Margaret and Mary the onely daughters and heirs apparent of Thomas Morgan of Heyford in the County of Northampton Esquier sonne and heire of Francis Morgan of Heyford aforesaid sometimes one of the Iustices of the Kings Bench and Marye wife of the said Thomas daughter and sole heir of Sir Edward Saunders Knight sometime chief Iustice of England and after chief Baron of the Exchequer and lyeth buryed in this parish Church of Weston Which Margaret and Mary the daughters dyed that is to say Mary the 22 day of May 1568. before she was one yeare oulde and Margaret the 30 day of September 1568. being of the age of seven years and 21 days On whose soules God have mercy Anno Domini 1584. Upon a Plate of Brass fixed in Marble on the South wall of the Chancel Arâ—is Apolline fueras qui Mista Jodoce â— Heu mortis jaculo victa Tomere jaces Cujus in interitum tulit haec solatia tristem Saunderus verae pignora amicitiae Anno Domini 1566. Decembris 22. Heare lyeth Ioyce Tomer slayne by death That had of Physick skyll Whose losse these comforts Saunders shews As tokens of good wyll Cubington I Come next to Cubington wherein by the Conq. Survey the Prior of Coventre was certified to have 2 hydes valued at xxx s. the E. of Mellent 3. rated at as much which one Boseher then held of him and Roger de Iuri 5. esteemed at xl s. In one place it is written Cubitone and in the other two Cobintone but afterwards Cumbyngton which shews that it had its name originally from the situation of it in a low or deep hallow for the word Cumbe doth signifie as much That which the Prior of Coventre had here was half a Kts. fee which in 20 H. 3. Simon de Cubinton and in 36 H. 3. Henry de Cubinton held of that Monastery But the substance of what the said E. of Mellent had aâ—i which the same Boscher held of him came to the Monks of Stoneley either given by the heirs of the before specified Boscher or by those whom he or they enfeoffed thereof though the particular grants do not appear For Henry Boscher grandchild to the first Boscher made a general confirmation of them in H. 3. time the quantity being 5 carucats of land and xxiiii s. iii d. yearly Rent of Assize as was certified in 19 E. 1. But of that which Rog. de Iveri had Hastings of Allesley was as it seems antiently enfeoffed By one of which line it was given to Semely Lord of Radford-Semely and to S. Maure though when I find not for in 7 E. 1. Will. de Semely held what he had here by the service of half a Kts. fee of Iohn de Hastings viz. 2 yard land in demesn and 3 held by 6 servants at the will of the Lord paying certain yearly rent and doing suit twice a year at the Court of the said Iohn de Hastings at Allesley Which W. de Semely had also six Cottagers holding as many Cottages and 4 Free-holders occupying 2 yard land and 3 quarters and doing suit to his 3 weeks Court here at Cobyngton as also making two appearances every year at the Court of Allesley abovesaid But from Semely I cannot deduce the succession of his part in this place That which Iohn Hugford and Thom. Waldeyve granted to the Monks of Stoneley in 13 E. 4. was certainly it for the quantity viz. 5 mess. 80 acres of land 3 acres of meadow and 4 acres of pasture doth not onely argue the same but the tenure thereof from Sir Edw. Nevill in right of his Mannour of Allesley antiently belonging to Hastings doth put it out of doubt Of Henry de S. Maure who had the rest of Cobington I find that he committed a Murther and fled for it whereupon K. E. 1. seized his Mannour here but allowed to Ermengard his wife liberty to hold it for her maintenance during his royal pleasure It should seem that the K. taking advantage of this forfeiture gave it soon after to the Templars for in 7 E. 1. it was certified that they had here 3 yard land in demesn and a certain Grove inclosed like a Park but being willing to strengthen their title from S. Maure in 9 E. 1. grew to an Agreement with him viz. to pay to them the said Henry and Ermengard 4 marks per ann during the life of her the said Ermengard in consideration whereof they levyed a Fine of it to the use of the said Templars and their successors for ever Which lands so possest by them were in 1 E. 2. seized by the K. and then yeilded 25 s. rent of Assize but were soon after transmitted to the Knights Hospitalars and continued to them till the general dissolution as did also that which the Monks of Coventre and Stoneley had Being thus lodg'd in the Crown the K. in 38. of his reign granted to Edw. Watson and Henry Herdson and their heirs all that belong'd to the Abby of Stoneley called then by the name of Cobynton-grange Which Edw. and Henry had license the same year to alien it unto Ric. Faukoner and his heirs who sold it to one Thomas Fawkoner Which Thomas reserving an estate to himself for life entailed it upon Eliz. his daughter then the wife of George Bodyngton and the heirs of her body with remainder to Agnes Fermour widow his other daughter and the heirs of her body but for lack of such issue to the right heirs of the said Ric. Fawkoner and departed this life 10 Febr. 1 Eliz. his said daughters being then of full age Touching that which belong'd to the Priory of Coventre I find that it was by K. E. 6. in 4 of his reign inter alia granted to Sir Raph Sadler Kt. then Master of the great Wardrobe and to Laurence Wennington Gent. and to the heirs of the said Sir Raph. As also that the Hospitalars Mannour here was past out of the Crown by Q. Eliz. the same year to Iohn Fisher and others The Church dedicated to the Nativity of our Lady being antiently but a Chapel and belonging to Wotton was therewith granted to the Canons of Kenilworth as in Wotton I have already shewed and in ann 1291. 19 E. 1. valued at xii marks Which Canons in 5 E. 3. had License to appropriat the Fruits thereof to the use of that Monastery Whereupon scil in 19 E. 3. ensued the endowment of the Vicaridge which in 26 H. 8. was rated at vi l. vi s. viii d. over and above 2 s. allowed for Synodals Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes temp Inst. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Thom. de Harewell Pbr. 11 Cal. Apr. 1309. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Ioh. de Shotteswell accol 3 Ian. 1313. Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Rob. le Fitzwith Pbr. 8. Cal. Maii 1342. Patroni Vicariae Prior Conv. de Kenilworth Adam dâ—
that one of the ancestors to the family of Lodbroke had some grant from the Earl of Warwick of all that the said Earl had here so that the above specified G. de Clinton and he were at odds about the same which of them had the better title I will not here stand to argue but that Geffrey was a mighty man in H. 1. time in Kenilworth I have shewed so that the said ..... de Lodbroke though he recovered it as the Charter expresseth yet was he contented to hold it of the same Geffrey and by the advice of Walter Durdent then Bishop of Coventre did confirm the grant of this Church to the said Monastery in the presence of that Bishop and a great part of his Clergy which also was ratified by William de Lodbroch his brother and heir who likewise acquitted those Canons of v s. yearly Rent that had been paid to his predecessors out of a yard land that belonged to the said Church Of those possessions here in Herberbury that were of Clinton's fee in 31 H. 2. it was certified that the Templars held 5. yard land part of which were given by Geffrey de Clinton and part by Henry his son against whom in 2. Ioh. the said Templars required warranty Which land in 7 E. 1. was certified to be 1. carucat 2. yard land and 8. Acres all then held by 6. Freeholders who payd certain Rents for the same besides 2. cottages It was then also certified that the said Templars held 5. yard land here in demesn of Rob. fil Odonis which implyes that they had it of his grant But that part of Herberbury so possest by Lodbroke was given it seemes to Raph the son of Rob. de Lodbroke