston_n juxta_fw-la budworth_n nether-tabley_a sutton_n juxta_fw-la frodshum_fw-la appilton_n &_o hull_n newton_n juxtà_fw-la daresberie_n hatton_n stretton_n warburton_n half_a of_o limb_n half_a of_o sale_n half_a of_o nether-walton_n but_o many_o of_o these_o be_v long_a time_n ago_o give_v away_o by_o geffrey_n son_n of_o adam_n dutton_n and_o geffrey_n son_n of_o that_o geffrey_n warford_n warford_n in_o the_o conqueror_n time_n be_v then_o hold_v by_o one_o ranulphus_fw-la or_o randle_n suppose_v to_o be_v the_o ancestor_n of_o the_o manwaring_n idem_fw-la ranulfus_n tenet_fw-la warford_n &_o godid_a de_fw-fr eo_fw-la ipsa_fw-la tenuit_fw-la &_o libera_fw-la fuit_fw-la so_o be_v the_o word_n of_o doomsday-book_n this_o town_n be_v since_o divide_v into_o two_o town_n great-warford_n and_o little-warford_n both_o of_o they_o be_v within_o the_o old_a bucklow_n hundred_o but_o upon_o the_o new_a division_n of_o the_o hundred_o which_o i_o conjecture_v exceed_v not_o the_o reign_n of_o edward_n the_o three_o great-warford_n be_v allot_v to_o maxfield_n hundred_o but_o little-warford_n continue_v to_o bucklow_n hundred_o and_o be_v join_v now_o with_o marthall_n in_o one_o constableship_n this_o small_a hamlet_n of_o little-warford_n now_o in_o bucklow_n hundred_o be_v give_v by_o roger_n manwaring_n of_o warmincham_n in_o cheshire_n to_o robert_n de_fw-fr vernon_n militi_fw-la svo_fw-la filio_fw-la ricardi_n de_fw-fr vernon_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o 1665._o lib._n b_o pag_n 59_o extract_n out_o of_o sir_n thomas_n manwaring_n of_o pever_n deed_n 1665._o gilbert_n lee_n of_o middleton_n in_o yorkshire_n esquire_n sell_v little-warford_n to_o john_n millington_n and_o henry_n hough_n and_o their_o heir_n 22_o die_v maii_n 4_o eliz._n 1562._o henry_n hough_o of_o knotsford_n mercer_n settle_v his_o land_n in_o little-warford_n to_o his_o own_o use_n for_o his_o life_n and_o after_o to_o the_o use_n of_o his_o nephew_n thomas_n antrobus_n of_o lincolns-inn_n and_o his_o heir_n 28_o julii_n 15_o eliz._n 1573._o division_n be_v make_v of_o the_o land_n in_o little-warford_n between_o john_n millington_n and_o thomas_n antrobus_n 27_o julii_n 18_o eliz._n 1576._o thomas_n antrobus_n and_o elizabeth_n his_o wife_n pass_v all_o their_o land_n in_o little-warford_n unto_o thomas_n colthurst_n and_o his_o heir_n 17_o aprilis_n 13_o jacobi_n 1615._o thomas_n colthurst_n by_o deed_n enroll_v sell_v all_o his_o land_n in_o little-warford_n to_o stephen_n smith_n and_o his_o heir_n 30_o octobris_fw-la 16_o jac._n 1618._o stephen_n smith_n sell_v all_o his_o land_n in_o little-warford_n to_o sir_n randle_n manwaring_n of_o overpeve_a and_o his_o heir_n 20_o martii_fw-la 17_o jacobi_n 1619._o who_o heir_n be_v now_o possess_v of_o this_o moiety_n of_o little-warford_n 1666._o the_o other_o moiety_n which_o belong_v to_o john_n millington_n aforesaid_a be_v now_o in_o possession_n of_o millington_n colthurst_n of_o little-warford_n 1666._o charterer_n in_o little-warford_n 1666._o william_n bayly_n this_o freehold-land_n of_o inheritance_n in_o little-warford_n be_v purchase_v from_o sir_n randle_n manwaring_n of_o overpeve_a the_o sixteenth_o of_o april_n 1620._o and_o belong_v to_o his_o moiety_n great-warford_n roger_n manwaring_n sell_v to_o richard_n putra_n regnante_fw-la henrico_n tertio_fw-la and_o putra_n sell_v it_o to_o randle_n manwaring_n young_a brother_n to_o the_o say_v roger_n and_o randle_n earl_n of_o chester_n confirm_v it_o to_o randle_n manwaring_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o henry_n the_o three_o lib._n b._n pag._n 1._o z._n from_o who_o the_o manwaring_n of_o warford-magna_a but_o this_o family_n be_v long_o since_o extinct_a weston_n william_n fitz-nigell_a baron_n of_o halton_n hold_v weston_n of_o hugh_n lupus_n earl_n of_o chester_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o william_n the_o conqueror_n and_o odard_n and_o brictric_n hold_v it_o of_o william_n fitz-nigell_a in_o monasticon_fw-la vol._n 2._o pag._n 187._o we_o read_v that_o nigell_n give_v to_o odard_n weston_n and_o great-aston_n and_o from_o this_o odard_n come_v all_o the_o dutton_n and_o that_o nigell_n give_v to_o edward_n brother_n of_o odard_n two_o ox-gangs_a of_o land_n quas_fw-la haeredes_fw-la willielmi_n filii_fw-la ranulphi_n modò_fw-la tenent_fw-la guarinus_fw-la de_fw-la vernon_n release_v to_o sir_n hugh_n dutton_n of_o dutton_n and_o his_o heir_n in_o pleno_fw-la comitatu_fw-la cestriae_fw-la gilbertum_n de_fw-fr weston_n &_o rogerum_fw-la filium_fw-la suum_fw-la quondàm_fw-la homines_fw-la guarini_n cùm_fw-la catallis_fw-la suis_fw-la etc._n etc._n pro_fw-la hâc_fw-la concessione_n dedit_fw-la hugo_n quatuor_fw-la marcas_fw-la argenti_n tempore_fw-la philippi_n orreby_n justiciarii_fw-la cestriae_fw-la