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Title:  The baronage of England, or, An historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility in the Saxons time to the Norman conquest, and from thence, of those who had their rise before the end of King Henry the Third's reign deduced from publick records, antient historians, and other authorities / by William Dugdale ...
Author: Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.
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In 6 Ioh. this Gilbert gaveRot. Pip. 6 Joh. Can∣ta. 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'dRot. Pip. 6 Joh. Can∣ta. by seisure into the Kings hands, amongst those Lands which be∣long'd to the Normans; in respectRecuil des de word per I. du Tiller p. 159. 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 committedPart. 14 Joh. . 4. to the Custody of Hugh de Boues, he being then dead; as 'tis like; for I find no more mention of him: leaving Issue HamonHamon. his SonMon. Angl. ut supra n. 40. and Heir. Which Hamon, in 2 H. 3. upon Collection of the first Scutage of that King, paidRot. Pip. 2. H. 3. Cantabr. 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 beenClaus. 7 H. 3. in dorso, m. 4. in that Expedition then made into Wales, obtain'd the King's PreceptClaus. 7 H. 3. in dorso, m. 4. for levying Scutage upon all his own Tenants by Military Service, within the Counties of Cantabr. Norff. Suff. Linc. Oxon. Wites. Dorset. and Somerset. And in 25 H. 3. de∣parted Lel. coll vol. 1. 343. 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 anIbid. 30 a. n. 40. Alien) Gil∣bertGilbert. his SonIbid. 30 a. n. 40. and Heir, and fiveIbid. 30 a. n. 40. others, viz. Ha∣mon, Hugh, Robert, Thomas, and William: Of which younger Sons, Hugh adheredEsc. 49 H. 3. n. 3. to the Rebellious Barons in 49 H. 3.This last-mention'd Gilbert, in 26 H. 3. giving SecurityRot. Fin. 26 H. 3. m. 12. for the Payment of his Relief (scil. CC Marks) and doing his Homage, had LiveryRot. Fin. 26 H. 3. m. 12. of the Lands of his Inheritance: but diedLel. coll. vol. 1. 627. in 19 E. 1. To whom succeeded another Gilbert; who, in 22 E. 1. attendedRot. Vascon. 22 E. 1. m 9. the King in that Expedition then made into Gascoine; and had SummonsClaus. de iisd. ann. in dorso. to Parliament, amongst the Barons of this Realm, from 28 E. 1. till 15 E. 2. inclusive. And having marriedMon. Angl. ut supra, 30 b. n. 0. & 30. 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, IohnIbid., and EdmundIbid., unto whom he leftIbid. little, giving most of his Estate toIbid. his Children by the second, and madeIbid. King Edw. l. Heir to the rest of his Ba∣rony: to whom likewise, in 12 E. 1. he gaveIbid. n. 50. the Patronage of the Priory of Bernwelle.¶Another Branch there was of this Name, and probably from the same Stock; the first thereof beingGodw. de .Robert Peche Bishop of Coventre, in King Stephen's time. Which Robert had IssueGodw. de .RichardRichard. 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 PecheIohn. Knight; who in October, 49 H. 3. (soon after that memo∣rable Battel of Gesham) had the King's special LettersPat. 49 H. 3. dorso. 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 T. Wals. p. 15. n. 10. the Guardianship of this Realm, during his absence.Moreover, in 26 E. 1. he was inRot. Scoc. 26 8. 1. m. 3. the Scottish Wars: So likewise inRot. Scoc. 32 . 1. m. 2. 32 E. 1. andRot. Scoc. 34 E. 1. m. . 34 E. 1.And in 15 E. 2. upon InformationClaus. 15 E. 2. in dors. m. 27. given to the King. That one Thomas Blaunfront, 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 Claus. 15 E. 2. in dors. m. 27. to accompany the Sheriff of that County thither, and requiring the Render thereof, to imprison the Transgressors: Whereupon he was constituted Go∣vernour Rot. Fin. 15 E. 2. m. 31. of it; and the next ensuing year was Pat. 16 E. 2. p. 1. m. 7. one of the Commissioners for arraying of Soldi∣ers, Horse and Foot, to march against the Scots; being the same year also madeRot. Fin. 17 E. 2. m. 24. Constable of Do∣vor-Castle, and Warden of the Cinque-Ports; and in 19 E. 2. GovernourPat. 19 E. 2. p 1. m. 10. of Corffe-Castle. But in that ConfessionT. Wals. p. 111. n. 30. 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 accusedT. Wals. p. 111. n. 30. to be one of that Earls Abettors therein, PreceptsPat. 4 E. 3. m. 25. 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 Claus. 4 E. 3. m. 24.; but ere long, being cleared of that Charge, he had restitution of them again; as appearsClaus. 4 E. 3. m. 24. by the King's Mandate, directed to the Sheriff of Warwickshire, bearing date in August following. And having had SummonsClaus. de iisd. ann. in dorso. to all the Parliaments, to fit amongst the Peers of this Realm, from 14 E. 2. until 9 E. 3. inclusive, departedEx autogr. penès prad. 8. Montfort. this Life about the eleventh or twelfth of that King's Reign, lea∣ving IohnIohn. his GrandsonEx autogr. penès prad. 8. Montfort. his Heir, who never had Summons to Parliament, nor none of his Descen∣dants; but being a KnightFin. lev. craft. Ascens. 16 E. 3. in 16 E. 3. in 28 E. 3. serv'dClaus. 28 E. 3. in dorso, m. 21. in the Parliament then held at Westminster, as one of the Knights for the County of Warwick: So likewise inClaus. 32 E. a. in dorso, m. 21. 32 E. 3. and inRot. Fin. 43 E. 3. m. 16. 43 E. 3. was She∣riff for the Counties of Warm. and Leic.And in 45 E. 3. purposingEx autogr. penès S. M. to take a Voyage beyond-Sea, enfeoffedEx autogr. penès S. M. 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 beingT. Wals. 282, n. 40. 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 againClaus. 47 E. 3. in dorso. in the Parliament then held, as one of the Knights for Warwickshire; but in 50 E. 3. departedEsc. 50 E. 3. n. 51. this Life, leaving IohnIohn.Esc. 50 E. 3. n. 51. his Son and Heir xv years of age: who being al∣so a Knight, in 9 R. 2. attendedEx autogr. penès praf. S. M.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 departedEsc. 9 . 2. n. 92. this Life the same year, leaving Issue Ioane and Margaret his DaughtersEsc. 9 . 2. n. 92. and Heirs. Which Ioane dying without Issue, Margaret the Wife of Sir William Montfort of Colshill, in Com. Warr. Knight, became soleFin. de div. com. levat. craft. Mart. 12 H. 4. Heir to the whole In∣heritance, scil.Fin. de div. com. levat. craft. Mart. 12 H. 4. the Mannors of Hampton in Ar∣den, Hniley, Blackwell, Wyrmeleghton, Fenni-Cumpton, Aven-Dasset, Dunchurch, and Toft, all in Com. Warr. and Shenington, in Com. Glouc.0