sirnamed Macer or Megre an appellation that he had by reason of his leanness Rob. de Lodbroch Rad. cognom Macer temp H. 2. Rob. le Megre 3. Ioh. Rob. le Megre 28. H. 3. Oliva soror Hug. de Ardern de Hampton amita una cohaer Willielmi Will. le Megre 52. H. 3. Amicia relicta 13 E. 1. Amicia filia cohaeres ux Ioh. Lupi sive Lou 13 E. 1. Margeria ux Philippi le Lovet Will. de Lodbroch For from the said Raph Macer had the Canons of Kenilworth also a confirmation of this Church with 2. yard land thereto belonging in the presence of Will. de Lodbrock his uncle in whose Fee it was situat To whom succeeded Robert le Megre his son who ratified his fathers grant and bestowed on the said Canons 2. yard land lying also in this place Which Rob. in 3. Ioh. gave 2. yard land lying here likewise to the Nuns of Eaton whereon the said Nuns in 7 E. 1. had x. tenants who held 1. yard land and half thereof at will performing divers servile imployments and 2. Freeholders that possest the other half yard land To this Robert succeeded another Robert who in 20 H. 3. answered for half a Kts fee in this place then held of the E. of Warwick and in 28 H. 3. was one of the Justices for the Gaol-delivery at Warwick This last mentioned Robert was a man of very great eminency in this Shire for his knowledge as appears by the trust then reposed in him For whereas in 30 H. 3. the K. had constituted Henry de Wyngham with one Kt. in every County from Trent Southwards to have custody of his Eschaets in the said severall Shires as also to enquire of all Sergeanties so as to certify in whose tenure they then were and in case any of them were alienated without the Ks. consent to discover by whom and to whom such alienations were made and of their values By vertue of which Commission they had also power to call before them xxiv or xii of the most antient lawfull and discreet Kts. in each particular County who being sworn were to enquire upon such Articles as should be exhibited to them touching the said Escheats Sergeanties the certificats whereof are recorded in the Exchequer in that known volume called Testa de Nevill under the title De sergeantiis arentatis this Rob. le Megre being the onely man made choyce of and appointed by the K. in this County performed that service and left issue Will. le Megre who on the Eve of S. Martin an 1254. 38 H. 3. by his Testam bequeathed his body to sepulture in the Monastery of Combe at which time he was received by those Monks to be partaker of all the benefits of their Order Which Will. departed this life before 13 E. 1. for then do I find that Amicia and Margerie were his daughters and heirs one whereof became the wife of Iohn Low and the other of Philip Lovet Whether these daughters had no issue and that thereby this Mannour eschaeted to Iohn de Lodbroke of whom it was immediatly holden or whether the said Iohn de Lodbroke obtained it by purchase or any other Agreement with them I know not but certain it is that his posterity enjoy'd it For in 9 E. 2. Henry de Lodbroke his son was certified to be owner thereof and that he held it by a Kts. fee of the E. of Warwick Which Sir H. de Lodbroke for he was a Kt. in 17 E. 2. setled it upon Iohn his son and Hawise then the wife of the said Iohn and the heirs of their two bodyes lawfully begotten rendring to him the said Sir Henry x marks sterling during his life After which viz. in 24 E. 3. by a â—ine then levyed betwixt the said Hawise Pl. and Will the son of Nich. le Wodward of Ichinton Deforc. it was setled upon the said Hawise for life and from her decease upon Will. de Catesby for life the remainder to Thomas the son of the said Sir Iohn de Lodbroke and Alice the daughter of the same Will. de Catesby and the heirs of their two bodies but for default of such issue to the right heirs of the said Thomas Which Thomas and all his brothers dyed without issue so that Alice the wife of Lewes Cardian became heir at law to them as by the descent in Lodbroke may be seen From whom descended Iohn Hathewyk son of Will. Hathewyk and Catherine daughter and heir of her the said Alice who in 10 H. 6. was certified to hold this Mannour by the 8 part of a Kts. fee at which time he resided here and had the addition of generosus But after this do I find no more mention in Record of this Mannour till 21 H. 8. that there was a Fine levyed thereof betwixt Rob. Dormer Esq and others Pl. and Rob. Corbet Dâ—forc though to what uses I know not Howbeit the next year following it was passed by Ioan the widow of the said Rob. Corbet unto Thomas Englefeild one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas Sir George Throgmorton Kt. and Edward Underhill Gent. as
Magistrate here had first the title of Major I am not certain neither how long it continued yet in 7. E. 1. which was xxi years before the date above-mentioned he had so one Thomas Payn bearing that Office From which time do I finde little memorable relating to this Borough till 37. H. 8. that the K. by his Pat. bearing date 15. May granted to the Inhabitants thereof by the name of Burgesses the Rectories of the Churches of S. Mary and S. Nich. belonging to the Collegiat Church of our Lady here as also the Rectories of Chadsley in Com. Wigorn. Budbroke in this County with the advousons of all thoâ—e Vicaridges And likewise one Mess. in Canon-row within this Town of Warw. the value of all w ch then extended to Lviii l. xiiii s. iiii d. per ann to have and to hold to them and their Successors for ever by the service of the xx part of a Knights Fee and the Rent of vi li. xiii s. iiii d. per ann As also paying to the Vicar of St. Maries Church for the time being xx li. per ann and to the School-master of the Kings School there x. li. per an But shortly after viz in 1. 2. Ph. M. was it made a Corporation the inhabitants being then incorporated by the name of a Bayliffe and Burgesses which as the Charter expresses should from thenceforth be one Commonalty and one body Corporate in re facto nomine and have perpetual succession a common Seal and xii Assistants to the Bayliffe called principales Burgenses with power to make Laws and Ordinances for the better benefit of the Borough As also to have a Recorder Serjeant at Mace and Clerk of the Mercate and to elect and choose a new Bayliff Burgesse and Recorder And moreover that the Bayliff Recorder should be Justices of the Peace within the same Borough and no other Justices to intermeddle there As also the House called the Court-house to be a common Hall and House for the keeping of all their Courts Pleadings c. whatsoever there to be handled And likewise another house situate in the Market-place of this Borough vulgarly called the Booth-hall to be a publick and common Hall or House for the selling of wares therein on the Market-day every week Whereunto King Iames by a new Charter made unto them and bearing date 10. Martii 10. Iac. added that the two ancientest Burgesses of this Borough for the time being should also be Justices of the Peace within the precincts thereof together with the said Bayliffe and Recorder and the said Bayliffe or one of those senior Burgesses to be of the Quorum Having thus done with the particulars I now come to such other remarkable passages as do relate in a general manner to this Town In 36. H. 3. there being a great meeting appointed here by divers eminent persons for exercising themselves in martial Tourneaments and other feats of Arms the King apprehending as it seems the danger that might grow by permitting such a concourse of people armed and accoutred in that manner directed his Letters Patent to the Priors of Kenilworth S. Sepulchers here in Warwick commanding them to prohibit their meeting either here or at any other place within the Realm upon pain of forfaiting all their Lands which they held of the K. And in 50. H. 3. when the King had prepared for the siege of Kenilworth-Castle whereof I have already spoke he made the general Rendevouz for his whole Army here and hence marching thitherward the morrow after Midsummer day fixt down his Tents and begirt it round After this viz in 57. H. 3. divers of the Nobility and others having again appointed to meet here under colour of exercising themselves at Justs and Tourneaments were especially prohibited so to do and to forbear any concourse in that kinde elsewhere within the Realm upon penalty of seizing all their Lands and possessions the Prior of Kenilworth having thereupon strict command to repair hither and to publish the Kings Letters Pat. for that purpose And lastly in 7. E. 1. a great number of the English Nobles and other persons of note from forreign parts had a meeting here called the Round Table Sir Roger Mortimer being the chief of them touching which matter I have already spoke in Kenilworth in regard that there they exercised themselves at that time in martial feats but it seems that most of them lodg'd at this place in respect of proper accommodations Having now dispatch't what concerns the Town in general I come to the particular places within the precincts thereof which are most observable and first to the Castle Whether I may attribute it's original to Kimbeline the Brittish King who is said to have been the first builder here or to the Romans that had a strong Hold at this place by reason whereof they called it Praesidium as I have elsewhere shewed I cannot well determine If therefore to do so be too great a presumption to refer the foundation thereof to the renowned Lady Ethelflede daughter to K. Alfred and Lady of the Mercians I am sure will not in regard it appears that she in the year DCCCCxv scil in the 16. year of K. Edw. the elder caused the Dungeon to be made which was a strong Tower or Platform upon a large and high mount of earth artificially raised such being usually placed towards the side of a Castle or Fort which is least defensible the substance whereof is yet to be seen In those dayes in the Saxons time I mean were very few such defensible places as we now call Castles that being a French name so that though the English were a bold and warlike people yet for want of the like strong Holds were they much the lesse able to resist their Enemies which defect gave great advantage to the Norman Conqueror after his victory at Hastings whereof he was so sensible that he neglected not to raise store of such Forts throughout the whole Realm as I have elsewhere observed amongst which this at Warwick was not the least there being 4. houses that belong'd to the Monks of Coventre wasted for his enlargement thereof For effecting therefore of this work was Turchill de Warwick of whom I have spoke in my story of the Earls specially imployed by K. William howbeit after it became perfected he would not trust him with the custody thereof but committed it to Henry de Newburgh whom he advanced to the Earldom as I have already shewed There was heretofore a Church within the Precincts of this Castle dedicated to the honour of All Saints and of no lesse antiquity than the Brittans time as Rous affirmeth and therefore if it were at first founded therein then doth it plainly shew that the Castle was built before the Romans made this place a Garrison for it is evident from what I have already said that S. Dubritius in
Cokke Cap. ult Apr 1456 Decan Cap. Eccl. Col. VVarw. D. Ric. Leylond Cap. 2. Martii 1460 Decan Cap. Eccl. Col. VVarw. D. Ioh. Manton sen. 8 Oct. 1461. Decan Cap. Eccl. Col. VVarw. Tho. Crossby Cap. 9 Oct. 1493. Decan Cap. Eccl. Col. VVarw. D. Ioh. Green Pbr. 3 Sept. 1528. Iac. Ormeâ— gen ratione concess D. Cap. Eccl. Coll. Warw. D. Ioh. Lane Pbr. 6 Dec. 1546 D. Episc. per lapsum VVil. Bennet Art Magr. 29 Aug. 1537. Ballivus Burgenses VVarw. Hercules Marcel Cler. 30 Oct. 1599. Ballivus Burgenses VVarw. Ioh. Rogers Cler. 30. Oct. 1599. Ballivus Burgenses VVarw. Ioh. Turner Cler. 3 Iulii 1606. Ballivus Burgenses VVarw. Ric. Roe Cler. 29 Nov. 1616. In this Church was there antiently a Chantry founded by Rob. le Purser of Warwick in 17 E. 2. unto which by the Ks. speciall license he gave five Marks and xxi d. per an Rent issuing out of a Mess. and certain lands lying here in Warwick but in 10 E. 3. Iohn le Purser Sonn and Heir to Robert the Founder being a servant to Tho. Beauchamp E. of Warwick granted this Chantry with the Rents thereto belonging unto the said Earl to be removed into the Castle and there to continue for ever and to be presentable by him the said Earl and his Heirs IN this part of the Suburbe there was also a House of Templars founded and endowed with Lands by Roger E. of Warwick in H. 1. his time which afterwards came to the Preceptory of Balshall in this County and in 9 E. 2. were certifyâ—d to be of the yearly value of xiiii l. vi s. viii d. the Arable being Clx Acres then rated at iii d. an acre the Meadowing xxiv acres at iii s. an acre certain Pasture ground at xx s. per an a Water-mill at xxvi s. viii d. per an Pleas and Perquisites of Court xx s. per an one Croft at v s. per an and twenty foure Freeholders paying 4 li. 12 s. 7 d. yearly rent In this Temple was there a Chantry for the antient Earles of Warwick and the Revenue thereof certifyed at lxvi s. viii d. per an But upon the suppression of that Order all the Lands which they here enjoy'd came to the Hospitalars as in Balshall I shall manifest and continued in their hands till that generall Deluge in 30 H. 8. swept them away After which these their Possessions as parcell of the Preceptory of Balshall were granted in 3 E. 6. to Iohn Dudley E. of Warwick and Iane his wife and their Heirs and since that have returned to the Crown by the attainder of the said Iohn in 1 M. but how they are now disposed of I have not thought worth my enquiry Having compleatly done with the Borough I shall now take notice of the Hamlets belonging to Warwick viz. Long-Bridge Miton Coton-end Stochull Levenhull and Woodlow some whereof have been many years since depopulated beginning with Long-bridge which is in the Parish of St. Maries Long-Bridge THis being situate near a narrow Foot-Bridge which standeth over a small Torrent coming from Budbrook thence assumed its name Howbeit I do not discern that it was ever a Mannor of it self but that the Lands therein did part belong to the Monasterie of Thelesford part to the Collegiat Church of Warwick part to â—he Hospitalars part to the Priory of Chaucumbe in Northamptonshire and the rest to particular persons Nor have I seen it so much as mentioned in Record till 4 E. 1. that one Iohn de Honele was presented before the Justices Itinerant as an Inhabitant thereof for withdrawing his suit from the County and Hundred Court Miton THis is situate well neare a mile above Warwick on the Southern bank of Avon but there is now no more left of it than a Grove of Elms in the place where the Village stood In the Conquerors time the E. of Mellent was possest of the greatest part of it viz. two hides the third then belonging to S. Maries Church in Warwick which two hides are certifyed in two places viz amongst the E. of Mellent's Lands and amongst those of Turchill de Warwick in the first whereof he is said to hold them of the King and in the later of Turchill's Fee but that it is one and the self same Land which is meant thereby is evident by these testimonies first that the two Mills there are mentioned in both secondly the value viz. vi l. and lastly in the one Algarus Comes is said to have been owner thereof in Edw. the Confessors daies and in the other Edwinus Comes the sonn and heir of Earl Algar which makes no difference in regard that the said Edwine succeeded his Father in that Inheritance In that Record it is variously written Muitone and Moitone so that for the Etymologie of the name I do not well know what to say except it be British Mwy in that language signifying the same with Major and Mwyd humectatio sive madefactio â— in either of which senses for ought I see it might