Badlesmere.
[3 Edw. 2.]
THe first mention I find of this Family, is in 16 H. 2. at which time Bartholomew de Badlesmere* 1.1 was in sutea 1.2 with William de Cheney, for certain Lands in Kent: and after∣wards, scilicet, in 22 H. 2. amerc'tb 1.3 at Twenty Marks, for trespassing in the King's Forests.
To him succeeded William de Badlesmere. Which William,* 1.4 adheringc 1.5 to the Rebellious Barons, a∣bout the latter end of King Iohn's Reign, was ta∣ken Prisoner,d 1.6 with some others, their Compli∣ces, in the Castle of Rochester; and not re∣leased tille 1.7 6 Hen. 3.
After him I meet with Giles de Badlesmere;* 1.8 who, in An. 1248. (32 Hen. 3.) was slainf 1.9 in a Skirmish betwixt the English and Welsh. And, next to him, Gunceline de Badlesmere,* 1.10 a Great Re∣bel g 1.11 to King Henry the Third, for which cause, he was (amongst others) Excommunicatedh 1.12 by the Archbishop of Canterbury: but afterwards returning to obedience, was Constituted Justice i 1.13 of Chester; in which Office he continued k 1.14 till 9 Edw. 1.
In 10 Edw. 1. this Gunceline wasl 1.15 in that Ex∣pedition then made into Wales: and, in 25 E. 1. in thatm 1.16 into Gascoine: but diedn 1.17 in 29 E. 1. being seisedo 1.18 of the Mannor of Badlesinere, which he held of the King in Capite, as of the Barony of Crevequer, by the service of one Knights Fee; leaving Bartholomew his son Twen∣ty six yeares of age.
Which Bartholomew,* 1.19 in 22 Edw. 2. (his father then living) received commandp 1.20 to attend the King at Portsmouth, upon the first day of September, well fitted with Horse and Arms to saile with him into Gascoine. And, in 29 E. 1. doingq 1.21 his Homage, had Liveryr 1.22 of his Lands. Whereupon (the same year) he wents 1.23 to the Wars of Scotland. In 31 Edw. 1. he was im∣ploy'd againt 1.24 in the Scotish Wars. So likewise in u 1.25 32 Edw. 1. As also* 1.26 in 34 Edw. 1. being then ofy 1.27 the retinue of Robert de Clifford. In 1 Edw. 2. he was constitutedz 1.28 Governor of the Castle at Bristoll. So likewise ina 1.29 3 Edw. 2. having then also the charge of the Town and Berton. In which year, through the especial instanceb 1.30 of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Glocester and Hert∣ford, and Henry de Lact Earl of Linco••, he ob∣tained from the King a Grantc 1.31 of the Castle and Mannor of Chilham in Kent; to hold for the term of his life, and for the life of Margaret his Wife, which Castle Alexander de Baillol possess'd in right of Isabel his Wife (it being of her Inheritance:) and which, by reason of the Felony of Iohn late Earl of Asceles, son and heir of the said Isabe••••, (for which he suffered death) ought to have eschacted to the Crown, after the death of Alexander. The like Grantd 1.32 he had of the Mannors of Kyngeston, Whitstaple, Riglyngweld, and Hatfelde. And wase 1.33 the same year again in the Scotish Wars.
In 5 Edw. 2. he was constituted Governor f 1.34 of the Castle of Ledes: and obtain'd from the King a Grantg 1.35 in Fee, of the before-specified Castle and Mannor of Chisham; as also of the Mannors of Redelyngweld, Kingston, Hat∣felde, and Whitstaple; and Forty three pounds ten shillings three farthings Rent in Bagles∣ford and Davor, in Com. Cantii. in exchangeh 1.36 for the Mannors of Heghtredebury, Coletne, and Stourte, in Com Wiltes. In 6 E. 2. he was again madei 1.37 Governor of the Castle, Town, and Berton of Bristoll: and, in 7 Edw. 2. (with Otto de Grandison, and others) sent Embassador k 1.38 to the Court of Rome. In 8 Edw. 2. upon the death of Robert de Clifford, he obtain'd a Grantl 1.39 for the custody of the Castle of Skyp∣ton, in Com. Ebor. as also of all the rest of the Castles in that County, and Westmorland, whereof the said Robert died seised; to hold, du∣ring the Minoritie of Roger his son and heir. And the same year receiv'd commandm 1.40 to repair to Newcastle upon Tine, on the Festival of the blessed Virgin, to restrain the Incursions of the Scots.
In 9 E. 2. he was againn 1.41 in the Scotish Wars; where he merited so well, as that he got an As∣signtion o 1.42 of a Thousand pounds for his servi∣ces there; to be received out of the Profits of the Kings Lands of Glamorgan and Morga∣nok. And likewise, obtain'd a special Charter * 1.43 for divers Markets, and Faires, in sundry of his Lordships; viz. one Market every week upon the Tuesday, at his Mannor of Chileham: and a Faire every year, upon the Eve, Day, and Mor∣row, after the Feast of the Assumption of the bles∣sed Virgin. Likewise, for a Market every week upon the Tuesday, at his Mannor of Radeling∣wold: