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Cantilupe.
THe first of this Family, whose name, in our Publick Records, hath occurred to my view, is, William. de Cantilupe.* 1.1 Which William in 1 Ioh. was, by the Kings special Writ, dischargeda 1.2 from his Scutage then due, and exe∣cuted b 1.3 the Sheriffs Office for the Counties of Warwick and Leicester, in 3, 4, 5 & 6 Ioh. Likewise fromc 1.4 11 Ioh. to the end of that Kings Reign: And so fromd 1.5 3 Ioh. till 18 Ioh. for Worcestershire.
In 6 Ioh. he was made Governor of the Castles of Hereford and Wilton, in Herefordshire; and Pulrebach in Shropshire: And in 7 Ioh. Sheriff of Herefordshire.
In 11 Ioh (beinge 1.6 then the Kings Steward) he gavef 1.7 forty marks for the Wardship of the Body and Lands of Egidia, Lady of Kilpeck, Widow of William Fitz-Warin. And in 14 Ioh. when the King was Excommunicatedg 1.8 by Pope Innocent the Third, for contemning the advice of his Nun••io; and his Subjects absolved from their obedience by his Holiness: This William stood h 1.9 from to him, as one of his cheif Counsellors.
In 15 Ioh. he gavei 1.10 two hundred marks for the Wardship of the Daughter and Heir of Hugh de PIsle, together with the custody of her Lands, and benefit of her marriage, purposingk 1.11 her to be a Wife for his Son; and obtained the Kings spe∣cial Preceptl 1.12 to the Barons of his Exchequer, to respite their demand of four hundred marks debt, due by him, viz, Three hundred marks for a Fine which he was to have paid for the Ward∣ship and Custody of the Land of Henry de Long∣camps Heir; and an hundred marks which the King had lent him upon his voyage into Al∣maine.
In 16 Ioh. he hadm 1.13 Scutage of his Tenants for those Soldiers which were then maintained by him in Poictou, for the Kings service; and in 17 Ioh. obtained pardonn 1.14 for a Debt of two hundred sixty two marks, and sixteen pence, which was, by his own Agreement, to have been paid as a Fine, for the Grant of the Countess of Eureux in marriage to his Son. Notwithstanding all which favors, he forsook the King and ad∣hered o 1.15 to the Rebellious Barons; being one of those who calledp 1.16 in Lewes of France, with design to make him King.
But in this Error he persisted not long; for within the compass of that year, coming off to the King, he had a Grantq 1.17 of all the Lands of Richard de Engaine, and Vitalis de Engaine his Son (great Actors in that Rebellion) and was made Governorr 1.18 of the strong Castle of Kenil∣worth in Warwickshire, being again Steward s 1.19 of the Kings Houshold. Morever, he had a Grantt 1.20 of the custody of Montsorell Castle in Com. Leic. (then in the hands of those Barons.) And persisting stedfastu 1.21 to that King, in his greatest Distresses, obtained a giftx 1.22 of the Lands of William de Charnells in Swepston, Ayel∣mesthorp, and Scaelby, in Com. Leic. As also y 1.23 of the Lands of William de Folevile in Ashby, in the same County; and likewisez 1.24 of the Lands of Nicholas de Verdon, and Thurstane de Mont∣fort, all partakersa 1.25 with the King Enemies at that time.
Having thus shewed in what esteem he stood with King Iohn, let us take a view of the ser∣vices he did to King Henry the Third, and the favors he had from him.
In 1 Hen. 3. he wasb 1.26 with the Royal Army at the siege of Montsorell Castle; as alsoc 1.27 at rai∣sing the siege of Lincoln Castle, beingd 1.28 one of the cheif Commanders in the Kings Army at that time. And in 2 Hen. 3. was again made Sheriff e 1.29 for the Counties of Warwick and Leicester; in which Office he continuedf 1.30 till the eighth of that Kings Reign; and had a Grantg 1.31 of all the Lands of Hugh de Gornay.
In this second year of King Henry the Third, he gaveh 1.32 another Fine of two hundred marks for Milisent, the Widow of Almaric, Earl of Eureux, to be a Wife for William his Son; and fori 1.33 Katherine, the Daughter of Hugh de l'Isle, to be married to one of his Brothers.
In 4 Hen. 3. he paidk 1.34 to the King ten pounds blanck for Lands in Hochton, which he had with the Daughter and Heir of the before spe∣cified Hugh de Gornay. And, in 5 Hen. 3. ob∣tained l 1.35 the Kings special Letters, for receiving ten shillings of each Knights Fee held of him, by reason he served in person with the King at the siege of Bitham Castle in Lincolnshire. In 6 Hen. 3. he hadm 1.36 all the Castles belonging to Reginald de Braose deceased, committed to his charge (beingn 1.37 then also Steward to that King, as he had been to his Father.) But his cheif re∣sidence o 1.38 was at Kenilworth Castle, as appears by the appointmentp 1.39 then given, of Timber for repair of those Buildings, wherein he there did lodge: And in 7 Hen. 3. was made Governor q 1.40 of Pembruge Castle in Com. Heref. And the same year gaver 1.41 five hundred marks for the Wardship and Marriage of Robert de Chandos, with the Custody of his Lands.
In 8 Hen. 3. there growing high discontents 1.42 from divers of the great Men of that time, against Hubert de Burgh, Justice of England, for his unequal distribution of Justice, and in∣censing the King against them; this William took t 1.43 part with them, to the no little disturbance of the Publick Peace: But it was not long ere those animosities were cooled; for, within three years after, he procured a Confirmationu 1.44 from the King of the Mannor of Eston in Warwick∣shire, (commonly called Aston-Cantlelow) which formerly wasx 1.45 part of the Possessions of Ralph de Tankervile, Chamberlain of Norman∣dy; as alsoy 1.46 of the Mannor of Middleston, which pertained to Gilbert de Vilers, to hold till such time as the King should please to restore them unto the right Heirs of the said Ralph and Gilbert: Which Mannors this William had for∣merly receivedz 1.47 by the Grant of King Iohn, and for which Confirmation, as also for the Grant of a Market and Fair at Aston, he then gavea 1.48 a Fine of fifteen marks. And in 13 H. 3. in farther testimony of that Kings favor, obtained a pardonb 1.49 for a debt of forty marks, due from him, to have been paid into the Exchequer, for certain Amerciaments laid upon him by the Justices Itinerant; and an Acceptancec 1.50 of ten marks per annum, until the hundred marks lent him by King Iohn, were satisfied: Which sum was deliveredd 1.51 unto him when he went into Al∣maine, as hath been already observed.
In 14 Hen. 3. he obtained a Grante 1.52 of the marriage of Roese, the Widow of Theobald Walter,