have its originall denomination First as being greater than Cotes which was the next Village lying near Warwick or secondly by reason of the moist situation of it standing on the bank of Avon somwhat flat and low That this came to Henry de Newburgh the the first E. of Warwick of the Norman line either with the residue of Turchiâ—'s Lands or by some accord with the E. of Mellent his brother there is no doubt at all to be made forasmuch as it appears that his posterity enjoy'd it In those dayes there was a Chapell here wherein several Canons officiated unto which Roger E. of Warwick Sonn to the said Henry did about the beginning of K. Stephens time grant ten Acres of his demesn land in this place and five acres of Arable with a house and half an acre of Meadow and did besides confirm the gift of eight acres which Wil. fil Godardi past thereto That it continued to the succeeding Earls I need not stand to prove forasmuch as it was a member of Warwick but it hath been long since depopulated Hethcote ADjoining to Miton field on the South part do lye certain Grounds called by the name of Hethcote which Walter Power gave to the Coll. Church of Warwick in 2. H. 4. by the name of the Mannour of Hethcote to the intent that the Dean and Canons of that Coll. Church should annuallie solemnize two Obits one for the Soul of Margaret his late wife and the other for his own After the dissolution of which Church was it granted by the name of the Leasow called Hethcote to George Tresham gent. and Edw. Twyniho and their Heirs in 37 H. 8. and from the said George to Will. Morcote who in 6. E. 6. dyed seized of it leaving Will. his Grandson viz. sonn
enfeoft Nich. de David villa or D' Aiville therein for by what appeareth by and by it will be evident enough that the family of D' Aiville were afterwards owners thereof And that there was a Nicholas de David-villa in this County contemporary with that Earl a Charter of his witnessed by the same Nicholas doth manifest whereupon it became so distinguished from the other Walton but more antiently it past by the name of Walton-Theodoric sc in 23. H. 1. one Theodoric being then Tenant thereto as I guess To which Nâ—ch succeeded Will. D'avill of whom I find mention in 23 H. 2. And to Will. Walter D'avill one of the Justices of Assize in this County in 11.12.13.17.19.20 and 21. H. 2. As also one of the pledges for Thomas Earl of Warwick in 13. H. 3. upon security given for payment of his Relief He was a Benefactor to the Nuns of Pinley in this County by bestowing on them the tenth part of the Toll of his Mill here at Walton and the tenth peny of the Rent thereof in case he should let it to ferm To whom succeeded Rob. D'aivill one of the Commissioners in this County constituted together with the Shiriff to oversee the defects in all the Castles in 25 H. 3. and to certifie the same to the King which Robert in 27 H. 3. had suits with Hâ—nry de Nasford of Bereford And to Robert Walter D'aivill who in 36 H. 3. had a Charter of Freewarren granted to him in all his demesn lands here as also in other places of this County whereof I shall have occasion to make mention and moreover in Paunton and little Barkworth in Lincolnsh And the next year following underwent the office of Eschaetor for this County But the last of this family that had to do here was Rog. D'Eivill who towards the later end of H. 3. time sold this Mannour to one Simon de Wauton Brothers son perhaps to Sim. de Wauton one of the Justices in the Court of Common Pleas and afterwards Bishop of Norwich for it is confidently affirmed by some learned Antiquaries that the said Bishop was born here and for probability thereof I have seen a precept from K. H. 3. in 22. of his reign directed to Ric. de Grey then Constable of Kenilworth Castle to deliver to Mr. Sim. de Wâ—uton four Oaks for the building of his House at Chesterton which we know is very near to this place And besides this do I find that he was very often in Commission as a Justice of Assize in this County viz. from 32 to 41 H. 3. But to return to Simon who purchased this Mannour of Rog. D'Eyvill he had issue Maud a Daughter and heir in Ward to Godfrey Giffard Bishop of Worcester 7 E. 1. and certified to be then owner of this Lordship holding it of the Earl of UUarwick by the service of one Knights fee. At that time the said Maud had 3 Carucates of land here in demesn a Watermill with Free-warren and a Court Leet As also severall Tenants who besides a certain Rent which they payd did performe divers services as plowing harrowing washing and shearing sheep mowing reaping land the like This Maud was the wife of Iohn de Stretling in 12 E. 1. and aftewards as 't is very probable of Iohn le Strange of Knokyn for upon the death of the said Iohn le Strange in 3 E. 2. it appears that he dyed seized of this Mannour in right of Maud his wife Iohn his son and heir being then 27 years of age From which Iohn descended Alan Straunge Esq. who dyed seized thereof in 5 H 5. it then extending into Walton-Mauduit Wellesburne-Strange and Wellesburne Mountfort leaving Alice his Daughter and heir xâ—i years of age of whom I know not what became nor what relation Sir Thomas Strange Kt. had to her but in 9 H. 6. do I find that the said Sir Thomas was possest of this Lordship and that Anne his grandchild and one of the coheirs marryed unto Rob. le Straunge second son of Henry le Straunge of Hunstanton in Norff. which Robert about the beginning of H. 8. time depopulated 7 Mess. and 1. Cottage here and inclosed Clx. acres of land And Margaret the other to Iohn le Straunge of Massingham younger Brother to the said Robert whereby the one moytie came to Sir Thomas le Strange Kt. son and heir to the same Robert and the other to Barbara le Strange Daughter of Iohn and Sister and heir to her Brother Henry as the descent here inserted sheweth who became the wife of Rob. Mordant son and heir to Will. Mordant of Hampsted in Essex chief of the Prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas which Rob. in 32 H. 8. purchased of the before specified Sir Thomas Strange his moytie thereof and of those other lands in this County of their ancestors inheritance Fâ—om whom they are descended to Sir Charls Mordant Kt. now living An. scil 1640. Thomas le Strange miles 9 H. 6. Cath. filia Rog. Dâ—ury de Halstede in Com. Suff. ar Henr. le Strange de Hunstanton in Com. No. ff ar Eliz. obiiâ— 6 H. 7. Thomas le Strange de Walton D'Eivill ar obiit 22 Aug. 1 H. 7. Rog. le Strange miles arm pro corp Regis H. 7. duxit Annam fil H. Heydon mil. obiit 22 H. 7. Iâ—h le Strange ob s. prole Anna filia cohaeres aet 8 an 1 H. 7 Rob. le Strange obiit 3. H. 8. Thomas le Strange miles Amicia Filia Nich. domini Vaux Edwar. Knivet ar 2. maritus Ioh. le Strange de parva Massingham in Com. Noâ—ft ob 9. H. 8. Henricus le StraÌ„ge ob s. prole Barbara uxor Roberti Mordantar Margareta altera fil cohaered aet 6. an 1. H. 7. I now come to speak of the Church antiently a Chapell belonging to Wellesburne as I have already observed and endowed with glebe and Tithes at the time of its Dedication the service to be performed therein being at the disposition of the said Mother Church as a member whereof it came to the Canons of Kenilworth by the grant of Roger Earl of Warwick In H. 2. time there was a conclusion made betwixt the Canons of Kenilworth and Will. D'aiville touching the performance of divine service therein viz. that the said Canons should at their charges and care find a Priest for the dayly effecting thereof For which consideration the said Will. D'aivill gave in frank Almes to the said Monastery of Kenilworth â— and to the Church of St. Peter at Wellesburne xl acres of land in one part of the fields and as many in another part as also the Tithe Hay of all his demesn lands with the Tithes of his Garden And further allowed that the Priest doing service there should
