Cormeiles.

AT the time of the Conquerors Survey, Ainsfrid de Co•meiles* was possesseda of seven Lordships in Herefordshire; as also of sixteen in Gloucestershire, which he had by the Grant of Walter de Laci with ... his Neice, whom he took to Wife.

To Ainsfrid succeeded Richard de Cormeiles,* who in King Henry the first's time gaveb the Church and Tithes of Weston to the Priory of Monmouth, and having his residence in Herefordshire, upon assessment of the Aid for marrying of Maud the Kings Daughter, in 12 H. 2. certifiedc his Knights Fees, de Veteri Feoffamento, to be in number six; and that he then had one Knights Fee and an half de Novo Feoffamento; for all which, in 14 H. 2▪ he accountedd nine marks.

This Richard being deade in 23 Hen. 2. his Widdow Beatrix, then gavef a Fine of forty marks, to have Livery of her Lands; andg in 26 Hen. 2. sixty marks, for assignation of her Dower.

To him Succeeded Walter de Cormeiles,* who in 33 Hen. 2. accountedh six pounds upon le∣vying the Scutage of Galweie (in Ireland) ini regard he was not there in person, nor sent his Souldiers.

In 6 Ric. 1. he paidk nine pounds to the Scu∣tage levied for the Kings redemption.

In 1 Ioh. he gavel ten pounds that he might not attend the King into Normandy. And diedm in 2 Hen. 3. at which time his Heirs; viz. Giffard, Pober, and le Brun, accountedn twenty marks for ten Knights fees, upon paiment of the first Scutage assessed in that Kings reign.