In 6 Ioh. this Gilbert gave C Marks to the
King, for Livery of his Purparty in Brunne, which
he held of Hugh the Son of Henry de Longcamp;
whereof he had been dispossess'd by seisure into
the Kings hands, amongst those Lands which be∣long'd
to the Normans; in respect that the Duke∣dom
of Normandy was then recovered from King
Iohn, by Philip Augustus King of France.
After which, viz. in 14 Ioh. the whole Barony
of this Gilbert was committed to the Custody of
Hugh de Boues, he being then dead; as 'tis like;
for I find no more mention of him: leaving Issue
Hamon his Son and Heir. Which Hamon, in
2 H. 3. upon Collection of the first Scutage of that
King, paid xxxiv Marks ii s. ii d. for seventeen
Knights Fees and a twelsth part, whereof his own
Barony did consist; and ten Marks for five Knights
Fees of the Barony of Brunne.
In 7 H. 3. this Hamon having been in that
Expedition then made into Wales, obtain'd the
King's Precept for levying Scutage upon all his
own Tenants by Military Service, within the
Counties of Cantabr. Norff. Suff. Linc. Oxon.
Wi••tes. Dorset. and Somerset. And in 25 H. 3. de∣parted
this Life, in his Pilgrimage to the Holy
Land. Whereupon his Body was brought over to
the Priory of Barnewell, near Cambridge, (of
the Foundation of the Peverells, his Ancestors) and
buried in the Chappel of our Lady there: leaving
Issue, by Eve his Wife, (by birth an Alien) Gil∣bert
his Son and Heir, and five others, viz. Ha∣mon,
Hugh, Robert, Thomas, and William: Of which
younger Sons, Hugh adhered to the Rebellious
Barons in 49 H. 3.
This last-mention'd Gilbert, in 26 H. 3. giving
Security for the Payment of his Relief (scil. CC
Marks) and doing his Homage, had Livery of
the Lands of his Inheritance: but died in 19 E. 1.
To whom succeeded another Gilbert; who, in
22 E. 1. attended the King in that Expedition
then made into Gascoine; and had Summons to
Parliament, amongst the Barons of this Realm,
from 28 E. 1. till 15 E. 2. inclusive. And having
married two Wives, the one called Maude de Ha∣stings,
the other Ioane Daughter of Simon de Grey,
had Issue by the first of them, two Sons, Iohn, and
Edmund, unto whom he left little, giving most
of his Estate to his Children by the second,
and made King Edw. l. Heir to the rest of his Ba∣rony:
to whom likewise, in 12 E. 1. he gave the
Patronage of the Priory of Bernwelle.
¶Another Branch there was of this Name,
and probably from the same Stock; the first thereof
being Robert Peche Bishop of Coventre, in King
Stephen's time. Which Robert had Issue Richard
Archdeacon of Coventre: to whom another Ri∣chard,
viz. Son of Geffrey Peche, succeeded as next
Heir. Which last-mentioned Richard, by Right
of Descent from Petronill his Mother, Daughter
and at length Heir to Richard Walshe, possess'd
that fair Lordship of Wormleighton, in Com.
Warr. and left Issue; Sir Iohn Peche Knight;
who in October, 49 H. 3. (soon after that memo∣rable
Battel of G••esham) had the King's special
Letters of Protection, to be in force till Whitson∣tide
following, which shews, that he stood Loyal
to the King in that troublesom time. Nor did he,
after that, want Employments of Publick Trust;
for from 53 H. 3. till 9 E. 1. inclusive, he was
frequently one of the Justices of Gaol-delivery
at Warwick: and, in 15 E. 1. in that 〈◊〉〈◊〉
Expedition under Edmund Earl of Cornwall, to
whom the King (being then in France) had com∣mitted
the Guardianship of this Realm, during
his absence.
Moreover, in 26 E. 1. he was in the Scottish
Wars: So likewise in 32 E. 1. and 34 E. 1.
And in 15 E. 2. upon Information given to the
King. That one Thomas Blaun••front, and others,
had possess'd themselves of Warwick-Castle, then
in the Ring's hands, by reason of the Earl of War∣wick's
Minority, he receiv'd a special Commission
to accompany the Sheriff of that County thither,
and requiring the Render thereof, to imprison the
Transgressors: Whereupon he was constituted Go∣vernour
of it; and the next ensuing year was
one of the Commissioners for arraying of Soldi∣ers,
Horse and Foot, to march against the Scots;
being the same year also made Constable of Do∣vor-Castle,
and Warden of the Cinque-Ports; and
in 19 E. 2. Governour of Corffe-Castle. But in
that Confession made by Edmund Earl of Kent, in
3 E. 3. when he stood charg'd with Treason, for
reporting Edward the Second (his Brother) to be
alive, and that he had conspired his Enlargement
from Prison, and Restitution to his Thronc; being
accused to be one of that Earls Abettors therein,
Precepts were issued out to the Sheriffs of the
Counties of Warr. Dorset. and Hants. for his spee∣dy
apprehension: after which, his Lands were sei∣sed
; but ere long, being cleared of that Charge,
he had restitution of them again; as appears by
the King's Mandate, directed to the Sheriff of
Warwickshire, bearing date in August following.
And having had Summons to all the Parliaments,
to fit amongst the Peers of this Realm, from 14 E. 2.
until 9 E. 3. inclusive, departed this Life about
the eleventh or twelfth of that King's Reign, lea∣ving
Iohn his Grandson his Heir, who never had
Summons to Parliament, nor none of his Descen∣dants;
but being a Knight in 16 E. 3. in 28 E. 3.
serv'd in the Parliament then held at Westminster,
as one of the Knights for the County of Warwick:
So likewise in 32 E. 3. and in 43 E. 3. was She∣riff
for the Counties of Warm. and Leic.
And in 45 E. 3. purposing to take a Voyage
beyond-Sea, enfeoffed Sir Baldwin Frevile Knight,
and others, in divers of his Lordships and Lands,
with trust, that if he should die in those Parts, they
might educate his Children conveniently, with the
Issues and Profits of them, this being the time
that Iohn Duke of Lancaster fail'd into France,
with a great Army, to relieve Kochell.
In 47 E. 3. he serv'd again in the Parliament
then held, as one of the Knights for Warwickshire;
but in 50 E. 3. departed this Life, leaving Iohn
his Son and Heir xv years of age: who being al∣so
a Knight, in 9 R. 2. attended Iohn Duke of
Lancaster (then bearing the Title of King of Ca∣stile
and Leon) into Spain. Whether he died
there, or not, I am not certain; but plain it is, that
he departed this Life the same year, leaving Issue
Ioane and Margaret his Daughters and Heirs.
Which Ioane dying without Issue, Margaret the
Wife of Sir William Montfort of Col••shill, in Com.
Warr. Knight, became sole Heir to the whole In∣heritance,
scil. the Mannors of Hampton in Ar∣den,
H••niley, Blackwell, Wyrmeleghton, Fenni-Cumpton,
Aven-Dasset, Dunchurch, and Toft,
all in Com. Warr. and Shenington, in Com. Glouc.