to the before specified Henry And continuing to the succeeding Earls it was in 9 Ioh. inter alia assigned to Alice the widdow of Earl Waleran to hold in dower during her life and in 26 H. 3. to Ela the widdow of Earl Thomas and after this viz. in 31. H. 3. upon the Agreement betwixt Will. Mauduit and Alice his wife and Iohn de Plessets and Margerie then Countess of Warwick his wife which Alice was Aunt and heir to the said Countess it was one of the Mannours setled upon the same Iohn de Plessets for life in case he survived the said Margerie But Ela the Countess being then living it rested in her possession who had a Charter of Free-warren granted to her for life here and in the rest of the Lordships of her dowrie bearing date 2 Nov. 36 H. 3. Which Ela afterwards marrying to Philip Basset had in 49 H. 3. not onely a Confirmation for her enjoyment hereof during her own life by Will. Mauduit then Earl of Warwick but likewise a grant that the said Philip her husband might hold it during his life in case he should survive her Howbeit in 13 E. 1. I find that Will. de Beauchamp then Earl of Warwick claimed a Court Leet Assize of Bread and Beer Freewarren Gallows Infangthef Tumbrell and Weifs within this Lordship by Prescription all which were allowed whereby it seems that he had then possession thereof though the before specified Ela was then alive by some Agreement 't is like for she did not totally quit her interest here till 17 E. 1. but then by her Deed bearing date at Osney 1 Iunii she passed over and releast the same unto him In 9 E. 2. being in the King's hands by reason of the minority of Thomas son and heir to Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick and valued at xxxiv l. xvi s. iiii d. ob per an it was with the Castle of Warwick and the rest of his possessions in regard of the notable services performed by the said Earl as the grant imports assigned to his Executors for the use of the said Thomas But notwithstanding that assignation it was with divers other great Lordships part of the possessions of the deceased Earl again resumed into the Kings hands and in 11 E. 2. disposed of to Hugh le Despenser the elder to hold till the heir should accomplish his full age After which viz. in 18 E. 3. did T. de Beauchamp the succeeding Earl entail it together with the Castle of Warwick and divers other Lordships upon his issue male where the names of his severall sons are recited To whose posterity it continued till 3 H. 7. as in my discourse of those Earls is manifested but then coming to the Crown was by K. H. 8. in 36 of his reign in consideration of 630 l. 16 s. 2 d. granted unto Sir George Throgmorton Kt. to be held in Capite by the xx th part of a Kts. fee in whose Family it continued till Thomas Throgmorton Esq. by virtue of an Act of Parl. in 2 Iac. sold it to Andrew Archer Esq. whose son and heir viz. Sir Sim. Archer Kt. now enjoys it That the Church dedicated to St. Mary Magd. was originally but a Chapel belonging to Brailes and therewith granted to the Canons of Kenilworth in H. 1. time I have already shewed but in 3 Ioh. it had the reputation of a Church if not before for then by an Agreement betwixt those Canons and Waleran Earl of Warwick touching the future Presentation thereto it was determined that whensoever it might happen to be void the Earl and his heirs should nominate a Clerk to the Canons of Kenilworth and they to present him to the Bishop and that the said Canons should thenceforth receive out of it at the hands of the present Parson incumbent a yearly Pension of two marks of silver upon the Feast days of St. Mich. the Archangell and the Annunciation of our Lady by equall portions and a stone of Wax on Candlemass day for ever About that time I find that Iohn Arch-Deacon of Worcester being Parson here had a Vicar under him called Roger de Warwick the son of one Godwin presented thereto by the Canons of Kenilworth which Vicar did then pay to the said Arch-Deacon yearly in the nature of a Pension two Marks at Easter and Michaelmass by equall portions and to the Canons of Kenilworth other two Marks and a stone of Wax as antiently they had used to receive out of the same But all the Glebe belonging thereto was not given at the first Foundation thereof for it is evident that Walter the son of Peter de Wolvardington did about the beginning of H. 3. time grant unto Richard Lungespe the then Incumbent and his successors in pure Alms a certain Messuage with the appurtenances situate here in Tanworth the witnesses to his grant being Rob. de Lexinton Iolanus de Nevill and Gilbert de Preston then Justices of the Court of Common Pleas with others In An. 1291 19 E. 1. this Church was rated at L. marks but in 9 E. 2. the advouson thereof being assigned to Alice the widdow of Guy de Beauchamp E. of Warwick as part of her dowrie it was valued at no more than xxx Marks After which viz. in 14 E. 3. the interest that the said Canons and Earl had therein was past away to Will. de Clinton Earl of Hantingdon that of the Canons upon the Sunday next after the Feast of St. Mathew the Apostle reserving to themselves and their successors the Pension of two Marks and a stone of Wax yearly at which time also they granted to them a Messuage adjoyning to the Church yard which was part of the Glebe And that of the Earls by Thomas de Beauchamp then E. of Warwick 1 Martii the same year all which was confirmed by the King Whereupon the same Earl on the first day of May next ensuing bestowed that advouson with the appurtenances on his Priory of Maxstoke in this County then newly founded by him as I shall hereafter shew whereunto likewise the before specified Earl of Warwick and Canons of Kenilworth did seal Releases of their severall interests scil the Earl on the Thursday being the Feast day of St. Luke the Evang. and the Canons on the Feast day of S. Vincent the Martyr in 15 E. 3. reserving still the said Pension of two Marks and a stone of Wax to themselves and their successors for ever after which ere long the said Canons obtained an appropriation thereof scil ult Dec. the same year from Wolstan Bishop of Worcester whereby it appears that the perpetuall Vicar having the cure of souls here was to have a competent portion assigned unto him out of the fruits of the Church extending to xx marks sterling per an but that the said two marks per an and the stone of Wax to the Canons of
to speak Arrow DEscending lower by the bank of Alne I come forthwith to its conjunction with Arrow which being the more eminent stream carrieth on that name till it meets with Avon The first place of note that presents it self to my view below this confluence is Arrow taking its name from the River on the West side whereof it is seated Before the Norman invasion this having been the freehold of one Leuuinus but by the Conqueror's disposall possest by Odo Bishop of Baieux half Brother to the K. whose under-tenant thereof was one Stefanus was by the Survey then taken found to contain 7. hides and a half having a Mill prized at vi s. viii d. with Woods belonging thereto that extended to a mile in length and two furlongs in breadth all which were valued at iiii l. That this Bishop adhered to Rob. Curthose eldest son to the Conqueror and for that respect was constrain'd to quit England in the time of K. Will. Rufus our Historians do shew at large so that the said King then seizing his lands gave this as 't is probable to Roger Marmion for it appears that the said Roger did possess it and that from him it descended to Robert his grandchild which Rob. past it away to Geffrey Marmion his uncle in consideration whereof the same Geffrey released unto him all his right that he had in the Fee of Manser Marmion aswell in England as in Wales according to the tenor of K. H. 2. Charter To which Geffrey succeeded Albreda his daughter and heir who granted this Lordship of Arewe to Will. de Camvill and his heirs for the service of half a Kts. Fee but afterwards became his wife as it seems The descendants