time seised of the Mannor of Lyndesels, in
com. Essex in right of Margaret his first Wife,
(before mentioned) of the Mannors of Hardle∣ston,
and Burghwell, in Com. Cantabr. Net∣telstede,
in com. Suff. Oxindon, in com.
Glo••c. Eastlecombe, in com Wilts. Sonen∣den,
in com. Bedf. Hameldon, in com. Buck.
Langar, and Epirston, in com. Nott. and
Chatham, juxta Rochester, in com. Cantii,
leaving Robert his Son and Heir, twenty six
years of age, (for Iohn his eldest Son, died in
his life time.) Which Robert doing his Homage,
had Livery of his Lands, and in 43 E. 3. was
in the Wars of Gascoine.
This Robert Married Margaret, the Daugh∣ter
of William Deincourt, and having been sum∣moned
to Parliament, in 42 and 44 E. 3. de∣parted
this life 13 Apr. 46 E. 3. being then
seised of the Manors of Hameldon, in com.
Buck Bareme, in com. Suff. Lyndesel,
Stanbrilg, Podesele-parva, and the fourth
part of the Mannor of Thaxstede, in com.
Essex; Market-Overton, in com. Rotel. Eston,
in com. Linc. Castlecombe, in com. Wilts. Ed∣merthorpe,
in com. Leic. Bentley, Hanu∣thwayt,
and Wighton, in com. Ebor. Oxin∣don,
in com. Glouc. Langare, in com. Nott.
Nettelstede, and Barewe, in com. Suff. Cha∣tham
juxta Rochester, Kingeston, and Sib∣beton,
in com. Cantii, leaving his three Daugh∣ters,
his Heirs; viz. Margaret six years of age;
Milisent four, and Elizabeth two: and Marga∣ret
his Wife surviving. Which Margaret had,
for her Dowrie, an assignation of the Mannor
of Langar, in com. Nott. and Oxindon, in
com. Glouc. with the Advousons of the Churches
of Barowe and Langar.
Of these Daughters thus in minorities, Rich∣ard
le Scrope (then Lord Treasurer of England)
had the Wardship; and disposed of Mar∣garet
(the eldest of them) to Roger le Scrope, his
eldest Son, in Marriage; Milisent to Stephen his
third Son; and Elizabeth to Philip le Despen∣ser
the younger.
Which Daughters, in 9 R. 2. making proof
of their respective ages, had Livery of their
Lands.
The Issue Male of this chief Branch being thus
extinct, I now come to Sir Iohn Tiptot Knight,
Son and Heir to Sir Pain Tiptot, (a younger
Brother to the last Robert) by Agnes his Wife,
Sister to Sir Iohn Wrothe Knight.
This Sir Iohn Tiptot in 1 H. 4. being reteined
in the Service of that King, during his life,
had in consideration thereof, a Grant of one
hundred Marks per annum, payable out of the Is∣sues
of Cambridgeshire. And in 6 H. 4.
upon the attainder of Thomas Moubray Earl
Marshal and Nottingham, (had together with
Raphe de Rochefort) a Grant from the King, of
all the Apparel pertaining to the Body of that Earl,
and all his Harness, for Peace and War, as well
for great Horses called Coursers, as Saddles for
Tilts and Tourneaments.
In 8 H. 4. upon the Rebellion, and For∣feiture
of Owen Glendowr, he obtained all the
Lands of Rhese ap Griffith (an adherent to Owen)
lying in the Counties of Caermarden, Cat∣digan,
and elsewhere, within the Principality
of South-Wales; and the same year was con∣stituted
chief Butler of England. In 9 H.
4. being Treasurer of the Kings Houshold, he
was made Seneschal of Landar, in the Dutchy
of Aquitane,, and Governor of the Castle of
Ax, in 3 H. 5. Seneschal of Aquitane, and
in 4 H. 5. being employed as Ambassador to
the King of the Romans, continued for some
time in his Court In the same year he was like∣wise
reteined, by Indenture, to serve the
King with thirty men at Arms, whereof himself
and two other Knights, to be part of the number,
the rest Esquires, and ninety Archers.
In 5 H. 5. (then residing at Burwell, in
com. Cantabr.) he attended the King in his
Wars against the French. And being still Se∣neschal
of Aquitane, was constituted
President of the Kings Exchequer in Norman∣dy,
as also in all other judicial Courts, with∣in
that Dutchy. Likewise Treasurer of Nor∣mandy.
And in 3 H. 6. chief Steward of
the Kings Castles and Lordships throughout all
Wales and the Marches, which lately did be∣long
to Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March,
and which (by reason of the Minority of Richard
Duke of Yorke, Cousin and Heir to that Earl)
were in the Kings hands.
This Sir Iohn Tiptot, Married Ioyce, the
Sister and Co-heir to Sir Edward Charlton Knight,
Lord Powys, and in 20 H. 6. had, by reason
thereof, summons to Parliament, amongst the
Barons of this Realm. In 8 H. 6. bearing the
Title of Lord Tiptot and Pouys, he was retein∣ed
to serve the King in his Wars of France,
with twelve Men at Arms, whereof himself to
be one; one other Knight, and fifty six Archers
on Horseback. Whereupon he took Shiping with
the King at Dovor, upon the 27th of April,
and in 10 H. 6. was made Governor of the
Castle of Merk, in the Marches of Picardy,
for five years. And in 11 H. 6. had an assigna∣tion
of the Mannor of Ryhall, in com. Rotel.
for the purpartie of Ioyce his Wife, of those
Lands which Anne the Widow of Edmund Mor∣timer,
Earl of March held in Dower, she being
then dead.
In 22 H. 6. he was again reteined to serve
the King in his Wars of France, with sixteen
Men at Arms, and sixty nine Archers. And
having been summoned to Parliament, from
4 H. 6. to 15 H. 6. inclusive, departed this
life, on Thursday preceding the Purification of
our Lady, 21 H. 6. being then seised of the
Mannors of Burwell, (called Tiptot Mannor) in
com. Cantabr. Puk-Shepon, in Bychingstoke,
Berford, and Radelynche, in com. Wilts.
Enfeild, and Sheperton, in com. Midd. Bro∣keley,
in New-Forest, Over-VVallop, Ne∣ther-VVallop,
Broughton, with the Moiety
of the Mannor of Aulton, in com. Southampt.
Of the Mannor of Fastolfe, the third part of
the Mannor of Leyham, with the Mannor and
Hundred of Mulford, in com. Suff. of the Fo∣restership
of VVavebrig, and Sapele, in com.
Hunt. Of the Mannors of Harston, Everston,
Chadworth, Butlers in Harston, Badling∣ham,
and Dulingham in Borwell, in com.
Cantabr. Langton-Hering, in com. Dors. Stoke
under Hamden, Mylton, Midsomer-Norton;
Faryngton-Gurnay, Welton, Inglestone.
Widecombe, Laverton, Cory-Malet,
Stowell, West-Harpetre, and Moiety of the
Mannor of Shepton-Malet, in com. Somers.
and in right of Ioyce his Wife, of the Mannor of
Welley, in com. Hunt. leaving Iohn his Son and
Heir, sixteen years of age.