of which Will. during the continuance of the male line made this their principall seat and after them the Burdets by marriage of the heir female of that Family Which Will. de Camvill being a younger son to Ric. de Camvill Founder of Combe Abby in this Countie and by the marriage of the said Albreda invested with Marmion's rightâ— obtained a Release from Raph Boteler of Oversley of all his claim in this Lordship touching which he had been impleaded by him the said Raph and left issue by the same Albreda Geffrey de Camvile his son and heir from whom the Camviles of Clifton in Staffordshire descended whose heir female called Isabell in E. 3. time was wedded to Sir Ric. Stafford Kt. William his second son who had this Mannour as also Sekindon and Thomas a Priest as the Descent sheweth Which last mentioned Will. in 18 Ioh. had a grant of the lands in Alencester belonging to Peter Fitz Herbert to hold during the King's pleasure But this Will incurring the King 's sore indignation for cutting down a Wood of his own here at Arewe it being within the precincts of Fekenham Forest had for that offence part of his lands seized on by the Shiriff howbeit in 12 H. 3. in consideration of L. marks Fine for payment wherof securitie was then given obtained restitution of them again and was received into favour and in 16 H. 3. the better to fortifie his title to this Lordship procured from Maurice le Boteler of Oversley son and heir to the before specified Raph a confirmation thereof for which he gave C s. sterling Bnt all that I further find of him is that in 19 H. 3. he was constituted one of the Justices for the Gaol delivery at Warwick and that about the 25 H. 3. he withdrew his suit for this Mannour from the Countie and Hundred Courts having got a discharge from Philip de Ascells the then Shiriff for his so doing in consideration of half a mark to be yearly payd to him the said Philip and his successors To this Will succeeded Thomas de Camvill betwixt whom and Geffrey de Camvile of Clifton there was some controversie touching the Customs and services which he the said Geffrey required of him for this Mannour whereupon they came to Agreement in 3 E. 1. by which it was concluded that for the time to come the said Thomas and his heirs should pay xx s. for Scutage levied after the rate of xl s. and for more or less according to that proportion as also Homage and Releif when cause required From which Thomas descended Sir Gerard de Camvile Kt. who in 19 E. 1. was imployed into Scotland for the King's service and so likewise in 29 E. 1. having then summons amongst sundry other persons of eminency to attend the K. at Barwick upon Twede well furnisht with Horse and Armes for to march into Scotland Of this Sir Gerard is that fair portraiture yet standing in a South window of the Church here at Arrow in his military habite of that time and a Surcoat of Armes who kneeling before St. George the Souldiers Saint implores his remembrance as the sâ—râ—ul proceeding from his lips viz. Qui fueram Miles recole me G. sancte sheweth which where I speak of the Church is lively exprest But after him I find mention of Henry de Camvill at this place for some few years about the beginning of E. 2. reign though by what title I am not able to say Perhaps that being of the name and a younger branch of this Family he had got Elizabeth daughter and heir to the said Gerard into his power with hopes to make her his wife and thereby gain that fair inheritance belonging to her for it appears that in 33 E. 1. she was under age and that in 6 E. 2. upon a complaint by him made to the King that Robert Burdet Gerard de Sekindon and others had forcibly taken away Elizabeth his wife residing here at Arwe together with his goods and Caâ—â—ell a Commission was issued out unto Henry Spigurnell Nich. de Langelond and Ric. de Châ—seldon to make enquiry thereof by the Oaths of honest and lawfull men and to certifie the truth therein so that it is not improbable that this Eliz. was the daughter and heir to the before specified Geraâ—d de Camvile whom the said Robert Burdet lawfully wedded and through whose right this Lordship and other lands came to his posterity Having thus shewed how the Burdets were first possest of this Mannour where they afterwards seated themselves for divers ages and findâ—ng that they had lands in this Countie long before I shall here take notice of what I have met with in an historicall way relating to them The first of this name of whom I have found mention is Robert Burdet one of the witnesses to that notable Charter made by Geffrey de Wirce to the Monastery of St. Nicholas at Angiers which beareth date at Monkskirby in this Countie in the twelfth year of K. Will. the Conqueror's reign Whether the said Robert was paternall ancestor to those of this Family whereof I am to speak I cannot certainly
over In 34 H. 3. he had a Charter of Free-warren granted to him in all his demesn lands here In 44 H. 3. he had Summons with divers other great men to be at Shrewsbury â— upon the Feast day of the blessed Virgins Nativity â—well furnisht with Horse and Armes to march against Lewellin Prince of Wales and his Complices and the next ensuing year he had the like command to be at London the morrow after the Feast of Simon and Iude. In 45 H. 3. he had an Annuity of xxx marks per an granted to him by the King out of the Exchequer untill better provision should be made for him In 47 H. 3. he had again Summons to be at Worcester on the Feast of Saint Peter ad Vincula with Horse and Armes to resist Lewelin ap Griffith above specified with the power of the Welch as also the like command to be at Oxford about Midlent the nex ensuing year And was a Benefactor to the Friers of Thelesford in this County by the grant of certain lands lying here in Solihull at a place called Hundeshale This William bore for his Armes Argent a Fesse with two Mullets in chief Gules and left issue William and Nicholas Which William in 47 H. 3. had Summons to be at Hereford upon the Munday next after the Feast of the Purification of our Lady with Horse and Armes to resist the power of the before mentioned Lâ—welin ap Griffith and in 5 E. 1. was again imployed into Wales for the King's service In 11 E. 1. he was a Kt. In 13 E. 1. he claimed a Court Leet Gallows Tumbrell with Assize of Bread and Beer in this Lordship by prescription together with a Mercate and Faire as also Toll for which he produced K. H. 3. Charter and had allowance of them accordingly In 16 E. 1. he was imployed into Ireland upon the K's service and having founded a Chantrie here at Solihull in the Chapell of S. Alphage as I shall further shew anon departed this life in 23 E. 1. leaving Edm. his son and heir and four daughters which Edm. dyed within a few months after so that those his 4 sisters became his heirs to this Inheritance whereof Ida the eldest married to Ioh. de Clinton a branch of the â—lintons of Colshill Alice fiâ—st to Maurice de Caunton who was slain in Ireland taking part with the Rebells there and afterwards to Raph de Perham Ela first to Sir Peter de Bermingham Kt. and next to Sir â—â—stacâ— le Poer and Marg. to Iohn de Grey of Rotherfield In a private grant of some land lying within Hugo de Odingsells 15 Joh. Basilia soror haeres Joh. de Limesi Will. de Odingsells 26 H. 3. Iohanna 14 E. 1. Nich. de Odingsells de Foshaw 24 E. 1. Will. de Odingsells 6 E. 2. Agnes fil haeres ... de Insula ......... Nich. de Odingsells 10 R. 2. Ioana Margareta fil haeres Iohannes Waldelf Alicia ux Ioh. Boteler Anna ux Tho. Burdet Will. de Odingsells miles ob 23 E. 1. Ela â—ilia Will. Longspe secundi Comitis Sarum Margareta 5 E. 2. Ioh. de Grey de Rother feld defunctus 5 E. 2. Ioh. de Grey obiit 33 E. 3. Ioh. de Grey aet 30 an 33 E 3. Ric. Grey miles 1 H. 4. Rob. Grey defunctus 12 R. 2. Eliz. filia una haer Will. de la Planch relicta Ioh. de Bermingh mil. Iohanna propinq haeres Ric. Grey mil. aet 13. 1 H. 4. Ioh. Deincourt miles 1 H. 4. Alicia filia cohaer ux Will. domini Lovel de Holand 2 H. 6. Margareta ux Rad. Cromwell domini de Tatshal 2 H. 6. Ela secundò nupta Eustachio le Poer D. Petrus de Bermingham Ioh. de Bermingham Co. de Loveth Alicia ux Mauâ—itii de Caunton Rad. de Perham maritus secundus David de Caunton Ida primogenita filiarum cohaer 5. E. 2. Ioh. de Clinton defunctus 5 E. 2. Ioh. de Clinton Will. de Clinton Comes Huntendoniâ— ob s. p. Edm. de Odingsells ob s. p. Rad. de Limesi 14 E. 1. Gerardus de Odingsells de Ichinton defunctus 50 H. 3. this Town dated 34 E. 1. it is said to be infâ—a Burgum de Solihull but this Title of Burgus attributed thereto signifies no more than that it was Villa insignior a Countrey town of more than ordinary note and not fortified as the word Burgus doth commonly import In 7 E. 2. upon an Agreement betwixt Ela the widow of Sir Peter de Bermingham and Raph de Perham two parts of this town were setled upon the said Raph for his life but afterwards to remain to the said Ela and her heirs which Peter and Raph were in 9 E. 2. certified to be Lords thereof But I suppose it should have been Ela the widow of Peter de Bermingham with Raphe de Perham because Peter was dead before This Peter being a younger son as I guess to Will. de Bermingham as when I come to that place shall be shewed had issue by the same Ela Iohn de Bermingham as it should seem who immediatly upon his advancement to the Earldome of Loveth in Ireland past away this Lordship with the advouson of the Church unto Iohn Hâ—thum Bishop of Ely and his heirs unto which Bishop the next year following did Philip Purcel and Ela his wife likewise grant their estate herein the same Ela being a daughter to Ela de Bermingham by one of her husbands as I think whereupon the said Bishop obtained a Charter from the K. bearing date at Westm. 23 Febr. 13 E. 2. for a weekly Mercate here upon the Wednsday and a Fair once every year for 3. days beginning upon the Eve of S. Peter ad Vincula commonly called Lammas Which makes me guess that the Mercate upon the same day and the Fair at the Feast of S. Alphage granted to Will. de Odingsells in H. 3. time as I have shewed were by discontinuance either come to nothing or else that the time for keeping of that Fair viz. 19 Apr. was found somewhat inconvient And in 1 E. 3. obtained a Charter for Free warren in all his demesn lands here as also a Thorpe Constantine in Staffordsh Afterwards within a short time I find that the Inhabitants of this Lordship joyning with the Inhabitants of Kings-Norton and Yerdly in com Wigorn. for throwing down a certain Ditch which Roger de Mortimer Earl of March had made in Kings-Norton Wood wherein those towns had Common of pasture for all manner of Cattell throughout the whole year were prosecuted sharply by the said Earl who brought a Triall against them by Nisi prius at Bromesgrave before Henry de Hambury then one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas Which said Inhabitants fearing the Earls
Earl of Cornwall then elect King of Romans into Germany and in 47 H. 3. was in the Weâ—ch Expedition with Prince Edward the King 's eldest son Whether he did cordially adhere to the rebellious Barons shortly after I will not take upon me to say though plain it is that he was in Kenilworth-Castle when the Royall Army besieged it and being reputed one of the Barons partie had safe conduct with Henry de Hastings and others to march out upon the render thereof yet so far he had favour by the Jurie upon the seizure of his lands as that they said upon their Oaths that he was there with young Simon de Mounâ—fort per districtionem contra voluntatem suam so that I do not find that he compounded for his estate But I suppose that this Richard had no issue for in 6 E. 1. he past unto Will. de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick the inheritance of this Lordship and Lighthirne reserving only an estate for life to himself and Maud his wife in consideration whereof the said Earl granted to him the Mannour of Braeles excepting xvi li. Rent issuing out of the same to hold during his life and the life of the said Maud. In 10 E. 1. this Richard de Mundevile was solely joyned in Commission with the Shiriff for conservation of the Peace in this Countie which is much ancienter than some do allow Justices of Peace to have been And in 13 E. 1. claimed a Court-Leet here at Berkswell with Assize of Bread and Beer as also Free warren but it was found by the Jurie that he had no right to either Court Leet or Assize of Bread and Beer though he had injuriously held such a Court of his own Tenants when the King's Bayliff used to keep his Tuâ—ne wherefore he was warned to forbear the doing so any more and amerced for what was past howbeit for the Free warren he produced King Henrie's Charter which was allowed and got off his Amerciament by favour of the Justices Itinerant But it seems that he was not contented with the former agreement made with the Earl of Warwick for quitting his title to this Mannour for I find that in 25 E. 1. the Earl came to a new conclusion with himâ— granting him during life C li. per annum out of Beleye and Yardley in Com. Wâ—gorn â— and Claverdon in this Countie To his first wife he wedded Isabell sister unto Iohn Fitz Alan and to his second Maud but of what parentage I have not seen And by his Testament bearing date on the Friday before the Feast of the Annunciation of our Lady 27 E. 1. bequeathed his body to sepulture in the Priorie of Chaucumbe in Com. Northamp neer to his Father's gâ—ave but his Heart to be buried in the Oratorie of the Friers Minors at Coventre and to the Countess of Lincolne a great silver Goblet as also a Cross with a bugle Horne To the Ladie Alice de Whitacre a plain silver Goblet and the like to the Lady Alice de Veâ—dor constituting Sir Richard de Whitacre Sir Robert de Verdon Knights Edm. de Whitacre and Iordan de Whitacre his Executors After his death that this Mannour came to the Earls of Warwick it was assigned inter alia for the dowrâ—e of Alâ—ce the widow of Guy de Beauchamp in 9 E. 2. And upon the attainder of Thomas Earl of Warwick in 22 R. 2. it was given to Thomas â—â—otland Duke of Surrey but after the deposall of Kâ—ng Richard 2. the said Earl reposâ—est it with the rest of his lands again amongst which it was in 2 H. 4. allotted unto Margaret his widow for part of â—er dowrie But coming with the rest of Warwick's lands to Richard Nevill the stout Earl it was by him entailed in 28 H. 6. and so in 3 H. 7. came to the Crown with Warwick-Castle and the other lands belonging to that Earldom as in Warwick I have manifested It seems that some Tenants here held their land in Villenage for in 25 H. 8. the King being then possest of this Mannour did grant unto one Thomas Miles his Letters Patent of Manumission In the Crown it continued till 7 E. 6. and then was by that King together with divers other Lordships in this Countie past unto Iohn Duke of Northumb. But upon his attainder in 1 Mariae returning again to the Crown it was in 3. 4. Ph. M. granted to Thomas Marow Esquire and Alice his wife for terme of their lives the remainder to Samuell Marow one of the sons of the same Thomas and Alice and the heirs of him the said Samuell to be held in Capite by the xlth part of a Knight's Fee in whose line which I have here drawn it continueth to this day Will. Marow Grocerus filius Steph. Marowe de Stobenhithe in Com. Midd. Major Civ Lond. an 35 H. 6. Cath. filia cohaer Joh. Rich Civis Merceri Lond. Thom. Marow servâ—ens ad legem obiit 21. H. 7. Will. Marrow filius haeres 22 E. 4. Joanna filia Will. Chedworth Alderm Lond. .... filia Baldwini Dowse de Balshall ux 1. Thom. Marow senior ar obiit an 1530. sepult apud Wolst. Cath. fil Rog Wigston de Wolston in Com. Warw. ar 28 H. 8. Edw. Marowe de Elmedon duxit ...... filâ—am Andrei Flamok mil. Thomas Marowe de Hoxton in Com. Midd. obiit 3. Eliz. Alicia sola filia haeres Ric. Harreâ—ong nupta 29 H. 8. Samuel Marow de Berkswell in Com. Warw. aâ— obiit ... Aug. anno 1610. Margareta filia Ioh. Litleton de Frankley in Comâ— Wigorn. eq aur Edw. Marow eq aur obiit .... an 1632. Ursula filia Ric. Fienes D. Say Sele Sam. Marow ar obiit ... Aug. 1635. Anna filia Gerardi Whorwood de Sturton-Castro in Com. Staff ar Edwardus Marow duxit Annam filiam Thom Grantham dâ— Goliho in Com. Linc. eq aur Anna. Ursula Thomas Edwardus Franciscus Georgius Iohannes Eliz. ux Georgii Medley Cath. ux Rad. Daniel Johanna ux Will. Clopton filii Ioh. Clopton de Melford in Com. Suff. Cath. ux Rob. Throkmorton de Coughton mil. The Church dedicated to S. Iohn Baptist was in anno 1291. 19 E. 1. valued at xx marks per annum over and above the yearly Pension of one mark which the Collegiate-Church of Tamworth received out of it and in 26 H. 8. at xiv li. xii s. iv d. besides xi s. payd out of it for Procurations and Synodalls Patroni Ecclesiae Incumbentes c. Ric. de Mundevile miles Benedictus de Mundevile Will. de Wancy Ric. de Mundevile miles Fulco Lovel an 1249. Sim. de Cadinton Guido de Bellocampo Comes Warw. Ioh. de Dunclent Cler. 16. Cal. Ian. 1307. Guido de Bellocampo Comes Warw. Ioh. Dod Pbr. 6. Non. Maii. 1309. Guido de Bellocampo Comes Warw. Will. de Wellesburne 8. Cal. Febr. 1314. Edw. Rex Angliae
three days following and in xx H. 6. procured another Patent for taking Toll of all vendible commodities comming hither for the space of four years towards the finishing of the Pavement and repair of Bol-brigge After which I have not seen any thing more of â—t that is considerable till 3 Eliz. that the Queen by her Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster 24 Dec. taking notice that it had been a very antient Mercate-town and that the Inhabitants thereof by the name of the Bailiffs and Commonaltie had not only held it time out of minde of her Royall Progenitors in Fee-Ferme by the Rent of v. li xvi s. per annum but enjoyed divers Jurisdictions and Priviledges aswell by Prescrâ—ption as by severall Charters which Charters as they then suggested had been either burnt or casually lost imploring her Royall favour that she would for the better governing thereof vouchsafe to make it a Corporation did at that time ordâ—in it to be a Burrough Corporate consisting of two Bailiffs the one for that part of the town situate in this Countie and the other for that part lying in Staffordshire granting them libertie to have a Common Seal and assigning Peter Bradoke and Henry Draper the first Bayliffs As also that from thenceforth there should be xxiv of the most substantiall Inhabitants assistants to the said Bayliffs and called the principall Burgesses which said Bayliffs and Burgesses to have power as often as they should think fit to call a Court of themselves or the major part of them there to consult and determine of all things tending to the well goverment of it and to choose two Sergeants at Mace for performance of all Proclamations Arrests c. Which Bayliffs to be Justices of the Peace within the same Burrough And moreover that they should have power to keep a Court of Record upon Munday once in three weeks there to hold Plea c. after the usage of the Citie of London And likewise a Gaole for the imprisonment of Felons and Malefactors As also a weekly Mercate every Saturday and two Faires the one on the Feast-day of S. George the Martyr and four days following and the other on the Feast-day of S. Edward the King and Martyr and four days then likewise next ensuing Granting further unto the said Bayliffs for the time being that they should be Clerks of the Mercate within the precincts of the Burrough and to have a Court-Leet twice in the year scil within the compass of a month after Michaelmass and the like limit of time after Easter as also power to purchase or receive by gift lands to the value of Xl li. per annum notwithstanding the Statute of Mortmain And by another Patent bearing date xo Oct. in 30. of her reignâ— gave the inhabitants of this Burrough immunitie from being returned on Juries except they held lands out of the compasse thereof and likewise to choose a Recorder constituting Robert Devereux Earl of Essex their Steward and granting them another Faire yearly to begin on the Feast-day of S. Swithin and to endure for four days At which time she founded an endowed a Grammar School hereâ— but thereof forasmuch as it is situate on the Staffordshire side it concerns me not to speak Closing up therefore I shall observe that forasmuch as 't is not apparent by any of our publique Records that the Saturday-Mercate was granted by Charter till now it was held before by Prescription and questionlesse from the very time that the Saxon Kings had their residence here whereof I have already touched Nor it is to be doubted but that the Priviledge whâ—ch they had in sending of Burgesses to Parliament was of great antiquitie and used only by the like Prescription in such sort as other the antient Burroughs of this Realm did enjoy The Castle HAving now done with the Burrough I come to the Castle touching the Foundation whereof I have already spoke This being in the hands of King William after his Conquest was by him given towards the end of his reign as I guess unto Robert Marmion as my Story in Polesworth intimateth and as is verified by an antient window of this Church where the same King being depicted in his Robes of State and crowned stretcheth forth his hand to him holding a Charter therein neer the Gate of a faire Castle an exact representation whereof I have in page 822. exhibited Which Robert had issue Robert unto whom King Henry the first by his Charter dated at Canoc in Com. Staff granted Free-warren in all his lands within this Countie as Robert his Father had and by name here at Tamworth This last mentioned Robert was possest of the strong Castle of Fontney in Normandie which Castle Geffrey Earl of Anjou beseiged and razed in 4 o Steph. because he held out Faleis against him and gave the Church of Queinton in Gloucestershire to the Nunns of Polesworth Being a great adversarie to the Earl of Chester in 8. Steph. he entred the Priorie of Coventre neer unto which the said Earl had a Castle as I have elsewhere observed and expelling the Monks fortified it making in the fields adjacent divers deep Ditches lightly covered over to the intent that such as should make approaches thereto might be intrapt but it so hapned that as he rode himself to view the Earl's forces that began to draw neer it he sell into one of them and broke his Thigh so that he was forthwith seized on by a Common Souldier who immediatley cut off his Head To him succeeded Robert his son and heir by whose Certificate in 12 H. 2. it appears that he then held xi Knights Fees whereof his Ancestor was enfeoft in H. 1. time and three which he had obtained since for which in 14 H. 2. he gave vii li. xii s. viii d. Aid upon the marriage of Maud the King's daughter This Robert was a Benefactor to the Knights Templar's as by his grant to them of Barston Mill is manifested as also in 33 H. 2. a Justice Itinerant in this Countie and confirmed to the Nunns of Polesworth his Father's gift of the Church of Queinton But in the beginning of H. 3. time he died leaving two sonns by severall wives as it seems both of them bearing the name of Robert Of which Robert the younger gave the summe of 500 li. to the King in 2 H. 3. for the custodie of this Castle and to have possession of the lands whereof his Father died seized untill matters should be so setled as that Englishmen might peaceably enjoy their lands in Normandie and the Normans theirs in England in regard that the Dukedome of Normandie was seized on by the French about the beginning of King Iohn's time for the murther of Arthur Duke of Brittanie but with this condition too that if Robert Marmion his elder brother should make his peace with the King for it seems he then adhered